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VOLUME 22,
(•OIM'V (ONVKNTIOX.
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1892.
NUMBER 31.
STATE NEWS.
X I)\V IN \TAWn\-
I f I. *•. 0\ KIOI AN Hi'I.AK'i.
\ 1 nil I Th;4l « iiii’t 1»*' HfcSit —Kvery-
I >»■ in4nr;t« V in th»*
A ’cnr ling to a call the Catawba
( (1( inocratic convention was
; I ?.. ordor at Newton la?t .Mon-
.‘fiv ut 11; 1") by A. A Shufond. Mr.
r. }\. l.ittlo wan called to the chair
!» , ,j »iary chairman with H. A.
M ).. H-teuiporary Hecrotary. The
, ! 1 A ■ rf'Hd. u coiniiiitteo ou ere-
• *; ' . fi-rinod of one delegate
f. • » ich townshij) as folIowH :
(■ I/rik. .1- fi (iaitiier, J. Af.
^V^: ;■ *n. •). !'> (-oultor, \V. K.
.1. 1'.. Wilfon;'. reported 1>1
. t« - present i:ot infUidinf^^
i'! . NN^iicli vot'* wir, repre:ieu{;e(t
i V I. r K il)b.
• !i;'r( in^^ to call }>recin(‘lH in-
* townships in votiri'^, i\ K.
- iiijiinitjioii^ly fh'cted per
‘ eh lirnian jui'l H. A. Murrill.
'it her dctnocratic Cvlitors
, *,'lect»!d jvrininei-t se'!
Aft
te:i' 1
Litti*
I.'! ir'(’
w' t h
!'( ‘:irv
V !l '-I
t
un adjournnient of !»()
f'T noniiu'i
:')r thi^ r.'s tUe 1 as fol
M. H. Yount, D. N. Boyd, Luther
Smyre, Pink Mooney. A. A. Sigmon,
Chas. ijolch, Jonas YoJer, A. M. , Senator and Mrs. Vance and Mr.
Tilson, Noah Herman, G. W, Wil- Martin have gone to Gombroon.
801). Jas. McRae.
( line's Dlleovtes—B. M. Smith,
\\ K. Little, J. M. Arnt, P. P. Hoke,
N. E. Brody, E, (>. Elliott, Levi
Heffner. Sylyanus Laii.
Clisf/s Althrnafe — \N'. A. Hoke.
Gatawdi l)ELEfiATEd—C. L. Tumcr,
J. r. Lonjr, W. W. Bridges, F. M.
Allen, J. H. Co •'Iter.
Jacols Fork Dklei.ktes—F. K.
Beck, W. J. Bo"j'i», \V. T. Cline. A.
fi. Corpenin^, O. Ij. Lowe.
Mol'ntaix Crfkk Delkgates — [). 1*.
Smith, A. li. Thompson, E. L. Sher
rill, J. A. Sherrill,
JlvNDv^, DKLEfivTt’s—0. A. Wvant,
•I. E. (Joilter, J. F. Linn.
C\i.I)\vkll—\V. A. Hewitt.
(’i;N‘;ilEHSI0NAr, DfLE. VTE'J.
Hi-KOI;V I>Ki..—I. Tj Tjvei’Iy. J. G.
Hall, J. 3>. Elliott, A. A. Siiuford, I).
1: Whitener, H. A. .Arurrili, J, C.
M ittiU, A. 1^. Townsend, 1). W.,Huir-
niai;. .lefT HufTtiiin, G. A. HufrrnaiJ,
L (;. Tiirner.
Hickory .\lt.—L. E. Killian,
Henry Aiken, C. N. Graves, A. (
Fiink. J, H Uruns, J. Lee Hawn, E.
(ONGRKSSIONAL DK.il> LOCK
(iKNEH.VL NKWS.
>i:.V»TOf: « ON THK
i.KY T.vKirr.
>I*KI N
The Cbarlott© bricik and tile manu
facturing company has obtained ita
charter. The capital stock is JlOO,-
000.
One of the convicts at Ivileipjh was
overcome by heat last week and died
within an hour afterwards'
The town of Salisbury has con
tracted wih the Salisbury sewer
company for a complete drainage
sy.steni.
Mr. E. D, Latta.'of the harlottc
Clothing Manufactory, ha.s sold his
business to Messr'i. J. C. Buirou^''Js
and \V. H.l)ula.
Hon. Alfred M. Waddell has ac
cepted an invitation to deliver an ai]
dreos to the Confederate veterans
and penhioners at tueir encampmoi.t
{it Wrightsville.
Lenoir Topic: A llai 1'. Steven
son. vice-presidential candidate, i-; ii
near relative of tl;e wife of Presiding
I 'lder Scroggs and of Messrs. S.
o o
and G. n. Clarke, of this county.
(^)l. John N. Staples has been
.% ('1111 pt**!** KxfH).*** — Kepiihliraii
inQjit F'iiKi*—W at-*oir* — KftV t
t*f Tariff on AKrltMillure.
.'{>•*' i.i! ro tne I'Ki.'/i lM» t'lSoi.iM AS .
WA^iiiK'.roN, D C.. August 2.—
The congressional dead-lock over the
orid's fair appropriation is ."{ill on,
anti both sides are still confident of
winning, or at le'ist they say they
ar*.
Senator (Jar!i>le never speaks on
th*^ farif!’ wit! on- giving the republi
cans some blows that cnnnot be snc-
ce-fnlly jvirri^nl. and hisla-t sp.eeeh.
which ( vcn -o bttt^^r a jiTirtis^in
S^Miator Shf'rm in referr--1 t ■> "ts ‘-the
very fair an 1 frank argument of the
senator from Kentucky,” was no
exc»"ption to the rule. He d«‘alt tne
protection imimbo jumbo a lerrib]n
b\:)W’ in an unprotectel spot wlii n h>
cited liftetMi general oc-Mp itio:is, tlie
product of wliicli ure highly jn’otecte i
by llie M(‘]\inl-\v law, and liftei n
othe-r tra I-.-;. th“ itrodiH-t of which
are on tite free list, and showed bv
The estimate is now made that
there will be 2,000 veterans at th«
ex-confederate ♦'ncampment at
Wrififhtesrille this month.
Exports of gold from New York
for the week were 5J3,i>74,500: of
silver, S374,82.1. Imports of gold
w’ere ^18,302: af silver 79*.V ^
Hon. \Vm. L Wilson, of West Vir-
ginin, has l)t^en unanim n:s|y rtnouii-
nated for congress by the democracy
of his (bstriot. which i> pi oof that
th« y are Ieve]-he;id« .1 fi'lks.
It is lefirned that Mrs. Stevenson
will ; robfibly com" t ■> North h\ro*
wi»ij Gen. Stev. nsoii, when be
visits the slate tluriug the coming
campaign, and wiii bo the guest of
Mrs. Col. Wharton J (ireen, of Fay
etteville.
I'rank I 0^b.->rn ■, E-vj , addressed
an auili«M]ce of between 3 )0 and b>0
a* ]>eimont, Gaston county, Fri»lay
night. It was a ct; ital meeting. Mr.
()sbornt-*s re]iort of tin* charact* r of
democratic and organized work in
.1. \V M >'.vsor, P. i\. fjitth*, S. T.
\\‘k; . M (). Sherrill, P. A. Hoy)»‘.
Tl.. three highest were Mowser.
17: Wrf'iiig, 15: Hoyle, T)!.
N'li
>i (• m 1 was so voted by a unani-
iiiuus voice of the conv(Mition.
\',At ..nnio nomuiatioim for slierilT ! B, J. Smnrrou-
Ii. C:iine, II. P. Miller, E. L. Shuford, >sked by the demo.*ratic state execu-
II. A. Bolch, Abel P>arger, II. G. ^ tive comm’.ttc-e to mike several
Seitz. I speeches in the state during the
Newton Del. — W. H. Williams, J. j o.unpaign, and will likely accept.
r. Ilovle was declared the nomi-
P. Yount, J. K. Gaither, Goo. Mc-
Corkle, (ie*o. liabb, P. W. Wilson, J.
Ii. Coulter, A. I). Shuford, M. H.
Yount, L. Cr. Shell, Jno. Williams,
and M. ■! Rowe 'vas elected by ftc-
^■lamatinn. ((Jreat enthusiasm.)
Ill lliH nomination for register of
d'-f'd- .1. H, (■oulter withdrew and
1. W, Co-liran was chosen by accla-
matio’-.
I’or trea'surer the following were
^:iit in th(i field :
(J. M. Barger, H P. Rudisill,
.’\I. Smith, F. J. Dellinger, A. A.
Hoover.
(}. M Smith received oO votes on
Newton Alt.—J. L. Woo l, d. B.
Little, :\I. O. Sherrill, S. S. Rhyne,
Mac Ballard, Jno. -Jarrett, Philip
The monthly bulletin of the de
partment of agriculture, has a special
article ou the tobacco crop, which
says that almost, the entire crop
shows a good stand, and in some
favoreil sections it is phenomenal.
The Oapo Foar u,. 1 Yadkin Valley
undisputable figure^ thut average of Gaston is alt':'g‘thr*r encouraging,
wages in the protected industries The peopN^'s pa'tof Florida in
ha.l been reduced since the McKinley convention advo.*at -s an import duty
bill beram*^ a law. while the average of .'^1 fM) a box on oranges and 10
of wag^s piid by tho unprotected cents a }>ound nn 1 staple cotton,
industries had during the same period ()ne of the meml>-- rs m ‘ the state ex-
i*icrefised. ecutive eomtnitr» f i' a negro, and it
The fift.-eu unprotected occupa- instil he wi'.; ^d 1 >Tength to the
tions in which tii'- uvrrage of wages |
has increasi‘d since the McKinley t
law w’as enacted are bakers, black-
Host, .T. K. F.-V, Gilbert Cline, Dr. I "''T supreme
court in the case in which Trotter
wa? allowed three thousand five hun
dred dollars for injuries in a wreck
last year.
Yount, John iiost, Pickens Taylor,
-). Yount.
Cline's ])ei.—J. M. Arnt, E. O.
Elliott, P. K. Littlt', Piobt. Holler,
John W. Setzer, C. S. Little, L). P.
Dellinger, M. Smith, Y. D. L
Yount.
Catawha Del.—Samuel Turner,
The committee to arrange for the
celebration of Raleigh’s centennial.
smiths, bricklayer.^, cabinet makers,
carpenters, common laborers, farm
laborers, machinists, masons, iron
molders, painters, plumpers, stono
cutters, tailors and tinsmiths. The
lifteen protected occupations, in
which the average of wages has de
creased, are bar iron, boots and
shoes, cotton goods, cottou and
woolen goods, crucible steel, llint
glass, green glass, wdndow glass.
(:n October) met last week and it i lumber, machinery, pig iron, steel
was announced that at least two ; ingots, steel blooms, steel rails, and
party.
George Dixon, the champion ban
tam w’eightof the world, wan matched
in New York Thursday night to fight
Jack Skelly, of Brooklyn, before tUe
Olympic club of New Orleins for a
purse of ^7,500 and a wager of 85,-
000 a side September f>th. The
men are to weigh 118 pounds on the
afternoon of the contest.
Outing shirts in great variety. See
Haberdasher show window. 2-1
the thiril ballot aiid was
no'.ninated.
I. W. Mowser received T)S votes
for surveyor and was unanimously
nominateil. Geo. M, Yoder, the old
v('teraii, was nominated foi coroner
by acclamation.
d'lien came the fun. It was time
to deliver instructions for senator.
(’ E. Turner in eloquent and forci
bio language put the name of J. G.
Hall before the the convention,
l‘'rom :il'3ut one thousand democratic
lungs went up enthusiasticyells that
clearlv show’el him to be the choice
declaied , (*f^»n"f^oies of the Fifth Maryland ^ woolen goods. Mr. Carlisle also
A. Witherspoon, C. A. Reid, Sr.
Jacobs Fork Del,—F. A. Yoder,
J. E. Wilfong, D. H. Shuford, G. .!SI.
Voder, 1). W. Ramsaur.
]\IouNTviN Creek Del,—Jno. W. Ga
briel, W. B. Ramsay, C. H. Lester, J.
1 urner.
Bandvs Del—J. E. ('oulter, Obed
Ramsaur, J. F. Linn.
Cai.DWELL Del. — H. H. Caldwell.
The following resolution was a»I
orted :
J
liesolved by this convention. That
in the democratic executive commit
called attention to another clause of
The state league of democratic
clubs, of which Julian S. Carrispresi
dent, and which did excellent and
united work tw’o years ago, is to be
reorganized. It w’ill be a great fac j
.Alirt* .^1 Fotiiid Iiio.-iiie.
Memphis, Tenn., July 30.—The
verdict of the jury in the .\liceMitch
ell case is as follows: “We, the jury,
find ihe defendant insane, and be
lieve it would I5e dangerous to the
community to set her at liberty."
tee ol this cnuiity, we recognize that tor in party work this year.
^f the {-n-oiile and the convention as faithful and discreet service which
unanimous instriic- has done much for the unity and
one man gave
tim^s for hnn. Mr. Hall in response
t ■ a call stated his appreciation and
Lis po^itio^—the sarritic(* it would
bt> to -erve.
I’j his sj.eeoli he raked Weaver
■ 'le and aft and littingly named him
ai. ;uioi’, trnmp. Tl>"
w;t' at fcvtU' hO!\t wi.on lie olosea.
Tiif selection of senatorial delegnte>
next in or^ler and the followin*:
were reported.
‘''.’ey vT.UiUL i h.l.b''A I
n,. , -,nv—E. B. C!'>r. .1. M. Shu-
‘.Md.-T. N. Bohj»Gr.Gn, O. M. Royster,
W L. Milk’ \\. M Yoder.
Hawn. Whitener, Ci. M-
•I W, iiowser, .V P- ^*vd.
Hr. tuu.'in.
Altekn • V -S.
H. ujuv--Dr, Baker, A. A, Yoder,
i. C Martin, Jun 'vlartin, D. M Me-
Comb, Rufus Mosteller.
Neuton—C- L. Coon, P. C. Lail,
Frank Rabb, 3ilas Smyre. Joe With
err^poon, W. B. Gaither, M. S. Deal,
Cicero Cline, J. H. McClelland. Ran-
regiment will be there.
Col. W. S. Pearson, a prominent * McKinley law which is responsi-
republican, of Burke, who is well througu the rise in the price of
known, has lenounced the republi- having already robbed the
can party and cast liis fortunes wdth P^OP-® of country of .'?4,r)29,7'.‘>0,
thej democrats. He lias joined the I more than one-half of the esti-
democratic club recently organized | *^®ted value of the 508 tinplate works
at Morganton ' Wales, thus showing that the
benefit of this particular clause of
the protective tariff is reaped entire
ly bv th« Welch manufacturer at
I ! - • ^
the expense of th? American con
sumers.
i ,
I'The house committee on agricul- j suddenly this afternoon
ture in a report upon the eflect of
The architect of the deaf mute in- | the present tariff law upon agricu!-
The folding helmet is one of th
latest head dross, at J. C. Martin'i
white front. 24
Deutli «»f Mr. W. s. Hay.
WINSTON’, N,C. July 21*.— W. S.
Hay, aged about 35 years, the junior
member of the tobacco manufactu
ring firm of Bittling and Hay, died
welfare of the party in the past cam- stitution at Morganton states that j ture, confirmed ttie statement made
]^a:gn, and that in Hon. A. A. Shu the basement and one story are com- ; in the senate last week by Senator
fold ■''e lecognizj^ a .\ise, piudent pieted, and that in a month the work ■ Vest, that the value of farm lands
o 1 nct I «l. 1 ! f n n 1 F V 4 T 1 Or^ Ai thp
Call at the White Front for cara-
paign novelties. 2S
\\ *;iv«*rit»* t «»iinty >n\fiilltm-*.
Cox(()RD, Julv 30—The people's
party meeting today endorsed the
an 1 successful adminislriuon of the . , , j . i u * i
atTairs of the oirtv ^ appropriation of $20, and farm products have been stead-
Second, That in Mr. S. 1. WiU ; being nearly exhausted. i [ ily deteiiorating under the several ' Omaha platform and nominees, and
fong we recognize a faithful and ef _ i • v t f'*! n Ip ^ force since elerteiLielegates to the congressional
t:cn-nt member to tlie house of rep- * ^ a , ,1 i fhe war, while other interests huve conventi^'n at Salisbury and to the
rrsentalne^^. in the .i.ities devolvin^^ ' no.unces the recent statement to the . , . i S'ate convention at Rahi^^h
" ' effect that the Clinton convention in\j pro.pt-rous and remurer- ; ‘S-^te conv^ention Kal,,.h.
this state defeated a resolution en- The report says that un er ^ ^ Martin'H bhow*ca-s of
dor-ing Cleveland and Stevetif^on tariff of 184H agncudure en t scar/s and badges. 2S
mistake and without the ?lightest j§oyed its greate'-t prosperity* an ^
No su.h re-^olution • ^imt the more restrictive ind prohib
upon I'.itJ
lu rc^porf^e ca
r.f-e- ide **iort >;■
anec g.-iv.
exp’v
11.
ee>
5ari:er,
L. C.
all the nomi-
.•'s of accept
g-’i'"*‘ vK'.'i'Is *f .c'hfer aiiil
1 tl ei.'^^.ve' s Jie of ekctiou.
’Mr f- i ^ st I’e l that he
was in tiu* t'.ght with hiJ^c-at off and
wr’.iM voti- ihetick-t ^lom Cleveland
t'l 1‘ wuship eon-ntblc 'ind every
man shou vi do tLt* s ime
I'at* fol.owiuLT dem'HTntic execa-
tive co!um;tt»^-- was cLc^t•^ :
Hl Kor.Y—.V. A. Shuford.
Newton—. 1». (t 11 iit-r.
i.inlV—P L ti'ie,
Catawri—J. r. Long
.] \.C*ES ^OL^—F. \ dei.
MorS lA- N K —. F A ll>. !1
3Um vs--J E. Couitor.
'.\L-i'V'ELL-—J M. i.k:uson.
A Icve feast in the sl:.tpe of Mr.
' foun ialion.
. v?,\s i!^troduced i!3 iLe convention.
i
.-V letter Catawba Springs
^ telis of \ gala at that popu
’ lar resru A spkndi«l band of mu
sic s'v is to the enjoyment of all. espp
c?-* v the dancer«. On the 2">th the
iWalh of fapt. .1. '^..lo>nrr.
itive the trade witli other countries Fkksklint -n, N. 0., Ju.y 2'*
ha*? been the wor-#^ that agriculture Cipt. J. S. Joyner, one of Franklin-
fared. ton s most prominent citizeoH, died
*‘a tempest in a tea pot " has ' this evening ai ♦-:lL' of Bright b
been raised by the charge of drunk- disea-^e.
ecness on the t^oor of the house, greaUst dis0lay of campaign
made by Representative Wat-jn, of badges and buttons at J. C. Martin’s
InerL-:^meter caw led up to 8S, the Q^,.gia g gomehwat remarkable rlothier and haberda'ih^r.
L^rhtst point ever reacheti at that written and published.
W . 7 P * at H»»nd#>r«i4»n.
, . He^ders'j^, N. C , July 30.—The
(reo»ge . lurphv. i^jearso age, Campaign badand buttons at republican convention today Domi-
ofi;urk. county. I,file.1 ^ MartinV, oo.bier an 1 baber Jim WaUon, colored, for the
apv-lic«t.ona.a,eD-.ouerofthewar H.ckorv. N C. 2S ' .,„,aUture. Tbos. E«tOD. colored,
1^12 lie sa;d that until a rery . _ „ ” . , , i i
. n , , J ..-r w ^ for retjister of deed-, and Gfeorge
recent date he did not need aid and a > .ui Ticket m b
July 30.—The Peoples HoughUiing, while, for treaBurer.
No nomination **
was healthy, and adds that he,is
som Robinson, John Burris. N. B * ^ ,
E^o-le. Overman's speech camt next, after only niw tmginrin^ to feel his great party to3ay placed in the field
Ns^io.s .\lt£unates~J. L. Yount. \ wbic^ the couventipnad^urned. | age. 1 full county tic^et.
was made for
I sheriff.