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i)iiy. .My nice .spring- line ol' un-lo-daU*
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ex[)erieiico<l hiiieh-
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We Select the Meat—We Guarantee It
We have been watching meat quality so long we know wlieti
meat is good. We know wh>c.'n it st:in Is the test of the very par
ticular. We see that what we sell ^ v i is up to the proper stantlard.
The Best MEi^^.T is Here.
The highest market price paid for ho^s. cattle and sheej:). . r •
and see us. We solicit your patronage.
I, C. TINSLEY & D. M. NOUTON,
Mnai Street.
t >}i )site Court House,
Ken Enveloped In Shower Of
Molten Me Lai.
V/Ei- K " OF RUPA5R GANG
(. .. .i t\ot Accounted For and
' ■ ' - ’ L-een Blown In^.o Furnace.
. r- r -.fj Until Recjcinition Is
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operator, near Pratt mines, three years
ago and shooting down McNamara and
rol)bing the place.
McNamara, though badly wounded,
recovered. Dorsey claimed that the
shooting was done by another negro,
but did not deny complicity in the
crime.
He met death stoically.
Decision On Vaccination Law.
Terre Haute, Ind., Ai)ril 1.—Judge
Stimso-ii. of the superior ccnirt today
decided that the boards of heaKli have
no authority to exclude uuvuc<-inated
ehildrea i'rojii public schoeis. Tne
case will b<j appeaJed.
ESTATE NOT SETTLED.
GREATEST NAVY IN THE WORLD.
So Declares Admiral Dewey of Uncle
Sam’s Sea Power.
Newark, N. J.. March 28.—The Eve
ning News prints an interview with
Admiral Dowe.v. credited to its Wash
ington ( orrespondeut in vvhich the ad
miral is quoted as saying:
“The United Stater^ has the greatest
navy in the world—every m3>n In the
United States navy ip a man of intel
ligence. He knows just v/hat to do
and th(‘ right time to do It. A war
ship is an enormous mnchl'iie shop and
eveiy part of that ponderous creation
mu.st be ouerated by i.itelli.genc e.
Ev(*ry unit cannot he i:ild at the time
of a< thin by oflicers just vhat to do
and '.vhi'^Ti to do it. The leyst ma:;
niuRi kiinw for liirnself. Oi’-iei's that
were ‘.nvi'D to a crew aie necessarily
general i*. ch:. rue ter. bit in fv/nlliot;
every .stroke of w'oik iniit-t be direct
ed bji intelligence. This is what mrikcs
the T’aite.-i States navy tite greatest
navy in the world.
“Tlu^ Oermai! luivy for inptan^’e, is
an (iitiidy uift*.re!;i (ir'^c.■.i/atl''!! in
its nml'ieiip on huii';'i'i nuvttTial, 1
have made 3 deep i-tui]y of that navy.
My lielief i« that its eluciency in iK)ssi-
bie action is greatly over estimated.
The I'iien do not betrin to compare in
educatii)!) and intelligence with the
Amnic'itns. Their men have, in my
opinion, been educated so that thej
look to the officers and depenil u])o:i
them for specific instnirtions in the
least matters. They have not the
self-r(‘!iance of the Americana.”
CHINA NOT DISTURBED.
Returning Missionary Declares Reports
of Trouble Exaggerated.
San Francisco, March 28.—T-Jev. Dr
R. T. Ryan, of the Southern Baj)tist
church, who for the last 17 years l\as
been a missionary in China, hag reach
ed the city, enioute to his home in
North rarolina.
He repoi-ts that the rumors of j)ros-
pectiv(* trouble from an insurrection
in soutliern China have been greatly
exaggerated. He df>es not believe
any sc'iious trouble is to be aj-pre
branded. The withdrawal of thp gar
rison fiom Shanghai recently caused
an i(ile riimor to the effect that trou
ble was about to arise. China has
in fact, aeeordins to Dr. Ryan, never
before bc(m in such good condition for
the invasion of peaceful mis.sionaries
and other foreigners. Some incon-
venieiH-.* is always to T)e fea;-ed in out
of the way plaees from small bands
of in.surrcctionists, but in the main,
the country is not disturbed.
STRIKE RIOT IN RUSSIA.
Twenty-Eight Persons Reported Kill
ed and Fifty Injured.
St. Peteisburg. March A great
strike' riot acomi)anied by much bloou-
shed has cK-eurred at the town of Sla-
tousk. in the gov^'mment of Oofa,
among the Ural mountains. Twen
ty-eight persons were killed and .SO
others were wounded.
Slatousk is the chief town of a
mining liistrict and the center of the
southern imperial mines. It i?as iron
■works and a^n extensive manufactur
ing of Damascus scimitars and articles
of inlaid and embi»ssed steel. Sla
tousk has a iKipulation of about 21,0ui;
souls.
A TlMUjjilitliil
M. M. Aiir^tiii, of Wiiichester, Ind.
knew wli It to do in tli(? hour of lioed.
His wife had such ;in miusiiai case oV
stom.Mcli ;ind livt'r troiildc piivsicians
could not help her. Me thought of
and tried Dr. s ,\ew Life fill'-
and she tjcot rehel at oniv ;ind was
finally cured. Only 2.")cents at Z. W.
Xicliols (h’liu’ slor<‘. ^
Senator Frye tinds tlie })ath of
single ble.sst^dness a ditticult one
to ti ead. He has no sooner (luiet-
nd all su.'^picions ri'garding liis
intentions towai'ds a blooming
Miune.soiti widow lhan Dame
rvl().ssip attempts to connect hi.*-
na.me with tlie widow (;f a late
vice-president.
KobbtMl tlio (irave.
A startlinji incident is narrated hy
.John Oliver, of Philadelphia, as lol
lows: “1 was in an awt'ul condition.
.My skiu was almost yeUow, eyes
sunken, tongue ct)ated. pain continu
al iy in back aiul sides, no api)etite,
^rowiny,’ weaktir day by day. Tliret
physicians had <?iven me up. Then
I was advised to use Electric Bitters.
To iny fi'reat joy, the tir.st bottk
made a decided improvement. 1
(oiitinued their use lor three weeks,
and am now a well man. I kuov\
they robbed the grave of another
victim.’’ No one should fail to try'
them. Only o()cents,,«>:uaranteed, at
Z. W. Nichols’ drug stWe.
See M iner «S: Breese
For JOB PRINTING of all kinds
Brevard, N. C.
EVERY CHURCH .,r in.ti
tution suppiyrted hy voluntary con*
tribution will be giv(>n a liberal
(juantityiol tlie Louo-nian I'c Mar
tinez I’ure Paints whenever they
]>aint.
Note: Ruve done so for tw 'ntv-
sevaii years,. Sales; Tons of millions
ofgfiih)iis; )^)ainted nearly two mil
lion h(>uses' under guaranti'eto rt“-
paint if not s^itisfactory. Tlie paint
wears for po.‘riods up to eighteen
years. Lin^^e^d OJi must he added
to the paint (<^ne in two nuiuUe^i.
Actual cost thA| at)out§l.‘^"Kigallon,
yamj)les free./Sold by onr agents.
J. E. CLAbTON, Agent, Breyard.
' 1 One (lead, .^ev-
‘ • ji\ e, t V. i' 'i-.-
■ i . : ’ . is.) i);.uly ;i .vu-
];sr,. ... ■) i “l* .! • ‘h -'
-.-i , . ' ,i. liiide oi au ex
io.si ;;; iu u l;l;i>t fumace “I” of the
r'; ; '.s i. feel ^1' the Cs,'-
av'feif ; >!a;.aiiy h<. UiddvioCi., ;\i,. ea.dy
ijii ni irniuj;.
J he ..anu- ot the tie;ui nuii; is j-iviMi
as .fiiiin Km'th. .crob'al'iy an A’.uJici/.ed
lorni u Iiis pnu'er naiiie. Fbj utiit-is
have I been itier.tilied.
As t.ir as can ite learned the; exiilo-
;'lOn w:\s due k- a sufjposc 1 ilefect in
;ir; . .r.i a' ■ va t nent of the fu"
na.ce.
Dniii_ the night the ft’ruiuH' worked
in at'. ’^atisfaetorily way. and about
dayli.:'.iit a t;umber of men N-ere smit
to tlh r 'jv tf) )•( I'.air the trou’-due which
was ;ued a.t the “bleaker.” At the
same '.ue the discovery was made
that t!ie autoniatic ele;-t;ical '^•('luip-
ment out of order and additional
men v. detailed to locate the trou
ble. '.'.’hile sevenetcen men work at
woi'u ;;!ur at the toy or botton, a
‘ hanu ' in the furnace was found anii
befoi'r' -he a'arm eoul I iu’ given, ther.''
was a iiTiific f'Xidesi(ni was and the
woik’.n n were envelojied in a rain or
in-.jU^ inetnl, coke and lime, which
bi'.rn. i rile cl.^thing from tl'ieir boi'iies.
and r> iii’cred them unconscious. Not-
witli.'Mnding the danger a second
exphi.'it'u. a party was ovgani/.cd and
the I’u^n resu(“ed fiom their iierillous
posit:. n. Only fifteen eouhl !)e found,
how'. v. r. and it is not known v.’heth-
er tile two missing were blown into
the :' iinrt(‘(' or are wrindering about
the 'i.'Tiict In a semi-demented con
dition.
THE ACOUSTICON A SUCCESS.
Wonderful Invention of Alabama Man
Stands Rigid Tests.
New York. iNIarch 2S;.—Another dem-
onst ■ ■ : -n of the powers r>f the acou"-
tiro]'. iias be-^n driven in tliis city !)y
the 'nvtnitor. Miller Reese Hutcliison.
Mr Hutchison selected a? subjec-ts
for experiment several inmates of
the Xew York Academy for the Tn-
strucrim of the Deaf and Dumb. Som^^
had ' ’.n stricken wir!i d<^'ni'nes? nt
too r-.irlv nr aee to r^^menibr-r whnt
the n:epning of sound was. and oU''’
youn.: girl in particular almost went
into ,'i»asm.s of deliglit when the ear
pie^'vvas adjusted anil she heard the
srrai::s of music.
Tv.-aln was in the little audi
ence 1.=; was also Mrs. G ^orsre Dewey,
wife >f the ni’miral. There was one
skeat;.- ju-esent. He was deaf, but
had I fnitli I’ e ;!) .‘M'/’on. so ho
aski : to ])p rut in the chair. This
wa.5 ne, ar.d his fare flushed with
surp;:.-;i' whe;. ho was able to distin-
su’.'li. “?>lairinia” from ‘‘Pa’iu.” }f',itcb-
insnn .'aid' “Hello” to liim and he
reiK'ated it.
“A !.umber of other t<^sts were made
and were suceessful.
Di-:CPPEO '"OCK ON TRAiN.
Passengers or; Jersey Central
Have Narrow Escape.
Bay-u’.ne. N. J., Marth iis.—An at
tempt t 1 damage a New Jersey Cen
tral x;,.i;n while it was pa-^sing through
Bayjar.e last night running at tht?
rate of about o<» miles aR hour, nar
rowly escap-^d resulting in a wreck
or at least an injury, to many ])as-
sengt : s. The train was heavily load-
€ti. Vs it was jiassing under the
hriiU’-e f»t East Foi-ty-sixrh street
s.ome one dropped a stone weighing
about no pounds from the bridge to the
top of the coaches. It is supposed
the i)iirpose was to droji the rock on
the engine The rock had a 20-foot
drop. It hit the roof or the first
passenger coach, brouke through, shat
tered the gas connections and fell in
the aisie 'netween seats that contain
ed passengei.s. The noisie of the
tearing through the roof and the drop
ping ro the floor caused women to
scream and fait and there was gener
al excitement in the ca:’. A brake-
man not knowing what had oeeurred.
pulled the brake cord and the train
was stopped^ suddenly.
HUNG TOP '’^^BERY.
Alabama ImpCwoc. Penalty For
That Crime.
Birmingham. Ala., March 27.—Will
Dorsey, a negro, was hanged here to-
<iay at 11‘59 a. m. for highv/ay rob-
tery, it being the first instance in the
state’s history where the death pen
alty has been imposed for this crime.
Dors<-*y was convicted for entering
the home of David McNamara, a mine
Heirs LcTts C. P. Huntrri.jton Still
vvraricjiing In Court.
^ ( • Iv, March 30.—'Vv illiam W.
.Vi tiiati'eou-nsel for G, I'jiiiily Rey
nolds, of Washington, in an affidavit
accompanying a reque.st made to Sur
rogate Fli»gerald for n.n ord;M' to com
pel the executors of the t;Ufite of
Coll'is I* Ilr.nfington, to file au in-
veniory of the estate, chiiigys that it
is I)!!"*;.", that the >"X<-*«-ut:>rs do not
intend to file an inventory of the
estate, which, he says, h*^ is advised
consists, among other things, of per
sonal proj-erty worth from $(jO.O0r».0o0
to $70.i)(h),OOU.
From the best information now ob
tainable, the estate will show a valua
tion of about $21,000,000 at the time
of the death of Mr. Huntington.
No explanation is oh'tainable at
present for the apparent shrinkage of
the e.state to this low' figure. When
Mr. Huntington die! those in a posi
tion to know about his affairs said
his estate was worth between $27,-
OOO.Opa and $30.000,0((0. The state
eomiitroller’s oiTice bas taken about
,tv;o .years to make its ajioraisal for
t.^xation purposes, and is not yet ready
with a report.
DIAMONDS ARE UP.
Wearers of the Precious Ctones Must
Pay Higher Prices In Future.
Nev.' York, .March .‘’.0.—Another ad
vance in the price of diamonds is an-
nounceU. Private cablegrams from
European brokers which w’ere receiv
ed’ by diamond I’njiorters here stated
that r> ))er cent had been added to the
price of all .grades of rough diamonds.
The advance is to take effect at once.
Tiiere was a similar advance five
weel<s ago. and dealers said t'.iat still |
higher prices we:e to be exjiected in
the I'.ear future.
Retail prices are said to be higher
now thru tl’ey were a year ago, and
tiie aivanee in rough stones will be
followed by an increase in the retail
rate.
“Mining of diamonds is neeomin.g
more and more difTiculty eveiy year.”
sriid a New York dealer, “as thp mines
get deepi'r the cost of operating bo-
< (inu^s dtMrei'. In addition to that,
tht )•(> is a eon.-^an'ly incr;^asing de-
n;and for the g('ins.”
Prices have been advanced three
tim.es in the last six mont’is. Each
change has been 5 per cent.
BURDSCK INGUEST ENDED.
Accomplished Nothing Except to Lift
Name of Burdick frcm Mire.
Buffalo. N. Y., Ma;-ch 2S.—The in
quest into the death of Edwin L. Bur
dick, who was murdered just one
month ago in his home in Ashland
avenue, ended yc.--.teiday afternoon.
At the (dose of the inques-t Judge
Mnrirhy announeed that an orficial in
quiry into the death of Arthur R. Pen
nell, who bas figured pro’:*inent]y in
the Buiv’ick incuest. A’ould hejrin Mon-
da\'. The liurdick ir.que:it has served
to develop several theories relative to
the crime. But the investigation has
not added anythinir more than an ap-
pf^arance of reascniliility to any of
the.^e theories. Asi:le from the fail
ure of the authoiities to secure evi
dence bearing directly upon the com
mission of the crime or to esta\)lish
the identity of the murderer, there is
a feeling of satisfaction that the name
of ^fr. Btu-dlck has been lifted from
the mire in which it was dras;ged and
that his character has been shown in
its true light.
Tlie evidence brought out under the
examination of witnesses by District
Attorney Coatsworth, has shown Bur
dick to have been a lovin^g father, al
ways willing to sacrifice his own hap
piness and pride for the sake of his
children; that he was the victim of
false freindshln. broken pledges and
in the face of it all, a forgiving, indul
gent hr.^jband.
The efforts of the authorities to fix
the crime upon some one H not end
with the inquest. At the same time
there is now’ little hope of success in
this undertaking.
.Tudge Murphy said after coxirt ad
journed this afternoon that his judg
ment in the case would not be hand
ed down until Monday or perhaps later
in the v/eek.
It is possible that he may Issue war
rant.^ for the arrest of “John Doe” and
“Jane Roe.” If .Jni'ge Murphy sees
fit to take such action the district at
torney will he o)di?ed to submdt the
whole case to the grand Jury.