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SCHOOL TROUBLES.
The School Committee Fails to Upheld
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the Teacher-(tfie of the "Largest
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Sales-Other News. j
Written for the Standard. :
Clear Creek, Feb. 5. Horse
drovers pass .along weekly.
Four-fifths of the farmers in
ttas section have to buy corn. work was completed in. the one
The grippe has made its ad- day. A, delegation from No.1
Vent in this vicinity. township in regard toHhe placing
There is a great dearth of of , iron bridge. . It will bo
sweat potatoes in this commu- remembered that it had boeri
ny decided that the.uew iron bridge
The chicken-pox has about which has just arrived would be
run its course in this section. placed across tho river at the
J V Carriker has just had his Black's mill place but a move
store and postoffico building ment is ncrwon foot by some of
painted cozens, despite the fact that
Mr. ilenry Pope's .school at tho masonry work is all com-
Gannon's closed last week. floted at tho intended place, to
The baseball team of $ethelhavo a Part of the New bridge
a i -p i n -niiJf placed across tho river at
Academy defeated the Brief nine s .
, . -.o mi j-1 ,4. .i Pharr's mill and. the other paft
by C6 to 13. They didn't play . . ,
J . J 1 J. of it across the river about a
with a .yarn ball either. . niinrfor nf .1 ' h '
This country is infested with
lewer. upru inun n-iu uwu
a long timo.
A teacher was aslfed recently
to locate Devil's Island, and, he
could not do it. WiH the editor
not give thfs information in his
paper, with a short -description
. of the island, tl;at we may all 'bo
edifed together?
Packages of cotton seed are
being sent out from Washington
to the Mends of Hon. Theodore
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Illuttz;
' The school children of Sosau-
mow's have a miniature Christ-
,
iniiBuuu cu.:ulu, uvajf wiv, uxx
which they hang nice littlo pros-
ents for ono another, and fre-
quontlythey spring a pleasant
surprise on tho teacher by pu-t- J
ting on it something of real ben-
efit for him.. Theso children are'
to b' commended for the happy!
hnnt. thfv frivo-lhftiV minds, as
o- - '
wTell in their work as in their
play.
There were about two hundred
r . , , ,7 Jftfterthe sewerage of tho town !
last fcatumay, ana seemea mat .
nearly all wanted corn. One of j
the finesli hogs we haw ever
seen was linociieu uou to iur.
Benj. Burleysonfpr $14.90. One
vorv commendable feature, of
this sale was the total absence of
rowdyism.O drinking. It "was a
Jovial but so'er crowd.
Mr. W A Faulk, a model young
1 f
1 c
inati and a faithful teacher, re-
Houston public school, all f(tr
i. . ,
tho want of due encouragement
and co-operation on the part of
tho school committee. It seems
tlu'it some of the larger boys
truid to coerce him to give a
"treat" on the last day by
"barring" h'fta out, whereupon
Mr. Faulk expelled five of the
urchins, and on arriving at the
school houso next morning he The tracts consisted of 216 acres
encountered tho same dilemma 'more or less and wasbid off by
from the sam boys whom he; Mr. Will Flowe for $1,250.
had expe'Jed. He went to the
committee and asked them to aid
him in maintaining proper dis
cipline in the .school. . They re
fused to do so, and he thereupon
kicked the polluted dust from off
his sandals and departed hither,
leaving them to rest under the
burden of official incompetency
andj an effeminacy of purpose
that is utterly disgusting. Mr.
Faulk is entitled to the assurance
that he has the moral support of
all his fellow-craftsmen. ;
COMMISSIONERS DAY.
Delegations from the County Before
" .
.Them asjlo the-Roads and Bridges
SeTeral Admitted to the County IlomeJ
Other Business.
The volume of business before
the commissioners this monthjwjth all the dispatches, and the
was not as much as usual and all
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nrill where the. proposed new.
road of somo months ng0 would
cross the river. Tno people in
that part of the county sent quito
a good delegation hgre -Monday
in order to do all possible for
either the change or Ihe Carrying
outoftko Black's mill movement.
Something must bo demo at an
early date as tho bridge has now
arrived, so Commissioners Alli-
son, Nesbit and Turner went to
view tho Piton today (Tues
day.)
I It was ordered that AaronJ
TT'rcvfl TVTvc .T HP TT,nn finrl rliilrl
, , . ,
and Betsy Barnnger be admitted
to th0 county home. '
Mr. Mike Scott wns appointed
as Croek Commissioner for Lit
Uo Cold Walter crook to fill the
vacany of Mr. A D Misenheimer,
deceased. . '
A part payment, amounting to
$1,664 was ordered to be made to
tno King iron lindgo Uo. lor the
iron bridgo purchased for Rocky
river.
Chairman" Allison was ap-
i pointed as a committeo to look
and mako or tho sa-me
also that h(, aUend to tho repairs
at. the jail as suggested by the
Bmuujuijf.
Mr. MeBriie Is Dead- .
The young man McBride, who
on last Friday afterncion was
I shotin.Davidson county by a ne-
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ro m a row at a distillery, is
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dead, his wound in thoarmbeinpr
: such a bad one.
rm, i
a
been captured and lodged in the
I Lexington jail. There is a con-
jsklerablo fcclinr over themat-
j ter. .
BMOJFhyMr. WJUFlowe.
On Monday tho lands of Mr. C
F Smith, of No. 9 township, as
advertised in this paper by Mr.
Ephraim Bost as trustee, was
sold at the court house door.
Working Nljht and Da-
The buMest and mighpst littlthins
that ever was made is fr. Kind's New
Life rillg These pills change weak
ness into strength, restlessness into
energy, brain-fa into mental power.
They're wonderful in building np the
health. Only 25c per box at Fetzer's
drug store.
Miss Annie Troutman has one
to Charlotte to visit her sister,
rs. xviaynaru, wuo is sick.
,0.
Brains Kot Bullets at lYork-TajIor Re-
leases Walker.
Tho situation in Kentucky is !
less imminent it seems than at
the end of last week, and yet
great volume of matter in those
dispatchoS rfifc is uncertain hat
course will b( pursued.
Taylor has Released Alonzo
Walker and thereby has ma
terially lessoned tho strain and
is rk1 of the haboas corpus writ.
A conference late Monday night
between representatives of tho
factions pointed to oening tho
gates to a solution. The plan
was to send the troops homo and
allow tho Legislature to meet in
the capitol. This plan however
may not materialize for lack of
signatures. In the meimtimo tho
command for tho 'Legislature to
moet in London was not Coun
termanded and it' may adjourn to
meet in Frankfort or not do so.
There is a plan, spoken ot' for
Kir. Beckham to establish his
seat of government in Louis,:
ville.
Tho best of tho situation is
that sin.ee the assassination pf
Mr. Goebol thero is a- kinju ux
conservative anxiety to avert
further bloodshed and securo ad
justment by brains rather than
bullets.
Taking Treatment at the Ilosi-Ital.
Mvs. W G- Boshamer has gone
to Salisbury where sho will un
dergo treatment at U19 hosi)ital.
She 'was accompauied there by
Dr. WH Lilly and Mr. Xtoshamer.
Sho will very probably bo thoro
several weeks.
To Open a Store at Forest Hill.
Wahor Hopkins, who is now 1
0 1 1 .. j TT'11 1 '
mercnanai:iing 1x1 uoiu xiui, nus
rented a roomatForost Hill and
will ptt in a small stock of goods.
The store room is located next
door to Messfs. Cook & Fisher's
stables.
A Frightful Blunder
Will often .cause a horrible burn,
scald, cut ur bruise. Cucklen's Arnica
balve will kill the Yain and promptly
heal it. Cures fever sores, ulcers, boils,
corns, and skin eruptions. Bfcst pile
cureon earth. Ony 25o a bx at
Fetzer's drug store. Cure guaranteed.
Agents Wanted
Foa "Life of 1). L.
n Mooily" by lua son, W. H. Moody,
and Ira D. hankey. Largest, rict:'jt
and best. Highest profits paid. It ia
the only official, authentic, endorsed
life. Authorized by tho Limily. Be
ware of fakes and frauds. Outtita free.
Freight paid. Credit given. JJrop all
trash and clear $C0'J a iuocth with the
ar JSO'JA nocth with the
ible life. Uur refereco,
in town. Address Tho j
Jompny, Depirtment J, ,
amis 1
official, reh::
any bank
Dominion Comp?
Chicago.
Penny Camera
i(f Photos for 10 Cents.
We liave just received our
Penny Camera and are now
prej)aret iv liu lxiuu r.pui uj. vvuiiv
in connection with our large
photo work. "VYo will make you
fpnlChint.ures at a cent ameco
and it does not take long to
finish them. Patronize a new
homo industry.
Scott & Kluttz.
Opposite Yorke & "VVadsworth.
rrortTfirfiA m.
'euralgfa ctireef ,
IU.ES' YA.W Y
-una yen- oao
KEXTCCKV 3I0RE QUIET.
Pneumonia Swept aTamily Away.
Thp Ditrhnm Mnrnino- TTprilrl
ine uurnam Morning neram
of the 4t says that one veek
ajjo Mr. Henry T Carlton, of
Patterson township, Durham
fcounty, died of pneumonid in his
90th year. Just five days later
t,: ii j .
his wfe died of tho same disease
in her 84th year, and "on, Satur-"
tlay. tUeir widowed daughter and
pnly member of the family re
maining with them succumbed to
the same disease at the age of
52. Tfius a household was swept
away within one week of that
dread disease.
PERSONALS.
Mr. Zob Moore, of Charlotto,
is here today.
Mr. Jno. C Leslie roturned
to Albemarle this morning.
Mrs. Jno. Leslie, and littlo
girl went to Charlotto fliis morn
mg. Mr. II M Weir is in Salisbury
today on busiposs for the firm of
II L Parks & Co.
Messrs. W C Corroll, Zeb'
Morris and Dr. L M Archey are
in Charlotto this aftornoon.
Mr. J A C '.Black welder, of
Cprvrv-; ville, went to Salisbury
Lais morning on church business.
Prof. H M Hamill, who ad
dressod our pooplo yesterday at
Central Methodist and the First
Presbyterian churches, is sick at
tho' hotel today. He was unable
to br.ve this morning:
Mr. 0 C Moore, the dairyman
of Charlotte, is here today. Mr!
Mooro"is an enthusiast in dairy
wOrk and wns ono of the fore
most men at tho dairy mooting
hero last year.
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Oranges,
. .Bananas
and a41 kinds of
Canned Fruits and
Vegetables. California
Evaporated Peaches,
Lousiana' Plantation
Molasses in cans at
S. J. Ervin's.
.
'Phofie 6g-
A Leader that
' 'KiliJr L' - i -A, " '..'; 1
-'rtit- 'VA ' t ' V :
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-'i.'S$lr.mm. 3
ft.w- '-rT-UY. . .
t&m-vr .
Do you need one in your busiutss? We have about CCO worth of
Furniture that we bought to sell. G ve us a chance at you and if we don't seii
you we will most. Cail and see us. You are always welcome. Money buck if
goods are not as represented. That's our way.
Bell, Harris & Co.
Residence Phone.... DO. Store 'Phon?.. . 12.
For rtr TiU-w Tffrg
M- Wiusluw'h Koothirg Byrup ha
. been nsed for over flfty g ,mii.
l iocs ol nltynera for tnor chlTdreik
wh'. e teething with perfect siccba. It
soothes the child, softens te Rnma,
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will
relieyo the poor little 6ufforer inamedi-
j ately. Sold by druists in ejeryj iart
of the world. Twenty-five cents a bot-
tlo. Be sure and ask for Win
bIows Soothing Syrup," anc take no
other kind
Is here and wo are
prepared to fill your
"want s. Chiklrens,
Misses and Womans
Leggings in 'black'
and -fancy' colors at
59c and '15c. .'Boys
;and girls best quality
Go rd u roy Leg g i h gs
come' above the
knees and
only 98c. All
': 'TOO
in Womans Over
gaiters at 25c 'and
39c. Rubbers for
everybody. Arc your
shoes getting thin?
YVe have just the
right kind heavy bot
toms that are flexible
and easy wearing.
Drop in and see'what
we have, "
treads AH Others.
THE MUD
AMD SLUSH