Fourteen pages today—two sections.
The Forde couple which was found on Vance street by local police officers several days ago was carried back to Raleigh Friday by its owner, a Mr. Spears, who operates a U-Drive-It station there. The owner of the car did not know who drove it from Raleigh to this city, where it was abandoned.
Dr. J.C. Rowan has returned from his vacation and will conduct services at the First Presbyterian Church twice tomorrow.
Marriage license was issued Friday by Register of Deeds Elliott to Thomas W. Reeder of Cabarrus and Miss Florence Linker of Harrisburg, Route No. 2.
A fine set of cooking utensils, choice of two sets, will be given away free for one week only, beginning Monay to every purchaser of a Majestic range.
According to a deed filed Friday, Mrs. Margaret E. Ridenhour has sold to J. Boyd Mills and E. Bruce Arrowood for $100 and other valuable considerations property in No. 4 township.
Seven defendants were tried in police court here Friday and they paid fines and costs totalling $78.35. Six of the defendants were charged with speedings and the other with false pretense.
Major W.A. Foil, who has been confined to his home on North Union street for several weeks on account of serious illness, is somewhat improved, it is stated here, and is now able to sit up for a short time.
Good progress is being made with the erection of the steel girders and binders of the new hotel building. The erection of the steel was started this week and fine progress with the work has been noticeable daily.
Mrs. M.S. Yachelson Jr. is at the Charlotte Sanatorium, where she is recuperating from an operation. Her many friends will be glad to know that her condition is improving and she expects to return to her home here within a week or 10 days.
A number of the local establishments are planning to close on Monday, which is Labor Day. The post office will be closed except between the hours of 8 and 11 a.m. There will be no rural delivery and only one city delivery. The freight office will also be closed.
Lexington Dispatch: Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Sherrill of Concord spent several hours in Lexington Friday afternoon, driving over to call on Judge John M. Oglesby. Mr. Sherrill is associate editor of the Concord Tribune and one of the able newspaper men of the state.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Correll of Greensboro will arrive in Concord tomorrow. Mrs. Correll will spend several days with Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Sherrill but Mr. Correll will return to Greensboro in the afternoon to return the middle of the week for a visit with relatives and friends here.
Bobby Jones and his protégé Watts Gunn will play today for the amateur golf championship of the United States. These two players came through the semi-finals Friday, the former having an easy time while the latter was hard pressed in his match. Gunn and Jones are close friends, both hailing from Atlanta.
Albemarle Press: Little Miss Alice Starr had the misfortune of breaking one of her limbs Friday while visiting in Concord. She was playing on a scooter when she slipped and fell. Her leg was caught in such a way that the bone snapped in two. Her mother, Mrs. Alice Starr, was visiting in Concord at the time. Mary Alice is getting along as nicely as can be expected.
Wilkes Patriot: Rev. J.F. Moser of Kannapolis started a revival meeting at the Wilkesboro M.E. church last Sunday night. He is preaching a series of inspiring sermons full of the world of God. There has been a good attendance at each service and the prayers of the good people of the town go up as one for the success of the meeting, which will mean so much to us in the future.
Friday was another stiflingly hot day with temperatures reaching the 100-degree mark, according to several persons in the city. One man reported that it was 100 in a room in his house during the afternoon and another man reported a temperature of 94 degrees in his bedroom at 7 o’clock Friday evening. A light wind moderated things some early this morning, but during the day high temperatures were recorded again.
From page 6 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Sept. 5, 1925
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