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'Wednesday, July 28, 1926 society ? £»’ This WMt« Flannel Golf Suit is Prac tical Jor Warm Summer Days. Here is just the j golf suit for a warm Summer’s <lfty. It's cool, and practical, comfortable and very smart. The skirt and seleeveless pack6t are of white flannel, and the neck, front and bottom of the jacket are banded witti bright wool embroidery. The embroidery also edges the hem lines of the skirt and there are two bhnds of it on the front of the skirt, • and at tne neck and sleeves of the white crepe blouse, f If desired, the suit cojjld be made With sleeves, and of course, it would look oqua|)y well in pny color. IPHONE THE SOCIAL NEWS IN. >lf you or l your friends are going n|vay, or having a party of any kind, or visitors, don’t keep it to yourself. Please telephone the social column ed itor at 78, or 180—the item may be small, or big, but always some one is interested in reading it. Help the editor keep her column going. Miss Cline to Spend Vacation Here. Miss Sarah Louis Cline, who has been in Washington, D. C., for the past year, will arrive Monday night, August 2nd, .to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ed. Cline. Miss Cline has been studying at tho Corroran Art School. After hav ing studied at Queens College under the efficient art teacher, Miss Lil lian Bremer, for three years, she de cided to go North to continue her work. Some famous artists from the North visited in Charlotte during commence ment at Queens College of her last year and complimented her work high ly and advised her to further continue her studies in art. She is planning to study in New York City the coming winter at Cooper Union, Woman’s Art School. County Council to Meet. There will be a meeting or the Ca barrus County Council Saturday, July 81st, at the office of the home dem onstration agent in the county build ing. All the members are urged to be present to meet Miss Barker, new agent, who takes up the work the first of August. Mrs. Hoover Resting More Comforta bly. ’ Friends of Mrs. D. R. Hoover, who has been ill for some tira?. will be glad to learn that she is resting more comfortably today. Picnic Postponed. The picnic planned for tomorrow afternoon by the Primary Depart ment of the First Presbyterian Church lias been postponed on account of the rain. The dgte for the picnic will be announced later. CATARRH I, of ryase or throat is made more endurable, some applying Vicks up nos- Also xnglt some and inhale the vapors. VMS O—r 17 MilHmn Jar, U~d T—rfr *OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I A CSEAP WATCH I Is only made to sell you. A A good watefi is honestly made to O serve you. We have good X 1 watcjws.'atjprices that mean a|C* if gal ’saving "to you. I 'V * 9 S. W. Preslar I JEWELER | . fERqpyAU Mrs. W. D. Gillon and Miss Grace Gillon, of Sanford, Fla., arrived today to visit Mrs. O. O. Gillon. * * * Mrs. Amos Davis and daughter, Frances, of Winnsboro, S. C., are the guests of the former’s sister, Mrs. E. C. Bornhardt, Jr. >■ * * * Miss Laura Gillon is 1 home from Atlanta, where she visited friends. • * ■» Itev. J. Mark Harris, of Mossy Creek, Va„ is the guest of his broth er, J. F. Harris, on North Spring street. - - w Mrs. C. Q. Gillon and Charles Por ter, Jr., have returned from Asheville, where they were guests of Mrs. If. D. Mitchell. * • » Fred, Guy, Hugh, Roy and W. P. Plott arrived in the city from De troit last week and are visiting their parent's in No. 9 township, • » - Mrs. K. C. Stone, of Jonesboro, is visiting here at the home of her father, V. X Suther. • »; Mrs. IV. H. Gorman has returned from-a visit of several days to west ern North Carolina. She was ac companied on the trip by Mrs. ’John F. Yorke, of Charlotte, , • * •; Mrs. H. M. Blair, of Greensboro, is a guest here at the home of Jier sis , ter, Mrs. D. R. Hoover. • • • Mrs. Julius Fisher and Mrs. Lind say Ross went to Shelby Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Cecelia Frick! '• *- » \. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar L. Sappeufield and children, of Gastonia, are spend ing several days here with home folks. * * * Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Bullent and daughter, Alice, and Ike Van ’.Ver nier, returned today to their home in Rensselear, N. Y-. after a vjsit here with relatives and friends. '* * * E. J. Roseman, State deputy tax collector, was a business visitor in Concord today. * * * Mrs. Harold Harden is spending the day in Spartanburg with Mr. Har den. 9 * * Mrs. Grace Brown Sanders, Miss Maude Brown and J. Leonard Brown have returned from a visit to Little Switzerland. ’ • * - Mrs. W. F. Hartnell, of Mt. Pleas ant, is spending this week here wiib relatives. * » „ Jim Russell. Jay Cope, Lewis Mor rison, Buck Morrison and Win. Gur ley are spending a week in Western North Carolina. .. * • • Rev. J. L. Love has returned from Turnersvillc, where he has been con ducting a revivila. * * • Mrs. D. C. Moore, of Charlotte, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Moore at their home on Nortli Union street. * • - Braxton Snyder and Robert Wal thall are attending the farmers' don-, vention in session at State College, Raleigh. • - - Mr. ajul Mrs. Zeb Moore and daughter, Jane, spent the week-end at Little Switzerland. Miss Claudia Moore and M'ss Sara Frances Fisher, who have been in camp there for sev eral >veeks, returned home with them. • • • Mrs. Homer Snyder will return Thursday from Warsaw, where she hqs been visiting relatives. * • * Mrs. J. Lindsay Ross and Mrs. Jul ius Fisher went to Shelby Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. C. E. Frick. • • » Mr. and Mrs. Hump Wimbish and daughter. Lois, of Danville,' Vn., will arrive this afternoon to visit Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Flowe. • t * Miss Beulah Courthey, county nurse, has been called to her home in Charlotte because of the illness of her sister. * * w Garah I’ropst, of Sumter, S. C., is visiting relatives in the city. First Baptist Church News. Mr. Trueblood. the pastor, left Monday for Gulf, N- C., near San ford, where lie ;s engaged this we§k ip revival work, assisting the pastor of the Gulf Baptist Church, Rev. E. W. Byerly. In Mr. Trueblood's absence, the prayer meeting tonight (Wednesday), will be conducted by Mr. H. B. Bol linger. The prayer meetings of flits church are lurgely attended, and the pastor urges the members and friends, to attend the meeting tonight. The regular monthly meeting of the deacons will be held immediately after the "prayer meeting. All deacons urg-» ed to be present. Regular weekly choir rehearsal' will also be held after prayer meeting. The special feature service arrang ed by the pastor 'for the last four , Sunday nights, all proved very suc- I cessfui; they Were all largely attead- I ed as well as all the other services, l during the extremely hot weather. I Mr. Trueblood expects to return to | the city Saturday, and will fill his ! pulpit here Sunday as usual. | To Tour West Extensively. [ Misses Lucy Hartnell, Fannie Mor j rison, Cora . Lee-Buchanan anll/iSfirs. | Bettsje'MSConaell’wiil"leave the lajtter | part of this week for an extensive f tour of four or five weeks through j the western part of the .United States | and the Canadian* Rockies. The party | will go on a t^Ur’conducted by Dr. Thomas, of Rock mil, $. C. Among [ other places, they Ml visit theGrald Canyon, Yellowstone Rational r Paf|t, [ Vancouver, Denver and Los Angelas. • * '■ ' > , Dunce lent Night Enjoyed by Many. The ballroom of Hotel Concord was [ the scene last night of one of the most enjoyable dances ever given in Concord. Hundreds of the younger sets of Concord and nearby towns, in cldding Charlotte, Salisbury, High Point, Winstop-Saleqi, Mooresville, Statesville, Monroe, Lincolnton, Ra leigh; Greensboro and Lancaster joined in making the dance one long to be remembered in tbe annals of Concord dance bistory. Hal Kemp's widely known orches tra, of Hendersonville, furnished tbe music. Among those attending were: Misses Jessie Gamble, Lincolnton; Ernestine Hayes and Marghret Haus er. High Point; Beth Sloop, States ville;' Peggy Clarkson. Raleigh; Frances Williams and Rebe Jones, ‘Lancaster. S. C.; Alice Woodside, Flo Harrill, Scotty Johnson, Mildred Cave, Margaret Charlotte; Louise Morris, Miriam Coltrane, Wil lie and Jane White, Ruth Cannon, Ava Carter, Winston-Salem; Jennie Brown, Annie Gussy Day vault, Louise Webb, Virginia Reed, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Goodman, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Ridenhour, Jr., Mr, and Mrs. C. Ross Wenrick, Mr. and Mrs. Foor, Mes dames Richmond Reed, W. W. Mor ris, C. L. White, L. D. Coltrane, Ed. Moss, L. T. Hartsell, Jr., Ralph Woodside, Tom Warword, Dick ►White, Speck Simpson,’ John Brown, Burnet Lewis, Harold Grigg, Rill Denton, Jr., Bentz Howard, Erwin Seliorn, Lee Leonard" Bob Withers, Charlite Ritchie, Joe Bost, Alton Beck, Tom Moss, Ivan Thompson, Allan Withers, Joe .Overton, Cal Stewart, John Boss, L. M. Johnson, Jr., Lanky Mills, Bob Pierce, John Frank; Jack Sentman, Sherman Con verse, Halbert Webb, C. A. Riden hour, Jno. W, Yarborough, R. M. Tarrant, J. C. Wilson, M. W. War , lick, Tom White, Hubert Morris, S. j L. Harrill, Pie Chaplin, Jno. M. Cook, Jr.. Francis Rufty,’ F. SI rWright, Walter Scott, David Nor- ' wood, Tom Snyder, Frank Monroe, _ Alien Dill, Joe Terry, Red Odom, Paul Elam. Sam Alexander, Fred ' Wiggins, Eli Fox, G. W. McAllister, Jr., Albert Whisner, Jr„ Carl Purser, , 1 Earl Beuficld, H. P. Shinn, Jr.,"C. ! C. Graham, Ralph Lewis, W. S. 1 Swink, Jr., Bob Reid, Wm. Shaff- ] ' ner, L. B. Laughlin, E. B. Gill, Frank i Lisk, H. Newsom, Lewis Burwell, Floyd Rogers, Ed Morrison, Liv- i ingstpn Easley, John Long. Jack i White/ Gordon Kimball, Wallace | Simpson, Hal Jarrntt, Bill MeAulny, ' Joe Foil, 'Hoy Deal, G. D. Propst, ; Bob Fisher, Boy Taylor, Wesicy Crad dock, Blair Camp, Frank Troutman, , Joe Barrier, Robert Bell, Tom Col- t trane, William Morris, Nevin Sap- ( penfield. , ; The Rocky River Missionary Society Meets. The Agnes Penick Missionary So ciety of Rocky River met at the home of Mrs. Jas. F. Russell Friday, July 28rd. at 10:30 o'clock in the morn ing. The president, Mrs. R. A. Snppen field, being absent, Mrs. C. S. Mc- Curdy, vice president, presideifc, • An important feature of the pro gram was a lecture on * the book of Acts by Rev. T. H. Spence which was very interesting as well as help ful. After this lecture matters of busi ness were attended, t'aetl came a de lightful talk by Miss Akerstrom, principal of the Rokey River school. She told of her work as a missionary in Malaysia and exhibited many cu ■ rious she had brought from that country. The stories that went with some of the curious were very inter esting. Men, as well as women, are invit ed to these all-day meetings and those presept amused themselves by swap ping yarps and pitching horse shoes. When the meeting was over a long table was made under the big oak trees in the yard, and was soon filled with the good things to eat that the ■ ladies of the church had cooked for the occasipu. Mrs. Russell had made gallons of ■ tea and this was thoroughly enjoyed ’ by the people attending the meeting. After the picnic dinner a number of ears filled with men, women, boys and girls were driven down to Coddle I Creek to “the Ole Hole”, I for a swimming party. They re- I ported a fine time when they came back. There were 75 persons present, fn- ■ cTuding visitors from Marion, States- j ■ ville. Kannapolis, Harrisburg, Fort 1 White and Lake Gfera, Florida. About 4:30 oclock in the after noon the crowd went home, feeling * that they had had a most pleasant day with Russell. The next all-day meeting of the society will be held at the home of ; Mrs. IV. M. Gourley in No. 10 towu ■ ship, sometime in August. I Price Doyle Popular in Nebraska. A. S. Webb, superintendent of the city schools, has just received word '■ that Price Doyle, lust year director > of music at Concord high school, has ■ becopie yery popular with the author * itics of the State Normal School and ! Teachers College, of Peru, Nebraska, where he is spending the summer as an instructor. ‘ According to the word received by ’ Mr. Webb, they have been so im- i ■ pressed by the work of Mr. Doyle ] that they have insisted he remain at i I the college through the winter term, * and have put him under contract for | a year. Sqtotf Painting Almost Finished. As the conclusion of a plant* put in operation two years ago to re-paiut all the school buildings in the city, the upstairs interior of Central Grad ed School will be finished this week. A new coat of paint has jußt been put pti the inside and outside of'the No. 2 Graded School, and when Cen tal is finished, iu apotper week or so, all. the school ’buildings’ in the city will;huye'been painted■ within the past Primitive bushmen in the great Ka lahari Desert, South Africa, are be lieved -the shyest on earth. At the abroach of a stranger, even of their color, they win run for miles or, if taken by surprise,' will burrow in the sand and ’hill themselves. ► CON&)ftD &AILY TRIBUNE 1 m - ‘ 11 1 - ■ Kannapolis Releases Johnson and Signs Kirk as Manager of Club * Former Piedmont League Star Annexed as Boss in Effort to Win State Amateur Title; Radical Reor i ganization Started; New Blood Added Should i Offset Early Season Losses. By JAZZY MOORE » Kannapolis, July 28.—Plans for a radical reorganization of the local baseball club were given a start to . c ' a - v when Ed. E. Lady, president. ! ma <lc public an announcement that a . “ ew . manager and several professional . luminaries had been annexed to the ’ club’s payroll. . Failure to show enough stuff to j warrant their being kept on the homo . lot also caused the Proxy to clip off [ three regular infielders, former flashy collegians; a pitcher, and a catcher. I Motsinger, keystone custodian, being ; the sole survivor of the infield. Bob Kirk, who has been quite a character in baseball because of 'physical pe . Culiarities, sore feet, creaky joints, and the like; a lusty swatter of the horsehide, and an old head of the pas time, has been selected to succeed Johnnie Johnson as manager. HP appointment answers the frantic howl sent up by fans, and just as long as he is able to outwit the sly old Basin ger, skipper of the Gibson crew, will govern his reign as boss here. Other material added is Cashion, a Salisbury Piedmont loopster; and Mack Haynes, an erstwhile Green ville Spinner, with a possibility that D:ek Miller, last year’s manager, may 1 be available again. A league catcher is being sought to replace McClain, who has been shift- CHIEF TALBIRT’S REPORT FOR LAST SIX MONTHS Shows More Than SB,OOO Collected in Recorder’s Court During Six Months This Year. Chief L. .a. Tnlbirt, of the Con cord Police Department. this week submitted to the county board of ed ucation his report covering fines col lected in recorder’s court during the first six months of 1926. Under the law the county board of education gets all money collected as fines in the city court and the city , gets the-costs in the cases. Chief j Talbirt makes a report twice each year. In his report Chief Talbirt showed i a total collection of $8,810.fi4. Os j this total $5,491.00 was turned ove*r to the board of education and the re mainder $3,319.64 went to the city in 1 costs. I BuSINESS today is conducted safely and successfully on sound, far-seeing financial plans. More than ever, pru dent business men are turning to their bankers for expert guidance and service. , The counsel of our officers i is available to any depositor* 1 ’ Citizens Bank t j and Trust Company j CONCORD, N. C. ! i |r ,i 1 —; ■ More Galvanized Roofing IH for Ycrke & Wadsworth Co. Another Big Shipment 29 GAUGE , GALYANIZEJ) ROOFING While It Only ’ J;" 1 S4i7iiPERSQUARE T^j Yorke & Wadsworth Co. THE'OLJD RELIABLE HARDWARE STORE ed to the outfield. A third member to * the pitching staff is expected to be 1 signed to fill the gap made vacant by the release of Kirkpatrick, the farm ■ boy sensation, who came here from | the Fort Mill outfit. f While President Lady has made no announcement to the effect and offi rial word will not be forthcoming un , t-1 a consultation with the new man s agei-, it is generally known that the . towel makers will present the follow ing line-up in their next battle: j fashion, first baseman; Kirk, sec , ond baseman; Motsinger, shortstop; . Haynes, third baseman; Lee left field -1 or: Fink, center fielder; and McClain, , I right fielder; leaving the only ques i tion at the Catcher's position. I -J -i j J My brother Dick Just Y makes me sick; k I He wears his clothes just I like a hick. L I i of Dick or Tom or Har- ■ ry dressing in slouchy I ■* clothes. We’ll call regu- B I larly for their clothes y | and steam and press " Ntliem as well as we do I women’s wear. Take a I tip from your sister, P" Dick. gj Forty Yachts and Houseboats Sank and Ocean tro# Property Dwnagf*!, j Palm Beach, ria., July 27 Property damage aggregating more | than a million dpUafs was reported at Palm Beach " and West Palm Beach today caused by a hurricane which came in from the Caribbean sea. Forty yachts and houseboats sank in Lake Worth, a body of water be tween Palm Beach and West Palm Beach. The wooden bridge over Like Worth also was washed away. Ocean front properties in both towns were damaged considerably. The gale struck the winter play ground at 60 miles an hour accom panied by heavy rain fall. The wind velocity was 70 miles. Electric and power service is paralyzed. Mrs. Arthur Meade, wife of a prominent realtor, and John Clark, deck hand, were rescued from Lake Worth when the Meade yacht sank. 6 —1 ~ ■■■ gg'.l • J "... 1 . -1- , » world’s ▼ /in fi (VATJO77-W/DE reliamji J I, ienney vq • wdL DEPARTMENT STORES » L< ** 50-54 SOUTH UNION STREET, CONCORD, N. 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J] THAT community will grow which 'I offers the greatest benefits and con- ; veniences to its citizens and the finest facilities to its industries—which means, first of all, the best of public service. Gas, the fuel that serves a thousand and one domestic and industrial purposes, is vital to community progress* It is the aim and purpose of this ization to furnish a gas service that shall be at all times adequate, dependable and efficient and to make this gas service an instrument of progress in this compiunity, ' m Southern Gas & Power The pies yvbiph the yaftfof gp. [ chorea also sank and the ‘ couple dung ’ to' the piling. K. C. BROOKS OFFERED POSITION IN LOI ISI.VN4 > f- kj? l .' [ But President of N. C. State College i Wouldn’t Consider University 1 Raleigh, July 27.—“ X told them I was unable to consider aw offre,” J>r. ; E. C. Ilrooks stated Monday, in con • firming the rumor which has been i current oil the State college campus ! for the last few days that he had i been asked to consider the presidency ■ of Louisiana State university, at Baton Rouge. It became known yesterday that I)r. Brooks was approached, early in I the summer, by a committee from the 1 board of trustees of Louisiana insti tution. Lest week, it is stated, the . same committee again presented the . matter to the State college president. : In declining to allow his name to go before the board of trustees, Dr. PAGE FIVE Bgooha is aula to have ezDreUttd fifl opinion that whatever aonmnoonj lie could make to society shotUd fl given to his native state. “Beside*,’ he continued, “my work at State 'em lege must be considered as a" piece « Unfinished business. We are juat hi ginning to operate fully undgy * organization plans started a tHM years ago. For the first time to moH than three years I am able to' watrn with considerable pride the pipgreS of a going and growing want to stand by the job.” 51 Louisiana State university is aha! a land grant college, similar to Stall college, with a student body of. about 2,000 In addition to federal appe(§ priations for agricultural extonsifll and experimental work, the instito tion receives, from a constitiltiona! tax. an annual income of nearly 000,000. A little over a year ago Dt Brooks refused to accept a pejßitisj as commissioner of education er state at a substantial increase it salary. „ 1 —i--Jiir>"s;