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WOMEN HURT IN AUTO SMASH Red" Porter and Will House Were Passengers n Car When it Hit Tree. pw Nash automobile was wrecked ciicht injuries were sustained by 1 I Red" Porter and Will House the tar ran into a tree, near j riovonth streets. KYiriav n iji ---- - - TUB CHARLOTTE KKWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8, 1921- .1 t ; . 1 0-30 o'clock. ,0U ' u' claimed that the dust pan fell nine on the steering shaft and :oiP" The car was reported to : been poing at a good speed. Eye V'V;e paid tne driver was apparently ' T ie every effort to turn the driv ' heel as the car headed toward the o'rter and House received treatment 1 .u- iniuries. xne teem oi one I id o have been virtually knock T'?r6,Vand scratches and bruises wer 0 u.. hMh stainea I"1- . 4 ho)i the apndpnt nar- ...-nn siri'vi. " ... . r. - , tiip tree is on tne lert nana r. :f th, street goi sciuare. At that point, it was street going out from Inde- i the dust pan fell, dropping on the f'j.,r' shaft and locking it. Thp'car did not stop when it hit the fpt JlUrtV, UI1VI rvin-"- iti it, civ vtiai nut 01 line, x no nui vi -'c f" ...j kmiicn bv the collision. flit a"" ,, u-S l, 1tV. I JUtrift OV-tt.t.M null Sllgtll recognized by persons iim -wfiilent na remarlvihle. fvmomentum with which the car hit L:', ivpp and hydrant, and the resulting rm, to the machine, was comment : .inrtn. . ! flf.ne of the accident afterwards .i,,-ni.-insr that a serious wreck had That the two :....inc WaS 1 Numerous persons who passed liled poliee headquarters for informa- r tl-int n spriniia wrprk had Ion. mi"1 jeeurred. FIREMEN GET OUT OF BED TO SAVE TRASH The firemen of the Fifth streets sta--n were called from their beds at ',.- Fridav morning when a lUh pile caught fire in the rear cf r the store at 239 1-2 West Trade 1-eet. The greatest damage was done the firemen, who lost their cany Wnins sleep. Chemicals were vised iUxtinsuifh' the flames which had Ln raused apparently by spontan-l.-js combustion. T. P. A. TO ELECT NEWJOFFICERS Annual Meeting of Post C. Will be Held Saturday Night. The election of officers and the selec tion of 16 delegates to the state con vention will be, amnmr u -,:: , business matters to be taken up at the annual meeting or .post C. Travelers' Protective association, in the Chamber Ul v-ummerce assemoiy room Saturday night at 8 o'clock. The annual state convention will be held in Greensboro, May 13 and 14. An elaborate program is being arranged for the convention. In addition to the 16 delegates , a big aggregation of local memDers or tne association are expect ed to attend. An invitation has been extended to ladies to accompany tiieir husbands to the Gate City for thi con vention. The Greensboro post, says an announcement, has over 600 mem bers who have been co-operating in ar ranging plans for the annual meet ing. The Charlotte post has 351 members, the state division has 4,087 on its rolls and the membership of the entire na tional association is 94,350. During he 30 years that the T. P. A., has been organized for the travel ing man it has paid 46,966 claims amounting $6,227,885.09,' according to J. Frank Wilkes. During the last year 3,563 claims were made and paid, of which 30 per cent resulted from auto mobile miships. Of the 43 death claims, 23 resulted from automobile ac cidents. Thirty-nine per cent of the claims resulted from accidents about the home or office, and less than five per cent from railway travel. CITIZENS PAY $12,786 FOR WATER IN MARCH 5 creases veigni aim Strength of Thin, Nerv-J ous People in Two Weeks Time in Many Cases. New Phosphate Recommended by Specialists is Guaran teed by Local Druggist. N'othin like Bitro-Phosphate, says Harrigan, of New York, to make n. delicate, nervous, discouraged n and women take on needed eight and quickly exhibit a nerve -ce that radiates healtn, energy ana Inoition. It is known to be such a wonderful 1 to frail and tired out people that P. Stowe & Co.. and other leading t'jggisls, who have a large demand it. are glad to guarantee Bitro- 'hosphate. CAUTION": Although Bitro-Phosphate an excellent aid in relieving weak, krvous conditions, its use is not ad- ?'.! unless increased weight is de- The Charlotte public spent $12,786.02 for water last month. Nearly 100,000, 000 gallons were supplied by the citv water works department, according to the monthly report of W. E. Vest, su perintendent. The receipts of the department -last month were only $54 greater than in. February, although March had three days more. v Depression affects the water depart ment as it does business generally. A considerable decrease in monthly rev evenue. reported some time ago, is Ttiil holding down the amount of moneV received at the office for water consumed. CITY GIVES PERMITS FOR 3 NEW HOUSES Permits for the erection of three houses, costing in the aggregate $15,250 have been issued by R. P. Connelly, the city building inspector. One house, costing $7,000, is being erected at 641 Louise avenue for V. M. Stine. An other, costing $4,000, is being built at No. 1 Seigle avenue for V. J. Yelving ton. and the third, to cost $4,250, will be located at 2012 East Ninth street. A permit was also issued to the Car olina Junk and Hide company for the making of repairs to the old Y. & B. Plant on the Southern railway lines in Third ward, damaged sometime ago by fire. These repairs will cost about $2,500. TO MAKE ALUMNI ADDRESS. Albert Escott, editor of The Mill News, has been appointed to make the alumni address at the commencement exercises of the North Carolina State College, Raleigh, on May 30. PARTS OF STILL FOUND mCOUNTY Sheriffs Own Township Produces Liquor Making Outfit Negro Arrested. Parts of a 6till and barrels and kegs bearing evidence that the still had been operated were found late Thurs day afternoon in Mallard Creek towrv ship Sheriff Cochran's home town ship by DDutv Sheriff Vic Fesper man and Rural Policemen Charles CI. Brown and Louis E. Johnston. They brought the still and Sam Walker, a negro tenant on the plantation, back to Charlotte. Friday morning the ne gro made $50 bond before Justice of the Peace J. W. Cobb to guarantee his appearance at the next term of crim inal court to answer to the charge of distilling. The still was found on the Plez Mot ley place, which is now owned by Mrs. J. W. Hutchison. Tie negro, V Sam Walker, on whose premises the parts of the still were found, has borne a good reputation as a law-abiding and industrious man. He is a man of ad vanced age. The parts of the still were found in an outhouse containing lumber, cotton seed and other things. Two half bar rels and a keg that aoDeared to the of ficers to have contained recently dis tilled beer were found at a spring near the house. POLICE HAD GUN DUEL WITH STEEL WORKERS Chicago, April 8. Policeman John Tracey and Robert Nikisch, are dying, Matthew Lalich died early today and two others are suffering from wounds received in a street fight in the Soutn Chicago steel mill district late last night. As Tracey and Policeman John M. White, who was wounded in the hand, met a party of three steel workers, a quarrel began, it was said, when the. policemen, in plain clothes, were crowd ed off the sidewalk. The steel work ers opened fire and, by the time both sides had emptied their sruns, all had been wounded. Captain Joseph Smith of the South Chicago police station, said the three steel workers, not fa miliar with the English language, may have thought the two policemen in plain clothes were robbers. 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