Vol. No.
2726
CONCOIUVN. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 26 1898
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PRIZES
j OH THE NEWPORT SIX COM
pANIES AND OUR SIGNAL
- CORPS VOLUNTEERED.
IlnM MoTed From Hong lions Pre
VERY QUIET.
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PERSONAL POINTERS
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j-Mrs. Tom Johnston, of Salis
bury, lis visiting 'relatives in our
Sssie Hamilton took a
drive out to Mt Pleasant today on
Netijs Only Confirms Anticipations
Sherman Retires War Declared in
One Minnie and Forty-One Seconds
--Spanish Fleet Still at the Cape City.
verdes-IIampton Roads Mined-'- Jr jl
mu j s , , , , drive out
lne war news today falls decided- .
ly snort of the expectation or Pen. I
eral preparation nf t.h nii mi misses iuiaa smnn ana L,ucy
t?1 i. u- u . ii i ' Montgomery will attend the grand
HjVP.n Thar. Whlfh lO raalln vicm ha i
w u.wu u i jav.TT iiuo i r l i a o . .
i..o Pao1 the Snfierintr Cubans. I ha&n an '.ni,it-i r i. il.i I
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dai from the charlotte server to tk mere ootuiB nine news in it , for a j 8hort . hile before returning
uu - . - instance the resignation of Secretary home.
. Asiatic equaaron nas uit 0f State Sherman was so completely
Kong. Arrangements being made snatched by anticipation that ic was
to land provisions in Cuba. ' reported as a fact on Saturdavj
3 30 P. M-Censorsbip at Key thou2h ifc wil1 h recorded for thf
25th. Judere Dav succeeds to the
West makes it almost impossible to pl,ce which he ha8 filled for some
secure information of movemen's of time and Mr. John B Moore, Prb
feesor of international law at Col una-
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fancy
YOU FURNISH THE FEBP
VEUOTHE EEbl,
iThaiV hll tie fit yen tc c'r f jt-
ui8h the ffft., .Weill not f nlj c
the rept. tut n"e" will co it ve)) jtr
Cakes
fleets.
Jam Up
Fresh,
AT-
has left Cape Yerde Islands.
Newport has got into Key West
Ervin & Morrison
! 0R0GER5
This yonng man's mindx lichtly
turns to thoughts of love, hut :we
wan t to turn your 'tbouehtr toward
our splendid 'line of spring and
summer ' ' :- - -
$2 50. ,
British government detair.8 torpe- bia College, N. Y , succeeds him. j
I . i " r c nvoai rt an r' a trcH I A.n mmnaa ' A
go boat Sommers on account of neu- make a ormal declaration of . war.
trality laws. It took one hour and six minutes to
It is - believed' that Spanish fleet frame the declaration in the House
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and eend it to the Senate. One
minute and forty -one secrnds were
consumed in passing it in the
with two prizes. House. It was also short work in
Adjatant General Cowles expects the Sanate.
to have one reMiment ready Friday, it is'by no mrans so easy, though,
, for the House and Senate to agree
Six companies of State Guards . . , ...
iiiii Liinniiiiv i nui van ii iiiii iiiii
nH Sianal Cnrm volunteer. Three t mu o...:.!. .,n J u ! i our Pacific Sanadron
r- . I opauiou uetjii Decmo tsviii uti rjQjjgjjjgfable apprehension has
decline. - at Cape Verde Island and there is a i nlft - f - nnr Rnorfrnn ;n th
All will be telegraphed this after- measure of uncertainty where she pxifiiV .
intends to strike or let herself j be 1 It waammored soon -after the
stricken i j Spanish fleet left Cape Verde islands
M li Yocum Cameron, Pa., eais 1 Hampton Roads is tnoroughiy that it woula proceea not to rorr,o
was a sufferer for ten years, trymjne(i atd no boats are allowed to Rico or Cuba, but to aHack our ships
ing most all kinds ofpi re meclies, iQ Qr out at nj Qf , Ja the dar iu the Pacific. There is little prob-
V Vr I ability that Spain ever thought of
UfcZcl OUiVc Woo lcuuiuiucuucu vv - w iL: rru,, G;U flnf
I need one box It has affected a The fleet of Cuba is probably do- 8UUU B iUmKv xuo. .uri.
Hats
noon to eay yeB or no.
We want you to look at onr dis
play of Straw and Crash Hats. We
are taking the town on quality and
prices. We'll give you straw nats
,for 50 cents that you can't match
for less than $1, and we'll give' you
plenty at 20 and do cents that you
can't match for less than 50 cents.
. Our whole line of Crash Hats
the greatest variety in town all go
at 25 cents. You'll have to pay 50
cents for the same grade any place
you find them.
You'll find what you want here,
and the prices must be the lowest.
Gannon & Fetzer
Company.
We have everything in Oxfsa
except your feet. t
An ounce of satisfaction is wo? ill
ia ton of talk. Satisfaction gv&i
with every pair of shoes we sell-
Respectfully,
Dry Miller,;
Shoe Furnishers.
ON THE ALERT.
permanent cuie for piles UeWitt's H - ,ffp t l hlnnkftdinir hnt news
Witch Haz ?1 Salve has no equal. I . I
Gibson's Drugstore. um iuerB W4U ue uarue xruiu
fact that the Dauntles3 will be the
only means of getting news and the
me Boys Are Ready to Be called ont momentary excitement and jfalse
at xeiegrapuic Notice uecruitiug impressions can't reach the wirep.
Some finnff on our vessels is reboria
Since ept. Ed. Hill and Sergeant ld Q j, ,et reported. :
The Dauntles?, on returning to
the blockade, between 9 and 10
Smith have received telegrams from
Col. Armfield asking the number of
vnlnntppra thev could eet. the bo?8
have been getting ready to go and o'' foand herself inside of the
scarcely anything but war tals le of the blockade and dangerous!
comes from their lips. near the enemy. Her; first; dis
The militarv comnanv has no covery was a tarpedo boat after her
ii thofl tt:n hp but it proved a friend and she was
uruciB u , glad to withdraw from her perilous
oraerea out. xuejr arc uTiug y i position.
erably neavy arm tnese nigum.
n.,;fQ o iimW Tiafl Pnliflfpd and For Over Fi ty Years
v II KM n WinnlAin'a Sinnrhini www . Was
still more names are being added; been ned for over fif tyeL by
It is very probable that some re- millions of mothers for their child-
emits will be taken from Sal sbury ren while teething, with perfect suc-
with cur company. Some of our of cess. It soothes the-child, softens
fleers have been and at the time of the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
. o . ,,. colic, and is the best remedy for
writing are in Salisbury addmg Diarrhoea, ifc will relieve the poor
names. Besides an officer has made little sufferer immediately. Sold by
a trip to Mt. Pleasant. j druggistB iu every part of the world.
The Signal Corps, like the others Twenty-fiye cents a bottle, Be.sure
om nrrfprp t-. ftnv timp and ask for ''Mrs. Winslows SootU
01 c " - 7J. U it-g Syrup," and take no other kind.
Their haversacks are packed and ! ! i
volunteers are gradually being a Pretty Good jone.
addea to their; list. Messrs. a lady of our town, having be-
Srrnd O TDnnham. al Tf come somewhat excited we suppose
Salisbury, are in the Signal Corps . over our boys volunteering to go to
would be more than a match for our
Pjnifit onnarnn Knf. t.ViPir vsr
probably not meet in tneir present Q JpQp DUSInCSS
organ' zation.
Spain ha3 a number of small Through Stock taking,
cruisers, gunboats and torpedo boats and fijiding balance on right side, we doff our hats and off our coats and
near the Philippines which could roll up our sleeves, and we are after you for your business in the
v. j.. . 1 ' Furniture pnd House Furnishing Line. Buying as we do in car lots lot
out tney are noi aoie 10 siaaa agamsi-
it m an open engagement. The Bpofc cash gives us"a long lead over sma11 dealeia expect to do more
hpflt Snaniah cruisers at the Philip- business during the year '98 than any previous year of our existence. We
pines are the. Reina Christina and have the stock, we have the prices, we have the rabbit loot with the
the Castilla, which are about equal horse Btoe thrown in. We are not giving away goods neither ars we
tu -5v I selling goods at or below cot. We are! in, 'the business for the monty
lia luero luice tuinu uiuioau ui tuo i
same general type a3 onr Concord. we canmake out 01 it. iiyouiwant.a
We have the Baltimore, 4 413
tons, at Hong Kong and un other
parts of the Chinese waters we have Poplar, Oak, Walnut, Birch, Birds'
the protected cruiser Olympia, 5,S70 Eye Mapb or Mahogany, we can suit you in quality and price-. If
tone; the cruiser Raleigh, 3 IF 3 tone; you ant a
LUC VslUlQGl uuuwi v-tj iiW' buuc, auu I f m J
parior 2uu
Suit of Furniture,
the gunboat Petrel, 890 tons, with
two new auxiliary merchant cruisers
to use as transports for coal and mu
nitions, each having about the same
tonnage as the Concord.
Oar Pacific squadron will be able
to take care of itself. Atlanta
Journal.
iast Call for Town Taxes.
If jour town taxes are not : paid
by next Saturday the 30 ih day of
April, 1898, your property will be
armory today (Tuesday) and are the war, thought Bhe heard thedrnn s advertised and sold.
learning their code of signals. Their
names have already been added, to
the volunteer roll. At least eleven
of our Concord boys have enlisted.1
There was some fear amongst the
members ' of the Signal Corps that
probably their . enlistment would
mean enlisting in the Infantry but
the following telegram from Adjn
tant General Cowles settles that
matter: ''The Signal Corps, when
mustered will do only signal duty
according to regulation.,,
beating Monday evening about 6
o'clock. She at once thought that
our boys were forming their lines
for march to the depot, but ia order
to be sure about the matter she tele
phoned to The Standard office! to
gain some light about it. But by
this time Bhe realized that the noise
was made by the cook in the kitch
en pounding the steak
Respectfully
Jko.' K. Patterson, .
Town Tax Collector.
HE ONLY True Bmou. Purlfie
1 prominently in tize public ; eye to
day is Hood,(i Sar.apari'la. Therefore
get Hood's and ONLY WOOD'S.
Ranging in price from $16.00 to 75.00 Ca 2
and see us. If you war a Side Board, Ward Robe, Cylinder Top Bock
Case, Office Desk, Extensioaor Parlor Table, Picture or Picture Frames
Easels or what nots, do notfail to see us. Should need a
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Baby Carriage
In ycu-J business, we thinkwe.have the
best line in the State to select from.
Cook Stoves.
The Star Leader is said to be the b$s&
Twenty years guarantee on fire back. Look at them, an I you will bay .
them when you hear the price
Baby Renders, Boy Wagons, and every thing to be found in, a E5r: tc
Class Furniture Store. Call and see us.
Bell, Harris & Company.
Our Mr. Bell win - answer all calls day or night m tho
Undertaking Department.
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