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VoL XVIL ' J. B. SUERRILL, Editor and Publisher,
CONCORD, N. C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1916.
llembcr The Associated Press.
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MANY MORE GUARDSMEN:
, ARE CALLED OUT TODAY
WORLD S SERIES TO
HE STRIKE SEEMS
. TO BE A FAILURE
GREECE APPARENTLY
START OCTOBER 7TH
TO BE HELD TONIGHT
ON THE VERGE OF WAR
G
Daily
I
SIX THOUSAND ARE INCLUDED
, IK THE CALL."
crtsoivo trim
v '
National Guard from Virginia, Ala
bama, Georgia, v -Florida, New
Hampshire, Pennsylvania,- New
' Jersey," District of Columbia, Kej
. York, Connecticut, Michigan, Min
nesota Colorado - and tSallf ornia
are Ordered to the Mexican Border.
- 10,000 Now on Duty There to Be
-
" Returned. Remainder Wfll Soon
Be Ordered to Border. , ".
y - - (Br Tk awirtiite Ptami
Washington, Sept. . -27.- The Nut
ional Guard organizations from Vir
ginia, Alabama, Georgia, Florida,
"New Hampshire, New Jersey, District
of Columbia; New. York, Connecticut,
Michigan, Minnesota, Colorado and
California, were ordered to the Mex
ican border today by the War De
partment. .
Instructions sent to General Isling
ton ordered him to select, npon ar
rival of these organizations at the
border, 10,000 National Gnard in
.. f antryinea now on 'duty there to be
returned to the state mobilization
camps.
Six thousand National Guardsmen
are included incite call.
Today orders will be 'sent out
virtually to all the guardsmen now in
mobilization camps of the states
.. named, and will , leave only about
" 10,0W) state troops in all the coun-
. try that have not seen service on the
border.
, In a short time the remainder will
probably tie ordered out, releasing
- more of those under Funston's com
mand. Gradual return and mustering
out of all .the guardsmen is then ex
pelted to begin. '
PICKING AND GINNING '
OF COTTON IS RUSHED
MORE ABOUT THB - ,
. NUGENT MYSTERY
A Gltasen Who Remembers the Oc-
' currence, Writes About It
One -of the oldest eititens of Con
cord lias written the following story
in connection with the story printed
n Tuesday's Tribune of the Nugent
mysteryf ' ' . -
I was almost nineteen years of
age when the NugenUaffair occurred,
as related in your issue of Tuesday,
in an article takes from the Charlotte
Demoora't of May, 1857. A prominent
eitizen of the, county, who had a bury-
in); lot in the old southern graveyard,
on the Mt Pleasant road, lost. two
j-oung daughters from a malignant
attack or measles, oom ay-ng. in a
period of time so close together that
they were buried in a common grave.
Soon after their burial it was diseov.
ered that the grave had been tampered
with- Upon investigation it was
found that the bodies of the children
had been carried away. The news of
ACCORDING TO , INFORMATION
GIVEN OUT BY BAN JOHNSON.
LITTLE EVIDENCE THAT FT IS
IN PROGRESS.
RID SOX KQW PL1YIK6 Y1KKEES
Aad the Outcome of Thia Series Will
Be Deciding Point in the American
League Race. Boston Alone of
Leaders is American League Flayi
. Today. ' Brooklyn by Winning
Yesterday, . Maintained Lead of
One Game Over Philadelphia.
Boston Made Gain by Winning Two
Games and is Now Only Three and
Half Games Behind. ' . -
(Br Tfce AaMClateS Preu)
Chicago, Sept. 27. The world's
series will open Saturday October 7,
according to President" B. B. John-
General Strike of New York Labor Was Held at the Court House, With
I V VI T a ZZ tZZh th son, of the American league, who, as
the rtJ 8 m'ember of the National Commission
lUUUI.UIIIlY IIIVC nnu klkVt w
event had ever before occurred in
'he county. For var-ous reasons sus
picion soon rested upon Nugent, who
had recently come to Concord as a
doc tor of JJie quack variety, selling a
medicine of wonderful curative powers
is today ready to begin preparations
for the series. With the race as un
certain as it is, no final action has
been taken as vet by. the National
Committee, Mr. Johnson said.
A series of four games which will
meaicine oi wonaenui corauve iiuwoiD i r r i i
7 - " j;.... th. be started today between Boston and
- Vrlr SII hp ..tehMl with inter.
human bo3y. He was confronted with
.... w. est, as the champioiibhip m the Amer
r""" TJLT" ican league probably will be definitely
BiCn. Willi tuc Dtmic uiacoo v . , . . , -.v
to the: children. He confessed to the loefted. bv, . tl,ne tlle last of tl,e
robbery of the grave and said that he "" , ., .. ,
r .... . .1 Rnfltnn la f hit in I V- llllfi tit I III' T TtD
1 f , Hod, nf flio h i nn in maK- j-oi v - ...--
uncu M . i l ..4:
mg nis mcoicinc. vrunuo wsw - , ,, ; i i
i .I.J rt uuiera nu iiuvuis u fcii imw-o.
aOOUl U-a IIUIUH, "'"l" u I' T . v . . ),,, i,l..
i ..P Q..H. TTnw.n ctroot a ! H" liniiuimi isi-
trust Blltn Ul uuum vj uv. .1, Ttf
a... i ;ffl.fmn Brooklyn held on to its lead of a
of Corbin street.- He died, and no "ngle game over Philadelphia, bat
- i T,,.f hi. riinntir (mi ramps frnm
iu a ....,.oj wonn .n tpam' Pittsburg yesterday, gained half
LUC CIUU uiuu 7 , . c 1.. O 1
dumped his body is as if he had been .iu,e .. -n
i ' a .. Warf Do- behind the leader. Pittsburg and
tin ... h Charlotte road. Boston this morning will play off the
Bnffalo creek, no in- tie of last Saturday.
n tha nnila Ivirisr hfltween the Char
fotte road and what & now known AMERICAN BANKERS'
as the National Highway. Some-of the ? - ASSOCIATION MEETS
nh vsicians of the town , naked ', the
privilege. of dissecting the body in the changes are Expected to Be Made in
interest of medical knowledge, whjeb
was done. His body was then thrown
into a pulley and loosly covered with
earth. The crowd then qmcKiy dis
persed. The writer was one of the
crowd. Nothing seemed to be known
'f -Nnsnt'a antecedents, and l never
Reserve Act by Associa-
RESPOND
IN INTEREST OF MERCHANTS'
ASSOCIATION HERE.
HE KEEIIKQ LIST KIGN
Unions, Supposed to Be Effective
Today, Seems Not to Have Ma
terialized, Although Labor Leaders
Claim That About 250,000 Workers
Had Responded to the CalL Only
Report Received at Police Head
quarters Wass That 250 Painters
Had Refused to' Report for Work
Today.
(By The A clmted Preu)
Mr. Paul Leonard, Secretary of
State Merchants' Association, As
Chief Speaker. Numerons Business
Men Give Favorable Impressions
for the Association. Firms in the
City Will Give Money Each Month
to Meet Expenses of Organization.
Committee Appointed to Visit Busi
ness Men.
Almost a score of merchants were
New York. Sept, 27. The general present at the court house last night,
strike of the labor unions in symp-to discuss the matter of organizing or
athv with the street car men. is sup-1 reorganizing the Merchants' Associa-
posed to be effective today,-and ai- tion for Concord. The meeting was
thouch the leaders claim some 250.000 gotten up Dy Mr. l'aui Leonard, sec-
workers had . responded to the call, retary of the State Merchants' Asso-
there was little evidence that the nation.
strike was in .progress. Cpon motion, Mr. George L. Patter-
Privatp, canvassers nmonsr labor son was made temporary cliairman
union reported that at least 22 un- Mr. Leonard then stated the object
ions had tailed to respond to tne oi iue meeuug, i us ia--ia oa w
strike called this forenoon. need of a local association in I on-
The only report received at police cord, and recommending that it one
ON THE WAT.
Letter From Mr. Ogleeby, Written En
Route. Boys in High Spirita.
By Jno. ML Oglesby.
tin Itoard First Section North Car
olina Troop Train, Sept. 26. "it's
the finest looking body of soldiers that
has vis ted this town," was the way
Atlanta sized up the first regiment of
North' Carolina, according to opinions
expressed by citzens of the Georgia
capital, following the parade there
th's morning.
The troops detrained at the I'nion
station shortly before noon, the three
sections in which the regiment was
traveling being only a few minutes
apart. The route led up I'ryor to Ma
rietta, up Mar'etta to Peachtree,
Peachtree to Mitchell, thence to the
Terminal station.
In the Jirst section 'was General
Vouus and staff of Brigade headquart
ers. Colonel Gardner and staff of reg-
v ctonous French and Bntisn on
tnllion in command of Major Flani- the Somiue front.
ran. In the second section was the The British capture of the long re-
second batallion and band commanded sistimr Thienvul stronghold followed
liv Mninr linhcrtson. of Charlotte. The clnselv and unexnectedly upon, the,
th'rd, in command of Major Howell, capture of Combles, was followed up
hioiiirlit up the rear. Company L, of last nisrht bv- a new stroke on the part
Concord, led the third in teh pa- Lf the French south of the Somme,
railc. where they drove out from Vermand-
Meeting the North Carolina troops ovillers and captured strongly forti-
Athinta was the second regiment ot Med woods east of town.
New York, which came in on a home- Delayed rertorts from the British -
KING REPORTED TO HAVE CON
SENTED TO SUCH ACTION.
K) REST IS 61IEI EE EFJfiSS
British Capture the Long Resisting
Thiepval Stronghold, y Followed
Closely Upon tne Capture of Com
bles. New Stroke on the Part of
the French South of the Somme.
60,000 German Prisoners Taken '
Since July 1. Entente Forces En-.
counter Stiff Bulgarian Resistance
in Macedonia The Roumanian Vic
tory. Over Von Mackensen.
(Br Tki AiwUM Fmh)
No rest is given the Germans by
headauarters was that 250 members is organized mac a puiu secreiarj u.- , ' a i, ...w f
. , , , j. ,.,.,1 .,i iv !i..lo t n e apv-i.tPfl warn journey, iiavuis ucc" i iriini toaay buuouucbu iiic vji..v w
or the riniritpr a union had refused '.a I secured, ana Ills v. mole l.n.e ueorea . . '. . I. . , : l
reoort for work. to the work.
Attempts to estimate the number lr. 11. A. bcolt, casmer oi me va-
of strikers were complicated bv the barrus Savings bank, ot Kannapolis,
fact that thousands of Jewish workers who is secreiar yoi uie ivannapoii!,
will femain idle over Thursday and Merchants' Association, gave some ot
Friday in celebration of the begin- the experiences they had in that city,
ning of the Jewish year. stating that irom tne r experience ue
Those directing the strike say that cud not Delieve mat me oenems coum
200.000 will nuit tndav. and in addi- be overrated.
tion to those to ouit work, would be Mr. J h. Davis, possibly tlie rjost
able to call out 100,000 more daily active member of the former assoeia
for the next two or three dnvs. tion here, stated the facts about why
a t.p. pn.rf ' the former organization was not kept
" , .
VT , r I. O A 07 TT J .... J. 1 UUj OIIU CAJJICOOV VII "
XUIIV, OCpt, 61. UI11UII wugiw- frt nwan nilW uwlpaa
, I. n in" i I " aa uocroaD fcv v.
rr'f 10 iuu nuiuuvr vi. xzotvvi wcui vu
lomc station irom ji ssiou, oet ween 3,uuu ana ,wu prisoueio uj
where t'.iev have been on bor- the Brit'sli forces MTthe fighting of
Unofficial hg
their
Texa
der service for several months.
'You'll get enough of it," the New
Yorkers veiled at the Tar Heels.
"All right, we are game," answered
the hovs from the Down Home Cora
nion wealth.
When it comes to size in making a
comparison net ween me w
and the Tar Heels the North I arolin-
linve noth:ng to fear.' The tarm
and sirall town youths appeared con
siderably larger than the big town
bovs.
Vr.milnv nnit TiiesdavL
urea show the aggregate nnrr.ber ot .
prisoners taken by the Anglo-French
;n the Somme offensive from July 1st
to todav has been 60,000 with some
100 square miles of territory, and
villages. ' "
In Macedonia the entente forces ap- ;
parently are encountering a stiffened
Buhrar'an resistance, especially west -of
Vardar region.
Official reDorts from Bucharest taae
back nothing of the claims made by
The men are in high spirits and are Roumania over von Mackensen, in the
KANNAPOLIS NEWS.
Federal
tion.
' (By The Aaaoclated Prcn
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 27. Rec
ommendation for changes in the nat
ional banking and federal reserve act
were expected to be made here today
by bankers attending the annual con
vention of the American Bankers' As
sociation. This action was to con
cern consolidation into a federal re
serve board of the offices and juris
diction under the old national bank
ers to tne nuraoer oi J.ao.uuu weni on ., , r.i i.i . The men are in mgn suirns ami
strike today in sympathy with the rT51?".
striking traction employees, according' lanl &WCwrk - Greece is apparentfy on the verge
to figures given"" out at a meeting of vot n,, U me XV, r : GREAT BRITAIN HAS ftf entering the war on the side of
representatives of labor unions. "lr-J " so"' " ""Tation would WITHDRAWN REGULATIONS the Allies, King Constants now re-
Week Rainless Over Greater Portion
' of the Belt. -
fBr Th .Imoelntcd Prem) .
"Washington, Sept. 27. Picking and
ginning of cotton is being pushed in
practically all portions of Jhe belt I leard of any inquiries being'tnade as
with very tavorabie weather during U0 n;a whereabouts, or of histate.
the week which ended yesterday. Ee- ' "CITIZEN
viewing the conditions for that week
the National Weather .and Crop Bul
letin in its last weekly issue for the
season said today: '
-. "Over the' greater portion of the
cotton belt'thevweek was rainless, at
fording ideal weather .for gathering
the crop , and picking and ginning
-uuo u FJ8r. g.- with laroe COnSrega- nf hank note, in favor of
ohna the crop -is nearly two "weeks M""""! o b'w iwv. r " 1 1 -
is being assisted by Rev. G.W. Vick. ' Jing' to the members of the reserve
The Parks-Belk .Company, oi von- system a part of their subscription,
cord, will open a store here October making membership in it option-
., . . i :j tj ni , , n i
10, in tne storeroom uesiuc wo i ai ior oanKS wiin a. surplus oi less
Wilkinson Furniture Co. than $100,000. ,
lialt-i a wlmlaafiTp hnsinpsa fin Tniieh as
cuiuj, wutwD . fn i nn otoCpH that he was liearti
80n- lv in favor of such an organizat on,
(Br The Auociatcd fim anA tllnf tirm Btood readv to con
Long Branch, N. J., bept. 27. trihntp $2." oer vear toward maintain
Samuel Seabury, Democratic candi- inr np fr. W. L. Bell, for the
date for Governor of New York, came Beu Harris Furniture Company,
On Importing of Cigar Tobacco.
Rules of Last 3 Years to Apply.
(Dy The Aocln(ea Pre
Washington, Sept. 27. Great Brit
ain lias withdrawn the regulations for
n-wii Ampriran erowers have de-
nnrted havins consented to such ac
tion. The revolutionary- moveimsm,
however, is continuing, and on the is- ;
land of Crete 4,000 Greek troops are
said to have joined the revolution. ,
British Again Advance.
Tendon. Sept, 27. The Kntisn
. , i Deu w AlUlIia i'UXUlliUC vwin-uu,., Wllltll iViueiian (-'"' . I t . ,
to 'Shadow Lawn lalat night and held promptly stated that his firm could be elared would ruin their business, and again advanced on the bomme irom
litni IllKi'i' "
meeang mt """ h ,v,, i jni;nfpj hv
.Shinn Retnrns from Baltimore L, newM ;
Other Items. ' I The discussion was to embrace sub-
Kanna'polis, Sept. -27. A protracted jects of immediate retirement of
meeting began, at -,; the Methodist green backs, and' gradual -withdrawal
today. The greatest success was won
n the direction or fcaucori u jiuayo.
THE COTTON MARKET.
late, generally : short,' and deteriora-1
tion in some section, but picking is
becoming general m that state."
SHARES IN OUR ASSOCIA
TION IS A GREAT . AD
VANTAGE TO
I Mr. Pinkney Shinn, the assistant
ROUMANIANS KILL
THEIR OWN OFFICERS
secretary of the Y. M. C, A., has just TRYING TO SOLVE
Disgruntled Soldiers Dynamite Train returned from a week's pleasure trip I . SHOOTING MYSTERY
'Loaded With 400 Officers.--- Only to Washington and Baltimore, and re- ; ' . ,
rT.,.n.'w " uorts a nice timer - ' IMand and Woman Shot 'in Their
, (Br Th. Ao.iie Pr...) Miss Ruby Nance is confined to her Apartmentg t phUadelphia Hotel
Rrl! Mnndv SpntpmW fcv home On nveuu -
wireless to Associated Press via.-Sav- teYr al?m9 wrluB-.
Cronstadt,
dii
u.?.Trurw,K u , ,Men Office men, Sen
a dynamite Domn under a train loaded I - -d...
wit In 400 'Roumanian officers, only sev
pn of whom escaped unhurt. f :
hr wnd Intermediates. The Bus ness
(Br The Aaaodated Pnw)
Philadelphia, Sept. 27. Detectives
of the Alhambra Garage, of New
York, and a woman registered as his
an early morning conference with jori0ABA fnr like amount, as did mithnrizes imDortation on the basis
T- 1 j. TTTJl i .1 3 x I l.fl I . ., i . T -I 01 -
rresiueni v uson couay ana men ien is Mr. J. E. Dav.s. tor the Loncora of those in 1913, 1911, ana xvio
for New York. " ri,itnn Pomrianv. Mr. Leonard PnnRiil General Skinner, at London
stated that Mr. J. G. Parks had au- cabled the State Department today ot
thoriz'ed him to state that the Parks- the change. ' "f:
Rlk Onmoanv could be depended upon The orisrinal reKiilatioh governing
for at least this amount. Mr. MbiocK the importation or cigar tooacco oe- Q .nej at Decline of ,5 to 7. Mints
advised that his company coma uisu tween June l, laio, anu mj oi, Todav
be expected to come-up wim were based on uie amount, inm (Br The AaMeUted Preu)
Dart. Several representatives oi.oin- ,mnorter had brougnt in in a XT , Cnrvt 7Th Aotton
erfrms present stated that they were yeftr ago, in which imports wretaooi "ket d at dedine 0f 5 to 7
not authorized to act for their va- war year, in which imports were 8. in response to easier Liverpool
rous firms. . . . small. The new oroer, accorumg w - , fi..tte r-d . seUing. . which
In order to get the organization into the Department of ( ommerce omciais , t ft partiy from apatlK
better shape, it was decided tne best is authority tor practically normal Trading was aniet here.
plan would be for the chairman to importations ot American tooacco in- Bftpr selling off to 16 for Itecem-
appoint a committee to visit the mm- to Great Britain. , , 16 o&for" Jahnary, or tO 10 '
ness men of the eity today, ana nac The tobacco atteccteo comes mrgeiy 1 ? . . . nTiPv BtPAdied on
41 1m; Tinmpa as mem- f.. J?lnri rnnnoetient. Wiscon- P"'"13 "cl " .. .
L 11 C Hi t tuiuu v ' " 1 1 1 1 1 in ......., ,. . j
bers of the association, and that an- 8;n anc( Pennsylvania
other meeting be held at the court
house tonight. The committee ap- j. A. TERRY WILL
pointed by the chair were: DIE DECEMBER 18TH.
Messrs. J. E. Davis, F. ( . Nibloek,
men.won tne cup wwe wf wife in their apartment at a promi
mnt. Tonight the Business men win 1
x f - , , , - - I piny au a
4- 'The Suffragists in convention havejtnree 0the rteams.; '
voted to keep up their f'lobby''s-atl rm;- nj. Mrs. Cla
in WIM I . j, xi ,!. onrW tn.lnv. hv Mrs
play an all star team,. made up of the c who afterward commlt.
ted suicide with the same revolver.
1 ,1 . e, ti tr . , "T, nn 1 . I lea SUlCiae Wliu me bhuic revuuci.
keep np their "lobby";. at IrMr nd Mrs. Clay Whisnant,, of ... ..., ,. j
Washington and to have a million- Butnerford county,; spent the week-P . f . . . h iu,
dollar war aund, .aitnough a munon eni Visiting our , efficient P08tniaster n,lv -wnnnded ' .
- How Mrs. Ledur gained entrant
to the apartment occupied by her vie
tims is not known. Neither has it
'1 n been established rrom wnere sne
Has Bare JBajoniy vrer flftmfl;' Piia theory i that she fol
Wescon. .vote - mif-ui. ,o d th GraVeur.;man from New
; . dollars would buy a lot f hatsgownsl jjr.- Y, 'q. Gill-am,' and, family: .
, ' and -face powdef. ' r - ' ' ' "'. '
i 1 r
A ; Bine Bird Feature in Five
Thtilling'Acts." '
- LOUISE . LOVELY
J', Featuring .; ;
. ' ' AT THE . ' -
PA STIME
Yorfc . .
NAmlnee- Close. . " f v -
; (By Th AeelateS Fmm.)
lrenion. in. ui pot. Minrmniii
.fames KMartine won the Demo-
Icratic nomination for United States
I senator by a safe majdrity-ovr At-
tornevi General Jonn w. w escow. .
' . : - . . I .
' The vote or the KepuDucan nomi
nation for Benator is-very close be
tween Joseph F. Frelinghnysen and
Franklin Murphy.
IN MASSACHUSETTS
' ; . : TOMORROW
Mansfield Nominated for Governor By
, the Democrats and Cook by the Re.
f pnbllcans. '''l:
" s, (By Tke AmoeUteS Prree)
Rnstnn. SeDt. 27:A revision today
H. Otto Whittpen, of Jersey City,t i nicht.B figures confirmed the
was Unopposed for the Democratic j gojbstantial pluralities received at the
nomination for Governor, y. I state primaries yesterday by'Freder-
' , . ' ick W. Mansfield fot. the Democratie
- ' KannaSOlis Oircnlt. - , ' I rrnminnMnn 'for ftnvnrnor. and State
Pretehin? at the Methoaisti.vnurcn i Auditor, Alonio B. Cook, was renom-
Sunday Betnpage aju r. aaa iiaat44;fcy the RepubUcn ' ?
T;?'.' ;2r,4 hlbQIW, lines
,-. '. ' '-;'. r: ' ......
The Professional Man,
Who has not always the op
portunity to select good se-.
cure investments at the max
m um rate of interest consis
.tent with safety.,
The Working Man,
Who wishes to have an avail
able fund between himself
and the troubles- which he
' would otherwise face in the
event of sickness, accident,
or lack of work.
The Salaried Man,
Who feels his best chances
are to -stay with a large con
cern, but has the sane judg
ment to put part of his sal
ary whereat will give him
reasonable degree of inde
. pendence.
The Business Man,
Who wshes to safeguard his
future by accumulating a
fund entirely separate and
distinct from - hir business.
Now is the accepted time to
. take shares in this old reliable
Association, where 'all loans
are covered by first . mortgage
on Land. . $
, The 38th series opens on Oc
tober 7th, 1918. -
Cabarrus County Building,
loan & Sayings ;
Assccfetisa
Office in The . Concord
. National Baik
and Drivate crop advices.
Cotton futures opened, steady t
October, 15.75; December, 16.02;
January, 16.12; March, 16.28; May,
16,45.
W. L. Bell and D. B. Morrison. The'se, Convicted of Murder of J. R. Stewart
in Greensboro
(By The Awoclated Preu)
Greensboro, N. C, Sept. 27. J. A.
Tefry, convicted- yesterday of the
murder of J. R. Stewart, was today
sentenced to be electrocuted Decem
ber 18th.
... T Jl 1
in nmnmv witn uir. Lieonara iiuu
Mr. Henry, who are here to help or
sanize. will call on the different firms
- ' . l, 1 4' -
today. An urgent can is iss.ieu
all - business men ot tne cuy,
whether retailers, wholesalers,
professional men, or otherwise, to
meet at the court house tonight at 8
o'clock and help with the organization
which will mean much for the future
of our city.
HUGHES AT PITTSBURG.
Begins Tour of Industrial Towns Es
corted By Anto Parade. .
" (By The AuaclateS Vrw)
Pittsbuw, Pa.ieSepi.: 27,-haa. E.
Hughes entered the Pittsburg district
soon after noon today, :
Mr. Huebes was met at the station
by Republicans from western Penn
sylvania,. eat8ern Ohio, and north and
west Virginia, and immediately began
a tour of industrial towns, escorted ny
a nnrade of autos. -
Th nominee was joined here by
Senators Oliver and Penrose, and by
William Fl nn, former . Progressive
leader.
Call Out Militia to Fight an Onion
Fire.
Columbus, 0., Sept. 26. The onion
marsh fire in Harding county, which
has been burning for two days, was
beyond control tonight and spreading
rapidly. Company B, 9th batalhan
Ohio national guard, (negro,) was or
dered out to fight the fire tonight. A
strong wind saved MeGuffy, alter the
fire had reached today within a qnar
ter of a mile of the town. The fire
now extends over 1,500 acres.
It is predicted by growers that the
onion bed fire will burn all winter, in
the deposit of onion top peat, which
covers the area to a depth or tnree
feet.' The crops will be practically
total loss, t ' ' ' r ...
With Our Advertisers. -
Oatmeal and grits just received at
Lippard & Barrier's. See ad. today.
See the advantages oi saving muu
ev in the Cabarrus County Building, -
Loan isavings ashocuh j i
ng their ad. in this paper. .; ' '
Get your Tall suit at jne crownn-
Cannon Co. See their new ad. in
this paper today. ;. ., ; - .
One of the five-cent store corpora
tions, reports that its sales for the
last eiaht months were $50,440,961, a
gain 'ojV$6,5,02,708, or 14 per pfent
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atmakei s muckle, ' ,
At that. Roosevelt wasn't cheered
half so much as Maine was. . ;
' All Our Soldiers Now En Routt.'
- .j (By The Aaeeetatei Trm. ,
Morehead City,' Sept. 27. With' the
departure i today of the third regi.
ment of the North Carolina National
guard, all the estate forces called for
norder duty are' now en route, to 1
Paso, The first regiment left Mon
day and (he second Tuesday,
STRAND
THEATRE
V- ' Tonight. -
AL SHAFFER'S
BOYS' -AND GIRLS' MUSI
CAL COMEDY CO. '
""THE SERVANT AND .Til
. - HOUSE,"
A Blackface Comedy,
pictures
THE WATER CARRIER C
, SAN JUAN,"
j. v , , , with
Ed Coxen and Winifred C r
. wood. .
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