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'MuMe CMinEofanUonnly.
Lile st Work 'in a Field Near Her
Home .His Xeelj Benson is Assaulted
and Her Skull Crushed Her Cries
Suiunioiied Help Only in Time to Find
. Her Dead Body TAvo Xeurroes in Jail
Salisbury, June 9. Miss
Neelv Benson, a young -white
woman who lived with lrer
widowed mother, Mrs. Samut
FBeuson, on Iheir arm near
. Mount VernoL,.' thi6 county was
outraged and murdered by an
unknown party or parties be
tween 2 and 3 o'clock this after-
noon.
. The attack upon the unfor
tunate woman occurred while
. she was boeing corn in a piece
' '-of bottom land sc .ral hundred
yards from the house." Her cries
- for help were heard at the
house and when parties who
responded reach the scene Miss
Benson was found lying with her
skull crushed. There is so far
no clue as to her assailant or
assailants. No examination of
the remains had been made up
to the time the information
reached the city, but it appears
certain that two crimes were
'committed.
Sheriff Julian received a tele
gram at 6 o'clock asking for
bloodhounds, but it was im
possible to secure them either
here or in adjoining towns. The
sheriff dispatched Deputies Rice
and Julian by buggy at once from
Salisbury and Deputy Hodge
Krider from Barber Junction.
The local telephone ' lino to
. Woodleaf being out of order it is
impossible to secure details at
tljis time. The dead wouiau was
27 years of jage.
Mooresville, Junp 9. It is
said a suspicious character in the
ntflghborhood of Woodleaf is
under surveillances as a suspect in
connection wiiti the" murder of
Miss Benson thi afternoon, The
woman's heatl was beaten into a
jelly. Special to Charlotte Ob-
ver.
Since the above is in type we
learn, that two young negroes
have been arrested and liave con
fefeed the crime They are in
jail in Salisbury.
HE TEASED THE ELEHlA.tf.
Keeper SavedTliis Yuii!j Man, Who
, Worried Tops.
The l?ig elephantTops, which
killed a man in Brooklyn a'we,ek
ago because the jnan.burned her
trunk with, his cigar, . has"
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shown ajam mat she is an;
elephant that is not to be trifled
with. .
Tops gave an ugly grunt, as
her keeper routed her out of the
elephant car of the Forepaugh'
& Sells' Circus and headed her
fbr. tlie circus grounds. In the
crowd at the station to- witness
the " unloading was Louis J
Dondero, 20 years old, son of
John Dondero, a business man
of Kingston. Tops' keeper
stopped her just in front" of
Dondero to- wait for another
elephant to come up. The young
man spoke to the elephant and
picked up-a long stick and com
menced to tickle the huge beast
behind the ears.
The elephaoit drew back her
trunk, blinked her eyes and then
suddenly gave a roar, shot out
her trunk and wound it around
Dondero 's wrist. She raised
him high above her head, held
him poised there a few seconds,
and-then, while the young man
yelled with fright, the elephant
laid hinon the ground. By this
time the keeper had heard the
young man s screams ana was
running to the rescue. He
reached Tops just as she had
her foot raised and was about to
step on he one who had teased
her and crush him to death.
"Back up, Tops, back up!"
he keeper shouted, at the same
time sinking the sharp end of
us sTicic into the elephants,
hiue. l ops wavered air instant,.
hen she sudenly obeyed his
order, drawing back "from the
prostrate youth and taking her
iacc with the other elephants in
FATAL FJKE IS CHICAUO.
.
jfhlr1e:i liquates of aSaTiitariuni ferisli
Rnd SOjire Injured-Inebriates Strap
ped to Their Heda.
A ChU-'ftgo sanitarium was de-
stK)yed by fir oh the ninth iwid
with it twelve men and ono wo-
tn'ea perishgd. It was chiefly fgr
the treatment of Inebriates and
drug victims ' and a number of
the victims were suffering from
delirfum.tremens and were strap-.
ped to their beds, raving maniacs,
where they were consumed, the
fire spreading'tooinst for possi
ble rescue. '
Thirty others were injured.
Our Mississippi Letter.
Basic, Miss., June 9, 1902. .
Mu. Editor: It may interest
some of your readers a little to
hear a word from a Standard
reader who is in Mississippi. ,
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EXTREME VALUES
in ' Merchandise for InK
r i
mediate Use.
QUR SPECIAL.SALES DAYS were very sue- Q
cessful from the fact that we had iust what X
J 'we advertised'and our customers found some of jj
Q the best yalues that they knew of. During this-q
Q sale some certain linos wore almost bought out, r)
q but the express and freights make every depart-
g raent bright for Monday's selling. This store is
filled with good things, and we are always pleased
q to show you the new arrivals. We suit any taste q
n and any-purse. p
p WHITE Silt RT WAISTS ij
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rjPilERE is a great difference in Ladies' Shirt
ft Waists some are well made and fit perfect-
ft ly, others' are noorlv made ami verv unsarisluc- X
I am a very poor composer or j ft tory. We call particular atsentioii to o"r N'hite ft
Nvaisrsat 90c., $i,25t 0150 ana 2.00, iu 01 k
ft which are well made, of nice material aiul perfect ft
iunng. L 011 cannot ouy ine marenai ami nave r.
thein made in the same manner for.tne price asked ft
I would write something that
would bo a littlo more interest
ing, but as it is I will do the best
lean.
I find things hero quite differ
ent 'from any placo that I have
ever been yet. Here I find large
forests of the genuine Jong leaf
yellow pine which. s being cut
out at a very rapid rate.
The soil here is of a sandy
nature, very well adapted to cot
ton, which is the chief farming j
industry.
The climate is very warm, but
not so sultry as it is farther
north'. The sun shines very
warm here, but it is ploasant and
comfortable in the shade.
The people here, I find to be
of a very agreeable nature and
quite accomodating, and taking
everything in consideration, to
Mississippi is a fairly g6od
State toJ.ivt) in.
We would" litfe to know what
has become of our eastern Cabar
rus and south Rowan . item
WHITE PERSIA . LAWNS
At 5c, 35c. and jsc. Per Yard.
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H A these prices we show the most satisfactory ,A
ft roods for vhitf drosses. No other coods are ft
$ - - 1 11. i t 1 ! T V . .
as sneerianu oeauniui as 1 ersian juiwus. e j
also show some special values in plain hite 34- S
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ft
ft
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inch Lawns at 10c. per yard that are worth a Q
third more. New lot of Laeesjijst received. 1 j
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Rug! Rugger! Ruggistlf
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H pVEKH.OUV wants a NKVV f Ql
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Card of Than kg.
We wish to thank the many
kind'frignds gnd' Neighbors for
tlie help irfind kindness shown
me and my wife during the sick
ness of our little son. May they
all be blessed with a greater
blessing than we can give or ask
though he has left us, but thank
God we can meet him in that
world aboye.
Martin C and Mrs. Nettie
Ann Lefler.
Kind ley, X. G.
writer's.
the route to the show grounds. I V:ili 1 hme h vour eas,ern ' ggf
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Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Dis- us w, lu.- auu -uu
patch. ,
IJuHebtill on ilonday.
In the diamond coat est s Mon-
day Chailotte won over Durhan,
bya score of 8 to 2, Raleigh f
kjiow thai you are living.
Wishing the SuimJ.ard rnucli
success, I am very,
Respectfully,
Gil Lentz.
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Tjver Wilmington 7 to L Greeifci- j What hag msed to be a
boro over New Bern 8 toO. mAtter of litigation was atnioM
Raleigh-Wilmington game was' , t , rA : uw.u
f r, bly adjusted on monray yi wnicn
disgraced by a row in which n T?i. , Pvthl.nn
RlA And if von want (no
pick don't tarry but come quick.
We have bouglit -largely, as we
usually do, in order to get prices
right,, and wodid, .and we have
marked them asm-ar M10 water line
as possible. If you are interested
in Rugi now ' ; 'iur timi
( 1MRS.
Chairs wc,-ll without, end. An
other car oi lix' (lom chuirsto
meet the sctiiu; capacity of our
customers
m STOVES.
Anothereiw of those celobntted
Star LeadcrCook Stoves" the best
Stove for the moue, on the market
10 y enr L'unranit'o on firn hck.
. FURNITURE.
Furniture we sing all day long.
Come and sec; us and we will make
youapyy.
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Trefger of Raleigh, knocked
Fisher, of Wilmington, down
with a bat.
Major Hale for Congress.
- A a mass meeting held in
Fayetteville Monday night to
celebrate the passage of the bill
for improving the upper Cape
Fear, a series of resolutions were
passed in honor of Maj. E J Hale
for his services in securing the
M
passage of the bill and he was
endorsed for Congress from tb3
6th district.
Reaky Company are concerned.
The Company wants to build at
once and Mr. Ritz claimed a con
tract and refused to vacate until
the expiration of the time or till
he could get a business stand.
Mr. Graeber was proceeding to
tear away everything. An agree
ment wTas reached that Mr. Grso
ber stop till x next Monday till
which Oe Ir Rltz WH- Provide
another stand.
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Diarrhoea,Dysenter and
the Bovl Troubles of
Children of Any Age.
Aids Digestion. ieyulat
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TEETHING EASY.
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FumKKCE. 8. C. Not. 26. 1!K). I wa first advised by our family tihyslcian in CbarI-Bton to use TEETHISA
trith our Itaby whn he was but a very youni; infant, as a preventive of cu.ic aud to warm, and set u n tiie stomach.
Later it wan useful in teething tronbles. and its effect baa been fuund to be so very beneficial and sd free from danfren
thatare consequent upon the use of drutfs and soolJiiiit; s.vrups. that we have come to reaul it. af:er uuo with tiiree
children, auntie of tbe necessities when there i anew baby in the house and until the teething troubles are over, and
we take pleasure in recoiuiuemlinir it Innur f'ien: im u a I of fie horrid stufl tliat so many iieople ne to keep t'lbif
toby quiet. IlAltT WXL Jtt. Ai'Kli, (ilaiiaer bulf liuies aud Wets '; Tuues-ilesstnur. )
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.. Costs Oaly 25 ceats at Dniisls,
i)HrjiiOr mail 25 cpbU to C. J. MOFFETT, M
Fetzer's Drug tore.
Mr. Jno. A Barnbardt, of
Pineer, Mills, was in the city to
day (Tuesday.)
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