iL , ft 1"' I jf . " n m r 1 i- . .N(XUUV N.'C. SATURDAY. JUNE M, I9t)?. a -5 r Single ropy 5 gents r . , Price: $4.00 pet sear? - j. s 'g . m m - . I 1 : r m .SEVEKE FKL IN ALABAMA TOWN. Alexandria City a HelpleSs Victim $750,000 Worth of Property Go Up jn Smoke and Ashes. , Montgomery, Ala., Jttne 13.-r In one of, the most disastrous conflagrations that ever yted this StatQ, Alexandria City, a place of 1,500 people, was wiped away today by Are. the estimated loss reaching $750,000, which the insurance wiJl not begin to cover. The town ws not supplied with water 'works and all the terror stricken people could do was to save what little they could and the"n, almost prostrate, flee from the awful heat. - Dadevillo was telegraphed for dynamise that some of . the build ings could be destroyed and thu impede the prorress of the flames, but it arrived only to find the a mass of ashes smoldering ' in dust. The telegraph office were destroyed and all telephone communication with the . town has been impaired, making "it! impossible to. learn full details EN iy KEEK LEEIILLflUr KEMEVED IrER 40 YEAKS. Wreck on WeStern Kond Engfcie .and tJtir Cars Le&ie the Track A freight train wreck ocaurred on the Western road near 4 ftfud Cut at the 119th mile posl in which Engineer R B Lee was instantly killedt on Thursday; It; seems the train struck a rail bender and the engine and four cars left the track and plunged down a slope. Enginee Lee jumped but was struck by a car. Jfr. iWell ShofJiinc3, 1SG2 and th Troublefme Bono Taken O4.1t Just Fortf Tear? Later. Mr. Q II Howell showed, us a small bona on June, 18th that was taken out of his foot on the third instant. lie was .shot in the foot at the b'attle of Seven PhKJs on -the 3rd of June 1962 and suffered from 'it all these years.' It was a running sore. Just 40 years to the dav 'and . Mr. Lee was 33 years old and about the hour, he had the bone was reputed one of the best of 'cut out of his foot that had been engineers. He leaves a wife '-the source of trouble. Now he and our children. I walks better than for. 40 years He was a native of this com- and expects to have a healed up, munity.'a son of Mr. Bill Lee ; sound foot very soon. The bone and was related to Mrs. Bigger is in size about as your little fin- of the Miltonjan. 1 ger to the root of (he nail. The Dance of Fiiday Night. The dance given by Prof. Northcott at the Phifer Hall Fri day night was quite a brilliant affair. Twenty-seven handsome couples tipped the light fantastic toe to conventional ball room He Wants Judge Moore Hon. W T Crawford is advo cating Judge Charles A Moor for the Supreme Court bench. Beside claiming eminent fitness in him it is claimed' that the Trans-Montane section should A MOST POPULAR LINE OF TOILET . AND LAUNDRY SOAPS; . . , OME -people' are very particular about the Soaps they use because there are different kinds of Soaps some good and some bad. Our new Department of Toilet Soaps. Perfumes, Face Powders, etc., is grow ing more popular each day because we keep only the best. Our Soaps are made of the purest raw materials to be had and tread under the supervision of one of the best informed chemists on Soap making. We present to you a line of Soaps that for purity and lasting odor have never been equaled. We also have a line of medi cated soaps. We do not claim to sell you Soap at half price but we give you quality and that's what is wanted in Soaps at a moderate price. Ym rflTro con fori this. nnp.P fnr . m ' 1 1 1 1 1 .m 1 III! Iiim III 111 1 n f 111 11 1 ll w li or the fire, it is reported that ; , more then 100 years of the ex only provisions can supply the dreams for the remaining wee hours of the night. The dance was chaperoned in peerless grace Hoard of Education of Cabarrus I In . , . , ... bv Dr. and Mrs. R S Youn? and county who believe that ojr aoap. oiowing ana with " 1 people until Monday. The long period of hot, dry weather had well prepared the buildings of the little city for the rapid spread of the flames. A stiff wind was fierce rapidity the fire spread from buildidg to building until the entire town was a seething mass of flames. Every business house, three banks, two hotels, two livery stables and nine dwelings are totally destroyed. No more shan two or three thou sand dollars' worth of goods were saved in Central of Georgia depot, while three or four cars of freight was totally . destroyed. The Methodist' church, court house and postofiice went up like tinder boxes. .No people were killed. The railroad has established its telegraph lines under a tree and appeals for hoi p and for food are going out. All of the banks were burned and the damage to them and fo others from the loss of valuable papers will run into the thousands of dollars. The tracks of the Central of Geergia are so Ladly warped that the passenger trains east Rnd west ton;ght will- have to transfer. istence of the coui ere loveliness lost its charm and all parted with a vivid taste of the evening's joys to fill their , A. Kcallj Clever Act. There are many people other than the members of the County Our 3 For 10c. Leaders. We sell the best 5c Soap at 3 cakes for 10c. Elder Flower, Easter Lilly, Turkish Bath, Tar, Buttermilk and sweet scented Glycerine, all well known brands of 5c Toliet Soaps, at 3 cakes for 10c Cascarilla antiseptic Skin 10c Mrs. Fannie Brown. A Biff Cotton Oil Rellnerj. The Highland Park Manu- Bitten By a Rattlesnake. A two-year-old son of Mr. George Trask, who resides a short distancef rom the city on the Federal Point road, was bitten by a 'large ground rattlesnake Wednesday afternoon, while he was playing near the edge of his father's house. The snake was killed soon after the .child was bitten. The liitle fellow was brought to Wilmington and given medical attention by Dr. Charles T Harper. He was doing very well yesterday. Wilmington Star of 13th. Saved Himself by Flight The Salisbury Sun says a ne- gro in the em ploy of the Whitney Reduction Company who, on dif ferent occasions, displayed nro voking impudence toward a white lady at New London, es caped the vengeance of citizens last Sunday night by flight. Primary meeting tonight. there. The watd primaries meet to- iightat 8 o'clock at their respective votinalaces to elect rlplp.crn.tps tn thp indifiAl rnn- i k o iac luring company, operating rsreSsional aod state contentions. cotton mills at Charlotte and RfckHill, S. C, is contjilat ing establishing a big coMlon oil refinery in connection tvith one of the plants. It ! understood to e thdntention of th pomotes manufacture the finished products of cotton seed oil. Textile Excelsior. O Subscribe for The Standard. Reduced Rates On account of the following occsiSjjps the Southern Railway 11 mad1 reduced rfctes : On acccunt of Annua Meeting Southern Educational Associa tioik, Chattant3oga, Teen., July 1-4, lyw:. xicKeis io u toiu June 27 to July 1. inclusive, with final limit July 6. Fare 814.60 for round trip. rural school houses should not be inferior to our jails and charity institutions in point of attractiveness and comfort. This is demonstrated in deeds, not in words. Many believing that the chil dren of our county deserve bet ter and more attractive houses in properly arranged districts for school purpose, are await ing an' opportunity to express themselves in action, rather than pose before outside strangers in the role of helpless words. This opportunity has curno to a gen- i i.lemau of Concord and be has i ; quickly grasped it. Ho trenur !ously donates the paint for the new house ouilt in rMo. 11 town ship near Mr. J Dove's. . In behalf of the County Board of Education, the children of the district and the loyal friends of public educational progress in general, I desire .publicly to acknowldga this magnanimous g0 ,act on the part of Mr. ChasYF Ritchie, manager of the Ritchie Hardware Co., of Concord. We have reasons to believe lievt that the six new houses abut to be built will not puffer , i&r lack of appreciative friends, wfio are aw ake to uli cuu.ea of gOOd. ClIAS. E BOGER, ec. to Beard efEucaUog. Kenrd of $200 for the AjOen Incen dltif. St,e Insurance Commissioner James P. Younjj has offered fifjO for tne arrest- oi ine mcenaiary who started the great fire at Ay den in Pitcounty. Specials at 10c. or a Box of fee Calces for 25c. Rose, Pink, Carnation Vio let, Heliotrope and the fa mous Blue Grass Bell, with the odor of wild flowers, all at per cake 10c. Woodbury Facial Soap, known as the best 2oc medi cinal Soap on the morket, our special price 19c High grade glycerine Soap per cake 10c cr. tz, er pr. . "j. . is-. jff 'jS '4 Wu Rugger? Ruggistlg E 0 0 v.i 0 0 1 VERBODY wants a NEW RUG and if you want the pick don't tarry but come quick We have bought largely, as we usually do, in order to get prices' right, and wo did, and we have marked then, i., -way t lie water linr as possible. )r ou are interested In Rug now is your time. CHAIRS. Chairs world without end. .An other ear of 1U0 dozen chairs to meet the seating capacity of our. customers. STOVES. Another car of those celebrated Star IeadeiCook Stoves, the bust Stove for the money on the market 10 year guarantee on fire back. FURNITURE. Furniture we sing all day - long. Come and see us and we will make you pappy. ET2J Eli 9. f 0 e m rT. m 9 o Bell & Harris Fur. Oog 5 iJ! Cures tTi 'i 11 - Diarrhoea.Dvscrtwv.a.mf owcl I roubles of ren of Any Age. (jtm no rowvitofa&r c b Costs Caly 25 cents at Ernests, lhf SrHiNr easy 1 TTwitlMW1? W 1 11. Child! -S52 Or mail 25 rrnU to C. J. MOFFETT. M. ST. LCUI3. MO. 17.oiiKNCE, 8. C, Not. 2fi. 1J0. I w first inlrised by our family rhyaician in Chr:e.ton to dm TI'ETHINA Oourtahf when he was butarery yguiji infnnt. as a pre .-entire ot co.ic an J to warm anil nwerten h stomach. Later it wtftuiefm ia teethin! troubJe, and itaeffeft lias been found to be o vert iwtitjl.'ialaudsofreeX.-oia Uiiaifert; Uiatf.reojneqnent uin the ue of drutr and auothimr eyrup. that we have come taTQr i-d it. after use with three Shildren, aaooeof the neoeitre when there Is anew baliy in the house an 1 until the w. troubles are over, an4 we talca pluaaura in recomtuundinir it to our frieau instel of the horrid tturf that so ma' r people to k.-ep UioV baby nuiet. liAKTWKLL M. A YEU, ( Mauu-er Daily Times and Weekly Times-iletuier. ) Fetzer's Drug Store.