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OONCOKD3. 0.', SATURDAY' OCTOBER 28, 1899.
Single Copy 5 Cents
mini? SEMI-AMU ALBEPORT.A 1 iva -rrnw vvnro fn w . w . i ... ,:'.f&s:. ,
11-,:, i rftMSffW State Theeif THfl6n&6 Yiidkiiu .l v
AffprAdi -? . - -
pr. Sam Montgomery,. Mr, r!W.
Alexander, who are appointearr'vlir0.VA ;wln ave oeen onsy
froni this county to make aeeinrPlamiAg just how and why the
onnual report of the , cHaritaWe : Gf 'wok, and some1
" -c - ? OTilaininy;iiifif Virt-rtT o-r. vtA
mstitutions of this, . county,
onTiurs ay visi . vpun $
home and the jail and made out
nrt .accordinsrlv.- -f rrvm ,
..X,. . t,,nu. .nto .f ihQ
lowing:' : i: 1 c.c; j. -...
ni. . . iV '
Twenv-eignt are now nvins: ,
at the county; home, which home
consists of nine buildings;- Ten
inmates are able to do light work,
one is entirely helpless and one,
Eliz.ij Furr, is insane. The
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aven-.ge expense of keeping these
. . v B , :
inaigeni persuiibis ?i &v per.weeK
The expense to th county of
this home is about $1,500 and has
been as much as 2,40Q. ;t ,
Two veteran soldiers are at
the home C D Alexander, of
the Seventh, regimentj Co: H,'
and Daniel Myers of vthe same
regiment buti of .Company JB,
The latter receives a ' pehsioh df
$16 per year. During., ihe last
six months there Has oeen seven
deaths four, from old age, one
Iroin dropsy, one from p&ralysis;
and one from a cancer.
Eight inmates, are. able to. as
sist iir lights, vork.' vejrfquiid
that the sicli were well cared
for. In this scope of land, 'UBed
for the support of qui! poor . the
county has 150 acres. . 4 ;? ,
- As to the religious welfare of
the inmates thy found . that on
the third Sunday of each month
religious : services -are. held, 'by?
Messrs. J H Earnhardt and Thos.
Alexander . ? Besides ' the " hum -bers
aided by our county at j the
home there are about forty paid
an amount each month, averaging
to each one $1;25 : per. month.
The management of the home by
Superintendent Sapp well
pleased the committee. ;. ...
The jail was also visited. Re
ligious services, they found, are
held once each month by the Ep
worth League of Central Metho
dist church. Not a death has oc
curred dnrinp1 tVip. lnsttrm. Thft
committee was favorably im
pressed with the management,
and the improvements made to
the waterworks some time ago
was noticed.
They made the following sug
gestions: "That the county
commissioners repair the sitting
room of the county home by
plastering and - reflooring it.
That the county home be insured
for about $3,000. That one
dozen Bibles be furnished to the
paupers at the county home as
they have no Bibles or other
reading matter given them.
The Cheerful Workers.
The Cheerful Workers of the
baptist church will have their
Regular missionary exercises
unday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Dr. Barron, of Charlotte, will
ttiake an address on Missions.
All are welcome. .
Jthiaus Take Notice!
A meeting -will be held of special im
portance to Pythians tonight at 9 o'clock
h?lry knisht should make it his duty
t0 be present.
C. L. White, C. C.
- uw uoiresponaent.
vxreax? weekior it!1 Great-week
Shamrocb lnf)t . .. ;j
;i.Theivstreet'' corner 'dioioiiukis''''
, . w uipiwua.w
-boei1 .explaining .bpw-4P;:PruupSxnqcommis-
Polish off tho'Var in the Trans-,
aal; It' . was a "sweot boott" to111011' kindly "explain" why
i, ' ' ' ' "' tK.inr. f..i
r?, ; . 'ijxW-ir.-y-A
mi ji . i i . . , i
xnpn mere arc tno oores tn ;
ypflhat. the same mean inW l
lisK " atlil. ;wniiti'i.fniInf1 t,i Ti
r m,. J- - '
17 -
ry strong on such words as
m,ton0r." oj ..hiijcVi
laager. Especially strong on
Jaae' only, most of them
sp 41 it with one t'a". The usual
xaija-eLiiiiuusbwriiiK scneme is aiso
in iuii nowerj .ynerfcan una, -a
man;pn:ialinostl
corner,.' who . will exolam (and.
furnish rough diagram)'iust'llqw
an; '.expedition; may ;.be -landed,:
nang arouna untu
is a gen-
erai ught. ana j&nen.flasn m ana
ob?le a few diamond mines.
itdQesn,ltmatter;whethep.BQerQr.
or JBritish- win, . justso the' police
are busy. Sime as syhtax,' an&
Sje&olrMngini
Here's thexpedition, (W ashing
idn has plenty of th em forming) ;
tere are the diamond mines, of
,wiic Jheransvaalxhasj; plejty
already formed. All one needs
1 4to connect", is the dash- and
the cash.
li'E'irst h 'Assistant "Postmaster'
General Heath , hove in sight on
Wednesday and spent, a large
segment of the day in explaining
his stateinent to - the Republican.
Editorial Association of Michi'
gan, in regard to the offer of an
army commission to Mr. Aguin
aldo. . ;
Officials of the War Depart-
ment say that such an offer was
never made. Mr. Heath says '
that he did not choose his lan-'!
guage carefully enough; that he
simply alluded to the time when
Dewey was not yet "our Dewey",
and Ag could have fought the know our laws as to peram
Spaniards check by jowl with bulating and let his feet tread on
the Americans. He explains that ground not intended for donkeys
the newspaper men took him too and as a result a fine of five
literally. The newspaper men dollars was paid by the pro
ought not to do that. , TLey jail prietor for the animal getting cn
newspaper men for that sort of the sidewalk,
thing, in Germany. - i
Another bit of - explaining,
which has not attracted much at-
tention, but which should be of
. i. i. 4.1, a
some mteresv m auioiou
-rAA-nla. rxTct.G aivpn "hftforft thfi In-
FFx, " -
dustrial .Commission tnis weeK.
It is one of the most interesting
little items the commission - has .
has- ground 'but in some time.!
Mr. James B. Dill, a New .York It is certainly gratying to the public
ntWnPv anneared beforev the to know of one cancer m the land who
attorney, appeareu UWUiC are not afraid to be generous to the
commission as an expert on the needy and - suffering. : The - proprietors
corporation lawi of New Jersey: : i.'SSS
Mr. Dill explained why New given away over ten -milhon trial bot
Jersey is :W popular the corV , Jjll
porations. - Briefly sunnned W .VhTS
his reasons ar : as follows: - i ne digeages 0f tne Throat, Chest and Lunes
fact that the State has a money renred by
surplus, making it unlikely that u-Si ze 500. and $1. Every bot-
resident corporations wiU be tie guaranteed, or price refunded.
X i i t i .
Pweyer;;Mi: Jjilj hit, the nail'
s "xWf wipuia -
cOff pracU
ftndrthtif such laws were
r.enfrWrtAHfcL'e.tiTn - h - - . nnriifkrafinTifi
would.not bo'-ablo to oxist:' All
ivf .iowj ana .-(.umnovapie.. rates,
wffidi'-se' Tery.: ThibiN6ryropk 'i.'f itwiffHIlficff'
. i.,v;., . . ' ic :r ,,sw x tVi.-Sifi.-''i"
sion, ; .may hg.. up some, one,
niiioWen HartV
; !
m . Casso Watson will on
"W.. lgftP, give a ."nauo-
we'en" riartv tn W friend r ' She
j .i. ;
Md well-ffotten-un invitation
which is enclosed in .an. English
wnutrthePtiti being neatly
wrapped with blue
crepe
tissue: -
; .""At the home of Mr. W A
October thirty-first, some
! hlerry friendly, countra folks to
gether will convene to burn their
Ln.utsapli poii Jthfiir stocks, i an?
,ha;n4 thei ttllow.e'en.. . ; .
V- Will fyou ;;ier ,thereL that very
.night?.:, . . 'y '' -j;!:
The :5 lads sae trig wi wooer-
baha veel knotted on ,,their
'gart.ers.ll -hifi . L:.:
bct. Hoge's aemccs Appreciated.
v Th& TStanly "SnterptJ sev in
speaking of the protracted meet
ing1 tljer ; has v the ;f olling :
A' a n. rofiii 1 f. f.Vi Arfi ' Ti avft hfiPTi
about sixteen confessions and
three baptisms. r Rev.. lacy
Hqge of Concord, assisted Mr.
cfiughan in thq work,' nd his
sermons" have called; forth 1 (ion-;
s4e:raDle' f aybrablej ; .comment:
He! is a good preacner, and is a
vigorous apponent of air that
hje regards as wrong. We .trust
tbat much lasting good will re
sult from his work in our midst."
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1 It Was Fun at First. :
There- was a scene on our
street Friday which attracted the
attention of numbers. A very
sman child of Mr. S Goodman
was riding his donkey through
the streets in a very don't-care
way. But the donkey didn't ;
Red Hot From tse Gun
q W-all. 0BC$
it caUsed horrible UlceTR that n i trat-'
' mATifc helped for 20 yearn Then ;
yearn
. --v, Arnica salVe cured him.
: Ptitas Huts
, ji. -
Bruises,
Burns, Boils,
e nn:Skin Eruptions. Bet
iee 0n earth. 25cts.aW. Cure
guarantefd. Sold at Fetzor's Drug
store mti -
Millions Given Away.
reeuiany rrom uct..ztn.
us
additional tram will prove f of h
nu ua1luu1,ivf)u' t-M
excivwnneyeSaiu
each morning at, 1(1:5. arnvA at
Albemarle at 12:it. andi reacH
'r ;
oa at ..arjiveat a
at 0:20, roach Salisbury .at.:7:i3.5.
.The schedule Of the .regular.
xeguli
: train, which : is ; a; ;mix0d,7ain,
will continue the -same, leaving
Norwood each morning at 5:307
xivixig au oumx -":-
then leaving .. Salisbury: at. 1:80 in
thA nftArnnnn.. and , .arnrinf at,
worw?.0(1. at.0-vy?..,. .!
cleanlin'eSS Next to Godliness.
.'!; if-pays': to" keep yoiif clothes
clean and pressed byn Alexander
& Hendrix. oatisiactipn -always
guaranteed. : ' -
PERSONAL POINTEBS.
Mr. W A' Wbdd" is spending
today m Uharlotte. -
.1 : i'
f Mr. B F.Rogers went over
to Charlotte, this morning, :
r Mr. A Hartsell arrived
here last night tbpend' Sunday.'
! Mrs. L, K Pruett and chil
dren, of Charlotte1 'are ' visiting;
. r- Mrs. w jr.r iioshamer re
turned home ' Friday riight : from
Charlotte after -spending .two
days there. ; 1: -w .-iHi uir
" Mr. J W Brown, of Clinton;
S. C. , who spent several' days
here last week, is here, agaip'to-
day. He returns hprne tonight.
OF
AT ... .
u. tl.
Mattresses.
-i -t .'.in') Ary'ii
I tali
Worlds of Matresses in stock and a solid car of 100 on the
way. Like Zeb Vance's whiskey all Matteresses are
good-but some are better than others. See -our Royal
Felt, Acma Spring, Perfection, Sea Moss, Pine Fiber, -Curled
Hair, Cotton, Cotton and Husk last but by no
meansjleast our "Rice Straw with cotton top, the Mattress
for the millions. We have Mattresses to spare. Con
ferenceis coming. , Don't forget us.- We are unloading ; a
solid car of Beds today Solid car of Springs last week.
We are at your service. Take a look at our line of
Carpets. We are agents for J. & J. Dobson, the largest
Manufacture of the United States-q If you haven't time to
come, 'Phone orders No. 12.
Bell, Harris
am few tipn
NHfRI
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nr.
cool morn
ing-- 7turn: your
gmsto.wards
Underwear and
we are prepared
to fill yourwantsr
sand
drawers 50 per
? t fx .m f f ,
wool,! only
suit. Fine
95 c
Woman's-
union
98 c; All
kinds of;r r ChiJdr:
ren s union s
and -c separate
suits in! a wool
or. cotton. JW&
have - diir able tin
derear
and.
very
our
We
our
15c.
and
careful in
selection. ! 1
boast about
10c; and
children's
6"
3"t
JL'
i K, q n u I
"oed
Jk. AJ ' W JUL,
bse: there are
ho better to be
four d. Drop in
hd see them.
H. L. Parks & Co.
attresses!
id
C
Pie
Merino
vests
98c
Ribbed
suits
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