Vol. Xi. No. 2740
CONUOIUVN. C. MONDAY, JUNE 20 J89S
Whole No, 11740
ABOUT CUBA.
Cattle Sot Unided-IlaYana Gets Snp
jlies -TtieSpantstiFlag: atllnlf Mast.
Wliat Does tt Blean ? Ilie Bombard
ment Terrible Will Burn Calnra
rcna Rather Than Snrrencler It
Gen. Ang-nstl Resigns to Avoid Slgn
mar Capitulation.
The cable connections at Cai- War for a transferral of Jay Sims
juanera arb not eftected yet and from. the position of bugler to the
some delay in the dispatches is Signal Corps.
unavoidable. 1 By being transferred, which is
to reports at least, that Havana be paid as much as when he was
has been getting food supplies bugler but it is his desire to go
from Batabano, on the South side and serve his country, regardless
of Cuba, opposite Havana. The of the, salary, and may he go and
provisions are landed at the Isle g&in glory for himself and his
ot Pines, south of Cuba, and slip- country, proving himself an honor
, ped through at night on small to the Old Worth State.
fdssels, to Batabano and from
thence to Havana by rail. It is
said that on this account there is
uo scarcity of provisions in Ha
vana save ot flour.
Later accounts from the bom-
JAY SIMS TKANSFERRED. 1 1 ; PERSONAL POINTERS.
Bio More a Busier for the First Hon h Mr. JnO Yorke Wnt Over to
for!l"''M,lere,,!rAl.,,e?t0r Charlotte this morning on business.
for Gen. Merrltt on tlie Philippines.
From the News and Obseiyer Messrs., Dolph Mangum and
we see that Adjutant General Je88e Oldham, two baseball enthu-
Jowles has asked the Secretary of .0"""5' "" yj omvo wumuu
Deputy Sheriff John Hill went
up to Salisbury this morning on
business.
Messrs. Walter Scott and AU
bert Snmmey, of Charlotte, spent
Sunday here with friends.
j Freight clerk Prue White spent
Sunday at his home in Green villi,
S. C. .
HOT
-Dr. John Montgomery, of
This ought
to interest
the men.
THIN GOODS FOR
WEATHER.
BLACK ALPACCA
BLACK SICILLIAN
BLACK BRILLIANTENE
REGULARS, - STOUTS . AND
SLIMS.
All at 33 -oer cent less
than regular price.
Job lot of Mohair
COATS
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ABOUT HAWAII.
The Islands All Delighted With the
Arrival of Onr . Troops A Traitor
?i.m7Tcoate at one half their
iy epouu me uaj wiiu ma iamer
YOU FURNISH THE FEET
WE DO THE REbT.
That's all we nek yon to do f r
nish the feet. We will not only do
the rest but we will o it well for
$2 50
Caught-So Neutrality For Hawaii.
Intense deliglit prevailed at
bardment at Santiago indicate the Honolllla on the arriyal of the
results were quite severe. Vul- Charleston with the Manila
tures were soon floating in the air expedition. The troops were
and men could be seen digging allowed to go ashore and en
out the dead from mounds made joyed the freedom of the city
by the explosion ot the heavy Citizens vied with the an thori
shells. The Spanish flag was ties in giving the soldiers a
piacea at nan mast over Morro gay time while the ships ie
Castle. This is so out of the usual coaled.
order that it is causing no little But while all this was going
bewilderment. Had Morro b
W U Ml AS UiX Ui J tii U C JL Vi. f MKT
Judge Montgomery, who is sick."
i v Fresh
SARATOGO
CHIPS
Made out of New Potatoes,
Hot Stuff,
AT
bombarded it would be believed
that it was meant to indicate the
ill fate of Lieut. Hobson and his
crew.
-
Spies report to Admiral Samp-
canght try ins: to connect a
fuse with the incmense powder
magazine of the City of Pe
kin, which if accomplished
might have been more terrible
son that the Spanish GeneralL, A, ,r mi.
-r i j i rr than the Maine affair. There
joerai ana several omcers were , , . ...
killed by the gun-cotton explos- 18 llttle doubt that he WlU Pa7
ions at) the first trial of the batter- the. penalty, of his life. The
ies of the Vesuvius. " expedition left Honolula on
Scouts say that preparations are tne 4tn- Tne Spanish consnl
being made with combustibles to protested against the coaling
burn Caimanera when the Span- of onr vessels and desired the
iards can no longer hold it. nentrality regulations, but the
Advices from Manila say that government at Hawaii simply
Capt. Gen. August! has resigned informed him that it did not
his office to the Spanish Com- take neutral grounds.
mander preparatory to capitula
tion. Manila may have fallen al- Concord 10 Loose Rev' cniiongi..
redy. The Spaniards claim, how- For some time it has been
ever, that the fall of Manila does whispered that Eev. McCullough,
not mean the surrender of the now Pastor of St- Andrews pastor-
l.J ' ' J 1 1
Philippines. ate, was going 10 leave uoncora.
r -W. ..tl- 1 1 I 1 1 T-
it win oe rememoerea that riev.
a cood iaffis nominir. McUullough resigned some, time
Mr. and Mrs. Jedediah BobbinB, ago, .owing to the fact that he had
Singm Skule, an entertainment that more than he could well attend to,
has set and kept two States laugh- and which was a step toward a re-
mg the past few months has been arrangement of the charges. Last
secured by the ladies of the Central week Rev. McCullough was tend-
Methodist church, and will be given 6red a call from the Lutheran
at tne opera house Thursday, Jane church at Cameron, S. C, to fill
23, under the direction of its direc- the place made vacant bv Eev. J
tors, Messrs. Bertram and Willard , A g Scherer and has now accept-
oijxew xorJc. Liocal talent will be eA
sed for all of the parts with the lt is witll deep regret that the
epuon 01 Mr . ana iars, noDomBf people of lconCord. and especially
a pans axe &en oy m, gu, his congreKation give up EevMc-
Cullough, he having succeeded in
tlemen aboye mentioned . The Wil
mington Messenger of January 5th
5aye: Mr, Jedediah Bobbins' Smgin
JKule was presented last evening at
the Y. O. A. auditorium, and
et with fine snceess. The cnter--i&ment
was very funny, and ins
trod oced a large number of Wil
mington's local talent . . Mr. Ber?
tram as Mrs.- Bobbins, and Mr .
ujara as Mr. xSQbbins were very
gaming a number of devoted
friends here. His call under his
new charge will take effect on the
1st of August.
Ervin & Morrison
GR0CER5
STKUCK BY LIGHTNING
Straw Stack Set on Fire Sir. Sam
Patterson, Former Superintendent
of Odell's Mills, In Oar City Otner
Vlsitine Folks.
real yalue.
Serge Coats and
Coats and Vests.
Extra length coats
for preachers and oth
er Professional men.
Its bad economy to
wear your high priced
heavy suit in this
sweltering weather.
One days wear in this
extremely hot weath
er injures a nice suit
more than a weeks
wear , in o r dinary
weather.
You can be more com
fortable at loss cost in
a regular summer out
fit.
Crash Suits $2.00 up.
Cannon & Fetzer
Company.
We have everything
except your feet.
in Oxfcr&s?
An ounce of satisfaction is oib
a ton of talk. Satisfaction gD
with every pair of shoes we selh
Respectfully,
Dry & Miller
Shoe Furnishers.
WEEDS NO BOOSTING.
Forest Hill Correspondence.
Mr. H C Caloway and family
spent Sunday with Mrs. Oalo way's
mother, Mrs. M M Russell, on
church street.
Mr. THos. Simpson left for Spray,
N. 0M Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam O Stone, who
have been ivisitirig relatives at New
London for some time have returned.
Misses Maggie and Lyda Plaster,
of near Glasses, spent Sunday with
the family of Mr. F P Smith,
Mr. SF Patterson, of Ilchester,
Md., is expected to arrive tonight
He will be the guest of Mr. W R
Odell while in the city. Mr. Patter
son is well remembered by the peo
pie of Crmcord, he having been
Superintendent of the Odell Mills
for quite a while.
Misse Maggie and Carrie Ross, of
China Grove, spent Sunday at Mr.
O H TJpchurch's on north Third
Btreet.
Sunday evening during the rain
lightning struck Mr. J W Cook's
residence and also set fire to a straw
8 tact: some distance from the house .
The names were extinguished before . an easy winner oer all others. If you need
mucn uamage was uuue. , - . ,
fci otuve we asK you to u.o is can. ana see
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I O 1 T am m fiTTfl' w a n
performance was highly entertain- "n "p,'"J
ing. The prices of admission will Piles or no pay required. It is
be 25 cents. Kids 15 cents. Re- guaranteed to give ctatisf action or
rved seats 10 cents extra. monev reiunaea. rnce a cents per
box Vot sale at P B Fetzers Drug
store,'
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, cent postage stamp.; Ex.
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Thanking you for past favors, and we hope to merit a continuance o$
the same.
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Bell, can't be excelled in North Carolina, "Embalming a Specialty.'
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