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CJIARLOx m DAILY OL .VER, JANUARY C, 1C0C. i - V 1 A wedding of4 more than usual In terest will toe that, this evening at ( . o'clock, of Miss Dora Barron and Mr. Lloyd C. 'Withers, The hiarriage .will -'take place at the home of the bride" sister, Mxa.ji &. B.r$gTa,ms at , yo ' '.North Try on street; and Jthe ceremony will be performed by ftev,' C .T. Wil. ling-ham, supply- pastor, ',tf he First baptist church..? On account ,f the n - centsdeath . the father: of the bride, the lamented, Rev- Dr. A. C. -Barron, the wedding will be quiet home affair only the relatives and a few Intimate fiends; to" baijnpseht? 'n'1 .eV ; 'l(Jfti Is noteworthy that the wedding -I will be on the S2nd anniversary of the marriage, ot Miss Barron's parents.' , -A, " '' .) v i ' Miss Bulow Wilson . is spending a - week.wlth Mrs. A. T. Sumnw, at her home on; North College street,,' -' ' Mlse Nettle Dockerv has returned to visited friends. ' ; j,.tVi,. 4 , ) j J ' ; ".' ' ' i . ' k ; MUs Johnele Bablngton returned yesterday morning to Raleigh, where she Is attending the Baptist Female ' tJnlversity.s-; . u5, , , -' Mr. and Mrs. Ogdert & Edwarda; of ' - Blowing Rock, are visiting Capt. and - aara. niann wiiKes, ore ,wov ,j.(wia i street. , f i . ' V, , i 1 ' - Miss Lucy Smith has returned" from , ' a visit to friends In Norfolk and RJch- moitd. 4 - - t-- ' i Miami T.tllfA flrlffln, ' of NewbeiTY. ' 6, c and Helen Harris, of Lewis ; burg, "W. Va., . have arrived , In the 1 .lty. and are the guests of Mrs. E. 8 s' Pegram, on North Tfyon street. ' " , Jfte 'Church Improvement Society of Trvrvn Rtr.t MnthortiHt-church Will giveva- reception Tuesday ?nlght, Janu- ary via, at s o ciock, coinpunwm w , Mrs. H. K. Boyeriv The congregation '.r- )n mrrtlallv Invited, and all city minis 1 ters and their wives, as well as all . ;t friends of the congregation. ; , Miss Ida M. Huey, who has - been spending a few daye in the city with " relatives, returned yesterday to her home at Rock Hill. r t ; ---V ' . ": 1 Miss Allle Nooe has returned home '. ' after spending the holidays with N. friends at Jacksonville. Fla. ' Miss Lily Rhyne returned to her ' ..home at Mount Holly yesterday after ' a visit to Miss Georgia Lowe, on 8ev ? enth street. m - Mrs. L. K. Wharey and daughter, Miss Le-itie Wharey, will leave Mon day for Selma. Ala., where they will reside In the future with Kev. a. a. many friends In the city who wiUsre s . gret to see them leave- Mrs. Plummer Stewart, who haB been spending a few days witto rela- .' tlves at Marshville, has returned hnmA. She was accomnanled bv her sister. Miss May Harrill, wno will be j Jher guest for some time. Miss Lizzie Cureton, of Winnsboro. morning to attend the Barron- Withers wedding. She is the guest of Mrs. W.-L. Hand, on East Fourth r ; street, 'a- (,"' , , , , " Miss Addle " Houston, of Hopewell, ta spending several days in the oity, , ' row night for Salisbury, where v ehe will teach schdol. ?, . u HottiA Mill, tunn nam noan the guest of relatives to Shelby, re- turned to the city last evening. j-The Stonewall Jackson chapter of the paughters of the Confederacy will - - hold rts annual meeting at the home ot Capt. John Wilkes, on West Trade utreet thla afternoon at 4 o'clock. Be sides, other Important business ar- AAiwmnuu mil tin. iiiaua ivr iuq li per - celebration of the birthdays of s. Oenerals Lee and Jarkson. The annual fee is due at the January meeting of -- be -chapter and members are request- ' , ed to come prepared to remit. ' , - -v. Among the guests at the Central last night was Mrs. E. H. Moore, of Win- gata. f i 'i. . . -- 1 ''Mrs. T, C, Morrison and daughter, of i Weldon, - were guests at the Buford last night. : Un. J. "M. Sloan tund daughter, of Gaston ta, are visitors in the city. They ; Miss Nan Sadler entertained a num y, i ber of friends at her home In Steel Creek township last evening. Among 'i ; the guests was Miss Hattie Cooper, of Jtfr. O. G. Galkway Takes the BIno t r Jtklgo Inn. The following from The Mount. Airy r . News, will be of interest t Charlotte people inasmuch as Mr. Oalloway is i5 the son-in-law of Mr. P. M. Brown, of r this lty: S, The Blue Ridge inn 4hanged hands the first of this year and Is now run t "by Mr. Gaston Oalloway. He is an . accommodating gentleman and no a" doubt wilt receive a Jarge patronage, He proposes to make many Improve - ments and put the Bide Ridge Inn on ' .footing with the best hotel ii the '. r- country- Probably -1m town of this , size tn. the state vrras a better hotel building than this. one. The room . ! are large and "well arranged with elec- , trio- lights and waters work and a perfect electric call bell tysten v - proprietor, move back to ' his resl- dence on franklin street and we hear 'lit: will devote most f his time In dealing . uiwun in, 'iun mnuKTi. A -v a - nunroer . or cnangea among train .: mrmtrm m Tin imi.it mntn mm m mm. - nounced bythe Southern - Railway. ; Effective Jnuarv loth Me. 1. fl TVhiit. las, or . .noxviN,vTenn, win . oecome j: train master of that part of the Char A': lotto division, between Greenville, & ' Mr Douglas wm vuoceed Mr. B. O. - .rams, wno nas accept eo a posiuon as '. train tnaaUr on the St Louis, I. M. A at Railway, at Little Rock, Ark.' Mr. J. W. Camden,' who has been yard 'tnaster at tht Spartanburg Junction, B-. C, will ga with, the same road at ftfjfjrard master at Spartanburg Junetlon. . s-. Mr M. J. Connertfwv, track supervise : or. between Spencer and Blacksburg. .v t accepted a position aa road master on the St. Louts. I. M. A 8. Railroad, ' ' at Little- Rock. He has been succeeded ? y Mr..J. M. 'Boyles, formerly extra gang foreman, located in Charlotte Bet Erer Mad." No expense b (pared In the manufacture Of Blue Ribbon Lemon ;? end Vanilla KxtrurU. Thy are podtively - the flneit that money and experienee caa . produce. ; t ,,.,,;,, . t, , voxnx would-bh . hoboks. Tlio l Story of- How lnr : Mcsnonger Hoya Iave Home for a Glimpse of i the .World .and - Their Sorrowful 1'ate One Return Home, and the Other Three In JaiL - There Is something fascinating in the life of a-messenger boy. He comes and he goes,-any where, everywhere, day or nlght,aa free as the very air that lie breathea -He Is an authority on any subject and willing to' give' expert testimony on all. topieav, J Butv little transpires wlthout bU knowledge; Tho meesenger ' boys, , as 4 Class are . In autsitive, noisy, full of animal spirits, jolly. and. good-"9oarted. iu If they Jlko you,, they do not hesitate to let iou know' omthingof" . ' On ': the" con trary,- those they dislike, they detest. Coming-and, going they are a likable It Is said that the fascination of the life remains long after one has quit ted the service. ' From service as a messenger boy It la put a step to -the idle existence of a gentleman hobo. Such . Is the Inference from the , fol lowing: ' , , ' f 1 . y Four of the ' lusty - specimens , of young America, who have been In the employ of the Postal Telegraph. Com panyj ' decided Wednesday afternoon that life tn Charlotte was ' too .slow, that they must be up and doing, that they must mix with and see the out side world a little. With this in view Messrs, Parks Stewart, Harry Farrell, Slkey - Miller and Julius Grlswold sauntered down to the Southern sta tion and, in order to make their debut Into the world in the proper -manner. boarded, not a slow moving freight but that train of trains.. No. ST. bound for New, Orleans via Atlanta. This one of the small boys declared to be a pleasure trip." They scrambled up on top of one of the coaches and all was well. By the time' the four bad reach ed Spartanburg, S. C, the experiment had. become a little trying or , the nerves of Parks, Harry and Slkey and consequently they dropped off. Julius, unfortunately, remained on his perch too long ; and ' was taken in by one of the "energetic cops.. . ot Spartanburg. The remaining three-made good their escape hy the ready us of their legs. The trip to New Orleans was voted a go and It was determined to con tinue their Journey. While making their preparations with this riew,' Sikey became lost from the crowd and returned, home. .'The party now consisted of but two. Parks and Harry. Undismayed by the loss of two of their companions; they boarded one of the south-bound trains and made the journey safely as far aa Greenville. There, sad to relate, a opper pounced upon the free-ride oys and they-were unceremoniously escorted to the city lock-up. There they remain for the present. Of -the four who set out from Char lotte so exultantly, one is in Jail In Spartanburg, another is at home, hav ing had enough of the outside world for the present, and the other two are locked up In the Jail at Greenville, S, C. BRIEFS. A Few- Minor Happenings In and : About the City. Mr. Ethiraltt Rollins ' ha taken a posi tion at clerk at the oda fountain at the new Tryon Drug- Store. Mr. John A. Blxby has hnlnhpd putting in.hU furniture and fixtures at the Buford Hotel pool and billiard room and. has opened for business. ,, . The Charlotte council of the tfhited Commercial Travelers- will- meet In its hall over Belk Brothers' store to-niirlit at 8 o'clock. Several 'new members will be initiated Into the order. Much local interest Is beinir felt in the forthcoming government report on cot ton which is to be issued Monday. The national - trinnen' nlaoed its nsrures at 9,731,000 bales and the question is what win xne government name for us estimate The receipts- at-the -city cotton plan form yesterday were six 'bales and the best price paid for the staple was 11.60 cents a pound. The corresponding date of last year no cotton was sold on the local mar ket. The price at that time was 8.75 cents a pound, 1 v' The January meeting of the board of aldermen will be held In the city hall Monday night. Among the several mat ter which are to comeWore the board for settlement will be the election of n successor to Mr. J. - P. Wilson on the police, Are and health commission. The docket In the city nollce court : ye terday morning consisted of one lone case. Jim uavu, or a ausky hue, was pulled yesterday morning at 3 o'clock by Patrolmen. Johnston and House for car rying a rasor. Jim could not rebut the evidence, and wa bound ' over to the Superior Court, y . J v -Mr. James Hall yesterday nurchased from Mr. J. L. V. Orr a tract of three acre of land at North : Charlotte, the price being $160. Mr. Isabel! Boatwrlirht yesterday stld an interest in to tracts of land In Plnevllle townflilp to Mr. J. C. Bcatwrlght for $4.87:-'. The tract contained 34 and 95 acres respectively. -Mr. Dal Rlgler. who works for the Carolina Plumbing & Heating Company, had his-, foot badly, mantrled vesterdav afternoon by dropping a heavy wrench upon It. Me was working at the new Southern passenger station at the time and was taken to the Presbyterian Hospi tal. He wa getting along nicely last night and will be taken home to-day. LY 25 -MORE DAYS Which to AT OUR BUSINESS MUST POSITIVELY fJE A ,7 - , ' K k f J k a e mas tsAsin t ' i K Scliooner With 9 Men Given - Cpl for - ' ! - . Lost. ' - Mobile, Ala., Jan. 5. The owners in this : city of. the; Norwegian; schooner Laguna, which sailed from Moss Point, Miss., on September It with a cargo of lumber for Colon, Panama, have glv en her up for lost. She was In com mand of Captain Otto Gronneberg .and carried a rew of nine men. . Special Made Blank Books ' a lew years ago were in r ue" .In nearly every business' house In Charlotte- to-day we Hfell them out- of stock, a better book for much less money. . Our Hoffman Flat Opening Book meets every requirement ,' of a special made book. High class paper, substantial bind-' ing, every standard ruling," opens absolutely flat. We also sell the famous: "Are & Be" Detachable Leaf , Ledgers, as well as the popu lar Tengwall & Eagle L.t L. Booka , ' r Stone & Barringer Co. v omcc ouTfimRs Most Fetching and Fascinating Woman la not the doll like beauty, nor is it the woman who pos 'sesses the most charm of face or figure but it is that wo man who can be described by only one term "well groom ed." And by well groomed we do not mean a woman who is onfy "fussy" about her hair or clothes, but the woman who takes infinite pains with. , her hands, ace, complexion, ' hair and dress. It is the "tout ensemble." as the French say. A well groomed woman takes the most patient and delicate care of her most priceless heritage her complexion. " We have every desirable "toilet help" required for the toilet table of the "well groomed woman." Hawley's Pharmacy The Artistic Stieff Self Plaver Piano. - SOI .'To own one is like having a Pader ewski. Lisst or Gottschalk at your command. - Write for particulars. . M. Stieff sovxHsnur wareroom 5 West Trade St. Buy Strictly UHsasBSBaBMsHBMSBjlui I Chas first Class, High Grade CLOTHING FEBRUARY fst j. a. soLo:.:o;is,-. ncV.1 aturdays Woo) Waist Goods iOc Yard These are half woo), light colors, in . pretty stripes, for waists and chll ;cdren' dresses. They are short lengths; regular 25c. value. We put them on sale at .. .. 10c. yard. New Ginghams on : -i . Remnant Counter Short' Lengths of Red Seal Qing ? hams; -which are fast colors. splen- did quality: a fine assortment on , Remnant Counter 8c. to 9c. yard Flannelettes 5 Cents Yard Dark colors for waists and designs; .nice styles; cheaper than calloo. 5C Muslin Underwear Sate Continues through Saturday. Fine bargatna in Gowns, Skirts, Drawers, etc., etc. Dress Goods All-Wool Dress Goods. S6 Inches wide, 40c. and BOc. grades 25c yard. Special lot 60-lnoh H.ack Panama Cloth; $1 grade .. .. 75c. yard. Millinery Our- head Milliner is still here and we can put you up a stylish, pretty hat for very little cost. Isn't your hat getting rusty? Special lot fine Trimmed Hats $1.85. Big lot Beady-to-Wear Hats, worth up to $1.60 39c, Ladies' and Children's Coats If we have what will fit you, you can get a big bargain. Prices cut to close out 98c. up. Furs V A nico-Pur would help out that col- larless coat, and the low prices we are offering them will he very tempting. Gilt Beits - New lot Just in . . . . 25c., 50c, 750. Also new lot Shopping Bags Just received. . Underwear and Hosiery We can please you. This Is one of our strongest departments an dour trade in these Is constantly increas-; ing. VI f S 13 WEST TRADE ST. HOTEL EVERETT. High Point, N. C. New and strictly first-class; centrally located; three minutes walk from depot Hot and cold baths, electrio lights. Ca ters to the commercial travelers. E. E. PCGH Proprietor. Shanon Binding Cases Globe Transfer Cases Hornet Nests Letter Files, Legal Binders Bill Distributors Everything for the Office Houston, Dixon & Co 1 CLOSED OUT BV MS v pecials FRICE ft, J U f fc.i. w; .. . '-Sjjr: STILL Enthusiasm has not abated after two days of large sales. The cut prices are cut deep and our awful loss is your gain; but an enormous season's business we feel justifies the slaughter. Tremendous Reductions on Furs - One Lot Fur Neck Heces $8.50 to $10,' $12.50 values, SALE PRICE $5.00.- U Suit and f lnak Sale Wmma Th-Hav Yesterday's sales were great in this department. Really eager purchasers appreciated the slaughter and were quick buyers. Lots; in fact some ,of the best things left for to-day's selling. " 3 . $35.00 to $40.00 Suits at $2000 '? Our First January White Goods Ez k t When Undecided ' About where to send your dyeing j and cleaning; work, remember that we ! have a reputation for giving satis- j faction. Our aim in to always please and never disappoint. We make a specialty of cleaning Men's Dress Suits, Neck-ties, Vests, etc. Our prices are moderate and service the best Queen City Dyeing and ; Cleaning Works i '-'V iiv - 1 - Mrs. J. M. Hester. Proprietress We Study The Care I OF Your Linen as well as its cleanliness, snow whiteness, and proper finish. We wash without tearing and iron without scorching, blist ering or stretching the most delicate garments. You, ot course; know that we do the most : beautiful work in the South. We wash with steam and iron with STEAM HEATED PRESSING MACHINES so titer is no possiouiry or tearing, - stretching, scorching or ' blistering' any artiole, no 'matter how fine . and fragile. As sv matter of precaution and economy. lt will pay you to patronise ua. "Phone HO to-day, Toor linen will last ' twice as long when done by tha 'cfel Steam : 19 to 9 aoraa suburban property for saim.' sstouttlJv well" vated, cosuiuanding , beautiful view- of . tha city and surrounding country. With in short dlitance of ear line, .. BttUd Ing all ' cround , lays wall. Good springs, lias some improvements on It. Never has been offered .before. Nor baa any Real Estate man got It. For ' further particulars, addrasa, v "Real Estate" car ObwrVer. 1 , as km COM .SUE! 1750 to 2500 Suits at J500 1500 to 2250 Suits at 1000 1000 to 1500 Suits at 500 1250 to 1750 Cloaks at 1000 1000 to 1250 CJoaks at 7.50 . 750 to 850 Cloaks at 5.00 - NONE CHARGED , . ' r dD ILIjQ (B Wholesale. Retail. NEW BARGAINS: VIM Ufl UlUUUj 11VV 1 I OTS of Short Remnants etc, Gotten Out While Taking Stock and Ready : for Selling Now at Very Low Prices. ' . Every Department Odd Lots, etc, and uoods ijoing nere at to Clean Up Stocks FINEOUTING SHORT LENGTHS The fine grade Outing in pretty new colors and patterns, good heavy fleece.worth 10c yd, going for Bargain Outing, regular 5 -cent grade, at colors, for - - - - - - - ' Yard-wide Nice 36-inch lengths - ' Percales, tn t: s-ssm w jr fssj-s. , - IM K X I 1 Muslin Uhderwcar Wdl ; Kibbons in The Bee?Hive 1 lf fx; Corner Trads' 'p if V1 1 &h Sale Monday. Lots, Odds and Ends, of AH Kinds of Goods Being Qeared of All There's Lots of Fine oa entice r rices in Urdef ,4 4 "V" i mi m w mm 11 . i i i r .-v mm . v' 1-ZC mi Percales three to ten yard " r .1 -5 f . 4 ' sr. ira;:a' m W. H: HVKv .-.,. bhort :Lgthse ' 4 s if- 4 V an;! CcM if - i 9 t
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