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'^lWp.9K^. 'T" 6 Charlotte Banks to Consolidate?Former Lancastrians Officers of One. i * The Observe". There are many rumors ; float 'o the effect that theChariotte National Bank, one of the beat known and most prosperous institutions in the ei'y, ami the Charlotte Trust Company, the youngest of the local banks, ate to be consolidated some titne next year under the ? ? - >? < Mtai loOa Vntinnnl II *v IUU K/l l/liv? VUIV ' v Bank. The merged institution will have a capital of at leas' $300.000, the amount to be determined by t lie stuck holders. The sur plus will aggrega'e between $160,000 and $175,000. Mr B. I). Hea'h, president of tlie Charlotte National Bank, will retiie and it is understood that, Presi dent J. II Little, of the Trust Company, will tie elected presi dent of the consolidated institu-j tion. Mr. W. H. Twitty will re main as cashier and Mr. L. II Hagood, of the Tru t Company, will likely be'assistant cashier. The Charlotte National Bank was organized in 1897 with a capital of $125,000. Dining the I 10 years ot it* existence, its capita! has remained the same, no occasion ever haying arisen when it was deemed necessary to in crease it. Mr. B. 1). Heath ha* been its president all the while and Mr. W. H. Twitty i's cashier. On its capi al it has earned the handsome sum of $203,000 of which $103,000 has been paid out in cash to the stockholders. President Heath of Charlotte Nat. Bk. Makes Statement. With reference to an article appearing in yesterday morning's issue of The Observer to ttie effect that a merger of the Charlotte National bank and the Charlotte Trust Company was probable next, year, the following statement from President B. I) Ileath of the Charlotte National bank is published. When seen by an Observer man Mr Heath said: "I beg to say article appearing in The Observer of to-day under the head-lines Banks to Consolidate, indicating my retirement from presidency ot 'lie Charlotte National Bank and naming my successor, is a new tiling to me and is without foundation or fact. Negro Killed by Lightning. Aiken special in the News and Courier: Arner Merritt, a no* ro, was struck an I instantly killed yesterday afternoon by lightning near tlie Palmetto Farms. The negro was at work when the storm came up and sought shelter under a nearby tiee. The tree was struck soon after and resulted in the m-tant death of the man The storm was very severe and some damage is report* d troni various points in the country, but this is the only casualty. tnaorseu ny i.ne vuiniiy. "The most popular reme ly in Otsego County, and the best friend of my family," writes Win. M. l>i<t/ editor and publisher of the Otsego Journal, Gilbertsville, N. V., "is Dr. Kiug's New Ducov- ry It lias proved to be an infalliftble cure for coughs and colds, making short work of the worst ol them. We always keep a bottle in the house. I believe it to be the most valuable prescription kno*n for Lung and Tbroat diseases.' Guaranteed to never disappoint the take/by J F. Macktyand Funderburk Pharmacy. Drug Htore. Price C?o and i 1.( 0. Trial bottle free. - ' i; ' F . % " If ' 4:; " ' TJB Constable in Orangeburg County Killed by Negro. i Orangeburg special iuthe Ne\v? 1 and Courier : One white man is | deadand another seriously wounded a* the result ot an attempt to arrest a negro named Lee Frank- , lin, this morning in the neighborhood <f Norway. The negr>. Franklin, was working on the farm of Mr. Jake Thomas, of the Cope seeli >11, aii< 1 lie h id some difficulty with Mr. Thomas, who had a warrant issued for him bv Magi-Mra'e Jo eph Valentine. Ttie magistrate sent his deputy and brother, Mr. Henry Valet;- [ line, accorap inied by Mr. Carter, j to s?rve the warrant and arrest i the negro. The negro had left Mr. I ll mas's place, but was Icon' ed in a house some distance awav. Mr. Valentine went to the front 9tep<* of the house and called Franklin, who came to the door, pi - tol in hand and opened (ire on Constable Valentine, firing two shots, which took elLct just below die heart, and from the effects ot which Mr. Valentine fell mortally wounded. The [negro then seeing Mr. Carter near the well, shot him also, wounding him in the arm and slightly wounding him in anoth er part of his body. < Biggest Fish Lie?Perhaps. , 1 We were camping in Northern ( Wisconsin and one evening after jj our supper ol black bass and ' bacon we lay under the pine trees t smoking and telling fish stories 1 in which it was always the ''big ' gei- bass" that got away, fays a , writer in the Chicago Tribune. Our guide listened with the gravity of a man who knew all ( about fi-h stories, and finally he i Knocked the ashes from his pipe 1 and told us a story. ( 'Once, long ago," he said, "there was a terrible big trout up 1 in Smith's pool. Every lellow , who fished in the pool had hooked 1 him one time or oilier, but be always got away, bit oft' the ( snood or something. "I tried to catch him myself a dozen limes. One day 1 was sitting by the pool, when splash, a ! young robin fluttered out of the j nest on a limb above the pool into the water. In a minute there ? a."5 (l 1 toil | ?t fciCCl'H w l ? ' and tlie old trou* had thrown himtolf clear <?nt of the water and ! had swallowed the young robin whole , "What did i do? Well, |i climbed that tree in short order, got another one of those young robins, i baited inv hook v it h it and threw it in just as lightly as I could : In a minute there was another I i rush, anol her gleam ol yellow and | again the old trout jumped ch ar out of the water as lie swallowed i the robin and in a minute more I had him hooked. "It was lucky I Wasn't fishing 'with any of this new-fangled tinging these hoys use, and that 1 wasn't bothered with a reel to look after or I would have h>st 1 fiitn sure. As it was, it took me !a devil of a time to get him out. llM 1 i ? J 1/ <!_. 1 I **croou to toil* uinii ouun i we didn't try to m?t him. He was ho lull of hook* wo Hold linn for: old iron, you know." That ended our fish stories for that night. : EANOISiEt NEWS, AUGUS Ideal Business College. 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