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OSCORD.'N. U SATURDAY. AUG. 16, 1902.
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THE LKiTMNG'S PLAY.
(Jm nsboro House hi nick- Narrow Es
cape of Inmates.
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A Greensborp dispatch of the
15th says:
"During a heavy thunder
storm here just before night
lightning struck the residence
of Mr. J M Bandy it? Carr street
and almost demolished the ten
room building, the dining room
und kitchen, forming a wimr,
alone escaping. The chimney
was torn down, and the weather
boarding all over the house is
drawn out by the nails as if a
giant charge oi gun powder had
shaken it apart. Furniture in
every room was broken or shat.
tered and paper in one bureau
drawer, was set afire. There are
two large holes. In one room
it goes from the plastering out
ward as if made by 'a Cannon
V,.,n ivy (Vin -itliriv rnnm thf St.rokft
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spoms tn have come from the1
outside. The whole buildiug is
a wreck, though standing as if
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nothing had happened except
for the breaks referred to and
the toppled chimney. Mrs.
Bandy and her daughter were
m the house alone, and were
stunned. Their escape from
death is a marvel. Mrs. Bandy
says that the full force of the
electricity came down the chim
ney in a great flash of tire, and
that what seemed to be balls of
tire played in all parts of the
house that she could see. As
soon as she could stir, the smell
of burning paper caused her to
go up stairs, and a bureau
drawer which had been stricken
half open had a pile of patterns
burning."
McKinley Memorial Faih.
The promoters of the McKin
ley memorial have abandoned
hope of raising the amount orig
inally fixed as the cost of the
monument to be erected to the
'memory of the dead President.
At firs't it was thought $1,250,
000 could be obtained in popular
subscriptions. The'mony came
slowly, however, then the amount
to be raised was fixed at $1,000,
000. That was cut down to $650,
000, and it is probable the es
timate will have to be cut down
to $400,000.
The subscriptions to date do
not exceed $350,060. Cleveland
O., Despatch, 13th. ,
Mrs. James Goodman Dead.
Mrs. James Goodman died at
Forest Hill Friday night at the
age of 57 years.
She was a member of drgan
church and the remaiflte will be
taken there Sunday fofeburiat by
the side of relatives. She leaves
a sorrowing husband and foujp
children.
Miss Irene Ridenhour and
niece, little Miss Laura Riden
hour, are visiting Mr. Will
Ridenhour at Kings Mountain.
Which is Better-to Carr the Child or
the SphooU
If good schools .cannot be
brought to the chjldrcn of
sparsely settled areas, cantfot
the children bo taken i'o such
schools? The experiment has
been tried and it is found to be
practicable to unite the weak
schools of a scattered country
settlement into one strong, well
equipped, well-couducted central
graded school by conveying the
remote children to and from their
homes at tha public expense, and
that too at a total cost less than
that of maintaining a number of
isolated and inefficient small
schools. New York has a stat-
ute authorizing the consolidation and her two daughters, Misses
of weak schools at tha discre-1 Lizzie and Roberta, barely es
tion of the trustees of district Jcap'ed death. The bolt descended
schools. Wisconsin has about
20 such '"consolidated" schools,
and a somewhat similar statuto
is pending in the Maryland Le
L
islature. For BO years Massa-
chusetts has had a statute which
authorizes local authorities to
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raise money 10 provide ior mo
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pnn vpvnnro nf riui tils to and from
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the public schools.'.'
"For 18 years," says the
port of a rural district of Mas-
sachusetts. "we have had the
best attendance from the trans-!
ported children. Wehave saved
the town at least $600 a year,
All the children attend well-
equipped schoolhouses at the
center. The schools are graded,
and everybody is converted to
the plan. There is no way to
bring the country schools up
but to consolidate them." Balti-
more Sun.
Farmers Meeting.
The. North Carolina Farmers'
State Association is called to
meet in this city Wednesday,
September 3rd. The Post has
already published the call and,1161 01 .lce y vv
urged the importance of the drick of that FlactV on the
meeting. We venture to sug-!chae of alterin a bi11' re
gest to our State cotemporarles ceived a preliminary hearing
j i vesterdav morning before United
always foremost in good works yviiuay wun &
, . , rt00 States Commissioner D G Max-
and m promoting a gobd cause .
-to call attentions the meeting wel1' The evidence was that
and urge .their farmer friends to Dawson had chanKod a2 silver
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meet at the dates mentioned
therein and select large delega
tions to the State meeting.
Mornin
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The Reformer Ueing Kefrme(I.
The New York World tells the
Lstory oi one Rev. Robert Robb
who walked into a bar roomSpn
dSy morning and bought and
drzwfk a glassof ber, then went
off ami had thjg barkeeper ar
rested for violation, of the law.
The minister iivited the bar
keeper toan intef viu&v in whicB
he beffime completely frapped.
A detefHive waspiaced inhiding
and 4ieard the defendent bribe
the m?iri0er for 50 not to
pear against him. Now the latter
is bsing reformed in jail.
M llocC Hill. C , Storm slricken! I
, A.Rock Hill'sptfcial of the 15th
to the Charlotte Observer says:
Tver says:
Rock Hill
ree terrific
During this week
has boeu visited by th
rain and electric storjus. The
first occurred last Sunday after
noon, at which time Mr. Wm, :
Mitchell' and Mr. Prank Hull's
homes were badly damaged.
Both Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Hull
being badly shocked. But he
storm Sunday did not compare
with the one that visited this
place on Wednesday night. It
was the severest rain aud elect ric
storm this county has knowu in
many years. A bolt of .lightning
struck Mrs. M L Ball's home,
through the front iluoof tho
house. The house is very badly .
damaged, and many of its con
tents ruined. During the same
storm Lawyer V J Cherry's
house, in Oaklard. was struck,
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; and although some of its occu-
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panis were uuuiy hiiwubu, jjw
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dn,maro was done with the ex
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.ceptiouofa great many 'of the
re-'shingles being torn from the roof
Telephone messages report that
a hail storm, in addition to the
electric and rain storm, occurred
near Catawba Junction, a point
jnot far from this place, and that
great damage was done to the
crops. It is believed that 50 per
'cent, damago has been done the
1 crops on account of the terrible
J storms. Last night another
storm almost as violent as the
one the night before occurred in
this city, but as yet no damages
have been reported.
Counterfeiter in Liuibo.
Avery G. Dawson, the young
man who was brought hero
from King's Mountain Thursday
cenmcaie lO manu ii -auuvai
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that it was a 5 bill, it was a
cj.umsy effort, however, and was
in court as evidence against him.
Several witnesses who were ex
amined testified that Dawsoti
hadtriecl to pass tho note off on
them. After the evidence was
all heard Commissioner Max
well bound the prisoner over to
tjpe i eaerai jouri. xa uemi
of a $l,f!00 bond Dawsod went to
jafl.-C!iarlott Observer'
When You go Into a Drug: Stoit
o get a bottle If Painkiller,
examine it carefully to see if it
il made by Ferry DaVis, and
don't be persuaded to take some
thing "tist as good" because it
is a few cents cMeaper. There
is Guly one Painkiller, Perry
Davis'." Large bottles 25 and
5Cc.
SEWS gULMStiS.
John'nill a white man, a farm
, r, .
er, of Orautce county, about 0
n . . . ,
years old was killed recently b
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'tuokickof a horse at'the Mt.
Lebanon crimp meeting. .
I Mr. and Mrs. Uharies Fair
;woro killed in Paris on the 14th
by their automobile. It is satd
Mr. Fair was a reckless rider.
Tfcey were preparing to return
to America. Their bodies were
embalmed -and will be -shipped
home.
Mrs. J II White, of Phila
delphia, foiled an elopement bo
twoou her husband and pretty
Miss Bessie Raymond on the
15th. Sins came up with them
on the Black Diamond express
aud with the aid of passengers
held thorn and turned them over
:o the police.
William Spillman, of Yadkin,
in a drunken' carouse, after de
stroying mueh'of his household
ouu ii iiitiiiiu iitrv Will,
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and child away attempted to
goods arid frightening his wife
commit suicide on Friday. Ho
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shot Ins whole chin away only
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and ran oacii ana tortn scream
jing. Ue can hardly live and his
j condition would not be inviting
; to life.
, Our First Hale of New Cotton
Jim Ellis, the faithful old time
negro croppor for Capt. J M
Odell, had a bale of cotton gin
nod and he put it on the market
today (Saturday the 10th.) It
was ginned at the oil mill and
weighed 335. It was bought by
Mr, D P Dayvault at 9J cents a
pound. Jim secures the watch
offered by Mr. W C Correll.
The Red Letter
Continues in Value Giving.
During thepast three days w'e'have sold
a gvuat quantity of merchandise at .very
low prices, yet on Lawn and all Thin Goods
the price has been cut still deeper. There-
is yet two months in which this class of
goods can be wornso this is seasonable
merchandise at unreasonable prices.
All the 15 and 19 cent Lawns that we have offered
fpr 10c have been moved to the 7c counter
The lh cent Lawns to the 5c counter
The cut price still holds good on Wrappers
and Window Shades.
A quantity of the quilt lining still remains at 2ic
Great reduction in the Millinery Depart
ment on trimmed Hats and shapes.
H. L. Parks
Tragedy Hy Jlou Lover.
The news circle record, a
' tragedy near Mt. Any in whicit
,
Charles MidkifT beat Miss-Lorre,
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i his former sweetheart,. with m-
tent to kill hei giving her the
chance to marry him or die.
It appears that hef affections,
had been won by another man,"
a drummer, .who took her to a
picnicin a carriage. Midkiff way
laid them as they were returning
at night and under cover of a
pistol forced her to get out of
the carriage to -ride with him.
Her drummer lover drove off aud
later her screams wore hoard by
others and she ws h'av! from
being beaten to dvjath with "he
pistol. When she was vod
she told thef dr'.- M'ul --'Ory.
Mid kill' lied.
The smallest puiui-e i:. uor
casket is too much ''-r u to le
serve; yet the moM magtiiticent
promise is not toe reat. for tno
King of kings
Spurgeon.
to bestow. C II
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