11 i "i
WHOLE AO
NOT A GA:
I
HAIL STORM OF SHELLS
been fcr six. months past. So
-
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y . itUG.-xear tnat tn cotun wouia
v.r.rr,: r.or . "ir gret less for her staple product,
tir':iy i-iH-32uc- to I'sny. and iuvQ to pay a .' greafc deal
mi.. ... i their mftuv friend? more f ci licji iood surtiiies. a
L 1 J, . ni them to lend their j w rfc nf whinh rH Will Someldea of the awful rain of
!coai:;..-5 'W'fcrentij sur buys from the west, has not shells poured into ,-the doomed
rieeil woe a. thW amved at Ghar- been realized. The prospect
tto Tupay tu una uin mey wwa .f wr did for the South what
spent d to o.y idouroe msteai ox
'P:'" ; the association, and the news-
hied. Bat as Uoncoid das the ad- , ,
ranUge, la?ing a team that caa
, pr oii3 of them at an? time.
baardof atratesv appointed by farmers in this section have
Lc two ttama' arranged the matter been utterly unable to do for
ii.ably without any- disturbance, three years past. It has effcted
ft was then also decided that we a reduced acreage of cotton
play Charlotte today (Wednesday) and a larger production of
bat was postponed on account or the f00cl supplies.
ram.
papers and the pleading of the
wisest and most influential
r -. . i .
The Oregon's Gnns Alone Tire 1,77G
Times in the Destruction or the
Spanish Fleet on July. 3 j
Play a del Este, Cuba, Joy 12.
Spanish squadron on the morning
of July 3, by the pursuing Ameri
can warships, may bo gained from
ihe number of shots fired from the
battleship Oregon. The number
also bears out the statement of the
Spanish officers that it was the
fire irom the second batteries that
m
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Why Not Save a Dime
When you can?
YOU FURNISH THE FEJ5F
WE DO THE BEST.
When you save money it's just
Thftf'a all wft naV vnn fn fin f t
uroYumr menm iiKuuB the same money. nish the feet. We will not only do
and forced the ships to the beach. We've juafc opened a VERY the rest, but we will do it well fcr
i O'Shay, of the battleship Oregon, CLUB TIE3, STRAIGHT AND
rired the nrst snot irom ner lor- WIDE END, REGULAR 25 AND
"Theicotton acreage is about ward 6rpounder, until the Cristo-UO CENT, TIES, ALL TO GO AT
The game commenced at a few ft t iesa f0r the wholelhal Colon turned toward the shore, 15 CENTS.
minutes to 4 o'clock, with a splendid Sonth than it was iaat year the Oregon, fired 1,776 shells. Of TWENTY DOZEN Silk Teck
crowd tn the grand stand. At nrst Xa these 1.570 were from her 6- Scarfs at 15 cents. Handsome
the rooters for uoncora seemed 10 pe
n the minority but they gradually r, to 1 hrnnfl were fired 44 ! times, the styles.
man per cent, xne ooum lk A a
I i rill l-l-ii. : L I rrnnA m Alaroi4-l J
. , "T " and in hoes, is even greater Ponnaera- iUO U1H T.1""11 . ' "uu
onty DmiDey grauuauj w
md. Charlotte naturally thaD 8 Per cent The 1
I rn j j.-u :
took sides with Concord on that V caA UAC c?V?w 01 t;mfl tKa l.nnn. FLOWING END TF0K8 AT 25
g lined ground. Charlotte naturally
Dok sides with Concord oi
dav as they wanted to be on the meat, corn, wheat,- oats, rye,
A VERY attractive line of
beating side. barley, potatoes and peas man I m.,afllf1(,Kmi BrtTno GOODS. You save a quarter here.
At theend of the second inning for many years past, and there nf obnfa was ifekrfnl One Boys' Waists at IE cents.
the game stood 2 to 0 m f avor ot 19 a good prospect that the L;,Mincu filielr which1 penetrated
Concord. At : this time it was .rams smaller cotton crop will bring thetnrret of the Oquendo, ex- EOD0Z- BOYS MQLESKIN
ing too much to play but the boys more money than the crop of lnaH-mT WllArl ft4Arv nprsnn & KNEE PANTS' AT 15c.
kept on. The ball became wet and
last year. If the price of coN msiflej blowing some to piece3.
They are all sold for 25 cents
everywhere but at this stor. The
heavy and of course they could not , 1Q nft ffn . n fnll u
catch ifc very readily. Bat for this . . v , making is worth 15 cents without leptyour feet.
i m . i v . ' i f i wi m mm ri w ft w v rw w w v
;rdft$0O os 801&6 of 'fthd playorfl ob I "..H ... j riir it I lil lTA ljifiUliAJSlwlalJ I 200(10 ortb6cood8 srs worth 15
. I W III Llti LT,1 I IlHI" I fir. 1 1 M Will HVH I ; 1 -
opposiD: team confessed, tna Ecoref - , - ,f , . - - , . . .
a II VW (I '(IV K IH I 1 111117" ii r. i u "
ir taVOr 1 J ' i and Atrain Snmmtned to hnrrender
We have everything in Oiotd?
would bavft been more in our favor
r 1M U W,on nnr men worfl in PHCtJ Ot COtton TlSeS. 3S it -Gen. Miles On the Gronnd.
snr rounded I cents without the making.
fan
-a na i'.vi td 10 catch
fielders
a 117.
A, v- fj end ef the
the gacio wr3 called oft on account
of Uit; ' in'iu . Tui ul i re.3 We8 al
third; "mmng
tiagois little
Shafter has
Ico i io no
of the
10 tiio sraad 6aad out
still
ho fiel l fiabhmg the third inning probably will, on account of The situation at San
the rain was cqn?.rely in ore of the the smaller crop, the benefits changed save that Gen.
to the farmer will be all the completed the environment of the
city and is strengthening his lines to
What thx3 correspondent make it impossible for ' the Spanish
writes agrees with the reports forces to escape. The boiubaido
which we ret from all parts of ment was stoPPed Monday afternoon
the South. an a truce sent in setting
SomG sections have suffered the fao that thel city is com
hra wiit of r b t th Petey enT10ne and that it is
- raln n e demonstrated that the fleet itself can
stands of all crops are good de8troy the city ide fee' fact that
and within the past few weeks 80 many refugees are sutfering eat
there have been good rains in 81de the city with no power on the
all parts of Georgia and oyer part of G on. Shafter to fully pro
the Southern States generally! vide for them. The defense being
Ihe South will increase her hopeless; the cariison was again or-
-1 , n m -m 1. , --,-, m - . . . .
proGuccion oi v looa crops dered to surrender.
We Have Bargains
Every Day !
An ounce of satisfaction is worth
a ton of talk. Satisfaction Ce& T
with every pair of shoes we eell.
Respectfully, -
Cannon & Fetzer I Dry MiUer,
Company. shoe Furnishers.
they vcnid get io play at lcis live
innings, but t rin did not etop.
When the gr.-r.s wan stepped tht
-score. -stood 4 to 3 in favor of Con
cord. Concord made 5 hits while
Monroe made 3. itr. Ueo. StephenE
nmpired the geina and not a smglje
DDja8t deciSSpn 13 -charged to him.
Both teams have the greatest of con
Hclence in hm. j v
Th-; battery for the opposing team
was Ohambero, vrb3 is from Ashes
ville but belonged last to Trinity's
team, and Jenkins, .who is one . of
Mountain Islands best players.
;
The South Prosperous.
The Atlanta correspondent
of The United States Investor,
Boston, one of the best in
formed publications of its
class in the country, has1 a let
ter in its last issue in which
he says :
l When it was seen that the
war was inevitable the fear
was very general that the
Sonth would suffer greatly
from it. The seacoast of this
section wa3 more convenient
to the enemy, and had less de
fenses than any other in the
United States, The prices of
provisions were sure to rise,
and it was believed that the
price of cotton would fall yery
greatly.; Ther prices of pro
visions haye gone up, but by
no means so much as was ex
uected, and the price of cot
ton is now about what it has
M A Z O L E N E!
W JL JH IS IT ?
It was not Afti
largely this year and we h ope cepted$ ho wever, and the fall of San
to see the price of cotton bets . tJ -
i.-4.u:-n l. ii. I wbu 19 uuufij oxpcuLou. UUb XiC WO Ui.
If the war is terminated bv the T "au UUb "MU111s .-Tv.
time the cror rompn in fhrA at 1:50 o clock Tuesaajf night. never be without it. ; - r -
TT -x- . T I , n... ri. ' J .l. . . 3
will probobly be an increased -UGQ' rlie8 18 now QU, lDe grouaa
demand fov cotton, which, out not m command Me leaves
with a crop of reasonable size, Gen. Shafter to the command and to
should carry tne price up con- the glory that there is iu it.
siderably. Atlanta Jon rnal.
If your Piano, Organ, Maslc Box, Clock or anything in the Furni-
Ainoxr trr nna hrtt!o Vnn txrUi
m m m - - m .
Lawn Swings
With All the JLa test ImproTementa
THEIR SCHEDULE.
The Concord -Ease Ball Team (o Be
' Gone Most Weelt Fon Days lzt Suc
cession. i
I
For some time the manager of the
baseball team here has been trying
to arrange some games, all to come
in one week, in order that they
might spend the week playing
ball. ' -
: On next Tuesday they will go to
Charlotte and cross bats with the
team there. On Tuesday and
Wednesday they will be r Che
raw's diamond '"zuic;
ry from them. On Friday Wadesboro
will give them a game da its dia
mond ct. that place. Our boy a then
will be gone almost all of next
week playing ball, and it is: to be
hoped they will r come home with
the same number of victories eg the
gam 83 ;Lay play.'.
Fresh
SARATOQG
CHIPS
Made out of New Potatoes.
Hot Staff,
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AT
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Ervin & Morrison
OR0CER5.
OT WHAT WG SAY, but
i U what Hood's Sarsapanlla Does,
'aat tells the story of itsiierit and suo
ess. Bemember H 66 D'S Cu TOO.
No Push-ee no pull-ee, work-ee well-ee, all snm-ee. CalNee eee-ea
and if you don't look sharp we will sell you.
Furniture !
World without end and more on the way. Trvojcar
loads of Chairs. Sounds like we do not intend to let people sitf on tho
floor. And we don't! - . x
Rockers from 75c. to $10.00.
w tire in it pubi uuu to give you anyxnir g
you want m the Furniture line at the lowest
possible prices: Respectfally,
' J ... ' . "' - . . ,
: , Bell,"- - Harris' Company.
With our new "Funeral Car" just in from Cunningham Sone
& Co., of Rochester N. Y., our Undertaking Department is
unequaled in North Carolina.
Koboay need bare Wenralgla. GtevBr. MTle
PalL FJU Iroia druggists. "Oaecetlas&
g Store Phone 12
Residence ?Pnohe go