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VOL. 2.
MORGANTON, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24,1898.
NO. 18.
LOCAL NEWS,
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K. Coulter, Esj., of Cop
v SirinT! was in town jMbn
, Ju-ire Avery left for llaleigh
hnlay, to be gono all 'the
I'V( . Mr. Satterlee is expected
i,,:!;f with Ms bride on Friday of
Master John' Pearson, now at
,1 Hopkins Hospital tor treat3
, has undergone his operation
.i i- daily improving.
Mr. Walter Brem, Jr., ha?
,j, 'ne to the University to study
... ti i .1
.iM iiic. lie nas given up tne
c;i f being a preacher
II arshaw appears to be electdd
.,,;icit"r bv HO votes. This is baed
tlie reported vote of Mitchell,
v.!i! ii is sHiu io nave nven uose
1.14 1 majority;
- The new house being erected
. X. t T :! .
l a- lx-cn rented bv 31 rs. Thomas
M( lit who will occupy the same'
iin-iH ihutch' upon its completion;
- The present county cdniniis
i!iers were in session on Monday
' f.ir the last time, windiiig up old
matters and getting ready to turn
'ver on the first Monday in De
ember.
-(cniinoiloro Kerley rtt last
,u!!(m1 through for the Senate.
The mutter was iil dbiibt tt great
'vhile. BoutliCr, Itdpublican, is
uKo elected. Eaves and .Lambert
made a great he-nt. Jverlev s ma
jority was '25 and Souther's 38.
('ant. Louia Perry: Of the1
HKiterial traiii df ' tlie Southern j
ami his foreman, Mr. Dallas 1X111 j
uv god. managers of men. Their
fuee of 45 colored liidii was paid
... t . . ,
oft here JUdndav ana acted as
nnleriy as hands on an old-time
boutlicril ptahfjttidri:
l. V. lichaiix and iL L.
haxton, of P'crkinsvilld, We're in
town Monday. Tlie latter has
heen appointed postmaster and the
ofhVo :it Perkinsville re vited It
will be served fr'oirt AVorry On the
Altatnont route and extra Cdhipen
sit ion therefore allowed the con
tractor. . .
I. H. Peai'son Jeft for lia
h iuli on .MondaV to attend a nieet
ing of the Railroad Cdimiiission:
He is pr'essiiig a resoiutidfr lb' prp
vile for separate accommodation
i'!i all the railroads" of the State
tor tlie two races. Nurses and
f'tHcers irit.it plisdnors are to be
('xecpted:
u 'BUd.'.'' Said ah tipper Creek
Democrat to a Republican striker
ul.. W.l (TMiiP from town to 'elec-
tl.niecM'.-- am ' sro'iiifif to give
, - . .-7, v,
oU th e iiiiniites to leave in and
I a., mil nno-Imlt oi them are
n'ready gone' : 4i Well,"' said
'Ibid," can't I feed my horse
Xo," said the Democrat; 'feed
him on the road.' The horse was
led on witid en route to town.
Tuesday night liad a surprise
u store fbr the Republican attend
ants" at tiio State ilospital. There
vere bilt four of them Messrs.
i'ean, of Caldwell, Shives, of Gas
Jon, WinsenhUnt, of .McDowell,
hidVcharles erry, of Burke All
'o,k the plank walk, eithci4 by
reign:atiOlt or disniissaL TJie
tu-tjon dppfo'vediby th geater
art of the twn Deuicrat. j
In h certain part of jtliis
county in which Republieanisiil is
not popular a friend if Oiif ? Sho
Iprofeses tiid linpbpulfir taitliwent
'"'n election day to ItttdrView the
overein;?. lie uottded se'vefal
voters eSaiHirij the limbs of. Ids
hirvr x,-ir,i'.rtof,llTT liitl tlif nr
made the afternoon of Noveinber
8th.
The cold wave has started in
the "West and we look for hog
killing time to be here the last of
this week.
ttichard Boger, one of our
most popular young men, has gone
into the service of one of the cot
ton mills in Alamance.
Air. Thomas I. Moore has
! purchased a corn shredder,. which
is attracting .much . attention
from a iiumberi of our farmers.
The machine shucks the corn
and whreds the stock, fodder and
shucks into a tine merchantable j
hay ; The COst of the machine was
SlsO. j
f y
Our friend j D. P. (joode, of
Connelly Springs, will ask the
Democratic House caucus to name
him as doorkeeper. No man in
! Burke stands hijrher than Mr.
Goode, and the State lifts no truer
son nor the party a more loyal
supporter. Mr. Goode was prom
inently nientioiied for the Legisla
ture this' year, but did not obtrude
his claims, and this is, we believe,
his first request for a party honor.
We are going to turn him over to
Joe Daniels and will hold him
responsible if our friend don't get
there;
Some Xewsy Local Items.
JdgTToR Sale Hve room cot-
BAEGAIjnS
. BARGAINS I
If you iiced a heater, donH buy
until you have seen our
The Lenoir wof Tuesdavltage on East Union St., now
contains the following items that occupied by R. J. Hallyburton.
will interest 'many of our readers: lhe house is new, and there is a
aT. N. Hallyburton, Esq., of good well of water and a barn on
Burke, was in town yesterday, the lot. Apply at The Fkiend
....Mr. D. J. Hicks, a popular J office for terms, etc. novl0-4m.
shoe drummer, of Morcrantoti, is
in town to-dav. . . . -Mr. C. D. DISAPPOINTMENT OF HAWKINS
Coffey was out limiting last Satur- BROTHER,
day and lost Ids pocketbook, con- Owing to the combined efforts
taining s225 in currency and some of the merchants in' the city to
notes amounting to $275 or $300. we had intended moving.
. . Messrs. J. 1 . Tftylor and I L we are midble tQ re a hoWQ PRQYED
oouncill, oi tlie blowing Kock , .
Hotel, are going to Honduras, r love Or money. Of course we
Central America, to engage in a can not blame them. They do
general trading . business. Some not want competition that tlfey
New York parties are interested can not toucli a store that sells
with them, and they expect to buy Lvervthins as cfieaii as they can
111 1 1 J ... u il I J C T
caitie, imiiDer anu yarious oinor , , , j . . . , . .
t. , ' , , r u -Kf ouv it: ana tne worst oi it is,
firt-.irtlos unfl 1 ItI tn I una Mr ' 7
TaVlor is well acquainted in Hon- tlly k,low CAn do tllfi and
luras, havine lived there a nuin- make a living profit. liieyknow
ber of yearsi . . i.iAii infant of I that we do not have to mark a few
Mr. and Mrs. Win. Mdliary, of leaders less' than cost iVith the
Little River township, died of ,lT nf iilnhntrrhio' f.1, diist.fniir I aiii feceivinar new gddds every
"F 11P f"lWBS b1on some article that lid is not J?J Furniture, China Sewing
A
Great S
tnccess
Dwing to the great success of out
Shoe Sale we will continue it for
one week longer.
A- petition" (ji G. A. Lovin
and 50 dthers for a stock-law elec
tidii in Upper Creek township,
running from the Caldwell county
line gate with the AVilkesboro
road, thence Various courses to
reach the stock-law fence whicl
goes to-John s fiver, tiience up
tlie river td the; Caldwell county
fence, tljence with it to the begin
ninsr. The election is to be at
j
HalPd -store December 29th. J
P. Hall and Brady Wakefield are
appointed registrars, and James
London; W; A. Kjhe'aid and John
Isaac's iire appointed judges by
the clerk df the court; iW the law
directs;
IS J
AIR-
TIGHT
km -i.
HEAT-
Fifty cents refunded to each Infant shoos, sites 2 to odur-
ptirchaser an our entire line ot ilig $ side . i ... ......
iadies' 1 haver re Magruire bhoesi
$3.50 shoes for 3,00;
Machines aiid Stoves, which are
going at
.KNOCKDOWN PRICES!
Cdr Vallfiv Shndav. Afr.
and Mrs. O. E. Edwards, of Blow- familiar with before he leaves the
ing-Rock, had nice strawberries a store. e long ago learned that
few days ago,' being some of a sec- if w3 1'ednfinCd our bargains to a
ond crop raised on Mr. iones f &cl(ots. and sold them less
land, near vreeii rars. ; . : . ur.
h.rnAfl Satnrlnr frr.ni fl.olr vt SUSpiClOUS Ulld OllIV bOUgllt
f. UoU;,r,,irri. Tim ctov Miiflfrs. priiJno- fiistitvhftre for the iu Furniture
uv Jr c l tl ill VI V iivi ,ct r tui v j CD O I . .
ii:i u- : " . z-i. money, come aim see ine ana get
sickness, and Mrs. Spainhour re- gQ VVfJ siiaii reniaiii iil Morsran-
turns feeliii better than she has L aM cdntinue fd the
ior years. .. ..mier ttconuiiuvus , ,. . 1 . . . . ,. j . j. . ,
pastorate of nine years, Rev. 1. ,
W. Thomas will tender his resig- sold under tlie hammer, at prices
nation to the Lenoir Baptist which defy competion ; and we
church on the-first Sunday in De- will say right here, that if the
cember, to take effect the third good people of Burke county 0r i j f. TrwAin
uuimrtjr. want to Keep sucu a store nere, i
thev must patroniZe it. 1 aXeS T
T W Tlrkii-Triaii T.ani A rk!ti trwl T nil rrn I V .11 . . r . i I .
" " h-. v e will nave a manmeent line i
llie appointment or u. of lidliday gddds, winch will go as rpiiE uhders!rir:tt x?u HfT't fV sale, for
Rmnnfiti! fesri:'- n.M indcrn nf this Ll.ann do Hflia irnnAa. . I cash: under the. usual .conditions
" J 17 J f) " I Vlil tio uuivi tuuug J ... ... . i . . . r 1
i- - JM.. v i . 4 . .. , , - w . rpfriilsitinL' salS nf land for taxes, the iol
uistrict was to nave oeen expecteu y e have a large lot ot seaside lowing : property oh
ment the Governor could have 25c books at 5c. Monday, December 5th, 1898,
made from the ranks of his own Ve hae received a hew iot of the feourt houe dvjr ill Morrinton, to
party. Judge Bowman is a man feather pillows, comforts and
!53.00 shoes for $'2.50
i2.50 shoes for 2.00
$2,25 shoes for 1.15
shoes for 1.50
1 f i cfK lioot'ir ctwirka rivnforl -
front and back, -siees 13 to
2; during this Side. . . . . . . G5e
Misses doiigola shoes sif.es .
13 to 2-, real value $1.25;.
during this sale, i .... . 95c,
Children's heavy shoes, riv
eted front and back, sizes
' 9 to 12; during this sale . . 50c
Children's heavy grain shoes,
in heel and spring heel, '
lade aiid button siRes 0 to
121 during this sale. : j : . . 7.5d
Ask td m?e our line of Men's
Regent Shoes (gunfanteetl
as good as Ally $5. 00 shoe
lliado ) al . ; . . V. .........
Ladies heavy -polid leather
shoos, riveted front ahd
bftck sold elsewhere at 1 ;
durpig this sale, per pair .
Ladies grain and glove-grain
button and lace, 1. 25
quality .during1 this siile . .
Ladies doiigola shoes, button
aiid lace, Avith' patent leath
er; or self tip; 1.50 qual
ity; during this sale, i . .
Ladies' dongtda shoes, button
tthd lace, patent leather or .
self tis and spring heel ;
2 quality; during thissnle 1.23
90
I have anything vbii caii mention
If vou want to save
ild see
prices before you buy.
Yours for business,
E. BEEESE.
TaXs f6r 197.
LAZARUS
BROTHERS
satisfy lh6 tdwii taxtfS for the year- 185)7:
II
Tlfanksffivhiff. -
Td-day the 1'ttdeTli rind Gov-
ernor ask us to ineci m puonc
wolslifp and return thanks for the
blessings df the past year. Every
one shdiiid go to churclt who can.
The cbilritry is blessed iti the main
with good crops arid good health,
the war with Spaili is Over ahd has
terminated in our f it v or, the elec
tion is dver and tile Vhito folks?
have recovered cdutrol of the
i
Statej the county lias good officials
in charge' of affairs at home, the
jail is empty and the cribs are full.
Why not eat the turkey with a
happy heart and divide with those
who have no tur'kev ? And Christ
mas, too, is aluidst in -sight. -
1,,., ;,lno mnr;fn1 rllonnci: kl....1t 1. ,U ivi AverY, Jam08 Al,, 1 H1
lJ. lJ(ti JX IllVlVllUt W IVUI- I M KH1N. I il I Ml I I HS. IlliW. KLC. I . IT' :.' 1 1...
. i . I r - j 1 o 7 . . i rtvcrv, nam, i an
tion ahd has retained the respect There are a sticd mariy iub lots Avery. Lessie; 1 kit:::.
of his neighbors and the public Gf stuff fre would like to advertise, Avery, .Joseph H, tielt.. ,.
through a long and active; although but they will probably be gone iierJy"5L:, ' ' ".!'. !.'.!
narrow:ranged; lire, lie is con- before the paper is out and be Avery. Geo:
nected with Senator Pritchard and succeeded by dtller goods, so it is Jraiich Samuel
it is said owes ins appointment in best tUr custdmers to call tor what hiirkmm Jessie C:
part to the Senator's influence ; thev want befdr'e i going elsewhere. Iea; ;Ios:tM:
but Mitchell countr4s unwavering We auofeciate tlie. Datrdnasre i!iL31,ali.ar,.Ve
stand tor republicanism, evidenced heretofore extended us, and we Fiemminff, Isaac
even in this last tidal ravej had expect it to continue i; at iiiiy- rate, (iardfcn,. ijery
; itj j A Li .. . m - u iid A Hester, . Hi
uuuuLit;s iiiwu lu kikj wxtn il -rv tne prices win oe ngnt aim ireat Iloward, George
thousand maionty by a wmte conn- merit df customers mdSt courteous. Hall, Robert.
ty called for. even niore cdnstder-
i.rs
n. d
discover their' dbtdcti He was
sked if ihii ilofsd was Stiff. " 0,'
He replied. Wcllf said tiiey,
'et u see iivd tried Kcteii
ere and tdYtti.". The hint 1vas
'cn and nd better time. 'lias ever
tfit-u-'fMiUfi tmV e4 lmn w
The Cou ference. :
After dn inioortant session, the
Western ; Conference adjourned
Tuesday to nieet next year in Con
cord. It recommended the return
of the 2S8.O0d to Congress, the
suspension of the ' book agents,
Barbed" & Smith, and condemned
Attorney StahUnan for his false
hoods. - z
Kev, ll. II. Parker is the new
presiding elder for Morsjanton di
trict. Kevs. J. W. Jones to this
statidnj W. Y. Scales to this cin
cuit; J: C: Postelle td Table Kock
circuit and L. L. Smith to Con
nelly Springs circuit ate the" as
signments lu which our people are
the most inter'ejfted.-
I)r. Leitli ,gtes td Kaudlemah
and Mr; Brcifdle to Kutiierfordton
circuit. ,s
... : ' : r ' J
2TliAM9 AV.Asffiri. Four
month?' w)rk fOr ten .gdod mule
tea li '.s dn railroad work in South
Carolina. e.OO per day given
ftr team and "driver. Only gooi"
teams, wanted. Applv td
W. CEati, .
Morgantdit C:
P rfeDr. Gaillafd S. Teniirtt;
ti Aslievillc, will be lit town; at
the lidsd Villa: f dr. four dftts;
Tuesdav, JLJec. U j to 1' riday, J-ec:
0 Ho'urs: 8:30 it. m. to 1 p. ril.
Practice limited to deseases of the
eo. novi0-4w;
1 1
ation from a Ilepublicari Governor
than a judgeship for two years.
The appointment was deserved and
what is more is creditable:
A CARD.
1 I1C VV VLl Id UVCI
I Am Home Again,
HaprHjldt, (iejre.
Kiilt-kid, WllliaW.
Lyiicli: Alf...:::.:
Ly'tle, Albert .
Thoroughly Renovated ind Keeleylztd:
ffice
News Fl'om the State Hospital.
' Correxpohdenre oj fhe F fientl. TTAVING Set lip an offi
1 TAf Bt-ihi'tNO!
was here for a dity. laSt week.
Tull's
.06
3.12
1 40
4.50
.30
3.D.1
:50
2.r8
2.07
4.50
5:14
2.:u
0:19
2.58
1:50
2,03
8.8
7:13
-.80
J10
2.00
2:8.1
13; GO
i73
0:0(1
11.03
02,14
50
3:4ri
81
3; 15
Lee. William.
Moriranton Land & Irftp, Co
McDowell, S. M 1 1 1 1
m. . 1 r 1 t
..uctjoiiiiauirm'y, ivi uiiii,,,
McKesson, C. F
IViif-rin- .T. II : ,
!e in the Piimbnt batik. ; . : $ s : !TM
diibbsite .1: "M: : : t :,.,:::::: :
HC- tsi- .iu. . Caldwell; .lames; :
.. . .. ... 4 -. 1 nr..- -.i' j:. -
Mrs. J. JI: Tatenl, df Olin: is proressionai service, as. a pnysi- h ;khii; iex:
visiting .Mr. and Mrs. Serbggg. cian, to the citizens 01 auorganton v;llias
T,Vc r Mnrnhv rptirrnd from a surrounding counirv. cans- Winter. I). K..
i.;sVrt.a faction cuafiinteed. Prices as low Walton, Hiram M;i
as the practice can reasonably be Wilson,' FranU,
(lonet m ii?rn. iienrv:
I . 0 T .j .i.; . . 1 ,. I 7. rrimhrmnn .1 : S
nicd cottage near their store ahhv " . ' ?ulu wprv m u h esi
ireainient ior lypnoia rcver anu c.,an Howard;
hade; .las. H
Teetli extracted without pain
xll did accounts must be closed
he
urday
a nice coitasre
nst. of the Hosnital.
-Missionary services will be held Diptheria
Sunday night "next at Oak Forest
by the Sunday school.
Dr. and Mrs. Murphy are visit
ing Superintendent Baber, of the
State Insane Asylum at Columbia,
S. Ci
The Ilospital fire companV we'nt
out on a big hunt last Tuesday.
Thirty rabbits, a dozen squirrels
ror the day.
Wr. C. Singleton was painfully
shot by AVill Walker during tlie E
firemen's sporting expedition last
week at a distance of -hfty. yards.
A half-dozen shot entered the side 5
of his head and heck. Walker
says lie mistook Singleton for a
rabbit. The shot "Wc;re extracted
and tlibN wounded man is. getting
on very nicely
Ko ve ruber 21. , C.
before hew ones will be dpeiied:
Thaiikful for past favors, I am,
Yours trulvj
e:s. WARLidk, m. Dj
Shade, Albert;
Caldwcil. Xei.1,
?cott. Hennie,
Caldwell, Ja.;
t. aldweli, Ann,
This 3d day of November; 18DS.
t J: C: HALLYBURTON,
Town Tax Collector:
- -r r - --f -
2.70
1.50
,75
4.09
.75
4.04
.75
:0S
3.00
.75
2.23
1.50
3.40
1:13
B
H
e Fair to Your Eyes
They are thd. most delicate df ail the organs
of thebtjdy. .
They are tdquirod to work trdnl iO td IS
hours every dar, while your liands work 10.
Katufaiiy tlidy give way under the strain,
and ydu need glasses. They assist the oyes if
properly grdund. and properly fitted; If not
they injure them: We sell
AWKE'5 Crystal LertseS
Hti.i fit ti.e.ii l'itoi'KitLV; V
ihe'rii a Week and if ydii fiiid they don t suit
ydii; return them and get ydtir i!ldney
. EveFy pair we sell gd with tliis jlbsltivU
guarantee. ,
Be fair to' ydur eyes
for glasses; '
bring them hcre
W. A. LES
LIE
DRUGGIST.
9 - i'i tMM -
rr?it
aammmm mmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm!
and fifty birds was the grand total r
WAN
TED
EUV" diie wiio wishes to iilake their home bright t
and attractive t . rail. 'and' examine the fdllUwing -j
articles in our stdck : 5
r4otice of Land Sale, g
TJJsDER arid bj virtue of an order ol ZZZ
Li the Superior Court of Bftrke
bbnuly to me directed, 1 will; at the
court house door ifl Ultfrgauton;
Monday, December 5, 169S, g
pffef for &ale at public outcryj to the p:
highest :bdder, for cash, the folio wiug
real estate: Siteate in Biirkc, county,
adioiilih'r ihe laridsof M. E. Tabrntoh;
J. JH. Bailey and W. 2s. lTidlnpson,
and containing 20 acres, more pi- less ;
ihe safiie tfetng tlie land srcIHcally de
scn(Tedin a deed of conveyance from
J. M Bailey to UJ?. aicivey
This 3d day of November, 1
18981
5; W. AVERY,
(."bhirhlslofael.
TAPESTRY VURTAIXS,
LAOS vriiTAIX$
I) EN Ik DRAPERIES
CR7cfi)XXE JJRAPERlkSy
PLESlt . .
STLKALrXE' " ..
VH1XELL E t'nul TA PEsTR Y
; TA flE (O VER$K
ff. i $ socks, r ras
ART SQEARES KEfl :JREA&
I O EXTERPJ :YfY.S Q VI t TSi
KEDY-&l)E SHEETS
PILl0 ll I 'ASESi
RLAXKETS,
6ii! tltirigs thstf 11 interest ydu.
t3
IT, IT,
iiiiuiiiiu uuuiuuuuuuuiu uiuuuiuuuu iuiutuiuiuiuR
It Is the Price
That
to
Vou
B.
It is a candid, honest, earnest statement .of
facts -facts based dn fifteen years of the
most successful culling of the tailoring wothi;
I khdw clothing when I see it, and know'just
how much money the nianufactlirer ought to
tjpend in the get-up of a eight-lolla:r suit?
rjr any other suit, and if the maker has not
spent that amount in tlie ger-up of the suit
differed td mey ids suits never find their, way
to my table. ,
I will ask you to see niy line of
Hats, Caps
hd Uhderwedi4
when ydii are in the- city. Sly object U td
SAVE YOU MONV. Vours,
P.
i
DAW
I
M TL'LIB PHARMACY,
We would ilkd tB edit your attention a v6fy -pretty and cu,
'plcte Hrib Bf bfnggi SuiidHes which we Iaye juHneri, c.ins,,.
iiig in patt df Half Tddtb, Baby and Xail Brushy, which wc bought
vd?y cWse and cart glte you Plendhi value fbTydur li.dneV. 1
We-liaVe the best assortment ot soap in ".r?' .
lihriltiiiaS will 366 Be hereto come in and Select mine jhed
for your menus. pim" niw. t ,;
nrcscrlts
cr Gdodwddd'S Cdldgrid. , : .
ti.; fa thtm rinlv tiI&co where vdu can
Clipper, u-tially tfcid fdr 50 cents: our price 23 cell1::
baV tiie hcin fo)?er kill1
At Tull's DrUg Stoiafe.
A.