Vol. No. 2709
CONCOHtt. N; C. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 1898
Whole No 11786
MONTHLY MEETING
AN OBJECTION
PERSONAL POINTERS.
Of tlie County Commissioners Many
- Complaints as lo Bridces Handed
In motherless Children Kent to the
ronnty Home Telephone tines
- IS ranted Tax Books Turned Over.
The county commissioners met in
their regular monthly session Mon
day. On account of the amount of
business to transact they could not
finish on Monday. Complaints after
complaints came in as to the , awful
condition s of our roads now since the
wftfihmitfl. Contracts were given to
, Miss . Mayfield Cole left this
morning to attend school at Greens
boro.
On the Part of the Southern
Railway Company As to the Plac
ing of Our Sewer i-ipe Above the
Depot Good Argument Rendered
By Agent Dusenbery.' Mr. Jno. Schenck, ot Charlotte,
Editor Standard: Noting your spent today here with his friend,
remarks in your issue of the 3rd as Mr. Richmond Montgomery.
A -' ' - . L " il I
io my appearance oeiore uie uny Mr Jno. C Wadsworth has re
Council on the sewerage question, turned from a trip to Connelly's
l wisq ii Qisiincuy unaeraxooa BDrings t
that I was actine under instruc-
tions from the rail road authorities "Mrs. F S Starrette. of'Moores
to conanlt with the Mavor of the ville. 8Peut last n'ght at e ihome
J " V-A V- &tTJU . J I . . , r . .
. . i ni nRr tihtrtils. i jatiL. Run iyith. aibx
persons to build new bridges and do city; ana n was Dy nis request " - - ...
all necessary work mat i came oeiore me council
Fannie, Minnie, John, Barney and and having done this, my respon- Mrs. u B Uoltrane returned
ntiR other ffirl. all children of Mr. 81Dlluy in iaG wr w enueu. irom Bessemer lasi uigm, aner ai
Harris Dehnis. were admitted to the As yu are proDaoiy aware, we tending tne bedside oi ner aaogn-
county home until a place could be draw our entire water supply from' Iter, Mrs. Garrison, who is somewhat
found for them in some home.
The road supervisors throughout
the county were paid for their sers
vices. . . ' '
The tax books for the, year 1898
3 turned "over to Sheriff Bach.
aaan. I
The Concord Telephone Co. a3ked
the creek at a point several better.
hnndred yards below where the
proposed sewerage is to empty into
it. Finding that we would neces
sarily pump a goodly portion of
this unwholesome water into our
tank at the station, to the injury of
our locomotives (this being a regu
lar water station), to say nothing of
A FRESH LOT OF
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Announcement !
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for permisaion to erect two telephone the unhealthy odor8 which woald
nnea in our coudij uUe iu gu J be wafted hv the wind frnm that
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ultra d siuing , tn xvu a tank on to our station and cersone
-rrVsilfl fhp At.ipr will on ViV M t: v i.
.... j .- resiaing in me surrounding com-
Pleasant to the Stanly line. The munitv. aDart from the onefltion nf
Board granted the right. health, which cannot be dealt with
too carefully: in the interest of the
Dclfitales From ff ard 1. I . , , ' . x , -
utjuuitt wiiu woum HB Kiim?rtfin in
Ward-No. 1, in its primary, unlike j. x aDDear6d b6fore the Council to
j:j 4. i a. : t .1 i 1
uiuat puiuo uiuuuieiTOJue ueiH- ask as a matter of right, in behalf
gates to ue uonnty umrention on of the Southern Railway, that they
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AT-
As announced about
three months ago, we
have been closing our
store at 7 o'clock p. nr.
We will keep open
at night from this
date, Sept. 5th.
Cannon & Fetzer
Company .
Ervin & Morrison
GR0CER5.
the lOth, but imposed on its Chairs
man, Mr. J B Shernll, the appoint
merit oi the delegation.
The following is the list ;
Dr. R S Younar, R A Grower, Ed.
F Whue, M B Stickley, Dr. LN
arrange if possible to empty the
''vsrase at some point below M btie
weraw our water supply, in order
that no damage to the Company's
interests in the town would ensue.
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
-
The Sfeijrcs BlawwUFp aad Fonr Were
'A terrible accident took place in
the Mississippi river below New Or-
There was lo desiro on the part leans Saturday morning.
Bnrleyson, C- F Hislop, Tobias of the Southern Railway to appear The United States steamer Meiggs
TT-r-r . ' I 1
Weayer, K J Moody, W G Boshamer, in the light of antagonizing the was hunting for eome strayed mines
D L Boat, D R Hoover, J L Crow town or Council unreasonably. Its and torpedoes that had been placed
ell, VV R Harris, A 8 Dayvault, Jno. objections were well taken and forlfor defense in the late war, when it
M Craven, M B Hartsell, Dr. J E the good of all it can but be re- earns in contact with one and the
Smoot, L D Duval, J F Hurley, B E gretted that the matter was not sat- vessel was blown into atoms and the
:Harris, F L Smith, J R Jflrvin, N 8 ifactorily settled.
West, D B Morrison, Jno. P Allison,
Dr. S L Montgomery, J L Hartsell,
J K J Cochrane and 0 D Bobbins.
Yours truly,
Gowan Dusenbery,
MONTHLY MEETING
captain and three men were instant
iy killed and two were seriously
hurt. Only one man escaped un
hurt.
YOU FURNISH THE FEET
WE DO THE REST.
That's all we ask you to do f r
ni8b the feet. We will not only d
the rest but we will do it well for
$2 50.
We have everything in Oxfords-
except your feet.
4
An ounce of satisfaction is worth
a ton rx fait Sot;Pfcrti;rt
with every pair of shce3 we sell.
Respectfully,
Dry & Miller,
ri r ?
anoe rurnisners.
S W TX IT. TIT
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT IN N. Y
ANuiftTrain Strikes a Trolley Car
and Kills 18 and Fatally Wounds 10.
: A most appalling accident occur
red at Cohoes, N. Y., Monday night.
A trolley car was struck at a crosss
ing by a dashing passenger train .
There were 35 paesengers on the
trolley -car and 18 were killed outs
right while 10 of the injured will
die. ...
" It is a point of great danger and
is usually so safe guaided as to over
come the danger.
Jyen tne survivors can not sav
whether the usual precautions were
observed .
Tne engine to the train struck
the car about the centre. Human
beings were torn asunder and thrown
high in the air and dropped in un
recognizable form.
Bring Them in Decimal Form.
Mr. A B Young, chairman of the
county executive committeee, ur
gently requests that the secretaries
of all the precincts in the county
bring their report in a decimal form
on next Saturday, in order that the
calculations will be shortened in the
eonnty convention. It is hoped
that not a single one will fsil to re
spond to this request.
W .!
T i .
it is now understood that black
powder in our navy is a thing of the
past, or will be just- as fast as it can
be replaced with the smokeless kind.
Of the Graded Nchool Bord-The 1U,B "rrnM
Teachers Assigned to Their Differ. I The record of the Thompson High
ent Places For the Coming Session. School, W6 are pleased tQ note, Wa8
The Graded School board met broken Monday by the unusual large
Monday evening, this being their attendance for the first day. - Not
regular monthly meeting. The since this school has been started
Graded School building has now did they ever opan with as many pus
been thoroughly cleaned and re I pils as on that day, this time num-
painted on the inside and the broken benng 43, while seyeral others will
window glass will be put in in a few be put in ranks soon. For the
days. I fourth form, or the highest grade in
The teachers were assigned to the fc&e school, there are nine this year.
different grades for the coming ses
sion, whose places are as follower
CENTRAL SCHOOL.
u
First Grade, Mies Mollie Dodson.
beconu Grade, Miss Mary Lswis
Harris.
Third Grade, Miss Addie Strieker.
Fourth Grade,- Misa Fannie Hill.
Fifth Grade, Miss Pauline Means.
Sixth Grade, Misa Fannie Little.
Seventh Grade,. Miss Laura Leslie.
Eighth and Ninth Grades, Proi.
Petty. .
Misses Lena Leslie and Ors Hoover
Willi have charge of the Cannosville
school, and Miss EllaBelle Shirey
and Mrs. Cole will teach at the
Forest Hill school.
Of I" to TrUrslty.
Four of our boys left this (Tce3
day) morning for Durham, where
they will attend school this coming
session at Trinity College. They
are Messrs. Fred Odell, and Tom
and Langdon Smith.
lion, r F Bayard III.
The Honorable Thomas F Bayard,
that conspicuous figure in national
affair?, to whom probably more than
to any one else is due the present
friendly relations between England
and America, is critically ill, though
reported somewhat better Monday
morning.
A Card.
I respectfully announce that I am
not and was not a candidate for tha
office of treasurer of Cabarrus conn
ty, and while 1 am not unmindful
of the compliment of some vote3 in
No. 8 township I ask that that vote
be not presented on the 10th.
Very Respectfully,
D J Bostian.
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