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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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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;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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. "
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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.
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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.
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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
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