Vol. XW-No. 2709
CON001U N; C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 1898
WholeNo 11799
A BATTLE WITH
DIANS
THE IN-
Four Killed and Five Wounded in
the first Buttle May Ilnve Been a
Massacre Trouble Threatened.
A very ogly situation exists in
north central Minnesota about Leech
Lake. From some real or fancied
grievance the lodian tribe known as
the Pillagers have become hostile.
Gen. Bacon, with the small. force of
100 inerjj crossed over the lake on
the 5th.1 They reconnoitred the
surroundings and found no, enemy,
but as they were gefcti&g ready to
make coffee for the dinner meal.
they were fired upon. Quickly they
were in fighting trim and the battle
raged. Four of the troops were
killed and nine wounded.
Many dispatches have come in
Uter bringing less of detail than
fearful suspicion that Qen. Bacon
and all hia men have fallen victims
to a massacre only second to the
Caster slaugnter
1', is feared that much trouble is
on hand.
Troops are being rushed to tue
seat of trouble.
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TWO AOCIDEiNTS
Acnr Ilarrisburgr on Wednesday Sir
.flack Maftord Choired iu (he Atedo
mcn By a Ball Mr. luery Gets His
IIhimI BAdly Torn in a Cotton Gin.
To the already large number of
incidents liarrisbur. or near
there, two- more were aaued on
Wednesday, Oct. 5th, when Mr
Mack Stafford and Mr. Leander
Qjery received bad wounds.
Mr. Mack Stafford was gored by
bull oa that evening. , Mr. Staf
ford wag thrown oyer the animal's
heid and azainst a crib. 3 he
bruises are bad and the flrsh oa Mr.
Stafford's abdomen waB torn, mak-
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mg a gash of eight or nine inches,
though fortunately the wound is not
deerx Mr. Stafford, for a num
of years. ha3 been in bad health,
having been paralyzed. He is rest
ing very well at this time.
While pulling cotton seed from
the gin that same eveninsr at the
cotton gin about two miles from
Newells, Mr. L?ander Qaery'a hand
was caught by the saws. He quick
Iy jerked it away but too late to save
his hand from bsing badly lacerated.
It is thought that soma of his hand
can be saved.
Sunderland Hall Has Opened.
For several days students have
been coming by the trains and also
from the neighborhood hereabout to
enter npon the duties of another
session of school at the Liura Sun
derland Hall near here. Wednesday
was the day on which the school
opened and this (Thursday) morn
ing was the time for the beginning
of actual work. Already about 45
have been enrolled and still more
are to come. The school during
this session will be under the prin
c.palship of Miss Montgomery, her
corps of teachers being Mioses Hur.
VeJ Welsh and Stoner, and Mis3
Bryant as matron.
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Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all
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Piles or no pay required. It is
guaranteed to give etatisf action or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per
dox For Bale at P B Fetzer's Drug
store, ' v
OMV Kyx D Wk' tfrve Plaster
ANOTHER LETTER FROM MR. 1
PAGE.
Bten of Western and Central Worth
Carolina Owe a Duty to God and
Their Fellow Men to Tote For a
White Man's Government.
A special from Salisbury to the
Charlotte Obs erver of Oot, 4th savsi
The strongest portrayal of condU
tions existing in eastern North Car
olina under negro rule oomes from
Rev. Jesse H Page, who has been
heard, before in this connection.
Mr. W A Campbell, of this county,
wrote to Mr. Page, inquiring into
the authenticity of previous letters
written by him. Mr. Page's reply
is a3 follows:
obkingham, N Oi. Sept. 2S.
MDear Brother: Your f yor
of the 24th received this morning,
and I comply with your request to
answer by return mail.
1 wrote the letter to H A Gille-
land, and every word in it is true;
also one to Mr. Yount, of Newtcn,
and to Saunders, at Monbo, all of
which were published in the papers
in your section of the State. Every
doubter of the statement made in
regard to the deplorable condition
of many of the eastern counties
under negro rule can have his doubts
speedily removed by ccming down
and seeing with his own eyes . There
are 11 negro magistrates in this
county, one in my town, and there
are other counties that have more
than double this number. Negro
road overseers, with whitt men at
work under, them; negro constables
and deputy sheriffs serving writs on
white men and white ladies, and
sometimes arresting them and bring
ing them for trial to negro dens be
fore ignorant and vile negro officials;
negro school committeemen, having
white teachers, young ladies as well
as men, come before ' them for auj
thority to teach and get their pay .
x You ask what I think your du:y
is in western and central Carolina.
I unhesitatingly answer: Vole sols
idly against every candidate on the
Republican, Populist and fusion
ticket, for every office, from the
lowest to highest. This is your
duty to God and your fellow men.
Sincerely,
Jesse H. Page.
SIIhs Furgefton Now In the Army.
It will be news to a number of her
friends and acquaintances to fcnow
Miss Annie Furge3on, whose home
is at this place, but who for several
years has been in the Watts hospital
at Durham, is now in the army ser
vice in camp at Lexington, Ky,
Mi6s FurgeBon seems to be a very
fine trained nurse and is working
her way upward. She intends or
rather hopes to go to Cuba this fall
with the regiment. She has been
out there nearly two weeks, but has
gone on duty only in the last few
days.
Mr. Brown Withdraws.
Concord, N. C, Sept. 30th, 1898,
A B Young, Esq
Ch'm. Dem. Ex. Com.
Dear Sir: Owing to my adr
vanced age and physical infirmities
it is impossible for me to accept the
nomination of Coroner so flattering
ly tendered me by the late Demo
cratic county convention . My.. per
sonal efforts shall be directed to the
success of the Democratic party.
Yours respectfully,
Jas N. Brown.
PERSONAL POINTERS.
$Irs.;R AiBrownJis epending'the
afternoon in Charlotte.
Mies Jennie Sapp returned
jhome this morning from Salisbury.
Mr. Chas. Craven ba3 gone to
Albemarle on some business.
Mr. M J Freeman left this
morning on a business trip to
Statesville.
Mr. Jas. P Cook arrived last
night from Richmond Va , to spend
several days.
Mr. W A Foil and wife returned
to Charlotte last night. Mr. Foil
will take charge of the Arlingtou on
October 15th.
A FRESH SUPPLY OF .
CHEESE
WAFERS
And Cakes
Received. They are fine. Try them.
Ervin & Morrison
CR0CER5
CLOSE THE "BLIND TIGERS."
Our Contributor "Witnesses Their
Claw Harks and Calls for Action.
Mr iSniTOR: A few days ago a
lady who ha9 three boys in their
'teens remarked, our town is float,
mg in whiskey." This is, - perhaps
too sweeping an assertion, yet the
fact that the sale of intoxicants is
alarmingly on the increase,
must be admitted by the moat
casual observer. Why this is true
we are not prepared to say, but we
believe, since a large majority of our
citizens have said by their ballots
that the sale of liquors within our
corporate limits is illegal, and have
placed officers in charge to enforce
the law against all offender?, that it
is due to lack of vigilance. We have
public sentiment behind our
local option law to maintain its
executive, hence the failure is not
with the people at large but with the
men who are set to protect us and
our children against the temptations
to drink and the awful sin of drunk
enness. Recently a countryman bo intoxN
cated that he could scarcely keep his
neat in' the saddle was a sad spec
tacle upon our streets. A few days
ago another one whooping, hollering
and dashing along at breakneck
speed, endangered everything in his
path!
It is time to call a bait on "blind
tigers." Our law will soon fall in
to disrepute under conditions as
they now exist, and we owe it to
ourselves, our. children and the fair
name of our town to have it ens
forced.
Concord exnects everv man to do
his duty, and do it now. X.
Speaking at Sit. Hermon Tonight.
Hon. R L Smith having gone to
Albemarle this morning after speak
ing at Mt. Pleasant last night, Judge
Montgomery will speak in his place
tonight at the school house at Mt.
Hermon with Mr. L T Hartsell.
The hour for the speaking' is 7.30
o'clock.
StOD suffering! Try Dr. Miles Pain Pills.
Pouring In
Our immense stock
of . Fall and Winter
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G-oods and
nides.
on Dry
Clothing
Cannon & Fetzer
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