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NUMBER OF DEAD
FULLY 5,000. '
Touches the Heart of the Nation-Funds
Flow In-Rioters Suppressed Hob-
bers Shot Down With Ringed Fingers
in Their Pockets-Thinks the City Do -
stroyed Heyond Recovery.
Nothing has occurred in the j scene t is saM aud t is reported
recent annals of our history that that Gen- Botha, the commander
nmc n,i nrnc ar in-chief of th e Boor forces is
much public attention t as the
reat event at Galveston, Texas.
Mayor Jones estimates the loss
of life .at 5,000. The 'property
ioss is estimated at from $15,
000,000 to $20,000,000.
The situation, doubtless, beg
gars such description as to con
vey an adequate idea. To add
to the evils, rioting, pilfering
characters must have the atten
tion Othat is needed for relief.
Three riots have occurred but
were suppressed promptly. iThe
police force has been instructed
to shoot down the vandal caught
robbing the dead and a dispatch
says 100 were arrested, 43 of
whom were found guilty and shot
by court martial and were found
to have fingers in their pockets,
which they cut off hastily with
out yet removing the rings on
them. Ears were also stripped off
for jewels-. Their bodies were
taken with three barges of the
decomposing dead and dumped
oil" in the sea.
Tho relief funds are pouring
in at a rate showing the depths
l of generous sympathy.
Mr. Van V'leck, manager of the
Southern Pacific, gives $5,000,
New Orleans has given $15,000
and a boat load of provisions,
Montgomery gives $1,000 Sa
vannah gives $1,000, ' Charlotte
gives $G00, Norfolk $50, 'Atlanta
contributes $4,571. The New;
York Journal has collected and
sent three train loads and more
than $12,000. The Standard Oil
v Company gives $10,000. The. St.
Louis Commercial. Club give;
. $10,000. Gov. Sayers has re
ctfived more than $100,000 as
, a relief fund, and much has been
forwarded directly.
Commander Baxter, of the sta
tiou, says hefears that Galves
ton is dostroyed beyond fVcov-
ery.
.Dr.
51. Payne Dead.
Mr. R L Keesler has received
a telegram saving that tho Rev. i
GMPayjao, D. D., of Washing-
ton, N
night.
died Wednesday
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are not given. Ho will bo buried ,
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President Knier Departs 'Jen. Iotha
j Negotiating for Surrender.
! Late dispatches indicate that
t open resistenco to the British in
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the South African regions is
I about to end. Officer Reicliman
who has "boen with the Boer
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army telegraphs that e Vents
have required the departure of
the attaches from the Transvaal
'and he roquests instructions.
President Kru'ger has quit the
negotiating for surrender.
Tha indications are that the
war is over unless there should
follow7 some bush whacking.
A Marriage Averted.
Josie Necl, a sixteen year old
girl and Jessie McNeel a seven
teen year old boy, both of Besse
mer, while attending a marriage
just across tho South Carolina
lino took a notion they would
get married, just after they had
boarded tho train and instead of
getting off at Bessemer City
came on to Concord. After re
maining hero several hours they
decided to go to Salisbury, and
when they reached this place
their money ran short. With
this situation facing them, they
decided to work for several
weeks until they could get the
money tp marry on, and socured
board near ono of the mills in
Salisbury, telling the landlady
that they were cousins. About
this time the father of the girl
appeared on tho scene, and this
morning thoy passed through
Concord, the father with a sad
and demure face, the girl care
worn and grief stricken. It
seems that there was nothing
ignoble aboutthe conduct and as
piration of. these young people.
It -was simply a matter of love
developed at tQO early an age.
Attention, White Supremacy Clubs.
Pursuant to tho call of Nation
al Chairman James K Jones and
State Chairman F M Simmons,
all members of the White Su-
Jpremacy Clubs of Concord a,re
hereby requested to meet at tho
court house on Friday . night,
Sept. 14 at 8 o'clock for the pur
pose.of reorganizing the White
Supremacy Clubs as Bryan and
Stevenson Clubs. All persons
who will vote fi3n-
Bryan and
j Stevenson iro urgently invited
to bo present and jin tho club.
After the clubis organized by
tho election of officers, there wll
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be several short speeches.
i qI 13. Stickley,
President
White Supremacy
AC3 Young,
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Chairman
Democratic County ,
kiests After Six Months, of S tillering-
Leaves Husband aud if even Children.
Mrs. B'N II ' Miller, of Forest
Hill, died today (Thursday) be- Spinner's Convention and re
twevnl2 and 1 o'clock after aJT,orts that they had" the largest
lingering - of some six -months jconvcntion thoy ever had. . 175.
from fatal disease. Mrs. Miller's 000 Si)indlos wer0 rcpresented. .
maiden name was Miss Martha J t no,-, f n
Siiinn, daughter of tho well
known Mr. Thomas Shiniv. She
was about 50 years old.
She leaves a husbatid and
seven children, six of whom aro
married. She was a consistent
member of Forest Hill M. E.
church in which tho funeral will
tae place tomorrow at 4 p. m
and tho remains will be laid in
the city cemetery.
Our sympathies are extended
to the bereaved family in the sad
loss of home's chief value, a
wife and mother.
A Deplorable Accident.
Lato Wednesday afternoon
Victor Holdbrooks was setting
on the platform at Cannon's
mill when one (of his playmates
pushed him off. Ho fell on his
bock and head, and when picked
up was bleeding at tho mouth.
A doctor was summoned and at
present he is resting as well as
could be expected.
Save Your Money.
The circus is coming and it is
a first class one, Forepaugh and
Sell Bros. They will bo hero on
tho lGth of October. Tho tents
will be raised on tho McDonald
property just above tho Odell
faclory.
Honest Boys Meagre Reward. .
Henry Stumm, an office boy
employed by the Automobile Pa
tent Company last evening, pick
ed up in the street an envelope
containing tho weekly pay roll
of Stern Brothers & Co., dia
mond merchants, and a check for
$5,000 on the National Park
Bank. The boy retraced his
steps to Stern Brothers & Co.,
but the place was closed for tho
day. This morning the check
was returned to its 'owners, whb
patted the boy on the hea'd and
gave him a sealed envelope,
which contained a silver quarter.
1 New York Dispatch,8th.
The Strike On.
An Indianapolis, Inrl., dispatch
"of the 12th snys:
'At 5:30 this
evening
the
United Mine "Workers of America
decided a strike in tho anthra
cite coal region."
This strike was set for Mun-
3n,v. wo hfilipvfi. and the dolav
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averted. If it, involves 75,000
men Is it as threatened there
may bp mucUjVfl in fetore. '
A Powder Mill Exrloions
rOaoves everything in Hht;
drostio mineral pills. $o need io dy-
namite your body wnen ur. iving's INew I
Life
perfectly. Cures hcad.iche, constipa-,
tion. Only 25 cjnta at Fetzer's drug
1UGK KKOM. ATLANTA.
Full Sfreting of Southern Hosiery Yarn
Spinners Associations
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Mr. J" W Gannon has1 returned
from the Atlanta Hosiery Yarn
mitteo of threp to consider tho
practicability of amalgamation
with the Southern Cotton Spin
ner's Association. The commit
too .was continued and author
ized to attend tho Cotton Spin
ner's Convention in October amd
report back to the Hosiery Yarn
Spinners' Convention in Novem
ber. Heavy Crop Loss.
Austin, Sept. 11. Cotton pros
pects in Texas aro serious. The
ravages of tho hurricane were
felt throughout tho Southern
part of the State, particularly in
the part of tho country adjacent
to the coast, for there tho crop
is sad to bo totally destroyed. It
is conservatively ostimated that
tho loss to tho crop throughout
the State will reach from ?0 to
50 per cent. The rice crop is
also badly damaged and in somo
regions entirely destroyed.
Times Visitor.
The Best Prescription for Chills
And fever is a bottle ol Grove's Taste,
less Chill Tonic. It is simply iron end
quinine in a tasteless form. No cure
no iav. Trio 50c.
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A FKESJI LINE OF
Nice Candies,
ALSO NICE FKESII
Summer Cheese
AT S. X ERVIN'S
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You All Know About
The Man Behind the Gun!
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We are also ready for action in correct form with steady aim, loaded
with all kinds of
Furniture and House Furnishings
to the muzzle. We go forth conquering and to conquer. Car lots
and saving all discounts. We are in a position to do yon good.
Opt line of
Mahogony, "Birds Eye jftaDle hnd Golden Oak Si. its
are"beauties. Iron and Brass Beds nro tbo talk of the town, You
can't ell for. anything mado out of wood used in the Vuse for
Furniture tlfat we bayen'Un the stcf e, or on the way.
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Bell, Harris & Co.
Kesidence'Phouf..,,l)0. Store Phono.... ikj
WALTEP fiLfIU3E NEWMAN..
Rtimott ifas t That He is Fljfiig From
His Financial Troubles.
It is reported in New York that
Walter G Newman- has disap
peared, leaving a number of dis
credited checks-and claims. Hi's
attorney denies the report and
says he is on a tour with his wife
and daughter to the Pacific coast;
that there are no claims, against
him except certain ones in liti
gation. The Salisbury corre
spondent to the Charlotte Obser
ver says the report is believed in
Salisbury to the extent that all
of his effects have been attached.
It is intimated by come that
the condition of the Union Cop
per mine affairs mako his pres
ence too nocessary to admit of
his western tour. Capt. W. M.
Wiley, tho receiver for the .Un
ion Copper Mine .Company, says
Mr. Newman had been located
in Chicago, but that ho had since
loft for the Pacific coast.
It looks very much like Mr.
Newman's reckless expenditure
of money has led to just what
every ono predicted.
During last May an infant child of
onr neighbor was Buttering from cholera
infantum. Tho doctors had givn up
all hopes of recovery. I took a bottle
cf Chamberloin's Colic, Cholera and
Liarrhoea Remedy to the house telling
them I felt sure it would .o god if
used according" to direct uus. Tn two
days time the child had fully re
covered. The child is now vigorous
and healthy. I have reccmn; ended this
remedy frequently and have never
known it to fail. Mrs. Curtis aker.
Rook waiter, Ohio. For sale at IlamL't)
drug store.
CHILLS M ML
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A sure cufe for chilla aud
fever is
Hance's Tasteless Tonic
CHILL CURB.
Children like-it. None bet
tf!3f ter. It is 'positively tru.'mui-
flivo if v frio! mill ln
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vjf cured. Price 50c. per bottle, 3
bottles $125.
1 Cftncord Drug Co.
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$ a'lviyc'
too buyl to welcome you.
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tomorrow.
Executive Committee.
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