• ASSOCIATE * ® PRESS <& ® DISPATCHES ® VOLUME XXIII r. H. C. A. CMItPJieH IS REMIf TO START OFF WITH A BUG Large and Enthusiastic Meet ing Monday Night of Ex ecutive Committee, Colo nels and Team Captains. BISHOP PENICK TO SPEAK TONIGHT . •' ■ Subscriptions Received So Far Indicative of Favorable Light in Which Y. M. C. A. Is Regarded Here. The 'meeting Inst night of the Ex ecutive Committee, the Colonels and Team Captains was 100 per cent. in attendance, 100 i>er cent’, in entlinsinsm and 100 per cent, in perfection of or ganization. It was remarked that not since the war campaigns had there lieen anything to approach it. Every thing is in readiness for the big kick off tonight when all workers, includ ing the Hi-Y hoys are expected to he present. Bishop. E. A. I’ennlck will he the principal speaker and those' who have heard him say that he is oiie of the most inspiring and convincing speak ers. The male quartette from David son College will sing several selections and Alan D. Prindell will sing several numbers in his own inimitable way. Some work has lieen done by the Executive Committee in securing sub scriptions to the campaign and they find thnt the sentiment in favor of the Y. M. C. A. has changed decidedly in the past two years. The subscriptions so far secured nre indicative of the favorable light in which the Associa tion is thought of and prophesies of the success of the campaign. Monday night the first Mother and Son banquet was held at the local Y. The meeting was addressed by Mrs. S. A. Wolf on “Our Sons." and was re sponded to by Geo. Bntte on “Our Mothers." After this several selec-' tions by the Davidson male quartette were rendered to the delight of all. This was followed by «. splendid ad dress by A. li. Outvie, general Secre tary Y. M. C. A., Pnvhlson ’"liege, on "Moiheiv The prdgrifm \VhS i-wichid ed with brief remarks by Campaign Director Ackley. General Chairman Webb remarked during the evening when he observed the use tout was being made of the building and the many activities that were lielng carried on, "What would we do without it?” Surely the Y. M. C. A. has become an indispensable part of the community life and it is incon ceivable that the people of Concord should fail to appreciate it that they would inadequately support it and thus make it an ever increasing useful in stitution. The parade for this afternoon was called off as it was found that it would lie impossible to get sufficient support to make it au impressive af fair and it was thought better not to do it than to only half do it. ■ 1 “WHERE DO I GO. FROM \ HERE l” ASKED BY MANY Federal Information Service to Direct Inquirers. Washington, May 14. (Capital News Service) —Seekers a/ter information , in Washington have often traveled from office to office, burean to bureau. j department to department, to find the ■ right man in the right place to in form them. To save this needless et- : fort, the Bureau of Efficiency uas established an information office. This bureau. In connection with its study into .the duplication bf worK in Government service, has built up an Index of all the major activities, dat ing back to 1913. About 30,000 cards arranged alphabetically by subject is accessible to the public. Details about ( the subjects are not to be had there, the principle object being merely to refer curious to the proper mtorma tion source. Those who know official Washing ton wil! not need the services of tnis new office, but the stranger and the inquirer by letter should find it a great saver of time and effort. Government to Protect Enforcement Officers. Greenville, S. C„ May 14.-*-The 7 TJnited States will oppose the trial of four federal prohibition enforcement officers in the state courts on a charge of assault and battery, the charge growing out of the incident of April 7, iwhen the officers Area on a car containing two yomjg women in the Buncombe road near this city-, it was learned from authoritative source? late , today. It is understood that the United States district attorney will argue a motion' before Judge T. J. (Moulding in the court of general sessions tomor row, seeking to ave the case trans ferred td the federal court jurisdic . tion, In the event that the grand jury returns Indictments against the four officers. i •. No Mileage Books for the Present. Boston, M&y 15. —The Interstate Commerce Commission today appealed the recent ruling by the Federal Dis trict court restraining inauguration of interchangeable mileage books at 20 per cent reduction in price on 50 east ern railways. The commission's order for the sale of the hooks now stands suspended untlL January 1 on the rail- The Concord Daily Tribune DIM OF MILLIONS BY FLOODS AT IT SPRINGS MONDAY City Trying. to Extricate It self FVom Debris and Ruin Left by Flood, Fire and Wind Monday Night. NO LIVES LOST IT IS THOUGHT Splendid Marquette Hotel Is a Pile of Ruins, —City Is Without Street Car, Elec tric or Gas Service. Hot Springs, iMay 15. — (By the As sociated Press) —-Hot Springs at noon today was endeavoring to extricate itself from debris and ruin left by flood, fire and wind which-lqst night wrecked the business district of the city with daniago to property which is expected to run into the millions. Several persons are reported to.-have l»een killed but thus far reports of fatalities have not bem verified, it is nor expected, however, that the death list .will exceed three yr four persons. While the monetary loss is roughly figured in the mi ions, no accurate estimate is available at this hour. The Marquette Hotel is a pile qf charred bricks and stones, represent ing a loss in excess of $150,000. The only building left in Marquette block; is the Citizens National Bank. The city is without street car, elec tric or gas service. Al! Utility plants, including the telegraph office were flooded and put out of commis sion. Marquette Hotel Burned This Morn ing.—No Loss of Life. Muskogee, Okla., May 15 (By the Associated Press).—t'p to four o’clock this morning there had been no con firmation of reports from loss of life at Hot Springs. Ark., the Sonthwest ' ern Bell Telephone Exchange at Lit tle Rock advised the company’s ex change here this morning. The Mar quette Hotel at Hot Springs was de stroyed by tire. This ts the only fire reported. Water stood six feet deep tri ttft- fen pmme Cquipnn.. * ,rtti«e at Hot Springs. No Lives Lost. Memphis. Tenn.. May 15.—A tele gram received from the Western Union ■ manager at Hot Springs at 10:50- this morning said so far as is known -no lives had l>ecn lost, lint ttiaf the Mar quette Hotel am} a number of nearby buildings bad been destroyed. No ac curate estimate, of she property’ dam -1 age was available at that hour. Flood Sweeps Down on Hot Springs. ! Memphis, May 15. (By the Associat ed Press.). —Hot Springs. Ark., famous resort and city of many disasters, was ! stricken last night by a flood which : swept down .the sides of the three : mountains which form a triange about ' the city, and by fire which broke out 1 in the wreckage. / PERFECT PLANS j ' ! TO BITLD ROAD , Best, Route Will Be Chosen and 1 Actual Work Will Be Started as ( Early as Possible. Raleigh, May 14— Engaging a group of engineers, the “Fust provinces” railroad commission set , to work in earnest today to select the best route for the new road which it proposes to build \with the $10,000,009 bond Issue authorized by the, last general assembly. With all members of the commis sion present except O. Max Gardner, a thorough survey of a half- dozen routes through the northwestern counties was agreed upon. Frank T. MiLer, of Greensboro, was engaged as chief field engineer, and with nim iwill work two consulting engineers, while three separate corps of en gineers will go into the territory .within a few weeks. Colonel Beneham Cameron was selected as chairman of the commis sion, and C. D. Bradham as secretary. An exclusive committe to have direct supervision of the survey work is composed of Coonel Cameron, Repre sentative Tam Bowie and Senator W. C. Heath. $50,000 has been provided by the general assembly, for the survey and. other undertakings preliminary to the inaugurations of plans for actual con struction work. With this money the commission will make its investiga tion of routes complete. “And- the best route will be chosen irrespsetive of anyone’s county,” de clared Representative Bowie, father of the railroad bil. thereby placing his own county of Ashe on the merit system in bidding for the read. Three- routes were recommend by the original commission that investi gated the feasib'lity of the under taking. The present commission, that composed of the old with Senator Lunsford Long and O. Max Gardner ns added members, will not coniine Its survey to th|s trio, however, but , ‘will go\>ver the whole territory of the road. Two consulting engineers were In ' vlted to assist the commission and i field forces, but In the absence of letters of accepts rice their names ■ were not given out. The personnel of i the three engineering corps will be ■ selected by the commission (With the advices of Chief Engineer Miller. »• - CONCORD, N. C„ TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1923. No New Prison Inquiry In Thfe County Expected at the Present It is very pnolwhle that another, investigation of prison conditions in I this county will not be made, though I .1. F. Day vault, chairman of the board I of county commissioners, is expecting daily n letter from Attorney General \ Manning asking that he co-operate with the solicitor of this distrii+ in investigating conditions in the camps. The commissioners last week institut ed and completed a thorough inquiry into life In the camps of ('abarrns, and in view of this fact it is probable that Solicitor Long will accept the report made l>y the commissioners last Sat urday and not ask for another investi-! giition in this county. ("hnirmnn Day vault this morning! stated that he had not yet received the letter from Attorney General Maifhing. Imt he is expecting it today. Press! dispatches from Raleigh Monday stat ed that Mr. Manning liad prepared ! letters for every solicitor, and county j chairman in the State, asking that j they make the investigations or assist | in making them. _ Solicitor Long, whose home is in! Statesville, this week sent a letter to j Mi - . DayvaPlt. commending the board I of commissioners for their prompt ae-1 tion in investigating conditions in this 1 county, and assuring the commission- i ers that he would assist them in car- j rying out recommendations they i might want to make now or later. 1 LIST OF SPEAKERS IS ANNOUNCED BY TRINITY Dr. McFayden, Letehworth, Eng., Will Deliver Baccalaureate Address. Durham. May 14.—Trinity college officials today announced speakers who will lie heard at the annual commence ment exercises June 3-d. The Rev. Dugald MncFaydeti. I). I)., of Letch worth. England, will deliver the bac calaureeate address: Bishop Hoyd Mc- Whorter Dobbs, of Brazil, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon: and Dr. William Herbert Perry, president of Brown university. Providence, Rhode Island, will deliver the commencement i address. TJhose in charge of details for the! commencement expect that the attend-i anee at the exercises this year will ex- ! eeed by thousands any previous com mencement. They are basing their ex pectations, upon the renewed interest aroused ainong the (1,500 alumni by the organization campaign which has just lieen completed and upon the showing which the Trinity baseball team has made in winning the championship of North Carolina, if not the ' entire South. The championship team, will close its •*.-*(-•00 TiffS rtv nftWW«w> ,ir- TuiiP 5 Alumni (lay at commencement—with a game against Carolina. The usual commencement program for alumni I day will probably be varied in Unit in ! place of the regular speaker in the i evening some form of entertainment may tie given. Dr. ' MacFuyden, who will deliver the baccalaureate address, is a native of England at present in the United, States in connection with-an interna tional movement to foster a closer brotherhood between English and Am erican church activities and purposes. Bishop Dolibs, who will deliver the tiaccnlaureate senpou is recognized as j one of the leading speakers and eduea tors in the Methodist. Church. South. At present he is in charge of the work of the church in Brazil. He was formerly (lean of Theology of Southern Methqdist university. He was elected bishop at the last Gener al Conference of the Southern Meth- odist Church. <( President Faunce, who will deliver “ the concluding address of the com mencement, wane-elected to head Brown ; university in 18!)!). At that time he was serving as pastor of Fifth Avenue Church. New York City. Cases Transferred to Federal Court, i (By the Associated Press.) < Greenville, S. (’., May 15.—The U. ' S. District Court for eastern South ; Carolina today assumed jurisdiction i in the cases of the four United States prohibition officers, charged in the i state court with assault and battery with intent to a result of their i having tired shots into the rear wheel of an automobile occupied by two ; Asheville, N. C., Y. W. V. A. workers. Judge Watkins issued a writ of cum causa, transferring the cases from the state court. J. M. Robertson Special Agent U. S. Department of Labot. Raleigh, May 12.—J. M. Robertson, chief of the Bureau for the Deaf, lias been appointed special agent of the United States Department of Lntior. Free Employment Service Division, M. L. Shipman, commissioner, of labor and printing announced today. Dancing instructions will lie given by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Houser at the American Legion Hall starting today. See ad. in this issue. Salisbury Pythians Form Consolida tion. Salisbury, May 13. — The two lodges of Knights of Pythias in this city [ have been consolidated and now iorm one of the largest lodges of the orders in the state. With a membership of nearly 500 the new lodge is known as Saiisburyfßowan lodge No. luu. The lodge occupies the enure third floor of the new Wright bui ding on ] West Inniss street and besides the | lodge room has handsome club rooms 1 fitted up in modern style. 1 Swarms of Locusts Found in Asheville. Asheville, May ,14. —Great swarms of the Cicada. - known as the 17-year 1 loonst, were discovered in Asheville ' today. Virtually mtllions of these iu i sects have hatched from larva’e in the f ground and are overspreading foliage > of trees and bushes. The locusts are s localized tn the north sections of the city. . Mr. Long also stated in the letter I that he would vtsitfllie camps of this I county when he comes back to Con cord for the next Term of Superior [Court, and as he (Ud not intimate that j lie would be here sooner. Mr. Dayvault lielieves that the solicitor plans to ac cept the rejiort made by the cQmmis sioners last' Saturday ns a final and satisfactory one for .this county. In the report the -(Commissioners de clared they could find no evidence of prisoners being cruelly treated. Some of the prisoners had) been flogged, the report said, but there was no evidence that the floggings hail lieen brutal, and | they lmd lieen inflicted after the pris j oners disobeyed orders or refused to I work. TBe report also, stated that the I superintendent of tbe (camp had lieen instructed to give His men plenty of wholesome food and nut to work them j in the rain or under other unfavora j hie conditions. I Tlie commissioners in preparing j their report visited the chain gang camps and gave every prisoner an op ! portnnity to make complaint if lie had ’ a complaint to make. They went into I tiie matter thoroughly, and ns the re ! quest from the Attorney General is ! expected so soon offer the investiga j tion was made, it is yery probable that jno new inquiry willblie. made now in 1 this county. I McBRAYER INVESTIGATION BEGUN AT RALEIGH TODAY j By Special Legislative Committee Ap-| pointed at Liftt Session. (By the Aundhtra Press.) Raleigh, May 15a*- Investigation of l charges of mismanagement against Dr. L. B. M(Tlra.yer, superi nfendear of the State Knnatoritfeii for the treat ment of tuberculosis, was resumed hete today by the special legislative committee appointed fiy the 1!>23 North Carolina General Assembly. A session was hei®at the capital at 10'o’clock imt it reetfs was taken un til 2 p. m. in onleft that attorneys might confer with witnesses and make other arrangements. Dr. Mcßrayer was expected to take the stand in his own defense, while Dr. W. S. Rankin, secretary of the State Board of Health, also was scheduled to testify. Approximately fifty witnesses, it was reported, have lieen summoned by Representative N. L. Broughton, of Wake, who .brought the allegations against Dr. Mcßrayer. NEW $1,000,000 COMPANY FOB COUNTY CHARTERED i Cannon-Robdrt Interests, Inc., Granted Charter by Secretary of State. (By the A*«oc*iute«l Preiw.) j Raleigh, May 15.—Capitalized at sl.- ; 000,000, and having as its incorpora tors M. X,. Concord. John M. Robinson, Charlotte, and L. W. Robert, .Jr., At lanta, Ga., the Camion-Robert Inter ests, Inc., was granted a charter today by Secretary of State W. N. Everett. The company is given permission to -promote manufacturing and other in dustrial and commercial enterprises. The principle offices of the concern will lie at Kanapolis. j Mr. Cannon is out of the city today and definite plans for the Camion-Rob ert company could not tie learned. It is generally understood’, however, that the company will organize a textile plant and it is reported that the scope of its aetivites will extend to other Southern States. SAYS WOMAN REALLY IS MRS. ( LARA PHILLIPS So Says Jesse Carson, Who is Posing as the Woman’s Husband. (By the Associated Preaa.) Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 15. Jesse Carsoii, who posed as the hus band of the woman held by the Hon duran authorities as Clara Phillips, the California hammer murderess, told newspaper men today that the woman in reality is Mrs. Phillips. Carson, who is also being held by the authorities, asserted, however, that Mrs. .Phillips was not responsible for tiie death of Mrs. Alberta Meadows, for which she was convicted, the real slayer, according to his story, being another woman. In view of this, lie added, he would fight against the ex tradition of Mrs. Phillips, spending SIO,OOO if need be in her defense. NAPOLEON’S MARE FOUND Englishman Had Bought Animal and Had Hide Stuffed. Paris. May 15, —The bay.mare Na poleon is supposed to have ridden in the Battle of Waterloo has just lieen discovered among tlie odds and ends of the Louvre, Museum. After the fall of Napoleon the mare was bought by an Englishman,' who kept her utltil she died and then had her stuffed and presented to the .Man chester Natural History; Museum in 1842. From Manchester the stuffed I animal found its way to the Louvre,>i no one knows how, and was relegated [to a dusty corner, where it was for-1 gotten until an antiquarian unearthed It the other day. THE COTTON MARKET Showed Renewed Firmness at Begin ning, First Prices Being 11 to 42 Points Net Higher. IBy thr Associate* Prcsa.) New York. May 15.—The cotton mar-i ket showed renewed firmness at the I beglning today, first prices, being 11 to 42 points net higher on overnight buying orders, further covering ami scattering demand promoted by high er Liverpool, cables, more encouraging reports from Manchester and contin ued crop complaints from the South. Cotton futures opened firm. May 26.50: July 25.30; October 23.20; De cember 22.57; January 22.41. GUILFORD COUNTY ! CONVICTS OPENLY DEFY THE GUARDS! ■ ] - i Superintendent of the Cen- , tral, Camp and of the Road Gang Tender Resigha- , tions. —Situation Serious. 1 PRISONERS WILL BE GIVEN LASH Prisoners Take Advantage of Agitation Over Prison Re form to Shirk Their Work, It Is Reported. (By the Associated Press.) Greensboro. May 15.—Guilford coun ty commissioners were marking time today pending completion of investiga tion by County Attorney John N. 'Wil son into Guilford's convict camps, where, according to the county com missioners. prisoners are shirking their work and in some instances open ly disobeying and cursing the guards. I The commissioners' decision to ein- I power the county attorney to conduct an investigation with a view to find j ing some solution of a situation at the | camps which is described by the com [missiohers as serious, followed a spe cial meeting late yesterday afternoon at which time Martin Burris, superin tendent of the central camp, and Charley Andrews, superintendent of tiie road gang, tendered their resigna tions. Botli men reported to the commis sioner!* that prisoners had taken ad vttatagy of the agitation over prison reform in this . State during recent weeks ’and are shirking their work, many instances of flagrant disrespect toward the guards being reported. Pending the report from tiie county attorney, Giles Foushee, commissioner in charge of the convicts, announced today that the lash will lie applied as a last resort to maintain discipline hut only according to law. Y 0 MDRE CONVICT WHIPPINGS IN FLORIDA liilil to Kan Puiibdintriil Has Passed Both Houses «nf the Legislature. (By the Awmlftil Prows*—. Tallahassee. Fla., May 15. —Final passage of a bil to ban corporal puni shment of convicts in this state was effected today when th® senate by a vote of 15 to 13 refused to reconsider its act.on of yesterday in banning its whip. Tiie action of the Senate means that a bill requiring the state officials to eliminate whipping from their calen dar jof prescribed punishment now goes to the Governor. TO PROTEST AGAINST THE ATTACKS ON SUGAR TRADE Secret Meeting Held This Morning on Floors of New York Exchanges. (By tbe Associated Press.) New York, May 15.—Plans for a mas meeting to protest against con tinued attayks on the sugar trade by government’ officials were understood to have been discussed at a secret meeting held this morning on the floor of the New York Coffee and Sugar Ex changes. It was reported that the meeting would lie held tomorrow in the Wall Street district. >- Barring of newspaper men and even messenger boys from the floor caused a flurry of excitement in the trade. At tiie office of -the superintendent of the exchange it was said no announcement would lie made as to the nature of tiie secret session. BOND STILL IN JAIL Charged with Killing with His Auto mobile Five-Year Old Child of State Capital. 'By the Associated Fvess.l Raleigh, May 15.—H. W. Bond, young printer, who was arrested ear ly today charged with railing over with an automobile and killing John McKee Horton, 5-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Z, V. Horton, here last night, was still in jail this afternoon having been unable to furnish SI,OOO bond. Bond did not stop tiie automobile after it struck the child, according to tiie police. The little lwiy died ill a few minutes after reaching a local hos pital. Bond told the police he was too frightened to stop, lie was arrested at the Union station where lie had taken some friends to a train six hours after the accident. i Encampment Week For Woodmen of the World. I Salisbury. May 14.—The 1 week be guiling July 13 will be encampment week for . 1,200 members of the Uni form rank. Woodmen of the World, of the sixth district, including North and South Caro ina and Virginia, and Salisbury has been chosen as tiie sit® for the camp. That the camp win be held at the local fair' grounds is the news from E. B. Lewis, one of the managers of the sove.rign camp of 'Woodmen and chief engineer on the I staff of General Frazer. Tbe camp 1 was held here several years ago and the fair ground was found to be an ideal place for it. 1 The sun's rays are used to generate jthe power in a miniature engine re- Icently demonstrated successfully in | New York. A parabolic copper mirror focused the rays on a test-tube full of water, malting sufficient steam to work the engine. COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BEING FORMED Each of Eleven Township in Rock ingham County 'Caking Part In the Chamber Organization. (By the Aaaoclated Press.» Wentworth, X. C., May Ll.-^-US*- 117 men from each of the eleven tiJwm in Rockingham county are forinv ing plans for the organization ot a county chamber of commerce for the promotion of the agricultural and in dustrial interests of the territory. The board of county commissioners at its last session adopted the follow ing resolutions: "Whereas, under the good road pro gram started in Rockingham county eight years ago and carried on contin uously ever since, with about two more years’ work ahead, the comple tion of which will place' Rockingham county near the top of good road counties in North Carolonn, and pos sibly in the entire South, making a total of lit) miles of hard surfaced roads completed, under construction, or ordered, and 330 miles of good sand clay or top soil roads, making all parts of the county conveniently and safely accessible twelve months in the year, and, "Whereas,' tiie program of the coun ty iKiard of education has lieen in keeping with the good roads move ment in building many tine and mod-! ern school buildings for the of the children et. this ,eomity, citizens I of the state can Took forward with j confidence to the time when every child in Rockingham county will have] first class-school facilities within easy reach, and that the policy of the conn- j ty of educating every child will and | must lie carried out, and, “Whereas, Rockingham county has made wonderful strides in recent years, both in agriculture and manu facturing. and many new enterprises are locating in various towns in the county, and that hundreds of oppor tunities are open for those who would locate here an endless number of na tural advantages abound, good roads, good schools and good Churches, stand ready to welcome them, therefore be |it: "Resolved by tiie Board of Commis sioners of Rockingham comity that this board respectively invite tiie busi ness men in particular, and citizens in general, and urges them to form a County Chamber of Commerce, or some similar organization, for the pur pose of making known the advantages and opportunities that Rockingham county has to offer; and for the xmr pose of accomplishing this end, a com mittee composed of two men from each township in the county lie named by this board, and then named they get together and -organize a county-wide (•handier of commerce. "Resolved, that tiie power to eon • tmrr any bitts or taeri* »nr. -esponMem upon the county is withheld from said committee and their successors, un less they first obtain definite author ization from this board." - ] BELL BRIC K MAKING < MACHINERY TO SPAIN , Spaniard Brings Spansli Dirt to Stat esville for Experiment. Statesville, May 14. —Francisco l’a- ( dros, of Barcelona, Spain, left last week for New York City after con- j ducting some experiments with brick- ' making machinery at tiie plant of J. "O. Steele & Sons. Spanish clay was used for the experiments, which re suited satisfactorily. Mr. Padros pur chased a carload of tiie company's ma chines, and will luive them exported to Spain, where lie will make brick and mosaic tile. Mr. Padros was held by the immi gration officers at Ellis Island until satisfied by the New York corres pondent of .1. C. Steele & Sons that he had come oil a commercial mission. An interpreter accompanied him here from New York, Mr. Padros not speak ing English, There was 600 pounds in the lot of clay brought over with him. ODD FELLOWS MEET IN GOLDSBORO TODAY Sessions Are Being Held in the Odd Fellows Orphan Home. (By the AsNoclated Press.) Goldsboro, May 15.—The North Carolina Grand Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, convened nere at 3:30 this afternoon. Sessions are being held in the auditorium of the Jacobi Memorial Building, at the Odd Fellows Orphan home. The initial session will be devoted to business, conferring of Grand Lodge degrees, appointment of committees, and the presentation of reports of the Grand Lodge officers. The sessions will continue through Thursday. Kirpo and Willard to Box. . Primlell as teacher of voice, and Mary B. Flowers on the violin. Telephone 7!*l. Bell & Harris have tuony new bed room suites, splendidly designed—just added. All the latest Victor Song hits at the Bell & Harris Music Department. Keep out of the mud. I'se granite screenings for walks and drives. See A. B. Pounds' ad. There is lieauty, comfort and ser vice in Windsor Rockers. At H. B. Wilkinson’s. C. il. Barrier & Co. want your pro duce. See the prices they will pay for chickens, eggs, butter, etc., in their ad. in this paper. It's too hot for yjou to bake—use Mild Maid bread. Granite screenings for walks and driveways sold by A. B. Pounds. You will always get quick service by calling on the Central Filling Sta tion. All kinds of school supplies are kept by (Tine's Pharmacy. Keep out the sun, rain and beat— get an awing from the Concord Fur niture Co. Several Inches of Snow at Boone. Lenoir. May 11.—Several inches of snow fell in Boons Tuesday morning according to B. B. Dougherty «no was here yesterday. Snow a'.so tell at Blowing Rock and in some places on the west side of the ridge it Had drifted several inches deep. When faith in God gpes, man, the thinker, loses his greatest thought. When faith in God goes, man, the worker, loses his greatest motive. When faitli In God goes, man, the lover, loses .Ills fairest vision. When fnjth In God goes, man, the sufferer, loses his securest refuge. When faith in God goes, man, the mortal, loses his only hope. ' —Selected. It’s ns much a question of what you do with your money as how you get it. ■ Better be same than sorry. ck-v;© . -A’’ '