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(I LAA- - f, - - v. ' - ,V. .-.' ; Ha Copy, s uUJf.--3US ; ; VOL. XXL Price. 40 Of&tl a l&nta, CONCORD. N, C FRIDAY. JULY, 71911 ,1 s-y' - r kews r&cu XAsaupoua . CelabraUni tbe Fourta Y. X. 0. A. Kates Hew BoIMtnn Going Up , . More Intereetiif Items. ' The 135tb birthday of Unci Sua VH celebrated here Tuesday in good etyl The majority of our people in anticipation of to enjoyment In store for tbetn donned their holiday clothes and appeared on the streets bright and early in order that noth ing an the program might be misaed. One would almost imegine-be waa at "the State fair to aaa the boys selling eonveniere of emjr description. The proceedings of the day began at 8 o'clock on Main street with tha 100 yard dash by a number of email boya. Martin Phillips won tbe prise which waa a watch., Tha other price winners follow: 100-yard dash, medium boya, won by Fred Sherrill ; price, base ball ; 100-yard dash, large boy., won by Gor don Childers: prise base ball glove; boya? bicycle race, won by Shelly Al len, price watch"; girls' egg race, 50 yards, won by Miss Ella Sides, price $5.00 Kodak. Baseball game called at 10 :30 a. m., T. M. C. A. Cineos, won ; bf-Y. M. C. A.; acora 11 to 7. : Climbing greased . pole: won by Ethan Childers; price $2.00. Brown muV race,; won by Mr. W, C. Good night; pnee, box of Brown mule to bacco. , '"S !: ...' ' i Swimming race, won by Lon Towell ; Price', base ball glove. Medicine ball throw, won by Gillespie: price, watch Boya' three-legged, nee, -won by Earnhardt and Bernhardt; price, two racor strops. - Boys sack race, won by Martin Phil lips; price, soda water ticket, '. Wheelbarrow rolling, blindfoldad," won by Martin Phillips; prize, box of cigars. Ball game called at 5 o'clock p. m., Y. M. C. A. va. Cineos; won by Cin eos; score 4 to 7. . There was no disorderly conduct all' day, although the crowd waa large. There were many visitors here from other towns, notably, Concord, Mooresville, Greensboro and Mount Pleasant.) Space will not allow us Ito give the ball games in detail, but will say that they were witnessed by large and enthusiastic., crowds, who cheered . theplayers. every lime. a good-play waa made. The Y . M.C. A. and Cin cos will again cross bats Saturday ev ening t',4:30 'clock on the ForesU Hill diamond. The YvM. C. A. notes for the past week are. as follows: Thursday night a good attendance at the larger boys' Bible class. The boys seem to take much interest in the Bible studies, Friday night, ladies' night About . 50 ladiesV enjoyed the privileges of the ball to-tbemselves. Saturday-evening, ball team played Gibson mill team on the new diamond ; acora 7 to 8, favor of Gibson mill team. Saturday - night, moving picture sbow;1arg attendance as usual. Sunday ravening men 'a Bible class; very encouraging and of mora than or dinary interest. .The lemonade and . cake were in evidence also. Monday night the hall waa taken mp in preparations for the celebration of the Fourth. Tuesday night about 350 were presr ent at the sow. The Cannon Sluggers are practicing and expect to play some match games aoon. ' Mr. " Owens, expeeta Mr. N. C. Schlicbton to visit , the Y. M. C. A. a few hours Saturday on a flying trip to other centers ' north of us. ' Mr. Bchliehtor. ia al ways welcome here. 'Mr. T. B. Moore, formerly over seer of spinning in the Cannon mill here, but now overseer of carding and spinning in one of the Durham nulla, - at Durham, spent from Friday to 4 Tuesday -frisiting-bis father, Mr. J. P. Moore. His many friends extend ' ed tha glad hand of welcome to him. His mother accompanied him home and will'spend a , month i- with his family.. - . Mrs. Sk'L. Craig, of Charlotte, was hers a few days last visiting her par ' ents. Mr.' and Mrs. G. B. Penninger. Rev. K. W. Hogan, of Pineville, earns here by request of the Baptist ' ' congregation and preached to them ' Wedneadav nurht. - fiev. O. N. Marshall, of Durham, will preach to; the Baptist ounda i morninv at 11 o'clock.'' . We. note that our old marrying par son, Eev. W T. Talbirt ia keeping up , his reputation since he moved to con business, as ha united a couple pretty - soon after his arrival in Concord, and also preached to a large audience at ' West Concord church last Sunday. Mr. ' Talbirt will not be idle. We are glad to bear of bis being well received in ; Concord. - - The management of the mills here are having . material laid - on the around for two buildings. One will ' he a brick structure, to be erected be- , aide the store of Richmond-Sloan Co. ' .the other will be a large frame build - ing to be used by the Patterson-Young ' Mercant)l Co.,' wno navs naa to in of their increasing country trade, as' well as the Kannapolia trade, in both furniture and hardware. The Cannon mills now have their new 8-inch water pipes laid to Buf falo creek and are getting plenty of water and running on full time. -. Rev. Dr. J. C. Rowe. presiding el der of the Salisbury district, preached here Saturday morning and held the third quarterly conference. He also preached Sunday morning and dis pensed the Sacrament of the Lord's supper. Our people an always glad to hear him.- : ,: Rev. W. B. Shinn preached, the third of a series of sermons on the Lord's prayer to. a large congregation Sunday night, li. Kannapolis, July 8, 1911. , :. GREAT BITBS0RIPTI0N OFFER. The Daily Tribune, Hampton's Ifaga- aina, Hainan Uf and Uncle Re mus'" MBfaxtns all on year for only tS.25r ' ''"F-'"Mv-'N"J We have made arrangements with the publishers of tha magazines above named whereby we can send The Con cord Daily Tribune, Hampton's Maga zine, Human Life and Uncle Remna' Magaane all one year for only $525, Hampton's Magacine is said to be the most interesting magacine in America. Last year it contained the exclusive Perry Trip to the ' Pole story and later Dr. Cook's confession besides many other interesting fea tures. ' The retail price of Hampton's as yon well know, is $Lo0 per year. Human Lire is second in tne com bination and is one of the beet one dollar magazines published. It is fall of fascinating human ; interest stones ana interesting articles ny tne oest writers on au subjects tftat yon Want to knOW abOUt. . . . Uncle Remus, another one dollar standard magacine, which no doubt many of our present subscribers are now paying $1.00 a year for, is also Nogreater snbsenption. offer has ereeee their room before on account! ever been made, as ror W7 .JittIL Chief Musician H. J. Alexander more than our regular subscription aM. wn price you get not only The Tribune butell three of the magamnes named waoio year eacu. . . . .t- m&.$m . i,, .. ,', Funeral of lor; Harris. The funeral of the late Mr. R. 8. Harms was held at the home on Grove street bis morning at 9:30 o'clock. The service was conducted by Rev. S. N. Watson, pastor of the First Baptist churcn, and the inter ment made at Oak wood cemetery, the following acting as pall bearers Messrs. C. L. White. A. R. Hoover, C. W. Swink, F. L. Smith, J. A. Kennett, Frank Goodson." Among the out-of-1 town people here ror tne luneral were : mr. ana jure, r . j. oninn, oi worwooa; mr. x. if. n liwin auu uauvuier. taum T. if-' - - ITT! . fr- 1 liucrexia, oi . winsion-oaiem; mr.ingt 20, by depositing same and pay and Mrs. Wade Harris and daughter, men 0f ii oo- Miss Annette, or C'haxlotte, and JOiss uiia owrewaK, oi mooresviiie. Another Lineman .Injured .By Live ' Wire at Spencer. Spencer. July 6. Entangled in a live wire 25 feet from the ground while at work on a telephone line, G. L. Williams, of Speijcer, was seriously burned today. Twenty-three bun- volts " of electricity passed through his body. He was employed by the Southern Bell. Telephone Company in rebuilding the plant at Spencer. The accident occurred at the same spot and in the same manner in which another employe was dangerously hurt yester day and which was witnessed by Wil liams. He is now in a hospital in a precarious condition. Chicago, July 6.-The backbone of a Z? n f the severest heat spell the country ever' experienced has been broken in the Middle. West bycooUng and indications are that beginning to night a' moderate cool wave will set in gaviug relief to the parched districts, The torridity of . the week has claimed 700 Uvea in cities and towns alone crops are almost roasted in the fields; damaged corn and prices drop ped, the result of want of rains, The deaths for mheat in New 'York are 110; in Philadelphia 65; Chicago, 156; Baltime, U. Speclal Pullman Oar from Concord to 1 Atlantic City, N, J. Arrangements' have been made for special tullman from Concord for ac commodation of Concord Lodge Mo. 857. Car will leave on train sjo. 12 at 6:40 p. ml, Saturday, July 8th, and be attached to special , train rrom Greensboro, arriving at Atlantis City about noon Sunday, ; July 9th. Low round; trip rates open to everybody, and many will go who are not Juke, Pullman reservations can be made by applying to W. J. Montgomery, Jr. . Generall fair except probably local thunderahowera Friday ancLSaturday. BARBI&SU&a HAFPZXXffaS. He Typhoid Ferer ia the Village. AocMant ia Ball Oejne. Ptrsonala. The question now under discussion is: Wbea wUl it rain and what are we going to "eat t We are very dry in this locality end nnleea we get rain in a day or two gardens will be a thing of the past. 1 It has been announced that every body at thia place was sick with ty phoid fever. This is very much of a mistake, as there ia not a ease in the village.. There la malaria, and among those on the sick list are, Miss Mary Grier, Laura Belle Taylor, Mr. D. B. McEaobern and wife, Mr. J. F. Alexander ia back again at his post after having spent a few days at the Teeter spring. In the ball game at Rocky River last Saturday Mr. Wirt Oglesby had the misfortune Ito sprain his ankle. He is able to be around some now.' Mr. Sam MeEachern, of Lin wood, spent a few hours at Mr. J. W. Tay lor's Thursday. The Harrisburg delegation took in the brunswick stew at Rocky River grove last Tuesday evening. It was a very enjoyable occasion and the Misses Lapsley are to be compli mented on the skill in manipulating such performance. Mrs. 8. A. Grier, Jr., is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. S. Ervin. Miss Mary Penick Gourley is visit ing her sister, Mrs. E. S. Ervin, at &rvin a siding. The Harrisburg boosters were de lightfully entertained on Thursday of this week byXJol. N. J. McManus and Mr. Root. Hartsell, of lower No. 10. Harrisburg is building up and down. i he railroad is erecting tnree new houses here and Mr. Glossen is punoh- ing ,1 weli8. Mr. C. L. Sims is Ig - ninir in tmild a hanHimma T-osisno Ln ,h din w ,Mir -m,- .nni f i,, wo, ;no, r. w j. Xurner of Mr Turner and made lotg of friend. lr t .'j ot.r.j Alexflndw at the Teeter : , springs. i-yu'f-'x-'. Miss Allen, of Bristol, who repre- eentSSullin's college at that place, spent Wednesday with Miss Claude Teeter. Harrisburg, July 7, 1911. Meeting of Grand Lodge of B. P. 0, Elks, Atlantic City, N. J., July 10-15, 1911. On flMiiint iyP tliA aKava innAiiinn thfl Southern Railway wUl sell round trip tii.ipt to Atlantic Citv at n-eallv re- duced rate8, Datea o 8ale jy 7 8 and 9, with final limit o July 20, ani iti-Wa Mn k. ATtAfuiAn nntil Ane. . Following round trip rates will ap- DlT from atations named Charlotte, N. C. ..$19-20 Concord, N. C. 1855 States viile, N. C. 18.65 Salisbury, N. C- .. 1755 High Point, N. C. 16.85 Special Pullman cars will be ar- ranged and possibly a special drain leaving North Carolina Saturday, July 8th, arriving at Atlantic City, noon, Sunday, July 9th. Applications for reservations in through cars ahold be made to R. H. DeButita, Traveling Passenger Agent, Charlotte. N. C. Excursion to Richmond, July 18, 1911, ntfcen Railway will operate Annual Popular Excursion to Hieh- Va., Tuealfty, J 17 18, 1911, t verv low round trip rates, iickcis 7. 1100 tot?rn 5 tn Richmond, up to and including, Thursday, July 20th, giv ing two days and one nighitr in Rich- faSi class coaches and Pullman cars will leave Charlotte, at 8 p. a., Tuesday, July ISiih, and nrrlvo at Richmond, a. m.. following morning. Very low round trip rates from all branch line points, tickets from tr.ese points good on regular trains connecting with special train. Rare opportunity to visit historic Richmond and the many nearby points of interest at small cost. Following round trip rate will apply: ' . ' .Concord ,w.ju- $4.50 Albemarle "$555 Salisbury $4.50 Rates from all other points in same proportion, r'or other lnrormeuon, Pulman reservations, etc., call on any Agent, Southern - Railway, or write, a, a. veaam, x. r a., unariatte. -, " Attentioa, Veterans. ; AU who expect to attend the State Reunion to be held at Wilmington en I the 2nd nd 3rd days of August will please hand in their names not later than July 15th. . li. a. fAKtus, com, Camp No. 212 U. C V. WX3XEB, Defeat Locke Mill by Score $ to 1 ia Fastest Game of the fleeeom. - Ia the fastest and fenappiest game played on the local diamond this year the Cineos defeated Locke Mill yester day afternoon by theecore of 3 runs to L Bell and Johnson were the op posing moundsmen snd both issued fourth a good brand! of the twirling good, with the odds Ulghtly in favor of the former. The jLoekitea sent s man around the diamond in the sec ond and the Cineoifes managed to blow a ring in the fourth. Thereaf ter the game aee-eaved along with the score a tie, tbe 5 gar lads form ing a formidable combination with equal force until the 'ninth when the combination became unreasonable two runs resulting and th Used:. game monopo- R. H. E. Locke Mill Cineos Batteries; I 3 13 2 Johnsoit and Goodman Bell and Smith. J- Maine Explosion From Within. Washington, July I. The loss of the battleship Maine :wa8 caused by the explosion of her three magazines. No such effect as that produced up on the vessel could have been caus ed by an explosion -r pom without, Such is the opinion of Gen. William H. Bixby, chief of engineers, U. S. A., Wiho naa returned Irom a per sonal inspection of the work of rais ing the Maine. 1 General Bixby says that a portion of the deck over the jnagazines was blown upward and . Iiackward and that there are . numerias - conditions which prove this. iNo explosion from the.outside. he savs. could have caus ed the same result. 'What the pri mary .cause or cue explosion was," said General Bixby tonight, never will be learned. cw r Genearl Bixby. dees not believe that the Navy Department will find the bodies of sailors and officers on the main. He says that , they are prob ably buried 200 feet or more from the wreck in the mud. , " ; . Beer Sales Keep Face With ProMbi- New York, July 6. No less than 63,000,000 barrels of beer were sold in the United States during the 12 months ending June 30 last, or 6.21 per cent., according to the annual re port of the beer and whiskey sales made public here today by the United States Brewers' association. Notwith standing tbe increase, which the erport contends indicates that the country is prosperous, the spread of prohibition has affected the trade considerably, it is declared. The whiskey bill of the United States for the year, according to the report, is $146,973,000, an increase of nearly $8,000,000 or 5.66 per cent, over the preceding 12 months. Wake Farmer Gets Sixteen Dollars for s Bushel of Peas. Raleigh. July 6. That there is great money in the trucking business is shown by the high prices that are being obtained at present in this sec tion for products. A farmer came to town today with two bushels of shelled old-field black-eyed peas, green, of course, and sold the two bushels for $16-74116 rate of $8 per bushel. He also had a bushel of okra which he sold for $5. Several years ago a bushei of okra would hardly have brought $1, while old-field peas would bring nothing like the prices today. Fined in Police Justice's Court. W. C. Alexander, Allan Long and Jake Long whose arrest in the back lot here Saturday created quite a sen sation, were tried in the Recorder's court this morning, the itwo rormer on the charge of resisting an officer and profanity and the latter on the charm of resisting an officer. The three defendants submitted and Alex . .... ... ander and Allan Long were fined a total of $25.15 in both cases and Jake Long was fined $11.60 including the cost. Mr. Alfred S. Miller and family, living a few. miles south of Thomas ville, were poisoned last week by food which naa oeen put into a gaivanueu buoket-and hung in the well over night. ;The food had been prepared for a wheat-threshing force the day before,.' Tuesday and on Wednesday for breakfast the family ate oi st heartily and soon had to call phy sician. By heroic efforts the physi- ei&n saved the latnuy vw It may be that the prohibition laws cannot be oronerb enforced, yet it is a matter that should be' given a fair trial. J Ice -cream manufacturers in New York have been unableto keep -up with the local demand during the hot wave. t -.V--'.A i t."' S CXKOOfl , , . FERS05AL XESTIOir. Sems ef the Fsonla Ears and EUe - where Was Dome and Qe. Vfr. Gowan Duaenbery is spending the day ia Charlotte. Rev. T. W. Smith is confined to his home today by illness. Mr. G. C. Fry, of Collettsville, is visiting friends in tbe cky. Miss Mary Cline has returned from a week 'a stay at Misenheimer Springs. Miss Edith Beggs, of Gasden, Ala, is visiting Miss Marguerite and Lucy Brown. Mrs. Gales Pickard, of Danville, is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sims. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Trice, of Lex ington, are visiting at the home of ex-Sheriff William Propst. Attorney F. M. Shannonhouse, of Charlotte, spent yesterday in tbe city on professional business. Mrs. W. C. .Carpenter and daughter, Catherine, will leave tomorrow for Rutherfordton to spend several weeks. Mrs. A. S. Webb went to States ville this morning to attend the funer al of he raunt, Mrs. S. W. Stimson. Miss Louie Lipscomb, of Greenville, S. C, will arrive tomorrow to visit Miss Mary Hartsell. Mrs. Nell Eddgon has returned from Kings Mountain, where she has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Mauney. Miss Alice Brown has returned from Salisbury, where she has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Smith, for a week. Miss Willie Cross has returned to her home in Mecklenburg county, af ter visiting Miss Eloulse Farrow for a week. Mr. J. L. Deaton, who has been vis iting his niece, Mrs. W. J. C. Carpen ter, hag returned to his home in Char lotte. Mrs. N. R. Richardson, of Mount Pleasant, has returned from Mebane, where she has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. B.Slack. Dr. and Mrs; Hamrick. and Mr. and Mrs. Waite BarmicE, of GaffneyTwill come to Concord tomorrow in their machine to visit Mrs. R. E. Cline. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gibson and Miss Harmison will leave Sunday for Balti more to visit relatives. They will later go to Thermont, Mr. IP irt a question, or SAnrt-onN a CHlCtlKO ACCOUNT WITS TBt MONMT roo hsd ntcti- SAt TO HAH ON HAND-tOST DAW DA11T TBE AMOVNt NEEDED, WHETHEV. IT'S A HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNT. OR FOE EUUNSH-fWfOSti 1 CONCORD NATIONAL BANS Capital $100,000 Surplus 130 0' 4 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. ' T NASHVILLE, TENN For forty years the friend and ' counselor of tha Southern farmers . TWENTY-FOUR PAGES ' : r: TWICE A WEEK, Fifty Cents a year or three yean for Ons Dollar. Sample Copy Sent Free, DO YOU WANT ITt i 1 If j f KO&TH GAROLDTA HEWS. Items of Xtws from all Farts ef the ' Old Kortb Stats. Monroe will in all probability have free delivery of mail in tbe near fu ture. Tbe receipt of the postofflre warrant it. The Southport Leader ia the fist county newspaper to be edited by wo men. The new editors are Miss Em ma C. At wood and Mrs. Kate E. Griswold. ! The annual Masonic picnic at Mockaville this year will take place on the tenth of August. The speaker of the occasion will be ex-Governot Charles B. Ayeoek. Although it is impossible to eet hold of tbe list of applicants for cor poration commissioner to succeed the late Henry Clay Brown, it was learned Thursday that 15 or 20 pat riots had already offered their ser vices to their fellow-men. It is not believed that the list will be closed until at least 40 men have entered for the place. Examinations will be held in several of the larger cities of Nirth Carolina on August 5, to select examiners to in vestigate the titles of lands offered ithe government for purchase under the provision of the Weeks forest reserve bill. It is not known how mnny men will be needed, or the length of lime they will be employed. It is stated that Hon. Champ Clark. speaker of the hoiue of representa tives, began to lose the sung sum of $142.08 a day July 1 and will continue to drop money at this rate for as long as xngres8 shall stay m session. Mr. Clark .has a contract with a lecture bureau in Chicago for $1,000 a week, and can't keept it, because his party insists on staying in Washington until its legislative programme, agreed to at the beginning of the special session, is completed. Eleven persons died from the effects of the heat in Baltimore Thursday and eight were prostrated. See the Times for Printing. New Mid-Summer; Shirtwaists We have just received a new lot of cool, stylish Scximer ; Shirtwaists that are $1.50 values, well made and . petty neat patterns, on display now, 98 cents. Are You Wearing Gord Slimmer Hosiery ? Our stock is complete in every re spect. GORDON Hosiery for in- fants, misses and ladies in the best ' summer weights and colors. Every " pair guaranteed to wear. Priced, 15c9 25c and up. All Summer Millinery at cut prices. , i. OU1 HHDE2T CE2CZ ' , Will Appear Vexx Weak 42.00 ia ' Oasa te the Locky Finder, UM , la AU te be Given Away. Tha Tribune will, the first of the". coming week, carry a full peg of advertisements of leading Concord business firms. In each ad which ap pears on this page there will be in-" , serted one or more extra letters on misspelled words. These letters when picked ont and correctly artangsd ' will form a complete sentence waiea will describe the location' or hiding ' place of a check which has been hid . by thia office, good for $5.00 ia cask. -Keep your eyea on The Tribune for tbe ' next few days and yon will hare aa , opportunity of picking up some eay ' : money. No strings tied to tbis propasU ' tion, tbe party who finds the ebeek gets j $5.00 in cash. Tbe page will appear -once a week for three weeks, $5.00 being given away with each issue. Watch for the "Hidden Cheek".: Page. . ' . ;- ; The Meeting at the Court Hoots This Afternoon. - - The attention of the public is called again to the -meeting this afternoon at 5 o'clock in the court-house in tbe -interest of the Melver: Loan Fund. While this work appeals very directly to all students of the Normal College, it deserves the consideration 'of every ' -public-spirited citizen of Concord sad ' of Cabarrus county. The v task of raising $1,000 in order that four : needy but ambitidus girls of this connty may receive a college educa tion is too great a one to be left en tirely to the forty women who have attended the Normal College from thia county. Your presence will be a great-' encouragement to them if yon are net- -able to render no other service. The 1 local Alumnae Association bids yoa "come!" - ' ' - Foley's Honey and Tar Oompoaad. : Is effective for coughs and .colds ia V either children or grown persona. No nates, no barmful drags. Ia th yellow .package. . Refuse . substitutes. M. L. Marsh, Druggist' t , V on a 4i - I