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The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina • 13

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Raleigh, North Carolina
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THURSDAY MORNING OCTOBER 23 1919 THURSDAY MORNING OCTOBER 23 1919 THE NEWS AND OBSERVER TWO ARE CHARGED WITH NORTH CAROLINA LAYMAN GIVES DETROIT DINNER FANS TURN EYES PICKING POCKETS Arthur Edwirds and Henry Daniels TOWARD RALEIGH two white men were arrested at the fair grounds late yesterday afternoon by plain clothes men and placed in jail on a charge of picking pockets The eleven also went through the different plays to be used against Carolina and Coach Fetzar introduced a number of new formations Although no definite line-up has been announced by the coach it is Tery likely that the starting team will be composed of Waitaker center Floyd and Young guards Ripple and Weathers tackles Homewood and McMurray ends Faucette quarterback Gurley and Pierson halfbacks Murray fullback i Numbers for Players In order that the" spectators may know the different players every man will carry a large number on the back of his jersey No player however will show the Number 13 Captain Gurley will carry Number 1 while Captain Cole Daniels was taken more as a suspect The Detroit Free Press of Sunday October 19 contains the following account of a handsome dinner given by Mr A Erwin of Durham at which several visitors to the Episcopal General Convention were present "Mr A Erwin lay deputy from diocese of North Carolina was host at the Detroit club Thursday evening for a large dinner company "The guests numbering Zi were seated at the long banqueting table decorated with rosea and lighted by candelabra "Mr Erwin'a rnuli WluAeil ttislihn while the other man' was caught working on the incoming crowds to the eity The difficulty of plying his trade was increased by the constant movement of the crowds and this fact aided the detectives in getting the arrest The Carolina and State College Elevens To Stage Football Classic Here Today 10000 SPECTATORS EXPECTED AT GAME rI men will have a hearing this morning PORT OF WILMINGTON HAS Cheshire of North Carolina Mrs Bickett wife of the Governor of North Carolina Bishop Bratton of Missis- ainnf Piilirtn 1 it lina and Mrs Guerry Bishop Darst of East Carolina Riahnn Morn nt Both Teams In Good Condition and Ready For Clash Coaches Make No Predictions Hudson and Johnson Unable To Take1 Part in Game Time 3 DRY EST WEATHER IN HISTORY Wilmington Oct 22 The continued drouth and the unusually high tides resulting in salt water entering the boilers in engine rooms of local industrial plants have caused several of these plants to close and officials of some of the biggest concerns in the city declare that they will have to follow suit at once unless relief is afforded by reavy rains in the up-eountry Such an aggravated condition of the trouble has never before been experienced here in the entire history Asheville and Mrs Horner Rev A Berkeley of New Orleans La Mrs A Hoke of Raleigh Miss Emma Hall of Charlotte Miss Claudia Hunter of Henderson Mrs Harrison and Mrs Pettigrew of Atlanta Ga Mrs WarneVof Pasa Raleigh will be the center for North Carolina football enthusiasts today i when the biggest athletic classic of the season will be the State College-University of North Carolina football game at 3 o'clock this afternoon on Riddick dena ai Aire Dorian Blair of Greensboro Mrs Cooper of Oxford Dr William Battle of Cincinnati "Rnv Miltnn A Barber of Raleigh Rev A field Preparations are complete for Jiunter vu and Mrs Hunter of Ral- the largest football attendance in the liistory of athletic games in the 3tate ign jv Hey a 8 ttost of Dur-1am Rev I Huehen nt TTn derson Rev Tiron nt When Referee Barry of Georgetown Edenton Mr Haywood Parker of Asheville Mr Haywood of Raleigh Mrs Staton of is sounds his whistle for the opening kick-up it is expected that the field with its added seating capacity will contain Bt least 0000 fans representing every wiinamston jn Mr and Mrs A JVlOOre Of Koannka Tfan irl nj section of North Carolina Seating ac man will have Number la I A handsome souvenir program has been prepared and it will contain the name of every player and his -number officials of the game scoring rules and pictures of the game The prices will be 1 for entrance through the gates and 50 cents for seats All spectators are urged to enter the gates early to facilitate the seating of the-crowd RETURN OF THE SWALLOW From "The Swallows' by Andrews to Scribner's From where old Rafael had been bowed and limp in his humble worn clothes stepped at a stride a soldier head up shoulders squared glittering eyes forward and stood at attention It was like magic One hand snapped up in a smart salute "Who are youl" whispered the colonel i "If the colenel l'Hirondelle" I heard the colonel's breath come and go as he peered leaning forward to the soldierly figure "Nom Ciel" he murmured "I believe it is" Then in sharp sentences: "You were reported killed Are you a deserter The steady image of a soldier dropped back a step "My colonel no" "Explain this" l'Hirondelleexplained He had not been killed but captured and sent to a German prison camp "You escaped the colonel threw in "But yes' my colonel" The colonel laughed "One would know it The clumsy boches could not hold the Swallow" "But no my coolenl" "Go on" "One went to work before light my colonel in that accursed prison camp One was out of sight from the guard for a moment turning a corner so that Mr Battle nt TlncW Vnimt v' air ttuske of Fayetteville commodations have been provided for 7250 but there will be plenty of standing room for thoso unable to secure ieats A JUT ana JVlrs Wa HrnnV Mr and Mrs Rufus Clark of Detroit" ill you pay now or ultimately? "CpCONOMICAL truck service is worth what itt costs And must be paid for You can pay at once in initial cost avoiding vexation delays and repair expense If you do you will reduce operating costs save much time: and money and have service always available 4 Or you can pay ultimately in big repair bills and frequent replacements Meantime lack of service at critical times may cost you a lot of money and business as well with no assurance of any ultimate relief j' One way or the other you must pay the price Like any other sound business investment an ade quate installation cost is essential to permanent' assured successful delivery Indications point to a record-breaking crowd including alumni of the two in-etiutions from many States A large" HIGHWAYMEN THOUGHT TO HAVE COME HERE Try number of State Collego almuni haB already arrived in the city The University students and supporters will cupy the East Bide of the field while tho State College crowd and supporters JTrauklinton OcU The highwaymen who committed such a daring noiu-up near eere last nieut flisaD- feared as not a word has been heard irom them since they robbed Messrs Rowland Nash and Conyers at 7:30 almost under tho electric lights of the town It develops that the same criminals held up Mr Sid Duke a voung man living about Wo miles from town just before the Nash-Conyers rob- YtUl UB On U1B nt'Sl B1UC nu U( muic bands will furnish musie during the game Two Stars Injured The gaiuo will open with the absence ct two stars from the line-ups Quarterback Johnson of Carolina and Halfback Hudson of State being on the injured list Johnson wrenched his ankle in the Wake Forest contest last Saturday while Hudson has been laid up several Jtvecks with an injured knee With tli exception of these two players each team will take the field with regular personnel of players Captains lcry Duke was driving to town an company with a colored man and within two hundred yards of an electric light was met by the band of highwaymen and made to get out of his bueev on a morning A snppea mio some bushes and hid in a for it was an old camp all day That night I SHEER that's what you'll find in this mild Meditation Cigar with its fragrance of finest blended Havana Indoors or outdoors it makes no difference TheMeditation touches your smoke-palate juBt in the right spot It never "bites" or hits back You're as fresh when you throw the butt away as when you put a match to the tip Ask for the Meditation Ciear today at your dealer's Eight Sizest lOo and 2forS6o LEATHERS A CO Whoiaol VUtrtMjon Ctt IlKU WC and under cover of guns made to stand with uplifted hands till his pockets rifled Nothing was found on hs however and aftor they hart finished with him he notified them that ho had 35 cents in his watch pocket They told him to keep it and went on and in less than a quarter of a mile met the car with Nash and Conyers It is unquestionably a band of disguised tramps or highwaymen Three of them are wearing army uniforms and two of them are boys seemingly about sixteen years old It is believed they caught a freight train ont of here about 9:30 last night and were making thtir way toward Raleigh to work the crowds and the fair 111 1 i Ton can't stretch your word very far without breaking it walked I walked for seven nignts ana lay hid for seven days eating my colonel very little Then v'la I was in front of the French lines" "You ran across to our linesf "But not exactly One sees that I was yet in dirty German prison clothes and looked like an infantryman of the boches so that a poilu rushed at me with a bayonet I believed then that I had come upon a German patrol Each thought the other a Hun I managed to wrest from the poilu his rifle with the bayonet but as we fought another shot me in the side" "You were "Yes my colonel" "In hospital?" "Yes my colonel'' Coleman of Carolina and liurley ot Hate will lead their respective elevens Both teams are in the best of condition According to dope from the different f-aining centers No Prediction From Fetzer I The probable outcome of the game La puzzle to even tho closest follow-r of the two elevens but there has teen active betting with no odds Uni-vorsity followers have been nblo to p'aco their wagers with ease in -Raleigh mid Tech supporters havo been eager to get bets Coach I'etzer is far from making any predictions as to tho winner He is just hoping for good weather and says jnay the best team win If his charges do not grab the victory he stated yesterday that ho will make no alibi for them Carolina Here Early Coach Campbell will bring his charges here this morning on a special train that is expected to convey practical- the entire student body at Chapel "Why are you not again in the army? The face of the erect soldier I'llion delle the dare devil was suddenly the faco of a man grown old ill and brok enhearted He stared at the stalwart French officer gathering himself with an effort "I wns discharged my Delivers more work in a given time Loses leu time on the job and off the job Costs less to operate and lest to maintain Lasts longer depreciates less and commands a higher resale price at all timet 000 colonel as unfit Wallace Passes Away Washington Oct Wallaee r' ago 61 a highly respected citizen of Washington passed away this morning at his home on Market Street at 4 o'clock Mr Wallace had been in poor llill to Raleigh The University eleven went through Us final praetico yesterday afternoon en Emerson Field but the players were subjected to no strenuous work Light lignal practice and specific instructions lo-rnrding the defense part of the contest constituted tho most important part of tin work The probable line-up of the Carolina tleven will be Blount at center Coeh- rane and Proctor ends Pritchard and Hirrell tackles Robbins and Grimes guards Pharr quarterback Coleman lad Tenncy halfbacks Spaugh full-tack BIG-SIX DOWLING MOTOR COMPANY health for months and had suffered two strokes of paralysis but was up vesterday and was as well as usual CHARLOTTE 224 North Trade Street it Practically all of his life has been spent here and by his friendliness honesty and integrity had many friends He was a mechanic by trade He is State College Team The Techs romped around the play survived by his wife ore son Taylor Wallace and a brother I Wallace ing field yesterday for the last time before the' big contest Coach Fetzcr had all his charges in togs with the execution of Hudson and every player TTTH a motor developing YY from 60 to 65-horse-power and a high gear speed of from two miles an hour to amile-a-minute this perfectly appointed seven-passenger Studebaker BIG-SIX challenges comparison of America's foremost quality cars with its beauty of appearance smooth and quiet application of power its comfort and superlatively high standard of construction Cord (ires art standard equipment whether regulars or substitutes' was put to work The practice was light and consisted principally of punting catching the ball and a general limbering up The finishing toucnes were in uiu form of fast signal drills The signal work showed a smooth running machine Tiraf illinti to py more for TdanLeMinte 2k $2135 otDdrmt CABR BOOKER Delier ins wnt Mvtm at siiaitk CODURN MOTOR CAR CO Btrtrlboten NORFOLK VIRGINIA Thetcr sWi-smoor nv 1 1 i 5 1 ff favor-ed TriBn61e Mints -wonder (fully oodare the the purest and most Expensive mfcred fonts blended together by a process' Known bnlyJous las oiherint5-5-a package THOMAS A EDISON Invites all Fair Visitors to see and hear his greatest invention at III jvrver Finish Wrestling Match Friday Night City Auditoriurp "KID" ELLIS Of Goldsboro JACK ROSS' Of Jacksonville Preliminary of Six Fast Rounds of Boxing Begins Promptly At 8 O'clock BOBBY WOODS IKE SIMPKINS TRICE 50c and $100 1 1 a Select Christmas BICYCLES Now a I have the largest Btock in the State from which you are enabled to choose just the size color and style Bicycle that will please that boy or girl most Come in and select now artd we will deliver them to you The Edison Shop 110 FAYETTEVILLE ST Winfe Christmas 'I Cinnamon Quality Bicycle Company 1 jpmaenuuyuooaj Seala Now at Carolina Cigar Store LADIES FREE THE MACK SENNETT BATHING BEAUTIES ARE COMING Lwig Prop 305 8 Wilmington St.

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