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Salisbury n:;C.; Wednesday, April I2th, 1905.
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MEETING OF CITY AlDEfiMEM. '
Distilleries and Bars Licessed. Regis
trars and Judges Appofnted.
The regulafinonthly session of
the city aldortneu v a8 held in the
city hall Thursday nsght and con
iderable .business of "interest was
transacted.
i The following distilleries were
licensed: The Rowan Distilling
Company, J. C. Siimmers, H.- C.
Grabb, M. L. Bean and D. L. Arey!
All petitions wern granted.
Wholesale license was given to
J. C.Somers & Compa-iyfH, Clarke
Sons, J. P. Ludwick (beer) and
W Portner Brewing Company
(beer).
Retail license was givtnthe following-
saloon keepers: P V.
Brown, G. A. Jackson, Moyie Bros ,
j. John Moyle, R. J. W. Redfearn,
H. U. Trott. R. L. Mahalftv. Shn-
Sj'man & Company,
H. Hoover
Arey and C.
;"i:Vr& Company, Charles
f JU. Bailey. -:,t:l
E. B. Neavn, H. J.
Overman
and Dr
J. F. GriHiit, comnosine
committee from the City School
oard, reported and asked for tht
eating of the auditorium of the
pew, graded scIk o), TneJ were
lanthprid to have same done,
i Tlie registrars and judges Jor
"''the municipalelection to be held
here Tuesday, May 2ud, were ap
fpointed. They are as follows:
; yNorth Ward, T. H. Vauderford,
' Jr., regiitrar ; T. M. Kern and C.
F.-Atweludges. -:
.EasrWard Joseph) C". Kesler,
v registrar, Gabe M. Royal 1 and H.
C. St. Clait;-judges. '
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IT, JI. Beaii V Hdges
- SouthWard, R. L. Crawford,
registrar, J. M. Brown andC. E.
Mills, judges.
An Important Court Decision.
The Atlanta Journal says that
the Supreme Court of Georgia
holds, in a recent decison written
by Justice Lamar, that stockhold
ers in all corporations become, by
the very fact of holding stock,
participants to a trust fot the
benefit of thejereditors of such cor
poration!. Under this opinion,
subscribers to the stock of a con
cernn will hereafter be liable for
the full amount of the debts con
tracted, and in the event that the
concern collapses the creditors
will be protected. Even if no
..more than 20 per cent, of the face
value of the stock of a concern
has been paid up, and the corpor
ation goes under, the stockholders
are liable for the other 80 p er
cent. Charlotte Observer.
Davie County News. ,
While working the public road
in Jerusalem township one day
last week a dispute arose between
Thedie Stewart and Cicero Mot
ley, and the former struck the
latter over the head with a farm
shovel, inflicting a severe cut on
the face the iaw being cut open to
the bone, and the nose being al-.
most severed.
Dr. M, D. Kimbrough, county
superiuendent of health, informs'
-us that there are 14 cases of
smallpox m theCornatzer section
of -the county, and says it is in
worse form than formerly, one
case having died. He says, how
ever, that the situation is pretty
Well in hand now, and does not
think there is danger of its spread
ing further if proper precautipn
is used.
The spring term of Davie supe
rior court convened here Monday.
Owing to the prevalence of small
pox in the county, most of the
cases on both criminal and civil
dockets were continued until the
fall term, arid court adjourned
.Tuesday afternoon. The two
homicide casesi yiz : Robert Wil
liams, for killing Lewis Laird,
and the nergo Jim Smith for the
killing of another negro two years
ago,
weref continued. D a v i e
Times.
D FELLOWS' .6ALA- NIGHT-
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r4th District Meeting With Coricn . Lcige
' NextJuesday.
Pollowiug is the prxam.for
the meeting of the litlr District,'
I. O. O. F,-, to be bejdwith Cor
don Lodge No.. 168?'0aU&bury,i
Tuesday, April 18thc iV
Meeting called to orderat4 rjin
Prayer by Rev. H. J. Harringtons
Chaplain. -Address
of Welcome byt WmH
Stewart, Noble Grand, ofCqr
don Lodger ;f
Response byJiLev. J. K., Huggin,
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Introductory" Rem arks lyi;-T;v'L.
MooreS. R;;. - tr
Remarks -by Noble Grandl Con-;
cord Lodge. ;: r;: "J
Remarks by Noble Grand, North
State' Lodge. 1 '.
Rem ark by NobleGrand Spencer
.Lodge. j ' ' s''xZ
Remarks by Noble Grand, Gold
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Remarks by Noble Grand, Lexing"
ton Lodge. . ' :'-r
ImnromDtu Soeeches b''; Reore-
sentatives Udect and others
Adjournment. ' -?
Meeting called to order at 7 ;80. ,
Lodge Opened in due form by;
. Cordon Lodge. ...
First degree conferred'by, -perlcer
Lodge.
Second Degree conferred by Conf
cord Lodge. ; "y, '
Th ird Degreelcdnf erred byi Cordon
Lodge. ,
The time between the degrees' will
be taken by talks from different
members. k ! '
Good of the Order. t
Adjourn men t . 1 1
Prayer.
(Program subject to
found necessary.)
change if
County Teachers' institute.
At the meeting of the County
Board of Education here last
weeek, $225 were appropriated for
the holding of institutes for the
white and colored teachers of the
county. The institute for the
1 . 1 "Till 111
wnite teacners will oe neid some
time in July and that for the
colored teachers will be held in
August. It is claimed these in
stitutes do much good for the
teachers and the cause of educa
tion generally and large atten
dance is expected.
The Board discussed matters
pertaining to the rural library,
five applications being considered
at this meeting. There are nearly
a score in the county now.
Brothers Mustn't Fight in Mexico.
Buckets of holy water . were
sprinkled about their homes yes
terday by residents of Don To rihio
street who saw two brothers fight
ing and believe that it portends
calamitous appearance of the
Wandering Jew, who will come
and bring misfortune to all unless
scared away by the holy water.
. Whenever two brothers disagree
and come to blows, it is said, the
wandering jew snortiy appears
and asks for room and board in
some family living on tte street,
always repaying his i accomoda
tions by causing the death of
soma members of the family.
Mexican Herald.
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White Case Before the Supreme Court.
The appeal case of Thomas and
Chalmers White, murderers of
Russell Sherril), of Mt. Ulla, was
argued before the Supreme Court
yesterday. The appeal was for a
new trial and has been closely eon-
tested. The decision of the court
has not yet been made known.
iney were only sentenced tor a
term of six years in the peniten
tiary, considered by many to be a
very light one.
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SMALL TOWN IS'BEST,
An Effort to Sboy Why t3 Big City fs Un
'ideslrWi Young (Jan. t
4 .It'tt our "belief that iuAmenca
,we7have too many 'cities wticK
are too large and a country wmcr
jb xo , meaeeri v Dopmatea. . v
prophesy a' com ing rd isintegratiori
of!ma"ssediporkilatious,tand' their
distribution in a more sane ana
industrially moredesirablolfaih
iThe smairtQwnif next, to .the;
country - It "better -environ
.meht for the' young" man1 fchari lis
the "great metropolis to ward which
to maDyVturn their ."feyes . u Trolley
cars xural dli veriest trader ?a ta-
logues and mail order, periodicals
.have done very much ;to change
the lBolatioa which formerly went
!with in. the" country;!; It? is ,iinr
proving,and with it iboprovea the
condition '6JN life" -inthe 5-smalL
town. Heretofore our young men -
have left the country for the city;
'Some o. them' were, obliged to go-
mere xo luccea jn uieir jcuosbu .
line :of :w;ork':-. Por; the young man
,wno his w&;kuiuness career-in view
thereV ia J- possibly asgdoo a
Vucpessin. a' small jcity as ie
cab. in a great ;.onel. , Jf , he' has
not - much" money "capital, ) - his
personality? ...his character, will
more read jlyatone for ; that. inla
small V town! Jhisi'is 'especially
true pf .the professional man. C Jn-
deed any man of intelligence may
hope -for; greater " preferment in
the small r eenters of "population
than In - the. large: -T As? to social
life and? -tha'.frenoralv. decency and
even" today and they will be far
better ten years from now a self-
respecting family has ten times
better chance in a town, of ten or
fifty thousand inhabitants almost
anywhere in America than it can
by any possibility hope to have in
a city of the first-class. The
small town is a better environ
ment in many ways. Not the
least of its desirable qualities is
the fact that it is closer to tht
out of doors. The man who has
a cottage of his own, with a horse
and buggy and a shotgun in some
place of a few thousand inhabi
tants, js better off as a man and a
citizen than one who is receiving
a $20,000 salary in any big city.
Field and Stream.
Presentment of Danger.
In a sermon Sunday the Rev.
Mr. Rudy, pastor of the First
Christian Ohurch in Sedalia, used
the following anecdote to illus
trate a point :
, "About ten years years ago I
talked with a man in Henry coun
ty, Mo,, who gave me this peculiar
experience of his. He said: 'I
was ! ploughing about corn, and
about the middle of the nfter
noon, when I came to the end of
the field, I had a peculiar sense
of dread or fear, I unhooked my
team and drove home. I could
give, little reason lor what 1 was
doing quitting my work in the
middle of the afternoon but I
was not home ten minutes until I
was hurrying my wife and chil
dren into a cyclone cave. Our
little house wasv swept away, and
had I not followed what seemed a
vague impulse my family might
have been killed.' " Kansas City
Journal.
Twin Stem of Tobacco.
Mr. Helm Morgan, .of White
Sulphur district, showed the
Times a twin leaf tobacco a per
fect specimen.
The Wo stems firmly united
show distinctly right up to thr
stalk. How many growers oe
handlers of tobaoco have ever
seen such a freak. Georgetown
Times.
6RANITE WORK BEGINS.
A Baptist Revival- Primary Electien to
be Held This Week.
7 A revival meeting commenced
at the Baptists church Sunday
night and will continue for one or
two weeks. Rev. Blake, of Big
Lick, Stanly Co., will be here to
assist Rev. W. R. Davis. Large
crowd out Sunday night.
A Milas Stirewalt has bought two
lots and will build a residence on
them.
;,Mr. and Mrs. Pinkney Ludwick
is visiting relatives here.
- A primary will be held here
Friday the 14th, from 5 to 7 p.
In., to nominate a mayor and 5
aldermen.
The town election will be held
on the first day of May at tht old
school house.
- Paul Barger. and Tom Lingle
iiave a contract from Wm. Fes-
"Jperman to erect the residence of
'Will Stirewalt.
v . L. M. Peeler has bought two
lots and will build houses to rent
thenS.
W, L. Ludwig is placing lumber
on his lot where he expects to
,build a new house.
i A car of curbing and a car
fjbf duilding stones are being load
4jsd today by J. T. Wyatt.
Peeler, Bame & Company paid
ff Saturday,
Luther Fisher, Luther Raney,
John A. Peeler, L. A. Gaiit, John
McNairv and .the Misses Lingle
on customers, also CharleyTeeler
m tne ciotmng store.
A Wrge, fine rustic crpss is
beine cut at the pink qiiarrv of
the Balfour company.
Thousands of paving blocks are
being got out at the Balfour
quarry. Venus.
Why Not All Adyirtlse.
An English clergymen, being
asked by an advertising magazine
whether, in his opinion,churches
should advertise, replied thus:
"Of course. It is as legitimate
for churches to advertise to draw
people to hear the word of God,
in order that they may get bless-
ing, as it is for shops to advertise
in order that they may draw peo-
pie to buy goods. Of course, a
minister ot the gospel should
avoid anything that seems like a
paradeof himself inhis advertising,
but the churches have something
good to tell, and they ought to let
people know it.I am not ashamed
of the gospel.I want everybody to
hear it. It has been my joy to see
thousands of wide-awake business
men all around the world brought
to Christ through the gospel, and
I have received countless letters
from them thanking me for what
they have received. I am glad
that we have .advertised."
That is a practical and sensible
view which will hardlv be confcro-
verted And if the preachers
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may advertise why not the physi- roof considerably injured, possi
cians. if they confine themselves bly $100 damage in all, outside. of
to conservative and dignified an-
nouncements? Charleston. Post.
Wedding Ring Found on Harrow.
A blacksmith at Aswarby, near
Sleaford, has made a most curious
discovery.
He received from a neighboring
farmsteap a harrow for repairs,
and wnile these were being exe
cuted a 22 carat gold wedding
ring was found sticking on .to one
of the teeth of the implement.
It is supposed tnat tne ring was
lost on the land and that it was
picked up by the harrow in the
course of its workiReynolds'
Newspaper.
LAST WEEK'S HURRICANE.
A Brief Sketch of tbe
Hereabouts.
About 4 o'clock last Wednesday
evening Salisbury was visited
by what might be properly
called a hurricane combined
with a very heavy fall of rain.
This violent storm seems to have
started somewhere southwest or
west of Mooresville and followed
what is known as the sandy ridge,
striking Salisbury proper at Liv
ingstone College and crossed the
city almost due northeast, taking
in Spencer in its path. There
was a considerable fall offirain on
each side of this line, but the
damage, if any, was slight.
Reports from Mooresville indi
cate considerable destruction of
property, several persons injured
and some stock killed.
The hurricane did it's greatest
damage where it entered the city,
at Livingstone College. Here the
brick building known a Ballard
Industrial Hall was almost entire
ly destroyed. In this building
was the printing office which was
greatly damaged, the type scatter
ed, machinery broken and stock
drenched bythe rain. The laun
dry was badly damaged, the audi
torium blown down and other
buildings were more or4 less dam
aged. Two students, Luico Hall
and Ernest Robinson, were in the
printing office and were struck by
av large door. They were both in
jured and one of them was knock
ed unconscious for gereial hours..
Toe next points, tnat, boar eyj
were
tP Beautiful diver 1mapleBPanrday " evf
in front of H. J. Overman's, two
of which was were blown down,
one falling between the horse and
wagon of one of Stancilljs milk
wagons, M. S. Varner was in the
wagon and had the scare ofl his life.
The Negro Lutheran ehhrch in
West Point, on Inniss St. looks
like a crushed cracker-box: the
roof of ex-sheriff J. M. Monroe's
house was carried across the
street, and Jno Moyle's house,
next door, met a similar fate with
a chimney being blown down in
addition,
The tabernacle, built some
yearrs ago for the revival services
of Rev. Pearson, lies flalppon
the ground. It was a very large
building and went down with a
tremendous crash,
A number of fine old oaks were
broken off, one in the yard of J.
M, Knox two on the property of
Mrs. Julius McNeely, ah elm in
front of Mrs. D. J. Shuping's on
Fisher street, an elm on Inniss
street near Fulton, several beauti-
ful willows in Mrs. W. H. Over
man's vard. and so on along the
entire path of the wind's fury,
Chimneys blown down can be
counted on every handThe graded
school building was slightly dam-
aged, some pieces of the slate
roof were blown off and a small
flue turned over. The citv build-
inc? uear bv. occuoied bv Sunt. I.
I O y ' mi
C. Griffin, lost a chimney and the
the damage by water.
A frame house just beyond D.
M. Miller's, occupied by barah
Kennerly, col., was blown down
catching Sarah in the wreck. She
was bruised up some, but not se
riously injured.
D. M. Miller's bee gums were
scattered about and a chimney to
his residence was blown down.
A house just completed by H.
A. Fisher, near Mr, Miller's was
completely razed.
A large part of the tin roof of
tjae Salisbury Cotton Mill was
blown off and and a sheet iron
smoke-stack blown down.
Bean's and Summer's diitiller-
j uzi hkc:.::::h;
A Salvit
tep teen tiSf and
iiaai ten fcantsv ana -1 -
ore Strday-nigEtyou ill' nav;,i:
ten llarsl'' ; These words VeriT i
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the Saltation .Army-ia ahswervJ
to the statement of tV ftlrlr. in
West Traa street shoe stored who
sai "this is myKla8t dime11
While on
vher
wonted i rounds
about th9oit,the;yonn .woman
visted thestorei, 'and there asked;5 ;
the moneyed assistance for.carry-
ing on the: Christian work of , tho
army. WTiei5sHe:approached the , '
man in the storehev expressed his"
embarrassment byreason of v low
funds, and emphasized the fact
that hisj last ten centB was then in
his pocket. '.Whether by pre-,
science, or some bftEe . strangely U , '
craved and unknown afts of faithXj
the call for help was repeated, and
in the words already mployed.
The. money was given to the wo
man. .
The proprietor r of the store iras
at that hotr many miles from the
city ; but he returned fine " next
dayThursday . After survey
of' local conditions, and an exami-'
nation of sales' records, he called
nis cierJc to mm, and placed in;-"
his hands ten silver dollars; Snr-t
prise was in the eyes and voice of
the, young salesman as ; hej ques
tioned his employer. ; The' money,
was given as an additional mart
of favor and appreciation; for ser
vices faithfully Tendered.- The
UerrtBgone to charity.
1 viily V vvl ) MUD DUO ff Ul VI D J.
toiler in the Salvation Army were
fulfilled 1 Charlotte Observer.
The Vagrancy Law.
Reports from several communi
ties in the State show that the au
thorities are enforcing the new
law against vagrants. Raleigh
was among the first to open up
the campaign against gamblers
and others who have no visible
means of support. The law is
adequate and the enforcement of
it now rests with the officers of
the law. Every town and village
in North Carolina should see to
the enforcement of the vagrancy
law. This is no age for loafing.
The idle mind is a. fertile field for
the operations of the devil. The
same law which applies in Raleigh
covers Charlotte also, and it is to
be hoped that the -local authori
ties will give a care to the vagrants
and all who come under a viola
tion of the law. Charlotte News,
ies were damaged some.
SPENCER.
The hurricane having other
things to look after made haste to
get a whack at Spencer. Here it
seemed to concentrate its fury on
C. E. Fesperman's store, demolish
ing the- building, it crushed
scattered and soaked his stock
into almost worthless plunder.
1 His stock was valued at several
thousand dollars.
Friendship Methodist church
was moved almost from its foun
dations. D. J. Millers's kitchen was
wrecked and the parsonage of the
Methodist church, occupied by
Rev; J. E. Gray, had a chimney
blown off and through the roof.
The family of R. A. 'Davis' had
a ride in their dwelling of several
feet. The building was carried
from its foundations,' but no one '
was hurt.
The roof of the new shops at
Spencer was partly torn off.
Estimates of the damage done
by the storm vary considerably,
but the aggregate will runup into
the thousands. By prudent man
agement it is thought $10,000 will
replace the the damage done in
Salisbury and $8,000 or $4,000 in
Speacer.
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