if ICQ J'l.W A J
FOUR NEW STUDENTS
ror ih College -Last Weetj To He
Clerk at the Arllugton n Char
loite Persenal Mentleo.
Mt.
Messrs
Pleasant, March 15.
Joe Sutton and W W
TTfinnerlr went to Salisbury
Saturday. They returned Mon
day.
Messrs. Geo. Lingle abd Goo.
Barringer spent a few days' at-the
home of the former in Rowan
county. ; .
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We nave cnronea iour new
students this week, on9 a Mr.
smith, comes fiom Charleston,
6. C.
Miss Lenna Stevens, of Bosts
ilills, is spending a few days with
her many menus m out. jrieasant.
Tiapa Mvrtla Foil and WilliA
, -.
r.-,ca tiiA lnir nf RniL-wn i
Rowan county, was in Mt. Pleas
aiit Sunday. ' 1
Mr. Jnb. Foil, a former student
oi North Carolina College, will go
to Charlotte to accept a clerkship
at the Arlington hotel for his
brother, Mr. W A Foil.
Examinations are in full blast
now. TToe be unto us if we fail
to pass. i : -
Mr. and Mrs". Jerome,) of
GeorgeTille have been spending
a short time with Mrs. L J Foil.
They returned home Sunday.
Mr. Miller, of Albemarle,was In
our town Saturday, He came
after his daughter, Miss Bessie,
who has been attending school
here. ,
Miss Florence Fray is visiting
Mrs. Bowers this week., From
Lere she will go to Durham, N. C.
e
Tbej Will Surely Come.
The Durham Herald -Jias the
following letter that explains
itself and gives fresh assurance
that onr soldier boys will soon
be back home :
Washington, March 10, 1899.
Mr; Julian S. Carr. 'Durham,
' n.c. " '
oir: l nave the nonpr to ac
kaowlege receipt of your letter of
January 18, in which you request
the discharge of one of the mem
bers ol the First North Carolina
Volunteer Infantry, and in reply
to inform you that the Seoretary
of vp.r hopes to be able to return
to the United States for muster
out this regiment, as all other
volunteer troops now serving in
Cuba, by the end of the present
month, and that the soldier's
discharge before the muster out
f his regiment would cut him
out of the t iro months' extra pay
and allowances,-a matter of fifty
or sixty dollars, authorized by
recent act f Congress.
Very respectfully,
K. C, Corbin,
Adjutant General.
ur Ltnjf to Take Charge
n is a condition not a theory
that that dread disease small
pox will not down in the State
kut h lurkiugin about 17 counties.
Dr. Long of Statesyille - has been
put in general charge, of the work
f treating and combatting it in
CONCORD, N.
The Bodi of JLien tenants Bnlpp and j
, i BmiiQArrlTe. f
iNew York, March 14 -TH
wuucjjjfk mcuieuan, i
irymDan Juan.Ponce, Santiaeo. ar-
two UnirtR.' 7 ,T8ht fOT7'
iwo United States soldiers on fur-
Iohrq and ixtn ' fcn. w
Santiago.' Among the bodies aM
those of Lieutenant Wm. E Shipp
Tenth United States Cavalry, and
lieutenant W H Smith, of the same
command. They wilr be
Bent
to
Lmcolnton, N. C.
CJo and Take Ttoe Flaff
Gen. Gordan requests that as
many Confederate battle flags be at
Charleston at the coming reunion
as posiblt. 1$ is doairabie to have a
rand celebration at this, the place
vhcro the first guns were fired in
that groat struggle. He says, for
aUr information: "Doubtless manyli
-Haw W 11 be taken cara of hv th
. . i . . i ,i . .
-me3 aim omers to wnom ttievn"J "i
aie entrusted, but where it is nec -
ry tliat they should be Bent by
proMi, they can be sent to the
special care of Major General C Ir-
vine Walker, Comdg. the 8. C. Div.
U.iO. .Y)3, Charleston, S. C., who
will arrange a safe depository for
them Trbilotherei
"Col Robt. P Evans, Chairman
i t
of Committee on Information,
harlcton, S. CM states that on and
aiier ice loin inst. nis . commiuee
ft i I P 1 ' ' m V I
will be in a position to give any in
formation as to housing, quarteir,
. 1 1
board, etc., to delegates
siring to attend the Keunion. Jle
states that hie committee will un-
dertake to eneaee quarters for. and
locate any of the veterans in- ad-
vanca ol their coming, hut muat
nave a positive guarantee oir meir
coming by April the I5th,"
Paper iieavily Trusted..
the I
TKa Hrw and Printer flAVi
LL,i -r.of rv. ori
paper trnue haa gone trust mad.
Th. trusts now in contemplation
that may unite in one will repre-
sent abbot 8126,000,000. The lines
embraced are newspaper, filters, en-
velopes.
wall-paper, writing-paptr,
strawboard,
paper bagt and pulp
board.4
Days of Gmce Continue.
fn nbkrlnttA Observer savs that
JLUO IXfetftlUAtU VUll JO LUUV4UU V V
it is an error that the late Gen-
eral I Assembly abolished the 31
days of grace an bank draughts.
THE SWEET THINGS OF EARTH.
What are the sweet things of earth f
Lips tbatcan praise a rivaPi worth
A fragrant rose that .hides no thorn;
Riches
of gold untouched by ecorn ;
A happy little child asleep :
Eyes that can smile, though they
may weep.
A brother's cheer, a father's praiae j
The minstrelay of summer days :
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A heart whose anger neyer bnrm ;
A gift that looka for no returna ;
f lease, ,
Dark footatepa guided into peace ;
The light of love in lover'a eyes ;
Age that ia young as well aa wise ;
A mother's kiss: a baby's mirth
TWO rfl the sweetest thlncB or
Mww j - ww-- w
earth.
Kansas City Timea.
We have saved many doctor bills sinoe
we began usine: Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in our home, we seep a do?
tie open all the time and whenever any
of my family or myself begin tq cateh
cold we begin to use the CoughKemedy;,
and as a result we never have to
fnr a doctor and incur a large
doctor; bill, for Chamberlain's Cough
Bemedy never fails to cure. It is cer
tainly a medicine of great merit and
Wh.-D. S. Mearkle, General Mer
chant ! and Farmer, Mattie, ,Bedf ord
conntvi Pa. For sale by ML Marsh &
Cj , WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 15, 1899 !
Disast
trong Result From
I.!-;
qaor and Cold Weather.
Clauds and Vance Connor.
iwo young: wnue men who are
KrntVir a r.A -um
tohooa of Columbus; Polk
L i . , ' ,
T1'' w',uw oe BUWU
x?r 1110 anQ u 18 D no means ce-
thiat tlieir lives will be very
tong a hat aQd "old corn liquor
was the cause of it all.'' These
Corn
two young men, aged . about 18 j terra has a wide range of mean-
,i.,..;Jinp). ! The lesson is against
C4rUU ilJt HC1U J1A Ek Billet UlillLIZ I
realize just how cold the .weather
was or how dangerous ife was to
depend upon the warmth deriyed
by imbibing corn whiskey. They
got their feet very wet and de
cided to remain over niht in an
i i
out-house. It seems that one
DDluo w?
ruo uouw"u V- "rr" . u"
bant
there
r,n.v thnrft with nim nr n
ould
They remrtined all uiht aad in the '
morning found tbeir leet re
Uoz?n . When their fences land
itookinga were removed much oft the
Akin cama off with them Dr.
Shankle of this city was called to
see thtm last 8aturday wp.8 l a week
1 1 ! ,
ago, and found them suffering from;
eangrene, nearly three weeks havine
elapBed since the freczs. Their toes
k ' mm . - . i -
nreas on at tne augnteat uiicn. as
easily as a piece of cheese, and many
Uf them ha? already baen loat.
the recent blizzard, md did ntt'roenary jind ayarieiona mar-
de-nKaoh of their feet will have to be
;ampatated-one about midway be
tween the ankle and kriee asd the
Shankle will gcTddfwn and4 perform
the operation this week. Headers
80nviue Hustler.
Dr. Archey Heard From ai LhmI.
' I I: ' '
E2eriy na3 n;'?amy an fri90
heen waiting for news from Ur L M
Archey, who left Hayan seveial
daya ago. A letter haa at last come
to Mrs. Archey from hifn informing
her that he ia at Sapelo, a quarans
tine station 40 or 50 miles from Sai
vannah. The transport U under
going disinfection.
ne IB oa me muayuxi, iu.uuijjuf
Y-r m i
which haa on board. 800 enlisted
I -----
together with 20 officers.
m letter vi. iircney nopeu io
get to Savannah about Thursday and
I would probably be home aoout Sat
urday. Though he is not home yet
it ia a
satisfaction
to know where
he is.
PERSONAL POINTERS.
Mr. C A Little, of Albemarle, is
. 5
here today. .
Rev. C B Miller went up to
Salisbury this morning to attend a
meeting of the executive committee
of the Lutheran Synod. j
Green Mountain
flapls Syrup.
Quart Bottles at 30 cents.
Pint Bottles at 20 cents.
'. t I - 1
Sweet Pickles per Bottle
10 cents. ;
' s - i - '
Canned Kornlet at 20 cents
per can. 1
Ervin & Morrison
OR0GER5
The Karray.Hartt Play.
The jMurray-Hartt Co. had a
hard time in the 1 way of bad
weather Tuesday night and yet
we have seen many a smaller au
dience j Those that were there
were roundly shaken up with
laughter for Mr. Murray was ?'in
evidence."
i
The play was largely on mat
rimonial bliss, etc. (the later
'i
riages. I5ut having married
adapt j yourself to L the situation
and bring domestic bliss.' It can
5
be dorje if you are not too hide-
bound inyour own fool self.
Miss MoOoiiongh displayed
her
eceiienc vocti powers io
advantage than on Monday
J '
better
night.
Mr.
Yost rendered several
: pieces of the beautiful, plaintive
Htrflin
to which he seems so well
suited.
It is needless to say that each
part
was well enough played
to "Archie" whose non-
even
sense
ness
is funny in its ridiculous-
and is glory for the small
boy.
ThO company will play "Slow
Mr. Swift" tonight and will then
bid us adieu if they don't get
water-bound.
NO CURE. NO PAY.
That is the way au druggists sell
Grovels Tasteless ChiU Tonio for chills
and Malaria. It is simply Iron and
Quinine in a'taefceless form. Children
love ii Adults refer it to bitter, nau-
eeatuio Tonics. Price, 50c.
OUR LOSS
We had ten
rth of Furniture more or
w
damaged on the night of
16th. If you need anything
hr line NOW
Tn thfi next 60 davs
dreds of people happy.
F VOU DOM'T
m '
HAD BETTER STAY
en you hear
can 1 1
ii
you
E
BILL,
Single .Copy 5 Cents
If yon would like to see
a pretty line of
"Waist Silks
giy -jig
a call and in-
spect the new a rrivals
They are nbbby thiDgS
. . ' I ' - .
Prices 48, 65, 75c and
1.00 per yard.
Oh, my ! butthepriCe
and quality will tickle
y Oil.
HI
k 0)
II
YOUR GAIN,
thdusand dollars
333
the
is the time.
we will ma k e He
WANT TO
UV V(t
AWAY.
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our FBI
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Stat:?.
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