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WN'f-OKD. N, U THURSDAY! AUG. 7, 1S702.
Single (Vt 5 cents
be bolted lor a wbeat field close
by and at the edge he foil vwd
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crawled jnto the grain oil his
hands and knees. It was grow
ing dark atfd the ..pursuers, did
not dare io move closer, but sur
rounded the field and waited for
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day. Dunns the night a shot
was heard in tire direction of the
field and on investigation in the
morning it was found that Tracy
had shot himself.in the forehead.
Two bullet wounds in the leg
shotted the cause of the man's
despondancy. Hrs Leg was broken
between the knee and ankle. .
Lost M flit's Minstrel.
For the first time the theatri
cal going people, of Concord
witnessed a minstrel 'composed
of negro talent last night, and
besides those who regularly at
tend such performances there
were those who were attracted
on account of the canvas tent
which always lends enchantment
to most any performance. Con
sidering the talent the show
was good and especially was
the dancing applauded for
at this the negro is always at
home, but the drawing card for
the minstrel is the fact that it is
composed of negroes and shows
Loiader canvas.
IlAllKY TRACY KILLS IIUISFJ.F.
The Famous Oitflafl Roius Closj I'ur
suidTifrtiS Revolver tfpon i!imir.
Harry Tracy, the notorious
' outlaw, who with Da d Merrill,
escaped from.fhe Oregon peni
tentiary at Selma on June 9th,
after killing thr.ee prison gjiards,
killed himself early Wednesday
morning, the. Cth, after being
wounded by a rifle by'a party in
pursuit.
. Tracy was surrounded in a
wheat field near Fellows, a sta
'tion on the-Washington Central
Railroad, about 5 miles west of
SxJokane. Word was sent back
to Davenport, the county seat,
arid a large number of armed
men hurried to the scene. The
posse under Sheriff -Gardner
opened fire on the outlaw and
one bullet pierced his right leg
between the knee and thigh.
Abcut twenty minutes after be
ing wounded he shot himself
with on i of his revolvers and
his body was found this morning
after daybreak. The revolver
with which.he killed himself was
grasped tightly in his right hand.
After bafiling the officer's of
two States, after a flight of near
ly 400 miles across Oregon, and
Washington, Tracy was hunted
down by four citizens of tlv- little j -
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lone deputy sheriff. Sheriff
Gardner and posse arrived in
time to guard the wheat field
through the night, but the work
had already been done.
The posse who will share the
reward was made up as follows :
C A Stroud, deputy sheriff; Dr.
F C Lanter, Maurice Smith, at
torney; J J Morrison, railway
section foreman, and Frank Lil
lerigen. These men, armed to
the teeth, set out from Preston
Tuesday afternoon about 2
o'clock. They were working on
the information of a young man
who had been forcibly made the
companion of the Oregon con
vict for over 24 hours at the
ranch of L B Eddy, on Lalie
Greek, atfout three mile's south
from Fellows, a station on the
Washington Central Railroad.'
The men made all possible haste
in getting to the ranch. When
wfthiu a few hundred yards of
the farm they encountered Farm
er Eddy mowing in one of his
fields. While engaging him in
conversation they saw a man
coming from the barn, who
proved to be Tracy, and the
fight began as soon as the des
perado saw the armed men. he
first made a break for the barn.
After firing two shots he ran for
the 'brush, the man-hunters in
pursuit, firing as they ran.
Tracy stopped behind a rock
and resting his gun on it began
a fusillade. Seeing he was not
succeeding in hitting the officers
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COLORED COLLEUK.FOK' CQXCOKDol
Kev. ttr. Itakke Atkcflfor Such on la
stifutV. .
During July Bev. N; I fJakke
met the Lutheran missionary
board at Milwaukee and asked
that they appropriate enough
money'forthe establishment of
a college in North Carolina 'to
prepare Colored preachers and
teachers and his request was
granted. The missionary board
with which Mr. Bakke is con
nected will meet in Concord next
week and they will then decide
where this college will b(j lo
cated. Rev. R H Scnmidtj will make
an effort to have thej college lo
cated hero and if iu is buildiugs
will be erected at a juitable- site
in order that later ;(n industrial ;
feature may be added to the col
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Prof. P E Wright was in tho
city Wednesday and a conversa
tion with a Standard reporter
he said the Concord High School
would either open on the iirst or
second Monday in September
and that he would keep this
school up to its present high
standing and would raise the
stand for graduation as the re
quirements for entrance in the
colleges' were advanced.
The different . teachers who
have been in charge of the High
School at different times- have
been among the best in the State
and it is a pleasure to know
that this school that has pre
pared so many of the bys and
girls of the town for entrance
to.college is still to be under the
care of so worthy a teacher as
Prof. Wright. ,
Klierlirrerk Kill :.hn Dog.
Wednesday morning when
Sheriff Peck was on his way to
his farm in No. 7 township he
met a party who had seen a mad
dog and. later he himself found
tho dog laying in the road op
posite St. Johns church. The
sheriff had his .shot gun with
him and. without much formality
proceeded to end his existence.
It is well the dog'"-did not rone 1 1
th jrtinds near by whore the
unio3 jwenicors were for had he
it is very probable some of the
children would have been bitten. 1
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After our big pre-inventory selling wo still
have some garments that the cut price must 'sell.
I Besides these'stragglers we have placed ome other
j goods on this counter at a great sacrifice in price.
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Just a few more pairs of the 15 an
drawers at
Better Drawers, worth )ir) els, special
price
1.25 and 1.50 good Cambric Skirts,
somewhat soiled, to go at
Gowns, former price 75 and 81) cents.
jE special price
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Good 50c Muslin Skirts, .some tuVked
and some milled, special
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H. " L. Parks &. C
Bryan Would Accept Leadership.
Mason City, la., Aug. 6. W J
Bryan addressed! an audience of
over 2,000 ptrsons at the Clear
Lake assembly today. He was
asked if hejiad been correctly
quotert when it was reported he
refused to be a candidate again
for President, tie replied that
only a part of the interview ras
used. lie said hevas not a can
didate, in the light of seekirg
to lead the Democratic
Wednesday's Storm in 'orth Carolina.
Tho wind storm of Wednesday
evening passed over many ol the
towns and cities of the State and
at some places did considerable
damage.
At Durh:im trees and awning
were blowc down and window
glasses blown out. A colored
brick church and the steeple o
the Carr Methodist church were
blown down.
At High Point the smoke stack
of the Snow Lumber Companys
plant was blown down, trees up
rooted and a number of ' out
houses blown over.
At Statesville a stained-glass
window in the Keform Presby
terian church was blown in and
the Irvin & Poston tobacco fac
tory unroofed, also 40 feet of
roof off the First National bank.
At Winston the Winston Salem
furniture factory was unrooled
Two residences were alo
wrK:ked aUAshebOro.
again
party, but if the- party shouldH
decide ht. was. the rfroger man to
head the ticket he could not
honorably say "no."
Subscribe for the Standard
only 35 cents a month.
German Tonight to Visitors.
Tonight the young men of the
city will give S carce tf the vis
iting toung ladies in the New
South Club room dancing half.
Tfie visitors are the Visses
Forte and Thodlas, guesi ol
Mis! Mary Virginia "Va-acfsworfh
Miss Sloan guest of 4Iis Mary
Lore and Miss Ingram guest of
)j55s Eula Parks. Iusicwill
be furnished by the Viola Or
chestra.
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For this season of the year our trade never was bet
ter. The reas(5n is very plain. Concord is on a boom
and the dear people must have Furniture, and if you
will give us just a minute by the watch we will convince
you that we are equal to the demand.
Car lots for spot cash is- our way of buying A liv
ing profit our way of selling. No trouble to trade
;ome and see.
Bell & Harris Furniture Comp'y.
WAKE OP.
in one of our handsome White
iron fteds, on one of our
comfortable BED SPRINGS and you'll feel
efreshed and ready for a hard days work.
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