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Hit VOL.111. NO. 43. RUTHERFORDTON, N. C, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 29, 1903. $1.00 A YEAR. as I hevt had occasion to use your Black-Draught Stock and Poultry Medi. cine and am pleased to lay that I never used anything for atock that gave half as good satisfaction. I heartily reconv mend it to all owners of stock. J. B. BELSHER. St. Louis, MoT Sick stock or poultry should not eat cheap Btock food any more than sick persons should expact to be cared by food. When your stock p.fld poultry are sick give then med icine. Don 't stuff them with worth less stock foods. Unload the bowels and stir up the torpid liver and the animal will be cured, if it be possi ble to cure it. Black-Draiaht Stock and Poultry Medicine unloads the bowels and stirs up the torpid liver. It cures every malady of stock if 4 taken in time. Secure a 25-ccnt can of blacJt-JJraupht stock and Poultry Medicine and it will pay for itself ten tiniosover. Horses work better. Cows give more milk. Hogs gain flesh. And hens lay more ecss. It solves the a problem of making as much blood, llcsn ana energy as possible out or the smallest amount of food con sumed. Buy a can from your dealer. CANADIAN FEELING' QJTtER OVER AWARD Therd la Talk In Vancouver of Annexation TRAGEDY IN CHEROKEE. AND CANADIAN INDEPENDENCE. Many English Residents of British Co lumbia Say that Canada's Greatest Possibilities Lies In Annexation to to the United States, j Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 22. Local feeling Is very bitter over the award of the Alaskan Boundary Commission. There is much talk of annexation and ef Canada becoming independent, bus iness men being generally much dis satisfied at what they pronounce Brit ish disregard of Canadian interests to plesse the United States. It Is a matter of comment that among the discontented are English men residing here. Many of these say that Canada will never achieve her greatest possibilities until she be- Notice! By virtue of three several mortgage deeds with full pover3 of sale hereinaf ter named, I will sell at the court house door in Rntherfordton, N. C, at public auction for cash on Monday, November 2nd, 1903, tho two several tracts of land hereinaf ter described, to-wit: The first tract conveyed to me by mortgage deed from J. H. McDowell and wile on the 23rd day of January, 1895, and registered in Book G. of mortgages, No. J 81, in the Register's office for Rutherford county find described as follows: Situate in Rutherford county, and known as Lots .No. 3 and 8 of the N. M. McDowelUand on the waters of Gleghorn creek, bound ed as follows: Beginning at pointers, corner of Lot No. 1 ou the Miller old lino, and runs with said line north 80 west 09 pole to a black oak; thence north 60 east 72 poles to a Spanish oak, Holland's corner; thence mirth 52 east 73 poles to pointers on branch jnst above the ford; thence down the branch as it nicanrtera to i-take ou lino of Lot No. 1 and corner of Lot No 6 ; thence with line of Lot No. 1 to the beginning, containing 6?i acre, more or less. Ihe second tract conveyed by two sev eral mortgage deeds from Frank McEn t ire and idler McEutirc end Ned Harris and Deller Harris on the 22nd day of lJecember. 1S9G. and registered respec tively in Book II of Real Estate niort fragui on pages 199 and 200 and describ ed as follows: Situato in Rutherford conuty on both sides of Floyd's creek And the upper Island Ford road : Begin ning at a red oak stump on the east (tide of said road, Harris' corner, runs with Harris' line west 73 poles to a pointer corner ; thence north o east 72 poles to a jx)st opk, Ned Harris' corner; thence with his lino east 236 poles to a stake, Ins corner, formerly a pine ; thence south 5 west 72 poles to a pine on McBrayer's line; thence with his line west 50 poles to a pine stump, Harris' corner; tho nee with Harris' line north S! west, crossing the creek 65 poles to a stake in the bot tom formerly a B. O. ; thence 54 wept 94 poles to the beginning, containing 86 acres, more or lees. Said lands will be sold to satisfy the debts named in paid mortgages. The two tracts will be sold separately. This September 2Uth, 1003. HENRY JENKINS, Mortgagee. I i N Ckrmeb. J I c Voted Steles j ! H ! j ; 1 1 r'flsfk- ': Girl and Mother Slain and Their Bodies Mutilated. Jasper, Ga.f Oct, 24. Wednesday night in Cherokee county, about 9! miles east of Jasper, Mrs. Annie Kol-; comb and her 17-year-old daughter. . who live alone, were shot down at i their home ana their bodies mutilate:? j by knife wounds and in othar ways. ! Information comes here that the wo men were assaulted before they were murdered. Mrs. Holcomb was found just back of her house with a bullet hole in her :. breast and two or three deep slashes j in her side made with a knile. The boay of her daughter was found about 150 yards from their house wit three or four bullet holes and nine stabs made by a knife in her bodv. Evidently the daughter waa trying to escape the terrible vengeance oi the assassins and was overtaken and killed. Two men evidently are guilty of the crime, as two tracks were plainly seen about the premises and tracking the girl in her flight. The people of the settlement where this heinous crime has been commit ted are gieatly excited. COSTLY FIRE OCCURS A? ASHEVSLLE, N. C. Beoentiy Completed Audito rium Is Destroyed. BUILDING WAS VALUED AT $40,00C PLAN OF BILTMORE CLUB. Estate Vast To Be Connected With Hunting Grounds. -New York, Oct. 24. A large por tion of George Vanderbilt's vast estate in the wilds of North Carolina, known as Biltmore, is about to be converted into an exclusive hunting and fishing club, which wit! include in its member ship some of the most prominent cluu men of the land. A proposition was recently submit ted to Edgar Moore, of Kenilwortii Inn, N. C, whereby if the present plans ! FINANCIAL FTER STORM COMES CALM j Condition 3 at Pittjbui'g Are Reported Improved. NO MORE BANK FAILURES. HEARST IN ATLANTA. Besides Auditorium, $16,000 Residence ef Mrs. Penland Was Burned: incur ance on Properties Amounts to $2C,- wre carried out, 130,000 acrea of tho j nnn a j- , drum i Biltmore estate will be used as a 000. Auditorium Will Be Rebuilt. . .. . i hunting and fishing ground by tne Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 24. A special; Biltmore club, now being organized. to The Sentinel from Asheville, N. C, I Tfle Plai does not include the 10,000 says the recently completed Asheville acres immediately surrounding the pri auditorium, valued at $40,000, was de stroyed by fire this morning shortly after 4 o'clock. Besides the audi torium the residence of Mrs. W. j Penland, valued at $16,000, was alec . destroyed. J The properties were insured for 120,000. The favor of the Queen wa played at theauditorium last night, and this company's scenery and effects were burned. The auditorium will be immediately rebuilt. j Official Announcement of Clearing House Association that $2,503,000 ; Had Been Raised for Emergencies Has Allayed Uneasiness. ! COMMERCIAL BANK. Report of the condition of the Com mercial Bank of Rntherfordton, at Rnth erfordton, N7C, at the close of business, on September 9th, 1903. RESOURCES Loans and discounts, $35,943 47 Overdrafts ... 868 Furniture and Fixtures 1,000 00 j Due from banks and bankers. 16,103 19 Pittsburg, Oct 23. The financial at mosphere of Pittsburg seems to have cleared and no further bank troubles are looked for. The official announcement made yea- terriav bv th r.leaiinz house associa- tion that $2,500,000 had been raised; j Deposits subject to checks Cash on hand 3,654 23 Total . . $57,569 63 LIABILITIES. Capital stock $1G,000 00 Surplus 2,100 00 Undivided profits 1,003 27 Notes re-discounted - - 5,000 00 88.740 46 Well Known Newspaper Man Gucsl ' cf the City. Atlanta, Oct. 24. An immens j throng of people greeted William Ran tfolph Hearst upon his visit to this citj i yesterday. WOMAN FELL IN WELL. vate manison of Mr. Vanderbilt. The waters of Biltmore are well supplied with fish. In the forest many quail may be found, and wild turkey, pheasants, deer and even blacls j that the fund would be increased to i Due other banks 453 16 bear roam. j $3,000,000 tc meet wahtever emergen- j Cashier's checks. 272 73 A feature of the new club now be ; cies that may arise, ana tnat so iar rs ing formed by Mr. Moore will be a '. the association could ascertain, none number of lodges and camps which I of the banks in the vicinity of Pitts will be provided for tne use of mem- burg would require assistance, ha, had bers throughout the various sections the effect of allaying all uneasiness, of the forest. . In addition to this emergency fund "I expect to organize a sportsmen's , $800,000 has been received by James ; club of from 75 to 100 members," sa Total $57,569 63 I, J. F. Flack, cashier of The Commer cial Bank of Rntherfordton, do solemnly swear the above statement is true to the W. 'Patterson, president of the Pitts-! lest of my knowledge and belief . She Is Saved from Crowning by Her Brother. Mr. Moore, "and the club will include in its membership some of "the most prominent clubmen in the country, de votees of the rod and gun." burg, Carnegie and "Western railroad, ! J. F. FLACK, Cashier. Weverly, Ala., Oct. 24. A day or two ago Miss Lolla May Bruce, daugh- The prominence which Mr. Hears! ter of Dr. H. S. Bruce, while leaning Vincent Cody Who Served Years nas auamea as tne proprietor or tnree over a wen, acciaemany iosi ner Dai great American newspapers, The New; ance and fell in. . York American, The Chicago Ameri- j Her brother, Dr. H. S. Bruce, Jr., can Rnd the San Francisco Examiner, ! who -saw her fall, ran to the well, as president cf the Federation of Dem-! went down on t-he rope, caught Tier VICTIM OF "BOSS" TWEED. In Prison, It Dead. New York, Oct. 22. Suffering moat of his life as a result of a victim ol William M. Tweed in tne days when The Above Is a Map of the Territory .Recently Uncter Dispute and Settled by the Alaskan Boundary Commis sion. comes a part of the United States. The Rev. Elliott S. Rowe, the leading Methodist minister of British Colum bia, who, with Chief Justice Hunter constituted the labor commission which sat this summer, in an interview here said : "I am a Britisher, and I have always been a Britisher, but if Great Brit-j aln is to hand Canada over piece mealj to the United States, I say let us join the American republic also. By doing to now w aro large enough, popu lous enough and important enough tc have something to say regarding the terms of such annexation, and also would be potent enough to have some thing to ay In the affiirs of the re public which we would form a part. But if we wait until our best and rich est territory is given away, we shall simply be absorbed. It looks to me aa if Canada had won the case and lost the territory." Mayor Neelands, of Vancouver, thinks that the Alaskan award may lead to the establishment of Canada as aa independent nation. I ocratic Clubs and a leading Democrat i chosen as congressman from his uis- ! trict in New York, and one who has been frequently mentioned as a presi dential possibility, naturally made his visit one of unusual interest and ir poftance, and there were many who desired ta see and speak with him and to shake his hand. As Atlanta's guest, Mr. Hearst waa entertained in royal style. In compa ny with representative Atlantans he was shown the principal points of in terest about the city and at night waa given a reception by the Capital City Club. by the hair and held her head above the water until help could arrive. Neighbors let down basketa, in which the doctor and. Miss Bruce were drawn up to the surface. It was found that Miss Bruce was seriously hurt, one of her legs being broken by the fall. The well is 40 feet deep, and there it 8 feet of water in it. that "boss" was at the height of his 1 -ious and have heard of no news thai for immediate deposit in anticipation gtate of Q Ratherford Connty. ui me improvements uuuet i-uimu uv- i tion here for the Wabash railroid. Swom to and subscribed before me It will be some time before the ' this 16th day of September, 1903. money will be needed by the various j M Qj DICKERSON, C. S. C. contractors, but the bulk of it will! eventually be paid cut In the district! Correct Attest : for wages. The government experts , T. B. Twitty, Johx C. Mills, J. H. at work upon the books of the two i Wood, Directors, bankswhich have suspended., tarlar j that they have eo far .found nothing! MotilCG. power, Vincent Cody is dead. Cody was once a wealthy man. H died a watchman on the rapid transit subway, and since the civil war, .-fl through which he fought, hai served .33 years in state's prison, all of which he declared was due to the fact that he succeeded-In is not reassuring. VESSEL RAN AMUCK. Under and by virtue of a decree of thei Superior Court of Rutherford connty, rendered on the 23nd day of September, 1903, by the clerk of Baid court, in the proceedings entitled, D. W. Jackson ct Came Very Near Sinking Nelson's Old al. vs. W. L. Harris, 1, as commsssioner Flagship Victory. Portsmouth, England, Oct. 23. Nel defeating Tweed's i en,s old flagship, the Victory, was MADE FINE DURING NIGHT. Negro Gambler In Columbus Raised Money To Do So. Columbus, Ga., Oct 23. Tom John son, a negro gambler, upon whose per-' ets the robber became Daring Hold-Up In Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 22. One oi the most daring hold-ups in the history of Birmingham occurred) in front oi the Hillman hotel, when John Crew, an employe of the Louisville and Nash ville railroad, was robbed of $20 and a gold watch. There were several men sitting in front of the building, but none were attracted by the daring robbery. While searching the pock- careless and candidate for the assembly in tba . "boss"' district, shortly after the warj because he had not succeeded in get- j ting his old political job when he re turned from th front. He declared Tweed followed him up and that later, when he was arrested because of an accidental shooting in which he was in volved he was convicted by a "packed' jury and sent to prison for life. Cody's sentence was commuted by President Roosevelt, but he left th prison much against his will. nearly sunk In Portsmouth harbor to day by the battleship Neptune. The battleship Heco and some minor craft were also damaged. The Neptune, a non-effective vessel of 9.310 tons displacement, built in j named in said decree and appointed for the purpose hereinafter mentioned, wilt sell on Monday, November 2, 1903, the. following described lands lying and being in the county of Rutherford, in the? State of North Carolina, adjoinings the lands of David Walker and others ! and bounded as follows : Beginning at I a small Spanish oak by a large hickory. son were found several packs of cards I and a handful of "loaded" dice, was arrested by the police on the charge of disorderly eonduct. The money Crew grabbed the gun, a fieree strug gle taking place. At this time the crowd began to gather and the man making another effort, regained his ACT COST HIM $20,000. on hi3 person, $27.47, was takecharg gun and escaped with the money, of by the police sergeant. Johnson Notice! By virtue of a mortgage deed given by John Weston and wife. Patsey Westoa, and Will Miekle and wife, Delia Mickle, to Bryson Griswold, dated May loth, 1901, the undersigned will sell at public auction, for cash, at the court house door in Rntherfordton, on Monday, November 2nd, 1903, the following described lands, according to the interest of the parties named ia eaid mortgage. Said interests are as fol lows, to-wit: One undivided one-fifth interest in the below described lands, said interest of the parties of the first part as follows : John Weston has a life estate therein, and after the death of the atid John Weston the title shall vest in Will Mickle in fee simple. The 6aid A QUEER CASE. made the bend and asked the ser geant for fl.25 of his money, saying that he would have to have that much to pay for food and lodging. It s?ems that between the time ol his release and the hour cf court next morning he improved each shining hour, for when Recorder Grimes fine him $10 yesterday morning he ran his hani into his pocket and pulled out $3.45 in nickels and dimes, the result of his gambling operations the nig before. It appeared that he had use; the $1.25 to good advantage. WIFE'8 BRAIN3 SHOT OUT. Lineville's National Bank. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 23. The secretary of state has received a cer tified copy of the declaration of incor poration of the First State national bank.of Lineville, Ala., Its capital stock will be $50,000. Fifteen thou sand dollars has been paid in by the subscribers before the filing of this declaration. The names and residences of the subscribers are John S. Jemi son, Birmingham; R. L.. Ivey, Line ville, and J. M. Leverett, of Lineville. Portsmouth, preparatory to being tak n to the Thames to be broken up, broke adrift and ran amuck. After desperate efforts the Neptune was se cured by the Hero, but not before the former had knocked a six foot hole in the Victory's port quarter. The Vic tory's loer decks were quickly flood ed, and she commenced to settle down, her crew standing at quarters, but the speedy arrival of tugs'- enabled tb old flagship to be kept afloat until she was docked. Feared Family Troubte and Destroyed Valuable Deed. ChIcago,Oct. 23. A dispatch to The Record-Herald from Fort Wayne, Ind., ays: The will of Edward S. Ridel, whosa estate invoices $225,000, has been filed j Meeting of Traveling Passenger Agents Young Though Altve and We!l Court Holds Man To Be Dead. Chicaso, Oct 22. A dispatch to The Tribune from Knoxville, Tenn., says: For-a third time Silas Hulin, the supposed victim of a murder, was res urrected and appeared alive and weli In the court room last night as the chief witness in the habeas corpus proceedings brought to have Qjlarence Peak, who is under sentence of li years foe the murder -of Hulin, liber ated. The court, however, dismissed the petition, holding in effect that Silas Hulin is dead to all intente and pur poses and that the court had no legal right to interfere with the conviction and judgment which had been proper ly secured. An appeal was prayed to the supreme court. Two years ago Petk killed a man, who was iden tified as Hulin. He was tried an3 sentenced. In the meantime Hulin Husband Waa Carelessly Handling Gun. Villa Rica, Ga., Oct. 23. Claud SnuTTa, a young farmer living out near Wesley Chapel church, 3 miles from town, accidentally shot his wife's brains out by carelessly handling an old shotgun. Mrs. Smith is still alive, but there is no chance for her recov ery. The couple had been married only two months. Young Smith says if hi wife dies he will kill himself also. Costly Elaz In Montgomery. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 23. The large furniture store of B. Wolff was Lamaged by fire and water here last night to the extent of $25,000. The fire for probate. It puts all the property in the name of the youngest son, Ot to, his father's favorite, as trustee. The father gave Otto a deed to prop erty worth $25,000, which was in an j envelope with the will. In the presence , of all the heirs Otto, for the first time, ! read the deed, but fearing it would bs a basis for a family trouble, he tore it up, saying he would share equally with the rest The act cost him just 120,000. 1874, which was being towed into i 0n corner , and runs south 85 west 1G poles to a stone; thence south 56 -west poles to a stone; thence north 210 west loo poles to a small pine on Knff s line; thence with it north 56 east 20 poles to stake by a persimmon, corner of lot No. 4 ; thence with it- north. 65 east 57 poles to a pine knot on the top of the ridge, corner of lot No, 5 ; thence with it south 15 east 32 poles to a dead white oak in the field ; thence south 28 east 63 poles toi stake on outside line by a pine; thence south 56 wes'I4 poles to the be ginning, containing about S2 acres. This sale will be made at the court house door in Rutherford county, N. C, for cash, and for the purpose of parti tion and division of the said lands among the parties to the said suit, who are ten ants in common. This Sept. 23rd, 1903. M. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner. Geo. C. Justice and M. Ii , Edwards, Attorneys. PREPARING FOR CONVENTION. New Daily For Birmingham. Birm4ng-haic, Ala., Oct. 22. It i? announced that the members of the originated in the fourth floor and was Birmingham merchants' exchange have difficult to manage. Tho building decided to organize a company to pub- was only partially destroyed. Sev eral firemen were injured, but not se riously. The furniture was not fully Insured. There was about a $40,000 stock in the store. HAD TWICE BOUGHT FREEDOM. Former Georgia Slave Dies at Age of 103 Years. Snta Cruz, Cal., Oct. 23. Daniel Rogers, a negro, who died in San Fran-- the crime Cisco yesterday, aged 103, as the result of an accident, was raised as a slave in Georgia and was brought to Cali fornia in 1849 by his master. Rope Slipped; Twice Hanged. Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 23. Felix' Hall, alias, Jackson, a negro, was ex- j ecuted at this place yesterday for the ! murder of a young white man named j Norwood Clark. The rope slipped when the drop fell an dthe doomed man had o be hauled up a second time . He protested, his Innocence of lish a morning newspaper in Birming ham. It is state! that $25,000 has al ready been subscribed. It Is under stood that the members of the ex change are piqued over the silence oi the local papers on the subject ol union labor In the stores, a strike o- tne retail cierxs being imminent. The At New Orleans, La. New Orleans, Oct. 24. Arrange ments are fast being completed for thv entertainment of the traveling passen ger agents' convention which will be held here commencing Nov. 10, anL continue for three days. J. Kemp Ridgely, of the Louisville and Na3hville, chairman of the com mittee of arrangements, has secured the Athenaeum hall for the convention. About 600 delegates will b.3 in atten dance. Tbsy will come on sever, special trains, and all from north of the Ohio will arrive over the Louis ville and Nashville, connecting with that road so as to meet and enter the city together. Mayor Capedevielle will deliver an address of welcome. Memphis Jockey Suicides. St. Loui'j, Oct. 22. Avery Kelly Ferguson, a Memphis jockey, shot himself through the head in the pres ence of his brother and a little gir Hotice. North Carolina, ) In Superior Court, Rutherford County. ) Before the Clerk. J. B. Waters vs. Raney Melton and hus band, James Melton, Corrie Waters and Lula Waters, the two last named, minors. Notice. The defendants, Raney Melton and husband, James Melton, Corrie Waters and Lula Waters in the above entitled action, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior court before the Clerk of ! Rutherford county to partition certain lands lying in Rutherford county in which the defendants have an interest as tenants in common ; and the defend ants will further take notice that they are required to appear before the clerk of the Superior court court of Ruther ford county, in his office in the court house in Rntherfordton, on Saturday, the 14th day of November. 1903, and an swer or demur to the petition filed in Mnndnv nifirht. dvlnar from the wminrl tiers, uave asuea ior snorter hours, j Tuesday. For some reason the police j said action, or the petitioner will apply five holidays a year and other thines. ! m net Mttmvor the faot nt tho cn. iro the court for the relief demanded in garded his presence and affirmed the land is defined and bounded as follows, 1 entence on its merits as tried above to-wit: Adjoining the lands of G. W. Logan, Elias Griswold and others, and beginning at a stake just below the ford on Mill creeK, corner som to jMias uns- wold, and runs thence with his line ' north 85 west 140 poles to pointers on i Logan's line of the Morris tract. Gris- In time he bought his freedom. He appeared, but the supreme court disTe-J went back to Georgia to free his wife, but was sold into slavery agiin through the treachery of his old master. Again he saved enough money to purchase the liberty of himself and wife. Refuted King's Clemency. Rome, Oct. 26. Richmond Pearson, formerly United States consul at Ge noa, ani now minister to Persia, has been fined $60 and $15 costs for in- wold's corner: thence with Loean's line I suiting an Italian railway official last south 45 west 68 poles to Logan's corner ; December, previous to hi appointment thence with his line south 45 east 113. as minister. The government was poles to a stoke on tne bank ot Mill creek ; desirous of settling the incident by pardoning "Mr. Pearson, but the lattet refused to ask for the king's clemen cy, as prescribed by law. thence up.the creek as it meanders to the beginning, containing 46 acres, more or less. Said sale will be made for the pur pose of liquidating the amount due on eaid mortgage, and the cost involved in making the sale of eaid property, which is and remains unpaid. For further de scription of said land, reference is here-, by made to Book "H-3M of mortgage deeds, page 122 in the office of the Reg ister of Deeds for Rutherford county. This the 8th day of Octolxsr. 1903. BRYSON GRISWOLD Mortgagee, Notice! Having qualified as administrator of the estate of B. C. King, deceased, no tice is hereby given to all parties in debted to said estate to come forward and settle same. Also person holding claims against said estate are requested to present the same, duly authenticated, on or before the 8th day of October, 1904, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery on same. This the 8th day of October 190.1. J. T. KINO, Administrator. Bloody Work of Ladrenes. Manila. Oct, 22. The news has been received here that a band of Ladronea surprised the town cf IrJga, in the province of Ambos Ostnarines, Luzon, and killed the wife and unrle of the presidente and "three volunteers. Be fore retiring they captured nine guns. Ouofre, the leader of the Ladrones, was killed. The presidente says that h was .betrayed by the Munsev. A Love Letter. Would not interest you if you're look ing for a guaranteed salvo for sores, burns, or piles. Otto Dodd, of Ponder, Mo., writes: "I suffered with an ugly sore for a year, but a box of Bncklen's Arnica Salve cured me. It's the best salve on earth. 25c at T. B. Twitty s and Thompson & Watkins drug store. Farmer Meets Tragic Death. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 23. Near Craw ford, Ala., Jack Cregg, a farmer, was killed by the falling of a tree: He was loading a wagon an a tree which was being' cut down by some negroes fell so near him that one of the limbs struck him. Cregg was instantly kill ed. He leaves .a family. Big Fire at Macon, Mies. Macon, Miss., Oct. 28. The Macon compress aud warehouses were de stroyed by fire at an early hour this morning, entailing a loss of $200,00' partially covered by insurance. Three thousand bales of cotton were burns. Cotton Crop Very Short. New Decatur, Ala.. Oct. 22. The lat est estimate is the cotton crop of this county will be cut off fully 40 per cent below the average. The drought dur ing the months of July and August caused the plant to shed, andi as a result there is no top crop of any con- and the merchants' exchange has re fused to concede any of the demands. Probable Case of Suicide. Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 24. The un known man, found near Clinton, Tenn., yesterday was identified this morning as Marshall Mynatt, of Stony Point, Tenn. He is the son of a well-to-do farmer. It is believed he committed suicide. It was at first thourht the cide until today, after the body had been buried. Ferguson had been 111 of typhoid fever for some weeks and it is believed he shot himself because of despondency resulting from his ill ness. said complaint. This October 2nd, 1 903. Accused of Theft, Suicided. New York, Oct. 22. Charles S. Ha naw, 26 years old, booltkwjiKir and; con fidential clerk for a wholesale c Ing firm, has committed suicide at hie father's home in this city because he was accused of appropriating to his own use $43 belonging to his employers. A Perfect Painlesss Pill Died Waiting for Train. Montainsboro, Ala., Oct. 24. Mrs. Emma Farabee, who has been spending the summer on Sand -Mountain, near thiB place, died suddenly at the rail way station while waiting with her two children to take the train for he home near Anniston, Ala. Big Suit for Damages. Criyple Creek, Colo.. Oct. 24. C. G. Kennison has filed suit in the district court against James H Peabodv. Sher man mignt do it. m. wentz, who has. man Bell, John Case and T. G. Mc been missing from Big Stone Gap for j cielland for $100,000 damages. The eight d&ys By C M. O. DICKERSON, Clerk of the Superior Court. P. TanneK D. C. S. C. 23oti.ee! By virtue of a decree of sale made by the Superior court of Rutherford county in a special proceedings for sale and par tition, entitled "Dcbby N. Hill and oth ers vs. J. M. Taylor and others," I will sell at the court house door in Rnther fordton atpnblic auction on Monday, November 2nd, 1903, a certain piece or parcel of land of which E. L. Taylor died seized, lying in Ruth- Smallpox in North 6tate. New Decatur, Ala., Oct. 22. There are a few cases of smallpox in the ne rto Quarters of this city, but the board of health say there is no occasion for i amunt alarm, as the disease is well under control. As a precautionary meas ure, however, it has been ordered that all persons be vaccinated. complaint recites his confinement in ' a military prison without cause. W. j F. Davis, another prominent union j erford county, snoposed to contain 12 or 15 acres, lying on northeast side of Mountain creek, adjoining the lands of man, wno was connniea in B34ol,. man who was confined at the same time, also brings suit for an equal Ran aJTen Penny Nail Through His " Hand. Monument yt&eilecl. Greenwood, S. C, Oct. 23. A monu ment, dedicated to the confederate sol diers from the state of South Caro lina who fell in the war between the states, was unveiled here Thursday afternoon. The dedicatory address was delivered by Judge William T. Gary, of Augusta, Ga. 16 the one that will cleanse the sys tem, set the liver to action, remove the bile, clear the complexion, cure head ache and leave a good taste in the month. The famous littlepills for doing such . nail through the fleshy part of his hand work pleasanfryand effectually are De- "I thought at once of all the pain and Witt s Little Early Risers. Bob Moore, soreness it would cause me," he says, oi ijarayette, xna., says: -ah otner : ana linineaiaieiy applied unamoer pills I have used gripe and sicken, while lain,s Pain Balm and occasionally af De Witt's Little Early Risers are sini- terwards. To my surprise it removed ply perfect." Sold by Twitty & Thomp- all pain and soreness and the injured son, City Drug btoi-e, f orest City ITor-. parts were soon healed." For sale by He Learned a Circa t Truth. ence Mills. It is 6aid of John Weslev that he once While opening a box. J. C Mount, of said to Mistress Weslev : Whv do von ! Three mile Bay, N. Y"., ran a ten penny till that child the same thing over ! nail thronerh the fleshv nart, of hisihanrl- iasain?" 'John Weslev. horanso nna telling is not enough." It is for the same reason that you are told over and over again that Chamberlain's Congh Remedy cures colds and grip; that it counteracts any tendency of these dis eases to result in pneumonia, and that it is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by JBr. T. B. Twitty, Drug Store. Dr. T. B. Twitty, Drug Store. Were Shot From Ambush. Port Jervis. N. Y., Oct. 24. Richard Bevans, a farmer, and his wife, whe live a mile and a half from Dingman's Ferry, Pa., have been shot as they sat at a window of their home, and both are expected to die. The neigh borhood Is being scoured for the as sassin, but no cle"w to his identitv or the motive for the shooting has been obtained. Wm. Dalton, T. E. Mitchell and Joseph Lewis and A. P. Hill. Said lands will be sold for partition the parties in'said special proceeding above named. The lands will be sold on the following terms, tc-wit : One-half the purchase price to be paid on day of sale and the remaining half to be secured by note with approv ed security payable in 12 months from date of eale and to have interest from date. This September 29th, 1903. B. A. 3 USTICE, Commissioner. Notice! Having qualified as executor of the es tate of E. C. Hames, deceased, notice is hereby given all parties indebted to said estate to come forward and settle sane. Also persons holding claims against said estate are required to present the same, duly authenticated, on or before the 1st Spurgeon's Widow Dead. London, Oct. 23. The widow.of t Rev. Charles Spurgeon, the noted j preacher who died Jan. 31, 1892, d'ei of October .1904 .or this notice will today. ; be pleaded in bar- of anr recovery on same, xnis uctooer 1st, iws. Broke Into His House. S. Le Quinn of Cavendish, Vt., was robbed of. his customary health by in vasion of chronic constipation. When J. C. HAMES, Executor. Notice! Mrs. S. Can field wishes tin. SK8, .lfe Rlls bro into: form the public that she ha85got his house, his trouble was arrested and;fu , i 0 v " .a"' now he's entirely cured. They're cruar-1 J . eer-beaniig Strawberries in anteed to cure. 25c at T. B. Twitty's ' loom now and bearing. Forsala and Thompson d-Watkins. -a t 0 cents per hundred. J
Rutherfordton Tribune (Rutherfordton, N.C.)
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