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SHELBY AURORA.
job miNTiNG
or every i i.s im pt i o n
NEAUY. EXECUTED
EXTREMELY 'LOW PRICES. "
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W. II. MILLER, - :. Eon ok,
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GIDNEY & WEBB,
A VloifNltY AND CO.:NSKl.I.OI.S AT 'LAW,
S II E L 1$ Y, X; a :
prompt and, careful attention given to
nil business intrusted to tlicir care.,
r ff-'OtYicv west of the court house.
K. MftliUYKR.
It. I KYUI'HJf.
McBRAYER & fiYBURflt
ATT01 IN K YS XT LAW,
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I ;ive prompt, attention to all bust newt
hit rust ! to them v ' ' 1
Si? "Ollico in Commercial. Hotel build-
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B. Frank Wooa,
ATTOUNKY A (OUNHKMiOU AT, UW.
t tt ii r litr r - ,i
''room alovo (J. V. Bos-
,Ycu4 Storei
mar
i-tr.
J. A ANTHONY,
A.
A TTO i; K Y AT L A W.
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IIKI.Itr, N. c, ,
:' ( l!ico near
i'ost Ollico and liiKt cant
room n i.st.ii r.-t)
in Miller Mock. . lm;vr21
. 7. HUDSON, Jr.,
ATTOIINKY AT LAW.
HIIKI.IIV, N. C-
f 'Prompt niul canifiil attention Riven
to all liiisiiH SM ;nti isti'(l tofli caro.
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' Dr. EvAfis MBrayer. :
At tlio Molic Jtation of my f rioml I have
,a;;aiii rffunieil to Mit-lby for tlio pratrtico
j of tncilii ino. SjMcial att!iition Rivon to
f iliH'iiHfM-of women and to olHtctric.
i CrHiilotice on Wasliinton tktrnOt, former
ly iuciiiii'(l ly Mr. J. II. lioHtic. j
KVANS' McHItAYEU, M. 1),
i
C. E. FRICK,
nReal Estate Agei
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! SHKL1JY, N.
TAKTIKS wUliln to hell .r buy lands
sLinild addrt'Hrt liim. Ollico over Mcliray
r A Wil.non'K JJrun Store. julyll
4t S. DANIEL,
! Surgeon Dentist, -
M1IKI.UY, - - - V - .C.
.. 'IVt'th extracted without pain. Oflfoe in
l,ov(! luiildiii nextcloortoShflhvjotel.
Will ! in ollico at all liourh. All latent
iiniioved inhfiuments and latewt metli
oils (if lining Dcntid work. : Satihfaction
ii;u.tiit (.'(l. l)ini.ses of tha mouth and
j;iws treated. On hand A find lot of im
iioi led Tooth lininlieH, Dental Tooth Pow-
ft- i
, -cleans li' art
I)r. lianiel
llnivc yi'y o
' a elas (of lifl
1 . A 1
an iii i;u it'viu.
1 is a null i uradualo of the
f Maryland, liiiltiniore. In
uy-two no wan awarded a
lar'o vVohl MtM'lalior leht ()old Fillinir,
and another for best het of Artificial
Teeth; anofher medal was awauled liim
f roin one other col letre,' ,
f "Teeth extrai ted free on every first
Monday in each month. ! mar 1-t-ly
I WATT ELLIOTT,
V A S 1 1 1 0 K A If L E 1 J A H 1J E 1 1,
Marlon Ktrpt,
hrlby, N. C,
I,
All work done iii;iirst-class style; only
experienced , workmen employed; not
and cold haths at all hours.1 i'atrouae
solicited and all work guaranteed. - jl,y4
Commercial Hotel,
(KOHMKIII-Y OCCVPIKD ltV J. W. CI.AHKE.)
rNE t the best in Xorth Carolina,
V J First ClasH Cuisine. (J&nvfortable
Koo.ma. Terms: I'cr month, $20 to li'j,
ler day, Servants meet every train
, J. S.JiOKDKlW, Proprietor.
iun ",J " - j '-.
; Central Hotel
(Cor. Vrrn ami IKayetto Hts.)
1 S11KL11Y, X. C.
Iicaied in businein part of town
, Near Court House and Post Oftii'-B. t-r
ria-ceH meet alVtrains. Commercial Trav-
i rh'ts will find the Central lirsJ.-cla.HJi
L i"(ood Sample ltoom on tirst llooi
tree, of charge. ' Clean heda and neatly
' furnished rooms. Si'wiai. katkh foh
Si MMKK POAUIKl:.S. ,
I , W. K. UYIJUKX, Prop'r.
1 ir h -t' .
THE
Typeand material
WITH WHK'li THIS PAPKKTS PU1XT
j:i) WAS FU11NIS11K1) UV
pODSOVS IMtlNTF-lW SUp- ;
l I. Y I) e p o t;
AT I, A NT A,
OA
'Estimateti furnislted on" applicntioa
1 ,
Largest utock in the South and price
crtmrantced an low m any house in the
, United State. Hov22-
VR4Y's Liyeqy, Stables
" JUUU8 A. WHAT, f HOP'n,, i
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SIIKMIY. , NORTH CAROLINA
I FEED, SfLE Jf1D LIYERT.
JIKPT Or ItonsES AM VfcllK'I.KS ON IIANP.
l0-f
I HVA11 kinds of ,convcinoi, alwyj
reaiy to convey persons to any point in
Western North Carolina, with polite and
attentive drivers,. and all at moderate
prices. -, i Janltf."
TO THE PUBLIC!
1 )LKASE
TAKE NOTICE THAT
X, will start my
Wool .Carder' nj a
nhort time and rspectfully soiioit tho pat-
ouairo of all wool grower m tno sur-
pMinding country, vooiwui oe tatteu
jif at' King's Mountain by V A. Mauney
Rros., aud at Cherrvville byS S. Maun
cy & Bros, and will be sent to the carder
And returned to ttSeh place i after being
Carded, hut I wffuid prefer all who chii
o so to hnnjiTiieir wo) to tho earner
I'M SLrWith many thanks for all
f"1'!v4ir t vury rspcotinlly,
VtUvor.'J J), MAUNEY,
V W-'ilO. i -
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UNEKY FOR SALE.
sorew com mm, clip-
ible t sawlnff iroiu s,
j,oi ('
per day, at in a good lo-
mation apply to the edi-
y inis macl
yarantc
S
Presents in the most elegant form
THE LAXATIVE And NUTRITIONS JUICE
FIGS OF CALIFORNIA,
Combined with the' medicinal
virtues of plants known to Le
most beneficial to the human
system, forming an agreeable
and effective laxative to perma
nently cure Habitual Consti-
; paticn, and the many ills de
pending on a weak or Inactive
condition of the
KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS.
It is .nemott excellent renedy known to
CLEANSE THE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY
, ' When on is Bilinu or Conitipatcd
1 SO THAT
PURE BLOOD, RCFRCSHINQ SLEEP;
HEALTH and STRENGTH.
j NATURALLY FOLLOW,
Every one is using it and all are
delighted with it. ,
. ASK VOITN DRUOOIST FOR
e vitTJi? FIOB
MANUPAOTURIO ONLY BY
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP qo.
SAM FRANCISCO. CAL.
10UI8VIUI. n : HEW YORK, M. Y.
North Brook Woolen Mills:
Wo would respectfully inform the pub
ic ire.B e rauy xii at we are acain Trerarcd
and rearly to canl and spin all crudes of
wool, either in larce or small lots. Our
mills arc so constructed that we can card
anil pin every lot of wool separate, thus
Civinir each customer his own wool. We
do not mix dilTerent pei-sons' wool, as
J-otrwer spinners, who have machinery dif-
pfen;Vntly constructed. We have been
Vi.ui oi me a oove named, mills ever
co tlieir erection, and. with our lone
experience in the woolen business,', we
are enabled to do better work and rive
more perfect satisfaction than any other
establishment or tlio kind in the country,
GIVE 05 TRIAL A0 BE CONVINCED.
o spin nny size, from a scwinc thread
to a carpet yarn. Customers arc solicited
to spin a small spool and attach to each
lot, showing size and twist wanted. All
wool must be well . cleansed but not
ercaned,, as wo use an oil especially
adapted to the purpose, and can bo easily
wasned out at an ordinary washing.
MIXED WOOL A M'fcCIALTY.
e. prclcr all wool brouprht direct to
our nulls, but for the convenience of
those living at a distance we will receive
on tho 1st or '2nd, and 15th or loth days
of every month, all wool either at P. 13,
uU4f., !, Iiwihu county;
Jacob JlcCinnis, Cherrvville, (iaston
eountv; or F. V. Ilentfrick's, Shelby,
Cleveland, and return same promptly in
iiiieen days without extra chanrc.
Zir'liou t forgot that ourhack will be
at the stands named on the days named.
without fail. We always keep a supply
oi stocking yarn on hand tor sale, cheap,
l.cmemoer mat1 periect satistaction is
guaranteed, and all loss over 13 per cent.
is oou, ii wool is- wen cieanscd. jpor
further information, consult '
T. PATE JENKS, ,
(Snccessor.to O. 15. .lenks & SonA
jun 27-1 l-2mj North P.rook, N: C,
LE(i A L At )VEKTISKMENTS.
TTO DE1ITOUS AN) CUEDITOIJB
A LL PERSONS INDEBTED TQ THE
estate of (. M. (ireen, dee'd., are
notified ;to make immediate iiayment
and all persons having claims against said
estate win present tho same on or be
lore August 13, 181)0. , s
; JAMES M. GREENY
4. 1). GREEN, ',
aul-flw ; Ex'is. of G. M. Green, dee'd
TO DIUITOns AND CREDITORS
AIJj persons indebted to tho estate of
D. A. Pdanton are notified to make
immediate payment, and all persons hav
ing dainH against said estate will present
the same to ine on or before August 15,
1MJ. July 2.th, 18SD.
J. II. 11LANTON,
W. M. III. ANTON,
aul-wl Adm'rs of I). A. Ulanton.
ADMINlSTUATOirS NOTICE !
, -
TVAV1G QUALIFIED AS ADMINIS
XI ,.trator of tho estate of Mrs. Eliza
Irvin. notice is hereby given to all per
sons; having claims against Maid estate to
present thein for payment on or before
Sept. 1.1MN or this Will Ikj plead as a
bar to their recovery. ; ' All indebted .will
make immediate pavnienr.
KUFUS UOBFJiTS,
au2y-(lC", : Adm'r of K. Iryln.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
IX PKUSONS IN'DKRTED TO THE
1 V estate of J. A. Parker will make
i m mediate payment and all jcrsons"11iav
ing claims against said estate w ill pre.
sent the sameon or before Sept. 1st, 1890,
or thl notice will be pleaded in bar of
thvir recovery. J. W. GIDNEV,
au2LM(w. Ex'r of J. A. Parker.
LAND SALE!
WfE AS EXECUTORS VVJLL
IT at tho late rcsideneo of
SELL
lluirh
Borders, 'dee'd., 508 acres more or less of
valuable land known as tho Hugh Bor
ders Plantation, lying en the waters of
BulTalo and joining lands of John' Hern
don, A.'f). (iraham, de(?'d,"and the! Mar
tin linlKTts iiLu'o This masnificeiit
plantatiou with tine Itottoms1 wlll'.be sold
on' THURSDAY, 0CT0BF.R 10th, lSMi.
Terhis ma'de known on day of sale it
w ill Lo sold for part cash and. part on
time. .1. II. AUSTELL, (
i-cp5 M. BORDERS, ( fc
NOTICE!
'oiirn Caroui,
Clevelaml County,
Dock II, Bostio
; ' . vs, '.
! Matt? Bostic.
NOTICE!
I Superior Court, '
) Ahgust 21th, iNSfl.
PUBLICATION.
To defeijdlant, Matt Bostic, col
You are hereby notified that tho plain
tilT, Dock'B. Rustic; has brought suit to
the next term of ClevelandSuperior Court,
tii be held at the Court JIouso in Shelby,
on thp th Monday after tho 1st
Jomtr of September, 1S8U, against you,
askinwi'r a divorce a vinculo matnmo.
nlij tli) complaint In which cause, will
lie tileiLJh the Clerk's office of said court
beforo ttft expiration of tho six weeks
public! f this notice, and -you are
furthfir oofTtied that unless you appear
answer Of demnr to said complaint,
Qj'.o plaintiff vuiLLtaJca Judgment for i the
--vu. ... .
. LATTIMORE. C. S. C.
THE VALLEY OF SILENCE.
In the hnsh of tho valley of silence
I dream all the son? that I sincr.
And the music float down the dim valley
Iill each Iinds a word for a wine.
That to hearts, like the dove . of the
deluge, " ,
A message of peace they may bring.
Hut far on the deep there are billows
Hist never than break on the' beach ;
And I have heard songh in the silence
I hat never shall now Into speech :
And I have had dreams in the valley"
l oo lot tly for language to teach. ,
And I have seen thoughts in the vally
Ah, ma: how mv spirit was stirred;
And they wear holy veils on their faces
I heir footsteps can scarcely be heard:
They pass through the valley like
- virpin, .
Too pure for the touch of a word.
Do you ask me tho place of the valley,
l e-hearts that are narrowed by care?
It lieth afar between mountains,
And God and His angels are there;
One is the dark mountain of Sorrow,
A 1 " At. - 1 4 . .
auu one uie urigui mountain . oi
Prayer.
i Father Ryan.
LETTER FR03I CHINA.
Tlic Voyage t'liefoo More Mis
sionaries Needed.
Ciikfoo, CniNA4 July 27, 1889.
Mr. Editor: I thought I would
Lave written you a word again ere
Ibis, hut have been bo constantly on
the go that I have scarcely had time.
Y e, sailed from ban It rancisco on
theth of June, came by the Sand
wich Island which is out of the
usual route, and made us four days
late in reaching Japan, and reached
i okohama the iibth of Jane.
At Honolulu some of us went
ashore and.took a view of the beauti
ful capital city. It i situated imme
diately on the eea and just back of
it ine mountains rise to a considera
ble height. The yards are all filled
with the most beautiful tropical
plants and flowers, and we saw grow
ing bananas, cocoanuts, oranges, man
goes, etc. Our steward here took on
quite a supply of very fine watermel
ons andtiananas. The population of
the city is quite mixed, consisting
largely of th6 natives, Japanese and
Chinese, Probably two hundred
Japanese and Chinese took steerage
fiassage on our vessel, borne ward
ouna.
Our voyage was quite smooth and
we all enjoyed it. Therewas enough
of wind to give us all a taste of sea
sickness, but none were very: sick.
Our vessel' anchored at Yokohama
and was saluted by the firing of can
non at 11 o'clock, p. m., June 2Gth
The steamer for Shanghai had 'left
the day before and so we had to stay
there till July 2. I will tell you in a
later letter of what 1 saw in Japan,
i V.q !? ft thcro tlia 2nd at noon and
were a week on the way to Shanghai
more than hall of the time, howev
er, we were not sailing. AVe stopped
30 hours at Kobe and 35 in Nagasa
ki. Wc reached Shanghai the 9th
a.t 9, a. mV I believe I will also leave
that place for another letter. Let
mc say, though, that I dined one day
with lro. Bryan and we had nine
North Carolinians present and! know
of three others in the city, who were
not there.
We came by steamer on the Yel
low Sea from Shanghavto Chefoo,'
distance of about 500 niles. That
was a delightful trip also. Myself
and wife, and Miss Knight from N.
U. were the only passengers aboard
At Chefoo we were met by a co-work
er on tne neia nere, ana given a
hearty welcome to the field. At
Chefoo we delayed a few days and
came in ,Shendze9 here, a distance of
56 miles. The Shendze, the vehicle
for travel in this section, I must . also
wait to describe.
We reached Ting Chou the 18th,
inst., and have taken board for the
present with Mrs. M. F. Crawford
who has been in China 38 years. She
is a noble veteran of the cross. Her
husband has just returned to Ameri
ca in feeble health, yet hoping to do
something in - awakening an interest
in this field. Ting Chou is a city o
about 80,000 people, enclosed by j
gieat wall, 25 or 30 feet , high, am
probably 20 broad on top. It looks
to me that it must have taken hun
dreds, of hands years and years to
construe such' a wall. It is a pro
tection against roubvrs, It is imiOH
sible for people in America to form a
conception of the density of the pop
ulation In the cities of these old conn
tries. Tine Chou is probably not
half as larire as Shelby in area and
yet has i 80,000 people! Think o
that! The people all in this country
live in villages, towns and cities. The
only foreigners living in this citv are
the missionaries, consistinff, until we
came, of one I Japtist and four I'res
byterian .families, and their work is
not eonhned to the city alone, Dut ex
tends to j villages and towns over a
large area, in which is probably lo
cated J 500 villages and towns. -We
do so much need workers here. One
thousand earnest preachers could be
well employed ; in this and adjoining
counties.'
Iet the Baptists who read this
think of. !tbe 30,000,000 of people in
this province and only two Baptist
preachers from all the Southern ton
vention here. Let them decide ifot
only to support us, but to send others
to help us. W ear very happy Here
in our efforts to learn the language
Don't pity us, but pray for us and
our work,'
Our city of 80,000 ieople has no
posionice ana w e, nave vo niaae our
own arrangements to get mail from
Che foes '50 miles. Greetings to all
our friends. More. anon.
i Truly, G. P. Bostick.
The empire of Christ is a moral,
not a. material empire ; it is a realm
not of todies, bat of souls instinct
With intelligence and love. Its seat
of power is the conscience of man
kind.--Canon Liddon.
"Yes," said Smith to Jones, "I'm a
hard worker, and I've always aMd
on my hands." "Yes," said Join's,
"I notice you have always a deal on
your hands, but then you save troubV
OUIi EARLY SETTLEKS.
Pioneers Sports. j
The nineteenth century opened
gravely for the Carolinians, j Little
akin as was the spirit of the teople
to that of j the Puritans, life among
them had; been almost as granitic in
its hardness' and ruggedness and
desolate unrelief. Perhaps - the one
creature 'in the .country that had
been perfectly free to dance when it
chose was the bowtne and , rietirioz
buffalo. The only thing the log
cabin that had sung from mpming
till night wase Bpmmng-wueel.
Not much behind those . women but
danger, anxiety; vigils, devastation,
mournful tragedies ; "scarcely one of
them but I might fitly have cone to
er loom and woven herself ,a gar
ment of sorrow. Not much behind
those men but felling of - trees, clear
ing of land, raising of i houses, open
ing of roads, distressing
problems
of state, desolating wars of ' the re
public. Most of them, perhaps,;
could remember the time when it
was bo common a fate ainono-them
or a man to be killed that for one to
ie down and die a natural death
seemed almost an unnatural occur
rence. I i
Neverthelessrfmoht from the first,
there had j stood out among the Car-
inians some broad, ouifoeaking,
mtacting i exhibitions of exuberant
animal vigor, of unbridled ar.irr.at
spmtsl Sonic of these were singular
ly and faithfully enough in the an
cestral vein of Lhglish sports and re
laxations -dog-nghti.ng and j cock
fighting, rfle targetshooting, wrest
ling matches, foot-racing for the
men, and quarter-racing fqr the
horses. . Without any sense of mak
ing spectacles or of becoming them
selves a spectacle in. history, they
were always ready to form an im
promptu arena and institute athletic
games. 1 hey had even their gladia
tors. Other rude pleasures were
more truly characteristic 4 of their
local environments the log-rolling
and the qniltin, the social frolic of
the harvesting, the merry parties of
. ii - - , i i
nax-puuers, aauxne corn nusaing at
nightfall, when the men divided into
sides, and j the green glass whiskey
bottle, stopped with a. corn-cob, was
filled and refilled and passed from
mouth to mouth, nntil out, of those
lusty throats rose and swelled rhyth
mic choired song that could be heard
in the deep woods a mile or more
away : at midnight those who were
sober took home those who 1 were
drunk. But of course none of. these
were organized amusements. iThey
are not -instances of their taking
their pleasures sadly, but of attempts
to do much hard, rough work with
gladness., Other OQcasiomw X-
which have the semblance of popul
joys, and which certainly : were n
passed over without merriment an
turbulent, disorderly fun, in reality
were set apart for the gravest of
civic and political reasons : militia
musters. stnnip-steakine9, county
court day assemblages, and the year
ly July .celebrations. -Still other
pleasures were of an economic or
utilitarian I nature. Thus the novel
and exciting contests by parties of
men at squirrel-shooting looked to
the taking of that destructive animal's
scalp, to say nothinsr of the skiri : the
hunting of beehives in the woods had
some regard to the scarcity of sugar ;
and the nut gatherings and wild
grape gatherings by younger folks in
the gorgeous autumnal days were
partly in memory of a scant, unvaried
larder, which might profitably idraw
upon nature's rich and salutary hoard.
Perhaps the dearest pleasures among
them were; those that lay closest to
their dangers. They loved the pur
suit of marauding parties, the solitary
chase: were always ready to throw
away the axe and the mattock for
the rifle and the knife. Among all
pleasures, at the yery extreme of
peacefulness, were the weddings.
For plain reasons these were:com
monly held in the daytime. And as
it was, thei men often rode to them
armed, and before leaving t0:
made them scenes of carqp-i and
unchastened jocularities. Itfter the
wedding came the 'infare," with the
going from the me of the bride to
the home of the groom. Above every
thing else (that seems to strike the
chord of bommon happiness in the
society of the time, stands out to the
imagination the picture of one of
these processions a long bridal
cavalcade winding slowly along a
narrow road through the silent
primeval forest, now in the sunlight;
now in the; shadow of mighty, trees
meeting over the way ; at the head
the young lovers, so rudely mounted,
so simply dressed, and following in
their happy wake.
Itevival Chapel Hill.
The great reyl at the Methodist
M.. Church, South at Chapel Hill,
is still growing m intest. Tie church
has been greatly revived, fvrty per
sons have been Baptized, 79 persons
have joined the, church and 132
precionsf souls have been converted.
The. success that has attended ! the
efforts of the pastor, Hey, Win. B
North, in this revival Is remarkable,
and with gratitude he attributes.it to
the spirit of the Lord" working with
him and the zeal of the congregation.
The insurrection of negroes at
Minter City, Miss., has been quieted
down by the military, who hunted
down and killed several of the lead
ers, who were of very bad character ;
the best of feeling prevails between
the whites and the better class of ne
groes, and no further trouble is ap
prehended, j !
Of the fifteen hundred and twenty
two miles of railroad track reported
in progress of building in tlis coun
try through the first half of the. cur
rent year, nine hundred and nine
were in the j Southern States.
When a father in Madagascar geti
in the notion that his daugater ought
to marry he; puts a rope around her
neck and leads her forth, and the first
young man he offers her to has cot
,- n
1 lance.
The growth of .this organization
has been wonderful It was hardly
expected that farmc would get to
gether and make Uieaoower. felt by
any of the large corporations that
control unlimited mon
and exert a
power in proporti
money.
It is certainly
at organizatioi
LVtfen ridiculed
all efforts
art have
men aud
corporations, ine generauimpres
sion has een that farmers? would
not stick tocrethcr and that t
not have business jnse enough to
enter into a combination that would
hold six months. Then the farmers
were poor and dependent and such a
class could not dictate terms' to any
company, corporation, or profession.
That is abont the, way the farmer of
the South has heretofore been valued.
jjila was eood enonsh to plow and
flioe and make cotton bales for his
merchant and factors and pay what
ever prices trusts and monopolies
might demand. But the Alliance
has demonstrated that they can or
ganize. They; have got together.
Their action may be crude and not
very wise" in some instances, but they
are beginning to feel their strength
and a little experience will eliminate
narrow and foolish action from their
prooceedngs. They organized in
1880 in Texas'. It Is a Southern in
stitution, extending from Maryland
to Kansas. It has been in operation
only nine years this October. Texas
alone has 4,000 Sub-Alliances, with
a membership of 250,000. Tennes
see comes next to Texas, with 3,200
lodges and 150,000 members. Georgia
ranks third with 120,000 members.
.This has been slower in its spread
than labor unions, because the far
mers are . scattered and it is more
difficult to get them to act together.
But the Alliance has taken hold of
tbem. They have united as they
have never done before. With wise
leadership there is no reason why
they should not be benefitted by this
organization. They are working for
their material improvement. First,
they encourage their members to get
on a cash basis in all their transac
tions. Then the next best thing is to
borrow money when they are obliged
to have credit and pay interest in
stead of time prices. By purchasing
heavy groceries, vehicles and agricul
tural implements in large quantities
from first hands they can secure more
moderate prices. Manufacturers and
all corporations combine, not against
the farmers, but for their own benefit.
But we always notice that any sort
of trusts or combition tells against
the producer. This makes it the
more necessary for the iarmers to
irm x sort of trust to protct them
es. ' They have a right 'to do this
to get all the benefit possible from
eir organization. Carolina Spar
tan.
It Kotch Him.
Arden Cherry, the coon hunter, is
nothing,-if not grotesque.
He stands forth sublimely unique
in his own simple originality.
The reporter accosted him yester
day : ..)-.
"Why, Arden, O, why that cloiid
upon your ebon brow ?"
"Well, yer seej.boss, I done gin or
morgan as I does cb'ry year, and dis
weather is monstrous bad on morgan
folks."
i'Can't you get along without giv
ing a mortgage?" r
"Not well, doss, yer feels like yer's
gwine to make er big crop, ef yer
could only git somebody to run yer.
Den yer gives er morgan an it runs
yer, an runs yer all de yeir, but
bimeby shore thing, boss, it ktotches
yer fur er fao'." .'
"Is that always the case ?" 1
"S'pose tis. I had er nabor las'
year ar gin er morgan an' he an' dat
morgan razzled all de year. I watched
Tcm and' thought be d come out er
head o' de morgan. But here dey
went, up and down, ronn an' roun,'
,heel 'an toe fore an aft but gosh,
boss, arler er while dat morgan fotch
him. lt fotch him m debt air he s
in debt yit an' hell die dat way, I
specks." ' m .'
And then the lugubrious coonist
turned off muttering something about
"E, man 'ithout money, an' wider a
morgan had better be er dog, lery-
ler, podoganbeshotlerkuhn sneep.
Tarboro Southerner. .
Piping times are expected in
China. . Tho great bell of Ilnng-wu,
which has long lain buried in the
cround, defying all resources of en
gineering; has at last been raised by
foreign raacmnery ana nung in a
Buddhist pagoda built of iron rails
by a foreign firm. According to a
well-known prophecy, this ben was
never to be lifted nnjil China entered
upon a new era of prosperity.
Mr. Robert Kay Hamilton refuses
to see reports for the pross, "by the
Ladvice of counsel." What a pity he
did pot listen to the advice of honor,
morality and public decency lefore
he became involved in a disreputable
and vulgar affair which has brought
disgrace on his family and will
probably bring, punishment to those
who are morally no more guilty than
he is. y
Custer county, Montana, is if it
has not lately' been sliced up, the
lanrest county in the United States,
Its area is oi,000 equare miles. It is
Lirrrer than the States of Vermont,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode
Island combined. t
I
An austere looking" lady
walked
said to
into a f umer s recently and
the yellow-headed clerk: "I would
like to get a mull." nat iur r
demanded the clerk. "To keep my
i s . . i : :.-
lianas warm, you Bimpenug iuiui, .
exclaimed the lady. "
Grand Army Music
i
The fife has len discardQ by the
1 Grand Army. It marche
therour
1e of the lute. LouisV,
Coftrier-
TbAllL
ion to tl ir
a lact thai
i on theirV
by middtfc
sXo
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KING'S MOUNTAIN.
Happenings In that Thriving
Little Town.
. Mr. Eiutob: A line from our lit
tle mountain town will not be out of
place,
.The King's Mountain High School
opened this morning, Sept. 2, with
Profs. Hall and Eaton at their posts.
With such talent at the" head, why
may not our Bchool be equal to any,
and inferior to none, in the state r
I Wealthier climate is to le found
anywhvre, or purer air breathed than
is found & the town of King's Moun
tain.' We Loast of four churches and
all supplied with good preachers.
Services evcYy-' Sunday. " .
We are vuy glad to have J our old
friend and fornr citizen," Dr F. M
Garrett, with usVgain, who is visit
mg relatives an.i fiends at this place,
and hope that heViM vet decide to
return and locate permanently
among us: j
Improvements are going up in and
arounu ,iown. Mr. aojee falls is
building.a nice two story dwelling
house. Also Mr. F. Dillintr is build
ing an elegant two story dwelling
near town, and on his model farm.'
Mr. Jbo Garrett, our young bache
lor friend, has attached a planer to
his machine shop and the work goes
on all the same. So if you want
your lumber dressed take it 'to
Joe and he will it up nicely for you.
The canning business has been run
to its utmost capacity by the proprie
tor, Mr. P. It. Hay. The fruit has
only to be tested on the table to con
vince one that "Peyton" knows his
business, as to how to can fruit.
Our mineral interests are being
looked up. Messrs. White & Cobc
look after the irbn, Messrs. Furman
fc Carpenter look after the gold,, and
Prof. Prout is looking after the tin.
So ; you see while these are looking
after the minerals of our place, and
around, Mr.H. T. Cansler looks after
the health, as he is proprietor of the
far-famed "Cansler's Springs." The
health-giving waters and only mile
from town. These springs are nore
for, the benefit of the stranger than
for our own citizens, as the place is
so healthy that our own people don't
need to use the waters.
Tuo propect for the farmer" at
present, as a reward for his labors
the past summer, is1 better than it has
been for many years. So his (tha
farmer's) interest has not been over
looked, for the popular president of
our cotton mill, Mr. W. A. Mauney,
is ready to pay the highest price for
cotton; so farmers bring on your
Mr. Editor, time would fail me to
ef!.vm till the indnccmcnts and ad-
antages' offered the outside world to
come and settle among us ; but one
thing you can rest assured of and
that is, that we expect to 'get there
r..ii., i j JUDY.
iiCsscncd Hours of Labor.
The hours of labor, as a whole, have
been diminished. In the factory ten
hours have become customary, in
lace of eleven, or even twelve : the
usual hours of work in textile forty
or fifty years ago having been thir
teen, and even fourteen. In the
building trades, nine and ten hours
have become customary in place of
eleven and twelve, or . even more.
n all the great retail shops wholesafe
warehouses in which coods are dis
tributed, the hour of closing is
earlier and tho hour of opening in
ater than it used to be. The optimist
can thus find on every side facts
which sustain his view that the gen
eral struggle for life is becoming
easier, and not harder, -while the
statistics of the life insurance com
panies proves that the duration of
ife is lengthening. Forty or fifiy
years since the daughters of tho far
mers of Jsew England worked thir
teen hours a day in the cotton factory
in order to earn 17o a year; to-day
French Canadians, working ten hours
a day, earn $300 a year ; yet the cost
of labor is less now than ever before.
In a broad and general way.it
might lie proved that Uncle Sam and
his j children have obtained . such
power over the mechanism of produc
tion and -distribution during the last
twenty-five years, that if the long
hours of work required thirty years
ago to produce the materials for a
narrow and poor subsistence were
now applied under the new condi
tions, the same hours would yield at
least one-third more of all the neces
saries of life than they did then.
Edward Atkinson in the Forum.
The Wealth of the South.
The following is the assessed valu
ation in. the Southern States and per
capita wealth as computed Decem
ber 31, 1SS8:
Assessed
valuation.
. . .1214,925,809
... 1459,054
. ... 8'G65,GTCi
Per
capita.
Alabama. . .
$1 43
Arkansas. . .
130
192
204
178
Florida. ...
Georgia. . . .
857,1 07, 458
Kentucky . .
Louisiana
5C3,052lI
207,000,000
8
Mississippi. .
129,887,254
100
North Carolina, 211,944,271
South Carolina, 141,074,347
Tennessee 329,495,350
Texas 081,04,904
129
105
194
330
233
3,24
Virjrinia. ...... 390,711,329
United States. .
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White House Mortgages.
The report that an old mortgage
on the White House held by the
State of Virginia has been discovered
must be a mistake. Virginia oia
have a mortgage on the White House
for many years, but the nearest sem
blance to it which remains is Ma-
hone's grip on the Administration.
St, Louis Post-Dispatch.
Sixteen years ago the Sonehara
Mass, co-operative Boot and Shoe
Company was organized. It now of
fers it nlant and property for sale on
the ground that co-operation doesn't
T : ! ! :
Church Courts and Temperance.
Coirciondnoe AomraJ) j
From the stand point of outsiders
the movement of the insiders was
brilliant and beautifal to ln-hold. As
one christian denomination after an
other in the irold old North State
has, during the .year, taken up the
temperance cause and sent the march
ing orders down the. lines, those not
in ranks have admired, while they
havo not openly applauded the for
ward march. r
. Conventions, synod and confer
ences, representing the talent and
piety of the "different churches, have
met and passed stirring temperance
resolutions. The eloquence and
prayers of those intelligent Wlies
nave been freely laid upon the altar
of local prohibition. .The orders is
sued at the headquarters of '..the' fc
spectire churches pronouncol'against
tne making, selling, buyiwg and drink
ing whisky by c"-ch members,
Those orders wer faithfully passed
along the line of christian soldiers
until every private member of every
church heard the , warning - voice,
"touch riot, taste not." And as the
magnificent and imposing columns
of church workers moved, with
steady step, up and down the com
monwealth we could not keep from'
crying out: HJur Lord is march
ing on." ' '... - j .i
But have we all kept the step and
honored the cause of temperance and
religion.' Have your have I r
We rejoice to know that the great
Baptist church in North Carolina has
been just as strong and outspoken in
her temperance resolutions as any
other church". From her hcadouar-
ters tne orders, (orders not in any
military, but in a moral sense) went
forth to associations churches and
private members. ;
Now, as the King's Mountain As
sociation is about to meet here in mir
midst let us extend to that christian
body a cordial ' welcome. Every
church in the association will bo re
resented by pastors! and delegates
Let us hope that all the churches
have honored 'the resolutions on tein
perancc passed by the Baptist State
Convention. Can there be a single
church in this association that vote
license in the local option 'election
last June ? Are there any deacoiis o
other church onicersor private mem
hers who voted wet on that memora
ble June day? Are there any mem
hers in the bounds of this historic
and beloved old association who, by
word or ballot, said: "Let the wins
ky stay and slay boys, schools, homes
and churches? If there'bo any such
members, deacons or churches, how
If?" - "r . v u H JiZ
cates bo recojgnized and they invited
to seats as delegates r
Is tljere a Methodist or I resbyte-
' .
nan in our charges who supjorted
the whisky traffic and claims a place
in our church courts as a. representa
tive? Let us Btrive to think better
things of all our members of all the
christian denominations. Let us have
more faith in church members and in
God. TlIK "TKMPE RANCH CAKH -IS
MAKCIIINO OX. . S. M. D. .
Much interest was manifested in
the grand Alliance rally that is taking
place as, we go to press. The indica
tions are that there will be a thou-.-sand
farmers present licsides their
wives and children, : Tho speakers
etand was decorated with some of
the products of our soil. 1 Captain
Wofford canned out several varieties
of sorghum cane, corn ahd forage
plants. Captain Geo. Is. Dean had
Bome of the Minter prolific corn, com
mon double eared field corn and
Crawford cotton on hand. Tom
White brought up some samnles of
his double eared corn and llartlctt
tears. Lj Kcibling sent some Peter
in Cotton. Thei Spartan jk as
represented by the Welllorn cluster
cotton nnd two varieties of corn. E.
B. Huff j had some of the largest
turnips we have seen this year. These
were sent in Monday. Other things
were no doubt sent in. Tuesday morn
ing. The day is beautiful and every
thing promises favorable for a good
and profitable meetingsCarolina
.Spartan, r - . -
The Penalty of Profanity.
The .averace small boy of the
present day is seldom, at a loss what
to say, even in the most embarrasing
situation. Bobbv, a .precious . youth
of six snmmers, fiad Ieen indulging
in profanity, and in order to escape
the punishment for which his mother
had made preparations, he -crawled
under a barn and remained there in
a state of siege for the greater part
of art afternoon. When his father
returned at night and learned how
matters stood, he made bis way with
much difficulty, under the barn in
search of the boy. "Hello, pa," said
Bobbv. cheerfully as bis sire ap
proached, "you been swearing, tooV''
Boston Herald.
A special to the Philadelphia Re
cord recently says : "The machinery
of the Gambnll Cotton Mills in this
citv has Wen sold to the Reidsville
Cotton Mills Comyany,of Reidsville,
N. C- for $70,000, and will be shipTed
to Reidsville on Saturday! The mills
had been closed for some time, be
cause, it is saiL of their inability to
compete with establishments in the
cotton-growing region."
Iloyal HgerIIunters.
Prinee Albert Victor is going to
India to hunt the tiger. I he young
man can cet some valuable ixinters
as to the habits of this ferocious
beast from his jolly, bald-headed
papa, who in days gone by has often
"bucked" the royal animal with vary
ing success. Chicago lleraia
i . .
The cigarette habit is increasing
faster than the cigar habit. Last
year taxes on 2,151.515,300 were co.
wtA.1. an increase of
9,789,2G0 oyer
th viar before. ' F
the same penoa
38G7.385.550 ciga
were taxeu, u
increase of 22,658.9
AllItOKKXCllAllf.
How She Iroed! an Alibi fir
. 't ' Him'. . . ;.: ., .
A farmer had some wheat ' .,. r
cw nights since, and he was so VuYc
that he knew who the tlyjcf wa that
he came into i town and secured a.
warrant for a certain vonriir nian
i' ing near him. When tlie careVanie
up for trial the defendant savd lie
could prove an alibiv In order to do
this lie had brought in iuh "u r a
iiiioui lis of 22. She lovk the
stand amhswert. that he siit up with
icr from' 7 in the' evemnc 'until
i . i i 'i- i . ... .
nroau uayii
lit next tuoriungj
"People can be erv calilv m
taken,
observed the plaintiff law-
yer
mr -
".I flon't care & .was
replied;. ; .. vV
What did you talk aUut- .
'Ive !? W pronipillv V iTfi.1
"What time did the old go to
bed?" 4 .
"I gave Jem tho wink a(oui 10," ..
"Sure he was there at midnight,
are von r .
"Ves, sir."
. "Whv,are you sure ?"
She . blushed looked oyer, to her
lover, .and getting a nod ,ta go ,ihad,
she said : ; ' j
"Well, jiist aV thoiclock struck 12
the old man junrj ed out of Wd up."
stairs and hollon:d down :'' Saran, '
ye mar wants" s.une o' that cat nip
tea. and we fot such a start'that.w o'
iroke the back of tho rocking cluir,
and went oerbackward, lepltinV!''
"Then the jury mint iilidl-rslaiid
lli.it you , were seated ont Sanmer
knee ?" ; . 1 . : ; .:
"1 object!" nit in Samiier lawver '
and his honor remeinWrcd tfie ilavs '
of his yoith nnd sustained lliobjeo-. (
lion. Predon Times. - , ;
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ltailrond Items.
We learn through the -Jjmn son City
(Tenn.J Comet, tha work haNcoin
mciiced on tlur 3 CV Boad in that
section on a large scale. ; The .toyves
h ax e been doubled in Unicoi UYfifniy
in the laid ten days and things be;in
to look quite railroad ish. j 1 ' ,
lVojile aloiigthe line of the - ("s
lloatl arc rcjoicinj at the rchiiinplion .
and extension rf woikupon lliejlin
in Virginia and Tennessea Tlujir is
nd doubt thaLinonoy en 'K'Ka.,i, Vn
realized from the placjrJfv.t'O'jiHlfi'to
warrant very. active operations. ' lMc-
Donald,- Shea & (., who hav the
contract for building thei road .from
Johnson City, Tcnn,vto Minneapolis,
Va.,; a distance of niuetv-thVe' miles,
have just doubled t heir forcoofjiands,
and the workers on ,tho octioii from
Johnson Citv to tho Nbrtli iVolina
ttl li 1 I "I1 I I in "Pf 1 i 1 - -' l '-.-mil.
tu j oil.il f".iou
1. 4 1 - V -i
doubled. " M
The material for tl
nigs win mv oeguu lmmcuiau i v
uer uiv suiervi;,ioii m .nr. i,i"t
.1 ... At" l '..firce
Nuttintr, the master builder
company.,aiid w;il Ik? pUHhoUl
cotn-
pleironas rapidly an pottMulc.
Col. It. A. Johnson, tho L('h.
manager of the 3 ,C,s, who has n-vh
absent from the' state for several
months, has been spending the sum
mer in the WliiUilountains of New
Hampshire onder the advice, of hi
physician, w ho enjoined absolute rest
upon him. Lol. Johnson has been a
victim , of overwoir. Lajiv
. a Mgnmcant venncvr
Jim Shothhine, whiU'hO rcanzif.V
perhaps, his colour diVose, anlicipaJy
tioos of a soothinfr'soMiuin, ln"111 -
l ne material lor tiiu ina( i,Tr I
of the 3 Cs K. R. JUJfX
been framed athl"tilac.. J'v', 1
ground, and tha erection tf lUj )'vVl!
and won his case veteriy against a ,N
gainst a VX
"on tlf.
hrst-class railway .company
nrinciide : of the thimr.. n
1 . " . . I v." I
square out light lM)iuiy ana '"Iy''V J
Ukai'ly maie in-iore twelve lire m-ci.i
white men, between the, word ol Jim
and that of the employees of thv
company as to tire extent of V-his'
ticket, thei jury has sustained Jim
Jim was awarded 11,75.' This nliv
be regarded as the greatest victcXi y
ever gained in the court how.se agamVv' .
a big corporation. As all our reader's
may not know, we may slatVUiat
the plaintiff is known technically as
Jim .Rhyne but familiarly, as Jim
ShoeHhine, is, and has leen, aSmrt of
M-aif. This verdict ought to & a '.
hioh to the Railroad companies :
that they can't;-tramydo ruthlessly
under foot jw I'lAU l an
tuey empioa- nsiingmhhed.
even from 'luouy;
Too much praise cannot' lx given
to Jim's counsel, Messrs.' Wilson,
DuU and Cansler for, their able and
thorough presentation of the poor
darkie s case. W ben has a colored:
man ever Win refused justice, heatKrd
to overflowing, from a Meckle.nburg
jury ? Charlotte New. " j
Another Victim. i
I Huuior has it that anotlhc.1 victim
has leen abided to the lift of a cer
tain so-called nian of Forest' 'City,
and by his lyirrg tongue another girl
has In-en covered with shame and dis
grace. :.'''''' " "
)nc she 4 as pure a the driven snoWJ"
Lut she Wl 1'" snow flakf, from Jidav
eu U hell." . - '
If, the rej-ort W true, tl-orie that
has fallen will feel the blow 'doubly
keen, from .the fact that she was a
poor girl, and her disgrace will ' alsoj
fall like a funeral pall, over the heart
of her widowed, mother, and the fin
ger of scorn will W jKn'nte 1 at the
unfortunate girl by an unsympathiz
inz world, while the wretch who per-
rtrated the outratre will lau-hM Let
downfall and seek another victim
upon which to "vent his hellish' de-signs.-l'orest
City News. ,'
The handsomest of the new coa.
tum r "mads -of plainf fine .wool
sparingly trimmed with thf richest
iKjssiblc garnitures. .
-. ..-:..,"'':-
Hirrn-r Bros, pay 00,000 ir
year forj;niry matter and artut la-
r
t Cleveland County,
ie ana soap byit.
t law ner or pay ficrfait. - Iltnmal
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