STATE m
RETUiRiNiED MISSIONARIES.
Mr and Mrs. Dixon B. Penick, of
Austin Tex., are viosmnig an jwumy
piver this week.
Our people gladly welcome the re
turn of these missionjarleis' trom me
Southwest. Mr. iBenick talks most in
terestingly of Texas, and has ttoe piic
ture of the beautiful JEilghlanid church
der the ministry of Rev. Southall.
.This church is the outgrowth of a
Suinlay school Mrs. Penick organized,
and from this church amotheT mission
school is growing in- to a church.
Rjotoky River suffered a serious loss
when Mr. and Mrs. Penick went to
Texas, and we rejoice to kniow their
work in Austin has been Iblesssed.
Their son, 'Mr. Dan Penick, ;has lately
been elected Professor in Austin Col
lege Their daughter, Miss Rosa Pe
nick, who 'has if or several years taught
with marked success in the Blind Asy
lum at Austin' is in feeble health and is
siimtmerinig ait Asheville N. C.
STILL MORE SPLENIC FEVER
Another herd of cattle sick with
spteniic fever has ibeen reported to
the Agricultural Department. On the
plantation of Mr. R H Battle, near
Method, Jvir. a.. t Morgan, a tenant,
3ias seyeral sick cows. It is expected
that some of them will die. Dr.
Curtice the State veterinarian, will
go out there this week and render
what assistance he can toward check
ing the disease, or preventing its fur
ther spread.! This (makes the fourth
herd that is now being destroyed in
this county by this disease. It is
also reported that there is a fifth herd
dying from it near Wakefield, but the
report is not confinmed. Dr. Curtice
jnas recently returned from Saxa
paw, in Alamance county, where
he went to examine Dr. Long's
herd. He reports eight of his ctotws as
already dead, ad eight others seriousljw
sick. He will probably lose his entire
herd. Raleigh News
A HOMICIDE IN CLEVELAND.
At Double Shoals in this county last
week occcurred an altercation between
two men !by tthe name of Lane and
Tony, which resulted in the killing of
Lane. It appears from the facts that
we gather, that there -was an old feud
between the mem. - Ijame. was uisan'g
knucks on the head of Tony, and Tony
becoming tired of the flight made off
to get out of the -way and Lane lollaw--ed
him pounding ihiim with the knucks.
As he ran Tony threw his hand back at
Lane and the small kniife he held in
Ms hand struck iLane In tlhe neck, cut
ting the jugular vein from which Lane
dted. King's Mioiunitain Reformer.
KILLED OEIEIt INFAiNT
Last Monday night Dr. R. W. "Wloo
ten coroner, was notified that the dead
body. She gave bond for her appear-
in a ditch on Sheriff Wiooten's fairm.
Dr. Wooten had a coroners jurry sum
moned, and on Tuesday morning held
an inquest, resulting . an , the arrest of
Eliza Parker, collared, who plead guilty
to the charge of, conceailinig the dead
body. She gave bonkl for her apepar
ance at the next term of superior
court. Kistom 'Free 'Press.
BOOTIRLAGKS RAISE PRICES.
Ed. Petty, Pressiey Smith, Andrew
Strudwick. Jim Scott and Richard
Scott colored bootblacks, nave paid
their license fee of $5 each, and have
put the professional prices at 10 cents
per polish for rtan or patent leather,
and 5 cents for black (leather sihoes.
Each of the licensed gootiblacks has
beeen supplied with a numerical padge.
been supplied with a numbered badge.
Asheville Citizen.
A GOLDEN DREAM
A tenant on one, of Sheriff Black
welder's farms in the' lower part of
the county, the other day picked up a
Piece of gold worth $6. The sheriiff had
Jbeen dreaming of gold on that place
for several nights before he heard of
the find All sorts of figures are flit
ting through his head. 'Newton En
terprise. TANK AT MONROE.
A 35,000 gallon tank is 'being put in
at the turntable below the depot says
the Journal.. As soon as it is complet
ed Capt. T. .B. Willis, will take charge
of the pumping apparatus at the ar
tesian wells Pipes will be laid to the
tank and Capt. Willis will thus fur
nish water for the railroad and for the
town at the same time.
The building committe of the Meth
odist church at Monroe have decided to
Put $10,000 in the building proper
without seating, lighting etc. Archi
tects are now at work on plans which
the committee will receive on the 12th,
says the Journal. '
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DYSPEPS
I
ou rw,fe suffered for many years from Ker
nd iyspepsia sick Headache. Sleeplessness
hila&vu us Debility." - writes John Kelloes,
oumtr phla- "We fried many physicians and
FSrT,emedies.butwith no results, until I
U bo Jhnson's Dyspepsia Cure. We bough
Ptxtatin,?; a o Jhe results far surpassed our ex
eainir..; She now eats and sleeps well. i
fee ve?&m flesh and ber color, which had eoito
e VeVi.Wan.J sickly. is now as fresh as when
ton's DvIRt ."-ied.and I teWr&r that John
yon?er!P PSla Cure has made tea yeara
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1 JOHNSON LABORATORIES. Inc.. Phil.
JORDAN ft CO. ,J
WORILD'S lOHACMPlON
(HUNTER
'POI9SUM-
f Ool. eGonge Redfearn, the, champion
possum hunter of Union county, says
that so far no one has come over his
record of 2,500 of the varmints in ten
years, hut that he has heard of a man
whose record is worthy of mention.
It as Mr. IL H. Eason, who last season
caught 218 'poissums, and the season
before 217. Ail these were caught dur
ing the day, and without dogs, Mr.
Eason never usin these useful aids in
the chase. The colonel says he is al
most ready to yield .the laurels to Mr.
Bason, as the latter has in one respect
ine Dest record in the county, to-wit:
One day he started to town- to pay his
taxes, but forgot to bring any money
along. Discovering this fact while on
the way, he struck out through the
woods hunting 'possums. On reaching
town he had caught enough to sell for
enough money to pay his taxes. This
he did, and soon rendered unto Caesar
his tributes and put out for home.
Moniroe Journal .
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH
IN
RANDOLPH.
The wife of Mr. B. I. Sheets, of
Riley's Store, Randolph county, hap
pened to a terrible accident. The Lex
ington Dispatch says she had gone in
her smoke-house carrying a lamp with
her and whether it was broken or ex
ploded is not known. Her son
who was in the house and her husband
who was at his machine shop some two
hundred yards away heard her scream
and when the son reached her she was
enveloped in flames, they seeming to
rise some eight or ten feet above her
head. He tried with his bare hands to
tear away her burning clothing and
put out the flames, and at the same
time asking a servant to bring 'him a
quilt, but the woman was so frighten
ed that she failed to do his bidding,
and he relased his mother and ran for
it himself. By that time the husband
had reached her and she sank at his
feet with almost every vestage of her
clothing burned off her. She lived for
several days, suffering agonies in those
few hours. She was burned almost all
over her body, except her face, which
by a miracle escaped.
PRISONER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
James Pear sail, one of the negroes
in jail awaiting trial for complicity in
the stealing of a large brass pump
from the Atlantic Coast Line, yester
day morning attempted suicide by tax
ing with bis .breakfast a quantity of
powdered glass, which he procured in
some way from the corridor of the jail.
Fortunately for tlhe negro, however,
Jailer Millis discovered tbe attempt in
time to save his life and took the glass
from him. In his cell was also found a
quantity of glass partially powdered.
This also was taken from him. Mr. Mil
lis says on several other occasions
similar attempts at suicide have been
made by Pearsall, but by watching him
closely he has thwarted his plans.
Pearsall is also said to have begged
persistently some of his fellow prison
ers to secure for him some of the car
bolic acid used for disinfecting purpos
es about the premises. Wilmington
Star.
UNREGISTERED FOR TWENTY
YEARS.
Two deeds to land, were offered here
for registration last week that had
been issued over 25 years ago. They
could not be registered. The grantor of )
on rf the iiPMia is dpsiiii fmn tlift sn.n-
one of the deeds is dead and the sub
scribing witness is also dead, having
committed suicide by the use of a ta
ble fork. The other could not be regis
tered on1 account of the clerk of court
of Davidson county having failed to
put his seal on same and the where
abouts of the then clerk is not known
to the holder of the deed. This illus
trates that such business should be at
tended to promptly. Mocksville
Times.
JOYNER'S CONFESSION.
We learn that Mr. T. L. Turnage, of
Dongola, Pitt county, has received a
letter from Elijah Joyher, now in jail
for the murder of Mr. Turnlage's ne
phew and the burning of bis store,
saying that Cephas Xangley, also in
Raleigh jail charged with the same
crime, bad nothing to do with the
murder. Joyner says he desires to tell
the truth about the matter, and no one
except himself had any connection
with the crime. -Kinston Free Press.
"The fertilizer dealers have bad
large sales this year amd a considerable
ryer cent, f the farmers paid cash for
every bag." Says thesihrd taoi toiao
every bag," says the Mt, Airy News.
. Up to the time Admiral Dewey left
Manila 12,000 .babies had been named
after him, and no returns have been
received since, Wilmington Star.
NO RIGHT TO UGLINESS.
The woman who is lovely in face,
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be attrac
tive must keep her health. If she is
weak, sickly and all run down, she
will be nervous and irritable. If she
has constipation or kidney trouble, her
impure blood will cause pimpies, oiotcn
es skin eruptions anu a wrtjicueu
nnmnlexion. Electric Bitters is the best
medicine in the world to regulate stom
ach, liver and kidneys anu to puriry
Mia hlodd. It gives strong nerves,
bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin, rich
complexion. It win mane a
ing, charming woman of a run-down
invalid. vOnly 50 cents at Burwell &
Dunn-s&fttm Store. ;:: y 5 - ' : ir
-iPftftSirvel uoe GTtt
PROGRAMME
Of State Press Association to be
Held at Wrights ville Beach.
Wednesday, July 12. Morning session
9:30 o'clock. The convention will be
called to order by the president, Mr.
W. C. Dowd, of the Oharlotte News.
Prayer by Rev. T. Ivey D. D of
the Raleigh Christian Advocate. Roll
call by secretary; report of executive
committee; president's address; ap
pointing committees and miscellaneous
business.
Afternoon session, 9:30 o'clock:
Reading of 'historian's paper by Mr.
Chas. L. Abernethy, of the Bufort Her
ald.
Essay "How to Build Up the Circu
lation of a Weekly Paper," Mr. A. S.
Carrson, of the Sparta Star. ,
Miscellaneous jbusiness, motions,
resolutions, etc.
Night session, 9:30 o clock. Annual
oration by Mr. Chas. P. Sapp, of the
Raleigh News and Observer.
Reading of annual poem by Mr. W.
W. Bays, Jr., of the Charlotte Church
and State.
Thursday, July 13, morning session,
9 o'clock. Essay How Can I Increase
the Circulation of My Paper, Mr. J. B.
Whittaker, of the Winston Sentinel.
Alternate, Mr.. A. J. Maxwell, of the
Rockingham Anglo-Saxon.
Essay How Can I Increase the Ad
vertising Patronage of My Paper? Mr.
Thad R. Manning, of the Henderson
Gold Leaf. Alternate, Mr. R. J. Oliver,
of the Reidsville Review.
.Essay Newspapers and Trusts, Mr.
Josephus Daniels, of the Raleigh News
and Observer. Alternate, Mr. H. A.
London, of the Pittsboro Record.
Essay Is the Newspaper Business
Profitable in North Carolina, and If
Not, Why Not? Mr. W. F. Marshall, of
the Gastonia Gazette. Alternate, Mr. W.
b. Herbert, of the Kinston Free Press.
Discussions ou the above papers will
fallow.
Special order, 11 o'clock, election of
officers.
Afternoon session, 3 o'clock. Discus
sions on suggestions in President's
Message.
Motion, resolutions, etc.
On Thursday evening- a reception
will be tendered the members of the
Association by the Sedgely Hall Club.
ONE DOLLAR IN HAND.
When we opened our mail this morn
ing, among the letters we found one
containing a dollar for the Herrman
parK iuna, wnicn tne Argus is so
strongly urging the people to raise. To
our unknown, public-spirited citizen
we desire to return thanks, not only
for the gift, hut for the spirit. Which
prompted the gift. Oreensboro Argus.
THE ORPHANS' PICNIC.
The Old North State Band will play
for the orphans' picnic at Mooresville
July 27th. This picnic is for the benefit
of Barium Springs Orphans' Home.
THE ILLS OF WOMEN
And
How Mrs. Pinkham
Overcome Them.
Help!
Mrs. Mary Bollinger, 1501 Marianna
St., Chicago, 111., to Mrs. Pinkham:
"Ihave been troubled for the past
two years with falling of the womb,
leucorrhoea, pains over my body, sick
headaches, backache, nervousness and
weakness. I tried doctors and varioua
without relief. After taking
. . s
two botties of your vegetable Com
pound, tbe relief I obtained was tralj
wonderful. I have now taken several
more bottles of your famous medicine.
and can say that I am entirely cured.
Mrs. Henby Dorr, No. 806 Findley St.,
Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mrs. Pinkham-:
For a long time I suffered with
chronic inflammation of the womb. 1
pain in abdomen and bearing-down
feeling. Was very nervous at times, and
o weak I was hardly able to do any
thing. Was subject to headaches, also
troubled with leucorrhoea. After doc
lorimr for many mouths with different
physicians, and getting no relief, I had
given up all hope of being weli
gain when I read of the great goo?
Lvdia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound was doing. I decided iznznedi
&terr xo rive it a trial. The result wax
dimply past belief.' After taking fou:
bottles of Vegetable Compound and
ttsing three packages of iSa.utive Wasb
I can say I feel like a new woman. 1
deem it my duty to announce the f aci
to my fellow sufferers that Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable remedies have
entirely cHired me -of all my pains anc
suffering. I have her alone to than!
for my recovery, for which I am grate
ful. May heaven bless her for th
good work she is doing for our sex.
C9 N. G. BUTT (S CO.
Insurance
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HJndcr Central Motel.
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Headquarters
wui uute note that we carry I
stock an elegant line of BailderT
Hardware. We can please the bo
fastidious and the most econoziicr
We sell the prettiest, most stylish as
best quality for the money. It will par
fou to look oyer our coods.
A
Hardware Co,
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COMMERCIAL NATIONAL df-
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Capital $ 1 75, 000.
Surplus $2 J0t000.
Charlotte. N. C. March 17,
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
TOR RENT.
We have just received our large safe
containing 100 deposit boxes which we
are prepared to rent at prices which
will be an inducement to any one who
needs such security.
We have four sizes which will rent
for $3, $5, $7.50 and $10 per antinm.
The safe is placed in the front of the
bank so as to be convenient of access.
Capitalists, merchants, manufacturers,
corporations of all kinds and ladles
are solicited to rent these boxes.
You are respectfully invited to call
and see the safe, whether you want a
box or not. Yours truly,
A. G. BRENIZER, Cashier.
The Bargain Store
211 North Tryon St.
SPECIALS FOR THURSDAY,
10 TO 2 ONLY.
FROM
Large size slop jars 98c.
50c. style water bottles 28c
Trilby polish and paste 10c.
Gas chimneys 7c.
25c. cuspidores 15c
50c. value fancy shape cups and
. saucers to close out 35c
50c fine glass 1-2 gallon pitchers,
to close out 27c
Special bargain in English porce
lain tin plates 5c
Also 5-inch plates 4c.
1 12-piece fine Dec. Toilet Set. was
$10.50 $8.50
NO UNSIGHTLY
ASH HEAPS
If YOU U5E
iAsroiruEL
TThen you bays a sas range thr
mo unpleasant details after cooKini
inch as Mhes to remove or dirt to elea&
When yon are through turn off tb
Cjls and that Is all there is to It.
Qas Stores, In stantanocna Wtt
Heaters and all Gas appliances cold ct
eo9t by
Charlotte (Sao Light Co,
SUN HEADACHE.
Many persons cannot go to chnrc
or an entertainment, even out walking
or riding or a short journey on tbe
cars without incurring the worst kind
of headache. It's because of defectir
vision. The heat and glare of the sua
still further strain the overworked
eyes make them smart, and burn and
ache. We'll fit your eyes with the prop
er glasses to perfect them and reliere
the strain.
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Consultation Free.
Southern Optical Co,
S. R. PECK, Mgr.
JUST OUT OP A BANDBOX
is how the man looksthat has his Hrr-
laundered here. It keeps stiff, clean ss3
comfortable looking longer when do&9
up by our perfect methods than by crs?
other yet discovered. No fray to acracC
you in hot weather, but smooth
perfect finish and faultless color
shirts collars and cuffs.
Agents wanted in every town In ttz
State. Correspondence solicited. .
vlodel Steam Laundry
HOLLADAY ft CAVI2,
'Phone 1C&
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MiLi'v'i.Al'i'i:. 'io-i-
The Only Pebble on ttxo
Beach
w don't claim our coal to be; tboca
nay be others, but you will nerer CzT
iuy coal that will glyt you more czza
ine satisfaction for cooking or bitfcE3f
Jkn. our high grade well-8cv'fifracj
Xellco CoaL Ton can't beat it, and
ront want to try when you hare C2JZ3
Meted it. It is the best coal on tfe&
auurket today.
Standard Ice and fuel Co.
A. J. HAYGOOD. M&naeec,
BOTH PHONES 71. i
Outing Shirts, Flannels, etc., wbicli
may shrink if not very carefully treat
ed are washed and finished by the?
Charlotte Steam Laundry in a manner
which makes shrinkage impossible.
The goods are returned full size an&
delightfully soft.
The starched work is an object of
special pride. Its exquisite finish is the
admiration of all our patrons. On
place is always open for visitors and
you are cordially invited to visit at anjj
time. A pleasure to snow you through.
ChariotteSteamLanndii
Phones 47 219 S. Tryon
Reliable agents wanted. every where.
My stock of Merchant
goods is now complete. I offer you t&3
largest and best selected asaortrwnt
select from in the State. IgTDj
the most stylish cut, best fitting crft
best made garments ever produced ta.
Charlotte. ,
J. S. Phillips
MERCH ANT TAILOR
18 South Tryon Street.
IN DILtfOBTH
Spring 1899.-
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