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7T rm ON yJNTERPR J JLJLJU VOL. XIX. NEWTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1898. NO. 52. .NEW JlK JQ i' i i i ft f! BLADDER TROUBLES. The bladder was created for one par. pone, camely a receptacle for the urine, and an such it is not liable to any form of disease except by one of two ways. The first way is from imperfect action ol the kidneys. The second way is from careless local treatment of other dis eases. AHPLE SEXT FREE. Uuhenlthy urine from unhealthy kid neys is the chief cause of bladder trou bles. It is comforting to know that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root fulfills every wish In quickly curing bladder and urinary troubles. It corrects inability to hold urine and scalding or stinging pain in passing it, or bad efforts following use of liquors, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being com pelled to get up many times during the aight to urinate. The mild and extra ordinary tff-ct cfDr- Kilmer's Swamp Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its cures of the most distress ing r ises. If you need a medicine you should have the best. At Druggist fifty cents anil dollar. You may have a sample hot lit and pamphlet, both sent free by mail. Mention Estekprise and end your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., BinglMmton. N. Y. The proprietor of this pper guarantee the genuineness of this offer. J. E. THORNTON, Keeps constantly on hand all sizes of wood coffins. Also a vari ety of burial robes. NEWTON, N. C. i J. R. CAMPBELL, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, NEWTON, N. C. Offers his professional services to the people o: Newton and Catawba County. J. B. LITTLE, RESIDEUT CENTBT. NEWTON, N. C. JSTOfKe in Yo'int & Sbrnm's Building. A. P. LYNCH, ATTOIl X EY-AT-LA.W. NEWTON, - - - - N. C. Speciil . irentinn Given to all kinds of t'oli.-ti.u.s. Orhee in iount & Shram buiidiug up stairs. W. 13. GAITHER, ATTCRNEY-AT-LAW, NEWTON, - - - N. C. TOffice over Shuford's Bank building. m.a7 newland, ATTOUXEY-AT-LAW, NEWTON, - N. r. Ora:e in Shsford's Baik Bnilding. GEO. H. WEST, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, NEWTOX, N. C. Offers hi professional services to the citizens of Newton and Catawba coooty. JSrOrHce at Residence. J. C. WHITESIDE, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, NEWTON, N. C. Offers his Professional serrices to ths people of Newton and the public general ly feeling grnts-ful for a very liberal pat- roimg!' in the past, hopes to merit aeon tinuunce of the same. Special attention tnven to diseases of women and children. ((Kir-p nt r"id"nfe. Ernest L. Moore, YmM Earlier and Eair Eresser NEWTON, N. C. He keeps a First class Tonsorial Parlor whre you will always find clean towels and tharp razors, and a polite and ot- ten t i ve oarber, Every one coming to Newton desiring any thing in the Tonsorial Art will be phased lifter they call on me, for 1 always pionse all my customer. Beardlrss English Itarrlsters. Very few members of the British bar wear beards. Lord Justice Ropes, Sir John Itlgby and Sir Francis Jeune are among the few who violate the le gal traditions of Great Britain by per mittlng themselves to appear other wise than smoothly 6baven. ill .Diseases. For the Fpeedy and permanent cure of tetter, Fait rheum and eczema, Cham berlain's Eye and SJrin Ointment is without an equal. It relieves the itch ing and smarting almost instantly and it3 continued tire -Meets a permanent cure. It iilso cures itch, barber's itch, scald head, Fore nipples, itching piles, chapped bands, chronic sore eyes and granulated lid3. Pr. CaZy'a Condition Powder3 foi hordes are the best tonic, blood purifiei and vermifuge. Price, 23 cents. Sold by -Madam," said a young lady to her preceptress at boarding school, "Mr. Bellfair has come to take me out to drive. May I go, madam?" "Yon know, miss, that our rules do not allow It. unless vou are engaged. Are you en gaged to Mr. Bellfalrr "N-no; not exactly; but if you let me go, I shall be by the tlrne we get back." Backlen'a Arnica Salve. The Best Salye in the world for cnts r'ruises, Sorses, Ulcers, Salt Ehenm, fever Sores, Tetter, chapped Hands, chilblains, cores, and all Skin Erna ti.me, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guarnteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refund ed. Price 25 cents per. box. For Sale By T, Ik AbeiBetfu. PRC EARS Some Items Copied by Rev. R. P. Smith From an Old BUNCOMBE CO. ACCOUNT BOOK. In the Old Times It Took a Week's Work to Buy a Bushel of Salt-How Do You Like the Times Now? The G astonia (N. C. ) Gazet te, of a recent date, says: People talk of the good old days of long ago when times were bet ter and money wasn't tight. How would yon like to have a dose of old times as they are indicated in the pricos copied below from aa old account book kept S)9 years ago in Buncombe county, X. C. Having an opportunity recently, Eev. R. P. Smith copied some items from such a bcok in kind remembrance of his home paper. The old book is now owned by Mr. S. W. Davidson, cf Swannanoa Valley, Buncombe county. l migut nave been kept by a black smith who ran a store or by a merchant, who also ran a smithy. Here are toaie items copied under date of March, 17US nearly 100 Tears asro: DEBITS. To 16 pounds sugar. ...... To 2 bushels salt ...$4, 00 ... 3 0D , . . 7o .. CO 50 ... CO . . 37 i . . . 1 00 ... 2 00 To 1 gallon whiskey. ...... lo l iron wedge To laying plow To 1 pair shoe soles To one-half yard musliu To 1 pound powder To 10 ponnda of nails To 1 quire paper To 15 pounds sugar and G pounds coliee CBEDIT3. By 3 days' work $1 37 By 1 bushel corn 50" By 79 pound3beef at 3 cts 2 37 By 1 week's work 3 00 Bee that 16 pon.ids of stijrar for S4.00V And a bushel of salt for SI.. 0? How do yon like it? The rrice of muslin was out o sight none wa3 then manufac tured ia this country, perhaps all im ported. Powder at" a dollar a pound was too high to burn at Christmas. At 20 cents n pound people couldn't afford to hit many nails on the head. And people must have had something im portant to write and wanted to write it mighty bad when they paid 37 cents a quire for paper. In other items the con trast with today is not 6o mark ed, but in the old times when it took a week's work to buv a bushel of fp.lt the contrast is strousr enough to made a body faint. He who ia thoe days could earn the salt that went in wis bread ought not to have been counted a lazy fellow. VICTIMS OF Til F TORNADO. 43 People Killed at Fort Smith150 Houses Blown Down. The latest from Fort Smith, Ark., shows a total of forty-three lives lost in the tornado which swept through that city. Not less than seventy others are injured, a large number of whom are seiionsly hnrt, and several are ex; ected to die. The full extent of the storm may bo comprehended from the fact tbat thirty-five miles northeast of the city a quantity of tin roof from Garri son avenue building was found. Ladies of the city are at work distri buting food and clothing to the needy. The relief committee, composed of the prominent business men rind difficulty in housinc the sufier2rs. One hundred and fifty buildings were demolished. Memphis, St. Louis, Kansas, Little Bock, and other cities have wired readi ness to lend aid if necessary. A census of the dead, injured and property loss is being taken. The number of dead will not exceed fifty. Organized War on Hanna. A Columbus, O., special of the 13th say 8: Leaders on both sides are still here, preparing for another fight. The opposition to Hanna was defeated in his election, but it proposes to fight now against his being seated for the long term. His enemies say they have not the time to interfere on the short term, but they will press the bribery charges, as such charges were pressed on Henry B. Payne, fourteen years ago, to the United States Senate. Subpoenas have been issued for Senator Hanna, Major Dick, W. D. Hollenbeck. H. H. Eovce and others to appear before the Senate committee. Libel suits have been brought against several Eepnbl.-can pa pers for damages in connection with tho bribery charges, notably one by T. C. Campbell, for 3100,000 against the Ohio State Journal. Mississippi for Intervention in Cuba. The Mississippi Legislature adopted unanimously a rousing Cuban resolu tion offered by Senator Hardy. After reciting the fact that 90,00) persons have been starved to death in the province of Santa Clara since January last, and that it is the policy of Spain to exterminate the "Queen of the An tilles," it demands that the United States government shall at ouce inter vene, "peaceably if it can, forcibly if it must," Reduced the Bill. The supervisors of Queen's county, (N. Y.l struck the items of $3G. 15 for wine, $328. 40 for cigars and S-".2.40 for billiards from the hotel bill of the Thorn jurors. The net sum of the bill was reduced from $2,049 to $U04. Killed His Sweetheart and Himself. At Hnrlock, Dorchester, Md., a negro named Coleman shot and killed , his sweetheart, a girl named Matthews, and badly wounded her companion, ! mvaj1 Unvnaa ( r rv o rt lion TVAnr. ! home and killed himself. Jealousy was the cause. More Legislation. The PostofBce Department will re commend to Cong; e ;s legislation pro viding that postoffice clerks be required to give bond to the government and not to the postmaster. $20,000 From Chinese Government. The United States consul at Shang hai, China, has cabled the State Det nartment that A. C. Jones, who was until recently United States consul at 1 Chinkiang, is dead. He was appointed to this p'ace from Virginia in 18?'.'. ir. Jones was in the Sou. hern army 1 lu'ing the late war, and was also with ! jiximillian in his Mexican campaign, j Mr. Jones was in charge of the con ; palate at Chinkiang when it was looted I bv a Chinese mob, and in compensation ' rlr his iniuries received from the Chinese government an indemnity of I 3,000. , CCTTING WAGES. Lower Kates to Prevail In Cotton Mill of Six States. The operatives in over half ahundred cotton mills in New England States ceased to be paid under the old sched ule of prices on tho lcth. On Monday morning, the 17tb, the general policy of the manufacturers to reduce wages went into effect in nearly every mill centre in the six States. 'Ihe reduction becomes operative in tho cotton mills of New Bedford, Lowell, the Pawtncket and Blackstone Valley in Khode Island, and in the States of Maine and New Hampshire. Ihe Pall Biver mills with the excep tion of three corporatiens, cut wages in the month, as did also the Amoskeag Company, of Manchester, and the mills in Saleui and a number of smaller places. Notices were posted in tho cotton mills of the Atlantic & Pacific corpora tions at Lawrence, Mass., annonncinsr that on and after Jan. 31, a reduction of 10 per cent will be made in the em ployees, 'ihe Pacific corporations em ploy about r,oU0 hands and the Atlan tic about 1,200. It is thought the op eratives will accept the reduction, as tho strike of about two years ago was unsuccessful. Ihe Lawrence Mills are tho last in New England to join in the general movement. Tho Everett, Pemberton and Washington Cotton Mills here have not as yet announced a reduction, but it is generally believed that they will do so soon. A specitl from Pawtncket, E. I., says: In tho Blackstone Valley, 7,000 mill operatives will work at reduced waires. Tne reduction is announced at from 10 per cent to 1 1 1 0 per cent. Ihe opera tives say that in some instances the re duction is more than a unouueed. The mill bauds are virrorou ly protesting, hut they have thus far decided to con tinue at work. GENERA ROOT II'S VISIT To This Country fs to Further His Schemes to Ie:i-f!t the Poor. General William Booth, the head of tho Salvation Army, reached New York on the loth, on board the steamer St. Taul, from Southampton. The general was met down the bay Commander Booth-Tucker. On the pier a large delegation of headquarters Salvationists were awaiting their chief. Geue:al Booth was given a warm reception. He stopped at Commander Eooth Tr.cker's house ia Fordliam, where he remained a few days before he left for Canada, where he was met by his daughter, Miss Eva Booth, who is in charge of tho army there. He w.ll re main three weeks in Canada, inspect ing the work of the nriny, asd wdl then return to the United States. He will begin his American tour oa February lUth, in Washington. 'General Booth's idea is not alone to look over the work aiul progress of the Salvation Army in the United States and Canada, but in traveling through these countries he will corfer wish a number of citizens of the leading cities concerning bis schemes for the ass;.-t-anceoftho poor. General Booth will iusi ect and suggest improvement in the social institutions wc have established in thi3 country, which now have ac commodation for 4,0'OJ persons." FH03I TllK SIXTEKNIH FLOOR. Alfred Crecnleaf's Leap From the Chicago .Masonic Temple. At Chicago Alfred C. Greenleaf, a bookkeeper committed suicide by jumping from the sixteenth floor of the Masonic Temple. Greenleaf had been out of employment for some time anil becoming despondent decided to make away with himself. His first attempt wa3 made in the Chamber of Commerce building, where he wan caught in the act of jumping over the railing from tlie twelfth lloor to the rotunda, and ejected from the bniid.ng. Greenleaf then went to the Mafonic Temple, ascended to the sixteenth fioor, climbed upon the railing and jumped oft into the rotunda, lli.4 body struck a marble landing on the third floor, shattered a slab two inches thick and la-udcd on tho balcony of the second floor. The body was reduced to a mero pulp. Greenleafs fall was witnessed by a score of people in the rotunda. Striking Kiiiicers Ive Up. Loudon, (By Cable) The engineers and allied trade unionists, now on strike at Glasgow have decided to abandon the struggle and give notice of their decision to thesecie if the Federated Employers. Empl . heid a meeting at Manchester and flifowed the lockout notices recently issued to lapse. The Walls Collapsed. At Ealtimore, Md., the walls of two houses being erected on Twenty-second street fell and seven men were injured, two probably fatally. OBm The Cuban Relief Movement. A letter from Stephen E. Bartin, of the Central Cuban relief committee of the State Department at Washington, D. C, says that the committee is re ceiving communications from Govern ors throughout the country, all indicat ing a satisfactory response to tho ap peals cf the Department of State, and the committee. Cold Blooded Murder. At a negro fair, near Palmira, Va. , Phillip Gaines colored, shot and in" stantly killed George Green, also col ored. The murder was a cold-blooded one. Gaines escaped. A Triple ?Iurderer Hanged. Archey Lackey, colored, the triple murderer, was hanged at King and Queen courthouse, Virginia, on the 14h. There was a large crowd at the court house, and the sheriff and his deputies had to produce pistols to pre vent some of those present from forc ing their way into the enclosure around the scaffold. Football Game Receipts. Princeton and Yale each got $12, 382.71 as their pro rata share of the re ceipts of the last Princeton-Yale foot ball game. "otcs From Washington. Tt is rrcrosecl to require mates of in land steamers to bo licensed. The Canadian government will tax all miners' supplies not purchased in Canada. The postoffice receipts last month j fjllOWeU an luvieuao uii." .--. cember, lS.'j'J. vn Tcnrships will bo sent to Havanna jit present to protect American liitir it as General Lee has inred tha State Department that there is no cause , for apprehension- IllflijilfillSS Many People Killed in the Storm at Fort Smith. PEOPLE BURIED IN THE RUIKS. Tlie Mansion Where Albert Pike L.ivcd Demolished Churches Ke duced to Kindling Wood. A special! from Fort Smith, Ark. , of the 12th, says: Two score of human lives and upwards of $1,000,000 worth of property were destroyed by a torna do which burst upon this city a few minutes past 11 o'clock last night. The storm struck near the National ceme tery, and tore its way through the en tire city, leaving its path marked by death and desolation. Men, women, end children were awakened without a moment's warning to meet death by falling walls, or in the flames which engulfed many of the wrecked build" ings. The scene following the first terrific crash of the storm was one of awful grandeur. Business blocks, handsome mansions, hotels and humble cottages were razed and scattered ia shapeless masses. Sevtral of the wrecks caught lire and the iurlammable timbers burn ed furiousiy. Ihe city wits crowded with rural visitors, many of whom were sleeping at boarding houses and unregistered. For this reason the num ber of victims who perished ia Fort Smith last night, may never be defi nitely known. The tornado struck Gar rison avenue, at the corner of Ninth street, and made a clean sweep from there to the Texas corner. The ruins caught fire from the night lamps. Seven bodies were taken from these ruins. The Burgess Hotel, three story brick, on Townseau avenue, was demolished. Thero havj been eight bodies already taken from the inms. lie?cue parties are still at work at both places and expect to find several more bodies. George Carter's house was one of the first struck. It was turned com pletely over and is now supported on its roof. A half rane of glass was driven through Carter's body, almost severing t le head from the trunk. M. W. Buriv's foundry was demolished. The beauti ful National cemetery is a wreck. Fort Smith's SoO.OCU hi?h 6chool building was badly wrecked. It was one of the few buildings upon which there was tornado insurance. The tornado destroyed two historic tnildings. Judge Parker's residence is badly wrecked and the old rector man sion, where Albert Pike pa-seil his days, is a pile of ashes, the ruins hay iug caught fire frcm a lamp. The i irst Baptist Church and the Ceutial Meth odist Church were razed and are now only a scattered pile of kinlding wood. Ihe Church cf the Immaculate Concep tion and Brownscombe Memorial Church lost their spires and sustained other damage. The storm struck the city near the National cemetery anil swept throughout the heart of the town. Leaving Fort Smith it bounded for Van Bnreu and continued to the river, demolishing everything in its path. News from outside points is not yet at hand, but rumors of great dam age have reached here, it being re ported that a number cf persons were killed. It is now thought all the pet-sons in the wrecked buildings have been ac counted for. Thejcitizens relief corn mi. tee has $10,000 in hand for assisting suffers. President Bobinson, of the Frisco Bailroad,. unsolicited sent his check for Sl.tM). The Missouri I acific Eailroad also sent 31, 000. Business is practically abaudoned all over the city, and meu of all classes are assisting in clearing the debris. News from Crawford county says Ihe storm left nothing but death and deso lation in its path. It estimated that 100 head of cattle and horses were kiil -ed. At Fatmington several buildings were demolished and a number of per sons injured. Demolished by an Kartifquake. The Hague (By Cable) An official dispatch from Batavia announces that the capital of Amboyna, one of the Mo lucias Islands, has been completely de molished by an earthqnake. Fifty per sons were killed nd uO injured. The correspondent of the London Standard, at the Hague, says a private dispatch received there asserts that :!00 persons were killed by tho earthquake in Am- bo;. na. Coach Falls Through a Bridge. A day coach on westbound train No. 30, of the Western of Alabama rail road, went through Cubahatchie bridge, 21 miles east of Montgomery, Ala. Two persons, the conductor and flagman, were seriously injured, and eighteen passengers received bruises or other injuries, none of which are serious. Crazed by Her Son's Crime. Mrs. Christina Gentry, the mother of James G. Gentry the actor who two rears ago shot and killed his sweetheart, Madge Y'ork, in Philadelphia, and is now serving a life term for his crime, died at Eichmond, Va. Mrs. Gentry was CO years old and enjoyed good health np to the time of the awful crime of her only son. This crazed her with grief, and she had been sinking stead ily since. Bank President Assassinated. At Butte, Mont., P. A. Largely, president of the State Savings Bank, was shot and killed in his office. Ihe tragedy seems to be the outcome of liti gation resulting from the explosion, which occurred three vears ago. North Carolina Railroads. The report of the North Carolina rail way commission shows that the At lantic Coast Line has 725 miles in North Carolin, value 86,484,000; value of roll ing stock 827,000, other property 192, 000. The Seaboard Air Line has 670 miles, val ueS-5, 079, COO ;rolling stock S443 000 other property $110,000. Miscella neous roads have 1,220 miles value $5, 038,407, rolling stock SWU9.000, other property 163,000. he Southern Bail way has 1,100 miles, valne $8,091,000; rolling stock $1,097,000, other property $164,000. Pithy Paragraphs, The 'wife of Eugene Lee, ai Ennis, Texas, was found murdered in bed, and her husband has bean arrested. Miss Helen Gould, of New Tort, has given a scholarship of $3000 to Mount Holyoke College in memory of her mother, Mrs. Jay Gould. A bill has been introduced in Ihe New York Senate, transferring 3 per cant, of the money raised cn the liquor 1 1 to the teachers' pension fund. "Eutch" Bradley, an escaped con- J yiet irom jasnviue, ienn., atimuteu j the officers who re-arreskTd him that h bribed prison officials to secure hu release. . . - A TEMPLE LIKE SOLOMON'S. It is to be Ercrtcd on Cayuga Island at the Pu-American Exposition. 8. A. Perkins, private secretary to Senator Mark Hanna, was in Buffalo. If. Y., a few days since interviewing the directors of the Pan-American Ex position. It developed that Mr. Per kins' visit had to do with the impor tant conclave of Masons. The man agers of tho exposition have already considered the scheme, and the ar rangements are practically perfected. It is intended to erect on" the exposi tion grounds on Cayuga Island a tem ple on lines corresponding to the Bibli cal description of King Solomon's tem ple. Every bine lodge, consistory, chapter and commaudery, from Maine to California aud from tlie Bio Grande to Cape Horn, is to be invited to partic ipate in the conclave. A?J INDEMNITY FOR MKXICO. President Rre&.amends Paying $2, 009 lo the Heirs of Louis 3Iorena. President McTCinley has sent to the Senate a message wiih a report from the Secretary of State relating to the lynching, in 1SJ3, at Yreka, CoL, of Louis Morena, a Mexican citizen, and the demand of the Mexican government for indemnity. The President says: "Following the course adopted in the case of the lynching of the three Ital ians in Louisiana, in August, lS'Jt), I have recommended the appropriation by Congress, out of humane considera tions aud without reference to the quest on of liability of the government of the United States in the premises, of tue sum of S2.00 J to be raid by the Secretary of State to the government of Mexico to be distributed among the heirs of Louis Morena." STANLY COUNTY ENJOINED. Simonion Allows an Injunction That Blocks Repudiation Temporarily. In tho United States Circuit Court at Charleston, S. C, Judge Simonion granted Chailes Friee, counsel for Color & Co. , bankers of New York, aa injunction in the Stanly county, X. C. , bond suit. The injunction will for the present at least put an end to the repudiation of bonds issued by Stanly and other counties for railroad-buLding purposes. The casa has already been before the Supreme Court of North Caro.ina and has attracted much attention all over the State. Sworn to Kf ep the Peace. A special from Richmond, Va., says: The caso of Gen. George J. Hundley, of Amelia, and Capt. John Cussons, of Glen Allen, who were arrested some weeks ago, charged with being about to engage in a duel, was disposed of ia the police court here oa the lcth by tho placing of both geutlemeu under bonds of 31,uu0 each to keep the peace for twelve months. I heir arrest grew out of a corresi ondence between the two gentlemen, consequent upon investigation or the case of Coiouel Stubbs, srrand commander cf the Grand Cam ! of Confederate Veteraus of Vir ginia. Sergeant LL N. Thomas and Col. John Murphy went oa Col. Cus soa's boud, and Air. Geo. C. Jefferson, Col. John Murphy and Senator V E. Foster, cf Norfolk, appeared as secur ities lor General Hundley. The Bribery Investigation. The Ohio Legislature has begun the bribery investigation against Marcus A. Hanna made by Eepresentative Otis during the lecent senatorial contest, ihe proprietors of the Xeiil House will be asked as to who paid the hotel bills of certain legislators, and the managers o the telegraph companies wili be summoueth i he investigation will drag along for some time. As the Senate stands TJ to 17 against Hanna, with Senator Burke voting with the Demo crats, it is quite piobable that there Aviil be some report adopted in the body to transmit to the United Mates Senate. In the House the vote is .". to S3 the other way, and the House investigation committee may do little more than look on at the Senate investigation. Americans Lost Heavily. United States Minister Powell re ports to the Stpte Department from Port an Prince that American residents suffered very heavily from the recent lire which destroyed S'OJ houses in Port au Prince, rendering homeless more thin 2.01.0 people and eutailini; a loss of more than a million dollars. Many cf the largest American commercial honses were located in the burned section. Father of British House Dead. Charles Pelham Yil'.iers, Member of Parliament from South Wolverhampton, and known as the "Father of the House of Commons," having sit continuously in the House of Commons since liS'd-j, is dead. School Fund Apportionment. Georgia's school commissioner has finished the compilation of the appor tionment of the school fund for the several counties in tie State for the year 18i)S. The total amount appor tioned is l,!i.i2..cSl. The school popu lation of the State is put down at t04, 971. The rate per capita under appor tionment for 18l8 is 2.159 an increase of 77 cents rer capita over the present yeart when it was $1.92. To Pay Boads in Silver. The Teller resolution providing that Londsof the United States maybe paid in standard silver dollars has been fav orably reported by a majority of the finance ccimnittee of the L'nited States Senate nird notice given that it would be called up at an early date. Death of Co?. O. M. Buffalo. f CoL Joseph G. M. Buffalo died at his residence in New York, aged 76 years. He was born at Baleigh. N. C, and served on the staff of Gen. Chalmers, of the Southern army. After the war he moved to New Y'ork as the rep re sentative of ihe Memphis & Charleston Railroad. For the past tmrtyyears h has been connected with the Norfolk & "Western Eailroad and the Virginia, Tennessee. & Georgia Air Line. Busy Cjlton Mills. A Baleigh (N. C ) dispatch, says the cotton mills of the State are ail as busy as can be. More than 50 per cent of them are running on double time, to keep nj with their orders. It is also j announced that 40 percent cf the mills ; of South Caroliua are running on extra ' time, and a large number cf them oa ' double time. In each State the ! Christmas holidays was short. To Increase the Kuglish Army. ' It is asserted that the government has decided to ask Parliament to sanction ; an increase tha army by 13,000 men. 1 1 c A Discovery That Will Prove a Boon to the Farmer. ANTI -T0XINE SERUM THE Talisman-The Serum Saved S2.S Per Cent., and at a Nominal Cost of Only 10 Cents a Head. Th6 chief of the bureau of animal in dustry, Dr. D. E. Salmon, at Washing ton, has submitted to Secretary Wilson a report upon the experiments made ia the treatment of hogs for hog cholera with anti-toxine serum. This serum is made upon the same principle aa the anti-toxine of diphtheria. Good serum has been obtained from both horses and cattle, a horse or cow beiug treated with the hog cholera virus ia small quantities at first, with large doses af ter suitable intervals of time. The re sistance of the animal is thus raised to the highest practicable point The blood of such an animal wuen injected under the skin of swine has been found to pssess uotn a preventive ana a cure for cholera. Tus cernm was first tested upon small animals in the laboratory and being found efficacious, was last fail tested in Page county, Iowa, on sev erl herds of swine containing alto gether 2,8 animals. Leaving out one herd, frcm which definite returns as to cause of death could not be obtained, only 35) died out of 244 animals of vh:ch 8t were sick. Consequently 82.8 per cent of the animals in these herds were saved. Of untreated herds kept under observation during the period re ferred to about 8u ier cenc of the ani mals died. Dr. Salmon believes that with experience a better quality of se rr. m can be prepared and he has doubt that this percentage can be maintained htreaftcr. interring to this report Secretary Wnson remarked that undoubtedly the results reported by Dr. Salmon were most encouraging to hog raisers. The cost cf the serum now, said the secre tary, is but 10 cents per head of ani mals treated, only one dozen being re quired, and doubtless m conrte of time this li-ht cost may still be further re- u need. "It is my opinion," said the secret iry ''that it is of the utmost importance that this serum for the next year at least be made by the bureau, under cur own supervision, and distributed ia large quantities in order to demon strate its efficiency upon a more ex tended scale. It is absolutely essential that during the experimental stage serum of undoubted quantity be used. Uniess the hog growers can obtain it from '.his department they will be forced to depend upon what can be ob tained from private sources, and owing to the novelty of this product, not only wili discouragmgly exorbitant prices be charged for it, but in many c.ies inferior products may be offered. This would preclude the possibility of mak ing a satisfactory test on a widely ex tended scale. "I propose to ask congress to provide an appropriation necessary to enable this department to furnish 2,tHX!,00t dozens of serum during the next year, and to make a considerab'e portion cf the appropriation immediately availa ble. It seems from Dr. Salmon's re port that it takes three or fear months to put a horse or cow in condition to supply tue serum; consequently tne work tipou an extended scale must be undertaken at once. "The losses from hog cholera are so enormons and have weighed so heavily ior years upon our farmers that I can not imagine that Congress will for a moment make the appropriations ne cessary to carry on this woik thor oughly. Indeed apart from the great stake the farmers have in this matter, to refuse to provide for a thorough test of this remedy now would be, indeed, penaywise aud pound foolish; for the direovery of this sernm has involved already many years of work aud a very large sum of money. It would be a great mistake, now that so great a dis covery seems to have been made, not to finish the work by giving it a thorough and extensive test. STOXKD l5Y STRIKERS. Superintendent of a New Bedford 31111 Roughly Handled. At New Feoford, Mass., strikers have become disorderly. Superintendent Knowles, of the Asushuet Mill, was sioned by a crowd of nearly a thousand strikers. He is one of the most un popular men in New Eedford. He made speech at the Gate Mill aud tried to persuade some strikers to return to work, when he was ronghly handled by the men. A-ut fifty men, mostly French and Polish, attempted to resume work, but were prevented by strikers, who are m an ansrry mood. Serious trouble is anticipated. Petitioned tie Postmaster-Genera?, The South Carolina Presbyterian synod has petitioned the pestmaster general remonstrating against the opening of postoffices on Sunday and against Snnday transportation of mails. The grievmce was submitted through Senator McLaurin. Killed Hlmselt, Wife and Children. John Matthews, a retail grocer in New York, murdered his wife and their two children, a boy 19 years old and a girl 12, by hacking them to death with a hatchet. Matthews then committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. Relief Expedition Not Abandoned. Acting Secretary Meiklejohn, of the War Department, pronounces to be ab solutely untrue the statement coming ! from Portland Ore., that the relief ex pedition to the Elondyke has been abandoned by the Government, Cotton for the Orient. e ' . . . - .tton W- t Tacoma, Wash., for shipment to China and Japan on the steamers of the North ern Pacific line. To.Take a Referendum Vote. The national organization committee of the Populist party met in St Louis md decided to take a referen dum vole as to the time for hold ing the party's next national conven tion. Accidentally Shot Herself. At Washington Mrs. Lncile Lane, youngest daughter of ex-Senator Joe E'ackbnrn, of Kentucky, accidentally shot herself in her apartment at the Wellington hoteL She will probably recover. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Proceedings of Both tho Senate and House Day By Bay. THE SENATE. IGth D at. Senator Davis competed his speech in the executive session of the Senate on the Hawaiian treaty, and was followed by Senator Alien, of Ne braska, who spoke in opposition. Mr. Davis' speech was devoted largely to a presentation of the stategic features of annexation. He displayed a chart in front of the presiding officer's platform, shewing the location of Hawaii relative to this eountry and Asia. One of the points brought out with considerable elaboration was the probable effect on the Mearagnaa canal of the occupation cf the islands by tome foreign power. Chandler introduced a resolution re questing a list of the officers of the army be furnished the Senate. 17th Da?. In the Senate the pension appropriation bill was placed on the calendar. A resolution asking the President for information about the protection of Americans in Cuba, was read by Senator Cannon. The eulogies in" memory of the late Senator I sham G. Harris, of Tennessee, was postponed nntil after the election of a Senator by the Legislature of Tennessee. No great progress was made with the Hawaiian annexation treaty. ISih Dat. In the Senate Hoar, of Massachusetts, presented ihe following joint resolution, which was referred to committee on privileges aad elections: -iuatifce following .-.r:ielj be proposed to the L'lcisiatans r.f itie several St.ns as an auruilxent to lh constitution or the United ss;atr.-: Ihett-riuof o9U"w of the Presidn;t aad of lh' Fj fry-sixth Cousres shall continue u:ilil the 30-.h dy oi April, in the year 1901, at nn. Tlie Seuaiors wiios esVtl g term w iai-.t otherwise expire oa the 4tti day of Mareb. ia the year 1399 or thereafter, i-hall eoiitin'ie iu ofUi.tr until noon on the 30iU day f April suiveeJinir each expira'ion. arid the 30th iiay of April at bom shll t'-.ereaftr lie u' si.tatt il f. r the 4ih d:y or M irch, as the eo-iia euoeuit nt and tenniiiation of the offi cial term ol the Preside:!?. Vice Frei lent. Senators an ! erreeatitivAJ ia Congress.' " Nineteen bills on the pension calen dar was passed. Butier, of North Caro lina secured the passage of a joint reso lution for monuments to Nash and Da vidson, the cost of each to be cvK!t. Ihe eulogies upon tne late Senator Earle.of South Cnrolina. was postponed oa account of AlcLaariu's iiiuess, to some later day. Senate then adjourned until .Monday. 1"ttiLat. The feature of the pro ceedings ia the Senate were the speech ("eUvere.l by Senator oleoit. of Col- I orado, chairman cf ihe bi-metallic com mission, upca the negotiations of the commission with Eurorean countries relative to international bi-met&llism and the passage of tne Lodze bill re stricting immigration into the United States. Ihe proceedings were the most interesting and important that have characterized any sinsle day's work of the Senate during the present session. Senator Hanna appeared and was sworn iu for the remainder of 3Ir. Sherman" s term. 2' th Dat. Iu the Senate ITorgan made his second installment of his Hawaiian speech which lasted for about three hours, but stiil there's more to foiiow. THE HOUSE. ISthDat. The House discussed the urgent deficiency bill carrying 1.741,- H4:s. tine oi the items authorizing a further expend ture of 2o,0C0 for the Soldiers" Home at Danville, IiL, for which $ 1 30, two was appropriated in the hist sundry civil bili, was used by Mr. jJeArmoaif, of .Missouri. .Democrat, as a basis for a bitter rersonal attack upon Chairman Cannon, whose home is in Danvile. He charged the chairman of the appropriation com mittee of having used his iowers and position to .-ecure the location of the home at Danville. Sir. Cannon in re- i'y branded Mr. DeArmond as a com mon scoid, who would have been ducked under the town rump had he lived in the old days. He said he would stand or fall oa his record. The House, l y a vote of 123 to 74. sustained the ap- j ror riation. There was also a livel v de- late over the provision in the bill re quiring the owners of bullion hereafter to i ay the cost of transporting bullion from assayis-ts to mints. VJTix Dat. Ihe House completed the consideration ot the agricultural appro priation ia committee of the whole. There was the annual fisht over the question of free seed distribution to the laxmers, but the effort to strike out the api rop-riation of Si&KOJO failed as us ual. the majority against it be ing 136. One of the most ira- ptrtant amendments adopted pro vided for the inspection of hcr.;e meat for exoort purposes in the same way that the meat of cattle and ether ani mals is now mspeeletL Liiere was lively row over a motion to print an otaer edition ot tue lamous -iiorse Book" to cost Sln. Kh). Chairman Wadsworth aud members of the appro pi i.ition committee, resisted it, but U was carried over their heads by a nar row margin m committee of the whoie. A.Viliiams. of Mississippi, (Dem.) made an extended speech in favor of a postal savings bank system. 2'Jth Dir. The House spent most of the day filibustering against the claim f the 3Iethodist Tuollslilnir He-use. ?euih, at Nashville, Ten n., 3", 000 for The seizure and u?e of the property dur ing the war. It was agreed that 73,Cy copies of the "Houee ticok" Le printed. It was also agreed to have 4(,,00 copies of a map of Alaska printed, showing the most feasible routes to the gold fie'ds. Any del ate whatever on Cuba was side tracked altogether. 2lT pat. The House took rp the consideration of the army appropria tion bill. The bill. Chairman Hal!, cf the military committee, explained, carried ;?2 j,i 3-5. WX, or Sl,f.,73l less than the estimates, .?C6,74?j ia excess of the law for the current year. The increase in the pay of the army was due to tho fact that the army was nearer its maximum strength than heretofore. A new provision in ihe bill required the payment oi I troors ly the ravmater in prlson. ine general aerate oa tne bill w desultory, and was not confined to the subject matter dealt with by the Li". I. Mr. Henry, Democrat, of Texas, took occasion to denounce Secretary Gage's funding scheme. Mr. Terry, Democrat, of Arkansas, made some re maaks about the protective tarift, and Mr. Gaines, Democrat, of Tennessee, some on the claim cf the publishing house of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. 22i Day. Jn the House only three bills of local importance were passed The remainder of the session wa de voted to further consideration of the army appropriation LilL The debate was particularly cotabie for a vigorous speech by Mr. McCIellau, of New York, Democrat, a son of Geueral George 1.. McC'ellan, attacking the present army organization as obsolete and inefficient 23r Dat. Cuba had a hearing in the jone. De Armond, a Missouri Dea. raL le-1 a movement t break awa from tha rules and appealed frcm the ehairn? an s decree, but the chair was ius?ained. If the apreal had teen stis tsmc 1 it would have meant a inotioi o j teccczizc Cubp.n ceiijrerencv. for l'e .imon-.t Lad rered an amendment to ihe nd.ng.bi 1 to s:i! h au efiect. Etil- j ey, the Demociatie leader, reialorced Rcjal aiakas the toad pare, wholciuiue aad dci:r o. PS FOVDER Absolutely Puro the views of I?e Armoud ia a force Tr.! peech. There was great exoitv-meat and the galleries were tilled to ovt-r- tiowing; messengers were re-it to a'.i quartertsof the capitol to summon l!o- publicans who were a;.sent irosn t hall. It was evident that t: e e was te. r i-n the part of the Hone managers t':t the House might be carried otT Us ie on this first occasion of a test of senti ment toward Cuba. The armv i i. . t3 passed. Will Cut Telegraph Kates. The N. C. Failwav Commtssion w.H make every effort to have the te'.oavah rates in that ritate reduced at once, r.;-.i have given the Western Union noiicj that it will apply to Judge Simor.t. n c;i the 2-ith for an order suorteaii-g tLo time recently granted the company t-.t nie pleadings, ihe hearing w.. ia'-:c place at Charleston, b. C, on the -1- Snap -ihots The nnreat deficiency bill a? I; rr3sed the United States Senate, cur ries $v;icsu Jcserh Head, aced 4 year. burned to death, at AtLanU, di., while playing with fire. The anti-Jewish crusade c?n:i.:- menacing proportions in i ranee, aua the government is seiiously alarmed. Little prosrrrss is beia made bv t c joint convention of biir.aiuanons eosi operators ana muiers t vuitajj, m arranging a eca'e. The town of Argents in th? prcvinca ofFerrara. Northern itay, was sever ir shaken by an eartr.qake. A c-nnrrh av: fc number of ImiUsings were w:t; Lr. knd several persons injured. None we: a tilled. Senator Y. E. Sanfe.rd, tl.c i"- Konaire member of the C -liar. I'sr- iianient. wili erect a mau-eleum io cost $iu0,0J on Lake Ontario. At the Nicaragua canal convent? -n it Kansas City resolutions were a iopie 1 urging upon Congress the neceri-y cf legislation to secure the permacai construction of tne cana'. By May to 230 modern high rrwor guns are to oe guantmT tae -va.-ri.'-.s mid the Lower I!aT, New Y'ork. i n Long Island Sound, at Wil le a Fo;at and Fert Schuyler there are to be ! i:J more guns. OLDEST BRIOE AND GP.COT.t. Sir. and Mrs. Benjamin I - Hunt. InC- centlx Married at Waterto n. N. T. Hr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Hunr, c" Watertown, N. Y are the oldest bride and groom la America, Mr. II ant Leir.g S" and Mrs. Hunt being 01. Tty wer married recently at the home of th bride, who was Mrs. John A. Sherman. Mrs. Hunt's first husband died In li int. A3TD ira. ncTT. She Inherited from him a large fortune!. She and Mr. Hunt were friends fifty years ago, but he went to Western Nevr York to make his fortune, while s'ae remained la her native town. Mr. Hunt formerly lived at Croekport, N. T. His son, Daniel T. II ant. was for merly business manager of the Iloehe ter rost-Express, later was postmaster of that city and la now engaged la busi ness la Chicago. "I don't believe I finite unCer?:aT:3 rour contention, saul tue juace i t-ie bicyclist; "it seems thst the prisoner -3 i honse-mover; that Le was moving a small frame hone at the time ot tlia trouble; and that yen ran into te iiouse. l can i sfe v uas. "- - committed." -Cut. your fconor. pro tested the bicyclist, -I rang my oi when I was half a block away, sn I he paid no attention to it- Iuo:t jour- laL TASTELE fOli IS JUST AS COOD FOR ADU LTS. WARRANTED. P31GrOes, GiUTI. TLLS-, UST- X. Paris 3tBe- rvv.:. Loa;3.!l -. , icn'rxJ W6 ye-. - . - .5 GBOVTTS 'iASTELii-S CIIIl-E. T:?.:C r. r'T bonnJt ihm rniss mirrtly ts rrr. i.-. .--1 ' s fSTWTtr cf It ysis. in 13 C- ' tr rcs: i; .. oe a an--ie iSai gi itci ct.w.ri. i.-- TVUf XCT IT XtrfUS CT-ir. FIojffTiMpCK Ualnllfflw B G HI 1 LiLd M 1 i i
The Catawba County News (Newton, N.C.)
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Jan. 21, 1898, edition 1
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