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Vol. XiI. No. 2743
CON N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 14 189S
Whole No 1174S
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THE CRISIS ON.
OPINION OP AN EXPERT.
PERSONAL POINTER.
-Kanttapo to be Bombarded at lfoon
Today Yellow Fever and Wet
Trencber Maiie Decisive Action
Necessary.
The critical moment is most like
I ly at hand at Santiago. Gens. SbaN
ter and Wheeler, had a conference
with Gen. Toral Wednesday between
the lines m which the latter said he
had no authority from the govern
ment to Eurrender his army but
vould surrender all but the troops
and withdraw. This was declined
and he asked till this (Thursday)
noon to confer further, with the
; home government, which was grant-
; ed, but with the assurance that a
most terrific bombardment would
follow a refusal.
It is understood that while the
artilleryj is expected to do most of
; the execution, an assault by the in
fantry will be made if-necessary.
This prompt and vigorous action is
made necessary by the fact that y el -
low fever has broken out among the
troops and further the torrents of
' rain render the intrenchments next
to unendurable. The fall of the
city must now come very soon Be
sides these two good reasons the re
fugees are suffering untold priva
tions which the condition of the
roads or trails render it impossible
for Gen, Shafter to relieve.
The bringing of "matters to a close
seems the wise thing to do now.
Gen. Shafter says if Gen. Toral
does not surrender till noon he will
turn all his guns upon him and the
' 13inch BheilB from the fiet will be
'. hurled into the city. There is some
hope that at the last moment or af
ter Toral is treated -to a sample of
the bombardment he will find Span
ish honor sufficiently vindicated to
surrender.
It is hardly possible for the Span'
iards to escape.
ine f resident is said to oe wor
ried considerably over the . yellow
fever among the soldierp, but there
are probably not more than 14 cases
and they are in an isolated hospital
attended by immnne doctors and
nnrees.
The little town of Siboney has
been burned to get rid of a dirty,
disease breeding, pest.
The First and Second Regiments
of Volunteer Immunes have been
ordered to the front and it is under
stood that they will be used as a
garrison after the city has fallen
while the other troops will be hasts
ened to healthier localities..
To Take In Greensboro.
Quite a number of people of Con
cord and of our county went up to
Greensboro this (Thursday) morn
ing on the two northbound trains.
This is the day of the meeting of
the stockholders, and each stocks
holder is allowed to take all of his
family along. There are alwavs
xinany more families represented on
this day than there are stockholders.
One Seriously in.
From Mr. Fred Merritt's corres
; pondence we see that Mi. Cicero
Harris, of the Concord company is
Berionsly ill . with typhoid fever.
This is the only one from oar com
vpauy that is noted.
All druggists sell Dr. Miles Pain Pills.
Occasion Does Not Exist For the
Country to Go Into Hysterics.
Washington, July 13. Dr. Ir
ving C Sosse, of Washington, re
tired, who is widely distinguished
for his writings on army diseases
and who has had
extensive experi
ence in dealing with yellow fever,
made the following statement this
evening : .
"It will be, well for the country
not to get hysterical over the intel
ligence just received that yellow
fever has made its appearance at
Santiago . I will admit, however,
that yellow fever is a .dangerous
disease when it is not promptly and
carefully treated Santiago is a
regular yellow fever nest. If our
men are kept up on the hills there
will be no danger of their catching
it, and deaths from the disease will
be fewer than if the troops are con
fined to the town. If, however,
when our troops get possession of
Santiago they proceed at once to
clean it up, as Butler did New Or
leans, danger from the disease will
be minimized.
"It goes without saying that in
order that the disease may not get
too strong a foothold in our army,
there should be no delay in making
an attack on the city. To delay
will, under present circumstances,
cost os more men by fever than by
the enemy's bullets. The history of
most campaigns shows that more
men die of disease than from the
guns of the enemy, especially in
long campaigns. Mortality from
disease, however, is not so great as
it formerly was, and it is more
easily controlled. Again, if ! yellow
fever really prevails at Santiago the
enemy must also be suffering from
the disease. 8panish troops, being
Europeans, are far more likely to
suffer than our men in our Ameri
can climate. They are not as well
fed as our men, are not as intelligent
and cannot take as good phyeical
care of themselves. Many of them
are raw troops and necessarily must
suffer most."
MANILA ALL RIGHT
Admiral Dewey Holds Down the .lit
uatlcn. :
The news from Manila, as usual,
is good. The interference of Ger-
many is not a great menace and Ad
miral Dewey is equal to the occae
ion .
The German war vessel, Irene, in
terfered with the insurgent Agui
naldo in Subig Bay bat Admiral
Dewey sent in the Concord and the
Raleigh and the Irene withdrew.
The German representative diss
avowed any purpose unfriendly to
the United 8tates by actions com
plained of by the Admiral when the
latter suggested that it would be
better to do things in a different wav.
To tlve On feouth Main Street. ;
About the first of August Mr.
Charlie Correll, who recently came
back to our city, will move his f am
ily here. They will live in the
house on South Mam street formerly
oooupied by Register Weddington,
next door to Mr. R O S Miller.
The latest advertising novelty
reads thus:
I want to
C tl B A '
Customer of mine.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Miss Mary Thompson has re
turned from a visit to friends in
Lexington.
Mr. H A Chappell, soliciting
agent of the News and Observer, is
in our city today.
Dr. Stevens went up to Salis
ry this morning on a short business
trip.-". i ' : "l
Cashier D B Coltrane went
down to Norwood this morning on
business pertaining to the new cot
ton mill there.
Mr. Robt. Crawford, of Salis
bury, came down here' from that
city this morning.
Railroad Commissioner Camp
bell Caldwell is here today on a
visit to his relatives.
Mrs. Hammer, w!fa of Editor
W C Hammer, of the Asheboro
Courier, is visiting her friend, Miss
Laura Leslie.
Mrs. M B Sticklay will go to
Riverton, Va., tonight to attend the
bedside of her sister who has been
very sick for . some time and for
whose recoyery there is) little hopes.
-r-Mrs. Barker, of Salisbury, is
spending today with her friend,
Miss Nannie Alexander . She is on
her return from Jacksonville, where
she has been to see her son, Mr .
Max Barker.
. Fresh' .- -
SARATOGO
, CHlFfS
Made out of New Potatoes,
Hot Stuff,
AT
Ervin & Morrison
GROCERS,
MATTER ADJUSTED.
The Three Insurance Companies As
sess the Loss .to the f Firm By the
- Burning of the Uvery Stables.
A gentleman has been in our city
in the interest , 01 tne insurance
companies with whom Yorke,
Wadbworth & Co, carried insurance.
His purpose was to get the true loss
in order that our firm would be
compc nmted. TheJirm (jarred inst
ance with three difieren companies
on ther stock in the warehouse, and
which stock was damaged consider
ably by throwing it out during the
In order to adjust tfce matter, the
insurance companies chose one man
and the firm choee one. Mr. Obas.
Ritchie was selected by the insur
ance company and Mr. Charley Dry
by Yorke, Wads worth & Company.
After making a thorough exami
nation, the firm will receive $400
damages, besides the costs incurred
while they had no warehouse, which
will be the cost of a night watch
man each night, store room for the
vehicle?, besides money paid out "to
a number of colored people-f or their
help.
William Jennings Bryan's "regi
ment of Nebraska infantry, has
been ordered to join General Fitz
hngh Lee's cdrp3 at Jacksonville.
Daily Record.
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Why Not Save a Dime
When you can?
When you cave money it's . just
the same as making money.
We've j U8t opened a VERY
HANDSOME LINE ; OF SILK
CLUB TIES, STRAIGHT AND
WIDE END, REGULAR 25 AND
40 CENT TIES, ALL TO GO AT
15 CENTS. N
TWENTY DOZEN Silk Teck
Scarfs at 15 cents. Handsome
goods, elegantly made and good
styles.
A VERY attractive line of
FLOWING END TFCKS AT 25
CENTS. TAEY ARE 50 CEJST
GOODS. You save a quarter here .
Boys' Waists at. 115 ceimts.
5DOZ. BOYS MOLESKIN
KNEE PANTS AT 15c.
They are all sold for .25 cents
everywhere but at this store. The
making is worth 15 cents without
the goods or the goods are worth 15
cents without the making.-
We Have" Bargains .
. - - Every Bay I
Cannon & Fetzer
Company.
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MaZOLENE!
WHA.T IS IT
If your Piano, Organ, Masic Box, Clock or anything in the Furnl
tiire line Phaeton or Buggy looks dingy try one bottle. Ycu will
never be without it. - - - . - -
Lawn Swings
- No Pash-ee no pull-ee, work-ee well-ee, all sum-ee. Call-ee seo-es
and if you don't look sharp we will sell you.
Furniture ! c
World without end and more on the way. Two'csr
loads of Chairs. Sounds like we do not intend to let people sit on the
floor. And we don't !
Rockers from 75c. to $1000.
We are in a position to give you anything
you want m the Furniture line at the lowest
possible prices. Respectfully, ' v
BeO, '.Harris -Company
' With our new'Fnneral Car" jast in from CunniDgham Souc
& Co., of Rochester, W". Y., our Undertaking Department ir
unequaledjin North Carolina. .
Store
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YOU FURNISH THE FEET
VTE DO THE REST, f '
That's all we ask you to dq f r-
nish the feet AVe will not only dt
the rest, but we will do it well for
$2 50,
We have everything in Oxfords
except your feet.
An ounce of satisfaction is wortls
a ton of talk. Satisfaction goec
with every pair of shoes we sell.
Respectfully,
Dry Miller,
Shoe Furnishers.
WrSJi All the latest ImproTomenti
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