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hc jbtccugcr Published Every Friday BY The Messenger Publishing Company, FRIDAY, DECEMBER n, 1896 WAR CLOUDS. Cuba, Spain and the United Sutes may become intermingled in war, but is hardly probable; we trust not. How the glory has departed from proud Spain! About 300 years ago with 130 shins. comDosiner "The Invincible r -j 1 j Armada," Catholic Spain deter mined to conquer Protestant Eng land. Twenty thousand soldiers and sailors were on board; 34,000 others were to join them. Philip II against good Queen "Bess' Elizabeth of old Anglo-Saxon Eng land! As the Armada set sail for Eng land the nation was terror-stricken with but 30 small vessels, joined by 40 other small ones later. But the English were more dexterous brave and persevering. A storm partly destroyed the Spanish fleet and they were out fought and gen eraled by Lord Howard of Effing ham, the admiral, and with great chagrin, the pride of old Spain was made to bend. Since then she has been declining and Esig land has been rising. No v Spi.in is about to be outdone by the island of Cuba. The war has been conducted more as one of destruc tion and butchery on the part of Spain than a civilized warfare, showing that Spain has become as low or lower than a second-rate nation on the earth. If this continues the United States may intervene in the cause of humanity and civilization. If our cuuntry should recognize that the Cubans are belligerents, in an actual state of warfare, with a government with all its officers, etc , this might cause Spain to de clare war, but hardly. But Uncle Sam is mending the weak places of his coast defences, and the big warships are being put in trim for whatever may happen. But we trust it will not De deadly war. The christian civilization of the nineteenth century should be greater than war. CONiiKKSS ASSKMISLES-THK I'KKSI DENT'S MKSSAOK. Congress convened on Monday. President Cleveland's message would fill the four pages of The Mksskngfr and it is impossible for us to give even a synopsis of it in this issue. The President refuses for the present to recommend in terference for Cuba but dimly hints a time when it may be nec essary. Armenian atrocities have abated but little but he is reluc tant to find this to be a fact, lit presents nothing new upon the financial policy and attaches little importance to the revenue de ficiency in the face of $100,000,000 revenue and $125,000,000 surplus besides. He recommends that the govern. nent go out of the banking business and that national banks be enabled to deposit at par bonds for circulation ; that tax on them be lowered and that they redeem their own currency. He rejoices in the progress of civil service and says fourth-class postmasters should be included. These are among the most important ques tions touched on in the message and are written in the President's plain and direct style. His posi tion on all the questions he dis cusses is easily understood and the message is full of facts and sug gestions bearing upon the ques tions with which Congress is called upon to deal. A GOOD ONE ON DANIELS. During the sitting of the West ern North Carolina Conference at Salisbury last month, Mr. Daniels, editor of the Raleigh Kens and Ob server, who was in attendance upon the conference, wrote a letter to his paper on North Carolina Methodism, in which he suggested a reversal for awhile of the usual order of appointments that the "big" preachers be sent to the circuits and the "little" preachers to the big paying stations for in stance, Dr. V. S. Creasy to Roar ing Gap, Wilkes county, and the minister from the Gap to the first church in Winston. The Char lotte Ne:os says one of the leading ministers met Mr. Daniels and said : "I am willing to agree to that on one condition -that you b sent to Elkin as editor of the Elkin Times and let the Elkin editor go to Raleigh to run your paper." The question was closed. Instead of the public schools lastiug but about three months in the year, they should run four months as the law requires by no means decrease the small privil eges that the children should en juv : rather increase beyond four niot ths by additional legislation. It is said that this Legislature will be ca'.ied upon to vote yea or nay on the saloon question. Senator Pritchard's reply to Ma rion Butler was: "I have received you: letter. I brg to inform you lii!t I have already obtained en.!t:;ii p'.fdges from populist niemuCiS who are goldbugs to make my election certain." ALMOST JUjjURDER. Mr. A. C. Avery, Jr., Assaulted by Two Negroes and Dangerously Wounded. CUT I X FI Y E l'L A C E S. Mr. Avery' Condition Has Heen Critical Hut tlie Chance Are Now in Ilin l avor Hli AftxailautH, George Hriittol and John IVrkins, Khcsm, Hut Are Soon Captured, and Are Taken to Charlotte for Safe Keeping. Moreanton Herald. ( Thursday night of last week, about 11 o'clock, Mr. A. C. Avery, Jr., was assaulted, in Morganton by two negroes and dangerously wounded with a kmte. tie says he was on his way home and while crossing the square at the inter section of Union and Sterling streets he was accosted by two negroes, George Bristol and John Perkins. He answered them and one of them insulted him and he knocked one of them down, where upon the other seized him and the negro he had knocked down arose and began cutting him. After stabbing him five times the negroes broke away from him and fled. Mr. Avery having no weap ons, .vent at once to the Attacoa Club rooms to try to borrow apis tol. Being unable to find one, he secured a billiard cue and went back on the street in seach of the negroes, but they could not be found. Some friends, seeing that he was badly wounded, carried him to Dr. Laxton's residence, near by, where he has since been confined. For several days Mr. Avery's life hung upon a thread and it was thought that he could not recover, but we are glad to announce that he is now improv ing and his physicians think he will get well. The most serious wound is on the left side, just over the kidneys. On the night of the cutting he lost at least a gallon of blood, and, of course, got very weaK. It was a narrow escape from death and Mr. Avery7s many friends are truly glad that his chances of recovery are now so favorable. Mr. A. C. Avery, Jr., is a son of Associate Justice A. C. Avery, who was in Raleigh at the time of this occurrence. Judge Avery, and his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mcliee. of Salisbury, ar rived in Morganton Friday night. The negroes escaped, but were captured rriday night abouteight miles north of Morganton and lodged in jail here. O.i Saturday they were given a hearing before Esqs. Powe, Cobb and Bristol. They waived examination and were committed for the spring term of Burke court. Excitement ran high here and there was some talk of lynching. At the instance of Solicitor Spainhour the negroes were taken to Charlotte Saturday evening for safe keeping. George Bristol and John Per kins are two of Burke's worst characters and the former was re leased only a short while ago from the Ohio penitentiary, where he served out a sentence for killing a man. Lristoi acknowledged that he cut Mr. Avery and the knife (a long, ugly one) with which he did the cutting was found on his per son when he was arrested. When most needed it ia not unusual for your family physician to be away from home. Such was the experence of Mr. J. Y. Schenck, editor of the Cad do, Ind. Ter., lianner, when his little girl, two years of age, was threatened with a severe attack of croup. lie says: My wire insisted that 1 ko for the doctor, but as our family physician was out of town I purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which relieved her immediately. I will not be without it in the future." 23 and 50 cents a bottle. For sale by Morphew & White. A DISTILLKi: iOKS WKONG A Government Distillery Warehouse Itroken Into and Seven Itarrels of 'Whiskey Carried Away Distillery Fix tures Also Kemoved The Distiller MUs Int. Morganton Herald, 10th. A government distillery in Lin- ville township, this county, which has been running in the name of Ellis Fort nor, suspended opera tions hist week. There were seven barrels of whiskey in the ware house on which the tax had not been paid. On last Saturday night iho warehouse was broken iuto, the whiskey carried away and the distillery fixtures and all the hogs removed. Ellis Fortner, the pro prietor, is also missing. Messrs. T. L. Berry and Moulton Beck are Ellis Fortner's bondsmen. The bond is 1,000. Deputy Collector Neil was noti fied of the occurrence and on yes terday Deputy Marsha Perry, in company with Deputy SherifTIIal- 1 button and Mr. U. B. Sudderth. went up to Linville to makesearch for the lemoved property and also for Ellis Fortner, and to seize any other property of Fortner's that they might find to secure, the bond sine n, but up to the time we went to press we had not learned what success the officers met with, if any. Mr. T. L. Bi-rry held a mortgage on a mare and a mule of Fortner's for supplies furnished his distillery and the stock were seized and brought to Morganton on Tuesday, but Formei's father gave bond lor the payment of the debt and took the stock. Something to Know. It mav be worth sompthirn rr tnmr that the very best medicine for restor ing me urea-out nervous system to a healthv viiror is Electric Hitters. TliU medicine is purely vegetable, acts by giviug tone to the nerve centres in the stomach, gently stimulates the liver and kidnevs. and tlipso nr.'iru in throwing olf impurities in the blood. Electric Bitters improve the appetite, aids digestion, and is pronounced by those who have tried it as the very best blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for 50c. and 1.00 per bottle at Morphew & White's Drug Store. -- Biicklcu's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores Ulcers, Salt Kheum, Fever Sores. Tetter. Chan- ped Hands, Chilblains, Coi ns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay reqnired. It is. guaranteed to srive neil'eet satisfaction, or ntouin iv funded. Price l cents per box. For sale by Morphew & White. STATE NEWS. The Greenville tobacco ware house collapsed last Thursday un der the weight of snow on it. The loss is 82,500. Mr. John Farrior, a jeweltr, of Charlotte, made an assignment on last Friday. Assets about 810,000; liabilities about the same. At Lillington, Harnett county, Thursday, Dec. 3rd, was witnessed the spectacle of a man on trial be fore a coal-black negro magistrate. The High Point Enterprise says the amount spent there on new buildings during the past two months, including improved prop erty changed hands, will reach over 8100,000. Last Thursday night, IJrinkley Downing, a negro democrat of "o. 12 township, Edgecombe county, was waylayed on the road by five men, who took on" his coat and whipped him because he was a Democrat. lialeigh correspondent of Char lotte Observer, Dec. 5th: News was brought here to day by a distiller named Anglo that J. S. Smith, a deputy revenue collector in the western district, had been killed by a moonshiner. The Western North Carolina Conference of the A. M. E. Zion Church in America convened in St. John's A. M. E. Zion church, ltutherfordtou, on Wednesday, De cember Una, with lit. Kev. Thomas 11. Lomax, D. D., presiding. The Fayetteville Observer says that little Blanche Lancaster was playing under an old cane mill shelter at her home near Park- ton Wednesday evening, Dec. 2nd, when tne structure, which was covered with snow, gave way crushing her to death. Perry Ilinton. colored, was nl most instantly killed by a passen ger train on the Seaboaid Air Line, in 200 yards of the union passenger station at Kaleiirh. Dec 5th. He attempted to cet oil" the track, but slipped on the snow and leu llis skull was crushed and his feet cut oil. A Winston special of Dec. 4th, to the Charlotte Observer, says affidavits of five free-holders, af finning that the county's best in terests require the appointment of two uemocratic county commis sioners, in addition to the three republicans elected, have been filed with tho clerk ot the Superior Court and Judge Hoke, who is holding court at Winston, will be asked to make the apointinents. An act of the last Legislature makes provision to this effect, pro vided 200 signers to a petition are secured in addition to the first five who make the affidavit. A special to the Charlotte Ob. server from Ashboro, dated Dec 5th, says : "Deputy Collector E. A. Mount was shot ami instantly killed by Lee Turner, at Penning ton's ferry, in Montgomery county, i riuay aiternoon Jlollitt, Deputy Marshal, T. J. Hoover and Lee Freeman, all of Asheboro, went to Turner's house with a seach war rant for blockade whiskey, sup posed to bo there, made at Tur ner's son's blockade distillery, which they had seized. There seemed to be little provocation for the shooting. When Moliitt took from his pocket tl.e warrant, Tur ner shot him through the heart with a shotgun. Freeman caught Moliitt as he fell, discovering that he was killed. In the meantime some one shot Lee Turner, who died in about an hour. It is not learned here who shot Turner. Mr. Moliitt was for ten years sheriff of this county, was a prominent Ma son and Knight of Pxthias and an influential citizen. He was 50 years old and leaves a wife and three children." The remains were carried to Ashe boo Saturday night for interment. WATSON SCOKKS lit'TLEK. Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, in his People's party paper, is go ing for Butler with .gloves off. Foremost among those whom he claims figured in his defeat he places Senator Butler, Chairman of the Populist National Commit- e. In one of his editorials he says : As long as Marion Butler is chairman of the Populist National Committee, it will be utterly im possible to get the real Populists to take any interest in campaign work. They knew him to be a sel fish, unprincipled trickster, and nothing he can now do will ever cause them to forget what a liar and traitor he was during the cam paign of 1S96. Judged from the Butler stand point, Populism is a mere article of politicle merchandise, lie is devoid of any sense of honor. Words are to him the mere tools in the game of deception. He does not mind telling the truth provided he loses no point in the game by doing so, nor does he mind telling an untruth, even if"it yeilds him nothing more than the casual pleasure of having de ceived. We harbor no resentment agait;st Butler. It would be unjust to do so. When a constitutional coward rurs away from the battlefield all generous men feel a profound sympathy for the victim of a natural defect of character. In the same way we adjudge Marion But ler. Nature marie him what he is. and he cannot help it. To be fcxy, doubled riaced, false of tongue and treacherous at heart is natural to him, and when he be trays those who trust him and de ceives those who are siilv enough to take him at his word, he has no more sinned against his nature than has our friend, the "William rost," when it fights with its horns rather than mouth or feet. Too much Butler limbeis us in the regions of our faith. Too much Butler gives us the inclina 1 tion to look with longing eyes in the direction of the mountains cf Hepsidum. This dcr onent has had though, of Bu;hrr to i5t him life Urrc Li? Su bsci i be lor Til K M lissKN gek yl.OO a year. NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS. Hems of merest from the Counties Around Us. TOLD BY THE PRESS. . mai:kiei at fort mill. A Sprightly Widower and a Charming Widow of Gastonia SurprUe Their Friends Other Items from Ouston. Gastonia Gazette, December 3rd. The late Mrs. E. J. McElweeleft an estate valued at $0,000 or there abouts. Mr. Alex Crawford quali fied before the Cleik of the Court last Tuesday as administrator of the estate The coffin factory has a new So0 steam whistle. The noise of it is like the moaning and crying of the mighty Jiovalapus in a paroxysm of acute cramp colic. Ii3s a cold day when Gastonia hasn't a uiatiimouial sensation. In fact, it looks like the colder the weather the more certain the sen sation. This time our townsman, Mr. J. L. Nidi, a sprightly wid ower, and Mrs. Minerva Wilson, a charming widow, whose pleasing manners and many virtues of character have won her wide es teem and popularity, were the parties to the mairiage contract. When she left town on the early tram Tuesday morning a few friends thought they saw a sort of secret spakle in her eye and man ner, but they didn't know a thing. Only one or two who guarded well theii secret knew that she was on her way to her sister's at Fort Mill to be married there. Mr. Niell was at Clowr. From there he went to liock Hill and thence to Fort Mill. Tuesday night they were married at the home of Mr. Frank Pegram, a brother in law of the bride. The happy couph will be back to day or to morrow, they don't care which. We welcome the wanderers home, ami wish them a happy journey together along life's devious pathway. NEWTON" NOTES. The Fie Hunters Now Kapidlv Coining from Their Hiding; Places Mr. E. M. Sigmon'tt Horse Huns Away With Him Personals. Newton Enterprise, December 4th. Ptev. G. W. Callahan, of Mt. Holly, speut a few days in Newton the first of the week, the guest of Mr. I). F. Moose and family Mr. E. M. Sigmon's horse ran away with him last Monday sis he was coining into Newton. With the exception of a good muddying, he escaped without any injury Miss Alice Suminerrow left Tues day evening for Charlotte, when sue aecepts a position with the well known hotelists, Eckles & Bryan, at the Buford Mr. Horace Payne, formerly agent at Morganton, has been promoted to the place recently made vacaut by the promotion of Mr. 11. F. Burton. We extend to him a hearty wel come to our town The pie hunters are now rapidly coming from their hiding places. This week two republicans were on the streets of Newton with petitions, one for the postollice here and the other at Maiden. The one who aspires to be postmaster at New ton lives at the foot of Little Moun tain. From our position as an ob server only, it does look like there would be some one in or nearer Newton of the " faith " that would be entitled to this place. CACT E. W. WAK1J ItETTEll. C & L. Improvements at Lincoln! on--A Marriage No Court in Henderson Not h iiiE for Trial. Lincolnton Democrat, December 3d. The many friends of Capt. E. W. Ward will be glad to hear that the last news from him at Keenans ville is to the effect that he is very much better than he waslast week. . . . .The C. & L. railroad has made considerable improvements at their station in Lineoluton, by extending the siding so tlrays can now stand at the platform and load while trains are shifting, which was uot the case before The bank of Lincolnton is daily expecting the arrival of their new tire and burg lar-proof time lock safe. ... Miss Alma Newland,of Lenoir, is spend ing a few days at the pleasant home of Mrs. Hugh Jenkins. She stopped upon her return from At lanta, whither she had been to tteud the marriage of Miss Laura Newland, daughter of the well known traveling passenger agent of the S. A. L.. Cant. B. A. New land, to Mr. A. II. Ellar, a promi nent young lawyer of Winston, which occurred last week Solicitor James L. Webb, of Shel by, spent Monday night in Lin colnton on bis return from Hender son county, where he had gone to attend court. Mr. Vebbsas there was no court, not even a jury iui panneled. Judge Blown endeav ored to get up some cases, but failed entirely. The judge says he never before had such experience FAT MITCHELL CONFESSES. The Neirro Who Attempted to Kane a Six-Year-Old tiiri in WataiUM is Ar rested and Flared In Jail, and Confesses the Heinous Crime Other Watauga Ne s. WstauKa Democrat, December 3rd. Solicitor Spain hour, of Morgan- ton, spent Saturday and Sunday in tow n M rs. Pa rks, of Morga n ton is stopping with her daughter, Mrs. l-fgar Cotley Many of the coloied population are taking leave of our county aud going to Jelico, the haven of peace and plenty for the colored race. May their hegira be for the yood of them all On last Satuidav t he sod was again broken in our city of the dead' and the infant daughter tf Mr. ami Mrs. E. S Coffey was laid away to rest in the bosom of mother earth. Mr. A. F. Davis died at his home near Todd, this county, Monday afternoon. He had been in bad health for some time and five days i go while getting out of his sad- tile his foot became fastened in the stirrup, his mule frightened and ran. diaging him some distance, from which he received injuries that caused his death The negro, Pat Mitchell, who attempted to rape toe Gyear oid daughter n! Mr. John Eggars. ar Zionvilie, a lew days ago. was iodgetl in jail here last Wednesday evening, be- ing arrested at Johnson City, Tenner-see. He ha confessed the heinous crime, juid H stems that his chances for pulling hemp are. very good. A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. A Nesro unci a Horse Fall Into a Well, i:ut Are Ktftcnrd Without Serinuo In Jury A Hi Hor What Did thvs Rain bow Mean ? Kutherfordton Viiiette. December 4-th. Len T witty, '.'.oloied, was riding a hore last Saturday night, and as he was leaving the house of his uncle, John Twitty, the horse slipped backwards iuto an old cox en d ever, which is GJ feet deep. The. jilari'i was given by Li n from hh perilous situation and a ciowd so;i g;tthertd and in the rain and darknes dn-w the mail jt!id hore out. The i:inn h ::l a bruised ankle, but the I;. I.M- e.sc:i,ed. It wa-a wonderful escape fiom a fearful ! death Mr. 15. A. Hampton killed a pig the other day, !'( mouths old, weighing 5124 pounds. What does it mean ? " We saw on last Friday at 12 m. a large, bright rainbow spanning the north ern horizon. Did any one ever see iich a phenomenon before ? A MOONSHINE S ILL CAI'l FItEi). Mrs. Thornton Sends an Alarm of Fire to the Telephone Exchange Her Fears Soon Allayed A P.irthday Dinner A Game of Football By the "Ihiuia" and the "Hobos" Oilier Hickory News. Hickory Times, December 3d. Mr. Paul Gage,a brother of .Mrs. T. M. Hufham. of this city, died Satuiday afternoon at the home of his p.irent, in Asheville, and was buried at Marshall Monday Mr. J. F. Deliinger. of Marion, will come to Hickory to live, provided he can secure a suitable icsidence. Our people would be glad to have Mr. Deliinger as a citizen Mr. Miiitin Baker, of Alexander county, and Miss Ollie liaby, of Catawba, were married at o o'clock last Sunday afternoon at the resi deuce of .Mr. William lUby, father of the bride. The ceremony was performed by S. E Killian, Esq. ... .The entertainment given last Thursday night for the benefit of the Hickory Library Association was in all respects a success. A good crowd was present and the evening was enjo.ei!. The receipts were over 50. .. .Tue.Ml ty was the biithday of Dr. H. L. Aberncthy and his little sou, and the occasion was celebrated by a birthday din ner, to which a few friends and relatives were invited. It was a very pleasant gathering ami the spread was excellent. . . . .Deputy Marshal II. W.Jones made a raid on the South mountains Friday night and found a moonshine still and lixtutes, together with about 800 gallons of beer. The owner of the plant was not on the premises when the officers of Uncle Sam called The burning of a chim ney at the residence of Col. M. E. Thornton Monday frightened Mrs. Thornton, who sent an alarm of fire to the telephone exchange. Col. Thornton, who was at his office, and several citizens went out and allayed the fears of Mrs. Thoruion. 2o damage was done. A g iine of football was played at Lenoir College Thanksgiving day. The two teams were made up of bos from the college, from St. Paul's Seminary and from the city, and weie known as the Bums and the Hobos The game was won by the Bums, who scored one goal to nothing for their oppo nents. CLEVELAND CLIPI'I N ii S . A Don Travels UO Mi let in One Night Shelby Has liaised, This Year, 4! Hojjs The Shelby Poulty Show A Colored Child Stolen. Shelby Aurora, December 2nd. The price of cotton continues low. The predicted 10 cents a pound has not reached us yet. .... There is quite a large demand for marriage license as the holidays approach There has been fewer deaths and less sickness in Shelby during the year 1S, than in any town of its size iu North Carolina This is the season for Kentucky horses and Tennes see hogs -unl Shelby has been well supplied with both There were over 100 hogs killed in Shelby last Tuesday. ... .A dog belong ing to Mr. W. B. Wray, left Burns ville about eight o'clock lastThurs days night and was in Shelby for his breakfast on Friday morning. He traveled about HO miles and swam several large streams Married, at the resilience of Mr. Dicksou Green in .No. 2 township, on Sunday, Nov. 20th. 1S0G, by D. S. Lovelace, J. P., Mr. W. M. Weathers to Miss M. X. Green. All of Boiling Springs The people of Shelby have raised, this year, 400 hogs. At an average of 225 pounds each they- will make 00,000 pounds of pork which is worth 7 cents per pound or 0, 100.00 for the pork raised iu the town of Shelby in one year At the Shelby Poultry Show there will be 3,000 chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, pigeons, pheasants, brants, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc, on exhibition On Thanks giving day a gmgercake uegroboy about 14 years old, and known as John Dixon, stole Clarence llain satir, a negro child five years old, from his grandmother, Mary liam saur, who lives near town, and left for parts unknown The S A. L. (diets reduced rates from all points in this State to the Shelby Poultry Show. One-half usual rates will be offered. FEAST OF "'POssFMS AND 'TATKKS. Three Fingers Masln.il Oil' A Large Tur nipGospel Meetings A Lively Octoge narian Death of Kev. Hartsell. Clevclard Star, December 3d. Mr. L. C. Palmer, a iive v -ung democrat of Polkvdle, has caught 05 "possums this season. What a feast of "'possums and 'tateis" the Polk ville folks are having now Mr. Walter Hull, ot Hamler, who is with t!e C iiol;na Central railroad, had the misfor tune list week, while coupling cars, to get three of his fingers mashed il-. ..'..Mr. Geeige A. Ii !e. of L wndaie, write ;i that J.:!. i a: t ;i ViKi til i t;:r;ii; weighing .-eM u pounds at;d nUieti ounces, and me.tM.i ing 'ic inches iu cucuuiier ence The gospel meetings in the Baptist ehi.rcbcondncted by Evangelist 11. V. Miller, of Ashe yille, are we!l a; tended and grow ing in interest. Large crowds at tend eveiy M-rhe and listeu to the gospel messages so earnestly delivered by th:s consecrated ser van: of God E Z. Champion, Kt . i f Polkvdle, tells us that li. B. Franklin ate dinner at his house ht Fiid iy. Franklin is OS .wars old and walked from 7 miles be low Blacks!. urg, S. C. "lie was on his way to W. H. Hull's to get his pension for services in the late war. Ho said he served in the war of 1812, in the ci il war, smd vol untceied !o gt to the Indian war, a::d is ready :o serve his count ty a;r;i':i l'l any time his services are needed Kev. J. C. Hartsell died Wednesday morning v.X 11 oYi.ick, HU ileal h h .s been mo mental ;! v expi-cletl l'i;r sevcsal days. He has bent n tillering gieatly for a number of eais of sciatica, and was a superannuated member of the Western North Cuolina Conference. THANKSGIVING ICA DISHES. One of Catawba' Farmers Sella 50O ICushels of Wheat Other News. Hickory Mercury. December 2nd. It is thought by some farmers that the fly has gotten into the growing crop of wheat. If so, they will injure the crop Mr. F. C. lkerd, of near Maiden, one of Catawba's largest and most suc cessful wheat growers, was in the city Saturday and while here sold Senator A. Y. Sigmon 500 bushels ot wheat at tfl.K) per bushel. ., .Mr. "tins ' iiahri Lad on sale at his market iu this city on Thanks giving day seveial bunches of line, crisp ladishes which he had gath ered that morning in his yarden liiauksgiviug seems to be rather out of seasou for garden "sass .-. ..The warm weather we have been having was very bad on the wheat crop. The weed of the early sowing atut wen fertilized is get ting loo large now. If the weather continues as it has been, there will be a short crop realized next year. KYl'.KY IIOtSE OCCUPIED. Not a A'aeant Hesidenee in Hickory A Hi lined mid l'p-to-Date Entertainment --Mi-.il ( lerk L. 11. Harris to Be Married on the 10:h Inst. Hickory Tress, December 3d. A friend of ours told us the other day that there was not a single resi deuce in Hickory unoccupied. He l as been trying to rent one. .. Dolf Blackburn and Frank Little, the two negroes who have been breaking into so many stores, etc. in .Newton and the eastern part of the county, and woo have been ar rested aud are now iu jail, are both from Hickory Mr. L. II. Har- lis, now mail clerk on the Salisbury ami Knoxville I ail way post office, will be married to Miss Agnes Loeuche, of Salisbury, on Decern oer 10.11. lliey will make a tour iNortit ami will then letnrn to Hickory to reside. THANKSGIVING IJ ANOl'ET IN LEN OIK. A First-Class Bill of Fare at the Bier ehauts' Hotel -Some Exeellent Kecita lions Meeting of (he Diiertors f the Wilson Lumber Company Musieal and Elocutionary Itecital Other Caldwell News. Lenoir Topic, December, 1st. Collet tsville, ten miles from Le noir. wi'I be connected with the Lenoir telephone exchange one day this week On Nov. 15th, Mr. E 11. Crump united in (he bonds of matrimony, at his residence, Mr. David Suinmerrow and Miss Otnie Hall, daughter or Mr. Felix Hall Mr. Francis I. Littlejohn ami Miss Addie West, daughter of J. II. West. Jr., were married on t lie loth of Nov. at the residence of K. II. (rump, who performed the ceremony lie v." J. F. Eng land and family are spending this week with Mrs. England's parents, Kev. and Mrs. J. L. Healen. Mr. England goes this year to Wood leaf circuit, which is iu liowan county The school which Miss Davis is conducting in Lenoir is in a very llourishng condition. There are now thirty nix pupils in attendance. The directors of the Wilson Lumber Co. made a hand some donation for .its support when Im-ic last week The di rectors of the Wilon Lumber Co. held a meeting here last week, and expiesscd themselves as well pleased with the condition and management of the business. It is operated mainly by Pennsyl vania capitalists, with Mr. J. B. Atkinsson as manager On Thanksgiving night Mr. Willis Schcll worked up a banquet at the Merchants' Hotel. There were fifteen couples present, and all speak very highly of the feast which was spread for them by Mr. and Mrs. Higgins. Turkeys, quad anil oysters, supplemented by all that was necessary to round up a first-class bill of fare was on board in profusion. But, in the language ofliev. Mr. Tatton, these young people of Lenoir are not tla pack of gluttons." They enjoy good eating, but "a feat of reason and a flow of soul" is always to be fouiid when they get together. So after paying proper lespect to the good things on the table, they re paired to the pailor, where they had some exeellent recitations by Misses Mattie May Connelly, Lula Fay Squires, and Anna Mcliee. ....Miss McLean, the teacher of music at Davenport, gave an en teitainment in the College Chapel last Friday night. She was as sisted by her sister, Mrs. S perry, who is visiting here, and Mia El m a Courtuey, the bright little daughter of Mr. M. M. Courtney. Some of the music was very en joyable, but some of it was "artis tic"' for the uncultivated ears which this scribe carries around on his gourtl. Major C. T. Picton ia manager of the State Hotel, at Denison, Texas, which the traveling men say is one of the best hotels in that section. In speaking of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Major Picton says: I have used it myself and in my fam ily for several years, and take pleasure in paying that I consider it an infallible care for diarrhoea and dysentary. I tlways recommend it, and have fre quently administered it to my guests is: the hotel, and in every case it has I roven iuelf worthy of unqualified en dorsement. For sale by Morphew & "White. The Flemming-Eagle, Two Hotels inone, uuder one man agejnent, by Til EGRUBER FAMILY. NO - RAISE - IN - PRICES. Summer, Regular and Transient Boarding. Reasonable rates. Marion, N. O, July 22, 1S96. BOARDING. Piedmont House. 50 Cents a Day; $2 a Week; $8 a Month. A - GOOD - FEED - STABLE Run in connection with the House. J. M. ELLIS, Proprietor. Marion, N. C. Taxes ! Taxes ! ! Let everybody come and settle their Taxes by January i st, 1S97. I am bound to col lect the taxes; come and set tle and save cost. Respectfully, R. L. NICHOLS. Tax Collector County. of McDowell J. G. ItEID, I). 1). S., SUCCESSOR TO R. J. Burgin, Dentist, Offers his professional services to the people of McDowell and the surrounding counties. All Work Guaranteed First-Class. pXTRooms 1 and 3. op stairs, in the Neal Building. Marion. N. C, June 4th. 189fi. NOTICE MORTGAGE SALE ! North Carolina, :.t P. Cuthbertson vs. McDowell Co., 1 Geo. M. Annia. DY virtue of the power conferred - upon the undersigned by a mort gage deed executed to D. P. Cuthbert son by Geo. M. Ann is and wife, on the 24th day of January, 1893, and recorded in the office of register deeds foi Mc Dowell county, in Book No. 5, on page 78, I will sell for cash, at the Court House door in Marion, N. C, at 12 o'clock m.. on the 4th day of January, 1897, the following described lands, to wit: The house and lot in which Geo. M. Annis now resides, and bounded as follows: Beginning on a stake at south west corner of J. F. and J. L. Wilson's 6tore house lot on the west bank of a small branch, and tuds north with said line, passing corner of said 'lot, in all 2G poles, crossing branch to a stake on east side of the branch; then west 30 poles to a stakeand pointers; then south 34 J east 29 poles to a stake; then east 14 poles to the beginning; containing three acres, more or less. Said mortgage deed was executed to secure a note of even date therewith of three hundred dollars, and this sale is to satisfy the balance due on said note. Terms of sale cash. This Nov. 2Gth, 1896. D. P. CUTHBERTSON, D.E.IICDGINS. Mo"gagee. Att'y for Mortgagee. Si In the Mountains of Western North Carolina: What One Drag Store. One Jewelry Store. Oue Furniture Store. Two Barber Shops. Two Hotels, Seven Practicing Lawyers, One Photographer. Two Saloons. Three Blacksmith Shops. One Furniture Factory. To Lumber Dealers. Yr. Two Tanneries. Two Telegraph Lines. Three Livery Stables. Two Exclusive Grocery Stores. une l'uoiic school Tor Whites. One Exclusive Dry Goods Store. Severat Private Boarding Houses. A General Distributing Postoffice. Several Stores Keeping Hardware. A Sign Painter and Paper Hanger, etc. Two Primary Private Schools for Whites. Oue of the Best County Jails in the State. One Express Office Southern Express Companv. me General Stores-Dry Goods, Groceries, etc. Two l ract.cing Physicians (regularly practicing). One Publ.c School in the Year for Colored People. A Duputy Collector's Office of U.S. Internal liivn.. Oddlow)HnlCr8Ma80D8' KDig,,t8 of Plhias and rA Foar.cl,ur(-i' Organizations for Colored People-one build- iu iiw.coi ouuaing. One HiL'h r.M.la ei.i t it..:.. ' fej l)ar,tuet-tliree to four Four Church Organizations Iet,,,0lisr' BPtirt, Presbyterian and Episcopalian! -$P& Two l-''Iroad.s-One Through "Trunk Line" (the South ? f ern). and oti. ti.rminai..n. i . i t :1 . .mi READY FOR THE FALL - TitADE. EXCELLENT GOODS LIVING PRICES. Our line has been enlarged for this season. Our usual Iiue of DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES. HARDWARE - A - SPECIALTY. HATS, SIIOKS AND USEFUL - NOVELTIES. LIME ON HAND. SADIERY AND HARNESS GOODS. GOOD VALUES FOR YOUR MONEY. J. S, DYSART. Livery and Feed Stable. GOOD TURNOUTS. CAREFUL - DRIVERS. A. B. G1LKEY & SON, Marion, N". C. A GOOD TAILOR ESTABLISHED If you will give me your work. . . . Tailoring, Cleaning and Repairing Done to Order. B. W. BOND, Tailor, Craig Building;, Marion, N. C. NOTICE TRUSTEE'S SALE! "Y VIRTUE of a deed in trtint executed J J to the undersigned as trustees, with power of sale, by I. j. Sinclair and wife, xin.l recorded in Hook . ae O'.M), book of inort RRKea, in the reKifttcr's office of Mcl.. well, we will sell to the highest bidder, for cash, nt the Count Houve in Marion, on the first Monday, January 4-th. 1MU7. all the -t:ite and interest of said I. J. Sinclair and wife in the "lice Rock" tract of land in North Cove township, on the waters of Turkey Cove creek, in McDowell county. December 2d, 18.6. I. S. DYSART, VM. M. HLANTOW Trustees. :() Marion Has. One Bank. Two Millinery Stores. One Hardware Ston. Three Weekly Papers. A Signal Service Station. One Dentist. United States Commissioner. Three Restaurant. Three Shoe Shops. One Tobacco Factory. One Whiskey Refinery. One Marble Dealer, lieal Estate Agencies. teachers. and riniMs.... r in., ukik me uuio Kiver and i
Marion Messenger (Marion, N.C.)
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Dec. 11, 1896, edition 1
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