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VOL 7, HO. 1W.
LOJLVD F1NIS2LSS PLANT
Caincb an Mag Iscstvsd.
1 will be god news 14 the
l't" 'many readers" ana 10 an
to rr interested in the. progress
! Salisbury " community w
isow lit the work of erecting
la, Wind uranae nnisniug
alitl. en the Boorsera near mt
Virpai Carolina, rwtiiuer um
establish swot, is now in
t!w com of eoemruwtion ana
thit t will be puse u eorapie-
toc as rapidly M possible. Tw
sisn building and shed will be
sbcat "JO" yards long, and the
f.st.t? department H be
rvu pp"i with the latest improv
ri machinery fordoing fin work.
Tv ;iE'.. too, will require a neore
or sow of skilled rockmen, and
i ramlwr of laborer to operate
t. b;fc"a the (Bvr and form
al'!!. Mr. W W. UUnd, of New
T..rk 0 and Mr E. 8. Samp-
t. f brrt. Vt, wht will man
r t- aiM ? tbe fontpany
'. t-itr. are now m Salisbury
d.ejt a conference with Mr. L-
K. Ixir.an. th? traveiicif rrf-
cistive cf thetwmpaay, and Mr.
(. I! Collins, wo organised tne
nir.pitjr nd Mr, J. K. Ramsay,
(w iji-rwiit tto piaat.
Mr ,r!asd and Mf. Sampson
vtpre themselves a bring miK
r'-.il with the location of the
f mt fi the prfr of the
a rk Mr Hswmia has alrtady
wared noaw good contracts for
tk p!ot to eo.Mae work oa
usi :j! that ho AuiN is bit ter-,M-m
raiMderahl itisfai;ttt ,
i-r fi?t ifil work u? Urn des
, tr.-i-. wh-fc it ban htiherta been
i-e.ary to send to New England
fw Will be product in the South.
Jaaior tooata to Meet
Tk Junior Sjut, aliabary
?V.n No. !.' reouested to
"t at Cpt. Burbard 1 lender-1
', H-nderaoa wing North
31. ja ?rcet, tanwrraw afteraooa
t. S oVioek. Alt
nwmdHsra are
vrpA tii turn out.
UPGRT OF GRAND JDRY
tlKIl 0FFICEISEXUIKE1
MiaCaai CaadilMJaa aa Caaaty
HM0caa aaiWaB Kept
The grand jury compJeted ita
ork Wednenday afternoon and
med the following report t
Tb the. Honorable C. C. Lyon,
Judge Superior Court, Salisbu
ry, Rowan county:
Vic hare attended to all bui
aea broujrht before by the
wlioitor or oiftem.
We have visited Ihe eounty jail
a a body and find name elean and
thf prifirfr te" they were
well cared for.
hut tkv- unniittew vUited
fte two eopvift camp and find
ame clean and in good order, we
hnd (he toada they are cuild
'e pertnpent, and find no com
plaint fmm the prisoners.
We find the county .. Jhome well
'ft ar.ii commend the auperinten-
Of i! t Wrf nMmiMMj iha le-
painting 0f one room in tbe men 'a
partment overhead, and tfliat
the walN cf the same be ealsomin-d-
We Cnd the one-story recent
bailt to the auperintcodcnt'e
house poorly bailt 4ud wmfc. "
'ttark .rZt th.
"R32l
yurer's offices, all 0f which we
good order. ., .
reaonunend that boola Nos.
?d 3 he neapiod 1b tbe regis
Ik the clerk of the
r a effiee. we. reaonunend an
?timal filiag imair and ease to
r preserve the reeorda. :
C A. BROWN, Foreman.
H-00 A TEAS.
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ERECTING BUILDINGS.
Tm Tonight and Saturday.
GOES DP
IN
MILL
OLD ST. JOHNS BURNED
luck Improved Machinery
DesIrcjed-BeJonged to
Mr. Ombb-lnsiir-asce
$1,800.
St. John 'a mill and who in this
whole action ban not on pw oc
casion enjoyed an outinif tbcr
lituited on tb bank of tae.Vad
k'o riv-fr a milt or more bvlow the
railroad bridge, wa b'irued to th
(rroand Ia.t nibt about tight
oVrOi-k With tb building wa
dftriyirsl $3,000 or lO.OOf worth
,e lattjt isiorwvid mafhinery.
Th mitt, which w on of th
olJtt griat mill in the South was
tht property of Mr. II Clay
r.rubb, and hia total kwa will bt
from 10.000 to 12.X.
How th firi" originated w not
learard. The hUte wa pectan
!ar and wa plainly vn;te to pa
nfttjrera oa Um a arth and outh
bound early trai l, and tie light
mad the burttinip-of thia four
and a half atory frame irtnicture
lAlHk Ueri from WalWwry.
The anill waa aitaated at th foot
of the old Oowry"a Ileighu, mal
famoaa ia veT by tha late Dr. I.
W. Jonea and oa ajmot the idecti
eal pot where General Green met
CVirnwaHia in a akirmish only two
lava weriotu to the battle of
fjuilford dart Hoaae.
Tbonaaod bare picnicked at
fim0D old mill It waa the
mfeet, f0T fMUT Monday parties
and the) terminus of many moon
light drive. In other day daneea
were held in the building. Wbe
euea made it a place of pleaewe
and it haa been pictured and aent
broadcast oa thousand of pot
eardi.
For many years thia place waa
operated by the late Major Wind
sor, waa tor a penoa me proper
ty of the late P. P. Meroney and
later waa operated by Mayor-elect
F. M. Thompson. ,
A number of parties drove down
to the river today to take look
at the ruin.
There waa $6,000 insurance on
the building and machinery, car
ried through the agency of the
Salisbury Realty k Iniuranee Co.
DE. POOLS Rituwra.
Hil Patient Took Two Opera tie iw
and it Keating Fin.
Tie T M. Poole, who accompan
ied Mr. Riohard L. Frick, one of
ia natient. to New York last
k, where Mr. Frick went for
an operation, returned home thu
Mr. Prick ia at the New
Vnrk Port-tlrailuate boepital and
tnok two operations, Dr. Pool
states that the operations were
and that Mr. Frick was
wttin along fine when he left
Kim
He states n a penmuinn
eure is not effected, Mr. Kriek will
receive great relief.
Hew Wood Yard.
'- Mr. & Barnes is opening up
' a in the Murdoch boild-
gTneir the Vance cotton mill.
'SVrffEi ready in a ft. day. to
fill older.
-...v. Choir Prmctiot.
There will be choir practice to
night at 8 o'clock at St
Rpiaeopal church on Cheatnut
Hilt All the members are request
ed to he present.
FLAMES
SALISBURY. H. 0 mv iiivo nn " "
TBE LUTHERAN SYNOD
CARING FORiNEW C5UBCHES
PrapwabVa ta Caaaga tatiaWa sf Syn
odic! Miiriaeary ta Uak
Rev. G. H. L. Liogle. pamtor of
tne batheran charge in yavidaon
county, ! ft last night , for Wil
mington to attend the North Caro
lina synod, which convened in
that city Wednesday. A special
from W ilmington says tie special
order for the session yesterday
morning was an address by Rev.
O. U Miller, of Hickory, fraternal
delegate from itihe Tennessee syn
od.
The report of the eaee.utiv
committee showed it had six
churches under its care Investi
gation has been made a Raleigh
by the aycodical missionary. Rev.
J L. Morgan, with a view to e-
talilishing a church in that city.
It is proposed that tke place of
residence of Mr. Morgan be moved
to Raleigh, so that he may develop
the work in that field. :
.Rev. A. G. Voight, d.-ai of the
theological eminary, spoke ia be
half of the institution he repre
sent and aid the psit year had
been the best of the institution.
Tfc litX aessioa of thr seminary
will open in the new stone build
ing now in course of construction
at Columbia, . C. .--V-
At the sesMon laKt night an in
teresting address was cade by
Rev. J. L. Morgan, of Moereavtlle,
and one by Rev. R. C. Holland, of
OrangKbnrg, S. C,.' president of
the board of foreign missions. n
the subject; "Our Miasen FieM
at Home and Our Mission Field
Abroad." . . ..
nc Sf the mo !iuortit Iran
intersing features of the present
session of the sy nod waa tie lay
men 'a meeting yesterday after
noon from 3 to f o clock in Iuth-
er Memorial hall. Great interest
was shown in tbe work being done
by the laymen's missionary move
ment and the addreeaea were- lis
tened to with the closest attention.
The following program was car
ried out: -
Opening remark by Chairman
U Hanson. ,
Scrirtiirai readiug fohn Hmml.
Addres,,Ijaymen's Mission
ary Movement in tne uniiea
States," Rev. E. C. Crook, of Oo-
onrbia. S. C. general secretary
of the U M. M.
Address " What Business lias
a Bnsinesr Man With Missions,"
('. W. Polvogt, of Wilmington. -
Address "What are the bay
men of North Carolina Synod Do
ing for MissionsT" James P. Conk;
of Concord.
Addrass "What Can the Iy
roen of North Carolina Synod Do
for Missions," P. Rom Smith, of
Liberty.
Address "Value of Laymen's
Movement in Generai,"- W. W.
Koch, Wilmington.
Address "Our Opportunity of
the Hour," Dr. Costner; of Char
lotte. Following the regular address
there was a general discussion
that was participated in by a num
ber of those present and some
most excellent suggestions made,
i m? HiuitMu i.t-1- .siere"
with musie v a splendid male
quartet. ,
Buffalo Bin at the Bijou.
The Buffalo Bill and Pawnee
n;n WVM vrt. nictures is a Try
for today.
This is an exact reproduction of
the original ahsw made under the
.nt -KiU tli iihow was in irO-
gresn, giving every detail of the
performance from start to nnn,
inal a if vnit were sitting in the
arena watdhing the greatest wild
west show on eartn. rasmveiy
your only chance to see the great
irwti'an flulitPTH. nlainfflmen and
America' ideal horsemen and
nuii nitnnlll hero. Col. W. F.
; " . rr iV . . .
Be sure ami w .imi out
TA.aV W CI Mpanii of Onn.
eord. was in the City toaay on
I business;,
-
EVENING POST.
BAD ACCIDENT AT SEA
STEMS ALMOST CUT IN TWO
Wirtless Messags Brisgi Ike News--All
the PasMag en Saved.
New fork. May .V wireless
dispatch received here says the
Ward Linn Steamer, Merida.
bound here from Proireso, Yuca
tan, was cut almost fc two and
sunk in 35 fathoms of water w&ile
off Cape Charles early today y
the United Fruit Co's. steamer,
Admiral Farragut. The Merida
had 187 passengem aboard. All
of the Merida's passengers were
taken off by her owa, the Farra
gut 's and -boat of the Cnited
State battleship Iowa, which was
m the v icinity and were transferr
ed to the Farragut. The comman
der of that steamer sent a wireless
message to the captain of the Old
Dominion . steamer, Hamilton,
which wan nearby to stand by as
t miglu be neeessnry to transfer
all the reicued people to the Ham
ilton, the fruit steamer being bad
ly damaged about tho bows.
After a survey of the Farragut
it was decided she was not sea
worthy enongh to carry all of the
passengers and they were re-trans-fermi
to tie Hamilton u which
they are now en route to Norfolk.
Although earlier dispatches say
all on board were saved a wireless
received at 10:30 said the captain,
the firnt offiaer. and four members
of the crew offhe Merida were not
taken on board the Farragut. It
is hoped the missing men were
taken off by the Iowa. The Far
ragut 's forward hold filled with
water.
.Later: Ttae Farragut, cetasexaA
by tb-; Hamilton ad the Iowa.'
started for Norfolk.
HEID'S TO MOVE.
Will Occupy Storeroom at 1M
South Main Street.
The storeroom at 10 South
Main street recently vacated by
the .Simpson-Peacock wholesale
grocery turn, which purchased the
stock and moved into the Mai
Vases' quarters', is to.be remod
eled, front and interior, and after
August 1st is to he occupied by
Reid's department store which for
a long time has been conducted in
the Wachovia bank building at
130 North Main street. The re
modeling of thl store will add
much to the appearance of that
part of Main street.. : . .
ADVERTISING COMMUTES.
For Fourth of July to Meet This
Afternoon. "
A special meeting of the Fourth
of Julv celebration advertising
committee is to 5 held in the
grand jiirv room at the court
boue at 6:15 o'clock thia after
noon and all the members are urg
ed to be present. They are, C. N.
Brown, chairman j 'A. W. Hicks,
Max Ii. Barker, W. H. Burton,
Chas. Sides, F. B. Irvin. The pur
pose of this meeting is to- map
out plana and get down to work
ia tha tssiicr of edetSing the
celebration.
. The Grand.
The patrons of the Grand saw a
good show last oigto. Early and
Laight made their first appearance
at this popular theatre. Tu say
that the audience was delighted is
nly ha!! expressing it Encore
after encore brought the perform
ers back to the atage. Their jokes
were clean and enjoyable, espec
ially the local hits. It was pro
nounced by some as being one of
tho .very best performances yet
seen in vaudeville here. Barly
and Laigfht you can see this show
tonight, and to see it Is to appre
ciate it. Two extra good reel
will be shown tonight, an Bwan
y. The Indian Maiden's Lesson.
This is a western drama of great
power. A Pat he, A Fatal Resem
blance. Matinee at 4 p. m.
NEXTSTEP
FOR PEACE
CONFER TO DAY.
MAOERO'S NEW CABINET
Believed Diaz Will Figbt to
tbe Eod-NavoD. to
Be Court Mar
tialed. Kl Paso, May 12. AUhough
Fraaoisco I. Madero and the new
ly organized cabinet held a con
ference today, during which the
next step towards bringing peace
was discussed, no annouuvemest
waa volunteered by the provision
al government for a president.
Few of the insurgent leaders be
lieve Diaz will discuss peace. They
think he will elect to fight the
battle out to the end and that he
will make it necessary for the re
bels to capture Mexico City be
fore the revolution wiJ end. Al
ready the insurgent chieftains are
discussing the most feasible way
of approaching Mexico City and
the easiest way to capture it.
To be. Court-MartifUed-
Mexico City, May 12, tfeneraJ
Vifttir, commanding the? aiHtftvj
zone at Chihuahua, haa ordered
the court to honor an investigation
of the surrender of Juarex and
General Navarro will probably be
ourt-martialed for surrendering
. ;s sword to hi enemy.
SUPERIOR COUUT.
Working on Civil Docket, Rail
road Suit Today.
The Rowan Superior Court,
.fudge C. C- Lyon, presiding,
reached the ijlvil ducket yester
tcrday and a number of cases
tried.
Today the case of R. M. Leon
ard and others against the South
ern Ry. Co., and the N. C. R. R.
Co., is on trial. Geo. W. Garland
is attorney for the plaintiffs, and
Linn & Linn for the defendant.
The suit has brought a number
of railroad officials here, notably,
Hon. A. H. Eller, of Winston, sec
retarv of the North Carolina Rail
road Company, and chairman of
the State Democratic party; Col.
W. B. Rodman, of Charlotte, Di
vision counsel for the Southern ;
and A. J. Maxwell, of Raleigh, sec
retary of the Corporation tormnis-
skin. These gentlemen are here as
witnesses in the case and have
their books and records witl
them. -.. .
Fine Example for the Public.
Mrs. Mary B. Safrit, of Rural
Route, No. 8, Salisbury, set some
of the Post subscribers a good ex
ample yesterday. She is in her
80th year and has been a patron of
Ube Daily Pest foa, number of
years. She had gotten in arrears
with her subscription for more
than a year, and yesterday called
tin and paid up for it in advance.
'Mrs, Safrit owns a small farm aud
I makes her money slowly, but says
she must pay for her paper. Her
subscription to the Post was all
-v j ..j v. : .1 . v. ...
no one. The world needs more of
such people.
to Preach Near SUtesville.
Mr. W. D. Haltiwanger, of Cha
pin, S. C arrived in the city to
day, and i the guest of Mr. M. h.
Kestcr. He was a classmate of
Mr. Kester at the Maunt Pleasant,
8. C, Theological seminary, and
. will preach at a hnreh near Stat-,
esville during the summer vaca
tion. . .
THE PUBLIC DECEIVED.
HOAXED BY LORD DECIES
Lady Deaes His Appssdicit'u, Net
Presented to lisi asd Qotea.
- l4ndon. Mav 12. Liaiiv Decies.
formerly Miss Vivian Gould, was
operated on today lor appendici
tis aud two hours after the opera
tion she waa doing well with every
prospect of a speedy recovery. It
Das developed today mat tne puo
lin waa hniLveH hv Tinrd Decies and
the friends of the latter, who at
tended the King a court Wednes
day night said in a statement that
Lady Deciea attended this func
tion. It is now known that she
ur& nnt. npenented to the Kin? and
OnMin the nhvaicisns decidinff
that the excitement would prove
too mucin tor ner, especially as
thev were intending sd onerate oa
her today. The stoifcs of her pre
sentation was given to the press
tor the purpose oi aeoeiving tne
public as to the true condition of
Lady Decies.
COVENANTEE BOY 8001173.
To be Addressed at First Presby
terian Church Tonight at 8.
The Covenanter Boy Scouts will'
meet this evening at 8 o'clock in
the, lecture room of the First
Presbyterian church and will lis
ten to a Short add rem by Mr. P.
F. Price, of China. The scouts in
vite the public to hear Mr. Price'a
address. After the address, a
hort business meeting will be '
held.
Excursion to Winston. , .
There will be a first class excur
sion from Concord to Winston to
morrow. The train will pass Sal
isbury at 9 o clock. Manager
Leonard invites the public to take
a day off and visit the big tobacco
town. The fare from Salisbury ia
$1.
Passenger trains, daily and Sun
day, now run over the South
bound railroad from Winston-Salem
to Florence, S. C.
HAS A NARROW ESCAPE
AVIATOR FALLS FIFTY FEET.
Badly Shaken Up-Maaj Wastes FsLt-
sd When Machine Fell,
Hendon, England, May 12.
While scores of the best know
men and women in England were
watching the flight of J. Ann-
strong Drexel, he narrowly escap
ed death on the aviation grounds
this afternoon. His machine fell
fifty feet but Drexel was only
badly shaken up. When the ma
chine fell many women fainted.
CHAIN GANGS REINFORCED.
Eight Prisoners Seat Out Today
to Bern Terms.
Sheriff Jas. H. MoKenzie, as a
result of court, this morning sent
out eight prisoners to county
chain gangs to serve sentences
ranging from two to 12 months a
total ef H months servitude. Ol
the eight ine is a woman and she
goes up for two months.
Three of the prisoners go t.
chain gang No. 1, Mr. 8. C. Carter,
superintendent, and five to No. 2,
Mr. Geo. Y. Thomason, superintendent.
Excelsior Band.
The Excelsior band will play at
A. B. Saleehy'a candy kitchen to
morrow night, commencing at 7 :3ft
o'clock. Mr. Saleeby invites) th. s
public to call and hear the must
free of charge.