Vol.
XIII.. No. 184
A SNAKE WITH LEGS.
CONCOllTJ, N. C., MONDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1896. -:
"Whqlb NO.
Stanly production Proved an At
traction in M. Pleasant Testimony
Corrolorntive-A NnnKo That May
yet jiavc a Oreat Repntatlon-Dedi-cated
to Col. Olds.
Mr. Editor : On the 18th of this
month I saw a snake in Mt. Pleas
ant. I went down with a minister and
goon after getting there H saw the
snake, hence there is no room for
delasion or suspicions of attack in
which snakes and such things seem
to be a stock in trade.
The snake was dead having been
killed by Mr. Giles, the son of a
Methodist minister,' on his way
from Norwood, Stanly county, to
Mt. Pleasant. You know ! when
snakes are seen, they are of the liv
ing and business kind. 1 My snake
is a dead one another evidence of
no delusion. - . R . ',
The snake in question is possess
ed of some peculiarities of such a
character that science or something
else would be cheated did . not his
Boakeship's oddities find -way -into
public print. Really-1 helitate - to
say much about this snake, because
of so many doubting 'iThomases
some people are so foolish as to
doubt snake and fish -stores. -But
the character of those, who testify to
the accuracy of my description will
be enough to remo ve alldoubts Vlid
any arise in this case.
Feeling that we all owe to science,
history, etc., every effort possible to
keep mankind well up-to-date" and
in touch with changes and. new de
velopments ; I risk' my ' life in re
lating about a snakethat I saw.r on
the 18th. j " "
Here goes: The snake was "dead ;
I examined him, her or -it;. the
snake was 6 feet 7 inches long; 4
inches in circumferance at the larg
eat place ; head was as black ' as a
crow'a feathers; and the color faded
gradually, as you went from head
to tail, into dark 'rusty brown,?
light brown and to a whitish
green ; the skin was marked by
creases whose outlines, made dia?
m:nd fhurea. ' . s
About two feet from its tail there
were two well developed legs of oyer
one inch in length and the same
being one-halt inch in diameter. O a
each leg were feet or toes, on the
ends of which were nails resembling
cat claws. The claws I did not
count, but on each foot there were
too claws, or nails, one-quarter of
an inch long and they were as sharp
as briars and as hard as bone. I
.testify that the above account is
absolutely correct. Signed.
W S Hartseil, L R Rose, M D ,
A W Moose, Mayor and J P.; J H
C Fisher, Prof. Math. Mont Amceaa
Seminary, M L-Buchanan, Sheriff
elect.
If the snake can be secured from
the party who has it, it will be sent
to the Raleigh Museum. In the
meantime this is dedicated to my
most esteemed and charming friend
Col. Fred Olds, of .Raleigh.
J. P.O. '
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KILLED INSTANTLY.
THREE SEIZURESrIN STANLY.
Depnty collector It. N. Harris Brings
In Five Amies, 'One Horse, Three
Wagons and nine Barrels
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Pnilllp Lambert Snot in the Heart by
Carelessly Lifting: a Gun. From
. . a Cotton Bale From Which
Death Resulted.
Phillip Lambert was an ambitious
young man twentyone years of age
arid his home wasRwith'his father.
J Leonard Lambert, a prominent
and wealthy farmer of Stanly coun
ty Hying near Mission ; postoffice :
but -the youngr man's aspirations
were cut short Saturday afternoon
by i n Btan t d eath.
Lambert was fond of a gun and
had taken his gun to the gin . and
repair &hqp of Lambert & Cc'a and
laid it down upon a bale of cotton
lying in the gin' yarn. R. ' ' '
After greeting :tbermen at the gin
he returned to the yard and in at
tempting to lift the; gun with the
muzze pointing to .his body, the
hammers- 'caught! in the bagging,
and cocked the triggers. A; little
jerke and the work was (-one. The
bammersfell and the loads of both
barrels emptied into they cungmars
stomach below the nba on the right
side, coursing upward to the; heart.
Before anyone could reach him, the
boy was dead, death having resulted
instantly. - It wa indeed a sad and
unfortunate affiir, with .no one to
blame for bis untimely de.tb except
bimelf. '
Hisrt.maiL8 were buried at the
family burying ground near Mission
to-day. R
Blockading in Stanly must be
paying business, judging from the
amount of propertv that u ne'e
Sam falls heir to. On Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday, Nov pi
ber 17ch, 18ch and 19 ch, a seizure
was made 'each day, all near Albe
marle, the entire aggregate being
five m u Ies. one -horse, three waoas
and six sets bf harness with nine "olease you in Clothiiig than we have ever
barrels of whiskey.
Deputy Collector R S Harris1
brought the government's plunder
to this city Saturday night and v has
accordingly aUvertised it elsewhere
in this paper. ;
el
Wo doubt about it; we are better fixed to
The properties seized are supposed
to belong to EUmp Blaylock, Bob
Krider and Tom AJimance, all lof
" . . - -. 4.
whom are said to be 'bid! stagers iat
this blockading' husmess operating
been.
Men's Suits,
est.-.-;
latest
and
B
Union and
i.'. .i
ocotisionaily
of Rowan,
principally in Stanly,
Cabarrus "counties,
s
verging Unto the. edgps
Davidson, 'Montgomery and Mecb :.h
lenburg oounties. The three seizures
advertised, today and-the oae made
in this county two weeks ago, will
bring nearly enough money into the
govern menU to - defray the r expens j s
of capturps. , ' v r V
It is only a pity that the block-
aders and tblinds,, around this city
have no property to seize
Boys'
r- i i
best.
V
Suits
latest
and
Children
s
Suits
an d best;
om People.
Old people who require medicine
to regulate iheir bowels and ' kid
neys .ll;findt the true-remedy in
Electric IBitters. - 'ibis medicine
does not stimulate and contains no
whiskey nor othfir intoxicant, but
acts as r a ItouiuHnd alterative. It
acts mildly .on the (stomach 'and
bowels, aiding strengrht and giving
icine organs, mereoy aiamg nature
in the performance of the function.
Electric jpitters is an excellent ap
petizer and - aids digestion. Old
people find it just exactly what
they need. Price 50a arid. $100. per
bottle at etzer a Drug Store.
-peat, .the legs, feet and toe nails
sre abiolutelyj developed, having
h ') nxi-m, whatever, to imagine what
aamre had in
veiw when about
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tbese things; thby are realities..
Among those I who. 1 know, saw
ii '
lQe eame snake, are Mr. W R
Kindley, Treasurer of the Mt. Pleas
ant.Co.Uon.Mills, Capt. James Cook,
. W H Colhoun, Mr. Daniel
Bace, ladie3 of Mont Amceaa
minary and others.
heeins Mr. Giles kill the
Bnake, I shall not consume your
Pe ; ia describing the battle be
Ween the two -for supremacy,
osnakeologist about Mt. Pleas
ant cou!d locate the snake into its
prPer iiy; none.likeit having
ev befwe been seen irr these' parts.
Knoin that' the -above state
snt is absolutely correct, I risk it
10 public.
Jas. P Cook.
Knowing how slow people are to
D6ileVa er1-.' .; .. . L
v,ouniie stones, ana seeing ine
ve described snake, we hereby
Slack Leazer Dead.
. Itr will be remembered that several
weeks ago Mr. Mack Leazer, a
prominent citizen of near Enoch
ville, Rowan countv, was accident
ally shot on the hand. News was
received here Saturday that he .... was
dead, having passed away on Friday.
Mr. Leazer's sufferings were intense
from the time of the accident, but
grew worse and lockjaw get m Fri
day morning, when he expired in a
Mr. Leazer was well
iCH UU""
known to our people throughout the
county. ' .
Notice.
I can save you money on your in
surance. Don't pay for more than
you get. See me for Fire Life and
Occident insurance est contracts
and terms. JF. Hurley. .
Co. C2, Attention !
All the old members of Company
G, Cabarrus Black Boys, are re
quested to meet at the new armory
over Lippards & Barrier's store,
Tuesday night, Nov. 24th at 7:30
o'clock to make final disposition of 1
all property andbelongings to the
old company. " j;
W. S. Bingham, Capti
Needs Attention.
Parties who travel over the public
road leading from tnis city to Mt.
Pleasant, say that the road bed at
Biz Cold Water creek needs atten
tion just now, and if a little work is
done on it before bvcfl weather sets
in. a great deal of inconvenience and
an enormous expense to the county
can be avoided, Two men and
wagons can fill all the washouts and
ruts in one day now, hence it thould
be worked on at once.
Two .ives Naved.
Mrs. Phoobe Thomas, of Junction
City. Hi., was told by her doctors
she had consumption and that there
was no hope ' for her recovery, but
two bottles t)f Br. Eines New Dis
covery saved her life'.- :Mr. 'i horhas
Eggers, 139 Florida St. Sao Francis
co, suffered from (a, dreadful cold,
approaching consumptioD,' tried
without result everything else -then
bought a bottle of. Dr.; liings New
Discovery and in.. ,two i weeks was
cured. He is naturally thankjful
It is such-resultsrof which these
are; samples; that; prove tbe wonder
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coughs and colds. ' Free trial bottles
at Ft tzer's 'Drug storei; . - Regular
size 50c, aid $1.00.
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