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VOLUME II.
MORGANTON, N. C., FRIDAY. APRIL 9, 1886.
NUMBER C.
W.C.ERVIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LENOIR, N. O.
APRIL'S SONG.
1 Practices in the State and Federal Courts.
' SAMUEL J. ERVIN,
1 ATTORNEY AT LAW,
310 iiG A.NTOjS ,"N. C.--.
(Office in Court House.) ,
Will practice in .tae State and Feder
al Courts. Special attention given
oil business iutrustort to him.
ISAAC L AVERY, ,
ATTORNEY ATLAW,
M OR G ANTON, N. C.
(Office in Gov, Caldwell's old la w office.)
-Practices in the State and Federal courts.
. Special attention given an4 prompt returns
made to all business intrusted to his care
JOHN T. PERKINS,
Attorney & Counselor at Law,
Morganton, N. C.
Office No. 1 Brick Row.
Practices in State and Federal
Courts. Claims collected anywhere
in United States. Prompt atteniton
giveu to all business and prompt re
turns made.
BY BELLE,
I swing on the spider's cable,
I float on the butterfly's wing,
I feast at -the Brownie's table,
I drink at the fairy's spring.
I sleep in the lady-bug's bower,
The velvet heart of a rose,
I dream in the lap of a flower,
Till its petals soft unclose.
I dance on the rainbow arches,
I sit on the sunset cloud,
I fly the rough wind's marches,
I laugh at his whistle loud.
I drink from the hare-bell's chad ice,
I dine with the brown-winged bee,
I sup in the humming-bird's palsoe,
Oh ! this is the life for me !
For I am fairy maiden,
I have no soul, no choice ;
With life nor love I'm laden,
I know but to rejoice
The Guardsman for April.
A BUDGET OF NEWS FROM
THE NATIONAL, CAPITAL.
A NEW INDUSTRY.
Two blind boys. J. R. Winters and
W. N. McCurry, desire to -state to the
public that they are prepared to make
Matresses, Brooms and repair chairs,
both cane and split bottomed, and ask
liiepUUllC lO glVC IUCU1 J
will be assisted by D. L Wiuters.
Their shop is two doors above the
Seagie Corner. Morganton. N. C.
RESTAURANT.
John Ervin will open a First-Class Res
taurant in Morganton Feb. -)th 1888, to
accommodate the public I will have
at all hours. Ham, Pies, Cake?, Chicken
and everything suitable to a first-class res
taurant. Cbifee only on special orders.
Something that has long been needed in
our town. I hope to merit the patronage
of the public. Very respectful ly,
JOHN EltVIN.
A WOMAN'S DISGRACE.
She
goes to Atlanta
False Name.
Under a
Shelby Aurora
A few days ago an attractive
woman went from North Caroliua
to Atlanta, stopping at the Adam
house, under
POUTZ'S
HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS
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Bo Hoksx Tin die of Colic. Bots or Ltjng F
Ysr. if Foute's Powders are used in time.
For.tz'6 I'owdere will core and prevent Hoe Choura.
Foute's Powders will prevent Gapes in Fowls.
Foute's Powders will increase tlw quantity of milk
tnd cream twenty per cent., and make the butter firm
imd sweet.
Foute's Pswders w411 cure or prevent almost kvk
Diskask to which Horses and Cattle are subject. -
FOPTZ'S POWDEKS WILfa GIVE SATISFACTION.
Bold everywhere.
DAVIS Z. TOTJTZ.PronrletM,
altisiobe.ms..
FOE SALE BY
JOHN TULL, Morganton, N. C.
PATENTS
CAVEATS. TRADE MARKS AND
ccpRiGirrs;
Obtained, and all ether business no the -U.
S. Vatent Office attended to for moderate
rates.
Our office is opposite the U, S. Patent
Office, and we can obtain Patents in less
time than those remote from Washington.
Send model or drawing. , We advise as
to patentability free of charge, and we
make no charee unless we obtain p-tent.
We refer here to tho Postmaster, the
Supt. of Money Order Div.. aad to officials
of the U. S. Patent Office. For circular,
advice, terms and references to actual cli.
ents in your own State r c .unty. write to
C. A. SNOW & CO.,
Opposite Patent Office, W sbtaM 1.. P.
the name of Mrs.
Anna Jones. She was ill and call
ed in a physician, who secured
lodging for her in private quarters
and took her under his care. He
was attentive, but the woman grew
worse. There was suspicion about
the case from without. The patient
became irrational, suffered intense
ly and died. The attending physi
cian afterwards said, when asked
how the woman happened to know
ot him:
4I have no Idea. Well, when
gan attending her I presumed
she was all right. I mean I had
no idea that she was sailing under
an assumed name to hide a shame.
On Tuesday (23rd) when I called
lound her suttering with intense
pains in her head, and later detect
ed the real cause of the trouble
Her sufferings were intense and she
soon became irrational. Then I
searched her trunk to ascertain
where she came from and found in
a prayer book Miss '. Julia Lock,
King's Mountain, N. C. I at once
telegraphed the postmaster at that
place telling him that a woman
giving her name as Mrs. Jones in
whose trunk a book bearing the
'name 61 Julia Lock, was danger
ously ill, and asking if she had
menus, l received an answer
stating that Miss Lock was known,
but could hear nothing more.
Tuesday night the crisis came and
then the woman seemed to improve
but soon gre w worse and died."
Condition of the TimesThe.
Fight for the Republican Nom
ination of 18SS Senators Lo
gan, Hales and Teller's Racket
.House oi.itepresentatives on
a StrikeSenator Vance's
Speech, &c., &c.
Washington, April 2, 1880.
Editor Morganton Star:
With three members . of ..ilia Cabi
net and the President's efficient pri
vate secretary .sick ; the President is
anxious about Ins own physical con
dition, occassioned by over work and
lack of exercise; a family quarrel in
the Senate between brotbeis Logan
and Teller; a ferocious assault upon
each other in the House by two Con
gressmen from I enn., Messrs. Houk
and McMillan ; Treasurer Jordon
and Senator Vance condemning the
Civil Service law'; confirmation in
the Senate in spite of adverse leports
from committees, and with full par
ticulars made to the public of the
proceedings of the secret sessions of
the Senate Star-Chamber, to say
nothing of the Spring floods and la
bor strikes, it would seem that the
"times are out of joint."
I going to kill itself with overwork,
! A - l .
mi we ougnt 10 rass some sucii
measnre as this iu the name of Civil
Service Reform."
Speaking of the sick Cabinet of
ficers, the ultimate recovery ol Sec
retary Manning is still a matter of
doubt.. His friends are encouraged
only by the fact he become no werse.
Being restricted to a diet of milk and
beef tea, the natient wonders whv
they do not give him something
solid build noon. A nhvsician
who was discussing the condition of
the distinguished patient said, "the
trouble with these men is that they
simply work wiih their heads; if they
do not take irore exercise, there is
danger of fatal consequences."
ALL OYERTHE STATE.
GLxVNCE AT THE STATE.
From Mountain to Seashore as
Seen through the State Press.
county is enjoying a
A JUVENILE CRIMINAL.
A
Boy of Ten or Twelve Stabs
and Kills Another of Ten
Years of Age.
Ashevule Citizen of the id ins.
xnursuay evening a little negro
boy named Uampbe'l 131ack stabbed
and killed a little bov named Cal
vin (or Jack) Pressley, white. All
tne parties lived near Heavers'
View Mountain, Buncombe county,
some six miles from Asheville. It
seems this little negro is a very vi
cious character, and has had fre
quent dithculties with boys in his
neighborhood. There
The fight for the Republican nomi- pleasantness between him and
wpvucv cu.y ... tlie mue rressiev boy. ami iie nafi
v v f
recently made threats of doing him
some personal yioleuce. Thursday
eveuing he saw Presslev and a lit-
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hation of 1883 has
the season and not under altogether
balmv auspices. At least Senator
Logan's Presidential "boom" has
proved a very uncomfortable thing
for him to conduct personally. Sen
ators Edmunds, Evans, Hoar. Sher
man, Allison and the rst
their's with less friciiou.
Senator Logan insinuated that
Senator Hale's opposition to his bill
to increase tUe army was inspired by
manage
tie brother going to some woods
near by j in going they passed
the house ot Black. As soon as he
saw them he begun rocking Calvin,
and continued it lor some time.
He then armed himself with a shoe
knife, followed the Pressley boys
to the woods where thev were, and
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a certain niswrian, who uhs spent ue renewed tne attack, stricking Cal
wimer iu lutme wjiuug vn ms viu wiiii a poie. uaivm took a
and alternating bis literary labors board and frailed him: bnt Blnek
with tobeggannmg, ice-boating and again attacked him with the pole,
other neauntui recreations, ljogan puuehiug him m the abdomen with
spoke rather acnmoniausly, ami the it and then dropping it, rushed upon
admirers ot ur. uiame aetermmea toi rressley with his shoe-kuife aud
get even with him. l hey undertook 1 stabbed him twice the first thrust
to show that Logan wants the army striking a rib near the heart and
increased so that it may be used to glancing, the second neuetrating
put down labor strikes, and that he his breast just a little to the right
A Kinston umbrella borrower has
77.
McDowell
gold fever.
The Bebrews ofGoldsboro will
build a synagogue.
There are 1,017 uniformed mem
bers of tho State Guard.
A 1 ' -
v ueau negro was piougueu -np
m orsytn county a few days ago.
Morrison Bros, will erect two
tobacco factories at Statesville this
summer.
Fayetteville will memorialize
Congress for funds for a public
building.
The spring races are to take
place at Goldsboro on the 23th and
2L th of May.
The People's Adrocatci the name
of a Republican paper just started
T
at ew iterne.
During March sixty-eight dram
mers licenses were issued from the
State Treasury.
The two national banks of Win
ston do a business of fifteen million
dallars annually.
A handsome monument is to be
erected at ashington. N. C. to
the memory of the Confederate
dead.
A Franklin county man owns a
pot that was hurried containing
valuables when Gen. Com wall is in
vaded. North Carolina during the
Revolution.
The Waynesvillo New under
stands that "The North Caroliua
Talc and Marble Company" intend
opening up their mines in Nanta-
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based upon his connection with tho
Pan Electric scandal. Nobodv
doubts his integrity or honesty, nor
does any responsible man believe"
here was anything improper in his
holding the interest he did in a
prospective business speculation, -
but the hue and crv that has been.
raised about it throughout tho'
country does not stop to reason the
thing out, and thus his position as
Attorney General becomes in n-
measuro embarrassing both- to him
self and the Administration. It
would be a wonder if he, too, shonld
feel disused to step down and out'4
some of these -morninga- atid- ur
pease the insensate of the ,popu
lace. Mr. Bayard has a genuine
statesmanlike bride in his denart-"
&
ment, but beyond question, would
prefer to resume his old seat iu ther
Senate, especially - now that any
more commingling with the social
world of Washington has been
made permanently distasteful' to
him, by the afllict ions that havo
visited his household. If however,
it be true that the health "of.
President Cleveland is breaking,
there are cogent reasons why ho
might desire to remain iu the cabi
net. He is a fast friend of the Ad-1
ministration, and in the event of
any contingency that might occur
at the White House, bringing him
to the front under the new order of
succession, he would
ceptablo
try.
executive
prove an ac
to the. coun-
IIow ho Escaped tho Gallows. -
Tho Ashevill corresiondent .'of
the Charleston-Conrier. writcs:
"At Hendersonville, onMav Sth,
is to occur the execution or Kil
gore, the negro convicted of tho
murderof Mat. Henderson, a white
woman, about a Year
ago.
wants the pay ot the soldier increase
ed while be will do uothing for the
workingmau.
The III. Stnator was quite aston
ished to have his sarcastic reference
to Senator Hale answered from Colo.
Senator Teller is not a man that an
other should be afraid of, under or
dinary circumstances, hut he succeed
ed iu giving Logan a great deal of
annoyance. He remiuded the Gen
eral that a great 6oIdier is not ueces
sai ilv a great Statesman, aod that
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Miss Julia Lock was known by making the Senate ring with person
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many citizens of this county. She
was about 35 years old and decid-i
edly attractive. She had jet black
hair "and sparkling black eyes. She
leasees a daughter, named Orin, 11
years old. Julia lived tor 1J years
with Mr. D. W. Conrad and wile.
.
near Jiang's Mountain, being a
sister of Mrs. Conrad. Julia Lock
was born and raised in Salisbury
the daughter of William Lock, who
al reminiscences is not necessarily
statesmanship.
Mr. Teller's remark that Logan
wonld never permit the public t for
cet that he iLogan) had served in
the army, stung the
ljogan said it the remark uad ctune
from a copperhead he w.uld have
understood it, but no confederate on
the opposite side of the -haniber
would insinuate in such a low, mnan,
Speak
ni2 ol an execution for murder at
Hendersonville reminds vour cor
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uaia, near jaireii s station, at once. I icsiwimeni oi one oi i nc most ro-
Mrs. Sarah Benton, of Anson mauticjail escapes ever known in
county, has a three-year-old hound llns section. Confined .in the jail
which she sends 115 miles to the at lua1' Rome years ago, was
post-otllce for her mail. The dog 11 mau . e name oi Adair one
has never lost a naneror letter ol RCcrai Drotuers whose names
vet. ' were common to the'crimmal dock:
2.Aniw. vu-i. i!42"- r..y ct. of the. .county, and. whoso mis
vjuiiivi) in va iv ivu vuuuij , vital gcl
of the breast bone, causing death in
a few momeuts. Some one, work
ing near by, saw the difficulty, saw
the Pressley boy fall and the Black
boy running away; he went to the
place and found the little fellow
dead. Some neighbors ' arrested
the little culprit and brought him
to town yesterday. His mother
says he is but ten years of age, but
others think he is 12 or 13. He is
small for his age. The little Press
ley boy was just 10 years of age.
The prisoner confesses the whole
matter, and seems unmindful of
the character of the crime. He
has been for some time very offen
sive .to the whole community, and
but for his age would have been
latter acutely, lynched yesterday uion his arrest.
Mr. J. L. Ktarnes brought him
to town, and turned him over to
the authorities. Coroner Watson
went out yesterday evening and in
vestigated the affair.
Alter a thhrougli investigation,
the grand jury about the failure of
county commissioners and other
public officers to do their duty such
as publishing exhibits of county
busiuess, etc.
Col. Thomas M. Holt is putting
up a new brick factory at Haw
river, for weaving punoses alone.
The ebb iuthe financial tide is be-
: : ..1 it . .
ginning 10 snow evidences oi us
ety. .The prisoner here spokcuihal
been convicted of murder, aud tho
day before his execution-among
the number of mouiitauiecrs' thus
early flocking to the towu.;to' see
the hanging there was ono who
came for a different punose. "Bho
was a young woman, some twenty
six years old, attired in tlie' plain,
simple homespun garb characteris
tic of the locality, and wjth a face
: .. . a i... r ti.. i r i
fining uti, auu wiure iue chu ui which, wliile it was not or a type to
.. . . . I bo caueu ieauiiiui, was.nv, no
exieneuc a happy lrmtiou of this Upanhnmnlv ti.n.mh it vr
long
deferred hope.
otatesvuie ixxnamark: two or
three years ago Mr. F. M. Cline es
tablished here a little cooperage
shop which has developed into the
Statesville Banel Factory. His
business has beeu growing from
the start and he is now working
twelve hands. He is making kegs.
half barrels, barrels and hogsheads,
and cutting white oak staves which
are shipped to the West Indies.
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was ii man ot wealth ami nosition deDicaoie way as mar. ie uenieu
before the war came and swept having any Presidential asperations; the Corouer's jury rendered aver
fivrtrvthiiur-iawav: Tim rpmaiiis of added that, be did not pretend to be a diet in accordance with the above
thP. Tknor ill.fVifArl wn m i n wpvo utafKman. arul tbilt Mr. le er WftS iaui. All UAiiiniuuiiuu w xti.
broue-ht haik tn this State and not a statesman simply because he
buried last Saturday in Gaston 1 had served iu the Cabinet. Mr.
county at Long Creek, Presbyterian Logan, at least, made a good point
church, where she was a member.
"Julia listened and was tempted, she
was tempted and she fell.
As the angels fell from Heaven, to the
DiacKest cieptns or hell."
CONTRACTORS,
BU IIDERS
. . , AN D . '
MANUFACTURERS OF
in hia remarks when he said ; "I am
not a statesman." Such argument
was unanswerable.
The House uf Hepresentatives k
been on a stvike, iuasmuch a it has
been tryiuir tobolvu the great labor
and capital problem. I her has been
an interesting debate upon the settie
ment of strikes by arbitration, lhe
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cmsts, euects, ana remeuu's were
disenssed and criticisms and warnings
were freely, civen.
Sf.nat)r Vance took "party as the
Watson, showed that the knife had
penetrated the heart of the victim.
TVn mtinimi fF flm ?n who tliof
the act was one of malicious mur
der. ;
'What Farmers Can Do.
At beville h. 0. Presa and Bnnr.
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Too Much Land.
Une ot the most common mis
takes in farming is the attempt to
cultivate, too much land. Too
much work is laid out and too little
done. The ground is imperfectly
whole word is rushed, and though text for a speech which he delivered
the labor is performed late and ear- u e oeuaie aga."
lv. thA work ia navftr nvp.rtn kn: vice law. He avowed
v J .. . . . . . ,
Thnrn iaalwava mnrA to flo than I party-man in 118 most compienensivo
can be done. The result is a hard sense. He believed the safety and
vrV work and na nrnfir with welfare of Ameiican
Knmp.rimtta thft pruu liision that in party leeung aim
farmintr does not nav. Farmer & he criticized the livil service ac
Trucker.
S WEATHERBOARDlNG, .
t In short we are prepared to furnish
i anvthinjr required lo build a house iu
I fiist-claits order, at short notice. We
I keep constantly in stock dressed and
matched flooring and ceiling for oar
customers in large or small quantities.
Shops second . block from Court
"i House, at forks of Lenoir and Icard
eteets.
Give us a trial order.
! w . . 8pectfuily, .
ROSS & FOSTER.
Mwgantou, N. C.
Killed while Robbing his own
House.
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 29.
A 'report''' from Granger county,
A m T.! ...i 4. mortal it v any more than the rresi
as
an invasion of the President's powers.
For want of political parties, he ad,
Uussia had Nihilism, France slep on
communistic fires, and Germauy had
to maintain enormous armies. He
Hid not see whv a Government clerk
should be endowed with official ira-
They have votes enough to carry
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any election.
Thev can effectually put an end
to t he extortions of railroads, which
take one bushel ot every two that
he raises.
Thev can put ten farmers in Con
gress and the State Legislature for
every one they now have.
They can make their own laws in
all the States.
Thev can combine themselves
iQto a compact body,
institutions lay luli0 fnrT1:i,
allegiance, and "V- " " "r
themselves
inestimable
his own residence .of $2,500 tax
money he had deposited there and
.was snot dead, under tne beuei
that he was a burglar.
dent, or the Senators and Kepreaen-
tatives.
A Senator remarked that there
wTas a good deal of souod philosophy
in the measure' receutly introduced
in the House eivinc: Government
clerks a half holiday every Saturday.
.The canning establishment at
"NThw Berne 'is in full blast; Three
""Trnm nresent aooearances, comm-
gotten in a few days ago. ued he, "the new Administration is
value to themselves anil the couu
try. and
They can by so doing protect
themselves against speculators.
Why Drug Stores Pay,
Senator Allison says that prohi
bition in Ioa is a "faxed lact."
So much so indeed, that it is better
to iro to Iowa" and open a drug
store than to go to Colorado and
open a silver mine.
i
The Bichmond & Danville Bail
road Company has granted its em
ployes an advance of ten per cent,
in wages, which begun April 1st,
Probable Cabinet Changes.
Washington Ctitic
what hid uuuer the. shadow-or - a
sun bonnet. Her form was rounded
and stout and she -presented an
appearance, of unusual - firmness,
intelligence and self-possession.
She asked permission to sicnd the
night with her 'husband, the pris-
orer his hist night on eartlu " Tlie
kind hearted and sjmiathetic jail
or did 'not hesitate to grant, so
slight a request. ' On 'retiring- shii
a&ked to be allowed her freedom at
early dawn, so that she might mko
tho.tiiial preparations for the terri
ble fate of her husband. To. this
ulilif imil rortitovt tlmm iria iri r il
would not be at all surprising, jectioll OII the ,)art of the old jailor.
says a close obsener aim wen- unact.ustomL-d to tnm.the Lev-on
posted friend at our elbow, if sever
al other changes took place in the
cabinet within the year, iu addi
tion to the enforced retirement of
Mr. Manning. It goes without say-
inff that there are three officers of
the cabinet besides the becretary
of the Treasury who have more
than once mourned tlm day that they
left their comfortable seats in the
Senate for new and untried rcsjoii
sibilities. Of these two are now
sick, the resnlt, no doubt, of close
confinement and harrassing duties
of their complicated departments.
Mr. Lamar, a geutlemau or schoi
arlv tastes and habits of easy leis
ure. was of all men least fitted by
education of natural aptitude for
the hard, routiue drudgery that
waits nnon the Secretarvshin of
the Iuterior.' He is a good.ofn
cer, but it goes hard with him to be
that particular ofticer, and the
couu'rv need not be startled to hear
of his beinr returned to the Sen
a to again. As for Mr. Garland,
the duties of his position are not to
arduous in themselves as to break
down any mau of ordinarily robast
health, and being a first-rate law
yer, he is not unlikely to feel a high
professional pride in executing the
trnsts confided to him, and execut
ing theui well. But the. Attorney
General in spite of ' his indepen
dence of character, Is a sensitive
man and cannot help but feel wor
ried and annoyed as being made
the target for scandalous attacks
pnsoucrs charged with graver' or
fences than assaults and; batteries.
As the great northeast began to
send np its first gray' streaks ''an
nouncing the brtMking'day the old
jailor, none too soon lor his volun
teer prisoner, turned, the. hnge kC3'
iu the massive lock and , allowed
the homespuii-cla'd figure with the
sun-bouuet to pass ' down into tht
cool sweet air of a mountain morn
of summer and glide away amid
the dimly distinguishable objects
of the dawn. . Crowds came- iwur-
ing into the small town at all mo
ments from diiylight "to" 9 o'clock,
the hour for breakfast- at jail, -an
eager to seethe first banging in
the history of. the county. As the
clock struck i) the prompt old jail
or ascended tire stuirwjy with the
prisoner's last meal ou eartlu. ' The
bolts weiy 'turned,' tne iloor "was
opened, then with a clang; wan
shut. - Aa the : gray - liairetl jailor.
for years and years the, keeper of
the prison, extended the' moniiiig
meal to the only inmate nndcr his
charge ho" was dumb with nmaze-
ineut when ho iviur before him nut
a couvict, but the handsome : face
of the convict's wife, whose Khajcly
limbs were covered by; her bin
band's clothing, while he, with licr's,
was amoug his native hills aud far
away. :. '.. .
r"A lot of Hill's Shoes, in sizes
from 1 to 3, for cash at cost at
Claywell Bros.