price $4.00 Per Year
CONdoriO.N. 0;; f6I0A SEPTEMBER 29 1899.
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A MODEL LOVE LETTER.
HE IS FREE.
,The Climax Reached Today.
- . was the biggest day in
the cotton Uiie . we have had this
season. At one time during, the
day the wagons were m ;hne
'awaiting their rturri at the scales,:
tuo rear pi. t,ne ljne pemg aDOUiv
mayor's " omcej- 0 The open
I pleasing Combination of Beaut j, Hu- 2Ir. W. D. Rhinehardt Receives a Com-
mor and Pathos. - mutation On Account of His Good
Hear Annie: Every time r Conduct While Serving His Sentence
think of you my heart flops up Here. -"'Y' v
n(idown like a : churn-... dashe'U, j ki tip' Hder4i jcourtlastvfne
ensations pf. unutterable -joy; Mr. W D Rhinehart, of No. 9;
.fcftr' dVflT it likfi ' VOIITIJT frOAtK: tnwnsVlin nn Wnnnf rf xre. 1
w w ' a ; " """"rT " " j price paid was 7.57. At 2 o'clock
owr a stable roof, and. thrill lation of the revenue, lawjwas; had"'b'eon weighed
through like ;Spams
through a pair of tow, linenj prison here and: fined one .hun- l geaSon - ; - ;; h.,'': v r -
trousers; as a gosling swimmeth! dred dollars. His t sentence mu XT xr ,..
,j ,mi t u , .., , e- ,rT4 There were no New York quo-
e i ; fis'i.- " - f- i vi ;a') .i-tr'i ' , I - , tations on cotton today. The
668 gS JSrT k6- - vT .bU . oxchango is closed for tbday and
tpart was his ast.mght spent Jn, pur r' aunt 0f the big
a DiauKiu mx uou,. dxxu. uxijgiitwr, wuuty jfciii. ne ;is ;now ; a tree celebration
tnau liA uuvu vj. i liumiug mxxvx 3 Lixajij. dgaxxx j tiuti iu was it nappy!
pillions, visit me in my .slumbers,; surprise to 'fhim' wiien Deputy:
8nd borne on their invisible Marshal Hampton came -dver
wings, your image stands before from Charlotte and had 'him re-
me, ana x i uumu grasp ;ii iasea, jm toi also, oil account; ton to' 'this market on Friday.;He
like a pointer snapping at a blue-;, of his poverf;-b
bottle fly. When I first beheld the one huadred dollars fine,! ho mddo twelve dollkrs by com-'
your augnu Pxxuuuus, x was W. xvmuuuiirai,, wniie, serving ing to this market. and he
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beiiaereu uuu my urams wmriea time nere, j? as scarcely Deen
around like a bumblebee under looked upon by Mr. A To wnsend;
a glass tumbler, my eyes stood ' as an inmate as Mr. Bhinehardt1
open like a cellar door" in a coun- ' always took pleasure in doing
try town, and I lifted up my ears anything needful and "one of Mr.
Made Twelve Dollars.
A Mr .' Oehler; of Mecklenburg
countyj. brought' 12 bales of cot-
to catch the silvery accent of
your voice. My tongue refused
to wag and in silent adoration I
drank in - the sweet infection of
love as a thirsty man swallows a
tumbler of hot lemonade. Since
the light of your face fell , upon
my life, I sometimes feel as if. I
could lift myself up by iny sus-
Townsend's children "became es-i
pecially devoted to him, and
many times would he take it and,
care for it during the day. ' His
cell was not locked during the
mg
thought that was a pretty good
day's work. :
Mr Oehler thinks Gharlotte
has' too many frills and ruffles on
her cotton buyers' drawers. Lost
motion!
Forty-Three Passed v
Of the sixty-one persons who
stood examination before the Su
day and most of his time he ! preme court for license to prac
spent downstairs with the familyi.
Even though he has served a'
t.
sentence for violation of the
hardt is a man who has many
friends. :
penders to the top of the church United States law Mr; Khinei
steeple ana pun tne oeii-rope ior
Sunday School. Day and night
you are in my thoughts; when
Aurora, blushing like a bride,
raises from her saffron clouds;
when the jay bird pipes its tune
ful lay in the apple; trees by the
spring house; when the chanti
cleer's shrill clarion heralds the
coming morn; wheii 'the awaken
ing pig ariseth from his bed and
grunteth,, and goeth forth for
his refreshments: when the
drowsy beetle wields .his droning
flight at sultry noon-tide; and
hen the lowing herd comes
home at milking time, I think of
thee, and like a piece of gum
eWic, my heart seems stretched
to across my bosom. Your
hair is like the mane of my sor
relhorse powdered with gold, and
brass pins skewered through
your back hair fill me with un
atterable awe. Your forehead
is toother tnan the elbow of an
coat. Your eyes are glori
tice law, - forty -three of them
passed. Of the number, that
passed were. Mr. Jake Newell, of
this county; Mi. Bachm an Miller i
of r Rowan county; Mr. Walter
Woodson ,v of Salisbury, and Mr.
J t) Bivins, of Stanly county.
The Little Girl Was Lest.
On Thursday afternoon when
Mr. Will Misenheimer was , com
ing to town he found a littTe'giri
out on the Beatty's ford road
near where the chaingaug is
working. - It didn't know where
it lived and seemed not to know
in which direction was its home
Mr." Misenheimer' brought the
child down street but soon after
getting here the child's father
came after it. It was the daugh
ter of a man named Earnhardt,
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PERSONAL POINTERS.
I Mr, M J Freeman returned
home last night.
i-'i -r-Rev. 0 B Miller is spending
today in Charlotte.
1 Mr. Horace Freeman, of
Lexington, is here today.
- ' , ' . ;? v.- . , -. -'
-Baxter Gillon, of China Grove,
spent last night here. .
.'; ;Mi k H , Merritt, of the
Standard Oil Co., is here today.
'.. Mrs. Ca.nt. Ma.rv Smith is
who has recently moved to For, Registered at the St. Cloud hotel
est Hill.
I today.
-Messrs. Lewis Brown
Jack Has Tough Luck. Messrs. ijewis Jrown and
Little Jack Wadsworth, son of Tom White went over to Char
, , T mrr .i 4- i lotte this niornmg. ,. t
Mr. Jno. C Wadsworth, seems to -
Mrs. Jas. W Cannon and
be the most unfortunate baby of
the bunch. Only a few months
.Miss Margaret Cannon returned
Vi rm n loot. QiraTiino' frrwn P1Viq.t
ago he fell on some glass and jlotte
came near cutting his nose off.
j mr. jas. o jriusuu roturnea
, , rm j t t j -rtrk mx . o cio. w vjrxuouxx xtJtuxxi
. InnH Thnrsnav he nad more .. . .
m tneir,"1 :--... , nome tnis morning irom iuoe-
j-u. - - 7 i Ilicirit) WXltJXtJ XltJ vytjxxu LIX
ous to - contemrjlate:
""quid derjths T hfthnlH locrinns
of little rnrnd hnthmcr liko n, what he thought was candy, but ' Parting the new. bank
curt of ants in an old army t Proved to be concentrated lye. j Miss ' Bessie,, Campbell will
backer. When your head lays Fortunately he didn t swaUow,; leayG toniehvfor' Washington and
Pssed a-inst my manly breast, ! any, and he suffered only a littlefeoiri Uieree will return to her
the fire-of your eves penetrates bit with a sore lip. Jack is hav- home mcVirgmia. . . ; ,
y hole anatnmv aR a load of g his, troubles while j he's;:; V.; !;V V --'
blrd shot goes through an old yun . y
rotten apple. Your nose is as ' ' " 7, 1 A
Pfect as if carved from a chunk yed To a Large Audience. Ml
of Parian marble, and' your The Barlow 1
mohis puckered with sweet- the-best crbwdnn the hall Thurs
s Nectar lingers on your, day night that has attended;af ,
hPs like honey on a bead's thih ; for a long wiUe. .The , f
andmyraids of unfledged kisses patrons returned to their homes . -,are
tnere, ready to fly out . and splendidly pleased with the mm
Ilght somewhere, like blue-birds slrels. The music was good and ,
of their parent's nests. Your with but a few, except tonheir ;
7.8h rings in niy ears like'har jokes v were Clever " ones and
trgs, or the bleat of a stray were ;f calculated : to; make one y
7b on the bleak hillside; The shake; yrith laughter. The solos, j ,
Amnios - , -,:t kn.Vui'f bass solo, was very
vers in a bed of roses, or
luws in r.ol, - i ' ...
v.tiivti.v, OI nome-maae : su-
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SOCKS.
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50 dozen mill's black socks
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throWn to the bteeie at a great
sacrifice- ; Sow ve come by ;
tiieiiivis too long to tell, they
come : ito yon dat at Kali
price and that should be inter
ing. Not a pair that's not
Worth 15 and 20 cents. You
gtthein at 10cWpir-br SLIQ
dozen ; They are fine gauge,
ftill -fashioned feet, spliced
i heels and guaranteed 1 'fttst
black- TTheyair equal to- any
thing ever v thrown on a
6punter ; iat 15c and many
. worth 2pc. - A Hosiery, chance
don't comer egry diaLv.
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Bargains "
True Bargains for the eco
' nomical buyers
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With a car of TRUNKS.
Car load of STOVES.
Oar load; of CHAIRS.
' and the TWrdCaTof SPRINGS
in the Ja?t four months, air in this week
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CAKES I
hoi- finei as was also -the quartette.
AfV" -Rnmr Doiierlass; of
(ontinuedon fourth page.) Winston, spent last night here.
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I J. FnioV
S is it any wonder w had to figure in the "Mayor's Corte" for blockadine: Jl
the town. Out rade makes it necessiry. Give us your trade; that's
A what we want. W 3 ned new streets and straighten old ones it takes D
S' money to get them and w are willing to contribute just keep na busy . c
0 and we won't Irick iae haven't time. U
We are axpecting a Car of Fu rn itu re tod ay.
BELL, HARRIS & CO.
P. S. Something new intowa. Ye weary ones lie down an a Carnation
Spring Mattress, The Be 8V, in town. Bell, Harris & Co.