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CONCORD, N. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 19', 1900.
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Oil? FIRE LIMITS.
The Lii; s Soiv l.n'n Cut as lo the The
Limits F,"de at the Iteeent Mooting
of the Citj Fathers.
At the 1 st meeting of the town
fathers the firg limits were made
out, which lines vv&l now be re
memberod by oar people before
building or improving inside of
these lines. The past limits
"Wire do-fecWve..
i The kn?novv runs Trom the in
tersection of Corbin and Chur?h
street at Mr. Jno. I Pat-'
terson's corner, thence on
Corbin, street - tc intersec
tion Cff this street jvitnfSpring
street, thence to f stake1" at south
west corner of A L Sappenfield's
property between his residence
art tho Episcopal church, thence
in . lino to Church street. This
latter lino will run betwee'n the
St." Cloud hotel and Mr. Joel
feed's residence. It then follows
Church street to the starting
point mentioned.
KEY. II H PE ARSON.
His3Ict!o; of rrcac!:ii? and Work' in
Strou? Contract to Sne
Evangelism.
We believe in Mr. Pearson. Ho
preaches the Gospel in stron
but 'decent language. He does
not refer to his own'pnst life rror
put a premium on 'Vild oats.'
We do not know what Mr. Pear
sou's past life has been, but
from his preaching we would in
fer that he has always been a
gentleman.
The ravings and rantings of Mrs. o J Jrvm, itov. an l Mrs.
many of the noted "evangelists of J A BFry, and Misses Lila Bar
our day are in striking -contract Tett, Lizzie Hemphill,. Lidie
with the language and spirit of Smith, Stella Norris and Lucy
the Master, who spoke .plainly
and strongly but always de
cently. "There is absolutely no
excuse for a preacher playing ,
the buffoon except the ctesire to ,
make himself notorious. Such a
man's soul is not on fire to, save
men, but Tt is on fire with a sel
fish ambition to set himself up.
Tom Dixon, poor fellow, felt
that he must say startling things,
and the more he had to say, until
finally, witn an ms resourceiui
brilliancy, he wearied with all
the empty applause his sensa
tionalism brought him and re
tired in disgust to private hfo.
The trouble with the man was
radical. He was not impelled by
the richt motive. He went mto
thpnnlnit fof the oDDortunitv it;
afforded of keeping himself in
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view and in due time he con
lapsed. Wfe have, often wondered
that otiiers as a'mftitious as, ho,
but not so brilliant, have held up
so long. But their day is earning.
The man who makes the minis
try a ladder for his o.wn selfish
uplifting is sure at lasf to fall.
But the few like Mood.f and
Qearson, who preaclf the 'plain
old Grospel in tho plain old way,
albeit with wondrous power, wfill
be blessed of the Lord and lovfcd
by Iha people.
. A preacher,of all other men in
the world, shquldset the example
of gentlenes.. refinement, agd alf
other qualities wnich mark tho
perfect gentleman. Charity and
Children.'
Durham's Good 3Iotc
Durham is to convert its
"Smoky Hollow" into an indus
trial circle it seems. A cotton '
mill is to ' be erected in. the
spring with a capitol of $250,000
or fcauy.tw.
CTOyJE I: FULL EETKEAT.
L050S 78 "Wagons Captured by the
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Rritish Boers Also Afrrres4ye
The reliefc of Kim barley was
followed py a haiy retreat by
the Boer General,; Cronje. Ilp
lost 78 wagons .captured by the
British Saturday. These, were
piiiuon AYiui various sieves mciua-
1 1 j. 1 m ' j 1
ing xuauser rines, snens ana ten
barrels of explosives It seems
that Gen. Qronjo will 'display
lunch SKiii it . lie esqipes the
effort, of the British to bag him.
On the other hand the J3oersl
are pressing to cut the Bitish
line of communications from
further east. ,
The. extract Mad'foi the Bridge at
rharr's Mill
The cost to the cotfhty of
pkicing the new iron, britkre at
Pharr'siMill on Rocky river wijl
cost the county additionally
$1,039, which coatract was made
last Saturday. ' Besides, though,'
'the county will have half of tha
Kinds of,Driagoyet ior ine.otner piace
1 1 . - ji 1
when a right? of way has been
KPP.nrp.rl. mid nls;n :i lwrt, of ihn
approach which was to have
been used at the Black's mill.
Mr. and Mrs. J. IJ. Sherrill Gfte a
Dinner,
On last Staturday an elegant
dinner was served at G o'clock
at tho home of Mr. and Mrs. J B
Sherrill.. Those present wore
Mr. and Mrs. J D Lentz, Mr. and
Montgomery.
Marriage Licenses Issued,
On last Saturday afternoon
Register Johnson' was called
upon to, issue licenso'to S W
Daniel of Mecklenburg county,
and Misfc M L Torrence, of No. 2
towTnship. , Mr. Chas. Widen
house, son of Mr. Monroe Wi
denhouse of Forest Hill, was
granted license to wed Miss Car
rie Swearingen, of Forest Hill
;aiso,
A railing Tree Kills Him Instantly.
On Thursday night at a chop
ping party in Rowan county,
when a party of friends wore
felling a treov tho tree, fell on
Mr. Howard Bftsinger and killed
him almost instantly. He .was
about 45
years of. age nd un-
nwried.
ACall. .
The Democratic Executive
Committe of Cabarrus county
will meet in the court house in
Concord on Saturday, the 3rd of
March at J 2 o'clock to call town
ship primaries who will elect
delegates to a county convention
to nominate State officers to bo
elected in August.
A. B. "5fcTNG,
ChaiBmanDem. ExCom.
Fob. 19, 1900
Matonic Soticel
oT)eciai couiiuuuiuauou
r-i i ; i.i
aw ot stokes Lioane jso. 6z
A F and A M Monda,v
night Feb. 19th, 1900, at 8
o'clock.
Work in second degree.
Craftsmen be promptly on
time. - -
R H Griffin, Sec.
Feb. 17, 1900. ,
Prof. P E Wright, of China
Grove, was with us today.
I DURHAM'S STRETCH OF I)E ATIJ.
Mr.
Ernest .Young
tho Last Victim-
ATatckes" One Train lll the Other
Strikes Him.
TheDurhau
ie Morning
correspondent 1ip
Pst says (lie
stsptch of railroads skiing to East
Durham tjs 16 stretch of lerih.
People wall? onthe tracks inba3
weather, and whfti the lit ton
yeajtssome ten or tifteen 2bpfo
ha,ve b?en li,if?d tho. Tlelat.
victim was Mi. FJrnest P Younj,.
of near Cary, who Vas y.i Durham-
on a visit and on the traces
Friday morning Be seems to
have been watching one train
wllilo tl3 other was approach
ing. Tfio engineei; blew the
danger
signal' too late. The
train struck, him crusjiiug his
head. He doubtlcs dfecfitHout
pain.
A Misquerade Tarty at China Grove.
China Ci'ove, Feb. 1C: Not in
a long wjiile hao the young
folks enjoyed themselves as
much as on Friday night whon
Mrs. J S Iaffcrty gavo a mas
querade party. All pains had
been taken to make it a jolly
time and indeed it was. Scarcely
any of them wcro known tocach
other as they wended they way
about tho rooms in their strango
attire. It was an evening to
"laugh and grow fat" and the
memories of this occasion will
linger with tho guests for a long
time,
'Squire Italics Married Thein.
Wo have received a letter from
'Squire Bales, the marrying
magistrate on tho North and
South Carolina lino, informing
us that on Wednesday, tho 14th,
at 11, o'clock he performed the
mauriago ceremony for Mr. Geo.
W Lee and Miss Grace Furr.
Both are from this county. -Ho
also says that the report as to
the requirement of having
larriago licenses is "a mistake
and he now expects to marry
two hundred this year.
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Kcstler-Meares,
It will be pleasing t the
friends of Mr. "Walter S Kestler,
formerly of this pktce but now of
Clemson College, S. C, to learn
that he goC the ,be;t yf all valen
tines on the 14th of February in
the person of MiaK Ella Meares.
Good wishes to the npwly
wadded couple.
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To Locate In Charlotte.
We notice in the Charlotte Ob
server that Mr. Jake Newell, of
No, 10 township, who recently
was granted license as an attor
ney,, has decided to locate in
Charlotte. .
A Frightful munaer
Will often cause horrible burn,
acald, out or bruijp. BucklenV Arnica
Salve will ilJ the pain and promptly
heal it.'' Cures fever sores, ulcers, boils,
corns, nd skin eruptions. Best pile
cure on earth? Only 25o a box at
FetzeVa drug store. Cure guaranteed.
. ' Working Nijht and Da-
The busiest and mightest little thine:
that ever was made is Dr. King's New
Life Pills. These pills change weak
ness into strength, restlessness into
energy, brain-fag into mental power.
They're wonderful in building up the
health. Only 25c per box at Fetzer's
drug store.
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I Vteadache fttoppea In 20 minutes ty Da
UUea I'ajm PixLti. "One cendo9"
PERSONALS.
Messrs Jno. B Sherrill and
D Jl3oslian are spending this af
ternoon in Char'otte.
4no. Smith and Arcbey Spi
'gefreturned home this morning
from Salisbury '
v
--Messrs. Zeb Moore and J S
Blake, two drug salesmei of j
wfcarlotte, spent todayhere.
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Mrs. R A Brcjwii went up to
isarisoury tins morning to tne
bedside of her daughter, 'Miss
Maude Brown. . . ,
. Mr. J Si Calveft, of Rich
mimfl, is he"ro foday in. the intier
est of tho Westc,rjiUnion Tele
graph Co.
Mr. A Jdnes Yorke spent
Sunday here., .Mr. C N .William
son, ot "liryan, Tex., igio is a
member of Longley, Lowo
Alexander, of Chicago, spent
yesterday hcr with him. Ho1
and Mr. Yorke are members of
the firm. . s
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south Carolfna Has a Lynching.
South Carolina broke her "late
splendid record and had a lyneh?
ing 'about eight miles above
Aiken last Saturday, Will Burts,
colored, was the subject. It wras
the usual crime attempted on a
married white lady. Burts con
fessed his guilt. Hewashangod
and shot.
Last Saturday night was the
coldest night we have Jiad this
winter. The thermometer regis
tered about 8 degrees.
Francis H Leggett & Co. 's
Selected Queen Olives.
lleinzs Mixed and piced
Pickles and Chow-chow.
Heinz's Evaporated Horse
Radish.
Heinz's Preserved Fruit.
India Relish.
Fresh Canned Salmon.
Boston Baked Beans.
Fresh Canned Beans and
Peas.
D. M. Ferry's Celebrated
Garden Seed.
. The Finest Quality of
Gelatine in the city.
S. J.. Ervin'p.
'Phone . 6q
FIRTY
CARRIAGES!
Just Stand -Frorn Under 1
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That is the way we buy. I'lfatr is the reasoil we can
sell s'o cheap. ,0urline is complete from ?1.50 Oo
Cart to a $25 Chariot. Come and see. .
.Furniture F& Millions!
If our friends will just keep up the present pace we
will not complain. Our motto is anything you want at
prices right and money back if goods are not satisfactory.
Bell, Harris & Co.
Residence Phone .... 90. Store 'Phone . . . .4 2
Hot Drinks.
DON'T forgot you c:va get
thamost delightful hot hoc IV o
at' our hrt SotT;i fiH:tJ.iii. Vvro
use Van JJouten's Fiucs' I jnn-
itain Coca. Qur Beef T..a, To-
fmato and Clam Bouillon re
siitmlv olncrnnt nifd mil' )l(if
1 i-r i . -
extract of coffe?; gantAf be
beatm. W7o lrindjy isk.thAt you
give us a ca41and bp'convM't d.
Concord Drug; Co.
Phone
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Li fj iJ tm Ll L. k CJ
I it II ' tH ' L lfii k, i
Now is the $ime to imp
early sprin g ; c d s " t vaI d o
your so.wing'.. Domestics
and JTinc Caml.'iicti 'ia be
boiilit tjlieapor )ioV. than
after wliile wlicii Vv pres
ent stock is is o:vhar.3tc,for
von xvU lcnowlhrtt all cot-
ton goods have advanced.
l l -
at sensible prices: .
English long cloth. 1y?r ''!'" .
to the piece, and the very
best quality,- per piece
only 7.70
Barker mills Domestic ore
of the oldrcliallol:ra:Vls,
very soft, per yaf d ... Qq.
New lot of Spring styles in
a very rineFrench Ging
hams, ' large 'assortnent
of patterns, per' jard J0(?
500 yards of Sea Island
Percals, best goods, and
nover sell for less than
12Jc, but wo huve theni
in 3 to 10 yard pieces
at . ..... We
Apron Cock ginghams in
blue and white, brown
and white and green and
a splendid quality at Chc-
La r go qur n t i ty o f Em
broideries and -Laces in all
the new. palic:..; and
J 'Jul
ideas or econom
h. i. parks i mm