price $4.00 Per Tear
THE WORK OF THE STORM,
Trvo Houses Blown OverA Singular
Co-incidence Missionary Eercises,
Written for The Standard.
Mt. Pleasant, Oct. 31. -Mrs.
D M Fry, who lives on South
Elm street, died last night with
asthma. .. , .
Mrs. Betts, of Albemarle, whb
has been by the bedside of Mips.
CG Heilig, has returned to her
home. Mrs. Heiligis veryinuch
improved. .
Miss Blanche McAllister and
Mr. D D Barrier spent Sunday in
in Albemarle. '
A singular co-incidence -three
young ladies in Mt. Pleasant each
received a letter from. Mt. Pleas
ant, S. C, on the same day, and
each letter was due two cents
extra postage.
Miss Winona Cook and Prof.
G F McAllister spent Saturday
and Sunday with Miss Essie and
Mr. Luke Johnston, in Mecklen
burg county.
The Ladies' Missionary society
gare their annuai public exer
cises in the Lutheran church last
Sunday night. The programme
consisted of music, by the choir,
recitations by Misses Mary Hen-J
drix and Mabel Bostian, students
of the seminary, reading by Mrs.
R L Patterson, original reading
by Miss Sallie J Fisher, and ad
dress by. Mr. Julian Smith, a stu
dent of the college. Prof. J M
Tise, who was also on the pro
gramme for an. address, became
very sick Sunday evening- and
Tras unable to bo present.
Miss' Hama Kime, a student
of the seminary; who has been
on the sick list, i4 improving.
The high winds did some dam
age here last night. Mr. Frank
Lowder's new, house on East
MilFstreet, and Mr. Alexander
Lowder's house over in James
town, were both blown over.
A telephone pole, about "one
mile east oi towil, vas blown
down, and fences in general gtive
way to the pressure of the wind.
A Service for the Old Folks.
Rev. S D Steffey; pastor of St.
John's church, informs us that
the Old Folks service at his
church last Sunday was a sue
. -t a "r
bs, ana was oi course enjoy
able to the younger ones &s well
as the participants. In addition
to the service they had the "old
time
singing, led by Mr. t H
Ridenhour.
A New Insurance Company,
On Tuesday, in Charlotte, a
new insurance company was or
ganized. The name of the Home
Protection Insurance Co. was
adopted. The company . is
formed by the mill men in the
different parts of the State. Mr.
Jas. W Cannon, of this place, is
one of the directors.
Mr Moose's Wheel Stolen.
We see in the Charlotte News
that a negro stole a bicycle
from Mr. Moose, the travelling
Photographer, who is now
stationed at Charlotte. ' But the
negro traded the wheel at Grif
fith to a white boy for a ragged
coat, two buiscuits and some cold
potatoes. The
negro, was
put in the tombs at
wlbtto.
CONCOKD, N.
THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
Will the Admiral Accept the NSmlnatiob
The Work of Schemers.
??r Regular Ooi respondent.
a deal of guess
ing lately, as to whether or not
Admiral Dewey , wtjuid accent a
notation for. the Presidency,
v Specially among people who
workln gritia-stone stores, and
sandwich factories, and who am
SSjf: to ex
press an opinion, has the
ton Beerife; It is rather Jkfd
to say just what one wouMb,
were ne in yom George's pace.
Men have said that they would
rather be right than be Presi
dent; but maybe they had a fair
chance to be right, and not much
of a chance to be President.
Most of us would like to be
rignt, but more of us would
rather be the Chief Executive.
even though the salary attached
may uuu ue as large as tne one
we are already drawing. How
ever, from a careful study of the
man himself, your correspondent
will venture the prediction that
Dewey would not accept the
nomination, even if offered to
him with good chances of suc
cess. Why should he? He is
the dean of his craft in this
country, and the first of sailors
in all the world.
Would it not be a poor ex
change, all things considered, to
trade what he now has for, the
doubtful outcome of a Presiden
tial campaign?
Certainly thoro is a clique that
would like to use the Admiral as
a figure-head, either on. a Re
publican, Democratic, or. just
plain Dewey 4 ticket. . And they?
uguro uu piaymg. ior wnaii mey
are pleased to torm, the. "hey-
seed vote." But it would surely
seem that Dewey has too much
regard for his own dignity to
submit to any proceedings , not
in keeping Witii it. ' It Cousin
George really wanted the office,
it is probable that his admiring
feUbw-couhtrymen would not re
fuse it to him, but the indications
are that he decidedly does not.
Just at present, 'bom George is
doing nptning ' more startling
than laking rjill, arid passing
around the collection plate at
church.
The fact is, that the American
people are afflicted with a lot of
talkers that are entirely too
slushy. .And as an asylum for
this sort of crank, and, for that
matter, all sorts of cranks,
Washington stands second only
to Boston. Schemes are under
way to give almost everybody
connected with the recent war,
a sword, or a loving cup, or the
dyspepsia, or something. These
schemes are gotten up mainly
for short-haired women and
long:haired men, who are only
looking for a little notoriety.
Sometimes these people manage
to scare up an original idea, but
generally they warm-over some
body's old one. Just now there
is a plan in effect to give Ad
miral Schley a home, and it is in
a fair way to be unsuccessful on
account of these very people.
The amount of the Dewev sub
scription was- considerably less
man a tenth or a cent to: eacn
head of population. We talked
a erreat deal louder than that
ratio. : i- . . .'
C, WEDNE8 DA , NOYEUBER
THE STORM WAS SEVERE.
1 For two years the Concord
WritesTille 9nd- Carolina Beech Suffer Telephone Co. has gratuitously
one of their 'phones in
folk to Charleston. Y ' the depot but they have decided
. In view 6f the dashing, surg- to discontinue the gravtuity'. The
ing blasts of the .wind as it made railroad company have not sut
nouses trdmble and everything scribed and hence the telephore
r. iwas nou positively
tidn&jpnday night arid
TueMay rnirig,:the thought-
ful felt ajang of dread to learn
ifrhat had b'eeri the suffering
rroin the 'ktornv" where iib matv
J have beeii Worse or where hu-
manity may have been less able
io shelter from its : blasts. The
angry winds it vwa& feared had
iasnea tne ocean into billows, , M,Jr !
mountain high, to .carry vessels ' Cleanliness Xext to (Wllness.
aloft on the land or to sweep the ,
islands lower carry- clt--ing
destruction and death. j & Hendrix. Satisfaction always
Dispatches show it onlv a little eu'arantefid.
less dreadful than was antici -
patod.' The happy part is that
very few if any lives were lost.
At Norfolk Va. , the scoo uer
Kate Darlington was driven
high and dry.
At Writesville Beach in our
own state fifteen . of the 60 cot
tages were wrecked. The two
large summer hotels were dam
aged. The damage is estimated
at forty to fifty thousand dollars..-
, .
At Carolina Beach 18 of the 25
cottages, club houses etc. were dej
stroyed arid the remainder badly
kt twelve to fifteen thousand dql -
ars. jLctn ooacnos naa oeen ue-
serted as the season was over. '
'; sTwo small vessels were beached
at Southport : and some damage
done along the shore where the
water rose five feet above the 6r-
clinarv hicrh water mark. V
At New !Bern, the tide was two
feet higher than ever before.
Sriiall boats were thrown into the
Streets and tons of sugar and
$alt were destroyed; Fire broke
in th'e - midst ?o ft bjr$slacking
lime, ; '
t The only, death we have noted
was that of a colored) child in
Charleston in a wrecked house.
I The winds ranged ' in., velocity
trom 40 to 90 miles per hour.
ilrs. Winslow's Soothing $yrrip has
Veen used for. over fifty years by mil
Jioxia oi. mothers for . their children
while teething, with perfect; success. It
soothes the. child, sdf tens the gnms,
illay a all pain, cures wind colic, and is
$he best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will
relieve the poor little sufferer immedi
ately. Sold by drujrsrists in every part
of tne world; Twenty-five cents a bot
tle.; Be sure and ask for 4tlVLrs. Win
$lows .Soothing. Syrup,
other kind '
and itake no
T Life In the Fetzer House.
, Mr. Will Widenhouse has
moved from GeorgevJlle into the
Fetzer house On South Main
street. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Black will- also occupy the house.
Mr. Black has a position at the
Yorke& Wadsworth lumberyard.
We welcome these two : new
families to our town.
Working Niht and uay..
. The busiest and migntiest little thing
that ever was made is Dr. King's New
Life Pills. Eyery pill is a eugrarcoated
globule of health, that changes weak
ness into strength, listlessness into
v.m tonf iriT.rt men tiowot
They're wonderfn I in building up the
heaitn. uniy ju per ua. uuxu uy
Fetzer's Drug store.
Grip makes one slcly weary and restless.
fW MiW Restorative IXil
Irvine brines rest.
1, 1899.
The Telephone Cut Off. i .
v sw cut onior tne present,
This 'phone is of great cbnveni-:
ence to the people and an awful
inconvenience to the Hepot 'men,
especially when people ast so
yesions bi little
arice,and which fefees thii&6 6f
tuo series, u ust oeiore im service
was ntiriued a riiari caU'ed on
tne phone to know the time of
1 - ": " -
PERSONAL POINTERS.
Mr. S J Lowe, of Charlotte,
is here today.
Mrs. Richard Eames returned
to New London today.
: Dr. J S Lafferty, of China
Grove, spent today here.
Messrs. R L Toney arid H
M( Weir went over to Charlotte
this morning.
Mr. Osmond Barringer, o
Charlotte, spent last night arid
this morning here;
Miss Mollie Debnam, ' who
travels in the interest of the Or-
1 phan's Friend hero today.
Mrs. Ed. Marsh, of Raleiclu
is spending today with , .Miss
Lallan Hill. Mrs. Marsh was
formerly Miss Margaret Robin
son, of Jacksonville.
1
Ah
Line
AT
Don
f Bother !
. Our cousins on .the other side are able to take care
of themselves just like Bell, Harris & Co. are for all your wants
in the "Furniture line. With three solid cars of Furniture, two cars
of springs, two cars of chairs, one car of Mattresses, you need not
worry about high prices on furniture, and as for Stoves, we have
the famous Leader line, Gate City, Iron King, Happy Times, etc.
Wood Heaters and Coal Heaters all bought in car lots and if you
give us a chance we will sell you. Clocks, good, better and best.'
If time is money you should have a clock. Office and Library'
Furniture of all kinds. Hall Furniture, Kitchen Furniture. To
sum it up we have anything you want. Pictures cr frames we
are strictly in it. Call and see.
Be
Single Copy 5 Cc:.j
The Umbrella is
Best That Wears
Longest
It is not the handle of an
umbrella that keeps one dry in
a rainstorm. The covering does
that. The covering is the im
portant part to consider. When
dealers talk only about the
handles it is safe to consider the
COVerinff IS wealr nnrl infoinr. ;'
We give you a pooi covnrinff
,.. U -i -J ' tLJJ UJ t X I Hiil
protector at 7no., 98c, 1,25 up
;o $3.00.
Parents
i ' : -
We have been pre
paring for this sloppy, bad
weather and have just the thing
in school Mackintoshes for boys
and girls - at moderate prices.
Rubbers and Mackintoshes spme
thhes'save doctor bills. At $2.48
wfi'arfi ah nwi Tier a .woTnan's blue
serge double cape Mackintosh
that's worthy of y our attention .
H. L. Parks & Co.
Harris & C.
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