CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READER'S
Capt. M. L. Jones is building a
griat mill near his home at Thomas -yille,
The Cramer Chair Compauy at
Thomasville is moving machinery
into the wagon shop and will manu
facture round post chairs there in
the future.
The Pleasant Garden High School
will close AdhI 9th. State buper
intendent J. Y. Joyner, will deliver
the address.
The ground has been broken at
rleasant Garden for a Chair factory.
W. A. Garrett, vice president and
general manager of the Seaboard
Air Line railroad, has been elected
president of that road succeeding
the late Alfred Walteis.
Statesville town authorities have
closed acontractfor machinery, sup
plies, etc. for an electric light and
power plant. The plant will' be
located near the Statesville Cotton
Mills.
Senator Overman has succeeded
in having the bank at Wadesboro
made "i government depository.
$50,000 will be placed on deposit
there by l!cle Sam.
Mrs. P. A. Annfk'ld, sister of
the hue W. G. Sapp, of High Point,
was found dead in bed at her home
at Jamestown Wednesday morning.
Albert Hubbard, a Confederate
veteran sixty-threw years of age, died
Friday afternoon at his houe near
Greensboro.
The Daniel Mfg. Co. manufact
urers of extracts, b.iking powders,
druggists specials, etc. of St. Louis,
will at au early date open a branch
at Salisbury. Mr. Wade Barrier,
of Concord, will be in charge.
A marriage was solemnized in
High Point Monday afternoon by
Squire J. M. Sechrest, the contract
ing parties being Mr. Nathan W.
Hill, of Randolph county, and Miss
Sarah Johnson, of Guilford county.
Greensboro Record.
Solicitor Larry I. Moore, of the
Third Judicial District, has deter
mined to resign. Three candidates
ffr his seat have been announced
already.
Lncian Holt who was killed at
High Point a week ago by Ed- Bish
op bears a b-vl reputation every
where he has lived. He was reared
at Burlington where he is a notori
ous law breaker. It is probable
that Bishop will1 Be ex-honorated
on the plea of protecting his home.
J. M. Millikan has sold his farm
near Guilford College to a Mr.
Hunter, who will take posession at
once.
Salisbury has organized a new
Building & Loan Association, to be
known as the Citizens' Co operative
Building and Loan Association.
L. E. Ileileg, pres'dent; J. F.
mcuuouins, vice-president; and A.
L. Smoot, secretary and treasurer.
The company -begins with 1.200
Bhares. The directors and share
holiess represent strong finances
and business ability.
Mrs. Esther H. Causey, mother
of Policeman Dave Causey, received
a letter Friday replying to one writ
ten by her "thirty-one years ago.
The letter was from Miss Mary Tay
lor, of Fort Kansas, Mo. The let
ter to which Ahia one was a reply
was written by Mrs. Causey De
cember 1, ISTfi. Greensboro Pat
riot. Julius Coble, of Guilford county,
after serving two years of a (if teen
year sentence for burglary, was par-,
doned by Governor Glenn last week.
The impression prevails that the
prosecuting witness swore falsely
against young Coble.
The progress of architecture in
America is strikingly contrasted by
a picture of New York taken in
189G which shows the spire of Trin
ity church, probably the most fam
ous land mirk in the metropolis,
standing far above everything, and
a recent picture of the sky scrapers
which now surround it. In the
last picture showing buildings from
30 to 45 stories high, the spire is
barely noticeable.
The recent municipal shake up
at Concord has developed the fact
that for 17 years the town com
miesioners have been drawing $100
per year, when the law only provides
for an annual salary' of $24 for
each member of the board. The
board of 1889 without authority
changed the appropriation which
has since been accepted. The leg
islature must come to the relief of
theboaidor they will be required
to return the excess to the town
treasury.
DRAMATIC STORY.
Episode In the Career of Robt. Garrett,
Son of J no. W. Jarrett, Fonnder of
America's "ldest Railway.
It is not generally known that a sin
gle bottle of champagne sealed the
fate of Robt. Garrett, changed his
life, cauesd him to become a recluse
and finally sent him to a mid-house
and to the grave disgraced and the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to wreck
and ruin. This bit of history is
not generally kt,own( but is, never
theless, one of the dramatic instan
ces in the annals of railroad making
in this country. Attention was
called to the matter by the recent
celebration of the &0th birthday of
America's oldest railway, the B. & O.
The Baltimore and Ohio is the
oldest steam railroad in America.
The first stoneon Its roadbed was
laid in this city on the Fourth of
July, 1828, with elaborate cere
mony. Over its original length of
nine miles mules dragged its cars.
Then Peter Cooper, a manufacturer
of New York, brought to Baltimore
a steam engiue a curious concern,
something like a boiler with a stove
pipe in it. And Cooper's engine
broke down and the horse express
beat it. Then came the grasshopper
engine the embryonic gemii of the
tremendous locomotive of to day.
So, historically, the Baltimore and
Ohio is extremely interesting. t
The road grew. It was the first
to cross the Alleghany Mountains
and tap the great West. It grew,
and thanks to tl?" energy, the execu
tive capacity, the untiring labor of
John y. Garrett, it thrived in time
Its Karly Vicissitude.
But the story of its en'ly vieissi- :
tildes for in the in st ictrrejtiiu
chapters of the road's career, Tium
original im ieet was to construct mi
all-rail line from Mai ti more to!
Wheeling. The oniriiuil eonmuhv i
was capitalized at $3,000,000. and j
was chartered by the Maryland Wi-1
islature. Tl.e cornerstone was laid
bv the illnstiious Charles Carroll.
of Carrollton, the last surviving
signer ot the l.'ecinration of InuV
ueiit'ei c The line was construct
ed to Ell c Ut's Mills in 1830. and the
company annoui c;d in tbe Baltimore
newspaper that a "brigade ot cars
would run tnree times a day sach
way between Baltimore and EllicoU's
nils, the fare being twenty-uve
cents.
Before the line had beeu Ion? in
operatiou the motive Dower was
changed from horses to a sail tar,
built nv fresident l nomas s brother.
Evan Thomas. This proved a more
feasible means of locomotion, and
so keen was the interest manifested
in this novel sail car that promineut
dignitaries and foreign representa
tives made the trio from Washington
by stage in order to ride in this car.
men came th3 trial of reter
Cooper's locomotive, known as the
lorn i numb, which did not prove
as success I nl as its builder bad an
ticipated. The first trial trip of the
engine was made August 25. 1831.
from Baltimore to Ellicott's Mills.
A year or two later engines of a
more improved type were successful
ly tried, and from that time dates
the expansion of the rreat Baltimore
and Ohio system.
! "ider the management of John
nett the road arose to a pros-
I hat even he had not dreamed
I I . he company's stock paid 10
per ct'ftt. dividends. If a dying ma
had stock in the Baltimore ancfOhio
he died content, for he knew his
widow was provided for.
John W. Garrett died in 1884,
and his sou, Robt. Garrett, succeeded
him as piesident of the Baltimore
& OVio. One of the most interesting
chwpters in the history of the road
occurred when Robert Garrett open
ed the "bottle of champagne that
cost millions."
At that time there was one rail
road between Philadelphia and
Baltimore. Robert (iarre'tt wanted
it for the .Baltimore and Ohio.
Thomas A. Seoft wanted it for the
Pennsylvania Railroad. TlMt rail
road win the Philadelphia, Wilming
ton and Baltimore. Just at .that
time it was naturally the most desir
able thing in the world for the 15.
& O." and likewise for the Pennsyl
vania.
lloheit Garrett set about to acquire
the property. He learned that sev
eral of the largest owners of s'ock
lived in liostoo. With t heir stock
in his posession be could asi!v iret
control of the majority. So ho went
to Boston, where his negotiations,
were eminently successful. Already
in his mind's eye he saw the B. & 0.
trains rolling into Philadelphia.
But Robert Garrett was never a
self contaiaed man. He drank
deep. Arrived in New York he
went to a dinner cart v. the bottle of
ehampagne that cost millions was
opene itooert uarrett drank it.
Flushed, he could not keep his
triumphant secret. But one man.
whose legs were under the mahogany.
did not drink. He excused himself
aboit 10 p. m. and left the table.
Before daylight he was in Philadel
phia and at the house of Thomas A .
Scott, President of the Pennsylvania.
The next morning emissaries of the
Pennsylvania were hurrying to Bos
ton and other points to get hold of
the P. W. & B. stock. By 2 o'clock
the next dav the papers were signed,
$3,000,000 in cash paid over, and
the Pennsylvani Railroad had con
trol of the Philadelphia, Wilming on
and Baltimore.
Tbe "Morning After."
When Robert Garrett awoke on
what he finally believed was to be
the morning of his triumph the news
papers were full of the deal between
the Pennsylvania and the P. W. A
B.
Robert Garrett- then determined
that the Baltitnore.and Ohio would
build its own line into Philadelphia.
This it finally did, but at such a
cost that the B. & 0. found itself
on the prink of insolvency in 1887.
Drexel, Morgin & Co. advanced the
money that delayed the day of reck
oning. But, before lending a ce .t,
Mr. Morgan demanded that Robert
Garrett resign the presidency. Sam
uel Spencer, who was vice president
of the B. & 0. bVcauie president in
Mr. Barrett's stea.
Then cme a peiiod of more
vicissitudes. Charles F. Mayor
succeeded Spencer as president, and
was in turn succeeded by John K
Cowan. In 1S!) the att'iirs ot the!
toad r-tachedi crisis arid the prop rtv '
was placed in the hands of a receiver". ;
Then t ame the turn of tide. Wit ti j
her improved tratlio conditions, her
excellent facili.ies for h mdiiiJ. ti.tf- !
fic, bv the addirioi of imtive p,v
er ami lulling stuck cf the in. mi ini '
prcvi.-d type, the 1 liiin-'iv .hi. O.iiol
is iio v -:) v i ii u ht-r of ti.il'ic !
tiered by all lin.-s of ii.d'itrv' ..ImI
ridina: aputv u u h the oih'-r !. rsi-
M'lllih- Inn- l"ins en lit- tt Hi- (.f:
pmspi-riiy pivvai'-nt tliJ(.'ii2,lu.ut the'
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pastry Renders the
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Take Wo
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''ill 1J7 1 i,.'l t"lll!l.-! llfs,-;.,,.. ,,.
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lint ilijji-r ai.y liinj; I ate; then I piHii-il, up
nno of your Alinanai-s and it liappt-n il to In
my life -suv,-r I lmnKlit h lifty-i-i-nt Untie f
KOIXlI, aiul tin- U'ut-fit 1 revived Inmi ilia'i
liott!.- all tlip pild in Ceorgia could not liny.
In to months I went back to my work as 'r
rimchini', and in three months 'l was well
and hearty. May you livelong and prosper."
C. N. Cornell", 'toiling ia., 19()li.. The
above is only a Bample of the sreat good that
is daily done erery where by Kodol frr I)ys
pepsia. It is sold here liy iStandard Drug
Co and Ahoboro Drug Co. '
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t'ultrane Fields.
J. A. Coltrne, of Greensboro,
and Miss Carrie Field, of Climax,
were nmiried nt Colnmhia, S. C,
last week. Miss Fields has been
spending gevtral weeks in Jackson
ville Fla, mid was met in Columbia
Thursday where the ceremony was
performed. Mr. Coltrane formerly
lived in Randolph, and his bride is
adaii liter of Mr. rUldy Fields,
of Climax, and highly esteemed.
Mr. and Mrs. ('..luvm will make
their "home at. (I r eens'.mro.
. T!ie wind-i of M ir' h hav,-no terror to the
user of Ih-Witt's (.aili.ilii'd Wit,-h Hazel
Salve li ipiiekly h'-.iU chapp'-d and i-r.utked
skin, (ioodloo. for b'.iU ai.-d burns, and
undoubtedly -th relief fut- 'il,-s. Sold
here by Standard Drtty ( 0. and Ashelioio
Drur 1 o.
lie thj first to confess your faults.
It is ;nly the foul who never makes
mistakes.
ONE OF THE BEST YET.
About two years ago I wis taken
with an incessant itching and burn
ing of the stomach which produced
inflammation. Nothing would stav
on my stomach, neither food, milk,
or even water. I would vomit every
thing almost as soon as I would
swallow it. Finally I got so weak
ened down I had to take my bed,
and would often have violent attacks
of cdic. Three doctors treated me
and pronounced my trouble indiges
tion. Their treatment did me no
good whatever. Everything I swal
lowed disagreed with me and I
could not retain a thing I ate. Fi
nally a friend begged me to try Mrs.
Person's Remedy, and 1 was willing
to try anything.
On the third dose 1 knew it agreed
with me and was doing me good
In a week's time I could letuin
light diet like crackers, milk am',
rice. At that time I had been
con lined to my bed seven weeks, aud
was not able to sit up at all. In a
month time I could eat anything
I wanted, ham, cabbage, potatoes
anything. Of course as my genera!
health was built un I gut stiong,
and when I had taken six bottles I
WAS WELL and have never had a
touch of indigestion since.
Mrs. Person's Remedy will cure
nervousness when nothing else will,
I wish I could write as s trout? as I
feel about it, but I cannot say enough
in its praii-o, and for the good it has
done for me.
MRS. B.C. JOHNSON,
Fort Mill, S. C, April 8, liitM.
An Indian,, Judge's Decision in ' Regard
to the Saloon lluslness.
Lebanon Ii.d., Dispatch, J -lib.
If the decision handedj down yes
terday by the Circuit Court Judge
S. K. Artman, holding that the
Legislature has no moie legal right
to license tbe sale of iutoxicaiing
liquois than it has to license gam
bhng, is upheld by the higher
courts, it will close every saloon in
the State.
J udge Artman held that the re
tail liquor business has uo legul
standiug, on the ground Unit it is
not one of the itihjrent common law
rights of citizenship, since the busi
ness is Liiiigerous iO bublic health,
morals nut safety.
The Legislature, Judge Artman
declaied, cannot niuie lawful foi u
price t hat which is unlawful be
uuuee 1 1 contravenes Uie tounda
mental principle of government.
In other words, the Legislature can
not legalize a menace to public
nealili, nor can the Stat i.imer the
gu Be i f a police regulation looking
to I be (iiii'lic moral.-, license tne
S.tkioii bllsii.i ks.
Thus,- w bo make a swuid of their
tongue miKst expect to be cut oc
caslotialiv .
'Out-of-doors" with a ST' '
best thins for a (trowlni
Learning to shoot we
acquiring qualities i
SELF-CONTROL, DHCISIOr
MANLINESS
J-.-i ull ,l-,t-1 STEVES riUKAKMS EDI
A sic your Th-aU-r ior Stevens
Miotiruiis Pistols. Insist on oil
liouon-l make, ir y,iii cannot i
we slap ilii-oi-t, express jin-pniil.
receipt of C'atnloJ j'i-u.-c.
-ii want tn know al-uh-I
IIUl-a,nlllu.trat4NlLVal-
pay pot.B
J. STEVENS ARMS & TOOL
P- O. Box 4097
Chicopee. Fall, Mass., U. i
Schnapps Tobacco is Made ENTIRELY from Flue Cured
Tobacco Grown in the Piedmont Country.
The Imitation Brands Have Schnapps
Quality Only On the Outside
Of the Plug
Pure Food,
Good Healtl
I have a complete 1
robertes and genera,
chandise.
Furni-h your table
our stock and you gi
purest and best.
I pay top market
for produce.
V. V. JONES
Look Out for C(
Winds
You must wear a hat or
least you will when y
come to see out new line ft
fall and winter wear.
The shapes are varied
style and color to suit a
Greatest care taken to gr
you a becoming fit.
Mrs. E. T. Blair, Ashcboro. h
Hundreds of imitation brands are
on sale that look like Schnapps to
bacco. The outside of the imitation
plugs of tobacco is flue cured the same
as Schnapps, but the inside is rilled
with cheap, flimsy, heavily sweetened
air cured tobacco. One chew of
Schnapps will satisfy tobacco hunger
longer than two chews of such to
bacco. The color, size and shape
of the tags, plugs and packages of
certain imita' :on brands of tobacco
have been made so much like
Schnapps that they have often been
accepted by buyers under the belief
that they were getting Schnapps.
Sufficient 'proof has been secured
to establish the fact that certain
brands are infringements and in vio-.
lation of the trade mark laws, yet the
trade will continue to be imposed
upon by these infringers until the suit
already entered and now pending to
protect Schnapps is decided. A
great many of these imitations are
claimed to be "just as good" as
Schnapps, but there is only one gen
uine Schnapps. Be sure the letters
on the tag, and stamped on the plug
under the tag spell S-C-H-N-A-P-P-S
v and then you have it the most
wholesome tobacco produced, with
just enough sweetening to preserve
the mild, juicy, stimulating quality of
the leaf tobacco. Expert tests prove
that this flue cured tobacco, grown
in the famous Piedmont region, re
quires and' takes less sweetening than
any other and has a wholesome,
stimulating, satisfying effect on
chewers.
If the tobacco you are. chewing
don't satisfy you more than the mere
habit of expectorating, stop fooling
yourself and chew Schnapps tobacco.
Schnapps is like the tobacco chewers
formerly bought costing from 75c.
to $1.00 per pound; Schnapps is
sold at 50c. per pound, in 5c. cuts,
strictly 10c. and 15c. plugs.
We want to let
yxeple know that
tju-y should plant
fees 1 hat grow and
')'0(luLe fruit.
Wi' it, ;ike a spec
;:!ty 1 1'iuiis of all
kinds -. :, --d to this
1 l.i'.vite. Catalogue,
I i ic - ;;m! inform-i.'ioi-,
as to plant
ing, pruning, culti-yatii-gand
gather
ing : e.il free on re-Miest.
UMCDIV Ml inrrmr-o
Waverly. Ala.
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C.
t-tr.Lt.is-i t.-v,
Roclcy Tci I jits
A Busy t: - ;w frr itj.v 1' , . '..
Brings Gol.it;. :! r-r-.it. ; "got.
A specific f-ir i;..iil"U, 11. Is,;,- .,i, Uve
and Ktil.iey Tr-.u l'i!i,r,l . I-.,- . .-. Impure
Blood, But! Bruuil-. -i-iw, (!. -i ,( -alach
tint! BHClcaoh". U't U-ivky .M-ntitiii ',,.- In tab
let form, 8f vnts h linx. u--, ,.. mads by
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ECZEMA and PILE CljRE
FREE Knowing what it was to
suffer, I will give free of charge, to
any afflicted a positive cure for Ec
zema, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas,
Piles and Skin Diseases. Instant
relief. Don't suffer longer, Write
F. W. Williams, 400 Manhattan
Aye., New York. Enclose stamp."