The
Cotmoty
FIRST OF ALL THE ITETWS.
VOL. I.
MORGANTON, N. C. FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1899.
NO. 20.
Bimrke
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news,
Truth of the Matter.
It i-i really am us in f (and
ii t o amusing either, consid-
weeks; Mitchell county on the
15th Monday after the first
Monday in January and Con
ner
- the probable damage to i tines two weeks. The sec
ond week ot Ashe, therefore,
t :
. nt- tiiwni to lif-rir t1i rtirrt.
trnm the outside, through the i conflicts with the first week of
newspapers and otherwise, as
t the smallpox situation in
Moranton. Exaggeration is
)() name for it. One would
think, on hearing these reports
and not knowing the true sit
uation, that this town is "in a
devil of a fix" (due credit to
tin leader of Abernethy's
Immortals.) The truth is,
there are only six cases (well
out in the suburbs of the town )
that have been pronounced
smallpox, and these and all
NiiNpects are being- well guard
ed. The physicians say it is
a verv mild form of smallpox
and that the patients are ;et
tinLT alonf nicelv. There is
no fear of any further spread
of the desease and our people
are joinjjf about their business
as usual. Outsiders can come
to Moryanton in perfect
safety, in fact it is ridiculous
to think otherwise.
Compulsory Vaccination.
McDowell and the second
week of McDowell with the
first week of Mitchell. The
bill could scarcely haye been
worse drawn.
A Railroad fkom Lincolnton via
MOUOANTOX TO KLIZ A1JETIITOX.
The Moranton Chamber of Com
merce held a special meeting Wednes
day night consider the matter of a
railroad ifrom Lincolnton to Morgan
ton. Mers. H. L. Milner, ol Balti
more, and A. S. Healy, of New York,
promoters of the enterprise, were pres
ent and made interesting and encourajr
inir'talks. These gentlemen stated that
a io id will certainly be built at an early
j date from Lincolnton to Elizabethton,
Tenn., by one of several routes pro
posed. They favor the route by Mor
ganton, which they believe is the most
practicable, and to convince those who
are to put money into the enterprise that
they arc right in their opinion as to the
Morirantou route they only ask from
the people ot Morgauton 800 to help
defray the expeuse of a survey, which
has already been begun. The Cham
ber of Commerce appointed Messrs.
Ike Lazarus, J. L. Anderson and B. b.
(t ait her to soliet subsci iutious and v.e
The commissioners of Mor- have no doubt but that they will raise
canton have unanimously pass- the sum in a short while.
id a law requiring every per- It is no longer a scheme but a cer-
son living in the town "to be taiuty that a road will be built, and
. x 1 . built shortly, between the points
vaccinated, excepting only, , ,.c . . 1
, , , i " ' named, and it we want it via Morgan-
those who have been success- j tmj k ,o()ks now ike we can getk gy a
tully vaccinated within the ; n,, etrort on our ViirU as the route by
past two years and those this pla-e is easily the most practicable.
whom the physicians may
release on occountof ill health.
The law went into effect yes
terday at noon. Physicians
will make a careful canvass
ol the town and report all
who havenot been successfully
vaccinated. Those disobey
ing the law will be fined $10
per day for each day they
ret use to be
The main motive in the building of
this line is to connect the Seaboard
Air Line with coal fields in East Ten
nessee. A New York company of
which Mr. Ilealv is a member have re
cently purchased 200,000 acres ot coal
lands in that section.
Smallpox!
Soialflpox !
Everything is now un
der strict quarantine,
pest houses built and all
patients and suspects
are at a safe distance.
No danger in coming to
town.
Policeman Solon Ford, of
Shelby came to Morgan ton
last week and took back with
vaccinated. ! him George Corpeninr alias
There will be no charge for ! Wilson, col., who was wanted
physician's serviceand points j in Cleveland county for break-
will be furnished free to those I injf into the store of R. A.
who cannot or will not pay for
them. Otherwise they will be
1" cents each. Several hun
dred ot MorjLfanton's popula
tion have already leen vacci
nated, a laryfe majority taking
Hovle & Co., of Belwood, sev
eral weeks ao. The nerro
had bee-n arrested and placed
in jail here, but was afterwards
released, the authorities think
ing he was the wronr man.
We have established a
strict qarantine against
High Prices.
Our store has been a pest house to the old
time merchants for the past seven monts.
They dread us worse than you dread to come
to town now while this scare is on.
Don't hold your Chickens, Eggs and Butter.
There is no danger in bringing them in, and
you know we have to eat. Garden truck, of
course, is good, but we want something to go
with it. You must not believe all you hear,
for news like this runs wild, and the further it
goes the bigger it gets.
advantage ot the town s otter j ; x unceman
p nnv th. .-(Kt ! Ford arrived he was re-arrest-
A Had Blunder.
(hir attention has been call
ed. There is another nerro
who is charged with having
been a partner in the crime
eo to a Pad Plunder in the act j y1"1 , r, . "
to reirulate the times of hold-
in
district, passed by the legis
lature of 18')). According to
the act, Ashe court begins on
the 13th Monday after the
first Mondav in January and
Continues for two weeks; Mc-
from the Sheriff of Cleveland
- courts in the Hth judicial ri few laysafter the crime was
ommitted. but he has not vet
been re-taken.
Vaccination Points, Vaccination
Shields, 10c each, at Leslie's.
Persons owning plats at the cem
etery can have them cared lor by the
I Well iMnntv on tht 1 -It h nresent keeper, James Cloer.
Monday after the first Monday fjGet a Vaccination Shield for
in January and continues two that arm, at Leslie's.
Smallpox Bulletin.
TUESDAY MORNING. No new cases
since quarantine established.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. No new cases
reported and qarantine in perfect order.
THURSDAY MORNING. No new cases.
Patients getting along nicely. Country peo
ple coming in now without feeling any unea
siness. FRIDAY MORNING,---Nothing new to re
port. Everything in perfect order. Business
resuming its usual course.
SATURDAY MORNING. We will expect
you all to come to town and get Bargains as
usual at
J. L. ANDERSON & CO.