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PACE TWO SALISBURY EVENING POST, SALISBURY, N. C, AUSu&T 12, 1916. Good News, f SALEM CHURCH HOME COMING. I STATE FEDERATION LABOR. Mm Sunday, August 17th Will Be a Groat Tenth Annual Session Will Convene Day for People of the Salem Neigh- J at Wilmington on August Hth for borhood Splendid Program Has I a Two Day . Session To be Wei Been Arranged. corned by Mayor Moore. The program of the Home Coming! Wilmington, Aug. 11. The tenth ut Salem E. I., church to he held on annuul session of the North Carolina Thursday, August 17th, which s to lie State Federation of Labor will eon one of the biggest event of the sum- vene in Wilmington on August 14 und mer, is at follows: ( will have a two days session. Anthem by the Choir. ! The first session will be held in the Devotional Exercises by Tie v. J. L. Odd Fellows' hall at 10 oVIock S.S. ILL ORGANIZED Yost. Words of Welcome by pastor, Rev. G. O. Ritchie. Hymn, No. 2110 in Book of Worship. What Should be our Attitude To ward our Home Church, R; v. C. It. Miller, Of Charlotte, N. C. Hyimn, No. 43 in Books of Worship. Historical Sketch of Salem church, Fev. H. A. Trexler. Hymn, No. 245 in Book of Worship. The Service the Home Church Ken- Church at Large, Rev, In, I. L. Our NEW STOCK of hieh cut shoes are fast coming in for FALL. ; dors to the klvery style was carefully selected, , W- Sifferd, of Indianapoli no freaks, fancies or f:dn, but styles I Hymn, No. 481. .tnd lasts that FIT, WEAR COM- j Luther the Reformer, Rev. II. W. PORTA h I. Y and give everlasting Miller, Wytheville, Va. Hymn, No. 240 in Book of Worship. SERVICE. They are usually ood at i $3.50 & $4.00 A l'AIR. for a 5c. few 2.3c SOX or With every shoe purchase days only. (See Window) Brown Shoe Co. Afternoon. Anthem by the Choir. Prayer ty Rev. G. H. L. LingL-. Justification by Faith Alone, Rev. B. S. Brown. Hyimit, No. 338 in Book of Wor ship. The Word of God in the Reforma t'on, Rev. V. Y. Boozer, Lexington, N. C. Hymn, No. 2t)3 in Book of Worship. Why I am a Lutheran, Rev. V. R. Stickley. Hymn, God He With You Till We Meet Again. ri)i.iMa:ci fktu..- j u I Evervbodv. whether past members bers of'Bi. Jihna, Cabarrus, Sur- or P"tors. is invited to be present aria Former P..,.,.- and enjoy the day. Don't forget to Ha 78th Birthday. ' ConJsd Aug. 11. (Some of his ohildrriMftrand children, and some of the membepittf'.St. Johns Luther- ' It is exceedingly gratifying to the an church, gave Hey. Gefp; 1 Cox, 1). American Red Cross to he able to an- D., a surprise birthday dinner',' t St. bounce to tne'-biMic' d. its mcm- which time Mayor P. Q. Moore will welcome the visitors which will be re sponded to by the president of the federation. The object of the Federation of La'jor is to get the laboring classes to work more in harmony with each other and to have pnssLl any laws favoring the working class. Large numbers of delegates and visitors are expected to i e present and the visitors in attendance is also expected to be large. MANY ATTEND OPENING. (The DR. 107 N. MAIN. Home of Good Shoes) COX'S ANNIVERSARY. bring full baskets for the dinner. Red Cross Preparedness. r , . ...... . ' A' JonmB (jpufaonagre,.. Wednesday, Aug. , lOlff.' , It wfck 'Msne Doctor's 78th uirthday, he- having eborn Aug. 1838.. ' . The day wag spen ' in delightful social Intercourse, Vith many remin iscense of Doctor's long and active life. FORTY DIE ON STEAMER. Greek Vessel Catches Fire at Sea art Many on Board, Principaly Dis banded Soldiers, Perish. Athens, Aug. 11. Via Paris. T:.3 iree steamer Eletheria, bound from akniki to Volo with a cargo of o'l, ywned by an American company, and ,200 passenger, principally. disban-Vd roops, caught fire today off the is land ot Skiatho. Forty persons wjre Killed and many were injured. The captain of the EJetheria succeeded finally in teaching his vessle. ibers: . . , ' r That dur'ng the six months ending July 31, 1916, its membership has in creased from about 27,000 which represented the growth of the society during ten years following its reor ganisation in 1905 to about 210,000. ! An increase of nearly 800 per cent in its membership in the last six months. That in this same time the num txsr of Red Cross Chapters organized throughout the country has increased from 110 to 190. That while up to six months ago practically notthing had been done towards organized Red Cross prepar edness for furnishing volunteer aid to the sick and wounded of our Army and Navy in time of war, during the last six' months the personnel requir ed for 25 base hospitals of 500 beds each for the Army have been select ed and enrolled from among the staff of 25 of the largest and best hosp'tals of the country; that several naval me 'base hospitals which are a1 out half the size of the Army base hospitals are now being organized; that funds 16 Woolworths Beautiful Five and Ten Cent Store Crowded Afternoon rid Night Aluxic and Souvenirs. The opening of the handsome .lew live and ten cent store of F. W, Wool worth & Co., on Soutn Main street yesterday afternoon and eveninig was a great sucass, the big building ue ing erowde i from the time of the op ening of the doors at 3 o'clock until they closed at 9, several thousand people visiting the place during that time and admiring its beauty. The building was brilliantly lighted, elec tric fans were numerous, there was plenty of excellent music by a band under the leadership of Mr. Adam Hartman, and souvenirs In the shape of chewing gum was handed to all who entered the three entrances. Nothing was on sale, this being only an inspection event. This morning the doors -were thrown open at 8 o'clock for business. TO PUBLISH NAMES OF HOTELS All Hotels Scoring Excellent to be Published in Monthly Health Bulle tin. Raleigh, Aug. 12. The State Board of Health makes the announcement that the names of all hotels of the State maiking the grade of excellent, which is a score of from 90 to 100, on being inspected by the State Boafd of Health, will oe published monthly ! in the Health Bulletin. The Board is of the opinion that the public shoul . known which hotels are sanitary and safe, and that all hotels making this score are entitle! to this re;ogni: on. The Board began its inspection Gold Hill Township Convention Held Friday and Was a Great Success ', Half of the Township Organiza- i tiotm Have Held Meetings. j The Gold Hill township Sunday ' school convention was held Friday in the Baptist church at Gold Hill and was the largest attended of any yet ' held in that township, many licine. un able to gain admittance to the 'build ing. The program as previously ar i ranged was carried out and much in . terest mnifested. Thire were a num- ber of splendid addresses, the reports were encouraging and indicated prog ress in Sunday school work In the ' township. Morning and afternoon sessions were held and a big basket liiniior aus a feature. Anting those present from Salisbury were Messrs. ! E. H. Bean, John H. Moyle, an i A. B. Saleeby. Officers elected wore as follows J. L. II. Fisher, presid-nl ; ('. A. Wilson, i vice-president; Z. A. Klutt, secreta ry; J. 11. Fisher, treasurer. This was the thirty-fourth ai'iu il mooting, the Gold il.li association '.im.-' the first to be oiganued in tin vo i i'y The Sunday school workers of the county are exceedingly active this year and the result of their labors will be one if the best and most en thusiastic and largest attended county conventions at Rockwell ever held in the county. Of the fourteen organi zations in the county seven have al ready hold conventions, elected offi cers and chosen delegates to th coun ty association. Some interesting fig ures compiled relating to Sunday school work in the county arc as fol lows: The county has a population of !!2, 521 with 10,840 students enrolled in the public schools and a Sun:'ay school enrollment throughout the county of 13,000 in the on; hundred or. .more scboqls, of the county. ' EFIRDS HOLD REUNION. PI n lil 111 Fill -v x 4c 111 If!'' "i MANHATTAN SHIRT SALE MOW GOING ON $1.50 Shirts - $IJ5o Shirls ..... $385 $2.00 Shirts - $1.55 $7.S0 Shirls ----- $5.45 Shirts- - $1.9SiWM Shirts $6A5 ; f; A f r $2.50 $3.00 Urominent Stanly Family Meet and Renew Family Acquaintances and Strengthen Family Ties. (Special to the Post.) Albemarle, Aug. 11. Fifteen hun dred Efirds coming from their homes in four different states assembled at St. Martin Lutheran church 10 miles west of here today in the first reunion of the enntire Efird family. The re union was held within two hundred yards of the old place where David Efird. who came to America from V. WALLACE & SONS "State's Leading Cloithers" Salisbury Charlotte Greensboro mi ?-) NOTICE OF SALE OF work this week and already a number . Germany( the first Efird to settle in of hotels have '! een visited and thor- America iiVed and sUrted one of the oughily Inspected. According to Dr. largest ani most influential families G. M. Cooper, who recently returned j jn North (;aroiina. There were pres from an inspection trip in the eastern ! t Fflrtis who stand at the head of ; I am positive Clarence loves and intends to make ma his wife." "Why? Hag he proposed yet?" "No. But he dislikes mother more for the nurehase of eauioment of every time he sees her." Puek. . in order to make botn neds meet, there are times when it seems almost necessary for a man to be a contortionist of the 25 Army base hospitals cos-l-! iag $25,000 each, have been subscrib ed, and that the purchase of the ma terial for these base hospital units has been begun and the equipment as purchased is "being stored so as to be ready for innmed'ate use in case of need. That in addition to this organiza tion of base hospital units, the per sonnel required for two field columns for transferring the sick and wound ed from the transfer hospitals of the regular army medical service to the Red Cross base hospitals, have been selected and enrolled from among-the staff of two of the important hospital of the country and $10,000 toward the purchase of the equipment for one of these field columns has been sub scribed. While this really wonderful prog ress during the last six months is mot gratifying to the American Red Cross hnd while the Red Cross is I more thsn glad to be a le to extend MILLER'S ANTISEPTIC OIL ( KNOWN AS Shake Oil "lost Wonderfully Penetrating, Pain Relieving and. Healing Oil Known. It is creating a sensation through out the South, where it is being in troduced. Many thousand people are kw using-it with gratifying- results, i'or rheumatism, .neuralgia, lumbago, ore, stiff end swollen joints, corns, mnions or whatever the pain may be, pply the oil to the affected parts and t will disappear, as if by magic. For lore Ihroat croup, gnp, diptheri3 and tonsilitis it has has been found inost effective. Accept no substitute, for there Is nothing like it. Golden teed.- 55c and" 50e a bottle, or money its hwtiest congratulations to all its refunded by leading druggists A. niem.ers who by their interest and EMPIRE DRUG COMPANY. ! r;al and their united and untiring ef aoy tfruggut. f c-f have secured this progress, it firmly believes that this great show ing and success should be but an add ed incentive to greater effort and greater success, if possible, in the fu ture. For it should ever be remem bered by every patriotic American citizen interested in humanity's cause, htat even with this great stride to the front, the American Red Cross is etill far behind the standard set by little Japan which with its 40 million of inhabitants has a Red Crocs mem- jtoerehip of 1,800,000 with an endow tment fund of $13,000,000; while the ,'Uatted States with 100 million ptople has' even now a Red Cross member- J ship of only about 210,000, with an endowment fund of about f 1,000,000. part of the State, most of the hotels are showing up favorably. ENGINEER KIZZIAH IN PICTURE. ' . , , ..sgMSfBsamsamajr WHEN YOU WANT A J . ' st, grab the Phone and call IKS or No. 10 One Ot ot-r Cart will come in a horrjrrna eet you. RATES REASO.VAEJ-L. Lerik & Kirk Opr Cam atand between Tadj.Vi 1'Mcl and Southera i nci c: Ba lroad street . ; ' AbSO DAOGAGE1 TRANS 1 ERBKZ) AN. '."HERE. Popular Railroad Man of Spencer Re reives Notice in Leiie' Weekly Magazine. A recent issuo of xslie's Week ly, one of the loading magazines of the country, carried a splendid like ness of Engineer William A. Kiz ziah, of Spencer, who has a run from Spencer to Greenvdle, S. C. pulling Nos. 37 and 38. With the picture was a brief sketch of this popular engi neer ani something of his splendid record at the throttle during the past twenty-five years. Rtiferetfce was made to the fact that whenever the President of the United States trav els over this division of the Southern it is generally "Bill" Kizziah who is found on the seat in the engine. And it was all deserved, too, for their is no better engineer nor finer man on any road anywhere. JOINT MEETING AT SAELM Annual Event to be Held at Western Rowan Church August 13th and Sermon Will be By Rev. L. W. Sif ford. The annual joiht meeting of the missionary societies of Salem Evan gelical Lutheran Church will be held the second Sunday in August. The large textile manufacturing plants, department stores in six of the larg er cities in North and South Car olina, owners of large and fertile farms in four states, some in the far away state of Texas. And then there were present Efirds who have staid out on the smaller farms, but who have been the backbone and sinew of several counties, especially Stanly and Anson. A program was prepared and carried out, whereby addresses were made by the following gentle men: County Judge O. J. Sikes, A. C. Huneycutt, Esq., of Albemarle, an: Rev. V. C. Ridtnhour, pastor of the First Lutheran church of Albemarle, also Attorney Sifford Efird of Colum bia, S. C. After the conclusion of the program a dinner table 200 feet long, laden with such a bounty as that great German stock can supply, was spread Hcfore the 2,000 people present and all were filled and plenty left ntien thpv 11 were satisfied. The Efird and Plyler Cornet Bands fur nished excellent music throughout the day, and the afternoon was largely spent in social pleasures. A number of vis tors from far away will stay over a part of next week, to attend the home coming services at the St. Martin's church whicn will be conducted during the next week. The Brown Reunion. This association will meet at Gran ite Quarry on the 24th of August 1916 at 10 o'clock a. m. The prorvm will be according to tho most impor tant business on hand. We have a rail and good dirt roai from Salis bury to Granite Quarry, a morning train at 9:30 and a return train at 7 p. m. The committee to look after the grave yard has been diligent and judicious with many difficulties in the way. It will ask for an extra hour at noon or some more suitable time fcr all to go over 3-4 mile and s,es the old stone house the home cf our great grandfather and the place where his ashes have lain for near one hundred years. There will be an all day service and a social dinner, hence all ar? expect ed to come with well filled baskets. It is also thought the Browns of Virginia are descendants of a broth er (Jacob) of our old Michael Brown of the stone house. It is said Ja? settled in Virginia while Michael came on the Salisbury- R. L. BROWN. Love and reason seldom on speak ing terms. LAND. As ex cutors of the last will and testament of Monroe Voils, decease), we uill yell on Septem';oi tho tth, 1916, on the premises that tract of land being ami l.ving in Rowan coun ty, joining the lands of Prospect church, fcur miles east of Moores ville, on the sand clay road leading from Mooresville to Concord. Sale to take place at 11 o'clock a. m. At the same t me and place we will sell the personal property belong ing to his estate. Terms of sale will bo made known on day of sale. C. V. and C. E. VOILS, ,xecuto !'.- "Politeness pays. "So they say. I think the profits run mostely tw deferred dividends." sermon in the morning will be preach-! Pittsburg Post. ed by Rev. L. W. Sifferd, pastor of St. Mark's church of Indianapolis, Inj. Mrs. Sifferd will deliver the ad dress in the afternoon. Music will be furnished by the Salem choir. Din ner will 'be served in the grove. Brin baskets. There isn't much hope for the fel low who thinks it's too hot to make hay while the sun shines. Billy Would you be satisfied with love in a cottage? Miily Oh, yea, In summer, provked it was abls't6 iroply a town house for the winter season. Charity begins at home. Perhaps that is why it rovers a multitude of (in. -.- European Monarch (testily) Well, what is it now? Palace, Treasurer Your Majesty, our American landlord is here for the renlLPhiladelphia Record. How's This? We offer Oae Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot h cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Hall's Catarrh Medicine baa been taken by catarrh tufferers for the past thirty fit years, and has become known as the inost satiable remedy tow Catarrh. Halt's Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on the Muco.ua aurfaeea. expelling' the Poi aon from the Blood sad healing te 41 sased portions. After res have taken Hairs Catarrh Mulleins for a abort Urn you will see Tit Improvement In your g-enervl beattfe. Start taking- Hall's Catarrh Medi cine at once and ret rid of cr'arb. fisM for testlmnnUle. free. -, F. J. CHENET A CO.. Toledo. OhSft , Bold by all UruintUia. TSr. :.:.i-;r- ' . ." - - ; -js.j r- -'III, ' r?W- j t?Z , i I NEW DOUBLE TRACK CONCRETO VIADUCT OVER THE DAN RIVER AT DANVILLE, VA. A.-i a part of the double tradjy.-ti'iu which tin: -Souther:! Ilailway it n v pm ccediiiK with between AVm;liin;-to:!, IK c'., and Atlanta, Ga., a distance of (!!',) milt s thruugh Uic Piodmont fcction A t!ic South, aluns tlie ca.rtern Mope (i t he Blue Kideand Allcliony M.m:it::ii:-, the Wi'ii.lerful concrete double track viai!t:ct across the Dan Iiiver nt Danvi!!.-, Va. , staiuls out with proniiiit iico. The improvements in zmH :inn::id Danville will represent a:i t.i.Uay c s.'.r $1, 700,000 and provide for n modern, to-date (1 julde track ral!i-o;ui. T!ie brii!;-, as well as the double track line i.ur.Ji uuu south of Daavifc, liavo been tjui.ilcted and are uof lu nervh. The bridge as indicated by tlie aeccuupanyiu!,- picture, is a very beautiful structure. A dimcnlt engineering feat in connec tion alth the-jmprovi nieit.-i tt Danvilio is tlie moving of tho entire Soutlicrn Iuiil . way station from ltd former location to iU pennunent new .location, a diotauce of yvcr fifgr feet across a street. TJiis paswnger stition is a brick structure weixbing 1,100 tons, and i U a difficult engineering feat to move it intact to its some ircfcb paint will make the station, which v.i u large two-story structure, ready for use. Tho moving of the station, in btead of tearing it down and building it jver ajrain, wad found to lx more eco nomical and aldo cnnld lie done much ijuicker. Over sixty-live per cent of tho double track of the Southern UaiUvay between WasldnsSon end Atlanta h.: now been coi-iplcted 1 is i:i uje. Tho entire dis tance froni '.Ja. hkr;ton .Charlotte, .'W0 mita.s, ;viil !c comjiletely cloublo trucked in about ."i - :-;o:i;.'w. Tbo line between Charlotte 1 Atlanta is, for ti.o most part, und r contract and foine of tbo doulilo tr.u;k i) already in service. To double t.a- k ail f this lino, reducing the Rnvlcs and cutting out many curves, is a big undertaking, lU tbo linj runs) along tbo foothiiki of i'.:o Llue Kid; and the Alle-lirny jnotir.t.un.-1, and at some places tlio work 1.4 very luavy, (.articularly in nUk vicinity cf Slo-. nt Airy aud Toccja, .lia., vvl.ii nil ono tfllic most i .ountainouu ! iUH'.lioin tiiroi;,;!i wkuii ti.ouuJa litutfrom AVa4iiaun tj AtlauU passua,. The j W.ub!(! trackju of the Soutltcrn jtlailasy lino tcf.'i Wailuitou and Atlanta is the lare: t an.i jaa; pro-re. tivo railroad construction ruQvewcjit t!luti;,a ovcr Ixir underVikeu l. Jne Jntli utd ai'iils an proper piaoe longrflo the he rdoub"to xpenditre of .many icillioas of dollars, t"cb line. J This has liecn accoftiphAhe 1, holhe Ciiix of ti.s'&'titheaiv Itailwayin lusever, keeping the station In condi- the poopie and the country W hich it eurrew tiun. end a few fin it lung loaches and is unbounded - - 1 ?''',''. i r 4f X
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