,,f - . - Tie A. Home Newspaperumiedtkes of the People and for Honesty in Governmental Affairr j.- " ?rv -y V VOLV. NO. 35. SAitNp..; Tuesday, August 17th, I9d9. Wm, H. Stewart, Editor. I - LEXINGTON AND DAVIDSON COUNTY, -600d Luck With Alfalfa. Confiding Citi zens Stung by a Smooth Talker. Lextngtou Dispatch, Aug. 11th. S. Goodman, jjf Salisbury, has leased the store-room formerly oc cupied by II D. Soarhoro and is opening up a stock of general mer chandise fierein. Mr. Goodman has rented fcho Piunix residehceon Main street, and is moving bis family from Salisbury to .Lexing t n to day. Alpheus Perry man, who lives in Arcadia, on Route No. 4, has a bulf aore of alfalfa with which he is haviug exctllent luck. He had uo trouble in gettirg a stand and his cut it thiee times-the 12th of each month. He counts ou two rur cuttings. Cattle dearly love alfalfa and it is Buid horses will leave corn to eat it There is no feed in the world that compares , with ic. H Cam Heituiau, who was ar- rh8t"d here o.i a bench warrant Tuesday evening of laBt week and carried to Stat sville and placed in jail, was released from cisttdy Friday, the case agaii st him hav ing been continued He is under a $300 bond. A Lexington citizen suggestthat the town commissioners pass a law forbidding boys under twenty-one years of age from frequenting pool rooms under the peualfcy of a good sized fine, both to the boys and the pool room proprietor. Other towns do this to protect boys." Col. Jim Pugh, an old soldier, has been suffering a great deal ot late with a limb that was wounded in one of the ' attles, and net long since had an oper iton performed ou it. Dr. Buchanan deemed it unwise to give an ahesthic, so the old soldier said he could stand it anyway. "Is it ny?re than any-. b'otfy fclae could stand?" he askedvi and when he was told it was not, he gave the word to fire away. The physician did his cutting and while it was very painful, the old gentleman went through it all right. The nerve of a man who followed Lee is the real article. Some day? ago a man came through Lxingt n taking orders for tailor-made clothing, dealing mostly and perhaps entirely, with t'r.r colored citizens. He gave li pi'i Point, as his address He to k an order, was paid a dollar or more down, and promised to send ou the goods shortly. At last accounts it appeared that he had forgot ten to do this and somn of his cut-corners were going about with a f-'iepish grin on thir faces. This is an old scheme, and has been worked successfully in several p'.ices in the stat-) this summer, especially in Anson county, wh're some agents flim flammed a lot of people. The Weil Yields Gold. Consid ruble quantities of gold are being found in the dirt and rock which is being taken t ut to make way for the well that is be iug tlriveu at the Selwyu Hotel. The well is now about 40 feet deep, the diameter of the opening being about 4 inches. All the material that is being brought to the sur face is being was led for gold and paying quantities have been found, All has been carried to the mint to be83aved. Tha Charlotte is built upon a gold foundation has been long kiiowa but not often has a driven wei? i eeu used to bring the pty-ng dirt to commer cial uses. Charlutt Observer. Twas a Giorlcus Victo.y. There's rej in Fedora, Tenu. A man's life bus been sav fid. and now Dr. King's Now Die covery is the talk of the town f r cuiingC V. Pwpper of deadly lung hemorrhages "I could not work nor get about, he writes, "and the doctors did me lio good, but after using Dr. King'B New Discovery- three weeks. I feel like a new man, and can do work agaiu. ' For weak, Bore or dis eased lungs, Coughs and Colds, Hemorrhages, Hay Fever, La Grippe, Asthma or any Bronchial effection it stands unrivaled. Price 50c and $1 00 Trial bottles free, Sold nd guaranteed by all druggists. THAW 60ES BACK TO ASYLUM, Court Declares His Release Would be a Menace to Public Safety. White Plains, N. Y., Aug 12. Harry K. Thaw's latest attempt to gain his liberty met with com plete and dishartening defeat to day when Supreme Court Justice Isaac N Mills dismissed the writ of., habeas corpus aud declared that "the release cf the petitioner would be dangerous to the pesee and safety." The sjgnfog of an order sending Thaw back tp Mat tdawan is all that remains to com plete the failure of this latest ap peal to the courts. There is no crumb of comfort to Thaw in the 7,000-word Opinion handed down by Justice Mills to day. All the contentions of Dis rit Attorney Jerome aro support ed, and it is declared that Thaw is sti-U insane, And still.as much a panoramic as on the day he shot Standford White. Thaw, waitiug in TVhite Plains jail, at the rear of the court house wht're tue decission is filled, . re ceived the news with " outward calmuos9. Themembers of his family and his attorney seemed stunned by the thoroughness' of their defeat. Thaw declined to give out any extended statement, coiiteudiug himself with the asser tion that his next efforts will b .entered upon the Court of Ap eiils, through which he expects to secure a hearing before a fury in his effort to have his commit mHut to Mattedwau set aside. , The case before the Court of Appeals is one which has been un der consideration for some time. ( -b- - - - Virginia Places Statues of Lee and Wash ington in the Capital. - Bronze statues of Georfre Wash ingfeoiid'BobtK, Lee, Virginia's ooutritmtiian to trie nation's "Hall f Fame," were to-day placed in statuary hall at the capitol. For mal ceremonies attending the un veiling will take place at some time yet to de determined. Both statues are beautiful works of art. Lee is pictured in the uni form of the South and his statue stands between those of Rjbert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat, and J. L M. Curry, of Alabama. Near the statue of Lee are these of Gen James Shields, of Illinois, and Gen. Phillip Kearny, of New Jersey, in the uuiforms of the Un ion army The Lee statue A-as designed by Edward V. Va.entine, of Richmond, Va. Washington's siatue'was placed in the s outhwf st end of thn hall be tween the statues of Gen. Ethan Allen, of Vermont, and Gen. l ter Muhlenberg, of Pennsylvania, a distinguished soldier and states man of Revolutionary times, and a brother of the first speaker of the House of Reprt sentatives. The Waahinbtou statue is a replica of Houdon s famous masterpiece now at the capitol in Richmond. Elliott Woods, superintendent of the capitol, to-day Buid that formal acceptance of the two stat ues are not required, aHhough presentation of the statues may be formerally made with elaborate ceremonies at the instance of the Virginia statue commission, and wit h the permission of Congress Washington dispatch, 10th, STATE OV OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO LUCAS COUNTY. ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is s enior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheny & Co , doiug business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that, said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for mien and every case of Catarrh that cannot ! cured by the ubo of HaTs Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY Bworn to ana suoscrioea in my presence, this the ufch dav of De cember, A D., 1886. (Seal) A, W. GLEASON, Notary Public Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in ternalfy, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. end for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & Co Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. ' SrATfcYILLE ApprgcfiuAP PrTCTI0N0M U8HTNIN6. Mr. Coiner Blossoms forth as ib Intent!) r, Escaped Priscner Recaptoretf statesville I.aiidmartj, Aof lft-13v '' -" r,- ' ' ',. , . ,1 - ' - r LicQnae has been, issued fr th9 marriage of Th os A. Terorpletan auu miss xLiuen otewrsjJOfc "A A- XU1UCJBUU I g- DOVYiiBUI JJSIp 0 '. ; - Rev. ifaoJld jSsfepali B road Street. MetkodiflttMpbl nas b6$n yot-a tnTea- wge tiou by his congregate&Df ftiJdietM last week tor an xteqerea trio Niagara Falls', and other points;C interest, ne issccpmpaniea hiB- brother, Frank: 'sTrs' . on the trip by Turner, of A9hevf MM iio mrtner miormation na3 received regarding p Miss Mabel Gillespie Wyo., who 'was seri by a fall from a horsftfew days ago, and it is assumedhjit her couditiois improved. D-"M , Coiner, of Stsyille, hasiiivented a spring wheel-oga spring for whaels rthat is dajg ed to displace piieumatic tires. Springs are placed in a wheels radiating from the hub and so ar ranged that they take the place of pneumatic tires and will give bet ter service. The invention is de signed primarily for automobiles but can bo used on other vehicles. Smith White, who with Fred Spradley aud another white man named Wilson, escaped from ,jail here last fall by cutting a hole through the'jail roof and descend ing to the ground on a string of blankets, was recently located in Chester, S. 'C.f by Sheriff Deaton aud was placed under arrest there Saturday evening in accordance with the instructions of the Iredell officer. Deputy Revenue Collector Davis, f Statesville, and Sheriff Adams, oraltfSander county, found aud destroyed an illicit fruit distillery near Pilgrim church, Gwaltney township, Alexander county, Sat urday. The outfit was complete iu every particular, a 60 gallon still bjing used, and was in opera tion when the officers arrived The operators were warned of the approach of the officers and made their escape. The Statesville firemen, who were given the choice of acarnival or $300 in cash, have decided in favor of the carnival and one of these aggregations will put on its "attractions" here the last of next month. The crop prospect has improved very much in recent, weeks and farmers are more cheerful. With favorable weather during August and a late fall the yield of cotton will be much greater than was anticipated. P. G. Edmin8ton, of the Mount Ulla neighborhood, suffered the loss of a fi ie horse by death Tuob day night. He had been on a mountain trip and was spending the night in Statesville with J, E. Sloop when the horse died. Hon. R.Linney, of Taylorsville, passed through Statesville yester day en route to Newton, where he spoke at the Confederate reunion hold there yesterday. Mr. Lin ney was for some time in very poor health. Yesterday, how ever, ne was jolly and has ap parently regained his usual health. He stattid to an acquihtance at the depot that he was feeling like a young man again, Bunyan Wesley Crowsou died Tuesday evening ar. 8:15 o'clock at his home on Alexander street, heart trouble being the immediate cause of death. Mr. Crowsou was a printer bytrade and had for seeral years conducted a jab printing business on Court street. Thoe. Tomhn's store, in Cool Spring township wis totally de stroyed by fire, with all of its con tents, yesterday morniug between 3 and 4 o'clock. The door of the store had the appearance of hav ing been burst open when Mr. Tomlin arrived, and it is believed by trim that the store was robbed and then fired. Mr. Tomlin had a good stock of merchandise, 3uWJureaV 4 Weather Bureau Eocoofttiog the Construe tton of Llgfiinlng Rods. Prof, ilenry, of the government weather service, a bulletin en- Protection From htnig holdsthat more at tention should be given to light ning. , He says that from 700 to 00 persons ar skilled, twice as mpMj injured ai an immense mount-of property destroyed by ing every year. ipf . Henry sbowt how light- jniugrods that are "inexpensive t;ie;ot!ivemitJj'be put up by jpinybodyThe'follwing is his list ftdessarv m&terials: Enough yahized iron teU&rapn wire to .wrveor the rod, a pound of gal- ;nized iron staple to hold the wieDplaoe, a few connecting teeran a pound of aluminum Whfletfiron i not so good a conS'dcloiras copj&r," says the profeasor, ife is less likely to cause dangerous side, flash's and it also dissipates the energy of the light ning flash more effectively than does, the copper." worth probably- $1,500 or more He carried insurance on the stock to the amount of $1,000. D. R.'Beard of Statesville,. has received news of' the death of his brother-in-law, S. J.' Lingle, of St. Edwards, Neb., which ccur red August 7th in a hospital at Council BlufLIa., where Mr. Liu gle was undergoing treatment. He was a victim of Bright'a disease. Mr. Lingle was born in Rowan oounty, this State January 21st, 1847. He was a sou of the late John Lingle and much of his boyhood was spent at what is yet fcuown as the Lin gl,, place, four milr& east of fcafesviiie. Mr Lingle had lived in the West for 35 or 40 years. About four years ago he was in Statesville on a visit to relatives. He is survived by his wife, three children and one brother, Thos Y. Lingle, who is also a resident of St. Edwards. The arrest in Statesville Wed nesday afternoon of Robert Miller, f Shiloh township, on a warrant charging him with shooting at Raymond Wilson, of Shiloh town ship, resulted in bringing in to the! ears of the officers the story of a rather sensational shooting affray iu Shiloh Monday. On be ing taken before Justice J. A. King, Miller at first proposed to give bond for his appearance at a preliminary hearing at a future date, but later decided to waive examination and give bond for his appearance at Superior Court Bond in the sum of $100 was re quired . Both Miller and Wilson live in the same neighborhood in Shiloh and each of them has a wife and four children. The shooting af fray took place near their homes vionday and was the result of al 1 ged misconduct between Wilson aud Miller's wife. It is alleged that when Miller came upon his wife and Wilson in the field that he not only had fired at Wilson but assaulted his wife and slapped her down. The woman swore out a warrant for her husband before Justice Fulbright, oi . Shiloh, charging him with striking her, but withdrew the warrant before it was served. The warrant on which Miller was arrested was sworn out by Wilson. Washington's Plague Spots lie in the low, marshy bottom of the Potomac, the breeding ground ot malaria germs, ihese germs cause chills, fever, ague, bullous ness. iauudice, lassitude, weak ness, and general debility and bring suffering or death to thoc sands yearly. But Electric Bit ters never fail to destroy them ana cure malaria troubles. 'They are the best all-around tonic and cure for. malaria I ever nsed," writes R. M. James of Loullm, S C. ' They cure Stomach. Liver, Kidney and Blood Troubles and will prevent Typhoid, Try them, 50c. Guaranteed by all druggists The Watchman $1,00 a year j ALBEMARLE AND STANLY COUNTY. Negroes Drowned In the Pee Dee at Bla- iock Found. Old Soldiers to Meet. Stanly Enterprise, Aug. 12th. The graded schools at Albemarle will open September 13. Stanly county veterans will hold their annual re-union at Locust on Friday of next week, August 20. This is an annual event that our soldiers look forward, to with pleas ure, and the gathering at Locust will be in keeping with preceding ones . A mule hitched to a buggy was frightened by an automobile last Friday on public square and made a dash down Main street. It ran into a eurry in which was Mrs. Goodwin Whitley and several children. Mrs. Whitley sustained injuries and is yet suffering. Both vehicles were damaged. This is another instance of caution to automobile owners, when running their machines on crowded streets. Mrs. Z . B. Sanders was called yesterday morning to the bedside of her mother at Carthage, whose condition has grown quite critical, James and Verne accompany her, while Carl and Ella May will visit in Salisbury during their mother's abscence. Mr. Sanders will spend awhile in Greensboro. The board of town commission ers at its last meeting appointed advisory members to the board as follows: T. M. Denning, Dr. J. C. Hall. M. J. Harris. S. B. Kluttz, A. L. Patterson, J. M. Morrow, and S. H. Hearne. The addition of thse men gives a body of twelve to direct the expenditure of the $67,000 in bonds as voted recently by our town. r ... A gruesome end o the drowning in Pee Dee River ou Tuesday of ast week at the Blalock old ferry crossing was the finding on Fri day of the bodies of the three col ored men who lost their lives. The bodies were found in drift wood, a short distance bslow the erry, and were in a badly swollen and decomposed state. The es cape from death was a most nar row one to Mr. Myers and Mr. ittle. Mr. Myers caught the swaying branches of a small tree on an island near the ferry, and it was with the greatest difficulty he maintained his position for two hours until his rescue was effected. Both horses were recovered, one swimming a distance of 6 miles down stream, and the other laud ing two miles below the ferry, where it stood iu water all night, i Seared Witi a Hot Iron or scalded by overturned kettle cut with a knife bruised bv slam med door iujured by gun or in any other way the thing needed at once is Buckleu's Arnica Salve to subdue inflammation and kill the pain . It's earth's supreme healer, infallible for Boils, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Eozema and Piles. 25c at all druggists. Haywood County Fair. We have received the catalog, no not the catalog, but the cata logue, of the fifth annual Hay wood County Fair to be held at Waynesville on October 5th to 8th inclusive. It is an attractive booklet of 72 pages and is brim full of interesting matter for farm- era, stocK raisers, and persons engaged in other industries. All in all, more than $3,000 00 is of tered in premiums aud purses, and this liberality will doubtless assure a mammoth exhibition of the mountain products. When the Stomach, Heart, or Kidney nerves get weak, then these organs always fail. Don't drug th Stomach nor stimulate the Heart or Kidneys. Thar is simply a make-shift. Get a pre scription known to Druggists ev erywhere as Dr. Snoop's Restora tive. The Restorative is prepared expressly for these week inside nerves . Strengthen these nerves, build them up with Dr. Snoop's Restorative tablets or liquid and see now quietly health will come. Sold by Cornelison & Cook. OVERALL FACTORY AT SPENCER. The Remoial of the Correll Overall Com pany Frcm China Brore. The removal of the Correll Over all Company from China Grove to bpencer, which has been under consideration for the past month, uuw seems co ue assured ana it is expected the plant will be remov ed at once. The proposition to increase the capital from $10,000 to $15,000 was favorably acted npon at a meeting of The Spencer Board of Trade last night, when $5,000 additional stock was guaran teed in subscriptions. The can vassing committee, composed of A. J. Gamayel, W. H. Burton, T. H. Stewart, A. D. Smith, and other citizens in Spencer, together with President M. B. Stickley, of Concord, has only a few shares to secure and the plant will be in operation within the next few weeks. The overall plant is now in suc cessful operation at China Grove and has an established business which will be greatly increased in Spencer. A number of railroad men, who use large quantities ;of overalls, have taken stock in the company, the payments for stock having been placed on easy terms to suit the convenience of all who want an interest in the plant. The company will be re organized when ready for its opening in Spencer, Spancer Crescent, 12th. Brand Jury Indicts Watkins. ABheville, Aug. 11. The grand jury this morning returned a true bill against .F. C. Watkins, the town constable of Black Moun tain, who upon berug called to the Hotel Gladstone to stop a, disturb ance, early Saturday inomiug, shot John Hill Bunting, a young traveling man, of Wilmington, who later died from his .wounds, andjfaul C, Collins, whq now in the Mission hopital, with a bul let hole entirely through his body. The two eye-witnessea to the shoot ing, Clem Joues, the negro dish washer at the hotel, and H. Bur ley Cowan, the negro porter of the hotel who accompanied Constable Watkins to the room were this morning ' seut before the grand jury, with the result that about 11 o'clock this morning the iury marched into the court room and handed Judge Adams a true bill charging Constable Watkins with murder. .No degree is named in the bill, as that matter is left to the solicitor. Just what degree of murder .Solicitor Mark W.Brown will ask for is not known, but it is thought that it will not be in the first degree as Mr. Watkins is now out on s $5,000 bond. No surprise was expressed this morning at the verdict of the grand jury, since the coroners in quest brought out the testimony of Jones and Cowan which was greatly against the officer. Re port from the Mission hospital this morning was to the effect that Paul C. Collins' condition was very favorable indeed. Special to Charlotte Observer. On a Junket at Goyerment Expense. Seven of the 12 members of the National Waterways Commission, authorized by Congress to investi gation the waterways of Europe, Canada, and for the purpose of making recommendations for the improvement of the rivers, har bors and cana's of the United States, sailed Tuesday morning on the North German Lloyd liner Kronzprinzessen Cecillie on a 10 weeks' investigation of the water ways of Europe. Some of the party, nearly all Senators and members of Congress or ether government officials, aer accompanied oy tneir wives or other members of their families Senator Simmons, of North Care- hna, is a member of ihe party. The outing is a pleasant one at government expense. wry i 1 i -m weaK women snouia read my "Book No. 4 fpr Women." it tells of Dr. Shoop's Night Cure. Tells how these soothing, healing, anti septic antipositories, bring quick ! and certain help. The Boos ib I free . Address Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. Cornelison & Cook. CONCORD AND CABARRUS COUNTY. Telephone Line Being Constructed. Street Cartine Rails Arrifing. One Death. Concord Times, Aug. leth. Dr.H. A. Fry, of Cool Springs, who recently graduated from the Dental College in Atlanta, will probably locate at Kannapolis for the practice of dentistry . He ex pects to be in that growing town about the 20th inst . Another oounty telephone line is being constructed to run out from Concord through part of No. 4 township. The following sub scribers will be on the line : W. C. Litaker, Joseph Winecoff. J. . W. Cook, Walter Patterson and C, K. Cline. Walter Long, son of J . S. Long, of West Depot street, whose ill ness we noted in our last issue, died Wednesday morning about 12 o'clcck. He was nineteen years of age, and had been sick for some time of tuberculosis. The funeral service was condncted Ithis morn ing by Rev . Chas. R. Pless, and the interment made at Trinity church, jn No . 4. township. A iarge lot of rails for the street car line to be built in Concord, arrived this week, and for several days" Henry Winecoff has been buBy hauling them up town. They are being placed on North Union street, beginning in front of Capt. J. M. Odell's and coming this way. It is expected that a force of hands will be put to work in a few days constructing the Una, and that the cars will be running in about three months. The annual meeting of Cabarrus Camp 212U. C. V. was held here last Tuesday. The weather was fine, and a large number of veter ans were present. After the rou tine business had been transacted thu veterans were invited out to the court house yard where water melons was served to them. John D. Barrier, the historian for the year, read an excellent paper, re- erring to the members of the camp who had died since the last meeting. Blackberries in Surry County. An Erwm dispatch says of the recent blackberry crop in that section : "The blackberry seems to have oome into its own. From figures which obtain from the Elkin Can ning Company at the A. F. Mes sick Company's purchaser we es timate that the blackberries brought here during the season will amount to about 11,000 bush els. The ? price paid for. these berries is 75 cents per bushel. The armers around Elkin then receive for their blackberries the neat sum of about $8,250. Surely, then. the blakberry briar is not to be despised and sworn at as formerly. It was formerly considered a cum- brance of the soil by the farmers and it was literally a thorn in the flesh of the farmers' son, who was sent out with a hoe to clean no the fence corners and the paths. But now it has come to be one of the most profitable by-products on he farm. It requires no cultiva tion to grew the crop and the ber ries ripen about the time crops are laid by. The principal part of the crop is gathered by the 25th of July. For the farmers around $8,000 is not at all bad for a pro duct that until the last few years waB allowed to go to waste." August time, tells on the nerves. But that spiritless, no ambition feeiing can be easily and quickly altered by taking what is known to druggists everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Restorative. Within forty-eight hours after begin ning to use the Restorative, im provement will be noticed. Of course, full health will not im mediately return. The gain, however, will surely follow. And best of all, you will realize and feel stength and ambition as it is returning. Outside influ ences depress first the "inside nerves" then the stomach, Heart, and Kidneys will usually fail. Strengthen these failing nerves with Dr. Shoop's Restorative and see how quickly health will be yours again. Sold by Cornelison & Coook. ' I m.

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