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Wm. h. Stewart Editor.
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jAELE AHlStWLY COUNTY.
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Mrs. Hester UOMfi MOl-Suitfid.
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3Unly Bnterpti8e Dee
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TheJtforwood Methodist church
has jusf instaUad'a splendid new
organ for the main auditorium
and the one formerly used there
has been' moved to the Sunday
school room.
Chas. R. Bolich, of Norwood,
again spent Sunday in Salisbury
with his wife, who is still at the
Whiehead-Stokes Sanitorium.
An operation was performed Mon-
day and Mrs. isoiicn is aoing
nicely.
The T. A. Gillespie Co., of
Whitney, are moving another
steam shovel near the Julius Jog-
gin old place. Two new dinkies
are here for that place which will
be known as No. 11. The com-
pany will suspend workThursday
for a ten dav holiday and than
they will take a fresh hold on
iyU6 I
A man by the name of Ferrell
who departed this section 33 years
aero for carts unknown came up a
few days ago and layB claim to
Rbont 80 acres of land in IPalmer-
ville. E, 0. Bostwick is the prin-lia
cipal owner of the land now.
Mrs. J. W. Pickler, ot the vi
cinity 4 miles east;of Albermarle,
had the misfortune of getting one
of her ribs broken one day last
5?eek. She had gone to the barn
to feed the oow, and while secur
ing the feed from the gram ry she
-frrm hiah fintmnr.ft and
lay for some two hours where she
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dition before help arrived. Her
on Raymond discovered her as
he was returning from school.
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mr people occurs on January otn,
in the settlement by the a4mmis-
brabiuu ui but? vabato ui uiaa mio
u:. u . t;;ii
ago was recorded in these columns,
and in the estate there are quite
a number of shares of stocks in
mills, State bonds and other en
fcemrises that will be sold for
- a, , . , -
distribution among ,the heirs.
Mrs. . Josephine Hearne, of this
place, was a sister of the deceased,
and she will come in for a share
of something Jike sixteen or
eighteen thousand dollars.
Attorney R. E. Austin attended
the federal court at Charlotte last
week. He appeared with his co-
aff.nrno7a in hfihalf of MrH. HfiStftT
Leonard vs. the Miami Mining
Vu TViin rtaaa no mo tin fnr t.ri al
on Thursday morning. Her at
torneys immediately telegraphed
Mrs. Leonard, but for some cause
the message failed to reach Mrs.
Leonard until some five hours
after being delivered to the West
ern Union. The train was due to
leave this station just as "Mrs,
Leonard learned that she was
wanted at Charlotte. Her evi
dence waB vital to the cause of
action, and it was an unfortunate
matter that the case was forced to
trial without her evidence. For
this reason, it appears, the Judge
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nn.anirjin r.na ri i n t.itth inr mire
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of evidence. The plaintiff's at
torneys have appealed to the
circuit court of appeals at Rich
mond, asking for a new trial. The
ease will come up for hearing
about the first of April. In the
meantime, act? n wilfji be taken
' Against the Western Union Tele
graph Company for failure to de
liver the message on time. Mrs.
Leonard is suing the mining com-
pany for $95,000, damage for the
death of herjiusband in a shaft
of the defendant mining company.
vLast Friday morning fire , was
Iwcovered under the Upper room
at the Wiscassett mill and before
the water could be turned on it
had eotten such headway -that
quite a lot of cotton was burned
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and damage ; to the am cunt of
about $10,000 resulted. The great-
est damage resulted from tne
burning of the large belts from
the engine. . One of these belts is
4 feet wide and the cost is $16 00
per running foot. The belts when
new cost something over $3,000. 1
The mill necessarily had to 8 nut
pown or a few days, but the de
spatch used in getting new belts
was something remarkable, since
they had to come from New York.
president Cannon took the matter
ju nan(i and promptly located the
belts by wire, and had them
shipped at once. They reached
Albemarle Monday morning on a
special train and the mill was
ready for operation Tuesday
morning. The losses were fully
covered by insurance, and the
adjusters were on the ground
Monday to reckon the loss.
A street fieht occurred on Wis-
casett Hill Sunday afternoon,
when Robert McAllister fired a
shot from a pistol which took
effect in the leg of J. C. Murray,
Must above the knee. The wound
not a serious one and the woun
ded man is setting along well.
Facts are hard to secure, and un
til the preliminary hearing this
evening before Esq. J. W. Bost-
ian, It 18 uncertain wuaii iuboyi
dence will bring forth. It seems
tuau a duwu w jrWtxuft xuou, j I
of whom ihad
sembled
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anair wmou wuwu . uuWJ
STianea in a jesi,. mo w mu
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he sh? es not appear
nniew n was simpiy tne result vi
a drunken quarrel. Unless as m-
imatea tD8re naa vprey
been a gambling see
. fif followed ;aB ; & Beduei:
McAlli ster was considerably
was conBiaerauiy
bruised up, and his friends say
that he nrea tne snot aiter two oi
the other parties had jumped on
him, Murray's friends claim
that he was not connected with
the fight until after he was shot.
Thorn in also a sntreraBtion that
braes knucka, were used. But
these are matters of evidence, and
the facts are not now plain.
Diiorce Suits in Buncombe.
The Superior Court of Bun-
combe county might be termed a
'court of divorces." At every
term of court for the trial of
civil cases a number of divorce
suits are instituted and tried and
with but a ew exceptions a de-
cree grantea severing
the bonds
of matrimony.
Reference to the court records
for 1905 reveals the fact that
during the last eleven month?,
29 divorces have been granted by
the Superior Court in Banco mbe
county; six mistrials have been
recorded while several suits are
on the docket for trial . at the
present term of court.
The last North Carolina Gen
eral Assembly drew a more
stringent divorce law. This law
removed as cause abandonment,
which heretofore has been geu-
- lfirallv nleaded in divorce pro-
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ceedings and which it is declared,
had become a farcial and absurd
cause.
During the discussion of the
divorce question in the State
Legislature last winter and when
it became known tfcat fchfl aban
donment cause probably would be
eliminated, persous in Buncombe
county who contemplated sueing
for divorce hastily took advant
age of the law and filed their
suits.
Puring ope week eight suits for
divorce were filed in the office of
the court and in every instance
the plea of abandonment was
made.
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6R0WIN6 GOMncRCc fVlTH POSStSSIUNS
Will kimnti 20 Million Dollars This
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Year WltB t&8 Philippines.
Commerce between . the United
SfcfttftH &nA the PhiliDoine Islands
i. liVoW tr ocrcpotftf ftbnnt, 20
million dollars in the year' which cate that the strike was success
ends with the present month, fully inaugurated and is spreading
While only ten months' figures of
t.hA nrflaenfc calendar year are
available .they so much exceed
t.hnao nf &n eftrliar vear as to iusti-
fy the belief that the total will eioge, which gives the civil aa
reach about 20 millions, against thorities exceptional powers of
about . 15 millions in 1904, 10 arrest, etc. The next move will
millions in 1900. 4 millions in
1898, and a little over 4 millions
in 1897. the year prior to Ameri-
can occupation. Thus it seems 1
likely that our trade with the Is-
lands in the year about to end
will be nearly four times as great
a in t.hn laafc vflar of Spanish con-f
trol, and approximately four times
as great as the average during the
several years prior to American
occupation. Prior to the year
1899 exports from the United
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States to the Philippine Islaudi
had never exceeded a quarter of a
million dollars. In the present
year they will aggregate nearly 6
million dollars, or certainly 20
times as much as in any year
nrior to American occupation. I
Imports from the islands, which
ransred between four and five
million dollars yer annum prior
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iu wereiu ibv, j-v xmixiui
dollars ; in 1903, 12 millions, and
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This increase in trade wicn tne
imiutiM iu wnuo uu u"
islands is distributed through a
iargenumDer0larti0i., pxijr
in the case of exports, whch.have
grown Komf,m -
to ibout 6 mil ions id- 1905. A
statement just issued by the De-
statement jus wiueu uy w
partment of Commerce and Labor
itnrougn its bureau or dwi.u.
shows the total trade with the 8"
lands in each calendar year from j
1895 to 1904 and ten months of
the calendar year 1905. It also
shows the principal articles ex-
ported to and imported from the
I islands in the ten months ending
with October, lyuo. ana compare
them with the figures of the cor
respondmz months of 1904. This
statement of exports to the is
lands includes hundreds of ar
ticles, agricultural implements,
books and maps and epgravi: gs
breadstuffs, pars and carriages
manufactures of cotton, fruits aud
nuts, hay instruments and ap-
paratu. for scientific purpose, .f
me.nrr. t
iafno, mfnral nil nW.
nannA ilhU. .annon milt
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wines and spirits, manuf aptures
of wood and many other articles.
The imports from the Philip-
pines, while they nave grown irom
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$4,52,181 in 1897, the year prior
to American occupation, to $12,-
in ihA tan month, of t.h
w-irr-
nrAflpnt vAar. ana ovnn ROftm IikgIv
to approbate U mllQB. in MJSSSSM
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ruu year, or tnree times as mucn
as in iy7, are con&ned to com-
paratively few articles, and up to
thia tima uro hioflv hmn atA
ancrar. Thfi vn.ln of homn im
ported from the islands in the
a i r
ten months ending wifch October
n.a tin ?AR9a n .n "a
muro uuau uub uiiiiiuu uu1Bib px
month, and that of sugar $2,216,-
249. The other articles imported
from the Philippines are up to
u: tom onA
iii l in iiiuin uuiouioiv avw uuu ua
little valuebe next largest after
sugar being straw hats and bon
nets, $14,796; vegetables oils, $6,
217; fruits and nuts, $5,824
manufactures of fibers, $4,703;
manufactures of silk, $2,486 ;
while unmannfaoti;re(i tobacco
imported' during the ten months
bIHUbbLC BUM A I HUdOUTV.
Moiement Wltn which to Bre toowb
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BMI'SMBE n-MUBBWinii inauguniM,
St. Petersburg, Deo. 20. 6:80
p. m. Reports received here from
Moscow late this afternoon indi
rapidly. ..Even the electric light
plants are closed, trovernor in
eral Doubassoff has declared the
citv to be in a partial state of
be to declare a state ot siege in
which the military supersede!
civil power. It is expected that
the inauguration of the strike
here tomorrow will be followed by
a similar measure, but if the
situation becomes worse as autici-
Dated, martial law will be de
clared
The railroad stations at St.
Petersburg ware occupied by
troops this afternoon and the
government made an attempt.
with the aid of the railroad bat
-
tallions, to maintain some sort of
train serviceespecially to the
German frontier, and also to keep
open cable communication with
points abroad. The inhabitants
are harried laying in supplies of
food as if to .stand a s lege.
PrOSSoTO OK ROlBOkS Major.
Rnnnnkft Va TW 20 Tn all
h churche8 of Roanoke yeBter,
dav Dfititiona were nreaented to
f.hft Anncrroflratinna arA 1ihnrn.llv
signed requesting the mayor of
Roanoke to enforce the
RnanntrA tn nnfnrn.a tha law
Urainst. th .ocial Avil. Thia
brought about by thePghtnow on
was
between the Boanoke Pastors
Conference and Mayor Cutchin,
owin(! to hUMj MeftTor
Tha moyement may result in a
koncerted request on the part of
Uhe - ininisters of the citv for
peaohment proceedings against
im
the mayor.
was but $6 in value, and cigars
and cheroots bit $1,-
795. While; there has been a
marked growth in the importa
tipns of hemp from the Philip
pine Islands, the growth in the
other important articles thus far
imported from the Philippines,
sugar, v has not been strongly
marked. The' importations of
manila hemp have grown from 8$
million dollars value in 1897 to 10
million dollars for the ten months
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fol'y 12 millions in the full year.
importations from the fhU
UppM b? Wd Onp
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ana.in ine present year wi prooa
uf rM "uu
l iprb than y ner cent, or tun ancrar
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U1,,UB WUB,BTK
-y". mfm i"aications
seem to justify the prediction that
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about 160 million dollars, and of
that total the Philippines supply
a little over two million dollars'
worth. Charlotte News.
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' uIin 01 "ffl,nB
ir Jt torments, like dying of
oousnmption. The progress of
tQ tnQ yer end ig ft lo torture.
both to victim and friends.
"When I had consumption in its
first stage," writes Wm. Myers, of
UeartQss,Mdvater trying differ-
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eht medioines and a good doctor,
in vain, I at last took Dr. King's
New Discovery, which quickly and
perf eotly cured ma. ' ' Prompt re
lief and sure cure for coughs colds,
sore throat, bronchitis, etc Pos
itively prevents pneumonia.
Guaranteed at all drug stores
price ouo and $1.00 a bottle
Trial bottle free. ' " -"
AvnatAAl IIPAIUA A "T IIAAAAUI
CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY.
A Lota Mi Trust Cosptnr Organized, A
Shaa Uarrlage at Barbel, A Big Fire.
Coneord Timer, Dec. 33rd.
Jno. W. Cook will take charge
of the County Horns next Monday.
Chas. R. Cook, of Concord, his
brother, will on the same day take
charge of . Mr. Cook's store Vnd
farm in No. 4 township.
The plans have all been arrang
ed for the organization of a loan
and trust company to do business
in Concord. The stock has been
subscribed and the incorporatioo
papers have been (drawn. Many
of our beet business men have
subscribed to the capital stock,
and the new company will start
out under most favorable circum
stances. The organization is
largely due to the earnest efforts
ofW. M. Smith,. who is always.
looking forward to the material
prosperity of our city. The new
corporation, to be known as the
J'Sbutbern Ioan and Trust Com
pany," will do. a general leal es
tate and insurance business, and
will take over the business of the
Concord Real Estate Co , Smith
$ White, and Cannon & Gibson.
B. P. Wharton, well-known busi
ness man of Greensboro, is large
ly interested in the company
here, and a subscriber to a large
block of ffte stoek. They will be
incorporated at once, with a paid
in capital of 420. 000, and an au
thorized capital of $100000. Our
business men have subscribed
liberally to tljis stock,
W, M. 8mith, who is attorney
for J. W." Cannon and those as
sociated with him in the proposed
cotton mill, informs us that he-
receives very little encouragement
from some of the land, owners
near Glass, who persist in holding
their property at m6h a figure as
to make a purohaie for the pur
pose impossible. On the other
hand, a number of deals have
been closed on property wkioh has
been offered at a reasonable price.
Mr. Oannon hai received flattering
offers from a number of othar
places, $mong them Whitney,High
Point ancf Greensboro. Some of
these offers are excellent ones. In
addition to thee J. $ Qayyault
has offered as a site for the mill
one-half of his entire farm oh
which was located the ice plant,
offers absolutely free if the mill is
located on the property,. This is
a plfn business proposition with
Mr. Day vault, as he figures' that
his remaining ou acres win be so
increased in value as to make it
worth more than the 1QQ acres at
present;
yhile Mr. and Mra. J, C. Pay
vaut were on their way from Bar
ber Junction, we got the follow-
ing j At one catching of fish with
hook and line in one hour's time
Mr. Dayvault fanded eight suck-
ers that averaged two and one-
fourth pounds each, and d,oue a
good job each, day flahing and kill
ing squirrels, rabbits and quail for
one week. Mr. Dayvault said as
Mie grew older his annual visits to
Barber were with greater success
in the game line. Mr. Dayvault
said that his niece, Miss Pearl
Barringer, gave an entertainment
complimentary, to him and his
wife's visit. Thirty gentlemen
and two ladies were present.
Cakes and candies were plentiful,
and a squirrel, quail and, sh scup
per was served,. After. the dinner
a sham marriage was performed.
The intended groom stood ' eight
feet high in socks, while the bride,
flat-footed, measured seven and
one-half feet in height. Lum
ought to know. He uses a foot
rule every day and sometime
makes a mistake. Xes Mr, Day
yault, said the play marriage re
sulted in, a kind of a rucus. The
groom claimed it to be go. But
the bride was of another notion,
and it Vas not long before the
giant learned that the joining to
gether was a sham and very near
a battle.
The town was startled a few
minutes after 6 o'clock last Wed
nesday evening when the fire alarm
sounded and it was announced that
the Yorke furniture factory was
in flames. Although the rain was
falling in torrents, several thous
and people were soon on the
grounds. The fire company re
sponded but was powerless to ren
der any aid, as the plant was out
side the corporation, and could
not be reached by the city water.
The factbry had no means of its
own of combatting fire, and all
that could be" done was to stand
by and regretfully see the proper
ty consumed. . The oompany had
had recently made a contract with
the town to extend its water to the
plant, but there was a delay in
putting in the pipes on account of
the size, and the work had not
been completed. The entire plant
and belongings, except the ware
house on the east side of the switch
containing the finished goods, was
totally destroyed. This included
the engine room, machinery room,
two dry kilns full of lumber, lum
ber shed, storage room, etc. Over
250,0QQ feet of lumber was burn
ed. The loss is fully $50,000. The
insurance carried on the entire
plant was about $50,900, but there
was about $10,0QQ worth of finished
good UQt consumed. The insur
ance on the part burned was a-
bout $40,000. There is no clue as
to how the fire originated. It was
discovered by the night watohman
in the basement of the machinery
room i -and was burning briskly
then. H;e threw' several buckets
of water on it, but the smoke soon
so nearly stifled him that he was
forced to withdraw. It ia not im
probable that it was the work of
an incendiary, though there is no
evidence that this is true. The
buildings were all frame ones, and
these and the contents were of
such a character as to make it al
most impossible to extinguish a
fire which bad gained any head
way even if water facilities had
been ample.
C. C. Krider, who has been, en
gaged in the turpent ne business
at Kingsland, Ga., has disposedof
his interests here and is now on a
visit to relatives' in this city.
Clyde has made, good money since
leaving Salisbury. He expects to
again engage in the business in
Florida. '
The Weaver Piaios
Are made to occupy a promi
nent position among tho most
distinguished pianos now manu
factured. It is bold to claim a
place in this exalted rank and to
sustain such a elaim requires not
only skillfull mechanics and a
musioial temperament in those
who have to do with the tone of
the piano, but the most strenous
witchfui oare of the manufact
urers in every detail of its con
struction. In short, every man
who is connected with the manu
tacture of such a piano, must
work with his brains as well as
with his hands, and both must be
directed by a good conscience.
No expense dare be spared that
will add to the musical or artis
tic value of tle instrument or to
its durability, and; no money
must be waated u its construct
ion or- on useless attachments that
do not enhance the value of the
piano.
A Piano of this character is .too
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expensive ior the promiscuous
buyer and must depend for its
Bupport upon the intelligent,
thoughtful and discriminating
It is the attention, oi. such per
sons that we aha 11 seek through
th.e columns of this paper during
the next few months.
WEAVER ORGAN & PIANO Ca
Manufacturers, York, Pa.
LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY;
Big Fire Destroys Building and Contents,
Loss $6,000.
Lexington Dispatch, Deo. 30
The authorized capital stock of
the Lexington Grocery" Company
has been increased from $25,000
to $50,000.
Messrs. H. A. Hege and W. N.
Kinney have formed a co-partnership
and will engage in the manu
facture of brick in Lexington.
They have ordered new and latest
improved machinery and hope to
begin operations early next year
A number of civil engineers
were here this week surveying for
the double traok between Lexing
ton and Thomasville.. It is the
custom of the Southern to have a
survey made in order to estimate
the cost of double tracking be
tween certain points before letting
the oon tract for the work, and this
was the object of the engineers
here this week.
The Washington News also
woke up the echoes here about the
marshalship, 'Watch what I tell
you," said the leading Blackburn
ohampion this morning, "If
Wagoner does not get the appoint
ment the name of the next United
States Marshal Lw ill be T. E. Mc
Crary of DavidsoM county, who is
now Milliken's chief deputy."
Further information was to the
effect that to this popular and
intelligent subordinate was really
due the splendid office record of
the marshal's office. "That Mc
Crary has been a wonder in sys
tematizing and conducting the
Business of the office while the
chief , was attending to his lucra-
tive private business affaira "
McCrary can't afford to become
candidate while his chief wants
a
the place aeain.' was said, "but
r
the President will hear -allaboufc
him if occasion requires, you can
rest assured."
The store of the Lexington
Mercantile. Company, located in
the Western part of town, near
Wennonah cotton mills, was
found to. be on fire Friday morn
ing between 12 and 1 o'clock and
the flames had gained such head
way when discovered that noth
ing whatever could be done to
save the building or stock, and
both were utterly consumed.
Owing to the heavy storm that
was ranging at the time, but few
people in the main part of town
heard the alarm and did not know
of the fire until some hours after
ward. . Seeing that nothing could
be done to save the store, those
who reached . the scene directed
their efforts toward saving other
buildings in the vicinity ' so that
no further loss was sustained.
The store building was a one-
story frame house, owned by -Z
M. iussey, and there was $40(7
insurance on it. The stock of
goods was worth between $6,000
and $7,000 and the firm had just
opened its Christmas goods. On
the stook there was $4,250 insur
ance. The origin of the fire is un
known. The Lexington Mercan
tile Company js an incorporation
dating from 1900. It b as a capi
tal of $8,000 and did a general
mercantile business. The com
pany is composed of M isrs. J. A,
Fink, president ; B. G Bobbins,
secretary and treasurer, and S. Jr
Coley, general manager;
Chickens by the car load pass
ing through here from points on
the Murphy and Western branches
of the Southern Railway, are quite
common, but when they come four
and five car loads at a time it
makes an interesting sight. Last
week an unusually large shipment
consisting of seven car loads was'
made. These are shipped to
j Washington and the more promi-
Aent cities uortu and east.
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