THE CAROLINA WATCHMAN.!
Local News Itemsf
Dr. J. E. Smoot, of Concord, was
iu the city Saturday.
C. A Rice has returned from a
visit to Comelly Springs.
M. L. Shank, who has been
quite ill, has almost recovered
his health.
The sowerage system of the city
is being- extended out on East
Henderson.
Senator Overman has returned
from Washington and is at home,
taking a well-earned rest.
S-aliatmry people are divided to
day between the home celebra
tion and the affair at .Faith.
Arthur Brown has returned
home from Davis Springs, where
ho lu: i !een spending a couple of
weiki recuperatiug.
Ii.e Gold Hill township Sunday
School Association will meet at
Organ Church, on the Friday be
fore the second Sunday in August.
At the Republican Congression
al convention, held at Wilkesboro
on June 27th, Spencer E. Black
burn was unanimously nominated
for Congress.
The Democratic Judicial con
vention for this district met at
Lexington, ou Monday. Solicitor
W. C. Hammer was nominated
unanimously.
Rev. and Mrs. C. Deifendorf,
who have baen residents of Provi
dence township for some months,
have gone'to Wilmopt, New York,
where they will reside in future.
Married at the home of the
bride, Miss Margaret L. McBride,
of Salisbury township, to Mur
dock Bay. of Red Springs, N. C,
on June 26th, by F. M. Tarrh,
J. P.
The Cooleemee Cotton Mills is
arranging for an artesian water
works system. C, M. Miller has
lately returned from there, where
he had been doing some surveying
for the new plant.
An attempt was made a few
,days siuce to burglarize the resi
dence of R. Guffy,- on North Main
street. The intruder was scared
away before he had a chance to
get into the house.
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L. J. Kiuttz lost one of his fine
black horses Saturday afternoon.
It laid down in the road, near
Granite Quarry, and died, it is
thought from becoming overheat
ed. It was valued at $200.
The ball game Saturday between
Cooleemee and Salisbury, at Ful
ton Height Park, resulted in a
score of 11 to 9 in favor of Salis
bury. The home team will play
Statesville this afternoon at the
Park.
Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Miss Willie Leazar
and -Collette McGrimsay, of the
Woodleaf neighborh o o d. The
ceremony will take place on July
11th, at the home of the bride's
parents.
Little James Whirlow, in jump
iner on a wafiron-bed tnat was
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standing in an upright position,
last Thursday evening, caused the
bed to fall on him and break his
leg. Dr. Foust attended the lit
tle fellow's wounds.
Mrs. Ada Smith, wife of Geo
F. Smith, who lives just on the
outskirts of .town, died Sunday
morning and was buried that 'af
ternoon at Prospect church ceme
tery together with the corpse of
her new born babe.
W, H. Parker, of Mt. Gilead,
has gone to the hospital again
This is the third time he has been
under Dr. Stokes at Salisbury,
and we certainly hope that the
results of this trip will prove sat
isfactory in every respect.
. Dr. C. R. Ingram is in Salis
bury for a few days. He is being
relieved by Dr. Flowers who re
. cently located here. We are glad
to have Dr. Flowers, with us, as
he has thoroughly prepared him
self for the practice of medicine
and is in the field of activity already.
A white man named Jordan,
who was making his way to his
home in Charlotte on a freight
train, fell from his perch between
the cars and was so badly cut up
that he died soon after a physi
ciau reached him. The accident
occurred between the depot and
the cotton mill last night.
The Bell Telephone Company
has found that one of its lead ca
bles in the city has been punc
tured by some malicious person,
thereby Beriously crippling the
service. A reward of $500 has
been offered for evidence which
will lead to the conviction of the
peipetrators of the deed.
Chief Marshal James D. Heilig,
has appointed the following citi
zens as his assistants today: M.
E. Harper, , J. M. Maupin, R.
Linn Earnhardt, John Kennerly,
C. M, Henderlite, John B. Fish
er, Chas. Tatum, F. S. Bolich.
These are in addition to those se
lected from outside towns.
Dr. R, W. Ivy has returned to
New London from Cincinnati,
and says he left three men em
ployed at making his cotton pick
er, one at $20 per day, one at $10
and another at $5. He remarked
that he did not kuow when it
would be completed at $35 per
day. Evidently, there is be a lot
of mpney in it.
We stijx HiVE a number of
copiea of the California Earth
quake book on hand. The price
of this book is $1.50. Any one
buying one of these books will be
given a year's subscription to the
Watchman, but should you be a
subcriber we will make the price
of the book $1.00. Now, if you
want the most interesting book of
the day, is the chance to get one
at a reduced price.- -
E. M. Asbury has been carry
ing a very sore hand for several
days. A winged physician of
mosquito fame inoculated some
sort of poisonous substance, but
whether blood from an impure
source, or germ or bacteria, it is
not known, but it is true that
Mr. Asbury has not been able to
use his hand for some two weeks,
owing to its swollen condition
and soreness.
Work on the plant of the Eure
ka Trouser Company has begun
again, it was ne:a up on ac
count of a brick famine. There
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is hardly a town in the State that
makes enough brick for its own
building, and there is always a
scarcity of this very important
material. The question is often
asked why more people do not en
gage in the business, and the au
swer, aeTtold to us, is that there
is very little money in making
good brick.
To Faith on the Fourth.
The correspondents of the
Watchman are going to be at
Faith today in full force. They
will have a picnic, a general good
time and enjoy the exercises to be
held there on this day. Let eve
ry one be present and help make
the occasion one to be remember
ed. '
Death of Mrs. Somers.
Mrs. J, A. Somers died at her
home in East Salisbury Saturday
morning, after a long illness. The
funeral was held Suuday after
noon from the residence, Rev. R.
E. Neighbor, pastor of the First
Baptist church, officiating. The
interment was made at Chestnut
Hill cemetery.
Storm at Asheboro.
A special to the Charlotte Ob
server from Asheboro, N. C and
dated July 2nd, states that a fu
rious storm swept over that tewn
on Monday night at 10 o'clock.
Much damage was done. A num
ber of buildings were unroofed,
and several completely wrecked.
The new church recently erected
by the Christiau denomination
was among the buildings that
were demolished. No fatalities,
or serious accidents to the inhabi
tants are reported.
tiu Weant Returns Home. !
B. F. Weant, whose encounter
with a savage cat was mentioned
in these columns last week, and
who -went to Lexington to have a
madstone applied to his wound,
has returned home. He ha de
cided not to take the Pasteur
treatment.
Boy Injured by Mule.
Wiliie, the son of W. J. Alexan
der, of Woodleaf, was thrown by
a mule one day last week, and
painfully hurt. He had placed a
plow on the mule's back and then
mounted the animal. The plow
frightened the mule and the acci
dent resulted.
The County Commissioners.
At Monday's session- of the
Board of County Commissioners,
Dr. I. N Foust was elected county
superintendent of health, vice Dr.
J. S. Brown, who is now at Waynes
ville, N. C. The resignation of
W, D. Watson as superintendent
of the chain gang was accepted,
and T. R. Armstrong elected iu
his place.
The Hotel Vanderford Mess.
All Salisbury is doubtless fa
miliar with the mix-up at the
Hotel Vanderford, which resulted
in the arrest of Mr. and Mrs. F. E.
Pinkham on a charge of having
obtained, goods under false pre
tenses, and the subsequent tem
porary closing of the hotel. The
parties who swore out the war
rants seemed disposed to be will
ing to agree to almost anything
reasonable which would result in
a settlement oi tne maeotncss,
and the criminal phase of the mat
ter may be abandoned. The hotel
now is in charge of O. W. Spencer,
the well known and general man
ager of the Central Hotel. Just
how the whole matter will be final
ly adjusted is a matter of specula
tion, though it is thought a satis
factory settlement of the matter
will be reached.
Since the above was put iu
type it is learned that Esq. D
M. Mille", before whom the case
was tried, has bound Mrs. Pink
ham over to the Superior court in
the sum of $50, though she will
be allowed togo upon her own re
cognizance to appear at the Au
gust term of court. Mr. Miller
had a knotty point to decide as
to the element of fraud in the
transactions of the Pinkhams
and the delay was owing to his
desire to do full justice to all par
ties concerned.
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New Advertisements.
J. O. White has an ad. in this
paper and wishes it known that
he sells buggies and wagons, and
also that he does all kinds of re
pair work, A visit to his shop,
the old Barker place, would con
vince any one that the work done
by Mr. White is first-class in ev
ery particular, and his prices are
reasonable.
The Pilsener Export Beer is ad
vertised in this paper. It is said,
by those who use it, to be one of
the best beers on the market.
Tte Bank of Spencer, that en
terprising institution in our sister
city, has an interesting statement
in this paper. This is a safe and
reliable institution, and will ap
preciate your business.
Brittain & Campbell have some
thing of interest to say today to
their customers and the public in
general. This firm advertises a
big reduction sale, and, as it is
known, they make good all prom
ises. A rush of business ar. their
house may be anticipated.
Max Moses, the live and leading
grocer of Salisbury, has something
to say this week that will interest
the readers of. The Watchman.
Mr. Muses is the only grocer, who
advertises in The Watchman, and
it should be taken as an invita
tion for you to trade with him.
Burt's Boston Specialty Co., the
shoe dealers, as is their custom
do not hesitate to let vou know
that they have a splendid line of
goods and that your patronage is
appreciated.
Do you know that you can get
a good buggy whip for nothing at
Hartliue & Co's.?.. Read their, ad.
The Tin! Meeting
Tomorrow night will see the
close of the tent meetings which
have been so successfully conduct
ed in East Salisbury by Rev. R.
E. Neighbor. Friday the tent
will be taken to Spencer and
placed near the railroad shops.
Mr. Neighbor is looking, fr Pl
couple of friends from Georgia t
assist him in Uie meetings which
will be conducted 'at Spencer.
These gentbmen are T. F.
Callaway and Alleu Foit, Jr.,
both members of a church of which
Mr. Neighbor was the" former Das
tor. Both are said to be good
speakers, and their aid will mate
rially forward the work.
Fire at Buthertordton.
Rutherford ton, July 2. Anoth
er disastrous fire has swept Ruth
orferdton, leaving behind it ter
rible evidence of the need of some
efficient water supply for the town.
This morning, just six weeks to
the d.ay since the fire which con
sumed the M. Levi stores, and
which threatened the court liouso,
The Sun office and other build
ings, a fire broke out which soon
assumed even larger proportions
than this recent one. Only th
very hardest kind of work savedN
a general conflagration, and, as'it
Was, the damage wrought was so
serious that there are now eight
of the most important mercantile
establishments of the city in
ruins.
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Accident at Gold Hill.
An accident which resulted in
the aeath of one man, and came
near resulting fatally to tune
others, occurred at the Gold Hill
mine on Friday afternoon. Three
white men, Wesley Sells, R. A.
Basinger and Torn Johnson, and a
negro named Tom Ingram, wero
the ones involved. Thf y were .at
the cross cut on the 800-fot level
of the mine. A blast had been
made, and while the smoke from
the powder was still heavy and
thick, the men returned to the
cut. They were at once overcome
by the smoke and fell in the cut.
They were soon rescued from then
perilous position and takan to the
surface in an unconscious condi
tion. Restoratives were applied
and everything possible done for
the men, and three of them soon
recovered sufficiently to be taken
to their homes. Tom Ingram,
who doubtles inhaled more of the
poisonous smoke than the others
died Sunday night,
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The First Cotton Bloom.
Lawson M. Kepley, who lives in
Salisbury and runs a farm in the
western corner of Franklin town
ship, has brought in the first cot
ton bloom of the season. He had
plenty of blooms Saturday, June
80th. Mr. Kepley believes thre
were blooms in his patch before
this date, but did not see them.
Mr. Kepley 's two sons attended
the Salisbury graded school until
the end of the session, after which
they went to the farm, and have
just about beaten the whole coun
ty both in cotton and corn. They
have laid by their corn and are
now cutting oats. They expect to
be back at school at the opening
in September., Mr. Kepley cer
tainly has reason to be proud of
the recjrd made by himself and
boys. He has learned by experi
ence that success comes to those
who use the right quantities of
brain and brawn, and his applica
tion on the farm has proven the
value of his theory.
Tragedy at Wedding.
In the presence of the ueddmg
guests las', night at the home of
his intended b'ide, Joseph Rein
hardt, the man who. was to have
been married to her, shot and
instantly killed Miss Ernestine
Kutzer, and then shot himself,
with pronably fatal result. The
cause of the tragedy is not known.
Comfort, Tex., dispatch.
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LOSt. White pig, got out of pen
at C. E. Gobble's house, No. 51
Vance Mill. Reward will be paid
for its return. It. pd.
A little lve, a little wef.lth,
A little horn- for you and me;
It's all I k fxcept goo I health,
Winch romc- with Roe'sy M un-
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ABOUT AUGUST 1ST.
In order that we rray not
worth of stock to bur new
SALE MONDAY, JUNE I8TH.
And every dollar's worth of goods will be sold at
first cost, This will be a sale long to be remem
bered. Please bear in mind, we will move as
soon' as our new store 'is ready. Every article'
WILL BE SOLD
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J)y. W JQlJl Ji Jui m WJL
Shop Next to City Hall.
Our repair shop is up-to-date. All work guaranteed. Bug
gies, Carriages, and Wagons repaired, painted and Trimmed in
best' style at lowest price. New Cushions, Tops, Backs and
Dashes. Tops and Cushions repaired and dreped.
ETJBBER TIRES A SPECIALTY.
Old rubbers patched and put on. Write or call for prices.
No Charge for estimate on jobs. We have a nice lot of Buggies
on hand at loy prices. 4
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ON THE FEET,
NOT ON THE SHELVES.
This assertion is an Absolute Truth!
Because Our Shoes are made of such Plainly
Visible goo Wearing qual ties that to see them in
sures a quick transfer from Shelf to Feet.
Prices Always Extremely Moderate.
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A recent Washington dispatch
states that tpe resignation of A.
FT. Price, as assistant tJ. 3. dis
trict attorney, has ben accepted,
and will take'effect Sept. Ist.V
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