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IJetli)Toti Musi &nh ives a SplcnVd
Frflgram ut Dr. and SI A. H.C, ller-
The Beethoven Music Club ac
cepted the apartments tendered
by Br." and H C Her-
' ring in their beatiful and
capacious home on West
Depot street and pave an
' entertainment Thursday uight at
which a number of friends were
invited. Indeed the space was
taxed that as many as possible
might enjoy the rich fe.ast in
store. The program as printed
Wednesday in the Standard was
strictly adhered to with a few
extras on encore. As a lady said
tithe writer aeter the exarcise,
there wasnot a dry feature on
the program and Foveral Parts
rose -to the degree, of the sub-
linfe. Fairy Land Waltz, by the
Neviu Quartette, composed of I
Misses Craven and Smith and,
Messrs. Barrow and Betts was
racy and beautiful to a. rare de-, bloIieris urMiay evening wun upon having won a life compan
gree. The recitations by Misses j regard to our system of water ion possessod of the most con
Hervey and Hendrix were very WOrks and was .employed by R6nial and lovely characteristics,
enjoyable and each returned thom t0 engineer and superin. Mrs. Ritchie : will find a most
after persistant delay but in re- tend the whole construction. hearty welcome awaiting her
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down and rendered a se
whir.h richlv rewarded those
who mav have
burning palms. "
Several piano salos were en
cored.
The vocal solos bv Misses Cra-
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ven and Patterson were cheered
lustily, showing the pleasure af
forded by them.
The program completed, the
delighted guests arose, but were
slow to depart and social con
verse flowed in laughing stream
and spontanpous vein.
The occasion will linger in the
memories of those present as a'tne cemetery Monday alternoon
splendid contribution, othe sum
total of life's pleasures, by the
Beethoven Club and the inmates! They kept pummelling each
of the 'elegant home thrown open other in the grave until a police
for an evening oi enjoyment. man who had been summoded by
Drowned in a Branch.
The Mooresville correspondent
to the Charlotte Observer under
date of the 28th says
named Will
'A young man
McLaughlin. aged about 18 years,
was drowned last Saturday near
the home of his uncle, Henry
McLaughlin, with whom he lived.
The young man was subject to
fits. His uncle never sentjiim
far away whan alone. On this
occasion he sent him on a short
errand across a small branch
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lilt rtj'siueuce. vvxiuii no scyj
been gone long enough to have
u a Ai
muue mp auu uiu xjui reuuru .
his uncle went in search of him
stad found him in the branch.i
dad. He had crossed and re
(gosselt the ft ranch, but his tracks
indicated that he had gone back
to the branch after crossing. It
is supposed that he was seiacd I
by a fit and fell into the branch."
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INDICATIONS R)U PEACH.
!lnnoimoement Exported Early JioxtJ
Week.
Again the sky lools"brjght for
peace in South Africa. The
British have agreed to thereten
tion of arms by the Boers and it
is hoped that peace will oou be
declared.
Commencement at Sijuderland Hall.
The commencement exercises
of Sunderland will be held next
Tuesday, morning and night.
Two members of the present
corps of teachers will sever their
connection with the school at the
close of this session. Miss Her
vey returns to her home in West
,r. . . , ... xt , ,y
Virginia and Miss Helen Goss
to her relatives in Iowa. Con-
cord correspondent to Charlotte
observer.
Mr. Lmllow Employed bj thej Water
Commission.
Mr- J L Ludlow, of Winston,
met our board of water commis
sioners Thursday evening with
Mr. Ludlow will make the sur
veys and complete the plans for
the system and will see that
suffered from cvg1j' ucwu w eiauiou ujuu
ing to his directions as an expert. 1
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The water commission. wiiL
purchase all the material them-
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as to tne laoor.
Grave-Digseis Fight While Digging a confederate cemetory, his com
Grave' jrades at the home acting as pall
Albert Joeneay and John bearers.
Lahey, grave diggers at Grace i -
!.u xt tu
N. J., were arraigned before
Recorder Pullis, of that town,
yesterday. They quart elled in
and during the fight which
followed fell into an open grave.
the wife of the Rev. I W Gowan,
pastor of Grovechurch, arrived.
Lahey resfsted arrest and had
to be clubbed into submission.
Recorder Pullis, who is the
Shakespearean scho a: of the
Mow Tlnpham Tiitprarv RnfiP.tr.
discharged both after making
thom Tmmic tn ronrl 'FTamlAt.
and learn the proper conduct,
speech and manner for grave
diggers.-New .York Sun. ,
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Dangerous Neglected.
Burns, cuts and other wounds
often fail to heal properly if
!""r r
DeWitt's
Hazel
bumu - suits.-.
.Salve prevents
bUCfl
v
conse
delay ,'aeunces. Lven where
qeu
has
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tho lninrtr
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
effects acure. "I had a running
sore on my legthirty years,'
says H C Hartly, Yankeetown J
Ind. "After using many
remedies, I tried DeWitt's Hazel
Salve. A few boxes healed the
sore." Cures all skin diseases.
Piles yield to it at once. Beware
of counterfeits. Gibson Drug
Store.
:)ycmn' o. Friday, mav
KItckiOrowcllJVeddIoff,
My. Walter P IfiWhie and Miss
Lenora growell.ilaughter oS Mr.
lock at the home of the bride at
3 o'clock p. m. on VeInesday,
the 28th, by Rev. J S Nelson.
The attendants were Mr.
Mumpford'Ritchieand Miss Mary
Ritchie and Mr. Marvin Crowell
and Miss Ermie Ritchie.
It was a quiet home wedding
with all the Joyeliness and en
dearments implied in home,
sweet home.
After the marriage a sumptu-
'nnc rr rn cf ixrn o Miimrcrl in all
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'glory of easy sociability. The
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menu was elaborate and the
fruests lingered lonsr at the
festal bra '
Mr. ftitchie is too well and
favorably knowto he.re.as a most
excellent young man fo me to
att3mpt any enconiums upon.
him and ho is to be congratulated
among a circle of good and kind
neiRhbors
E. W.
FlrBt Veteran Admitted to Soldier's
Home Dead.
Mr. W R Aid ridge, the ilrst
Veteran admitted ' at the North
Carolina Soldier's Home died
Thursday morning at the home.
He was buried todar in the
Saved Tree and Lost His Ovtu Life.
Portland, Ore., May 29.
'Four persons were drowned
li.t. nitrht, hv t,Vu r,nnsizin.r nf
xwvuv D " J I O
a row boat in the Columbia
river near Martin's Bluff, 12
miles above Kalama. The
drovnod are Herbert Martin,
aged 21; Guy Martin, aged 17,
Lilly Durkeo: aged 21; Lizzie
Durkee, "atred 18: Besides those
drowned mere were in the boat
Mrs. E C Martin, Herbert Martin
saved his mother, one sister and'
T iv-m,
After trking them
to shoro ho swarn back t0 save
the rest of the party but became
exhausted and was drowned'
with three others.
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,,,e nauds of ,l,e r,ife-
Greensboro police circles have
qujte a row. One Sam McClin
tock seems responsible for it.
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Struck his wif and terrorized
his.family till'they all ran awjly.
A policeman was called who took
McClintock in. He found him
quiet and sleeping when he got
there however. McClintock got
a warrant from a magistrate and
the policeman was txnmd j,n a
bond of $100 for his appearance
:o court. Mayor Osborne is in
censed and speaks of resigning
if the police service is thus to be
handicapped.
so isof.
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X . THE last two days in this month should make '
X business matters rather brisk at this siore be-
$ cause of the extremely low prices on merchandise
j of a. high 'character. The department store is a '
good store in yhioh to do shopping because of & '
M the large and interesting line of goods carried V
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on one.Hopr so moderately priced.
8 Plain White
price 15c, our price
Persian Lawns, beautiful
quality, at 15 c, 25c and
ft TToVTT flnn T?mn nYl T,QTTT"n Ad ft
1 i? in. wide,
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Lace Stripe
& large variety at 10c,
H 15c and, per yard
s Black Lace Stripe Goods
X at 10c, 15c to, per yard. .
X 40 in. Plain Solid colored
Lawns, per yard
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OH! ITS GREAT
When you have three mail orders to till in one d.iy. fe ship
goods today to Morgauton, Norwood and Mt. Airy, ;uid it's not a
good day for orders either. But we have the stuiT the people
want at prices that they can afford to" pay, wheat or no wheat.
Our Line of Furniture
mav be equaled in cities but not oxcolled in-North 0 wutiua. Car
lots and spot cusn gives an option on the best factories in Ahe
United States and our saving in discounts and frei; h'-. -.'ive us a
profit to start with. Everything in season.- Now is a, food time
To Buy Refrigerators..
Gurney, North Star, Cold Wave ahd La Bell to s ' c' n.
Ice Boxes, Water Coolers,
Liivvu"Swings, Settees and Rockers, and don't forget 'i m Palmer
Hammock. We are after you for business. Come and seo.
j I Q0 ell CC MamS 1? lir. UOHipany.
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Good Job Work!
V , iLWlC substantiate this statement
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X with the real stuff, and leave it to you &
$ to say whether our work i.S'ail j-ight or
$ not; and if it is not we guarantee to.S
X make it so. We are here to ma e a
H profiWa iivingalsoB to-do justice to d
our customers. jj:
The Standard Job Office. jj;
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