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ONCORI), N. CJM THURSDAY JAN. 2. 19
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TRAIN WRECKED AJiU BURSEU.
Two Eillt-d tireat StrenKth or Tull
mans Sared the Passengers.
On the Baltimore and Ohio
road near Pittsburg, Pa., a full
vestibule train was wrecked and
destroyed on Wednesday, 1st.
The engine left the track at a
curve and the Pullman chair cars
were piled upon it. Engineer
Collins and fireman McCune
were killed and 17 people w ?re
injured. Nothing but the great
strength of the Pullman cars
save from a terrible loss of life.
These held in tact and saved
their inmates. The gas tanku
in the cars were exploded and
quickly burned practically all the
train.
Rooserelt Appoints a Democrat and an
Ex Confederate,
President Roosevelt has ap-
pointed Dr. J L M Curry to re
present the United States at Mad
rid on the occassion of the com
ing of age of the young Spanish
King, Alfonso XIII, Dr. Curry
was minister to Spain at the time
of the birth of the King and was
present in his official capacity at
the palace when that interesting
event occurred. The appoint
ment is on this account particularly-appropriate.
But what
will the extreme Democrats say
to this honoring of a Democrat
and a Southerner oy President
Roosevelt? Dr. Curry was
minister under Cleveland and he
is one of the few survivors of
the Confederate Congress. Is it
right for him to accept honors
from a Republican President?
We should like to hear from the
the Sons of Veterans in this mat
ter. Charleston, S. C, Post.
i Tumor RpmnTnd from a MiiIa.
Dr. B L Griffin our veterinary
surgeon performed a neat but
intricate job today on a mule
belonging to Mr., P M Miseu
heimer, at Brown Pro's, stable.
It was a tumor involving the ab
domen and nearing the large
artery of the left thigh. Its re
moval was every day growing
more difficult and dangerous and
would soon have meant the loss
of a valjable mule. If nothing
unfavorable sets in the mule will
soon be ready for service again.
Our sense of suffering leads us
to ask though, w hen we will be
gin to administer chloroform to
animals and have them lie limp
and painless while these opera
tions are going on instead of ty
ing them down and holding them
so still that they can't move?
Ritchie-Ritchie. .
We are in receipt of the fol
io ing interesting card which
we publish with congratulations
and new year good wishes:
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Ritchie
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter,
Josie Lenora, 1
to
Mr, Mack Lee Ritchie
"Wednesday ofternooa, January the
twenty second, ,
nineteen hundred and two
at three o'clock,
Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, t
Richfitld, North Carolina
Chapter of Accidents rollows a Tragedy.
Kalispell, Mont., Jan. 1. Pat
rick Sullivan, a miner, of Jen
nings, Mont., shot his wife, his
grandchild and himself, last
night, with fatal results to him
self and the child, while his wife
is in a dangerous condition. The
cause- of the shooting is not
known. The citizens of Jennings
sent to Kalispell for medical aid
and a special train was sent to
day with two physicians and the
coroner. ' At a point just west of
Lucerne, the engine jumped the
track, instantly killing Engineer
Herron and seriously injuring
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Fireman Wilcox. The caboose
did not leave the track, and the
doctors proceeded to Jennings,
while the dead and injured were
Drought to Kalispell.
There are twenty-seven thou
employees of the government
who hold down jobs and draw
salaries located in tne District of
Columbia. The foundation upon
which the tall monument to the
Father of this country rest
must be very substantial.-Morn-
Beal Estate Negotiations.
Negotiations are" on by Mr. P
B Fetzer for the purchase of the
building occupied by ; Mr. D , J
Bostian's Rocket Store, but are
yet ' incomplete. The principle
owners are Judge W J Mont
gomery, Mrs. Gibson and Mr.
R A Brown,
New Business Stand.
I have moved from the Brick
Row to the room over Johnson's
Drug store where I will be
pleased to have my customers
to call. Patronage solicited.
1-16. W W Gibson.
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Post.
More Pants Fished out Willi a Pole.
The homo of Mr. D C Christ
ian, living in the western paru of
the city, was burglarized and
$1G0 carried off by tho robbers.
Bio had the money in his pants,
intending to deposit it tho next
morning. The robbers opened
a window and pulled the pants
out with a long pole. The mat
ter was reported to the officers
and an effort made to keep the
matter quiet, hoping in this way
to find the guilty parties, but it
leaked out last night. No clues
have been discovered sufficient
to cause arrests. Durham spe
cial of 1st to Charlotte Observer.
Saturday night Mr. Frank
Davis spent the night with Mr.
Robert Parish, on . Main street,
and daring the night burglars
entered the room and secured
his pants. After they were
searched and $50 taken there
from they were left on the fence
in front of the house. Mr. L L
Bennett's window was raised
and $5 taken from his pants. An
unsuccessful attempt was made
to rob Mr. J H Benson in the
same manner. Reidsville spe
cial to Charlotte Observer.
Moral When you have money
in them sleep with your "britch
es' on
The aftermath of Chiistmas,
as usual, will consist largely of
pepsin and repentance. Wash
ington Times.
First Ooyernor Not a Veteran.
Virginia inaugurated her first
governor, on Wednesday, since
the war, that was noo a Confed
erate Veteran. Gov. Montague,
too, is the youngest man ever in
augurated into the office in the
Old Dominion:
From Our elghborinsr Town and Sister
County.
The graded school board met
last night and elected Miss Eu
genia Rowe, teacher of the fourth
and fifth grades of the Albemarle
graded schools, to succeed, Miss
Baldwin, resigned. Miss Rowe
is a daughter of Rev. Dr. J C
Rowe, presiding elder of the
Charlotte district, and a; sister of
Rev. G F Rowe, pastor of the
Methodist church at this place,
and is a highly educated and
cultured young lady. ..- -Uiwi,,..
Mr. Allan Tally, one of tho
oldest men in tho county ,Y died
at his home at New London, last
night. He was between 90 and
100 years old. Ho was the father
of tho man Tally, who was bru
tally murdered in his homo where
he lived several years ago, and
which murder to this day re
mains a mystery,
The Albemarle and Concord
Telephone Companies jhaye
joined hands and have just fin
ished a now metallic line between
the two places. The exchange at
this place is constantly adding
new 'phoaas and the service now
is all that could be desired.
Mr. S M Hearne, who lives on
mill hill, and whose children
work in the knitting mill, has
gone deranged. He has been
sick several days, and in his
present weakened condition, he
cannot be taken to the State
Hispital. When he first lost his
mind he began to bark and snap
like a dog, and had to be tied
on the bed. It was at first
thought he had hydrophobia, but
such is not the case. He is grad
ually growing weaker, and un
less he rallies, will rotlive many
days. Albemarle special lo tho
Charlotte Observer.
THE ORIGINAL
Guaranteed Patent Leatnsr Sfcoe.
Have you everjtried this Shoe ? This is the best, dress
Shoe on the market today and costs you less, than
any good Patent Leather Shoe-you can buy,
Snow's Guaranteed Patent 'Leather CT A fiT
Shoes iDKUU.
Just at this season when new resolves,
F , . 7
etc., are in order it will be to your inter
est tovisit ouraESj. (
Shoe Department
and learn to your entire satisfaction that
We carry the most complete audjup-to-d ate
line of Shoes in the city at from 25c to $1
less than you have heretofore beenjpaying
for Shoes Not So Good and then resolve
not to buy Shoes again until you have
given us a look. '
SCHOOL . SHOES.
Do you have -to buy again before" the children start to
school? vt There are no betterf Shoes' than the
brands we carry. '
Size 9 to 12 at 75 cents and ' v ,1.00.
Size 18 to 2 at 1.Q0 and . X 1.25,
These are the most sefvicable school Shoes on
the market. For any kind. of a Shoe you may.
want we are the people to see. v
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Just Keep Coming!
We all can do better than yet we
have done, j
And not be a whit the worse;
It never was loving that emptied, j OUT CUStOITierS.
ttio heart,
Nor giving that emptied the
purse Old Song.
And if moving time is delayed much long
er we will not have such a job ""after all.
For. the next few days untill, our new
quarters are ready; we are going to make ,
. prices that will sell goods if
Low Prices Will Sell them.--.
. Thanking you for past favor and asking you
to pass over our mistakes when it's possible,
we will try and do better in the future.
Again thanking you and asking you to call
and see us we are yours to try to please,
The Bell & HarrisvFur. Co,
Good Job Work !
HXDU substantiate this statement
$ with the real stuff, and leave it to you
to say whether our work is all right cr
not; and if it is hot we guarantee ton
! X make it so. We are hereto make a g
Drofita livingalso to do justice to Q
The Standard Job Office.
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