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As an Advertising Medium THE NTAXUARD lendlhe procession, mikI eaeu re- uruiii iay llnd it grow ing In the favor or wide wake and judicious men business. Try an Ad. ' Send tlie Daily r Weekly to a friend, but pay for It. It is Niipposed to furniMi a livelihood lor an amiable ami peaceable family of one. lIeiMe d nothing dispel the sweet illusion Vol. V. No. 5. CONCORD. N. C. FRIDAY, MAY 0, 1892. Whole No. G20: I 1 TP-TP DAILY STANDARD ft 4 7 AX IXTEItESTIXJ CASE. Miss Annie E. linotis Sues 3Ir. T. J. t Ingram forVfreach of l'romio, and .vsKsior ij.j.ouo Dniuue.s. WadAjoro Intelligencer. Thfmost interacting case that has been tried in Anson county Tor many yearsvas begun last Tuesday after- 9 lioon i$ the Superior Conrt, before Judge Jiovk m. It wn.3 th case of 3ie Annie E Knotts against Mr. Thos. J legram for breach of proni ise. . f.Ii3 Knotts is the daughter of Mr. 15 F Knott?, until"reccntly of Lilesville township. lie was 4 years old the suit Was institu ted, about IS months ao, and is rather pretty. She ajsks for $5,000 damages. Mr. Ingram is a promi nent citizen of Lihsville township, dnd is reputed to.be worth $15,Q00 or !&0,(JuO. . lie wus married UOfe Ellie Wall just before Miss Knotts brought action against him. Notwithstanding the fact that the . case was hotTy contested, no person alities were indulged in, ahd'no bit terness was manifested. The plain tiff at d defendant are second cousins, ant? both proved excellent charac ters. The whole matter, from the evi dence adduced, resolved, itself into a question of veracity. Miss Knotts told, circumstantially, how Mr. Ing ram courted her, that she .accepted him, and that he promised to marry her. This happened in July 1889. Mr. Ingram denied, just a3 cir cumstantially, that he did promised to marry Miss Knotts, during the .month of J uly referred to or any other time. The evidence in the case was con cluded AVednesday early after din- ner, and the lawyers at onse bejrau to argue the case. Mr. J T Ben nett, of Wadesboro, opened for the defense, and was followed by Mr. It E Little for the plaintiff. Maj. Shaw, of Rockingham, and Mr. Wal ker, of Charlotte, then presented the defendant's case to the jury; and Mr. Lockhart made the closing speech for the .plaintiff. At the close of Mr. Lockhart's speech the Judge charged the jury, and at elev en o'glock last night the jury retjred to make up jts verdict. Quite a number of ladies weie in the court house during the trial, and evinced niarlitd interest in the proceedings; indeed, the caj has beeji the absorbing topic of conver- sation with all our people since it was first taken up last Tuesday. At eleven o'clock this morning the jury had not agreed on a verdict, and it is the general impression that a mistrial will be the result. Re-Elceted Mayor. The Standard learns that Mayor Lawson J Foil, of Mt. Pleasant, was re-elected Mayor of that place la?t Monday unanimously at that. Mr. Foil has a strong hold on "them" people and he can get any office he wants, but we are reliably informed III that he didn't want this. It does seem that offices, this year, are seek icg the men. Jno. McCurdy, a member of the r!aharrns Black Boys, has a sword and a waterproof overcoat worn by his grandfather, Archie McCurdy during the Revolutionory war. He was a captain of a company. These relics are considerably oyer 100 years old, a3 it has been over one hundred years since Capt McCurdy 'a death. I ET i: I F I E 1) I n ICES. ' The Xest Time he Sells n Itody lie's Gains; to (Jet .Mnrkrt Prices. M. yuad, in Toledo Slavic. We were sitting on the tavern ve randa after supper for a smoke, when an old darkey with a crooked lesr came along and took off his hat, and said : 'Mjemleu, I should like to ask yo' a'few questions, -please." Being told togo ah,ead, he came up the step, bowed and scraped, and observed : " "I lost my old woman doorin the wah, an she was buried on de gravel ridn;e ober yere 'bout two miles. I dun went an dug up de body lasjt week to put it in a n.v Lice, ::n. it was all paralyzed to stun." "You mean petrified." . "Dat'a it sah. Took fo' men to git it out of de grave. Just dun; turned into rock an' looked as na teral as life. Seemed like I was dun 1 talkin' to dc ole lady agam." "She wts h in' dar on the grass when a fuller drive up .in a wagon an' offered me 5 for de body. Do you reckon it was right to sell it ?" "Well, that's according to your own feelings." "Jest so. She wa3 dim dead." "Yes." "An' all turned to stun." wAn' so I reckoned it wouldn't hurt nuffin'. I got de-money an' de man drive off. An' now Uncle Ja son tells me dat I got cheated, lie says a paralyzed body am wuth $30. Kin yo' tell me if dat's so ? "You ought to have got at least a ok "IIu ! Den I was cheated ?" "It looks that way." "Jest beat right outer $20! IIu 1 Wall, dey doan play dat trick on me agin. . I'se got de market price now, and I knows what figger to ask." "Bat the body is already gone'" "Yes, dat body; but I dun buried two wives an three children on dat gravel ridge, and when I get 'em dug out dey is goin' to fetch market quotashuus or I'll Kimble 'em right back agin." A Trne Cow Stor. Mr. William Cates, of thi3 place, has sold a good many cows since his marriage, fourteen years ago," has killed severalfor bef, and ndW -has a drove of a dozen on his plantation. Yet he never bought a cow during this time. When he was first mar ried his wife's mother, Mrs. Mack enzie, gave him a milk cow, from which he raised all the stock men- tionedp above. He still has the same old cow and is now milking her at his home, on Feace street. As hr calf is young, she giyes three gallons of milk Uaily. Wanesboro, Ga., Citizen. Here's a Whopper. A Georgia exchange 13 responsi ble for the following : "Some years ago Judge Sirmons was presented with a pet snake. One day it swal lowed an eight day clock, which could be htard to tick and strike until it run down. Shortly after wards the snake laid one hundred eggs. On opening them he found each to contain an open-faced watch in good running order. He then fed it on large augers and obtained enough cork screws to supply the Baptist convention, which eoon meets in Atlanta." 31 A II O X E Y A li i: i I" 1 The Virgin!: Iteadjuster Eager Spoil llarrisen's fc'tune. to liichuioud, Va., May 3. Majione, rumor says, will go to Minneapolis as delegate-at-large from Virginia. The Republican State Convention, which is to meet at Roanoke next Thursday, is almost unanimously for him. Mahone is ogtintt Har rison and will ltaye to"-morro for Washington to learn as to the "dark hore." He favors Senator Sher-J man. Civil Engineers tYitnl ed. Office of the Concord Southern Rail road Company, Concord, North Carolina. Civil Engineers wlxi desire to maie a bid for the jreliminary sur vey of this Company are respectfully requested to, submit their proposi tions to me at once as we dehre to have the work done immediately. The survey will extend from this point to the Carolina Central Kail road. Engineers are expected to furnish their own help and instruriients and to make fol the Company profiles, maps and such other drawings as are customarily made in preliminary surveys. W M Smith, Sec. Keep Out The Flies I am, now prepared to furnish loor and Window screens. Fly and musquito proof. Prices within ihe reach of all. Satisfaction guaran teed. Edgar S. Siiuman. CONCORD MARKETS. COTTON, MARKET. Corrected daily by Cannons & Fetzer. Low middling Gj Middling ..t. . G Good middling 6r Stains.... 4J5 PRODUCE MARKET. (Corrected dally t y W. J. Swlnk.) Bacon Sugar-cured hams Bulk m ots, sides Beeswax SHI 11 81 10 ' 18 Butter 15 20 Chickens 20 Corn." CO Eega ! 15 Lard 8 Flour (Sorth Carolina). 2 30 25 10 leal. uats iu (9 TallovV w 4 Salt ... 70 a 45 5 80 ional Bank Concord, N. C. J. II. Odell, President. D. B. Coltrane, Cashier. L. D. Coltrane, Book keeper, i Capital, Surplus, $50,000. $10,000. DIRECTORS: f M I D. F. Cannon. J. W. Cannon, Elam King, W R. Odell, G. M. Lore, u D. B. Coltrane. SflCOR An IniiEOjisoSlFifcc, Men's Congress shoes worth S.BO for $2.00. Men's Bai moral shoes worth 2.50 for 2. 00. Men's Congress shoes worth :.'()() for 2.50. Men's Dalmcrni shoes worth 4.00 fjor 3.00 Men's Congress shoes worth 4: 00 for 3.00. Men's Kangaroo Congress worth 5.00 for 400.. Dongola Top Kid Data worth 4.50 for 3.50. shoos Men's shoes Men's Congress shoes worth 4.50 for '3,1)0. Men's Patent Leather Dais, shoes worth 4.50 for 3.00. Boy's Button Calf shoes worth 2.75 for 2.25. Boy's Button Calf shoes worth 2.25 for 1.75. Men's Low Cut Kid shoes worth 4.00 for 3.00. The above shoes are all ab solutelv new not a Job lot of old shoes, but were brought direct from the manufactures at a great reduction because the parties to whom they were shaped in another town, sold out before their arrival and refused to take them. We made them an offer in spot Cash and they accepted. There is 'not such a stock of men's shoes in Concord. Call and examine them. C. G. MONTGOMERY & CO. Apr. 28th '9 . Why spend your money for worthless watches when you can get a genuine Elgin, Wal tham, or Seth Thomas move ment in an opan face, silver Ox e case for $5, warranted for 12 months, at COHRELL & BRO. top mwm . I t I I I kl M 1 , 1 Will be here, vzy masters. Cive it time. The, M1TH - 'SI IS, here ight nov;, and is al ways on schedule time with a line of , ' FURXlTUifE that will suit all classes and conditions, from the halls of the wealthy to the homes of the poor. Come rml 3e us, ' The invitation is to aH. On; delight is .to show you. through .Our chief delight to sell. Yours with best wishes, Now about Segars, before the war I always smoked Hen ry 'Clay's but since the old man is dead his boys have let the brands run down and I had toive 'em up entirely. I find the only "place- I can get a de cent Segal- is at Fetzer'a Drug Store. Did you ever try 'em well, you just drop in there some time. You won't b disappointed Feizer seems to have the knack of getting hold of about all that's worth having in that line, and the fact is you'll get a better Segar there for five cents than nyie tenths of the Segar storey in tfp country will give you fGr ten 9 And by the way, Fetzer's is the best place in the; State for iced drinks, Soda-water, Lemonade, and such stuff, if you ever drink anything as mild as that, g do occasion ally. A man will get a little behind on water sometimes,, you know. Jim mvjw,ii
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