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CONCORD, N, 0., MONDAY, MAECH 27, 1899.
A MIDNIGHT FIRE.
The Cotton Gin of Mr. R. A. Brown
Eurned to the Ground Saturday
Night-A Number" of Persons Lose
Quantities of CottonNothing In
suredThought to Be the Work or an
Incendiary.
Single Copy 5 Cents
A DANGEROUS THING. 1
A Bullet Comes Through a Window at
Cannonville and Strikes the Head
Board of the Bed Nothing Known As
to the Person Who Did the Shooting.
An affair occurred at Cannon
ville last Saturday night which
On last Saturday night about makes one feel that it is danger-
2 o'clock Mr. Will Rhinehardt, ous to live about in some parts of
who attends to the gin for Mr.R A our town and which causes one to
Brown beyond the depot was wish that some people who are
awakened by the gin burning, now running at wild were cap-
LA1D TO REST.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
The FuneralTServices Held Last Saturday Tne Hosiery Mills of Salisbury Burned
Afternoon Seven Brother Members of Almost Completely The Loss Is Cov-
the Army Escort the Body to Its Last ered With Insurance.
Resting Place. teiepho.no from the Salis-
At6.10 o'clock Thursday after- bury Sun today (Monday) we
noon, March 16, Ssreeant Hope i , . -n n ci i
- . ,. , . t b , ;. . ,F learn that the Hosiery mill of Sal
Barrier died in the Second Division ., , . , . .
Hospital at Camp Columbia, near laWy s struck by ; lightning
Harana, having had typhoid fever. thlB morninc: about 9.30 o'clock.
Oq last Saturday morning the re- The top of the mill was burned
mains arrived here from that place, but the flames were .stopped be-
Atter being viewed by a number'of fore the first floor was, roached.
time
one. rne
AN OHIO TRAGEDY.
L,nxwyev
Paul j
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Killed
slstod
Wesleuhayer Nliot Rons By
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Zeltner Wlttenmyer ; Also
Millie ibekDesnerudos lt&.
QaloHy, tlie alarm was giyoa hero tared and punished by the hands friends at the home on Depot street The loss is heavy from the flames
in townand the people wjnt no la- - j the body waa taken to Mt. Pieaaant, but the loss is thongot to be fully
. . nnmA tirrvA n. l,r 19. oVlnrtb- loaf. i . . J
rushing to the scene. i5ut tneir .7 . - waere u was iam 10 resi, auer a covered by insurance;
eo nnnid rndflr no aia Saturday night some person shot brief service at the grave, conducted
presence could render no aid . . , . . t b i jne commiMU. Mtin Toaaj.
scarcely and soon the budding 1 of Trinity Lutheran church, to which Toda 18.the tlme 8et for the
vas notnmg own piiuui hou8e oocopied bv Mn j church the deceased had belonged 8Peciai meer,Dg 01 lDe C0UDly com
The fire is a considerable loss, White No 48 weiifc throneh a for many years. missioned. Their; business ;is to
not only to the owner, Mr. R A curtain also and struck the head The body was escorted by eight consider the building and repairing
Brown, but to a number of others of the bed whore Mrs. White was discharged members of the same of roads. Quite a number of peti
who had Quantities of seed cotton sleeDinc. The ball then danced company to which Sergeant Barrier tiona were before them and delegs
stored at the gin. and fell upon the bed. The bul- belonged together with Mr. FJetch- tioll8 from different parts of the
With an average of 1,500 let missed Mrs, White's head '' lu s"uu wm county were there. At this
Dounda to thebale, about seven-hboTlt ten ches. .. 'a jarnM nothing definite had been d
leen bales of 8eed cotton were lost As to who the unlawful person Hamat0Df Karl JohnBtont Harry men for th ?mm term of
together with 2,000 pounds of was thafc 80 carelessly handled his mon and Privatea Espy Wine- court will also be drawn this after,
cotton seed. The losers' are as 38 calibre pistol nothing is known coff,' Cicero Harris and Norman noon- ,.,
follows; Five bales belonging to but lt would be a mo3t fortnnate Threadgill, together with Messrs. Borore tne Mayor
Mr Ed Smith four bales to Mr tbij3S Jf be were captured and pan Walter Lipe and John Alexander, Today (Monday) Major Orowell
. V , ." ished severely. the latter a former member of the disposed of two caaea against psr
Y U HiOrriB, one uaiu wa.r.uu . . . 4.n ... A5 Kncrlfl nnrn who hlflw tana Rft f-i-mtma .hn oi-a nrty,fi f TOif
XUIO OUUUklUg 111 Ilia W UirCUllOQ O" ' aWU TV UW TVW WWUUUUV. WW IMOTMIH
especially on Saturday night is bo miliarly known to soldiers, signify- trial. One was a case against a
uncommon thing and it has' given ing 'ewell 'g.od-night white maffor being drunk ani dis-
ancaoerortwo no little trouble. iSTSSl rd6rly- "I-
, ,, . i L ... weather numbers of bis most mti- negro WOman for-steline money
Probably tbe "smart Aleok." will mat(i fr;endl and closest i relatives from another negro woman .1 The
vet be cantured and their
Of tIa 9 000 rnnn1 nf pottonl i..w.v- woue man pamw ine 10 wn treasury
UI the AUUU pounds or cotton defcperadp habits wiU yefc be called the firat victim 0f disease from the U 10 o, hi8 imnrudent conduct.
company which loft here Aluut6 negro was confined" to i ail to
oae year ago, unaer me leaaeranip await ooar( having failed to find a
Arrest.
A Tj' ft VTT.. i 1
murdered at Hoytfeville, 0M Satur
day by Piiul Z itner Th lawyer
was trving a ckm against Paul and
John Zaltuer. At noon tbav de-
maudtd of nia the surrender of
i j i i
ceriaiu papers wnxch he refused t
give up, when they set upon him
with a fneilade of shots till he Tvab
killed. Thsy retreated to their
home where they refused to Burren-I
der and kept up a lusilade of shots
killing a good citizen by the name
are nfm-
rSSlSUiii; UD
ad
of Witjtenmyer. jTbey
caded in their hous,
proach by firing.
tarv nien eurrounid ; tub uoufc
if ihey capture Vie deeperar.
muy epapo lynching
erF7i8e thera would t-
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Thv have taken ; t .ve
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good citizacs aud! d ; J
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the fate awaiting tha
'r. jjV
ml 1
thereby. o,th
iUiiu chanoai
ves of two
b;.csk xleserve
sa. 'i
Aldridge, 3,000 pounds to Mr.
Jesse Misenheimer, 1,500 pounds
to Mr. Calvin .Txicker. 1,U2
pounds to Mr. W M Lambert,
and two bales to Mr; R A Brown.
bocu uurucu, uiio muuDftuu I to a halt "
longed to Mr. Brown, while the
other thousand belonged to thc.1 Mr, oostian tn Preoanons con-1 of Capt. Edward Hill.
different customers of the gin. dIllon ! The body was laid beside that of 1
The entire building, together Of the fight near Concordia his father, Col. Rufua Barrier, and
with the scales, press and wagon church in Eowan county and of his two br.thers, ene having died
were burned. Mr Brown estimates the condition of Mr. Jno. Bostian, while very young, the other having
his loss to be at least 1,000. In- the man whom it is thought was died only a few yearb ago.
surance had been carried on the J P81' an employe oi PERSONAL POINTERS.
trin until the first of last month. the bleachery here, the Salisbury
Two bales of sinned cotton Sm of last Saturday says : Mr. G G Poole, of Salisbury,
were damped somewhat- "o Qisiuroance anjoncoraia spent yesteraay nere.-
scorched by the heat. was Probably not so serious as Mra R K Black went over to
Most heavily, we . suppose the waa ;as repurmu a xw d- charlotte this morning to visit ner
one man, parent8
Mr. Guy Barrier arrived here
$25 bondsman
Bobbed tbe iiravw
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A starling incider of which Mr.
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John lOliveri of iPluidcIelnia, was
the subject, is narrated as follows: "I .
was in a most dreadful conitioh.
My skin was alinost yellow, eyeb
sunken, tongU9 coated, pain con-
tininually in back nd j sides, no
appetite kept oh gradually grow
ing weaker dayj hy da ; . Three
pbysicianfl had give o mr i p. For
tunately, a friend Ac-viyed trying
'Electric Bitters, and to rr.r great
joy and surprise, -h first bottle
made a decided; irrjj:o meiit, I
continued their iiseforthiee weeks,
and am now a wel! Imanl I know
they saved my life, and robbed the
other victim No on Fhnld fail
to try them Only 60jr"Muj per bottle
at P. B. Fetzer's Dr Btore
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lnua "qIIci An. Nrt'rl Hmifti an I cercamea inai oniy
I l : i a
old man of . that community, suan, as briuusi iUjuie.
whose crop, fiye bales, was xnere were a uuzeu ur, m, u- Satnrday night from Walter
deposited in the gin. -Of course terested in the affair and a deal bor0 80me distance ' from Charles-
the others lose the whole amount ox culling ana siasnmg was en- t6n 8 a
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" but none lose so much according ga8ea in PUIi wunoui senous
to their means - results except the Bostan -.case.
No reason is known for the "Bostian has a hole in his head
fire unless it was set on1 fire. The that will admit a man's thumb. It
cEgine and boiler, the place as.made by a three and a half
where the fire would have been pound rock. He has not oyer
: most aptio originate, was unhurt, one chance of recovery ; in four,
this building being some He is a nephew of Mr. John Bos
distance from the gin house. .'. No tian, of WinecotTs store,
ni'nn; !, k a fh.a in "No one has been arrested so
d'MUlu unu UCOU UUUU VJJIVAU
almost a -WAfilr.
the participants will be arrestea
later."
--Mr. LJDrwin came over from.
Charlotte last Saturday night. He
and hia wife returned home this
morning.
-Miss Georgia Lowe, ol Lowees
viile, returned home this morning,
after visiting Mrs. W S Bingham
for several days.
Mrs. C L T Fisher and Miss
uUO m mvw-.w- . - -Rii.oWh collece.
far except Bost, but a number of " Zi;" -i-uS:
i a ma-, novo I a u nHi. nriinT inviib Lit I
(tUlTOU tuw r- j D
spend Sunday at the home of Mr.
THE WORLD DO MOOv
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Billy Qoats will butt
3S1
Rain on? Shine
UaI I Unvjnin )r I'Airm
Den, nan lib uyiujifiii
ILL SELL mil!
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Concord is the best town in the State and we do not allow
boast of a better FUBNI
Car Xiots Spot Cash l and
The Cotton
vllle.
Mill Unroofed aft Pine-
The Bala Cotton Mill Starts Up.
The name of the Patterson
Bolton mill out in No.
. township has now been changed I Mr. Jaa. F Shinn has returned
b the Bala cotton mill by Mr. ome from Pineville, where he went
das. . "W Cannon, who now has only a few days ago to accept his
cbfirge of the mill. As previously new positien. He came home on
-stated a number of spindles will acC(mnt ,- 0f the cotton mill at Pine
be put in, increasing the capacity t..,. hoP nnroofed Snndav
-mi .it : 'tt il. I , . . . .
night during the storm. The loss
R A Brown. They
home tonight.
will return
a town or city in North Carolina to
TURE STORE than Concord has.
trying to follow the Golden Rule has given ns a trade that ws
areCprondof.
. . We are making a pri-e on
of the mill. The mill will in the
aear future be run both day and
right.
is heavy, having been, estimated at
$15,000. L ;
iflE BEST PRESCRIPTION EOR
CHILLS
and fever is a bottle of Grove's Taste
less Chill Tonic. Never faila to cure;
Then why experiment with worthless
citations? Price 50 cents. Your
aoney back if it fails to cure.
Slasonle Notice. '
Regular communication of
G2T otokes Lodge no. oa a. jd. a,
A. M. 'Monday night, Mro'i
27th, 7.30 o'clock.
By order of W. M.
: Jab. 0. FiKKjSeo;
A
Green Mountain
flaple Syrup.
Quart Bottles at 30 cents.
Pint Bottles at 20 cents.
Sweet Pickles per Bottle
j 10 cents.
Canned Kornlet at 20 cents
per can.
Eryin & Morrison
- 0R0CER5,
DAMAGED
that will eurprise'you, see. Parlor
what is left of our .
STOCK
Suit that cost $55.00 to go
for $25.00. $25.90 Side Board for $15.20. $40.00 Suit of Fur
mture for $25.00. Come and S
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