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Has fairly been stormed by hundreds of customers. Never before have our efforts been so heartily applauded by the public as dur
ing the opening days of this big event. There's a reason. Never before have the people been offered such Bargains. Never before
has such a splendid stock of high-class merchandise been so ruthlessly slaughtered. Everything is a Bargain,
REMEMBER THIS SALE CONTINUES THROUGH THIS ENTIRE WEEK. .WAGTH IT GROW.
Tell your friends what you have done. Show them the bargains you have bought. Every counter throughout the store contains
others just as good. It will pay you to attend this sale.
Oil Cloth 10c. Sheeting 2 1 -2c 7 1 -2c Sheeting for 5s. 1 Go Cotton Suiting at 7 1 -2c 100 White Quilts, Dice $1.25 White Quite, full 25c Corsets
Oil Cloth worth 20c, all f 25-in Sheeting, nice and ft 1 Nice smooth sheeting, yard jT Fine for wash skirts, nice dark 1 full size. 7a and sod and fiQf ' afe Ql
colors. Sale price, yard UB smooth. Sale price, yd, &2y wide, worth 7c. Sale price, 50 colors, regular 10c value, pr yd fl 50 Sale price, f ?C heavy. Sale price UtfC I
T''t,4'r4,t4" Towel Bargains Big Bargains in Sic Gingham 5c. 10c Taffeta Ribbon 5c. 15c Side and back combs, Q
Good music Everyday - , . . a Ront " All colors, regular 10c taf- - Sale price 95 Big Reduction on all
this week by Dressen t c Jowf for" " " ' : 2 2 Pretty Dro8S Gmg" ribbon- Sale PrJce- 30 Men's arm bands, per pair, 1c Dress Goods I
Orchestra of Charlotte t towels, nice and large at 5c Furnishings and hams worth Sc. - All colors,12i and 15c taf- Men's 5c white handker- QA t and Silks t
WwwJhS Bath TWel6 at 9 SileS- Sale price. feta ribbon. Sale price j UQ chiefs, at ' JQ tWWWfW4
Val Lace, 8c and 4c, at 1c. Pearl Buttons, per dozen, 1c. 15c box Toilet S ap, at 9c. Men's good 10c Socks, black, blue, tan and red, at 5c. Ladies' 15c lace hose, at 9c.
Lots of Extra Specials put out Every Day.
Good Flusic Every Day.
THE "SQUIRE" HAS GONE.
Celebrated Matrimonial Knot Tyer Leaves
for the West.
Everybody fin this section of
country has heard of Esq. Bailes,
of Fort Mill.S.C, and it is possible
that some of the residents of
Rowan have called him for assist
ance in ' times past. But the
" Squire" has shaken" the dust of
the Palmetto State off his feet
and has migrated to the wild and
woolly west. The following con
cerning this celebrity is from the
Charlotte Observer :
That there is retribution in his
tory is attested by the experience
of 'Squire Wiilard O, Bailes, of
Mill township, South Carolina,
who skipped out for the West, re
cently "between the suns." For
years 'Squire Bailes has been one
nf fhft mnat.t.alkfld-of men in the
Carolins by reason of his reputa
firm nnH achievements as the
"marrying squire" of Yorke
county.
Living just "across the line" in
South Carolina he has figured in
several thousand gretna green af
fairs. Many a couple has he link
ed together "until de,th do us
part for better or for worse,"
but he never considered nor gave
a moment's thought to the re
office. Of his
record he was brusqely proud.
' Now his time has come, Al
though he could join together
couples by the hundreds, fie could
not control his own household
and hence the trouble, . Th e old
Shiek Ilderim in Ben Hur refers
to a king who could rule an em
pire but could not master his own
horBe. Such a man was Squire
Bailes. Having said the word
which got many a poor mortal
into trouble, his time came at last
when he himself fell. As to the
'squire's destination nothing is
Th can safelv be said
however that he will do the land
office business in Oklahoma,
whither he is said to have gone,
as be did in Fort Mill township.
The following is from The Col
umbia State.
"The notorious 'marrying
squire,' Willard-O. Bailes, of Fort
Mill township, has skipped the
country heading for Oklahoma.
It will be rembered that he attain
ed his reputation as a gretna green
artist some years ago while hold
ing a commission as notary pub
lic. He advertised for business,
getting out a business card with
his picture on one side and his
price list on the other. In this
list were set forth the many dif
ferent styles and ways that he
employed from a plain everyday
knot to the most elaborate affair
with trimmings at prices to suit
the interested parties and his or
their pocketbook. Many were the
couples that Bailes united in mat
rimony.
"However expert he was a knot
tyer, Bailes got into trouble
domestic and things went on
until he became an attraction to
the grand jury. When the sheriff
went with a warrant for his arrest
Bailes had skipped.
WHAT THE STRIKE DID.
Pon-
A MATTER OF WONDER.
When a Dog Bite Is Harmless.
"Rabies is common out in our
country," said Dr, Abram Arm
strong, of Hillsbroo. Ind. "I want
to say a few words about hydra
phobia. When an animal bites
through clothing there is little
danger of infection. The virsus
is on the teeth of the animal, and
when the person bitten has receiv
ed the wound through a layer of
clothing there is litte danger.
"The virus on the teeth is left
on the clothing and is Lot commu
nicated to the person bitten.
Rabid dogs or other animals are
not J ike reptiles; they have no
hollow teeth through wnich poi
son may be communicated. It
mnst be introduced directly into
the system of the victim.
"Therefore, when a supposedly
rabid dogs bites a person, if the
bite is not on the exposed part of
the body he should have no fear.
Washington Post.
Tnnth FTtrantnr. Not being able to
work for near all who wantod
me, will make an extra trip, and
will be at Dr. Fox's office Thurs-
and Fndav. July 3Utn ana
aiaf,. Two davs only. Mrs. Dr.
Moore.
A Few Hard Facts Which Are Worth
tiering Over Seriously.
The Evening Sun has performed
a valuable service in setting forth
the precise facts as to the long
continued strike in Chester, Pa.,
of the 150 street railway em
ployes. Early in April, their
wages were cut from 18 cents an
hour to 16 cents, and the men re
fused to work. The authorities
and the bulk of the population
siding with them, they for three
months terrorized the town with
the usual arguments of union
men on strike boycotting, as
saults with intent to kill, the use
of bombs, and the destruction of
property. Dozens of injured have
been taken to the hospitals, many
of them innocent bystanders.
The mobs assailed the State po
lice, as well as the strike-break
ers. Five cars have been dyna
mited, a sixth escaping by acci
dent, and a bridge was burned
down. The boycott has been car
ried to almost inconceivable
length ; for example, two elderly
school teachers, who dared to ride
on the cars in a rain-storm, were
compelled to apologize to their
school children who struck at
once by publishing an apologetic
letter. A young physician, who
rode on the cars in response to
calls from patients, has been com
pelled to leave the city, and sev
eral policemen resigned rather
than ride on the cars in the exe
cution of their duty. Naturally,
the city has paid a heavy price
to this, directly or indirectly,
bv vacant houses, men thrown
out of work because of loss in bus
iness to retail customers, etc
while the expanse of handling the
strike has been $5,000 a month
The company claims $loU,UUU in
damages, and the total bill of the
city and county is likely to be be
tween $200,000 and $250,00C,
Thus does union labor endear it
Convicted Mudrerer Nominated for Presi
dent on the Socialist Ticket.
The nominee of the Socialist
Labor party for President nomi
nated, by the way, in New York,
last Sunday is Martin B. Pres
ton, of Nevada, who is now in the
penitentiary at Goldfied serving
a sentence of twenty-five years for
murder. The story is that "he
was a picket in a strike there and
trying to prevent girls from serv
ing as waitresses m a 'scab or
boycotted, restaurant, lhe pro
prietor interfered and Preeston
shot and killed him." This nom
luaticn was, ol course, .an open
declaration fin favor - of free
murder, but in order to avoid con
fusionjand injustice it should be
kuown that this organization is not
the Socialist party proper. Many
law-abiding and good though mis
guided citizens belong to the
latter.
Aeaiu we are reminded of how
free a country this isj when
body of men, despising it and its
institutions, can meet and express
their contempt for law more elo
quently than they could in words,
by nominating a murderer, and
one in prison ior nis crime,
for President. It does not matter
that they of course have no idea
of his election ; that he is indeed
under the required presidential
age. The offence is in the mani
festation and in flaunting the ac
tion by telegraphing the nominee
STRIKE SITUATION IN ALABAMA.
NAVAL RESERVES IN ACTION.
roublesome Times and Governor Orders
Malitia to Birmingham.
While the reports concerning
th6 strike situation are being
greatly exagerated, there was suf-
ficeut cause for alarm to induce
Governr Cromer to order the mili
tary of the district to sleep on
their arms to-night and remain in
readiness for an emergency call.
To-day Governor Cromer to
gether with Sheriff Higdon and a
number of deputies made an auto
mobile tour of the strike district.
So impressed was the governor
with the seriousness of the strike
situation that on returning to Bir
mingham three local companies of
militia were ordered under arms. 1
At the present time, a mixed com
pany, numbering 100 men, is en
route for Adamsville, where this
afternoon there took place an en
gaagemont between strike sympa
thizers and deputies. No authen
tic report concerning the result of
this engagement has reached the
city ; although it is known that one
deputy is dead, .others wounded,
and that many strike sympathizers
have been arrested. News of this
engagement was followed . by the
instant mobilization of troopj
which are now enroute to Adams
ville with Maj.Ledbetter in charge.
Birmineham. Ala., special to
Charlottee Observer,
Ventriloquism. Art of throwing the
voice learned at home. My
dollar book for one dime. Send
today. Moore, 121 South Front
St., Wilmington, N. C.
What They Ate.
The most interesting non-political
question connected with the
late Democratic convention (it de
serve the adjective "late" fcr sev
eral reasons), is that of the
amount of money spent by its
members while in the city five
days or more. Estimates of the
gross amount, which are of course,
mere guesses, run from $50,000 to
$100,000. The clothing dealers
Bay that they could hardly put
out their small articles, such as
shirts and collars, fast enough to
supply the demands of tbe dele
gates, after protracted sessions
marked by physical and emotion
al heat. Then, too, there are the
hotel bills and the boarding
houses, the restaurants and so
forth.
E. F. Creswell, of the Gem Res
taurant, stated since the meeting,
that his place alone sold 4.000
pounds of ham alone in hand
sandwiches. And it is not to be
supp seci that tho Democrats lived
, bv ham alone, but bv everything
ship routine and drill to theoreti- which a resourceful city could set
cal battle, Washigton dispatch, before, them. Charlotte Observer.
Some of Our Southern Boys to be Given
an Idea of Sea Warfare.
Theoretically rushing to the
defense of Hampton Roads, the
most important naval base on the
Atlantic coast, the District of
Columbia naval militia left
Washington this evening for
Alexander, Va., there shipping on
the cruiser Yankee, which lay to,
off that city, last night. Under
command of Commander Marsh,
of the navy, a fleet of eight vessels
will defend Hampton Roads and
the navy yards at Norfolk against
the attacking torpedo craft. A
majority of the vessels of the de
fending forces will be manned by
the reserves of Pennsylvania,
Naryland, New Jersey, North and
South Carolina and the District
of Columbia. The Yankee is a
flagship. Other vessels participat
ing are the gunboat Isla de Cuba,
the Sylvia, the Vixen and the
Prairie. There will be half a
dozen torpedo boats, two subma
rines and poesibibly several de
stroyers The programme will in
clude everything from regular
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following: Meetings
It is natural for all to live a century, that
thousands have done so, proves that the majority might
reach this age if they would live wisely and eat such
should be a warning to all, as a
new eidence of this baleful spirit
which is abroad in the land,
against the utterance of declara
tions, by individuals or parties,
calculated in the least to weaken
respect for theauthority of law or
the integrity of the courts.
Charlotte Observer.
It is rumored that Salisbury is
to have an up-to-date department
self to the hearts of thinking per- store where one can purchase any-
sons. New York Evening Post.
China Grove has organized
board of trade.
a!
thing irom a paper oi neeates up
to an automobile. It is said a
number of well known merchants
are behind the scheme and will
make it go. x
to the
will be held on the 2nd and 4th
Sundays of each month ; the ser
vices on the 2nd Sunday will be
held at 11 a. m., and those on the
fourth Sunday -vill be held during
the afternoon, hour not definitely
fixed. Rev. Jeff Manning is the
pastor.
Sunday night two weeks ago,
some one entered the dwelling of
G. W. Miller and stole a good
double-case nickel watch. How
the thief entered the house is un
known, but it is certain he enteied
all parts of the house and made
goood his escape without attract
ing any attention at the time.
Geoege.
M.
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which will, if eaten daily, produce a stronger
body, clearer brain and purer blood than any
other food. Pure blood makes a healthy body,
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