North Carolina Newspapers

Carolina Watchman. LOCAL. subscription rates of The Carolina '..kniiin are " , natf in advance, tfCt Slaved 3 jjnymcut delayed 3 months $1.50 2.00 THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1890. Nevrton Exterprlse is kindto us. The full force of engineers on th v. kin Railroad hn tvvuiuou iium buc Murphy Division of the W. Nr C. R. R. These gentlemen are to be complimented iur meir splendid work on the Yadkin Road. They have beaten the old Earl survey badly. An easy grade and a six foot cut carries them over Dunn's moun tain. The advance construction force on the road is now at work near th nw mill on the Gold Hill road two miles and i a half from town. Tax listers, as aiDointed bv th "last chance" at the Van Wyck stock J missioners, for the county of Rowan tjjcw advertisement ijrt Sam Jones meetings will begin on Thursday of next week at Charlotte, when we go to Mocksville . we will iim tfie pleasant call of the Times through the various townships, for the r '90, are as follows: Salisbury. P. N Heilig; Franklin, Wilson Trott; Scotch Irish, W. A. Thomason ; Steele, W. L. Kistler; Mount Ulla. J. W. Miller; At well, John L. Sloan : Locke. C. H. Mc- There will be work in the third de- Kenzie ; China Grove, John Sloop ; Lita- at tne iuasonic jouge on xriaay xer, r. A. Sloop; Gold Hill. A. W. Kluttz ; Morgan, W. A. Campbell : Prov idence, 8. A. Earnhardt. . Mr. E. B. Keave has solved the ques A 1 1 . bivu vi iuc removal oi oi tne immense niter of the Salisbury Water Works to tne site of ljs future usefulness. It will be rolled. The piping for the connection witn tne main has arrived and is being taken out and the foundation for the filter is in process of construction. Sal isbury has already the best water system, few days machinery and management in the State, ana tne niter is being placed in order to better a superlative. It is a very pleasant and efficient Com mittee of the Building Fund sent out by the Presbyterian authorities. Already through their exertions and the generos- vj vi luc legation me loity spires of the new edifice loom on the prospect The committee has in excess of six t hou sand in sight, and another thousand, as a not altogether difficult matter. Doub le night. Gaskill's factory has re-opened for the jeison. The others will follow in a few dajs- 11400.00 is the amount of revenues de rived by the town from the bar-rooms this year- . j Y, Wallace is renewing his acquain tance with Northern markets in the in- UTest of bis trade. Miss Maggie Gray will, in a rejoin her relatives at Birmingham, Ala. She goes permanently. There will be the accustomed afternoon services at St. Luke's church, during the summer season this year. Beisner and Bro. have a fluirinc a watch to "tell of. tisement is in this issue. 31r. R. M. Davis has added black ca parisons and plumes to his undertaking outfit. This is a departure. The drug gentlemen have pulled the vintex stopper out of the soda fountain's spouVond blown in it to see if it is all right. The old soldiers of Kowan generously presented Mrs. Jojn Agner with a hand some burial case for the remains .of their one armed comrade. Col Sumner gave another of his series J ceipt of applications for special licenses, novel way of The adver- Samuel J. Randall Bead. HIS DEATH CAUSED BY TXTElftf AT. O.kVt- CER HIS MANY FRIENDS IN BOTH PARTIES THE FUNERAL ON THURSDAY. Washington. Amil 13. Congressman Samuel J. Sandall died at 5:10 o'clock this morning of internal cancer, after a uug anu painiui illness. He was sur- The Great Flood. PICTURES FROM THE SUN'S RELIEF STEAM ER PLANTATIONS TWELVE FEET UNDER "WATER CATTLE AND MEN REFUGING )J ON HIGH PLACES. The only dry spot of land in an area of perhaps five hundred square miles is the top of a levee within sight of the room in rounded by his family, his devoted wife which this is being written. It is about ana anectionate children, his daughters, Mrs. Lancaster and Susie Randall, and his son Samuel, in his last moments. Mr. Kandall came to Washineton earlv in last November a sick man. but with hopes of improvement. He expected to be able to take his seat in the House when Congress met in December: but when Congress convened he was unable to leave his home. Subseouentlv the oath of office as Representative was ad ministered at his residence by Speaker Reed, and Mr. Randall was made a mem ber of the Committees on Rules and Ap propriations, the two important commit tees he had served on for so many years. Mr. Kandall then honed to be able to take his seat and participate actively in the affairs of the House at the conclusion of the holiday recess, but the dreaded and fatal malady from which he suffered slowly but surely made inroads on his strength, and each month as it passed found him weaker. Mr. Carlisle, hi3 associate on the Com mittee on Rules, and Democratic mem bers of the Appropriations Committee and other Democratic Representatives called frequently at Mr. Randall's home to consult him about party matters and committee work. Some of them who called occasionally but regularly noticed that Mr. Randall was slowly failing physically, although mentally he was as acute and vigorous as ever, and for the past two months they felt that he would never leave his house alive. During the last few weeks of his life, Mr. Randall suffered very much at times, and he had became greatly emaciated. His devoted wife and children were un tiring iu their attentions all through his sickness, and" his friends in Congress (and he had a host of them of both polit ical iaitbs) contributed much toward his comfort by frequent friendly visits 8ABT CARRIAGES! 85 NEW NEW STYLES STYLES 85 ling this from the church funds will give During his last hours his. wife and family $14,000.00 as a building allowance. Add to this the material already on hand and the result ought to be a very handsome chureh. - For the information of the public, more especially the resideuts of Charlotte, we are reqested to announce that Mr.Craige is no longer Collector of Internal Reve nue. Mr. Craige is in almost dailv re- of pleasant receptions at his hospitable homestead on Monday evening. A large company drove out toatteud it. Applicants for State pensions, as dis abled confederates, would do well to re member that the 1st Monday in July is the date fixed beyond which petitions cannot be filed. On Tuesday morning George Bessent died at bis home in Jerusalem at the residence ot his latncr. Menengeiiis is the reputed cause. He will be remem bered as for some time a salesman at WXlleNeely's. If the Watchnan should attend the 3Sth annual commencement of Catawba College, its presence will be due to the influence of Messers R. A. Hall and H. A. M. Holshouser. It is a particularly handsome card of invitation they send out: . The old Meroney stand is being fresh ened up and on the window there is a legend that tells of the prospective re moval of L. E. Steere. That Mr. Steere wili do well anywhere, goes without say iog, but this is a particularly attractive stand. One friend intimated that if we didn't work less steam we would heat a crank pin. He sliscests that we ousrht to ap pear as a semi-weekly. If he spells that weekly right there is a compliment, if iiot next Saturday iu the a. m., as us ual, please. The Landmark's is a strong, generous hand, we take it. The Charlotte Chron icle, pays a compliment which, if deserv ed, was won by tough work up hill, all the way. The Herald and others have our thanks. Simplicity and quietness is modesty here most anywhere; The plan for Davis & Wiley's bank building, on the corner of Innis and Main, shows a glass and iron, front of a very ornamental design. At the corner. in the room of the present brick work, an iron pillar will be set and large glass doors will open from it upon Main and Innis streets. It is said about Raleigh, that Cross & White, the condemned bank officials, makes the best hands on the foree. The force is engaged in making public roads in Raleigh township, and so industrious are these men 4hat the overseer has frequently been forced to change their ork and put them to lighter tasks. and is constantly at the trouble of for warding moneys, etc. He has had two applications from Charlotte this week. We hope we do not intrude upon the provinces of our neighbor journals in coming forward so prominently in this regard, but reahy it is the duty of some one to Jight the people to the truth. We appeared at another ball. Claude Mortimer was there in his usual back numDcr coat tnat iooks like it had sur- vivea auog ngnt. ins dancing bad a good deal of horse motion in it, but his ears and general appearance made him look another sort of an equine. Alto gether he seemed more of an accident than a design and the number of men he went out to see between sets was only equalled by the array of gas gets that greeted him at each corner, as he went along home. Ou the street he attempted to sing "Coming Tho' the Rye." but failed to come forward on the song be cause it was not that sort of a corn field. If they had'nt put us out early there would have been more of this re port. As it is we console oursclf with an invitation to report a concert lor our next. Every arrangement is being rapidly made for the transportation and comfort of the regiment of Rowan Veterans, which will attend the unveiling of the Mercie equestrian statue of Gen. R. E. Lee. The ceremonies will take place April 29th. The railroad fare will be very low. were constantly at his bedside. Mr. Kandall was unconscious at times during the last day or two of his life, and was speechless toward the end. lo Mrs. Randall he smiled a last fond look of rec ognition a half hour before his death. lhe death ot Mr. Kandall, occurring in the early hours of Sunday morning, after all the morning papers had gone to press, does not seem to have become geuerallv known -tli rougbout the country, and but few messages of condolence were receiv ed during the day. Postmaster-General Wanamaker, who has been unremitting in his ministrations to the distinguished Philcdelphian in his dying hours, took upon himself this evening to send messages to ex-r resident Cleveland and other prominent men an nouncing the sad event. Mr. Randall's funeral will take place here on Thursday morning. The ar rangements for the funeral will be in charge of the Congressional Committee to be appointed to-morrow morning. Mrs. Randall prefers that the services be held in Dr. Chester's Metropolitan Pre3 byteriau church, of which Mr. Randall was a member, and nut in the House of Representatives. After the funeral ser vices the party will take a special train over the Pennsylvania Railroad to Phila delphia, where the interment will take place, in the Kandall family vault . in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Samuel Jackson Randall was born in Philadelphia on Oct. 10, 1828. He came iuto public life at a very early age as a Democrat, and has never since been re ared even temporarily. He served four years in the Common Council of his na tive city, and one term 1858-59 in the Pennsylvania Legislature as a totate Sen ator. Mr. Kandall was first elected to Congress in 1862. He commenced his congressional life in December, 1803, in the Thirty-eighth Congress (in which the Hon. James G. Blaine served his first term), only two years after his old friend, but political opponent of thirty years' standing, the late William D. Kelley, had commenced a career in Congress that lasted nearly thirty years. Mr. Randall was returned at every succeeding elec tion, and at thetinie of lus death had served twenty-six years in Corgress, or throutrh thirteen Congi esses. He was elected for a fourteenth term, butithough he took the oath and qualified as a meui- 20x500 feet in size, and is crowded so thickly with cattle rescued from the flood that the miserable brutes are constantly pushing each other into the surrounding water. Twenty rods away to the south is a large gin house, 60x80 feet in size, with the main door 8 feet above the water. It is swarming with negroes of all ages and shades of complexion, clad in the most picturesque and nondescript garbs imaginable. There are 150of them, and they have been housed here for a week. Their cabins have been swept away, and this is their only refuge. Tne walls and rafters of the gin house are covered with masses of lint cotton, and the negroes are prohibited from having either light or fire. Three flat-bottomed boats, anchored in a patch of willows 200 feet distant, and which are reached ov sKins or " dugouts," are utilized as kitchens. These miserable refugees have not food enough to last them five days. Tuey are wholly dependent upon the generosity of the planters and other white people residing in the little ham let. It is only a question of a few days until these resources are exhausted With planting time yet four or five weeks distant the question of support for these people is an exceedingly serious one. Thero are ten othar gin houses in the circle crowded to their utmost capacity with people equally as destitute as those I have described. u For the most part they are absolutely without any bed clothing, and are compelled to use sacks of cotton seed for mattresses. Easter Sunday morning revealed stran ger sights than any that had yet been witnessed. At the head of Island 66, as the boat shot round a point, it ran over . . . a the trucx patch surrouudmg a cabin .on the Oliver plantation. A negro was perched on the roof of the cabin. It was the only place in his home where he could stand upright. The water was within four feet of the eaves. A false floor of fence rails had been constructed in the dwelling. It answer to the boat man's hail, two women and a man emerged, walking in a stooping position. They said that they had enough meal and pork to last them a week. At Anderson's Landing, Miss., twenty miles below, behind a huge levee that was washed by the current to within two feet of its top, lay a plantation of 800 acres, dotted with white cabins and fat cattle. It was as free from water as though the Mississippi were a hundred miles distant. Negro girls dressed in their best gowns, sunned themselves in the cabin doors. The men lounged on the levee or gossiped in the barnyard. It was an ideal southern plantation scene. The place is owned by Dr. An derson of Memphis. The water from the break at Austin, eight-six miles above, had not yet affected it, for the sloughs and bayous had carried the great volume out to tho Yazoo basin. But there has been a tarrific fight for days to save the embankment in front of the plantation, and hundreds of coffee sacks, filled with dirt, had been used to fill in the cuts made by the river. At Knowlton's Landing, on the Arkan sas side, the current was running ten miles an hour through the abandoned negro quarters on the Lee place. It poured over the old levee with a loud hissing sound. Over half the negroes here have moved to Memphis. I made the largest purchase in Baby Carriages this season I ever beore made at one time. I did it because I could buy them at so much less price from the maker. I buy from the maker only. I am selling Car riages from 10 to 20 per cent. cheaper than I sold" the same Carriages for last season. Prices tell. I can sell vow a large Rat tan body Carriage rith wire wheels and upholstered seat at $7.50. I have them at $10.00, $15.00, $25.00, and $30.00. No child should be allowed to walk when you can buy a carriage at such a price. I got up a com plete line of photos that I will be glad to send to any one, with very lowest prices. E. M. ANDREWS, Furniture, Piano and Organ Dealer, Charlotte, N. 0. TO THE FRONT ! J.W.BO STIAN HARLEQUIN APRIL HAS COME, ADD SO HAS . MOWN! WITH HIS SPRINGTIME ARRAY OF GENTLEMEN'S WEAR! BIG DM GOODS AND GROCERY STORE COMBINED. Vaster, Better, More Attractiveln Quality, fiaish, Style and Colors than at all other seasons. His Spring Stock is on hand and is to be sold down at a close living profit. My shelves right along with PRING PRING are filling up COODS i xoods ! Styles lovely !...; Prices low! White Goods a Specialty! We carry a full line of SHOES, - HATS, - CARPETS STRAW -BATTING, CROCKERY . and v TINWARE. Very Respectfully, J. W. BOSTIAN. Waylaid and Robbed. Richmond, Va., April 15. Cant. Rob ert C. Overby, a prominent farmer and saw mill proprietor, living one mile from Buffalo Springs, in Mecklenburg county, Va., was waylaid by negroes last night and robbed. He died this morning. JSo further particulars have been received here. Capt. Overby was a brother of Mrs. Jno. A. Coke, one of the most popular ladies in society in Richmond. Her hus band is a wealthy and able lawyer, who leaves this afternoon for the scene of the murder, to learn the particulars and look after the prosecution of the criminals. The Dispatch says, in substance, that ber, he was not able, because of failing ' . . . I k .t i , r . i 1 - 1 1 Vita ' i . . i t i ii t Im miacnn 1 y sympathizine friends filled the tefice aud grounds of Union church last 8uuday evening to watch the last solemn ntes over the remains of John Agner. A good soldier, he left an arm in the wild erness and as jujood man, at his death Kindly memories survive. Who will cry -foe "0, yes!" of Rowan Superior Court hereafter? wttle Thos. Murphy got hold of a box "Stained arsenic pellets, The combina lion was aad one. for the child swal lowed nineof them ,and, like Oliver Twist, "nied disposed to ask for more. What ne got was epecac. He is all right, though I suppose he would swallow them "gain if he had half a chance and if be is uof the usual small boy. -7iaeaa, by any means! They oosily engaged on public work, and are ,leiy to so continue for some time. We a lade lo Dick Newsom and Lewis Cau about whom reports were circulated tii i er ...... . "".euect tnat these en terpnsin jy oung- had been shot in the attent to es- PCfrom the penitentiary. No such ktehas befallen them, nor have they "tempted to escape, so far as can be inasmuch as these men marched to Richmond to defend her when they were stalwart and beardless boys, now that some of them are fathers and grand fathers, many of them maimed and bat tie-scarred or bowed with age, it is the dutv of the Historic City to make them her guests on their re-appearance there The idea is appropriate in every particu iar. Richmond, grown strong and great again, could find no more seemly thing to do. It is hardlv fair to conclude that our estimable young townsman, Wakefield Price, died of cigarettes when competent physicians pronounced his malady men ingitis. Others have fallen by the same dreadful disease who did not smoke. Meningitis scarcciy needs a helping hand to a fatal result, and it is universally conceeded that it is abundantly able to take care of its own. Moreover it will be remembered that there was a natural ly inherent and perhaps organic tendency toward a brain disorderwhich might haye descended directly to tne young man. Much not fairly deducible from tbe Chronicle's reporter's account is being said by the press. Consider the young man was attacked by cecrebro spinal meningitis; the same disease with which Mr. Bessent died, who did not smoke. m- Entrusted With Hundreds oi Thou sands. A citizen of Salisbury has been duly, but no more than duly honored in his old home in Virginia. Mr. J. Z. Schultz was last week constituted Secretary and Treasurer of the Buchanan Improvement and Iron Co., of Buchanan, Va. Thus with his faith as his bond, Mr. Schultz secures an honorable and lucrative posi tion. Buchanan is situated a few miles above Glasgow, and among the same iron-bear ing hills. -Its future is said to be bright indeed. Thus one by one the iron towns of the South plunge iuto existence, and navor vt. hflS nil ft of them failed to fulfill its promise. No better man could have hMM had for this high position tuau our health, to take his seat in the present Congress. ( Mr. Randall was a candidate for Speak er of the Forty-fourth Congress in 1875, hut was defeated by the Hon. Michael C. Kerr, by whom he was appointed chair man of the Committee on Appropriations. At the second session of the same Con gress, air. Kantian was cnosen ior&peaK- er, Mrs Kerr having died during tne recess. Mr. Randall was re-elected Speaker in the Forty-fifth Congress by the Democrats in lb7. By reason of long servica and close at tention to his duties, Mr. Randall be came the most expert parliamentarian on the Democratic side of the House. In familiarity with the rules and all branch es of parliamentary law. he, perhaps, had no superior in either party, as tar back as 1875, when the great contest over the Force bill took place at the close of the Forty-third Congress, Mr. Kandall was by common consent assigned the leader ship of the Democratic minority. New York Herald. The Child of the Confederacy to Wed New York, April 16. A special to the Herald from Syracuse says that the an nouncement is made there of the be trothal of Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of the late Jenerson Davis, to Alfred W u kiuson, of Syracuse, a grandson of the great abolitionist leader, Rev. Samuel J. May. Mr. Wilkinson is a young lawyer, about 28 years of atre, and stands very high in the communitv. He first met Miss Davison the occasion of the visit of that lady to Syracuse, about four years ago. We have not seen the Salisbury Watchman containing the announce ment, but we learn from exchanges that it has passed under the management of Mr. T. K. Bruner and Mr. James W Rumple, with Mr. S. B. Rowan, as local editors. They are all joungmen of good parts. Mr. Rumple is a poet, we think; Mr. Bruner is a geologist and mineralo gist, and Mr. Rowan is said to be a wit Tbe 3e8senocrwrsbes much success to the new management. "Who is My Neighbor 1" Mt. Ulla township has many a kind heart in it. Fourteen plows, run by fourteen neighbors and neighbors' teams, were to be seen in a widow's field one day last week. Mrs. Joshua Miller had lost her daughter and her son had burned his hands while trying to save her life. Therefore they plowed her fields. It is God's country " where men act in that kindly way. DIED. An Assassination. A cowardly deed of brutality occurred in the Corporate limits of Clinton, a lit tle after one o'clock last Saturday, As Mr. E. M. Butler was going home at the dinner hour he was shot to deatlfby an ambushed murderer. When he started to Cross Dollar branch the assassin's ball struck him in the right side, breaking his hip bone and penetrating his abdomen. Mr. Butler lived long enough to make a dying declaration which implicates a local desperade, who as yet has not been found. Mr. Butler leaves a wife and nine children. Is there any other agency that docs more to advertise ana promote tne growth of a town than a well conducted Miss Etta Sigma, April 15th, of menin gitis, at the residence of Mr. W m . vv est She was in her 17th vear. Her remains were interred in the Lutheran graveyard April 16th, Rev. C. B. King officiating. Mr. Wm. Brown, April 15th, 1890, at his residence on Lee, aged 55 years. The funeral will take Dlace from the house to-day (Thursday), at 3 o'clock. NORTH CAROLINA STATE FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION Headquarters, N. C. State Firemen's Association, Greensboro. X. C, April 7th, 1890. J Tlie Kpprmrl Annual Convention of the 11 North Carolina State Fircmen'3 Asssocia tion " will ennvpnp in Charlotte. N. C. on the mornine of Mav 20th, 1S00. Reduced rate3 on all the Railroads throughout the State will be furnished delegates to and from the Convention a. J. Elam, E. B. fc.NUbLllAKU, Secretary. President THE SOUTHERN REALESTATEAGENCY, WM. SMITH DEAL, B. ARENDEIA Z. SCHULTZ, Offices at Managers. SALISBURY, N GLASGOW, Va. BUCHANAN, Va C. Real Estate Ms ai Insurance. Special attention given to sale of North Carolina mineral and timber lands, also town lots, villa sites, etc., in the new towns of Glasgow, liuena Vista, ana Buchanan, Va. Correspondence Solicited. References : Davis & Wiley Bank, Salisburv. N. C; First National Bank, Salisbury, N. C: CoL M. M. Martin, Manager Rock Bridge Co., Glasgow, a T in i OFFICE at MORGAN'S STUDIO WANTED ! -o- lhe name ot every man in Western North Carolina who has timber land, improved and unimproved, farm lands, town lots and nronerties for sale. We L . must have bottom prices, full clear and correct descriptions. Persons wishing to buy, sel or rent properties will find it to thpir interest to write to or call on McCUBBINS & REISNER REAL ESTATE AGENTS, SALISBURY, 2S.C Dr. R. L. RAMSAY, SraGBOlT DENTIST, Offers his professional eervicestcrthe peo ple of Rowan and adjoinwff counties. Office, Room No. 1, Smitbdeal Row on Fisher street, Salisbury, N, O. 3 : 3m There are Gloves, Collars, Cuffs, Shirtsr, Underwear, Hose, Cravats, Ties, Shoes, Canes, Umbrellas, Trunks, Valises, " Grips," and all other things appropriate to a gentleman's wear and con venience, in profligate profusion. The season' Hats whether in straws, softs, stiffs, or silks, are beauties. Come and look theffi over. Everything necessary for the equipment of man and' boy, gentleman and gentleman's son, is now on hand. You can match neither my Goods or Prices elsewhere. Watch The " OLD EMPORIUM ! " As Ever Yours, " M. S. BROWN. BARGAINS! n 1 " k w !5 iftf life hi T EXECUTOR NOTICE. Wavinrr nunlified as Executors of tbe Aetata of J. J. Bruner. we hereby give notice to all persons having claims tifrninst the decedent to exhibit the same to us on or before the 4th day of April, 1891. All persons idnebted to said estate arc requested to settle without further sot ice Dated April 3d, 1390. T. K. BRUNER, 24:6t. C G. VIELE, Executors cf J. J. Bruner. en H C St h C & 1-4 LARGEST STOCK OP FURNITURE EVER BROUGHT TO SALISBURY ! AND AT PRICES WHICH YOU NEVER DREAMED OF BEFORE. DON'T BUY BEFORE SEEING WHAT I HAVE AND GETTING MY PRICES. I CAN AND WILL SELL AS LOW AS ANY HOUSE IN NORTH CAROLINA. IF A GOOD STOCK & HONEST DEAL ING WILL MAKE A SUCCESS FULL BUSINESS, I SHALL HAVE IT. G. W. WRIGHT. H H H H 1-4 forced from the authorities. townsman, Schultz, newspaper? We pause.