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THE NEWS. H. C MARTIN, Editor and Prop If roar paper doe not reach rou promptly, let u know to wt can a. vnere tn troatue u Anonrmoai eommunJeatioti wl not be rnnted. Advertising rates low and Dlb giren on application. Telephone No. 54. 8abeedption prie $L00 a year 50c ta. au montni. Socta. tare, montna. TUESDIT, Mak. It, 1903. Arrival and Departure of Trains NORTH BOUND . No. 10 Mail and Ex. ar. 1:22 p.m. No. 62 " " 44 2:10p.m. SOUTH BOUND. No. 9.Mail and Ex. de. 1:50 p.m. No. 63 " " 44 9:05 a.m. A CARD. In view of the fact that one D 8. Lee is nreachiue about the country aud conducting revivals. I have decided to state some facts in regard to this man that I have learned by personal experience On May 9th, 1906, he came to my office saying he was interest in a small printing office in Boone and wanted to buy some paper envelopes and type. I showed him some staff and sold him a bill of $25.00 or 130.00, explaing to him the type was second hand, broken fonts and sold it to him at a low price accordingly. Well, he never finished paying for the stuff, though he repeatedly promised to do so and he now owes me a balance of 17.25. I sent him many requests for settlement by mail to none of them has he made any reply. I met him on the streets of Lenoir and asked him for settlement, he promised to bring some of the type back, which he says he found he could not use. I told him very good, bring it back and we could adjust it. This he has never done. Final ly I placed the accounts in the hands of a Collection Agency and he wrote them an insolent letter ; which I have, making false state ments about me. I immediately wrote him if he did not come up like a man and show a disposition to do right I would advertise him. He has paid no attention to my letter, hence this statement. Now if he has any of the religion he is pretending to preach, he will at loaat A kv knn I .1 . uu w uai 11c una piuimseu W do and make an effort to adjust an lamest debt. I have always in tended to give him a liberal part of the account, if he showed a dis DOSitioil to wt snnarfl tint, that, ho 7 -vv vuuv V- - 1PKPrVPS if hnt luVQlla ha stlaima to be a preacher. If he will come in now and pay the bill and show he has religion enough to be hou est, I will go him one better and give the entire amount to some worthy charity the poor house in mates, for instance, of this county or Watauga. I do not care so much for the little balance he is due me, but I do detest a man . who will not tell the truth. I dis like to deal in personalities of this kind, but I want to show Mr. Lee .1 am as good as my word, for I wrote him I would expose him If he did not come up as he promised aud act the man. I shall be glad to talk this matter over with Mr. Lee or any of his friends and res pectfully refer him to chapter 8, verses 22 and 23, of the Acts of the Apostles. Respectfully, II. C. Martin. .j. The time for paying taxes is getting short. Will you force me ITD Chorea Burned cr CrjsisJ to Dtttl Clerend, Ohio, March 4. Pen ned io narrow hallways, jammed up against doors that only opened inward, between one hundred and sixty and one hundred and seventy childern in the suburb of North CoUin wood today were killed by fire, by smoke and beneath the grinding heels of their panie-srick en playmates. The awful tragedy occurred this morning in the public school of North Collin wood, ten miles east of this city. At ten o'clock to night one hundred and sixty-fire corpses were in the same morgue Collin wood, six children were still unaccounted for and all the hospi tals and houses for two miles around contained members of children, some fatally and many less seri ously injured. All of the victims were between the ages of six aud fifteen years. The school contained betweeu three j children reached the foot of the hundred and ten and three hund-1 stairs they found the flames close red and twenty-five pupils, and of; upon them, and so swiff rush was made for the door that in an in stant a tightly-packed mass of childern was piled up against it. From that second none of those who were upon any portion of the first flight of stairs had a chance for their lives. The children at the foot of the stairs attempted to fight their way back to the door above, while those who were coming down shoved them mer cilessly back into the flames below. In an instant there was a frightful panic, with two hundred of the pupils fighting lor their lives. thaa normally liip?, and tie small er children had been placed ia the epper part of the bailding. There was but one fire-escape, and that was ia the rear of the buildiug. There were two stairways, one lead ing to a door in front, and the other to a door in the rear. Both of these doors opened inward, and it is claimed the rear door was lock ed "as well. When the flames were disco ved the teachers, who throughout seem to have acted with courage and self-possession and to hare strug gled heroically for the safety of their pupils, marshaled the little ones into column for the ''fire drill," which they had often practiced. Unfortunately the line of march in this exercise had always led to the front door and the children had not been trained to seek any other exit. The tire came from a fur nace situated directly under, this part of the building. When the this entire number only about eighty are known to have left the the building unhurt. It will be several days before the exact num ber of killed is known, as the ruins may still contain other bodies and the list of fatalities may be in creased by a number of deaths among the children who are now lying in the hospitals hovering be tweeen life and death. ONLY ONK KIRE-KSt'APK. The schoolhouse was of brick, two stories and an attic in height. The number of pupils was more -icot cf those who vers killexl died there. The greater part cf those who escaped ciiaad to turn back and reached the fire-escape and the windows ia the rear. v Various and unconfirmed state ments are made as to the cause of the fire, and also that the doors of the building had been locked at the front en trace, while bat one door of the rear- entry was un fastened. The janitor, PriUHerter, him self bereaved of three children, says the doors were open, accord ing to custom. At any rate, the congestion of fleeing children in the hallway below effectively bar red the way and the little ones went to their death totally unable to evade the flams. Within three hours after the start of the fire it had burued it self out, and the work of recover ing the bodies proceeded. A Cure for Misery. "I have found a cure for the misery lualari ioiou produces,' says K. M. James, of Louelleu, 8. C. "It's called Electric Hitters, and comes in 50 cent bottles. It breaki up a cane of chills or a bilious attack in almost no time; aud it puts yellow jaundice clean out of couiniissiou." This great tonic medicine aud blood puri fier gives quick relief in all stomach, liver aud kidney complaints and the misery of lauie back. 8old under guarantee at J. E. Shell's drug store. Cherish your (friends and rela tions, but do not hire them in your business. DeWitt's Little Early Risers, small, saf, sure little liver pills. Sold by J. E. Shell, Dr. Kent and Uranite Falls Drug Co. ,TW For the benefit of those who have never seen in my Optical Room, we will on Friday and Saturday March 13th and 14th. make a special display of the Special Optical in struments that I use in giving Scientific Eye Examinations. During these two days we will fit noglassesnor test any eyes, but beginning Monday March lGth we will begin a special sale of Glasses and Spectacles to last one week. Watch Fridays issue for Prices. We have the best equipped Optical Department in Western North Carolina. We know how to use every instilment. A. W. DULA, JEWELER AND OPTICIAN, Dula Building. Lenoir, N. C. WHEN YOU WANT CLOTHING 8 Shoes, Dry Goods and Notions, Don9! Fail to call andl Examm ine omit Lines and! get Prices. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT. COME IN BE FORE GOING ELSEWHERE. I in rmlvfc rtv I awl i J.JU. COTTBELL, i . , Tax Collector.
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