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CONCOllD, K C, FRi DA 4 SEPTEMBER 8, 1899,
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A W(J EFFORT BEING MADE.
jitters Containing the Description and i
'tiee of Reward Being Sent by Mayor f
Means Throughout Our State and a
of Will Edwards,
It has been a busy time in
Mayor Means' department since
they commenced mailing their
two thousand letters to all of the
towns in North Carolina, and the
principal places in a number of
other States, giving the, full
description and the amount of
reward for the safe delivery of
Will Edwards, the negro yet
wanted. on the charge of murder
of Policeman Kerns.
' The following description of
the negro, Mose Edwards, alias
Will Edwards, has been sent
out: "He is about 27 years of
age, 5 feet 7 inches high, weighs
about 165 pounds, parched coffee
color, high forehead. Has the fol
lowing marks:
'On front of head about inch
back of where the hair begins, a
small spot made by a pistol ball.
Iu muscle of right arm several
small scars made' fjy shot gun.
A pistol ball passing through
right forearm left a scar about
midway between elbow and wrist
where it entered in front and a
scar near the elbow where it
passed out behind. Had on,
when he . fled, reddish ' brown
trousers, brown, cpatn arrow
brim black hat with a broad:
band, yellow leather belt leather
watch guard, imitation gold watch
with gilt nearly worn off , black
gaiters, nearly new.
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Extends His Theological Course.
.. The Lutheran ' Visitor says
that Rev Rob,t. L Patterson;' for
five years pastor, of St. vlames
Lutheran ;church, tJniph" Bridge,
Md.,- has resigned to close nis la-
bors there the nrst Kunaay mi
October. - He will ainSt tlie
General Council TheolQical
Seminary for . two? 2rs.;This
takes the surprise iTom oir Mt.
Pleasant correspondent's notice
that Mrs. '.Pattersonwill teach in
Mont Amoena Seminary next
year. v
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At the Baptist Church
On account of the rainr last
night the crowd was quite small.
The meeting will continue until
the 17th. Mr. H A WolfsoHn
will lead the singing 4 and the
preaching will be done by the
pastor, Rev. B Lacy Hoge. All
ministers and members . of other
churches ate Invited to come and
T in -f V c mfiTiT! on1 m1 1
sineers arn invited to come intnoue.J'wu."1BU
ll O CMOlIt '
Hie eneirr
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he Cotton Has Begun to Come In. I
The time for Cotton w- to
crowd 'our fttroets is ndt 'lib off.
Alreaoy the wagons coice nere
each tlav bringing several bales,
0i Thursday Cotffon Weigher
kropst had thirty-three bales on
.The fcbTernor Offers a Reward.
There is now $225 reward on
Will 0 Edwards, the -third negro
wanted in the trial for the mur
der of Policeman Kerns. Gov.
Russell has offered a reward of
200
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offers a $25 reward.
Thought It Was Edwards.
Mr. H G Miller, of
Franklin, '
hired a negro man Wednesday
, curing cne aay Mr. Miner, ;
!by stories told by the stransrer :
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aixxu. uv auuiuus, conciuaea
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that he was the murderer of Po-
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liceman Kerns at Concord. He
had ah officer come for the ne-
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gxu, uui no proveu to De tne
wrong man. Salisbury Sun.
Dr. Costner to Locate Here. U
A few weeks ago it will be re
membered that, Dr. T.F Costner
and wife, of Lincolnton, were
visiting here. His visit here was
of a prospective nature, and he
has since decided to locate here
in his profession. He will arrive
in October.
Two Cases Against Fallen Women. threw off her bonnet and yelled to Charlotte this morning to
There was a very sad scene in out '.'Bless Jesus and Major sPen(i the afternoon,
the court house last Monday. A Stedman!" This she repeated as "; ' Mr. Luther Hartsell re
fallen woman, taken 'for her evil fast as she could in a histerical ! turned home this morning from
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home in the country to answer,
ior ner crime, cpmmiuea wua a court room set up a titter, m
man of another race. On the stantly stopped by Judge Browii.
woman's face was written her;
character. That woman had once
been a pure and virtuous girl,
but from her face was gone exery .
mark of beauty, every trace oi promptly brought out by her at
feminine loveliness and .grace torney ... and she - escaped.
A. fallen woman I Her cheeks i Greensboro Record. "
and lips bearing the - impress of
her sin, her very soul lust-scar -j
red. Has earth a picture more
pitiableJbhan a woman fallen
from angelic heights of spu rtty,r
virtue and all that makes womani
hood lovely, and beautiful ? IPoorj
sinful woman, she is justly made
to suffer ; before -thle tribunal of
justice for her crimes. I
: fearing ttxe -charges Lagaihst
the woman of whom we write wj
weijit in 1 imagination to another
court. An unveiled, disKeveled;
terror-stricken adulteress. fresH
from the agony of detection, wad
dragged by a'niob; into th holjr
emple and was set before the
udge. ; There' .flagrant guilt ind
Stainless purity met. . There a w
ful crimeand perfect merywerd
brOugtVface to face. The mob
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UUWnUUCU XIAO. iUUDOO U4.
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were quouted by tho hard-
rd,1fCdm- Tdf
The ptophet of Caliilee stood
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ing up frombis Stooping posture,
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wnip lasnes on ineir consciences.
"Let him that is without
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anr toTntfi unon tne crrouna. a 7 - , , . -1
symbol that the thinihus wriv !1? W
y . ; . . i,.v i added to the others. Allot which
tea m the a mishlbe obh
ated and forgotten, and then, ri5j -. . i nt. hand savs'lho. fitetSS5i
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l.iu ia fWAii.
iwajusw - iuuoou wivi
the prisoner and silen
and, shameful, they made ttiofe'Vill bt there by the first week m
way out of that presence. "IM ; November. J
mm mat i muiuu v6
you, first cast tne stone x
f Ah, if that withering: sentence
could fall upon someone courts
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fully scarce -about those places
as they were about tne tempie m
the long ago. Monroe Enquirer.
THE BEST PRESCRIPTION EOK
CHILLS
and fever is a bottle cr uxove xu - -
ipua chill Tonic. Never fails to cure,
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mi . . -. A-MAimnTiT. -Villi Hiuiuieoo
imitations? rncts w ?
Major Stcdman's Power -as a Lawyer.
, Wednesday afternoon a negro
woman was tried inscourt for re-
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ceivmg stolen goois, Knowing
them to have been! stolen, her
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iius oana naving oeen convictea
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of the offence. . U
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Major Stedman appeared for
her and made a diost capital
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speecn ueiore inej jury. u
evidence was somewhat against
her, but counsel had the law on
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ne mdue l
that the jury .yrap,- out only a -
few minutes, returning with a .
verdict of not cruilty. The woman
was then discharged. ; - -
She came out of the prison dock
and made for the door. As soon
as she saw daylight , and perfect
freedom just ahead of her, she
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sight, while the .negroes in the
Tt was n, -nrottv p.lnso shavf - Tn
fact most of the spectators
thought she was guilty, but the
law bearing on the case was
What a Tale of Suffering. -
During the storm pf August
15th the Norwegian bark, Drot
avaslwre,cked-felow Charleston,
The crew, one after another per
ished. Three succeeded in get
ting on a raft and floated about
till the two survivors were picked
up August 31st. The intelligent
one , says that for .want of fbod
tney cast lots wnicn snouia uie
f or the other -two. . The one on
whom the lot was cast was killed
and his blood was sucked from
his veins. Soon one ofthe.wo
became a raving; SiartiacnctY 6ii
chunks tof sh , from hi ' cbmr
panion before tywererescued.
7 HJlIenium Not Hei?e Yet.- -Thexramber
' crimes com
mitted?in thisvitate ? within.M
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past week have been unusually
, faa beefl an unu.
Isual numW of &imial faults
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nr three' instances the crime of
,x i at hand savs the States
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TnLnSpOrtauon is vnarircu.
PS ais?v
. No ReTolttttn iu Venezuela.
. The rewrted late insurrection-
J ... outbteak'in Venezuela was
Itpr6bably arose from
tru
The Benbow to be EebuilU .
The Benbow hotel property
ihas been sold and the work of
rebuilding is to begin at an early
. .
.& The first Qf January is trie
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n tito Vkoli otto n nnpn t hfi
i.iimh t. uvjj.iv x v w
-hotel.
PERSONAL POINTERS.
Luke Johnson, of Mecklen
uuik uuuuiv. was uere vesL.eru.av
afternoon ..
Mrs: Jpssp Smith nnn nancrh-
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I ter, of New London, are visiting
L td;i- at;k' ; .?
ci mi . x xya lotJiiiitJiiii t;x a. ;
Lester Cartland of Greens-
uuro, son oi ur. j r. jaruana,
who formerly lived here, is here
today. ' ' "
T . , . T'.
Rev. J C Davis went to High
Point this mnrnincr TTo will fill
his . appointment in Lexington
Sunday: ' ; "
-Mr.
Climax,
K L Craven went to
near Greensboro, this
morning to visit his mother, who
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is now 86 years old.
j Miss Bertha Stubbs, who is
"visiting at Mr. R H Griffin's, went
Albemarle. He informs us that !
a negro is being tried for life
there today for killing another
nesrro.
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Mr. Jake S tire wait, who had
j been at home for three months
: wrestling with a case of typhoid
fever, returned to Albemarle,
Stanly county, Wednesday to re
sume his work in the cotton mill
tnere. ile nas fully recovered
his health. States ville Mascot.
CURE A COLD IN-" QNE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund money if it fails to
cure. 5o. The grenuin : has It, B. Q
ro aoh tablet. -
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MSiffinier is Ended,
The Harvest is Past.
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FURNITURE
BUY-
- Everybody and their
BELL, HARRIS & CO.
is the place to buy it aAd don't you forget it. Car lots, spot cash
and the best factories in the United States at our command gives
a and the best factories in the United States at our command gives
us a long le
Frames made
We Are Strictly in it for Business
BELL,. HARRIS 4 GOffifiH.
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Mr. Deaton the Editor.
Mr. H P Deaton left here some
days ago for Mooresville where
he went to. probably take charge
of the Mooresvile Record-Times,
in place of the former editor,
Mr. 3V A Jones. From the.
Mooresville correspondence to
the Charlotte Observer we see that
the trade has been made and Mr.
Deaton is now the editor.
Assassinated at the Supper Table.
Columbia, S. C Sept. 7. Al
bert Swigart was assassinated
last night while at the supper
table at his home in Lexington
county. The. assassin ap
proached the house in the dark,
put the barrel of a shotgun
through the window blind' and
shot Swigart in the head. Sev
eral months ago Swigart killed
a neighbor in self-defense and
was recently acquitted.
GLORIOUS NEWS
Comes from Dr. T), B. C-rgile, of
Washita, I T. He writes: "Four bot
tles of.Electric Bitters has cured jMs.
BreVer of scrofula, which had caused
her great suffer it) g for years. Terrible
sores would break out on her head and
face, and the best doctors coald give no
help; but her cure is complete and her
health is excellent." This shows that
thousands have proved, that Electric
Bitters is the best blood purifier known.
I Ju ifSi ?u 1?
tetter, salt rneum, ulcers, boils and run-
mng sores. It stimulates lwer, kidneys
ana poweis, expels poisons, neip aiges-
tion, builds up the strength. Only 5&
f cents. Sold at Fetzer's Drug Store. ,
The Kansas City Star saysr
" A 'gift that was not included in
the published list of wedding pre
sents received by a newly mar
ried Missouri " couple was a re
ceipt ;f or 10 years' back subscrip
tion due from the groom to one
of the neighboring county papers,
the generous contribution of the
big-hearted publisher."
You aB8ume no rik when you
bnv Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera
ind Diarrhoea Remedy. . M. Iu
Marsh & Co. will refund your
money if von at uot satisfied
after using it. It i; everywhere
admitted to be the most success
ful remedy in use for bowel com
plaints: and the only one that
nbw fails. It ia pleas in t, safe
and reliable.
Grip makes one side, treaty and restless.
Dr. Miles' Restorative Nemae brings rest.
is now at ;
HAND.
kinsfolk know that
seU,
on short notice.
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