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TG3 WIM1DSKEY P1E.IIIWH1E1 AKE '
(Copyright by Heart's American.)
Here the representatives of the great American whiskey trade parade before you.
The distiller who makes the whiskey, the jobber who sells it at wholesale, the retailer who sells it over ttielbar and watches the small glass of water that follows the whiskey and the sugar that follows both,
THIS cartoon needs no editorial, it needs not aline "It belongs to So-and-So, the great Wall Street automobile, his various big financial interests, his If you must be in this pocession of Whisty, if you
-1 written with it. N" broker." yacfitand his fine house. are able toride in this procession in the automobile,
But we write to urge our millions of readers who M Whose yacht is that big one over there?" The wholesale whisky dealer has his fine carriage, the carriage or the buggy, we have nothing to say.
are fortunately free from any personal interest in "It belongs to So-and-So, another-Wall Street andnjoys life. ; . That is a matter for your conscience'atid inclination,
this procession to think about this picture, to place broker." The prosperous retailer of whisky drives his fast But if your place in the whisky procession is with
it before the eyes of those who have taken up their "And whose is that steam yacht, almost as large trotting horse, and enjoys the races. tbemen onjfoot, in the great horde at the rear, we
position in the rear ranks of this whisky regiment, as an ocean liner?" x Where is the automobile of the confirmed whisky HAVE something to say.
K you point this out to a young man who has be "It belongs to the greatest of all the Wall Street consumer? Where is his fast trotting horse? Where Get put of that procession. The longer you Stay
gun to drink'whisky, or to an old man who is letting brqkers.and bankers So-and-So. are his carriages? in it the farther you will drop toward the end.
whisky get hold of him, tell that man old William Travers looked at the different yachts, asked He has none of these things. HE buys them FOR Sooner or lateryou will have to get out of-it. It
K. Travers' favorite story about the yachts at New- about them, and got always the same answer, At THE OTHERS. is better, to get out by an effort of the will and an
port. - last, with his stutter, he asked: To the manufacturer, the wholesaler and there- assertion of character than by the force of circum-
Sailing into the harbor at Newport, he saw many "Where are the customers' yachts?" tailer he contributes all his money, all the chances stances. Leave the procession ot your own freewill,
beautiful yachts at anchor on the sunny -water There were no customers7 yachts to be seen. of success, his peace of mind, self-respect and the Don't be driven out at the far end of it. National
"Whose boat is that?" The man who manufactureswhisky has his fast welfare of his family. Advocate. t '
STATES YILLE AND IREDELL COUNTY, terday that not withstanding the
no r;" ar,A i-lia jPo.4- tttot C4-n no.
NO EBptj Stores IB Dn StateSllIle, Cattle iHe is a prohibition town," every
Poisoned hj) Eating Grass. store room in town is occupied,
suteaYme Landmark; April 14-17. I every rooni in the new block being
H. C. Payneand Miss Lncy built on Center street was engaged
Matheson were married yesterday before the ground was broken, and
morning at 8:30 o'clock at the people are still clamoring for bus
home of the bride s parents, Mr. iness houses and store rooms. He
and Mrs. W. B. Blatheson, at Tay- received a letter yesterday from a
lorsville. ' gentleman in another town who
Thn mam'aa f .Tj. aftrUnd wanted to rent a store room here
Monday and Miss Nettie Sherill and the m?ot was foroed to an
at the homeof the bride's parents, LBwer tnafe no room is available. A
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sherill, wast number of .aew business buildings
of town. Wednesday evening, was have recently been erected in
another pretty affair. The cere- Statesville and all were bccupied
monvtook Dlace in a tastefuUy immediately after their comple
decorated room, in one corner of tion.
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wmcn was an aiiar oi evergreens, i rnere is a plot ot -grasss cover
The marriage of Miss Bess An- ing n area of about 40 feet of
dersonjmd Malcomb Mason took swampy ground, on a farm near
plaoe JVednesdav evening at 8 o'- Oak Forest, now occupied by Will
clock at the home of Ihe bride's Galliher, and pasturing on Jhis
ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY.
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William TS.
Anderson, on west Broad street, a
previously announced. The An
derson home was beautifully deco
rated for the occasion.
v J. A. Hartness, who recently
lost a fine herd of hogs by cholera,
learns through W. A. Colverp,
Ot Marion, that cholera is playing'
havoc with the hogs in McDowell
county, One man, J. L. Morgan,
of Marion, has already lost 100
hogs this spring and others in the
. vicinity of Marion report that
their hogs are dying like flieS as a
result of the deadly disease.
Albert Mppara, wno lives, on
tha Mountain road about five
plot has proved -fatal to four head
of cattle. A sample of the grass
was brought to Statesville Satur
day by John Webh and turned
over to Dr. B. A. BajB. vertinary
surgeon, who examined and ana
lyzed it. Dr. Bass does not think
the grass brought him is poison
ous, but is of the opinion that
there is some poisonous herbs
growing in the grass. Mr. Webb
felt sure that the grass itself is
poisonous ot that the wet - soil or
which it grows contains poison of
some kind. The case will be fur
ther investigated. Jas. McDaniel,
who occupied the farm on which
the graBS is located, last year
noiicea tnat is was unusually nne
Sunday Train taken off Yadkin, Read four
Hone Paper.
Stanly Enterprise, Apr! 16, '
The Sunday train was taken 'off
the Yadkin road, dating from last
Sunday. The change is received
here with varying sentiment. Some
are satisfied, sayiDg that travel,
loafing around depot and post
office had a tendency to destroy
the sanctity of the Sabbath day.
But the man who looked for his
mail, and a dfference oi- twenty
four hours seems long to him,
complains largely at the change.
It is not known v how long it will
last. I
The man who stops reading
newspapers now to save a few cents
is practicing a doubtful economy.
One man who sometime ago had
his paper stopped- because he
couldn't afford it, remarked to us
that he realizes now that he lost
more than he gained. If there
was ever a time for tne iarmes and
readers generally to keep abreast
with the times it is now. The
Enterprise is always alive to the
interest of the farmers of this
county, and it seeks to tell the
truth. Don't cut off vour news-
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paper. Lay aside tobacco, wear
miles from - Statesville, lost five hooking land he cut some of it and
stacks ot sti;aw Jy nre yesieraay fed it to his cows. As a result
jtfternoon About o'clock, cans- two cows died in a short time af
ing a loss of about ?4U, as to tne ter eating the grass and others had
origin of the fire, Mr. Lippard narrow' escapes. Mr. McDaniel
questioned his small son and the was not sure that the grass killed
latter admitted he had been ex- the cows but he did not use any
perimenting with matches. - more of it. - Some time go.Mr
. Mayr Qrier was reminded yes- j Galliher, a saw mill many. moyed
to the place, Mr. McDaniel hav
ing vacated it, and a few days ago
when he noticed the fine patch of
grass he turned two fine steers on
it to graze. In less than 15 minu
tes after being turned on the grass
both steers fell dead in their
tracks. Mr. Galliher began an
investigation and when it was
learned the same plot of grass
killed-Mr. MoDamel's cattle it
was decided that it is dangerous
The whole neighborhood is puzzled
and all are examining their pas
tures in search of this peculiar
grass. -;
an old pair of shoes a little long
er, but stick to your newspaper,
and you will not regret it in ; the
end.
One of the most prominent re
publicans in Stanly says he puts
the question to himself in this
way: "On which side would Jesus
Christ be if He were on earth?"
And his conclusion was that
Christ would be on the side of
prohibition, it being the wise and
safe course. And who is there
will doubt this fcr a moment?
A rising vote 4 the-Baptist
church Sunday, following an earn
est and able discourse on the tem
perance question, found the con
gregation almost as a unit in favor
of prohibition.
The county Democratic conven
tion met Saturday. The : returns
from the several townships indicat
ed that Craig received three votes,
and Kitchen one, and Home three
in tne race for governor. The
ticket nominated stands as fol
lows: For representative, R. A.
Crowell; For sheriff, J. D. Love;
Register of Deeds, J. M. Boyette ;
Treasurer, D. D. Parker ; Coroner,
D. F. Rumage ; Surveyor, M. A.
Whitley; Cotton weigher, Jno. M.
Furr; Commissioners, J. D.
Forest, L. H. Bst, M. D; Brooks.
Resolutions endorsing "Senators
Overman and Simmons were
unanimously passed, and also
Representative Hackett.
CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY.
SH01 DAUGHTER AND HIMSELF.
The Growth of Snowdrift.
The enormous increase in the
use of Snowdrift Hogless Lard,
not only in the South, but in the
North as well, although little
effort has. been made to introduce
it north of the Carolinas, is an
other striking example of Southern
enterprise and Northern apprecia
tion of Southern products.
No Verdict in the Krlminger Case Yet.
Mare That Wafers Herself.
Concord Times, April 14-17.
The ball teams of the Collegiate
Institute and Crescent Acadamy
played a game at Mt. Pleasant
last Saturday The score was 16
to 6 in favor of the Institute,
The next term of our Superior
Court will convene May 4, Judge
Fred Moore presiding.
J. F, Harris, who has been sher
iff off Cabarruss county for four
terms, will not be a candidate for
re-electioD.
H. B. Parkssays he has a mare
that does not wait for some one to
come and give her water. She
turns on the water and helps her
self. She omits to turn the water
off, however, when she has had
enough.
Mrs. Margaret A. Brachen died
at her home on Lone street last
Saturday night after a lingering ill
ness of the grip. She was 74 years
of age, and leaves two daughters.
Misses Mary and Glenn Brachen.
Her husband died 24 years ago.
The coroner's jury in the case
of young Arthur Kriminger has
not yet rendered a verdict. At
the hearing last Tuesday an ad
journment was taken until Mon
day, when the investigation will
be continued. It is expected that
there may develop by that time
a olue as to the murder. The
people of No. 5 township are much
stirred up over this brutal mur
der, and every effort will be made
to bring the guilty man to justice.
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scratches or bruises or big oner
ar65 healed quickly by DeWitt's
Carbolized witch Hazel Salve.
It is especially good for piles.
Get DeWitt's. Sold by James
Plummer aed all druggists.
Swinnev Tried to Kill His Daughter and
Then Killed Himself.
Enraged at his 16-year-old
daughter, JNellie,- because of a
harmless school girl prank, Dr. C.
O. Swinney, who recently came
here from New York, fired Jyo
shots at her, and then turning the
revolver ori himself placed the
muzzle in his mouth and pulled
the trigger, dying almost instant
ly r Badly wounded as she was,
with two bullets embedded in her
skull, Miss Swinney ran from the-
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room ana upstairs to tne princi
pal's room before she fell.
The tragedy occurred in the re.
ception room Of the Normal and
Collegigate Institute, a large girl's
boarding-school in this city, where
Miss Swinney had been a pupil for
the past session. Just what oc
curred prior to the shooting is net
kno n, as there were no witnesses,
and the girl, while still conscious,
could give but a vague account.
Dr. Swinney, who up to a few
years ago had been a prominent
physician in New York city, has
for some time past been in poor
health, and of late, it is alleged,
his mind has been unbalanced.
Recently -his daughter was one
of a number of the school girls
who, as an April fool joke, absen
ted themselves from school and
the father brooded -over the little
escapade- until it assumed to him
the proportions of actual wrong
doing. When Di. Swinney called
on hie daughter at the school this
afternoon about 3 o'clock he was
shown into the ' reception room,
and a few minutes later his daugh
ter came down and went into the
roo m, closing the door behind her.
She Sat down at the piano, her
father sitting beside her. Half an
hour later girls, and teachers iwei?e
startled by four shots ringing out,
and a second afterwards Miss Swin
ney, with blood streaming from
the wounds in her head, came
rushing from the room. In a few
minutes the wildest confusion
reigned, school girls ' and women
teachers running here and there,
but Miss Robinson, the principal,
speedily restored order and hasti
ly stRhmoned a physician.
Miss Swinney was desperately
wounded and there is little chance
for her recovery. The room in
whichvthe tragedy occurred show
ed signs of a hard struggle. Chairs
were overturned and the piano
stool, with one leg broken, was
lying in the middle of the room.
The father was lying on the ' floor,
at one side the room, face down
ward, with the revolver, with four
chambers empty; under him.
The attempted murder and: sui
cide were evidently, deliberately
planned. Before going, to the
school Dr. Swinney bought a re
volver and two rounds of car
tridges at a pawn shop. Although
it is said his mind has been un
balanced for some time, he "had
never been violent and his family
was totolly unprepared for the
dreadful tragedy. He wsb the
father4rilav of Dr. J. O. Sinclair,
a prominent dentist of this city,
and since his return from New
York a-few weeks ago Dr. Swin
ney bad made his home with him,
Charlotte Observer
To have perfect health we must
have perfect digection, and it is
important not to permit of .any
delay the moment the ' stolen
feels out of order. l"ake Some
thing at once that -you know5 'Will
promptly f and .unfailingly r .assist
digestion. There is nothiug : bet
ter than Kodol for dyspepsia? in
digestion, sour stomach, folchnig
of gaS ' atid ; nervous headache.
Kodol is a uatursl digWant, and
wiirdigfeBf Whit you eat. Sold by
James Plummer and all druggist,
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