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VOL. II.
MORGANTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1900.
NO. 29.
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Cooimtv News.
FIRST OF ALL. THE NEWS.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Mr. Kllerbee Powe, of Dur
ham, is visiting" his parents,
K-tj. and Mrs. W. E. Powe.
Mr. Gordon Bohannon, son
,.: the late J. X. Bohannon, of
Hickory, was here the first of
th- week.
Mrs. Lula B. Davis and
MU Bertha Beck left Thurs
i!:iv to spend a few weeks in
Asheville.
Mrs. A. L. McCoy and
children, of Columbia, S. C,
ire spending the summer
with Mrs. B. A. Berry.
We regret to hear of the
death of Mrs. Ferguson, wife
of Mr. F. C. Ferguson, which
incurred on Monday last at
her home on Irish creek near
Table Rock postoffice, from
tvphoid fever.
Mrs. Geo. H. Battle has
been seriously ill this wreek
from fever. For several days
her condition was such as to
cause much anxiety in her
The Baltimore Sun of one
day this week contained a list
of the killed and wounded in
the 9th U. S. Regiment at the
battle of Tien Tsin on the 13th
inst. The name of Sgt. R. T.
Perry, son of Mr. J. A. Perry,
of Morganton, appears in the
list of wounded. The paper
does not state whether he is
seriously wounded or not.
We trust not.
family and among her friends.
She is now some better.
At the meeting of the X. C.
Pharmaceutical Association
at Wrightsville last week our
popular druggist Dr. W. A.
Leslie was elected one of the
vice-presidents of the associa
tion for the ensuing year.
Two Mormon elders have
been here this week making a
house to house canvass of the
town, talking their religion
and trying to get the people to
read their literature. In most
cases thev have met with a
wry cold reception.
Mr. V ance Tate says he
met one of the Populist can
didates on the county fusion
ticket in the road a few days
ai:o and inquired about the
election. The candidate re
plied that the election would
come off next Tuesday and
that he was sure to be elected.
In the program of the next
meeting of the X. C. Press
Association at Henderson
le, Ausr. 22nd and 23rd
notice that Col. W. S.
1 varon. editor of the Mor
ganton Herald, is put down as
' f the essayists, his sub-
-ct being "The Press Its
Itv to Itself."
Rev. J. W. Jones, chairman
of the Board of Trustees of
Rutherford College, calls at
tention to the omission of the
name of Mr. B. F. Davis in
the list of trustees printed in
the prospectus of the college
just issued. The omission
was purely an accident an
oversight of the writer of the
copy for the printer. Some
of the pamphlets had been
distributed before the omis
sion was discovered. Mr.
Davis is an important member
of the board and the omission
of his name in the prospectus
is regretted.
GREAT A!
BORE
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SHOE VALUES.
THE EXCURSION TO CHARLOTTE.
An Entire Success A Large and Well
Behaved Crowd Visit the Queen
City.
The excursion from Mor
ganton to Charlotte Wednes
day, run by Messrs D. B.
Mull, H. F. Payne, R. L.
Mull, C. R. McXeely and S.
Huffman, took about 600 peo
ple to the Queen City. The
train left here at half past 8
a. m. and arrived at Charlotte
about 1 p. m. At Statesville
the size of the crowd had in
creased to such an extent that
two other cars were added,
making eight in all. Return
ing, the train left Charlotte
at 11 p. m. and arrived at Mor
ganton at 4 o'clock yesterday
morning. All who went from
here report a delightful time.
It was a well behaved crowd
and there was nothing to mar
the pleasure of the occasion.
The excursion was also a
financial success. The gross
proceeds amounted to 8773. 2o
The profit was S358.25.
Another excursion from
Morganton to Charlotte, or
one from Salisbury to Ashe-
ville will probably be run by
Morganton parties in the near
future.
Every phase of our extraordinary clearing
sale grows more interesting to seekers of
fine, artistic shoes. From every standpoint
that this sale can be viewed, its grand saving
features must strike you as unprecedented
in the selling of high grade footwear. The
sale takes on new life by the addition of the
entire stock of ladies' and misses' Oxfords
and low-cut shoes.
Ladies' Oxfords that sold at $3.00 and
$2.50, reduced to the one uniform
price, for choice, $1.50
Ladies' Oxfords that sold at $1.75 and
$1.50, reduced to the one uniform
price, for choice, $1.00
Ladies, Oxfords that sold at $1.25, re
duced to 75 cts.
Ladies' Oxfords that sold at $1.00 and
75 cts., reduced to 50 cts.
Men's odds and ends in pants reduced to
less than cost.