A BATCH OF LOCAL NEWS.
flekert Up and Put in ttlmpe Hjr Our
HiistiinJT I'encll l'iitir.
Dr. F E Hirtsell id in Wiltniog
tOD.
Mr. M L Black welder U in town
makiDg pams, for a wt-ek.
Mr, D -W Snider, the sewing thav
chine man, is quite sick at bis home
on church street.
Mrs. Nettie Patterson, who has
been quite sick at her home on South
Spring street,' is convalescent. -
There were no lights on the streets
Saturday or Sunday night. The
cause : the wires were crossed somen
where.
The autumnal season will be
christened tonight by a delightful
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dance, wnicu win taae piace at irai
If the switch is built to the fair
grounds, it will not be 12 months
until both sides are lined with man
ufacturing enterprises,
There were no services at the
fFirst Presbyterian church Sanday,
owing to the absence of the pastor,
who is spending a vacation in Vir
.ginia.
Mr. Will L Bobbins, of Forest
-"Hill ia ainlr TTo io nrca f T tr r-iiooa1
at the Odell mills and his many
friends wish for him a speedy re
coyery. .
"Mr. J M Funderburk, of Mitford,
who advertised last week in The
Standard for a plantation, has been
accommodated already. He will
work one of Mr. P M Morris' places.
Says the Charlotte Observer of
Sunday; "Nine bales of cotton were
sold on the market yesterday. . Seven
of them were sold by an old negro
named Ephraim Cornelius, of Pop
larTent." t
Mr. Luther Neisler, of No. 5, had
to send for the doctor on Sunday,
jllc ate euuie uiciuu uuu i lougeu id
a lamp, giving him excruciating
pain. Dr. Smoot was. sent for co
-come as fast as possible.
Sometime ago Mr. James Deaton
got a finger broken while trying to
catch a ball. The break refused to
heal, and on Sunday Drs. Archey
and Keed amputated the finger,
anis is tbe cost ot ball playing.
rPartiei who attended the namn-
meetingat Hickory Grove Sunday
beard a grand sermon at 11
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lotte, who is so well known here,
i he attendance this year was con-
aiderably smaller than former years,
A mule team belonging to Mr, A
1 freeze, of Mill Hill, ran away
rum near the Odell store this morn-
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iwui uear me uuoii store mis morn-1
ng, causing quite a commotion on
anarch street. No one happened
'-oDeintne hack and fortunately
ot a great deal of damage was done
to the vehicle or Uam.
Not one complaint ha3 ever been
made by those using Ayer's Sarsa-
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directions,
panlla according te
Furthermore, we have yet to learn of
a case in which it has failed to afford
.bpnpflf r
wu oay uuuuicua uj. u.rgguiiim aflci uoncora isaiuraay eyening
all over the country. Has cured was not even an interesting one, the
iDhfnn -..ill . V
o, cure you.
Saturday nights afford an awful
effort to get along the pavement
from the town hall to Fetzer'g
corner. The crowds ntand fhip.V
across the payement in the height of
-ucir ease and P.nrtifnr If a horH
get through-ladies can not. The
Police miht remedy th maffo,
0.. ,
You cannot say that you have
,vu cv"yimng ior your rheumas
unui you nave taken Ayers
"is. Hundreds, have been cured of
HUB Complaint bv the USa of thoaa
Pills ftl.;. cm 2 1.1.
- xucj were aumitiea on
exhibition at the World's Fair &a a
, af j i . -
standard cathartic '
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
A the Reports Show There Wa. a
Larger Attendance H ester any Than
the Mm day Previous.
While there was an increase of
only four members in all of the Sun
day echools yesterday the attendance
exceeded that of the Sunday previous
go, wmcn is very encouraging,
there being 920 present out of a total
enrollment of 1,682. The reports
as we got them are;
Gentrftl M. E. church.. 7fi
ninroiiment ......... 144
Absent ..... . . . . " " as
Forest Hill M. E. church. . .... .282
enrollment 638
Absent ....................356
Forest Hill Presbyterian ....... 60
Hjnrollment ..... 175
Absent . . ... .......... . . . . .115
St. Andrews Union... .... . no
.Enrollment . : . ... . . . . .152
Absent 42
Reformed church 35
Jbinrollment .... ....... . 50
Absent .... ................ 15
St. James Lutheran 96
Enrollment.. . . 132
Absent 36
FirH Presbyterian 100
Enrollment (about) ........ 180
Absent 80
Baptist church. . . .
Enrollment . .
. .100
Absent
.............
Bays chapel . . . .
Enrollment . . .
Absent
. . .ill
Chasing to the Standard With Open
. , Cotton Bells.
Early this (Monday) morning 15am
Partee, an old colored man of the
com ai unity, who is cropping for Mr.
Andy Winecoff, brought ns an open
boll ot new cotton, requesting us
to "put it in the paper." Sam is an
industrious negro, and is the first
man to show up a new pod of the
fleecy staple.
Mr. J D Oline, one of the best
young farmers of No. 8 township,
hrnnirht ti in an nrAn "hnll nf rnf.
ton. He came in a few minutes
ftr f hft ninWH m,n hmnahf
in his. Mr. Luther Ridenhour, his
neighbor, and another good farmer,
who expected to bring one to town
today (Monday).
It was only a few minutes after
Mr. Oline had departed until Oapt.
J M Odell presented us with an
open boll that he plucked on Satur-
day, found on his farm just a mile tended visit to Wadesboro, Moores
west or the city. ! ville and Charlotte, "'
A prominent man said to ns: "If
cotton would brin? ten cents this
fall, vou would not hear of anv free
silver again."
Mr. S J Durham returned to Gas-
tonia last night, and will begin pre-
paiatiuuB ot uuw m uiuyo xiio iauc
of residence from Dallas to Bessemer
City, where he will engage in the
manufacturing of cotton. His
brother Mr Plato Durham, of
Charlotte, is to succeed him m his
law business at Dallas. ,
Rev. R H Parker, of Central
Methodist church, preached an elo
quent sermon Sunday night, the
theme of his discourse being that the
good and not evil deeds of persons
should be commented upon. He is
n orator of Sreat ability and tia
"
sermon of Sunday night has been
bihly spoken of.
The baseball game between Forest
, . , :
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down town bova having done some
of the rankest playing they have
ever been known to do, and did not
score a run until in the sixth inning
.k.n Pitnmlair nroaflpd thfl hnme
plate on errors. The score , waa 22
i. e f T?rti-aat Hi
' n nnr Prtr
iClclcuv T ;V
columna you will see that Mr. j
Whit Burkhead has transferred, his
insurance business to Messrs. n i
Woodnouse and B iS Hams, inese
gentlemen are thorough business
1 nA nrtAon. Anvs
l . . ' j a v H a1
i one wanting insurance wui uu wc
L. n. TKav can be found
1 W van via v. j : 7 7
Lf n na T7fttzer'a store, '
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rrTHCAMERICAN TOBACCO CCL5j5l
TtZ DURHAM. W.C. U.S.A. YOf
MADE FROM
High Orado Tobacco
ABSOLUTELY PURE
THE USH OF HUMANITY.
lepl TVno Travel as8een
by Oar
. Reporter.
rM. xrAnAmA.w un ..AHA u
Shelby to attend court.
Mr patil Bernhardt, of Salis!
bury, spent Sunday at the home of
iUi i.k JJXJ Tw U
Mr, A B Young left last night
tor icaieign, wnere ne will be en
gaged for eeieral days,
Mrs. G W Taylor and daughter,
Miss Julia, are spending se veral days
at Mr. Ed Lipe's, in No. 11.
Messrs. G L Patterson. O W
Swink and J 0 Wadsworth are back
from their trip to Asheyille.
Dr. Whitley has arrived in the
city from Norwood and has located
' TTI 1 A 1.
near roresc nui, cn unurca street,
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bave been spending sometime m the
H& Jeft last night for their home
JV
The Greensboro Record says:
"Miss Zula Stratford, of Concord, is
visiting her uncle in South Greens-
oxo.
Mrs. Jane Harris returned to
the city Saturday night after an ex.
Mr. Alonza Rogers, of Charlotte,
who has been spending some time in
the citv with relatives, returned to
his home over the way today
Mr. and IMrs. W A smith and
their son. Mr. Leroy Smith, who
were yisiuQg at air. xmusu juiicu r,
have returned to Salisbury, their
home.
Capt. and Mrs. S E White, of
Fort Mill l8. 0., and Mrs. Leroy
s rings 0f Lancaster, S. C, who
were visiting at Mr. R W Allison's
were yjgjting
returned to their respective homes
this morning
Heillsr 31111, Rowan County, Dots,
Our farmers are all through
threshing,
Ajr pie butter cookings are fash-
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ponaoie.
The school at Oak Grove is pro-
whpr
isher as teacner.
dressing: nneiy wiin mr. jameu
Rev. C L T Fisher, of Mt, Pleae-
ant, was in this section last Thurs-
day on business. , ;
L, . . L nl
A. qq pairouB ui uiup uaio
employed Miss j Lillie Nussman to
teach their school this winter. ' Miss
Lillie is no stranger in this commu
nity having taught here before, and
always gave satisfaction.
Aug. 26, '95. Eud.
eay waaBiCk, we gave her castoruu
ffhen ahe was a Chad, she cried for Castor.
hea she became Mise dung to Cask
1 1 beji she had Cldreo, 8he aw thesu Casotia.
LOWE' & SON'S.
Not in the history of
our
business have we offered such
rediculously
as we are doing now.
We are determined to close
out all of our
SUMMER
GOOES
and will not take into cons
sideration what it cost us, but
we would prefer to have the
oosts than to have the goods
laying on our counters.
Look at the handsome
line of
that we are selhn5 at 8 cents
otner houses charge you N 12i
cents for the same stuff all
hawn at half price. And
-rr V X
v v
or ladies at net coih" We
don't want the shoes would
.
Prefer for yu to have them
AH the
bAMJcJUJil
SHOES
that we have will be sold at
the wesf; Prices named on
I Shoes We are tired of gettiner
Sample Shoes and we are go-
1 o . j , xun
fit of it.
i You can 2et the best 37 cent
Corset you ever saw,
For 60 cents we sell you.a
75 cent Corset, and the
cut m better corsets, t
same
SHIRT WAIST SETS, ;
STUDS,
COLLAR BUTTONS,
CUFF BUTTONS
New lot jnst in:
"H WHITE "
Sewine Machines at $22,50
worth $3.00.
When you go Jto 'Abny aln
ways see us
Lo we &:son.
HOT
WEATHER FABRICS'
WEHVVE
jdst received a lot of
pjetty ' percales for
Shirt Waists. Don't J
fail to see them.
A LOT
of new and Stylish :
prints just in. Good ;
Styles.
WE HAVE
a few pieces of Or
gandie Lawns that
: r will go at low figures .
now ' .
I-F YOU
want the coolest and
prettiest hot weather
dress call and see our
2-yarda wide white
Organdie.
A BIG
lot ofk -Ladies Black "
Hose to go ot 5 cents.
OUR NAVY :
Blue Crepons for
Shirt Waists are the
correct thing for Hot
weather.
OUR STOCK
of Ladies Oxford Ties
in Black and Tans are
the handsomest in the
town. Go, say the
Ladies and- our prices
are lower too.
TOBACCO GOOD
TOBACCO TOO
and more Tobacco for
less money than can
be bought in Con
cord. You that use
iobacco can save
money by eeing us
M0RRIQN, LENTZ &
Co
Fall Goods
Before the
Advance in Price.
Beautiful, dark CreDons as
changable and as Pretty as
silk only 12 cents, worth 15
cents. " -
JYUW FALL SHADES
in Henriettas 40 inches wide
only 25 cents per yard.
v
ALL WOOL SERGZ
86 inches wide, 27 cents wortl:
35 cents.
PRETTIt FALL STILUS
in Percales only 10 cents.
ALL WOOL (fine Merino)
French Flannel for Ladies
Dressing Saeqmes only 60
cents .per yard , " ,
See our Croyenette abson
lutely RAIN PROOF 50
inchesy.wide. r
Bought
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