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IHE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C.. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 10, 1921 : " '' 'i mi i t . - "" .... i - . i. - U. S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bareau. 1 . CHARLES F. MARVIN, Chief. pcV DAILY WEATHER MAPi ' ' Sept. ioJ If EXPLANATORY NOTES. f ,nIi l!r ? V"" '"X.".' 1." time' Alr PrCSSUre reduced to sea ,evel Isobrs Continuous lines) pass through points of equal air pressure Isotherms (dotted lines) pass throuCh points of equal temperature. O clear; partly cloudy; cloudy; rain: () snow; (g) report missing. Arrows fly with the wind. Shaded areas show precipitation of 0.01 inch or more io past 24 hours. ROAD CONTRACT TO BE AWARDED Chairman Frank Page of State Commission is Here Saturday. Chairman Frank Page of the North Carolina Highway Commission is in the city Saturday and with District Com missioner W. C. Wilkinson will award the contract this afternoon for the con smiction of seven miles of the Char iot te-Statesville highway, lying in Ire dell county. This will be the larest contract so far awarded for hard-surfacing highways in this particular section of the State, the probabilities being that the bids will iV't be under an aggregate of $200,000 fcr completion of the seven miles. In addition to this contract, award will be made also to some of the bid ders for the hard-surfacing of four miles of road leading from Gastonia to Dallas. After these contracts have been awarded, the officials of the State high way commission will have a conference with the officials of the Mecklenburg Highway Commission in reference to the building of the Mecklenburg end of the Charlotte-Statesville road. A controversy developed between the two commissions several months ago as to which of them would bear the ex pense of procuring right-of-way, the county commission refusing to accede to the demand of the State commission that it guarantee this part of the work and assume all financial obligations that might later be incurred. The county commission,, took the attitude that in the building of purely State roads, the duty of providing all costs, including- rights-of-way, etc., rested upon the State commission and not up G RAP New York State Concords AND California Malaga THE BEST GRAPES FOR PRESERVES AND WINS Croo Short This Year,. Get Your Supply While They Last. The head of every household is permitted by law to make have in hid possession two hundred gallons of light wines, FOR SALE BY GROCERY AND FRUIT STORES If your grocer cannot supply ycu, Phone or Write SOUTHERN FRUIT CO. (Wholesale Only) 17 South College Street. . Charlotte, X. C. Phones 259 Long Distance Phone 3362 Your groceryman has the following fruits today: California Peaches, Plums, Gravenstein Apples, Lemons, Oranges, Bananas. Bartlett and Sickle Pears, Spanish Onions. Also Sheboygan Ginger Ale and Schlitz Beverage. Patronize your Groceryman. He is the best friend you will have in time of trouble Sale Of OEtinues AT 50 AND 75 We must make room for our Fall lines of Cretonnes and Draperies which are constantly arriving and in order to do this, we are offering our present stock of high grade CRETONNES in all the popular designs and colors, at re ductions that range from 50 per cent' to 75 per cent. The housewives of Charlotte should take advantage of this opportunity to buy liberally for their Fall needs. . irskine R. Charlotte, N. C. on the commission or road authorities in the several counties. The State commission made the point that the contract tendered the Mecklenburg commissioners was identi cal to that tendered road building offi cials in all the other counties and that all other counties had freely signed this contract, assuming the burden of pro viding the right-of-way. This controversy, it is expected, will be concluded at the day's conference so that the way may be cleared for be ginning work on the Mecklenburg end of the Charlotte-Statesville road, a dis tance of something like 22 miles. REV. LOY THOMPSON TO HOLD MEETINGS Rev. Loy D. Thompson, pastor of the Hawthorne Lane Methodist church has been secured to preach in a series of evanelistic services at the Brevard Street Methodist church. Rev W R I Sholton, pastor, the first service to be held Sunday night at eight o'clock. The Brevard Street church congrega tion has been in a state of preparation for these special services for some time, cottage prayer meetings and special prayer services at the church having been held regularly for several days. A special musical program for every service will be provided under the direc tion of Mrs. Ward Orr. Mr. Thompson has become widely known as a very sucessful evangelist. MR. SWAIN TO RETLRS. Henrv T. Swain, who Is spending some time in Miami, Fla.. to which place he went several weeks ago, ex pects to return to Charlotte in the fall. Mr. Swain writes friends here that he has temporarily became connected with a business enterprise in Miami but fully expects to return to Charlotte and resume business as agent of Republic trucks wh?n the business depression, which has been prevalent for some time, shows further improvement. or Inc. Cretonnes Thru Next TT-1 Week SAVING Smith, F O WEATHSR CONDITIONS. September 10, 1921 Though the pressure continues rela tivelv high from New England to thef central Gulf states, it Is lower thanfl yesterday morning. The southwestern disturbance has ex tended northeastward to the upper Mis sissippi valley, with its main center over Iowa. It is followed by high pres sure and cold weather in the northwest, temperatures in Montana ranging this morning from freezing to slightly be low, in North Dakota and Wyoming from two to four degrees above freez ing. Ther, have been mostly light to mod erate showers in western portions of Virginia and th Carolinas, and scat teringly in all cotton growing states, heavy rainfalls having occurred in -nls vicinity, ai iwo siauuns jii ucvi- gia, one in ouuin Carolina, u.nu iu seuthwestern portion of Texas. There have also been light to heavy rains from the middle Mississippi val ley northwestward to western Montana, the rain in the later state having turn ed to snow. Havre had about three inches of snow last night. Light to moderate showTers are also reported from the upper Mississippi valley and scatteringly in the Lake section. Temperatures in the cotton belt have continued above normal, except west ern portior of Texas, where nearly normal coifditions prevail. . Partly cloudy and somewhat unset tled weather will continue in this vicin ity tonight and Sunday, with little change in temperature. THE WEATHER. Weather Bureau Office. Charlotte, September 10, 1921 Sunrise 6 "02 Sunset 6.37 Moonrise 2:26 p. m- Moonset 1:01 a. m. Moon phase, full on the 17th- TEMPERATURE. Dry Bulb. 8 a. m.. 10 a. m. Noon . . . 73 74 83 Wet Balb. 8 a. m. Noon . . 70 71 Highest yesterday .- 8 Lowest lasjnight. . .. 70 Mean yesterday.. 79 Normal 72 Mean same date last year 76 Excess for month .. . 56 Excess for year 538 Highest of recoid for September, 99 in 1896. Lowest of record for September, 38 in 1888. PRECIPITATION. Total for .24 hours ending 8 a; m. Total for month to 8 a. m. . . Normal for September Deficiency for year 1.14 1.22 3.22 HUMIDITY. 8 a. m. . Noon . . 89 55 G. S. LINDGREN. Meteorologist, SHOWERS FAIL TO RELIEVE STRINGENCY The cooling showers that fell in the vicinity of Charlotte Friday night, bring ing invigorating relief from ,the hot weather that has recently prevailed was not widely enough disseminated over the Catawba river valley, accord ing to officials of the Southern Power company, to make any appreciable effect on the river. Therefore, the handicap in water power production that has for some time been felt atplants of the system will continue until more showers come. At Hickory about the same amount of rain fell Friday night as fell in Char lotte, it is said, and nearly an Inch and a half fell in the vicinity of Bridge water. In the Saluda valley tne rain fall was a little heavier than it was in the Catawba basin. The aggregate precipitation in the valley of the two rivers in which the power plants are located was not enough to effect the situation excent in a minor degree. The hope of ofiicials of the power company Is that the showers of Friday afternoon and night are only a prelude to a gen eral rain, and they are watching the press dispatches relative to the .pro gress of the storm center reported Fri day as being in the West Indian area of the Gulf and reported Saturday morning as growing i intensity. If the direction of the center is toward the American coast it is expected it will result in bringing general rains to this section. CHATTANOOGA CITY LAUNCHED AT MOBILE Mobile Ala., Sept. 10. The Chatta nooga City, the fourteenth and last ship to be built at the Chickasaw Ship building plant under the original con tract with the Isthmian Stemship Com pany, was launched here at noon to day Vith impressive ceremonies. The vessel, which "was named in hon or of the mountain metropolis of Ten nessee, is a 10,000-ton, all-steel ship, and was christened by Mrs. S. 13. Gayce as she slid down the ways. Af. ter the launching the visiting delega tion from Chattanooga were shown The harbor on a government dispatch boat. TODAY'S MARKETS COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON. New York, Sept. 10. The cotton market showed renewed strength today owing to reports of torrential rains in South Texas and continued nervous ness over the course of the tropical storm. The latter was considered too far away to threaten aav damage to cotton , within the next "four or five days, but private reports regarding the Texas rains led to active covering and rresn Duying. .first prices were ir regular at an advance o 22 to 65 points and there were slight setbacks right after the call under realizing for over the week-end. These offerings were quickly absorbed, however, with December soon selling up to 20.70 and March to 20.42 or about 75 to 90 points net higher on the active months. 'The advance assumed more sensa tional proportions later- with October seling up to 21.45 or 190 points net higher, while later months showed net advance of 95 to 162 points with De cember also selling at 21.43 or within 35 points of Wednesday's high record. At these prices there was a general effort to secure profits, however, and the market broke rapidlv in the last half hour. October selling off to 20.75 and December to 20.80 at the close. The general market closed barelv steady at a net advance of 25 to 120 points. NEW YORK SPOT COTTON.. New York, Sept. 10. Spot cotton steady; middling 21.10. OPE NEW YORK. rTTTl'RES. New York, Sept. 10. Cotton futures opened irregular. October 19.75 to 20.00: December 20.35; Januarv 20.30; March 20.00; May 19.95 CLOS'E NEW YORK FUTURES. New York. Sept. 10. The cotton market closed barely steads'. Open High Low Close Oct 19.75 21.45 19.75 20.75 Dec 20.35 21.45 20.15 20. SO Jan 20.30 21.1R 19.80 20.45 March 20.00 20.00 19.88 20.00 May 19.95 20.50 19.80 19.S0 NEW ORLEANS COTTON. New Orleans, Sept. 10.' The extreme ly heavy rains reported in South Texas over night and the steadv progress of the tropical storm across the Carib bean sea created a buying wave in the cotton market on the poeninsr to day and in the first hour of business prices advanced 87 to 120 points. Oc tober rose to 20.4o and March to 20.10. as was xne case yesterday the near months were stronger than the dis tant. The market was filled with reports of unprecedented rainfall in Texas and prices bulged sharply. Sorrw points claimed as much as 22 inches of rain with 10 to 15 feet of water running in some sectibns and creeks and rivers overflowed with consequen c great damage to tne crop. The trad ing months went 127 to 175 point higher than the last quotations of ves terday. October showing the maot strengtn ana rising to 21.00 a pound In the last few minutes of the session heavy realizing by longs appeared and their sales caused a break from the highest of about 75 points. NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON New Orleans, Sept. 10. Spot cotton steady 125 points higher; sales oh the spot 2,01," bales; to arrive 264. Low middling 18.25; middling 20.25 good middling 21.25. OPEN NEW ORLEANS FUTURES. New Orleans, Sept. 10. The cotton market opened firm. October 19.75 December 19.98: January 19.80; March 19.71; Alav 19.68. CLOSE NEW ORLEANS FUTURES New Orleans, Sept. 10. The cotton market closed easy at a net advance of 2o to 100 points. Open High Low Oct 19.75 21.00 19.45 Dec 19.98 21.00 19.75 Jan 19.80 20.83 19.64 March 19.71 20.60 19.52 May 19.68 20.25 -9.43 Close 20.25 20.20 20.00 19.55 19.45 LIBERTY BONDS. New York, Sept. 10. Liberty bonds closed: 3 l-2s. 87.46; first 4s, 87.8: bid; second 4s, 87.90; first 4 l-4s, 88.00 second 4 1-4.S, 87.94: third 4 l-4s. 92.01 fourth 4 l-4s, 88.12; victory 3 3-4s, 99.04; victory 4 3-4s, 99.04. SAVANNAH NAVAL STORES. Savannah, Ga., Sept. 10. Turpentine firm, 64; sales 131; receipts v493; ship- menis its; siock 1U, 3is. Rosin firm; sales 816: receipts 1,446 shipments 5.514; stock 74,915. Quote: B O 4.00; E 4.05; F 4.15; G 4.25; H 4.25; I 4.30: K 4.40; M 4.50 N 4.60; WG 5J)0; WW 5.50. SILVER. Sept. 10. Foreign New York, Silver 64 1-4. bar Mexican dollars 49 3-8. MONEY AND EXCHANGE. New York, Sept. 10.. Prime mercan tile paper 6 to 6 1-4. Exchange irregular; sterling 60-day bills and commercial 60-day bills on banks 3.70; commercial 60-day bills 3.69 7-8: demand 3.73 1-2: cables 3.74 Francs, demand 7.45 1-2; cables 7.46 Belgian francs, demand 7.33 1-2 cables 7.34. Guilders, demand 31.66; cables 31.72 Lire, demand 4.32; cables 4.32 1-2. Marks, demand 0.99; cables 0.99 1-2 Greece, demand 5.67. Sweden, demand 21.55. Norway, demand 12.95. Argentine, demand 30.75. Brazilian, demand 12.75. Montreal 10 11-16 per cent discount Government bonds steady; railroad bonds firm. CHICAGO GRAIN Chicago, Sept. 10. Fresh strength developed in the wheat market today owing larerely to upturns in the value of cotton and stocks. Opening quota tions varied from unchanged figures to 3-4 higher. After opening 1-4 lower to 3-S cents higher, including December at 56 to 56 J4, corn underwent a material gen eral sag. Oats started unchanged to 1-2 cent higher. Provisions advanced as' a result of good demand for lard. CHICAGO RAIN AND PROVISIONS. Chicago, Sept. 10. Open High Low Close WHEAT Dec 1.36V 1.37 1.32 1.32?; Mav 1.42 1.42 1.37 1.37 CORN Dec 56ii 564 54 54 Mav 60 60 34 59 59 OATS Dec 41 41 40 40 May 46 46 45 45 LARD Oct 11.05 11.17 11.05 11.17 Jan 9.85 9.87 9.75 9.75 RIBS Oct 8.25 8.30 8.20 8.20 Jan 8.40 8.45 8.37 8.37 GRAIN MARKET REVIEW. Chicago. Sept. 10. Wheat was on the upgrade almost continuously dur ing tne last week and its strength carried the coarser grains along, al though not to the extent of its own advance. September wheat gained 9; December 10 1-2, and May 11 1-4 points during the week, while corn's close last night showed it to be up 2- to 2 7-8 over the closing figures of a week ago, and oats showing some independent strength at times, jumped 3 .1-8 to 4 3-4 higher on the week. The bulge was started early in the week when outside investments orders were increased; it continued when. out side interests . and local commission houses proved to be heavy buyers in the middle of the week and it reached its high point yesterday on generally bullish news that more than offset the bearish government crop report, the drought in Argentine being a factor. Corn was helped by the advance in wheat on every turn and on occasions the bulge of wheat turned a weak corn market into a firm one. Oats was also assisted during the week by the wheat market but not to the extent that corn benefitted, oats early showing independent strength. May oats showed the most gain, ad vancing from 41 to- 45 3-4 during the week. The provision market was easier during the entire week and decidedly weak toward the end of the week. CIVIC CONVENTION. Washington, Sept. 10. The 17th an nual convention of the American Civic Association will oe held at Chicago November 13-17, it was announced today. WALL STREET New York, Sept. 10. The further ad vance of quoted values in the market today was accompanied by the largest and most varied turn over of any week-end session in many months. Shorts again covered in oils, steels, equipments, coppers, motors, leathers and sugars, many of those issues making additional gains of 2 to 5 points. Mexican Petroleum was the eaaer. but buvinsr of Baldwin Loon- motive. American Car, Crucible and Bethlehem Steels and Utah Comber was extensive. Leaders reacted 1 to 3 points in the profit taking of the final dealing's but a firm tone marked the close. Sales . approximated 600,000 shares. New York. Sept. 10. Today's ses sion of the stock market opened with further buoyant advances in various speculavite favorites. Mexican Petrol eum was the leader, gaining 1 1-2 points at the outset and immediately extending its rise to 2 1-2 points. H.oulpments. steels. coDners and motors also were strong. American Car, Cru cible, Republic and Bethlehem Steels, i-tau copper ana w mys-uvenana pre ferred rose 1 to 1 3-4 points. United Fruit. Ameran Woolen. American Locomotive and Virginia- aroiina unemicai were in further de mand. Continental Can and Sumatra Tobacco were among the few heSK'v stocks. ' Another slumD in marks. Which fell to a new low record at less than one cent, Was the feature of the foreign exchange market NEW YORK STOCK LIST. Last Sale. Allis-Chalmers 33 1-2 American Beet Sugar 90 American Can 28 American Car fe Foundry . . 132 American Hide & Leather pfd 51 American international Corp.. 32 1-S American jjocomotive .... . . 93 American Smeltine: & Ref. . . 38 American Sugar 62 American Sumatra Tobacco , . 46 American T. & T 107 1-8 American Tobacco Sec American Woolen 77 Anaconda Copper 38 5-S Atcmson 85 5-S Atl., Gulf & W. Indies .... 27 Baldwin Locomotive .... . . 88 5-8 Baltimore & Ohio 38 5-8 Bethlehem Steel "B" Canadian Pacific 113 3-4 Central Leather 29 1-S Chandler Motors 49 Chesapeake & Ohio .. .. .. 56 1-? cmcago. Mil. & St. Paul .... 26 5-8 Chicago, R. I. & Pac 33 5-8 Chino Copper 23 5-8 Colorado Fuel & Iron 24 1-2 Corn Products 75 7-8 Crucible Steel 64 Cuba Cane Sugar 8 1-2 Erie .is 1-2 General Klectric 126 1-2 General Motors 10 Goodrich Co 33 1-2 Great Northern pfd 76 Great Northern Ore ctfs .... 28 1-2 Illinois Central ,95 Inspiration Copper 34 7-8 Int. Mer. Marine pfd 45 3-4 International Paper 48 5-S Kennecott Copper 20 1-4 Louisville & Nashville 110 Maxwell Motors Mexican Petroleum .... .. 117 3-4 Miami Copper l 1-2 Middle States Oil 71 7-8 Mid vale Steel 25 Missouri Pacific 19 5-8 New York Central 72 1-4 N. Y., N. H. & Hartford .... 15 3-8 Norfolk & Western 95 Northern Pacific 77 1-4 Invincible Oil .. .... 9 1-2 Oklahoma Prod. & Ref 17-8 Pan American Petroleum .. .. 52 Pennsylvania 38 1-4 People's Gas 65 3-4 Pittsburgh & W. Va 25 Ray Consolidated Copper .... 13 1-4 Reading 69 1-2 Rep. Iron & Steel 49 7-8 Royal Dutch, N. Y 50 3-4 Shell Trans. & Trad 36 1-2 Sinclair Con. Oil '0 1-2 Southern Pacific 78 v Southern Pacific 21 1-2 Standard Oil of N. J., pfd .. .. 106 7-8 Studebaker Corporation .. 78 3-4 Tennessee Copper 8 5-8 Texas Co 36 7-8 Texas & Pacific 24 1-2 Tobacco Products .. .... .. 69 1-4 Transcontinental Oil . . . . . . 8 1-8 Union Pacific 120 1-2 U. S. Food Products 17 3-4 U. S. Retail Stores 56 1-8 U. S. Ind. Alcohol 48 3-8 U. S. Rubber 50 5-8 U. S. Steel 79 Utah Copper .. .. 51 1-2 Westinghouse Electric 44 7-8 Willys Overland 6 1-8 Pure Oil 25 1-4 Atlantic Coast Line 86 Coca Cola 35 3-4 Gulf States Steel 39 1-2 Seaboard Air Line 6 Sloss, Shef. Steel & Iron .... 37 United Fruit : . .. 108 7-8 Virginia Caro. Chem 30 1-2 American obacqo 12(5 American Zine .. 8 1-4 Gen. Asphalt 52 WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW. New York. Sept. 10. Recovery of quoted values In the stock market made more substantial progress this week, the movement being attended by a pronounced Increase of operations and other accelerating factors. Developments at Washington and industrial and commercial quarters were distinctly helpful. while the Mexican oil situation offered ground for encouragement. Betterment mi me steel and iron trade was seen in the increased production of pig iron. According to impartial observers, much of the week's appreciation of prices in stocks was made at the ex pense of professional shorts. That faction, it is generally believed, ma terially reduced Its commitments in last few days. Rails were the only important shares to hold back in the general advance. Their sluggishness was the more note worthy because of the strength shown by railway equipments, notably Bald win and American Locomotive and kindred issues. Monel on call and time evinced an easier trend, but bankers warned against further expectations in that quarter, in view of crop-moving re quirement ana impending heavy in come tax payments. The foreign exchange market was the only disquieting feature, weakness of German rates, which extended to central Puropean remittances, bearing pertinently upon future reparations payments. Extension of merchants' credits to French, German and other foreign countries are under considera tion by our bankers, as well as a large loan to Argentina. CHICAGO PROVISIONS. Chicago, Sept. 10.- Butter higher; firsts 3f 1-2 to 39. Eggs unchanged. Poultry, alive, lower; fowls 16 to 25; springs 25. CHICAGO POTATOES. Chicago, Sept. 10. Potatoes Idaho white sacked 8.00 to 3.25. dull; CLEARING HOUSE CONDITION. New York. Sept. 10. .The actual con dition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week show that they hold $16,368,930 reserves in excess of legal requirements. This Is an increase of $16,769,000 from last week. NEW YORK PROVISIONS. New York. Sept. 10. Butter firm: creamery firsts (88 to 91 score) 36 1-2 to 41. Eggs irregular; fresh gathered firsts 34 to 37. Cheese irregular; average run 20 to 20 1-2. COTTONSEED OIL. New York, Sept. 10. The cottonseed oil market closed strong. Prime sum mer vellow 9.75 bid; prime crude 7.75 to 8. 00; September 9.80; October 9.90; November 9.73; December 9.73; Janu ary 9.74; February 9.75; March 9.94; April 9.95. Total sales 9,600 HIGH SCHOOL PRINCD7AL. Salisbury, Sept. 10. F. B. John has been elected principal of the Salisbury high school to take the place of Miss Eleanor Watson, who has been given a leave of ' absence. Mr. John has beeh connected with the high school faculty before. WATER TO DEPTH (Contioned From Page One.) and they were put out of business quickly. Street car traffic was stopped and hundreds of people were unable to reach their homes. Many of them spent the night wandering about the business district. RESIDENTS WARNED. Police and firemen attempted to warn residents in the Mexican eectlon of the city and "succeeded in getting hundreds of them to safety before the San Fedro creek overflowed. Many others were cut off before they could get out and the police estimated the loss of life in this district would be lt:rge. At 8 a. m. the waters were receding but were not yet within their banks Soldiers v-ere bringing out people w.io have been marooned throughout Ihe night. The weather is still cloudy and further rain is in prospect. Unless there should be unusual precipitation in the Olmos valley, it is not believed there is further danger. Wires of commercial telegraph com panies went down early this morning and scores of persons, anxious to get word to the outside that they wore safe came to the office of the San Antonio Light and appealed to have messages sent out over the wires of The Associated Press, which were working. Before waters began to recede Sat urday morning an area estimated at two miles wide and six miles long, in cluding the larger part of the business district of San Antonio, had been swipt in the worst flood in the past 30 years. Among the buildings damaged are some of the finest in the city. The Gunter hotel, at Houston and St. Mary 's streets, at one time had water stand ing almost to the mezzaine floor. The St. Anthony hotel, on Travis street, also suffered as well as several smiU er hotels in the downtown district. The Alamo, "The Cradle of Tex?.s Liberty," escaped damage by waters due to its elevation. San Antonio is a city of about 17F, 000 people. Besides being the largest city in Texas, it is also the military headquarters for Texas and New Mex ico, and has a division station here. Troops under Colonel Porter opened headquarters in the Federal building shortly after midnight and are patrol ling the city arid aiding in rescue work. Seventeen bodies had been received at temporary morgues and undertak ing parlors at noon. The identified dead are: Mrs. Vasbinder, initials and resi dence unknown. .Mrs. Emma Gorin, 414 Furnish ave nue. Gorin, baby, 17 months old. STORM IN DAKOTA. Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 10. Two men were killed at West Sioux Falls and many small farm buildings were de stroyed m a tornado which struck just outside the Sioux Falls city limits early last night. The towns of Ollis, Hart ford, and East Sioux Falls are reported hard hit but telephone and telegraph ic communication is demoralized. DEATHS FUNERALS RODERT F. WILHELM. Salisbury, Sept. 10 Robert V. Wll helm, a Rowan boy who developed tuberculosis while in the service await ing orders? tci go overseas, died Thursday at Hendersonville, where he had been for treatment since being moved from the Oteen hospital. Young Wilhelm was 29 years old and the son of Mr: and Mrs. J. R. Wilhelm, of the Grace Lutheran church neigh borhood. His parents were with him when he died- MRS. J. L. EVERHARDT. Salisbury, Sept. 10. Mrs. J. L. Ever hardt, aged 75 years, died rather sud denly at her home on North Long street Thursday evening. Surviving are the husband and four children by a former marriage, the children being Mrs. F. L. Hedrick of Lexington and Mrs. James Dunham of Greenville, S. C, and Captain E. W. Koontz and Eugene Koontz of Salisbury. Mrs. Everhardt had been a life-long member of the Lutheran church and the funeral and interment took place today at 1 o'clock at Sandy Creek Lutheran church, near Tyro. Davidson county. MISS GRACE PAGE. Salisbury, Sept. 10. Miss Grace Pagj died Thursday at Phoenix, Arizona, where she had been for a year or more on account of being afflicted with tu berculosis. She had been reported as getting on very well recently and the news of her death came as a great shock to her mother, Mrs. Maggie Page. The body will be brought to Salis bury for interment and will probably arrive Monday. CAR SERVICE PLANS FOR THE EXPOSITION Street car service, offering quick transportation from the intersection of the Chadwick-Hoskins car line on South Cedar street to the Made-inCaro-linae xposition grounds, will be put into effect Mondav morning: at 8 o'clock, ac cording to announcement by Superin tendent R. L. Wommack of the street railway service. For come days Mr. Wommack has had workmen on the job putting the line into effect and the first car will run at 8 o'clock Monday morning. Per sons wishing to visit the exposition will take a Belmont-Hoskins car at In dependence Square and ask to be trans ferred at the junction point with the Exposition grounds. A shuttle car will run between the Cedar street junction point and the ex position grounds, where facilities have been made for taking care of passen gers when they arrive there. The shut. tie car, running on a spur track of the Ti rtlmnTi 4- A KnvYiar-r lino will . mPft I every car that goes and comes between Charlotte and Chadwick-Hoskins and also every extra car that may be put on to take care of the traffic to and from the Exposition grounds. At the Exposition grounds cement sidewalks have been laid and other ar rangements made so that the public can" get into and out of the grounds without getting muddy, should it rain during: the period of the Exposition. LOCAL LAYMEN WILL MAKE ADDRESSES In the absence of the pastor, Rev." E. F. Griffith, who is on vacation, the services at Chalmers Memorial Meeting House Sunday will be coducted by lay men of the church. On the program tlvit has been arranged, Frank W. Orr, attorney at law, will deliver an address to the congregation at the usual hour of the morning service 11 o'clock. At the hour for the usual evening .'trvice, Julian S. Millar, editor of The News, will deliver an address. Programs for the morning and evening: service: will include intaresting musical features. ORIGINAL DREADNOUGHT SOLD. London, Sept- 9. The original bat tleship Dreadnought, which revolution ized navaf warfare, has been sold at Rosyth Dockyard to a firm' of ship bieakers for $176,000. DORTCAR HOME WILL SOON OPEN Burwell-Walker Establish ment Will Have Notable Business House. The Burwell-Walker company, distri butor in the Cirolinas of Dort Motor Cars,, will occupy its new home, for merly the old Springs building, in the second block on North Tryon street November 1. Thii building has been rebuilt entire ly w ith the single exception . of tha brick w:alls and a four-story addition has been made in the rear- When the contractors have completed their work it will be the finest automobile sales' buildtng perhaps, in the South and certainly in the Carolinas. The building has a frontage on Tryon street ot 87 1-2 feet and a depth of 187 feet. The Bunvll-Walkor com pany oww the property in the rwir of this structure, extending back to Church street, giving a property .epth of 400 feet with a width rf j7 1-2 R-et.' The investment in the new building and the improvement work wh c.i has been done aggregates $250,000. 64.000 FEET OF SPACE The company will occupy, the tntiro building, containing 64,000 feet of jloor, anane The frnn fsentinn ban Ihrca tsories and the addition made in the rear is four stories in height h. The show room with its frontage of S7 1-2 feet has the greatest front display space of any Bingle store in the business section of the city inclu.'ing he depart m?nt stores. The show room, facing on Tryon street and capable of accommodating in display arrangement eight of ten cars, will be finished in mahogany vith the floors rJf Ohio flint tre. The tiling alone will cost $3,500. A double-stair way, painted in white and trimmed in mahogany, will lead from, the thow room to the upstairs f.'lhet-s- An indi rect Jghting system wi"l be installed. Directly in the rear of the show room will be a used car display room f9 hy 70 feet. This room also will be fitted up in accordance with the latest ideas of interior decorating and designing. Offi ces of the sales manager and city sales force will be located in adjoining rooms. SECOND FLOOR OFFICES Tile entire front section of the sec end floor will' be used as general offices all connecting with a spacious lobby or reception room. The offices will be fin ished in mahogany. The first floor rear, level with th ground, will be used as a receiving room for cars seeking service. Wiauoraue equipment for washing, polishing, oiling and performing other services will be located on this floor. The second-floor roar will contain the repair departments and complete machinery for building a Dert motor car from the wheels to the' top. Equipment for preparing and in- Ltalling on machines new upholstering will be 'ncluded. The third-floor rear and the entire fourth floor will be used for storing machines and parts. The parts room, to be located on the second floor adjoining the general offi ces, will be equipped for handling the largest supply of parts of any automo bile distributing agency in the city. Only on company handles a larger line of parts now than does the Burwell Walker company, and this firm is plan ning to increase its supply after oc cupying the new building. No cars will enter the building from the front. Two entrances from the rear, one connecting with Church and the other with Sixth street, will lend to the recoivin? .station. A marque will be placed ovr the front entrance and extend to the curb ing. The entire front of the first story is of plate glass. JLD WALLS ONLY USED Only the four walls of the bulding were used by Blythe and Isenhour, the contractors, in rebuilding the structure The floors are supported by 14 by 15 inch ueams, and the fioors-boards are threo inches in thickness. Iron-beams irom tne general support of th,c build ing's interior. Louis IT. Asbury, archi tect, designed ihe structure. The building was purchased last year by the Burwell-Walker company and several months have been required to carry out the requirements for trans forming it into a modern automobile sales building. The present building of the company, located on South Church street, con tains only 20,00 square feet of floor space so that the amount of room will be trebled when the new building is occupied. About 50 people are em- ployed at the present time, but the num ber will be increased to meet the ad ditional requirements resulting from an extension of the building In connection with the occupying of the new home. From the South Church street home the Burwell-Walker company has dis tributed over 4,000 Dort cars in the Carolinas- A. Burwell is the company's president; James P. Harris, vice-president and general manager, and E. Y. McClelland, secretary-treasurer. REALTY TRANSFERS R. B. Elam and wife to Mrs. Anne F. Dvercasb, for $1 and other considera tions, a lot on the Providence road- D. B. Elliott and wife, Mary E. Elliott to R. B. Hood, for $100 and other con siderations, two lot in Myers Park. C. Grsham anci Fay A. Gresham, for $3,525, to Dr. John R- Irwin and wife, a lot on Oueens Road in Myers Park. R. B. Hood to D. E. Elliott, for $100 and other considerations, a lot in Dil worth. In High Quality Building Materials fTTPUT one silver dol vlJ lar in your pocket JJand at the end of a year, you will still have one silver dollar or a hole in your pocket. Put that dollar in Building & Loan and, at the end of a year, you will be a good deal nearer a home of your own. CITIZENS Lumber Company South Boulevard Phones 3472-3473 EVERYTHING l:
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 10, 1921, edition 1
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