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CONCORD, N. C, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1913.
J. B. SHERRJLL, Editor and Publisher;. "NO. 2C3
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the rrr.sc:rxrii is mads up
. '.' y- or wiLsoir laar. ; . ; U"
Xadicai Baortmiiatioi of Banklni
And Currency CommitUe Most
. Radical dun. Only - Tow . Old
' Member Bainf Retained. Dough-
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ton Chairman ef Committee 'ef .Ex
, penditnre in Agricultural Depart-"
v" ant ' .'. ... ' - --'.k
' Washington, June 2. Majority
: Leader Underwood announeved th
list of committee assignments and 4he
p. personuel is. made up of Wilson men.
' A radical reorganisation . of - the
; ; Banking and ; Currency Commit toe,
- which bandies the administration
currency bill, is the roost interesting
. change. Carter Glass, of Virginia, is
chairmen-of this committee.-. Only
. four old members were retained. "-
t Clayton, of Alabama, is retained
as chairman of the Judiciary Com
mittee; Sparkman, of Florida, of
Rivers and Harbors; Alexander, of
Missouri, of ' Merchant ' Marine;
, Lever, of South Carolina, of Agrieul
tore; Flood, of Virginia, of . Foreign
" Affairs; Hay, of Virginia, of Mili-
- tary Affairs Padgett, of Tennessee,
of Naval Affairs; Ferris,' ' of Okla-
- homa,. of Public Lands r Henry, of
, : Texas, of Rales; Pou, of North Car--:-
otfna, of Claims; Godwin, of North
Carolina, of Civil, Service Reform;
Doughton, of North Carolina, Expen-
. ditnres in Agrueulture Department
Graduation Week for tha Uiddiee,
7 'Annapolis,. Md., June 2. Mary
- land's old capital appeared In a gay
- and festive mood today at the op-
- ening of. the week of 'gala exercises
.. incident to graduation at the United
States Naval Academy. Hosts of ad
miring relatives and other friends
- of the midshipmen from all sections
of the country have gathered' here
- for the -occasion. ,'W'v -.-.v? ' c-
The programme of the week -. waa
ushered in at 10 o'clock this morn-
;-.ing Witnthe otneial .receptitairt
wthe- board of rvisitors; fpoiotedby
the President and Congress to eon-
duct the annual inspection of the nav-
al school. The ' reception was - f ot
lowed . by an infantry drill by ilia
-.' midshipmen, and this afternoon the
members of the board witnessed "a
. dress parade. . Other, drills, exliihi-
; tions and social functions will carry
the programme along, until Friday,
. -.. when the graduation exercises proper
will be held and the members of the
first class will be addressed by Sec-
i. retary Daniels of the Navy Depart
- went - ,
. 4 :' XTniTenity Commencemant
Chapel Hill, June 2. The feature
of the one hundred - and eighteentl
' annual r commencement of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, which be
gaa yesterday and will continue
Wednesday will be the, .eommence
- ment address by ; Vice President
Thomas? R. Marahatl; .Wednesday
. - morning. -; v-
The- baccalaureate sermon, was de-
- livered Sunday, morning by Rev, E.
. Y. Mullins. D. D.i IX. D., president Of
- the Southern Baptist s Theological
Seminary.- The sermon - before . the
Youns Men's Christian.. Association j
was delivered last evening by Rev.
Joaiah Clllay, ' ' , - ,
Opening of New Airdoma Tonight'
Manager Isenhour announces ' a
special attraction for the opening of
the above place tonight,' Frankford
. & . Wilson's Tabloid , Musical! Com.
paiiy, ; introducing np-to-date vaude
ville specialties and novelties, '"'A
good clever chorus with plenty of
tuneful, singing and dancing- num
bers is one of the features. The price
of admission is nominal,. 19 cents for
'children end 20 cents for adults and
at these, prices this class of entcr
tcrtiuument siioiml. prove , a - good
drawing cnrdv ; adv.
- L'-s. C.ice r ' i for DWorca.
rinladvlpliia, June 2. -A complete
'revelation of Ikt l.fe T ine II,
Irace, the society and clubman of
Atlanta, Ga., is expected this after
noon in the I '.i :r of a suit for
. divorce of C, 'e Grace, growing
out of the char- s t'.-at shot her
hiif lsand. Grace has niada no effort
to i ! st the action, and it is believ
c-1 C t a decree. will be granted by
t :t.
r T-"":orro,:.
Tie
' t'-e Confederacy
'.' ner to the
. t i-rrow at 12
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IwaoNo methods :
- Or BOOKKXEPDTQ.
Mada It Look Like Postomca Dopart-
mant Waa Slf SuaUialnf Whea
It Waa Not - , -
Washington, June 2. The . Pout
OfHee Department did not attain a
condition of self-support during- tbeli
ai iiiicococK, noiwunsianamg inl.f.-. f . k.,.w k.;.j. f-m.i
widely advert ied announcement to
i.iai eurew aiiuouu an apparent up-
plus waa attained -by- unjustifiable
methods' of book-keeping. : The aren-1
eral morale and efficiency of the pos- eord. They- tnrned bw k and sue
tal service were sacrifleed to ruth.-1 ceeded, as "above stated,, in extin-
lessiy ' enforced policy of false 1
economy for the sole 'nurpore , of I
presenting ; a; - showing-- of : " self
maintenance;, and .after ube attain-1
Hon, the policy was reversed.'. Long-cope
standing vacancies were , filled and
postponed promotions madev commit-1
menta to fixed eha'nres for lone terms
were assumed in such .a way as to I
saddle the new administration with I
the greatly. increased expense during! ' Atlanta.. Ga., rMay. 31. Weather
months, if not yesrs, to come;. - Iretords for the- past ,35-yeaia were
These- are: the important -points in I
the report of a "committee- of post I
office officers which has made a min-
ute "snrvev"- of the: Department 'si
general condition. The report is ad-
dressed to Postmaster General Albert
Sidney .Burleson who made it pnblie
todav. ml i. .itrnpd W nnir : tf I
Roper, Joseph Stewart, A. M. Doek-U1?
ery, James I. Blakslee and Merritt
O. Chance, resnectivelv flrat aenond.
third and fourth assistant postmast
ers general 'and chief of the depart
ments T:t . '''-:'Z
'' The substance ef the claim of the
Hitchcock administration was that a
deficiency of approximately $17,500,-1
aaa f - - aaa i s .f.- . . - I
uw.n Awanaa oeen enurety uimm.
nieu, biiu uuu a auruuis 01 , over I
1200,000 was attained for the fiseal 1
yea? 1,911. The report of the 'jimr I
vey",- are aeciarea to. snow, on, tue
Contrary, that at no time has there
been a legitimate surplus in the- post
al revenues since the fiscal year 1883;
and that instead of a surplus of ap
proximately $219,000 in 1 911,' there
was, in fact, au actual deficiency, of
eonsiderably more than ' tUreeJnuart-
era of a million dollars: ,
In order to ascertain th? true Cost
iriw -iiimailifflvnn Avar . fho:' aotroi.aI I
r v 7 .1 .v-v. s---r" :
oporto submit statements;-shewing
tbe onngations incurred byuem for
the service of the fiseal , years 1909 1
m jiiwuduo, uicim.. w.
timer when payments of the obhga-1
tions were, or are to be made. - ' rv.
Burleson' Indictment of Hitchcock. 1
The Dostmaster .? general charges I
,. n;fcMMfc . ,isj..vii," ?-,vs I
Used unjustifiable methods of book-1
keepingr-e' .V. -'J '-.?. "-vjj;: -1
Announcea a vuv,uuu surpiuti wnen
a . miaaaiia. l . ..I
tl..n .B mallv '. deflnit of 7S0.,
000. - ' .7 . , . . : i. s ; V-- -
Tried in everv possible manner to
create conditions thatrwould lembar-
rasa the Democratic administration.'
f KtMiurted Miveivraeraee.md
crippled department in effort to show
economv. . . . '....' ', ;
. . . -. .. -7- ""T ' . '
plana for Appropriation Reform,"
''-i nf..iLj:. -: t- - a" .-ws-vwif a
J. ..!, n VHonnuun O
varietv nf tirnnositinns for ehansnirlt0WI,8.Pre8e?t
estimates' and - appropriations. I ;Tl.e
neeessityf erdinating.the estim-
to. in sAiiia.iriv is mntm t irimit.
ted, but a variety .of 'opinion exisU t'-" '
as to th best plan, to 4opted.fia',.QM
fiction of the English budget scheme,
while' others are openly , opposed 1o
. - ; : i
ine .ao, "on -
present ine couiiuinco esuecw iu imi,. - , . . .. -. ., ;.- v j-
little ele than talk om the subject YgZS5ZL&
i. general way. Before any change
in lorrn can be maae many laws wuii
have te be repealed,: for nothing i
more hedged' nt with statutes thah
the method of procedure that has to
T7oaicn roll Balance of Power.
rortland, Ore., June 2. With wo
men; voters lioMing the Daiance
power, Poithiuil today is holding its
brat election muter commission xorra
W goveiuMieui. a .,.-
missioners sou an aiuuior io toub ' . . . , vt.
ch,sen from a ballot containing the Ohy
-.. ti.:. :.. 4i...lnort todav to attend the opening ot
names or yj cunoHiuies. im u ur
first regular election in which, wo-
have participated , rin? - thpr
ere granted the franchise last No-
veihlier. rortiauu 8 commission iorm
of gov. - "iit is patterned after the
Dcs "nines ' ; - ,
a rope.;':
is
the scv-
ri.m x.
et.ty-e'. ' '-i 1--- '
He was t,.rii at
Crtiim;S.H, Vis; :
I "' i and 1
I '1 called
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to CO
imm V
to
. . . s and
i of preeliii were
1 :irts of the world.
111 iw-
Col
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! ! C Willi lilC WISH 1H 1MB I
no (eli-nratioii of the au-
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quiet
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TXKS IN NO. 4.
Tha Residence of Mr. M.. A. Avtry
- Caught rira Saturday Mornlnf. -
The residence of Mr. M. A. Avert
caught fire Saturday morning about
10 o look. The blase started on the
kitchen roof and tad gained consid
erable' headway -when it was diseover-
Mr. Avery secured a ladder and
limbed on the roof and with the as-
by the wwnbli of the household aue.
teeded in extinguishinK . the blaae.
1ti Hr w.. avw& W M
.nd Averv wmh Ieavinip for Con.
gushing it, otherwise, there little
doubt that the house would have
been consumed by flames a there
was no one else at the home able to
with the flames
SEVERE STORM. IN ATLANTA
Wind at Velocity of 52 Miles An Hour
",. Strikes That City. ,
broken here this afternoon by a wind
storm, Which decending upon the
city '.from, the AVest, maintained for
2a mmutea ait average velocity of al
miles an hour. ' At one time tbe wind
auainea a speed oi. w mues an nour.
maintaining this for one minute. A
wowd of 5,000 peopla at the baseba!'.
wag' badly frhtcwd hen the
".,r fy? "
B,Knw" lu ouwiew .wi wm.i-
ed into the air. The grandstands
shook and for a time a panic threaten
ed. The street car service wag T inter
rupted, vi" telephone- : and ? telegraph
wires badly snarled and .tress np-riit-ed.
A heavy flagpole was torn from
iilI, ..i... kny
w ivi; a- 4 w-owa J UW n UiV tw t as.
amr hnried into the street. Tbeia
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ROOSEVELT RECOVERS SIX m
CENTS FORM EDITOR NEWETT
fewett Went on the Stand and Re
tracted Us Libel. v .
Marqnette, " Mich May - M.-CoL
J'1lle,odor.e Roaevrtt today ' won hw
,,bel B.u,t against George A. NeWett,
r" cnarg V VT".
e' " "VB
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leases V th? laws r,Jttiehuja. -au
l n '-xpeiises.:;
t nA , punn.. in8tructedthe
.:.; , u ' V. .Ait thm
plaintiff, which they dirt Without loav.
;, their sea J ; V " -r :
- rt ;s fair to the Dlajntiff' to state
ffiat I have been unable to find in any
sectipnrof the country individual
witness , who w willing .to. state turn
he tias ; personally . seen jr, poose-
y annicio exee..y.;;.;-:.v.y-
i r , nr.n. i .-
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' The funeral of Mrs. J. R. Wallace,
who died Saturday morning was Held
yesterday- at Prosperity Associate-
Reformed Presbyterian Church hear
laatfleld. - ;li. foneral la-a. attenaea
J by one of the largest crowds thafl
tever.gatnerea w: ine pnaren.'-..-a aur
ldition to large number or people 01
jthe fleighborhood who attended there
I were scores of frieiida of ibC-deceas-
I Vllie,- VCOrU ; BUU
other" nearby
The service was con
t'Jl
5l5?
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I ioriuilliy muut-ueu air iub wciwtuuwH
of Agriculture today. It .was X the
nel
r. ' , , . jl.: ,j.,-f h.'..
" u J Si
-er in betteri P
I'-Hf et 1!
be in cnar)fe p the new bnrean, which
- 1 oe in ciiarKUjo. wmwi,
"is expected o save thousands for the
of faiwrs of the United SUtes. ,
i - -..; . rjanieU' at Newport.
,,, v.,.f P J T .T,m 1 RecrAtarv
r - - ,, , n, r
W War Coll Dnnnga
Z dabilitTa
on Mr. Daniels the desirability
advisability of Narra'gansett Bay as
a nval base and the location or a
monster navy yard. He will be ex.
tensively entertained by Congress
man O'Shaunnessy of Rhode Island
ilurinu; his stay.
Ec -jcra'a to C-i-'S on Tariff. ,
"'.riishin'toii. June 2. It is expect-
,1 the Underwood tariff bill" will be
iven to the Sc-ste today -when the
-i-rntic colic: 've will begin
's eaueiis (liiii- r liiiih itlheir
-rs will bo t! i ashed out and
nl Kr ' t on a bill which
.. y n. .-..Dim support with
.. i i i r t i ' nators from
,(-r,i. i i ' i. i -rvencs, do-
! i w ,,i I- hi on ; I .'.1 a week
- otii today. . '.
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FiT" i Ci"rnE
CLEARLY INC 10 ATE 9 HE WILL
GUIDE INVESTIGATION
Of the-Senate' Lobby Probe. Has
Summoned Se tutors Simmons and
Reed to Him Thia Afternoon to
Make Several 8ngtestIona Regard
ins Procedure. He Doesn't : Con
template Testifying Personally.
A Doien Ambassadors WU1 " Be
Named ThiaWeek. .. ;','
Washington, June 2. The probe to
ascertain ."who s' who in. lobbying,"
began today when Senators appear
ed before .the sub-committee, answer
ing a list of questions, which is ex
pected to develop, the -identity Vof
those who are making an '. outside
fight on the tariff bill.vThe entire
probe is expected t4 be -finished in
record time.!v-.; ; '.' '''-
Senators Ashurst and -' Bacon de
nied outside employment.-.' They said
they are interested in any article of
tariff. . Ashuist.'.denounced a man
named McCnrry who said he is at
tempting to get through' the Indian
committee the cancellation of an In
dian tract worth three; and a. half
million dollars to..bim.v-;ii
Washington, ."June2.",Tr, President
Wilson has assumed personal charge
of the Senate lobby prole. At the
eeklv conference of correspondents
he clearly indicated that he,- will guide
the investigation- He- said he had
ummoned Senators , Simmons and
Reed this afternoon -to ' make sever
al suggestions''; regarding the pro
cedure and scope of the .inquiry. .... He
does not contemplate testifying per
sonally, however, he-etanda ready -to
furnish all possible information.
A doien Amenean' - aaibassadors
ill be named this week.''
The; President stated ; that : .. the
Wilson currency hill 'iill not be
presented to the Senate, ht'fore next
Nothing has been heard, from the
Jspane8e.tgt rc; f -
The' Edict Torhiddint"Women urRide'
: Wasiiington, June 2. The edict is
sued bv General' J. P. Hickman, for-
ixioing women riuing bsiimjb jii vuc
parade during the reunion ,o the
United Coniederate veterans at Uuat
tanoosa. . Tenn, i V makes me tired,'
Washington women announced n-
grily. - ; . . f . S'i-
Jdisa Mildred; ureoie, noiea Capi
tol horsewoman said she wanted to
know -wh women couldn 't wear rid-
iusr tronsersV if they were more 6m-
fortable, if ; men could and did use
JMy sister, Ann, and myseit," sue
said "ride astride ami wear-riding
trousers beeaiise it is more wmtort
able' Whv. the idea is foolish.', Ill
wear what 1 want. ' " 'ii "
.' The General - makes roe . migbty
tired.'; said Mrs. K. C. Burleyson
chief oiarshall of the recent ; suffrage
parade.; -;! ' We are not trying to lol
low the ways of men in ridiug as
tride. -r We have just awatened, io
the fact that we are more comfortable
and took better riding that wayjhan
with a side saddle."
Washington ;. women wear- regular
riding breeches, -with an ' extra-long
coat that cover the upper portion pt
the-rer ah limbs. They also wear
nifty, little boot and carry mannish
riding crops and wea r high" ct ; st iff
round hats. V .. -'Ai-:
Trinity..' Commencement. Vvifc'
TDurliam; June .lThe oommenco.
meat address by' Senator' Albert
Baird Cummins ill he the star at
traction of the 'closing exercises at
Trinitv Colleee this, week T Rear Ad
miral Robert E.' Peary, discoverer of
the North Pole, was ta have aeuver
,i it., commencement address, but
a few days ago advised ; the college
ffli.la1a that he would be unable to
lir' i, Cnmrnins
Bi-ncinnsl v accented the belated mvt-
tation and wm deliver we wuwe
Wednesday moining. ; -
Tiiean'av will De given .over. to
enmmencement sermon, annnal alum
ni address, class reunions and alumm
ji... .nt TueRda evening the con-
. .. .1.1- w:i. ftvatf maillLl WlM
teSIS lor IIB nut; ----
t.lr i-kl Ace.' ' The graduating xer-
cises and Senator Cummins'; address
and scheduled for Wednesday mom-
X? artT the exercise, of the fift
fourth annual ; commeneement iU
come to a dose with a big reception
to the. graduating claw ( Wednesday
. .2-1.1.' t . i rl-' '
Illgllt. .' ' , v.- f, , it ---.., , ' i
Escape Trom SalUbury Lockup. ..
Ri;ttl.nrv. MaV 31. Tearing up
the floor of the city prison at about
midni irht last night, vflve inmates
locked up for minor offenses during
n, elebrtion of Decoration Day in
Coi;uk.,rv Vr iinv .-- made good ineir
It is thought they secured
io.,l With which to liberate-thcm:
selves. -All were stronpis ni
citv and it is not known w hence
ihe
they
were from or whither they went
f. rtnth Crowell, who has been
. : Kannie lUc P! terson.
,-, 1 to her lion n in (
OOVERNOR CRAIO HAS NO r
SENATORIAL AMBITIONS.
The Oorernor Wants to Serve the
People aa Governor and Than Oe
Back to Hia Mountain Home.
Charlotte, May- 31. There have
been efforts wade to inject -politics
into the Ju4 Freight Rate association
of North Carolina a number of times
during which it-has heeu charged
that Governor Locke Craig seeks the
United States senatorshin bv and
throneh the aasoriatinn. Tl, nffiMnl
nf Hl. Imt rnUi p.i. I
have refrained from entering a denial
of politica in the organixation, be-
liviiir I Ivor. ;. . c ... I
such a deniaL As a matter of fact
. I
before the huanriiitiim n, ,wtrmnt. I
ly organized. Governor Craiir declar
ed ha had no ambition to go to tbe
United Mates. Senate, and that his
chief desire was to serve the people
of the state for four years as gover
nor and then return to western
North Carolina. . . . ; -
On the morning of May 13, the af
ternoon of which say the election of
permanent officers of tbe association,
Governor Craig had a long confer
ence witn Leake larraway, of Char
lotte, at wnicn time the matter of poUl
itics was broached. At this time Gov-1
ernor Craig said: I
1 have no desire to go to the
IJuted States senate. My wily poli-
tieal ambition is to serve the iieople
of this state .as' their governor, and
then return to the mountains of
Western North Carolina and live and
aie among my people. 1 nave Heard
it said that I am charged with bring-
ing about this agitation for better
freight rates for the purpose ot rid-
ing into higher office upon this sue-
cess.. I have no such ambition, and!
am devoting my time and attention
and energies to this woik for the sole I
purpose of assisting in whatsoever
way possible in obtaining for the peo. I
pie of this state simple justice.
. PftarV to Ba in Pari. i I
P lni,0 Llmifof Vf..Kj.rf V. I
iPearv: the. arctic exDlorer' will, Jli-M
rivr hei this week in'ieaimn'ibi' tolanl
nvitation . addressed to ; hfm , hythe
French Geographical Society.. - 1
A great, reception awaits turn, tie
iwill" be received by the Society in
solemn seance' at: the . Sobonne and
jon June, 6 will deliver a public ad-
tdress in - the .enormous
lof the, famous nstituttoni?!!
If VMMVi-.lMlwWk'tGt -Fwneb, SecietyTbattle"between Brandon and Graham,
would have ignored the presence, ot I
Il'eary. m France; had there not. been I
something -of a popular , clamor , fori
his "official recognition. ;. He - id.' said 1
tto hae strong opponents in the So-
iciety, not that; they do not believe!
that he reacnecr the nprtn.roie, dui
they, are piqued because .he failed to
sftbmit his i proofs 5 to the v trench
avnmy ni me ums w iwiiura
ai. a.: i-l. . t
British " geographers..,
Charlotte After a Union Station.
jNews-aiid Observer. -' .- . (
j Charlotte jsterday '.appealed to the
Incorporation commission to ; order' a
i union siaiion lor.imu my mm me
commission will now go into that
matter; "yW
K ?"Vha evuam that -,itt U in
Iran under the sheds are the Southern,
jthe Seaboard, tbe- fiedmont . .hiectne
Comnanv, and ihe-Norfolk-Southern,
the last named;, now heading rapid! j
that : way. 'W-hWiZSz-? V-'-Z,
i There has been no union station in
Charlotte. - Tbe Southern and the
Seaboard have.. separate stations and
are tfar aoart. Often theie has been
a jnove toward; the merger waiting
room and ticket office, but the con
servatiye influences have fought this
movement because they did not wish
to' do anything that might cripple
the; ronds. -
- Wrightsville Beach Claima Another
: ,.Life.
- Wilmington.. Mav 31,--J, D. Artley,
32 years old, clerk in office of auditor
of freiaht receipts, AUamic c-ioasi
Line, .lost, tis life . at w rigiitsvuie
Beach yesterday afternoon in au er-
fort to rescue Dr.. Palph' E. Knouse,
of the United, States Marine Hospital
here who had been caught by a heavy
nmlertoW and was afterwaid brought
to-the beach by a life guard on duty
hearby and resuscitated. -,
Artley- started to the beach with
the physician but : all of a sudden
gave out and ceased hrs efforts and
was earner some 10 feet further be
fore the life guard jtot to Knonse.. .
, , Fetxcr-MaxwelL
" Cards reading as follows have been j
issued ? " ' '
Mrs. David Guy .Maxwell
requests the honor of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter
. - Mary
. to- "
Mr. Pendleton Bernard Fetxer
on Thursday evening the twelfth of
- . June
i one thousand nine hundred and
' thirteen -
at eight o'clock
v Second Presbyterian Church ,
i; Charlotte, North Carolina.
i ; New Cannint Law Btrict
New York. June' 2 the new
Brooks canning law which sroee
into
effect todav, demands that all man
ufacturers of canned goods put on
the outside of the cans just what ma
terial. and how much of it, is on
the
inside. . A table of shrinkage
and
shortap;pi has been provided for
ennnerB in order tlmt they may
: VIC GRAY RETURNS.
Youthful Runaway Too Mock in Lor
. With Concord to Stay Away. '
: Vie Gray in bark . again. Vie in
the youthful little runaway, who vis
ited here eereral days ago with a
little companion named Olin nank
ins, from Marion. One their visit be
fore they were taken in charge by
Chief Boger. T1A father of vounir
lias kins came for him, and Grav was
m aca to the Tlionumon onihan
ha:Iott. fmro whence he
came.
!. . . ,ue "H'uanage was noi sui-
at tractive to hold Victor and
"no a nine companion nanie.l
WwhI 'ocide.l to go forth to freedom
n&K Aam l.. I ft a. a 1 1
""' ifii jmcnii? an-i
arrived here in due time. Vic
recognised by the officers and locked
Hp: The superintendent at the or
phanage has been notified and he will
come to Concord this afternoon am!
take rliarge of the runaways.
WEEK'S FORECAST.
Weather Will Be Slightly Above Sea-
' ' soluble Says Bureau.
Washington, June 1. Temnera-
tures slightly above the seasonal av
erase in the gulf states and near or
slightly below the average throngh-
out the ountrv were nredirted toniirht
by 4he weather bureau in its weeklv
bulletin
Generally fair weather is looked
for. conditions indicating onlv loca
precipitation usually below normal
A disturbance thai is now over
the gieat lakes will move eastward."
the bulletin says and cause local rain
and thunder storms Monday in the
eastern and southeastern states and
it will be followed by rising pressure
and generally fair-weather for sever
al days in the region east of the
Rdcky - mountains. Another distur-
bane will develop Tuesday or Wed
Inesdav over the western plateau re
sinn and move eastward, rossinar the
mi.l,llo a-ul TiuraHav Jir FnlH- anil
the eastern states near the end of the
Week; this disturbance will be attend-
ed by local showers and thunder
storms and to be followed by cooler
weather." i
Spencer Defeats Lockites.
Swncer defeated Jjocke Mill in an
interesting 'game of ball Saturday af-
ousemphiHieatrelternoon ate Locke Park by the soore
Jof 4 to l.UThe game, was a pitelira.
both pitchers twirling giltedge" nan.
Brandon t was less lilieral with hits
while-Graham excelled in strike outs,
fifteen Spencerites. whiffing at his
giants.: Manager Clark, of the Locke-
ites, was the only, man able to con-
nect gfely with Brandon s .delivery,
driving out the only two hits garn-
ad hv hirf team; Sensational catch-
w
bv Allred. Smith and Sappenneld
featured the fray. R. H.E.
Locke Mill 1 2 2
Sneneer . - ... - 4 71
Mrs. W. ; A.' Stone, who has been
visitinir her sister, Mrs. M. L. Wid-
enhouse, left this mcrnihg ter her
lwme in Waynesville. -She. was ac-
comnanied by Miss - Cooper - Miller
who will spend the summer with her.
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Keep Your Feet CooL in a i
Pair of Selby's Shoes :
. A nrk4-Vta chinmont . nf mirl.enmmpr
, A -' 11UVIUWI . ouiuivut .v., mm uuiuujvi i
By styles just in. Cool, soft yici patent, in
I Button oxfords. Plain and two strap X
2 pumps just the kind
X mer days, very moderately priced : at
$2.5U, $3.uu ana .iu
We have a very choice showing of X
x white canvas one
t plain ' pumps with detachable straps
Y
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t Frices yc,
Always pleased to show you. .
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the
live
131 nin ID
fvlCIiiCCUO
ALL ARE IN A HIGHLY PROS-'
PEROUS" CONDITION.
Receipu Last Year Were Nearly $7,- -000,000.
Shares in Fore $213,544. -
Seventeen New Associations Form-
ed. Gov. Crai W01 Leavt Satnr
day for Extended Rest. Trial ef
Men For Openinf Package ef Lost -Money.
-
Kaleigb. June 2: Advance figures -of
the forthcoming report of the in-!
surauee commissioner, announced to '
day, show that the 131 Building and '
Loan Associations of the State are
in a highly prospermia condition. Re' "
ceipts of tlie past fiscal -year were '
nearly seven million dollars, an in
crease of fifteen hund.ed thousand.
The assets are nine and a half mil
lions, an increase of twelve hundred
thousand. Shares in force 243,544, an y
increase ot 40..'1.19. White sharehold
ers 22,.)08, colored 2,752. ' Seventeen :
new associations mere formed. The
State league meets at Burlington,
June 11 and 12. .The commissioner
speake of the value of a "uniform
system of accounting." The canv.
missioner sa"s all companies are home '
enterprises and regards the business -one
of the best things in tbe State. -
Governor Craig, leaves Saturday
for his home at Asheville to take an .
extended rest after an attack of
rheumatism. He will make the trip -in
an automobile. : Mrs. Craig will 1 v
accompany him. :
The three negroes and white man
were turned over to the federal au
thorities for trial for opening the
package of money lost from an ex
press car last week.
Miaa Patterson EnUrtaina.
Miss Zula Patterson was hostess at
a most enjoyable sewino- party Sat
urday at her home -on North Union ,
street in honor of Miss Miriam Dum- .'
ville, one of Concord 'a popular June
brides.- Twenty guests were present 1
and the gathering was ill led with in.
lerest'ana pfcaslu'a. 'Miss Janie Pat-'
terson, a sister of the hostess render-r,
ed; several vecal selections; which.
greatly enhanced the pleasures of the" ,
event. The honoree was presented - ;:,!
with a beautiful .boquet of Sweet
peas. - s.,
Kannapolia Defeats Cooleemee, .
Bell's pitching and the heavy stick
work cf Ids teammates was- too' for-- .;
midable .for Cooleemee and the Kan-
napolis team romped away with the
big end of the score, 8 to4 in the game
at Kann'apolis Saturday Knnnapo- :
lis was strong in offense work, the v
heavy artillery of Poole, G. Spry and
Irby leading the attack." "Hill Spry 'a
stick work for Cooleemee wag also
prominent,1 in the, proceedings.,:', - A
large' crowd wittiessed the game: ; '..
for these hot S'jm-
and two strap, also J
91.mj,'91.: to$z.5U
op to the iie-v 1 i'v to C o h : '-'i'.