Vol. XII. No. 103
CONCOlttV N. C THUKSSDAY SEPTEMBER 16. 1897
Whole N 0.1. 98
IN EXTRA. SESSION.
PERILOUS EXPERIENCE.
The Board of Town Commissioners
Granted a Privilege ' ana "Will Pay
Interest on Script for One Year.
The town commissioners were in
extra session , Wednesday night, a
foil board bdng present.
Among the important business
transacted was the granting toi the
Concord Telephone Company rights
aod privileges to put up and operate
a system in the city.
The tax books have been com
pleted and turned oyer to Collector
John K Patterson, with instructions
to py the- interest on all butstahds
ing script for one year, as taxes from
the general fund.
A resolution was passed by the
PERSONAL POINTERS. I
Mr. 8 J Lowe is spending the
afternoon in Charlotte.
A Horse Fell: Into a Well sixty Feet
leep and Whh Taken lid tTlVe.
Joe Bisreers. of No. 10 townahin'
is the owner of a very fine dapple- nTr 01 nocn-
J unpl"0 ville, was in the city today,
gray horse, of which he is justly .ir T ' . .,
proijd, and from a report from that QZA!o&.
section -this morning, we learn of a w . TT .
' w Capt, A H Propst is at Gaffney,
very perilous experience of the S.C., having gone down last night.
handsome steed. One night recent 'r L Jr , . r
i u , . f . , . fessrs. W-R Kmdley and A W
ly Mr. Biggers horse got out of its Moose, tQf Mt. Pleasant, were in. the
stable and while wandering around city today." :
the place, fell into the well, which Editor O N Brown, rof the Sal-
is sixty feet deep. He fell about isbury San, left Tuesday morning
fifty feet and1 lodged on the rock for tne Na8hville centennial.
wall. It remained in that fix uutil. Mr. R C Puryear spent last
the next morning, when Mr. Biggers Pight in the city and left this
or.r, nnT t I morning for; Yadkin, accompanied
went to draw water. In effoijs Xo by Mrsames CfQibson.
free itself from the r.ramned ttfWTtinn
... r I ir- ir t t a
hnard not to nav out more than $500 the horse feirfrnm it Indoin intn "Tr1188 aggie mown nas gone to
j - 0 t , bali8bury to spend several . weeks.
on me ropoaeu Kruuiug ui oouin i ma water peneam. She will be the guest of Mrs. T P
Main street. Mr. Biggers did not know until Johnston and Miss Carrie Rich-
The meeting was a harmonious that time his horse was in the well. wine.
one, and the outlook for the town's The alarm was sent out through the Miss Vilma Correll, who has
best interests is more encouraging: neighborhood and with heroic work been ependiDg sevpral week? with
than for several years past. by a large force of hands and' the hergrandTparents, Mr. and Mrs. N
tv,7r- 1 Mtw of . combustion pa.Ie, UaKc., thrSo
Ephraim Tucfcer and others yes- ana roPe lDe animai was arawn out,
Latest Fall Shape
DUJSLAP STYLE,
s
TIFF - H A T.
Received To-day.
terday seined the pond at Boat's aomewhat mutilated, but alive. -The
mill, on Rjcky Kiver, in No. 9 town- nor8e 'living and is paid to be days for medical treatment und?r
ship, catching 100 pounds of carp I doing well
and 60 pounds of cat fish and suck-
Dr. W H Lilly, returned to his
home todav verv much lmnroved.
Has a Calling. " "
era. rnia is a true nsn storv, ana The Sihsbarv World savs. edi- mrs. uiarence r imery, wno
Das oeen visiting ner motner, Mrs.
day. '
Cannon 4 Fetzer Company,
so much encouraged by their former Jtorially :
"The snake liar is not in it at alii several weeks past, left this morn-
this year. The Charlotte .0 bier ver's Uogior. herthonae atliynchburg, Vs.
cure for Typhoid rever. Concord corresDOQ dent in otes that a Rev. G L T Fisher, of Charlotte.
Furniture and Horses. -
Some horses can be bought for $5 others will cost $ 100, any difference. S
Anyone suffering with typheid Mr Suther, of Concord, killed forty, spent last night in the. city. He
x t :l 1 war 1-iArn in t.h inlorout. nf "RliTaheth
V K p "" nine birds at one shpt Saturday f0neee whicn will onen October witbFhrniture. Ours Is the Standard, We get more for our goods. Why ? It costs
; afternoon. That correspondent has 12th. Several young ladies of th;s
own, maue oi roots ana neros. j. ' ...
city will attend school there.
can furnish testimonials. Anyone
The Standard noted the killing
V
needing my services, call on or adPf the birda b7 Mr- Suther and will IM llfinll IV S
Oot.15 lmod&w. Concord, N. O. obserye's correspondent. When
Forest Jlill News; yon See jt in THE STANDARD, it's 80.
The -Forest Hill branch of the MrSuther is a man" of nrlques
graded school opened with a good tionable veracity, and it was from
attendance. his Qwn Hpg thftt we Wfire gi?eQ tie ISfuniiallv'S
lure, xj xx ouorea, wx.u iihs ueouipuiuus.
quite aick, is much improved.
Candy
more to make them, they are better, they last, they give satisfaction, insuring
comfort, customers see these points and are willing to buy a good horse. Wq
have just bought two car loads of urniture, each weighing from 12,000 to 15,000
pounds. X)oes this mean anything ? Why of conrse, when freight rates on small
shipmen ts are a3 high as $2.49 per hundred pounds. We wish to please oar cus
tomers, therefore we carry all grades of furniture. Hat racks from 10c. to 5 00,
We have JUSt received 7 00, 8 00 to 25 OO. Rockers frcm 40c. 75c, 1 00, 1 25, 2 00, to 10 00. Parlor suits
by Express some Of Silk and Plush from 15 00, 20 00, 25 00, 35 00 to 50 00. Ward Robes 5 00, 7 00,
8 00, 10 00 to 80 00. We have oyer 100 bed room suits from
q Kf 10 . f :i q nn on nn o n fif u tn i on n-crov onnn- Ti'niia
nmAr from 40or50c."?5c; 1.00 to 10.00, 12,60. -Extension tables
Vfcmuj 3.00, 6,6pr7l00, 8;0tf io'2
-which is the best and goods as cheap, but less. Why ? Because we have the inside
Chepest Fancy package track, though we. are not as swift as -Star Pointer, who paces
candy ever sold in Con a mile in l;69ibut we;mean;busine?Sv
. a "heap of 'em." We do our own work, therefore we dis
corc1, count all bills. Store open from 6.30 W m, to 8l3( p; m. rf
Ervin & Smith :
GROCERS. ucu, iiui i is ,r yy.
p-S. The Undertaking Department is nhder the care
.WsaWr TePr 15 HaU Und
Is Criminally Insane.
Messrs J R Wood and W J Mor -1 There is a desperate negro in the
gan spent jeaterflay in-Balisbury. State prison .naniedfHandy Harm.
Miss Rena Jenkins, of Forest Some years' ago iewas"p laced in the
Hil, was visiting friende at Forest State S prison ;f or twentyve years
Hill this week, 4 for killing a., man Jn Anson county.
Miss Lizz'e Ronse lef . ior States He remained there about two months
yhle this morning ' to visit 'her' and tHeh : made his escape. ' Soqn
mother. She will be i gone, some tifterhis; escape a powerf.nl 5 negro
me. - ' . called Henrv Joreat broke into a
Mies Amanda and .Mr. Charles house at Concord, and when he was crazed with drink,-Charte
EarnharrareAv!siting in'-1' ihe' coou-' "iisiwivered f'' iiT 2Vhe K hotwe hie at etrnckhiswife; twjpeth a clever
try. 77 tempted to kill he owner. tHe was this mo rnipg,ii feting, fatal inju
Mr. vM ;BiRummage,-of eastern: tried a8jHenrjLF(t ad
Cabarrus, is visiting Mr. PA Eirn; for 6f ten years. ti After r the trial r
hardt atfthis piac. ; ' ' ' 4 developed "'that'' hewas not1 Henry Uljdie. . Mrs. Gunuell ; took in
Mr. W PShealy, of Stanley, spent' J u?fr -r- - A
la8t!irhtm,thtv.- o! capednvictswhen he J&T1W
... . . . . - ried back to the State prison he Had -
miss Virginia .Arnqia, uaugr
Edll. H arris i -k
One
rtn Hftntence's - hancnnir 'overlhim. : 11. ... ; rTilT
of Kev. J D Arnold, left for wasn- u . , " w. . . .. Mrs. winsow-a oootningr syrup nasi avJLLfll:r5
lueion, u. u., inis morning,' wuero ; - , - -, . u vr .v .' (rvj .J C-,V
' . ' , . 6 he has become one of the moaU mjijipna46fv mothers for their child-
ehewiii enteroh , , aneeroai1 men3 inthe prieonJ'He ren whiieteh1ngwithr)erfect auc
Kina
lgtO
a ti'
of
ade
mi !i 1 r : 3 If
ine mianccnuQ or Mr. ana jars 1, . , it !nnnthp tHpnsnftpnR
their home on Stanley street.
Stands at the Head.
Auc J Boeel, the leading1 drue I maa aow f r DTomino Vi i m and hp
P'st of Shreveporr, La., says: Dr. 1 .
King's new discovery is the only pronounced him violently insane.
tmng tnat cures my cougrn, ana u is iHftsaiaHthat he has the worst form
some of the other I convicts " andiR?
. .1. ') : . j;: w r-.'H Tcclic,,iand, is ; the .best remedy. for
puniBUXllcub Bccuicu iu uayo lltblO
no effect on him. loFinallyDr. Kirby
thft hflflt PAllfir I have, s J f CamD-
bell, merchant of Safford, Alriz ,
writes: Dr. Kingr'siNew' Discovery
is all that is claimed for it; it never
fails and is a sure ourefor consnmp
tion, coughs and colds. 1 cannot
say enough'C f or ? its 1 merits-; IJDt
King's ew Discovery for con"
sumption, coughs and colds is not
an experiment. It has been tried
for a quarter of a century, and to
day stands at the head. It never
disappoints. Free trial bottles at
Fetzer's Drug stare.
qi lgdical insanity ahd is liable
to kill fany body at any time, so the
negro has now been placed in the
department for the criminal insane.
He isLsaid to be a very 'strong negro
and a desperate and dangerous man.
News and Observer.
-
Three things to fight for Honor,
country and home.
Draroea, ' Itlwili.relieye.the,; poor
little sufferer immediately. iSold by
druggists in ever part of the world,
Twenty-fiye cents a bottle, "Be sure
and asklfor 'Mrsr Winslows .Sooth
cLg , Syrup"'and .take Jnd other kind
' 1 Moses Whitmireand B Bock
ner,, two v, rich : negib men, of pear
Chelsea, 1. Tiga.v'e a gypsy womt n
$880 to sleep Vpn that she might
bring; feme jand;;to
,Now all that they aBk is that the
woman and money may be brought
back to them. Ex.
FOR : Rjcle SHOULD:CALL QNiUSl
WJhaye Wheels for boys and girls.
' ill have ' another lot of those, Westfield's in a few
days. The demand is so great that-we can not keep tnem in
stock all tha time. Remember the price of these wheels
:- ' i . i t ' ' -i . . ! ' ' -r -,
.- x .. - i. i- . ; - . . . . .'. , . s ; : i
has been reduced to
, 60:00 $45.00
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We also give yon , yonr ) preference ,,as to:hand!e.bars
saddle anpedals.oWfi your opportunity if you . want a
Y or keWad s wo rt h Co.
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