'.nVj:. 15- i if te m -v. , wsiM$8:WiirI(Lllwi$slBtte(l. ? -f- :.j;S'iiaonpJau;24;---A:.aramati VV;MS Vsv. v . ' -.- . : ,$raedyv'' 8t art 1 ed Xo n d- n tod ay , Ifchfiti WUliam Whiteley,. one of jth most uii ique, add aY f h a sa me '.Ume, one pf the most promiueut 6gi(fes Jn the bus nesa world, wag hot dead in bis store by a.youth oUiminff to be bis son. The qb- Miaiu then attempted to blow out - '- - 4 hu 0 va' brains. K rTh name of WhiteW has be flKBM a household world in Eng laud, owing to the enormous de partnient store iu London run by ilmpany of which Mr. White lejj was president, and which was thepioneer in such ebterprises. - The crime occurred shortly af ter midday. An unkuown young man was accorded a private in terview with Mr. Whitley in the latter'a private office, where the two men remained closeted for - a "few moments. Aa Mr. Whiteley emerged fromxhis offide it was ob served that the young man was following and importuning , him, wh his oal '1"h" 4': le Mr. Whiteley wits waving visitor off and threatening to the police. Suddenly, the young man whipped out a revol ver and .fired two shots point blank at Mr. Whiteley's head and h fell dead. Before the assassin could be secured he turned hid - weaponjon himself and Juflicted what is believed to be a1 mortal wound. The personality of ihe assasasin and the motives for his crime are enveloped in much mystery. He gavo the name of Cecil Whiteley, but relfrUvcm of William White ley ditsclaim all knowledge of him. The police found no papers or other written matter on his person to lead to the establish ment of his identity, but they dis covered his place of residence and learned that he never had called himself Whiteley thee. The "clothing of the i yonug man bore th iuitials 'H.?P." The- police rre of the opinion tb,at the .mc itive for this crime, when discov- JL -I erea, win snow mat tnere were present none of the elements of revenge for personal injury, but father that the attack upon Mr. Whiteley w s a result of a fancied grievance. - Editor is Sbot at. Ojintoc, S. C, Jan. 23 W. J. Dendy. editor of The Clin ton! Gazette, one of the leading lo- eali journals, has experienced a Veryjlclose escape rom death. -The attempt to talie Mr. Dendv's .life occur ted last evening about 7 o clock, while the-editor was at his residence. He was engaged in reading near a window when he was greatly startled' to hear the report of a gun and to find that a bul let had flattened itself again st the wall only a few inches below the window that he was sitting with his back to, only a few feet away. In a talk with the news paper WMesentative Mr. Dendy savt that lie thinks this murder- ous attack due to editorials he has wriiten recently"" iii his publica tion, denouncing the secret, meet ings being indulged in by the ne groes of this community very free- ly.-i-Specal to Charlotte Obser- Ter. - - Hcp tiunsan Beftef. S parUnbu rg, S r C., Jan. 24 Bishop W. W. Duncan's condi tion tonight is improved and there is considerable hope- for hisjilti mate - recoverjrr Although very weaJt from'thiVloDg illness the patient is somewhat stronger, and this further strenghens the nelief that unless a serious re lapse ocinfs he will eventdally be himself-. aain.The news of his gradual improvement will be learned with- 8inceregratifi'catix?n by hundreds t hrough out t he South and by the -whole country ai will. f Soccess. A Bostpn firm recently offered a nrize for the best difinition of what constitutes success. A Kan gas weman was awarded the prize, and this was her answer. "'He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and 1 loved 'much; who has gained the reapeet of intelligent jnen and the riofa ef little children ; who has filled hi i n ic he and acecm p! ished his task, who has left' the World netter than he found it, whether l$au improved poppy, a perfect pem or a rescued soul ; who has i m ' . . , . . - laoKea appreciat ion o t earth's beauty or failed to ex- press it; who has always looked not tne Dest in otners ana given thev best he had ; whose life was inspiration, whose memory a Si'- .t never At Safes 10,000 Dimes. ;. . v Saving all her dimes for twelve years, Mrs. Emma -Shhrely, a -vyi-dow, has accumulated $1,000, ,which she has donated to the Methodist Board of Foreign';: Mis sions to endow a womau mission ary to Japan. 'My" husband managed two boarding houses for mail clerks," said Jdr8. Shirely. "I collected all bills for him and one day he laughingly said that he would give -me the dimes he received if I would give him the entire amounts of the collections. He 9aid it as a joke, but we found the habit of saving; every dime.' He gave them all to me." St. Louis dispatch. Bad Stomach Troubie Cured. Having been sick for the past two pears with a bad stomach trouble, a friend gave me a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They did me so much good that I bought a bottit of them and have used twelve bottles in all Today I am well of a bad stomach trouble. Mrs John Lowe, Cooper, Maine These tablets are for sale by Jas Plummer, Salisbury, and Spencer rharmacy, bpencer, A. C. w use tne JJocte.Tunt. The biggest house vou see : Thjiiik gooanr S3 He dm't get our money, ; . ;V ... 3 , For we. take Hollister's llocky Mfjmi tain Tea;-'-:'-.i."-V.; iOKWXOrimes Drug Co; II Haviug tried all other remedies, wil by ou con tinue to suffer through false pride? Don't be Foolish resented Eye Head aches sap one's vitality and bring about a gen eral nervousness break , down. Let us Relieve Your Headaches by Remov ing the Cause. V Save"your Eyes and ner vous energy. W. H. LEONARD, Jeweler and Optician, 128 N. Main 8t., SalUbury, N. O. IiJV Choice Heavyi RecleMied Stocks. i : - ,-... ' 3Ve have thousands of bushels m stock, aelected from tne nest crops grown in this country; all the best and most productive lands: ' : " . , ' Burt or 90-Day, Black Tartarian, Swedish Select Red Rust Proot White and Black Sprinff,Vb ginia Gray Winter, etc Write -for prices. WOOD'S IEW SEED BOOK fir iffll tells all about Seed Oats and all Farm and Garden Seeds. : Mailed free on. request. .; T.V.Vool&Sons, Seedsmen, & PI P I! Pi? 71 pltMaitt Street, Q Wishes to say 'to his many customers andfrjends, and ' the largest and most complete no.M ; , - iiatvift fn lift forihd in the city; and; ne x ; aSKBi mat UU can auu iwn this mammotn siock. F . - ! COTTON SEED WANTED. Highest Gash Prjce Paid by ! J. H. McNEELY, Office at the Brown Shoe Store 107 N Mam St., Salisbary. PRESCRIPT lOfJS COHPOUDED FR0L1 PURE DRUGS. We have just placed on our eheives a full line of fresh, pure drugs, especially for prescription work, and we have one of the mopt careful and accurate prescriptionists in tho State. These insure our patrons th3 best drug store service in Salis bury. We are therefore giving SPECIAL ATTENTION 1 0 PRESCRIPTIONS , and invite you to remember us when in need of medicines. We also handle-a complete line of PATENT MEDICINES. Johnson's Chill Tonic wil knock chills higher than a kite, aud Vick's remedifB will cure most everything else. Our prices are reasonable, quality of service considered. Come to see us. CHESTNUT HILL DRUG COMPANY, C M. HIGGINS, druggist. T. A. DENNI5S, manager. i : r. TiPff "THIS IS A HORSE" ONCE there was a small boy who wrote - This Is a Horse" after trying for hsurs to draw, a copy on hislate of a thoroughbred racerV He. admirecj the horse, wanted it, but had neither the ability nor the experience to ct him. He. therefore tried to draw one. Vhennis labors were complete, he looked first at the genuine article, then at the miserable imitation, and after long, deep study yrote THIS IS A HORSE, realizing1 his failure aiM inability to reproduce the genuine, and he knew without "This is Horse " written below, no one would recognize what he had tried to make. Would-be eomMtitnr have tried for years to imitate Grape Tobacco. They make bla k plugs of similar size, but oi less weight, ana put m ic : buti the i SUN CURED ta-y ia valuable ' Cf curse it is (it cost about 15 cents er thousand) but how about the miserable imitation of Grape Tobacco the tag is on? Somebody's Sun Cured tasr no rerrxkcniroc.lTolaccotharjdiCS THIS 13 A HORSE makes a valuable genuine horse MORAL; CHEW GRAFU TpBACCO MADE IN RICHMOND an sorts ot various concoctions, mixtures and kinds ox Tobacco, ail failrd (to prot the business) and finally ut upon the small boy s plan, and printed on tas "SOMEBODY'S SUN CURED." They aS advertise and tell you that SOMEBODY'S more i A- YOUR TEETH ! K are an important part of your digestive .economy. Take care of ypur teeth and you will live longer and do more. If we had no teeth we would have to eat spoon 'victuals, which are not strengthening. No one is perfectly healthy with de cayed teeth. More people suffer with indigestion from, improp- O eny cnewea iooa man any oiner cause, ljet us nx up those f) ''that can be, substitute those that are gone and extract (by our (I rjainlf as method) those that cannot be saved. Onr nrio.Pi am U so low you cannot afford to risk injuring your health by put ting it off - Now is the time tohaye the necessary work done. . Office Hours from o a. m. to :o n m. 5 Philadelphia Dental Ass'n 122Hl. nain St. Charles W. Woodson, M. p., Med 'cine and Surgery. Offers his Professional Servicsi to the Public. Phone 886. OFFICE: WaebOTia BaiK BuiUIit HARMES Now is the time to bay a new set of harness. We have them for all purposes and at all prices. Light driving from $8 50 to $25 Carriage or Surry harness from $15 to $25. Team Wagon Har ness, best in town for the money, i ' We have a job lot of harness which we will close out at a very close price. Now is the time to get a bargain. Repairing of all kinds neatlj and promptly done at lowest prices. Cut this ad. out and bring it with you and for every $1 pur chase, or more, we will give a nice bnggy whip, Hartline & Go. Phone 483,. 180 East Inniss St. 71 71 7i i Children's md Misses Coatsv ''f If you are looking for a Ladies Gpat he has them in all the new Btylesr coverts, shadow plaids, tan and castor, kerseysrblack kerse'ys; raircoatsvall up-tofthe minuter Big lot of Children's and Misses' Coats. Something that is real nobby and stylishi Fine Line of Dress Groods. If you are looking for the, most todate stj les in , uress wooas, Bimpiy see ui iinc.r uo new shadow effects, in all colors, and in black. x His stock canuot be sufpassed. See his Poplins and Panamas, Serges and Po de Soie, in fact anything in Dry Goods. It will do yougood to call and see what henas - Our-line of black nd colored Taffeias Guaranteed; . Have no equal They are jiit from the loom. Mo stSrch, soft and pliable, still having the rustle. Big Line of Carpets and Hugs. y All neV and up-to-date. Big line of Lace Curtains, i oucrht in a job. Can eave you from 25c to 50c a pair. K Sample Carpets. ' Comforts and Blankets. Short ends of Percals, Domes tics, Flanneletts. All cheap and good styles. If yon want the Best Shoes for Men; See his line. . , . If yon Want a Good Hat: See what he has. " 7 7 l A. Wv.WIISaE"OHF. 1 o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 8 o o o o o o o o o o o o o Ov o o o o. o o o o o o o o o o O s o o- o o o o o o (go For Week January to o o o o o o o February o Mdies' coat suits (HUE 1(1 DEPARTMENT The few we have left will go at 60 cents on the 0 ar $25.oo suits at $12.50 -' - Couiiteppalies $20.00 suits at $10.00 , $15.00 suits at $ 7.50 Many people have bought these beautiful " - . spreads during the week past,' but we have Rain Goats and. Chil- moIg ottheni f0yoa- :''V; "-v '; drenCloaE.G Table Linen Thes we will continue to sell at a discount - of 33i per cent. V ' Excellent values here and they cannot be ' ' i duplicated under present conditions. Buy pUPO " now and save momey. ' ' All furs o at half the marked price. Towels Blankets Comforts TheBe'musto the' way of all winter goods and you et thtm now at a liberal discount. Eiderdown ' Comfort We hare jnat two benatifal ones left. They are worth $7 60 fach, hut $5.00 will buy one of them or $9.50 bi'tb. o o o o o o o o o o 100 doz towels at 10c each Splendid values in-huck towels, all grades and price?. Remnants of Hiiadras Wre need not say rauchabouTthis for it sells on sight. ' ' Special ESIanfieto Just crte pair of vtry'"fine Elk in blankets left TheyNara woith $10, but the first comer, will ' get them for . . ........... $7.50 ':- RugSv Trpnlis . This has been the greatest rug season we have ever had and our sales have been far beyond our expectation. The few we have lef t ar being sold one-fifth less than regular price. Now is the time" to buy a trunk. Take a look at ours. Elillarney Linen Suiting At 15c yard; for waists anduits. Ohite goods for Embroidery o o o o o o o o o o o o o a o o in all gradrS and prices. " Special values lOo, 15c, 20c, and 25e yard at LLong (Sloth, Laivn, rJainsoolr. o o o o o o o Ox - '

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