price .w xoi -.. A FLAG STATION jU rrobabl7 Be Made at Crescent tf the Yadkin Boad-A Good At. u0daice at the Acadepjr. Crescent, March 20. G W Vatts, formerly a student of wnt .had to leave school seyeral weeks ago and will try his hand ou the farm. ; Ye learn that G W Ieenhour, whoas formerly ono of Cres cent's students, but who is teach cgL at Spencer will resume his place in school as soon as his school is out. j B McNairy has returned from a trip North where he had gone to buy his summer goods. Miss Glenna Sheppard was called to her home to see her sick mother. Xew students are still arriving every Week." Among the last to arrive ; was Miss Annie Sea?o, o Stanli and Miss Nora Ritchie, of SUnlr, together with Messrs M DDry, G W Pickier, R E HuSsan and Geor6e Huffman, the latter having received the medal in the penmanship cktsB last.summer. He will go to work on the same again. There will be no school on Easter Monday. The boys are lojbfcmg forward to a good time on that day. f There will be an exhibition at Kockwell academy Easteir Mon day. Everybody is cordially in vited. There are being some big im provements made on Stumpy street. Huraah for Crescent citv. The youne men of Crescent 1 iziaij unto uccu . auu are doing some good work. The public entertainment given by the ji was a success. The Olive i branch school has also been doing some good work. Ve think we will get a flag etationjat Crescent. If we sue - ceed the train will be met every time and get the mail. This will be much handier and will be a big help to Crescent. ' . We havej one hundred and eighteen students enrolled and think we will reach one hundred and twenty-five certainly. Commencement at Ilnntersvllle. Weare the recipient of a very neat Commencement card from tbe Huntersville jiHigh School announcing the closing exercises 0 that institution ori the : 29th nd 30th inst. - V. A"tj vyommencement sermon 1 be preached Sunday the 26th ai a.; m. ; Primary exereises, Wednesday 29th at S p. m. ; the uior Oratorical .Contest Thurs- the 30th at 10 Nation, by Dr. J W Stags at 2 P- pnd "The Deapon" by the atic Club at 8 p. in. of same utV- Mr .Inmaa M"MiV,f our thanks for PaHiijj ior Memorial v sv u- oard ot Managers of c L'odson-Ramseur Chapter fttttaS-terss. of the Conlederacy Mrs. Allison's Monday J1112.0 COnsider 'the 'program Suitable commemoration on devi y of Confederate r,r Tlicy bespeak the co- V l0u of all whoso hearts, are towar this Dorics.;' caure of una courtesy. CUJNCOKD, 1 - HOW TENNESSEEANS SHOOT ' Against Much Jnarbmanstalp the Fil ipino has Little Chance. A yarn is told in Manila; and it concerns the prison and two Ten neseee volunteers. A Filipino convict had climbed the prison wall and was running for dear life through the open. Two long-legged Tennesseeans were on guard duty. They kneeled to fire. "I don't guess it's more than three hundred yards," said one quietly, j "I reckon it's most five hundred ', saia tne otner, a3 if he were dis cussing the weather. j . The prisoner was running like a a deer, and rapidly approaching the nnder-growth around innumer able little huts, where he would bo safe. "Call it four hundred," suggested the lat Tennesseean, in a concilia tory tone. They adjusted ther sights, aimed and fired. The escaping convict fall, and the two Tennesseeans went oat to bring in what was left of him. - !!'- - "'If he's hit in the head, it's my shot," said one. "I aimed low, according to a" in y rftgulattohe," drawled the other. Tne convict was found with one bullet through the back of his head and another through the lower end of hia spine. They know how to shoot in the mountains of Tennessee. Harper's Weekly. . : m . Tne Hlsh Scbool Boys Win the Tie. The High School boyB and the Graded School boy a have each suc ceeded in "doing" each other one time in a game of baseball. On Monday afternoon they tried again to see who would get the two out of the three' games. But this time the High School boys proved themselves higher than the Gradd School boys, even when it comes to playing baseball. Messrs. Richmond Ried and Carl Johnson umpired the game. The score stood 15 to 13 in favor of the High School boys. Each team used the came battery that they, have been putting up this season. A Woman Electrocuted Mrs. Place was eleotrooated at Sing Sing, New York, Monday, for murdering her step-daughter Ida Place, a j mere girl, on February 7, 1898. She first threw acid in the girl's eyes and then smothered her. It was the first instance of the electrocution of a woman . Strong efforts were made to get Gov. Roosevelt to commute the sentence and spare the woman but he steadily refused to allow his sentimentaliam to override the decisions of the court. He ordered, however, that the execu tion be conducted with the utmost decorum and entire freedom from sensation. It was ordered that but two representatives of the press, each repreRenting a preBS association, be allowed to witness the execution. Dr. Jennie ' Griffin, of Troy, was the physician with her by request of the governor. Her pastor was also with her, together with male physi cians and officials. EucKlen's Arnica tarre i 1 The Beet Salve in the - world for Outs, Bruises, . Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter Chapped Hands,! Chilblains, Corns and all S 'iin Eruptions, and positively curea Piles or no pay required. . It is guaranteed to give statisfaeticu or monev refunded.' Price 25 cents per box For eale at P B Fetzer ,s urug store N.'G., TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1899. - ' I , : rpe Body Belnsr Bronernt Home. A cablegram from an official at Havana this (Tuesday) morn ing brings the news that the body of Mr. Hope Barrier, who died in' the Second Division hospital on last Thursday evening; at 6.10 o'clock, has been put on the transport Thomas. i Judging from the cablegram it is supposed that the body left Havana Monday. A letter from Capt. Hill Btates that will be received stating of its arrival here. telegrams the time A Sapper to Be Given. There-will be a fresh fish supper served0 With other refreshments, candies, etc., at Misenhsiiner and Lentz's hotel on Saturday evening April 1st, before Easter Sunday, be ginning at 5 vAsiock . Proceeds to ba applied to Bethtl church. ! , v ; Tellow Jaundice Cured. Suffering humauity should be supplied with eery means possible for its relief, .k is with pcsure we publish the following: "This is to certify that I was a terrible eut- ferer ' from Yellow Jaundice for over six months, and was treated by some of the boet physicians in our city and to no avail. Dr. "Boll, our druggist, recoui mended Electric T" 1 . i ' . J 1 I . i I JDitiere; ana alter umingjiwo Domea was entirely cared. I now take great pleasure in recoruLncndiua them to any person jiicxing from this terrible malady. "1 am grate fully yours, M. A. Hocarty, Lex ington, Ky." Sold by r e Fetzor's Drug store. PERSON AL POINTERS. Mr. Jno. Willeford returned home last night. Miss Constance Cline returned to Elizabeth college last night, Mr. R A Brown returned home this morning from Norfolk, Va. Mrs. Baxter Parks returned home this morning from Charlotte. Mrs. B S Younfi: returned home this morning after spending Sunday. j ' Rev. Dr. J R Brooks returned to his home in Salisbury, after being here Sunday. Mr. Robt. Wheeler went to Kings Mountain thi3 morning, having been called there by the illness of his niece. Rey. Dr. Tracy, the temper ance lecturer arrived here this morning to confer with the W. C.' T. U. as to giving lectures here in the near future. Green iVibuntairi Quart Bottles at 30 cents. Pint Bottles at 20 cents. Sweet Pickles per Bottle 10 cents. Canned Kornlet at 20 cents j per can. Ervin & Morrison GR0CER5 WANTED. I will pay 2 to 3c. Jot two or three thousand second-hand burlap bags. Must be in good condition. ; m23d-w. G T Crowell. flap! Syrup Fire m No. 2 Township. About 2 o'clock Monday night Mr. Joseph Lee, of No. 2 township, woke up and found his house on fire. Quiokly he raised the alarm and succeeded in getting his family out Soon the flames had spread over the building and notning could be saved. All of his household and kitchen furniture -together with his house waslconsumed, and also some money that was in. his purse. Mr. Lee was in no way insured. Subscrip tions were started by some of his friends for him at once. Cutting Affray In Montgomery. We learn of a fearful trage dy at Qandor, on the Page road in Montgomery county, which occurred probably last Saturday. Ex-Sheriff D A Ewing it seems got info a difficulty with a man, whose name we could not learn, and in a fight they slashed each other with knives till the ex8heriff is thought to be fan tally wounded and his antagos nist is dead. THE BEST PRESCRIPTION FOR CHILLS and fover a bottle of Grove's Taste less Chill Tonic. Never fails to cure; Then why experiment -with worthless imitations? Price 50 cents. Your monev back it it fails to cure. - Nobody need have Neuralgia. Get Dr. Mlle rma fins ironi arucgists. "une cec? a dose. THE WORLD Billy Goats will butt ' Rain or Bell, Harris Concord is the best town la town or city in North Carolina to boast o ! TUBE STORE than Concord trying to follow the Golden Rule has given are proud of. ... We are niaking a prie on what is 14 DAMAGED STOCK that will surprise you, see. M ' for 25.00. $25.90 Side Board Hi1 niture for $25.00. : Come il iin " B ell IT Single Copy 5 Cents, ! $3.00 $2.50 $2.00 We think we have the best shoes at the above prices ever offered for sale in this city. They are in button and in lacp, made on the new lasts, kid tips, hanf sewpd, fiexibip but- tons and extension soW Thpy make the-foot Inok trim and elegant. Sizes from toh 6 on E and D widths. We fit the feet as well as the purse For stylish footwear see Hi i CD DO RfiOOVE ! - Shine .& Company in the State , and we do not allow abetter FTJRNI- has. Car Lots Spot Cash and us a trade that. we eft of our Parlor Suit that cost $55.00 to go for $15.20. $40.00 Suit of Fur- ' ! - . and SEE. 1 Oo. m ai MIS FURNITURE. arris f , Jll

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