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VOL. III. NO. 11. R UTHERPOEBTOS; N. C. THURSDAY. MARCH 119". 1903.' S1.00 A. YEAR. MANY DEATHS ABE GHAMOTO 'NE6R0 Offered Sure Relief .to Those In Domestie Trouble. LAWS OFGEXfiRAL INTEREST. ADVERTISED FOR HIS CulfcNTS. Some oi the Acts Passed by the Session of the Legislature Just Adjourned. ( Special to Charlotte Observer. Raleigh, March 10. The following are some of the" acts of the Legislature, which are of public interest : Public Laws: To issue !$300;000 of bonds to run 10 years at not over 4 per cent, interest;' to borrow flOO000 for Graham, Tryon, Fremont, LaGrange, i DEMOCRATIC SENATORS CAUCUS. Greenville, Lenoir, Alamance county 8, j " r Hope Mills; -Williamson, Weldon, Ox- wi" Support Two AmendmentsTo ford. Plv month. Favettevillfi. Kden ton. . Canal Treaty. Spring Hope, Forest City, Raeford, ! Vn- . J' - 7 t Z Tf-resoived to stand together in the sen Morganton, Clinton, FJizabeth City, I ate in support of twPQ amendments to Columbia, Copeland, Mt. Prospect. thje Panama eanal treaty. One of these Washington, March 16. The Demo cratic senators at their cancu.3 today Training schools for teachers for Wa tauga, and six other counties in western North Carolina. 1 provides for the modification of the thft litarnrv fmid v,w, .Tm ! -NnniDer oiuonnty commissioners in "Vine cf Cardul b Indeed a blessing i tired women. Having suffered fcr seven years with weakness and bearing-down pains, and having tried sev eral doctors and dilfcrer.t remedies with no success, your Wtr.e of Cardul was the only thing which helped me, and eventcr.Uy cured me U seemed to build up the weak parts, strengthen the system and correct irregularities." By "tired women" Mrs. Adams moans nervous women who have disordered menses, falling of the womb, ovarian troubles cr any of those ailments that women have. You can cure yourself at home with this great women's remedy, Wine of Oardui. Wine of Cardai lius cured thousands of cases which ft doctors have failed to benefit. Why P net begin to prt well today? All drusffists have 81.00 bottles. For any stomach, liver or bove'l disor der T he d ford's Black-Draught S-iouia be used. Bodies of Thirty-Fcur Persons Believed 1oni. . ont. j,,. creased: Rockingham, Guilford, Curr- To Be Among his Victims Will Be priate 00,000 to public schools ; to loan terlund, Cartaret, Wayne, Lenoir, Rich Exhumed and a Thorough Invectiga-1 the literary fund $203,000, to the conn- mond' Buncombe, Cabanas, Gaston, m.. m.. I ties, for imDrovrment of miblic school ' county commissioners appointed for - ! houses; -To appropriate $50,000 for the' Greene, Craven, Halifax; self Philadelphia, Mars. 17.The police , ReMlration of the sftttlement of Roanoke ment restored to Brunswick, officials have directed the opening of ; M provided $250,000 is otherwise j mans' Pasquotank. . .. ,.. S4grave6. havmg secured evidence. id f TOVineut of! Dispensary Laws: To establish dis- e during 1901-190:3; !P,cs at Wils0' Cs Hle- J.!:., he.ne ,.nefb. dc !or- ".! nfnrnrnrnnprt w tontine Level, Marshal, Edward, Ox- rrsnnnsiu r in ar prei l i i ;i i iiu-iiiv - . i - - . . . . . , . , , ... . deaths i thfre is a contingent remainder i to 23rd article of the treaty se as to in sure the control of the. cunai zone by the United States, and the other, en larges the provision in the fourth ar ticle of the treaty .which is a disavowal cf any intention on the part of the United States "to increase its territory at the expense of Colombia or of the govern--. Bister republics In Central or . South Perqni-. America," so as to include Mexico. DEAF. CAN HEAR, DUMB JAN SPEAK Wonderful Invention Of An . Alabama Man Tested. WAS DECORATED BY ROYALTY. Believed thct the Invention Also En ables Blind To See Mutes Utter Words and the Deaf Are Delighted by Sousa Marches. New York. March 14 By meang of ford, Graham , '-Scuppernoug, to repeal-' amend the Code so as to give divorce for . Uuion County dispensary law ; to allow ; two years abandonment and allow re-1 Gatescounty to establish dispensary; to i marriage five vears after the divorce abolish dispensary at Rntherfordton. I : (applies to 1901-1902); to shorten time of i --To prohibit manufacture and sale of 1 Ir r f -i . . ttT " a tiT -n -i i noticed sale; to prescribe fees for reg-; "lr 111 wauxaga, warren, xtooerson, Hossey is in jail as an accessory to the murder of William G. Danze, whose widow is charged with' having admin istered" to her husband slow . poison, furnished by the negro "We do not know how many poison- saM - nnn,0 nfliH.i toricv ht thus ! PuMic ater supplies ; to provide for. far we have secured evidence that has -'code commission ; to register the sale of 1 T a 1 J T i jOt. warranted u in directing the opening ' auuueratea commercial leeuiuf? stuns ; of Zi g:aves. This case is assuming istering agricultural liens; to protect. Scotland, Johnson, Cumberland, Har- Forndvli'eivnillltTtnTe,aillieiB. plvtinf ryinptuuiA, '1 Urt Ladirs' Advisory l)t?)uil irvntr The ClmttaKOOKk .MoJw-kie Ck Ctauuuimea, Tenn. i P'nlb- risi-rf-.c rvF VVa f f n o-n mir! TT-c-rl o and brandy in Iredell. - . Towns Authorized to Issue Bonds: .1. ,..:n r ...:n. -em: i to regulate sale, inspection and JU,, branding of cotton seed meal ; to provide jGreensboro' Hi?h int Elkin Grec for registration of trained nurses; ta!ville' hiteville, Edenton, Charlotte, prevent the abduction and elopement of , Leaksville, Lexington, Kernersville, married women; to regulate labor of Dnun Lonisburg, Lincolnton, Rnther children in factories, (none to be aUow- j fordton,; Washington. ' ed to work under 12 years of age) ; to in- ; , To Punish Drunkenness In : Macon, All the Democratic senators except x an invention of Miller Reese Hutch Messrs. Dubois, Culberson, Morgan. I ison, a young Alabamian, wh was McLaurin, Clark (Ark.), and Gibson j recently decorated by Queen Alaxaa wero nrJsent. ! dra for his efforts in behalf of -the It is the understanding that all the', deaf, three children, deaf, dumb and Democrats win support the two ! blind, have been enabled to hear a amendments agreed upon, but that af- j pianist play Sousa. marches, a phono ter, they are acted upon, individuals . graph repeat the sounds and the shall be at liberty to vote for or ' sounds of their own voices uttering against the treaty as they may elect. the words- "mamma," "papa" and "nel It is also the undsrstandi'ng that some lo," in quavering childish treble, "of the Democratic senators will sup-1 The experiments were made at the port some cf Senator Morgan's ideal laboratory of Mr. Kutchinsoa and were COMMERCIAL BANK. - - ' Report of the condition of the Com mercial Bank of Rutherfordton,' at Rath erf ordton, N. C, at the close of business on February 6th, 1903. ' ' .JiESOURCES. Loans and discounts 24,817 19 Overdrafts... 713 58 Furniture and Fixtures ! ,000 00 Due from banks and bankers. 19,995 39 Cash on hand 4,364 40 .Total.'........ $50,890 51 LIABILITIES. Capital stock flC.OCOOO Surplus. . 4 2,000 00 Undivided profits 286 40 Deposit subject to checks .... 37.083 35 Due other banks 1,223 65 Cashier's checks.. 197 21 $50,90 51 Total I, J. F. Flack, cashier of The Commer cial Bank of Rutherfordton, do solemnly swear tEerabove statement is trne to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. F.. FLACK, CasLier. B 0 ft A t a m m m a K " " ' " . i Notice. By virtue of a decree made by the Clerk of the Superior court of Rutherford couu tv in that certain special proceeding en titled Lizzie B. Roland and Annis B. Lpohn, (x parte, the nmlersigncd com missioner wiU offer for sale at the court hoase door at Rutherfordton, N. C, on Monihiy, April Ctli, 1008, between 12 o'clock m., and 2 o'clock p in., tlio following described raal c.tate, t-wit : The first tract or lot being situate west of the town of Rutherfordton and with in the corporate limits of said town, he winning ut a stake at the Iridge in the middle of the street and running with name north 79 west 0 chains to a st-nc; thence, sonth 13 west 13.50 ch; ins to a flake; thence south 70 west 5 hnins to it stake on the line; thence with it south iweast 2 5)ch?iiu to a stake on original comer; tlu-nce with the original line N. tiO ( ast S.-.i chains to a stake at the street-crossing of the Tanyivrd branch; thcuc-e up the brauch; thence up the 1 raut h a it meanders to the begiuning. I bwlot or tract is knov n a thw land al lotted to Delia A. Mitchell ?u the divis ion of tl.e lands of Lr father's estate; uud the following lots are excepted from the desert pt inn above given two acrs conveyed to W. II. Jay and one and oae half acres conveyed to J. B. WMteide. ' The second trac t or j-arwl of aad ly ing aud being situate near tLe Se.tloard Air Line depot east of the town of Rnth ri'o:dtou, and leing fully described as fol!o.Ts, to-wit: Eeginuing on a SaFa fras, old giunt comer, aud running thence south j0's' east 489;.; feet to a t take, f.O ftet from the centre t)f Sf lfrd Air Line railroad tract; thence imr.h 21 west ISO feet rith r'ght of way of said railroad to a rtake; thence '377 feet to the Icgicming, containing 78-100 of an acre. The third tract is situate i;ear the nforesaid depot and adjoining the tract last described, and being fully described n follows, to-wit : Eeginuingat a stake 1,0 feet from the centre of the Seaboard Air Line railroad tract and running thence north 21 west loo feet to a stake; thence north tJ0.j west 489 feet to a Sasafras, old corner; thence south 7 west 15 feet to stake, Washburn's old red oa k corner; thence with his line south (10 east 4!)33r.' feet to iron post, cor ner of depot lot ; thence with the line of same to the beginning, containing two acres, more or less. The last namedTtracc includes tho L S. Roland flonr mill and rim factory, together with the machin ery and appliances belonging to both. Tho above property will be sold for cash ; and for jibe purpose pi partition l)ttween the lrties above named. This the 4th day or March, 1003. R. S. EAVES, Commissioner. Eaves & Rocker, Attorneys. proportions far beyond the somprehen-: sion of those connected with it at the time Hosy was arrested. The real investigation is Just beginning ap.d : befere it proceeds much further start- j ling developments will crop out.' ! ueiecuves aie searching ior a wane , . Stanlev t oman wbo is allegecTto have report-, J Associatiou. to validate frreeu- Bond Issues or Special Tax. Author ed Hcssey ia the preliminary dealings autlic"1 feSWiariou' ro ant'ai 1ITC&a . .. XT r. -.- -im, ilarm-obates: to allow railways to file . lzed by Counties : Nash, Cartaret, Hay- It Is claimed that Hossey advertised 1 petitions sanie .rate of speed through jwood, Washington, Johnson, Jones, penly tkat he had a better way ol i towns; to appropriate $10,0C0 for the ex-1 Uaswell, Clevelpnd, Polk, Union, Le-1 remedying domestic troubles than by j hibit at the St. Louis Exposition, pre-, noir Mitcneu, iseauiort, uare, uamrten, way of the divorce ecu: ts. ' He had , vided a like amount is raised otherwise ; I Yancv Alamance, Bertie, Guilford, tnaEy calls from both sexes for assist- j 1 dpfine owuerKhit) of land bounded bv i Qn'slow, Henderson, Montgomery, I amendments, but thai they will do so witnessed by many persons, as individual senators and hot as mem-1 The inyention. consists, primarily, hsrs nf the. nemorratip rations. The of a transmitter, an ear piece and a Democratic senators who participated small electric battery.- By means of ! State of N. C, Rutherford County, in the caucus say that whether amend-j these instruments sound is projected! gvorn to 'and subscribed before erf or not tho t.icatv ia sure of ratifi- into the ear In a manner to stimulate - ' cation. me PRISONERS MAKE ESCAPE. ance His plan is said to have been to . f or the tetter tcctiou of ! supply the applicant with as-low pois- , .. . , . - j Mysterious Woman In Black L Have Given Aid. 1 Atlanta, Ga., March 16. A Jackson.! Miss., special to The Journal says : Four prisoners confined in the city jail here made a sensational escape this morning before daylight by saw-: ins their cell bars.- ' The moji w-ere George Thomas, John . 1 1 .14. t. An-r T- 1.. inAO the auditory nerve. The volume of lul 1S sound has nothing to do with the ac- Mi O, DICKERSON, C. S. C. tion of these instruments. The pen-i Correct Attest: etrating quality of the electric sound! - X. 1J. i-TTllll, JUM- Vj. HIIIJ.S, XI. Said Td wave appareritly disregard the meca-1 Sampson, Granville, Rowan, Pitt, Rich- Burns, United States prisoners;- J.E-! was tflGn clapped to the lad's on to be admini xv.ble party, fcr ha'e received a isn wy.c ered to the objection. h he is reported tc uniform fee of $100. sons where corporations act as trustees, moud' Anson, Madison, Tyrrell, Greene, - Leland, an alleged burglar, and W. F. APPEALS FOR PARDON Man Strahan guardians, etc. : to prevent more one trustee or eiirector of a State insti tution being from one county ; to define the duties and liabilities of hotel keep ers ; to create a historical commission ; to protect telephone messages, also to telephone and electric light wires ; to regulate procuring of dead" bodies for ! dissection; to require text book con tractors to have sufficient depositories ; to define the practice of medicine and surgery ; to allow the secretary of the State to charter banks; to allow judges to regulate and limit arguments of coun sel iu the Superior Courts ; to amend the law regarding arson. Incorporating Eanks: Windsor, Win ton, Spring Hope, Kearnesville, Selma, Washington, Whitev:'lie, Taylorsville, Warsaw, B.uk of Martin county, Bank than ! Harnett, Gaston, Iredell. Brunswick, Edgecombe, Wake, Ashe, Transylvania, Macon, Watauga, Rutherford ; in sever al cases issue of bonds and levy of tax being authorized for same county. Who Married Fayne Wants His Liberty. - . New York, March 14. William A E. Moore, who Is serving a 19-year sen tence in Sing Sing prison for robber$ ki the first degree, and who was con victed of having forcibly robbed tha late Mhon, proprietor "of the New Arasterdam hctel, at the Hotel Metrop ole, ea the night of Nov. 4, 1898, is making another effort for liberty. District Attorney Jerome was served toddy Vita a notice of motion return able befere Recorder Goff on Monday to rcaew a molii made In 1819 for a new trial, on the ground of newly dis covered YiiprLf Tho muHnn new tike metli-n is made on Uo ground ' of Frauilia- Pi ttsboro, Hamlet, Colnm THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER. fcaat .re, tiae being seat to prison, has secured the st&foavits of th.ee Hen whoe testiaieay would have been val uable" at the fiiet trial eorvdd the wit ncs have been produced at thai "ttooe. ore was Indicted with hla wife, Tayne li'r'e. f A'tla&ta. He was eobvUted, but the juny in Fayn Mcore'-s efeee disagreed. She was nol broug&t to trial again. bia, Rank f Carteret, Burlington, High, Point. Wilson, Ayden., Stoneville, Gastonia, Oxford, Raeford, Whitakers, two Raleigh, two Durham, Harnett, Bnlkaven, Spencer, Lillington, Aurora, Nashevilie, Concord, China Grove. Insurance Coiapanies : Southern Life, Union Benevolent, Pcoples Mutual, TO OPEN PUGLIC LANDS. Obligations Which Cannot be Com pensated by Dollars aud Cents. Probably most persons who have travr eled .at night by rail have had their thoughts turned to him who, standing ,w;ith hand upon the throttle-lever of the engine,, watches between them and fdeath. . Often, when the liightas been ; black and boistnous with angry storms, or cold and desolate in mid -winter, we have lain down in our snug, berth listen- iug to the clatter of the swiftly -moving train with a sense of security, because we knw there was one standing in the cab watching with vigilant eye againsf danger. "There ho is gazing out along the track, conscious that hundred of lives axe entrusted to his care; that these hundreds of sleeping passenrrers are resting camly in the conviction that j he will not fail in duty. j They, are all strangers to him. At the McDonald, serving a sentence for big amy. It is said' that the men were assist ed by a mysterious wjaman dressed in ' black, and who is said to have visited the jail last week. Leland had been confined on a 1 charge of burglary , and was thought to have been suspected of robbing the county treasury office. in Newton of. over $2,000 last year. j McDonald was under a sentence of 15 years for bigamy. ' -- - CHEERS FOR CHAMBERLAIN. anism of the outer ear and affects the inner ear direct.; The first patient brought out to try the effects of the invention was Orris Benson, who is hlind, deaf'and dumb.1 A physician tried to make him hear in various ways, but all his efforts were ia vain.- The little instrument ear, the current switched oa, and Mr. Hutchi son said in an ordinary conversational tone "papa." The youth worked his fingers rapidly in the sign language. "Ho says he can hear something, but doesn't kcow what it is," iriarked Professor Vantassell, who ws in ojharge of the children. . The cur pent was made 6tfonger.The youth's eyeballs were raised and he smiled. Wood, Directors Notice, Under and by virtue of the powers contained in a mortgage made by W. TV. to the-Standard Sewing Machine Com pany on the 15th day of July, 1897, the Standard Sowing Machine Company will sell at public auction at the court house door at Rutherfordton, N. C, on Monday, April Ctb, 1903, between 12 o'clock m., and 2 o'clock p. m., the following real estate, to-wit: Being that land of land deeded by Jos. C. Erwiu, commissioner, tinder judg ment of the Superior court, of Ruther ford county in the special proceedings entitled Thos. Humphries (et al.) versns Amos Harrill,' executor of Benjamin Humphries, deceased, to A. C. Ray, Then he tried to repeat the syllables ! joining lands of the Speculation Compa think it worth their while to speak to Accident and Sick Benefit Association, Gtaranty Lif - & Indemnity, - High station while the train waits for passen- j Point I ira. Pemetnal. Southern Under- S?rs to take their meals, none of them writers,, Southern Surety & Casualty, Protection. Insurauce Laws Amended : Section 63 ollaw o? 1899, so brokers can place in surance in companies not doing busi ness in this State, upon paying license A Million Acres In Carifomia Will Soon Be Allotted to Settlers. Los Angeles, Cal., March 16. The United States, throagh tire Federal land office at Los Angeles.iwill ontfii L . . -. , 1 J ,. .. to settlers within the next thirty day? 1 ' c . regarumS about one million acres of fand investigation. of fires; to require the m Oalifornia. The' land is situated be j sararice commission to pass , on all m tween The Needla3 and Mojave and sarance on State property;.. to amend borders the Colorado river. Much oi it Is valuable agriculturally. s our tomach No appetite, loss of strength, nervous ness, headache, constipation, bad breath. general debility, sour risings, 'and catarrh of i the stomach are all due to indigestion. Kodol cures indigestion. This new discovery repre- sents the natural Juices of digestion as .they exist in a healthy stomach, combined with the greatest known tonio and reconstructive properties. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does not only cure Indigestion and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy cures all stomach troubles by cleansing, purifying, sweetening and strengthening (he mltcoua membranes lining the stomach. . - Mr. S. S. Ball, of Ravenswood. W. Va., says: " I was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years. Koriol cured ma and w are now using it in milk for bzby." Kodol Digests What You Eat. Bottles only. $1.00 Size holding 2 times the trial size, which sells for 50 cents. Praoarcd bv E. O. DeWITT & OO. OHIOAQO The prospective throwing open ol this vast tract to settlement is the re suit of a recent decision of the Unit ed States supreme court with respect to the famous grant made to the'-At lanfic and Pacific railroad by act ol July, 18615. In the territory which embraces this great tract the Southern Pacific 1 t selection privileges. Authority the the been received from Washington j the officials of the United States land office at Los Angeles. Washington Post Owner Improving. TENNESSEE DOGS SLAUGHTERED, charters of .underwriters and home com panies of Greensboro; to regulate in surance companies and their govern ment; to regulate insurance and in crease the public revenues. him. They are going somewhere. ( They are who knows even their names? The conductor, the breakman, and the ! . . i porters are brought more or less in con tact with them, fcud they learn some thing of each other ; there is a little mu--t-uarfellowship, at least. But rhe engine-driver stands apart. His face is besrimed with soot." his clothes soiled with grease, and his-hands hardand. nn- j seemly".'' On the road, after a long night 1 of travel,' he is not an object of prepos- j sessing appearance. And yet this man,-! j through all that night, has had the guardianship of hundreds of lives and Counter Demonstrattorf by Liberals 4When Crooks Took His Seat. - London? March 16. Colonial Secre tary Chamberlain's re-entryT into the house of commons today was signal ized by an unusually cordial reception f;omthe Conservatives and Unionists, wbile the Liberals and- Nationalists maintain' a significant silence. . .B ch ESTAOIN NUN VoReys of cheers from the govern ment supporters greeted the secretary as he entered the house and lasted several minutes. " Mr. Chamber lainj locked much worn, but was obviously in the best of spirits as he rose to in-; form a questioner that he was afraid j it would be difficult to collect : and publish all his South African speeches. He was ashamed to say he had made about 70 and be had had no time to read, much let cc'lrct them. "There was a vociferous Liberal j counter demonstration when Mr. J Crooks, the new Liberal member for Woolwich, who recently wan that dis trict for the opposition, took his seat. and in a- weird treble cried" shnilly "pah pah." ' Noticing - that the pa tient was becoming quite excited over his novel experience, Mr. Hutchison suggested that ene of , the girls be brought into the reception room. A girl 18 . years eld who bad lost sjght and hearing through exposure a dozen jears ago, was led into the room. She could not heav a sound, no mat ter how loud, right against her ear, but when she had the ear piese of the instrument fastened to her head and the pianist at the end of the room began to play a Sousa march, her cheeks flushed and her fingers beat time on a table. "Another girl, born blind, deaf and dumb, clapped . her hands in ecstacy when she heard her own voice say "mamma," and reached out wistfully toward the piano when the musician stopped playing and the -new harmo nies died cut f her ear, but lingered in her memory liy on the north, of Rhodes Glover on the south, and east by the lanr's of Dr. Harrill, on the wrst being the lauds of which the said Benjamin Humphries died seized of, containing Reventy-five acres, more or less. For further descrip tion see Book 65, No. 2C4, Register's of fice, Rutherford county. This sale will be made to satisfy the unpaid balance secured by said mortgage, the said mort gagor having failed to pay same accord ing to the terms of the mortgage. Terms of sale cash. This March 3rd, 1903. Staxdakd Sewing Machine Company, Mortgagee. - Eaves & Rucker, Attorneys. CALLED OUT AND SHOT. Quarrel IMPORTED MEN REFUSE WORK. Railwavs: Merchants, Caney River. Raleigh Light & Traction, Chapel Hill faithfully performed his work.- Sober, Trolly, Hiawasso Valley, Raleigh & cool and vigilant, he has brought his 'Eastern, Winston-Salem, Southbound, cnarge to tne ena oi me journey in ! Currituck County, Virginia and Caroli- safety. The travelers -scatter to their loi ! na, Washington & Vaudere. Salisbury, monies or pass on to otner scenes, prais- receiving of entry applications foi j Virginia, Warrenton & Carolina ' Salem inS the railroad company for the ad- 1,000,000. acres in" auestion mirable system of their road and the tern, Carolina Coast, Cumberland, Ten- comfortable accomodations afforded, nessee & North Crrolina, Lumbertou & wnile none perhaps give a thought to People Greatly Alarmed by Epidemic of Hydrophobia. Ghattanooga, Tenn., March 17. A special to The News from Kingsport, Tenn., reports an epidemic of hydro phobia among dogs and cattle in thai vicinity. Several persons have been bitten by vicious dog and cattle are dying in large numbers. The statement if made that 90. per cent of the dogs ir that vicinity have beendlleu" to pre vent a spread of the disease. M. L. EDWARRDS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, To the left up stairs in the Commercial ' Bank Building. Prompt and caref nl attention given to aM bnsidesa intrusted to me. Agent for sa'e and reliable Fire insurance Co . pa- i nie, also, for one of the largest and best ! itiauding and Trust Companies in the j country. If you desire Fire Insurance ! or want to make any kind of bond call on me; New York, March 16. The condition of Beriah . Wilkins, Owner of Th Washington Pos. who has been crit ically ill for several days at the Wal dorf-Astorla hotel, with kidney trou ble, is much improved this morning A member of hs family said he passed a very comfortable night and that th family now had good reason to hop for his recovery. .- Burglars Make Good Haul. Atlanta, March 14. Burglars, sup posed to be safe-blowers, cracked th safes of the local office of the Standi- Raleigh, Greensboro Inter-Urban, Yan cyville, Reidsville & Burlington ; North Carolina & Ohio, Elizabeth City and Carolina Through Line. Road Laws: For counties of Cleve land, Johnson, Jackson, Columbia, Per son, Halifax, Madison, Burke, Hender son. Ckovin, Rutherferd,-Hyde, Chath-'1 Ms life fr ham RnWnn Ppar.fnrr Transvlvnniji I benediction Haywood, Granville, Clay, Durham Forsyth, Rockingham, Macon, Samp son, Cabarrus, Brunswick, Greene, Alamanee, Orange, Yancy,- McDowell, Gates, Stokes, Lincoln, Northampton, Swain. Towns incorpowited Shelmandine,. Bladerisboro, West Tar- boro, Lawndale, Fountain, Overman, Chocowinty, Pinetops, Oakley, Teach eys, Abbottsburg, Williams, Shore, Old Sparta, Scotland, Swan, Quarter, Lillington. Core Point, Edward, Glad stone, Myrtle, Casar, South Mills, Coke- ly, Faith. Graded Schools Established : Madison, Westfield, Swan, Quarter, Roxboro, the engineer, whose faithfulnesss guard ed them from accident and death. There are obligations between man and man which cannot be c ampensen ted by dollars and Cents. Let the pay Le just and liberal ; but let there be like wise a remembrance that he has risked us and a prayer for the of ' God upon him. Char lotte Observer. . What's In a Name? Everything is in the. name when it comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E. .C. De Witt.& Co., of Chicago, discovered, some years aso. how to make a salve from Wendell, Stokes, .tch hazel that is a "specific for piles. For .blind , bleeding, i tching and protrud- ine piJes, eczema, cuts, burns, bruises and,all skin diseases, De Witt's ' Salve has no equal. Thi has given 'rise to worthless countefeits. Ask for DeWitt's the genuine. Forest City Florence Mills, Twitty & Thompson and City Drugstore. ; v Will Be ssnt Home by Striking Bridge Employes. - Pittsburg, March 16. After . waiting several weeks for the striking struc turaLiron workers to Tesume work, the American Bridge company deei'ded last week to import men to take the places ; of the strikers and-today 38 men raech ed here from Louisville. They were met at the station by a force of de tectives and escorted to the company's office, but after learning the situation they refused -to work. If the strikers interfere with them, an appeal for protection will be made to court. The Louisville men will be sent home by the strikers. Leac's to Killing of" Young Farmer In Alabama. Birmingham, Ala., March 14. A spe cial to The News from Montevallo, says that at an early hour thig morn ing Will Lucas shot and-killed John Payne, near that place. - - Lucas and his brother, Too Lucas, and Payne had been drinking, so it ia said, in the early, part of last night, and the two brothers had gone hom after a bitter quarrel with Payne. Af ter midnight . the Lucas brothers re turned and called Payne cut of his house, when Will Lucas, it is stated, fired both barrels of a shotgun at Payne, instantly killing him. -The Lucas boys have not been cap tured All the parties are related They are prominent young farmers. Notice. Under and by virtnre of a deeree of the Superior court of Rutherford county made in that certain action entitled The Safety Investment and Loan Company vs. John Carriei. fce undersigned com missioner will s? -l)a i the court house at Ratherfordtou; N. C, on Monday, April 6tK, 1003, at 12 o'clock in., all the following de scribed piece or parcel of land lying and being west of the town of Rutherford ton in what ii known as New Hope and bounded and described as follows: Be ginning at a small red oak on the east side of the Mill branch and running thence south 80. degree cast 60 poles and 12 links to a stake in the middle of the avenue; thence north 11 degrees east 16 polrs and 20 links to. a stake in middle or avenue : thenc north 8CJ west 54 poles and 22 links fo A. J. Sene gal's line ; thence with his line sonth 59 degrees" 2 poles and 20 links toTtnunc-h ; thence down the branch to the begin ning, containing six and twenty hun dreths acres. Thi sale will be made to satisfy, the aforesaid decree; and the terms of sale will be cash. This the 3rd day of March. 1903. GEO. C. JUSTICE, Commissioner. Eaves & Rucker, Attorneys. TRIED TO KILL FAMILY. Says Strike Is Settled. Chattanooga, Tenn., March 16. Cap tain H. S. Chamberlain, president oi the Roane Iron company, stated today that the trouble with miners at Rock-t I Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you fit A Severe Cold for Three Months. The following letter from A. J. . Nus- ard Oil company early today and se j baum, of Batesville, Ind., tells-its -own bl i cured $500 in m6ney and $2,000 checks. Nitroglycerine was tjsed the men In opening the safe, is no clew to the robbers. 6tory. "I suffered for three months with a severe cold. A druggist prepared me Theri I some medicine, and a physician prescri bed for me, yet I did not improve. I then tried Foley's Honey and Tar and Cured His Rheumatism. Subscribe for THE TRIBUNE, 1.00 per year, always iu advance. only eight doses cured, me. Refuse substi tute. Sold by 5fc Citfr ifctaig Store. ' bottles for $5.00 . f Mr. John Chick, of Los Angeles, Cal. , writes :. "I feel very grateful to you for inducing me to use your rheumatic cure Uric-sol. I have Buffered intensely for two years, using all kinds of remedies, internal and external, without the least benefit;: Uricsol cured me." It also cures all bladder and kidney troubles caused by uric acid. Send stamp for book of particulars to the Lamar & ! Rankin Drug Co., Atlanta Ga., or Uric j sol Chemical Co. , Los Ansrelesr Cal., Druggists sell it at $1.00 per bottle, or six wood has been settled and the hun dred men who have been idle for a week resumed work today. The. set-J tlement is practically a resumption ol last year's scale. - , ? i Sentence Pronounced on Five. Pottsville, March 17. Judge Been tei today sentenced five: .of the de fendants In the trial growing out oi the riot in Shenandoah, which led to the fatal beating of Joseph Beddall. The sentences range from small fines to terms' of two years. Opened Fir Through Window, Injur ing Five. Huntsville, Ala., March 14. Joe D. Powers, a young white man, of New Market, Ala., attempted. to exterminate a white family near that place yester day. Powers had a difficulty with Johf Winkle a few days ago ad determined to get Jevenge. ' . He called at Winkle's ' home toda; and opened fire upon the family grouf through a window. Five people wer shot, including Winkle, a baby and twe women. Winkle's son was shot in the eye. - - immediately after the shooting Pow er took a train for Texas. - Two Killings In Kentucky. . Lexington, Ky., March 17. Two kill ings Sunday in Breathitt county, hav heen reported here today. Bud Spi cer was shot to death by John Heng ley and Bud Combe -was shot in a gen eral fight in Jackson. It is not knowr who shot Combs. - - Postoffice Robbed.' Charlotte, N. C, March 17. Th safe in the postoffice at Lincolnton N. C, was blown open early this morn ing and about $700 in money and stamps secured by the robbers. The is no rle to the guilty party.---- - Man, Wife and Baby Drowned.v Birmingham, Ala., March 14. A spe cial to ine ews irom uauscen say that Will Ferguson, wife and babj were drowned in the back waters ol Hy top Creek, DeKalb county, last night-1 A heavy fall of rain during the night caused the creek to overflow and Ferguson's house was flooded. Ir trying to make their eseape the fami ly were drowned, their, bodies being found today. ' BOOK STORE The place to buy BOOKS, STATIONERY SCHOOL SUPPLIES, ETC. A. L. GRAYSON O. C. ERWIIM, Justice of the Peace, May be fonnd at the Rutherfordton Hardware Store. Will giva prompt and oarefnl attention to all business intrust ed to him. - Vicksburg, Miss.; March 16. Guage reading today is 48.2. a rise of three tenths of a foot in the past 24, hours, and a rise of one-tenth of a foot in the last 12 hours. . No breaks are report j ed and : nothing new in the situatloc j as yet. . ' McBrayer & Justice Attorneys at Law, Rutherfordton, N. C. Rooms Nos. 1, 2 and 3 in Mills-Dicker-son Building, over G. H. Mills & Son store. . - -. Eaves & Rucker, Attorneys & Counsellors at Law, Rutherfordton, N. C. Office up stairs in Dickerson building. Prompt attention-given to all business intrusted to them. 1 The Tribune and Semi-Weekly server one year for. $1.50. Sutrcrile for puUu.Let! evcy The TRiurx i Carroll W. Downey, Physician and Sur;e.ii. .Rr.ihVr?oi!Mu N C. Kr sidt riee m 2 uiu sUvct. .OGicr i-i Phone. 2u. . i -: t : .... . .