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Connmity New
FIRST OF ALL THE 3STEWS.
VOL. I.
MORGANTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1899.
NO. 26
Burke
l"T STAMPED OUT. j sioners and the law as to the
jriuty of officers in the matter,
. Smallpox Well Max-: much credit is due them for
ki, by thh Authorities; their untiring efforts and sac
A IJkave Physician rifices made for theprotection
h'-n smallpox first broke of thc! Ieople. Amonjr these
in Morr;inton the authori- e miKht mention Messrs. B.
the town lost no ti me ! F Davis and R- T- Claywell,
.lahlishinV a strict q uar-! smrilllox committee of the
' 1 i ST XT
to prevent the spread 1 Lnu 11 -"nmissioners; .Mr. n.
vv . vonntMiv, cnairman oi tne
, : Im' disease. 1 hey at once
' , .;! a strong juard around
: .,- liilicted and also around
houses of those who had
;, . :! exposed to the disease
; wont to work to provide
, m houses at a safe distance
! town. In the meantime
i-don was made for medi
, tl at tention and the comfort
. : ill under quarantine. In
: .-u thev went at it as though
expectedaireneral spread
. ! the disease, which was
-'-'it and proper, for, accord
::, j- to the old adaire, "a stitch
in time saves nine." For this
precaution on the part of the
: !i irities the people are un
: r lasting obligations, for we
h ;ic' we have thus been
-wed from a general smallpox
t ; !:ileiuic. Oi course some
don't see it this wav, but if
t ' u s e u e r e c o n d e m n e d t o d eat h
countv commissioners, and
Sheriff Manly McDowell.
The smallpox has, of course,
cost the town and countv a
"Teat deal, but we believe the
money has been spent judi
ciously. We don't believe
there is a fair-minded man in
the comity that accuses the
authorities of extravagance,
but rather commends them
for their rood management
and their success in stamping
out the filth v disease.
WOMAN KILLED.
Tixy Houston Shot by San
dy H O U ST O N C O X F L ICT I XG
Evidence.
On last Saturday morning
Tiny Houston . was shot and
mortallv wounded bv Sandv
; ; M'eciate it.
In the berinninr of the
mi illpox trouble, the author-
i lte'an to look around for
i
;e midst of the sick and jjfive
;em medical attention. It
e)ected that it would be
ml to find someone to fill
: i - lace, but, fortunately,
1 r. V. II. Humrardner, who
on ;i visit tohisaunt. Mrs.
'. L. Murphv, volunteered
Houston, her brother-in-law,
1 their life' spared at the at the Houston home in West
i . t moment, thev could not i Morranton. Sandy, who was
immediately arrested and
placed in jail, claims that the
shooting was purely accident
al; that he was cleaning his
.hvsician who would ro into i pistol, which was empty, and
laid it in a chair by the side
of a pistol belong no- to Tiny,
which was loaded; that on
reaching toret his pistol arain
he jirot the loaded one instead,
in the meantime talking with
his sister-in-law and not pay
ing much attention to the pis-!
- services and remained j loi, uuu m tMUf; i"'
:ii the smallpox patients, which he thought to be his,
hiding himself from all out-, the hammer slipped from his
iei-s, until last Saturday, ' tfrasp and fired, with the re
it was believed that the '.suit stated above. The ball
that were left in the pest entered the woman's abdomen
".-e had sufficiently recov- j and lodged in the back. She
ed to y-et alonir without his suffered intensely until .early
"ices" It was a brave act j Monday morning, when she
;i oro.it si'i.-ntice on the.uied.
of Dr. Bumjrardner, and
:in olaced himself under
The ante-mortem declara
tions of the woman confirm
obligations to the peo-jwhat Sandy claims that it
f Moranton and Bur.ke.was an accident; out at tne
hearing before Mayor lull on
"I haven't got the money
to-day; you will have
to wait on me a
little longer."
THAT'S THE STUFF YOU HEAR WHEN
YOU CREDIT.
You have heard so much talk about our selling jroods so
cheap, and so many merchants that buy on time and sell on
time tell you that we are losing money, that some of our
friends feel alarmed about us, and our enemies have only
been awaiting with anxious expectancy for our collapse.
But alas! alas! we are still in the old fort, built bv an
experienced architect, walled in with silver dollars, that
makes it proof against any paper day-book and ledger wads
that can be hurled against it.
We have paid back to our customers in the last 4 months
about $400.00 by our 5 per cent, rebate system.
This amount jdven back by our check system eclipses
anything that has ever been done in North Carolina by any
merchant for the benefit of his customers.
We not only sell you jroods cheaper than any other mer
chant but after you have spent your money with us we pay
you back 5 per cent, on every S5.00 worth you buy.
No wonder the people are astonished, amazed and dum
f mnded.
But stop! Did you ever think how it is that a bank can
make money by loaning money at o and 8 per cent. Vet it is
a fact that they do it. The reason for this is simple enough
thev loan you their cash and you pay back cash; you jrive
the best security and they loose nothing.
Now we run our business on the same principle that a
bank does. We work on short margins, it's true, but when
we make a sale we've rot the cash. We take that cash and
buy ajrain and run on from day to day and week to week and
never lose a dollar. We make a penny here and a nickle
there and it's the arrrer'ite that we count on not the one
sale, for we expect to make more.
No doubt some of you have had bills presented to you
in the last few days. Of course you sat down and drew a
check and paid it. If you didn't you aurht to have done it,
for the merchant expected his money.
Your bill was $20.00, $30.00 or possibly $50.00, or more.
Don't vou know it's easier to pay 50 cents to-day and
$1.00 to-morrow, &c, and at the end of the month you don't
owe anv man anything; you have bought floods cheaper; you
have saved 5 per cent, extra if you trade with us, and what's
V - a result of theextra pre- Tuesday the evidence was so j more, you have had nobody to dinrdonr for his bill, and you
ioiw taken, the disease ! conflicting that Sandv was re-jnave rd your bundles wrapped in a red paper and tied with
- -o,,n .-otten under control I manded to jail to await an m-i j strnr amj sent to vour home and you should be happv.
: '.Mil ere lonir be complete- j vestijraiion ai m- '"'.jf you are not t's from some other source that your trouble
Xo new cases
...i.i f li, w.. ; t hMr1 is
1 ' .. c:...,.!,- Vi. r. lin-t- t'iv :k vm trt nml rn whtTe mnncv bllVs most
If you do this we will see you soon at the Red Bundle Store.
Yours,
imped out.
; o w
ow
e pest house can safely
leased in a few days,
e countv authorities have
performed their part
While the men most
e in the work were carry- j smallpox
'U instructions from the
ective boards of commis-
4-1, in i n-i 1 mil rt. It seems I
Ul IllUIKWV.- j c
n.W.iirrtnt ot i Comes not irom nuances.
till iv."' --
suspicion nut wT?tiii-A n.v.
woman purposely.
Tinv Houston was the wid-
r M-.ri.in Houston, who
died a short time aj.ro
from
-'-Ch-.ice Beef :m! Mutton on coUl
M y vV Lank.
storage
J. L. Anderson & Co.,
Price Makers.