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tow Jt IN DARKEST EGYPT. A Child' Dies, .Alter Being- Drugged With Whiskey. Another sad story comes from Egypt township in Yancey county. Thomas Dun can, a justice of the peace of that town ship, and C. C. Higgles, concstable, are in "the city and give an account of the deatii of the four-year old child of Maggie Brad ford, which waa caused by 'the admin3tra tion of a heavy draught of liquor. Justice Duncan took down the evidence adduced Ibefore the coroner, which was in ..substance as follows: Two young men named Tab? Robertscn and Riley Augle, went to the home of Jesse Hardin and .treated the family to liquor. Tie Bradford child was present and the mother gave it two drinks of whisky. Afterwards the child discovered a bottle in the side pocket of Augle, 'took it out and .began to drink its contents. The moth er, discovering the act of the child, took the ibottle away from it after a considera ble portion of the liquor had been drunk. After this Augle gave the child another drink, and the mother, realizing that the child was drunk, put it to bed where it remained in an unconscious condition, un til next day, when it died. Doctors Fairchild and Morgan were sent for, but arrived too late to give any medi cal assistance. A coroner's inquest was held. The ver dict of the jury was that the child came to its death from heart failure, caused by over stimultion. Robertson and Augle, fearing arrest, fled and have not yet been apprehended. ! Esquire Ducan says that the people in the community are very indignant over the j occurrence, which furnishes another addi tion to the several disgraceful events re cently enacted in that locality. RAILROAD MATTERS. The rumor th'a't the Southern railway wets contemplati'ng moving its general' of fices from Salisbury to Cincinnati has been autlhorJbatively denied by General Superintendent W. H. Green, says 'the Washington Post. -Ever since the removal of the offices to Salisbury from Atlanta, about ten years ago, 'there have 'been, ru mors of changing every year or two. When the Southern absorbed the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia 'railway an!d it kease limes 'toe story was put in circulation that the offices, would be. moved to tMemphis, as -tihat city was the most central to direct the movement of the line. The 'Charlotte News, which is. generally abreast of the times on railroad matters, gives a railroad rumor in yesterday's is sue which will be of moment to Salisbury if- true, says the World. The "News gives various reasons for the truce effected be tween the Southern and Seaboard Air Line and says: "Onie is .that the Sou thern agreed to dis continue 'the running of their through pas senger trains fiom Pinner's. Point to Chlait (tocooga, and that after a certain time, this lice . was to be used solely for -the transportation of freight. A it is now, the Sou'thern can. not do any local patssetn ger business so long as their trains are on the Atlantic Ooast L'ine .tracks. There has, sin'ce the Southern began xuaining posing monarch of chickendotn. All the birds shown by Mr. Sharp, who has, charge of the -exhibit, will run the . prize-winners close in each contest. J COLONY OF NORTHERNERS. J. J. Newman returned - this ' morning from Gold Hill, where he has been for several days on business, says (the Salis bury World. ' Mr. Newman represents D. L. Risley of Philadelphia, and "Ms business &t Gold Hill was to secure land for a colony which Mr. Risley proposes to establish there. He tells us 15,000 acres are to be secured for the. colony. Of this he has secured 3, 000 acres and he will, no doubt, have no trouble in securing the other soon. The land already secured lies immedi ately surrounding the station of the Yad kin railroad. The people to toe settled h-ere will be from the north, industrious people, and will no doubt make good citi zens of the county. The land, as in all Mr. Risley's colo nies, will be divided in small tracts. SEABOARD TO ENTER WINSTON. Winston, N. 0 , De3. 15. So-ne impor tant and interesting developments in rail road circles were made public, to some ex tent, here codiy by ;he lvceipt of a le ter from a Norfolk and w estern railroad cft! cial, stating that it the Seaboard Air Line succeeds in buying or leasing the Cape Fear and Yadkii Va'Ai i !l;ul &s con firmed by an off1M.il dispatch tojthe Morn ing Post by Receiver Gi!i, r the 1. named road, a few days ago) of th-j trm& proposed, thea tbe C. l-Y acd Y. V., then' the Norfolk and Witem' will not build its proposed line south ta .Mjiros. ' It was also leainid today thac the Sta- board people hava Ii-cIKd to ?ntor Wiu- ton, if they have to build a brunch rosd, which would ba uuly a short one, to en able them to get Istve. Morning Post. passenger trains from the "Seaboard to the mountains been a tacit agreement between the Coast 'Line and the Southern, else the Coast 'Line would never allowed the use of their track, for their local business would have been materially interfered with -by amy agreement .that did' mot protect them in this spec Baa particular. GREAT CHRISTMAS REUNION. All the arrangements have been perfect ed whereby the people who have left the three old states of Virginia' and .the Oaro lines will meet in a gieat ChTi'sltmas. re union. The meeting place was- grvtt to North Carolina because St 'was the central swate, '.ad SoU-thern Pines, .(N. C, was se- lec-ted on account of its large hotel ca paelty. Many of the Virginians and Oaro-- Unions have -wribten and urged friends in distant states to cpme bo the re-union and visit the old homesikead and the land they love so well. Men who -have gone to other states and made themselves promtnen't in the various professions will be present Bind make addresses. During the trwo days there will be many things to amuse and interest the crowds, Including old time games aa wel ais modern games of amusement Southern Pines is an in tercet Ine place to visit, and it is worttih the cost of the trip -to seex the place and its surroundings The elegant hotels the beautiful cottages the magnificent orchards of peaches, the state experiment fatnm, the largest peach orchard in tne country, cne magic city oi , Pinehuirst mat inside of one year and. a .half has toeen built in the-most aTbistic and beautiful style of any similar undeTsbaMng in the couimty. (Vanderhilt's work at AshevMe, N. C, or Pullman's town in Illinois, can not compare with 'Pino hurst, wffch its electric railroads, electric lights, heaustiful parks, drives and lakes, all this and much more is to be seen by ithose who attend the re -union a't Southern Pines on the 22nd and 23rd FOUND DEAD BY THE ROADSIDE. News was received "at -Lenoir by tele' phone from Patterson about 10 o'clock on luesaav xnat a one norse waeron was rouna ' by the side of the turnpike andNthe dead body of a woman close toy. The v wagon, horse and driver, it is supposed, had turn bled off the road in the darkness the night before and the woman had been killed in the fall. The horse was not badly hurt . and was still hitched by one trace when rouna. . uuiwiuuau: nuiaau 'was jxitb. x er- guson of Petra Mills, widow of 'the late Smith Ferguson. The wagon' had turned over and had caught the unfortunate vic tim across the neck and in this position - she was found. Mrs. Ferguson was a pensioner, ' her husband havine been a . soldier in the war of 1812. The coroner held - an inquest and the verdict was "Death bv accident. In the fall her head had struck on a log and then been struck by the wagon "bed. On her person $18.41 were lor no. The body was taken up the moun tain. N BILTMORE POULTRY. FROM SEVERAL TOWNS. The Biltmore estate had a very fine poul 4try exhibit at the Piedmont Poultry show yesterday at Spartanburg. The Herald ays: . "Not all Jhe readers of the- Herald were ready to 'believe the rerr. WhHoi, -ed yesterday that large exhibit of poul- xry wouia De on exnmit from the Biltmore farm 'belonging: tot Vanderbilt. The fowls i'arrived howerer, in due time, and the eight of them alone 4 "worth many :. times the t price of admission. They occupy ten or twelve; coops in the; ifortbwest corner "of the rootnt aad-are the most beautiful speci mens; of poultry ever" seen in this city; ThreeT -prodigious tgeese: occupy ( one 'coop) and their respective weights muss equal that of an ordinary iturkey. . A Brahama rooster In this exhibit ' is an specially im' Two disltUleries near Saii'sbury which have been closed for some 'time have re sumed operatuons. Mr. S. M. Aroell, of iAhevilile, United 'S'taes pension iiaspec'cor was in town last week, says 'the Andrews Sim. .'"White here he paid a visit to Aquone and BriartJown. He left yesicerday mornimg for ttobbins-ville. The agent of the English syndicate writes J. Shirley Smith 'tihat the. company is ready to ign a conidract and go to work on tihe railroad, through upper Cleveland, says the Shelby Aurora, as soon as our comimissioners take action on the bond question. Gold mining is now extensively prac ticed throughout Cabarrus county, since the crops are all gathered and .wheat and oats are in the ground, says the Salisbury Sentinel. On almost every farm the pick and pan are brought into service. No startling finds have been reported, however. The county commissioners met oil Mon day and settled with Sheriff Wllliams, Bis to tne state tax, says the IHendersonvilie Times. The amount, -was X5.621.80. Mr. William will be amone the ftret. if not th first sheriff- .to pay in the state tax, which shows his efficiency as a oolileotor, 4und also tne improved- condition of 'finances among tDenoerson county people. APolicaltion for a Teoe.ier ,hta vrnr kwtt madie in -duet form hv m mmiinr .f io uvioTganton 'uana ana 'improvementD com pany, juoise Axiams at lireensshom. n. Tii&s. day aDDointed Mir. Fnanlr (R irkmriia nf gamton, receiver. Mr. Dayis'has 'filed his oona ana -wwi ac once ta&e charge of the ousiness, says 'tne Jnieraiia. The news comes from Statesville thait General Cowtes hias 'concluded, in) view of the legal complications that have arisien over the receivership of the "(bust ed" Morganton toank, to drop out of 'the contest altogether. He thinks that even should he win in ;fih courts, there is not enough in the business to pay Mm. for the work and worry. -He h3s, 'therefore, decid ed to wait for something better. Editor J. T. Jenkins, of the W. N. C. iBaNist. and also TD'aelDOfr -of tho ftanttfrt bhuTcih of Waynesville, wias in the city last night in companiy with Site mother, Mrs Henry Jenkins, of China Grove, says the Salisbury World. The Ha'tter hasi become physically prostrated a'ndi Mr. Jenkins takes her to his -mountain' home isi hopes thait she may toe rescored to health. The (board of county commisioners of Watauga county have postponed the elec tion concerning the issuing of toonds to the proposed new railroad until some time in the spring. The people, there desire to have the line of the" road located be fore the tax is voted. There is no doubt as to the tax being voted, provided the road will 'be run through the central part of the county. Rev. H. R. Overciash, one of 'Statesvtlle's dispersed and scattered abroad, has ac cepted ito 'the pastora te of Swannanoa Pres byterian church, at Swannanoa, on (the western roald, says the SbatesviU'e Land mark. After finishing !his couTse in the theological seminary Mr. Overcash was for a time pastor of a church" in, Virginia,, but for the past few jmonlths has toeeai living ait China Grove, (Rowan county. The four tobacco warehouses at Mt. Airy are selling at the rate of a mllldon pounds a weeTi. Sales, to date amoumit to abouit 6,000,000 pounds, or 750,000 more than at the -sam e . period last 'season. And this noit withs't'aniding short crops. Those in a. po sition to know say 9,000,000 poundja will toe sold during the season., "The quality of the breaks is improving and a great many fine wrappers, ' showing . up npfith , good. ; prices for all grades. , .,. . The Wilkes people are 3utly indlgnam over Uhe impoirtation of s'torekeepers and gaugers from a dls'tance to do the work their home men ought to do, writes a cor- rC'Snrvndf irtit. Thra, aire, rinl-v ihwiftnifv-tlhirfte o! these foreign gentry on duty'inWilkes county at : presi&nt. They . are from tihe coun'try adjacent to ' AshevUle. 03utt they tu?ht not "to complain. This is what they voted 'for -last ifall and is another one : of the . beauitlful workings of "reJorm." :,; ;j At the meeting of the hoard Of county comimissioners ? of J- (Jieveiand county las week the , subject of a transfer ot bonds to aid in the construction of the Morgan ton and Shelby railroad came up, and af ter some consideration It was decided to postpone the matter for final settlement' on the 20th inst. Judge Avery aid Mr.-f Frank p. Tate of Morganton, attended the meeting ito encourage favorable action for the . railroad. Last summer 'Mr. Vyne of U North Wilkeshoro, spent eome time In Lenoir selling county rights etc. to certain' pat ents says . the .Topic. , Now some of, , the parties who bought T'ghts allege fraud and last -week Sheriff oyd went to . Wilkes boro with papers against ,Vyne. He prompt ly avj bpod, tout, came to Lenoir to ee tne parties. So far there - has been no adjustment of the matter. The trial is set for next Monday. Mr. R. W. Jotfinson, of 'Sevilte, Ga.. ra'ilTioiad tie inispec'tor for the Souithlera railway, w'as avguesit of the Bryson House for seiveral day last week, says the An drews Sun. While here he inspected 3,000 ties for Mr. W. P. Walker. iHe infornus. us that the Sou'thernraJilway are overstocked with uSe, having on toand 'more ties ;than they can use in the next twelve moa'tihs. Many fairmers in se'veirai counitiea of the sUa'te have ahan'dioned their farm work and engaged in the work of cutting ties, there by flooding the market;, which w11 natural ly result in a redu'Cifcion of prices. iHe Heft yes'terday morning for Asheville. T!he "Riiirke fifYiirnt'v toanlk will wniKn for buisins on Monday next, says 'the Mori f?i'n'ton Herald, temporarily occupying the front of the store touilding tmemdiattely west of the Morganton (Hardware company. A large fire "and burglar proof safe is being placed in position for the b-utsinetss. The men, connected with the establishment of his new enterprise are well Known in iMorgantton and 'their names are a guairan- ee of the responisibili'tyvand stability of the institution. It is -understood that (Mr. A. A. Shuford will be presiidient. The oth er officers and directors will toe announ'ced liter. The buutiness will be started under the persona! direction of 'Mr. K. C. Mien- 7i. -iii?hier of the Firsti (National Bank of Hickory. STATE TELEPHONE LAWS. Raleigh,' Dec. 16. The Post has infor mation from Mr. George H. Glass, of the Bell Telephone Exchange, ""that material is now being received here for the long distance telephone lines which are soon to be constructed, linking together North Carolina towns. All the material for the construction of the lines will be received in ten days, and it is expected that work will begin by the New Year. The company will continue the Raleigh and Durham line to Greensboro and Dan ville first, in order to tap the long dis tance line from New York and other nor thern points at that place. The Bell company will expend $28,000 in establishing telephonic connection be tween the leading North Carolina towns. Absolutely Pure ROYAIAKINO POWDER CO., NEW YORK. I Coming Even is Qst Their Their UTAH'S WOMEN VOTERS. There was a development in the re cent election in Salt Lake City that sur prised the politicians. It was that women refused to vote for women for public office, The managers of the opposing parties took it for granted that the women of Utah having demanded the right to vote, would show in elections a disposition to vote for female candidates. Therefore both par. ties, in order to strenethen their tick- ets, put the names of women on them It is not disputed that the women nftmi. nated were conspicuously fit for th ntaraa for which they Were named. Miss Joan na fcprague, nominated for. recorder, had for a long time toeen a particularly effi cient clerk in the office of the district court. A local paper says that she had the support of every lawyer at th hap mat she had no adverse criticism -whtAv er to encounter, and that an informal ra,n vass of the business district of the city before the election justified the general toe- nei tnat she would run far sLhfxA nt hp ticket. But the result was that she was Dadly beaten, because the women, aa a mi voted against her. So, too, in the case of Shadows Before Them, But past events don't always leave their shadows jbehind them. So it was with our special sale of $10.00 suits the past week scarcely a shadow of them left. t Our Special This Week Will be all $12.00 and $12.50 suits for $10.00. This line is composed of cheviots, worsteds, plaids, checks and mixtures cut in the very latest styles, made by none other than fhe best of tailors, and fit you like they had been made to your measure. Will Continue This Week 'Our cut-rates on Boy's and Children's Clothing cost sale. These suits are cf this season's production; no old stock we carried over none only the laltest styles 'and patterns. Entire line cheviot, tricot and worsted suits, also all Boy?s and CM1 i dren's Reefers and Overcoats1 at cost. Reefers in sizes 3 to 8, were $2.50, $4.50 and $i.00 now $2.00, $3.50 and $3.75 Boy's Overeoa'ts and Ulsters in Chinchil la, Astrachan, Beaver and Freize, sizes 3 to 20, were $2.50 to $7.00, now $2.00 to $5.00. Boy's 50c. Waists at 39c. This sale will positively last only one week. Don't put off coming until the last of the week. You will miss a good thing like many who call ed too late to toe fitted from our special, $10.00 line. These will surely not last many days. Peyser's famous 2100 i ply linen 10c col lars are the best made. 15c. sox now $1.00 per dOiHn. ALEXANDER & COURTNEY; Clothing, Shoes, Hats and Furnishings. Lrhumor Block. 50 Patton Avenue. Mrs. Booth and Mrs. Bradley, candidates for auditor on the rival party tickets. It seemed that one or the other was sure of election, yet, in spite of the advantage they possessed in having party nominations, both Were (beaten by a masculine independ ent candidate.' And the cause was the same the women preferred to vote for the man. The first result of this shpwing of a want of clannishness on the part of the womeji is likely to toe that the parties will Ibe chary of putting the names of women on their tickets : hereafter, but probatoly the women voters could not have adopted a better method of making themselves a power for good in the politics of Utah. It is not toelieved that they defeated the women candidates , becausethey were wo men. What they did do, was to resent the appeal made toy the politicians .to their lower feelings to their desire to show their r power, to their vanity, their clan- nishness, their desire to triumph over ; those who had opposed the bestowal upon them of equal political rights. They re buked the men who made this appeal not the women who ran for office. The showing for the women of Utah made at this election seems to us a very favoralble one. A body of voters that re fuses to toe cajoled by the methods adopt ed in. this instance is apt . to compel the parties .to put forward their toest men as candidates. Flroida Times-Union. THE DISCOVERY OF THE DAY. Aug. J. 'Bogel, the leading druggist of iShreveport, La., says: "iDr. King's New Discovery is the only thing that cures my cough, and it is the best seller I have. J. F. Campbell, merchant of Safford, Ariz., writes: "Dr. King's New Discovery is all that is claimed iforvit; it never fails, and is a sure cure for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. I cannot say enough for its merits." Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is not an experiment. It has been ,tried for a quar ter of a..century, and today stands at the head. It never disappoints. Free trial bottles at T. C. Smith's drug store and Pelham's Pharmacy. 6 When we say that wisdom is better than riches we always mean our wisdom and other peoples' riches. A mileage toook is so interesting that a traveler is always sorry when he reach es the last page. TO CURD A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. p The highest endorsement given Universally accepted by conserva tive, , discriminating, home-keepers: They know the great importance of wholesome food ; they realize the risk of the packing house lard. Refuse worthless imitations of urn: b . , r - . m si tv 6a Thev genuine is sold everywhere in 'tins of one, three : and five - pounds, with trade ?mIe&fC-i t " SXade only toy '' - ., t V x f
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