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-V. "-:--0-' -v - V , , Ltr:it- Clrc-..:". ' ct ... paper in ths C--r... . II " ' - - . - - - - ( I X pie of tha Fitdr.cni ttzilzn t put yotxr td in 7113 G?JT ISAAC 0. LOrDOH: Proprlotcr. ;a ri0ri.PAnxisAr?Ar.:iLV rivjGPAPur?: CI.00 A YEAR. VOL..T. sileitoity; om Wednesday, june 30,1500,: . V --1 wT', T r ByrGItACE . CRAIG; 5 .. . Charity Mar stepped Iskljorllni' fro before j the y8piiining-wlieel vihlcb she had : rousht i out, to"; the -.door-stone of tler -"gray; ; farm-house ojathe hill. OccasIonallyvjBhoUftedlier in-own eyes from her ::work and gazod out OTer -tho'folllngjpastures of the a;r Mand'Of iPtddf ace or across ttie strip ot pay to te lthode iBland 3 shore. "r T; " 'TIs afiae day; Polly, sheraaid noU) left M will go with thee. mil take care of each other -: The, two " girls, cllmhed the elopo to the summit xit, a knollaud there, few feet, away, was, tbelittle staff with Vita;.' pitiful : banner, ';They threadedtheir way through the taa 4elof: Jiushes, Stopping: now and then, tor Jook and 'listen. .All, about .the bayberry : and yBreet-fernliad " been commanded. -1 .IThee , must ,take the other pair;olars-and pull for dear life," c - .T -- : served to turu : Polly'g attention' from their Wounded passenger. She caught up her -oara and rowed 4Ike th& brave little woman she was; "What Ume;doea thee think tt is Charity she Inquired once, "After three" a- good hit, her5 sl ter answered; - ; " "7. "Mother will he worrying, the Ut A tie girl said, with a slight shiver,; r ;Yer,7 motheriwil: .bes worrjring he? sister repeated.ilooking !over; her shoulder . at the ; approaching clouds She .fully realized . what oly s only felt, that they were in a perilous po sition - -. - -V: -c . ': Wlmi " and . tide were , hothr.against them,: but they made: good v progress for some little timeAThe young mas .at;- their ..feetrmoaneajiowcandithen and .moved1- uneasily bnt the :two rowers pulledL steadily on, : 'LJ - 'Mother ; wfll care for.hinv- once we jreach home, Charity: said; look- crushed -and trampled - as by iheavr at lensth.:tbmn-girf feet,"hut nothing broke the sailnesjfhng hack again at the "clouds. 'Which brslde her BewingVv;! thinkerhaps; the summer noontide save the beee; j had-now rolled over the sun.-C - . -: crickets chirping in the grass. the vhen our work is ffnished.'; . "Oh, Charity! - Does thee think she I "There must have" been a" skirmish: w ill?" chirped little Polly, in her ex-1 here yesterday,",; Charity said t itement taking rather longer stitchea f " Suddenly she' stumbled and almost than usual. Twill be beautlfaKon'j Jel1 OTerrsamejthing, and stopped wltbi the bay this mornlngv rv as j an exclamatlouThere, fn the shelter Charity studied thesea and skyln- J a-thicket of bayberry, lay a man tcntly. . :-vW;'.:t the Uniform of a British officer, -r "There's very little T'breeze stir-1 - Polly clungto her sister and beganJ ring, " she ' replied, vi: am ? almost I l? 'Cry louaiy,,-. - nre mother will: say ..we may go- tor i At Jthe sound of her weeping the a while if we do our work particularly I man moved slightly, : and opened . his v. el l . Take care- of ; those stitches, yes. Poll. Tha kst ones-had -best come vVHusb. Jittle tjne,t Charity whls out. Thdy will, never earn 'thee' a I pered. 'He cannot harm thee.- He Jaunt, but more like, an extra long lis badly. Injured; His. leg is broken, sal in Polly pouted, but ' in a . moment I At her ., sister's - assurance, Polly lajihed and pulled 'out the 'offending I took 'courage and stopped - crying. stitches, trooning' softly to herself r s she set them again with great care. Charity wprked with a will; and her ta-k was jsoon finished. 7 She disap p. p.rcd iuto the house.rand.in a few momewts t her volca rang -merrily tarouga the open door; "Mother says 'yes, Poljykine. Put . up thy work for to-day;; I " Sweet Mother May followed -her filer daughter to the door, and gared lovingly after the two young figures. Th ough Charity was .Polly senior by five years, the: sisters were Joving comradeaJ ITiey were both Very hap- vy when their brother-Ben tuflt for them a boat. - ft 'was a ; rough craft lU staunch and seaworthy. Charity had strong young arms,-and. soon" be- carne expert!.wlth ". the oars, and even A tght-ycaif-old! Polly quickly, learned i o pTifi ,avay- gallaotly.- This morning the boat lay on the rand whfere Ben had left It after, a fshing trip the day ; before. . Polly, with a joyful gurgle, climbed in. and took hep-seat inthe 'sterna- Charity pushed off with "little difficulty, and they were soon floating on the wide bosom o; arragansett Bay." On this August morning' the warm; blue, haze mat:o an aistant points vague and in astiact. ! presently; Charity: dropped her oarsj ani.'sat still with ' clasped hands", and even Polly for.onca.was quiet, ai, the little boat drifted with tnc ebbing, tide down towartf Newport j Coming dorer. : she examined admir- aud the ocean. ;- -; - hnriv ho-m.riet Hth ita'tmn. The French ships' sailed outyes-1 pmgsof gold.To the Uttle Quaker terday to - meet-Admiral- Howe's lass. who had never before seen any- uuiui, . sea., so xatner.was tell- thing but sober garments, it seemed "vu jmj, iiisui, vuar)iy sam ai 1 wonderful indeed. last, Dreaking ; the Jong silence.- "How I Bnt it wasCharityV turn W febU uiiju iisni wm-Mij eacn other in dlatreBaed. L1veAl-8ummer'wcatnepr' ' ' ' - -MWe must "gef him jnto the boat on, CnarJtyJ vDo they really do ' oi va'Mm hnmn nnra " aha bA. "But how.- Charity? . He ldbks J islanoV v- appearanca of Admiral ifcjwe'i Sect-rinilT f IftTll-n fltV the 'British troops had marched out rlUll 1 ' V 1 1 1 11 OhlilV the .' Americans"- from 1 the thouehlnotf without : Bevere the battle" on the downs. Granttamr major; In Sixty-third -FootrHeglc; an accident, c H1 hocrsa ROBBERS loss in 'Utter tscana SMts of 'Citizens fHnnnon nrfs And Dolnrts uloancd: From Ail Herts - his uajesty's'k - I -. . ; Of Thn' Old North a tatc. " ; ' r . . ent, oet with. jl 'Idi;;:?-' k v-i . - - -- - -r v;?:;i-rv- 7- y-T'.-v, -A fr, k 1 W-stf . V,t, K-'-l State Senator, ITcTCUt,tPrsldcnt; of the BAnfc at Iork, N Y. Fires a fell instantiyrplnning him beneath its ftfutv vantf In 4vvi!Ti cr Vo wfwi. !m tlA1 wlth dlfflculty erawied away. from th? I -;'t1'5'ot the; wind died -away, slowly, and the -sea became oily,- In the lull the row. ers. paused to. rest- Suddenly a vivid Lflash -of lightning rent 1 the darkened sky, followed: by. a crashing peal of thunder. .The girls : inj the boaVsat motionless, petrified with terror; For a blinding, deaf enIngfmomentr sea and sky seemed to meet. . Then the squall ; shrieked dowa upon them in alUts fury. -; -V - ?j -'Z-- -t-Cfiarlty's cap blew off, and .he dark hair-waved - wildly about .her facer.but she flung the .whole' weight of her, slender body upon,, the oars, tilling valiantly, - Jand - i shouting through the din forPplly 'to-do the same':- One moment' of hesitation on the part of either would have caused 3 " FRANCIS SCOTT "KEY. O oPk W wit ; .al : limping Painfully, He Slado His Way to the J5eacb. eucq dreadful' things! .Doe thee think it; can bereaBy "true and Polly lifted a horrified face Irom the water, lh which, she had been1 dalW Ming hof dimpled fingers liberally he. spattering her gray J go wa and white kerchief,' ' - c--.;.."' 'T , " I fear if is, lamhkln,; her Ulster answered with a shadow if or a mo ment injher dark' eyea:T5 ,nnr!i heard fldng over in Portsmouth wJien ' wa3 out nsning yesterday." - A puff of : wind '"coming over the ater made Charity, look up ! sudden ly at the sun4'tf'.l:v v- ,.Z " 'Tii Past f noonday sis," she said; and we are a long way from home. We must start at once or mother will worry.'p heavy," and Pony surveyed the pros trate man doubtfully.,. - J ;don't know.? answered her sle ter. ut-weVmuit find away, and fhs gntly touched the gold-braided sleeved Again the soldier opened his eyes. , Suddenly he made ft weak ofc fort to .rise, S " . K ' Can thee not .move little, way now, if we help theet! Charitjc asked, lookin- 'out a bit anxiously aeross the wide strip of; water to Prudence Isl-. and.;" A-fresh - westerly' .wind had disaster, but. tut fled bv the two c&ir tf narS tha Itttla nraff Vent ioi. nrtoa i w w. w, . ..x.. .v. . pointed to the" seas, and rode out the gale. The 1 worst ' of the :blow .wfcs over In a' few minutes and then sheets of rain began to fall. Through the a torm the young mariners rowed bravely on toward the home shore, and,- after haltan hour Of hard WOT palled into the calm wate?. inside the point, -' - When the storm clouds had rolled over leaving the western iky aflame' with gold, and a rainbow spanned theJ hay, r promising a beautiful, tomor row, Charity and Polly once mora tn spotless caps' and kerchiefs, were sit: ting on the old door-etone hand; (n hand. - 'i- r,'Tm ' glad'5 we saved the - young man,' Polly remarked happily, "and I thinkjhia red coat ia very pretty, even though t I wicked. "Dear j HtUe - Polli Charity an swered with a half smiler ' 'T is not k 1. -r- - - tHewears red, the color of his king, caps .now. .,. ; m4 ft tlma vltk tha VfrVa . TienaS. . ' - - , n,V nZT': K r --I wWh Friends' 'ft thee can only get Mown to W JStl'.1 HastUy pickingHup her oars' she turned he boat Jlway frbni the near by Portsmouth shore'and; headed for Prudence Island, As she-settled hers e'-lf foi- the 5 long . pull ' homeward, Eomethlng on a point "of land directly in front of her caught her eye'. She hold h4r oars suspended and looked asain. f , . . , ? That must be a-stffnal nffat onde?i m she 'finally said to her sister. I -V. "Bless your dear heart, pretty Turn about,J Poll, and see what" thee J one," he said." ' f - can ma,ke.of lt. ,t I :;,XJmping painfully .wlth lthe, stif- h 7, if n-wide,: blue eyes, :.','.- as we: wear the gray "of the wore red then,? if. ' like -It,? Polly ."For.shame, Polly, herrsisterrad-monrshed.If-ElderlVhlte 'should hear' thee hewould -say again' tbt mother is not strict enough with ua,' 1 TJp-stairs the British officerjiis in .A smila crossed the officer's -pain- "straln,.lay in MothetMay's )av drawn face. : . ender-scented i best-roombed.'VHe1 was now fairly -comfortable and. had told his story? . V " When the French ships'. had, been lured Jfrgm Newport harbor oy the the home; and i. then mother wlJ jcare for thee."1 l1- i"-"."-- ' i'Conve; poor soldier, Polly echoed. . 'Dear mother -will makethee nlte- wpit C r.-n . ":-,-.'--7: r-.--vl i Bee nauflrht'hn -rfa fi1 w et ck, ih..;8adtfHow theeaf inglJtfd me, fjharityJ'lt ( 'Tetf,-. hut why : should'- a rag be ed to, a itick on that lonely -pointT fcome poor creature must be in trou W. We will go oad iee ' " "But, Charity,'! objected the!itt!a girl, p.'Ttl.;JoneIy ;titrt a3 theej income onemay nurt vs.-, -And then, :too, .'tig growing late, and the ind Is risfng. ...The bay -is all white ruffle now;ifwe don't gett home oon.lj shall ,be";afeared.-. " u Dint .- f ear," t little" ' one," , Charity foothed, "sister will take carexf thee: Bit still now. We will be only a few luoments, and then if we both row X thinklwe can get home before three' And ;Bhe turned the " boat again to wardportsmouth.'C " i';,'J4 Once on shore she hesitatedl: Was ehe taking her little sister into peril? "yould thee'rather. sit in the boat . and wait for Charity?'-she asked, , 'No, no' and Polly scrambled hastily ,out and caught her hand. "I'll to the beach, ,Charlty4ust,- behind him, supporting Mm when her stopped to restand Polly-by his slda patting his fed sleeve when she" felt ha needed encouragement,'vThe- man's1 breath earns in-gasps, ;hut he "sniHed. at bis rsieueri. . -i..V" ' "fiAAA 1UHa Ramariisns' ht whlB. k Suddenly Polir, cried out, 'Oh, Charity! i Look there's a storm com intfi ' - ' ' " - t , Sure enoughs Over the high shoul der; of Prudence; Island, great masses of purple ; clouds were polling-eastward! The -wind :was increasing., al most to a ,gale,3too One of, the sudden;-violent storms of 'theregion was approaching. . y ' f v VWe t must get; home- before it breaB;s.'-v4 Char lty'spoke -calmly; but for .a moment her heartbeats quick ened. -"There-is ; no 'shelter- here abouts'"'., -.s- . - ; Making a 4asf, 'supreme effort' the soldier rolled into the boat and falnt d ' -fvr' 7"J '"Never mind: hlmt-Polly, Oharity sceneof thecombat, iand- when the urrasn retreated tp the lty. Was left unnoticed in his place of refuge under the bushes: Next day t he succeeded lac dragging himself nearer, the shore and foisting-- sr-signal of distress,- a : bit of his shirt-sleeve tied IcTa stick The young soldier improved stead Jly .. under. the. kindly . care ? ot the Quakers,' and soon iwas able to Jimp down-stairs, s anjl "often. Joined the' children In their favorite - working place -on the old doornstone; Ie proved . a' merry v Companion.telhng many stories of his .home across the sea; the old red manor-house among he great oak-trees, where his mother lived with his .little sister: Marjory, whom he declared Charity Btrongly resembled. Polly rejoiced v greatly when he once more donned the beau tiful red and gold coat ' i v -- - "It Is so gay;" she said," patting It often. "I do like it." - "Dear, heart! " its wearer cried one day, 'catching her. up, fl: believe you are a . little : turncoat. X think you would -really : change -your . peaceful gray for warlike red. Js it not bo?"-. ."Tee.? and Polly struggled to be. free. - "I would-. - Does thee not think X could be as good a f Irl In a red coat as In a gray one?" :,--. t Perhaps,?!L'Te - answered- gravely? "but certainly you could not be a braver -little maid." r At last the, day came for Father Iay to take Major - GranthafflOrver to- Newport, - whence- he - was to sail ffof England, with his regiment,; and: two very , sorrowful, little lasses' in white caps i and , kerchiefs watched their father's boat but of zlikUiZS ' - They missed, their friend sadly and they had not forgotten :him. when in theearly spring,- a boat, came up from" Newport bringing letters and a large box which had Just arrived from over the sea..- The letters were .'from the major and his mother thanking the. Mays lonce more for their, kind-; ness to the wounded "redcoat," prais ing the bravery-of the little girls; and begging -thatcthe .family accept the contents of the box with the - heart felt - gratitude - of T.the : Granthama, Marjory sent many 'loving messages to vnamy.s. ; - M When- the great box was Opened, wonderful -treasures - were disclosed, beautiful things such' ,as the , simple; New England ; Friends had seldoni seen 73ooks for Father May and the Tjoys, fine linen and : delicate china for ih mother,- ome heavy sllvef spoons for Charity's dower-chest,, "just like Marjory's," the letters said, and, down in the very bottom some thing red, As Mother- Mar drew . It ( out,. Polly began to -dance. - "Foretshe cried, is it not, mother deart''VV- ' -ir . Her mother looked at the label a little doubtfully, and then suddenly smiled,- as she saw her little girl's shining face. - In another moment Polly was shaking out before the ad miring eyes of the family"; atbeauti f ul, ' long, scarlet-loak. ' - - " . " ; ."May I wear it, mother? Will thee not say I may?" she begged.vr '.And Mother MayWise woman that she. was, still, smiling, l; answered gently. "Theemay wear it some times, my dear. is .r ? r J '-c r " And -Polly did wear Ht 'until the Friends In -Providence City: heard - of the frivolous red3 bloakdown" on Prudence-" Island, .v and - sent stern Jetterpf remonstrance v to Mother jviay. - men ii . was iaaa: careiuiiy away "-.and; has been kept safely througU:manyiT-'inany-'years,and Polly's v great; great, grandchildren treasure Jt still as a memento of their I little Reolutlonary ancestress. ,XQcker N Y.- In? a fight to capture burglars who blewopen the sate and secured; f 3500 in money of the Cltl lens'. Bankhere.- State Senator. C. I. Hewitts president iof the bank.V ex- cnangea apout a floxen snots wun me robher,but' thejr tescapedv cbni . of the shots: taking Effect.! .The robbers kept up a. revolTerfire, keeping tack every one in -theh rath - untile they reached the cover, of -toe woods- A. The "JirstXexploslon in the bank aroneed Mr; Hewltf .. who got hlf re volver, and fired; i continuously,, ; the robbers keeping npf the fire, WhilVone of. their numbers, Vas rifling the:afe The,' tfiiev.es gained . entranceto 1 the bank by .forcing the front door, j ; m- 4Jxne Bandit's FeaM;,;'; V Fort Worth.. TexlIn true frontier style - a highwayman,-: described ias gentlemanly in : f appwrancerobued: the vhrancJii banking - houso- of the Waggoner-Bankiahd Trust Company In the heart of KprVW.orth; of 18100, and; 1T, 0. PEES3 COW VliHTX0U.'- I association be and are hereby tendcr- wAT -atw.m, i TnAri cdTw the -Western-;. Unicay, Telegraph-, a .t Tt- WrHTl. S.ri-rtarv-1 Company and the nulroad tfmpanici 'Treasurer. tors c I for, courtesies in. tbe matter-of 'raiW rsasBrey.ci r .- " t-l'T--" I roa4 transportat ion- sad "part kular- m r, Y ? rwtvu J w- '" 'y Uke Toxawav; to WJL Bsith, y$?lA Ircar xtXaurel Park and a: vyKuuig BCBaivu, urwrfu ;tuo. iuan aa m- ( V: r v: -.1 some assert:; escaped in an7 auto mobile, 't-. '?:C- i r-ti.-U:- - The robbery ras .'the most daring-f attempted -in Texaf In years. '-WSTter B. KIn. the cashier, was alone 4u tho j bank after, closing time finishing the business of the darwben- a- man walked in As ;iU rfian- approached the window of the cashier s desk: Kins looked Into'the barrel ot a revolver."-' J kind and I'll kill you was. the. greet ing nw King received ; v--zi j - Seizing a roll of - bills, ' the man backed out of thE door; covering' King -wiin xue;revoiyer(i..JS.jng ran xo toe telephone. as he law the man walking down the. street and p mingling with the crowds with an ait of unconcern.- The police ; reached "the scene "fire minutes later, bntohe robber had die appeared. . ? ? - Green Bay, AVIaH -Two armed ban dits entered : the night ofllce pt the United State ExirreBS-Com nanr here at 2 c4ock in tti morning 4mrt com pelled the man incbarge to open the safe. 4They obtlsed 0 00.: lbVIEU WORKS BIX)W inK Two-Men KiU.edUheDa ront Works -v'. 'r. at.rompon lake. Paterson, N. O-Two -rtnenere- a V- J" jr-T u.Jr LT-Orr and -.their asfistes. for ft- ey.ently -cOvereAIw -h lCndinthe rcurtesies ct Mcur.t II - Jtt- nmjtotke nagcmcnt cf tie C:. I'll r . A I4tl I . S- V V IT key,-."-reci workmen . buildi :.'Ji.tf 9 H) .Ihe. eonveBtioh-' was, called vice presidchtwho invoked a divine j , . the public-, spirited citixenswbo lea-; ? 1 ? jn - r ..PH: 11 1 I "WV ""-'J -j- -t - . , sented CoL. S. V.Pickens, who:cor- .V--ni. r..- ..- -auj.weicomea cam,r k W -ad W enumerated - to Mr. 1L Mi-Mnipman, on penaii. oi me local T Rwuf Th llenaer- press spoke a'feW,words or apprecia-i .,.Ttt7 .... f p - t " . . . - . . 1T1 111 I 1 IIVI IFr. . HTTII III U t - A . - . " lion, and- Archibald JohnsonfeditCT T:r:;Arrui -r 'J u-- ' r car Satuxaay for.UkeToxo-:- v on account: oi iciuieBs, was ixuttuic i--, . : - H,.-(i'vm' -'- beTresent in person. -.Th association ;u uvu Xr; : votcd:tovare:. President-Thomas Ui Vi" trrr::: " " r: association -were enrolled at the : se--- was-unaoie w ue,iia iuu.iue ig .. -r audience- in: the co-rt : house listened i T : fTV - i , f 1::; , koro PatriotJ-JA. Parkim,' F.tte. utrwa akiuuhw "f TnI.,. Owri 0 1 Th,nr, .- - W .-D1 TT 1 J- U.r.r. I -.uwa. vn- w. Eury King's Mountain Herald; Clint;. 1 TT T A . was, louowea py . q.. Newg Bureau; i C M. ? . miscellaneousbnsiness. At,. Bight, -MfttmU?n TTprM ; Oint'" - bef. filled Julian ered manded! audience a: - fo; MountHebnm, V'?l.-i: " : -:-" H which : was - not marred i&y '-' a ysllgrLt r . Af he County ralr- shower whichl: Mr,. J. P. Caldwell refr.-T ff; fr, Knriat AshonntV is T -'markedV was ; but a-pleasant jdi versiou. have an aeultural fajr on-Sep- Dreran audience which completety .i' .pf ... .Tf '-. the Hg eourt TOom;Mr7John M; lrZ ?T 1- - bf-The Salisbury. Post, eiiv- - Hy- , the annual - oratloril r Ue i com, rr c'. r-. -r p p,,..- . " thelosest attention ;of Lis SZLZZZV " V,; - toytke end:of-his extremely '"T.TTTi:. T p w"i-' - '-: i - c - -. . .... an fill- . m .... - . . . juuea;iina,iuree aaiy:injureaun aa T),ft -it,',nJ fW-f ftinlllwi i.iwmt I I.T:-' . J-r,TL - cploslou at therDu-Pont powder - I vr . . i temoer i ao-ii in. j. no . iuuw -hu- ia-ThVdea4'- were; Wiuiamyj Culler,C thirty-fiye !as long oncv:!-;:i r WcrthKretalr and-treasurer, P- ; works at Ponaptjoa years 'bid, marrted, leates a"w!dow t' The bal!at:thc Gates ar night 'woe I jy Foele "eieeutive committee.- John ' tw- vviJ "rtlii vaf6ev :-h .iiwu6rJ -u-" Dent, T. E. Keeves, J, JohnsoD, lu joyed by both ynsitors and home P" J a. Jlamilton, ' W. . E. '-Johnsoa ; pre ple and was distinctly asuccesa ; I committeer Jas.-'- P.- Terkins, lowing officerswere JBtectFilti -pv;. Fogle, Ioe walks, thirtyrtw years old, married. leaves a wiaow ami one cnuav. a The ;-, injured i , were : ; -Theodore Weatherwalks. Jbrother- of the dead man, thirty yeara pld; WUiram Coe rer," forty years old ; Theodore Monks; twenty-seven years old. The : works are in. a gorge of ihe Wynockie Biver, and consiEt of a- series of small frame buildings r about i fifteen - by twenty- feet .each,' corcrid with : corrugated iron CAPE COD i CANAL BGUK dent, KevT J. O. Atkmson; first w Worth; W. E. Genlry: committee to . '. . president,. M ' Shrpman i secoud arrange"premiums for : theJUdiest.-: :. -vice-presment. owann; .iiuro n.Mwm,f ' nn Tnnirt - Wrtrth.- viceTJresHentJ'WK Jacbbson 8ee-ir , wf;P.; TTaWnUm. ':lffa':lL!-v7.-V :-T 4 THE DAYS 0r;Tr1S rREVOlUTION AXY BTRiOTS, Land IlrokCa oh Fnrm Where Com ': :-:"': tubdoro; iSerVy Was'.Born;. '. .v----' "-' -.3r- ....... :-.'--. Sandwich. Mass. The first shovel ful of earth that gave the official im petus to the workjjof digging the long j projected .Cape COd canaL was turned! by-Augusty wlmonr.' ot New Yorr i Cityon theSIttlb farm Dt which, a I famous ancestor of .-: hi. Commodore , uiirer ITCH wuiuf !;'- ill be retaryy and : treasurer, J. B. Sherrill; ..-Mm- A, EGraybeal, Ula, historian Archibald Johnson; r ora- Eula Todd ; advertisement committee, : . r f tors,:W. a Hammer andvTosephus Wr E.-Johnson G. U'Park Chas, 8. ' t Daniels; poet, D F. St. Clair j exeen- vi .--.r-r- --.- - -'-- : . . - : - ; -live -committee'. H." A; London. W-C. . -Vr .? ' -- --I PowdV H. B.'Tarncr:Josephus Dan- r'p;T ww.'cvW-''" ; iels, 5. T. Edwards. ' : v'r. Mlnisten ,Wift?kipf. .-;y . - ? , A-resolution was adopted-condemn- 5 Newbern,- SpeciaL The . congrcga- . -. ing-the United States'government for tion;' of Cententty." Methodist Episco rnaintaining; a- job printing offlceita r ehureh -.was- greatly sUrtled Sun- -compete with the country's job prin' ffay mnrning when the'pastorr Eev. y-f. n i-aVi'-s. rAnv nf tb. wfllntionVjaV JI.C. Beaman, D. -D- announced, to i -. f. ordered sent to every .Representative l them that his wife., had disappeared -r ' were pronounced ia as r Hazard. rerry4..of I-ake Erie und Senator of Nbrh CarolmaT : and could not: be . located. The pas . . was bornis 1;- T.ctii-Tt5iPi om'; nd ; W tor'i. vordi were pronounced ia as leicnnaliwill be seven miles Ions n s . k .wiir '- m TT I fln nr-airrw ' mm. hAM WPT bea. beard .The icnnaliwl P'-nv'-r:it r -rlLi-that puloit and-no .word cf eea The-lmportant address' cf the.day sure cy. bitter .xeeun? : - cscapca.: ci " - . . - -Tl - - . - - - . HA W as m, ma ma m. was that of LV, Richards, land and up. c T" .ef' ru kW industrial --ageat'of the - Southern otes round inheres; piaces . w p.;w. :2r-r;? , y c 1 cate: that she has .left with can EsoluUon of TJianxj. -, --. -1 named urani, ,j.ne xewioais wnrea rw -inwrffpwllls ike hnrest and moet influential in Uosion, Masl. ; Norman Thack y Mr. JosepknsDaniels for the com- the city and one ot the larpti ia mt Works in North Adamsw conTlctj: teW-vote' -'": - v r "? ' :v. . 1 it bas been marked with a period cj. uur jaw iu Lna. iidiieu dlili - uiimcL t - j .. . ... .. . court; and flnec xzoo. ? - r i: r ; " . - It was contended he induced Clif ford -GeidardandBeraard-T.egwell,-two -English millhands, to :eome , to this country and work iu the plant of tance to.New York City by lh.e cans) will bo: cut sUtyrthree miles vi.i rv; -.-i .y - v r "AW KX; Jl KRKTO WOItr Foreman of rdnV-UUIa FineiXt200 For Breaking IborXawv f 1 1,111 1 "DriQWNEIV :1NMIMJI.1CE. ; -.r'.j-v-v y The Wheat Cron-ls. line. Mount Airy, SpeciaL Never in the Hrtbryof farming in Surry county havethe - farmers been . ia a deeper hole with their plowingr and Jiarvest- crpp Is fine and ripe, Friday heavy rams y: nave pold. hlrty-flv;-tear.::6Wr7ahC WlUj iam Arnold twi?rty)ne, both, of Mil j to.eut. graini and plow coraf etc'-y - in. tne .nanus ox receiver. waukeeiwere 'rw'ned Jn a-millrace 1 here when swimming -. ana wuuam I .r CoIe,Iso of Milwaukee waaiescued I ?t-2,. unconscious. K&'&z?-1 Fayetteville, .ySpeeL -The ; :.Con- ane wree men came. nere:.w war r solidated, Street Railway w and Power of-MIcBlKan Chemical - I-aboratory.' I MJmpany-oL jnis ciiy Ftwu Lippoldbeing toem?invr I the hands of a receiver by Judge C Greensbcrb, SpeeiaL--Bryan Ben- " I ton the 12-year-bld krother of Jamra ; JO. ienion,-ciry ecuior w iu juuw ( rng'Telegrani, was instantly Idlled by a .live :wire late .Tuesday .afternoon . Thv boy was jatra' lawa party at- the : Christian thurchf and-with - a - puyt mate 'climbed a tree.: Has 'fingers ' touched an " uninsulated electric wire; . his y leg " another, the -short ireuit u Mnnin him to drtrD.;.. 2 -'-.--.- r '-' , Gentry Released From I'rison. James B; Gentry; who killed" Jladga Torke AV'Philadeiphla.-Pi. f n,-8s. and wl wa uardonsd' by. Con rnor Stusrt, i has beeh rsltiied yf ronry tbi Easterns t!em.enisry.i -"' -i.ili:r; STATS STREET, BOSTON,- trictr at - Eliiabetbtown" -: last week Mr W.' b.Mccin, 'president; of the comtjanV. tefas tDiJolntcd recelyer. TkU actlon'wiU net affect the operas v f B.UQ ..Va-U ,-uiwnj. . - t)MifM v. Ji ,, . !- -1 proarress - of i avettevilia.-1 cars are Mohammed V.J theinewSaUan oHf 6w -funning and. wair be to irkevi" win start-on a tour: ox.-me i uauuio mo meat, uvbu. u.,tw European courts n autumn.y - 'pected:hereMtnday.';?; r-f- 1 1 : .". -'-"rd:Camp'GnardM- Cofivlcted."- Iiorsp OF SEVEX GABLES f?0Ll Kew; Bern,1 SpeciaL Abner Pails V - " : r - ""Tf-T f: 'f r:-He:'. IVas ; found ' truiltv - of . manslaskter' in thorhe's KovTl JJsed- ForCbarlty Salem Masi rThe "House of 'thar Seven Gablesareund which Nathan iel Hawthorne' wove; one- of his pest known ahd m6sU characteriatle" tales. nd Which is now? visited annually by thousanas of tha great author s admirers;- bas beeni purchased by Mrs. George" B.Fmmer ton and - w to 06 i turned into a hojise : for settlement I work. - :. c the 'Superior Court-last week, "The case is somewhat peculiar. Paris; a guard, at the convict camp shot Tom Tolerr. white, & . convict, who was un der sentence . for.' .' running: 'a blind tiger.,. The easewas of unusual ,int terest on - account .of its ..connection with the liquor-cases. -t was gener- felly expected Pans would be acquit ted. 5 ' Death "of Miss Sallia Underwood- ' Charlotte; I SpeciaLMiss Sallio ' Underwood the young ' lad struck by lightning', near hex home y; in Gtvsioa county last Thursday" af ternobn, died punday- - morning at i 3 :30 - o'clock. . without" regaining consciousness. Tha -funeral took place' at the koas Sua ; day aftcrnoca at 3 oclock, tks ier rice fccina An "clam cf EfiT. . J. D, ' Tabor,: of - Mount ' Holly, Tks - titer-.. cent .was "cfida at Cait&als tkircl Ike funeral proccixicn. is said to ; have keen: one. of the - longest "ttat ever "followed a funeral: ' ia - Gaston - county. 7 .-'k'- . r ' ... Youth 'Develops Ealles.: . r Spencer, SpecialScott Wmders ' anycrphan toy acd 13 years,' at tin home -of DL .M. Pennington,, a pronji-- . nent' farmer living near' Spencer; . is . , In a desperate condition with what is -said to be hydrophobia The boy. was; jEeized with -fits, and, when under Ike influence of the . spasm, attempts"td ' kite ani scracVhis friends The wai bit' by a dog six-'months ejro endj no attention was "given the"" matttr until.tke disease detelcped tkis week , . " A. 4 - . p - :- w-.-A"-t U
The Siler City Grit (Siler City, N.C.)
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June 30, 1909, edition 1
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