North Carolina Newspapers

' ' A . - - .. a. - : v ' :' VAA' - -..("'' . v ' A" (A Tia Vol m: Ito- 18, AfflKYILJA N. C, .'WEDNEBD.-.r HOPilLYG, -EEBBUAIIY 23,-lcb.' 'fAv , Prico 5 CentaV - ' - . - . .' ' ' -, y . . ' . - r . . ' , : A- r- .A. 'A S S .'o and 'ft fit ' 7 '-itvr : 28 S Alain SU v Ourbuyerin novr inllcvr Tork purchasing our cpnn jvtockpf Dry Gccdo end ITo Vtiohs, which shell command ypur admiration by tho many novelties and choice selecr tionsr'We ; will alco offer you splendidinducemento to patronize us by Gaving .you money on your purcliases. dur present stock of ; ; Lace Ciir tains is to be moved ; the follow ing price-cuts ought to dait . $1.00 Lace Curtains : 65c tair $1.25 " 75c 'J $i.5o f?v .;:' i'rwc $2.00 " - , $1.48 ": $2.50 " "; .l, :;:' .75 $3 25 $4.00 $2.75 l Two pairs Ecru Applique Holland Gurtaino, . f regular $5, at C3-50 per air: , ; Chenille Draperies at very Big reductions m dl Dra peries, Silkblihes, "Denims, Dotted Swisses,- etc. i: Sofa PiUows at half price. ' . - i Wagon SeWule. i V - t iYo 1 leaves 9 30 a.;m.; Eastern section of city., i No. 2 leaves store . 10 a. m. Western section. , Ailiv leaves biuic u.;.a 1 " Southern section and 4 . v , .victoria.. ; ''. .A . A - - v "."J.'T ... A . - i .Wagons are i, returned over T their Tespective routes as they 'I J come m: " ;-.; fv :a - - V . . . ,-.2 v . 1 ,':.- - 6.''AA-;6DEER.'! M ". ,C-.iyAii . - , 7w -.v .. . Would you Eke to find a stcre In Ashe !le ihat'eeele' a real 'cocxf" co2ee fcr at .t five eeasts. a pouicll le3 than jrca cn It efeewliete? - A. - ' . . . , f . . 'We 5jve had several very particular buy -3 teli xHa nk it PeaJly waa as good as lajd been "payimS five cent3 a pound ic at other c'xtcs V.'e -have to qr came ifior it, it's- j-ct rc J c'--3 wnright coffee, and you cm buy it I-cj ar w ame- Price ,aay firme.' are.taDEing about our 20 ceat-ccrTos. AO ( PUEE FOOD SI0P.E k , ESTACLIZIIZD. Good Paying busInc-3 f.rr r. - tlculars dlres N. O. P., C. S SB 9 r BMP Evidence that,: the 10' ; Uar.ziiiD Did net .f '''.t . IAS Bzg of Povrder Brorht up From the Wreck of the Scnits Votes for Increasing , tho .;; ;: Country's Citary - Strength. ; j4 t i , IlATaDA, Feb. 22. An Important diT erj -w3 made today la ,tbe Maioe. Th di vera forous&t up. l poTrder case for xmi of the ten-inifli euna. which they tooK f fm tl part of the battleship destroyed hy the explosion nd in -which the main gunpow dr aooaigahie is e4 tuated. v The gunpowder discovered was in a bag, end 'fflue bag was contained in a copper case. The case waa entirely closed tout ihad an -exterior 4xiark A O L. C "S?!Ji of 'the 4p, Rowing ttBw lq.ation of the '.tixxn and posfituaa as -wreck Tabove a if come hard pbjfectTiad struck it on the uuuaiue, -oi wraun tne gunpowder is ? ab - eolutely imtaet. f As the case -wais in the forward anaga zineA tMs discover9i':xmcitisiveproof 'thatyWhetlBer.ior not the magazine exploded, and It is the general belief that it did not explode:-at; least an important part of ;It remains intact; ; Nei tier , the' divers nor aaiy one , having official ooninectlon with the investigation. ia willing to say whether or pot the maga- sine exploded. Any positive declaration a bouit lihe matter at - this time is 'prema ture Yet the powder case with its powder bag intact, speaks' for itself. The case waar takes from'' the"' if ai fie' to the Fern and put in t3ie' gunpowder maga zine of the revenue cutters A. , . There your correspondent aaw it. " -t The divers tailed tcuday ' to place' an eleVr tris,lioht apparatus Inside' the Maine, its the wire obtainable- In : Havana ia-woitth-less for the purpose. . : m : The . work of the 'divers- is progressing very slowly. ionjocoaintxf the paucity of ciaterial-s. -Jnbe' 'wrecking Jug iNeptuar la eagerly expected from Key estr EheJRrill bring aiU necessary apparatus to raise the big gua&s aihd eipecially 'tx clear away many lar3 ctj ecta "aid ' Iron pieces TwLXch are tic:periri2 the divers. '" ,; Among the electa torcnghit up Ibday ik the fine silverware of the battieship, .which was predated by the stat cf Z-ii-ae, and alsio the loving cup, presented during the last visit o ithe 'Maine to New Orleans. All the Am'crican ships in pert have their 1 Zi in full Cz-Iiy honor cf Wahins- tca. rr-e C; :i Elijs. ara' clo fLcatirg CcclLIcr dlsd tils ncmicg in. the Can a oooc 4 1 1. it, I t , , A " - " 'P "HH.1" SMW, -T, i.K. V i .T I.I. II II II I r mv '-"I I ' ' I I 1 V - " m9BSw .iV - . . " ' . - c ft p.mt. P3?.piiM vJ. I I IA a ... :, " fcitr n rnrrir".' ; r- 1 t a k.h at I . . . in vhich the sailor was deleiio'jjt sievcrrl honra, he Xell - into & ewocn and paUscJ peaoefiilly away, s noItzer4 etill in a rerr cerperate condition and ' may die at ary timet. - f , , Ar seneatlortal editorial is printed ttis aX&rnoon in La Lucha against CapL is-T bee. It eay Eissbee ia unlawidlly form iag part oTCLo court of inquiry. Ia tucha adds that -the ; captain i judge ia'. his own c&sey and tihat, therefore, 'aH ccaluskrai of the 'court of Inquiry "wiM lw inadmi table to emyncipleef itikice-, 1 , - - . The court of inquiry, accompanied v by Gen. (Lee, called n Blanco this morning, and later on Admiral Ifani'terola. l- - ' f VA.1 SPIRIT IM SENATE'. .WashirTton, Feb. 22. Alter the reading of the ,i . 3Will address of Washington by Senator, Lc !ge fa. tihe senate today, tie fol lowing' re solution,' offeiied Jyv Senator Mor gan, w Adopted: . - . ' J. -' i '"The cc'nimUbtee on naval affairs" Is in truot'fc . to inquire and report whether a I man-oi - ?.'ar, equal at least to any ir ixL' in the:vworfd, to be named George T7lcli-v ingtxm, can, be built, armed, and ccirizla iomed '.vlthln ttwelve nxonthSj by the use of rthe i f AciliUes of tlhe'ehip wards, ' ma chine ghepa, anlnes and foresta' of t2ie Unit ed StaBshere-ver" tie same .are found? Tbe'i&lll Jt-:WttMrixo two Additional- rrg imtayoiiartilleiry wad .then Uien tip' on motion! tf : Senator Rawley, c&airman of the"toc:mee on-military affairs.'- The bill was opposed tor Senator Bate of Tennessee, membtr'cl ti mUitaxy committee, because it would,;prove an unnecessary grease in the army. , - -. y ; iThere "were now, XMr, Bates said, a dozen regimenfts idle all over ! Che country, and T e P mi&aElnes, -bofilers, coal bimktra and me " - ... " a I he thought they "dbtould be utilised for man- lung, the Torts on- tae eeacoast," Senator. Hawley explained briefly ; why the bill ehould be ''paESed.1 'The v army he Aaid," was eteadlly decreasing in porportion to the populations iCongnasa has approprit atied within the - last dozen years : $31,000, 000 for ..coastwise defeces. : - TJnderexlst ing leglelationV 672 guns would be put up aid "within two yeaH9 there would be In po- sition 159 guns amd 232 new.rifle ateel nror tars. - The .war department estimated that the men provided for in the bill would be sufficient for tthe present,; It was very late, he: said; to object ; to employing , men to take care of these guns ami learn to handle them. Each of thoae gunia required as mudh skill as a locomotive or, 'ordinary.- river steamboat. ; Thie biU vwas simpliy dkjtajfced by oommion sense. Every .off ioer nthe army desired tt pasBage. . ' r ?- 4 iv? . The bill was passed, Bate, Chilton;-Clay and Vest alone opposing. ? , ' - f The ssemate 'then wfenJt into' secret :Cwea- , - PREPARING WARSHIPS. V",-- f - Norfolk, iFeb. 22. TTork on the monitor. Terror, wad cocijlated at five o'cliclS - day She is ready to sail in the morning. The chic czrlneer worl:cd all lzst iight in the shor 3 existing .the nien ; 'The repairs on the torpedo (boita, Foote and Winslow,-were rushed even more than those on Che Terror, and they "will V - bs taken f rom ; the dry dock in the morningi They are expected .to receive, ordep3 Jto eail within "the next twenty-4our hoiirs.-,.' ' ; . Gix of the seven boilere of the PuTitan ihave -been -repaired and-work, on Che seventh- is being ruished tonighL Dlghi'teen cf her twenty-odd furnaces have been putin: fOodtiniued on iFi3ibi 'Bage.) y t cx$jis 0 ... ; " 4 r lift CIrect-.r. J IV, . 3 ucL tl3 r- -.3 &T2 I-D , X . . . i ... . . . w - m . . - (I L .y;lf; pn v r Tciriblo Bced bf a South v ; .Carolina Hob. - - Pfccca the Torch' to his Hoiie :r1 r . ,i . rl Fired ;VcIfc)s Into the Blazing "Building. Necr::-I7ifa Wonsdsd and Child - it. Twpasrndrea-Shct-rRepeaSsd Efforts had Cn V,zii b Seeure the,Rnoval cf the Ob ' iharleion, Feb. 22. Frazer 43aker, 'taw negno posSmasW at Lake City. Willlams barg cowntyiwae.-- moirdered by a mob at -SbbbbbbbbMssMbsIbMbWbWbMMbIbbMbsMMbMIbsMbBb - . j " ' K'l-.i r : - 'i - "--' - k vv n- -v -ff -r-yj i V-- -. , - :j ; i tle;-pioiort"toitt.i. plbDtosim&b Of. the scnean'dbatow a pin." quagibers of be officers. amdcrew. .The explosion was to the for4rd cart of thAvelJ iW" -un one o'oBockv ithJs morning: i Since he was put. in " charge of 1 tUse ofElceby. President McKiMey Mn Septeonber, - dilligent effoits have been made by -the white-people-to have him removed. On one bccasioin be was fired at firaim :amlbus3x wth ;3oad of buck shot, but (he" escaped. v . r - 4i j According: to the beet accounts lobtain- able, a mob. of - several' ; hundred people, supposed to.be white citizens, collected in a: lonelyjspot on Monday night and arrang ed Ha 111 'Bakerr. vAbout one o'clock' they sneaked to he postmaster's ''cahln'. which was aiLs, used for the poet office, and fired it The crackling flames aroused -the fam ily, .which rushed ou -.' -- Immediately Volley of - lead- was poured into the tcaibin Baker waa among the first to-fan dead." Ills wife, who waa hording it young baby -to ier-breast, had ifle. ball to ' pass through, her- hand. It -afterwards burled viteelf-In the hiid.WlIingit in stantly. Two daughters and a email son were E(hot;- but Jthey may live. -The mother was seriously wounded. Before the hooting ceased the building was covered 'With frames, and. the, bodies of Baker and his -ciild, could, not be-dragged out. TSxis morning they were ipund, cfiiar- red almcrt beyond, recognition. - The injilxed. children fled.for safety, but they were .not ftiterf erred with after the murder.' ' ' - s All Ithe mail in ,the 'postoffice ,was'.,de- stroyed: :-","'"-." ' 1 It is Claimed Baker -swas aiever a residetot of the town and that be was lazy,; ignorant and insulting to lady patrons at the post-office.- Z Petitions ..were sent- to the . post- master general to have the man removed, but nothing was ever: done about it. The petition;was isigned. by 200 business men of Lake City. The murder fcas been reported to the authorities in VTashington." Baker was appointed pectmaster - thre months aero. - Lake Cl:y nas iTve hundred. Inhabitants. The negro pcpulaticn in the vicinity is large. , After tils "firsts a; --tilt, three months c--, ESrer nT'ed h!3 f. !yj iito a housa on the outrlrirts cf the town. rrLsre te estilllLed hi poscfTica. ' Ci atcrs Tilnan anl HcLaurin and Ccr'rcr s Liia l!;rt:n tzl ? th3 - :tn-rter cc-i cral to remove I zr, tzz..i il --3. c ' - j cr, but tie re-;u--t 3 rcfu:eL A.ccrcrcr's jury, vrjj rirht, . vicwe 3 , th clirrc'i . rc Izz , ' tr'l GEN.- pOfiUOlI ILL Suddenly tOrerconie , et -Pbit Huron, Tcledo O.. (Feb. 22. Ceneral j. B. Gor- oa, ,lslis3is3ifii ex-Ocaieera?tie, -was biMeVJi to , lewbuaia here , Oo-ntgh Bvery eeait la he ; Valejxtiine theatfre"' ,? 4kid "been sola to-ladvaflc.rtate-i'afteTOo' teSeginaan -was received i aninouadlng hat General Gordoa. 4ad eeo tfakea suddenly .a,IrliHiion,MidIk;-and wtaa tmtable tor toavel any, fuahet.;prtvajte advices 'are " - v.-.-'- to, Uhe effect .that. GeneraT Gordcn Is a verr sick man, - " . 7 ' : ivv - VETERAKS DISAGREE -.Chambjersburg Pa.,1 Feb.- 22. The local rA -.vt?r"W itlykvited"'the Gea. Turner, Aebury camp' of Confederate veter anm'tochesterVa.. to participate .in their-Wa&hiiigton birthday campUre. A few days ago, the Virginians notified the bost phere that tlbe Confederate' nVagfwhich was brought -from Appomattox' would be car ried in the Prade. w Bousiiim ' post replied that ,the;G.;A.;k. stood, by; its invitation, fcut ail 'must march under i401d Glory"" tere or ;hot; alLTl' Virginian there upon recalled their acceptance. -.'.-- CcvV baiR T5 'C-Sr'' " M y-y... .4 :A:;;,A',v ouari-awHanajiaoik "lub fiaji as- in Ch eaumie rouxjr TERRIBLE FOREST FIRES SEVEN . WOMEN- . BURNED ; TO .DEATH. r; V U t 1 t - 1 They Were Fighting the Flames Abou s : Their Homes -Large Property. - - - Tf oss-. ; . "" Olu-mbia, &. C., Feb 2 Henry Bizzard of BidgeWay; . thirty miles north of here, reported today .that in. the forest, fires in -, K. I., tlhaJt section, besides much poperty, seven womea were ihurned. ; Twio of them were elderly married- women,'. $he others were girts.' rWhile; fighting the fires about their homes theyvere1 caught' by the flames! -Wtlik the- county 'seventy homes were . de stroyed, so f ar..as. reported. In several ofih er counties the damage has. been as great. Public appends for, aid have been madei If you aire out -fto a walk don't forget 2ie Bwamfedaoa Oafe. . 12tf "Toar attenjUom is . called o ' the - Cafe, SwtemEaaoaa (Hotel. . 12 tf f ': i Lenten Specialties , ; ' Fat Shore Mackerel, Soused ; , Mackerel, Broiled Mackerel, J - Tomato Sauce, Fresh Canned J 4. xuacKerei. - ... : c nznpjuG a':" 1 xY i- i tr-r :.'C?-.i.' j A Herring, : Kippered Herring: T Y': " , ' SALIIQN ' . i Spiced Salmon, t Df ,,A. . . . Salmon Steaks, t A o 4j"r-rrTr3,c-; ' a ? Sm'cl;ed -". Sardines, Mustard A Sardines, Bcnelezs Sardines, . Lobctcrr, Fin den Iladdcck, v Prepared Cod Fish, Dcnelccs " Cr ' " -h - cnr;.- f , . i;'Clni Juice, ' Crabc. Ancho- vk vies, Anchovy Pczts, at lii.-JjdU-L'JbiiL- AYJ.UilfbBiidijtw, Decision as to Judge Evrart'c -rITew.Qourt., The Act Creating:it Fncoi-),' ; Institutional; ; :;'-:J-v Caso of Rhyna vs Lipsccrhb3 Hi . msndsd to Superior Court. . J : ki- i. V K, - Reos3M.iveabythVSTOen3 Court - --.?&itiFi.-' v a r v . a Umitotioii oCthefower oftheG6 - b Allot rid Distribute Jurisdiction cf CcurU ft.r .. "'- i - v oeiow ine supreme tourt. Special to the Gazette. ' ' " aleIf-' FeV 22.-lfn"the case of Rhyns va. Jiipscambe, from Buncombe, 1 the s 4 l?eme court decided today that Judge Dw - - " s ' - r- " , - ' art Unas no court Jurisdiction. rfjie case : includes4 the" constitutionalit t of chapter, ix, acts of 195 which amenda the name of the "oirouit criminal court r Buncombe, Madison, Haywood and Header son,! by" striking Vyt the woiM ''criminar V . B?;T1!?n!-,lt,, eald "court,-, rconcurrent equal JurisdicUon, powerana : ' authority -wHen" the"' Judges of the auperior courts. s f . - .'., r : ' it is held by today's "decision that tl general assembly baa power to'; allot .nA dtatrlbute-JtarisdJ supreme stfurt, but i limitation "upon ' CJT power, which provides that it must" be e- -Wsed?SfitJiout"conmct -.wrth other wafrl " visions" of tneeonstltutionf renders n- . constitutional ihe act'ereating a new court jrii. bstauttally the sime powers as" tL superior bouts. and yet under a, different -! naediiiieiurBjaad.' '4utla'ot ltl rA offleersj . , . ' u ; ' ttt' Is'held that, the "superior-court is" at x t. head 'of the -court' system', ,.b&low "the' supreme court and from: ttyat-court alone. " cans -.appeals come "to he supreme court! Appeals lie from the circuit' or crpminal or. y other inferior courts (mediately or Imms- " dia'tely, as -the "generalaBsembly maypra sorfbe) to'the -superior-courts, and thencs' :4 only' to the supreme court. - A "; : ' The decisions ' rendered by the supreme A".1' curt in appeala lieretof ore taken from -ths said inferior courts,; are. valjd objection 1 -' right of such appeal, not having been tak en. Where no -appeal to the superior court from the inferior oourt is prescribed; If the appeal .' would otherwise' lie,", certiorari ta . lieu of appeal wilt issue from the superior court," as in tther catses in which appeal is ; not provided for! The plea to. Jurisdicttoa CV should have been sustained and the pro- ; ceeidings" had In K this -'case. in "ciroutt court," are held-coram nonTjudiee and ths -cause is remainded 'to ihe superior ;court of A . Buncombe county "-";rs; V- r- Ufcense has been issuiei .for the manriage of Hw ffi. llKSLeam and Dona Altoan. - IIOHM CAROLINA GEMS. y r - ! 11 -v.; ' ;t' . t A The rare beatuties xf naforre, so '. -wa3 represented la Western ' North CarsRU are becoming' better known every ay m - y people who are better educated in the ia-. mation ' and utility of minerals bavs trra ' tfone.to time shown -their- appreciatipsi.tf""' these cems by using them in all kiss cf -' adorninz.i. - ?. it..',' -We have dec"3d to ckass out some tl' these. gems' -asfl crcr lien at prteen Ct A- should c.!:3 then all rcll la a vsry tar . - , - - - , - " flays. - . ; f . t . y , . . - Oe let cf 41 gcrrs cl CD c:ts ec:h. - Or a lot of 40 gems at C3 csntsnti. - V -One Jot csf 1C3 genrs at 75 cents ecth. One lot of 43 gecrri at l.C3 each. - 1 One lot cf 22 cs at ?L3 ecch. C:! l' One Jet cf S c:a -t tl.C) czth. One tet cf 2 t ?2.C ici." One lc cf S c 3 r t Cl.:3 c;:":. C-! On lot cf 5 cr c; :t.C3 Or- r a frr ;C3. 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