FOURTH OF JULY
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CleJbration at Jacksonville--A Grand
parade of Solrtiers Two Ww Mem
bers Arrived to Join the Companyf
Scrgcant Hamilton Prbbly to Be-
nun in Jacksonville.
Camp Cuba Libre, Jacksonville, Fla.,
July 3rd, 1898. '
Tomorrow being, the anniversary
of tbe great Fourth, the occasion
wilt be celebrated herd in grand
style. A military parade consisting
of 12,000 soldiers will be one of the
wain features of the programme,
and the line of morch m reach
from Camp 0cb Libre to Bay
atreet, in the city of Jacksonville, a
distance of more than two mile.
The procession will bfr. headed , by
Gen. Lee and staff and conspicuous
the line will be a regiment of
m$J mounted on Itocky Stara-
in malea. (Jre.t preparations haye
hi patriots at anarly hour Sat-
nfar hv nnnmnj? hrecracKers aru
other combustible stuff." The "sol
diers all dread the Jong and tedious
march and subsequent ceremonies.
'An&ft'g the visitors at camp dor
mg the past week wero Mrs. Bacon
and daughter, Mrs . Barker, of Salis
bury, who are here visiting Messrs.
Tom and Ed Bacoii and their son
tid grandson, Max BarKer, who is
with Company L.
- Two new members have been en
listed in Company L. One Spates
Miller of Rocky River, who arrived
this morning and Ed t'Vaikins, a
former resfnt ' of. Montgomery
county, but who has lived in Florida
for the paat six years, in the railroad
business.
moans Li. naa otsanjzia y Dase
te$m and- is Miow tiioroehl.v
eouinDed. The teinfecornnrises Mk-
-breyrafnley, Grferarn, Hess,
iiouEC n e, 15 lu a ter, A 1 exander, oh
s ton and Cahiir. Dorooral Brown
and Willie Trice afid substitutes..
Ihe boys will endeavor to sustain
Concord reputation inside the reii-
mental lines, and challenorpi thn
o
Concord team to play on ' their
grounds, provided the guests will
bear .their own expense. 1
' A great many of Company L's
soldiers are spending the day at
Pablo Beach and fSt. AuguBtine,
while others are passing the time i&
various occupations. But for the
fact that there are no1 drill du ties
Sunday, one could nnt nntinp thft
difference from a week day; Rehg-
ion . ..-li.j 'L
uu Bfyibo io icwjgicu up in great
shape, the boys go according to
their inclination..
Sergeant James W Hamil on, who
has been discharged from the service,
"Will yery likely remain in Jackson-
jille for awhile as there is a salens
did place open to him with the H &
W B Drew Company, dealers in
books, stationary and artists sup
plies.
z- The members of Company L. are
in excellent health, and as for drill
1Dg and appearances, is the crack
company of the regiment. Capti
Hill and Lieutenants Goldston and
Goodman tae special pride in the
men and encourage them in every
practicable way.
Band coircefts take1 place at
the. Windsor hotel, General Lee's
eadquarterse,very. night from-7- to
IO.- Thousands f soldiers as well
a8 civilians," crowd the ' balconies,
atreets and thecity park, to pass a
pleasant time; " DATdlT,
' Shall
A GL0RI0U8 VICTORY.
Cervera Bashes On or Santiago Har-
bor Sunday nornins and One By
One Ills Ships are Bored, Fired and
mown Dp a xnniiinff Chase Bat
the Spanish Commander Surrenders
and is Congratnlated-7-JXe lueses 350
Men Killed. 160 tTonndJed and About
1,500 as Prisoners Santiago Proba
bly 5ow Suffering a Fierce Bom
bardment Our Loss One Man Killed
and One Ship a Little Hurf.
As the Daily was well on its way
through the press Monday even
ing we received a dispatch from
fVa Piharlnfto nkoovnA Imh'm.. V..
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tVlB a-.
nd the ntter ftnTlih:laMnn nf JL
once proud and formidable Spanish
squadron undr the command of the
almost invincible Cervera. We held
thft rlfttiprtill toa nnnlrl VlaoVi Xffo
for each, patron, telling the
ft ood without
explanation and glorious enough for
fillinc onA fnn nf inv Wo nnnlrl
a, andI ,f EOthing m e
were to be had. The story in mm
ute detail is too elaborate for most
readers but all along down the ages
the story will be told with some new
item that will embellish it,
After constant watching fgr about
six weeks with the bottie supposed
to be corked, with Santiago to a fair
extent holding her own and appar
ently determined not to yield, it was
not surmised that a dash would be
made an $ that too in open daylight
at 90 o'clock. But it is the unex
pected that occurs. V
. It was Sunday morning and p fol
ably there was as li tie idea of any
great events near as at any time
since the SpanishVfleet wasnknown
to be in the hatbor. Admiral - Samp-
hon had: aaf ranged .a, meeting with
en. onaiier anii; naaauea to tne
lastwardtr lie" missed thejyrht.
hen the fleet, was discovered puK
ting oat there was hurryidgUo bead
the vessels toward themarK'firing
opened'at once. The mostgiaphic
pen wlU donbtlees l depifct the'
sublime scenes of that naval contest.
Cervera had the Cristobal Colon
the.Almirahte Oquendo, the Infanta
Maria Teresa, the Viscaja ancd the
two torpedo boat destrovers, the
Furor and the Pluton. ;
The American vessels, Iowa Ins
4iana, Oregon, Massachusetts, Texas
Brooklyn and Gloucester engaged
them with terrific force. The' Span
ish fleetevidently hoped for nothing
ban to fieaway and ,it
fairly good epfed they made
was
fairly good speed they made and
they sent shot for shot that miht
have made it serious but again the
aim was bad wnik the American
aim was wonderfully accarate an J
did terrible execution . One by one
the Spanish ships were pierced and
set on fire. To save the lives of the
crews the vessels were run aground
and the crews escaped to the land. (
The burning vessels would soon be
blown up by their own maga
zines. The crews would sur
surrender on the sborej as they.' were
in danger of the Cubans who would
have been bad on them. T?he Cris
tobal Colon is said to have gone
about 60 miles under the pelting
fire of the Oregon and others when
Bhe also yielded by taking down her
colors and running aground, when
she also was blown up -and her
crew surrendered- -
j. It was a grand victory ifr which
we moixrn the loss of one man, Geo. J
H Ellis, of the Brooklyn. :
v The Spanish killed are estimated
( the prisoners are estimated at from
to 1,600.
The destruction of the SpsniBh
fleet is Complete, while the Glouces-
ter is the only one of our vessels that
is the least damaged, and it had the
honor of receiving and caring for
' Admiral Cervera and his crew.
A pleasing incident was the re
ception of Admiral Cervera hi
Lieutenant Commander Wainwrisrht.
who grasped the admiral by the
hand and said, "I congratulate vou,
sir, upon having made as gallant a
fight as was ever witnessed on the
eea.' ne men iook nis aistins
11 T T 1 A 1 1 . . I
guished prisoner to his cabin and
extended its privileges to him. Bisl
wound In the. arm was dressed.,
Admiral Cervera it is aid wept,
and many of. the otbar Spaniards
were so pleased at behig' allowed to
live that they lit their cigarettes
and played games pleasantly, .
Gen. Shafter given the city
till Monday noon tOkpsurrender. or
be bombarded, but yielded to diplo
matic ort quests to extend the time
till this (Tu8da) nocn to allow all
aged men and the women-and chil-
dren to get oat of danger.
It is fair to presume that the city
is now suffering a mo&t destructive
fire from our cons and mast 8ur-J
render or be destroyed;
t
Onr Jacksonville Honey.
We have received a -'hard "tack"
much of the anpearance of (ioin,aM
u t -j J . 1 lj
beats our ideas 6 what some mcraern
fiaCnoiera wouid institute, ' in fdtt
if we are going to make money out
of the mere stamping of some sort of
uarantee npon it this would be
doubly goodjor , money. It is round
liKe a aoiir ana airnosc aa nara, it
is broad as modern finaficlal bases
are expend, tg' be.v In color its
not green, out aun, wnion .is Deiter,
for unlike other money when you
could not exchange it for something
to eat you could eat the money
itself. .
. The Inscriptions and the emboss
in a: seem to carry the fiat of force,
and we need only one more on it,
viz,."Thi8 is Mojey." -
On the face side is a U S A batife
flag with its 45 stars;' a" U S 2-cents,
stamp and the E Pluribbs Uonm."
This side a so has the words Concord
Staitdad, Concord, Cabarrus Co.,
N. C . , also compliments of H. P. D.
The reyerse ; side has American
Spanish war, 1898; "In God We
Trust," and Camp Cuba Libre,
Jacksonville, Fla. '. . i
PERSONAL POINTERS..
Mr. alter Smith, of RocI:
Hill, spent last night and this
mnminer here with his cousin, Mr.
Marvin Smith
Miss Snow, of Birmingham,
who has been visiting her friend,
Mrs. John Yorke, left this morn
ing for Hillsboro to visit a while.
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Fresh ' v
SARATOQO
CHIPS-
Made ont of New Potatoes.
Hot Stuff, .
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Ervin & Morrison
GR0CER5,
Why Not Save a Dime
When you can?
tt
w nen yon eave money it's
just
the same as making
We've just opened a VERY
HANDSOME LINE OP SILK
CLUB STRAIGHT AND
WIDE END, REGULAR 25 AND
40 CENT TIES, ALL TO, GO AT
15 CENTS. T
T WENT Y - DOZEN Silk Teck
Scarfs at 15 cents. Handsome
goods, elegaritly pade and good
styles. ,
vA VERY attractive - line of
FLOWING END TFCKS AT 25
CENTS. TAEY ARE 50 CEJNT
GOODS. You save a. quarter here.
Boys' Waists at &5 Cents,
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FiTWrVnT: priva mt t?otttxt
a mvr. si mm m-a j m k. mil i i
KNEE PANTS AT 15c.
They
arft all SOirl ffnr 9$ nanta
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eTe,rwllf 6 bnt at th,s 8t0 T-?e
lUB uu"8 or lDe 8ooas wortn,la
cents without the maKing.
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.We -Have Barsraiinis " .
Every Day I
Cannon & Fetzer
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If your Piano, Organ, Music Box, Clock or anything in the Furni
tqre linerhaeton or Buggy looks dingy try "one bottle. You will:
hever be without it.
No Pusbee no pull-ee, work-ee
and if you don't look sharp we will
Fumitlire !
I World without
I loads of Chairs., Sounds like we
floor.; And we don't I
Rockers from 75c. to 610.00.
Lawn
Swin
We are in a position to give yen anything
you wanton the Furniture line at tlie lowest
possible prices.-
.-Bell, Harris. & Company. 7
-WUh'our newuFnnei;al Car jastin from Cunningham Sons
& Co., erf .Rochester, N. Y.., our Undertaking Department it
uneqtialed in North Carolina.
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YOU FURNISH THE FEET
' WE DO THE REST.
That's all we ask you to do f r
nish the feet. We wilt not only dc
the rest but we will do it well ior
$2.50 '
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We have .everythir in Oxfords
except your feet, . . ---
An ounce of satisfapuon is worth
a ton of talk. Satisfaction goes
with every piir of shoes we sell.
Respectfully,
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With All Ihe Latest Improrements
well-ee, all Biim-ee. CalNee eee-ee
sell you.
end and more on the wa. Two car
do not intend to let people sit on the
Respectfully,
9 .
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Mr :
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at 350, the wounded at 160, and the.
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