Mco $4.00 Per Year.
concoud; nc, mon day v October 16, ism.
Single Copy 5 Cents
THE MATTER EXPLAINED.
i
he Explanation of the Charge That a Judge Robinson On the Bench the Sec
Negro Woman Was Manager of One of: ond Time Mr. Chal Harris Appointed
the Sewing Rooms at the Orphan roreman 0f the Qrand Jury-Case
Asylum. ' Disposed Of. "
There was some little stir last . v '
1 u . , I . Our third term of court for the
eek over the report that a , t , -
. ono crpf yar 1S m session here this week
egro was temporarily manager j . "
f one of the sewing rooms at the with Judge W. S. O'B. Rbbln-
)xford Orphan Asylum, and the SOI1, of Gpldsborp,' on the bench.
lasons were especially anxious
o hear the truth of tne maw,
The negro herself m the lol-
.wing words gives the explana-
on of the affair, as did Super-1
itondent Hicks when the re-
art went out:
"I did some work at the Asy-
wpftk. I did nothing
xcept to receive my orders from :
Iiss Mayer. I finished up two
lazers and dress skirts and two J M W Alexander, C M Sappen
hirt waists and some other ar- field, J S White, Wiley M Barrm
icles for some of the young la-' ger, W A Castor, W D Foil, and
lies who were going off to school A E Furr. , Mr. , R Chal Harris,
.nd for some who had gone. I of No.' 3 township, was appointed
iad nothing to do with anyone tho foreman of the grand jury. :
ixcept Miss Mayer who gave mej : Luther Overcash, who was in
my orders. I was sent for by dieted for carrying a concealed
some one at the Asylum and I, weapon, plead guilty and the
went up there to see what was ' judgement was suspended
wanted. I saw Miss Bemis and) mmm m , ,
she asked me if I could sew. T
told her I thought so. Miss
Tucker told me that she had be
gun the work and asked me to
finish it nicely. Miss Bemis said
I would have to get my orders
I from Miss Mayer. I did hot
j speak to any of the girls about
I their wcrk and they said nothing
! to me. I was only employed to
i .sew by the day. I S6wed under
. the direction of Miss Mayer.
She did the cutting and gave me
my directions. I was not em
ployed to assist in instructing
anyone with her work. I only
sewed on articles given me by
Miss Mayer and obeyed her or
ders. I worked six days and
charged fifty cents per day ; I
did not show anyone how tog do
anything, and I was not i em-,
ployed to do so. r It is not; true
that I was employed as3 assistant
manager in the sewing-room to
instruct the girls how to sew. I
I sewed at the Asylum by the'day,
j as I have been doing forinany
I years in the homes of afgreat
f many ladies in Oxford. -While I
j was sewing m the sewing:rooih
of the Asylum I moved my
maenme away from the girls
over to another ,f part . of v the
room." ' ""
Salisbury Wrestles With Small-Pox.
Despite the freedom from sen
sation our neighbor, Salisbury,
K Vinrirnr -nr li 4-4-1 X 4n.Vl Vi4-V.
uuuux wiui
small-pox; A negro man stepped
xuw.aurugsxore aruraay" wisn J
mg to know what was the matter)
with him. He was discovered U 'i
have a fuUy developed case xA
small-pox. He was, of course,
taken to the pest house, but how
many cases will spring from him
is yet to be : seen. There have
now been twelve cases at the
pest house. They are all negroes
so far. , ",- "; -v; : .
t0k1eS Ldge No' 32'
A(M Regular Communication
. v Monday night, 16th, 8
o clock Also on Tuesday night
for work in M. M. degree, ! ! !'.
Brethern take due notice.
M.L.Buchanan,
, Secretary.'
SUPERIOR COURT 15 SESSION.
ig judge Bobinson?s second!
term held here; the other hiving
' T ,
been last July. : : ' :
- The following men were sworn
in as the grand jury during the
j week: C P Fields, E C Harris
.D L Barringer, C L Smith, H S
Barnhardt, D S Foil. Jas. W
Taylor, P C Earnhardt M F j
Teeter, D A Kluttz, M L Kiser, !
Marriage Licenses in demand.
Last Saturday five couples
were issued licenses to wed by
Register Johnson. It is ofteii
the case that Mr. Johnson re
ceives no calls of that kind fbrla
nunlfcer of daysandihe it seern
thatffi bltfca
rim0nial life come at once. Mr.
w G Hess warranted license to
wed Miss Sophina Carter, of No.
2 township, also Mr. H -M Fink
andCMiss M ttle of !N6
towisliipfrMiUer
Miss Mary Moore, of Forest
Hiil; Mr. G W Widenhoiise and
jiliss Loula Miiier, of Forest
Hill,' andrIiindsay.s,B6st, 6t
the Bala mill and Miss Mattie
Brown,-' . off -Fbrest vnHill . ;The
past records show October to be1
one of the
of "months for
marrying;3:::-5 V4
The Allison Property Purchased
A considerable real estate deal
has
t.VlA
viiv;-5ii
ferred to isthe Allison property
on NorthMain streewhere the
Presbyterianahad hop d to place
- ip-sju.f -f ' -
was sold fpr ;$7,000
He Is tet ijndeciAed.'
TV 4 ... , - l
It .was noted m the$e columns t
veral weeks ago that Dr. ThosT
7r
Costner,' xrf- Lihcolnton, ; would
vv..px VfX. ere;.apou5 -
the 15th of this month:
learn tbat he is yet undecided;as
to whether 'or nbt he will leave
j
his present place.
Miss Nellie Isenhonr Dead. , 0nT,TTAw
H On ; Sunday afternoon- Miss i -r- 18 ' :' ' -Nellie
Isenhour, daughter of Mr. ; aierSu 'bottie cl Gtovtfa Taste
r m TconVirkt'i nf Nr tnwns'hirj t ia nhiii Tnnift.v ever ' fails to cure :
j ir,,- -f" j;- -v! j.i u ti
died. She . was a lady of about
ou years or age. 11 me t iunerai
was preached by Rev. V R Stick
ly at Trinity churchl"
Tx , , -1
. It pays to keep your clothes
clean and pressea py Aiexanaer
& Hendrix. Satisfaction - al
ways guaranteed.
The Foreman-Black lale on Trial. : '
JAt thebeginiiirig Qf tfiiis after
noon's session of 1cdurt the Fore--mah-Black
. case- was taken up.
On account of the absence of one
of the; principal : witnesses the
case wherein Mr. Foreman is in?
dictedj for shooting Mr. Black
was riot taken ut., .The two
gentlemen, Mx. Jf Q Foreman
and Mr. J !C Blaokare being
tried ior an affray. ;r.yery able
counsel is employed on ; lpoth
sides. .Mr; Foman's counsel
is Hon. ,5pxe& V'-V Kluttz' and
Judge Montgotoery, while Mr.
JBlack is defended by Hon. Lee S
pyerman and W Gr Means, with
Solicitor Rush on the part. of tha
State. - L; .
(The Town Ordinances Violated.
Chief of Police Harris, pulled a
white man Sunday" evening for
being drunk. He - was taken to
jail but in less than half an hour
the.necessary amount was put up
injtmoiiey to release him until
trial. . - -
A negro was arrested for driv
ing too fast through the streets.
He submitted and paid Ihis three
dollars. . '
sell Part of His Land.
? r-- ; '. V
piace iast weeit ,oiu icacb ..qi;
lana containing mi acres tp Mr.
Fred Barnhardt, pf No. 5 town-
1" mil'." n ?i:V. . j.
snip.- rne , lana iies. jn mat
tcrwisS
line.
I Dark War Cloud In Africa. -
.The'-war cloud in Africa is' now
f the Lrhost ominous t character! 1
Epgland, chafing under the de
feat at Majuba Hill is likely to
go to war with such determined
energy as to bring;. modere war
fare, now so terrible anyhow, up
tolts most aoanged sta
-Gen. Buller has been ssigrLe;
to the command- on-' conditions
namea Dy nnnseii ana is looirea
njioV is a terror. tHe'ls;expeced
to Have a' sunlciect jforce of -scone
70,000 men and with.it to: press.1
with greakt eSnBrgynd tlash;
marked' Jthebe
ng,Of.tho
.
expected lfldote-yr.
i.ne Jtsriusn jorjees f wtu Jiaruiy
t , u r fh5 r v
fin November. f. ,4 v-. 4-.-;-
i'1""' --... ' j ...
iare nion
Ail dnigists Teiuijdox f it Cil ti
oured 25o. Uhe.,genuini; nqs i- J5. &
n eieh tableiVi C t ; t ii h,;,.
: v ., j - l : ur;.;;.f-
Ten Perish a BarnInkVesM.
U,, rU iw ; ... j' Cn' ftri- ri . ;
. - . . -;v "17 . : " . . L - v-
5?;
? ' f sla 7
:Wast run Vi
so
r quieldyburned to thg-water linev
iTheixwby; eterifiaent-iwith :woitnlesa L
li Price 50ceiits - Yonr
monev pacK u i i&uq q
NO CUB& NO PAT
That is , the way all druggists sell
Grove Tasteless Chill Tonic for chills
and Malaria. Jt is simply Iron and
! Qninirie in a tasteless lorm. ,ijnii(
Q it Adalts refer it to bitter
a tasteless form, .unuaren
nan-
leatina Tonics' J Price. 50o.
tTetatcHe stopped, In 20 minntes toy De
tme Vain Puja Qne cent a doae.'
PERSONAL POINTERS.
. Mr. Gus Hartsell spent yes
teraaynere.
Mr; Ed. Ray, of Charlotte, is
nere tpaay. 4u ; ;
- - . .
Mr. Jno. Leslie; of Albe
marle, is here today. '
r j-Mrf Jno. Yori ; of .CHar-
prxe, spent yesterday here.
Rev. N I Bakke. of Char
lotte, spent yesterday hereT u ::
r ivir. j iv omitn spent yesier
day with his sister. Mrs. M ,L
Brown, ; . . ' ; :? ::
Mr, Ben Crayen, . of China
Grove, spent yesterday and to-
day here. -
i , . ' . - .
1Messrs. D A Foreman and
Jno. Foreman, , of Salisbury, are
Here today.
; Hons. Theo. F Kluttz and
Lee S . Overman, of , Salisbury
are here today. .
Mr. Horace Freeman, of
Lexington, arrived here this
morning.
Messrs. J C Black, Jno.Beard
and J M Steele, of Salisbury,
arrived here this morning.
-r-Mr; Frisby Thomas, of Balti
more, who visited Mr. Ernest
Fetzer here .this t summer, . spent
last night here.
-Messrs. C -R White and H B
I Parks . went over to Charlotte
this morning -to spend the after-
noon.
. Fr ,Ur "! ltr Tears
Winslow'g SoothiBa:'"SvrnD ha
-4. .
been; used for orer flity yexra; hj xoiU
lions rof mothers for.', their "rihflflrfm
iTrhilQ teeihing, with perfect success. It
sodihs " the . Child, softens the gums,
allays, all pain, cures -wind colic, and is
the' best remedy for Diarrhoea It will
relieve the poor littLe sufferer immedi
111 C" 1 W t
ately , Sold by druggists in every part
of the world. Twenty-flye. cents a bot
tled Be 8urfrnd ask for Mrg. Win
sloTfs Soothinpr Syrup," nd: take no
other kind '":
OF
VHO-
j
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Tl iT'WT if MrTTr"-
i . . ew i j in. r '
jV 'Worlds of iMtresseson; stock and a solid car ..of. 100 on the
, C way. Liteeb I ynce'swhiskeyrall. Matteresses are
:"'': -g,PPcl'bui some are better rthan t others V See ! pur i Royal
- Felt, , Acma Spring Perfection; Sea Moss Pine Fiber,
, J Curled Hair, Cotton,' Cotton? and; Susk last but by no
, meansjleast' our Rice Straw ,with3x)ttoh top, the Mattress
:t or the millions. We :J haveMattresses to sjjare. Con-ferenceis-coming.
t Don't forget" u. ! We ,are unloading a
solid car of Beds today Solid calr of Springs last week.
a i; We are at your service. Take a look at our. line of
- - Carpets. We' are agents for J. & J. Dobson, the largest
' Manufacture of the United States- .If you haven't time to
" come, 'Phone orders No. 12.
Belli
riees
. re'
Fine
2
5
are tne ex
elusive agents
for George. G.
Snows' shoes.
They are shoes
that' s made right
and wear right.
They have a rep
utation that is
known every
where. We have
them in all the
new' stvles ' in
RUSSIA W. ffi CALF
in all sizes from
5 to 9 1-2. We
have an elegant
line of
iii lace and hut-
u sizes o. to
L-2Sh6wshoes
men are abso
lutely the best
priced at
1 ' -
t-, :
ia-itf reuses f
l
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Harris & Co.