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price $4.00 Per Ysar. f , . : OONCJOBD, N. 0., THURSDAY, MAHOS 1G, 1899.- ? ' ' """"T - Single Copy 5 Cents
CUBA'B CONDITION VERY.
BAD.
flr.llowrr Deport of Distress-no
appeals for Aid In tbo Bwn of
Oar F1K . A 1
Jacksonville, Fla., March 15.---WilHam
Wfllard Howard, general
manager of the Cuban industrial
relief fund of New York, passed
through Jacksonville this morn
"in, on his way home from Cuba.
He goes north to purchase ' agri
cultural implements and seeds for
the use of the industrial relief
station, which he has : just'.estab-,
lisbed at Guinea, Cuba. Mr.
Howard said, "Th6 - condition of
Cuba, so far as my observations
have gone, is really worse than it
was thisr time last year, when I
made my first inyestigation. In
many rural districts, little has
been done to restore the island to
its normal condition. The fields
are facant and the farmers idle
The people still rexnaiu in the
AN ALABAMA TORNADO.
Freaks of a Storm, That Swept a Su
burb of BlrmiBKbtm.
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!tha8 not been done I cannot un
derstand. The condition of Cctbk
reproach to theAmtrican
people; and a b6ff upon civilila-1 Birmingham Ala., March 15 A
firm Vloi
thing ta improve ; thainconditlon thia vicinity visited th town of
and wo invite, all lovers of human- Avondale. on the outskirts oFthe
ityirx the United States "to" hlfp dlty' 0'fc,k thi, rg'
. i . i ' r came directly from the South, with
us io? tne gooo; namo of tno r n A t, t.m, '
Amenean' flag. Out fe.Ungs medUtel7 in front of th6 Aondale
snonld mean something to these nntton Milin it. a
aomeiess, neipiess orpnans ana negro Methodist church and utterly
UTERATEURSLOST.
destitute country people. Money demolished it. I Three neW frameU Great
for theso orphans or for our in- houses and a second negro church,
dustrial relief work should be a short distance away,
sent to the : Continental "Trust Idetroyed.
Company, 30 Broad "streuf,f New Mrs. RC Foster was
were next
ill in bed
York, j marked '''For the Cuban and her husband was watching at
Industrial relief Fund.!
The Hypnotists Mere.
her side. The house waa taken
f rem. over her he$d .and the bed
stead blown 100 feet away. Strange
Get ready to laugh. Prof. Lee, to say, Mrs. Foster was not hurt.
together with his assistants, The negro school houee and ne
arrived here this morning from gro Baptist church were torn to
Wlcnn tn hr, n. thl P?6CeB- MrS' Annie JphnEOn Was
. ii i ! -hi . i buried under her house and had to
mghtfl. llxe patty comprises bfj . b- i
and ip
;- si : . i si m
Jrroi. o. A i-Liee ana wile, axx. bruised.
mwns ana cuies wnere armv ra-1 v""w '
w , S - S I !-
tioas are issued to them. They an( 1 Messrs.
cannot return to their abandoned Niven, D M Reese, and Chas
farms because they haye nothing Vestmore
to return with.
doing nothing to enable farmers their
She is badly cot and
in a critical con di-
Arthur O Hudjxins, a white
Phillip Mc- boy, waa-also buried in the wreck
B age of his father's house. His arm
was broken andj he was seriously
OnilaatAust Prof. Lee aU inia At thi house four walla
were oiown away ana a Dea con-
left id the
Sirs. C. CV Collins of Greensboro One
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f- The Norma, an American yacht
on which there were American
literateurs intending to write up
tnb' lparta ' of ' the 5 world1 as they
touched them is said to' have been
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lost in the Red Sea. Mrs. C O.'
Collins' of Greensboro was one of
the party.
"Our government has done and his company started in Maine Pn taininel three children
tour and have since that middle of the room. Trie children
to resume the cultivation of their time been playing in the differ- were not scratched. The injured
lands. All that it pretends to "tlo ent
States along the coast, hav- boy wa? in an outer wing and
is to distribute rations through iDg
local committees of Cubans. Gov. I December.
General Brooke and the officers
been at New -Orleans
in main building crushed
this ini
Pressing the Ellfplons.
f t"" v xneiwar nas taKen on iresn lm-
the
nnJer him realise keenly thejjon- been sold already nearly 150 pettig Q ih6 Philippines. . Gen.
dition of things but they cannot having been counted this morning Wheaton pressed the natives
givo uiij uD3iDvuutu CAwDtu Vy. ueiuiu xj uciuuK. about f asigj Taa:uifi: and Tateros
"Ours is not a paternal govern-
Treat AvralU Ton Tonlgbi.
Tonight the Let Company of 'Hypnotists-
will give : their first' perfors
manoe.at Oatoq!a Hall .v This com
pany neids nplntrod action as it has
appeared in all the leading cities in
this eeotion of .the oqantry. Only
two weeks ago they played at Char
lotte and fiUfed the opera house every
night for a full 'week.
The eLtertainmenta are mstrucs
tive and' extremely funny; but aside
from the ;humororid ' part, will be
i ' t 1
sriven some scientific teata. ! Tonight
the. human bridge testr will 4 be put
on. In this a subject wili bo placed
in the cataleptic oonditlon and when
piacea across two cnaus,
ehonlders on one and his
anotherHhia unsupported body will
sustain toe weht of 6 men.
Ab these entertainments
for the benefit of one of our
nstitationB, they should be greeted
by fall houses. M
Tonipht with; each paid admission
one lady will be admitted fre.
are now on gale at Gibson's
Store. ir . r !
Doors will be open at 7.30
ment. The condition of the
Getting Up Hi Iloll.
driving them
back
Ex-Sheriff Buchanan has ncfade losses. One hundred and seventy-
widows and orphans of Cuba ia oat his lists of delinquent taxay- fiyedead
heartrending. There Bre thousands era in the different townships and is new era1
were found
with heavy
upon thousands of these poor dropping them their lust notices
creatures scatteroa over tne Similar to our scnoois, ne is prepar-resQ for Aguinoldo's 'strong hold.
island. They have no homes to mg his roll or nonor r; ana win QeUt Otis things the victory of
the most important
live in, food to eat, nor clothes to nave it pumianea eoon. Wednesday!
cover them. One cannot think of : A good amount of tne taxes are thu8 far-
their fntnrfi withont ft Rhudder. I 'T40 ! V" 1
laUt year at tms time., jaimnar 10 FifiKSUNALi fUlINTJiKb.
am especially ! concerned for the
new graves,
were taken.
besides 100
About 430 prisoners
It is contemplated to
pasVjears, one can find almost all
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utile orphan giria who roam me bethVceipts torn oat of the books -Mr. Walter PooleJ cf Salisbury.
dinar o pnn i HI rt rl n A n olrin rf 4-M O 1 I f ' . . . )i l? 1 t. 5-1- i i
cuauiuj tiau, ,oaiuB xVi c 0j, 80m0j vne i townsuips wnuo in is nere louay.
bit of food with which to keep other townships bunches of
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thoir little bodies and, souls to- yet remain tmpaid.
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VAxi'--r What; tpi hflpnmfl fit
theso girls ? Their future for
good or evil, lies with ' the people
ct tho United States.;
"Among these widows
and
are given
local
8eats
Drog
Pers
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Salt .water, sort water, -hard water, soap water, sun?
light, perspiration, or any other thing cannot affect
the brilliant, durable black hosiery or gloves that are
Hermsdorf-dyed. To be certain they are Herms-dorf-dyed
your customers look for thitsignature
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Onr Ladies' and Childrens Hoset
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2 Pairs For 25C.
are
Are record breakers, j They
fast black, extra weight heels and
toes, and; boVt on earth for
money. , ' .
Our Hosiery counter might
terest you
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the
in-
forma nee will begin at 8 30 o'clook
ilery woman needa Dr. Miles Pain PIUa
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hem Wr Tnn W IVTrkTMnnn nf (lhar
lotte, is here tody. - j
Traf rvioof or Pafforonr rstnrnpH
Ktlll Mlretl DOWU. uo"1J"""4
.Some time agothe officials of the home this m after spendirg
chain gang attemed to move the iU -u.c.
rock crnaher - fromVhere to their, Mr. A ElLentz basgone.to Phila
work out on the BeattVs Ford road, delphia on a buainess trip for
Oiphans I have as lately as last But the roads were entirely top bad Messrs. D B Dayvault & Bro.
individual cases of and the crusher mirea aown m ine Mr n a Woodruff arrived
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auuiution and Dhvsical cmacia- rpau near ur. uvij a jj Xu?Ju , . . 'nrn:nc, frfim NfiW York
visit Messra;
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t - j nomes uglier iu win ut ia&cu um ni-n
1 ever saw m Armenia dunngyfTa u , ,f JOdell,
iuy lwo vears inai l kuvo iu ; . , ...
proved now, only one being sick.
The gang now numbers twenty-
five.
OMR LOSS YOUR GAIN.
We had ten thousand dollars
w rth of Furniture more or less
iimonia relief work. And to
have these wrecks of humanity
to stand and look Tip to the Stars
'"d Stripes waving over their;
tity hall, give3 one a queer sensa-j
tion. The generous American'
people surely cirrmot understand
condition of Cuba, or these
poor creatures .would be taken
; o of. . ' - f
;I do not speak of the sick, the
jurm, or those who hobble
"'-t with loathsome sores, result
3 : " horn etarvation. I cannot speak
cf thorn for the English language
inadequate to the task. - They
should have been cared tor in
J03iLals long months ago. Yfiy
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R and J M
damaged on the
1.6th. If you need
nr line NOW is
O
the time.
the
anything ri
Blind Tierers Aliont Trinity.
We learn that there is a nest of
blind tigers about the Tiinity
rVmrp.h r.ommunitv. m No. 4 (town
ship, that is making itself a decided
nuisance. The hand of the law
'will drop on the shoulders of some
of these culprits wfien tliey are
least thinking of it. Then they
will whine at their fate and blame
those whom they are outraging . To
Btop the nefarious business in time
won Id h immenselv better. The
choice is with the offenders.
een Mjountain
aple Syfupj
; Quart Bdv ties at 30 cents.
PiTtt "Rottles at, 20 cents.
Sweet
Pickle
10
cent
per Bottle
Canned Kornlet at cents
J per can.
Jf-body iieea bave TTenralgla. Get Dr. MQe$
ErVirir& Morris
v I grocers;
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In the next 60 days we will makehuri
dreds of people happy
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