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MUCH Willi USSloriC flUlCS-OWi
Feature s Enjoyed.
The reunion at Lutheran Chap
el on WidiiosJay was a success
in every essential.
It v;as wqII. aliendad and the
soaia! or plc-iic feature from 11
to 1 o'clock 'vas a continuous
crreeliupr and "hand-shaking of
friend.:, soiio liaving been sepa
rated for a score of years.
Tho whole published program
was filled without exception
save that Rev. J C Moser was
noVpiesent and Rev. C K Lip-
pard made the prayer.
The Rev. J Q' Werta in his
speech of welcome rehearsed the
history of the church there from
its early, existence when Luth
erans and German Reforms wor
shipped together. In'1835 disin
tegrations occurred and the Re
forms built Mt. Zion and the
Lutherans having divided into
the North Carolina Synod and
the Tennessee Synod, this con
gregation divided and built
Lutheran Chapel and Mount
Moriah.
On this auspicious day wo are
reuniting Lutherans, in closer
bonds and into a grand century
movsment. He welcomed the
great gathering to participate in
the pleasures and the beuelits of
the day.
Dr. Jloll-.iud responded in his
manly, forceful style,
apace th eu' 'vuslnni that flowed
as a s'aeam tlirough all the exor
cises. Ho f..U we have flun .to
the breezes tne banner of, or
forward .movement. What shall
we write upon it? $50,000, said
he, of which. the NorLh Carolina
Lutherans he believed would
furnish $20,000.
Dr. Voigt paid a beautiful
tribute to the part borne by the
women of . the church whose
convention followed on the next
day. Tho trumpet call is sound
ed and the synods composing the
United Synod of the South are
ready to respond.
Dr. Yoder traced the history
of the Reformation of the 16th
century, ascribing to it every
form 61 liberty and the propaga
tion of truth,. It was fitting that
his. great wor! be done in this
tho closing yoar of the century
and that the 31st of October, the
anniversary of the Reformation,
bc;the day on awhich to consum
mate the great vprk.of a$50,00'3
eifdowmentfbr dur theolo&ioal
seminary and said that the Ten
nessee Synod is in hearty sym-
pafhy with it am will have four
or five theological students in
the seminary for the next ses-!
W. L E Busby traced the ' uch th.at Passe fo'7it owAf for its plumage. Atlanta Jour
J its humor to its absurdity. At- . .
history of the movements for a ianta Journal. nal.
Tkuthefan ttioolo:ical seminary'
in the Sbuth andrehearsi some
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, noble efforts in the church's his -
t that hM k T,:m-ement
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aiive nan a ceaiury now tu.uo
crowno'd with a final, united ef-
fort that assures success. .
Rev. W Lutz,. rc-presnting
the response of the colleges,
showed that a good college edu -
cation is needed for a candidate
for the ministry. It is the work
of'the colleges to gather in and
educate the' young men who shall
be trained by the seminary and
called by the church. He be
lieved it would be comparatively
easy to raise the $50,000.
Rev. L K Propst, who travels
much over the different fiolds of
the church work, finds a crying
lack of ministers in all the syn
ods. The movement he ' claimed
is.intensely important. We need
more ministers to occupy the
vacancies. The endowment will
make it possible to supply them.
A threatened rain cut the ex
ercises off a little, but very much
had been briefly and well said.
For concise and strong ad
dresses without detraction, the
program was unusually meri
torious.
One of the last acts was to
pass a motion to hold pur reu
nions annuallv. tho time and
place being determined by tho
presidents of the three confer
ences in the State as a commit
tee. '
A Couple From Concord carried.
Mr. G A Goodnt and Miss
lTo.;;e Ritchie, of Concord, came
to Charlotte yo-t-rdny mcrr.ing,
o'-d drove out to 'Squire Bailes',
just across the lire, in South
Carolina, and weio married. The
couple returned to tho city early
in tho afternoon and returned
home last night. It was not a
Gretna Green affair Chough, tho
groom said the old folks at home
w'ere willing. He' said they
simply wanted to surprise their
friends by marrying away from
home. Mr. Goodnight is em
ployed at the OdeH mill. Char
lotte Observer, 30th.
Meeting ot Antl-IJellum Darkles.
An ante-bellum negro associa
tion, to comprise all the South
ern states, will bo organized, in
Macon, Ga.. on September 25.
The object is to discouutancetho l
Grimes of young negroes which
lead to Jytichings ard to estab-:
lish better race relations. Book
er Ir Washington will attend,. the
convention. States ville Land-
mark.
Sam S.y Jim can you tell
my why watermelons have
water in them.
Jim Give it up.
Sam 'Cause they are planted
j m the "spring.'
Glass items. .
X 1 1 1 1 ill IA U iUl Llllf, nt kunuu a v,hujfv4
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.Standard. '
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111 youtig people oi iais
vicinity had a 'nice ice cream
i party at Mr. Will Hosts Satur-
day night,
rfhp people of Bethpage are
. putting a riew roof qu their
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church this week.
&Rev. J F Pharr will visit his
father in Georgia next week and
will remain there for sometime.
Presiding Elder Johnson will
be here Friday night and. will
hold Quartely conference- at
Smith's chapel. The meeting
will be protracted.
Merchants and printers take
nqtico the cotton crop will be
short this year.
SOME GOOp FARMING.
Mr. Cook Gets a Yield cfThhtr-six am!
One-half Bushels Per Acre.
TTr:'t?u ot
Concord Aug. 29. Mr. J Wal
lace Cook who livos at Fores
Hill is one of our best farmers
He raised 220 bushels of whea
on six acres of land. This is 36J
bushels to the acre. This piece
of land has been farmed in whea
for six or eight years and always
yields wTell, but this is the ban
ner year. Mr. Cook says that
$46.30 covers all expense or cost
from plowing the tho land to,
and, including threshing, but
does not include the toll. Ho
says -that 50 bushels of wheat
can bo raisod to the acre, and
he will make an effort to do so
next year. Mr. Cook is not
only a, big wheat farmer, but he
is somewhat of a family man he
is the father of 10 children.
Strange if True.
The Tarboro Southerner says
that at Hartseaso on a rocent
Friday the people assembled to
join with Rev. J P Hill, of the
Free Will Methodist church, in
praying for rain. Mr. Hill be
gan praying in the morning and
with great earnestness. Friday
night, while ho was preaching,
two persons (names not given)1
saw a ball of fire leave the top of
the house and go upwards. This,
"tohen it became known, greatly
excited the people. As rain
soon came, it is believed by
manv that the ball of fire was a
sign, or a; spirit, sent to signify
that the prayer had been heard.
Sanitary Notice 1
All persons are notified to
clean up their p-aomises at once,
those keeping hogs are espec
ially wrarned.
The commissioners have taken
strong action in the matter and
the mayor has given strict
orders. A word to the wise is
sufficient. Clean ifp and stay
clean and save yourself of fine
and cost. Jas. F. Harris.
Chief of Pc$ce.
A man never values a turkey
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TJit 1'rcfideiit aud Cabinet Exercised,
Cfet the Diplomatic Problem Dese
crating Antl-lJoxer Graves Japanese
Kill 1,G00 ChUiese Near Shanghi.
The president with his cabi
ret. is decidedly exercised over
the Chinese situation which is
purly a diplomatic, task now
with little of the military feat-'
ure. It was p-actically 4n sos
sion all day. Wednesday. There
is talk of disa'greemeiat in the
cabinet as tp tho policy of with
drawing troops from Pekin.
A London dispatch of the
30th Rayn mnch dovastpior ptk!
horror exists beyond and evon
in Pekin to tho extent of dese
crating tho graves of the dead
who were not true to the Boxers.
A battle near Shanghi is report
od m which Japanese troops
gained a victory over the
Chinese, killing 1,500.
At Landis. '
v Mr. D B Coltrane tells us the
work of building the new cotton
mill al Land: s, below ChinaGrove,
will begin sooa. Another kiln
of brick is to be burned and
then the bricklayers will go to
work. It is hoped to have the
mill running in tho early part of
next year. Salisbury Sun.
The Best Proscription for Chills
ADd fever is a bottle or Grove's Taste
less Chill Tonic. It is simply iron and
quinine in a tasteless form. No cure
no pav. Trie 50o
A FRESH LINE OF
Nice Candies,'
ALSO NICE FRESH
Summer Cheese
AT S. J. ERVIN'S
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The Man Behind
We are aleo ready ffcr action
with all kinds of
Furniture and House Furnishings
to the muzzle. We ro forth conquering and to conquer. Car lots
and Baying ail discounts. We are in a position to do you cod.
Our line of
Mahogony, Birds THye Maple aricl Golden Oak Suits
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are oeauues. iroa ana ursHB ueua are iuu tam in iao mjwu, iuu
can't acall for anything made out of wqpd used in the hor' for
Furniture that we hayen't in ti stcra, or on tho way.
; Pictures!! U MisicaJ Instruments. J.
' i Third shipment in two months,
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Come and eeo us, we are neveitoo busy to welcome you.
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if through hero ny ou' of its ma!?i s KJ
hXj Those w.o ha,vo tried it know
C what it is. TRomoves Spots, '
C2 Stains, Scratches, etc.
Price: 50 'cents per -MIc. .
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Department
Of this store is now fully
prepared to furnish any .iiid
every need in this iim. NVv;
week, Sept. ttrd, the s'mtjl
boys and irls will be want
ing their Slates," Pencils,
Tablets, Crayon, etc., and
we hope you will remombr
Parks .& Co. are soiling
these articles at a very low
price. '
Here arc some of these extrsuic values
briefly Indexed.:
Pencil Tablels, small si:-e, lc.
In".: Tablets that will suit rise
you at 3, 4 and 5c.
E;;tra, la:
Composition Books
backs only 5c.
with
Pen Points for lc
ers from 1 to 5c.
Pen hoi:!-
Larjro assort merit of Load Pen
cils from I to 5c.
Crayon, 1 I different colors for 5c.
Rulers, which are quite necessary
m all schools,-1( .
Ink that will not spill out of bot
tle 5c.
There are many other
things in this line not men
tioned that will pay you to
call and see. ' .
H. L, Parks &co.
the Gun !
in correct form witb steady aim, loaded
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