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Vol. XII. No.
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A BRILLIANTEVENT tdar
In the History of Concord Roclety
51 r. ana Mrs. It. A. Brown Entertain
Store tban 400 Gneatsjkt ttielr Pil
tlal Home on $ntb Main" NtrVet
1 he Twenty -Firth A nniTersary j of
their Marriage A Stessae from Or.
Peschan ' xtendlnit: Concrratala-tlons.'.'.c-i,:
. u V-, . .r
The beautiful and palatial borne
and premises of Mr. and Mrs. A
Brown was scene .of splendor,
luxuriance and bsautyTriesday
night, the occasion being theJx;ele
bration of the twenty fifth aflnTir-J
ear? of th& marriage .of Mr. and: Mrs,
'Browdr The Home was thronged
with namerous gae8t8 of the city
and from abroad."- The beautiful
lawn was niade brilliant with light
from the festive Japanese lantern
and old' Luna. The palatial home
was illuminated with electricity and
brilliant and happy faces. The ele
gant and commodions parlor in
which Mr. and Mrs, Brown received
their guests, was on the eastern wing
of the boildiug and hc room was
beautifully dtcorated '. with3 Ivys,
ferns and silver tints, representing
moon blossoms, e c , while the back
grounds on th8 walls had these figt
urea in siHer, u1872 1897," Just
green, greeted you. Iff. and
Mrs. J F Yorke received the guests
as they arrived, and Miss Lallaii
Hill and Mr. Charles J Harris kept
tally at the register in the hall .: ,
Key. F W ErPeschau, of Greens-
burg, Pa.,1 telegraphed Mr. and Mrp;
Brown the cWgratulatiohs of him
self and :iami ly.4i The hiewage watf
received in the mjcist of the festiyi-
Mr. and Mrs. Brown gave to each
of the bridesmaids a solid silver
sugar shell aVt souvenir.5
The-eTent'',"wa9"tTb'ne"ofthe,"mosl
brilliant successes iCfthe history of
society events t "Concord. - j
-I behind the bride und groom of
twenty-five jears ego, stcoi -the
mantle, on which were two large
candelabra8. each bearing fiye
lighted' tapers. The brides maids
and groomsmen of the couple as
slated them in receiving, there be.
ing present: Mrs. R A.Yoder, of
Hickory and Mr. JP B Petzer; Mrs. M
J Freeman and Mr. M L Brown:
Mrs. M E Bker, of Salisbury ;and
Mr. Jas. AV Cannon: Mrs. D L
Boat and Mr. A M Brown. Messrs
Louis Brown, Eirl Brown, Paul
Bernhardt, of 8allsbary, and" John
Fisher, of Albemarle were ushers.
On the mantle in the parlor on
the west wing; of the building were
twenty fiye lighted candles repre
sen ting the , number of .year a the
couple had been married. In the
room adjoinirg this parlor was the
large display of elegant and beauti
ful silver presents. To say the5 least,
these presents were -.simply supexb
and lovely, and among the hand
some outlay was to be found nearly'
every article of service: .i In this
room the guests were served . cheese
" and coffee. The tabfe was presided
over by Mrs.5 J C Wadsworth" and
Mrs. S J Lowe, Missps Beulah
Bernhardt aqd t8aihe Eryin. The
dinning room,which was just across
the hall from this little coffee room,
was decorated m "colors of pink,
white and blue blue, being the
-' predominating color, intermingled
with exQuisite silver tints, The din
ing room accommodated 40 guest at
a .time.- There were many guests
from neighboring towns and there
were in all more than 400 guests
present. The dining room was pre
sided over by Mesdames M L Ste
vens, A M Brown Geo. W Brown,
E arn King and Misses Maggie
Browr, Sadie -Bencini, Mamie May,
Chaeaie Brown, Annie Fisher and
Carrie Kichwine, of Salisbury. The
supper was grand, simply grand.
As you entered the elegantlyfur
lushed hall the word Welcome" in
large glittering letters suspended
from the ceiling on a background of
PERSONAL POiWtEKS.
. 3 .
Whole NO.l90
J" .r '
for Over Fifty ear
Mrs. vYinslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used; for over fif tv veara bv
millions of mothers for their child
ren while teething, with perfect suc
cess, it sootnes tne cnild. softens
0
the gums, iallays all pain, cures wind
colic, and is , the bept remedy for
Diarrhoea, It will relieve the poor
little sufferer immediatelv. Sold by
druggists in every part, of the world.
L wnty-nye cents a bottle Ensure
and ask for "Mrs Winslowa Sooth-
iLg sSyrup," and take no other kina
CONCORD WINS.
It Was a Hard Fouerht Battre-The
Score 9 to 8 in Favor of Concord.
The Conccrd baseball team and a
large crowd of enthusiasts, consist
iog of about one hundred and fifty
persons, left this morning Tor Char
lotto,, where our boys crossed bats
with Mountain Island at Latta
Pari: ' this afteruoon. . Oar boys
Dlayed aBTollowa : Weddington, p;
Reed, c; B tiley, lb; Misenbeimer 2b;
Fisher, 3 b; Caldwell, a s; Man gum,
r f; Rogers, c f;-Jiekey, 1 f; Brumley
substitute. v s
Mountain Island put up good ball
but Concord with her craefc battery
and excellent, support was too muc
for the Mountain Island boys. The
Standard held its forms open and
at a late hour this afternoon re
ceived.the following telephone mes
sage :
"The result of the earne is 9 to 8
in favorof oncord , v ;
Concord has played quite a num
ber of games duririg the season and
has not lost a single game,' r ; i
,On the retnrn of the boys from
Charlotte tonight the Concord base
ball team will disband for the sea
Ron, a number of , the boys leaving
for school tomorrow.
1 -
Bleetinsr of County Board of Ednca
:tion. . : '' . r' ; '' '
The county board of education
will meet on Saturday the 25th of
September at 9 a. in., for "the purpose
of hearing recommendations of com
mittees with reference to locating
' : : ' ; "'.;.. :, ' -
school districts in cases where the
lines of the old districts cross town
ship lines, v f . ? ! - -
If committees have any changes
from the present township lines to
recommend, they should be present
It is important that the lines should
be located before taking the school
census j H. T. J. Ludwig,
w 2c i Supervisor.
t MH ;tli Caldwell "returned to
the city today fromiLexington ,
Mrs; tilo. Cfiaele. of Salisourvl
has arrivecnin the city Vnd is i -'visit
ngatrthe hDme bf J M Lowmau.
v - if -j . .i ' ..... i
Mr. R A Sappenfield: who has
been spendihg eeveraTdays at hbf meV ;
returned to Charlotte today." ' "
MiBsLou'Afmfi
to the ci ty af tef a u v isi t of several
months with friends in ' Salisbury.
' Caut. SH fclauler: : '6f the
Rimer Gold MineVwent up to Sal
isbury this mornings f v nft ;
!GeAijel; travetiing
ad vertising agent for 1 H E B uck'e p
St Co.; Chicago 111 , was in the city
yesterday; u- -V . - ' :- I
Mistf Addie Boger has returned
to her hoae after spending a short
while at Misenheimer 8 Springs. ;
' Mr Caleb Bernhardt and fam
ily, of Salisbury. who attended Mr.
and Mrs. R A . Brown's silver wed
ding, returned to their home today.
Mies Mary ;E Dodson, one 'of
the teachers in the graded schools,
who has been, yisitiug at Miltor,
has returned to the city. ,- J
r-r-Mrs. Barker, of -Salisbury, who
attended the silver .wedding last
evening at Mr. and Mrs. R A
Brown's, has returned home.
'Messrs. Parts King and Morris
Caldwell have gone to Davidson to
eute? chpoU JParks Kipg will take
a titaldical' course there: ' t :
-Mr:' Brdcii TflmnlAtnn. nf
Moore8vil'e; -'.who isfylsitingMeBsrs.
Joe. and Richmond Reed, accom
panied the crowd to Charlotte to
witness the ball garnet ;
Atteetioii
" ' : l : i i V . i U . i- r
Young
Mn, our first shipment ; of
ALL NECKWEAR
has arrived. We show ;a brilliant
Line of . ,
.. "V .. V
Shild Bows:
THE
VERY LATEST AND
STYLISH COLORS.
MOST
French Candies
1 i
Received
Today
mr
i i
Fresh Stock
Assorted
t
Fancy Candies
Ervin &Smit'h
n 'GROCERS.
BncfclenB Armen bit? .
fThe est Saiye inr the world for
Cura, Bruises, Sores, Ulcere, Salt
Rhuhiiiy Ohappe
flandsV; cihiibhrinst7,Oorn8"- and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles or do pay requi-ed. It is
guaranteed to give otatief action or
monev refunded, 'Price 25 "cents per
box For sale at.P B Fetzes Drug
store.
A Donbejr for Male. .
Anyone wishing to bu: a donkey,
would do well to call on me at occe.
She is gentle and suitable for small
children. Will sell on reasonab'e
terms. ReBpectfuIlv,
lwd. Arthue Odell.
All Free.
Those who have used Dr. King's
New Discovery know its value and
those who have not, have now the
opportunity to try it free. Call on
advertised druggist and get a trial
bottle free. Send your name and
address to H' E Bucklen & Co-,
Chicago, and get a sample box of
Dr. King's Now Life Pills free, aa
well as a copy of Guide toHealth and
Household Instructor free. 4.11 of
which is - guaranteed to do jrou
good and cost you nothing. Jret
zer's Drug store.
rreaideht ana Mrs.Mcliinlev :e-
ceiyei an ovation in at Akron, 0.,
Saturday and are expected to arrive
in Washington today.
200 Shild Bows to sell 3 for 5o cts.-about
one-third their real value.
Cann on & Fetzer Co.
Furniture
and Horses.
-Somebrses canoSiU
withFiirniture. Ours is the Standard, We get more for our goodie Why? It cost.
more to make them they are better, they las thejr give atttfitton, insuring'
comfort. Customers see thespoints ;and are willing to buy a good horse." We J
haje just bought two car loads of r urniture, eacieighing from 12,000 to 15,00Q '
pounds. Does this mean anything ? Why of cohrse, when freight rates on smaU '
shipments are as high as $3.49 per hundred pbuuds. We wish to please oar cus-r :
tomersi thereforewe carry allgradeVdit furniture; : Hat racks from 10c. to 5 00"'
7 00, 8 00 to 25 00. Rockers frcm 40c; 75c, 1 00,12,5, 2 00, to 10 to. Parlor suftl v
SUk and Plush from 15 00, 2000, 25 00, Woo'to 50 00, Ward Robes 5 00 7 00 1
8 00, 10 00 to SO 00. We liavebyer 100 bed room suits, from
8 50, 12. 0, 18.00 20 00, -25.00,' 65 (10 to 100, Over 2000 S
.num iu, kjjj ikij . io iu.uu, JUU. iixten
Sinn til1aa
3.00, 6 00, 7.00, 8.00 to5?' AV dc not sav wa will oil "
goods as cheap, but less.: iWhyJ . Because we have the inside
track, though we are not as swift as Star Pointer, who paces
a mile in 1.69t, but we mean business, i. e to sell oods nd'
a "heap of 'em." We dp our own work, therefore we dis
count all bills. Store open f rm 6 30 a. m. to8.3(.' p. m.
Yours respectfully,
Bell, Harris & Co.
P. S. : TheUndertaking Department is under the care
and managementof Mr. W L' Bell. Calls promptly attended
to day or nic:ht. v li Yours respectfullv.
i, Harris k GoiDpaov.
1 1 Vgy. ijCoSawb.
I f
ELY'S CEEAKI BAI.SX la m positive cure.
Apply into the nostrils. It is quickly absorbed. 60
cents at Druggists or by mail.; samples 10c. by mail.
ELY BROTHERS, 66 Warren St. New York Cit
O ISI D Pl-A I weakness easily cured toy
Orl I Dr. Miles' Nerve Plasters, ,
Aiw One "Wanting to
Make any Mnd of a trade
FOR, A rSHOULDigALCON US
We'haye Wheelsjf orjboys and girls.
v . - those
4Westfie!d,s"in"arfew
days. The demancijs jpjgreatjttiat wejean not keep them in
stock ail tfh timers; Remember the price of these wheels
has been Teduced to1
$60.00 to $45.00
We also fgive you your preference as to handle bare
saddle and pedals. Now is your opportunity if you want s
wheel at a low price. r
Yor
Wadsworth
& Co.