Tuesday, September 18, 1923
SOCIAL & PERSONAL
Party Saturday.
_, Mr. Alfred Coleman entertained his
friends Saturday night with a sociable
party. The reception room was crowd
ed and the young folks had a delightful
time. After a number of games had
been played, a contest decide the best
looking couple was held. Mr. Paul Cole
man and Miss Viola Williams wOtT the
prize. They afterwards went through a
mock marriage.
Among those present were: the Misses
Viola and Blanche Williams, Irene and
Novella Dry, Delia Hinson, Pauline
Starnes, 1 torothy Fletcher and Susie Ar
thurs; Messrs. Paul Coleman. SverettC
Clark, Harley and Zeb Gray, Robert
Starnes, Richard (Jalent, Harley Holt and
Martin I.ambert, K. C.
TWO STUDENTS KILLED
IN BERKLEY FIRE
Damage to Property L'nusnafty Big With
Millions.
Berkley, Calif., Sept. 17. —Two persons
are dead, hundreds of homes are ruined,
millions of dollars worth of property
was consumed and the entire city of
Berkley was threatened as the result
of a grass fire, which, out of control be
cause of a heavy north wind, swooped
, through the Cragmont district this af
ternoon and swept into the more crowded
residential districts.
Two Cniversity of California students,
unidentified, are known to have fallen
through the roof of a burning building.
A third person also unidentified, is be
lieved to have been lost in the residence
district, near the hills.
The part of the conflagration that
threatened' thp business section was
brought under control at University Ave
nue and Allston Woy at 5:30 o’clock this
evening.
At 4:30 o'clock vast columns' of flames
at Allston Way and Addison Street
gave forebodings that the entire Berkley
business district would go. Hhattmk
Aveuuh merchants moved out their valu
California a, directly opposite the line of
flases. prepared for a determined fight.
\ The streets and avenues of Berkeley
\ were thronged with marchers leaving
\ tjieir homes.
Then it nil ehnnged. The direction
> of the lind was one cause. The vicious
\ norther became a westerly zephyr. Bnt
\ teries of fire engines from Alameda'. Oak
\ land and S>pn Franeiseo arrived and ad
\ded their lines -to the Berkeley lines.
Thousands of workmen helped. Their
\ombined efforts saved the situation.
. All the street ear lines were paralyzed
a\ soon as the fire started and still were
nit of commission in Berkeley late to
"‘‘s nifct.
llie approximate scope of the Berkeley
fire was from the Berryman reservoir up
to tie eastward line of the hills. From
there south everything was burned for
six bocks. , Houses on both sides of
Euclid Avenue and Beunjjvisto Avenue
Were btrned. Lo lamia park also was
destroy*!. Every house on Euclid Ave
nue firm Shasta south to Hilgard went
up in lames.
Sporadic fires broke out frcfiti Hilgard
south to University caiApus. All the
houses in upper Leroy Street were de
stroyed, as well as all the houses on La
Lome Avenue. Half of the faculty of
the Ifnivergity of California was rend
ered homeless.
A quarter mile square extending from
Oedria to Shasta streets to the east of
Euclid Avenue was in flames. In this
sector about DO homes were consumed.
Another area soitth of Cedar Street and
west of Euclid Avenue was razed and 40
homes destroyed. Homes in another
area extending to Spring Street were
burned.
The path of tlie flames has been gen
erally southeast and southwest from the
Berryman reservoir, the seat of the con
flagration. From this source it extend
ed to tlie business section at University
avenue.
Reinforced by members of the student
body at (he university and by citizens
pressed ittfo service, the police threw
a guard nbrnit the whole burned area
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. PERSONALS.
Misses Zue Yerton, Dollie Fowlkes
knd Messrs. Yates Bollinger, Harold
Hardin spoilt Sunday in Spartanburg, S.
C., with friends. -
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Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Hatrsell and
daughter, Miss Lucy Hartsell, were
among the Concord people who attended
the A1 G. Field -Minstrels ii Charlotte
last evening.
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Mr. John M. Hendrix is spending the
the day in Mount Airy on business.
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Mr. and Mrs. N. N. Songer and little
son, Neul, ,Tr., and Mr, Ernest Songer
are expected in Concord today to be the
guests of relatives here. They are on
their way front Illinois to their home in
Miami, Fla.
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Miss Stella B. Misenheinier attended
the A1 G. Fields Minstrel in Charlotte
Inst evening.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Cannon and Mrs.
\V. H. Wadsworth left today at noon
for a motor trip to Asheville.
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Mr. and Mrs. Isbell, of Jackson, Mish
igan, and Mr. Fat Goodson, of Denver,
N. C., were guests yesterday of Mr. and
Mrs. ,1. F. Goodson and Mr. and Mrs.
I). B. Mosris6n.
Miss Penelope Cannon and Mr. Frank
lin Cannon will leave tomorrow to enter
school, the former at Fassifcrn, and the
later at the Asheville School for Boys.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Goodman, Misses
Elizabeth Massey and Annis Smoot, and
Mr. G. G. Dulap composed a party that
attended the Fields Minstrels in Char
lotte last evening.
Mrs. A. R. Howard, Miss Alice Ber
nice Yorke and her guest, Miss Lois
Holding will leave tomorrow ..for Balti
more. Misses Yorke and Holding will
go from there to Pliiledclphin, where
they will attend the Shipley School this
session.
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Mrs. Sailic Misenheinier, of Mt. Pleas
ant, was a visitor in Concord today.
Mrs. S. V. Stweart and Miss Dorn
Stweart wilt leave tomorrow for their
home in Miami, Fla., after a visit of sev
eral weeks to home folks here.
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Mr. 11. I. Wood house returned last
night from a trip to Black Mountain ami I
Biltmore. At the latter place lie visit
ed his daughter, Miss Elizabeth Wood
liouse, who is in the Biltmore hospital.
The condition of Miss Woodhouse con
tinues to improve nicely.
M ss Dora Stweart has returned from I
a week-end visit to friends in Albe
marle.
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Rev. and Mrs. W. C, Waueliope, Mrs.
Eugene Morgan and Mrs. L. C. llarring
er attended tlie A1 G. Fields Minstrel in’
Charlotte on. Monday evening.
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Rr. Robert Isenbour left this morning
for Chapel Hill to resume his studies
at tlie University of North Carolina.
shortly after 4 o'clock.
In north Berkeley every kind of ve
hicle that could be pressed into service
carried salvage from the burning houses.
Baby buggies, wheelbarrows and even
children's coasters were trundled about
> the streets.
Refugees crowded all streets leading
out of the burned area at about 4:30
when a shift in the wind hurled the
smoke and flames buck on theju.
Men, women and children, driven out
of their homes, in" the fashiouubie resi
dential section, appeared in processions,
innn.v of them carrying their most elior
•islied possessions, making their way to,
places of safety. Some of them were in
nutoiiiObiles, some of them oil foot until
they could get to street cars.
Scores of motorists hovered about the
edges of the burning belt, making fre
quent runs on foot among the blazing
buildings that they might be of assist
anee to those striving to get away.
Ten injured were brought into tlie
Berkeley general hospital but only two
remained there. They are elderly wom
en whose homes were destroyed. They
are suffering from shock and remained in
. the hospital.
Only Five States Exceed North Caro
lina.
Brock Barkley in Charlotte Observer.!
Raleigh. Sept. 17.—While the other
states of the union were reporting de
creases in federal tax collections averag
ing 1# per cent.. North Carolina was re
porting an increase of 15 per cent., Gil
liam Grissom, the Tar Heel collector of
interna 1 ! revenue, pointed out today in
reporting supplemental figures on the
state's contributions to federal govern
ment revenues.
Total collections in North Cnrolina for
the last fiscal year were $140:000,000.
Only five states exceeded that amount: ■
New York, PenusylvauiS, Illinois. Michi
gan and Ohio. If the rate of collections'
thus far in (he new year is maintained:
the state's collections will be $150,000,-j
000 for (he next fiscal year, and Mr.;
Grissom predicts it will .go ahead of
Ohio and possibly ahead of Michigan.
The collector considers it worthy of
note /that tlie North Carolina depart
ment's enormous collections were made
with a staff 50 per cent, less than the
highest mark of employes in past!
years. ‘ , , * 1
Os the $140,000,000 collected, $122.-
000,000 came from miscellaneous taxes,;
mostly tobacco, and $18,000,000 from iu-J
come. v
Alt the Theatres.
'“You can’t Foil Your Wife,” a Para-!
mount feature picture, 4s being shown to-j
day at the Star. -
The Piedmont is today showing the'
second round Os the second series of;
"Fighting Blood,” H. C. WltwerV story.!
' “Whispering Fear” is also being shown
on the program today. ;
“Children of Duit,” a First National
feature picture, and- a Charlie Chaplin
comedy. “The'Count,” are the attrac
tions at the Pastime today.
The United States uses about two
fiftba of/all the wood consumed in the
world. 1 j
The Petticoat Rule Extends |
to the Lady |
Herself
We Won't forget the first drees w t jf 'V
■aw wkteh followed this entirely new-i. i-A
I line—a skirt finished with one big /{» * J Sv
flounce and topped with another; A /3 1 / yw/VM ]
shudder surged through us, a'shudder \ f
of sorrow, for we thought the poor //fV\ Jr-slaf jQV
Sear lady was Using one of those
night mares in which you emerge '
from the Rltz in your petticoat
ji But then it really was the Ritz, and
as'She regarded herself with a quite
! alert satisfaction, we decided it must SJj-^
be all right And it is. This sketch,
sent to us from Paris by Henri
Creange, the fashion expert, and *
gradually appearing models in the 111
smartest shops, prove it f ls 1
1 The frock shown is of white braided It? Till q n
Frostkrepe. The bodice swoops deep- /Jl l I |l| 111
ly on the'right side and is gathered //I f/ / Il\
at the waist on the left in a covered /II / 1 H Ii 11
buckle of the' same material as the /* I j
elongated collar—the Frostkrepe, not /. 1 . -lii J'Jy*
braided. 1 j "l
I The two big flounces (picot edged) WfTY\ TTi/ I \
nre shirred fully to the skirt, and are j ]Vp If JII
•f white Crepe Chenette. A very -/ I |/ \ V
young friU of the same finishes the / If \ I! ] 1 I *4
Sleeve and runs up the cuff for a /I|U|l { i J | / $
few inches. /, LL| j f
j Although the edges show, it 1
(will have to be taken on faith that the Yfl
broad sun hat iis gracefully trimmed HuL
(With a great white organdy Low on W
Jts upper deck. \f
NO REDUCED PULLMAN
FARE FOR THE LEGION
President of Pullman Company Declines
to Entertain Suggestion.
Washington, Sept. 17.—Frank A.
Hampton. secretniF to Senator Sim
mons, has returned from Rocky Mount.
Where he attended the stale eouvention
of the North Carolina legionnaires. Mr.
Hampton says the eouvention was the
most Hiieeessfiil yet held, and that both
Generals Hines and Lejuine, who ad
dressed the convention, had said they had
never seen a finer body of men than
was assembled at Rocky Mount.
I Senator Simmons has received a letter
from E. F. Carry, president of the Pull
man Company, in response to a letter
the senator had written him asking for
a reduction in Pullman fare for members
of the North Carolina state legion who
expect to attend the national legion con
vention at San Francisco. President
Carry encloses his answer to a letter re
ceived from General F'oremnn request
ing nSO per cent, reduction in fare. The
gist of botli these letters of Mr. Carry
is that the Pullman company is unable
to grant any reduction in fare to the
'legionnaires attending the San Francis
co convention, as it is only by tlie over
flow travel of such peak occasions as
the San Franeiseo convention that the*
company can maintain its service at all.
The company, lie says, must maintain
throughout the year a great reservoir of
cars for just such occasions, or these
conventions would not be possible, and
the necessity of maintaining these ears
• and a large personnel entails a tremen
-1 dons burden oiv the company. At a
half rate basis the company could not af
ford to furnish such a service. If the
: company graiVted reduced fare to the
American legion, religious, social, com
mercial and political bodies would de
mand like reduction. That, he says,
would ruin the company’s business.
Nothing to ft!
A opntury ago Jane Austen wrote:
“A woman of twenty-seven con never
hope to feel or inspire affection
again.” Can this be why tlie ladles
linger so long at twenty-six?
Fine Natures Eaeily Read.
Fine natures are like poems; a
glance at the first two lines suffices
for a guess into the beauty that awaits
you if you read on.—Bulwer Lytton.
Costly “Medicine."
It was customary with the Arabian
physicians during the highest era of
Saracen learning to administer pre
cious stones in the way of medicine.
We have the follow-j
ing cars for sale or
exchange:
One Buick seven
passenger.
One Buick five pas-!
senger.
One Buick Road
ster.
One Liberty five
passenger.
One Ford racer.
These cars may be
seen at our place any
time.
STANDARD BUICK
COMPANY
THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE
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CHILD LABOR SHOWS A '
. CONSIDERABLE INCREASE
An Apparent Increase of SB.fi Per Cent. 1
Over Last Year Indicated.'
Washington. Sept. 17. —An apparent ■
increase of 3S.fi per cent, in child labor
over (lie corresponding period last year
was shown in statistics made public by
the children's bureau of tlie department
of labor, covering the first six months of
the current year is 30 selected cities.
The survey was based on the number
of minors between the ages of 14 and
lfi years who received first working per
niits. It was pointed out that although
the figures were considered representa
tive. they did not necessarily show the
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?i Hyacinths, per dozen 60c 1
€ I Tulips, per doz. ... .-25 c. 30c, 35c \
> Crocus, Fuchsias, Jonquils, per i
i i dozen y 25c 1
€ 1 Narcissus (white and yellow) per ] j
S dozen 40c, 60c and 75c i
I Gibson Drug Store
Ci Largest Bulb and Seed Dealers in
the City. ] j
Study Hours
College life is crowded with
pleasure, but part Os the time
fiiust be spent in study.
''To hours more
i pleasant' and profitable you
be sure that your eyes
are functioning properly.
Why not stop in and let us
examine your eyes before you
go away. Our charges are
|| reasonabfe and our work is
i; guaranteed.
STARNES-MILLER-PAR
KER CO.,
41 S. Union Street
Chicken Feed
Several months ago we first began nd
!j vertising Honest Made High Grade Chick
en Feed in plain bags. Our sales on
! Ohiekfn Feed have increased very much.
: Our customers are all please.'
| CORNO SCRATCH FEED contains a
high percentage of wheat and sunflower
, seed, the most valuable part, a lower per
' cent, of cracked corn, caffer corn, buck
wheat. The Highest Grade Feed, our
r price $3.00
NUTRO HEN FEED, the best rnedi
medium priced scratch feed on the mar
ket. f Worth $3.00, oiw'/nrice ... $2.75
, Upshur fecalsr ybflr IjftudJwill lay. Ybat
young chicks will grow. ’ '» c *
Cline & Moose
Ffeooe 339. We Deliver Quick
actual number of children at work.
Those working in violation of the law,
it was explained, could not be shown,
and in some cages increases might indi
cate more rigid enforcement of registra
tion laws. *
In most instances the figures for the
first six months of 1923, although car
rying big increases over last year, were
substantially below those of 1920. Child
labor reached its peak in the war years,
the figures indicated, and began to slump
in 1920 at the beginning of the business
depression. With better times in 1922
the number of minors taking out their
first working permits began to mount
again.
The latest figures indicated still fur
ther increases, generally accounted for
by the fact that factories and mills are
busy and business is prospering.
Special permits issued for vacation
employment were not included in the
siyvey; and the bureau reported that
the number of school children taking
jobs for the summer uroliths was much
larger than usual.
Permits issued for the first six months
of 1923 included Baltimore, 1,978; Mil
waukee, 1,933; Newark. X. ,T„ 1,091;
Philadelphia. 5,064; Pittsburgh, 1.129;
St. Louis, 2,779; SpringsfieSd, ‘Maps.,
365; San Francisco, 207; Birmingham,
124; New Orleans, 1,234, and Indian
apolis 360.
Wonderful Weighing Machine.
A laboratory Weighing machine has
been invented so small that It weighs
only three grains Itself, and sensitive
to a ten-millionth of a milligram.
Nine hundred pounds of gold leaf
were used to plate the dome of the great
cathedral in Moscow.
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The motor used in Durant cars
was designed by W. C. Durarit
and a capable staff of engineers
to emphasise Simplicity, Power
and Strength. See it and com
pare it with others and you will
realize how well they succeeded.
It is one of the reasons 106,000
people received Durant cars in
one year. Buy a Durant or Star
car—we have both in stock.
J. C. Blume Garage
| Batteries
j | Recharged
| Cars Repaired
J | Experienced
|; Mechanics
All Work
11 Guaranteed
11 Reasonable
i | Charges
I Bollinger |
|| Motor Co.
Forest Hill
A ll the Master Modes for Autumn
Gay! Sparkling! Youthful!
1 $3.95 up -
There is a world of fascinating new ideas to select ft I '
from —large hats and small hats—gay hats and de- fm V
mure hats—Flower trimmed with a sauciness that f fMm 1 V\
is captivating—Feather hats with a flare and dash f I ftVl
that distinguishes hats produced only by New
York’s best creators, and Ribbon frilled and ojrna- Vs \
rnented in away that is extremely novel and adora- ( jr
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It Pays to Trade at
I ISHER’S
Concord’s Foremost Specialists
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[Who told the beaver • '
how to build a dam?
Selecting clothes for men is an
i inborn art—at least, so we are
told. *' 1
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I Blushingly then, we recite here for
your information the following
happening
After he had penciled down our order jj
! for the Fall Suits that are here to-day
i the R. & W. representative 1
turned back in his order book and showed
• us that we had chosen the identical same
l patterns and models as did a leading
! New York clothier whom it is
rumored pays his buyer $25,000 a year
for knowing the right from the left.
; This story stands—and the Fall Suits
are here to-day to back it up,
R. & W. Fall Suits
—'made right in the- first
place—selected with care
and priced very carefully,
t New Fall Hats
; Browns - Cannon Co.
Where You Get Your Money’s Worth
Scarboro’s
\ the store of dependable values I
Special V alues in Silk Hosiery—-It j
l ; Will Pay You to Visit This Store
' ■ One Lot Gordon Round Ticket Quality Silk Hosiery, |
all colors I'l 11 $1.45 jj
. I Imperial Quality Silk. Hosiery, all the staple colors $1.95 I
jj Gordon Extra Fine Quality Heavy Weight Silk Hose
in all the new colors YL 1 $2.50 -|
f;; Gordon' Fine French Clock Silk Hose. Colors: cor
,j- dovan. others, etc $12.75 -I
f- One Lot '1 bread Silk Hose, the best value to be had for 98c »j
Colors: Black, cordovan, biege, ets.
j Scarboro’s
Ijl NEW DRY GOODS STORE x 'll
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Located Next to Gibbon Drug Store '
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