G. J. Lippard has accepted a position with Efird’s. He began his new work this morning.
Three new cases of whooping cough were reported this morning to the county health department.
A new circle of lots has been completed in Oakwood cemetery, paved walks having been laid and the lots overwise improved.
The board of stewards of Central Methodist Church will meet at the church tonight at 7:30. The meeting is said to be an important one and all members are urged to be present.
Two hard showers fell in Concord Sunday afternoon, drenching a number of motorists who were caught out without wraps. The rains were general in the northern part of the county, it is said.
The congregation of the First Presbyterian Church Sunday morning was delighted with the rendition of “Lift Up your Heads” by Mrs. Paul Caldwell of Staten Island, N.Y., who is visiting here.
The Reid Motor Co. will give $300 in prizes to the Ford owners getting the most mileage from a gallon of gasoline. Friday and Saturday are the days to enter this contest. It costs you nothing to enter.
Cotton in the county made fine progress last week, according to reports brought here Saturday by farm people. The hot days caused the bolls to open, it was said, and before long a bale of staple will be picked in the county.
St. Louis defeated Cincinnati yesterday and still leads the National League. Pittsburg lost to Chicago both Saturday and Sunday. In the American league New York still has a six-game lead over Cleveland, with Philadelphia bout out of the race.
The September meeting of the county commissioners is being held at the courthouse today. No business of unusual interest was presented to the board this morning. It was reported that only routine matters are expected to be presented during the afternoon.
If you have not yet sent into The Tribune the name of your son or daughter who is going to college this fall, please do so at once. We want the names of all boys and girls in Cabarrus county who are going away to school so as to the publish the list in the paper.
Mrs. Alley Bost, who has been ill for several days, was carried to a Charlotte hospital yesterday morning.
The city plans to resume the work of repairing the asphalt streets of the city within the next day or two, material for the work having been secured.
Seven defendants are to be tried in recorder’s court this afternoon. Three are charged with being intoxicated, two with speeding, and one with operating a car while intoxicated and one with possessing liquor. Cases against other defendants were continued until Friday.
Labor Day is about like any other day so far as Concord is concerned. The library and banks are closed but otherwise business is being transacted throughout the city as usual. In some parts of the state the day is being observed as a business holiday, this being true in some manufacturing plants.
From page 8 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Sept. 6, 1926
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