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mm ACCIDENT AT BLEACHED
COL. CARR TO PUBLISH A NOOK.
KB. JOHN R. CRUMLEY KILLLD
BY WHIRLING SHAFT.
Deceased Leayes Invalid Wife and Three
Children The Kindest f Husbands
Taken from Defendant Family.
One of the saddest accidents
occurred this (Saturday) mem-!
ing at about 9:80 o'clock at the
KerBag Manufacturing Bleach
ery that it has been our duty ever
to record. I
Mr. Jno. R Bruruley and oth
o 's were at wprk about cleaning
some flues at the boiler and hav
ing turned on the steam Mr.
Brumley stepped back and got
near a shaft that had a set screw.
This caught his overalls- and be
fore there was time for Mr. Sam
Holdbrooks," who was with him .
to, to render assistance, the shaft
was whirling him' round at ter
rible speed and beating his head
mercilessly on the window sill.
The back of the head was crushed '
and the rfght arm and leg were
also crushed. He- breathed, but
by shallow respiration till 12:50
oVlock when he breathed his
last.
Mr. Brumley was 33 years old
.last August.
He leaves an invalid, wife and.
three small children one of
whom, has just survived fever
and is evn today .afflicted with
a chill and is4n bed. .
It would bo a heart of stone
that would not bleed at the dis
tress of the afflicted wife and
mother as she rehearses the urr
tiring dtvotion of a good hus-
band, on whose tender care she,
cou'.d lean,, now so suddenly
taken away.
Mrs. Brumley suffers a slight
degree of paralysis and cannot
walk much.
' Funeral arrangements have
not yet been arranged, but the
burial will probably be at Pop
lar Tent of which the family are
good and consistent members.
North Carolina in the War Between the
States.
The demand for the address,
"North Carolina in the War Be
tween the States," delivered by
Col. Julian S Carr before the
Confederate Veterans' Associa
tion last summer, has grown to
such proportions that the colonel
has decided to revise it and pub
lish it in book form, duly illus
trated, for public school libra
ries. The publication will most
likely contaiu illustrations of the !
battle of Bethel, where youn
Wyatt was killed; tne storming!
of Port Fisher, regard by many '
military -critics as' the fiercest
bombardment the world has eyer
known; Pettigrew's. charge at
Gettysburg, where North Caro
linians went fatherest, and lost
more men than any Southern
State; the battle of Bentonville,
where General Hoke held in
MARINE DIS4STEK ON WESTERN
COAST.
Walla Walla Collides With French Sail
in jr Boat and is SunkProbab'y 20
LItis Lopt Surviving Vessel Passes
On.
A San Francisco dispatch of
the 2nd says the steamship Wal
la Walla collided with a French
sailing boat at 4:10 a. m. Thurs
day off the coast of Mendocino
and was so injured that the ves
sel sank within thirty-five min
utes. Discipline was preserve
and the passengers and crew
were furnished with life preserv
ers and lowered into life boats.
; Probably twenty were lost, how
ever, from the collision and from
attempting to land ou a choppy j
coast, mere .were aooui
people ou the ship. Strange to.
say the surviving vessel passed
on without rendering aid. Tho
suffering passengers were picked
v up by other vessels.
The Walla Walla was valued
checkJSherman's vico.trio'us army 4 eiCtrn A . ,
' ' ''at $250,000 and was insured for
ior inree aays; mo capture or 0Qq
Plymouth; Major Henry A Lbn-. ' - .
don bearing the last dispatches ' . MR- I)AN SI1)ES "UllNED.
at Appdtnattox, where more than Oil Stove Ignites ana Ills Store Narrow-
half the-number of muskets sur
rendered w"ere by North Carolina
ly Escapes.
Mr. Dan Sides was right badly
Shot Fired Into Mr. Blame's Kitchen.
Some one fired a 38-calbre pis
tol shot into the kitchen of Mr.
William Blume Friday night
about 8 o'clock. The ball struck
the wire gauze then the glass
and next the inside window blind
then bounded back and broke
the glass again and fell on the
window sill.
There is no clue to the perpe
trator and it is not certain that
it was any more than a piece of
reckless shooting without pur
purpose. Mrs. Blume and daughter were
in the kitchen at the time.
lienor Roll.
FIRST GRADE, CENTAL.
Miss Mary Lewis Harris Fioid
Bost, Lee Bost, Jacob Dove,
George Fisher, Edward McDon
ald, John Rummage, Posie Clinc,
Annie Fisher, Hattie Linker,
Adelo Pemberton and Jessie Wil-loford.
troops; the Bennett House, three burned this morning at, his store
miles from Durham on the toad at Gannonville. He had an oil
leading to Hillsboro, where Gen- stove in his room and it took fire
eral Sherqan, and probably oth- by some means. Mr. Sides gath
er illustrations. The book will ered up the stove and in throw
also contain a picture of Z B in it out of the house ho caught
Vance, North Carolina's war on fird. IBs hands and body
Governor, w'ith a sketch of his were badly burned,
valuable service. Colonel Carr ! The store was threatened Myth
will give to North Carolina tho dodstruction for a whilo but the
credit that she is justly entitled flames were extinguished with
to. Durham special of 3rd to little damage except to himsolf.
the Charlotte Observer. , rTT" .
Dr. Miller' Plans Changed.
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Union Service. Rev. II N Miller asks us to say
There will be union service of that developments have changed
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the three Methodist churches of his plans and he will remain
Conrord at Forest Hill church
on tomorrow night at 7 o'clock.
The following is the pro
gramme: Music.
Reports from Epworth church ,
by C. D. Robbins,
Talk on revivals this year, by
Rev. J. H. Barnhardt.
Reports from Central church,
by D J Bostian.
Reports on new church, by D
B Coltrane.
Report frdm Forest' Hill
church, by W R Odell.
Music.
Address on Methodism's past
work in Concord by Judge, W.
J Montgomery.
Address on Methodism's
present duty, by Rev. J. N.
Huggins.
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Perhaps You Wonder
if the tormenting cold that made
last winter one long misery will
be as bad this year. Certainly
not, if you take Allen's Lung
Balsam when tickling and raw
ness in the throat announce the
presence of the old enemy. Do
not expect the cold to wear itself
out. Take the right remedy in
time. Allen's Lung Balsam is
free from opium.
at Mont Amoena till tho end of
tho session when his resignation
takes effe.t.
Accused of Swearing In a Newsreund.
Saluda is a new county town,
blazed out of the woods and the
stumps on the streets has the
appearance oi a newgrouna. a
few days ;ago a man was ar
rested for swearing on the
streets of that city. The man
was indignant and put in a plea
that a man was excused for
cursing in a newground. Ander
son Intelligencer.
Time to Acj Promptly.
The new divorce law which
allows divorce only on the
grounds of indifidelity went into
effect in the District of Colum
bia yesterday, so on the previous
day there as a rush of applicants
under the old law and forty -eight
suits were begun. Raleigh
Times.
THE ORIGINAL
Guaranteed Patent Leatte Shoe.
Have you everjtried this Shoe ? 'This is the best dress
Sh oe on the market today and costs, you less than
any good Patent Leather Shoe you can buy,
Snow's Guaranteed Patent Leather A jf
Shoes. U)4.UUs
Just at this season when new resolves,
'etc., are in order it will be to your inter
est' to visit 6ur
' Shoe Department '
and learn fa your entire satisfaction that
we carry tne most complete aiidf'up-to-dafe
line of Shoes in the city at from 25c to $1
less tharTyou have nereof ore been paying-
for Shoes Not So Good and then resolve
.not to buy Shoes again until you have
given us a look.
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SCHOOL SHOES.
Do you have to buy again before the children start to
school? Ihere are no better Shoes than the
brands we carry.
Size 9 to 12 at 75 cents and 1.0O..
Size 13 to 2 at 1.00 and r 1.25.
These are the most servicable School Shoes on
the market. For any kind of a Shoe you may
want we are the people to see!
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Just Keen Comma!
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And if moving time is delayed much long
cr 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 & Harris Fur. Co.
Good. Job Work !
To Accommodate ihoso who are pfirti-il !
to tbe nce of atomi7ers in applying
liquids into tie uasal pasae for j
catarrhal troubles the proprietors
prei are Elv' Liquid Cream 1'alm
Price lncluilirjff the pprny tnbo is 75 1
ceiitH. DniL'hts or ly mail. Tim j
liqciil embodies the mediciual proper-I
ties of tho Ko'id preparation. Cream j
1'alm is quickly abor ed by the mem- j
brne ami does not dry up tho Heoretion
but chances ihem to a natural and'
healthy cliaru'-fer, Ely Btotuers, o(S
Wurrtn St., X. Y.
UlC substantiate this statement
with the real stuff, and leave it to you
to say whether our work is all right or
not; and if it is not we guarantee to
X make it so. We are here to make a r
profita livingalso to do justice to $
our customers.
The Standard Job Offic
e.