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CONCORD N. C.. THURSDAY. MARCH 4, 1897
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Nlioni Tp (he llrncllejr-Mnrila Bnll
and Toll oflhe Inevitable Future.
If jou er .0 take the news
papers as an index yon would prob
ably think the only tiling talked o1
In the North nowsdays is the Brad
lcytMariin ball. But jon do nc
make that niistukp, I am eure. Tut
common penplc the sinew of tht
North are j"8t like the commot
people every wh'rs elac; they have
occnpttloni which, through neces
sitj, keep them closely confined
They huve not time to think of every
passing folly.
Bat the Bradley-Martin ball illus
trate, to a very great extent, the
exact fcimutioo here. During tbi
preparations for the ball, the police
bad the Brad ley-Martin home undri
a close eye; tbey feared a gang of
ruffians and robbers would break in
and steal valuables from the botct
while the attention of the inmates
waa riveted on the coming event.
When the day arrived the day of
all days for the Four Hundred the
Hotel Waldorf was the rcet-e tf t
gorgeous display. But the polict
guarded that side of the street for u
block, and he residents along thst
way were forced to And an tuttanct
to thtir Sfomcs other than through
the front door. The hotel w-t
"slabbed up" like a convict cutnp,
so that by no possible means could
thegusU be burnled from witbon'.
'1 he winking Bars did not minelt
their tremb'iug raya with the elec
trical glory inside; nor waa Luna
allowed to smile up n the scene.
All within was a creation, a creation
of money a display which has cot
been surpassed since the days of
B.lshi.zzur. Within five houra per
haps that many hundred thousand
dollars were fqu -ndeied in a sense
less shov.
Now, why all this police prolec
tion and reeort to "slabs ?" Have
people tot a right to spend their
motiey as thiy please '( Wtre ajl
the precautions taken merely brewse
some one might, just for the fan of
i, throw a dynamite bomb into the
hotel or the residence f No! No!
All the qaestions should be answered
in the nrgative. The very earnest
ness which the great D. D.'s Dixon,
Farkhnrst, Raiosford and others
gave the affair prove it was not a
common thin?, even in New York
Then, why all this splutter ?
It is easily answered. Oroncbcd
in any kind of holes not two squares
away were waifa trying to combat
the death -dealing winds of winfe ;
walking within the shaJow of tbp
Waldorf and within the sounds of
the music in the ball-room were
mothers with blej iu their arms,
homeless, cheerless, helpless; tramp
ing the street because they had not
where to lay their heads and able
bodied men who had not ten a
tquare meal for more than a week;
and over in another quarter of the
city the New York Journal was
keeping soul and body together In
several thousand human frames by
establishing ' a free soup house.
Was it well to allow this hungry
"mob" to look in, but forbidden to
eat? That's the answer! Thai's
the reason fo - the extra prtrau toii
6 Bradiey-itartin I all furr.f he-:-.gvidecco
elgniOr.ant erongh; but
thofe whom it would e pecially b n
, ell', are too blind to ste, too deaf to
bear.
The man who I hiukn this country
ifl on a s tfe basis bas riot studied
the new conditions; be ha not vis ited
one of the twarming centres oi
population; he' has not seen ques
tions rise in a day to menacing
problems; he has not seen the gulf,
which are continuously widening
and deepening in our population.
Lurking in every city of this land is
an influence stronger than Vesuvius,
and more destructive, if it ever
breaks forth. Without a speedy
change iu our system, the fate cf
Tompeii ia mild whin compared
with that which awaits os; and the
da k days of France are the pictures
of children at play if set tip Bginet
tbe work the future nrti-t In bisHry
will be asked to ptunt.
I am not a pessimist, but an op
tinrst, in ibe highest n:e of the
word. I believe that right tnd jus
ti(e will fiaally triumph. I believe,
too, th'it a crash h'is been averted
on'y through the goodn ss and hope
of the American people, for it is
tbe history of all republics that tbe
je pie ( id not realize that their
rights were.bcing taken until they
werreudy lost. The Bradley
'Rfrtln ball teacl ej a truth which to
dnr gird is tbe reost fatal of tolies
Jake F. Newem,.
I'hiladelphi i, Feb 83.
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u I lu oi two lim-uUuu wwituO.
A SOUTUERN TRAIN KILLS 9.
lrenlliil Aeelllcul Near ('hntlnnooira
Of 10 l'oole In m Wnicou, Only (Iu
Chattanooga, Tenu., Feb. 24
About 4 o'clock tbia afternoon, on
the Southern Railway, four mile
from thia city, Inc3tning jtasaenger
train No. 7, traveling at a hgh
peed, struck a covered wagon which
as trying to clear the tracks ahead
of the train at Avondale crosaing.
The waon waa hit rqnarely in the
oentre and with its ten occupants
hurled high into tha nir. The oc
cupants were Mr. W J Woodward,
her eight chiVr-.o and one grand.
child, all of nbcm, with one excep
tion, were kill.d. The ground for
some distanca presented a gory
dght. The bodies were gathered
up after much starching, and taken
to the morgue, where the nine mem
bers of the same family made
gruesome spectacle. The infant,
which was undoubtedly shockod to
death, there lay like a wax figure in
its mother's arms. Every window
iu the pa.eet ger coacthes was broken
and ti e engine's pilot demolisice'i
Tin engineer ia absolved from blame
for the accident. The father and
Je child remain of a family of
tvu-lva
Fuunlaiion Cave Way.
This fall of nian ia an old story
-ind a very deplorable on bat when
t'je foui daiion built of other th&n
solid rock gives way, something else
tumbles with men, as was the ct.se
with a chimney and two mechanics
at Mt. Pleasant Wednesday after
noon. Last week Mr. R L McAllis
ter laid the foundation for a chim
ney to one of the factory tenement
house8, when the rainy spell came
on which compelled him to snBpend
work. Woik waa resumed this
weik, however, ana just as Mr. Mc
Allister and Bob Linn were laying
the last biick, the foundation give
way, the chimney falling in a heap
and the men going down with it,bo'h
of whom were terribly shaken up but
not seiiouely hurt. .
Ail AcldrM at tlie Court flouiie.
Prof. R A Caldwell, a prominent
colored man of Greensboro, ad
dressed the colored people of the
city at the court house Wednesday
night on tbe proposed cotton mill
for that race to be built at this place
His pleadings for them to take bold
of the enterprise were bandied with
considerable force. His audience
aggregated about 800 people whe
were attentive throughout the
couiceof bis talk. Caldwell rep
resents some as? ociation, and is a
stockholder in the Co)en,an mill.
Onr L.iciMlatoril.
The Senate trnd House did not
ngree to adjourn and go to Newbern
Wednesday but most of them went
anyway. The business that re
ccived any attention was chiefly of
a private nature.
In the Senate Mr. Moye (fLred a
b ll to require a license to carry a
pis'ol.
In the Ilonpe Mr. Ward offered a
bill to retfutte the pjy of Legislators
to $3 per day. A bill paseed to
un lid the ch irter of tbe company
svh.ii h propotes to develop the water
power nt the N trrows of tbe Y dkin,
A li'l alio pa-Fed tbe House to
create a board 'o control the convicts
u.d roads cf Mecklenburg county.
Mr. Cook rff;red a bill rtquimg
he Ccnatiiutio!! of the United
jtaus nnd the Const! u ion cf North
Caro'ina to be read in the common
schools,
A bill waa offered to repeal the
Cabarrus road law so fw as it ap
plies to township 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8,
11,12.
This act etems fe mewhat mysteri
ous. Wt cm offer no clear con
struction of ie.
Two ( hlhlrcil Humeri.
The Durbi.m Sun ays that on
Wedn-eday evening ecteatns were
bend in the honce of Luke Spark
m n, colors I, when it was found
.hat the clothing of three children
left in '.he hon e was burning Thir
a-es wete 7, 4 and un it:fui:t. Tie
two older cii'S died during the
niiiht but the infai.t waa saved.
Mnch sympathy is f.lt for the dis
tressed parents who were away at
i he t me.
Nnlcsmcit Wnntvil.
Tose'lnur high grade Nursery
Stock. Msny new specialties fibred
thia vear for the first time, aa well
as tbe standard varieties cf fruit?
and ornnmenU'B. The business
easi'y b'irni'd. Write for terms
either on salary or commission
lUDPi:s, I'ko. ec Ihomas, Maple
Aveuue Nurseries, West Cheater,
Pa. ' wm?6.
SHORT LOCALS.
Aaf(Bttda baa been prescribed
for la grippe-.
Klnctric light wires are .being
placed in the Savings Bank.
See notice of land ea'e by R W
Misenhci trier, trustee.
Barnum's circus will appear in
Charlotte on the 12th of next May.
Mr. Utley introduced a bill in
tbe Senate Friday to allow women
to vote on local option elections.
For silks and other dress goods,
we respectfully invite your atten
tion to tbe advertisement ot (Jan
nons & Fetzer.
The Standard Oil Company have
their property at the depot nicely
fenced in and the house and large
tank painted. Oil they want now.
and tbe bulk of tbe trade is theirs,
A Western paper says the people
out there bave about as much fattb
in the Republican administration
restoring prosperity as they have in
the building of an electric railway
to tbe iNew Jerusalem.
Rev. Stubblebine, of Salisbury,
will preach at Bear Creek church
on the second Sunday in March
On the following Monday night e
lecture on Greenland, with stereop
tican views, will take place.
Tbe telephone line will soon be
run from here to Mt. Pleasant. It
will be conducted on the independ
ent system, but will probably con.
nect with all the lines now existing
in tbe city.
Tbe ticket office at the depot has
been remodelled and the windows
have been made burglar proof. The
freight and telegraph offices have
been overhauled and now present a
better appearance and gives a great
deal more room.
The newspaper war in Atlanta is
getting warm. The row started
about the respective circulations of
tbe Journal and tbe Evening Con
stitution. The former offers to give
$100 to charity if the latter isn't
tbe biegeet iiar between Baltimore
and New Orleans.
Messrs. Cook & Foil, the leading
merchants of Mt. Pleasant, are mak
ing arrangements for the construc
tion of a large store-room in wbicb
to conduct their immense business,
tbeir present quarters being crowd
ed, which necessitates the move
ment. . A peculiar old man named Solo
mon Seltzer died a faw days ago
near Stroudsburg, Pa. One clause
of bis will when opened directed
that bis grave be dug in his heg
pen and his body be buried therein.
The old man's instructions wore
carried out.
At a recent meeting of the board
of directors for the Presbyterian
College for Women, in Charlotte, a
most encouraging report was made,
showing that the institution bad
"xpsrienced remarkabl- success
The board will raise 817,000 for the
better equipment of the college.
One day last week, a farmer went
to Opelika, Ala, to get a coffin for
his dead baby. He sot tbe coffin
and while en his way out of town
stopped in a saloon to get a qnart
of whiskey. He carried the coffin
into the saloon with him. He git
to drinking and was ooon in a state
of intoxication. He left tbe saloon
and went home, leaving the ct.fliu
in the bar room. He was totally
oblivions of tbe fact that bis child
was dead.
Tbe Burlington News tells of a
runaway team of Mr. Caffey. He
wasdriyinga pair of horses to a
buggy and bad a negro with him.
The horses became unmanagable
and ran. Ooe wheel came off and
irecipilated both to the ground,
Mr. Caffsy only being hurt. The
team ran into a wagon, and one
horse got his leg broken and had to
be killed. The other ran into a
barbed wire fence knocking down a
whole Rtiing without receiving a
scratch. It was a Texas pony.
Before
Retiring....
take Ayer's Pills, and you will
sleep better and wake in bettet
condition for th. day's work,
Ayer's Cathartic Pills have no
equal as a pleasant and effect
ual remedy for constipation,
biliousness, sick headache, and
all liver troubles. They are
sugar-coated, and so perfectly
prepared, that they cure with
out the annoyances experienced
Iu the use of so many of the
pills on tbe market. Ask your
druggist for Ayer's Cathartic
Pills. When other pills won't
help you, Ayer's is
THE PiLL THAT WILL
win ip
Dry & Wadsworth haye a change
in their advertisement today. Raad
what they bave to say.
Mr. Baxter Gilllon has tone to
Charlotte, where he will euler the
Commercial College.
Master Caldwell Query, of Can
nonville, is very low with typhoid
fever. He ia a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Caldwell Query.
His many friends will be sorry to
learn that Mr. Will AlmoDd is
critically ill with pneumonia at his
home near tbe Cabarrus mill.
Mr. V W Ksesler has left on his
return trip to Texas. He went by
way of New Orleans and will take
ia the Mardi Gras celebration.
The Charlotte News is evidently
prospering. It has done away with
its pot metal news and gone to gtv
ing. us the stuff i'self.
J M Loman is making a repnta
tion as a gold hunter. He has un
earthed tome very hue specimens
of gold ore on the baoks of tbe
Ibree Mile branch east of the oity.
Tbe calender, a new piece of ma
chinery for finishing work, is being
placed in tbe I bleacberv. When
complete, extrajnight work at tbe
bleacbery will ceabe.
Mrs. Paul baa moved from tbe
house opposite tbe Odell store, in
order that workmen can begin at
once to tear it down and clear tbe
site for the new store that is to be
built.
President Cleveland bas nomi
nated Mr. W W Clark, of Newbern,
to be Judge in the place of Judge
Seymour. It ia not believed that
the Senate wlil confirm him.
Torpidity of the liver, and die
orders of the stomach and bowels,
cause headache and the failure of
all desire for food. Ayer's Catbar
tic Pillc stimulate the action of tbe
tbe stomach, liver, and bowels, cure
headache, and restore the appetite.
Miss Margaret Fisher, who waB
with tbe millinery establishment
of Miss Nannie Alexander last fall,
will open a millinery Btore at Mt,
Pleasant. Miss Fisher has superb
taste as a milliner, which is an as
surance of success.
Dr. Kinyoun has returned from
Cuba, whither he went duly author
ized to investigate tbe prison con
ditions said to bave killed Dr. Ruiz,
He was unrestricted in his prog
ress and will doubtless make a true
report to the administration.
People who suffer from loss of
appetite, indigestion, sour stomach,
and flatulence, nnd prompt reliet
in tbe use of Ayer's Pills. As an
after dinner pill, they are nneqnal
ed, causing the digestive and excre
tory organs to perform their func
tions as nature requires.
Memory is a little treacherous
now and then, and causes one to
forget some things worth remem
bering, unless one has an experience
like that which came to Mr. D
East, Moffatt's Creek, Va., who says
"1 had been suffering for years with
a torpid liver and found no relief
until I took Simmons Liver Iiegu
atrir when I was entirely relieved
of my troubles. I never intend
being without Simmons Liver
Regulator."
Tbe Leas. Htantlit,
Yesterday (Friday) was the day
aet for the great lease contest in the
State Senate. When the hour ar
rived for its consideration Mr.
Grant, the chairman of tbe investU
gating; committee, produced tbe tax
jority report of the committee which
stated that after a satisfactory ex
amination of witnesses tbe commit-,
tee found there waa no suspicion of
fraud or intimation of corruption on
the part of any one in the matter of
the lease. Tbe minority offered a
substitute to the effect that they
were not satisfied because Ex. Gov
ernor Carr, Col. A B Andrews and
R C Hoffman were not summoned
befo e the committee. They off-
ere ' aa a substitute for the majority
report that the leise staid for 36
years including the 6 ;6irs preylona
to the expiration of the old leaa
and that if the Southern thould not
assent to this by April 1st, it shall
be the duty of the Governor to de
clare the lease foifji'ed. The sub
stitute and all amendments met with
defeat and the mi j irity report was
adopted and the lease stands.
Will Kne the Noutlirrn. .
Mr. S E Holloway, the Rich-nondl
drummer so well known here, bas
entered suit against the Southern
railroad because a conductor re.
fuped to take up bia ticket and put
him off Mr. Il-dloway was very
indignant over the matter while
here last Thursday and judging
from bis tone he will fight the com
pany fur all there is In it.
4 Train Wrecn. ,
An express train on tht Chesa
peake and Ohio on last Tuesday go
ing at the rate of 40 miles bu hour
plung d into a washout and all the
cars piled upon the engine exoept
the two sleepers that were only de
railed. Eleven persons were more
or leas injured. Oae man c aw'ed
out of the wieck ml acramb'ed up
the bank hut died bef ire any at sis t-
anee could reach hi'ii,
BE-
GINS WORK.
Ellmabelb I'ollese Faculty delected
Catalogue, to Be Iiwued Wlttiln
Ixly Day..
Work on the Elizabeth College
will now be prosecuted vigorously.
Contractor Ittner arrived yisterday
morning and all necessary paperr
were promptly signed, sealed and
delivered. In the afternoon he, in
connection with his foreman, Mr. W
B Talley. of Atlanta, Architect
Dempwoif, and Messrs. King an)
Fisher, of the building committee,
went to tbe college ground?, mads
all preliminary arrangements, and
this morning will witness tbe begin
ning of active operations. Tbe
building is to be complet.d on or
before September 20th. Its archi
tectural style is cf tbe most modern,
meeting all the requirements
for a fi -at class college, and it will
be an oi j -ct of pride and beauty to
the city .nd to the Sooth. Tbe
building, when completed, witheut
furnishings, will cost not less than
fifty-two thousand dollars.
The college authorities have al
most completed ihe eelection of the
faculty, and they say that tbs pros
pective catalogue for season 1897 98
will be issued within sixty days.
Charlotte Observer.
China Grove Hem.
Our Literary Society met at Mue
Bettie Patterson's last Tuesday even-
ing, but owing to sickness only one
of tbe fair maidens turneJ out, but
I must say to tbe honor of the
bachelor of the club that she was
handsomely eutei tained. The regu
lar programme was dispensed with
and Mr. W V White, of Cincinnati,
wbo is not only a disigner and
draftsman but also a talented musi.
ciac, delighted the few assembled
with some very choice vocal solos.
Miss Ethel Patterson and Muster
Bernard left Thursday morning for
Thomasville where they go to vieit
Rev and Mrs. Olapp.
Mr. A L Patterfon ave a very
amusing entertainment at the Aca
demy last night with his Gramophone-
Half the proceeds to go to
St. Marks church.
Dr. A J Crowell performed a yerj
difficult operation on Jno. Ltflti
abont two weeks ago for appendi
citis caused by parched peanut get
ting into the appendix. I think
this Is tbe fourth operation ever
performed in the county and it it
the tirat to haye recovered. The
Dr. Tells me tbac if tbe patient
should finally let well that it will
be very unusual as the man had a
general peritonetis at time of opera
tion caused by rupture of appendix
into peritoneal cavity. j
The marriage bellB are still to be
heard in the distance. On next
Wednesday evening Mr. Preston
Linn and Miss Grace Shullenberger
will be married at Zion German Re
formed church.
Everything is moving 0. K. in
China". Would be glad to see
Uncle Sam lend Cuba a helpinc
hand. Provost.
China Grove, N. C, Feb. 26.
A Flng-er broken.
Master Arthur Bonds, a seven
year om uoy at forest uni, wts
assisting his brother, Mr. John
Bonds, clean up looms at the Odell
Mills, and wh'le working about the
machinery tht boy stemmed and
fell, when his band was caught in
a cog wheel, mashing and breaking
one tin per 11 is wound is not ee
rious.
-WARNING.
We wish to caution all users of Simmons
Liver Reeulator on a anbisct of th deepest
interest and importance to their health
perhaps their lives. The sole proprietors
and makers of Simmona Liver Reeulator
learn that customers are often deceived by
buying and taking some medicine of a
similar appearance or taste, believing it to
be Simmona Liver Regulator. We warn
you that unless the word Regulator is on
the package or bottle, that it is not Simmons
Liver Regulator. No one else makes, or
ever has made Simmons Liver Regulator, or
anything called Simmons Liver Regulator,
but J. ILZeilin A Co., and no medicine made
by anyone else is the same. 9 We alone can
put it up, and we cannot be responsible, d
other medicines represented aa the same do
not help you as you are led to expect they
Will.t- Bear this fact well in mind, ifyou have
been in the habit of uaing a medicine which
you supposed to be Simmona Liver Regula
tor, because the name waa somewhat like
it, and the package did not have the word
Regulator on it, you fcave been imposed
upon and have not been taking Simmons
Liver Regulator at all. The Regulator has
been favorably known for many years, and
all who use it know how necessary it is fear
Fever and Ague, Bilioua Fever, Constipa
tion, Headache, Dyspepsia, and all disorder,
wising from a Diseased Liver.
We ask you to look for yourselves, and
See that Simmons Liver Regulator, which
you can readily distinguish by the Red Z
on wrapper, and by our name, ia the only
medicine called Simmona Liver Regulator.
J. H. ZKILIN CO.
Simmon JLittr Regulator,
CONTRACTOR ITINER
G RE ATESTJPRODIGY KNOWN
l.o ula. Permin.on'. Child Talk. From
the Firm.
The Raleigh Tribune (ells of
wonderful prodigy in that city,
which, if true, ranka it as being oni
of the gratest curiosities'of modern
times. The Trlbnne eaya :J3 r.
"Generally the prodigies which
are reported in newspapers, such ss
triplets, talking babies, fiyeoy earmold
Solomons, &o., live far from where
tbeir rams exists. In fact the ad
miration and wonder at these protli
gies generally varies inversely with
the distance. But Raleigh now han
a genuine sensation of its own a one
this line. A colored woman, Louisa
Perkinaoc, wbo lives back of Shaw
University, on SmitLfi -Id Alley, has
a most reaaarkable child abaut four
months old.
She says that her baby was born
on the first day of tbs paat Noyem
ber and on the very day of its birth
thia wonderful infatt called tbe
name of i s mother, graadtbei
and grandfather diatine'ly ; in f-tct
it waa so plainly that every one
present readily nnderatood the baby.
Tbe child did not confine its speech
making to tbe first day of its exist
ence, which by the way was an un
deniable proof of Cicero's theory of
our pre-existence, but the baby
has continued to talk (ff and on ever
since. A few daya since the bub)
became ill, and when asked if it was
sick, replied "Yes."
This is no hoax. The child can
be seen at any time at tbe house of
its mother, No. 821 Smithfield Al
ley. Louisa, the mother of tbe
child, was teen thia svening by some
gentlemen and Baid that she too
heard tbe child speak on the day of
its birth and testified to the above
statement. Where else can such a
child be found except in Raleigh ?"
m
Bill Have to Walt,
Senator Pritchard arrived in
Washington Sunday from Canton,
where he had an interview with
President-elect McKinley, in the
Interest of Col. James E Boyd on
Saturday last. He failed to tecure
a Cabinet appointment, but received
assurances that Col. Boyd's services
to the Republican party would be
recognized in a way that would be
aatifcfictory to him. Whether tht
appointment will be as one of the
assistant secretaries or as istant
postmasters-general, Senator Pritch
ard cacnot say. He talked to Mr.
McKinley about the policy of hit
administration, and got the disticnt
impression, be says, that everything
will be subordinated to tbe speedy
enactment of a new tariff law. Major
McKinley also gave Senator Pritch
ard distinctly to understand that
only the more important appoint-
men's, which are indispensible to
the successful operation of his ad.
ministration, will be considered un
til af ;er the passage of a tariff bill
and the ai'jinrnment of the extra
sessfTO of Congress. There are more
men out of work, he said, wbo need
work than there are men oat of
office who need effice, and they will
receive the first consideration. This
will be a greit disappointment to
hundreds of Virginia and North
Carolina Republicans, who will go
to Washington neA.t month expect
ing to remain In anticipation cf im
mediate relief. Thia is personal,
direct information from the President-elect,
and is a confirmation of
the policy already indicated.
Greenaboro Record of Feb. 24.
If it were not for the fact that
the job is abont over these fallows
might all be assUneJ tbe enrolling
clerk's c fli-te in Raleigh nt $5.00 per
day while tbe preaient. will be too
busy to g'ye them relief.
"Greenland's Icy Monnlnln.
Rev. W n StnbM-ibin, cf the
German Reform Mission at Kalis
bury, will deliver a lectuie it Betbet
Re'orm church on Saturday night
before the secoad Sunday i i March
The lecture is entitled "Grti nland'e
Icy Mounta;n"and will be illus
trated with stereoptiron views. The
admission fee will b.' 15 c nta and
the proceeds will bd d. voted to
building a church of th ic denomi
nation in Salisbury. Oi Sunday
following Rev, S ubb'ebii e wiil
preach in that church. On 'the
fourth Sunday R- y. J 0 Leonard.
of Lexington, will p'ech at th -aame
place.
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Ctlltnite In Kxprcsa IMtlce.
Mr. J B Caldvteli, wbo haa con
ducted the business of the Southern
Expreaa office in this city for some
time, retired frmn ti e i flice Friday,
Mr. Garah B Caidw li ij lu suc
cessor. W r. v aid eli ii ki not acute
what he intcuUcu duiuy in the future.
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Highest of all in Leavening Powers Latest U. S. Gov't Report
ABSOLUTELY PURE
DIED THIS MORNING,
Mr.. Catherine Jfnrr Pause. Away,
Which End. a Itae'al Life.
Mrs. Catherine Murr, wifo of the
late Stephen Murr and mother of
Messrs. Davs, Gaerge aid Ed. Mnrr,
jnd Mrs. J F Hariis, of this city,
and the late Mrs, M L Hitch, of
Salisbury, died this morning at 10
o'clock at her home on East Depot
street. Mrs. Murr bad been in de
oliaing health for son e time, but
not nntil seyeral say a ago was she
taken with tbe fatal spell ef pneu
monia. She waa 6a year of age and
was ai earnest Christian 1 dy, much
loved hy her children, grandchild
ren and a large circle of friends.
She was a consistent member of St,
James Evangelical Lutheran church
Besides the foir children who are
left to mourn ber death, are Mrs, W
A Patterson, her sister, and Mr. Jno.
Suther, a brother.
The funeral aervice over the re
mains of the deceased will take
place from tbe residence tomorrow
at 1 o'clock by her pastor, Rev. 0 B
Miller. The interment will occur
at the Lutheran cemetery, Satur
day 'i Daily Standard.
A Yohok florae Thief.
Friday morning Mr. D B Cox, a
young farmer of near Mt Pleasant,
came to town horseback and put his
beast in a stall in rear of Paroell's
blacksmith shop, and went about
bis business with the merchants.
At 3 o'clock Mr. Cox started
home, but on reaching the stall
found that his horae was gone. In
quiry was made abont his horse,
when it became known that Paul
Pruett, a 14-year-old white boy
living on East Depot street, had
taken it out for a ride. Pruett rode
the horse to Forest Hill, where he
threw tbe saddle upon the ground
and left it- He then took the horse
to the wood beyond the cemetery
and tied it to a small sappliog, re
turning to town a-foot. About 6
o'clock Chief Boger and Mr. Cox
went to the heme of the boy and
made bim tell where he had taken
the horse. The animal was found
just where the boy had left it. Mr.
Cox was given the privilege of
thraahing the boy, and didn't do a
mean job of it, either.
Thia is the third or fourth time
tbe little fellow has stolen horses
out of tbeir stalls, and after riding
a while, hiding them.
GOOD R01DS MOVEMENT.
The Coat onload-Making- In the State
or North Carolina.
The State of North Carolina has
been very piogreasive in the move,
ment for good roads. Prof. J A
Holmes, State geologist, has pre
pared a report on the subject wbicb
sbowB the money raised in Nortb
Carolina for road purposes to be
$109,900. The largeit amount
($36,000) is raised by Mecklenburg
county; the next largest ($18,000)
in Buncombe, and third ($9,300) in
Forsythe. The total Lumber of
counties tl at have adopted a road
tax is about thirty. Tbey are
working tbeir roads now by this
system either wholly or in part.
Reports from a b umber of coun
ties working comicts on tbeir roads
show that it costs less to work them
on the public roads tbau it does to
feed them in tbe county jails. In
Wake, for instance, it costs twenty
and oce.half cents; in Mecklen
burg, Forsyth, Durham and Ala
mance it costs twenty cents per day
per convict to work them on the
public roada. This cost includes
board, .clothes, medical attention
and aalaiies of the guards. Whereas
in thefe same counties, when these
prisoners are kept in jail, it costs on
an average of 28 cents per day per
prisoner to support them. The
report shows, furthermore, that the
cenviota erj .y better health when
working on tbe pub;io roads than
when in jul. The report will be a
valuable addition to the literature
on the employment of conyicts and
the good roads movement. Manu
facturer's Record. ?
Consumptive Tnfccu Oir at Hickory.
A young man Trom Mew York
a consumptive who left A hville
yesterday afternoon for New York,
was thrown into convulsions when
the train arrived at Hickry and
wai taken from the car. It was not
thought, Capt. Tucker tella ue, that
he could live until the train arrived
at Saliahury.- Salisbury World.
The (.eaislatlye Oolnits.
Among the matters tf general
interest on February 25, were: A
bill in the Senate to aid in the con
structiou of the fcalem-Winston
southbound railroad. This requires
the Governor to employ surveyors to
locate theroud and to employ con
victs to grade it, the Stute to take
stock to the amount cf the labor
done. ;fceM.i. .Z;A rSi
A bill also to pay pages five dol
lars extra for the session iu addition
to their wages. Mr. AU-a'.er op
posed the bill, saying that tbe boys
were very well compenaated and
moved a reconsideration of the vote
but hij motion was lost. JZ
The special order cf the day was
taken up, which was to rsvise and'
improve the public school system,
It provides that the Sta e Board of
Education shall appoint biennially
a State board cf examiners who
shall consist of three profesa'onal
schaol teachers and the Superinten
dent of Public Instruction. The
latter shall be exofficio chairman,
who shall prepare am recommend
to the public school teachers a
course tf reaJicg and study for the
better equipment of tbe work. It
provides for first grade life certifi-.
eates to be renewed every five years.
Third grade certificates are not to be
granted, The bill paseed its third
reading.
In the House a bill paaaed to
amend the charter of the State
Dairyman's Association, the State
giving $500 annually to tbe associa
tion, A bill to allow operatives to en
dorse check and trade at any store
caused some discussion and was
laid over for Friday.
The additional appropriation of
$5,000 to the University caused
considerable discussion but the vote
was 76 to 26 in favor of the appro
priation. This is to equip the
University against fire.
A bill to appropriate $12,500
addition to the State Normal and
Industrial school passed by aa
overwhelming vote.
Boy. From a Reform Nehool.
Fifteen boys from the reformatory
Westchester, N. Y., passed through
Charlotte Wedesday night. They
were in charge of Mr. Trott and
were en route to Florida where they
will be bound out to parties wishing
help. The crowd was made up of
all nationalities and was rather a
hard looking set. This reformatory
takes these boys and slums of New
York city, and other cities in New
York State. Mr. Trott makes two
visits to Florida each year for this
purpose. Charlotte News.
Wis. and Otherwise.
Bent on pleasure the fish hook.
The leaves that turned last fall
will soon be returning.
Early strawberries are blushing
at the prices asked for them.
Things never sound right to tbe
man who can only bear with his
left ear.
Seven Months With Fever.'
Wonderful Recovery of Health.
Mr. Baird's rnpirl and mnrvelnus rorovory
from a nitTO wk It'ton to liis rinrmul Wfilit,
270 pounds, surely tlio fulltttt trt i)t Mui
grandest fitrenrrth-KiviiiM: and building-up
Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine.
Z. II- Baiud.
Genllemon I wish tn rxnn'n to von mv
gratitude for tbe gnsit acmd that lr.
Milen' Xrrvine lias dune for me, T wu
taken sick with typhoid fever and I laid
In hed f i r f- v"u niouiii;, After ir mttir
over the fever I was 1 Inn, tt-'rvi i - an d t irvd,
and did imt n-i-alri my -M i -rpctli. I tried
w'vcMil proprietary medir:" -, and tlirilly,
after havintr Uu'ii' reiiun n n wei(-!it trim
pounds, 1 Ptm-'an t ry i n nn r A' i in--, andat.
oneo hi'tran to improve. ;t in
cured, mid today I t an - ny I w
t-er In all my life, md weih
This Is my normal ,.i:.''l ar,
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:ro po,
8 feet 5' inched in heel-i. '
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guarantee t hat t he c,r -1 ' ..,( i ; 1 1 1 - -it
All oriim:iM m'I I it ;.; ,1 h, .t;n . t- - -
It Will he nt , prep;ti I, on in . i ' - '
by tuo lr. Aliku Aiemcul Co.. i.iku. rt, :.d.
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