The
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VOL. I.
MORGANTON, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1899.
NO. 13.
Burke
LOCAL SQUIBS.
Mr. Bob Xeal, of Marion, spent
Mi unlay in Morganton.
Mr. Joe Tail is at home from
Washington, I). C, where he
'iit several months.
Mrs. Samuel Yaneev returned
to Marion Saturday, after a
.- vend weeks' stay in Morgan
ton. Misses Minnie Boone and Isa
dora Allan, of theStatellospital,
.ire visiting their homes near
Table Uock.
Mrs. J. E. Albright and child,
of (ireensboro, are visiting Mrs.
Albright's parents, Rev. and Mrs.
.1. X. Pa v ne.
Mrs. V. 11. Parker returned
Mondav from Asheville, where
she has been visiting her (laugh
ter Mrs. G. A. Greer.
See Lazarus Bros.'s announce
ment of special sale next Monda v
and Tuesday, and the bargains
tliev offer for these days.
Head the One Price Cash Store's
advertisement on this page, and
1:0 and see their goods. Thev
have a big stock and their prices
are verv low.
U'V, Mr. Postell, pastor of
Table Rock circuit, will preach
the funeral of the late Mrs. C. I).
Giles at Linville church on the
.th Sinidav in this month.
Mr. V. C. Ervin, Dr. Tull and
'!. W.S. Peason have been elect
ed bv the town and county com-
Axother Rim Gold Mink.
Rich gold dirt is now being
taken out of the Grannv Branch
gold mine near Mt. Pleasant, 5
miles north of Morganton. The
mine is owned by Messrs. J. A.
Lackey, H. Connelly and J.
A. Perry. Mr. Perry tells us that
in the "wash up" on Thursday
evening he got $410.00 worth of
the yellow metal from four tons
of ore.
A Goon Showixo.
The electric light plant's
books show that since the
town took charge of the plant,
the 1st of February, there has
been a saving to the town of
$50 per month. If this saving
can be kept up (and the mana
gers say that it can) it doesn't
seem that there would be anv
mi
necessity of an extra tax, as
some believe, in case the bonds
are voted for the purchase of
the plant bv the town, but that,
on the other hand, it would be
a paying investment.
A Movement for More Bridges
The bridge fever is on again.
Citizens of western Burke want
a bridge over the Catawba near
Bridgewater and the eastern end
of the county want two, one
near Connelly Springs and one
near 'Squire J. H. Hoffman's
Representatives from these sec
tions were before the county
commissioners on Monday press
ing the claims of their respective
sections. The Xews is for more
bridges and we hope the commis
sioners can see their wav clearly
missioners to represent Morgan- to make more of this kind of im-
ton and Burke county at the provemert.
Northern Settlers' conventon on
the ISth inst.at Southern Pines.
At a called meeting of the board
of town commissioners on Friday
night, March oOth, the following
order was made: ''That an elec
tion on the question of establish
ing a graded school in the town
and the levy of a tax for the sup
port of the same be held on the
th-st dav of May, 181W."
We publish on the last page of
this paper the calendar for the
Western Criminal District Court.
It will be observed that only two
regular terms a year are provided
t'r. the special term in June only
taking the place of our usual
S i ing term for the trial of crim
inal causes, which was abrogated
hy the act establishing the dis-ti"k-t
court.
Rev. R. L. Pattox axd Family
Rettrxixg to Bcrke.
Rev. R. L. Patton, who, with
his family, went from Morganton
to the State of Washington last
February with the view of locat
ing in that State, has decided to
return to Xorth Carolina and
will probably reach this place
this evening or to-morrow. In a
letter dated "Colfax, Wash., April
1st," to Mr. M. P. Hilderbrand,
of Morganton, Mr.Patton writes:
ktI received yesterday, through
Bro. B. B. Price, a call to the
held of Marion, Old Fort and
Bridgewater. Will give them an
answer by May 1st, but will go
on at once and look over the
field. Will start to Morganton
Monday night. I will
preach at Bridgewater the second
fcunuav at i a. in.
The Almighty Dollar!
The Many Have Too Few, The Few Too Many,
It is the intention of this store to give you prices on almost every line of mer
chandise far below the competition scale. The reason is simple. Buy from
the auction block, assignment stuff, and for cash the story is then told. This
is no fake. We make no misrepresentations. The intention with us is to give
you a BARGAIN every time you speud a dollar or a penny with us.
Food for Thought.
Twenty-four sheets good paper for 1 cent ; ladies' hose 5 cents, men's half
hose same price ; a dozen marbles lor a penny ; alluminum thimble, composi
tion exercise book, string ties, washable, and a thousand other small articles
that you will need every day for one cent each. Good three-ply shirts, laun
dered, unlaundered, and workiujr, at 45 cents, 30 cents and 25 cents respect
ively. These are bargains. Towels, table linen, combs, brushes, elastic, car
pet tacks, shoe uail. agnte and tinware at about one-half the usual price. We
also have a small line of principally boys' ready-made clothing, which is going
at slaughter prices.
Something Startling !
We have just received notice from our New York connection of the shipment
to us of a $2,000.00 line of assignment stock men's and boys ready-made
clothing. All the latest spring styles This will be in in the course of a week
and it you are contemplating buying a spring suit you can do no better than
first examine our line. We guarantee that you will find this at startling prices.
Look us up.
ONE PRICE CASH
Second door above the New Bank Building.
s
Mrs. A. E. HICKS,
Millinery
flORGANTON, N. C.
Messrs. Y. A. Benfield, W. A.
Kincaid and Lee Rust have leen
appointed stock law tax collect
ors for the territory in Quaker
Meadow, Linville and Upjer
Creek townships which recently
adopted the law. Fifteen cents
on the $100 worth of real estate
has been levied.
There will be a meeting of the
Woman's Christian Temjerance
Union at the Baptist church,
Saturday, 8th inst., at 3:00p.m.
All who sympathize with the
temperanje movement are re
quested to Ik? present, as there
are matters of imjortance to be
considered.