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CONCORD, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1904
ITEMS ABOUT THE CITY.' THE farmers picnic
THE MANASSAS MANEUVERS.
NEQROES BURNED TO DEATH. j f
Gleainngs of Interest to Home
Folks.
WHAT THE NEWS MAN GATHERS IN
; A FEW HOURS ABOUT THE
: ' TOWN.
The following is the list of citizens
of the county who are on the tax books
for: 1904 for an income tax and the
amount of their return: J. W. Can
non, $19,000; J. F. Cannon, $300; J.
Lee Crowell, $800; F. L, Emery, $2,
000; P. B. Fetzer, $800; Dr. W. C.
Houston, $l,000jjl E. Harris, $300;
A. F, Hartsell, $600; J. D. Hatched,
$500; Dr. W. H. Lilly, $100; W. R.
: Odell, $5,000; H. S. Puryear, $100;
John S.. Roberts, $400; Dr. J. E.
' Smooth $800; Walter Thompson, $275;
W. . I. Woodhouse, $450; R. S.
Wheeler, $200; A. J. Yorke, $800;
Dr. R. S. Young, $2,000; H. M. Bar
row, $400; E. C- Barnhardt, $3,800;
Dr. D. G. Caldwell, $600; D. B.
Coltrane,$2,300; W. J. Montgomery,
$800; -J. M. Odett, $5,500; Dr. W.
D. Pemberton, $800; M. L. Buchanan,
$500; T. D. Maness, $1,500; H. L.
Park's, $1,200; H. L. Shrom, $500;
Dr., J. C, Black, $650; C. W. Swink,
$500; Rev. G. H. Comelson, $200.
. t EARLY MORNING FIRE.
.There was a fire alarm this morn
ing at 6 o'clock which called out the
department. The blaze was in the
' rear of the Concord' Drug Store and
was extinguished before much damage
was done. No one. knows exactly
; how the fire started unless a rat and a
- match did the work. The damage
was slight from water and a few
: broken bottles. Had the fire started
just a bit : earlier; there would "most
likely haVe been serious trouble. -
Mr: mclartv at asheville.
ITie Asheville Gazette-News oT
Monday says; ;
v Rev. E. K. McLarty, formerly
pastor of West Chestnut street
Methodist church of this city, and
MAVjin charge of the First Methodist
u. j W, Concord5 preached at his
formei--ge yesterday morning to a
largeicoTJegation. Mr. McLarty is
here on hi? vacation and accepted an
invitation to preach to his former con
gregation today. He is of the rising
young ministers in the Methodist
"conference in North Carolina and has
hosts of friends in this city who went
to hear him preach. - After the sermon
Mr. McLarty met his former flock in
an informal love feast and declared
that he was glad to be with the con
gregation again. j. It was through Mr.
' McLartyrt - untiring - efforts that the
money was raised for the handsome
new edifice now located on Chestnut
street and which will stand as a mon-
. ument to his work iiTthis city. (
MARRIEJD LAST EVENING.
Mr. Fred Barnhardt and Miss Mag
gie Brown were married last evening
at 8 o'clock at the home' of Rev. L.
C. Nash, : who ' officiated. The bride
, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Brown, and has many friends in
the city and throughout, the county.
The groom isa prominent young man
at the Cannon mill. . Many friends
extend best Wishes to'' the young cou
ple at this happy time in their life.
Charges Against Dead Man. --
Chicago, Aug 15. A bill in which
a dead man is charged with having
misapplied $125,000 of the funds of
an estate, was filed today in the United
States Circuit Court The .court ac:
tion was brought by Anna , Odell, of
Dubuque, Iowa and John and Samuel
OJell of Shelby, Mich., and is directed
against Chicago heirs of the late John.
- R. Wilson. .. ' ,V. V'"-"". ;' .
- Samuel W. OJell died in Muske
gon, Mich., in 1883, and left an estate
valued at $171,000. John R. Wil
son was appointed executor and trustee
of the estate. The heirs of Mr. Odell
declare that Wilson converted a large
portion of the estate to his own general
use. John R. Wilson, died at his
Lake Geneva home in April, 1903. (
Plans for the Event Are Being Rapidly
y Matured and the Interest Increases.
The committee in charge of the
grounds at Poplar Tent had 40 hands
at work yesterday clearing off the
grounds for the picnic which the farm
ers propose to have the 25th of this
month. This proves the way in
which the farmers are going about the
matter which they are determined will
be a'success. The ladies have reserv
ed the right to serve the refreshments
that will be sold on the grounds. The
ladies of Poplar Tent will have charge
of this feature of the big picnic.
Mr. Sims has a letter from Mr.
Harvey Joydan, president of the Cot
ton Growers' Association saying he
cannot come, but asks that the meet
ing of the 25th appoint a number of
delegates to the meeting of the as so
ciation he represents at St. Louis on
the 27th of September. Those who
are actively pushing the matter siy
that the picnic will be a big success,
that interest grows daily. They fur
ther ask that the various committees'
push the matter in the various town
ships as rapidly as possible and urge
every one to come.
Cabarrus County Sunday School Conven
tion Eimer, N. C. August 18, 1904.
PROGRAMME.
Opening at 10 o'clock a. m. Song
by Rimer Sunday School.
Devotional exercises by Rev. Henry
Fisher.
Song by the Choirs.
Address by Rev. G. T. Rowe.
Song by the Choirs.
Addres by Prof. S. M. Smith, Gen
era! Secretary State Sunday School As
sociation.
Song by the Convention.
. Recess to hiO p. m.
' Song. -.-
Report of the Townships.
Election of Officers. .
Address by H. B. Craven.
Song by the Choirs..
Round Table Discussions on the
following subjects, lead by the follow
ing gentlemen; limited to five minutes'
talks.' .
.' Mr John Alexander, Concord, N,
C. "How to Organize a Sunday
School."
, Mr. R. V. Caldwell, Concord,
N.C.
Mr. Charlie Hamilton, Coddle, N.
C. "Home Department Work of
Sunday Schools ,
Mr. Caleb Goodman, Concord, N.
C. "How to Build up a Successful
Sunday School." -.. ,y
v-Mr. John Cline, Concord, N. C -
"Condition of : the Sunday School
ef Your "Township." : ;i .-.;
W. C. Dutton, Gold Hill, N. C.
"The Necessity for United - Sunday
School Work."
Mr. Gee. F. McAllister, Mt. Pleas
ant, N. C. " "A Sunday School
Teacher.!! - '
Mr. Will Widenhouse, Georgeville,
N. C "Report of the Sunday School
Work of No. 9 Township." ,
Mr. Will Newell, Concord "Who
is the Superintendent of a Sunday
School?'.'
Mr. J. B. White, Concord"The
Good of a Sunday School Conven
tion.
Dr. H. C. Herring, Concord.
"What it Takes to Make a Good
Sunday School." . '
Mr. B. E. Harris, Concord The
Good of a State Sunday School Con
vention." '
Miss Connie Cline Concord
"Cradle Roll Department of Sunday
School Work."
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Mr. Fitzpatrick, the expert with the
Standard Sewing Machine Co., will
be in the city tomorrow at the Bell &
Harris Co's. store. ' -
- .There will baa picnic at Howell's
Chapel Saturday, the 2Qth. There
will be several speakers and a basket
dinner. ;V: -V ... - .
After spendinz several days in the
Miss Lou King returned this after
noon to her . home at Kingwood,
in Mecklenburg county.
Sixty Thousand Troops to be Under
the Command of Gen. Corbin in
September in Great Mimic Battle.
As the date for the military ma
neuvers in Prince William county,
Va., approaches the general interest in
the "great movement grows in extent.
The magnitude of the event will be
appreciated when some facts regard
ing he maneuvers which will cost the
government $1,500,000 are known.
The troops in this maneuver, which
continues from the 5th to the 10th of
September, will consist of 30,000 reg
ulars and militia, and will be under
the command of General Henry C.
Corbin.' These troops will be divided
into two divisions, the "blues" and the
"browns,the former under the com
mand of General Fred D. Grant and
the latter under the command of Gen.
J. Franklin Bell. The militia will be
sandwiched in between the regulars.
More than JD.UUU in blank ammu
nition will be consumed.
. These mimic battles will be fought
over the battlefields, where blood
was shed by the armies of Jackson
and Grant, at Manassas. The troops
of peace will try to execute maneuvers
to advantage of the army, a 11. 1 learn
lessons from the movements of sol
diers who carried loaded guns and shot
to kill. ,
- these maneuvers will attract many
visitors from home and abroad, ar
rangements having been made for the
entertaining of the visitors who come
from the tar land of other nations as
for the people from various sections
of the United States. Every move of
the army will be followed by the ref -
erees, and every movement that is en
titled to credit will be noted, at once
and the troops given due credit;
1 Tents have been provided not only
for the troops but for the visitors, offi
cial newspaper correspondents and all
the necessary attachees. The troops
will be moved at the order of the
chief of staff, General Chaffee, and
the movement will be made with a
view of testing the mobilizatson of the
troops. One regiment, the first, from
North Carolina will be among the the
militia to have part in these maneuvers.
Mr. Jas. F. Tatem, of Norfolk,
traveling man who is well known in
Concord, was here today and while
here received a telegram from home
announcing his election as sheriff of
Norfolk county. Mr. Tatem will
quit the road and "take charge of his
office the first of October. y
. Prof. Ernest Mangum, .principal of
the Wilson Graded Schoools, who has
been sick sometime and is now in Rex
Hospital for treatment, is improving,
His many friends hope soon to see him
well again. News and Observer.
jVenezue'a Is Ready to Pitch Into Trouble, No Matter Whose Faults It Is,
Georgia Mob. Takes Two Negroes
From the Authorities and Burn!
Them Alive at Statesboro, Ga.
Two negro men, Will Gato and
Paul Reed, were taken from the au
thorties at Statesboro, Georgia, yes
terday evening and burned to death,
the bodies being saturated with
kerosine and burned. The two men
bad lust been tried and found guilty
of a most terrible crime. Henry
Hodges, his wife and three of their
children were murdered and burned.
The negroes were tried for the crime
and the trial had just been concluded
resulting in a verdict of guilty and a
sentence of death.
The guard that was placed about
the court house was overpowered by a
crowd- that numbered about five hun
dred men and the two negroes were
dragged from confinement. They
Were taken about two or ihree'miles
from town and their bodies saturated
with oil, tied to a stump and burned
a'ive. Reed confessed that he killed
Hodges and stated that another of the
men, Handy Bell, killed the children.
Germans Defeat Heroros.
..' Merlin, Aug. 16. Four ;coluiH)s of
German troops attacked the I leroros,
near Hamakari, German Southwest
Africa, on the night of August 11.
The fighting continued all day August
12. The natives were defeated with
heavy losses. Five German officers,
including Count Von Arnim, anil 19
men were killed. Six officers, among
them Maron Von Walter and 52 nicu,
Were wounded. Two are missing.
Thousands of cattle were captured,
The natives who numbered about
6,000 fighting men, under old Chief
Samuel Maherero, to whom the
younger leaders had turned, after their
former reverses, were concentrated in
the the Waterberg Mountains. With
their women, children and flocks they
occupied a plain of meadow land
roughly estimated at 250,000 acres, on
which they had 50,000 head of cattle
and 50,000 sheep, goats, etc. The
approaches to the plain were difficult
passes, so that the Germans had se
vere work forcing them. The number
of the Germans is not accurately
known, but as nine companies made
four and one-half batteries, with some
irregular troops, were engaged, the to
tal probably was about 2,000 men.
General Von Trotha, doubtless, will
follow Typhis success and finish the re
bellion with the Waterberg campaign.
Today's Count.
The count on the St. Louis ticket
today stood:
Hiram Caton . 2851
Jas. C Fink 2100
Marshal Porter 214
Ed Moss.. 23
Robt Sapenfield 68
AND SEE
Parlor Furniture Bed-Room Furniture
Dining-Room Furniture Kitchen Furniture
Floor Coverings
Draperies
Summer Luxuries
Shades and Poles
TrunKs
2 CRAVEN BROS.
A Furniture UndertaKingCo.
Our 4-Days' Sale was a
Success. We Have a Few
Special Things Left and
Will Continue the Cut
Price Sale This WeeK.
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All our Summer Goods will be cut in price just
about ONE-HALF. We have some Special at
tractions to offer. Do not miss this sale.
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Fruit of the Loom Domestic,
Big line of Fine Mulls and Grenadine Effects worth 50c pet;
yard, will go at 25c
White Goods worth 10c, 12i'c and 15c per yard will be sold
for 5c, 6ic and 7c
Mercerized Gingham wort 50c to go at 25c ;
' Checked Lawns worth from 8c to 12ci to at, frQm 4Jc to 8c
Big lot of Figured Lawns worth 10c, 15c and 20c per yard to
ge for . 5c 7ic and 10c
Fine White Goods for waists worth 20c and 25c per yard will
be sold far - f Ocand 12k :
Some short lengths of Ginghums to close oinV
- Big line of Negligee Shirts worth from 50c to
$1.25, will o at, from -25c to 75.
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Big lot of Men's and Boys Pants at reduced prices.
. This will be the Sale of the season. Grand
Values- at greatly reduced prices. Come early."
and stay late. '
D. P. Day
Capital $50,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits-.- $20,009.00
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