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THE ONLY HELP: —For I the i
Lord thy God will hold thy right i
hand, saying unto thee, Fear not: I <
will help thee.—lsaiah 41 :13. <
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“AL” SMITH NOW MORE POAV- i
EKFI L THAN EVER.
Senator Walker was elected Mayor ,
of New York by a plurality of more
„ than 400.000. Practically the entire
gfy Democratic ticket was carried into of- <
B- fice with him.
It Senator Walker lmd the backing 1
iffj of Tammany, which means he had j
j’e! the backing of Governor "Al” Smith. (
' j Anybody with such backing can be
yyl elected in New' York City. Senator i
- j Walker, to be sure, has made a fine i
H? reputation as a party worker and his ’
’Y own popularity aided him.
, t However, the influence of Governor
Smith on the campaign cannot be
' minimized. He was the man with
power and lie swept his friend into ;
office on waves of popularity such as
• • 'he akino can arouse in the Empire
State.
Governor Smith not only aided in
the election of his friend, but lie
„ seems to have put across four amend
' incuts. While it is true that the
amendments were not accepted as a
political issue they were made such
nil issue by some of I lie Republican
leaders, simply because Governor
Smith sponsored them.
The election leaves Governor Smith
with more power than over. He is
the dominating political figure in I
New York Slate and one of the lead
ing politicians in the United Stales. \
Os course many persons insist he will
never amount to anything because of
y, his religious views. Many persons
frankly admit they will not vote for
a Catholic to be president of the Unit
s ed States.
ff' That fact alone makes it probable
that Governor Smith will never he
§ President of the United States. He
y would secure the Democratic nomina
tion in a walk were he a Protestant
and we doubt if there is another man
; t s in the United Stales who would se
;/ • cure as large a vote as he could were
/. he tuoa Catholic.
In this connection it is interesting
ft to note that a Democratic Catholic
p*. in Virginia was elected in a campaign
i\i against a Protestant Republican. The
ijp Democrat's religion was made a big
| issue in the campaign and although lie
Sf' received fewer votes than did the otlt
fetT « Democratic candidates he wain (fleet
' > ed by a big majority,
gs We are almost convinced that the
Rjji same thing would happen should “Al”
E?'. Smith be a caddidute for the l’resi
|ix deucy on the Democratic ticket. Peo-
Kfc jjde talk about not supporting a Cutli
dlic but when the voting started we
ft/ believe enough Democrats in the
Bftii Bo nth would vote for Governor Smith
m’., to live him the “Solid South.'' He
L would certainly carry New York and
||, mime other eastern States.
I|. I WS OUTLAW AN» MANUEAt
»'.4 J? ' 1 TUilB GAS.
pigctitally dll of the nations of the
pi work! have out In wed poison gus ns a
jfe weapon of war, yet we find- tile Unit*
C ed ami many of the other jw
yPntfl bo doubt, making, new gs*** a«
hats Ak U*ey ctiL
• The Charlotte News says ‘'mingling
* around in an atmosphere of war tends
. I to make men inhuman, uncannily l. u
tal,” ami then goes on to discuss the
case of Major General Fries, .who sup
ports his contention that the United
States should make gas of a kind and
that this gas should be used not only
, in war but in other instances as
well.* j
General Fries apparently takes de- 1
.light in pointing out what he terms
the “virtues that lie within this in
strument (gas) of human destruction.
“Probably the quickest way,” he
says, “to appreciate the power which
the presence of poison gas has is to
picture the fear which a human being*
has of having his breathing interfered
with by smothering or choking and
the instinctive dread of losing his
vision.” This quotation comes from
the instruction book issued by the
General’s Department over his name.
The little book is explicit in the kinds i
of gases, from the comparatively harm- ,
lesvS tear-gas to “white phosphorus,”
the “burns” from which “are extreme- i
ly severe on the body” and “exceed- l
iugly painful.” Nor tides the Chem- '
ical Warfare Service lose sight of the J
fact that poison gas is useful not only
in wartime but in time of peace, for ,
the prompt dispersal of mobs and
for rendering uninhabitable any giv
en locality for the space of a week or i
so. • i
Collier’s and The New York World
went after General Fries for his re- ■
l>ort and he became angry that any s
one should question him on the mat
ter. “Any man,” he says, “if lie be
honest, cut not but decide with us
that the world needs gas more than ]
anything else to preserve law and' *.
order.”
Why outlaw gas one day and then :
keep right on experimenting with it? J
Generals, Admirals and other persons
trained for warfore usually can be )
counted on to favor anything that
smacks of warfare. r
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Government Must Be Operated lake -
Big Corporations. [
“Unless our government is re-or- f
ganized until it resembles the ruling
body of a corporation.” says V*. S. t
McClure in ail article in McClure's j
Magazine for November, “crime *rt»d
lawlessness in the United Staters 1
eannot be reduced to the proportions j
found in civilized nation-.”
The only successful method where- j
by a mass of people, hundreds, thous- j
ailds or million** can organize to t
carry on a common enterprise, is to
appoint a committee subject to do- .
finite terms of service and 'to rer- [
tain policie- described in charters or |
constitutions. They appoint perman- *
ent or qualitied officials, who in turn ,
employ qualified experts to carry on i
the common enterprise. |
Thi« method of business organiza- [,
tion used by all <-orporat ions the
World over, is used by the leading *
civilized nations in organizing their j
o\fn governments-. The exceptions mre j
the United States and the South ,
American republics. (
England has the best method for
electing a national government. The j
people elect a committe called Par- (
liameut. which in turn elcts a board i
of directors, who appoint the of- j
licials entrusted with the task of en- f
forcing the laws.
In Germany they have the best
method for electing a city governs
ment. In the city of Frankfort, the j
voters go to the polls once in six* j
years. There pro no printed ballots.
Every man writes his own ticket. Os |
course, there are outstanding figures f
wln> would b<‘ considered. Eight days j
later, the voters go to the polls again
and vote for a choice between the (
two candidates having the highest ,
vote. There are no political parties. |
Armistice Day.
Charity and Uhildrcn.
It makes a wonderful difference i
whose ox is gored. Tin* boys who
were on the western front November
11. 1018, and their loved ones in this
country who were afraid to look at <
the casualty lists in the papers each
morning, regarded that as one of the
tremendous days of their lives. It is
because that tiring ceased then that (
many of them are still alive. There
fore. when the state -alary and wage
commission proposed to begin trim
ming legal holidays by cutting out
! Armistice day. the soldiers regarded it j
as tantamount * to be a declaration '
that the state doesn't consider the
fact that they won the war and got
back alive anything worth celebrat
ing. George Washington and General
Let* might be cut out without anyone
feeding a sense of personal insult.
But not, Armistice Day. It is a pity
that the commission fell into thsit trap,
because its main idea unquestionably
was a good one. Twelve holidays in
tlie course of a year give to each
state employee an extra two weeks
vacation. The average taxpayer is
thankful if lie can manage a single
fortnight, plus Christinas and per
haps the Fourth of July. If political
officeholders work harder than the av
erage taxpayer, nobody noticed it.
Why they should have two weeks more
vacation than anyone else we art; un
able to see. But the effort to reduce
• tlu* number of holidays unfortunately
started w*th a slap at the American
. Legion, and that is an organization
not to Ih» slapped with impunity. Any
k effort that touches a political situa
> tion in any way must be carried on
with reference the fact that in poli
ties, especially, it makes a tremendoilS
difference whose ox is gored.
■ Deceitfulness, according to- old be
; lief, is the failing of those whose
i birthday occurs in November.
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CHAPTER XXV
“You really must do something for
this boy Pierce Phillips.” Mrs.,
Chvendish spoke with decision.
The newspaper which the colonel
was reading was barely six weeks
old, therefore he was deeply en
grossed in it, and he locked up some
what absentraindedly.
‘Yes, yes. Os course, my dear,”
Ye murmured. “What does he want
now ?”
“Why, hd wants his liberty 1 He
wants this absurd charge against him
dismissed! It’s a shame to hold a
boy of his character, his breeding, on
the mere word of a man like Count
Courteau.”
Colonel Cavendish smiled quizzi
cally. “You, tog>, eh?” said he.
“What do you mean by that?”
“Why, you’re the fourth woman
vho has appealed to me since his
irrest. I dare say I'll hear from
others. I never* saw a fellow who
lad the female vote so solidly be
lind him. I’m beginning to regard
lim as a sort of domestic menace.”
“You surely don’t believe him
tuilty?”
When her husband refused to'com
nit himself Mrs. Cavendish ex
tlaimed, “Rubbish!”
“First Josephine came to me,” the
colonel observed. “She was deeply
ndignant and considerably disap
lointed in me as a man and a father
vhen I refused to quash the entire
iroceedings and apologize, on behalf
if the Dominion Government, for the
njury to the lad’s feelings. She was
ictually peeved. What ails her I
lon’t know. Then the Countess
Courteau dropped in, and so did that ;
lady dealer’ from the Rialto. Now
iou take up his defense.” The
peaker paused thoughtfully for an
nstant. “It’s bad enough to have
he fellow hanging around oui quar
ers at all hours, but Josephine ac
tually suggested that we have nim
fine with us!"
know. She spoke of it to me.
But 'he isn't ‘hanging around at all
lours.' Josephine is interested in
lis case, just as I am, because—”
“My dear! He’s a weigher in a
taloon, a gambling-house employee.
D’you think it wise to raise such a
lust about him? I like the bov my
ielf—can’t help liking him—but you
inderstand what he's been doing?
‘fe’s been cutting up; going the pace. 1
I never knew you to countenance a :
fellow— ’’
“I nevefi saw a boy toward whom
f felt so—motherly,” Mrs. Caven- :
tish said, with some irrelevance. “I
lon't like wild young men any bet
er than vou do, hut—he isn’t a thief,
if that I’m sure.”
“Lock here." Colonel Cavendish >
aid down his paper, and there was
pore gravity than usual in his tone.
I haven’t told you everything, but
ts’ evidently time I did. Phillips
vas mixed up with bad associates,
he very worst in town—”
“So he told me.”
“He couldn’t have told you what
Cm about to. He had a most un
fortunate affair with a dance-hall
tirl —one that reflects no credit upon’’
lim. He was on the straight path
o ruin and going at a gallop, drinx
ng, gambling—everything.”
“All the more reason for trying to
eve him. Remember, you were
wild yourself.”
“Wait! I don't say he’s guilty of
liis charge; I want to believe him
rmocent —l’d like to help prove it.
For that very reason it occurred to
ne that Xaure—she’s the dance-hall
firl — might throw some light on the
hatter, so I put Rock to work on
ter. Well, his report wasn t pleas
rnt. The girl talked, but what she
(aid didn't help Phillips. She con
fessed that he'd been stealing right
dong and giving her the money.”
Mrs. Cavendish was shocked, in
iredulous. After a moment, how
«ver, she shook her head positively
ind exclaimed, “I don't believe a
word of it.”
“She’s going to to it.”
1 “Her oath would be no better than
•er word—”
“Good Lord!" the colonel cried,
testily. “Has this yonng imp com
lletely hypnotized you women? The
Kirby girl is frightened to death, and
he Countess—well, she told, me her
lelf that her husband’s jealousy was
it the bottom of the whole thing,
paure, in spite of what .she said to
Rock, is behaving like a mad person,
t dropped in at the Rialto this even
tig and she asked me what was the
worst Pierce could expect I made
I strong, purposely, and I thought
me’d faint. Nc, it's a nasty affair,
ill through. And, by Jove! to cap
he climax, you and Josephine take
Jart in it ! I flatter myself that Pm
lemocratic, but—have him here to
(ine! Gad! That’s playing democ
racy pretty strong.” ,
“It isn’t fair to imply that he’s
Enr more than a ladies’ man.
're detestable. The men like
ips, too.”
“True,” Cavendish admitted. “He
las the God-given faculty of making
friends, and for that alone I can
forgive him almost anything. It’s a
wonderful faculty—better than being
lorn lucky or rich or handsome.
I m fond of him, hut Pve favored
•im all I can. If I thought Josephine
were seriously interested in him—
fwell, 1 wouldn't feel so friendly.”
he speaker laughed shortly "N«.
he man who claims that girl’s at
! lention must be clean through and
fh rough. He gmst stand the acid
est.”
When his wife silently approved
(lis sentiment the colonel picked up
lis paper and resumed his reading.
Pierce’s friends were indeed * uni-
I iormly indignant, and without er
uption they fnamtaiued their- 1 faith
t» his innocence; most of, them, in
het, actually applied themselves to
: fie task of clearing him of Conr
tau’s charge. But of the latter the
7HE CQNCOftft DAILY TRIBUNE
one who aypucu' iieKc.t the most
thoughtfully, the most seriously, was
the Countess Courteau. Having tea
-1 "soned that she herself was indirectly
responsible for his plight, she set
about aiding him in a thoroughly
feminine and indirect manner. It
was an unpleasant undertaking; she
took it up with intense ahhorrence;
it required her utmost determination
to carry- it on. Her plan had formed
itself immediately she had learned
what had happened; her meeting
with the Count that evening -and her
unexpected solicitude, her unbidden
attention to his injury, were a part
of it. As time went on she assumed
an air that amazed the man. She
meekly accepted his reproaches, she
submitted to his abuse"; cautiously,
patiently she paved the way to a re
conciliation.
It was by no means easy, for she
anti Henri had long lived in what was
little better than a state of open hos
tility, ana she had beert at no pains
to conceal the utter disregard and
contempt she felt for him. He, of
course, had resented it; her change
of demeanor now awoke his suspi
cion He was a vain and shallow
person, however; his conceit was
thoroughly Latin, and Hilda’s per
severance was in away rewarded.
Slowly, grudgingly he gave ground
before her subtle advances— they
were, in fact, less advances on her
part than opportunities for him — he
experienced a feeling of triumph awd
began to assume a masterful air that
was indeed trying to one of her dis- i
position. Before his friends he
boasted that his energetic defense of
his honor had worked a marvel in
his home; in her presence he made
bold to take on a swagger and an
authority hitherto unknown.
.Hilda stood it, with what cost no
one could possibly understand. In
some manner she managed, to con
vey the idea that he dominated her <
and that she cringed spiritirally be. i
fore him. She permitted him occa- 1
sionally to surprise a look of bcwil- i
derment, almost of fright, in her I
eyes, and this tickled the man im
mensely. With a [ati.ous com- 1
placcncv, thoroughly typical, he told
himself that she feared and respect
ed him—was actually falling in love
with him all over again. When he
felt the impulse to scout this Idea
he went to his mirror and examined
himself critically. Why not? he
asked himself. He was very pleas
ing. Women had always he?n wax
in his hands; lie had a personality,
an air. an irresistible something that
had won him many conquests. It
seemed not unlikely that Hilda had
been shocked into a new and keener ‘,
realization of his many admirable I
qualities and was ready to make up, .1
if, or when, he graciously chose to
permit her.
On the very evening that Colonel
Cavendish and his wife were discus
sing Pierce Phillips’ affair, Courteau, ,
feeling in a particularly jubilant .
mood, decided to put the matter to a s 1
test; therefore he surprised his wife <
by walking into her room unan
nounced.
*■, “My dear,” he began, “it’s high J
time we had a talk."
“Indeed!” said she. “What about?” j
’ About you, about me, ahout our
affairs. Are we husband and wife or
are we not? I ask you.”
With a queer flicker of her eve
lids she answered; |
course. You have appeared to for- I
get it sometimes, but—”
“No reproaches, please. The past '
is gone. Neither of us is without
blame. You’ve had your fling, too, ,
but I’ve shown you that I’m made '
of stern stuff and will tolerate no
further foolishness. I am a different k
C rteau than you ever knew. I’ve
h dmy rebirth. Now then, our pre
'nt mode of life is not pleasing to
me, for I’m a fellow of spirit.
Think of me—in the attitude of a
dependent!”
,“! share generously with you. I
give you money—”
“The very point,” he broke in, ex
citedly. “You give; I accept. You
direct; I obey. It must end now,
once. I cannot play the accom
paniment while you sing. Either I
close my eyes to your folly and for
give, utterly— either \Ve become man
and wife again and I assume leader
ship—or I make different plans for
the future.”
>st what do you propose,
Henri?”
The fellow shrugged. “I offer vou '
a reconciliation; that, to begin w r ith.
You’ve had yojgf lesson and I flatter ■
myself that you set me in a new
light. The can afford to be
generous. I—well, I’ve always had
a feeling for you; I’ve never been
Hind to vour attritions, my dear.
Lately I’ve evea experienced some
thing of the—er-Athe old spell Un
derstand me? It’s a fact. I’m ac
tually take* with you, Hilda; I
have the sirs of an impetuous lover.”
Courteau’s eyes gleamed; there was
an unusual warmth to his gaze and
‘ 3 vibrance to his tone. He curled
his mustache, he swelled his chest,
he laughed lightly hut deeply. “What
do you say, eh? I’m not altogether
; displeasing. No? You see some
thing in me to admire? I thrill you?
I Confess.”
: , The wife lowered her eyes. “You
■ have some power;— 1 " she murmured.
‘Power! Precisely.” The Count
nodded and there was a growing
vivacity and .-parkle to him. “That
I is my quality—a. power to charm, a
Pf, w ,t r T t 0 . ac hi cv< ‘ 4 power to triumph.
Well, I choose now to win yop again
I for myself. If is my whim. To re
i kindle a fove.whidh one has lost i*
MesUof any man’s power, n'est-ce
■ A®*- x You,are fbnd of me. I see it;
• A™ I n<* right, my . *wget?”
i He laid his soft white hands upon
i his wife’s shoulders and hent an ar
i dent gaze upon her. HlWa faced him
• with an odd smile; her cheeks were
i white, het; ice-hlue eves wgn w>
: wide and bright and they held i
: curious expression.
“Come 1 A kiss!” he persisted
“Oho! You tremble, ypu shrink fila
a maiden. I, too, am exhilarated
but—”_AViffl a chuckle be folded hes
in his embrace and she did not ro
sist After a moment he resumed:
“This is quite too amusing. 1 wish
my to see and to understand
Put on your prettiest dress—”
“What for?”
“We are going down-town. W»
shall celebrate our reunion—we shall
drink to it publicly. All Dawson
shall take note. They have said.
’Courteau is a loafer, a ne’er-do-well,
and he permits another to win his
wife away from him.’ I propose to
show them.”
‘You'mean you propose to show
me off. Is that it? Another con
quest, eh?”
“Have it as you will. I—",
“I won’t go,” Hilda cried, furious
ly. She freed herself from his arms.
"You know I won’t go. You’d likn
to parade me in the places you fre
quent—saloons, dance-halls, gamb
blitig-houses. The idea !*
“You won’t? , Tut, tut! What is
this?” Courteau cried, angrily. “Re
bellious so soon? Is this recent
change of demeanor assumed? Hav#
you been fooling me?”
“What change?” the woman par
ried. "I don’t know—”
"Oh yes, you do! For the first
time in .ears you have treated ms
is a husband should be treated; half
measures will no longer satisfy me.
\\ e have arrived at the show-up.
Are you a Miserable Delilah or—’’
"Please don’t ask me to go out
with you, Henri,” the woman plead
ed, in genuine distress, now that she j
saw he was in earnest. “To be pa- 1
aded like an animal on a chain! |
Think of my feelings.”
“Indeed! Think of mine,” ' he
cried. “This is my hour, my tri
umph; I propose to make it com
plete. Now that I carefully consider
it, I will put you to the test. You’ve
had a fine time; if you pay a price
for it, whose fault is that? No!
One must be cruel to he kind.”
“Cruel! Kind!” Hilda sneered.
“Cruel! Kind!” Hilda sneered.
J
“ft merely pleases you to humiliate
tne.”
“Very well!” blazed the Count
“If it pleases me, so be it. That Is
my attitude now and henceforth—
my will is to be law. Come! Your
prettiest dress and your prettiest
smile, for we celebrate. Yes, and
money, too; I'm as poverty-ridden as
usual. We will treat my friends, we
.will gamble here and there, we will
watch the shows to an accompani
ment of popping corks so that every
one shall see us and say: Yonder is
Courteau and his wife. They have
made up and she adores him like a
mistress. Parblcau! The man has a
way with women, eh!’ It ihall be a
great night for me.”
“Are you really serious?"
v Courteau stamped, his felt-shod
foot. “Anger me no more.”
Hilda's face was her eyes
were still glowing with that peculiar
light of defiance, of desperation, oN
curiosity; nevertheless, she turned
away and began to dress herself.
Courteau was not disappointed.
His appearance in the river-front re
sorts. accompanied by his wife, crea
ted a sensation indeed. And Hilda’s
bearing, under the circumstances,
added to his gratification, for, now
that the die was cast, she sur
rendered completely, she clung to
him as if feeling a new dependence,
and this filled his cup to overflowing.
It was an outrageous thing to do;'
no one save a Courteau would have
thought of subjecting tie woman
who bore his name to such a humili
ation. But he was a perverse indi
vidual ; his mind ran in crooked
courses; he tobk a bizarre delight in
the unusual, Mid morality of the
common sort he knew not. To
smirch her, even a little bit, to sub
ject her to seeming disgrace, lot
;onjy taught her a lesson, but also
united them more closely, so he toTd
himself. That,he had the ability to
compel her to' do anything against
her will immensely tickled his van
ity, for her stubborn independence
had always been a trial to him. He
knew that her social status was not
of the highest; nevertheless, her re
putation was far better than his, and
among all except the newest arrivals
in Dawsoq she bore a splendid name,
To be, himself, the cause of black
eump that name, in order to match
his own, gratified his feelings of rp
sentrr.ent, All m all, it was a night
,of nights for hirg and he was at no
pams to cdhceal his satisfaction.
From on* place to another he led
her, taking malicious enjoyment front
the distress he Caused.
Courteau was not hand nor blatant;
nevertheless, his, triumphant de-
SSfe&'fSfesfias
bar he forced tor tp drink with him
and with his fnends; ht even calfu»< :
up barroom loafers whom he did
CP« to
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DINNER STORIES
•1“ ■ ->• ■' I i
Why the “We?"
"Pn,” said a newspaper man's
sob, “I know why editors fall them- 1
ne ves
, -Why?” )j
"Sb’s the man that doesn't like 1
the artieie will think there are too ]
many for him to lick."
FVee Ad.
“So yon were on sentry duty in i
the front line trenches?” asked the 1
old lady. •
"Yes'm,” replied the Legionnaire, i
“Well, what did you watch for ]
especially?” !
Bursts ai.d Duds, of l
course." j J
Diels had had his tirst lesson in as- <
tronmny. and when he came from ]
school he begun to enlighten his little t
sister on the mystery of the stars. I
“Do you know,” he said, "that little !
star over yonder is much bigger Jliau i
our world?”
“Thea why doesn’t it keej) the rain
off us?” t
Out of curiosity a farmer had grown |
a crop of flax and hajl a tablecloth (
made of linen. Some time later he j
remarked tp a visitor
grew this tablecloth myself.”
“Did you really ?“ she exclaimed. ]
"How did you manage it?” t
It was plain that she had no idea 1
of how tablecloths came into being, so
the farmer lowered his voice mysteri
ously as he replied. “If you promise 1
not to give the secret away, I'll tel! J
yon.” . i
The guest promised, y 1
“Well." proceeded the farmer, “I ]
planted a napkin." i
First Matron—-Yes, I'm thankful j
our Dorothy married a gentleman. i
Second Ditto—How did you know 1
he was a gentleman?
First Ditto—Cause the very first i
time lie comes home 1 poured him ]
out a pup o' tea and he didn't blow |
on it like an ordinary feller. Oh. no! I
IHe wafted it gently with his hat. \
p
111 is said that the invention of the ,
Marconi loud speaker will improve i
the quality of "orations." by mak- j
! ing it possible for a man with a weak t
j voice to be heard better. i
I J
! To the .dies of Con- 1
j cord and vicinity, Tb-wit: "A big j
'enough heater burns up Less Coal than i
one "too small." The Bight Size 1
means less waste and more genuine (
satisfaction. Special sale of "Loths i
Hat Blast" at Yorke & Wadsworth j
Co. 2-Ot-c. i
The finest import- j
\ ... ' * ■ f
ed Flower Bulbs,
Narcissus Hya
cinths, Choice Tu
lips and Lilies di
rest from France
and Holland.
—at—
Pearl Drug Co.
On the Square Phone 22
Canned Meats
Specials
Regular 35c Cans Sausage ]
meat, Tripe or Cooked Brains '<
AT ONLY FEU CAN j
Cabarrus Cash
Grocery Co.
PHONE 571 W
/ifN/ (Hurt's Mn and hw), fciltr i
fI I ff tb. treatment of Itch, Bcmm i
!A Rln«wonn,T.M.r or other Itch- i
* J Ing .kin dt*....., Try, tkk i
tfMtUßt at pur (Mk.
| nUIL DRUG COMPANY ,
IBELL-H ARRIS FURNITURE CO.
lAn Attractively Furnished Dining | i
| Room ancLGood Appetizing Food j
Make the Day Complete
Unexpected good fortune in the receiving of new X
\j shipments promptly gives our patrons great advantages in ]||
ijj the choosing of rrfw Dining Room Furniture. Whatever ! '
]j! may be the present need of your dining room, we believe ! ,
X you will hardly fail to find just the suite you want.
;!| A very distinct personality is possessed by a charm-
X ' n o new suite that is similar to the above "illustration in X
!]! walnut. It is a correct and harmonious reproduction of |!|
;!; le Chippendale type, unusually well built and imposing iji
ij| for the price that is upon it. We can sell cheaper.
\j Come in and look our line over. We own our y>wn ]![
X building no rent to pay. X
BELL-HARRIS FURNITURE CO. t
Why not electrify your pH'
tC lmmft? Why put up with
dim lights any longer, or |JI
be without the labor sa,y- —1
ing devices that we sell? gJ
We can wire your home J
in a jiffy >niall cost Jl
and you will start to live f
U in comfort.
llj VThe Modern Way” &
w . j. hkthcox /
I W. Depot St. Phone **» ;
i Better Service j
| ; Realizing it is our duty \ 1
to render better service, If
; we have added the latest
J model ambuhnee to our
equipment which is at ;
j ; your day or night, ] \
PhQNE 9 \\
Wilkinson’s
| Funeral Home I
| CONCpRD, N. G. |
Friday, Noveaaber 6, 1925
Charlotte Speed
way Tickets
Buy your tickets
now. We have good
i
seats in Grand
stand A.
STANDARD
BUICKCO s
Opposite
t
City
, Fir.- ■ • j
Department
| Add
of
PLUMBING
to Your Home
[ ! (
Modern Plumbing will do
as much or mute than any oth-
J er one thmg toward making
! your home a comfortable and
! convenient place in which t 9
i live. It costs you nothing tb
get our cost estimate.
Concord Plumbing
| Company
f i ■ -■ •*-%
j( North Kerr St. Phone 876