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CONCORD, N. C. THURSDAY JAN. 9. 19' 2
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-SlNGLB COPT 5 CENTS.
MECKLEMBCRU MAN SUICIDES,
Mr. Joliu M Henry HaiiRS Himself-Is
iound ULIIe rulse Was Beating but,
too Late.
Mr. J M Henry took bfs own
life at his home, on the Lawyers'
road, three miles from Charlotte'
jresterday afternoon, by hang
ing himself to one of the rafters
of his wagon shed at the Ibarn.
Mr. Henry -left Hie house at 1$0
o'clock and went to tho barn.
.
His wife, wtyo wa in the house
when he went out, tearing that j his signal but the incoming n;
something might befall him, as'gineer of White Plains local
he'Vas sick and crippled, fol
lowed after him Vithin about 20
minutes. But she wag too latet
for when she passed the main
part of.the barn and looked
under the wagonshtfd she beheld
the lifeless body of her husband,
dangling in the air. He had
picked up a piece of old' plow
line that lay in the back yard,
gone to the shed, pulled up by
the aid of his crutches to the
hounds of the wagon that was j
mere, tiea ine cora arouna me
raster, then arpund his neck and
jumped off. The toes of his
shoes touched the ground.
grourftl about where
The
they
touched was marked as if thre
had been the least bit ofa strug-(
le for life afer the fatal leap
was taken. When found the this m0rning beyond Mt. Pleas
body was dressed as usual and ant jIe was on his way to Con.
everything intact.. Death had COrdwith cotton and cotton seed
come from strangulation.
Mrs. Henry called to George
Wilkes, and old negro mat!, who '
was passing, and he hurriedly
cut tbo'rope and laid the corpsp i
out on the ground. Though
the body was still warm, the pulse
.still beating death claimed his
victim.
Mr. Henry was 58 yaars old.
He had married Miss Isenhour
of Cabarrus. 'Charlotte Obser
ver. .
Tannery and Gin House Burned.
Mr. W B Bradford learned thi?
morning of the burning of the
tannery nd gin tiouse of Brad
ford & Sons, at. New Sterling,
sixmiles from Statesville,
The loss was complete as
there was no insurance either on
he building or contents. The
firm's loss is estimated at 5,000.
Charlotto,News of 8th.
Col. W. J Bryan has decided
to ' move into theCountry artd
farm. A man who made $50,000
in one year lunning a weekly
l'ypaper can afford to indulge in
farmirig. Raleight Jf imes.
The new Postmaster General
began as dry goods clerk in a
country store and the new Sec
retary of the Treasury started
as a peddler of fruit trees.
This only shows that the avenue
te ad ya- cement is still open to
intelligent, hard working poor
boys. Raleigh Times
j RAILROAD DISAS LF.R IS NEW TURK i
Eifteen Killed and JLgiy Injured by
near haa Collision ,jn Tunnel Under
i
l'ark Arenue.
A shocking" wreck occurred on
. .5 .
the Bti. in the New York Central
Railroad tunnel that .borrow
under Park Ajenue in which fif-
teen people were killed- and and twa sraaU iildren were is creating a stir and why shouldn't if, because Gents"
thirty or more W9re .njurea . barned to death.. The ffi0iel. Underwft Neckwear JIosiery and. Fancy Shirt .W
The South Norvralk locaL wasaccidentally fel, ia the fir0.plac, j. fc sod J
halted for some purpose and the clothi M and lh are glightl jled flr but d
flagman p aced a torpo W flames tpeaa. deyinB the ' best ig tage , samiIethey have served .,,-
failed to observe themhad went
crashing into the rear of the
motionless train. The engine
iraiu. ine engma
through more .than
ploughed
half the rear coach
,ch carrying
tho mifortu-
me uuioriu-
death and injury to
iiai pauger. .
The scene was made thtomore.
distressing by the fact that It.
was in the tunnel where rescue
was the more difficult .and the
hissinsteam-frotn brgken pipes
stilled some of, the fruitlesscries
.
TWengineer 6f th-5. ihtomALg.
train, JM Wischois believed to
kQ resposible for the calamity.
Uurt in a 1J una way.
We 'learn that Mr. Jno. 4 'Shoe"
Barringer was sharply, though
e hopo not seriously hurt, early
when his ,team took fright and ,
ran aayj by wll5ch he suffcred
injury.
Pojr Abuscl Friday.
J ' .
respectable a day as any. other
of the week, butgivo a day or
i dog a bad name and it is done
for forfcver. Friday has been
so long discriminated against as
haegsman's day that it Is no
wonder that the women folks
(and some men) have come to
re'gard it as tho unlucky day.
When a man is so unlucky as to
be sentenced to be hanged,
straightway liis execution is set
for a Friday and his ignominay
attaches itself to that day. Poor
Friday, it needs the rest that
Governor Aycockhas given it
in putting the six execution
that are to occur on one day on
Wednesday. Monroe Journal.
Mr. It K Blair a Broker.
Messrs R K Blair and M C
Sims, have gone into the broker-jsPare(
age bjsiness. The firm will
1
have an office in Blair Bros. & '
Co's drug store. Charlotte
News.
"Winter Homes in Summer Lands."
The above is the title of an at
tractive booklet just issued by
the Passenger Department of
the Southern Railway. It is
beautifully illustrated and fully
describes the winter resorts of
the bouth. A copy may be se
cured by sending a two-ent
stamp to S HHardwick, G. P. A.
Washiogton, D. C.
WINSTOJI SALEJl KEWS.
j Mother and Two Small Children Burned
. want The I'residentat Crtitennial.
A Winston-Salem special of
the fith to the Krws and uhspr-
"
ver says:
Near yjfr.'ds, Wilkes county,
yfeter'ay. MA ltoxie Johnscn
,house wjththe mother and her
twr.ntrcnnps .
Tm warrant hav been
issilPf1 fnr tbA rrpat nf V)r wam
Sullivan, of this county. He. is
chard.v4th advisimr .rn-onlo
wno have smallpox in the north -
, , ,
ernpart nf the ourity that the
- . . a 1
jsease is jtGh and not smallp0x.
our Def,roeV attempted to
saw Qut of jdu Jaftt Tter
were detected by thejailor, who
..with the sheriff gave the pris
t hmnin
. a committee, headed by Mrs,
Lindsay Patterson, goes to
Washinffto,-next week.tb extend
an ivilfttion l0 President Roose?
! velt to deliver an address at tho
laying of the corner stone of
Salem Female College centennial
in May.
Hickory Wet Again.
Hickory has passed from a dry
to a wet town. Tho salo'on rioo-
1 J
and tho contest before Superior
Court resulted in sustaining tho
count Tho city council art, all
opposod to the saloons and tlicy
.have mad restrictions. that-are
close ,and uncomfortable lo tho
salooners.
Gen. Hampton Dangerously I1U
General Wade Hampton, one
of tho most gallant gonerals of
the Confederacy, and later
United States Senator from
South Carolina was dangerously
ill for a while this afternoon.
His heart was affected, and
for a time it was feared the at-
tack would prove serious. The
general rallied later, and to
night his physicians say he is
very mnch better.
This is the first attack of the
kind General Hampton has had.
Columbia, S. 0.,Dispatch 5th.
Wefail tQ see anything fresh
froaa the venerable soldier and
statesman and hope hk is to bo
cl
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Segro Girl Burned at Enoclivill.
On last Friday morning a ten
year old negro girl while mak
ing fire, caught her clothing and
was burned to
death. Tho!
H T TT
H. Parks.' "The girl ran but no j
one could get to her until sio J
fell and did in a few minutes. j
Enochvillc Correspondent to tho '
Salisbury Sun.
is Sale
imions
purpose in a wholesale wayaud now they go to the con
sumer for almost haif.
Men's Underwear at Almost
Half.
4
Men's pure wool flflficed Shirts
! an.d Drfwers to match, regular
iPrico 1.00 per garment .our
j ipeciml prico
62 1-S' cents.
Men's heavy cottbn fleeced
ShiHs and Drawers, regular S0c
goods, UiOStlyJarjre sizes, sale
price
25 cents.
Men's 25c knitrey Drawers at
15 cents.. !
A real bar?ain in Mon's Stiff
Bosom 3hirts, mostly colored
but some whiter m sizes 14 to
15 the real value of 75c and
t 'There is a limited stock of th5se Samples they arc?
going rapidly and, we expect -to clean them out by SaW
urday. .Come 'and have a look. ;
.
A.Tl Mf.f
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st fee
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And if moving time is delayed much long
er we w'ill 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 favbrtand asking you
topasg'over our ipietakes when it's possible,.,
wevill try nd do better in the future..
Again thanking you and asking you to call
and see us we are yours to try to pleasev
The-Bell & Harris Fur. Co-
.Good Job Work !
4
e substantiate this statement K
n
with the rea stuff,
w to say whether cur
ft nnl 1 cirrrl if it ic no
P '
nwi uim ii il i o i i w
make it so. We are here to make a
ft proflta llVingalS0 to do JUStlCe to K;
j OUI' CUStOITierS. 3
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Jcj 1 JIG iotcillCiarCL dOD UillCO.
;'i;j(iX. j.D0CIX 3cC3eC'.:.3oC XX ;C-v. .'l.' 'X 4
of Samp
1
1.00K all placed on one table amS
marked
50 cents.
Men's Fancy Sox.
Herg.are twenty dozen Halt
Hose, hardly apy two pairs ex
actly alike. Theyire.as good if
not better than new .because thejf
were made to sell from.
MenV50c Socks in black ani
fancy colors, sale price.
25' cents:
Men's regular 2oc Socks ia,
beautiful colors, sale price
" 15 cents.
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