THE CAROLINA VATCHMAtr
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS.
The tpmstrel trt upe "composed
of the 4th 1 Company Artillery
were to successful and encouraged
in the ih wi giveu in Salisbury
and Albemarle that they will pre
sent the grow in other ueai by
towns. They are advertising Con
cord this week and will on Friday
night give performance there,
aud, it is likely, they will pay
Lexington a visit iu the near fu
ture, A. D Carry, who has been man
ager of. the Heins, McPherson
Drag Co., since its organization,
has purchased the Interest of E .
C Heiua in the store nd will con
tinue to deii out physio to his
friends in Satsbu?y.
Acoo'diug to programme Grand
Patriarch Gilmore W. Bryant, of
Durham,; and Grand Scribe, R A
Ramsay, f Charlotte, met with
Rowan Encampment No. 84, 1: O.
O. F., in Cordon lodge room, on
Friday night, in a big jollification
meeting. A big crowd was pres
ent and enjoyed one of the big
gest nights in the history or'the
encampment.
Judg J L. Wbh headed a del
egationa,of gntlm n from Shel
by who came to Salisbury on Sat
urday to iuBpect the Baptist
church, recent. y completed here,
with a view of getting ideas to le
usd in the nuildiiv of a nnw $85,
000 Baptist church at Shelby.
Saleebj, the bustling candy and
fruit man, has added to his al
ready large business a very -.large
and hands ine soda fountain, aud
will, in a few days be prepared to
dole out to thb thirsty whatever
fancy and cooling leverage they
may desire.
We are pleased to learn that W.
R. Cox, the 1 popular grocer of
N, rth Main stre t who made an
assignment of his stock about 10
days ago, hai midu satisfactory
arfaugements to continue his bus
iness at the same place.
Several parties - left Sunday
morning for New Orleans to take
in the Ma.rdi Gras in that city.
The U S. Department of Agri
culturo has established a Weather
Bureau station here witb C. C
Adams & Co,, as managers. Re
ports will be received daily at
10:30 a. m., and signals will -be
displayed on a flag pole over the
Peoples Bank, corner Main and
Fisher streets.
Sixty-one applicants for jobs as
census .enumerator in Rowan
county stood the examinations
hereon Saturday. These papers
will be forwarded to Dr. J. I.
Campbell, census supervisor at
Norwood, who will announce the
successful applicants as soon as
the papers can begone over.
G. O. Duncan, a jeweler ana
irmef resident of Kannapolis,
has been arrestnd charged with
complicity in the robberies of the
express and freight' offices at that
point. f r which J. N. Cater wae
convicted in the Superior court
last week and given a four year's
term in the state penitentiary. It
is claimed that Cater Btole the
goods and Duncan disposed of
them. T. C. LT"un, Esq , locaj
counsel for the Southern Railway
will 6 to Concord Thursday to
prosecute Duncan .
D R Beard, of Statesville, is
in the city on a visit to his daugh
ters, Mrs. J. Rovau DavL, Mrs.
Archie and Mrs C. J. Norman".
Engineer A. H. Pool, who has
been confined to his home for
some weeks, is still quite ill.
Dr. S. A Dodds is at the White- j
lw ad-Stokes Sanitarium, being af-j
flicted witH blood poison. ?He bad
a finger amputated and it U fear-1
ed the disease has not, yet been
arrested pd. r
H. J Overman of this city,
has been appointed as special
agent in the census department
and his work will be withthe
manufacturing industries in his
district, which comprises the
counties of Rowan, Cabarrus,
Stanly, Davidson, Randolph, and
Guilford. He will have two men
uuior him ro be known as class 2.
Que of these will beWm. J. Wed
dington, of. Concord, whose head
quarters wil be High Point. The
other will be located with head
quarters at Randleman, while Mr.
Overman will be located . in Salis
bury. A government representa
tive is now here making arrange--ments
to inaugurate the work.
The Dlant of the Dixie Novelty
Company was sold at the Court
house door at noon on Monday by
J.: G. Heihg, reoeiver, and was
bought by T. H. Vanderford, Sr.,
for $5000, which was less than
half the cost of the plant. The
sale was left open for a 10 per
cent bid.' If Mr. Vanderford se
cures the property he stales that
he will take immediate steps look
ing to starting up the business
at an early day.
C. E. Dayvault, of Plant City,
Fla. , was iu China Grove last
Wednesday and Thursday. Mr.
Day vault has ben visiting aV his
old home at Glass to see his father,
John Dayvault, who has bean
quite sick.
Francis L. Yost, of China
Grove, is critically ill ah this
writing with aTTtrte indigestion.
His mauy friends are wishiug him
a speedy recovery.
OLD
SHOES!
Have you any
Wear them to REID'S, buy a new pair and they will
pay you for your old ones.
If you buy shoes worth from $1.00 to 1.50 we will al
low you 25c for your old ones.
If .you buy ihoes worth from $1.50 to 2.50 we will al
low you 40c for yonr old shoes..
If the price of the new shoes istfrom $2.50 to 4. 00 you
get 50c for your old ones.
If you pay more than $4.00 for the new shoes we al
lowyou 75c for your old ones.
RErJEfi1BER you must wear the old shoss to our
store. You must pay cash for the shoes you buy
TWO PAIRS SHOES AND $2.00 TO BE GIVEN AWAY
To the men and the won-en wearing the worst look
ing and most worn out pair of shoes to our store and buy
ing others, we will refund the full cost of their shoes. - To
the man wearing the largest shoe to our store and buying
others we will give $2.00.
The judges of the most worn shoes will be:
Colonel Walter Murphy,
" O. W. Spencer,
" J. M. Julian.
This contest will last from Saturday, January 29th to
Saturday, February 12th, inclusive.
Bring your OLD SHOES to -
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When Editor. Pr Sossman, of
Cornelius, O.V jised his leg
badly; it started, an ugly sore
Many salves and ointments prov
ed worthless. ThnBocklen
Arnica Salve healed it . thorough
ly. Nothirig" is -so prompt and
sure for Ulcers, Pimples, Eczema
or Piles 25c at All Druggists.
Charlie Watkine, of China
Grovj, has bought ;f rom D. ;H.
Dillinger his interest in the Amer
ican Cafe and . will be associated
with W. D. Tolbert in conducting
the stand. Thy are bcth well
known young men and will do
their best to tickle the palate of
the public.
ARE
YOU
SLEEPY? NERVOUS ?
? TIRED ?
IT WILL WAKEN
UP YOUR LIVER
and start it working. Then
you can work, and enjoy it, too.
THE GENUINE has the RED Z on
the front of each package and the
signature and seal of J. H. ZE1UN
& CO., on the side, in RED.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
it1 emiiiiseii0
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tfflnaiini Amaflyses
The mere mixing of
materials to obtain analy
sis requires "ho special
knowledge. T h e value
of a fertilizer lies in the
source from which the
plant food is obtained.
Each ingredient in
Royster goods is selected
with a view of supplying
the plant from sprouting
until harvest. The plant
is not overf e d at one
time and starved at an
other. Twenty-five
years experience goes with
every bag.
TRADEMARK
ECISTERED-
Sold by reliable dealers throughout
the South.
F. S. Royster Guano Co.
NORFOLK, V A.
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We have sold a great many more goods than we an
ticipated during the last ten days, bat find that we still
have more goods on hand than we ought to haye this sea
son of the year, and, to clean our shelves of every article in
FMJL AM)
and make room for new spring stock, which will soon be
coming in, we have decided to continue
Our Great Clearing Sale For
Ten Days More.
We have gone through the stock and made deeper
cuts than ever, to make a certainty oi clearing the shelves
of all Fall stock in TEN DAYS.
- Yours to serve,
Winecon,
126 South nain St.
Salisbury,
North Carolina.
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