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1 H .:. (fu; y Y icfj I : Vri A ,-v.r-: VOL XK.f THDID SERIES. SALISBURY, N. C, THTJESD AY, OCTOBER 4,11888. H0.V6Q. ! f t 4 j ! A!, . . . . , VL' l-H. HI - . fer:; - pfPetchm- from. New. Yoak MocWle, he entered I 1 1 j i . il iHfllflM?i5 i Bell and Belles. tajral harborl at high noon to refill the ' J - A ' l x !i kA' AAi V" . I 7&Z55? VpoE wa.'J HrLv i ! Armstrong's basks 5.nd barrels. 1 OPENS "THE FALL CAMPAIGN OF ;1888 5 -flth the, determination to if ery on3 of tlien is . . -' , , , i A iGood Suits at :.4U, I Better jGouUs ut 0.U:1, 7.4S, 7.S7, ,10JS, and 1 1 .9:5. A -r1pinli(llli1:if.lc (T(irk nnv Siiit. Tit. S7 H -u-ortli 1'00. " " j i . . 3" - W make a j special ty of CLOTHING and can suit everybody. . . 'A S-tf"OUlt'!STOO:v IX THIS t.GntH'SiKjiencrs'af 5, 10, to, 1, 25, n.il:4i9 ?r i;iir. Vv' at uml 10. l.jiickin iit 1. 2 .-inij U i ts. er b.. I fine, it iti I II ttf II wc;t .1, 9, JO, 13 and 2-mI. or pair. Li'sJij Ti ic.nl IIise l-i i ts. liif .,'!, ' T ' ViHmgton spool llireml ntS.rt. 1 $ 1 1 Ihrifttl I Sir. ; Si I k lineal 5", and button hole t wiJt 1 1 q kjjooL" 1'.iht pint 2r Pa pit Bt'Cijles 2i Chair s-;itN 10.:. --Box bluin l,2kiMUcts. Nickyl Clocks :it 89, !)J nil;I.3:i. Box not e paper S, 10 and Xoiz. Mi. shoe tritij'i -tc.i 'Nemorandiini ii o.k ji, 10 and LI cents Ijickenvcloptti .V-. 0rc '.quire (J to note llH-T 5,:. One !.. ?a(t-ty niii .liv Ladies' ffiuy jt4U, 7-;iinl 1.10. Sf Cities Towns. anil A'iiaics in the South f JS ' v I1' ASSETS-, 1a 1 . . A 3y b A -A' Ijyypi fgng - if vi1:-;;t-. i-: . - S a ? A; - Jf " SALISBURY, & ' ' '! ' IMl-'H J V., CrS , A AA ri ib rn -r T a Tsn- WjfjSf Qpjp?? 9A'Ajm I MeIcompai a I :-r-; STRONG COMPANY J'lAl. SEEKING ' ' ' MS, i f 1 A-j-!"r ; -rl' prompt: 1 i .. . 1 " ' " . Wfrtilirrt I i- ,'; J. ALLEN-BROWN," Resident Agent, Salisbury, N. C, sell LOWER than ever. r MEN'S' WORSTED, DIAGONAL AND CASS1MER To soZJ immidatchj. Tliey ivere bought at BO per cent. less than the regrjlar value and will be closed out accordingly. a Genuine Bargain ! - ;J.U9, and 4.US. LINK IS COMPLETE 2,001 tooth picks Purses at 10, Dojf pistols ut ir and 2. Bi ithsh Bill I 2. Puckot knives at 10, 19,25 and 4iK'ts. eaeeh. - A,liir drive in fine and coarse ro nls at 4,;5. 7, 10 and l-ic, eaclu wortii doultlc Hie ni ney. y A larje line of laundry siap$ at prices to close t hem out. v shoes. O ir liiieof Lad ie Misses' and Gents' shoes arc unsurpassed b.ith in (luality and price. Tinwafcfor everybody at bo'tom figures. Two boxes matches, containing o00 each, for 5 cents. x RACKET STORE. S75o,oooj oo! TORPSD LSVER Islviiov:ibyt!icsci:iar!i:ciIiccul!:4ritIeii 1. A fwlin-j of weariness niil iaiiis ia the iiinhs. 2. ijil lirralli. Ixnt taste l:i the month, nml furrcil tonjiiio. S. V:iri ip;it kiii, with oTiisionnl attacks of 15:n-! Iiii'h. 4. llcailarhc. ! tli fr:it of tlio head: uausca, i!i.iiiuss, uiul yellowness of skin. B. llcartharn, los of :i;iprli!i G. Distent ion oi the stimaeii an. I lmwels by wind. .7. Depression of ppiri?, and rroat. Tnclan choly, witli lassitude and a disposition to lcavecverytliiuti for-to-morruw. A natural flow f IJilo from tho Liver. Ift etiscntial to good health. When I hi i obstructed H results in BILIOUSHESS, wbi-li"l'f licieelcd, soon leads t;sorloiM diwastv. Simnioiis Liver Kcinilatorexert a most ferK'itoiisiidiueiiceovei'every Ulud of biliousness. Jt. restores liio Idrer to lropcr work I nt order, rcifnlnies the NKrc lion of bile and puts the di-restlvc organs in such condition that they can dotiieir best work. After t:d i n;;.thiM jaedleino uo ono will say, "I cy.i bilious.' "t have becs t'Mhj:ct to severs spdU nf Con gestion cf the Liver, Mi l have been in the habit of taking from i ta ' .i::s f t" calomel whith gen erally laid me ' -t !' r c-r c.v.r c!-::ys. l ately I ha-e be-n t . ! : ?-:-i;T-r.r. I.iv;r Rcj;i.lator, which ; ave " r . ';:"" . nny intcrnipliou to business." J. i!, . ., J-'j-l-Jlcpoit, Ohio. has our . :amp rc.l cn front t.f " rapper J. II. z7-;.!t Co., Philadelphia, I'a. iCEKK GUAIOIC. L. Il.CLKMEXT CRAIGE & CLEMENT, Attomovs' A."t Law S.VLISBUKY, N. C. fc'eb.:lr(l,133l IV'E ARE RECEIVING OUR Fall anfl Inter Stock, Consisting of choice selections ia black, blue and brown worsted suits, also a full line of eassimere suits for men. youths, boys and chil dren. , Fall Overcoats a specialty. Give us a call. Respectfully, I. BLUMENTHAL & BROS. FORTY YEARS TESTING FRUITS. TO YOU MY KIND READER. nuve you planted a bounteous supply of fruit trees. The Apple, l'estr, Peach, Cherry, Apricot, Quince. The Grape, Strawberry, and till other desir able fruits. If not, why not send in your orders? One of nature's great blessings js our great number oi varieties of line attractive wholsome lruits. The Cedar Cove Nurseries 1ms on the ground about ' ONE MILLION of beautiful fruit trees, vines and plants to select from, including nearly three hundred varieties of home acclimated, tested fruits, and at rock bottom prices, delivered to you at your nearest railroad station freight cliarges paid. I can please every one who wants to plant a tree, grape viue, or strawberry plant, etc. I have no conmrative competition as to extent of grounds and desirable nursery stock or quantity. I can and WILL PLASfe YOU. I have all siz?s of trees desired from a 3 foot tree to G ami 7 feet high and stocky. Priced descriptive catalogue free. Ad dress, N.W. CRAFT, Prop., 44:lv. Shore, Yadkin cottntv, X. C. CAUTIOKr Beware ot Fraud, as my name and the price are stamped on the bottom of all uiy advertised clioes before leaving the factory, which protect tlie wearers against high prices and inferior (roods. It a dealer offers W. L.. Douglas fcliws at a reduced price, or says he lias thciH without my name and price stamped ob ths bottom, put hint down as a fraud. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE. GENTLEMEN. The only calf 83 SEAM MCSS Shoe smooth ln cMo vrtTirKM r WAY THREAD to hurt 1 the feet, easv as hand-sewed and VIL.L ')T RIF. iv t Y'nnn w A u ai SMOK. tlu orkrlnul and only baud-sewed wett $4 shoe. Equals custom-made shoes costlnir from $6 to $9. W. I. DOUGLAS S3 .50 POI.ICE SHOE. Railroad Meq and Letter CarrK-rs all wear tlieoi. Smooth insida as a Hand-Sewed fchoc. lo Tacks or Wax Thread tfr hurt the feet. XV. I.. DOUGLAS 3USO SHOE Is unexcelled for heavy we:ir. Bert Calf glioe for flic price. - W L. DOUGLAS 3.5 WOEKlNGMAN'S S1IOK is thf best In tlie world tor rvugk wear; one air ought to wear a man a year. , P W. DOUGLAS 3 'SHOE FOR BOYS Is th best School Shoe in tlie worhl. . , wTlTDOUGLAS 1.75 YOUTH'S 8-Wk Shoe (rives tlie small Boys a chance to wear tlie best shoes lu the world. w , . All made in Congress, Button and Lace. II not sow by your dealer, write W. L. DOUGLAS. Brockton. Mass. M. S. BROWN. Agent, Salisbury. 1 14:till July 20. 3 Traveling and Lm-nl II Salesman for Agricultural and Mst- chinerv specialties sell to the trade State age, reference, -iunount expected for salary ami expenses. Address, j i MASS AY & CO , Moutehuna, (la. ' THJSPAPEB-f I to on tile in PkilarfHpti i at ths ewi-aper Adrer ' twin Airrm-V -rtr- See the porters with the bells ' Hrcakfast bells. What a dib of juicy hash tlcir tappcring fore j tells! . ! How tlier shake etn, shake 'em, shake 'em. lu their black and scaly hamls, A they take' em, tike 'ein, tike em, (And they never get forsake 'em) Whilst they kick the flying sands, Keep time, time, tinje, t lu a sort of negro ntime,' To the ceaseless jingleatioii that so magically welli 1 From the bells, bells, bells. bells Hells, bells, bells,; ; From the ringing aud the swinging of the bells! Now we have the uthcr" bells dinner bellsj What a pile of ejrgs andt soup their clattering foretells ! ! i Down the long and dusty street, How the boarders' ear they greet From the National hotels At midday ? M How it feels howt Ulla Oa the hungry man that listens, as h ytlU 4 A1U). K."! i Oh, from out the dining hall, What a gush of grub aroma comfort all ! HowJt swells, ' Breathing spells j ' To a fellow! Howiit tells Ou the stomach, thjit now swells At the sobbing and the thrubbiii" Of the bells, bells, bells . Of the bells, bells, bells, bells At. the clamor aud the glungor of the bells! See the niggers with the belb , Supper bellsi hat a Lost ot battercakes; their turbulencv tells! j f In the dude's dilated ear, How they scream their tidings clear! Iut. too r!M-itiedito teel, lie can only reel, reel, i Ia a whirl, i as lie gives tlie multitude a vain and vacant look, j And sweareth vengeance on the mad and fran- tic cook j Swearing more more, more, 'Till he makes himself a bore." AH his pitiful endeavor, Now. now, to sit or never Hy the side of his pale-faced girl. Oh, the dishes, dishes, dishes! What a hundred thousand wishes To devour ! ITow they start ambstop and start! What a blessing tluy impart Just within a solitary hour! Yet the ear it fully knows, Iy the stopping And the sopping, How the "lasses" ebbs and Hows; Yet the eye distinctly tells dlv the taking Ami the ; raking' How the dishes loscltheir spells Hy the winking or the blinking in the agling of the belles I Of the bel les Of I he belles, belles. 'belles, belles Uelles. belles, belles Hy the croaking and thcichoking of the belles. 1 Way, Story of a Superbi September Fight, j Ship In thpse nrosaie. nWl mm nor times of peace it is really curious to note ...... - how little the come dav. "o day, selfish and self complacent American citizen is interested in the building up of a navy. His pulse does not-mend its sluggish methodical pace, when he reads in our regular correspondent's ''special'' ojieti ing parapraph that the double turreted iron monitor Puritan, the largest ship in Secretary Whitney's new and vast ly improved navy, lias been sent to the government yards ut; Norfolk, Va., to be completed. He barely remembers that such a vessel wits launched a few months ago, and that it has a displace ment of 0,000 tons or more, because the daily papers said; so; but, to the present utility or future achievements of this plate armored and very fortnitl- able sea sweeper, he is provokingly in- li tie rent. - ; Yet it was not alwUys so; and, as a quickening influence upon my busi ness enslaved fellow countrymen, I shall here tell them a tale of brilliant heroism which must set their blood tinriiiiir. Four-and-seventy years ago Cprecise date, Sept. 20, 1818) the American privateer beneral Armstrong, built by Rensselaer Havens 'for several New York merchants, cast ancl.or in lli neutral Portuguese harbor of Faval, one of the Azores. ;These islands, as eVerv school boy knows, are grouped in the Atlantic ocean, below the 40th para 1 ltd of north latitude and about 27 legs, longitude west from (jreenwier J The Gen. Armstrong carried seven guns and many gallant hearts. Samuel Chester Kied was commander. ' Fred erick A. Worth was his first lieutenant. he a brother of Gen. i William Jenkins Worth, who 'made a big reputation at Chippewa, with Winfield Scott, and, a third of a century later, in conquered Mexico. His monument is the tall granite shaft at the junction of Broad way and Fifth avenue, opposite New York's famous Madwon square. Alex ander Williams was second lieutenant, and Robert Johnson- third lieutenant of the Armstrong. jTliere was a crew of ninety meli, and this count included the officers. The vessel had been nam ed in honor of a soldier, statesmen, diplo mat and author, whj was our minister to France during Niipojeon's time, aud became secretary, of war in 1812. Off the coast of .South America, that year, the Gen. Armstrong then commanded by Guy It. ("hampliij, had encountered the British sloop Coquette, mounting twenty-seven guns, audi badly crippled her. It w;is left foHCapt. Ried, how ever, to show to the World what Amer ican sailors could do j wlien they went heart and soul, gun ud cutlass, fierce ly inio action. Hislvessel mtded wa- U:a; and twenty days clca.'cd Reid's personal history is most inter estmg. He was born at NorwichH ionn., late in the summer ot 1783, and died in New York citv about th months prior to the bombardment of Li. ll. . L l! 1011 t 1 . i ui u, ouuiier pn iooi. ins lamer w;us a British I officer, who conscientiously and bravely fought the American col onies in i revolutionary days. It was Samuel Chester Jtied who, refusing a post captaincy in our navy after his brilliant victory at Fayal, bexame port warden of Niw York and invented and put into Operation the signal telegraph C.J.. U.l. 1 - it. 7 1 iiuui uauu v hook to me in arrows 'an . Battery. I He was the designer of our present national standard and the fath erof ten children. Their excellent, beautiful and talented mother was a daughter of Capt. Nathan Jennings, still honorably spoken of by his nu merous descendants at or near Fairfield Conn, i Immediately after the Gen. Arm strong had anchored off Faval, the American cdnsul, John B. Dabnev. ordered waiter to le promptly sent aboard the vesselj, and invited Capt. Ried to uine witu nun. a pleasant afternoon was passed at the consul's house and in driving about the island. About sun set, having returned to the Armstrong with Ins ! shore friends, Ried noticed from his kleck the rapid- approach of ii i. 1 ' .i ma jjiigusu war snips, rorming tlie squadron jof Commodore Lloyd. 'Three vessels, the Plantagenct, the Rota and the Carnation, had a combined arma ment of 30 guns, and the whole fleet carried upwards of 2,000 fighting sea men. Inj flagrant defiance of neutral ity laws, j Commander Llovd attacked - 4 ... ' .I..... -.1 T " I 1 aeu. xrnistrong wirn ii is greatly su perior forfce, but he soon found that he had caugiit a veritable marine tartar. Aext mprning, having counted his dead, wojinded and presumed to lie drowned, he bitterly remembered that Admiral Oochrane was waiting for him at Jamaicja for re-enforcements that would never be available in the propos ed conquest of New Orleans. Darkness settled over Fayal island and threw its heavy mantle on the peaceful, and locked day. Capt. Ried was warv.; Certain movements on board Lloyd's flag ship, the Plantagenet, had excited the American's suspicion. He knew there would be a full moon, and having dismissed his guests and set theni on shore, he quickly ordered the Armstrong's deck to be cleared for ac tion and liioved the vessel nearer to the island,! until it was within shadow of the governor's castle. The moon had now risen, and by its light Capt. Ried discovered, about 8 o'clock, that four boats each containing forty men. were being pulled towards the doomed privateer, j He rejieatedly hailed them, but got no reply. lhey were soon alongside, but he was ready for them. As the British-seamen attempted to board the Armstrong the valiant Reid passed the word to his gunners to oj)en hie on the four boats. lhey were beaten off rvith fearful slaughter, and two of thehi retired so severely broken that it was with the utmos- difficulty they could jbe kept afloat. It leing now apparent that the English squad r n intended to renew the onslaught and crush f heir nettling adversary, the governor of Fayal dispatched a mess age to Commodore Lloyd forbidding any further hostile demonstration. The haughty : Briton replied that if any attempt was-made by the Portu guese to shield the Gen. Armstrong, he would at pnee fire upo.i castle and town. Three hours. passed, but thev were not wasted j by Ried; he knew too well the value of time and preparation, and took all tht? chances. At midnight, fourteen boats and 5(H) desperate Britishers renewed the unequal attack. Tlied.iuiitl(fsssoii of Connecticut listen- i ii ni I I. l k.W. -J.. ..! ed to tlie lvngiiMi snout iutjii;uin.-. and vowed -that none should lie given by his gunner 5 or crew. Again there was an outburst of powder Hare and an avalanche Of hot shot. The English recoiled, but not in confusion. They tubbornly 'kept up the attack, but for more tnan; nan am uour suppm-M . ; i i n i. i; ...l i i.: . gory Harvest to iapt. men unu iu.- Spartan nerved sailors. Blood was flowing evefy where around tne arm strong, audi rivulets of it from the pri vateer's slippery decks tinged the wa ters of Faval bay. Three of the Eng lish boats "ljad been sunk and 28U of their'men filled or wounded. Capt. Ried dexterously used his cutlass to repel boanjers, grasping it with his left hand, while pistol after pistol, loaded anc) primed by powder boys, flamed frooji his righMiand and laid many a stajwart Britisher on glory's eternal quarterdeck. The intrepid Williams, Second lieutenant of the Gen. Armstrong, was killed in the fore part of the laction, and his brother of ficers, Worth-1 and Johnson were both severely wpuniied, but Ried himself miraculously escaped with hardly a bruise. His total loss was nine men, and of these ortlv two were killed out right. At d iv break: of the 27th commodore i - . Llovd signaled the Carnation to open guns tipon th. Armstrong and try to sink jth.tt vessel: . Ried kept up a vigorous rettinr fire, auJ fiually coni-jg; jielled the English brig to haul off for repairs. S4ein no w:iy to evale tlie doom which threatened his little craft. iteia scuttled the Armstrong, went on shore with his heroic crew, and took Refuge in a -dismantled fort on the is land, knocked awav the drawbridge. and grimly prepared for a conlinnahee of sanguinary results. ; Although Com modore LIoyd dehul the Portuguese governor and threatened to land 500 valorous Englishmen, he didn't make good his brag. In fact, he had more than enough of Samuel Chester Bred and of night fighting in neutral waters with Yankee born demons. His fleet, augmented by the sloops, Thais and Calypso, was detained at Fayal ten days for burials and repairs. it then set sail for Jamaica, and Rietl took another dinner with his warmly approved friend, Consul Dabney. Landing at Savannah, ten weeks la ter, the commander of th&vGen. Arm strong was met at every city and town, as he journeyed northward, with heart gratifying testimonials of a nation's esteem, Virginia tendered him a pub lic dinner, and Richmond, Baltimore and Philadelphia excelled their proverl -ial hospitality in receiving Samuel Chester Ried, who had so signally humbled the marine prowess of Eug- land. The state oF New ork voted him an elegant gold hilted and jeweled sword, and America's metropolis ad 'ed a massive service of silverware to it round of banquets and receptions. The modest hero of Fayal harbor al most succcumbed to this promiscuous welcome and wasail. His exploit at the Azores made a profound sensation in Europe. . It was referred to by an admiring and ca'ndid writer,vin it Lon don newspaper, as "the essence of he roism." At a venerable age, this courageous, dashing,- scarred and peace honored American surrendered a life worthily filled out, just as his beloved country was nerving and girding itself for a dreaded ordeal fratricidal war. Henry Clay Ll'kexs. Caught in His own Trap. " Bluffton. or De Ltnd Wharf, as it t now called, the St. John's River laud ing for this town, used to be a famous place for 'gators. The river there is narrow and deep, but wide and shallow bavous stretch out on every side, full of 'fish, and before the advent of the mur derously inclined Northern sportsman it Wits a paradise tor saurians. Any warm day a person standing on the wharf could easily count them by scores, lazily resting out on the sand pits, enjoying the hot rays of the sun. But a few years of the immense ta-.tvel on the St. John's, in the years 1S81 to 1881, before the railroads entered into competion as they do now, completely killed out the 'gator family there or else dispersed them to other fields where the shotgun and Yinchester are unknown. In the early d-iys of Florida travel it was quite the thing for the sjK)rtsmen to stand on the forward deck of the river steamers and bombard every live creature that came within range, from a limpin or "Poor Joe to herons, After a fi?w yeirs egrets aind gators. of such destructive work, and when thev noted that the beautiful plumage birds were growing scarce on the ro mantic St. John's, the river men be gan to see where their interests were being injured, and from that time for want idl shooting from the steamers .ii i i i was strictly proniuneu. One of the famous characters of that time was an old colored in in known as "Fisher Jim." His real name was probably never thought of, and from his living on the water, al most, and hunting tisli. gators and 7 - c , birds, he became known rv as "Fisher hardly an- Jim." and he would have swered to any other call. Old Jim was a cute one for loth fish and 'gators; he could secure plenty of good fish when others- complained of poor luck, and he secured a very re numerative trade from the passing steamers. He also made war on the . -ii i. . saurians. out never wiin a gnu, as ne aid 'l)e noise done frighten em off i i i 1 1. i i... i too inucn. ror tneir ca nun- nsw a harpoon, or a net, but his moU e.f- tectual method was ny means ji asnj- noose. 'Gators are great travelers and night ly wander from ne ond to another, making regular tracks or paths. Jim would skirmish around till he found such a path Ieadiug from one lake to smother; then he would make prepara tion to have that path work for his irofit. Selecting a large overhanging limb of som? big oak that hung over the path he carefully scraped the up per surface or edge smooth. Getting a long rope he made a strong slip- noose at one end. throwing the rotie over the limb he drew the end down to the path and opening the noose he ar- r.t n ged so t hat a gato r wa I K l n g ai o n g i ue path must pass through it. But it w;ts carefully hid with leaves and brash so that the most suspicious saurian would not be aware of the deadly tr ip await ing him. The other end of the rope was held by Jim a yard or so off le hind some safe screen. An old alligator would come sham bling along unconscious of dagger, auo pass into the folds of the fatal sli noose. Jim would be watching can fully, and at the right moment he ould pnll the rope wiih ail his might. cl closing the noose tight around the Uirian S IKK1V Or HOCK ami-nnmij mr - , i l . - 1. I l.J. u. astonished aiid lwiid-re-i reptile clear off the ground. Old Jim w.Mild s.ty that after he;had"raisetl and fastened , t he ah lmal atiove the ground hesronM come and He down near the struggling Is prisoner and weTl-iugh laugh . himself to tieatn at the comical anpeamnce the big fellow made swingiug in the' air, bellowing and threshing vainly in hi " ' frantic efforts to get looe When it . was thoroughly tiretl out by itsfwseless stnigglevJim would end its4exfstenc 1 by a blow ou the soft part of the skull with his axe. Jim' oftened deribed the surprise and c4iagrin ot the 'gator when first yanked up in .the air,sayrng the air ofhelplesines and wonder that stemetl to'nppearin their nctioiis jwere simply rib-tickling., - But Jim tried on the game once too often, and the story of his! tragic death, ! which was very peculiac,ierves to keep his memory fresh in the mjndr o! thef negroes thereabouts. ' f.lJ-. - One Monday night, in company with his little boy, he started out to set his trap, as he hail secured ai order to capture a 'gator alive. TlieltoytoUt the tule afterward abbot as follows: Crossing the river, they went off about half a mile through the; dense hummock till they came to a smoothly worn path Ieadinlxyeen two nrrall lake?. As he hadn't been there before for soma time, Jim felt his ay care fully, but soon struck a spot he was familiar with. He fastened a rope , around his body and threw it our, the bait on the other end. It was hot long before there was a bi gator fast eneil on it. As soon as Jim got hiruY he gave a tug autd the alligator began to thrash around iu a Tery lively man ner and to bellow loudly. Jim instant ly nulled the rope taut and . began to haunaway. But tbjs the old 'gator, resented, and he began gulling violent ly in the opposite direction. He wa such a big one that Jim could not hoist him clear of the grouud, and there was uUIuta; near by aronud which a turn could W taken to secure the rope' Sooq JLia liegan to perceive that the 'gator had the liest of the fight.'? Slowly, but sureljhe wstshiiuled along; till finally he stood right under the limb over which the ropo was passed. The 'gator had passed on down the path smd uas pulling like a steam engihor to get away. Jim began to feel fright ened now and endeavored t& unloose -the rope around liis botly, but thet strain on the rope "prevented his . securing auy slack to accoinplish it To his horror ami fright ha found tht t' the 'gator was .slowly, pulling him oli the ground.'. This didn't suit him at all, aivl he yelled f)r help. The boy came. up and ' clung to his heels, but ihitt helped him - but little Soon tbw chap had todropoff,atid his release sent' -'1 Jim up a foot or so higher. There he hung up some six or seven feet jtbovo the ground, the tight noose around hi body Hliuost choking him. His face- was, blanched to a dirty gray and his -eyeballs seemed starting from his head. V He called to the b y t o run home f orhelp and he ut once started. ;- But beings -frightened, he lut his war,tnd it waa monting bet'orv be armed where help ; cmtld lie had. Alarnitnl at the lad s, wild story! severnl negroes, started out J at tMce to Jini's akh 1 - "."', Arrival there a horrible picture hurst -upon their startled gaze. Hanging by '. the neck was -poor Jim destd. His tongue hung out, while. his eyes seem ed almost forced 'out of their sockets. His aippearanee indicated that he died in great ag nv. An in vestigatioti howed that he h:ul t tempted to climb up toward the limb hand over hand. Failing in this he had tried' to get the. rope from around his body. He had succeeded partially, but probably-just as he had tried to p.rss it over his head, his strength had failed and he felt the ; coil settling about his neck and strain- l in" him. , . o r His Wly was carefully taken down and carired home. The old 'gator, a monstrous one, was found at the other ,' end of the ropt; thoroughly tangled up in the bushes, and the negroes beat hini todeith with pine knots. No 'gators have ever since been canght there, in the same m inner, since Jitn'ti death, as tlie negroes are terribly su perstitious over siuh a thing and say. that if any one else tried it there he would be v hoodooed" aud killed, for stiri'. .SV. Jj-mis (Mfofte-Jti'Mocrat, . An Overwhelming Fact New York Herald, lad. We pi'intel a statement made some lime ago byTme of the principal wool-., len 'manufacturers in this part of 'the-' country. He owns eleven millt oufy one of which is running on full time. The ten are not only idle, but for sale. They can be. bought at almost any fig ure that may b? offered. He told a Herald reporter that he would sell them for the cost oE thi machinery and throw in the buildings and tbV lai.d. No one wants them; there is io proat in the business. lie j, was asked what w mid Happen if the duty were taken off raw wools. The reply was that in such case his mills wonld not be for sale; he would have use for them himself. Give him rtw materi als free and he would start up every o ie of the mills that means emplo ;nent to many hundreds of hands, -lie could prottuce carpet for the Auieri- t an market at a lover price than they ost ujw that means larger sales, i v;o"i in the business-rsuid he could ', .a - : ui.wiuct to Londou rid uiider iwr. Eufishmen in their own market ''Public office is a Gboteb Clevelaxu. public trust i . C i f ! H4i ... .. , , . , J.' i 1 n H- i . -1 ; 1 -mm .' . 4 -'1 !!: If si' im !-4 !"'. - ! it ;-'(. H. W. AVER -tlln : f ' . . ' ' ! ' - ' ; i - :- i ; , .-.'.".'' y . : , . j " . .. - - j - ' j-.: ..r " I . I - ' 'if . . ' 'S ' -" ' . . ' .
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Oct. 4, 1888, edition 1
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