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THE to 5>i itisau i jnl /rtjjqznoD ^iiwfxsd •;u/D vsf^'jj ©FFERovr.> lyxonoa <*#.. bntroi^ iliurf -a.rf o) ^nrl “0” DADDY” Friday - and Saturday ’ :: ; ■ ' • .*• .4 '. . V -It and ‘‘The Girl of the Flying X,? Monday and Tuesday MATINEE :-: NIGHT 3:30 7:30-9 Itailroad shops in Elkhartj Itid., arel laying off union men and forhiing company unions. PR©MOTI©N§ ON SOUTHERN RY. R. S. Bingham has been ap pointed local counsel at Talladega, -Ala., for Talladega county,^ vice Brewer Dixon, resigned, V . J ’ _ J (s4 jinsp^i§R#445ifts®p^Rjtig|i m -H. C. Yancey has been appoint ed secretary to vice-president~at Atlanta, vice- Wm. J../,Beres - re-, signed; to accept service elsewhere. A. P. .Wootten, formerly freight traffic, representative at; Rome,, Ga., has been appointed freight traffic representative at Binping ham, Ala. Mr.,.: Wootten enbe#e$ the service in ? 1917 as cashier at the Home agency. He was pro moted to rate clerk in that office in 1920, and to freight traffic repre sentative at Rome on May 15, 1921. - ; . - r, r...^r B. F. Langford, who was pro moted on June 18 to assistant su perintendent of the Northern Ala bama Railway at Sheffield,- Ala., entered the service in January, 1901, as telephone operator on the Atlanta Division at Atlanta. Sub sequently he was.; promoted on* that division at Atlanta as follows: Yard c>!erk and extra switchman, 1902; f operator, - North * Ayenue ' <r • NORTH CAROLINA Excursion •■-'■A: yr«v-r* — =fc. - - v*/ k Sr *"v'. •' ‘'C?*^Sr > *> *?, v'’v"’\V'; ' "■ '• -ay?#';£*£»** I ■",?'■ ’t-v.. Vr; Southern Railway Sy*tem Tikets Good Three Days end Two Nights in Norfolk' Round Trip Fare from Charlotte ' >iSfi? -r gr Mft-.. ■: Pullman sleeping cars and high class day coaches. Special train leaves Charlotte 7:00 P. M. August 15th. Arrives Norfolk 8:15 A. M. August 16th. Round trip tickets on sale from all stations on Soutji&rn Rail way in North Carolina August 15th, for this ekcrursjon. CSee circular. * i ■« con Tickets from branch line points sold for Tegular' trains vct necting with - SPECIAL TRAIN at junction points main line Charlotte to Danville. Tickets from mainline points Charlotte to Danville on going trip August 15th, sold for special train All tickets good to return all regular trains up to and includ ing train No. 3 leaving Norfolk (5:10, P. 'M. August 18th, 1024*! • >Grand " opportunityv to ?pend .weekrenid ^b; Vfrgimai ^ ffeach, A J rVlewi and other resorts. ^ ^ * . ^ ' 3 ’ ' 'v- r-":‘' - - “ \ ... 3r-- - v ****!’■ >*-\ ' Eime ’ surf Mthirig; boat excursions, sight-seeing trlps. * ' J " Fishing at Ocean View this year is the best in many years, and great catches are reported frequently. Don't miss this opportunity for a few days- fishing, - ; Make your Pullman sleeping ear reservations early. The Last Seashore Excursion to Norfolk This Season S’ V - ' • jf ■ ■■ • — t ' , < •• * ■ «y'* *f'~*?*" 7 -For further inforiftatjort^c^ll-pn any Southern Railway-Agent. W. F. COCHRANE City Ticket Agent * Charlotte, N. C. R. H: GRAHAM Diriilon Pa«eager Agent . Charlotte, If. C. i ^ y^^pffico, Jk^gnsty tor, dispatcher’^ office, 1904; train dispatcher, May, 1905; chief diroutcher, July, 1909; train mas ter, north end, September 15, 1913. ' •' ‘ The Southern’^ city ticket office &t Savannah, which has been lo ^ated* in* charge u city Of m>f4al^S?f “ffifc mar placed in charge of H. M. Mea dors, city ticket agent of the At lantic Coast Line, who will also represent the Southern in that ca pacity.; • \^"v John ; Thomas Moon, recently promoted to toadmaster of the "New Orleans & Northeastern Rail road Und New Orleans Terminal Co:, with headquarters at Hatties burg,Miss., entered the services on August 11, 1914, as student roadway apprentice at Bremen, Ga. He was promoted to assistant supervisor at Rome, Ga., March 1, T916, and to supervisor at that point on November 1, 1920. G. C. Potter, formerly freight traffic representative at St. Louis, has been appointed freight traffic representative at Birmingham, Ala., vice G. H. Allen, resigned. Mjr.-'Potter entered the service in January, 1911, as bill clerk at Lexington, Ky., . and .served ih va rious clerical positions at Lexing ton, Sbnierset, Danville, Ky., and Washington, D. C., until April, 1920, when he was promoted to freight traffic Representative' at Louis. Ke was in military "service ' during the World War from May, 1917, to May, 1919, having ,served overseas from Au gust p 1917, to April 22, 1919. :C Bp^fy Asbby DeBptts, recently ♦fmdnoted to superintendent of the Mobile Division * at Selma, Ala., entered the service on July 6, 1916, vaa student apprentice (section. laborer): at Culpepper, .^.-1 His service record from that; date follows: September, 15* 1916, assistant foreman, extra force,; Washington Division; November 20, 1916, section foreman, Rapi dan, Va. ; June 90, •• 1917, general yard foreman, Alexandria, Va.; November 16, 1917, assistant track supervisor, Washington Di vision; June I, 1918, . enlisted in U. ,S. tMarine Corps; July 1, 1919,: ; discharged from Marine Corps with rank of First Lieutenant and | re-emiployed as assistant super j visor, Washington Division; De i cember 1, 1920, assistant train master, Birmingham Division ; June 4, 1921, trainmaster, North ern Alabama Railway; November 1, 1923, assistant superintendent, Northern Alabama Railway. JUNIORS ENJOY e f BIG OUTING The; Junior Order and the Sis ters of East Charlotte enjoyed an outing at the pumping station a" mile above Rozelle Ferry bridge Thursday evening. There was a watermelon feast, after which | boating and swimming were en joyed. ' Manager Stilwell* owner and qperaitor of the boats and the fine ; swimming beach; is a brother , of A*i Stilwfill, of the Junior Order ‘ and lie left nothing undone to give real entertainment to the guests of the evening. / k AfE Junior Order members and their families? who attended ex-r pressed surprise that Mr. Stilwell* had such an excellent place of genuine amusement. The boating la fine,- and the swimming beach is one of the best about here. The number, of wage earners on the payrolls of more than frOOQ industrial establishments in Penn sylvania, New Jersey and. Dela* 0b®& declined 3.7 per cent from .'April to May, a larger reduction than in any .other month during the;'past year. T'he largest de-r clines in both employment . and earnings occurred in the’ metal manufacturing and textile prod ucts groups. - - ■ • ' * : - : Philadelphia boasts, of one wi**. i*".' • feij-s/r • • •• WEFORE^mVING ON YOUR ¥j^EATION .-•<">!.'*'.**'4 j' V> .i'J "i f'li.tj.'sri-;■ isoAt 91:? rnv ft:t * i." • ij. ■ :? ti ougfcly reliable and skilled workmen—prompt and efr; *• ficient service. 4 You take no risk—-we are responsible, for the work is done here in*Charlotte. '■ ri& MOUNTS FOR ^SINGLE STONES 14-K Red Gold——-$4.50 to $8j00 : Green Gold ___$6:00 to $12.00.' White Gpfil— ^—$1200 to Platinum Head ^ _i _,_.1- $20.00 to $45s60 All Platinum; ^^:„.__-___$45.00 to $350.00^ '• U* .■•■<■ S'Ziy \ JEWELER 230, North Tryon St. & i & :7 Aq editor wrote a Southern Mis souri subscriber named; Bill Jeffrjr, advising him ;t)iat his subscription had expired. A few days later the* editor received 'hie ^ own letter across the bottom of which was scrawled, “So’s Bill.”' Proprietor . $vnper / Hotel— “Now, over herer is the oceaiu” ^ Ad Writer—“Where? I don’t see apy ocean.” *_;■ t ; .v .u \; fj Proprietor—“Vbti f dEdhHf ^ My blear sir, Pm afrpid you’re nSf^tke11 man we want to write our adver tisements.’—Life. Visitor (to butler who is show ing him through the picture gal lery)—That’s a fine portrait ! Is it an old master?’* ■' Butler—“No, that’s the -old missus.’’—Octopus. J J He had just arrived from the old country, and was not f amiliar, with the use Of the ? telephone} ‘ so he took down the VOceiyer fand ' de manded:^ r /• 7 • • “Aye vafit tb talk-to^my- vffe.” The Ctperator’s voice came back,; sweetly, “Number, please??”' “Oh^ hbrreplied, “shei hfone my second r-r :-™~r Conversation in a drug store: MGinftne7a tablet^’ ^'rr** *What Irinda tablet?” - “A yellow one ” ; what’s j Ivitfi “I want write a letter. "Mi- r **' nei£ tion ensued:. 7 7.'£Jtinv—-“Say, Bobb*l wCre sick last week!” Boso—“Yes* I was. hew disease^ ealed ‘clbthiag sick he&.* i-1 ■ ;. Jim-^7‘What on earth is that?” ; Boso-^i*WeHf,-1. had a 4eoat on ray - tongue, and my breath earns in short pants.” Vf , ' An East Side pahtsmaker who has, become • quite a figure in - the movie-producing world was re cently selecting a- chief . his scenario'staff*-. The producer in sisted that thq^successful appli cant must be a "college graduate.; Hjb looked • with Cavort; upqn ^"one a; college education. ? Be received J an affirmative reply. . * "Show yeur diploma,”der- \r .• tiianded the; producer. The “appii- - cantVaried to * explain that- "it was ;J . not rcystoinary for collegegradu- T ates to carry diplomas around with ; them.. , h:. ■ ;i "Well, then/’ demanded the producer, with just asdigbt sheer, * ?€9obe>I>emocraf. nvitoifbSL > " . T. r, ■- ’ r ■■» •,•'••-.••? :/■*-<>-.I",.-- •' , “What are you crying for?”-' . v “The doctor has taken one : of my teeth out!” - c ■} ' ~~ "Pooh! My mother takes all of hers out every night, but she 1 doesn’t cry!”—Kasper ,','(©t©fck- •v holm). r' P"\ rv? Diner (angrily to waiter)-^- ' "You spilled that soup* all dyer my coat?” -or - Waiter—-"It’s all right, *sift ^ ■ I $ know the soup' here; it r-f-nevdfe*** stains after six o’dock.^^Jdck?' o’-Lantem. • f? - xtu^^ns. - .-v ■ , ' 'i r: *i'll rtfs'! Waltcgr was going to birthday party and. his, mo^l^r1 In-- ^ sisted on his inviting, ■ "among^r*: others, a neighbor’s hoy ^ whom he had quarrelled. He g finally, promised he woulddbv sd, j but on the day of the. party the ? neighbor’s boy failed to show .up. t v Walter*# mother became- suspi- 1 urvij __• . ■ nL-i.ii-or» * cious. -"Did you invite Charlie? ‘Of cours% *1 “And did she asked, mother.” would come?” Walter. "lihvited but I. dared him to.”-—Boston Transcript. . A man slipped on a banana peel i and. executed a very funny fall, > not being hurt, as. itturned-.out, f but having hia dignity’ somewhat J rc^Hed. When he recovered a. - moment later a friend washold ing his hat and a number, of-peo nle had formed a circldf ’ "What -do these idlers ' wahl?” he snarled. "They are not idlers,” explained -< his friend soothingly*T-?"£|epete 'tT doctor who wants to look you over* -* a lawyer, ready to bring' sini for you, and producer of comic dims ~ who would like tpsigjtypu vrijt’—g\
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