MRS. NE PERSON DIES SUB

   

 

 

 

MRS

WELL KNOWN CHARLOTTE!
| WOMAN IS. VICTIN
| OF APOPLEXY

 

A sudden stroke of apoplexy bro:
death Mrs.
fiat Santa Fe. >

 

 

to Joe

 

Person

W Mexico. as she was

 

on her way to faraway California and

  

Alaska, in company with hey sister.
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Mrs, J. B. Beurd, of Hickory. Ms

Person left Charlotte Saturday,

   

being joined at Hickory dy her siste

 

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ang it was their plan to make tn ex-
{tensive trip during the Summer A
| telegram announcing her sud
‘death came here yesterday aft

at 4 o'clock to Mr. Rufus M. #

 

   

   

 

 

   

her son,

Person was nearly 73 years of
fage and one of the most renarkable |
women in North Carolina. She was}
ene of the best known in the State. |
By reason of her tavele and her inti-!
macy with human nature, shy posse s.
ed a rare character ang deminan

 

 

trails that brought her instantie
favor of those who made her acquaint-
ance. She wus y robust
and vigorous
‘ehe kept up her t

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pro old a

gave her

 

   
 

   

 

distinction in the interest of “Mrs Jor
Person's Remedy.” For the past
| or four months, Mrs. Person gave evi-
| dence of yielding to the intirmites of
| old age and it was her hope and
‘i hope wae shared by member of ¢
| family that a trip to ¢ prria might |

    

prove hetpfut
dition was not precar’ou
abundant indl fons th:
'| was losing by aegrees «

to her, While her coa-
there w

Mrs Person

 
 
 

 

 

 

© of the vig-

 

   

| or and physical strength ¢ a coe
"tributed to her remarkable life. Mrs.
|| Peraon had made two previous t

   

of the West and was “delighted with
the romantic beauty of ‘that! great
country, She was always enthus:a
over the diversities of that part of the
United States and was great)

 

  
   

 

    

 

   

 

JOB P

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

   

SUDDENLY.

© WHILE ON HER WAY 10: CHUA

 

BATTLE N10
FIERCEST YEI

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Report Comes To War De-
partment Of Yesterday’s

, Engagement

AMERICAN IGE BEAD

Last Stand of Moros Gives
Formidable Front To Un-
cle Sam’s Troops

   
     

a
WASHINGTON, June

wbiy net bate

occupation,” is the — deserstion

     

  
     
 

     

Kpixwdier Gen Pershins of
Ue with the Moros yesterday
cport by cable t
roment
My made de at

   
   

rush che
finally

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heir lew ar and
th other noted outlaws were re-
tthe total loss of the

 

was not
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ppine wats,

    

tenant dwin

      

  
  

Philippine — secuts,
wounded, and three Philip: ine x
o the & ‘ all na-
Uvex, were k a
neral Pershing sro was 3

   

  
   
  
  

folle

On

ws
June 2, the Mor
sink Ss formida
dtrenches on the
e of the crater not only

    
  
 

   

   

 

 

 

  

 

      

   

 

ested in its affairs. She recit ch other strongly but wv ‘efon
glories of the West with such antma-| e@™with modern arms. Noros
tion that she was distinctly cnarming icwlly. and continuousty tried: ve
| in her conversation and narrations of rush she American lines buc the care-
| its wonders. tul disposition of our forces held the
| For 42 yeare Mrs. Person hag rep-! American lors to «a mininiam. Probe
| resented the remedy which took her ally there has been no f battle
| name on the market. Her medicine! since American occupation. | +
‘had a greater reputation, perhaps. The American Defeurs».
!than any other proprietary, prepar “Major George C. Shaw. of the
| tion that has been marketed in North! Philippine scouts. commandee the
| Carolina. The business was ‘done un-j right wing of Company Wighth
| der the astute personal supenvis'on of! Regiment, United Stites (nfaniry. and

 

Mrs, Person, She representea tte
Remedy on the road and managed the
marketing of the medicine “ hersetf.!
Twenty years ago’ the plant was es
tablished in this city and the late Col. |
Charles R, Jones was « partner-in the|
business. It was then taken to Tar-
boro ang later on to Kittrell, About
ten years ago Mrs, Person returned to|
Yharlotte to make her residence and
i three ‘years ago she sold the business)
to outelders. who continued io mann-|
facture and market the product under
the same name as it had previously |
learried, Mrs. Person amassed n- |
siderable wealth from this busine:
Mre, Person Was a woman Of mark-
ed talent.-.She was a pianistvof some
‘note and at one’ time Nag the honor
of playing Southern airs Por a New
York phonograph company. She was a
“woman’ of strong convictions,
herency she was.an Episcopalian, but
| never ‘identified. herself actively vat
| any Church.» She was remarkable in
| roby, tness of phyriaaue. in keenness
| of mind,’in hopefulness of spirit and
her executive ability_has been esti-
mated as’ altogether unveusl, for al

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Fortieth Company, Philippine szours.

 

      

 

Capt. TaSior’ A, Nichols, of the Phil-
| ippine mmanced the left
wing with th St, Pity-second
Jand Twenty-ninth Companies, Php:

 

bine scouts, A mountiin gun was with

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woman of her age ang her epportunt-

 

 

 

 

  
 
 

tle:

Mrs, Person was 2 native of Peters-
‘burg, Va, Her raaiden name was Miss
Alice Morgan, dauxhter of Samuel
and Esther Mor; «s mar-
ried at the early in

  

to Joseph Arrington Person of Frank-
Inton, Franklin .County
They went at once. to
whese they Uyed until the
‘Mr. Person ‘in.1833.
Mrs..Person is survived by ther gf
ter, Mrs. “BoaFd, a brother, Mr, Al-
bere Morgan. of Murphy, ‘and -by the

 

 

By ad- {*ronowing children: Mrs. WY. H. Harris

of Wake Forest, Mr.» Wiley M; Person
of Louisburg, Miss Josie Person of
Hickory, Mr. R. M, Person af this.
vicinity and Mr. Wille M. Person of
Coroy, Ala. All of these are expected
to. attend the funeral which -will be
helct in this city. Several days. will
be tequired tor the ap from New
Mexiso,