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, roic Deeds save Jranj.
'The latest Reports from the
great river steamer disaster, the
(burning of Vhe "City o! Pitts
burg" bring no comfort in tihe
V Ifope that the number of casual
ties would be reduced. The
number of lives lost still stanfls
at5Q to 60. It was indeed a
I most terrible disaster.
There are many stories of her
pism to be related and many se
.quels that are painful- to relate.
Mauy chose drowning to burn-
. ing. Ope tld gentleman swam
opt but died on the 'shore from
exhaustion. One man put a life
preserver on himself and one on
his wife and taking his littio girl
in his arms let himself down into
the water by a rope and held it
till his wife did likewise and they
b'atUed with the current for. two
miles down the river and were
. rescued. The littfe child was
limp and. unconscious, but the
iather held lier clothes in his
teeth arid assisted dio wife. All
were saved.
One oqat was manned and took
out 14 at a time till the 'flames
prevented further approach.
Then many floaters were gath
ered up and saved.
MEETING OF TJ1E FARMERS.
Cabarrus Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany m Session 0I1 Officers Re-Elected
Two -Assessments Ordered Af
airs' in Good Condition. .
Th Cabarrus Mutnal Fire In
surance' Company met in annual
session Monday, the 21st. The
secretary and treasurer's report
was read., and app'roved. The
business of the Company was
pronounced in goo'd shape.
An assessment of one-tenth of
one per.cent or tci cents on the
$100 was laid for May first aud
the same for six months later,
November 1st. .
, . The.old'ofncers were re elected
and are as foKows. '
President, Z A Morris; Sec
retary and Treasurer, po.f K
Patterson; Agent, C A Isenhour.
IWnship supervisors.
Nn's 1 JT, RbvfTnrd. 2. J .T
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Cox,3. R M Kimmons, 4. CJ
Goojlmar 5. Wm. Propst, 6. G
E Ritchie, 7.G W Dry, 8. W 27 1
Misenheimer, 9. R C Blackwel.
der, 10. Sam Black 11? S W
Whita, 12. Z A Morris.
The time for the annual meet
ing was changed to the firyfr
Saturday in March.
Card of Thanks.
We desire, in feeble words, to
convey to the many friends our
sincere thanks for their loving
interest in our dear little Cath
leen and their great kindness to
us in our period of anxiet' and
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Mn. and Mrs. Roland Harris,
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A Y0CSG WIFE MURDERED.
The Horrjble Discoyerj of a Plant
System Section Master on Returning
to His Home. .
Charleston, S. C, April 21 A
murder of extraordinary bru
tality was committer ijear
Ravenel'sstation, this morning;
W V Jones, a section master on"
the Plant System, on returning
to his home in the. forenoon,
found the body of his wife jn &
dog house nar his home. .The
throat of the young wife was cut
from ear to ear, and the head
was, almost severed from the
body.
A blood-stained sickle which
lay near the corpse, showed how
the crime had been committed,
Several "articles are missing
from the house. Robbery is
supposed to have been the
main object. Whether,, as has
been reported, there has.been.a
more fiendish crimp will depend
on thoTeports of physicians,
A band of armed citizens was
immediately organized au.d the
sheriff and chief of police of
Charleston were promptly in
formed, but as yet no clue to the
if
murderer has been discovered.
SHOE BUTTON IN lilUL'S IUNG.
X-Ray
Apparatus Locates It and
Doctors Take it Out.
Louise Deshener, aged 7
swallowed a shoe button three
ago, and it lodged in her left
lung. Ulceration in time, closed
the entire lung and forced the
button further dewn into the
tender lung tissues. When
Louise was taken to the hospitnl
Dr. Burdick with his X-ray
apparatus, made two skiagraphs,
one from behind tiro patient and
one from the side. The result
ing pictures show thetbuttpn.
An incision was made directly
into'tho effected lAng, -and., the
but6rf was removed with a pair
of 'forceps. Tlie operation
lasted 30 minutes, and is said to
be the first of i'ts kintl. ,
Compressed air containing
nebulized oil will.bo us'cd to
inflate the Left lung a,s soon as
the wound is healed. The
The doctors say that the treat
inent should effect a complete
cure. Chicago Dispatch,, lGth.
Mrs. William Junker Dead.
Ivlrs. William Junker
died
Momkiy about 12 o'clock at thair
home at Catjnoflville.
The funeral services were
conducted at the home today
(Tuesday) at 9 o'clock and the
remains were taken to St.
Martins church for burial.
Mrs. Junker leaves a sorrow
ing husband and five children
to mourn the loss of home's
chief feature, a wife and mother.
"The man who doesn't owe
some of his success to some
womunhasn't had any."
CONCORD, N. 0. TUESDAY, PRIL
VETERANS, HIVE DALLAS.
Came IuAhead of Time Reunion well
'On'joday.
. The Veterans have stormed
Dallas and were just one day
ahead, of time and therefore
ahead of accommodations. The
fair grounds which were intended
to be opened only today (Tues
day) had to be opened Monday
and many of the men had to pur
chase their own meals at restau
rants. ' .
The reunion proper opened to
day and preparations were com
pleted for entertaining any num
ber that will apply..
The ' exercises today were
chiefly in the nature of greetings
or welcome addresses.
.The old scars are having a
good time of it.
Mies Annie White Dead.
Miss Annie White died at
their, home on Bell Avenue
Monday evening about 0 o'clock
of consumption with compli
cations. Ller health was declin
ing but the end was not looked
for so soon and her brothers were
not at home when the summons
come.
She was 31 years old and had
lived a noble t christian life,
devoted to her 'church and all
that pertains to a christian char
a2ter. She was .the only daughter of
tho late Nathaniel. White and
leaves an aged mother and six
bVothers, three of whom,
Messrs Tom, Chal, and Tin
White are citizens of Concord..
Tho funerrl services will be
conducted Wednesday morning
at 8:30 af tho home by Rev. G II
Cornelson when tho burial 'pro
cession will .repair to Rocky
River church where the body
will bo laid amid those 'of rel
atives and friends whpse li'ves
sheidoubtless-emillaed.
Our sympathies are tendered
to those whose loss is her gain
Good Roads Convention.
Thure willt a Meeting of tho
citizens of Cabarrus 'County,
during tho rress of court io the
court hou-,0 at non in Concord
on Monday, May the 5th, toor
ganize a Gotfl Roads Convention
for Cabarrus County. .
There never has been a more
important meeting billed tor the! w
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benefit of the citizens of this
county than, this one for good
roads. Its results will reach and
bless every homo jn th'e couirty
and it is sarno.stly dofiired that
every township wilf seint its best
representative men. here at this
meeting. M. B. Stickle y,
Vice PresiJent of Ste Associa
tion for Cabarrus County.
'"It is far easier to keep the
ordinary wolf from the door
than it is to keep the gray wolf
out of office'-".
22 1902.,
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pants come and look without the least obligation
to buy
.Boys' Suits, double Knee
value z.5U in size b
Better Suits at 2.50, 3.50
joy;. uuu ivne.e i ants, ,au
Tl . X 1 1 1 'Tk i
,34G the best 50c pitnt
Bitter Knee Pants 75c and
Job lot of Boys' Knee Pants, ajre ( to
. value 35c and 40c, our special price
Teu doz. 25c Mole Skin Knee Pants,
price ;
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One-third of your life is spo; t hi bed Why rur h com
p . fortable. We have in stock tho fivmous
SILVER 'KiE, SOLID COM, : M TO, IBS tMM
and last but not least the
. Butler Portable Bed Sprirg.
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E TjKIi is sfimothinf? now nndor
t3Tour house and explain. Mat.rcssestp match , a rul 1
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t . " Tako Life easy Equip your
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t Bell & Harris Furniture .Co'S:Store. !
and Dream
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jjj to say Whether our work isall right or
not ; and if it is no), we guarantee to H
k rrlake it sq. We arehere fo ma e aft
profita livingalso to do justice to H
our. cubiunirb.
,w The Standard Job Office.
-Singlh ropy 5 cents
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Parents have you.got
t6 buy any clothing for
your boys in the near
future? Then it Tould
be econemy to look over
our large stock. We
hare just the. kind that
is well made and will
stand the Jiard knocks
of a realboy. The Mrs.
Jane Hopkins Star
Make is the best, every
stitch taken just right
double Knees and
double Seats to the knee
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and Seats to prints, real
to 1(5 years, our price
' 2.00
up to
5.00
11 1 1
wool, goou -wear, sizes
on the market
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25c
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