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Carolina M$ YAKD3 AT STATESVILLE, 8ATJ8BUBY AND NOETH WILKE8BOBO, H. O. GREETING! To those whom we year and that still r . r... once and square up. - tile New Year Gift is WE EXTEND To one and all who trade the compliments of the season, and take this opportunity of saying V, " old stand ready and Statesville, N. C, Jan. 2,1903. comfort in the coldest absolutely no flame, The Flanigan Harness Co. D 1903. Rubbers In plain robber or Jersey wool lined. Jast what yon need in wet weather footwear, and they are cheaper than doctor bills, too. All styles and sizes new goods. Miller. S3 - XtRILiIj, Secretary. Granite Co. have credited during the. past owe us are requested to call at To those so doing a credita- in waiting for them. have honored us with their we will still be found at the willing to serve you. Thomas Hardware Co ; IN FANCY HILL. NEIGHBORHOOD. .. Prompt Action of Citizens In Smallpox Cafes Other News. To the Editor of The Landmark: . Oar villagers have been somewhat disturbed since my last. The small pox has reached as, and some seem to be very much excited. There is one case at present jast outside the village, though a very mild case. It is gettiDg along very well we hear we don't care to go to investigate. Tbe victim is a negro who has been away at work for some time. He came home about two weeks ago, complaining.. Another negro in passing where the victim was stay ing, did not fancy his appearance. and reported it to some of citizens. The county physician, Dr. Campbell, was 'pnoned for at once. The victim has been isolated, together with the others of tbe f&sux, nated immediately. They have not taken the diease yet; hope they won't. A tenant on Mr. K. D. Eryin's place contracted the disease over in tbe Amity chorea neighborhood, where another negro had come home sick about Christmas with a kind of skin eruption, supposed to be poison. Offing to the prompt action of the citizens we do not think the disease will spread here- It appeared that The Landmark was "poking a little fun" at. us in an article of recent date, but we would act in the man ner we did were it to do over. Oar correspondent is sadly in error. In stead cf "poking fan" at the Fancy Hill people we have earnestly com mended them. They have showed more common sense about the small pox than any people anywhere and we commend their example to others. We had no idea that our remarks would be taken in any other sense. The Landmark. Messrs. Sam Vickery and Boy Waugh leave this week to enter Bchool near Asheville. Oar public school is progressing nicely under the management of Mr. Watts, assisted by Miss Bertha Burke. Mrs. Mary Shook, of north Iredell, lis visiting her son, Mr. W. H. Shook. Mr. and Mrs. Abernetby, of Oak Forest, visited their daughter, Mrs. R. Osborne, last week. Mr. John Stikeleather is something of a dairyman now. He has a lot of cine cows and makes first-class but ter, which he ships to Raleigh every week. ; Socoess to The Landmark and its many readers. r. Fancy Hill, N. C , Jan. 27, 1903. Brakeman Quasi Relieved ol Responsibility. Ahevllle Gazette. Tb recent wreek near Hildobrand, in which Engineer Fisher was killed, has been f ally investigated, but no official statement can be obtained which fixes the blame. Brakeman M. Gann, the man whose dnty it was nag the approaching train, per formed his duty to the limits of his physical ability and has been ex nerated by the company and is cow on his regular run. Brakeman Gunn, mmediately after his train bad stop ped owing to a box car being off the track, was running to flag Engineer Fisher on the approaching train when the smashnp occurred He had to rnn about two car length's to the rear of his train when the approach ing engine hove in sight rounding a curye. Investigation shows that En gineer FiRher reversed bis lever and did all he conld to stop his train be fore he jumped. Mr. Gann is an Iredell man. Negroes Have "Brash" Talk at a Masi Meet ing in Washington. Washington Special, Jan. 20th, to New York bun. At a mass meeting of negroes to night, under the auspices of tbe Africo American League, resolutions were adopted heartily endorsing the eoorse of President Roosevelt in the appointment of negroes to .'offices, and a number of speakers, among them some of . the most prominent colored men in the Southern States, preached a doctrine impregnated with anarchistic sentiments, and threatened that unless in the South there was early change in the treat ment of the negro office holders and the colored race generally tbe blacks would resort to the torch and the 8 word and lay it waste. If this story is true President Roosevelt's attitude is solely respon sible for such talk - Two Deaths in Soath Iredell."' It is learned from the Moo res ville Enterprise that Mr. ' William Black, father of Connty Commission er James AT Black, died-at the home of his son' near Mt. Mourne on the 22 d of January. He would have been 90 years old next month. Mr. Black was a school teacher and for many years taught school in the vicinity of Davidson College. He was a most exemplary citizen and a devout mem ber of Center Presbyterian chorea. His remains were bnried there on the 23d ult , the funeral services being conducted by the pastor. Rev. Wm W. Pharr, D. U. -, . Mrs. Templeton, wife of Mr. Chas R.-Templeton, "died at her home at ' Mt. Monine at - an ' earlt hour Monday morning of last week and was; buried at Center last Tuesday Subscription lists have been open ed in tbe banks at Columbia, 13. U. to raise funds for a monument to Editor Gonzales,. Daring the mom ing of the first day the lists were opened $1,000 was subscribed. . - V . -. Traa Averted- - "Jast in tbe nick ot time oar little boy was saved" writes Mrs. W. Watklns. ot Pleasant City, Ohio. "Pneumonia had played sad havoo with htm ana a terrioie eougn eet in besides, Doctors treated him, bat he grew worse every day At length we tried Dr. King's New Dis covery tor Consumption, and oar darling was saved. Ed's now sound and well. Everybody ought to know, it's the only 8 lire care tor Ooughs. Gold and all Lang diseases. Guaran teed by W. F. Hall, Druggist. Price too. and H.uo. Trial iiotuee tree. , THB NOMINATION 'OP OVERMAN; " . How It Was Accompl ibed Senator Jo. Brown, ot Colnmbtif, lade tbe Break An Exciting Scene Ovi man, Watson and Craig Hake Brief Addraues. . Balelgh Special, Jan. 29th. to Charlotte Observ er. . '. ' The legislators yawned until their names were sailed, ind then they got np and cast their votes in a big clothes basket. T'"3 result ot the first ballot was: Fatsoa 64, Over man 61 and Craig 1). - There were loud cheers from the gallery and the Wilson men on the floor of the House (raised- a furor of applause which was maintained for several minutes. - Travis . walked up and down the aisle and Travis, the knowing one, smiled for the first time.. (Senator Travis, of Halifax, was Overman's maop.ger.l y -v "' The second baJA. whioh crave r n A xrr 1 1 : r that, had been taken in the long struggle, it showed the Craig men standing still and Watson men knew that Watson men had gone to Over man. There was a sudden tenseness that one conld almost feel. Legisla tors sprang to their feet with excite ment clearly depicted on their faces, and in every part of the hall hurried conversations were held. A break in the supposedly unbreakable ranks ot the Forsyth man had been made It was a slight break, -bat since all voters inwardly begged for a crisis, that break was dangerous. The announcement that Overman had received the 61 votes, more than he had ever before obtained, provok ed a wild demonstration. Overman forces, throwing aside dignity, screamed at the top of their voices; several representatives improvised megaphones out of paper and yelled "Overman" at the top of their Inngs, and there was a bedlam of applause in the galleries, where, plainly, tbe majority of the spectators favored the candidate from Rowan connty. Travis threw open his coat, dag his hands deeper in his tronser pockets and showed an - utterly impassive face. He said nothing to any man bnt he smiled for the second time. When the clerks called the roll for the fifty ninth ballot nearly every man in the ball was standing np. Tbe eonnt of the vote gave Overman Watson 64 and Craig 14 votes; and tbe Overman contingent became frenzied in its enthusiasm. There was no mistaking the import of this ballot. Overman had drawn from both his enemies and the Watson men knew not bow to stem the tide that swnng so surely against them. There was a leak somewhere bat how eoald the wisest partisan move intel ligently in that temjstuoug mass of men and lay resJi-eJfc-iBg bands on; those who chose t5 forsake their standard. The night was young and there conld not yet be a call for ad- ournment. Everybody now realized that the long deferred nomination was imminent. Overman's men were confident to tbe point of open exulta tion; they had at last demonstrated that their organization was better than the organization of Watson; and over and above all things else there was a slight bat unmistakable tampede in the ranks of the enemy at the very time that Overman needed only Beven votes to secure his elee tion; and the cry of Overman's ame, which had now gone ontside the legislatiye hall, Was taken np by the vast crowd that bad assembled in the Senate chambernnd in the corri dors of the capitol and passed out on the streets and was heard again and again as a scream o triumph. j The sixtieth ballot found a perfect stillness in the big room. Ex-Lieutenant Governor R. A. Dongbton, the manager for Watson, sat behind a front desk with his sharp, search ing eyes fixed on every man - who came forward to deposit those omi nons bits of paper into the clothes basket. Like Travis, Doughton was silent. He had made a brilliant struggle against odds; he had brought his forces up to thei point where they nearly tasted victor;;' Doughton and was to see his well laid plans end in nanght. T) At this juncture there looked np a man who was to take a large part in the making of history. Tnis was Sen ator Brown, of Columbus eonnty, who bad all along supported Watson. When his name was called Urowa came up slowly ani dropped his vote into the baskeHtl then passed on to tbe rear lobbV Doughton looked upon him BryS&tifi- without appre hension. "Senator Brown," I said, laughingly, "am I to tell the Observer that you nominated Mr. UvermanT ' 1 know that jou control six votes." In this moment," said Brown, J have east my first ballot for Over man. And 'four Watson men went with me." In this statement was a Dractieal guarantee of - Overman's stKcess, and the word tnat live more Watson votes bad come to Overman went out hastily and had an impelling influence in favor ot Overman. On this ballot be might not win, bnt he must gain, and a gain when a goal is at the elbow is a ratal gain as against an adversary. It - affected all tbe men who were not hidebound in their voting: seemed to declare that fur ther opposition to the leading man was futile. When tbe drone of count ing tbe ballots had subsided there was a momentary lull and then the Toice of Representative Walter Mar phy. one of the clerks of the caucus also one of the warmest adherents of Overman, rang, out -tremblingly "Overman 70, Watton 59, Craig 14." Tbe last word was drowned in the A Most Fatal Sift, Woald be the power ot foreseeing events. This would destroy hope. A knowledge ot the tature would unmake happiness. There are. ot course, some things about the tature we do know. If, for instance, a lack ot energy, ambi tion and loss of appetite swows Itself we know It will be followed by serious complaints If not checked. Often Liver and Kidney trouble fol low quickly. In any event Electric Bitters will roe tore you to heutch. It strengthens, builds np and luvlporaios rundown systems. Only 60c Battslaction guaranteed OT W. r. uaii, Druggist, terrible din. Murphy stood np and howled like a Commanche Indian, and all other Overman men returned yell for yell, while the scene in the galleries beggared description There was now no doubt that the women .preferred Overman. They waved their hankerchiefs, stood up and gesticulated and fairly howled their appreciation. Travis walked down the centre aisle, as serene as a wooden Indian. He did not even smile. The 61st ballot was not more than a mere confirmation of a oer tainty. The Watson party bad no time for action. The room to room conversation, the quiet pledging, the insistence upon loyalty, the side ele ments eould play, no . part, but the Watson forces or the bulk of them made a valiant stand at the last ditch There was only a few minutes 4afcA5.Cj, i.-aers- ballot, but in that periou tne trtTCu el Jim ner von sly covered the ball and made a last appeal. They tonobed tbe Craig men instantly and appealed for the old firmness, for that allegi ance which meant at least that Craig men should not go to Overman. And it is to be said of the managers for Craig that they did all they could to arrest that mortal stampede. Sena tor Charles Webb, of Asheville, one of the managers for Craig, held Wat son as a second choice.and tried bard in the brief space that was allowed to him to once again rally his forces. "And Overman shall not have it!" said J. Blies Ray, of Yancey, "We'll tie a knot in bis tail on this ballit." Senator E. J Justice, of McDowell, also ooe of the Craig managers, showed no perturbation and he ceased to hold counsel with bis fol lowers. Unlike Webb, he favored Overman as a second choice, and since Craig's star had gone down, Justice was at liberty t& sit still and waVch as Doughton and Travis wf.ohed. B-fore the result of the last ballot was officially announced every one in the ball knew that Overman was nominated, and thi3 knowledge de layed the official statement of tho ballot for five minutes. I have never seen such exaltation as was exhibited by the Overman men. Nearly all of them showed visible evi dence of their continuous fight and anxiety and the relief that came to them meant far more than the sim ple winning of a hardly contested fight. It meant that they and the other legislators could be allowed to sleep, to move in peace and to at least attend to their regular duties and earn their salary. In the last ballot 73 for Overman; 58 for Watsoo: 11 for Craig. Tnere was ne doubt as to what had hap pened. - " The intelligence of the gradual outcome ot the voting had been com municated to all parts of .the town and brought to the capitol an. im mense multitude of people who clam ored for the latest information as to what was taking place inside the leg islative hall. And Overman's victory seemed to be heralded by an almost universal shout. It flooded the capitol as one intense paen of joy passed out into the night and was taken np and passed along the four thoroughfares. Even the serenity and sleepiness of Fayetteville street were for once dis turbed and people came out of their shops to increase the excited bustle nd the clamor. When the note of triumph had in a measure subsided in the hall the official vote was an- onnced by Chairman Morton. In stantly half a dozen men were on their feet asking for recognition, but the chair reoognized Senator Webb, of Buncombe. Mr. Chairman," said Mr. Webb, who had barely ceased trying to pre vent the nomination of Overman. "I move that the nomination of Mr. Lee S. Overman be made unanimous." The motion was seconded by Dough ton, Watson's manager Then there was genera! applause and the motion was carried in a dull, deep roar. Committeemen went ont and return ed with Overman, Watson and Craig. Ascending tbe platform in front of the Speaker's chair, as soon as the deafening applause : had subsided, Mr. Overman said in substance: "Would that I eould give expres sion to the feelings of my heart. I can only say to you that I am glad, that I am grateful, profoundly, deep ly; grateful. This has been a battle oyaJ- bnt a battle between Demo crats. (Great applause.) With the exultation that cpmes with success, there eomes to me the sad reflection that two noble Democrats have been defeated. (Great applause ) The re sponsibilities that are upon me I feel gravely, but it-is my greatest ambi tion to worthily bear them. With ob ligations to no corporation, no special interest and pledges to none that will conflict with my service, with Ihe blessings of God, I shall devote my Belf to tbe best interests of all tne people of my State and for my party, for which I have fought for the past twenty -five years, (Great applause.) Great questions are upon uf; the very basal stone of the temple of this republic equal rights to all, special privileges to no man or set of men needs to be carefully protected to prevent, tbe : encroachments by the ereat trusts and other combinations that threaten the country with indus trial servitude. "God bless you all, my friends. For the , gallant Watson and the great Craig I can bat say they are noble in defeat as they bare been in battle." (Great applause )' . C i: Mr. Watson said it was a great pleasure to him to appear before the audience. "It is not the first time I - Mterioa Clreamataaoa. : . One was pale and sallow and the other fresh and rosy. Whence the difference? Bhe who Is blushing with health nsea Dr. King's sew Life Pills to maintain it. By gently arousing the law nrMn. thnv flnmoel rood digestion and head off oonstlpatlon. Try them. Only Wo. at W. F. Ball, Druggist. . have suffered defeat or been borne from the battlefield with wounds. As I have battled for the Democratic party and my country for the past 35 years, I shall continue to do so for my party and my country." Closing he said he was prouder to night in defeat, having fought the great fight against corporate greed and encroachments on the great com mon people than to have won the victory, having failed in the least of any one of these particulars. Mr. Watson concluded by saying he would never forget the friends who had stuod so' devotedly by him daring the contest and for those on the oth er side he had no heartburnings. He only hoped they would hold np tbe hands of the gentleman they had en trusted with the highest office in their girt. - " . , ; Mr. Craig began by saying: "A ssUisrJi&S lost Jjis ""Jjje, but there is no grief because aTeoldrtr'tas found it." (Great applause). He said the disappointment to him was great but there was great compensation in realizing that this honor has been conferred upon a ' - true Demo crat and as noble a son as tbe State counted and he will work and wear the mantle of the great Vance under whose portrait he is now sitting. (Great applause). The Democratic party owes me nothing and owes no man anything, and every service have ever given it was due before it was given. (Great applause) ihe great old Roman, Cyrus B. Watson, aud I will continue to serve in the ranks and will help to hold up the hands of Lee S. Overman, who has been elected by the best Legislature ever assembled in the State. (Great applause). I believe you have done what you believed to be for the good of the titate and what yon honestly thought would best build np yonr State and your party." At 10.40 o'clock the caucus ad journed sine die. It was exactly three weeks since the first caucus was held. Lee Slater Overman was born in Salisbury, N. C, on the 3rd day of January, 1854. He was prepared for college in the high; school of that town and later entered Trinity Col lege, graduating from that institu tion in 1874. He taught school and later read law nnder tbe late J. M. MeCorkle, of Salisbury, and R. H. Battle, Esq., of Raleigh. He was licensed to practice in January, 1878, and in October of the same year was married to Miss Mary, the eldest daughter of the late Chief Justice A. S. Merrimon. Mr. Overman was private secretary to both Governor Vance and Governor Jarvis, bnt re signed in 1880 to begin tbe praotiee of law. Me located in Salisbury and has practiced there continuously. Mr. Overman represented Rowan county five times in the lower house of tbe General Assembly in 1883, 85.' 87, 1893 and 1899. In '87 he was the canons nominee for Speaker but was defeated by a coalition of Repub licans and independents.' In 1893 he was unanimously nominated for Speaker and elected. Daring the late Govornor Carre administration he was president of the North Caroli na Railroad. In 1897 he was the nominee of the Democratic party for United States Senator, but as the f u- sionists controlled the Legislature by a large majority he was defeated by Senator Pritohard. In 1900 he was elector at large and canvassed tbe State from the mountains to the sea shore. Mr. Overman has participat ed in every campaign since 1885 and has canvassed in every eonnty in the state. STATE NEWS. The town of Oxford held a primary on the dispensary question and vot ed for it 142 to 24. There are only 175 white voters in the town. Moore Bros., general merchants at Granite Falls, Caldwell county, as signed some days ago. They claim assets of $4,300 and an equal amonnt of liabilities. ' A dispatch from Littleton says that Mr. J. T. Turner, the insurance man who was shot at Rocky Mount some dajs ago, as mentioned in The Landmark, is now out of danger. Southern manufacturers, repre senting 300,000 of the 600,000 yarn spindles in the South, met in Char lotte last Tuesday and recommended a new schedule of prices on all yarns, which amounts to an advance of 10 per cent. ; ,: .;-..-,-:-r. 'r : While stemming tobacco in a fae tory at Greenyille a colored woman sucked a piece of peppermint eandy, which she was holding in ber mouth down ber windpipe. This caused paralysis and her death resulted some hours later. Mrs. Lou Davis died at Creedmore, Yadkin county, Saturday, 24th ult., in her 66th year. Her remains were taken to Boonviue, xadkin county, her old home, for interment. ' She had been living with ber daughter in Granville the past eight years. - Mr. W. H. McNeill, editor of the Carthage Blade, who sued the Dur ham & Charlotte Railroad Company for $20,000 damages for injuries sus tained in a wreck on said road soma two Tears ago. was given $4,000 in suit in Moore Saperior Court last week. - The railroad gave notice of appeal. Emma Smith, colored, committed suicide at her home in Asheville last Tnesdav bv taking laudanum. She was a vicious character and is sup posed to haye killed herself because she feared arrest. ; Hearty Farfelta Hla Life. " a runaway almost ending fatally, started a Horrible nicer on the lec ot J. B. Orner. Frank- lis Grove, 111. For teur years it defied all doc tors and all remedies, tut Bucklen's Arnica Salve had no trouble to cure him. squally good tor Burns, uraisee, nam Eruptions ana rues 35c at w. ir. nau urug ovore, . NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 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Phone, 172; Ko. 128 Broad St. 3& A Nice Line of J HAT PINS Just received. Nicest Goods for the money I have ever had. -EIOKBKT--: THE JEWELER. J SPECIAL SALE OF! - FLORODORi ! - CIGARS- 1 Having bought a large lot we are able to sell these standard cigars 2 for 5C. Good as any 5c. Cigars. Price for "box of 100 $2.25. J. E. DEITZ & CO. Jan. 30, 1903. NOTICE. rT-HBBEPOBT CrOBRENT that Dr. W. J. HlU's health has tailed and that he has abandon d his practice, Is without foundation. Sr. Hill Is attending to his practice as usual and will answer all calls at any time. 3 an. 23, M3S. NOTICE. -VTOTICB IB HF.BEBY GIVEN that application will be made to the General Assembly ot North Carolina, at its present session, for an amendment to the charter of Htatesvllle. Jan. J7, H08. - . Mayor. ' Molasses. - I have just received! A line of Molasses and Syrups in barrels j alf o in cans and glass jars. Jellies - in buckets', glass tarn biers and glass jarc v Call. and see ma. My - prices are right and t will appreciate a share - of your trade. J.W. MARSHALL.
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