North Carolina Newspapers

WE AHE PREPARED TO DO CHROMATIC PRINTING IX COLORS. Ti.vnox lN ruK county & in fCLUHS 25. HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1895. HUHBER30 I ii ii. .11 in it i STATE NEWS. 'fh- Liuc:liiton Courier lias been bought by the Republicans and Popu- Xh U d-jigh News and Observer has three 'iaw-suits on hand fur libel, ag- eatin.0,000: rr1(. North Carolina Lutheran Sy nod meets at St. John's church, Cabar rus county today. "This year's wheat crop id 25 percent, better "than that . of last year, the conm:ii",ier of agriculture says. Northern capitalists have bought the valuable Trazier field mine, near Charlotte, and will develop it exten- !ivel'. n artesian well has been sunk to a 'depth of "; feet at the insane asylum or (iol.Mx'i-o. The boring is i failure, ami the i" tate ge61ogist, not giving any j encouragement of success, it has been stopped. The :iie:nbers of the Press Associa tion visited the State Normal at '(iivensboro, and speak in the most complimentary manner of the manage ment of the institution and the great work it is'.doing. A deal" arid dumb man. was walking on the Chester-'and. Lenoir railroad track in ihe town of Lincolnton, on the ',' tli inst.. w hen he was struck by a train just as it stopped. The fellow tellupori the cowcatcher. He suffered no damage. ' The State Normal and Industrial School, at Greensboro, has forwarded us its catalogue for 1894-5. We find an excellent showing made by this in stitution the past year, and with pleas ure, commend it to all iersons seeking schools for the education of daughters. In an interview with State Auditor Furman, he states that according to information from the returns made by the counties the assessed values of real and personal property are holding up far better than was anticipated. At least - per cent, reduction was ex pected, hut the falling off. will be but little, if any, if the counties yet to be heard lrom hold their own like those which have already made returns. On the 17th inst. Mr. M. P. Cline shot and killed himself at China Grove. Latyear a serious charge was pre ferred against him by his niece, a Miss Urantley, and on the trial of the case he Avas found guilty and sentenced to two years" service on -the chain gang. He 'escaped- from custody, returned home, ami, as stated above, killed him self .rather than endure further humil iations. Until the Brantley charges he was a, very highly respected citizen. At the Press Association Maj. E. J. Hale Was toastmaster, a position he tilled with erace and dignity. The first toast, "Our Churches and Benev olent Orders,1" was responded to by Hon. John tirav Bvnum. "Our Mer- cantile Interests'1 called out Mr. Chas H. Ireland. Dr. Charles W. Mclver replied to the third toast, "Our Educa tional Interests.' Col. Jas. E. Bovd ' 'Our -Railroads and Hotels,"' Mr. M 1 1 .Cone on "Our Manufactur ing !'iiUTprises,"andCol. R. M. Doug la on "The Greensboro Bar." Some the toasts responded to by editors v.vr. : "North Carolina as a Health 1-Hal. M. Aver; "The Reward ' -the Editor."' Joseph us Daniels; : t ji Carolina's Industrial Future,"1 Marshall. Fa vettevil le Ob- News of all Sort. notice from some of our cx - that Democrats in certain ; Y. i;,.r t'v!; . tar ta Teg: . regard tne I'niiaaeipni: ! as a Democratic paper. Gen . read between the lines and be -ivfd. State Treasurer Worth triu tcd the sheriffs throughout 'to to go right on collecting the same as if the law was trlv ratified. The people of rlotie are verv earnest! v discussing J' v location of their new Courthouse. Hie Citizen pays rather doubtful com l'liniont to its representative at the ..1'ress Association meeting. The Salis bury Herald says: "Rev. C. S. Cash 11. of Hickory, filled the pulpit of fcev. X. S. Jones at the Baptist diureh Sunday July 21st, The con gregations were much pleased with the splendid sermons. Mr.'Cashwell kit here the next day for China Grove to assist Mr. Jones in a series' of meetings." i A . HUGE' LAND SALE.! State Senator A. Y. Sigmon Has Purchased Baker's Mountain. THLY ARE 26274 ACRES. The Lands are For Immediate Practical Use. The Timber and Minerals are Very Valuable. Soma few weeks ago we announced that Senator A. Y.Sigmon of Hickory had bargained ro purchase the large areas of timber lands including Bak er's mountain and Benton's Ford lands, which are situated to the South West of Hickory about six miles. The lands however run up within five miles of Hickory on the west and to within a mile and a half of the South ern Railway on the West of Hickory. The land is very tinelj' timbered and Senator Sigmon is a regular saw mill man, having a good mill in Hickory and 'a large one in Alexander county. The lands were bought up by Judge W. P. Bynum of Charlotte many years ago and the titles are perfect. All the lands adjoining call for the line of these lands. The survey was made by J. W. Mouser, Esq., the old land surveyor. He finished last Monday after two weeks work, and on Tuesday the deeds to the land were turned over to the Senator conveying two thousand six hundred and twenty-seven and one half acres, and J udge Bynuni has returned home happy, while the new father is still happier, except for a lit tle "ailing." These lands have here tofore attracted but little attention by the public aud Judge Bynum and Senator Sigmon have had a picnic. The timber will pay for the, pur chase price, which is not made public but understood to be a little less than ten dollars per acre, several times over. But it took a practical saw mill man to know these things. The minerals in the lands it is believed will prove to be more per acre than the purchase price of the whole business. There are two excellent water mill sites on the land -within a mile and a half of the railroad. The Senator has our congratula tions. The Census Will be Completed This Year. Discussing the prospect of conclud ing the work of the eleventh census, Supt. Wright yesterday said that there still remained only one table to complete with the deductions to be drawn therefrom, and that when this is finished the work of the Census Bu reau on the last census would be fin ished. Mr. Wright also stated that the printing of the report was well under way, and that the Public Prin ter has assured him that it would be completed by the close of the present vear. "If," continued the superinten dent, ''this promise is made good, tne complete report of the eleventh census will be in the hands of the public two vears and a half sooner than was the report of the census of 1880." The ta ble yet to be prepared is one relating to occupations, and it has been neees sarv to delay it uutil the present time. Mr. F. A. James, a member of the j election and he seems to base his be Methodist church, an ex-Confederate j lief largely o.n the tendency, in favor of soldier and a highly respected citizen, is down sick, has been ill for the past vnr and. we are informed, the family is in destitute condition. His wife could, perhaps, earn enough to pro- vide food if she could procure work, j 1 ton Hhri-f i.in tiermle of the town will sympathize with thes: people in their afflictions, and, at least give employment to Mis. James, there by enabling her to keep from starva tion her sick husband and two small children. Engines. We have been building engines-for uearly 20 years. Our business has grown from a small beginning and has carried us into many oranches of ma chinery. We do work lor and furnish supplies for nearly every industry that exists in the State-ginneries, saw mills, grist mills, oil mills, and cotton mills. Write us for catalogue and prices. -Liddkll Company, Cliarlotte, "N. C. JOJI Tfl KADA. A Japanese Embryo Preacher Lectured Sun day Night In the Presbyterian Church. The people of Biickory turned out almost en masse Sunday night to hear the lecture of Joji Te Kada, a convert ed Japanese. The lecture partook largely of the personal history of the speaker and was more than ordinarily interesting to his auditors. His father was killed in battle during a civil war in Japan, a quarter of a- century ago, and his mother was arrested, but ow ing to her delicate condition her execu tion was deferred until three days after the birth of the speaker, when she was beheaded. Her infant was taken and reared by its uncle and, when Joji Te Kada was four years old, he was made acquainted with the facts concerning the untimely taking off of his parents. He grew up a worshiper of idols, which then universally prevailed in Japan. He daily worshipped the Jap anese God and the images of his father and mother. One of his daily prayers was that he might be enabled to avenge the execution of his mother. When he was twelve years of age he was placed in the University of Japan. While there he was approached by a young man, a native Japanese, who had been converted to Christianity, and invited to attend Christian wor ship. .This he steadily declined, ' but the persistent attention and kindness of the Christian native, finally, suc ceeded in getting him underGospel in fluence, and today he is a consecrated Christian man. He came to America as nn official of the Japanese Govern ment; but wast induced by an elderly minister to resign the position he held and enter the Union Theological Sem inary at Columbia, S. C, and prepare himself for the ministry. ' He has now been at the Seminary three years. He will be ordained next October and the following month will return to his na tive land to preach the Gospel, and tell his people what it has done for , . .- - v . . A LONDON CLUB RAIDED. A Urited States Senator and Congressman In the Number. Loxnox, July 21. It has developed that a police raid was made upon the Palace Club on Thursday. "A num ber of prominent" Americans were caught in the raid. The club is one of several fashionable club's in London where the demi monde resort. It opens at midnight and closes at C a. m. Lately the place has been very riotous. The club is elegantly appointed, having twenty-five men servants and a band playing nightly. A hundred men and women, all in evening dress were captured. Among them were a United States senator, a congressman, a prominent law official of an Eastern State and an American police official. All save the proprietor and servants of the club were released. They were remanded. nr. Henderson Talks. Washington. Julv IT. The friends ; here of Hon. John S. Henderson eor itlially greeted him on his arrival this ' morning from Salisbury. Mr. Hen- ; derson says he will probably remain in the citv until to morrow night and that he is here on private business. He is at the Metropolitan Hotel. Mr. Henderson thinks that the Democrats will likely regain the State at the next the party due to the course of the late j idiotic Legislature. The word is not : his but mine. He soys that the State ; .campaign v.ii! probably be fought on j State issue as it ought to 1 that it is folly for a party with some internal divisions to waive its undoubted ad vantage in State matters ami wage a campaign on national-, issues. lie Veemed aver.v to a d scussion of nat ional polities at tohJumaire. but per- mittod the expression of views along with what follows. "The people of North Carolina have aiwavs betn friendly to siher. In my judgement neither platform will be for a gold standard. Ours will doubtless le a re-affirmation of K party doctrine of the'1'2 pi itfonii. Respecting a talk about a coalition with the Populists, which is fitfully heard from the State but never here be "observed: The Populists don't favor the redemption issues of any kind. So far as they ad vocate silver it is with the Cat idea. A Special to the Observer. SUITS COMPROMISED The Case of Mrs. Setzer Against the City for Paruages. FOR BREAKING HER LEG. Settled Without Any Cost to the City. Hon. J. D. Elliott Pays th D amazes. Compromised! What? Yes; the city's law suits. - - It is not desired by the good people of Hickory that the city shall be con tinually involved in petty law suits in court at Newton. Tne city has however had several on its hands. It will now probably have less of them. Some of them have been compromised, Hon. A. A. Shuford says: "Col. Thornton told them when he was speaking for Jule Abernethy iu ac cepting the election as Aldermen, that he was a hustler." One of the cases compromised is that of Mrs. Marcus Setzer against the city for $2,000.00 damages on account of breaking her leg one night last winter when she was returning home from the Opera House by falling over a stump on the side walk that had been there ever since the town was built. Mr. Thos. M. Hufham brought the suit for dam ages as her attorney. Recently Mr. Hufham was elected City Attorney. Your uncle. His Honor, Joseph D. Elliott came to town the other day and began searching all around for rat holes and plugging them. Talk ing about Mrs. Setzer's case he ha id to the Alderman from the 1st ward: "See here Jule; I've been away from here, out attending to my private business when the people were kind enough to elect me Mayor as our city attorney is engaged on the other side you will go down and compromise the case for fifty dollars I'll pay it out of m own pocket." It took Mr. Abernethy about three seconds to ad just his spectacles, put on his hat and coat, go to his safe and get out $50.00: And then he struck an air-line for Mrs. Setzer's house. The matter was soon arranged with her.-.,. Returning to his store Mayor Elliott soon learned of his success and sent his clerk to Mr. Abernethy for tne $oO,ou. 'l here you have the whole case in a nut shell. and that's the kind of a hair pin your uncle Joe is. .No flies on him. It is said there are some other cases about to be compromised before Catawba County Superior Court convenes at Newton next Monday, 20. As a result of the compromise of the Setzer suit without the aid or knowl edge of Mr. Thos. M. Hufham he at once resigned as City Attorney. It would be a good thing for the city to leave this olllce and such matters en tirely in the hands of Hon. J. D. El liott" Mayor, and Hon. Julius Aber nethy Alderman from the 1st . ward upon the same terms as in the Setzer case. Foreign Markets for Our Fabrics. The Manufacturers Record is empha sizing the importance of extending our export trade iu manufactured goods, which the Herald has so ur- irentlv done. In its last issue the Re cord says: "One of the most important ques tions before the business men of our country is how it increase the foreign exports of Amerieau mnnr.facf ureil products. We aie gradually pushing our machinerv mm other lii.- of iroods into loreiiin mai i.cts, out are mm j, a. doing little ms compared with what the volume of this tra'Ii should !e. It is most interesting to note some replies of business men to tho Record's question, "What i ncee-ary to se cure a arbiter extension of th ' foreign export-trade of American manufac tured goo. JO" The secretary of the National Association of Manufacturers write.-: "L That American manufacturers organise. y "2. That tiieir organization embrace a practical and e.T.eient "e.j-ort bu reau," free from political or private control." Another -:n:.i:oii: bui:;e- gentle man tays: "Send travelers that speak the lan guage to foreign countries to obtain the trade. i:i llu same manner as it is obtained iu this country.' The home-market i. no longer ca lia ble of absorbing the vast and rapidly increasing output of our mills and fac tories. We must push the exiort trade or sink back into the hog of over production and commercial depre5ioiL All our manufacturers must quickly wake up to thi fact and put their "best foot fomao-t, making a con certed struggle to ell their goods abroad, even if at find tLe profits are insignificant. New York Herald. GENERAL NEWS. There was a big fire in Chicago Sun day morning. The new girl baby of President and Mrs, Cleveland has by them been named Marian. Six or eight foul murders have been laid to H. II. Holmes, the Insurance swindler, who is in jail at Philadelphia. He is the worst fiend of all. The order placing the employees of the pension ugencies under Civil Ser vice rules is now in effect. The order applies to alt the pension agency em ployes in this country, 500 in number. steamers at the entrance to the Gulf of Genoa In Ital-, and one of them Mariap, sank in three minutes and; 143 people of her passengers were drowned. I Gen'I. Martinez de Compos, Captain General of Cuba for Spain, it is now learned, was wounded in a battle near Bayamo on July 11th at which time Spanish General, Bantocilde, was killed. Campos' son was also wound- ed. Campos is beseiged in Bayamo. A horrible case turned up Sunday . in Cincinnati wherein a young lady who has been an inmate of a convent had of her own volition been doing penance every time she sinned by im bedding a needle in ono or the other of her legs. She was carried to a hospi tal in a sad serious condition and there the facts were first revealed. Forty- one needles had been extracted Sun day last from her swollen legs. I The Women's Department of the great Cotton States and International Exposition, which is to commence at Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 18th and continue until Dec. 31st., 1803, promises, we un derstand, to be one of the decidedly interesting features of the whole pro gramme. Mrs. Jos. Thompson, who is at the head, has it very much at heart and is doinga wonderful amount i i i i. -i oi jueuuu awu pusicai wuriv in ue half of the success of the Woman4s Department. - Granite Falls News. Editor Phkss axi Cakolixian:- Thingsareon a boom up here just now. Thursday night J. C. Jones and "Jim" Jenkins got into a little affray. How it started is in some doubt, as re Mirts are conflicting, but one fact which no one denies, is that Jonvs was idiot with small shot. Dr. Jones says that 48 shot hit his hide, 17 jene trating through the skin. Friday some low-down sneak-thief stole 17.4. out of the depot. The money was in an envelop ready to send In express. No clue to the rascal, Andrew Wilson and Mini Helton tried tfo terrorize a portion of the coun ty a couple weeks ago. They are now keeping with at least one eye ojen. to evade arrest, the officers not being able to find them. But life ha its bright side for home men. -Mr. R. I. Sigmon was made happy f r life yesterday by leing mar ried to Mr. Toy MinL-h, a young widow. We extend our hearty con gratulations to the happy pair and wish them a long married life. ! l h- - uu 1 of the ilireshing machine and the mouo.m talli-t i.- heard in the land, U:h full of sound. Butitfecms as if the K-op!e are going to see who eats the hind leg. j Mr. A. A. Lutz has ordered a roller mill from ".Savage to be placed on G uupowder Creek, one mile from Granite, at once. More anon.- j I). W. Yor.xT. Granite i'.dU. . C. July 2J, P-f l. We greatly re;;ret bein una b!o to attend the convention of the North Carolina Press Associa tion this year. But, an J Ihero it cud?; for wo could not et back from a trip to Kentucky time. in Chamlierlain's Is the best of all. Vin cent J. Barkl. of Danburv, Iowa, lias ued CliamlerLains Cough Remedy when in need of a medicine for cough and cold? , for the past five years and fcays: "It always lie Ins me onL If anyone asks me what kind of congh medicine I ute, I reply; CliamberlalnV, that is the b-t of all. 25 and .V! bot tles for sale by O. M. lCnystert Drug gist. 174t ! wKATiiKit itKronT Fair.