Prico $4.00 Per Tear.
CONCOHD, N. C, THUES DAY ; AUGUST 24, 1899.
Single Copy 5 Cents
TWO DEATHS.
3Iiss Hinson and Mrs. Bridges Con-
- sumption the Cause of the Latter's
Death Personals.
Written for The Standard:
Forest Hill, August 24. Miss
Annie Troutman went to Char
lotte this morning to visit her
friends. ,
Miss Fannie Russell and her
grandmother, Mrs. Mehaley, '
went over to Charlotte this ;
morning.
Mr. W R pdell returned home ,
home last night from a northern
trip.
Miss Ella Hinson, sister ofiThe -place was about half wav
Mr. John Hmson, died this
morning alter being m bad heaitn
tor some time, csne uvea at tne
home of her brother.
The wrecked car of salt is
still off the track,"
Mrs. Bridges, the wife of Mr.
T F Bridges, died this morning.
She had the dread disease con
sumption. Behind her she leaves
a husband and two children.
The funerarwill be preached to
morrow morninsr at the house.
Cheap Rates Tomorrow.
On account of the crowd that
is likely to go to Charlotte to
morrow to witness the last game
of the season in which our base
ball team will take part, the
Southern has given us a rate of
85 cents for the round trip, good
to return on Saturday. This
ticket, ' however, is not good on
the vestibuled train. The tickets
will be sold for No. 11 tomorrow
morning.5 ; s
Two Popular Gentlemen.
Messrs. A. W. Mangum and
W. P. LeGrande, who Have been
spending the summer in Con
cord, leave in a few days for
Bingham School, Orange county,
near Mebane, where the former
gentleman is Physical Director
and the latter is a student.
(iot His Leg Broke.
Glass, August 24. Frank Alli
son, a negro, got his leg broke
here yesterday at the saw mill of
Yorke, Wadsworth & Co;- His
leg in some way got caught in
the carriage and both bones were
broken below the knee. He is in
a bad condition.
Knocked Out His Own
lino-
r rank Munday has a dog and
Sid'Prestwood had a dog. These 1
dogs met, Sid's dog growled and
Frank's clog growled. Then they
"fib " and Frank's dog was doing
the Jeffries act on Sid's, when
Sid sailed in with a club intend
ing to give Prank's dog a knock
out blow, but made amiss lick
and killed his own dog. They
the air turned "blew" in that
immediate vicinity and it looked
like Sid , would vanish into red
hot profanity 'before they could
throw water on him to cool him.
-Lenoir News.
A Terrible Temperance Remedy.
Parkersburg, W. Va., ! has al
ways been a prohibition town.
Recently through the develop-
?Hent of coal property the pop- j
ulation hasancreased from 200 to
1,000 and with tM ihcrase came
oar rooms This the old settlers
(annot bYook and they are band
'd together to burn put all the
i-quor houses it is said. Several
have already been ' burned and
the citizens do not turn out to
ht the flames.
For Over Fiityiers f
Mrs; Winsiow's Koothms Syrnp h&
baen u.d for over fifty yearb by
million cf la others for sheir child
reii wkik- twniin?, Tfith perfcot nud
Pfss. It 8oobtscr ".he child s eoftua
tb, pmcE, allays pain, cures vvmd
colic, unci ia the beet remedy for
Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor
little 3h2ert;r immediately. Sold by
druggiHta io every part of the 9rld,
Twenty -fiye eenta a bottle. Be Bure
ask for " Mrs. Wioslowe Sooth
mcj Syrup," aEd take no other kind
THE TRESTLE GATE WAY.
Julius Alexander Suffers the Death!
PAnnu i v tv , Ci '
Penaltj-A Aegro Woman's Strange
Deatn-A Policeman Accidentally
Hurt.
Editorial Correspondence.
Charlotte, Augr. 24
-No. 11,
the local southbound train, which
was rlolavAfl hfnrA rnhincr
nnnrorrl. and whiph nn.sRArl tWa
at 12:30. was delaved narlv two
VmnrQ va,woaT nnnr and ttot..
risburg by the giving way of a
trestle. Fortunately the train
flirl n of, trri nn i f, Kn f. wo Vi a1 f wn i f.
nntil tho lofAPf wnc roTYioiori
-between two stations. We
reached here at 2 :45 this after-
noon.- i
Julius Alexander, the negro :
who some time ago committed
an assault on Mrs. Mullis, was
hanged here this morning at
10:23. When the trap fell a po-
liceman. vrho was standing too
near, was; hurt by a falling tim
ber, though not seriously. Ho
was struck in the face. . ;
A negro woman was this morn
ing found dead at the Victor
! mill. Her clothes were torn from Mr James" McDonald re
jher body and found some dis- turned to Charlotte this morn-
tance away. ner nead twas
mashed almost into a jelly. Noth-
ing is at present known as to her
death. , '
Splendid School Discipline.
Neatness, order, obedience
! punctuality nnd self -dependence
cv,i ,fn-ho "NT n vr'.
ruie.nrdL-regIatlons prop:
pensive- ;uMf oror, - heavy gun,
severe : pennlties. - onerous me -
chanical drill and restraints of
military system.
To the MooresTilie Picnic.
Today is the day for the big
An immense crowd' is expected
tnD rn Vio D-rnnrtris- there to-
day. Misses Rosa Mund and
May Pitts, Capt. J. M. Alexan
der, and Messrs Eli Goldston,
Marshall Mabrey and H. P. Dea
ton,.from this place, attended.;
Took Adrautage of the Rate.
The Southern gave a cheap
rate to Norfolk and . return, theame from Hosts Mills this morn-
parties to leave on the night of
the 23rd. . Messrs
jonn ttmitn,
TJnnr.TT Pif-7 Tnn A "Rl n olrw a A pt
John Bost, Frank Brown; Dr. L.
N. Burleyson Jno. W. . Cook,
Geo. L. Fisher and Geo Wme-
coff, left here that night to re-
turn on Saturday morning.
Oil In Buncombe. j
Buncombe county it seems is !
aoout to "strike it." The Ashe-
ville Citizen says that Gen. Theo. '
F Davidson has been suspectm
nr
pi tjotjiiutj jx vjii Hi. tuo w"ux
-c : nrt,nr,f.T
cations of oil on the waters in
time of freshets. Prof. Joseph
Leiter in hunting for gold found !
some rocks recently that seemed
saturated with oil and it now
seeuls to betrgecL
Coritrdctor Absconds .
Drie .George Clarke, & bon
tractor of Charlotte j Aio, it
seems, is oacK wiui ms worn- j
men and others to the tune of
$2,000 is not to be found. Hei
worked about one hundred hands 1
and had; contracts for good;
buildings, Thei e is no little
confusion among workmen who
"owe bills that they expected to
meet. But they can't meet Clarke.
i mammm ;
Too Late.
"I've come to tell you, sir, that ,
the photographs you took of us -.
the other day are not at all satis- j WAN f fiD-rTt buy 100,000
factory. Why, my husband looks j p junds of old c;i-iron scrap, de
like an ape!" severed a& iu londry at ooce, for
"Well, madame, you should i which we will pay a fair pric; No
have thought of that before you : burnt iron warmd.
had him taken. "Tit-Bits. - alttf. Concobd Foundry Oo.
Mr. Chas. Harris Thrown From the
OOJ , . ..
On Wednesday afternoon while
out iving I yChas. Harris
nA u: a AvftTn
when his horse became suddenly
frightened and W a dash threw
him from the " buggy. He kepi
bis hold on the lines and was
drasrered about forty feet on the
ground. Fortunately he at last
got the animal quieted and no
damage was done more than that
he was slightly bruised on the
arms and a suit oi clothes badly
1111 Ured. It WaS a
dangerous
occurence and he was
fortunate
well as he j
to come out of it as
did. , , ; vV.
? pp.pronat; pointers
. -
C F Walter is
today.
in Charlotte
Dr. N D Fetzer
today in Charlotte. :
is spending
Sam Sloop returned home
last night from Greensboro.
. Mrs. Luther Biles returned
nome lasi mguu irum ouux.
i ;tx 0lilc,M
iny.
Mr. J D Barrier, of this
paper is in Charlotte this after
noon.
-Mr. Morrison Caldwell re-
turned home this morning from
Albemarle. s'
Mr, toot. wneeier rexurneai
'Jom U!1S g'. f: mii8B
iviuuutaiij..
j
' Q
-Miss Margaret Allison went
Charlotte this morning to
spend several days.
Prof. Preston Lewis Gray,
principal of the Biugham school
is here today. - -
W. G. Boshamer returned
, home last mght after an absence
I Ui ocvciai UWJ0
Mr. Dick Harris, of Salis
bury, arrived here last night. He
IS fciLUppiIlg clU XVXX . iVX JJ UiUVVUiS.
Mr. Walter Ritchie, a sales
man in the Ritchie hardware
store; is off for a day or two at
his home in Richfield.
Mrs. Daniels, of Littleton,
Mrs. Daniels, of Littleton,'? v"ai- uurriuie
inff and will spend about a week!j;,r . ? -
with her sister, Mrs. Jas. AY.
j Mr. and Mrs. A S Dayvault
1 and Mrg Q A Misenheimer are
endin today at Mrs. Day.
vults father's, near Mt. Pleas -
sant. '
NO CURE, NO PAY. 5
Tnat is tne way
the way all drucrerists sell
Grove. Tasteless Chill Tonic for chills
and Malaria. It is simply Iron and
Quinine in a tasteless form. Onildren
buvexu auuns ICICI ll W UHll, XlttU-
; iea ting Tomes Price. 50o.
I T , f : -
h mill LI.'
un s
I CAKES i
-AT- ". .
UNVEILING CEREMONIES
f
The Woodmen of the World to Unveil
4UC uuiuwaeirr auen isroxner.
Sunday Afternoon. . I
On Sunday afternoon at 5
o'clock the Woodmen of the
World of this place will assem-,
ble at Elm Camp at the town hall
ana will marcn m a body to the uevuiuw-nenii oi xne nia;;mn- v
cemetery where the monument cent water power on the Ca
which now stands to the memory tawba river, two miles xrom
of Mr, S C Alexander, who died Hickory. This is one of the
several months ago, will be un- finest idle water powers in the
veiled. State. It will ere long be turn
ip ;
ing members of this organization J
will be present. An appropriate
' n . J
address will be delivered by Mr.
L D Duval who will also read the
poem prescribed by their ritual.
The public will of course at-
tend these exercises. It is prob
able that the cornet band will
attend and take part in the ex
ercises. We Must Conquer Tomorrow.
Tomorrow dur baseball team
to
goes to unariotte where they
play off the tie with the Moun
tain Island-boys. This promises
to be a warm game of ball
and well attended too, as Char
lotte, together with all of Moun
tain
Island and a large part of
Concord
IS
vajjxj iiitciootcu.
m
land will come over prepared to
win the game if there is the least
possible chance and Kenna .will
do his best, Ibut Concord wul be
there and the red, white and
blue will figure prominently.
CURE. A COLD IN ONE-DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All drugrgists refund money if it fails to
care. 25c. The genuin has L. B. Q.
on each.,tablet. - , .
. A Strong Faculty.
There are a larger number of
College and University graduates
m xne iaeurcy oi ine uingnam
School of. Orange county, near
Mebane, N. C, than in any high
school in North Carolina. There !
are nine full graduates in the
Faculty and officers.
RED HO T FROM THE GUN
Was the ball that bit G.
B.
Rteadman of Newark, Mich., in
r. '1 TTT Tl ' J l J -LI.
i ,uiee Jnac DO l?imeD. Df Pe,
LUiKj utJLu'
i U u t s . 15 ru 1 ses. .Burn s . 15oi l . t el-
s or.s, Skm EruptioDS Best
est ,e cnre on f Q25- a
; box. Cure guaranty. Sold by
! p- B- Fetzer' Druggist,
I '
One STRIKE,
And you have made a safe hit and
straight for the
BELL, HARRIS & CO.
Where vou can find EVERYTHING you need in the house keep
id-Kffillie.ORADLB TO THE GRAVE. Our three floors
are crowded to the doors with goods bought before the advance
and we bought them to SELL, and we are gomgo SEL L them,
SEE IF WE don't. Do you, need any of our land of stuff ? if . you
do give us a call. Don't forget our Star Leader and Iron King
Cook Stoves they Bake the Cake. Our Lisk Anti-Rust Tinware
is the talk of the town, uvery
us. we will do you
gooa.
BELL
HARRIS
Splendid Power.
J N Bohannon, that excellent
business man and Drinco of a.
gentleman, of Hickory, spent
last night at the McAdoo and
left this morning for Winston,
Mr- Bohannon is interested with
tne Messrs. Odell, of Concord,
a,nd B N Duke, of Durban, in
liner thft wVipaIk nf a. kr
mi 1 nnrl fiiKninlV J -
miil ana furnishing
for Hickory and other
near-by
towns. Greensboro Telegram.
You assume no rink when you
buy ChamberlHin's Colic, Choiera
and Diarrhoea Remedy. M. L.
Marth & Co will refund yonr
money if you are not aati-tied
after using it. It is evtrv where
admitted to be the most socevss
ful remedy m rise for i owel com
plaints and ihe nly one that
nver fails. It is pleasant, safe
and reliable.
We Sell Them Goods.
The Treasury Bureau of Statis
tics in Washington has iust giyen
' out an interesting statement in
OUi-lXltJO t IU 11 Willi UU1 UdUe WltJl
; United States. It appears from
! this that to Mexico the United
J States supplies 49 per cent of the
j total imports for consumption; to
1 the Central American States 37
per cent; to AJOiumoia 66 per
" J. J i 1 rr
cent; to Venezuela 37 per cent;,
to the West Indies 20 per cent;
Dutch Guiana 23 per cent, and to
French Guiana 6 per cent.
Dining the ciyil war, as well as
in Our late war with Spain, diar-
' rhoea
was one of the most
troublesome diseases the army
bad to contend with. In many
instances it became chronic and
the old soldiers stilt suffer from
it. Mr. David Taylor, of Wind
Ridge, Greene county, Pa , is one
of these. He uses Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy and says he rover found
anything that would ive him
Buch quick relief. It' is for sale
by M. L. Marsh & C - , D i legist
Sale of Town Property.
Two lots with three houses on
them on Pine street, near4 Black
welder's store. A bargain - for
cash. Jno. 'Creech.
Two STRIKES
a home run, provided you make
Furniture House of
piece vv akka.u. a
ee
GOMPAIY.