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ONQlfr, ft 0. THURSDAY, MARCH, 6, I! 02
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He Sends His Son Out of the Room and
Then Kills Himself.
Sprinfield, 111,,. March 5.
Another scene in the drama of
the . closing of the State
Bank of Elkhart was enacted
this afternoon, when Frank
"VV Cottle, cashier, whose alleged
shortage of $32,000 oaused the
closing of the bank, blew out
his brains at his residence.
Mr. Cottle, who had been
suffering with an attack of
pleurisy since last Saturday, was
lying in his bed room when he
complained of a burning in the
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siomacn ana asked his, son
Jordan B. Cottle, to go and get
him a pitcher of water. Jordan
AXOTlffclt GREiTSKOf.
As Much as 24 IucliesFell lu 24 Honrs.
wYork, Pennsylvania, West Ta.,
Tennessee aid North "Carolina.
Another snow storm raged on
Wednesday in New York, Penn
sylvania West Virginia and Ten
nessee reaching into Asheville,
N. 0.
Twenty out of thirty wiras
were lost to the Western Unioa
between New York and Phila.
adelphia.
A Philadelphia dispatch re
ports 22 to 24linclies pf snow at
various places.- At Huntington,
West Virginia, 18 inches of snow 1 237,000 men
fell in 24 hours.
Terrible Cost of Uoer War.
Seldom has a nation miscal
culated worse than has Great
Britain in estimating the
Boer. war. When the British
government undertook to con
quer the Boers its expectation
was that less than $50,000 men
andlesslhan $5Q, 000, 000 would
be sufficient to end the struggle
in less" than six months. The
war has been going on about
three years and: has cost more
than $S00, 000,000.
The British force in South
Africa at the last account was
and the British
loss by death and permanent
disabilities has mounted above
5,000. The total ' number of
casualties including the wounded
Salisbury to Hare Free Mail Deliver.
Free mail delivery for Salis-
did so and while he was out of:hntVn ur a o
the room he heard the report of j Postmaster Ramsay was asked who have recovered, at the last
a revolver. Instantly surmising Jast night if he felt sure that the rePor. was 100,701 men ami
bis father had shot himself, he j receipts at the Salisbury office 5 240 officers
quickly returned, closely 'for the fiscal year ending March' Seldom in modern times has
followed by the family. They '1st would exceed the required such bloody war been waged
louna ivir. uouie lying in bed $10,000 to insure free delivery anywhere and lllG Proportionate
a Nov&. a Goad Time T(5. Buy. and i
.Your Spring Sewing.
The selections are larger, the goods
valiies are here now that vou can not
'get later because the best goes first.
Bleach Domestic,
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.with a gaping wound, from a and he stated that thev would.
revolver, in his left temple. He As soon as the year expires the
naa died instantly.
Mr. Cottle was 56 years .old
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una leaves a wile ana nve sons, bury Sun.
all residing in Elkhart. He had
loss of officers has . been the
greatest in all history. Uh'ques-
been cashier of the bank for a
number of years'. His father
necessarv steps will be taken to' tionably a great part of the loss
secure the free delivery. Salis- 01 DOtn men and money has
been due to incompetency. But
nothing seems to shake theconfi-
Mr. Stroud Dies Suddenly at Spencer.
dence of the great majority of the
Mr. J J Stroud, of Chapel Hill I RrHir, u
was a wealthy Louisiana sugar J an employe of the Southern, died ' ment. Their" enthusiasm for the
planter.
Greensboro Companies Refuse t Raise !
Rates.
The managers of the Greens
boro fire insurance companies
have issued a circular to all their
agents in which it is stated that:
"They are enjoined to maintain
with the utmost care the full
tariff rates as they stood before
the 25 per cent, advance was or
dered." It is stated that the ad.
vance in rates, caused by the
Southeastern Tariff Association,'
is unwarranted, unwioand un
necessary," -and all agents are
authorized - to disregard the 25
per cent, advance made by the
Tariff Association. Charlotte
Observer.
very suddenly -of heart disease , war is quite as irroat as if. w,.
at ms boarding house at Spencer at the start. It is true that the
on Tuesday -evening. He was opponents of the war policy are
heard to make a peculiar noise more aggressive and more bitter
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w yara remnants, some in
i tne lot is worth 10c and
w the poorest 7k,
you take your
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Laces
Jjj Lvery woman is in
g terested in dainty Laces
85 tlien visit our 5c Igo
B Lace counter rjjr,
Hamburgs,
SJ 3 inches wide, larffe
assortment of pat- fP
Very Wide
Hamburg, sold at 25c jf
yard, in good patterns 8
of 6 yards to the m
piece, per yd ?S?C 8
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Cambric Bargain. B
Beautiful quality of
Cambric, -fine Lonsdale, 1
and only a limited ST
quantity at tiiis j3
special price
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and Insertions, Cam- 8
brie or Nainsook, g m
big value at 7i & MflfJ
S.-PlfllM CQ IH 1UIPIM8:
and when the room was entered
he was found gasping his last.
Both Shots Plough Through His Arm.
Mr. Walter Ewart, near East
field, suffered a lerrible accident
Saturday evening. He let his
double barreled shot gun drop
and both barrels were dis
charged, the loads passing
through his arm at two places.
It is hoped that hts arm may be
aved but the wound is terrib'y
severe.
Rev. Mr. Hiljer to Trench Animal Sert
e Lutheran Visitor, f tho
Cth says, lie v. W EI Uiller, pas
tor of St. James Lutfjerau church,
Couord, N. C has accepted the
invitatiotf io preach the annut.l
sermSn boforeh3 Woman's Mis
sionary So?!ietybf Mont Amoena
Seminary Mt. Pleasant, X. C,
at the commencement in June
next.
Ifoilce to Contractors.
The town of Concord, N. C,
invites sealed proposals on the
construction of a graded school
building. Estimates are wanted
jfor the construction of building,
also, beating, ventilating and
plumbing.
Plans and specifications can
be seen at the office of the
architects, Hootr & Sawyer,
Piedmont building, Charlotte,
N. C; also at the office of the
undersigned, at Concord, N. C
Building must be ready for oc
cupancy by September 1, 1902.
Bids will bo received up to 12
o'clock, noon, of Monday, March
17, 1902.
All contractors bidding must
be capable of giving a surety
bond, satisfactory to the com-
mittee. The righ is reserved to
reject any and all b ds.
(Signed) D. B. Coltkane,
Chairntan Buildh.g Committee.
You Can Get These Here.
Food
International Poultry
makes hens lay ana keeps the
young chicks healthy.
, Use International Lice Killer
to free Pouitry from vermin.
Prtae 25 cents
Photographic Supplies Plates,
Papers, Mounts, Films, Chem
icals etc., for Amateurs and
Protesssionals, for sale at
Fetzer's Drug Store.
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man ever, dui mere is no
evidence that they are growing
in numbers. British pro-Boer
orators J have frequently been
mobbed in England and several
of them have barely escaped
with their lives.
There is but one possible end
of the struggle It is the com
pleto annihilation of the Boer
republics and the enforcement of
such terms as the British
govement may choose ta'dictate.
Atlanta Journal.
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Five Men Drowued.
Sacramento, Cal., March
Five men were drowned in- the
Sacramento rivor on Sunday.'
The party, consisting of Dr. J.
H. Morton, George Nunez, Clar
ence Gasterson, Elmer Ivcry and
Knight Lillington, left Cortland,
down the river, in a small boat,
early Sunday morning, Their
boat was found in Tulless, four
miles below Cortland. Nedfr
the boat the bodies of the three
first nanmcl were found. A
searching party is dragging for,
the other bodies.
jH. L. Parhs L Company.
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Unless Providential interferance in your favor next
Saturday, March 8th,
will be the las, chance for you to buy goods at
From The Bell & Harris Furniture Co. At The Old Stand.
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Isn't it fun let everybody come and buy and be hapi)y.
All kinds of Furniture and Musical Instruments. Ke-
member 2 p. nr. and 7:30 p. m.
Kespectfully,
Bell Sc Harris Furniture Co.
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Ilcturru'd to the FH.
Rev. Dr. Joel Swjrtz,
poet-prenclier who left
Lutfcjran Church about
years Ago and joined th Con-
grotfationaH.sts, has returned to
the Lutheran frtd and now
HQtves a deij&htful people at
Devon, a suburb of Philadel
phia.
An Honest Medjclne for La (jlripge.
George W Waitt. of South
Gardiner, Me., says: "I have
had the worst courh, cold chills
and grip and taken lots oftrash
of no account but to the vendor.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
is the only thing that has done
any good whatever. I have used
one buttle of it, un xho chills.
I will lwy on all real estate iu tbp
connty on vfcicb tLe tdXt'H l.nvt- not
been paid on March '0. If yo; baen',t .
l aid yonr tax and don't want 10 be ml
veitiHiid yon had better get yonr n..
(eitt at once. Jfy.n haven't puid ujm
Toll Tax you have till the 1.-t tl.vtf
May to yet your receipt if you wni t U
vote thi.s fall after thut i1a. von will
ru't ho. in it at m!1. resard't-N-- of ci'ov-
'inH refill hfitrrt .ill 1a4 . lii'L, i - . , ...
i-umuu j.up ufivu cui iuiu iuk:. x iie juw requires mo to nirnih!i tLo
I congratulate the manufacturers i-'trars with a list of all delininents oii
f an honest medicino." For I th?rt,tM1,iyiof,ai?y;
lo by a. LAlah drsgW ''Jl'f: l'ECK, a,,,,!
IF YOU ARE NOT A SUBSCRIBER TO
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