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ONCORD, N. 0. MONDAY. JULYl-l.
SlNGLH HOPY 5 CENTS
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-FIRE AT GOLD HILL.
Cooper TompaiiT's BuIWInffBnrned
Trcitlileut Newman a ud Party Have
Narrow Escapes. .
'"Salisbury, -July 20. Fire at
(Sold Hill to-day destroyed the
company building of the Gold
Hill Copper Company, of which
Mr. V G Newman is president.
Mr. Newman and a party cf
gtests were dining in the build-
mgattho time. The fire was.
'caused by a child playing with
matches in a store room in the
building, which was filled with
excelsior, and the blaze immedi
ately spread. Mr. Newman and
the guests had barely time to get
out of the building. Hhere were
no means of fighting the fire and
the destruction was complete. It
was erected before the civil war
and has always beeu used as the
residence of the company officials
and for storage purposes. The
loss is estimated at $5,000 or
$6,000. Special to Charlotte Ob
server.
TERRIBLE FLQ(US ON Tift MISS-' GREAT STORM AT BALTIMORE.
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Eleven people Killed and Hundreds of
Houses Damaged-The Residence
Portion of the Citj and the Water
Front Suffered.
A terrific hurricane struck
Seven Hjmdred Square Miles of Dot
tonis Submerged Crofs Promising
One Hundred Bushels of Corn per
Aore Totally Ruined.
The floods now on in the north 'Baltimore at 1:30 p. m.,' Sunday
west are the worst ever known ! c.ominS from the-southwest re-
suiting in the 4eath of eleven
in that region. About Keokuk,
and Quincy, 111., the Mississippi
has spread over 700 square miles
of. bottoms, teeming with corn
that a few "days ago promised 75 houses and boaU were caPsized
f inn wic it Jon the water front leadingtothe
now a total loss:
rate of six inces per day and the Wishes $1,500 for -Finding Merrell's
people. It was in the residence
portion of the town that it blew
down and unroofed hundreds of
above casualties within about 15
minutes duration.
end of this great destruction can
not be foreseen.
THE EXPERT PRINTER.
'May I print a kiss on yonr cheek?"
he said;
She nodded her sweet permission.
80 they went to press
And I rather guess
He printtd a large edition.
Kew Buildings In Business Portion of
Citj.
At present there are two new
building going up in the busi
ness portion of the City, the
Cannon & Fotzer Co's. store and
the Pythian building, and before
many weeks the carpenters and
masons will be at work on three
more, these are ' the Emigration
Company's building, at the corn
er of Corbin and Union street,
the City Hall, on Depot street
just in rear of the Concord Drug
Company and the Wadsworth
building on North Union street
between the Litaker store rooms
and the Postal Telegraph office.
Surprise Birthday Reunion
Sunday, the 20th, was the
birthday of Esq. Geo. E Ritchie.
On Saturday morning he was do
ing some work on a new granery
with little thought or care what
took place 62 years ago, till ten
children and seventeen grand
children swooped down upon
him and his honored companion
with a surprise as delightful as
it was complete. Soon a table
was made under the shade trees
and there was spread a sumptu
ous feast with ice cream and wa
termelon dessert and lemonade
toth fill.
Mrs. William Propst,, Mr.
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Ritchie's only sister, jvas let into
"the secret and was there as a
guest of honor.
The da was pleasantly spent
in jolly reunfon festivities.
Xtras a glad day and nprj
1 ories will cling witl pleasure to
Body.
Salem, Ore., July 18, The re-
A map of the country now ( mains of David Merrill, the es
would show a lake, 70 miles long'caPed convict, have been deliv
where Wore the. rich land waved ered a- the Oregon penitentiary,
with luxurious erons, . aitei oeing Drougm nere Dy mrs.
The loss is immense.
Trof. AuIIto Hickory.
Mrs. N E Aull of Newberry,
S. C, is at Prof. A G ifirkpat
rick's and will go to Hickory
where she will be matron of the
girls dormitory of Lenoir col
legge. Mr. Aull who has been
editor of the Newberry Herald,
will be professor of mathematics
at Lenoir college next year
Prof. Aull has completed two
years out of three for his Ph. D.
degree at Johns Hopkins. Gas-
tonia News.
. Dead Mao Found.
Sunday on the roadside be
tween Greensboro and Browns
Summit an unknown dead man
was found. He was an Italian
and to all appearances a tramp.
He was lying in a clump of
bushes, his head resting on a
root and the vultures had muti
lated the body. No marks of
identification could be found and
it was decided the poor vagrant
had died a natural death. He
had been seen walking towards
Greensboro on Wednesday night.
The people of the locality in
which he died gave him a decent
burial.
Mary Waggoner, who found the
body near Chehalis. Warden
James of the Oregon penitentary
and one of the prison guards
readily identified the dead con
vict. The casket was interred
in the prison .cemetery without
ceremony. Mrs. Waggoner
made formal demand upon
Sheriff Lee for the reward of
$1,500. Mr. Lee declined to pay
it, offering her $500 for. her
trouble and - expense, and ex
plaining that the .reward could
only be paid for the capture of
the convict, and that she had
merely fouud his dead body by
accident. Mrs. Waggoner re
fused the amount offered and
made a formal written demand
for the full reward to be pre
sented to Governor Geer.
Attention Veterans.
Camp No. 212 U. C. Vs. The
lime for our annual meeting is
is on Tuesday the 12th day of
August. At the Court house at
10 a. m. It is to be hoped there
will be a full attendance as it is
the dav for the election of offi
cers and other business of im
portance. It is also the day for
the reunion of Co. F 1st N. C.
Cav. and other companys.
Camp JTo. 212 will also have a
Target practice on that day at 2
p. m. The veteran making best
hot is entitled to free transpor-
tation to the btate reunion at
Greensboro, Aug. 10th.
H B PAitKS, Com.
Camp$t. 212.
The Old Yankee Blue.
The long established blue uni
form for the American soldier is
to be doffed and he is, after 1902
to don a suit of olive green.
Much of beauty is to be sacri
ficed for the safety of the men
wearing them. Next to the
British red coat the American
blue makes a good target and
makes the maneuverings of
troops on the field most easily
detected. The new color is said
to be the least conspicuous color
known. For the sane 01 our
soldiers primarily and a deep
seated dislike for the Yankee
blue secondarily we are delight
ed with the change. We won't
have to struggle against the dis
position to hate the blue clothes.
We cultivate our miferat the
it till superseded by many more erfense of otrpaacity for hap J ratl:
which all hope for him. jpiness. Jlife.
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Lost His Life at Beating tuc Train.
A man sup'posed to bo Henry
Fisher fxom Salisbury was fa
tally hurt at Asheville lust week
and died. His identity. $s a citi
zeruof Salisbury was rtot estab
lished1, however, and it seems a
mystery as to who Tie was. He
was beating a i1dewlh ariothgr
snan and on attempting to get
off the train at AshotKlle in a
rather drunken condition losthte
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Beginning today we take this stock and cut
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the price on every garment. This week is the last 3
week of our great pre-inventory sale and our very
best values will be laid out. If values count for
anything this will be the largest week of the sale,
as every department will contribute liberally.
We understand that some competitors say we
are selling goods too cheap cutting the life out of
the mercantile business. However, we have yet
to learn of any customers who are offended with us
because we sell them goods for less than value.
This Muslin Underwear reduction lasts all of
this week and at the price we expect to close out
practically very garment.
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1.25 and 1.48 Gowns, sale price 98c
All of the fine Underskirts at 1.48 and 1.25
better be quick 98c
75c Muslin iiowns 58c 3
1.00 Gowns, different patterns, sale price 87c
50c Muslin Drawers- 3QC
Muslin Drawers with hemstitched cambric
ruffle or tucks and hamburg edge, big 25c
values,
Ladies' plain tucked Drawers
A few dozen 48c Drawers that are soiled
now 25c
Ladie's lisle threat 25c Vests now 15c
E Long sleeve Gavze Vests 25c
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Values.
I White Liberty Kibbons, No's. 80 and 100,
very wide, wortn 4U ana oUc, unheard or
price
I All Sailors, shapes, etc., greatly reduced.
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Snap in Umbrellas.
Fifty ladies' llack Taffetta Parasols, guaranteed
fast black. "Beautiful handles of German silver,
look like very fine goods. These have beeli our
best 1.50 retailers and tor this weeks sale
tak your choice for
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H. L.. Parks. x Co.