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A Letter Received JTroniaJaj Sims In tlie
.Philippines Things of Interest Noted
From His Letter He Speaks of the
Killing of Gen.,Lawton
A letter was received. Sunday
from Jay Sims by his father
here. Jay is now stationed at
Pasig, fourteen milos np the
Pasig river from Manila. His
letter was dated Feb. 2nd nearly
six weeks ago. They now have
fine' quarters in a place where
the number of inhabitants was
once about 500 but none are
there now. There , are only
seven houses there and these are
occupied by two companies of
the Twenty-ninth, the officers and
'the band.
The boys have in their tents
fine mahogany furniture which
would Cost anormously in our
country. He says they moved
from La Loma, where they were
whn last we heard, to Blaclt
House No. 5 just before Christ-.
mas, and then moved again-
about Jan. 1st to Manila... He
enjoyed a pretty good Christmas
dinner though mosquitoes and
perspiration figured prominently.
At this time it had not rained
since Dec. 10th. Tkey have
been at ibis place, Pasig, only
two weeks.
He says, they have nothing to
do but to eat cocoanuts, oranges,
bananas, .etc. and go in swim
ming about one hundred "yards
from the house in the centre of
a banana grove of five acres.
When they arrived at Pasig they
found a house full of cocoanuts
captured by the members of the
Forty-seventh regiment. He
knows not the whereabouts of
any of the companies of the regi
ment except the two quartered
" there and another company
Company M. quarteerd some
where not far off probably.
His regiment, the Twenty
ninth, has figured in two "fights,
one at San Mataeo where Gen.
Lawton was killed. Our men,
he says, saw him killed. The
band, of which Jay ranks as
chief musician, had a place of
honor when the body, was taken
to the transport.
Mr. Sims has received a pic
ture of. Jay and Fletcher Foil
standing side by side. It will be
remembered that Jay mentioned
this matter in his last letter stat
ing that six photos cost him
$7.50 He says in his letter that
he also sent with the pictures a
piece of crape worn at the fun
eral of Gen. Lawton but the
crape was not found. All traf-
, fic on the river is carried on by
tugs or launches to large barges
called cascoes. Within the last
rfew days he said that traffic had
opened on the river.
Near this place there ig a
large church considerably demol
ished, at least inside. Strange
though it may seem, there is to
be seen the ruins of a fine pipe
organ. The boys now use the
pipes as whistles. Among the
little children, better known by
the boys as pickaninnies," the
almost total absence of clothes is
is noticeable.
Before closing he says it is
rumored that they will be moved
back to Manila but nothing de
finite is known of it.
THE MURDER CASE TRIED.
John Eddleman Is Sent to Jail to Await
Conrt Both Negroes Waived Examination-Two
Charges Brought
Against Eddleman.
" On Monday af ternbon the
trial of John Eddleman, wherein
he is charged with the killing of
Yorke Phifer on Sunday after
noon was held before Esq, C A
Pitts at the court house.
The trial was delayed until in
the afternoon wh(m an officer suc
ceeded in capturing the negro,
Nooch Flowe, who was thought
to have left the community.
Mr. Will Propst succeeded in
finding hin in the country. .
From the evidence -given by
the witnesses there were three
shots fired ' and the first one
killed Phifer. There was" no
evidence in the least that any of
the negroes had any words or
difficulty with the negro that
was ' killed. John Allison,, who
was cut by Nooch Flowe, has a
considerable gash in the back of
his head. He says that Flowe
struck him in the back also with
the knife but it didn't enter the
flesh.
Besides charging John Eddle
man with killing Yorke Phifer
he was 'also charged with carry
ing a concealed weapon, to wit,
a pistol. Ho waived examina
tion in both cases. " He was sent
to iail to 'await court without
allowing him bail,
j Nooch Flowe was tried for
assault with deadly weapon a
"knife which ho used on Allison
and was threatening to use it on
Eddleman. He waived exam ina
tion. He succeeded in getting
one to go on his bond for his ap
pearance afcourt.
To Attend a Pythian Occasion.
Messrs. Chal White, Jas. C
Fink, J W Toney, H L Parks,
John Correll, Wade Barrier, and
J A j Kennette went to
Charlotte , today (Tuesday)
to attend the district meeting
of the Knights of Pythias. Be
sides a district meeting , is the
tenth anniversary, of the first
lodge instituted -there. This
meeting. is tho centering of
fourteen lodges besides a num
ber of sitors from other
lodges.
Jailed fop Larency.
A negro, Will Powell, was
jailed Monday night after trial
to await the coming term of
Superior court on the charge of
stealing a pair of shoes from
another negro. Powell claims
that he traded for the shoes
giving fifteen cents, to boot.
REMARK ABLlf CURES OF RHEUMATISM
From the Vindicator, Rutherfordton
N. C , , ,
The editor of the Vindicator has had
occasion to test the efficacy of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm twice with the most
remarkable results in each case. Tirst,
with rheumatism in the shoulder from
wnich ha suffered excruciating pain for
ten days, which was relieved with two
applications ot Pain Balm, rubbing? the
parts afflicted and realizing instant
benefit and entire relief in a very
short time. Second, in rheumatism in
thigh joint, almost prostrating him with
seyere pain, which was relieved by two
application, rubbing with the liniment
on retiring at night, and getting up free
from pain. Sold at Marsh's drag store.
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Rev. and Mrs. J A Linn, of
Mt. Pleasant, spent the day at
Rev. C B Miller's on a visit to
Miss Powlass who we are glad
to note is still improving.
CABARRUS HEROES.
Story of the Gunpowder Plot Copied
From Wheeler's History, e
In the year 1771 some difficul-0
ties arose between Governor
Tryon of North Carolina and
the Regulators, .and in order to
coerce them into his measures
the Governor procured from
Charleston', S. C, three or four
wagon loads of tho munitions of j
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war, consisting of gunpowder,
flints, blankets, etc. They were
brought to Charlotte,N. C., and
from gom'e suspicious movements
amongst the friends of liberty,
wagons could not be procured to
transport them on; at length
Colonel Moses .Alexander pro
cured wagons to convey it to
Hillsboro, tho then seat of gov
ernment. The vigilance of the
jealous whigs was ever on the
alert, and in a settlement lying
now in the county of Cabarrus,
known by the name of the Rocky
River Settlement, sixteen mires
northeast of Charlotte, and seven
or eight south of Concord, there
existed as much of the true
spirit of patriotism as ever was
found in the siwno bounds, and
where' not a tory was ever born !
or ever breathed. j
The following individuals, Viz.,
Major James White, William
White and John White (all
brothers, born aild raised on the
bank of Rocky Jliver, one mile
from Rocky River church), Rob
ert Caruthers, Robert Davis,
Benjamin Cochr-an, James Ash-,
more and Joshua Hadley, bound t
themselves by a most solemn
oath not to divulge the secret on
each other, and in order to keep
themselves concealed they
blacked themselves and set out
to destroy, if possible, tho pow
der, etc., that had been procured
to shed the blood of thfcir coun
trymen. They set out in tho
evening, while the father of the
Whites was absent to mill with
two horse-loads of grain; fortu
nately they met him (tho boys
were on foot); they demanded of
.their father the horses, and or
dered him to dismount. He
pleaded lustily for the .privilege
of the horses until ho cquld
carry, home his bags, but all re
monstrance was vain; they lifted
tho bags off tho horses and Ipft
them on the 'side of. the 'road.
They came up with "the wagons
that hauled the powder, etc.,
camped on what was then called
Phifer's Hill, three miles west
from Concord, on the road lead
ing from Charlotte to Salisbury,
near midway, between these
places, at or near what is now
Long's tavern. They . imme
diately unloaded the wagons,
stove in the kegs, threw the
powder, flints, etc., into a pile,
tore the blankets, into strips,
placed them on the pile, made a
train of powder a considerable
distance from the pile, and Major
White fired a pistol into the
train, which produced a , tremen
dous explosion. A stave from
If troubled with rheumatism, give
Chamberlain's Pain-Balm a trial. It
will not cost you a cent ii it does no
good. One application will relieve the
pain. Tt also cures sprains and bruises
in one-third time required by any other
treatment. Cuts, burns, frostbites,
quinsey, pains in the side and chest,
glandular and other swellings are
quickly cured by applying it. Every bot
tle warranted. Price 25c, - and 50o. I'or
eale at Marsh's drug etora.
the pile struck0 White on the
forehead and cut him consid
erably. As soon as it came to
the ears of Colonel Moses Alex
ander he put his whole ingenuity
in requisition to find out the per
petrators of so foul a deed
against his Majesty. The trans
action remained a ' mystery fpr
some time. Great threats were
made, and ' in order to induce
some one to turn tfaitor, a par
don wa"s offered to any one who
would turn kingr's evidence
against the rest. Ashmore and
Hadley, being half-brothers and
composed of the same materials,
set out unknown to each other,
to avail themselves of the pardon
offered, and accidentally 'met
each other on the threshold of
Moses Alexander's house. When
they made known their business
Alexander observed, "That by
virtue of the governor's procla
mation they were pardoned, but
they were the'firsf that ought to
be hanged." The rest of the
"Black Boys" had to fly their
country. They fled to the State
of Georgia, where they remained
somo time. The Governor, find
ing he could not get them into
his grasp, held out insinuations
that if they would return and
confess their fault they should
be pardoned. They returned,
and as soon as it was known,
Moses Alexander raised a guard,
consisting of himself, two broth
ers, John and Jake, and othors,
and surrounded the house of old
White, tho father of the boys.
Caruthers, tho son-in-law of
White, was also at White's.
(Continued tomorrow)
Announcement.
To accommodate those who
are partial to the use of atomiz
ers in applying liquids into the
nasal passages for' catarrah
troubles, the proprietors prepare
Cream Balm in liquid form which
will be known as Ely's Liquid
Cream Balm. Prico including
the spraying tube is 75c. from
druggists or by mail. Tho ' Li
quid form embodies tho medical
properties of the solid prepara
tion. Cream Balm is quickly
absorbed by the membrane and
does not dry up the secretions
but changes them to a natural
and healthy character. Ely
Bros., 56 Warrren St. N. Y.
Sf. MllesTtoin fW are guaranteed to st A '
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Best on Earth !
Royal Felt Mattresses.
rr, 1 ' '.: J T11 TTn;a Sr n.n cnln nTvntn for CoiWOrd. W
rry one ana De con viuutju.. ou,
also carry in stock the Celebrated Curled
Rolled .Edge Cotton in two pans, nae
Straw and Cotton to fit all sizes of be?s,
your life is spent in bed. Help us in our
forget Car 01 unairs just m, anu our
but bake it to perfection.
H TirnitUr e I snot cath.
our way
f goods are not as represented.
Call and
Bell,
Residence .Phono.' . . .90.
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New ...
Attractions. ; .
Wo have recently reserved
quite a handsomeupright Regina
Corona musio dox. The most
interesting feature is that it
takes u and plays' ffcs own
music," and after, the peice is
played, the machine lets its back
into the case for it; talles up
another and goes through with
the same performance. , Grand
music, Which everyone enjoys.
Concord Drug Co;
Phone 37.
Sent to Ulacksburg.
Mr. T M Bradley, the young
man who has been telegraphing
here and was sent to Charlotte,
received a telegram Monday
night to go to Blacksburg where
the Southern has a position for
him.
The Best Prescription, for Chills
And fever is a bottle of Grove's Taste
less Chill Tonio. It in simply iron ond
quinine "in a tasteless form. No cure
no pay. Price 50o.
A GOOD COUGH MEDICINE'FOR CHILDREN
"I have no hesitancv in renimend
ing Cha tiberlain's Congh Remedy,"
says F P Moran, a well k'iown and
Eooulai baker, of Pek-rbbuig, Va. -'We
ave given it to our children when
troubled with bad coughs, also whoop
ing cough, and it has uhvays givcu
perfect satisfaction. It was recota
mended to mo by a druggist as the beet
coiigh medicine for childrtn at) it con
tained no opium or. other harmful
drugs. Sold at Marsh's drug store,
What's Your Face worth.
Somctimed a fortune, but never, ii
you haye a sallow oomplexion, a jaun
diced look, moth, patches and blotches
on the Bkin all signs of liver trouble
But Dr. King's New Life Pills give
clear skin, rosy cheeks, rich complexion.
Only 25o.'at Fetzer's drug ptore.
Just Received
A fresh line of
Kemniker Wool wine Co.'s
Celebrated Chocolates,
Ko-Kkeams,
and the finest line of Penny (Jcods ever
brought to tla'e city.
California Oranges,
Alakuma,
and a nice assortment of Stick Candj
at "
S. J. Ervin's.
PhOtlC
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Hair. Acme Combination, Perfection.
iiuer, peu u, v"vv "' r"!
with Springs to. match. One-third of
effort to make you comlortaDia. von i
Ajuaueir uvtw -
Rfiml from under! C?r lota.
U our way to bur. Everybody fcowt
to sell Small profits and moiy
see m.
Harris & Co.
Store 'Phono.... 12J 1
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