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cbNCOKi). N. V. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, ., 1900.
Pnicjji: 84.00.per yea.
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FA 32 II A" IlEUMlW.
II r. and Mrs. G.
Ritchie Brins
'ty'ttIuT Their Close EWl Relations
in a Gnu f east Day!.
.My. and MrG E Ritchie Jad
a family reunion cm Wednesday
the 2Cth at thtur honia in No. 0.
It was a very pleasant occasion
and will bo long remembered.
They had every living descend
aDt, five sons anil five daugh
ters, (having, lo5t but -one chili
.by death)- and fourteen grand
childrenv together with the:r
pastor. Rev. S D Stelley -and
wife, and Rev. Mr. Steffey's
father and .mpther, also Capt.
and Mrs. .William Plopst, Mrs.
Propst and Mr. "Ritchie being
the only surviving members of
their parental home, and J D
Barrier who with Mrs. Ritchie
a.re the only survivors of their
mother's family.
A well laden table throe times
imparted it bounties to the aged,
the youiig and the juveniles, till
all 'had eaten to the fill. Later
Mr. Jno. J Cook took a picture
of the group of all tire families
clustered as well as could be ar
tranged together with.the invited
guests. .
.The bride and groom, Mr. and
Mrs. John L Ritchie received the
congratulations on their ar
rival and Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie
at the parting, for it was theirs
to look benignly on children
arrd children's children all pies-,
ent and in the enjoyment' of
usual health. It was especially
gratifying to theuTto call 'about I
them all to whom the cords of
sanguine relationship bind most
closely
1 feast them at their
own boanl and hear, extend and
receive the effectic
te greet-'little
iugs.
The cksing .part of the day's
enjoyment was the baptism cf
the-infant children 6f Mr. and
Mrs. Henry 'J Ritchi? and Mr.
'and Ms. Jno. AV Cress, followed
by aif address by Pastor Steffey
apprjpvi;o to tho occasion andj
ending with a fervant prayer for
heaven's continued blessings on
the parent couple and their en-
.cirling posterity from whoso
entire ranks death has taken but
two.
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The Carncn L'urst. . .
Master Frect Host met with a 'and financiallye quipped to.look
very painful, though not serious, 'out for whatever avemfesmay
accident on Chrlstmufc day. A 'open to him.
number of small boys in the mim. .
lower piirt of the city manufac- 'fJt,t(:i 0vor vlnUt
turedtheL4.:elves a cAiinon out! , e, . i , ,
j After a s:ege of five weeks by
Aof woctl and filled it with pow- , , , . . r T TT . T , t
1 blood poison Mrs. J II Mason
der and Master Frd touched the , , . , , ,
m has so larrecov-: :"' a.? o be able
fu5 wStli a malcli ul before Lc
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ccmldgetouitcftho wsv ihe can- !
non ourst, lining nis lace luil
of powuer. .
Cii WeJu
iX3 spent moot
of the r.cv.:':::: with the doctor,
Wno was picking tho powder
Cnrj , ;y we.!!.
FULLED li!)lt Wmi llffAlX.
l un Robert )Tallei' breefli Pin Flies
Out From (Tun ur.il lantees In his Skull
Above tfee Eye.
Robert, the 12-y ,w r old son of
JMr. Thomas Waller, met with a
very serious accident Monday
afternoon while hmfting larks,
.
and incidoutaly proved himself
a lad of rare ner.ve and presence
of raind.
While snooting his gun the
breech phi flew out. striking the
lad just above the rigUteye. The
wound made in the skull was two
inches long and a half Inch wide.
The boy pluck ilv pulled the
breech pin out of his brain him
self, Professional assistance
.was secured and when last heard
from the patron', vas doing well.
Salisbury Trurh Index.
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Vtvfa Jlisci'oaul.
Wo learn that between Satur-
j v 0 j , o
some xme succeeded in getting
.the keys to all the doors to. Mr.
L D Coltrane's new house on
South Union street and took
them away.
IJeiug all mortice locks n
necessitated the tedious, task
of opening every outside door
with skeleton key. Fortunately
the inside doors were not locked.
It put Contractor. Propst to
decided inconvenience and the
cost of new locks and is a strik
ing example of wanton or ma
licious mischief and deserves
punishment that will carry a les-
son with it .when tho miscreants
.re, found out,
p1 lhllt 1d'0Q
Wo tyre glad to loarn that the
daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
J E Smoot jxp'uiionced no seri
ous result's from eating poison
in Salistury. Drs. L'ong and
Brown arrived 'promptly .and
washed out the sto'nach sp thor-
oughly that the systcm.co.uld not
absovb the poison-and the child
was saved.
i Tries for Fortune In Texas.
.lr. Jno. P Cox, son of Mr. J.
IM Cox, of No. 9 township, left
i today (Thursday) for Dallas,
Tcas, to tr his fortune in ihe
creat south west. Ilfl is educate!
. - J? . .
to come cxv.f r.a.rs to hS
, , i ,. ,
, iuoa is. xno ii i ma wnicn
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sui'ercd tl:rt -'-! '-.o-rie attack is
yet too rnucn a.i:.:i( a io use the
pen,
Ijiie v, orn
; down, her let-
to her
n d with the
"neglected twin."
TURKISH BARBARITY.
GreeK Worshippers Attacked and Go
town With Iheic Bumiiipt Church.
A Vienna dispatch of the20th
tells of a mQSt savd??e acl by tho
j urks at liinia. South West
Turkev. near the Adriatic sea
in which worshipping GrceTism
were attackr-U and. the church j(
. .1.-11 ,1 .1 . 1,
burned While the helpless vie -
a i 1 i ii I ....
urns meet to escape uio names
they were stoneel and-stabbed.
Twenty are'said to have burned
with the building while many
were wounded.
Chailotte lias Touglis
At an . early hour Tuesday
morning, Mr. David Ilolobaugh
was fourid wandering about in
Sovorsville, a subnrb of Char
lotte. His face was-.ba'dly bat-
tered find he was in a" da'zed con
dition, unable to give an account
of himself. He was brought to
his home in tho city. .Later Mr,
Holobaugh revived and gave an
account of his experience, to'the
best of his recollection. After
getting his wagosMonday night
4 in paper and a silver dollar
ho started home. On North
Poplar street, he was accosted
by an Unknown man, who
knocked him down, b5at him in
to insensibility, and got his
money. It seems that after tho
encounter Mr. Holobaugh wan
dered off in an effort to reach his
home and was found .in Severs
ville. There is no clew to his
assailant,
At 4 o'clock yesterday morning
Mr. John McFadyeii was found
hat less with his sloevcs i oiled
up and his face bloody, by Ser
geant Baker, in Ward 4. Mr.
McFadyt-n said that ho had boon
waylaid by three men; that they
gavo him a stiff fight, but that
he finally whipped all tbroo and
saved Ins mouey. lie ocye se
vere marks of tho battle. Tho
men .who assaulted himworo nbt
captured. Observer of 27
TTie Gambling Instinct in the Indian.
A Pomona, California, lotter
to the Chicagq Record gives, an
insight to the gambling instjnets
of the Indians of "that region.
The recklessness of tho red skins
is truly astounding and standsas
a hindrance to missionary work
ftmongtheif). Think of a mis
sionary educating them and In
ducing ithemto accumulate the
various
articles for
domestic
comfort andadvancement in civ-
ilization when lo, they pack.up
evervestigo ot tJjeir belongings j
and-go out on a camp gambling
Jll . ! I'll :i 1 . . : 1 . 1
expemiion iiju, mey loose an luey
bavt or win all that some other
tribe has. The gambling goes on
as Igng as there is anything to
win or loose. Gambling is said
to be the last'instinct, character
istic that cannot bts overcome in j
fhosfl Tnrlinns n.rtrl it, hinrts tlnm i :
I down to pepQtual degradation. J
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Summer Cheese.
AT g.' JERVIirS
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Of f li e season
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and customers, we wish-
you all. a Merry christ-ma
and a most prosperous rTe vv
Year and
or n
y il'u Lb 1 flii NiO
comes but once a year and if you don't get your share it shall not
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bc-our fault. We pfoposi) to take Stock Docomorr Tfth, rain
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fihine sick or well, and in order to make stock takinir r.s light as
possible wo will make you Plil'CLS on all kinds of FSrtfhrc, ev-.v.i
Star Leader Cock Stove,
anJ jf yOQ wont
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d think we havo tho ;t,
GOODS that are arrivins: dailv.
We are yours, wishing
4 REMEMBER
ttial the Concord. tosir: Lf .,,nni,fv
Works btill have the doixrtrtnnt J
Oieunins: anl D.cii:sr, ux.Jl i- ! -t
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pawd thim etf iu that, line. Cur c-'etn-iug
is doL. thoiuiigLl ttiii uu
leientiffcal.'y.
ouxt pit;ci:s akr as follows
Coat & Vet-t OleSr, ed aui i'resst4 '.75
PaiT f Pjnta " lt
Or Whole Halt ' , " l(j(
An Overfloat . " " t'O.vJ
Ladies Skirts ' ' CO to l.f)
Suits Dyed aud Vi essod
Pauts " 1.00
Skirts " A t(f 1.50
Prices on any otlier ciiicl , s iul
meniion wnrne givon ""Jl
plication. 'Also. rt'inembrM' that
25 per cent, mscou'iil isKj:ovvd
on ail DywoiT. CTvo nr; i- t;";-;l.
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to our frieiiu s
century
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tele ycur'-K t&yJ.