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nurse may have gotten the worst
of his eccentricities." . ;
The fellow was thought to be
room.
Concoud, N. C, Dec, 29, ' 1899.
TRAINED NURSES AND SINGLE MEN
The Telegram has the satisfac
tion of realizing its expectations
when it threw, itself into the
I ,-u fVio rlicnfinsarv. As far
AA-- "hrl Wr fhft i lJUOU
awuu uwu : , las we have heard tne aispen
was dead in love). c wantea- . . ur State are a great
to die the husband of the trained - vor the ouen bar
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nurse, oiiu, - mvw duo ""tji
mercy that she surely was, and,
being not unwilling to change
the title of no little reproach to
that more fascinating appella
tion of widow, consented and the
knot was tied, when the son of
perversity didn't die worth a
cent, and , she is the wife' of a
man she chose for death, not for
life. The trained nurse is there
fore not an unmixed quantity of
beneficence if she is pretty and
the patient is a single man, and
all through no fault of his, but
simply because he just can't
help it.
We are tempted sometimes to : Congressman Champ Ulark, of
We see that George Vander-
bilt gave a hristmas tree at But
more from which every. man, wo
man and child on the estate was
made the recipient of some gift.
Thus we see that he has not only
dispensed millions of money in
the State but takes pleasure in
making life pleasant ior f hose in
his employ while he has set up a
high mpdel. of a stock farm in
which there is older, beauty, and
we believe a fair profit, Con-
trary to some haters of wealthy
men we are glad this man came
into our State. He is worth
much to the State.
conclude that a single man has
not a fair dig in life with the rest
of humanity, and you can't do
much for him when ypu try. It
seems he isT-' so constituted that
he can hardly get so sick that
the ministrations of a pretty girl
do not make his heart flutter.
Neariy all our trained nurses
are of the gentler sex. The
records are beginning to contain ( olly ciianceis in Democrocy's re
turn to her former moorings and
Missouri, will present a bill of
the nature of Mr. Bellamy's bill
toc take the tariff off of paper and
pulps, etc. from which paper is
made. Of course, it is the right
thing to present s these bills and
hammer with them with might
and main but it is not like the
Republican party to give an
equal chance to all by taking off
tie trust fostering tariff. The
instances showing how impossi
hie it i.i for a pretty nurse to get
a true count of a single man's
pulse. In one instance the fel
low's palpitations jumped up to
175 and the nurse went to pour-
the drus to tone him
then to power again.
"That promised big battle in
South Africa has not yet ma
terialized, but it does not seem
possible to defer the action many
days longer.- When it does take
place the world is likely to have
a story to read that will be more
thrilling than a romance, and
more dire than any that has
been created since the days of
Antietam and Gettysburg. Los
Angeles Times.
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We are more than vever proud
of the comparatively good order
of our town during the Christ
mas celebrations since we read
of the carousings in so many of
our sister towns. Reforms move
The Greensboro Telegram
announces that in spite of lack
of co-operation and studied pur
I pose against the dispensary it is
iTirOVin?? n, Snf,P.OQ nnrl Cnmn TtrVirk in irnirrtc- Trni.tr nfi-n T ,4-
' -hive noted the imm-ovpimerit, p.nrd
X - v v-. 4 I'll v- j v wiv;
admit their mistake in opposing the steady stream of inoral reform
if A T-T ATlf VlCA T r-. r "1 J , "I i . - I J il 1 . . Ml
cause. -The
Baltimore Sun gives an
mStaCe however whfere the who plead and voted against it. ! long envelop, our neighbors.
We still have an assortment
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suitable for presents.
Very respectfully,
D
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Poprietor of the Racket Stoic
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cEC2CB Suits worth $6.50 to go at $3.50.
uits worm 4 to $5 to go at fS. 50.
Suits worth S3. 50 to ero t s nn
3 Boys' Overcoats. R0(p Mens' Overcoats.
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" r " ""-T" "c".iU tmo wet!li aim were s'PPea Thursday. They arrived here Tuesday and are nowoa sale.
8 goods comprise the entire balance of winter stonk in T?nva Sniio. i wr
x or.i Clothing Manufacturers, and there is a lot of the very finest suits they made
am on g them. We bought them at half price and we'll sell them that VTy Lot f $6 50
b nits for $3, 50, and $5.00 suits for $2. 50. Over 300 Heavy allwool Oakland Oassimers
mts for $1.50. They are $S.50 suits at any cheap store in the State.
These Oaklands are the best wearing medium priced ffoods on thp ma rlrpf f2-naT,i ni
$2.50. Inlfact you can't get these suits anywhere in the Stete for less ifha?$2 50 tS &S We-H as an? gds you can get at
Lots of them worth double what we ask for them. B afel&ffiF PTUcV 7nter s at25centsto 50 cents
for your boy at far less money "thai you often pay for noor clothes in?t ?pp tio ut l ritiuii. It you want to buy good clothes
TLcncn Dnfin "Rvio-lif "Pioiri n .j.
Justthe kind yon have to pay 25c for at other places. But that's our wav WeW?, J-' ,
- our way. We save you 25c on a SI on nearly all kinds of goods.
. f Dozen-Finest and Swellest
Week Ties.
I adies' and Gentlemens' Easy : : Felt Slippers.
Slippers at 50c. :: Leather Slippers.
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