B. SKERRILL, Editor and Publisher.
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PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
In Adri&ca.
VOL XXXVII.
CONCORD N. C THURSDAY, APRIL 11. 1912.
NO. SO
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If POPE PI X.
HIS DEATH REPORTED AT ROME
THIS MORNING. .
pipatch From Madrid Says Papal
yosciature Announces His Death.
London Afternoon Papers Also An
nounce It, AH Elforts to .Commun
icate With Roms Are Unavailing.
Another Madrid Dispatch Says Re
ports .Untrue.
I.i:I'n. Ap::I 11. A Reuter's dis
aJ.;i from Mr-dild says a Papal nun
i'aUi're receive'! there this afternoon
anriMiriet''l the death of Pope Pius
hori'lon. April 11. The three af
torr;ri' editions ot the Ldridon pa
,,f.r announce the Pope's death bas
ed on the Madrid dispatch. There
j n,ther confirmation received up
to' .'1:1 3 this afternoon. All efforts
niinumcate w.uli Koine are una-
THE STOH.Arvp. r a ttttjv n t to
iUftl VAX i.O
NOT SATISFACTORY.
I i ll
to
Minneapolis Minn, April ll.J Fa
tir T; E. Cullen, of the, Catholic
fburlu said today that Archbishop
Ireland had been notified of the
Pope's .death". '
Report Is Denied in Another Dis
patch. UMl'in. April 11. At four o'clock
this afternoon, London time, a ;Mad
rid dispatch-says report is not con
firmed. Cardinal Bourne, head of
the church in Loadon, said no news
of the Pope's death had been receiv
ed, and the ' report is not credited.
Through the cardinal's secretary the
following statement has been issued:
" are. certain that some error
in the Madrid dispatch is responsi
ble for the report'. It, is inconceiva
ble that the cardinalate at Madrid
should have had so important a re
port hours ahead of papal legations
in other European capitals."
After a Year's Trial It is Pronounc
ed a Failure Here. Force of
Hands Now atvWork Putting Up
the Trolley Line. Already Up on
Main Street.
Concord's storage battery c.ar is
doomed. The famous self-propelling
child of Mr. Edison's creative brain
has ceased to propel. And now it is
to the junk pile with it. Once it
was the pride of the populace and
the joy of its possessors. ' Edison 's
storage battery car, the first in the
South and the only one in North Car
olina," was the proud boat of every
Concordian.
But, alas, it beuan to weaken; to
grow faint upon i;s ceaseless jour
neys, and at times to falter and to
stagger at the grades. Experts were
rushed here to attend its condition.
Time and time a pain they doctored
upon' its system. New parts replaced
the old, more powerful motors were
administered and many other reme
dies were resorted to to revive the
patient. All were in vain. The car
that Avas once the marvel of the age
now stands upon a siding, its propell
ers unable to propel and its batteries
unable 'to "bat."
Another car was ordered a short
time ago.' It was of the same make
but was to be more powerful,
street car company alleges that
were to have a guarantee that the
car would make the required sched
ule but that when time came foif the
builders of the car to sign a contract
to this1 effect they refused to do so.
The local company countermanded
the order and decided to put on trol
ley cars '
A force of hands is now at work
putting up the trolley wires: The
poles are up from the Locke Mill
to the depot and it will require only
a short time to put up the necessary
wires. By the time the work is com
pleted a new car will be here and theJ
officials of the company say they
will be in a position to serve the pub
lic satisfactorily. . . .
The
they
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CHARGED WITH BREAKING IN
TO FURR & BOST'S STORE.
Bob Ritchie Pleads Guilty. All of
MOUNT PLEASANT NEWS.
Sykscraper for Jit Pleasant Base-1
tall News And Personals.
"Mount Pleasant. N. (. April 11.
Another Easter has kappily r..,
and gone. The wheel of industry and
energy is apain makinp it usual rev
olution after a standstill of several
m!H ('DiTiPivir
unhuihu umiiuiuii
&ECCIT20K- TESTEXOAY.
days. .An arrow seemed to pierce it
Friday evening which caused it to
rest while the Easter-tjde parsed
pleasantly on. Cupid did the crank
ing daring the holidays The stu
dent 4 r.f l..tli i)
the Defendants Go to Jail in Do- turned, and work was resumed Tces-
fault of Bond. Furr Also Charged! day moininp. Everyone anticipated a
With Breaking Into Store of Rich- r i "? T
tiw one event which. 'took place,
IGKE DISPATCH SAYS
REPORT IS UNTRUE.
Statement Given United Press at Vat
ican This Afternoon.
Kerne, April 11 The Pope is not
dead and the reports emanating from
Madiid are unfounded. This state
ment was given to trie United Press
at the Vatican this afternoon. The
first word of rumor reached the lo
FARMERS BEHIND WITH WORK.
Ploughing Almost Impossible A Re
port WhicJh Lacks Verification.
, While Steam Boat Bill's river is on
a rampage and is running at random
over the broad and fertile acres of the
Mississippi valley the roductive acres
of Cabarrus have also received an al
most unlimited supply of "damp
ness. ' ' Reports from every section of
the county state that such a thing as
ploughing lias been impossible lately
and in many places the ground vVas so
n
eal newspapers and came in the torm
of queries from capitals. Simultane-.
oiislv with the press queries cameln an(j soggy that it cannot be ac
di.-patehes of inquiry from church COmplished for weeks.
dignitaries throughout the Christian Qut on route No. 6, however, the
world. ' The basis for .the Madrid re- situation has become more serious. In
port is unknown. The Vatican fac-t so serious thatit would be even
vromntlv started inquiries. dangerous to Walk on the land if a
- : report received here Saturday is cor
tt ' itt . nrVderarv. feet. . One farmer was in town from
xxuiuu vvouicix wi , ,. ,. tt :j xu-i. u:
xie saiu. tuai ms xitugu-
mond Sloan Co. at Kannapolis.
Bob Ritchie, Arthur Furr and Bob
Ridenhour were bound over to court
at the Recorder's court this morning
on the charge of store breaking.
Bob Ritchie plead guilty to break
ing into Furr & Bost store Sunday
night. He was bound over to court
under a $300 bond.
) Arthur Furr was tried for store
breaking, lie was represented by
Mr. H. S. Puryear and Senator Hart
sell represented the State. There
were two cases against Furr, one for
breaking, in Richmond-Sloan Co., at
Kannapolis and the Ritchie Hard
ware Store here. He plead not guilty.
Mr. Sam Query, of the Richmond
Sloan Company testified that the stord
was broken into and a quantity of
goods taken.
- Bol? Ritchie testified that Arthur
Furr traded him a pair of pants. At
the time the trade was made the wit
ness said that Horace Furr said to
rthur that the pants were the ones
stolen from the store of Richmond-
Sloan Co., but that Arthur Fun did
not make any statement as where they
came from.
hief of Police Boger testified that
Arthur Furr told him since he has
been arrested that he did trade
Ritchie a pair of pants and gave him
a pistol and that Horace told him the
pistol was stolen same as the goods.
'The defendent offered no testimony.
He was bound over" to court under a
$500 bond.
Bud Ridenhour was tried on the
charge of breaking in Ritchie Hard
ware Co. Ridenhour was arrested
sometime ago and a pistol was found
on his rerson.
Mr. C. F. Ritchie testified that tlie
pistol was of the make that was sto
len from the hardware store.
Chief Boger testified that Riden
hour told him he purchased the pistol
from a negro and gave him $7.50 fo"
it. Mr. Boger also testified that
Ridenhour had not called for the pis
tol since he was arrested and fined
for carrvincr it about two weeks ago.
Ridenhour 'was bound over to court
under a $250 bond. All of the de
fendants were committed to jail in
default of bond.
warrant was issued several days
ago for Horace Furr. The officers
have been making a diligent search
for him but so ,far have been unable
to get him in the elutc-hes of the law.
mi of mm
TAFT BUREAU ISSUES STATE-
MEXT TODAY
Says Taft Has More Vot Now
Than He Had on First Ballot ia
t dehffetfi! let 4n&iif t tfc
i;..!T. of. 51 r J. I. ..: stAj Naiiit
tratttteU dffu4. tr4 rd Lit
tt a. 14 in tb eicr We jkt&
Ul in the d'f tr.
Mrhdarr. J. i
Mumn, J, y i M.dts.Ati.
-i xi: thnt direotion.
. , i i r rt a i i An i 1 1
.olumbia, b. t,., ivprn .i. , , , neighbor whose land was so
Carolina's everlasting memorial to tne . Kl1ftTV, flJW flrnaa u w
-.. ., V 1 ; A r I CI buau c "
omen.ot trie oonieaerac, .S"u v , anA Bll!1jnw..finnt ;n the
V C-VXV. aUU AAAkJ
earth. No documentary proof was at
be the first monument to women ever
erected independently by a- State,
ted
place, an
i event which was a surprise, a wob-
uer anu aimosi a miracle, w e were
expect inr everything to work in har
mony, but still it was wonderful to
know how- things did result. A prod
igious, contribution was made to our
egg supply. We didn't know that
onr chickens were so ready to aid in
the Easter celebration. Rev. R. II.
troodman was the fortunate receiver.
One of his hens laid an egg which
weighs four ounces. This was pood
on the part of the chicken, as well as
for the owner.
Our town .needs a railroad, it' needs
the Seminary, and several other good
things," but there is one thing that it
needs that it will have before so very
long. In the near future the people
of Mt. Pleasant will arise one morn
ing to see .tire sun in all its splendor,
pour its radiant light upon a near
skyscraper. A crew of architects,
brick-layers, and general designers,
have been working diligently for the
past several months upon the build
ing which Mr. Charlie Lentz is erect
ing, xie is piving us a building which
will serve for store rooms, as well as
an office building. It w ill have all
the latest conveniences and improve
ments, and will be a shining star in
the business section of our town. As
evidence of the fact that it is being
completed, the writer was informed
yesterday that the workmen have
laid two more bricks this week. It
is hoped that the building will be
completed as soon as possible as it
will add another mercantile estab
lisnmeiit to our prosperous.
The baseball team of the Institute
will go to Lenoir College tomorrow
where they play two games, return
ing Saturday night. '
Mr. M. J. McAllister spent the hol
idays in Charlotte.
Mt. Pleasant, was well represented
at Bost's Mill Monday.
Mr. Lee Foil, our genial banker, is
confined to his room with a throat
trouble.
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1908. Sayi RooteTelt ActinU lut-i. I. Il lYJirn. W. I.
Designed Not to Noaicii
But to Defeat Tift
Him
Washington, April 11. A tir4iri,;
u,m..m, U. U Park, Jv J. KfntR. IK U
!u-t, a It CUirtw, C. L.WliU
arid Mt Mau!e Hra acd Jaa
SnitU rwnrj Tea n uh
er wrrd hy MU&m H. A.
Brun and 51, lt A rdter of
Mic Jr j.nt1 it!.-n lfoa
Cathcrvi iHHn.An, r,4 tie aia of
criticism of Koeve!t and hi bxta
ers was vuicetl in a statement by ti.e
Taft bureau ttKiay. It declarr4 that
"Taft ha- TJHire votes now than l.e
had on tirst ballot in lHJ-v ' and de
nounced that all btdt talk and rom-?-0 reihxe.1
pxomise candidate mtnor. The uj- '
shot of the Rooevelt aetiut ies i that THE NEW YORK
they are not designed to nominate or! DEMOCRATIC CONVENTXOK
elect HiK'sevelt, but to defeat Tafi." j
j Deletion Pledged to VoU aa a Uftit
ELKS' EASTER,-DANCE. j u BalUmore. Murphy SUU Boa.
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- itructed delegation pirdrd br re-
Handsome Club Rooms Beautifully wlulitlII Jo XtAft ft unll ln m1 fcuH.
Decorated. 1
. The Elks' annual Easter dance 'and
reception last night was one of the
most largely attended and brilliant
social events of the Easter season in
Concord. The handsome club ! room
were beautifully decorated in carna
tions and ferns, which were most at
tractively displayed. Music was furn
ished by Asbury's Orchestra of
Charlotte. The grand march was
gracefully led by Mr. T. F. Morrison
and Miss Mary Burwell, of Chase
City, Va., and dancing lasted from 9
to 1. Those who attended were: Mis
Anna Corl. of Webb City, Mo., and
Hugh Parks, Miss Ashlyn Lowe and
Luther Brown, Mis Mary Fry.- ot
Greensboro, and Fred Correll, Miss
Florence Kelly and F. L. Smith, Miss
Shirley Montgomery and John Porter,
Miss Burwell andT. F. Morrison.
Miss.-' Marguerite Brown and E. C.
Barnhardt, Jr., Miss Alice Brown and
A. L. Taylor, Miss Louise Means and
A. R. Howard, Miss Helen Davis, of
Morganton and John M. Oglesby.
Chaperones: Mr. and Mrs. E. T.
Cannon. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Lowe. Mr.
and Mrs. L. E. Boger, Mrs. II. ,M.
Propst. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Barnhardt,
Mrs. D. L. Bost, Mr. and Mrs. G. L.
Patterson, Mrs. G. W. Means, Mr
jertvand certain to fultU! the will
ot 1W Murphy, of Tan.many Hall,
to represent New York Stat tnth
Baltimore contention. ThU a de
termined at the IVrooeratie conven
tion here today. Murjdiy accept
ed as the State leader and the dele
gate, after namint; eoncrional 4i
trict and "Hi? Four" dcleration.s
adopted a platform aailinsr Taft for
etes of varioti-i bdU reducr.K, the
tariff and lauding the actinn of ihn
Democratic Hoti of Representative.
The convention will at only one day.
SAYS THERE WAS A
COMBINE AGAINST WILSOK
ys iveiled heretoday withjplen- .t that neighbor,s
did ceremonies. The (xovernor ana -f . m5;HVfl fnf.
other ofiicials, the State military, r
ZSg&&ffi& Company Must Maie Ccnnec-
aas'and delegations of college stu- tion at Its Own Expense,
dents and other visitory j f rom all Water companies must bear the ex-
parts of the-State participated in pens of tapping their pipes to furn-
the ceremonies. ish connection with all city residences
The monument was designed by F. if they are to serve the public impar-
Welliivrtnn Riifkstuhl. of New York, tially, according to a decision, by the
The central figure depicts a South- Supreme Court of the United States,
em woman, dignified and beautiful, Albert L. Hatch, of Coeut d'Alene,
waiting" to be crowned with laurel by Idaho brought suit to compel the
the figure in the rear. On either side Consumers Company of that city to
are other figures representing the furnish to him a connection without
South, bearing laurel to lay at the is having to bear, the expense. The
heroine's feet The most important. Supreme Court decided in his favor.
inscription on the monument says: -
"In this monument generations un- More Prizes For Corn Club Boys,
born shall hear the voice of & great j q gci!au, announces two ad-
pei-ple testifying to the sublime de- ditionai prizes for each district in
votion of the women of South Caro- q Boys' Corn Club contests. These
lina in their country's need." r nrizes are two free trips to the Na-
tional Corn Show, which will be held
Dance at Elks' Home. in Columbia, S. C, January, 191d
An enjoyable informal dance was There are now seven prizes in each
given at TIW Home Monday night district in the State. The town boys
b.v.a number of young men of the making the bes,t records will get $25
citv. TlmcA dancin? were: Miss ps,0u t0 pay expenses to the National
Marv Burwell, of Chase City, and Corn show while the next five will
A l . Morrison, Miss Mary xry, UJ- get casn pnzes.
Greensboro, and Fred Correll, miw :
Alice Brown and John Porter, Miss g5() p0T1I1ds of Fat Stops Man's
Ann Corl. nf Webb City, Mo., and
7 . - . ,r.i11 xii-ai .
L. Morrison, Miss L.aura JMccru
Canr.rm nA Prpd Patterson. Miss
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lyn Lowe and A. L. Brown. Stags: heart. During
Base Ball Saturday.
The base ball season will be form
ally opened Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock at Locke Mill park in a game
between the Lockites and the Char
lotte team of the Carolina League.
Manager Osteen of the' Hornets has
a choice collection of diamond artists
on" his roster, including such stors as
4 'Togo' Bently, "Lefty" Lewis and
Weiser. The pame will be called at
3 o'clock. Manager Clark is making
an extra effort to secure a large crowd
as the Locke Mill management has
srone to considerable expense to get
the professionals here. Admission
will be 25 cents for men and 15 cents
for ladies. Tickets can be secured at
the grounds and at Davis Drug Com
pany. Barn Burned Near China Grove.
Our correspondent at Landis thele
phoned us Tuesday that the barn
of Mr. E. L. Sloop, who lives about
a mile and a half south of China
Grove, was burned to the ground last
nipht about 10 o'clock. All the teie-
Seized Whiskey Confiscated.
.Twelve quarts of brandy and 33
half pints of liquor that was confis
cated from Will Davis and Les Chris
ty several nights ago as they return
ed from Salisbury was confiscated by
the city at the Recorder's court Tues
day morning. Davis and Christy both
failed to appear. After entering
judgment warrants were issued for
the two men, charging them with
bringing liquor here for the purpose
of sale.
It is understood that both Davis
and Christy are out of town. The po-
liro Iiflvo Hia wnrrants nnrl will make
the arrest as soon as theyi locate the phone wries m that direction are
two men. . jdown and full particulars could not
ibe secured. It was reported, however,
hat all the horses, stock and entire
and Mrs. M. L. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. I
L. A. Brown, Mrs. C. W. Swink, Mr.
and Mrs. E. A. Moss, Mrs. John Fox.
Mrs. R.' S. Sanders. Miss Maude
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Ramsaur.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Brown. Mrs. I).
F. Cannon. Mr. and Mrs. A. Jones
Yorke, Mr. and Mrs. Iverson I. Davis.
Mrs. P. C. Gregory, Mrs.; Thomas
Hawthorne and Mrs. W. S. Binirham.
Stags: J. L. Von Glahn. F. R.
Bost. W. J. Hill. Jr.. W. J- Munt
pomerv, Jr., J. R." Cannon, A . A.
Means, S. J. Lowe. Jr., J. A. Kenneii.
R L. Morrison. Cy White, A. C.
CHne, Ix. A. Bikle, R. E. Cline and A.
F. Goodman.
Horse Stolen. r
Some one stole a horse from the
stable of Anderson Hasty, who lives
on the Reed place, a short distance
from town, last night. Mr. Hasty
missed the horse this morning when
went to the stable to leed tne
McCombs Sayi Result' in Illinois
Was Not Unexpected.
New York, April 11. William F.
McCombs, campaign manager for
Wood row WiUon, in a tatemrnt to
day said that the reutilt of the Dem
ocratic primnne in Illinois waa
"not unexpected." He alleged that
all former Harmon - and I nderwooa
supHrterh in Illinois combined
asrained against Wilson in favor of
Clark. He declared that the Wilton
cnmjKiiirn i carried on direetljr
through Publicity, and that Wilson
i is mflKing comoinaiionn im o uaw.
BOXER DEAD AFTER
BOUT AT CLUB-
John Coldberg Taken to notpiUl Un
conscious, And Died Two Hour
Later. t
New York. April 11. -John Cold
berp, aged 21, a boxer died UhImj,
follow inp a bout lat nipht at tb
Sharkey Athletic Club. The direct
cause of hiis death i uncertain, and
an autojy. was irdercd. The eluh
officials' were unable to arouse him,
and two hours later he was taken to
hospital unconscious.'
Death of Mr. Frank Morgan.
Mr. Frank Morpan died yesterday
afternoon at 2:45 o'clock at the boma
of his father, Mr. W. J. Morgan, af
ter a linpering illne of tubereuloai.
Mr. Morpan had leen in ill health for
some time but hi condition grei
he went to me siauie io , A,,n ,B1
1 a ni i r:i 1 1 1 1 1 1 nut rwr- a , - -
s aio gouc 4.. .. ...
i?. cnunue m uuui h
A .
Boston, Mass, April 10. Abraham
I
zabeth Butler, of Atlanta, and Uy SoaeKson , .0, r nTI
ite, Miss Flossie Bingham, of Day- died tooay ju. -
iri o ITw Tnst. Miss Ash- street, oi - - -
the last montn ne naa
Will Montgomery, Eugene Barnhardt, gained ai uu
Cannon Camobell CHne and Archie posnds a day, tipping the scales at
annon, amprjeu uue r n - st four weeks ago.
v0Oflmnn I Ihnnerones : xVii. 3H
odman. Chaperones
Mrs. Earle H. Brown.
Mrs. Mary Linn and Miss Ola Linn,
of Landis, sperft yesterday here shop
ping. . .. - . - 'v. - '" '
remarkable rapid
growth dates from the time when
falling alsleep-while standing, which
ed States has derived any benefit
and was "burned.
Clean-Up Day.
Great loads of trash and rubbish
were piled in front of homes Mon
day, the day being clean-up dayJ A
renort as to the. amount can not be
secured on account of the fact that
the day was Easter Monday, and, as
the public well knows, no inducement
could secure laborers oh Easter Mon
day. Sanitary Officer Smith has his
force at work today, ath least those
who have been so fortunate as to re
turn from the various Easter, gather
ings, and the work of gathering up
the rubbish is being rushed to a fin
ish.
x Dr. Smoot Resting Well.
A message received today at noon
from Salisbury stated that Dr. Smoot,
, r t . . 1
who underwent a serious operation
at a hospital there Saturday night,
was resting well and the physicians
were hopeful as to his recovery.
The Salisbury Post has this in re
gard to Dr. Smoot: The oper
ation was neccessary on account of
an adhesion from a former operation
for appendicitis. This was about two
years ago. The many friends of Dr.
Smoot hope he may soon be fully re
stored.
Rev. J. H.'West went to Salisbury
this afternoonto see Dr. J. E. Smoot
contents of the barn were destroyed.
Fanner's Mules Aid Waiting Dancers
Ashurv's Orchestra made a rather
unusual trip to Concord last night,
where they furnished music AJr me
trains, No. 12 and No. 38, were
several hours late. .In order to get
here in time for the dance the orches
tra secured an automobile and start-
the country. I hey
tX UUII w -
had a number of mishaps and nnaliy
the car stuck in the' mud while cross-
inp a stream. They wentvto a tarm
house and after much persuasion,
backed bv tempting coin, induced a
farmer to take his telam and pun me
11 . T 3 l
car out. They nnaiiy arnvea uere
and were given an ovation by the anx
iously waiting dancers when they en
tered the Elks' Home.
ThA aldermen of Lexington have
been shaking up things. The Dispatch
says of the last meeting: One of the
most surprising stunts or me evening
X . m It T TT" T" !
was pulled off when cniei j. , -uavi
nml Offirpr David C. Hayes were fired
from the police force on the grounds
of general, all-round incompetence
and new ones were chosen .
stock. The bridle was
tha. ctnhlp door was open
ceeded in tracking the animal to the
Brown Mill but could no secure any
information concerning what route
the thief took from there. The horse
was black and weighed about 1100
pounds. There is.no clue as to the
thief. Mr. Reed and the officers are
making a strenuous effort to catch
the party. .
Here We Are Again!
The man in New York, who writes
this notice every week about the
cr,otr World has iust looked all
over the big list of good things in
the Magazine Section for April 14
and has decided to let you take it on
f rth, and just remind you that there
will be another new, bright, classy,
unique, clever, snappy, sparkling hum
orous, laughable, health- inspiring
Joke Book given free with next Sun
day's World.
Elks to Install Officers.
Mr. T. E. Witherspoon, district
deputv of the Elks, will arrive here
tonight on train Not 35 to install the
newly elected officers of Concord
Lodge, N. 857. Mr. Witherspoon will
be accompanied by a number of Salis
bury Elks. After the installation a
social session will be held.
ing
There- will be no prayer meeting
service at the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian church tonight on ac
count ofhe series of meteings that
Miss Margie McEachern is spend-' are being conducted at McKinnon
the day in Charlotte with friends. J rresDyxeriau -
He it
survived bv his father, three istr
and three brothers. He wm 1 years
of ape and w a a -member of-the Pres
byterian church.
The funeral will b held at 3
o'clock this afternoon at McKinnoa
Presbyterian church and will be eon
ducted by tr pastor, Rev. Mr. Wao
ehope. The interment will be made at
Oakwood cemetery.
Give Us-a Street Box for Mailing
Package.
A well known citizen of tb city
came into The Tribune office yester
day afternoon. In Jiis harTH-4rF car
ried a small paekape. Holding it up
to the view of the staff he suggested
that an effort he made here to get
the postofhee department to pat up
a box at a convenient place on th
streetyfor the pun mailing
naeJrpes and pair. Such a box
would be of convenient service to tb
business people here and not doubt
Postmaster Buehanan will take th
matter up at once with the postal au
thorities. ' .
There will be a meeting of tbo
Merchant's Association tonight at 8
o'clock' in the Allison building. A
full attendance is desired aa thero
will be business of importance to
j consider. .
I The nropramme of the State Sun
day School Convention at Aaheville,
April 23-25tb, is about completed and
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