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CONCORD. 0. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER '1900.
Price $4.00 per year.
Single copy 5 cents.
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Concord's' Blaze
Four Dwellings and
Two Store. Rooms.
. Consumed.
Flames Start in the Still Honrs and
Make FearfulHcadiray Gallant Fight
ing Sayes Destruction Damage f 5,
000, Insurance $2,250.
Last night at 1:30 o'clock fire
broke out in the John Isenhour
house on West Depot street,
next to the Concord Lumber
Co. 's property. This house was
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occupied by Mrs. Christina Mc
Lellahd, and the fire originated
in her kitchen. From the kitch
en it rapidly spread to other
parts of the house, and it was
soon completely enveloped in
flames, nothing being saved.
The buildings to the east, and
west of this house began to burn
as the flames shot up when the
roof fell in. By this time the
firemen appeared upon the scene,
and by quickly attaching the
hose to the Concord Luniber
Co.'s hydrant they were able to
stop the fire on the west side,
but on the east side the flames
were leaping from house to
house until at one time it seemed
as if that whole end of town
would be destroyed. The build
ing on the west, was a store oc
cupied by Mr. Frank Pharr, and
it was badly damaged on the
side next to the burning house.
After the firemen had the situa
tion in control on the west side
they began the work of stopping
the progress on the east 'side.
But ere this time the flames had
reached Mr. M C Walter's gro
cery and furniture store and
would have gone much farther
had it not 'been for the heroic
work of our citizens, who formed
a bucket brigade and hold the
flames in check until the hose
could reach this, point. The
firemen saw at once that it would
be useless for them to undertake
to save Mrs. Mary Pless's house
which had already taught from
Walter's store, o they began the
work of saving. Chief of Police
Harris' -house, and here the
flames were stdpped after hard
work by the citizens and firemen.
The water used in putting pt
the fire was furnished by the L
CabarruS Mills ajid the Gannon
Manufacturing Co., and if it had
, iaibieeu tin aujiy ui water
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few houses would
hav?
been
standing in the vicinity wher I
the fire originated. As it waf
' sii? buildings tfere destroyed
All the owners of these build-
ings
carried insurance except
John Isenhour. This house was (
occupied by Mrs. McLelland.
Attend the. Meeting of the
Bryan-Stevenson Club
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Tonlght--
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I Will Elect Delegates to the State Convention. 8
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8 by prominent speakers. q
The house next to Mrs. McLel
land and owned by Mr. C B
Wagoner was insured for $450;
Lutheran parsonage for $500;
Mr. M C Walter's -two stores for
$400 each and Mrs. Mary Pless's
house fof $500. In all, the prop
erty destroyed amounted to about
$5,000. '
No Peace Progress Yet Germany too
Exacting Russia not Practical An
other Fight Ahead.
Peace negations can't get
started in China it seems though
the Chinese are awfully anxious.
Germany wants to demand that
official's who caused the trouble
and the massacres be brought up
and punished with death. as a
preliminary. In this she stands
alone". Russia wants withdrawal
from Pekin but this is not ac
ceded to from the almost certain
fact that the Boxers themselves
will occupy it at once.
At Pei Taceu, West of Pekin;
there is 'a Chinese stronghold
that 800 Americans and 600 -Brit
ish are said to be now moving
upon with a view to taking it.
There are probably no foreigners
there however.
The following London dispatch
oE the 21st is claimed to be au
thentic but surely seems too bad
for a civilized country and it is
to be hoped will not be con
firmed.
'Authentic accounts have been
received here," says theJMoscow
correspondent of The Standard,
"of a horrible massacre at' Blag
ovestscensk, which was undoubt
edly carried out under direct or
ders from the Russian authorities
and which then let loose the tide
of slaughter through Amur.
"The entire Chinese popula
tion of 5,000 souls was escorted
out of town to a spot five miles
up the Amur and then, being led
in batches of a few hundreds to
the rver bank, wer$ ordered to
cross the river to the Chinese
side. No boats Ivere provided
fancuhe river isimile wide. The
Chinese were fkm alive into the
strean and were? stabbedor shot
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at the iea
resistance,
wnne
Russian volunteers "qtho lined
the bank clubbed or snot any
who attempted ilo
ifand.
Not
one escaped alive
The itiver
bank for miles was strewn with
corpses." '
fllH CIVIHIl TROUBLE
Terrible Loss of Americans In Mon
day's Battle.
The Filipinos are proving de
cidedly troublesome even near
Manila. At Siniloan last Mon
day 130 Americans attackod from
500 to 800 Filipinos and a terri
ble battle ensued in wnicn one
third of the United States troops
were either killed or "wounded.
The attack was unsuccessful and
the Americans went to renew
the attack on the 18th but' found
the enemy had escaped.
It seems that there were fewer
casualties among the Filipinos
than the Americans.
Water Works in South Concord.
The agitation of a water sup
ply for Concord has borne fruit.
Mr. Morrison Caldwell has
solved the problem in so far as
he is concerped by the adoption
of the Montgomery county plan
of telegraphing the spring, to
send up a bucket of nice cool
water whenever it is needod.
Mr. Caldwell has a spring that
contains about 250 gallons and
can draw a bucket of water from
it to his his residence in less than
a minute and-a half, by means of
wire and bucket.
Mr. J T Bunn, of Furr's, con
str.ucted this unique and useful
machine which Mr. Caldwell calls
his telemobile. The telemobile
is a success.
Dots From the Fire
Mr. John Goodman became
overheated at the fire last night
and fainted.
Julius Boger,B colored, who
works at the depot lost $4.5Q
while fighting the fire last night.
Rev. C A Brown, who occu
pied the Cuthecan parsonage,
had $4tUo burn up lastnight.
Interest In the jfectings Increasing:.
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The revival services at the dif-
ferentlethddist fchurchos, irt)le
city continue, wijjh, incroasi in
terest. Thereliae been a great
fetnany conversions, and several
reclart&itiftus Update. Service
areheld twice a day in the thrg$
Methodist churches.
(Questions Answered.
$es, August Flower stijl has the larg.
est sale of any medicine in thfi civilized
world.. Yonr mothers and grandmothers
never, thought of nsing anything else
for indigestion br billiousness. Doctors
were scarce, and they seldom heard of
appendicitis, neryons prostration .or
hQArt failure, etc. They used August
Flower to clean out the system and
stop fermentation of undigested food,
regulate the action cf the liver, stimu
late the nervous ahd organic action of
the-system, and that is all they took
when feeling dull and bad with head
aches and other aches. You only need a
few doses of Green's August Flower, in
liqnid form to make you satined there is
nothing serious the 'matter with you.
For sale by all'dealers in civilized
countries. .
An icy stare is not calculated
to make one cool. Ex.
FALL DRESS GOODS !
Today we make an exhibit of an extremely large line
of Fall and Winter DRESS GOODS. This dress goods
department is one of our strong points. We have taken
a great deal of pains as to the selection, of the right ma
terials, and the price is most reasonable. We have some
truly wonderful values. It is one of the deepest human
instincts never to be satisfied, and we are sparing no
pains to make this store a popular trading place. A
higher class of Dress Goods and many new lines have
been added. The values mentioned below speak for
themselves. When we say special it means something
and will beac a profitable investigation. We are pleased
to have you glance over the new styles and observe the
widths and prices.
One piece of black As
trican, 52 inches wide,
considered cheap at
75. Special
50c
Two pieces of grey, and
brown Plaid Home
spun, 46 inches wide,
only 75e-
1 piece of heavy worsted
Skirting for rainy day
skirts . - 25C-
Broad Cloth, 52 inches,
all shades, a good val
ue 91C,
3 pieces of 38 inch Home
spun, black, grey arid
snowflake grey, real
value 75c, Special
48C,
piece of blue water
proof Serge, 54 inches
wide, Only .572C-
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You All Know About
The Man Behind the Gun!
We are also ready for action in correct form with steady aim, loadod
with all kinds of
Furhiture and .House Furnishings
to the muzzle. Wefgo forth conquering and to conquer. Oar lets
, and saving all "discounts. We are in a position to do you good.
Our line of
Mfthogony, Birds Eye Maote and Gojdon Oak Suits
are beaqties. Ijon and Bj&aBflT3ed8 ate the talk of the town? You
can't call for anything made oufof wood used in theTiouse for
Furniture that we fiyen't in
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Command eo:u, e are nev; too busy to welccme y
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A sure cure for ohills and
foyer is
Hpc's Wasteless Tonic
. chiLl curr
Iffmj
8- Children like it. None bet
KJf ter. It is positively emaran-
jZj teed. Give it. a trial and be
cured. Price 50c. per bottle, 3
bottles $1.25.
Concord Drug Co.,
2 'Phone 37.
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Here is a plum 5 pieces
of all wool grey Home
spun, 36 inches wide,
cheap at 50c, Cut price. 39d
1 piece bro. snowflake
dress. goods, all wool,
Only 25C
Here goes a genuine bar
gain in the true sense
of .the word 5 small
pieces of 40 inch Cre
pon, has a silky lustre,
never sold for less than
yard, Our special
price 75a
Some very handsome
Skirt patterns of Cre
pon has the hew
wandering cmbroid
ery effect for pattern
Very fine black Henri
etta, worth $1.25 yd,
Special
98B.
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tne stcro, or on tne way
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a Masl' rJmSnti J
Tlilrd sliinment in two months. ?
slows we dii t jbuy un-
sedly.
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