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CONCORD, N. G., FRIDA.Y. ACJGUST 25, 1899.
Single Copy 5 Cents
A FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE.
A Person Enters a House on West Depot
Street and with a Large Knife in His
Hand Orders a Young Lady About in
the IJoom The Young Lady Faints.
Considerable excitement reigned
on West Depot street Thursday
afternoon about 2 or 3 o'clock on
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account of some personentering
ine nuuio ux mrs. auupiiik ana
badly frightening Miss Mamie
Lentz, a young lady who lives
there. '
First, a man having every ap
pearance of a tramp, called at
the door and in his broken lan
guage asked for a needle . and
thread to fix his clothes. This ex
cited the young lady, and think
ing at the time that he asked for
a nickel, went and got him a
nickel. The f ellow thanked her
kindly and bowed and came on
up town. While she was at the
parlor window watching the fel-'
low as he went up town, another
fellow, a younger man, stepped
to the other parlor window and
ordered her to come to the win
dow to him. Instead she started
to run out of the door but by that
time he had entered the hall and
was standing at the parlor door
with a large . knife in his hand.
In succession he would order
her about in the room and ask
her questions. In order to evade
him, she answered some one call
ing her and quickly ran out of
the room. While running
through one of the rooms in the
rear part of the house it seems
that she fainted. After consid
erable time she became conscious
and awoke to find that the bureau
drawers were taken out, a trunk
thoroughly ransacked and things
in the house turned.about as if
wholly in search of money. Noth
ing has been missed, so far. While
straightening u p the things in the
room a noise, was heard and soon
the fellow made his escape. This
is the account of the affair as Miss
Mamie Lentz recalls it.
The man who was first at the
house, ''but'whb went only to the
door, was arrested and brought
to the mayor's office. On account
of the probability that he was a
partner of, the fellow who entered
the house,- ne was puM in jail to
await trial the next day. Officers
were in search of the other f eK
low Thursday night and followed
auspicious person over about
KuiTisburg but he was not cap
tured. The old man, who was
confined to 4 j ail, and who was
begging fronTthe houses on the
street, as he himself confessed;
was sentenced to the chain gang
for thirty days. .
Floyd Utley Sent to the Cha'ngaig.
It will be remembered that
some time ago a boy' named
Floyd Utley, who is known by
quite a number here, was put in
jail for an assault on a colored
girl near China Grove. He was
found guilty of only a simple as
sault and was sentenced to the
chaingang for thirty days.
To Rev. Gannon's Funeral.
Rpv t r TUnnn nffWc.io.n i
left Thursday for Mill Grove -
cnurch where he takes nartin a 1
camp meeting there for several hoQ1 North Carolina. There
days and also went to assist iu?fenme fulL graduates in the
the funeral on Sunday of Rev, - j Faculty and officers.
Henry Garmon, who died a num- i nmln . ?i m 'r 11 ,
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Splendid School Discipline. j
Neatness, order, obedience
punctuality and self-dependence
are secured at tho Ti no-ham
Schonl:. 'TiMT'MnW. tvj n s
wise rules and regulations prop- j
eriy eniorcea, without the ex
pensive uniform, .heavy gun
severe penalties,
chanical flM "-.r.d
military system.
onerous me
restraints of
KILLED UY THE TRAIN.
A Negro Falls Asleep by the Railroad
Track and Raises His Head to Be Al
most Instantly Killed No One Can
Identify Him.
On Thursday night at nearly
12 o'clock as the .stcond section
of No. 72, a freight train north-
bound, arrived near the crossing
Qn ; ths;side of Harrisburg, -it
struck a negro, who was sup-
posed to be sleeping by the side
of the track.
It is supposed that the negro,
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at that place lay down to sleep
and just as the engine neareS
him he rose, knocking one side
of his head almost off. His body
was not bruised as it lay ' from
thecrossties
: Coroner Lentz was called to
the scene and held his inquest
hnt. nn Tiorsnn fViprAahnnt. wa,s
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able to identify the negro. He
was of a medium size, and ap
peared to be between 30 and 35
years old. In his pocket was
found an open knife and sixty
six cents.
Off For the Game. I
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A large crowd took advantage
of the cheap rate today to wit
ness the baseball game between
Concord and Mountain Island, j
This is the tie game between our
boys and the Islanders and we .
of course hope for and expect a ;
victory, which will close the
baseball season. Besides a large
number of boys, young men, and
others we noted Mr. and Mrs. C
vv bwiM, mf ana ivirs. r-uiK
Misenheimer, . Mrs. A E Lentz,
Mrs. .: Ed. Hall, Mrs.' Robt. S
mrs. JJ-a. -. nan, . mrs. . wui. o
x oung, nu mi rw": u , building up the healta 0nly 25c
Myrtice Thompson with Missesjper b d by p B
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Mary Skinner, Mary Virginia
Wadsworth, Agnes Moss, Fay
Brown and Janle Ervin.
Wedding Bells to Ring at China Groye.
The following wedding invita
tion has been received:
Mrs. I. Frank Patterson,
invites .you to be present at the marriage
of her daughter
Ethel
' to- : '
Mr. DeWitt Clinton Swaringen, .
Wednesday evening September sixth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine,
at half after six o'clock,
, St. Mark's Lutheran Church,
China C rove, North Carolina.
Miss Patterson is one of China
ftrnvft's most admirable and
popular young ladies. She is a
sister of Mrs. M. L. Stevens, of
this place, who is now living in
Asheville. Mr. Swaringen is a
worthy young man and is a drug -
gist at China Grove. .
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Their Delegates Elecled.
At the meeting of the United
Daughiers of the Confederacy
Thursday afternoon the society
elected Mrs. H M Barrow and
Mrs. D B Coltrane as their dele
gates to the annual meeting at
Henderson, N. C. The ; meeting
will be about the middle, of
October.
A Strong Faculty.
There are a larger number of , j
college aiiu uuiversiLy gi-auucttes
in the f acuity of the Bingham
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one oi tim most
troublesome diseases the army i
had to contend with; In many!
instances it became chronic and
- the old soldiers; still suffer from 1
it. "Mr. David Tavlor, of Witid
RSe Greene county, Pa,,
is onei
i of these., He uses Chamberlain's
i Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy and says he never found '
anything that would give him j
such quick relief. It is tor sale
i by M.X. Marsh & Co. Druggist J
How to Protect Piants and Fruit from
... : -, A Frost.
Washington,, Aug. 23. The
Department of Agriculture has
prepared and will soon issue
farmers' bulletin No. 104, en
titled "Notes' on Frost," as a
means of furnishmg informaUon
as me protection oi crops
from frost. It was prepared by
E. B. Garriett, professor of
meteorology at the Weather Bu
reau, and defines frost and the
conditions which favor its forma
tion and states the methods of
protection which have been found
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sayMkaVexperi.
ments and observations seem to
S?abilsh the following, facte :
Th? d.a?ger, rpm, frost can be
materially lessened by. placing
early and tender plants on high
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plants in low grounas ana noi -
lows. When ground can be se
lected in the lee, or to the south
and east of considerable bodies
x 'ii.- j -n e
ui water tne uauger wm uo
ther lessened.
fur-
Pythians Take Notice!
All members of Concord Lodge
No. 51 Knights of Pythias are
requested to meet in Castle Hall
tonight at 8 o'clock promptly.
a l. white, a a
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WORKING NIGHT AND DAY
The busiest and mighties little
thin that ever was made is Dr.
Kind's New Life Pills. JSvery
pin 9 a sugar-coated globule of
health, that changes weakness
into , Btrength, lisjilessness
aiito
hrain-iae into menial ?TvT wrne5l1is
SiHM ss trouble 18 not
QWej. They're wonderful
Druggist.
PERSQNAL POINTERS-
Mr. H L Thurston, of South
ern Pines, is here today. .
.Rev. C L T Fisher, of Eliza
beth college, was here today.
Mr. J W Pharr and little son,
of Charlotte, are visiting here to
day. ' ; . ' -"
Mr. . Bruce Templeton, of
MooresviUe is visiting at Mr.
Joe Reed's.
Miss Jessie Deaton went over
! to Charlotte this morning to visio
her brother,
! Miss Wilma Correll went to
, Charlotte this morning to spend
; several days with Mrs. Chas.
Stone.
Mr. Edgar B Sherrill, who
j has ben visitmg his brother, Mr.
Jno. B Sherrill, will return to
Washington, D. C. tonight.
Mr. J B Baylor, of Washing
ton, D. C, is here. Mr. Baylor
is here for the purpose of put
ting up the meridian posts con
tracted for by the county some
time ago ; '
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A SHOOTING AFFAIR.
Mack Roger Pulls the Trigger On Jesse
Koontz-Only a Few Shot Take Effect
Mack Boer Gone.
Great interest is being taken
by. the colored people in their
revival meeting at Price Me
morial temple but two of the at-
tendants, Mack Boger and Jesse
Koontz, departed from that
straight and narrow Dath Thurs-1
day night, changing the situa-
tion of things in Love Town.
Shortly before 12 o'clock in J
the nierht Mack Boerer in front of .
Jesse KoonVs house drew his
shot gun on Jesse and fired two
tunes.
Only a few shot took
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effect in- Jesse's leg and he is
able to walk about as before. .
But Mack- Boger's presence
here is no more.
too soon as ne
Ishot both loads of his gun he
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hurried home and after grabbing
a lew necessary articles of cloth
T
tLove
ing tor traveling ne left tne
town, probably to love
withm lis borders no more.. A
woman is the cause of the
trouble.- ,
Turbulent Cuban's Killed.
Blood has been shed in Cuba
over the matter of payment of
Cuban soldiers. At Cuevitas,
near Santiago, the soldiers whose
names were not on the rolls be
came turbulent and a mob at
tacked Capt. Beliat, when his
men fired and killed five and
wounded ten. The "Whole trouble
arises from imperfect rolls. .
The humor. ; of the native - sbK
anucipaieu.
Bingham's Latin Grammar.
This. book, which was written
by Col. Wm. Bingham, at the
Bingham School, Orange county,
near Mebane, . has a very large
sale in the United States. It is
used in the Latin course in Bing
ham School, Mebane,
RED HO r FROM THE GUN
Was the ball that hit G. B.
Rteadman of Newark, Mich., 4n
the Civil War. It caused horrib le
Ulcers that no treatment, helped
for 20 years. Then Bucklen's
Avnic Slv cnrd hira. Cans
Cats, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Fe -ons,
Coras, Skin ErnptioDP, Best
Best Pile cure on earth. 25cts. a
box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by
P. B. Fetzer, Druggist.
One STRIKE,
And you have made a safe hit and
straight for the
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Where you can rind EVERYTHING you need in the house keep--ino-
line from the CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. Our three floors
are crowded to the doors with goods bought before the advance
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Cook Stoves they Bake the Cake. Our Lisk Anti-Rust Tinware
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CONSUMED BY THE FLAMES.
The Residence of Mr. William Townsend
Burned to the. Ground Everything
Lost They Barely Escape Before the
Houie Falls In No Insurance. f
Similar to the case of Mr. Ab
ner Misenheimer a few weeks
ago, is Mr. William Townsend's
fate now by a disastrous fire
Thursday night
at his home
about three-fourths
of a mile
from the Bala mill in No; 2 town
ship.
About 2 o'clock, the family
awoke and found their residence
on fire and they discovered . it
none too soon to save their own
lives, as the building was well on
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us way xo asnes, ana vv ill tne
young son of Mr. P P Town-
send, of this place, barely
stepped out of the door before
the building dropped down.
Everything in the house was
lost, including a quantity of
wheat which was stored away in
the garret. Not even all of the
clothes worn the day before were
saved.
No cause is known for the fire,
unless that it was done, by rats
coming in contact- with some
matches. Mr. Townsend carried
np insurance and it is a total loss
to him.
Mr, Townsend is a brother of
our townsman, Jailer Townsend,
and is crippled.
A Scare on West Depot Street.
Thursday night some one was
seen at the window of Wilson
!ycMbre,; colored, oh "West 'Depot
street, opposite Scotia seminary?
The small ; boy sleeping at the
window discovered the man,.
yho he says was a white man,
and gave the alarm to that part
of the town. The prowler
dropped out of the window when
line boy screamed and ran across
the field toward Wagoner's
grove.
You Assume no rink when you
buy Chamberlain s Colic, Cholera
nnd Diarrhoea Remedy. M. ' Li.
Marsh & Co. will refund your
money if you are not satisfied
after using It. It i everywhere,
admitted to be the mo&t success
ful remedy in use for i owel com
plaints and; the uly one that
nwer fails. It is oipsnt, bafe
aud reliable.
Sale of Town Property.
. Two lots with 11 iree hou ses on
them on Pine street, near Black
welder's store. . A bargain for
cash. Jno. Creech.
Two STRIKES
a heme run, provided you make-.
Furniture House of
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