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Vol. II. :.- NO. -27.
Salisbury, N; -0.7 Wednesday. June27, faoe.
Wm. H. Sjewart, Editor:
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STATESYILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY.
A Tat Jot for Mr. Brown. A Chance for
Farmers to get Alfalfa Seed.
StatesviMe Landmark, Jane 19th..
It was foretold in . these ,dis-
r patches Suuday, that some chang
es were scheduled to take place
among the Federal office holders
ofA North Carolina. This ttate
ment was made advisedly. The
President today transmitted -to
the Senate the nomination of Geo.
H. Brown, the Statesyille' banker,
to succeed Collector Harkins, of
the Western internal revenue dis
trict. Mr. Brown's appointment
to this office, one of the two large
Federal offices in the State, car
rying a salary almostras large as
that received by members of Con
gress, aud with much patronage,
was made at the instance of Con-
" gressuian Blackburn.
F, T. Meacham, superintendent
of the State farm, has been noti
fied that the State Agricultural
Department will furnish to any
ifarmer sufficient alfalfa seed to
plant one acre, and will also furn-
-ish material for inoculating the
ssei. Ho charges will be made
by the department, the -only re-
l quiremeuU being that every farm
er taking advantage of the offer
mut made reports a3 to results.
All applications for seed should
be addressed to Mr. Meacham and
must be received before July 1st.
The Landmark has received an
anonymous letter from nearby
point asking what we ''thiuk'of a
man who will curse his old moth
er?" What we think of such. a
man would' hardly do to print. i
While we usually pay no atten
tion to anonymous letters, we do
not wanV to think there is a man
in the county of the kind de
scribed. If there is, his ijeigh
bors should attend to his case,
there being no law to reach him.
Apostollos Karnsos, the Greek
candy maker and fruit -vendor,
and Miss Chattie Freeze, were
ma Tied Sunday morning at the
.home of the officiating minister,
Rev. J. H. P.ressly.
Work on the new base .ball
grounds was completed yesterday
afternoon, and the canvas en
closure will be put up in a few
days. No definite dates have yet
been set for any games, but it4s
given out by the management
that a game will be played some
day this week provided the weath
er permits. ,
W. S. Lee, Jr., second vice
president and chief engineer, of
the Southern Power Co., of Char
lotte,1 arrived here th morning
with representatives of the com
pany, and will confer with States
ville manufacturers and business
men in regard to transmitting
electria power to Statesville.,
At a meeting of the' Commer
cial club last evening, a const i-
tuion and i)y-laws were adoptad,
- and a cbmmittee was appointed
to buy furniture for the club
rooms.
. Statesvill? Landmark, Jane 22nd.
The' sunshine of this week has
' givent he farmery opportunity, to
make good for the lost time sus
tain ,d on account of tha rains
last week. The wheat is being
saved and the grass killed. It is
' - understood that while the wheat
was damaged by the fains, tho
damage is not so great as k was
feared. Some cut before the wet
spell set in sprouted in the shock.
" and some standing over-ripe in
the fields fell down, but the sun-
Ashine has worked wonders and
'with care there may .be a "good
crop. ' ' '
" Congressman, Blackburn spent
.Tuesday night and Wednesday
' mo ruin g in S tanes v i 1 le i u con
sultation with his frienda hero.
Mr. Blackburn is of course: elated
over ; his success iu sec uring the
appoiutment of - Geo. H. Brown
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HEAYY HAIL STORU.
Orange Count Visited by a Hall Which
Causes Very Great Damage to Crops. "
i ' From parties who were in the
city today particulars of a hail
storm that did great damage in
the northeran pari of Orange
county Tuesday night wereiearn
d. . The loss was something fear
ful, large .planters losing every
thing. The hail belt; was three
quarters to a mile iff width. The
storm did not last more than 15
or 20 minutes. In that length of
time; thousands of dollars worth of
property -was -destroyed. "In
some places," said .S. T. Pit
tard, who. lost his- entire crop of
tobacco, oats, cotton and corn,
"the ice was piled three feet deep
yesterday moruig. This was in
ditches, or places where it was
rifted." Continuing, he said that
yesterday morning one of his
neighbors gathered a guano sack
full of the hail stones-and carried
them to Hillsboro, a distance of
11 miles. "When he reached
Hillsboro," sfiid my informant,
"the stones were as large as
guinea eggs. This gives you some
idea of the siza of the stones when
they fell, these being gathered
after lying dn the ground all
night."
Telling of some of the losers,
Mr. Pittard said that he lost his
entire crop . of tobacco, 90,000
hills; all his corn, cats and cot
ton. Fate Cooper lost from 80,000
to 90,000 hills of tobacco, Joe
Hurst from 50,000 to 60,000 hills,
Rufus Wilkins 35,000 hills. Johu
Satterfield, D. L. Wells; William
Ellison, . Will Wright, Charles
Wilson, Mrs. Anderson and num
bers of others lost practically
their fentire crop. AH of these
parties lost corn, cotton and oats,
in addition to the large loss on the
tobacco crop.
The first hail belt was about 11
miles north of Hiltsbord near
Carr's postoffice. Here the belt
was little more than a half mile
wide. At Caldwell, a distance of
bine or ten miles, the loss was
fearful. The average width of
the belt was probably from three
quarters to one mile. . The storm
went in towards the western part
of Person councy.
One year ago this same section
was visited by a fearful hail and
wind storm and the damage oc
casioned to the tobacco crop 'was
tearful. This year some. of those
who lost a year ago are again los
ers, but in most instances the
storm belt was a little removed
fromthe old belt and the losers
this year, as a rule, are those who
escaped; the destructive storm a
year ago. -
Mr. Pittard paid that he did
not know what the farmers, in
this belt would do. The oat crop
is not worth cutting and the corn
is left standing in many instan
ces without a tingle blade left on
the stalks. Durham special to
Charlotte Observer.
Judicial ConYeHtion.
The Democratic Convention Tor
the tenth Judicial District is here
by called to meet at Loxington" N.
C, on Monday Jul v 2ud, IP, at
3 :30 o'clock P, M., for the purpose
of nominating a solicitor for the
said district. -t
By order" of Committee,
v C Cv McAlister; Chairmau,'
O. W. Spenoeb, 5ec. Pro-tem.
Long Tennessee- Fight, a
:;X oi,un quit joaia 11 . xvt to,
of Bells, Tenn.v'f ought .nasal ca
tarrh. He writes; VThe swelling;
and spreiiesi'inside my nose "wis
fearful, tjlk I began 'applying
Bucklen's ; Arnica Salve" to the
so re surface: tb is caused the sore.4
ness aud . swel 1 i ug to d isappear,
iv D,. vy '- otuiu. . -.x cat " b a ivo iu
I existence. '2so at All druggiat
ALBEIJARLE AND STAHLT COUNTY
Poor Service at Post Office. Llach Bain
j . Affects Crop Prospects.
Stanly Enterprise, June Slit. '
The South is not always aljve
to its best interest, We have been
too largely, patrons of the pack
ing houses and granaries - ofhe
West. There is i no reason why
bur farnlers should, not a
all home demands for cattle,
meats, butter, etc., and live in
utter disregard of thecharaotef
of the ' products of the Chicago
packing- houses. The , W ashiol'
ton Post emphasizes this point
in a plain and rather blunt way
and remarks "that if at any time
Lthe - Southern towns, cities and
communities have suffered either
iii their stomachs or their pocket
books because of the high price
or unwholesome character of Chi
cago meat products, they have
only themselves t i)lame," and
that "thero has ' never heon the
smallest reason why they should
not feed themselves from their
own herds, Uocks fields, dairies
and barnyards."
Repprts from various parts of
the. county are rather gloomy ,1
On many farms what was cut be
fore the rain and remained it: the
field for several days, causing it
to sprout and turu black. How
ever, the rains were not continu
ous, aud farmers availed them
selves of every moment they were
able to work. Some owned bind
ers, but the ground was too wet
for using the machine and the old
scythe and cradle were pressed
into service. Wives and daugh
ters are taking the place of farm
hands, owiug to a great scarcity
of labor, and dn some farms the
men at the cradle .do both cnt
ting and bindings Brave work
is , being done this week, and it
will not surprise us if it aU is
not rewarded by, "it turned out
better than I expected."
While at the Windemere Knit
ting Mill the other day, we no-
ticed a large number of revolving
chairs being unloaded. Being
curious to know where they were j
to be installed, our mind was
soon relieved by the superintend
ent of the finishing room W. W.
Duckworth, who carried us to ta
bles where a number of young la
dies were engaged at folding ho
siery and at other work. The
chairs are adjustable and in the
comfort andVease given the op
eratives, the mill will get good
returns for its investment.
Despite the fact that : the sal
ary of the postmaster at this
place has been raised to $1,400
a year, our peoplo continue being
subject to a bad state of affairs,
and the service has not been im
proved at all commensurate with
the increase. Cramped quarters
and iu adequacy of assistants ren
der the service exceedingly por.
. This community ( Abi) experi
enced one of the worst storms in
the memory-of the oldest! inhabi
tant, Sunday evening. There was
a terrific wind, hail and rain.
Trees were twisted off and blown
up by thS roots; Vegetation was
riddled by the hail. Wheat that
od been stacked in the afield was
blown down and washed away;
Much good faim laud was wash
ed off to the subsoil. The stornr
extend dd for only a short dis
tance around A A
"One of our citizens was in con
versation a few da's ago with a
son-in-law of Col!; F'ries, who as
sured hlnx that the money -Was all
in ; handTttndA there is no question
or doui ihat the - Southbound
railroad w: 11 be built. The prin
ciple hmdrance will be the se-
curing of steel fr. construction
of bfidgea, . . .
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LEJ(IN6T0;i AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Scarcity cf Lafcor, A Three-PoanliRad-
Lexington Wgpateh, June 20th.
Daring ; the past- weekpr ; ten
workman of ThomasvilleV has
graauauy Deeu losingvhia mind
ana at last accounts -he had
grown eutireiy insane. Brooding
over trouble as caused ,iU Mr.
xvicn was superintenaent ot the
.mer-v;ramer wagon worKBnuei
vuat piam was in operation, ; ana
Since about March the first Be
has been employed m the furm-
lure lactone. He, is a fine work-
man - and a erood TYiftn . and hialred. I
. .
case is verv sad. Eflforta
been made to have him admitted
to the hospital at-Morganton, but
n tnTOB. f AvkL a.
plorable cdndion of ffairs, no
Iu a few days a, drinkinir nlace
for
w vi-
poaite the court house, and one
for the folk at fch a. nnmi. nf.
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tne-cniirrlioiia'A-ThA innannrl.l
meu uiaiiLug reauy so put hi
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the new engine at the "plant. As
sooii as a machinist arrives it
will be placed. ,
Laborers certainly are few
these days and are, in highjde-
maud everywhere. And where-
ever a man has hands emnloved
he regards them with a jealous
v
ovo A ffanflam.h t hia nlata
j ; 6"v' v 4wv
waainaoutn Uarolinji, tue otner
day on a still huut lor hands,
.a
Land hnally rounded up ntteeu.
-.
ao far all was well, but one of
the negroes let fall the word, and
the agent was arrested.
i: The Lexineton Excelsior Com-
pauy has been organised, to make
celsior for furniture paeking.
The company will begin businessTaD AugU8tQ8 Barringor fell on
w4i.u uapitax p-.
ine output or tnis sort oi maus-
try isralways in demand by fur-
niture shippers, and the com-
nanv has all nrosoects of makins
a success
Miss Lilijau . Brown and Nor-
man Reid, the young couple who
came here from Concord last
week to get married, on failing to
secure license here, because otthe
b ride's youtb.weot from hereto
Jiiaokburg, S. - U., where they
were marrieu xu uame ox tue
groom wai given us iat weeK as
Harrier, wniOU was wrong. .
Lexington these days is a hive
yi juuuwy.iuu ""hatching line. He says he pur-
part uc town you wm, tnere wtp
pe seen some son oi wors going
s ' m
scene, being torn up tor the sew-
eragev ana tne aouoie-tracKiug
lntneown.- .
Displayed in a show window at
Biuibu a mux suuro w iuv uiggoob
raaisn ever grown in tuese parts,
weigut,, three pounds, it was
grown in the garden of Mrs. Kin
seyVand is of the beet radish va
riety. : ' V ,
An improvement that means a
great deal to Lexington has been
made in the telephone service5 of
the 'Lexington -Telephone ,Com-
pany, by the completion of a
copper, wire system betweenr Lex-
ington and Thomasvilie. 1
The recent wet weather caused
8everaLcasP8 of pneumonia arpund
the town. Some of them are
very serious; we hear.
AThe defeat of Judge: -Thomas J.
Bhaw for renomihation is .most
unfortunate, to say the least, and
is generally regretted. To fail
to ; keep such a.judge as he is , .on
the bench is poor, work, and
the politicians and disgruntled
lawye-sA who A ar e. c Ji.a r ge d
with his, defeat, could have eh
gaged" in a much better . business
thantn defeating. him. J "
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C0NC0R0 AND CABARRUS COUNTY,
Sonethici Doing Anong the TnfkeKS.IuoreCcaplalntof too Much Rain Got -
ICoiMJtffd Times. Jane I9th I
saw mill blew up llast
I Thursday afternoon! The whole
l froiit elid tf the boil
laud the door was sent at least 800
yards away. ;' The shed was; de
molished, and : several; saw logs
tnrown aooufcsix feet out of their
places, it; was a terrific explo-
siou. u ortuuateiy uo one was
hurt, Mr. Miseuheimer- wa s
standing withm three feet of the
Doner when the explosion occur-
I -.
The following is credited to an
rt "6: 1U T ' gb lue
ldea lnt0 jour head that to re-
!Pfc TPents is much better
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BUC&1UV R VHTHLrHH 117 trim. ITi ill I'TfT
g T -uurwDa -pa your pa-
rents arerowius old: and thafclf.m- c: . ua .t:.u
I -j.
i una ui iuhv) nava or nan unn a ru
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iQlx on ine Dmer bank you will
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uQWn . u.- hi -1lmi .
' Mss Sophia Tatum, who occu-
A meeting of the officers of the
First Presbyteriau church was
held lastThuisday night, and it
was uuauimousl agreed to pro-
test to Presbytery against' the re-
hoval of Dr. Cornelson as pastor
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' the church. In accordance
With thl8 aotioil A finnjrrACTftt-.inim ll
tv.: o---"
iti..K wtt yum ouuaay morii -
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ugr wnicn me question was
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jpu w me congregation, isy a
vow ioe memoers voiea to
protest against tne .removal, uot
a single member votea against-it. 1
a i..f
M wuiuiug nunc
sawing lumber at the Ketner and
Barringer saw mill, in South Row-
the large belt which carried him
oear the 8aw; but was thrown off,
breaking one leg and caustng a
bad flesh wound in the head,
Ane 8tore ot :W Uove KJiost
Company was entered las Thurs-
ay ui8nt by some uufcuown tniet
or thieves, lhey gained an. en-
trance,- at a rear window by tak-
ln the screws out of the iron
shield on. the outside, and then
rIUUViU8 tue large panes
o-- - t .
s w Pharr of No. 1 town-
UTiin. renorts to na a rftcord-hrAftW.
ilJ2 circiimstancej in the eee-
chased ; nine eggs from , Mrs.
j. L. Stafford, set :tbe.ni under his
1 VlVi. UlttVtt UDU. CkiJVt IU VI Uo VUUIBO
time teu ;fine turkeys were
hatched out. ,
"UMO,u ri-
night to visit at La Grange,
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i p1 ?w a Biefsure Cough and Cold cure. Guar-
M.au oawjr myuujr iwioou, .
saying he was marned there that
uxumiug to iuius iNaucy xest.
John Frieze, a well known citi
zen of Concord, died last Friday
afternoon at his home on Valley
street. Mr. Frieze was taken vi
olently eick of cholera morbus on
the afternoon before. He had
been in poor neaun tor some
time. A 1
J.J. Page, a mineralogist, of
Georgia, who now resides in Con
cord j -reports to us that he has
discovered a vein of corundrum
in and near Concord . This is a
very- hard mineral used for pol
ishing, and is worth about 7 cents
a pound. -
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Lawsoa Carter died at his home
near BocW Ridge last Thursday
evening, of ,a ; complication of
diseases He Was in . his 63rd
year, and leaves his wife and sev
eral children.
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Mlckaville Conrt jnn.i.
vention, for Farmmcrton tnn.
I shin. Will llA hair) at tkn K TT
nn tKa
third Sunday in Julv. All
- j schools of all denominations
the township are expected to be
presented take a part in the ex.
ercises. There will be sDeechea
by representatives of the various
t schools in thn nmoKm n
are invited to take an Active Dart
in the ooeniug.discussion.
I rna t a rm o 4- Z l 1
I . intiuci. Ill IMIO lJt5JgllOOr-
hd of Kappa, did not get mueh
I
rain, ret they are rejoicing
that they had no hifh water.
" i -1 no Huperaounaauce ot rain
i riuA . i a
I C III . 1 i 1
.uv.uuurnuo, ias! wee,
caus. d long faces amoue the
,
i 1 .n u... -.i t j i
5 tu4 wuu auu n oegan
i nff i j
pies a responsible position in the
Twiu City, spent Friday night iu
town, the guest ol Miss Thirza
Graves. She left, Saturday for
Mill Bridge, Rowan Qouoty, to
visit her parents, Mr. and" Mrs.
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P. O. fatum
4 T , . , r A
jli. neiiB leiL Monaay even-
DgfOT Cincinnati .where he goes
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to purchase the machinerv for a
I , . .
uew furniture plant atexinglon.
Mr Betts will be maDager of . this
new enterprise?
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or oi nortn jaroiina, wnr aeiiver
au address at the Sunday. School
and OrohatiaA nicnic. he hald
at the "Harbor ii Mocksville,
on Thursday, JulyS6th.
The R. F; D. carrliri
.wm return at 4:ou: p m.,
and No, 5 at 2:80 pf. m.
in the Felix . neighborhood the
farmers are having plenty of. rain,
j and crops are getting in bad con
dition.
AA TeMS WOOder.
There's a Hill at Bowie, Tex.,.
that's twice as big as last year.
Thiawondflr ia W . T .TT ill' whn
from a weicht of 90 nounds has
grown to over 180. . He says: "I
suffered.with a terrible cough, and
doctors gave me up to die oi Con-
I BUUlUblUUi JaTtttB 1CUUVCU bU VJ
pounds, when I began taking Dr.
King's Now Discovery for Con-
Now. after taking 12 hnttlwi. T
havft morA than donhTAd in wAihfc
and am completely cured." Unly
wteed b y All d ruggist. 50c and
$i oq.- Trial bottle free,
New Census of Durham.
At a meeting of the board of
aldermen last night, it was de
cided to take a complete census of
the city at an early"date. It will
be a complete census in every re
spect, and it is proposed that, in
addition to taking a census of the
city, a aensus will be taken of
East and West Durham, and oth
er suburbs, so that a census of
the city proper will be available
and also a census of the entire
settlement. Durham dispatch.
That Metallic Tone '
Which you hear in most pianos
hay av l used a.few
years, is unknown in tne Weaver
Piano." Th1 8 - is only one of the
features which make tbispiano
superiorjto others Gr. W; JFrix
& Co;, sole agents, Salisbury, N. C.
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