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MOHaANTON, N. c:, FKIDAY. MAY 21, 188G
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Morganton, N. C. " ! :
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fun. r,TT" tjk.t,-n news
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nw.27th day of April.-1880t-:i;;-' !'
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Lis aa Advocate and Better
Edueaffiott; f v- ,.
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Market M0f,m:
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WHAT OUR I, JiUIIBORS ARE
101NG.
Items Carefully Culled fromtlie
AljoinmgCoimty Papers.
Cleveland.
Nw.Era.
Mr. A. B, Snttle is a candidate
for Eegister" of Deeds.
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Mr, Major Hoy le was married on
Sundiiy, May 2, to Miss Tallant,
daughter of Mr Jesse .Tallaut, by
Jhstice John Stroup. JBoth par
ties from Burke.
Justice: A. V; Falls died at his
residence in King's Mountain "on
Sunday afternoon. Mr Falls was
about 65 years of age and had been
in failing health for the last four
months. He was one of the foun
der of the town of King's Moun
tain and had been mayor almost
constantly since the town was or
ganized. He leaves a widow and
three children.
Aurora. j
Otv June 1st, ah; Excursion will
start from Shelby to Wilmingtion, j
and tickets, costing $1.50 will be I
good uutil June 8th.
Some of : our farmers 0,01111.13.11
that cotton seed planted has failed
to germinate duriur thf. ml.i
weather, and are discouraged.!
Some have this week replanted
their cotton seed.
In Cleveland four men rejoice in
being Lord Mayor; Shelby W.
P. Love ; King's Mountain-lj. K.
Dixon ; Grover B. F. Wood and
Mooresboro B. H. Bridges. These
are good selections. -
Com mencement exercises of Shel
by Female College begin on May
30th and terminate June 2nd. The
graduating class consists of Misses
Lizzie Earl, S. C, Mary Harrill, N.
C, Ella Kobert, Ga,? Lillie Harris,
S. C, Peggie Quinn, T. C. Edna
Webb, N. C. and Bell Willingham,
S. C. '
. . A young Jady of eighteen sum
mers, Miss Wriglitr daughter of
Lawson Wright near Pleasant
Grove i church, is intent, not ou
matrimony, but death. She has
prepared her burial robe of im
maculate white and thrice she has
designated and foretold the hour
aud day of her death, yet the des
troying angel has not claimed
her for a victim; Her physical
health good, appetite normal, yet
she sleeps in a sitting posture in
bed. For three weeks she has been
sleeping in a sitting posture and
refuses to lie down in bed. Some
think religion has caused a slight
mental aberration, which Time
may heal. Ever present to her
mind is death, which she invites.
Caldwell.
Topic.
'Mr. P. G. Moore, of Granite, who
wa3 in Lenoir Thursday, tells us
that fishermen are begining to
catch carp and shad in the Cataw
ba river near Granite.
There was a Sunday school fes
tival at the colored church in Mor
gantoii Sunday, and about 25 mem
bers of the African church in
Lenoir chartered a couple of . omni
buses and hackor two and went
over to attend it.
Dr. Geo. E. Flowers, of Cedar
Valley,: had several serious cases to
attend to last week the family of
Mr. Bowman at Petra Mills, who
were stricken by lightning, and : a
littlcv child of his brother, Mr. C.T.
Flowers, at . Lovelady. We are
glad to i fcnow that; ialf of them are
impx6bjJm :
:;; A:s :ma: M supposed, after what
:itppearel ;las Peek's 2)ic, Mr.
C M.; fSudderth :ibmid, when he
reached'McDowell county, that his
daughterij i-Mr; r D.Ji.. Dobson, had
(iiedrioh-dlJoriday-ruing. She
i wias bQriSat bbfi bn Tuesday.
Mrs.;lobjson who left, two children
surviving her, one an infant, was
about 26 ; years, old ;jat ther time of
her (haf :; .l-'i
At" ;a medtitfg" of the Episcopal
vestrv held on Monday evehins: of
last week, it was decided to call
t JXev Mr. Walker, ; of Pittsboro, to
"the rectorship ;"pf the. Lenoir church.
Mr. Walker? is a brother-in-law of
Kev. :F. Lil Bush, who was a former
rector of the Lenoir . Episcopal
ch urch. '. The ; question of joining
the Hickory parish and having a
joint: rector for both iarishes has
not yet been. decided.
;:-'T'Weare!6rry--lhat-t.he new R. &
; D. railroad -deal will deprive the C.
'&. L. : B; B..'of I the presidency of
: Judge AV C Haskell. It is confi
I dently asserted n'ow, . that the
j liichmohd & Danville people have
obtained direct control of our road,
that it will not be.many.months be
fore it will be a broad gauge, .s far
as Chester. ifnotXancaster. if the
grade would do for a broad gauge
the . change -would be made J une
1 st i when; ; all- the othpr . , roads
change gauge,. ; :
; : Catawba,." ?;
Kewton Enterprise. . ..
Logan rDeUinger,t)f. this county,
got $05.00 worth of lumber out of
on walnut t'ree. ' '''.',."-.
Mr. . Henry Cline, for several
years Clerk of the Court of Cataw
ba I county, but more recently a
citizen of Lincoln county, died at
his residence near Liucoluton .-last,
Saturday. xiged about DUyears. '
A letter; : was received at the
Revenue office last, week directed
to "Mr. C.. .Dowd Treasury ..Depart
ment U. S. Internal Revenue Ser
vice Collectors office Gth District
. C. Xewton, : K. C. . Catawba
county near Hickory X. C."
Mr. Noah... Summerow, has two
acres of clover on the Hagan laud
near Newton, which is already two
feet in height. Mr. Summerow has
been one of the most successful
fanners of both Lincoln and Catawr
ba coun tieSi. The secret of his
success in raising large crops he
thinks is owing more to the proper
preparation of the soil before plant
ing than, to the use of fertilizers. ;
Hickory Press.,
The .fishermen are catching some
fine shad near Moore's Ferry in the
Catawba river. The catch this year
is decidedly better than it was' last
year. . :. .
On Tuesday last, the pupils of
St. Joseph's Academy, in this place,
had an excursion to the Catawba
White Sulphur Springs. Dr. Elliott
gave them the freedom - of the
grounds, und they enjoyed it great
ly, r Amoud the incidents was. a
wetting in the ice ponds of a few
venturesome ones who went out in
a boat. The boat capsized and
several, pf the girls were thrown in
to good wading water. And they
waueu out. 'lney were in no dan
ger. The careful Sisters, who had
them in charge, would not have al
lowed them, to run any risk of
drowning.
McDowell.
Bugle.
Mrs. W. H. Maloiie and daughter,
Miss Addie. visited Asheville
friends a portion of last week.
Mr. Millard Tate of Bridgewater
is in town and gave us a call. We
are pleased to state.: that his most
excelleut lady is a rapidly recover
ing from her recent accident.
A few days go, while one of our
county justices was uniting a couple
in marriage, the J: P. mistook one
of the attendants for the groom.
When he propounded the question
"Wilt thou take this woman, etc.,"
the" waiter replied "No siree, I
wouldn't have her." '
During the progress of the wed
ding at the Methodist church a
few nights ago, some unknown par
ties entered the smoke house of Dr.
B. A. Cheek, and stole about 300
pounds of bacon. There is no clue
as to who did it.
Mr. james, Arrowood, who re
sides near town, celebrated his
35th birthday on last Thursday by
having twenty-five squirrels cook
ed in one pot, which was heartily
relished by all present. ;
' . Iaiicolii. .
Pros?.
Juo. A. Roberts, of Reepsville
says ..he- has been farming over
forty years, and has never seen a
better prospect for a good . . wheat
crop. . ; ......
John Wesley-Alexander Carpen
ter sou of Mrs, Fanny Kizer Car
penter, died at the residence of his
mother, six miles from Lincoluton,
lati Wednesday, May 5th, after six
weeks of great suffering, " aged
about 30 years.
Mr. P. 'A. Killian, while chopping
in the woods, accidentally cut his
foot? nearly in two last week, and a
Mr. Wright had his hand badly
lacerated in a shingle saw. Dr.
Keever pronounces the wounds
painful but not serious. :
Last week little Mai tie, "daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Anthony,
ran into the house and told her
mother that her.little brother was
"hurting.'!. . Mrs. Anthony ran out
and discovered her little son Frank,
eighteen months old. ha aging from
r the banisters of the piazza, with his
S head' caught between them, and
j almost choked to death. The little
! lellowrwas rescued from his peril
j ous posi tioii and revive U. ; - ; '
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Forest City" Record " : ;J ''
roresc iry .wiii proixiniy nave a Jowestttbout 23 ieen . The ore body-L ..
Presbyterian church be fore winter, is here, estimated bto lH?fuHv 300 --'
It is, thought, that it will reauire but feet thit-k. -In . th main . r V t :" '
little effort X6 raise' money to eon-
struct a comfortable, building. ' : 1
AU ,m uq iciiiciiiycicu lllctb itUUllt,-
Tice. were conducted by . Rev; J A.
Lee, of the North Carolina Qpnfer-
euce ' ' ;....
TheIass;ichuscttsand Soutlierii
Construction Company is pntting'iu
a large steam saw mill three miles'
eastof the citv on the l?ostou rail-
road. The capacity ol the mill is to
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be 30,000 :feet of lumber per "ilay.f
auq me op;ecc oi ujq comiwny m
erecting it is . to. get out timber for
trestles on the line. . , . .
When the whistl of . Messrs.
PowelL& Son's new .engine .blew ou
last Wendesday it.souuded so much
like that of. a locomotie that the
uys greeted it with loud cheers
We are all-anticipating, th arrival
of the first, train any way, and- it
would be a good idea to give a big
barbecue that brings the cars first
to pur place.
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CRANBERRY IRON WORKS.
Iron Ore Quarry.
The Iron Age, '
.It is hardly a proper term to call
the present workings on the large
deposit of magnetic iroir ore at
Cranberry, North Carolina," a mimC
While in the past two tunnels were
driven, as much for proving the
quantity of ore as Tor any other pur
pose, yet the present workings are
on a lnrge open cutand the ore is
quarried out like "so much marble
or ; granite in fact, more like the
rough work in a railroad cut. The
Cranberry magnetic ore is one of
the most noted bodies of that ore.
It was known fbrmany years be
fore there was -any possibility of
reaching it except by the roughest
of wagon roads. The original forge
was: erected .before 1812, and the
first! anvil block and : hammer were
packed :over' tho! iiiouhtaiii from
Virginia on horse-back. ! In exca
vating for the last forge the foun
dation ' timbers of' this old anvil
block were dug out, five feet under
ground, perfectly -sound. The iron
was1 made famous throughout the
South,' and brought 'a higher price
than from the iidjoining counties
of Carter and JohusoTi, in Tennes
see, which irons were made from
limouite,' except at Hainpton, audi
nan. a mgn reputauon.
The belt of ore commences, as far
as at present explored, in the north
east end of Mitchell county, and
extends in a general direction north
75 east for about fifteen miles, in
to Carter county, Tennessee. Like
all the veins of ther Alleghany moun
tains it is lenticular, having large
bodies of ore connected by a com
paratively narrow vein. These
large bodies vary in their distance
apart from one-half to two miles.
The vein between is usually four to
five feet thick. The ore at Cran
berry outcrops on tile west side of a
small mountain iu a great mass.
On the east side 'at' the foot' of a
high mountain an opening was
made which developeed at a thick
ness' of four feet, no exploration has
been made any higher up the moun
tain. The body of pre is frequently
capped and intermingled with
handsomely crystalized hornblende
and epidote. Pyroxene and calcite
are also abundant in the vein, and
sometimes a few crystals of quartz
occur. No apatite has ever been
found, and no prosphorus at al', or
only a bare irace.1 It belongs to
the self-fluxing magnetites, and re
sembles very ' much the ore from
C hateaugay, New York, having
probably less silica than that ore.
It is, therefore, as is that ore, very
nearly or quite the counterpart of
the : famous Daunemorra ore of
Sweden. -i : :
Work : was commenced on the
Cranberry ore by driviug iu a tun
nel at nearly right angles to the
veiii and nearly 75 feet below its
nearest outcrop ou the east blope of
the ridge. This, tunnel. was driven
in 325 feet of which 50 feet were in
the pre. , A year later a tunnel was
dnven in directly on the northeast
side of the outcrop where it comes
out. at the butt .of the hill.. This
was; in. ore. from, ; the start aud .13
still in use. Tunnel No. 1 is not
noy in use, thengreater part of the
work1 bein g mere quarrying in' th
Open air. -"
XJ11S WWiJk. ViaWJiiJiVjUvv;vi vii Kim
east side of the outerop, aud is be
ing pushed "sou thi across the vein.
The south face of this qnarry: is
amontn ago Kev. JSlr. Jbmglaud, of lo January .iHttlnc ore, by contnwt :. ".r
thiscounty, died .of, measles. This- costithe company.; on. the cars CO, . ; i '''tKfe?''''''
weeka little'daugUter oiliisdied.oi cM.;per:ton, aud it, was sold, ddiv-. - . !
the.saine'clisease. ' 'THe "funeral'ser-,' erc(i -on the-cpw of jtlie-EastTennes ' i- . "
aboiit 150 feet long, and the highest !
w.ui 01 wojiu ore. is o'J. ieet aia . tbe
tuiihcl .diamond, drill was rnu dn
150 deepnd was all tlio .iljstanco
v",!"" uu null gf lllltMJII. , i 1
se -V lrgmja & Georgia railroad nt 1
JwIillsou City, at 250 per. ton It
nmloubtedlyzdoes not jiqw cost CO
i Mr. Nimsom, formerly of Al-J
J, "-Oii, ;Pa.,:iti general nianager of :
uole business, aml..,lr. Al. !
.fou - is wupenutemlent of the
mine-i and thc;lurnace.
rJ,liO:funni:o1at CraubcnyV uses
charcjial. partly made, in mis and
partly made in conical kilns, and is
ruu ny water. power., it is;:cjlcula
ted -to average seven tons and has
made as high as ten tons and as low
as throe tons . per day. Tho mnkts
varies with the water snpply. The
pig is of the best character. When
first ascertaining its quality large
quantities of this ore were eut to
Allentown, and tested alone and
mixed with limouite iu .tliQ furnaces
of the MesHrs.'Pardee.t ' It'", worked
well in either cak?. By contract
seventy-five tons per day are now
sent, to the Crozer ste.eY;iud iron
company at Rouokcr Ta.t !lt is
used there ' mixed with " limouite.
In first uiiig ' it at ..Craiilerry.' the
usual quantity of lime was used and
much treuble eiperieiiced... It is
now used "without any otiier ; lime
than the calcite it c'ontaiiLs in itself:
The company owns at Crauberry
about 4,000 acres or laud, many
houses and a well built Northern
style Hotel at Johnson City. It
intends" to 'build furnaces as soon
as good coke can be obtained at
cheap rates. The total investment
is said to be about $1,100,000. Iu
this, region is the only-great body
ol steel-making ore in the South,
and, as the supplj-. is very large, it
is. destined to prove' an important
item in the future industries cftho
Southern States. " ;
Tho All llealiiij; SpHxiff.
-. Col. J. N. Folk, of Lenoir, giv-'S a
strong endorsement of the' water of
All Healfng Spring In Alexander
county. We find it in llie Taylora
e. Journal of the 1 6th. iCol., F.
states that somo. fourteen years ago
an ugly 6ora commenced forming in
his nose. He applied to able ' physi
cians ii this, btate and the North,
and was not relieved. About two
years ago his attention wa directed
to the waier of the .Ail Healing
Spring, and he procured soro-e of it in
wmch he bathed lus nose aud face.
Owing lo his living at some distance
trom the spnug he was unable to
drink the water. He only used it
externally, but the effect was to cn
terely relieve the itching and the in
flamation. Col. F. considers the
sere entirely well. Piedmont, Press
Notice Pensions.5
The Board of Inquiry will meet
atthe Court- House. inMoranton
on Wednesday the 30th "day of
June 1S.S'J for tho purpose of hear
ing applicants and taking Testimo
ny, to be sent to the State Board.
All those who received a pension
last year must appear so that a cer
tificate ; may m be sent to the State
Board for a' continuance oi the.
pension.
- Ail those who appeared last year
and failed, may be heard again if
they can produce- additional testi
mony, and those who failed to ajv
ply can do so, but -the rule, laid
down by the State Board will bo
strictly adheared to, viz : That to
entitle a soldiers to a pension or
the .widow of soldier, he must bo
disabled by. wounds received in
battle or if tho widow, her. husband,
must have died from . wpunds re
ceived and not .from disease and
must have died during the war., It
is ukdess to apply or for this Board'
to recommend applicants who do
no- inot come strictly within the
above rnle as the State Boanl will
not go outride the rule.-
- -W; E, P(HT, Ch'm.
ST. Peakson, Scct'v. f
Morganton, N. O. May3,'lSSa.
, . , ; - ;
111- altend to it soon." Don't
cheat .yourself in that" way.- :-Yur
hair js growiug- thitf:er, dryer and
more lif eloss every day.' Save it and
restore its original color, softness and
gloss by using Parker's Hair Balsam
while you may. ..
!" Itch 1'arie Manga and Scratches
of . every every.kuid.eurvd iu'30 Min
utes by Woolfurrs SaiiVy Lotion.
Use no other.;-. ThU never failai Sold
by Jdha Tull, Druggist,.. Morgauton,
-'
0Sm(hw:
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Absolutely Pure.
This powdor never vno$. A niarvel of
purt-ty, 'strer.eth iind rholeftnpnes.
Moret-conomiaU thnolho otJinarj k'ndi,
nnd ,c.innot b fold in corupctition
vriih ,(te multitude of low U3t,KWt weight
alutn'or phosphate powders. Sold only m
car..: Koyal Hakixq Powdss Co., 1(W
WllSt , N. Y.
.. ; W. C. ERVIN.' l-
ATTQIUiEY AT LAY, '
I.ENOIB, N. C.
Practice in tho State and Federal Oorul
B,Spraguo,
' GROCERIES PRdYlSIOKS,
orrosiTe : .
MRS.- E; B. GLAYWELL :
dosirrs a fewpupils in nusic,; on either
liau).or orjran. Adv;uKel .psipils -jlsty
taught thorousrlil llass rikI' ilannony.
For terms apply to.
E. B.CLAYWEtL "
March 10, lSJ. - - r.- ; ...
: . ISAAC T. AVERY, ;
ATTORNEY-ATLAWr
(Offfc in Got. Caldwell' oia U office,)
Tracticos in the Slnte and Fcdaral courts.
Ppocinl attention given, and prampt returns
madu to all ixismcri intrusted to bis care.
SAMUEL J. ERYIH,.
Attorn EYrA law, ; .
".. :m6ugantqn7ncl.' '
4 (Offlca in Cmlrt HonBe.) j
Will practice in tne- State and Feder
al Courts. Special attention given
all tUittiuesa iutrtMtcd to Jilni:
JOHHT. PERKINS,
Attorney fc Counselor at Law, t ...
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j Morganton, N. C. i
. ... .Office No. 1 Briclt Row. n j . . , -
. Prkctfce? in Rtate and Fetleral
Courts." Maini collected anvvrhere
in United tstate: Prompt alteuttou ;-,
given to all business and prompt re- ,
turns made. - i
A KEW INDUSTRY.
Two blind boys. J, R.y inters and ",
W..N". McCurry, desire totate to tho
public that they are prepared 'td-tnako
Matfesscs, Hrooius and repair ohalr. . ,
both' cane and pplit bottomed, and ask
the. public to give theru'ii thai. They :
wfll: be assisted by IX Jj. Winters
Thirshop la two doors above tbe
8oaIe Corner. Morgan!on, N. C.
. By virtue cf:4 ..Ven-.Ex?. in my,
hands for collection, I.will tll at tha,
Cburt House d'or in Mnrgaoloa, N."
C; for cash, on Mo.iday,' 7th daV of
June, 183G, the following lands,'
' 1 207.. acres in - Upper Creek tovrn-
ship, adjoining lands of Pink JJranc.'u
--IT Hit . t . V' .I."'" I t . l
iieury uraiicu ani oinrr. asuin
property of D. J.'-'Spivcy to sat'nty "
the taxes on the same for tho yeaf-
UJ3.. -
..07 acres :in -Upppr Creek ! tow ,
ihip, ailjaining lauds- of Ii, II. SNk
and others, sold ns -tli property of
V Spivey t satisfy tho (axes on the
name for tho j ear
acres i iv Icar.l townhip3 mile
below Icard S:atio, Ln loih sidts of '
thtt W. "N: C I. R, adjoining laud -of.Pink.
Derry, V. A. Abhir and
otherst sold a the jriperty oF Either :
Uowinaji 'tiv satisfy; the laxesou the'"-',
h.aine for tho yeais 13S4 and '
' t 40 acres in I card towrrthip,adj dn
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say to satisfy the"- laxra for the year
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