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The OclelJ "-inill will close down
Saturday - afternoon7 and give- its
operatives vacation uuwi luurauoy.
Mri James 0 Willcford looks
quite natural at York's jewelerj
store.
Thousands of Christmas articles
at Bostian's new store. Money
Baveg oh every purchase.
Mr. B L Peiy, of Raleigh, who so
successfully managed the Atlantic
hotel at Morehead City, is critcaily
111.
Mr. A L Caster, who has been a
resident of Concord for three years
has decided to move back to his first
love in No. 4.
Mr, WHTWiseman, of Salisbury,
who has many friends in the city and
who is to be married Christina?,
spent Sunday in the city.
The football game that is to take
" place in Charlotte is not to come off
UBtil Friday, the 28tb. Quite a
number will go from here.
' Dr. Johnson claims to have seeu
a man going up Main street Sunday
on a "razee, is tnia a new name
for Oregon horses, or is it like unto
v a "frizzenrizzer-ree ?"
Mr. Augustas Basinger, of China
Grove, was in to see us. Mr.
BdSinges a genuine supporter of
the Standard- and has our sincere
thanks for his liberal donations.
Marriage license was issued this
(Monday) morning to Mr. U 0 Iseu
hour, of China Grove, who will .on
the 20th inst., wed Miss MaryS
Wilkinson, of Mill Hill, Cabarrus
county.
The doors of the warehouse be
hind Swink's store, containing h
general assortments of merchandise,
was left open Saturday night and
Sunday, and so far as is known,
nothing was stolen.
Mr. Charles Blume, eon of Mr.
William G Blume, of this city, who
has been living in Linton, Gieene
county, Indiana, for several year?,
is home on a visit to friends and
relatives.
t-
Mrs.. jC- Boshanier, Miss Julia
Gray,fMrs. E. L. Bost and Master
. Fred came over from Concord yes
terday and are at Mr. Ransom
Gray's. They came to see the
"Brownies." Charlotte Observer.
Will Worlick, a colored brake
man on the Western road, was killed
at Marion Friday morning. He w; s
coupling freight cars and as he
stepped back from between them
stumbled and fell under the wheels.
Both legs were crushed and his right
arm broken-. Death resulted in a
few hours.
Prof. HTJ Lndwig ha3 returned
from the annual meeting of the
State Grange in Eastern North
Carolina. This organization has
lost about gone its way in North
Carolina. Its growth was checked
by the introduction of the Alliance,
itself now almost extinct.
Charlotte Observer : Mrs. Mary
Ce Morrison lives at Pioneer Mills.
lursday some one entered her house
and made a raid in search of money
but found none. When Mrs. Morri
son returned to the house the bureau
drawers were all pulled out and
showed evidences of having been
thoroughly ransacked.
The case of Hester Marshall,
charged wit a ia'oou, came np yester
day aad a yenire of fifty men were
summoned, but as the woman plead
guilty the case did not go to the
jury and Judge Hoke gave her ten
. years in the penitentiary. As arson
is a haDging crime in this State the
woman got off lightly. Greensboro
. dispatch.
Mr. C S B Kimmcns, of Mill Hill,
was in tDwn. He tells us,that while
' ' Ed. Freeze, the 17-year old son of
Mr. Mack Freeze, was playing base
ball one day last week, fell and
iqrn into his .knee between
the knee-cap and bone. Master Ed's
cnee is now in a pretty bad shape, it
eing considerably inflamed and
swollen. He cannot walk, the pain
is so intense.
Ia the First Presbyterian church
last evening, a special eeryice was
held in behalf of the Waldenses,
those anciect Christians who, amid
centuries of prosecution and suffer
. iug, have kept the faith of their
fathers. An historical address was
eiade by the pastor , after which an
' offering was made to . the needy
Waldensean colonists in the county
of Burke.
Whether or not a civil service will
prove a benefit to the country has
been disputed, but there seems to be
no deubt as to the opinion entertain
- ed by Populists and Republicans
concerning- President Cleveland's
- recent order plaoing guagers. store
' keepers and clerks in the offices of
. Internal Revenue Collectors in' the
.. ' . classified service. It is .likely to
- uakeoui . fusion-friends snarl and
7' WeRr.Fheifctheythink'of the closing
I i- fthfvfniagatetthe horde of
juJyrpneflwaom thes-hav
-&0vefcC)
is no lUtle cotton yet to
We were misinformed yesterday.
The Odell mills will close down
only two days Monday :' and
Christmas,
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Mr. J F Misenheimer, who oijce
lived in Concord, is succeeding ad
mirably in Charlotte with the re
liable business house of E. M. An
drews.
The Standard regrets to announce
that Mrs. E C Cannon, mother of
Messrs D F and J W Cannon, of our
town, is quite sic at her hom3 in
Charlotte.
The best evidence that winter is
hero and that the cold, frosty winds
are blowing through whiskers, vre
are selling lots of old newspapers.
Their circulation is growing.
There is one preacher in town who
has a full pantry at last so far as
meat goes. Besides fashioners re
membering mm, he killed a hog
that had become so fat that it sat
down to eat.
The bwecusn concert company
will be here Saturday night. This
company will giye a nisttinee Satur
day afternoon for the children
at a reduced price.
Toe Confederate Pensioners are
storming Register Weddtugton for
th.ir variants. They jast reached
Rowan on Monday. Those for
Cabarrus are expected daiiy.
President Cleveland is on the
South Carolina coast duckhunting.
We hope the South Carolinians will
no: make his ducking too hot for
hiui.
The bill providing South Carolina
with a metropolitan police system
has passed its second reading in the
Senate, and there is no doubt but it
will become a law. :
The handsome, decorations of ever
greens in and cu the outside of
York s jewelry store are simply im
mense. They are the first to deco
rate in such style in our city.
The payement in front of Sims &
Alexander's has ben raised. So
was the festive Christmas turkey
from the coop in a certain yard ou
Dummy street.
Mr. Sam Scbaeffar. son of Eey.
Geo. F Sohaeffer, of Monroe, Ga.,
was married in September. This is a
delayed item, but will be news to
many acquaintances of his in ( Ct
barru3 county.
Rer. G W Callahan and. family
left today (Tuesday) for their new
home in Taylorsvillo. Rev Callahan
was pastor of the Methodist church
at Mt. Pleasant during the past
year.
Buy your Christnus good from
D J Bostian. He has two large
stores full of holiday goods. Candy
7ic per pound, nuts 10a per pound,
cups and saucers 5c up, china mugs
4c up, p!a'.e3 oj up.
Master Joe Cannon is doubtless
the youngest drummer on the road.
He left Monday morning for a short
business trip south. He carries a
line of goods, manufactured at the
Cannon mills.
Mr. Greek 0 Andrews, city editor
of the Raleigh News & Observer
under the administration of Cant. S
A Ashe, has secured a good position
on the Baltimore News, an afternoon
paper. He ia assistant to the city
editor and has direct sugeryiaion of
the ten local reporters employed. .
From the Charlotte News, we
learn that Bob Keisler, who has
played the organ at the First Pres
byterian church here for years, has
received a proposition from the
Second Presbyterian church of
Charlotte.
Mr, S Rnpley Shaeffer, of Johns
town, Pa, who once lived in Concord
engaged in the mercantile business,
spent Monday in the city on his way
to Monroe, Ga., to visit his father,
Rey. Geo F, Schaeffer, who is well
knowrf in Cabarrus county.
Mr. George C Blackwclder, of
Richmond, Va., who for several
yearj ha3 been connected with the
railrpa&3 in that city, aiid who has
been spending several weeks with
relatives and the scenes of boyhood,
in No. 5 township, this county,
left Monday night to resume his
work for another year.
Visitors are welcome always bnt
gabbing chronic loafers in the com
posing room is an annoyance that
angels even could not endure. This
is a polite invitation to those whoii
it fits to mend their ways and re
lieve us of such annoyance. Patronf
and those who appreciate our; effjrts
neyer,give us any trouble they are
God's people in this respect.
Concord will welcome MissAddie
Williams, the best newspaper lady
in the state and the superior of
scores of men. She's a charming-
musician, and we are' glad to know
she's to be in our midst soon, pre
sidingat themusical instrument upon
occasion of one of the most brilliant
events in Concord; for-years. ;We
iss Addie,.oa jour firtrisit
Jrlatte
8;; nes , ?,fina vjivest
There
pick.
Mrs. Turner, wlfi of. the;
Hon. W'
D Turner of Sta'eSNi'Ie, died Satur
day after a short illness.
Mrs. Sandy Sapp is vuiting her
daughter, Mrs. Barrier, cf galis
bury.
The Register of Deeds' whole
time is taken up in issuing marriage
licenses. He wrote np four docu
inents on Tuesday,
Treasurer-elect VV H Worth, who
assumes office on the first of Janu
ary, has. it is said, got his bond al
ready. It is in the sum of $340,000
A Kentucky colonel refuses to eat
fish because they are so fond of
water. Of course he is a red-eye
business man.
Among many business changes
about the 1st, will be Miss Nannie
Alexander's millinery Btore. She
will move her stock of goods in with
Morrison, Lentz & Co.
Eey. W H L McLaurin, presiding
elder, will fill his regular appoint
ments next Sunday at Center at II
o'clock, a. in., and at Rocky Ridge at
3 o'cIock p. m.
Mr. A N. Harris was in town
Tuesday. He curried his' money iu
a knitted sacK that has been, used
for 35 years. It was not only hand
some but yet serviceable, even after
such servitude. We haven't been
currying ours near so long and never
having cash in it vet it is almost
done for.
What do -you think ? Mr. Archie
Cline applied for license to marry
They were not for himself. About
one year ago he picked up a lem,
ragged colored boy. He soon gre
fat and slick on good rations and
got good clothes dow he feels like
marrying and .the license ' was for
him. a dusky damsel of No. S.
The Standard' thanks Mr. and
Mrs. A J Lippard, of No. G, for a
whole, half-bushel of fresh meat?.
Sausage without end. You don't
have to he a preacher all the Mine to
be remembered thusly- These good
people hare a standing habit of
doing us this way for years. Ah,
but it's delightful !
Two brother:-, General and John
Kennedy, mountaineers in east Ten
nessee, after reading the life of
Jesse Jataes and his gang, tred the
desperado act, at Shellmound, Tenn.,
November 3, 1893, by killing a tele
graph operator and making a haul
from tLe depot. The two brothers
were hanged from the eauie scaffold
Monday, at Jasper, Tenn,
A poor, half-clad woman tramp
was on the streets Tuesday. .Truly,
sb was pitiful. She had nith her
tTrd children, 4 and 7 years of Fge.
Sh was begging for help to get to
heilhbme in Lexington, N. C, where
sheisaid her people lived. She and
herphildren had walked from Gas
tonii to this place since baturday
lle.ihusbatd is dead, so she say
and pad left her homeless and destis
tutel We could not learn her name.
ii(te at 111 Historic St. John.
Cids are out announcing the
I r H jf H i I .
marriage or xiss minnie iu., me
dang iter of Mr., and Mrs. John
Cook of St. John's, this county, to
Mr. lamest E Wingard, of Counts
yille S. C.
Tl ' marriage will take place in
the 1 3torical o!d Lutheran church
of Sh John's in No. 8, at half past
five ( i Christmas day. Immediately
after lie ceremony, the bridal party
will (f'ive to Concord and tak? the
train) for Countsville, S. C, the
home Cf Mr. Wing&rd.
Mii Cook isoneof the most ex
ceileii" young ladies of the county.
Mr. Wingard belongs to one of the
mo8trrominent families in Lexing
ton ceunty, S. C.",' himself a large
planter near Columbia.
Jn advance the Standard extends
the vey best cf wishes
1
Thaiilejs-fecilWcddiiiK.
Cajc s are out announcing the
marria je of Dr. John Thames, of
thia'oi' y, to Miss Martha Cecil, of
Thojn syille, tb-take place December
2Gtb. in the Methodist church, at
5:30,o clock at Thomasville.
Df. Thames his been a resident of
Coniso d only a short while, and has
won!, many friends during his stay
here,', j
M.ta- Cfcil " has many friends in
this! place, where she once lived.
She is the daughter of R v. Mr. and
Mrs; J W Cecil,-
The doctor and bride will reside
in Concord after that event is oyer.'
rne; odell-Durham Wcdulne. '
It yf ill be a merry patty that will
leave here ou the night of the 26th
for Concord t.O attend the Odell
Durham wedding, There will be
Mi88ea ,Mary Ilarty, Laura Wads--wurth
v . Allele sj Wittkowaky, Addie
Williams, Mr anil Mrs. John Leslie,
Mr. and Mrs. D P Hutchison, Misses
Aunia Parks and Selene Hutchison,
arid Messrs. J D Cannon and W J
Harty. Miss Adele Hutohisdo will
gcjover Christmas night.; Dr. and
Mrs. Register, who are also, among
those, bidden will . be . the ; advance
gajard, ieaving Monday night m or-
W BIDDING BELLS. ' -
Three .Thursday and the. Other on
the SOtta. . ' s
While on our rounds this (Tues
day) morning, we heard of only
seven mairiages to take place soon
that have not already been published
and this is not a good day for news
either. :
Mr. John White i3 to Marry Miss
Dryie Boger, on the 20th inat., at
5 o'clock, at the home of the bride.
A great time is anticipated at the
reception that night.
TTT1 ' . ' a .
jsir. v mte 13 one or tue many
White boys in that neighborhood
and Miss Bogcr ia a daughter of Mr
I rank Boger. Both are of No. 10
township.
No. 3 township will lessen herself
of single-blessedness as follows :
Mr. Houston Goodnight will wed
a Miss Is"hour Thursday. Eoth
now live in No. 3.
Mr. Henderson Overcash Jives at
Euochville and his '. intented, Ahss
Mollis Sims, isea in No. 3,
Mr. John O Mowrer, of No. 3, is
to marry Miss Alice Cashion, of
Gaslon county, Wednesday, Decem
ber 26th. - .
By request we with-liold several-'
others that night be oi interest.
"Time will tell," says one man. So
will the Sfandard if you don't look
sharp.
lie Wn Suspicious. Rut Sot the Sinn.
Saturday Chief of Po'ice Boger
received a telegram from Salisbury
stating that a bicycle had been stolen
froai an operator, Mr. Garmer, cf
thatphice, and to be on the lookout
for the rogue. The man was des
scribed as haying dark complexion,
brown eye3, ana heavr d-rk mos-
tache. This description of a man
was not seen, however, but a young
man by the name of Snider Btruck
town Sunday from Charlotte on his
way to Mt. Pleasant, to visit his
parents, with rather a suspicious
loob, bnt not of a thief. The young
ir?an had met with bad luck iu some
way, a'Ju )ucScr"Ltwo black eyes,
several scratches on the tiCC S. a
pretty badly donc-up nose.
W iih all his afflictions, young Sni
der spsd on to Mt. Pleasant, and ex
pected to make the trip to Charlotte
Sunday nignt, but was seen wending
his way Charlotteward this (Mon
day) morning,
A 3Io!el Xcuspupor Oltirc.
The old man of this sheet went
through the cCices of the Charlotte
Observer recently. It is what the
head of this article implies.
Overhanging the business office,
looking down upon that courteous
Mr. Van Landingham and the gentle
Mn Crater are eagle eyes of the por
trait of the Old Sheriff. The Ob
seryer still holds on to the man of
fate, though much cussed and diss
cussed.
Dr. Caldwell i3 in good humor,
eats heartily, sleeps well, and gets
nspired enough to work with his
coat cfL
Besides being a first class news
paper, with a nrst class outnt, the
proprietors have added a job outfit,
It has on bands an immense stock
of job material. It is the biggest
lot of stationary ever in Charlotte,
and we are safe m saying the best.
The whole outfit from top to bot
tom eliows enterprising, business
sagacity and pluck cf a superior
kind.
It is indeed pleasant to know that
Charlotte appreciates no' little the
existence, in its midst, of such a
model newspaper and courteous staff
business and literary.
Uet Itim a Pair or Wiiiffs."
Monday night the stores were all
crowded with curious people to see
the many Christmas goods and to
select for some friend a small token.
One lady Bpoke in very . endearing
terms of a certain young man, but
was, and is yet undecided as to what
she should get for him. She said
that "he did not smoke, did not
chew, did not .drink and did not
gamble".
It was suggested the she "get him
a pair of wings, that "that man is
ready tojajsetd." r L.
A Hawk Swoops Con n on a Dog.
Mr. Elam Caldwell, of Harris-
burg, was in the city today. He re
ports that the hawks are about to
take his farm. Last Saturday one
of his dogs was iu a field near his
house, when a hawk swooped down
and fastened its talons in the dog's
head. There was a lively fight The
dog yelped instil and feathers flew
fioni the hawk. It took the bird
about three minutes to realize the
mistake it had made, th?n it un
hooked its claws and sailed a ay,
while the dog with its tail between
its legs made for the house. There
were three rips, of from half inch
to an inch in the dog's scalp.
Charotte News.
The Automatic Gallows Worked Per
fectly.
Hartford, Conn., Dec 18. John
Cronin was hanged at 1;02 and in
1:9 his pulse stopped eating. - He
as snatched in the air 20 seconds
after he stepped fin the platform.
The automatic gallows worked per
There was no sensation.
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HORSES, RUN AWAY DOWN
A STEEP HILL.
Dir. Ooodinam Leapx for Lire Mr. Mapp
liarely Escapes With Ilis-Two
Wagons Broken to -Pieces.
It occurred on the big hill just
beyond the Three Mile Branch tn
the old Salisbury road.
Monday evening about dusk Mr.
Jim Sapp started to his home out in
No. 5 township, driving a double
team with empty wagon. He had
brought a load of wood to town.
Mr. Sapp was driving leisurely
along with the usual melancholy
look and thoughts, such as the sol
emn shades of evening make. But
he wss awakered from this revtree
by the loud yells of a male voice
and the thundering noise of an up
preaching team.
Mr. H M Goodman was coming
home, driying his two fiery mouni
tain steeds to a wagon loaded with
wood. The horses attempted to run
before they reached the hill, but he
held them in check. As the team
turned the curve in the road the
horses made a dash forward, shak
ing Mr. Gooiman up comiderably.
Seeing that he conld not manage the
team going', down hill he leaped
from the wagon to save his own life,
spraining bis right unkle and bruis
ing his leg.
The incoming and outgoing
wagons came together with a crash.
Mr. Sapp barely escaped instant
death by jumping from his wagon.
It wae a close shave.
The whole layout of Mr. Goods
man'a was landed on the top of Mr.
Sapp's. The horses on Mr- Sapp's
waon and the wagon on his horses,
wood and all.
Neither of the animals was badly
hurt. Mr. Sapp's wagon was broken
all to pieces, and Mr. Goodman's is
not in "TCrV-ood shape.
Hcills IlciWs. "" " s vi
Fox hunting ia iu order.
The schocU at Oak Grove is pro
gressing finel
i
Our post fcliice i? no
longer
Heilig MilI,'Wut "He'ilig,
Mr. AM Liu3"A, of Con
yisiting in this vi
Rev. Geo. H C&c filled his a
pointment at Elm (J.rove last Sun
day night
It is probable that there will be a
wedding in this community in a few
weeks.
There will be Christmas services
at Grace churqh on Christmas night
at 7 p. m.
Mr. Harry Fomz, of Cabarrus, has
his new house almosf complete.
Bob Smith, ""the "hickory wo:d
mau," will be in this community in
a few days. G. F.
New Srore.
The store formerly occupid by
Morrison, Lentz & Co., just below
the Racket, is full of Christmas
Goods. Best stick candy Tic per
piund, cocoanut 10c per poun
nuts 10c per pound. 1,500 dolls
from lc up.
Another One for No. 3.
No. 3 township will beat any
township in the county for marriage
couples. Already we have published
a ' score of marriages to take place
in. that section of the county. Today
we will give the names of Mr. J F
McCall who will, next week, wed
Mrs. Kate Johnson.
Died or Lockjaw.
Several weeks ago, the 7-year old
son of Mr. Vasco Goodnight of No.
3 township, accidently met with a
painful hurt, eventually resulting
in death. In some way he ran a
stub of a cane into his knee, in
flicting a severe wound. Last Friday
night the little fellow took lockjaw
and ronld hear his sufferings enly a
short while, expiring in a few mos
meuta after the attack.
Squire Sherwood Married a Runaway
Couple.
Sunday afternoon a young couple
passed through tbe city en route to
Esquire Charles Sherwood's home in
No. 4 townEhip to take upon them
selves the holy bonds of wedlock.
It was a runaway match. The
groom was Mr." Wilbert Misenheimer,
of Forest Hill, and Miss Ella Bart
lett, of Harrisburg, the runaway
bride. 'Squire Sherwood fixed them.
TheR. A D- Receivers Discharged.
; ' Richmond. Va Dec. 18 Judge
Coff entered orders in the United
States Circuit court today discharg
ing Messrs Foster and Huidekoper
,as receivers of the Richmond & Dan
ville Railroad Company and confirm
ing sales of Richmond A Danville
property recently made. Messrs
Foster- and Huidekoper tendered
their resignation. .
- Arguments were heard this after
noon in the case of Carnegie against
the Richmond & Danyille Company
for $125,000 f or.Bteel .rJla'fttrnisbed.
Tin court reserved its' decision, :uj
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AN UNSUCCESSFUL
, TEMPT TO ESCAPE.
AT-
Tuesday Night Onr New '.Jailor Ilari
His First Trouble With tbe County
Boarders A Great Scheme for
a Big Delivery.
All was cot serene at the j til
Tuesday night.
In the left hand cell, directly over
the dining hall at the jail, is three
notorious individuals of the blackest
variety of criminals. The same are
Will Rllins, (the blind horse-thief)
Ed. Hagger and Amzi Harris.
1 here are two cells in the back
part of the jail. On the left the three
above named crminals were deposited
and on the right is where seven cf
the chain gang convicts roost. Be
tween the two cells is a plank par
tition on either nide, leaving a four
foot passage.
In some way these three negroes
made a hole in their side of the
house large enough to get their
bodies through. After getting into
this narrow passage and securing
matches from the chain gang board
er?, they soon had a blaze, A hole
was burned in the flooring about
two feet square. Some of the timber
through which they burned was four
inch rafters.
Between the ceiliog and flooring
there is iust about room enough for
an ordinary man to stretch himself
out and work with a little effort and
strain. The hole in the flooring let
them down upon the sewer Dine.
which runs down the back wall of
the jail. Around this sewer they
had picked a good sized hole, and
had it not been for the timely ap
pearance of Jailor Hill, no doubt
twenty birds vould hare left their
nest and now been out in the cold.
cold world.
Jailor Hill was awakeued between
3 and 4 o'clock, went to the bead of
the stairs, but not a sound was
heard from the gloomy dens. The
negroes, so they say, hearing fome
one coming, dashed a bucket of
water on the burning floor, puttieg
out the Are in short jjrder. They
began w ark early in the night nd
continued until early morning.
It would have been nn easy matte
to have slid down the sewe
had been
with breakfast
morning,
Had the three negroes made their
escape, others would .have done lite
wise, and left the jail to the mercy
of con8umidg flames.
Father Dove was taken to the
scene of Tuesday night's work and
immediately put a force of hands to
work repairing the damage.
Jailor Hill put shackles upon
Rollins and Hagger this morning,
but he had not been out of eight
fifteen minutes until they were un
fettered, the shackles being broken
to pieces.
It is mysterious how they got
the bole through the plank partition
without tools. The room has been
searched, and not even something to
pound with could be found.
A False Rumor.
Tuesday afternoon a messenger
came to tne city for a physician,
bringing the intelligence that Mr.
R Victor Caldwell was seriously ill.
This was true. Mr. Caldwell had
an attack of cramp colic, and it Lwas
indeed serious to him. Dr. Young
attended him.
A rumor was circulated to the ef
fect that Mr. Caldwell had taken an
overdose of moiphine, which is with
out any foundation whatever.
At last report Mr. Caldwell was
doing well, considering his intense
suffering.
Christmas Entertainment at Central
Methodist Church.
The Sunday school of Central
Methodist church will, on Monday
night, Decemder 24th, give an enter
tainment somewhat out of the usual
order- The main feature of which
will be a Christmas tree for the
poor. The children and friends
will give instead of receive presents.
Believing fully that there is a bless
ing for those who give freely, they
ask the friends and parents to aid in
this worthy enterprise. Provisions
that are perishable, clothing, and
money gladly received. And believ
ing it a good time to remember tbe
orphans, they will receive and fors
ward any contribution tbe friends of
the Oxford Orphanage desire to
make ia money or clothing. Make
the orphans a Christmas present.
Good music and recitations by the
children, a prominent feature of the
entertainment. All who feel an in
terest in the welfare of the poor
and the orphans are cordially in
vited.
The tiketa for the Swedish con
cert will be on sale at Fetzer'd drug
store on Thursday. I Go at once and
ec are desirable seated
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IN TOWN!
THE ROSE FCR GOODS AT
Gannons
STORK
shows as plainly as anything can that they are
Selling Goods Cheaper
than any store in Western North Carolina.
tSF'We have justbought big lots of.
t from three or four large Clothing manufacturers
who are gwing out of business. We bought it for
cash way under cost of making possibly 25 to
35 cents on the dollar. That's the way to buy
goods now. Bat it don't matter whether it is 25
cents or '35 cents on the dollar, we are selling
Clothing, Hats and Shoes
FOR LESS
than the same quality have ever been sold hero, and.-
if you want to make your money do yon tne mostjg
good if you want to do your duty to yoursslf andtir
family come right straight to our store andif we
don't do you right nobody else can.
15" Don't buy till you see our goods. You will make a
mistake if you buy at any pries before you see oars. No ust
of your paying $1 for the same thing yan can get for 75 cents.
Just use your common sense and judgment. See what v.
have and get our prices and you will see that yon can save
money and be better suited in goods,
See'uur Premium Gold Watches.
CANNONS & PETZER.
COMPLIMENTS PASSED.
Editor Click to Prof. Ahernethy, and
Prof. Abcrnethy to Editor Click.
It is reported that Prof. W E
Abernethy says he is going to Kal-eig-
when the Legislature meets and
see that the Democrats and Repub
licans unite and send two Kepubli
clo the United States Senate.
professor
he asks
of couj.
Legislature.
how they
fessor's ladvice. Hickory Mercury,
December 2Dd.
Mt Deak Click : Some thoughts
ful friend has sent me a' marked
copy of the Hickory Mercury, in
which you speak with such fine
irony of me and my alleged purpose
to visit the nest North Carolina
Legislature. For this all thanks'
Personally, my dear! fellow, I am
very tond of you; I shall even love
you with that fierce abandon of
young lovers when the honeysuckles
are abloom if you will solve me a
riddle which has racked my brain
ever since I commenced reading
your paper. That griddle is this :
against which do you hold the
stronger enmity, the truth or the
English language?
Tenderly youis,
W. E. Abebxethy.
Rutherford College. Dec. 14, 1894.
Weeley in Jail-
New York, Dec. 14 Samuel C
Seelev, the defaulting ppying teller,
of the National Shoe and Leather
Bank, arriyedin Jersey City tonight
at 6:30 o'clock from Chicago.
At 7:30 o'clock Seeley was arrang
ed before United States Com
missioner Shields and Md in. a
$25,000 bail for. trialwy
dlctment against Seeley contain?"
six counts" and two charges. Tbe
charges are false entry, in altering
the books of the bank and giving
false credit to Baker, and abstrac
tion, by converting the bank's funds
to his own use. The specific
amount named is $5,080." The daks
and the amounta named in the two
charges aie the same.
Seeley was in Ludlow street jail
at 8:30 p.m.
Capt. Ashe to Practice Law.
Capt. S A Ashe has resumed the
practice of law and opened au office
next doer to the office of R H Battle,
Esq., in the building on corner of
Fayetteyille and Martin streets. Capt.
Ashe is lerrned in the law and bis
many friends will wish him much
suecess in his profession. He is no
novice. This ia only a return to
first loye. Raleigh Observer.
What is an Ad T
The life-blood of modern businesi
A money-maker, getter and aaver.
A flash of information to all the
people. ' ' " 1 '
A lever of trade. '
The mine that yields pure gold in
large dividends.
The key-note of progress in the
march to success.
The dealer's sure road to success.
A medium for the increase
business.
That which booms the place tJ
enriches the advertiser. L
A means of communicating ,itenV
, of interest to wie-awakpcople. .
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MONEYi
..iorii i i isijikc.
Several times or more the old man
of this sheet has received mail ad
dressed with tbe prefix of "f.cv."
No one saw it, except the young
ladies in tne postofflee that's their
business. So far, 30 good. We have
no serious objection o being a
preacher, but wo do draw the lines
somewhere. Though addressed with
111 UCC1J
profound respect :
account of the Banio Clfrb v
to be dignified and, as soue pre
ers are, we may have been
faced, but that wai due .n hunge
ann mental operations devising
means for its relief,
mere came rusnmg op to us a
handsome young mn derby in
hand pencil and note book col-
8picuoua "I am Mr, Anderson, ruiy
I ask if this is Iiev. Martin," said
the reporter of the News. When
ever we hear the name of Anderson,,
we get "the nerveE." Upon being
asked whether he was the Banjo'
Club artist, he bade us be easy, that
he was jast a brother of Prof.
Archie Anderson and that Archie
was quite small and gentle.
But Reporter Anderson was look
ing for Populist Preacher Martin,
who ran against Jeems Lockait for
Congres?. This is too much for us;
we have r ever had congressional
aspirations and then to be taken for
a preacher, who had so befouled
the sacred office cf the ministry, is
too much for us. Wo shall go down,
to the grave sorrowing.
"Who should pop in at the Cen
tral today, but lev. C H Martin, cf
Porkstown, Anson county, Rev. Mr.
Martin, the man who ran against
Mr. Jas. A Lockhart, for Congress
from this district, and who is 1107
trying to work up a contest to get
Mr. Lockhart's seat. Ecacse .. alt
the other fellows got in, Mr. Matihi7
thinks he thould be in, too, and
therefore, he ia trying the dodge of
a contest.
He ia here, he says, by advice of;
his counsel, Judge Bussell, to get
Kf . 1.1.1
uie iuiCKjeucurg ngnres,, and wa
suppose he had no difficulty in get-
ting them.
"What do you claim ?" asked
News reporter of Mr. Martin. "That
I am elected by 2,000 majority." ha
replied.
The News felt its derby flying off,
but by a quick movement caught it
and held it on by both hands.
Mr. Martitt claims Robeson county
by 1,200 mjority, and Pender vjy
300. He shakes no "dog'finger" at
Mecklenburg and Union." v
Babea tm , the Wood.
WaupYp, Wis., December 18.
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