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4 Price: $4.00 per year. ;.-0NC0RD.Kt?. Monday." MArfCse. i90f. v -single copy ents. ,m,, 1 v 1 TKfiEl)l IN A CHURCH, . A R"jected Suitor Slays a BflanUful I Young W niau JusUas the Minister Prouounces tHe Benediction, Atlanta, My 25,--Five or six hundred men, divided .into a half dozen posses, are to-nigh searching the country adjacent to this city for Millard Lee, tneson of a well-to-do farmer who to day shot and instantly killed Miss"Lilla Suttle, a young m, man of 19. The tragedy took place at Wesley chapel, Mount Gilead camp grounds, nine miles from Atlanta, Lee firing two bullets into Miss Suttle just as the minister had finished the benediction and before any of the worshipers had started to leave the church. Lee, who is about 20 years of age, came into the church during the services and took a seat two pews from the door and almost directly behind Miss 'Suttle. Just as the services were over and the copgrcgation had risen its to feet, Lee leaned forward, and fired two shots at Miss" Suttle, killing '. her instantly. Lee escaped, and meeting his father some distance from the church secured $100 from bim. Several posses were soon organized and a call sent in for bloodhounds. DrJohn Suttle, father of the murdered girl, heads one of the posses, while his son. directs another. Miss Suttle was a strikingly beautiful young woman and had recently graduated with high honors from a college. It is said that she refused Lee's attentions because she con sidered herself above hinT so cially. LORD TAUSCEFOTE DEAD. Fusses Away at the English Embassy at Washington City Saturday Morning. Lord Pauncefote the British ambassador-to the United States died at 5:35 o'clock at the embassy in Washington City, Saturday morning. ' While his death was seen to be not far distant the end came sooner than was expected.'' Mrs. Pauncefote was with him when he died. .- Mrs. Liuhtr Biles Dead. Mrs. Luther Biles died Satur day evening at 7 o'cldbk after a lingering illness with consump tion, whicii has gradually wasted a wily her vitality. Her maiden name was Miss ace. She was married about 10 years ago and now leaved a sorrowing husbud and one daughttr about 8 yeas old- She was a member of thFir Presbyterian church. Thefun eral services wdr$ conducted to da (Monday) at 10:30 a? the home on West Depot street and the interment was made in the Presbyteiianemetery. rou.(iooi K0ADS. (Jood, Roads Association of Xo. 12 tor Qnlarrus County Ortfifnized Dele- patestq County Good Roads 'Meeting:. Saturday the 24th was the day for the organization of townships for good roads. . . .At the ringing of the bell a few Concord citizens assembled in the court bouse. Vice-prest-dent for the township H M .Bar rtw being unavoidably absent M r. M B Stickley was elected as chairman. ' On motion the name of Good Roads Association of No. 12 for Cabarrus County was adopted' as the name of the organization. Mr. H M Barrow was elected president and J D' Barrier secre tary r -. ; ' The following were then elect ed as delegates-to the meeting of the Good Roads Association of Cabarrus on Saturday, May 31st, viz: M li Stickley, H M Barrow, Paul B Means, C A Pitts,' J D Barrier, Dr. R S Young, A B YDung,; G T Crowell D P Can-' non, M L Brown, W G Mean?, M II Caldwell, L Tjllartsell, J. L Crowell, J B Sherrill, J F Hur ley,. W R Odell, Mj Corl and D B Coltrane. " " ' There being no further, bus;-, the meeting adjourned. Sad Results of Sunday Drinking. Mayor Stickley had a case be fore him this (Monday) morning that was rather trying. It was that in which Henry Beck was arraigned for drunk and disorderly conduct, includ ing abuse of his wife. Mrs. lieck testified that he is a good,' kind husband when not under the in fluence of liquor. But it seems that Mr. Beck' has some chums that gather in on Sundays and there is always on hand the ma terial that) makes monsters of husbands that imbibe too much of it, and the results- have become rather habitual; i Mayor Stickley, finding the repetition ) too frequent for further indul-. gence. passed judgment that he serve on the county, roads for '30 days. It was ,u fverdict painful to i- ..4 - . pass over the tears and tho ; pleadings of the wife and chil-j dren. It ' is! to bo hoped that whenrMr.. Beck rot urns to his family he will'cdt fbo.e Irom tho . crowd and the Sunday drinking. Nursed 1 ! Fourth fieiieraiion. Mr. and Mrs..Alpazo Do o re turned .Sunday to their home at Da;?dst)n after visit hero for! Lthe special pleasure of Mr. J Dove, the great:grand-father of the little ones. Mr. Dove en joyed nursing the little folks of the fourth generation. As one of the family facetiously said, 'there, are pot many men who have the pleasure of tickling the feet of their great-grandchildren. . . MR.WM. M. L0U UB.1D. . Aped (53 Years Leaven We and Three Children Wor the Croks of Iliior. Mr. WiHiamM Lcjtfg tlied at his home at Forest Hill Sunday morning, the 25th, of a stomachj disease believed to be cancer. Mr. Long was of good consti tution and survived much longer than was looked for by , those who knew the virulence ofr the disease. ;f 1 - '' He was 63 years old and was a veteran of the great war. He was a member of Capt. Bar riLger's Cavalry, Co. F, First N. C, and a gallant soldier. He wore the Cross of,B6nor.s He was a member of the Ger man Reformed church and the remains were interred at Mt,! Gilead early today (Monday.) Rev. J H ' Keller, conducted tho funeral. , ? j, ., He left a wife and tVo Aaugh- ters and a sui to mourn hi& Uuatii. We extend our sympathies while we recall that he was one of the writer's school mates qf early boyhood. rt " ; ; ' '. .- County Democratic ExecutiveCoinnilttce. The. following are tho Demo cratic Executive Committee for Cabarrus county, which will meet on next Saturday, tho 31st, at the cajl of Chairman A B Young: . TOWNSHIPS. ' -No. 1 D Henry White. , Mo. -2-Will F Cannon. No. 3 C O Gillon. . No.' 4 Chas. A Sherwood. No. 5 W K Lyies. ' No. 6 Geo. E Ritchie. No. 7 Geo. W Dry. No, 8 Will N Misenheimer. No. 9 Caleb F Smith. No. 10 Rob t. F Hartsell. No. 11 Chas. A Isenhour. WARDS. NO. 12 TOWNSHIP. No. 1 Frank L Smith. No. 2 Jas. N Brown. No. 3 Jno. K Patterson. . , ' No.-4 A B Young. Half (James Saturday. The results of local ball play ing Saturday were as follows: Tho Yorke Furniture .Factory team defeated the . Forest Hill team by a score 8 to 3. The Gibson Mill team defeated thn Pnnnnn Mill tPM.m hxr In'ti 7j , J .:w; our local Conrd team by a sooceof 10 to 7 . . The Caiiiiid-it-. 1 He ' kissed the baby' ; ad rubbe i the heads of Sam and ' Sue, he swore tho twins were bea'ufciful and wished he had two but that doesn't count, ye asked abou t.b" r-nrnbrrd, which he vainly tried to chaw, and forthwith begged for the recipe, of course that tictied ma but that doesn't count. But just before he left he stopped and winked, closed up his jaw,- and slipping out behind the barn, he took a drink with pa and that's what counts. Bro;vn County Democrat. SUNDAY'S TARNAfoO. FourKWea and $20,000 Worth of PropfJ ertyiJeiffroyM at Udion, S. C Rock Dill Suffew Mr. R A Brown Gone , to Repair Damages. ' ' Union, S. C., vas visited o Suaday, the 25th, by afeiful tarnado. . FbUr ',, people were killed and $20,000 worth of prop erty was destroyed. About 4 o clock two storms, one from the north and one from the south, seemed to meet and the com bined force was fearful. ' it blew down a school house and two dwelling houses,' in which the deaths-occurred. t We learn that Rock Hill also suffered a seyore blow. Mr. ,R A ! Brown .was , called Sunday evening to come to repair dam ages o.u the Highland Park M ills resulting, .from .thtj storm. lie leJltSauday night.- , . Mr. E O Williams of Monroe was in OiJr city today and affected a real estato deal with Mr, J i C Fink' in which the ' latter bo comes the owner of the Howell property ou North Uuion street a id gives for it his home place on Loan street and a house and lot at Forest Hill anj paying alsj.a small money considera tion. TO CUKK A COLD IN 0E D4Y. Take Laxative Bromo Quinind Tablets. All druggists refune the money if it fails to cure. SHOES That's What We Say. We have , so many good Shoes that we can't help talking about the good 'points. Some one comes in every day and says those Snow Shoos for men or tho Regina for women are the best J ever had. This is the cause for our large shoe trade. .We sell good Shoes. Our Shoes are made by experi- enced workmen. The very best of upper stock and sole leather is. used. Large variety, any size, all styles. 'We fit Ihe feet rfurse. DEMOCKAiriCnOSUUESSlONAT CON . E.NTIOX. Called to Meet Jul 80th at Wilksboro. Th Democratic convention of thfe Eighth Congressional Dis trict !s hereby called to meet at Wilkesboro, N. C, .On Wednes day, July 30th, 1902, at 5 o'clock p. in., for the purpose of nom inating a candidate for Congress. ! L. II. Clement. Char. Ex. Com. R. N. Hackett, Secy. He Had a Premonition. , , Mr! J W.Belk, of Dudley,. S. C.J whose son, James Belk,' was killed by lightning on the 14th inst.f an account of ii!;h we gave last week, w.;s in town yes terday and told us thao.tho crystal and wiioi! f;u! of. the watch which his 'mi hd in hs vet pocket when ;4o was killed was melted and t'nt hi.s knife was also melted A strange thiug. about the young man's death is that at noon the day be fore he was killed he wrote in a . blank book, "De;tr. Mother: After ne more iffy I will bo better otf." Monroo Eiquirer. j Dropped $2,000 in a Sewer. Mr. A Savory lost ,,000 in bills and a mileas." book on the Southern by dropping his pocket book in the sewer at Winston Scilem last Friday.- It quickly passed out of his sight and all his efforts to regain it proved unavailing. as w3ll &s the aA), CTr. ccyy d.7
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