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Vol. IX.
CONCORD; N. C?, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1904
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THE ROAD IS LEASED."
Howj; aa Aahevllla Man Gets the
At. -Ue ft North Carolina ' Boal
lei Trade Thursday.
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Newbern, Sept. 1. Thesffidrhold-
, en of the Atlantic & North Carolina
Railroad, in session at Morehead. City
this afternoon, voted 893 to' 97--6
lease the road to R. 7 S. Howland, of
. Asheville. The Sute vote was cast
,: for the lease. , - .- -- . . ' -." '
The Howlond proposition covered
interest for a term of years and - was
-for 91 years and four months. It also
agreed upon an expenditure of $250,
' 000 for betterment on the road during
the first three years, the lease to be in
the name of R. S." Howland, or the
Htwland Improvement Company, of
: North Carolina. "
When the propositions were read
,.. C Duncan offered a resolution
that the' Howland proposition be ac
cepted. 1 Col. Thea F, Davidson was
given premission to make a few re
. marks. - He gave a sketch of How
, land, of his $300,000 investment in
'western North Corolina, his character
and his reputation among the people
of Asheville, among whom he was
held in high esteem. He also told of
. his property holdings m Rhode -Island
California and CubaT C. E. Foy said
he was. against the lease and entered a
protest, giving warning that if a lease
was given its validity would be tested
in court C- A. Flowers, holding
stock proxy for ParaHco county, said
he agreed with Mr. Foy. - His people
would favor lease for 25 years at 5 per
., cent added each additional ten years;
with a security deposit by lessee of
$1,500,000. ; Governor Jarvis favored
the lease" and spoke eloquently, to
which Mr. Foy again replied, opposing
the lease Hy private ?tock holders of
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the Punciu iv-.oW.ytf 13. favored ijt
and 97 was against: the Sute vote be
ting cast for lease. -'ZzUZZZX
THE COTTON CROP
Frtat September .fo Septeabcr ;tfce
Weljled Crop Was lfc52f Bale -
UCotton weigher John W.' Prop it for
. the year ending September 1st weiglied
10.529 bales. This includes .perhaps
r as many as 100 bales reweighed.The
number weighed for the, year 1 ending
the '. first of September 903 , was
9.798 bales,': thus showing thai the
crop for 1904 was a little; more than
the previous year, thi dirferehce? befng
731 bales.;i : t;C'
; The crop this year will be albit later
than last, , On last year the ; first bale
I was sold on the first of September,, the
' t year- before on the 1 8th of. August
; So far there has been no new Cotton
oh the market, " though Weigher
Propst has reason to suspect that there
will be a balc along in; at few. days.
He is watching for it ; ' j
- . "A CAL' OFFERED! T?-V:
W. C Correll Will Give Prize to Best
;:: ' .-V- Drilled Soldier. V . '
Mt. iVi C. Correll will 'give a medal
to the besV drilled soldier of Com-
: pany L, and there will be a public
drill and competition for this medal on
V the streets Saturday evening. . Com
pany L has been seen much of late Sn
' I public drill and maker a fine showing,
the Company being in the best of con
dition every, way. ; 1 here : will, be a
lively and determined contest for this
prize offered by Mr. Correll, in which
the wc'I drilled soldier of Company
L will ive some splendid work,
Co any L leaves' Saturday night
f r f ! isas to take part in the ma
1 ve of the troops beginning next
?:
Lie
Com;
dition.
nant Fetzer will accompany
f L in Lis first military expe-
Watch the boys drill for the prize
and name v
Medal fan to ' 1 1
win Jow. - - "i - . ' u
Mr. Vorth I- I 4 on y : .'. y
I '.t f a Mr. Will Earnhardt V.s
f ...-.7ial,:j.-5tort...:.:p. -
DESPERATE FIGHTIN8.
Llao Yang In Japanese Hands Rua-
liana Retreat Pursued by Japs.
J St Petershurgt Sept 1.- The battle
yesterday was ?of ''the tndst desperate
character. It raged continuously from
dawn until midday and? the slaughter
WlatkltlnAetWi'At ighit fa
the evening, after holding its outer po
sitions all day in the face 0 jnost des
perate charges,G-4nelral Kuropatkin
gave orders to retire Upon ) the main
wprkf about the. city. N. The Japanese
assaults during the day had been di
rected principally against the Russian
center, a ' little east of Maietung Hill,
near the railroad and three miles south
west of ;Lfao" Yang; iNothing, ap
preaching the severity of the infantry
and artillery fire here had been hereto
fore experienced in this war. Gen
eral, Kondratsvitch's division bore the
brunt and suffered the most Bayonet
charges succeeded each other in rapid
succession, while the artillery duel
never ceased for a moment
No attempt was made in the official
advices to estimate the number of guns
the Japanese used, except that they
had many hundreds. Each gun car
ried 150 charges, and these must have
been expended many times, as several
hundred thpusand shots were fired be
tween sunrise and sunset
. Sttrsat and Pursuit.
Washington, Sept. 1. The success
of the Japanese army in the great bat
tle before Liao Yang was told in a
cablegram received at the Japanese
legation late this afternoon from the
imperial foreign office at Tokio. It
says:
"According to a telegram received
at headquarters on the afternoon ' of
September 1 our' army corps of the
left, at dawn Thursday, by fierce re
peated assaults, took po"suui of th
occupied by the enemy s right
wing. "Thereupon all of the enemy
south of Liao Yang' began "Tetreating
and pur army is now pursuing" ",
Earlier in the afternoon the legation
received the following dispatch from
jkio I r-I f e v '" -ZS: ' ''fZ
. A resume of the reports received
up to the afternoon of the. -31st is,- as
follows: ' ' - - " .
"Since August 27th our armies have
continued : operations ' toward Liao
Yang. cOh the morning of the 29th
the right and the central columns of
the first army occupied a position a
nine miles east of South Liao . Yang,
on the left bank", of. ihe,'Xa"t0 vef
The columns which were advancing
along the,; Haicheng-Liao Yang road,
in joint opaation with the left column
of the first army, took on the 29th a
position facing the" ehemyks line of de-
,fence which, extended . to east aijd
west from a point six miles south of
Liao Yang, On the 30th severe fight
ing occupied during the whole day,
and it was still continuing on the after
noon of the 31st ".The enemjf appears
to consist of twelve or thirteen divis-
ions. -. v ' :- -"r
K, B. Stickler for tha Lower Hons.
For some time the question has
been asked, who for . the Legislature
this f all I Up to the present time the
questiohcouId not be answered with
accuracy. ; Many have approached
Mr. Stickley, and he has" .decided to
become a candidate, ; subject : to the
Democratic primaries tomorrow, Sat
urday, Sept 3rd. ' firtx-''':'!.
Mr. Stickley comes' before this
county riot as a stranger but as a young
lawyer and an educator. . . He is at
present Chairman of the County Board
of Education and is an ex-Mayor of
this city. He is a thoughtful speaker
and an energetic worker. . With W,
R. Odell for the Senate and M. .Bi
Stickly for the Legislature, me thinks
forms a ticket hard to improve on. So
fellow voters, with these two men in
connection with the other county ticket,
lets not stand idle, but fall in line and
"ar: tp this fall (Is grsnf'-'t !,,""o-
"c 1 or- ever 'know n to prawJ
'J Cabarrus? f A'VOTEX;
Mii Theressa King reiu..j u Lcr
DEATH OF KERR CRANE.'
Clilzea of Salisbury Diet at Washloftoa
: z Tharaday of Heart Trouble. '
A dispatchfrom Washington an-
nouced the death last night of Hon.
Kerr Craige, of Salisbury, at the Col
umbian University Hospital of valvu
lar disease of the heart ? The news of
Mr. Craige's death was no surprise to
his family and friends, for weeks he
had been at the ' hospital in a serious
condition. " ,
In speaking of his death the Chat
lotte Observer says:
Mr, Kerr Craig was born March
14, 1843, hence was 61 years old.
Mr. Craige belonged to the First
North Carolina Cavalry, which formed
a part of Hampton's, after Gordon's
brigade of the Army of Northern Vir
ginia. He entered service as a private
and was promoted step by step until
he was appointed aide-de-camp to
Gen. Jno. B. .Gordon. He was dis
tinguished for. his courage and dash.
He studied law after the war under
Chief Justice Pearson, and was admit
ted to the bar in 1867. In 1870 he
was elected reading clerk of the House
of Representatives, and was a member
of that body from Rowan in 1872
He served as director . of the North
Carolina ' Kailroad Company and a
trustee of of the State University; was
nominated for Congress by the Dem
ocratic party in 1884, but declined on
account of ill health. In 1887 he was
appointed collector of internal revenue
for the fifth North Carolina district.
During Cleveland's second term he
was Third Assistant Postmaster Gen'
era! at Washington. For years be
was president of the First National
Bank of Salisbury.
In 1873 Mr. Craige married Miss
Josephine Branch, daughter pf Gen.
U CT, JBranchi of Raleigh.- Fiye
children survive Mr. Craige. They
are: Burton Craige, Esq., Kerr Craige,
Jr., and Misses Josephine and Bessie
Craige of Salisbury; and. Prof. Branch
Craige, of TttcurncarvN.M l t ,
Messrs. Burton and Branch Craige
started with their father to, Baltimore
some' days ago, but he became too ill
to continue the "trip -'further than
Washington." "All of his children were
with him when he died." The body
will be brought to Salisbury and buried
there. . . ; , Z. .
Mr. Craige had many1 relatives in
the State.
Mrs. John P. Allison, of
is sister ' Miss ; Bettie
Concord:; is sisten Z Miss,; Bettie
Craiee, another sister, ; lived withr him
and raised his children.
Speaking Tonight. : " "
- Hon. Francis D. Winston, candi
date for ; Lieutena,n Governor on the
Democratic ticker; will peak at the
court house tonight at 8 o'clock. The
people of Concord are invited to hear
Mr;:''Wtitt'VPa'l,e
srch iri Cabartu'"!;
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A JRETTY HOME WEDDINQ,
Miss Sidle Fisher Married Last Eveolnr
Dorria C. Mauaey of Kings
r-MoMtala.
Th social event of the season was
the pretty home wedding last evening
of Mfts Sarah Elizabeth Fisher to
Mr. Dorr is C. Mauney, of Kings
Mountain. The ceremony took place
at 730 o'clock at the home of the
bride' mother, Mrs. Laura P. Fisher,
on Nrth Union street, and was wit-
nesse(by many invited friends of the
most Ipopular young people who
plighted their troth at the hour stated
The home was beautifully decorated
the bridal party arranging at an impro
vised altar where Rev. W. H. Hiller
spoke the wedding vows.
v Mrs. Jno. D. Mauney, of Kings
Mountain, was dame of honor, and
Miss Nellie Fisher, sister of the bride,
was maid of honor. Little Laura
Ridenhour acted as flower-girl, and
Master David Boone Bostian ring-
bearer. The ushers were: Messrs,
C. Q. Rhyne, Erastus Rudisill, Joe.
F, Goodman and Noah Correll. The
following were the attendants: Miss
Chassis Brown and Mrs. Zeb M
Moore, followed by Messrs. Joe Hill
and Zeb Moore, Miss Bright Rudisill
and Miss Fannie Hill, Messrs. Louis
Brown and Hunter Mauney, Misses
Vera Mauney and Beulah Hay den,
Messrs. Clyde Webb and Luther
Baker.
: Mrs. J. P. Cook was pianist, and
as tb bridal party entered the bridal
chorus from Lohengrin was sung by
Misses Patterson, Whitley, Smith and
Mrs.J Hiller. While the ceremony
was; being performed Mrs. Hiller sang
softlf and sweetly, O Perfect Love,
byF'hbv.'
il ?ko gift to the bride was
rf exceedingly'" haridmediarnoriJ
brooch set with pearls. . There was a
large number of beautiful and costly
presents from friends in Concord and
elsewhere.
Following theceremony was a most
elegant supper; The bride and groom
accompanied by friends left last night
for Kings Mountain where a reception
was given there today by Mr. and
MfVJ.'S. Mauney, the groom's parents
- Million Dollars for Charlestion.
Washington, Sept, 1. Reports from
Navy Yard at Charleston have been
received at Wavy Department an the
' recommeridationr for improvement
Irecommendationr
there during the next year call for ap-
propriations in the neighborhood of
one million dollars. Paving streets in
yard, building wharfs and improving
water distributions arc among the
main items.-' ' Z..'Z-
The; first attraction at
the opera
be "The
Monday
house for the "season will
James TSoysj r in Missouri'
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A aotaer S aggestion.
The following is a suirpestion f r
thecons.derat.on of Democratic voters :
senate J. Li. Crowell.
House Charles McDonald.
County Commissioners M. h'.
Brown, C. L. Ervin, Jno. A. Rankin,
Jno. V., Cress, Sandy Hahn.
"Another.
Miss ' Pearl Rendleman, of near
China - Grove, and Mr. Charles
Graeber, of Burlington, were married
at the home of the bride's parents.
Mr. and (Mrs. John L. Rendleman
Wednesday afternoon at 6 o'clock.
The bride was a teacher in Mont
A moena Seminary, at Mt. Pleasant,
last year, and is a very handsome and
popular young woman. M r. Graeber
is a brother of H. A. Graeber, of
Concord, and is a prominent "business
man of Burlington.
Don't
Make
-UP-
Your
Hind
v That you can not have a pretty home because 'ou haven't
lots of money. You must not judge this store by the prices
others charge. Don't think you must pay high prices to
get the best. It isn't always necessary. It isn't at all, here,
one.
Come to see us for yonr
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RAVEN BROS.
UUiiF URNITUHE
HURRY ! HURRY ! HURRY !
$2.00 and $1.50 Straw
I Hats to go at ' 50 cents.
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: Every Straw Hat in C(m( it (rCP
I The house must go. , tUHlt dlUUtU
I i MOWN f BROWN, : Outfitters.
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THE BIG MEL0-D3AI1ATIC
in
iwiiwMistsMiiaiMvMC4M nr' "...
t( ; 5 MISSOURI" A New Modern Stae stsry: '
A Romantic Love Tale. Also Embodying Sensational Fea- ...
.'i.-'v?'! ':-. tures'and Situations of intense wter'-$i:
A New Play: exploiting the
. -xiuiged in by these tamous brotners. . , ).,... .
The Great 'Elue Cut"i train : Robbery as It "nctusllr
:!o:,v:;:: : , occured Sept. 7th; I85L s? ' . C
The most natural Train effect ever produced. , A marvel in -L.;" .
." - "X r ...Scenic Splendor and Massiveness. . . . , :(;; :-V !
Every"? act" superbly mounted.- A cast of : sterling worth.1
fz.Z':' Pathos and Comedy Cleverly Combined. : 1 ; .
"THEBESTEVER r;r
BAKED": 1wU- '
IHJavenner9 s
Steam Bread
Only 5 cts. a loaf. Fresh
everyday except Sunday1'
Dove&Bost.
Tor Sale or Exchange.
33 acres adjoining Vic Caldwell and
Jno. P. Allison, 4 room house, new
barn, stalls, etc. Good bearing orch
ard. Will exchange for a larger farm
See Jno, F. Beatty & Co., Real Estate
Agent. J si 4t.
Furnitura wants.
UNDERTAKING CO.
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most ; thrilling iappenings in- - HiZ
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