PAGE TWO tUSINESS LOCAL# 1 - Bjp% &mm figO-SW) a Week Mak for us at borne: expcri ■ fjr»t*%Mi«**«sary ; no selling ; re<- ia> ftirjjjahed; addressed envelope gpSfaci particulars. Xormadie. lid Avenue, X. V., Dept. GOO. ||g|F 11-it-p. S ?9fc Oh# Seats, Best Quality, Sizes, l)id colors tor chairs and witlplMag., jv. Covington. 6-6 t-p. S Hrk.l Swapping Machine, Sell »lliQUSinger Sewing Machines. All ll Bft€W*nteeri. Phones 572 or 350 W. 1 till June 18th. 1 BP S-4t-p. 1 BKwrt; rOae-Half of Okl Elks || Bomb rooms. Length 100 feet from ty tear. Has toilets, lavator- Hp, bath tub and hot water heater, i jipply W,J. B. Sherrill. 20-ts. ■vKMm of Typewriters Repaired, | lwverhauled or rebuilt. All work ■SlAranteed. Gfiady Typewriter SHNpge Co., 112 Latta Arcade, H pSharlotta, N. C. l-24t-p. j M lj|g CbTda Printed at Times Job |§ Panelled visiting cards beau gHpUX printed. 50 for SI.OO or 100 >iS|r $1.50. Orders filled on a few notice. ts. Ipcadless Rider at Wreck Scene m On Carolina Coast, Guard Swears ■feateo, N. C„ June 10.—Head ! C horsemen and other strange Bfstiy beings mmvh nightly on the Hlr near Xag's Head. Hpeve Basnight. Coast Guard ■y teember there, has been re port ly this for more than two years, those two years (leorge ■faett. another Const Guard, has Hkil loud and long. Hut now Midgett is convinced. B he has aeon with his own eyes Hr hart run with his own lege from ■huge strange man dressed in he encountered strolling Rag the beach in the moonlight, ■fas night swears he has seen a Hp horseman riding furiously spot where a ship went ■pre long ago. Local tradition the beautiful Theodosia Hpr YORK PASSES ■ ELOOI) All) Ql OTA Hm 81.589.000 for Bed Cross Belief Mississippi Valley Sufferers. !MfH ashington. June 11.—Xew York Htnc of the forty-six cities which Hoi exceeded their quota of the Am ■ail lied 1 'ross fund for relief of ■fasissippi Hirer Hood sufferers. X'ew Ht'K quota was .<1.211(1.000 and the collected up to June 1 was as officially reported. BM2.’5.8»5.4X Ims from till sources, inclml jHfosuliir ami foreign cliapicrs of the Cross, according to the Manufac- This includes the HBHi contribution from the regu- the Bed Cross. Pittsburgh. Washing |Bp. Tretlton. Los Angeles. Saa Frau |Hb> and Xew Orleans tire among the B ARRIVAL _ f the new summer led t.o our already /jESut /A/ \ >ck of quality foot- / // \ leather and is just iV Jy' -<•— / real quality pump S \ / / needs, AAA to 0 / I / fit your foot as it sl-^J .00 ( VEY * S VE AGENTS FOR MAXTIX SHOES How many years to settle your estate? The time required to settle the average estate is from one to two years. • If the executor is inexperienced or in eficient, the settlement may be delayed for years. Unnecessary delay results in mrious inconvenience and often * loss to beneficiaries. , lliis institution as yocr executor often the assurance of experience and efficiency in settling your estate in the shortest tune frniHn Hf".; X >, • ‘ 'j ( Bank C «»d Trust Company CONCORD. N 't Reward SIO.OO far a lloumf Dog, Bed and white spotted, lost at 3St. Pleas ant, N. C. James Linker, Mt. f Pleasant, 'N. O. 11-6 t-p. For Rent—B-room House *on North ’ Union. 3-room new house on St. Charles. Jno. K. Patterson, Agt. 11-St-i. Fans—Wanted to Hear From Owner of farm for sale. Joe Dorsey, Itha ca, N. Y. 28-4-11-c. For Sale —Refrigerator, 100 Pounds capacity. Good condition. 189 North Union Street. Phone 484. 9-3 t-p. For Side—Ford Coup*. Cheap. Guy Miller, Route A Concord, 10-3 t-p. We Am New Ready to Accept Bids ou refreshment concessions at Webb Field for the summer. Please make bids on percentage or flat rate by Saturday, June 11th. H. J. Hitt, Business Manager Concord Base ball Association. 8-4 t-x. For Sale—All Kind of Cotton Mill casting and great bars. Concord Iron ■Works. 14-st-p.. We Are Now Ready to Serve you. Service at home. We repair and re build all makes of typewriters and adding machines. All work guar anteed. Concord Typewriter Co., room 210 Archey Bldg., Concord. 7-6 t-p. Punctures Fixed on Short Notice. Cars washed by experienced washer. Phone calls answered and served. Tell us your wants. That good gulf gas and Supreme Motor Oil. City Filling Station, West Corbin St., Boyd H. Carpenter, Mgr. Phone 750. Real Service. 5-19-27 t-p. Bun-, daughter of Aaron Burr, was on that ship. Mrs. Alice Grice, owner of a cot tage at Nag’s Head, was driving on the beach iti her car night before last. The car stuck and she looked for aid. She saw a man—or what she thought was a man. She called him to help her and, as if ghosts knew what stuck automobiles were, he vanished into thin air. Mrs. Pattic Tillett adds her word, and says her husband often saw things he could not explain. Some of the less credulous believe smugglers are at work on the shore. bt!7“(’apt. Walter Therulge, Chief of Nag’s Head Station, avers that they are not, for his beach is thoroughly and closely petroled. cities of mofe than 400,000 population which exceeded their quotas. Twenty four cities have fallen short of the amount'.Teque.sted.i- Among these are Chicago. St. I SHI is. Detroit. Cleveland. Boston, Brooklyn and Buffalo. New York State contributed $2.- 583.9ti3.29; Pennsylvania contributed the next largest amount. $1,835,861.- 84. Two other state contributed more than a million dollars. Illinois with $1,154,089, and California with XI.- 067.718. The bases used for the assignment of quotas were population, concentra tion of population, concentration of wealth aud knowledge of local condi tions gained by local chapters of the Bed Cross. The Toronto Cricket Club is cele brating this year the completion of KMCjears of existence. FAIR PREMIUM UST IS BEING PREPARED NOW Catalog Will Contain Many New Premiums of Value and Will Cover More Ex hibits, Dr. Spencer Says. The premium list for the Cabarrus District Fair which will be held here October 11th to 15th, it now being prepared. Dr. T. N. Spencer secretary add treasurer of the Fair Association said today. The catalog or premiums is nearly 'completed and will be given to the printers within the next few days, Dr. Spencer said. The catalog this year will coutalu approximately 135 pages and will list more premiums of'greater ■value to cover a greater variety of exhibits, the secretary said. Officers of the Fair Association ex pressed the hope that- the catalogs would be ready for distribution early In the mouth of July and said that they would be distributed over the eight counties comprising the present Fair Association, aud ill other coun ties of North aud South Carolina. l>r. Si>enecr said today that in addi tion to having the lurgest number of exhits of a greater variety than eves before, that the entertainment attrac tions would surpass the prevkius fairs. Rubiu and Cherry Shows will be. featured ou the midway and will offer a variety of entertainment, Dr. Spencer said. It has previously been announced that tlic fire works display this year will be much larger aud more beuuti ful than ever before. A new feature of the fair which is sure to attract a large attendence .will be the automobile races on Sat urday, October 15th. Several of the leadiug dirt track drivers of America will enter the races here and will provide thrills for the spectators. The races on the local track will be under the supervision of the contest board of the American Automobile Associa tion and the Association will have starters and timers here to keep the records made. The drivers in the race here will also drive in races at the following North Carolina cities: Rocky Mount. Oct. 4th and 6th.; Winston-Salem. Oct. 8; Wilson. Oct. 22; and at Greensboro and Goldsboro during the mouth of October. PROBABLY OBSERVE BETTER HOME WEEK HERE IN LATE JUNE Miss Ophelia Barker, Home Demonstration Agent, Re turns and Starts Plans Anew Immediately. Although experiencing some delay in certain phases of plans. Better Homes Week will probably be observed here during the week of June 27th. Miss Ophelia Barker. Cabarrus home demonstration ageut. stated today. Because of the serious illness of her father. Miss Barker had to be away from her duties for several days. She returned Friday afternoon, and immediately begau carrying out plans looking to the Better Homes move ment locally. The model home is nearing com pletion at Jackson Bark, and only a few minor fiuishing touches must be applied before it will be placed in the hands of the Better Homes commit tees for furnishings and decorations. The E. 1.. Morrison Lumber Company is building the model home. Miss Barker announces that it will be impossible to hold the Better Homes program during the week of Jttue 20th. due to the fact that the National Home Economic Conference will be in session at Asheville. Miss Barker plans to attend this meeting as the representative of Cabarrus county. Miss Martha Creighton, ’of Char lotte. district home demonstration agent, today met with members of the Better Homes committee to discuss several phases of the plans and the program. SATISFACTION WITH NEW LAW’S, JOHNSON SAYS Has Visited 20 Counties Where New Laws Are Now in Effect. The Tribune Bureau. Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh. June 11.—General satis faction with the new laws in the twenty-two counties visited by him were reported by Charles M. John son, Executive Secretary, to the coun ty Government advisory commission, at their meeting in Raleigh, Friday .morning. Mr. Johnson pointed out in his re port that the county officials while co-operating, were not breaking any rcc-qrds in introducing: the various changes required by the new county acts. This is due chiefly to the poor condition in most counties of the rec ords of past years’ experiences. Al so. of course it takes time to under stand the laws and get new forms ready. The Commission, with a view to helping the counties further, has pre pared and will furnish samples of special bookkeeping forms, which Jf(ey strongly recommend to the coun ties to be used in the interests of ef ficiency aud uniformity. Borne of the counties, according to Mr. Johnson, are making good head way in the collection of the 1928 tuxes. Several have collected over DO per cent., and a number have held their sales of lands for unpaid taxes. Dr. E. C. Brooks, chairman of the Commission, who presided at the meeting toduy, laid before the com mission plans sow an institute ou cou,nty government to be -held at State College early in July to promote a I better understanding of the functions and operations of the new laws. The 1 plan was adopted. The institute, the, exact date of which will be announc present besides Dr. IJrooks, Chair-1 M.JLyda, Asheville 1 A. land, Morehead City. , m mam bAitv mm ONLY ONE ALIEN HAS REGISTERED HERE WITH CLERK Date For Registration Expir ed June 9—Others Should Register at Once at 'Office of Clerk Here. Only one alien has registered as a resident of Cabarrus County as the law requires, J. B. McAllister? Clerk of Court statist this morning. The date for the registration o> aliens in North Carolina was from March 9, 1927, when the bill requir ing registration was paused, until June 9th. Mr. McAllister said. Mr. McAllister said that those who had not done so should come at once to bis office in the Court House and fill out the proper, papers for registra tion. The Act passed at the last Leg islature Dates that those wno do not register ari guilty of a misdemeanor and carries a | enalty “An alien,” Mr. McAllister said, “is classified by the Act as to mean any person more than nixteen years of age who is not a citizen of the United States.’’ The Act was passed for the follow ing reasons and reads in part as fol lows : "The State of North Carolina tigs ires to protect its citizenship against undesirable aliens entering the State in violation of the United States immigration laws; to enforce more successfully its crimiual laws; to maintain a complete record on vi tal statistics; and toeco-operate with the United States Government in the enforcement of its immigration laws.” 2-STORY ADDITION BROWN MFG. PLANT AT COST OF $40,000 Construction of New Section Begins Monday.—Hunkin Conkey Awarded Contract —Big Improvement. Construction of a two-story addi tion to the Brown Manufacturing Co. .adding approximately 32.000 square feet in floor space to the pres ent building, begins Monday morn ing, according to announcement today by Harvey Moore, secretary and treas urer. The addition calls for an ex penditure of $40,000 or move. The Brown Manufacturing Com pauy is a member of the C. V, T . John son chain of mills. The headquarters of the Johnston chain is in Charlotte. The local mill of the Johnston chain manufacturers cotton flannels princi pally. The new addition, according to Mr. Moore, will ultimately double the present capacity output of the mill. However, for several months to come the first floor of the new section will be used as the finishing division, while the second story will be used as a storage room. The addition calls for twice as many looms as the plant has at the present. The contract for the $40,088 addi tion > s *" tinu hands of Huukin-Con key, of Cineiizaatii contractors of Ho tel Concord. The audition will be erected at the east end of the pres ent plant. Excavation begins Mon day morning. OVER 400 PERSONS VISIT KANNAPOLIS CLINIC ON FRIDAY First “Shot*’ of Typhoid Ser um Administered to 395, and 21 Children Given Toxin Anti-Toxin. Almost 400 persons were given the initial "shot” of the typhoid vaccina tion Friday night at the clinic op ened by the Cabarrus health depart ment at the Kannapolis Y. M. C. A. Twenty-one children were given toxin anti-toxin for the prevention jif diph theria. Again next Friday night the typhoid of the health unit, in his task Fri day evening were Miss Naomi Moore, Miss Helen Black and Miss Zuua Stroupe. The clinic opened at 8:30 o’clock and continued until after 9 o’clock, typhoid scrum being admin istered to 38’ patients. Again next Friday night the tyhpoid clinic will be opened at the Kannapo lis ”Y". and the following Friday night the final session of the clinic will be held there. It is expected that more than 500 persons will sub mit to typhoid vaccinations in that community, and at least fifty children will take toxin anti-toxin. RAIN INTERFERES WITH SERVICES HELH BY HENDRY Usual Services Will Be Held Tonight and Sunday in Tent at Kannapolis by Lo cal Pastor. A deluge of rain aud severe thunder ’storm interrupted the service at the tent of the Hendry-Miles evangelistic party last night and although a large .audience was present it was impossible to continue the service on account of a deluge of water flowing under the tent making it rather uncomfortable. Services will continue tonight at the usual hour. 7:45, with cottage prayer, meetings at the following homes to meet tonight at 0:45: Airs. Ida Hamilton's, 843 North IVplar street Leader, Mrs. G. H. Hendry. , C. B. McCommons’, 744 North Wal nut street. Leader, George Petrea- Young peoples’ player meeting at the teut at 7:15, An urgent appeal is here made to all the young people in the community to .join the young people in this’ meeting, to help bring the unsaved to the Master. Services tqmogrow at 3 p. m. and p. m. REPOR’SER. Signor Mussolini has been decorated by the Japanese Emperor with the l’anlonia Grand Onion of the Rising f urder »**»wad lorwgnfini. DI Funeral Services For Aged Woman WiH Be Held Sun day Afternoon at Two O’clock. Mrs. Eliza M. Williams, aged 80,- wlfe of the late John E. Williams, died Friday night at 11 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. J. Kelly, of 180 Moore street. Fdncral services for the deceased will be held Suuday afternoon at the home of her daughter at 2 o’clock. Itey. A. T. Cain, pastor of Kery Street Baptist Church, will oficiate at the services and interment will be made in Oakwood cemetery. 3|rs. Williams, who was born June 5, 1847. was a daughter of the late Ed and Betsy Ledbetter Smith, of StaAly county. She married John E. WiHiiims. of Stanly county, aud lived for about fourteen yearn in Union county. She moved to Concord twen ty-eight years Ago. The deceased had been in ill health for several years aud her condition had' been serious for the puttt two months. She was devoted to the -work of the church and kept tier membership In Mill Creek Baptist Church in Union county, and attended services at Kerr Street Baptist Church in this city. Mr. Williams died forty years ago. Mis. Williams was the mother of ten children, four of whom survive her. They are three sons, A. I*. Williams, of Concord; I’. D. Williams, of Ca barrus county; C. F. Williams, of Caucnril; one daughter, Mrs. A. J. Kelly, of Concord, and one step-daugh ter, Mrs. Lula Mcßoar.v, of Union county. She is also survived by one brother. George W. Smith, of Tliomas ville; out* sister. Mrs. Calvin Tucker, of Cabarrus county, and thirty grand children and thirty-seven great-grand children. KANNAPOLIS AND WEAVERS MIX-UP THIS AFTERNOON Great Throng Expected to Crowd Kannapolis Park For Tilt Between Weav ers and Towelcrs. Renewing relations after the wiuter months today, the Concord Weavers and Kannapolis Towelers engage in the first of a series of games. The melee today will be soughs at the Towelers’ headquarters* but next Sat urday the Kannapolis outfit will play at the local park. A throng of several hundred fans is expected to witness the battle at Kannapolis, scores of Concord citi zeus leaving early in the afternoon by automobile for the Towelers’ park. Skipper Lindy Lewellyn will prob ably assign “Red” Bond to do the mound duty for the Weavers. lu'the event Bond, a former Sally leugue twirier. does not put in his appear ance. Skipper Lou did not say who would do the hurling. MIDWIVES FINISH HEALTH UNIT HERE COURSE GIVEN BY Nineteen Persons Have Fin ished the Course and Have Made Application for Re- Registration. Nineteen midwlves practicing in Cabarrus county have completed the course of instruction given by the county health department, and have applied to the State for re-registra tion. The State law requiree that midwives take this instruction each year and rc-register. It is unlawful for one to practice in this county who has not complied with these rul ings. The course V given by the county health officer and county nurse, and covers the ’essential things a midwife should know in order to safeguard the lives of the mothers and babies she attends. The attention of the public is called to the fact thut the registration cer tificate is not n license to practice midwifery. The certificate only keeps a check on the lierson who practices and lets them know what the State requires of them. IteH- ng Activity Continues, 1 Wasirii’gton. June 11.—Sensation al idpsirm-tion activity, in evidence throughout the earlier mouths of the year, is continuing. The volume of operations handled during May was greatest ever registered for that uicutfa according to statistics com pi’ul by the Associated General Cou tractojrs of America. May was, the third tpouth iii succession to sec new records set. The yolume of work performed during the l first five months of this year exceeds by eight per cent the amount registered for the corre sponding period in 1!>20. This is eonsidenkd especially significant be cause operations last year reached a totul never before equalled. List mouth's volume showed * a twenty per cent increase over the April figure. An index which places the 1913 average ou the 100 as its basis shows last mouth's volume t» have reached the 197 level. The figure for May. 1828. was 179. ludaeations point to a continua tion of, the speedy pace already set. Ttm volume of contracts awarded during April was the greatest record ed for that mouth lu any year ou record. The amazing spurt in the award of contracts for future work is slifiwu in the • fact that only one month on record shows » volume award* greater than tfaeUpri! total The total volume 16l contracts awarded during the first four months of 19657 was five percent greater than the volume recorded for the corresponding period in Mttfk In this world of strife a man must bv cither an auvil or a hammer. WORK ON PLANS FOR PLAYGROUND Rev. L. A. Thomas Address ing Club at Luncheon Tells of Need For a Pub lic Playground. Ooocord;- which has lon* felt the » ePonding iwriod of 1020. ac cording to S. S. Neal, assistant post master. The greatest increase during the three-month period this year was reg istered in the month of April, when the receipts totalled $11,402.00 in :comparison with $3,138.30 in April, 1020. or an increase of $304,00. The receipts for the three-month periods in 1020 and 1927 follow. 1026 ' 1927 March .... $3,287.50 $2,867.78 April „ $3,138.30 $3,402.00 May $2,800.00 $2,071.90 Totals -$9,206.55 $9,332.54 It seems probable that the postal receipts for 1027 will eclipse 1020 by .a wide margaln, judging from the [fair increase noted in the past three [months. Woman’s Club-at Lake Junaluska. 1 Montgomery, Ala., June 11 —That the Junaluska woman’s club will be prominent in activities a,t the Meth odist southern assembly at Lake Jun-. alusku, X- C., this summer is irtdi cated by Mrs. J. A. Bullock, of Mont gomery, president, who is sponsoring attractive plans for the ensuing sea* son, June 14rSeptember 1.. In sending n greeting to club mem bers scattered throughout the south ern states, Sirs. Bullock advocates opening the season's work for women with a "book shower” to secure vol umes to form a nucleus for the Jun olusku library, which the club plana -to establish during the summer. The library jiud reading, room, ac cording to Mrs. Bulloch, will be op ened iu an attractive room in th boathouse across from, tlie gift shop overlooking the. l»ke and catching al ■the lake breeses. She believes tin women will be pleased at securing suel a pieasaut location, and urges mem bers to interest their friends to sent a good book to the shower, which wil be one of the early events of the 1921 season. .. Farther woman's club plans in elude a flower show and bazaar abom the middle ot August to celebrab Woman’s Club Day. Mad be. been free to choose. King Alfonso of Spain once confessed, iu would have been not a king, but a Time again to be cooling your head under a Belk Straw. K Big Selection to Choose from Come In Tonight And Get Your Straw Quality Under \ wear Far , XJrv [ Big lot Men’s Union a—. 32c i Meit’s SI.OO grade 88x L / 88 Count Pajama Check j\Jf v l Hone Better AA / >er suit Q«/C 1 J Boys’ Union U p / Suits • 4oC ' 6 Belk’s Dept Store I VOLUME FOR US VALUES FOR YOU I Seashore Excursion TO Norfolk, Virginia Beach And Richmond, Va. VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY\SYSTEM FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1927 Round Trip Pares From Concord, N. C. RICHMOND NORFOLK VIRGINIA REACH $7.00 SB.OO $8.50 Tickets on sale; going on all regular traine to junction points, theuce special train and regular trains 12 and 40, Friday, June 17tb, 1927. Final limit good to return on hll regular trains (except 37) up to and including train 11 leaving Richmond 10:20 P. M. and train 3 leaving Norfolk 7:00 P. M.. Wednesday, June 22, 1927. Tickets good in Pullman sleeping cars upon payment of Pullman charges. Through sleeping cars and day coaches. No baggage checked. No stop-overs. Fine opportunity to spend the week-end in Richmond and at Vir ginia seashore resorts. For further information and sleeping cay reservations call on any Southern Railway agent or address. a / M. T. WOODY, T. A., tt. H. GRAHAM, D. F. A. N. G. Charlotte, N. C. BUY NOW! Florence Automatic Oil Cook ? e Clean—Cool and Qufc A Less Ip Operate ami I uger Big Shipm 4 ip Yorke & Y iwortb Ca THE SBldAM.* ‘i 3 ” 1 ' [ * J . [ Saturday June 11 1927 w Nona mmj j J ■ • ** J *