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THE OTLARLOTfk IVENING GHBQNICLE ; APBH10,-1909
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SATURDAY. APRIL. 10. 1909.
"DESTINED TO BE."
. The Charleston News and Courier
- says: ' , ,
"Mr. - B. Hoyt Hartley, commercial
aent of the Seaboard Air Une Railway,
in Atlanta, was formerly stationed at
Charleston and understand the possibi-
. lities of this port. In a letter wo have
Just received he says: 'Charleston Is
destined to be one of the greatest ports
on the South Atlantic rCoast.' This is
what everybody is now beginning: to
think and say and do. Watch Charles
ton grow!" ,
Why wait supinely on destiny?
Destiny is as cruel as the grave to
the slothful. Why not hrace up and
do something for yourselves? We
note that the last sentence is a pla
giarism of the watchword. "Watch
Charlotte Grow." We suggest for
Charleston. "What Charleston Crow."
, MOKE TESTIMONY.
In referring to the. coming celebra
tion of the 20th of May, The Rock
ingham Anglo-Saxon says: "It is
strange that the Charlotte papers have
not quoted Washington Irving on the
subject (the authenticity of the Dec
laration of Independence). Irving
lived and died during the early days
f the liepublic. His historical writ
ings mentioned the Mecklenburg Dec
laration In a matter-of-fact way. Not
ably in the life of George Washing
ton. Washington Irving was the great
est authority on history during his
life. His historical writings show in
that early day that American histo
rians accepted the Mecklenburg Dec
laration as a fact." The Charlotte
papers have proved the genuineness
of the event the people of Mecklen
burg celebrate, so often that it has
become a little monotonous. It might
be observed, however, that Washing
ton Irving was much nearer the
scene of the events accepted by him
as correct than are the nfbdern day
"historians," and the testimony of a
writer of his character outweighs that
of all the present day writers whose
productions at best are merely argu
mentative. i NO DANGER OF VETO.
The New York Tribune claims to
have discovered the fact that Presi
dent Taft Is laying for the tariff bill
with his veto pen. . It says that. Mr.
Aldrich is framing a bill which cannot
in any sense be regarded as a revision
downward, the implication being that
the Aldrich measure will fail to come
up to the standard set by Mr. Taft of
honest revision," of compliance with
party pledges, and so on. ilr. Taft,
it is said, is taking little interest Jn
particular schedules, believing it to be
the duty of Congress to frame a tariff
bill, but has given fair warning that
he 'will veto the measure if, when
placed before him, it should be found
unsatisfactory. The Washington Her
ald properly regards all this as "moon
shine." It never expects "to live to
see the day when a Republican Pres
ident deliberately vetoes a tariff bill
framed and passed by a party ma
jority in House and Senate." The
Herald thinks Mr. Taft would be going
back on his pledge if he vetoed a
bill highly protective all the way
through. The question is one that
admits of no argument. President Taft
entertains no idea, whatever, of ve
toing the tariff bill.
A TIP TO STATESVILIiE.
The statesville Landmark thinks the
people of that town are slow In get
ting behind the Southern Railroad
Company for a new depot. And for
a fact, their apparent indifference to
the character of their depot accommo
dations is a little surprising, quite as
much so as the indifference of the
people of Llncolnton to their depot
abomination. Statesville is one of
the biggest passehger points ' in the
State and especially is it so -during the
summer months, when day after day,
the little old, disreputable shack of a
depot Is overcrowded with Impatient
and uncomfortable people waiting on
a train. Added to their provocation
is' the- chalk-spattered bulletin' board
announcing the train on time and no
body to tell how far it is lying. The
Southern does not build depots of its
own accord. That company goes on
the principle that as long as the peo
ple can stand it, It can stand, it also,
and when it once promises to build
a depot the people may set themselves
' for ; a long wait for the fulfillment of
; that promise. So, if the present gen
eration , of Statesville'B people wants
to see a new depot, it had better make
a beginning in the matter.
In, Atlanta an automobile owned by
Judge eheppard, of the Federal Court,
struck . and injured a negro. The
" Judge claimed it was not the result
'"of negligence and offered, to pay the
negro's doctor bill and give him 150.
On advice of. his lawyer, the negro
' declined. Waiting, his chance until
the judge -was out of town, the law-
yer. rushed a constable and force of
negroes to his home and under a writ
of attachment sacked itof all" its
. t furnishings, ' which were car,ted off.
The act. has justly aroused the indig
nation of the bar of Atlanta, It was
a bold ; outrage on' the ; private ; rights
of a' citizen', as well as an attack upon
the dignity of the Federal Court. What
Atlanta will do, ' further than to talk
off It for a day or so, remains to be
een,
MR. CREEDE'S OBSERVATIONS.
'. That East Orange, New Jersey man
who was ; sent South, or who came
South on. his own hook to collect facts
and data as to the workings of pro
hibition,, secured some remarkable in
formation. His name isCre'ede and
he is president of a play grounds com
mission. , On bis return from the
South he reported:
"Lynchburg, Va., a city between 35,
000 and 40,000 inhabitants; has been work
ing for three .weeks under prohibition,
and not a single -case of drunkness has
come to the notice of the police." He is
disappointed with Atlanta, as are the
inhabitants themselves, over the working
of prohibition there. : 'The city has
greatly retrograded under. the dry law.'
There is more drunkenness in that city
since prohibition went Into effect, three
months ago. than has been found at
any time of like period in the last 25.
years Charlotte, N. C. with 60,000 in
habitants, has been under the dry law
for two years, and it does not seem to
be getting along so well as Lynchburg.
There are many drinking clubs among the
young men,, who get their stuff through
the mails in small lots and establish
private drinking places."
The funny part of It is that this
report of Mr. Crede is to be submit
ted to the board of excise of East
Orange, to. guide it in Its decision as
to whether to follow a restrictive pol
icy in granting liquor licenses, or one
of liberality. The bar-rooms in
Lynchburg were closed on the 5th, so
recently that the smell of stale beer
yet emanates from their closed doors
and it is too early to hold up that
town as an example of the workings
of prohibition. Atlanta is in the sec
ond year of the dry reign, instead of
having gone dry three months ago, as
Mr. Creede states. There is plenty
of near-beer in the town and the peo
ple resort to the jug, the bottle and
the club, but the police records show
fewer cases in court for' drunkenness.
That there are many drinking clubs
among the young men of Charlotte
will be news to the people of this city.
Mr. Creede's discoveries as to popu
lation are about as remarkable as
are his discoveries as to prohibition. If
he had stayed at home and dreamed
of things he couldn'.t have got his
facts tangled up in handsomer shape.
BRYAN AND LEADERSHIP.
The Greensboro Record quite seri
ously discusses The Chronicle's prop
osition that Bryan is still the party's
leader, and wants to know why this
is ithe case. "If he is the leader," asks
The Record, "why was not Mr. Cleve
land the leader in the year after nis
last defeat? He had no more influ
ence with the men in control of the
party than a two-year-old. Mr. Bryan
has been defeated three times and in
all seriousness is not the leader only in
so far as the party -makes him lead
er, hurt if he. is made the recognized
leader, in the' next campaign we shall
be H ery much mistaken. It looks like
he is done for and he is if the party
ha3 left to it the least bit of sense.
Mr. Bryan has done nothing culpable;
he ihas been honest and straightfor
ward, but his ideas have not been ac
cepted by the voters of the country
and it-is his time to go way back and
sit down. But he will, hot do this, you
say. May be, but if the party does not
make him do it, no fault can be at
tached to him," Colonel Bryan has
owned, ruled and controlled the Dem
ocratic party so long, with the consent
of the party, that he is to be pardon
ed for exercising the belief that he
can continue doing so Indefinitely. It
is a sort of -captivity to which the par
ty has tamely . submitted, and (through
this submission,' the fact remains that
Colonel Bryan is yet the leader and
will be the controlling force ln the
next national convention. If he is
not the nominee of thait convention he
will make an effort to see that a-man
of his choice is the nominee.. Cleve
land knew .when it was proper, to re
tire from the leadership of the. par
ty. Bryan does not have such knowl
edge, or the party to-day would pot
be in its present demoralized condi
tion. BASEBALL.
It is clearly evident that the base
ball season now opening up, is going
"to attract more public interest than
any previous season. Everybody is
interested in baseball. Even smallpox,
cannot keep away from the diamond.
The fever is becoming fiercer each
year, and people who have successful
ly resisted it heretofore are falling
easy victims. In The Chronicle office
imposing stones, upturned type cases
and every unoccupied corner of a table
is pressed into service by its volunteer
corps of baseball editors, of which
Foreman Ezzell is chief, advertisement
setter, Willie Farrell, and galley boy,
Emm'etjt Allen, associates. Whenever
the editor misses a paper that he
wants to lay his hands on, he will
ring up some one of the baseball staff
and two to one -will get the paper mi
nus any baseball talk that it might
have contained. Any one of the two
dozen men In the" shop would consider
it a privilege to go without dinner in
order to see a. ball game. When if
comes to a'matter of a few bottles of
dope or a "baseball ticket, the dope"
market is sure to fall off. On baseball
afternoons, five minutes after che
mails ih&ve -been cleared, the only
sound iheard in The Chronicle office
is the lowi humming of the deserted
lynotype machines. And' , it : is pretty
much the same way in all other shops
about town. Once the baseball fever
gets a grip it can pever .be shaken off
and it is scoring more victims day by
day. . . ' . '
There had been no reason to expect
that the Payne biill wouM be defeated
in the House. The Republicans al
ways get together . when ' the time
comes.. Their factional fights never
amount to anything, for they are all
as one when voting time- comec . ,
. The Greensboro-v Record claims to
have tamed the citizens of that town
in the ' matter of complying with
Its rule requiring; 'the name of the
writer to be printed with his publi
cation. ; It says that the rule has work
ed like a harm. "It enhances the val
ue of any " article printed where the
author is known, provided there 'is
any value to it, and enables the reader
to sift it at once." That is a truth' we
endeavored to Impress upon , the peo
ple of this it own who trot In with their
little pieces, but with no success. -.The
value of a newspaper lies in a knowl
edge of its authorship. Many an ar
ticle printed in the Charlotte papers
Is passed with indifference, where . It
would attract immediate attention and
carry weight were 'thewriter's name
attached, to .it. .And the man who wants
to say 'something1 In the municipal
campaign that will be listened to and
used to any effect, will do it over his
own name. !
Charlotte ought to be arranging for
balcony and park concerts during the
coming summer. We might' pattern
on a small way after .Philadelphia,
which has .arranged for.pJe)nty of out-of-door,
musks this summer. The city
authorities have voted 115,000 for con
certs by the Philadelphia Orchestra In
the City Hall Plaza, in addition to
music in the parks by the city band.
In approving this action The Press
says: A great city lias a duty by lt3
citizens besides that of protection for
life, N property and from fire. An
American city in our long hot summer,
where life In the open Is easy, should
be a joyous placet full of interest and
movement through hot evenings, with
play for children and music for their
elders." There could be no better
feature of summer life In Charlotte
than music and plenty of it, .
Gaston county now seems to be
coming around to the opinion that a
bridge over the Catawba is a good
thing, and that two bridges would be
a better thing. It is true that Gaston
has spent a good ideal of money on in
terior bridges, but as it has come to
the conclusion that the bridging of
the Catawba will carry Mecklenburg
trade to Gastonia, we are waiting to
see how many bridges Gaston is go
ing to help Mecklenburg build.
The passing -week has witnessed the
death of three world-wide celebrities
Madame Helena Modjeska, the trage
dienne; Marion Crawford, the novelist,
and Charles Swinburne, the poet.
The Georgia Congressmen did not
seem to have the courage of their con
victions when it came to voting for
the tariff bill. The Louisiana fellows,
however, stood pat.,
Charleston has one of the finest
harbors inf America, but it has no
ships and never will have any until
they are floated in there by a jshlp sub
sidy. '
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
The oldest letter-carrier in Uncle
Sam's employ Charles F. West, of Bos
tonTrecently celebrated the fiftieth An
niversary of hlsservice. Although he is
r.ow seventy-five years old. West still
puts in the required eight hours every
day, delivering his batch of mail prompt
ly. His associate letter-carriers, on
Washington's birthday, marked his an
niversary by giving a dinner in his
honor. '
London ladies, stimulated by the
Olympic games of last summer, have
taken to the foils, and fencing is now
the fashion. Indeed, an official of Ithe
Sword Club holds vogue among women
than among men. Many women promin
ent In the social world are actively in
teresting themselves in the foils, and
there seems every likelihood that some
thing approaching; a craze may be start
ed in the fencing world during the com
ing season.,
Boston women established the first
play-ground in 1902. Last year there
were eight and nearly $2,000 was expend
ed, or about fa for each child, : a1" very
cheap price for the amount of good ab
talrted. The Play-ground League Is the
name of the Society of the play-ground
boys themselves, who wear buttons and
discipline all bad boys, thus making the
government easy enough for those In
charge. Not the least important result
of the play-grounds in that city Is said
to be that . involved In the self-government.
Two girls relating their experience in
Japan, in the Wide World Magazine,
give a glimpse of traveling by night by
rail in the country of the chrysan
themum. They write: "The train was
crowded with Japanese, and when night
came the long seat was divided up into
portions, the upper . berths were pulled
down and we all huddled into our re
spective bunks, men and women mixed
up together. It was distinctly trying to
be obliged to hoist one's self up into a
high upper berth before a mixed as
sembly, and more trying still to descend
in the morning with the very incomplete
toilet which one was enabled to make in
a recliting position, but the blissful
ignorance of our Japanese neighbor
that there was anything unusual in such
a proceeding considerably relieved our
embrassment. His attitude and calm
matter of factness were very reassuring
and the wonderfully cheerful conductor
who brushed our clothes and fastened
our .blouses seemed to consider : himself
specially suited for the post.of lady's
maid." I
SPARKLERS.
Gems from the Jewel Case of News
paper Paragraphers.
MANY OF THEM
Detroit Free Press.
Don't ever 'get the notion boy,
Whatever else you do,
That you're supreme; because there are
Ten thousand more like you.
Harper's Bazaar.
"Our new cook is, dreadful slow:" "So
Is, ours. When w Invite people for din
ner we tell her they're coming for lunch
eon.". ' ,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Jim!" bawled the Impresario of the
troupe of performing fleas. ' "Yes, sir,"
said his assistant. ."Chase; them .water
bugs away from the stage entrance. They
annoy the performers. .": .
Pittsburg Post. v . ; " -:
."I suppose in these ragtime days you
sell very little classical music?" "More
than you would Imagine,' answered the
musio daler. "Almost everybody iiuys
a few pieces to place on the piano when
Aisn-orow company calls. .'.:. .. ... ...
AFFAIRS IN NORTH CAROLINA
DAILY INCIDENTS, FA CTS AND' COMMENT GATHERED fOM
-. . ', s L THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE STA TE
SUICIDE AT HIGH POINT.
Prominent Young Business Man Kills
Himself In His Office.
High Point Enterprise, -9 th. . ;
v; Our - community was . shocked at
noon to learn that Mr. J. Lindsay Fer
guson, secreitary and treasurer of the
Atlantic Furniture Company, had
committed suicide at his office some
time "between 11 and 12 o'clock to
ojay. ; The workmen Jn the finishing
room near by heard the report of a
pistol and .on examination found Mr.
Ferguson lying on the floor, pistol .in
hand, and "bleeding profusely from a
wound in the right temple.' , He had
locked the door" of his "office, lay down
on the floor and. fired the fatal shot,
toe bullet from:- a 44-calibre pistol.
which he kept in the office all the
time, passing entirely ;. through the
head and lodging in the wall. Death
was evidently instantaneous. When
the workmen found him his position
showed that he had carefully plali
ned the act. Mrs. Ferguson and the
family physician hurried to the scene,
burt only to find -life extinct. . Much
sympathy is expressed for the" wife
and other relatives of the deceased on
account of the. sad occurrence.
Deceased was born . in Richmond,
Va, He was engaged with Bradstreet
& Co., for a nuimber of years.. . He
came to High 'Point to work with the
Lyon agency and afterwards became
secretary and treasurer of the Smith
Furniture company, now the. Atlantic
Furniture Company. He was counted
a good business man. , Deceased did
not leave any message giving any
cause for his act. Since the occur
rence it is learned that he has been
rather blue lately oh, account of some
business matters. Nothing, however,
of a serious nature, because the af
fairs of the ( business with which he
has been connected are in good shape.
The Enterprise learns from Greens
boro this afternoon that he had been
under treatment for his health for
some time. In fact, ever since' one
side of his face was paralyzed on ac
count of an operation several months
ago, he has taken .treatment under a
specialist. ' "
Mr. John M. Harrell was at his office
about 10 o'clock this morning. He was
complaining about being blue about
business and seemed pre-occupied. In
fact, he had the door of his office lock
ed when Mr. Harrell arrived. After
talking a few minutes on business they
went up street together. Mr. Fergu
son must have returned to the office
immediately and carried out his plans.
Formedly Lived In Charlotte.
Mr. Ferguson formerly lived in
Charlotte, having been connected with
Bradstrefkf s here. He was no rela-'
tton of Mr. Ferguson, who is now in
charge, of Bradstreet's office here.
Rockingham's New Hotels.
The Anglo-Saxon.
The Hotel Rockingham ' is complet
ed. The furniture has been placed in
all the rooms, or will be by to-day and
the doors will be thrown open to the
public either to-day or Monday. Mr.
Corpenlntg, the manager has -been -here
all the week with a. large, force ,o
helpers getting things straight and he
has about succeeded. The hotel Is a
beautiful building and is a modern one
In every respect and we hope it will
be patronized to its full capacity.
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Shelby's Water Supply.
Cleveland Star.
The pumping station for the Shel
by water supply is rapidly approaching
completion and at no very distant day
(the water will be turned on and Shel
by will take her place vith other pro
gressive cities with this added im
provement. The machinery to oper
ate the plant has all arrived and is
being placed. The station is located
on the river bank out near the Sea
board Air Line Railway.
THE ROZZELL'S PERRY BRIDGE.
How the Gastonia Papers View the
Matter Since It Has Been Settled
by Mecklenburg.
Gastonia News.
The people of Mecklenburg have
decided to build a bridge over the Ca
tawba river at Rozzell's ferry in the
extreme northern corner of Gaston
and near the Lincoln line. The Meck
lenburg people also want bridges at
Mount Holly and Belmont. These
bridges are needed and It Is to be
hoped they will be built. Gaston
will likely help some in building the
bridge at Rozzell's ferry. The bridge
would, however, be a greater conven
ience to the pent up people of. Meck
lenburg than to the people of Gaston.
The commissioners are asking that the
Gaston commissioners ' help to build
the bridge and this will likely be
done. With the exception of the
people as Gaston people. The bridges
"Bend" the bridge would be of little
use to Gaston people. It would be
used as much probably by Lincoln
people as Gaston people. The bridge
at Belmont and Mount Holly are in
the future and will no doubt be built.
Gaston has had a considerable expense
the past few years building bridges
across the rivers and creeks that are
within the borders of the county and
when this expense is over she will' be
ready to help Mecklenburg build the
bridges across s the Catawba so that
the people of that county can take
advantage of the markets of. Gaston
for selling their cotton and purchas
ing their supplies. .
Gastonia Gazette.
Brother Wade Harris, editor of The
Charlotte Chronicle, is indulging in a
broad smile that wont come off since
Monday and the cause is not far to
seek the .Catawba is to be bridged
at -Rozzell's Ferry after forty years.
Colonel Harris has been dreaming of
this bridge for several years we wont
say forty; because he Is still one of
the boys when it comes to -wearing r
and has not missed an opportunity,
we believe, to agitate the matter in
season and out. To him as much as
to any one man is possibly due the
final determination of the Mecklen
burg commissioners' to build this
bridge.- Gaston county is thus under
obligation to Colonel Harris ih; no
small degree for his- assistance in
getting a bridge which will be of ser
vice to Gaston county and which Is
to be built without any of the . ex
pense fallincr on our Hhnnldem- on
(The Gazette is already planning a lit-
ws reception ror tne colonel to be held
In Gastonia as soon as the bridge is
completed so he can get across' the
river. This-will be some months in
the future and in the meantime the
colonel will doubtless, Indulge in many
fond dreams of "long streams of produce-laden
wagons from Gaston, Lin
coln and Catawba counties, pouring
Into Charlotte disposing of iheir goods
and spending great wads of the lone
Igreen;" at the same-, time 'Gastonia
BRIDEGROOM A SUICIDE
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Charles pennell, off" Alexander County,
Killed Himself After Marriage. ' ;
Salisbury Post. " ' .
i Wednesday about noon Mr. Charlie
pennell, son of Mr. Mac Pennell, who
lives abou4; ten miles west of Taylors
ville committed suicide by shooting
himself. The young man was found
lying upon the bed, having perpetrated
the awful act by tying a string to the
trigger of a gun and discharging the
weapon, the entire load taking deadly
effect 4n his hody. The young man
was" married Sunday to Miss Addie
Stine. - Their relations, it is said, were
not congenial. The tragedy Is much to
be deplored.
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. ' Charlotte The Clean Town.
Gastonia News.
Charlotte looks cleaner and neater
that it has looked before. There are
evidences of the Woman's Betterment
Association on every hand. The old
town has had a cleaning up. There is
an absence of quite so much trash
drifting about on the streets and re
ceptacles are placed at intervals for
the disposition of refuse paper, etc.
The public huildings seem to have
benefited by the transaction. The in
candescent lights strung along the
streets, makes a festive appearance
and the skyscraper looms up at the
square. The boys over there have
burled the proposed charter under the
Declaration of ". Independence and get
ting ready to celebrate the glorious
Twentieth in grand style. President
Taft will of course be the principal
attraction but the military companies,
bands, decorated streets . and big
crowds wili figure in the interest on
that occasion. . We are all going over
to see, "hear and admire his rotund
majesty.
Fayetteville's street Cars Resume
Duty.
Fayetteville Observer.
The street car service which was
suspended during the paving of the
streets, was started up again to-day,
using for the first time the company's
own power, from the recently con
structed power plant on Little River,
at Manchester, the same power which
now furnishes the city's lighting. The
service, very good before, is now even
better. The Consolidated Power and
Railway Company contemplates put
ting in one or "two more cars, which
will add greatly to the service. It will
be-a. very short time now before the
oars -will be. running as far as the Vic
tory village, j,
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Water and Sewerage in Farm House3.
Catawba County News.
Mr. Ed. Smyre passed through town
Tuesday with an immense galvanized
iron water (tank on his wagon. He is
putting In a hydraulic ram, and ex
pects to fit up his home with -water
and sewerage. ' Nothing in a home
gives more comfort and convenience
than a water system, and the wondlsr
Is that more country homes are not fit
ted in this way .when the cost is so tri
fling. And elegant, comfortable coun
try homes makes life worth living.
A Strenuous Ruling. ' -Durham
Herald.
Judge Boyd's ruling that the buyer
is equally guilty with the seller is
founded on good common sense, but
if the other judges take it up . it will
play the -wild with the prohibition
law."-
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Something Doing in Durham.
Durham Herald.
With the cotton mill, the hospital,
the market house and the city, hall all
underway at the same time there is
going to be something doing in this
town this summer.
merchants will no doubt be raking
In a few dollars from upper Mecklen
burg farmers who will not be long in
finding theW way to Gastonia, where
they can buy the best goods at the
lowest prices from enterprising mer
chants and that without making affi
davit that they believe in the genu
ineness of the Mecklenburg Declara
tion and swearing eternal allegiance
thereto. Seriously, however, The Ga
zette has never objected to the build
ing of this- brideg by Mecklenburg
county but it has never favored Gas
ton's 'footing the bills. As far as the
matter of drawing trade is concerned
we haVe yet to find one Gaston mer
chant who has entertained any fears
along that, line whatever.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.'
Hope for Recovery of Rev. J. S. Grier
Given Up.
Yorkville Enquirer.
A telephone -message from Sharon
brings information that Rev. J. S.
Grier, pastor of the Associate Reform
ed church of that place, fell in his
yard (this morning, broke his arm and
Is in a critical condition, there being
but little hope for his life. Mr! Grier
has been 111 fnr wviit t-anr nrsair.
; fer5ns wItlh acute indteestion, and his
fau ,ATT,a haa aci ,t
weakness greater than he was able to
realize
Palmetto Fronds.
Peddler Watson, colored, is dead at
his home In Greenwood at the age of
110 years. -
Charles Strange, of Chick Springs,
lost his bam and several mules and
horses by fire.
The next convention of the Bap-,
tist Young people's Union will be held
In Lancaster.
The South CJarolina Association of
Colleges will be held at Clemson Coli
lege May .6 and 7. ' . .. .
Miss Addie Garrett, a. school girl of
Laurens, ran away . from school and
married S. W. Walker, of Clinton.
Merriam Reeves and Arnold McEl
haney, the alleged slayers of Presley
Reeves, are being tried at St. George.
The Columbian Woodmen, a frater
nal insurance organization of Atlanta,
has been denied a license in this State.
Changes -have been preferred against
Sheriff . Corley of Lexington county,
for not arresting man who parried a
pistol. . . -'. ,
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Spencer Has a $2,000 Blaze.
Special to The Chronicle. :
V SPENCER, April -1 0. Fire of an
unknown origin yesterday destroyed
the store building and stock of gener
al merchandise - of J. L. Barber in
Spencer, entailing a loss of about
$2,000 with si.600 Insurance. The
fire ;was out of reach of ' city water
ana the nremen were powerless to
stop,the flames.' Mr. Barber will ra
b'uildtat once, ... , , ;
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Our store has been packed full
of people since opening this morn
ing Every department packed
and jammed with customers. Nev
er jkich selling seen here before,
SPOT CASH counts more now
in buying goods than ever before.
It counts for us7 and we are mak
ing it count for our customers
Buying the great quantities we
do for Spot Cash we get prices
that credit stores never kno
about, vr '
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Two
Wfidle
Full Extra Sj
For To'Morrow
Many of the Best Bargains We
Sell Are "Not Advertised' Every
Department has some Strong Val
ues in it that are "NOT ADVER
TISED." These are gotten out
on special counters and ticketed
with a sign "Not Advertised"
Look out for the "Not Adver
tised" signs and '
GET IT AT
(DEIPACTIVuEOT STOKE
Cor. Trade 6pllcc Streets
Wholesale and Retail
iStores Also Concord, Rl. C.
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