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"UNCORD, N. CJ. THURSDAY. MAY 8 1902.
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MEETING OF LUTHERAN STXOD.
Key. Dr. R Yoder, of Newton, Elected
President, and Rev. A , 0 Tolght, of
Wilmington, Ylce President.
Charleston, S. C.,' May 7.
The eighth Convention of the
United Synod of the Evangelical
Lutheran.Church was opened at
St. John's church, this city, this
morning with a sermon . by the
president, Rev. Dr. JBjGreincr,
of Rural Retreat, Va. Delegate
were present from the District
Synods of 'North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Vir
ginia, Southwest Virginia, Geor
gia, Holston and Mississippi.
President Greiner, in his
voluminous report, announced
that the effort to raise $30,000 of
the $50,00 endowment fund for
the Theologicol Seminary re
sulted in securing nearly $23,000
all of which contributions were
Ifvaa will r&rifiinrrc " Hfor
topics embraced in the report
weie missions, literary institut
ions, publication houses, con
ditions -as to congregation,
points of strength and points of
weakness.
Rev. R A Yoder, D. D., of
Newton, N. C, was chosen
president, and. Rev. A G Voigbt
D. P., of Wilmington, N C,
was elected vice president of the
United Synod for the. ensuing
year. The Convention will not
adjourn until Sunday.
We Hope to Keep Mr. Groves.
, The Salisbury correspondent
of the 7th to the Charlotte Ob
server says :
; "It is reliably learned today
that the successor of Mi", Irving
Proctor, the present freight
agent here, will be Mr. A Bu
ford, of Henderson. When the
change will take place is an in
definite matter, ' Mr. Proctor re
signed the position effective My
1st, but consented io hold on a
while longer. Concord people,
who have feared the loss of
their efficient agent, Mr. J A
Groves, to Salisbury, will be
gratified, by this announcement."
This is gratifying indeed ex
cept from the unselfish view that
Mr. Groves is justly entitled to !
any promotion in his line. The
fear of his leaving seems to have
had its foundation outside of any
part he had in it or of any move
ment of which he was aware.
The clockwork, smoothness by
iFhich the depot affairs are runained The one great sou rceof J
under his management maks us
anxious that he be allowed here
all the essentials of promotion,
and an adequate salary
More Stars for the Flag:.
A bill has been introduced in
Congress to admit Oklahoma.
Arizona and New Mexico to
statehood. Representative Mc
Pae who is in favor of the bill
will offer an amendment to unite
Oklahoma and Indian Territory
and admit the whole as a state.
THE WRECK AT LAWYER'S.
Freight Train lu the Way of .27 Caust
it-No One Killed-Flye Cars Bnrned.
.The wreck about which re
ports were very meagre on the
7th seem pbout as follows :
A southbound freight under
Conductor Joe Johns and Engi
neer C Thornton should have
kept the siding, at Lawyer's,
twelve miles soutli of Lynch -burg
Wednesday morning till
No. 37, southbound, had passed.
Prom some mistake it came out
on the main line and was run
into by 37 at 5:2o o'clock in the
morning. The engineer and fire-
man jumped for their lives and
escaped with , little injury. A King Alcohol, who . bade him
few others of ttie crew were a'Carouse in disorderly manner
little hurt but no
were injured
Two postal cars, the club car
and two sleepers were wrecked
and burned, though the mail and
baggage were saved-.
The' property loss is very con-
siderable, , being due largely to
the fire.
He's a Good One.
Ralph Bingham was greeted
with a splendid audience on
Wednesday night and he ex
pressed his great satisfaction
with the number present and the
appreciation ot his efforts. He
says he always tells hisaudieuce
the same. He is a rare humorist
and if there's anything in
'Laugh and Grow Fat" 'there
should be an unusual degree of
avoidropoise in town to bo toted
today.
: IJis rendering had little of the
serious and less of the instruc
tiye but ,was overflowing, from
first to last with mirth, varying
from the gentle chuckle to the
side splitting laughter. His per
formances on the violin were ex
cellent. Miss Mary Louis -Harris
assisted with piano .accompani
ment. The -evening was filled
with genuine light hearted en
joyment. .
Will Bore the Second Well Beeper.
The tests that havebeerr given
for the last two days on the new
or second artesian Well. did. not
give satisfaction and it wae or
dered that the boring go on till
better results are obtained. It
! was found that only about 40
gallons per minute could be ob
satisfaction is that the pumpingl
from the second well didoot ef
feet the water in the first. This
indicates tltafc the supples come
j from difi-eit strata and there
'fore it is encouring' to bore
deeper in this well.
JU
Mr. Xichols Dead.
Mr. Nichols, whovas in our
i midst some weeks ago prospect
ing some mining interests and
fully expecting to return died in
New York a few days ago.
RIYER DISASTER IX OHIO.
Seven Youug People Drowned Tbeir
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BoatJStruck By a Tug
Seven young people, meajpers
of a Sunday School class'of the
First Baptist ohurch in Toledo,
O., were drowned on the night
of the 7th in the Maumee river.
Eleven )of them were taking a
pleasure ride on the river when
they were run into by a tug and
their boat was capsized. Four
were rescued but th seven went
down.
King: Alcohol a garage Tyrant.
The mayoj: , had a bad case be
fore him Wednesday evening, a
man that gave himself away to
I
passengers an(j attack his own bosom com
panion with a deadly weapon.
The court imposed on him a tine
' 0f $io for drunk and disorderly
conduct and bound him in a bond
of $50 for his appearance to next
(Superior court to answer the
charge of a. ;d. w.
i
Miss Childers Seen.
A Salisbury sptciil of the 7th
to Ihfi (Iharlotlft Obsorvpr smvs
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mi. i iv xuyiur, ucvsageu. uu
the Western road and a reliable
man, says he saw Miss Childers
on the train to Knoxville. She
. asked hirr about a suitable
boarding house, which informa-
tion he gave her. She said her
name was Miss Childers and
that she was going to- visit rela
tives in Nebraska. He saw her
on the streets of Knoxville the
next da'. He did not know of
the sensation in the case and
therefore the trace is lost. Any
way there seems to be no Nellie
Cropsey case in it.
Notes on the Exposition.
There is. an old army rifle
afnong the military curios with
the following story attached :
'A Confederate soldier was tak
ing aim and just as he was pull
ing the trigger a Federal sent a
ball into the muzzle of his gun.
The balls met with their 'force
but a few inches from the start
ing point of the Confederate's
bullet, when the compressed air
burst the gun, throwing off a
chunk of tlie barrel and .letting
the two bullets lie inU&t but a
few inches from each other. 'j
In the Woman's J3utlding the
Writer naU mo Veni graill yinr I
i . i
honor Of gracing the haild Of !
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iss Mary Curtis Lee, daughter
fn Slir t c o Tin-.
of Gen. R E Lee. She is a fine
specimen of well developed wo-
maulfood of rathar
masculine
that she too was born to com-
mand. '
Part, of what is the Woman's
Building has been standing
there
on the
banks of the Ashley river I
nee 1725, which makes it
ever since
177 years old.
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It's a pleasureito show you around.- If you feel weary drop
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Drug Store.
Dr W H. Wakefield,
CHARLOTTE, N. 0.,
limits his practice to diseases. of
Eye, Ear Nose and Throat.
The doctor will be in Mt
Pleasant at Mrs. Welsh's llotel
on Wednesday, May 28th, fev
cne day only.
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