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rkuRSDAY, FEB. i i," 1897. HISTORIES OF THE LATE WAR.
'IjTPE NORTH CAKOLISAKAILBOAD.
jf jThe State owns a controlling
share of stock in this road.
In 1871 it was. leased to the
Richmond & Danville Railroad ac
an annual rental of six per cent.
An. $.1,000,000 capital stock of said
road, for thirty years, and the
Southern Railway has' since suc
ceeded to its j r-ights. , Great com
plaint was made at the time of
this lease and the wisdom of
I i( severely criticised. In . rS72 a
committee was appointed to in
jvptigate it. They reported the
jnfei earnings of the road, and inti
mated that "there were suspicious
'cijrcu instances attending t ie mak
irig'of that lease, and gave it as
tHeir opinion that the" property
was .worth 5,000,000." 1
I tit 1 might have been expected
that' with this example
t'lem, Governor Carr and
before
the di
rectors representing ' -the State
w.uld have been ve,ry" careful
arid, wary about making another
suich disposition of the Sta
terest in the' road.;! But
contrary, yielding perhaps
e's in
on the
.0 a de
sire of having the road surren
de) its exemption from taxation,
or 1 else being coerced by the
threat on the cart of this mam moth
1 . .,
corporanod to denude the road as
it claimed a right to do under the
'.30 year lease, the present fiduci
ciaries of the State's interest went
a bpw-shot beyond their predeces
sors by making, 6 years before the
expiratio.n of v the 30 year lease,
whajt amounted practically ; to' a
sale ot tne roaa Dy executing a 99
Wear" lease to. the Southern I Rail-
way. .1 his was done in January,
1896.
So far as we can see, this
trans-
action was-entered into wit
un-
due; haste, to say the 'least, of it,
and' that, too, at a time when the
non-expiration of the 30 year
lease would inevitably prevent all
oincr oiaaing save ansa except Dy
the Southern Railway.! '
V;.L . . . . J.
xv 99 year lease is virtually a
sale, and many think that the
partes making it exceeded their
powers, and they have been; re
flected upon and their action crit
cised occordingly.
At the request of Governor Rus
se.ll Judge Avery and Messrs. Day
& WcRae, attorneys - at Raleigh,
have,; drafted a. bill providing,
among other things, that the
' Governor shall be empowered to
bring "a civil action in the name
of the State for the purposJ of
having declared, illegal, null and
void" the contract of lease -made
and . entered into between the
North-Carolina Railroad and the
Southern Railway on the 1st day
of January, 96.
There is corisiderable opposition
to me Din, and - the fight has
waxed hot before the special com
mittee oppointed to report on it.
The Southern, which represents
a mine of Northern and foreign
capital, has employed some of the
best legal talent in the State, to
uphold' its alledged rights, and
the smoke of the legal battle now!
pn inRaleigh has eveloped , and
obscured all minor matters befof'e
the General Assembly. Let us
hope that when the , engagement
is ended, and a survey is made of
the field, the Old North State will
not be ".numbered with the slain."
. c tic ueany ot tne opinion
that the great mass of the think--ing
people in the State are and
were at the time of its execution
opposed to the lease, but many in
telligent people seem, to have the
prrnnpnnc tmT-vt-Aec:AU .1 . t 1 -
u'ii.93iuiriuat ine OD
ject of the pending bill is to de
clare it null and void, and they
oppose j such legislation on "the
Wund of its being a repudiation
of a contract. We do not 50 . un
derstand! the proposed act. It
simply: gives , the Governor the
right to have 'the courts pass upon
the power of the directors to make
such a contract, and surely no
fair minded man could object to
this. ; ' '. ' -
If ... . .".
11 l,,c courts noia the contract
valid, well and good,- and if not,
then by, all means let the people
be saved jfrom the eternal grind
ing of bloated monopoly.
' - We appeal- to the Democrats in
.the Legislature, as we think we
j have a right do, that they stand by
the peoplfe and let no fear or favor
01 a ricn corooration stanH
be-
tween thfcm and thei
their State. - :
duty to
rar&LarOUna! Heavens at.
I Judge ijorwood is given another
chance to! hold his seat on the
bench, j ijis resignation is placed
in the hands of a commiuee and
tne first tine he is drunk the resig
nation is t!o take ellect. The Leg
islature w&s Very lenient in this
ma"e.r a,nd il is hoped that Judge
Norwood I will appreciate the
mercy shown him and keep sober,"
for, aside from his too bibulous
habits, he is a good judge.
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The Gentry Who Got Up a ' Great Many
Kortheru Histories A Tru History
of the Greatness and Glory of .the Sooth
Should Be Read by the Youth of This
Section and in Their Minds Should fie
Implanted a Love of Southern Litera
ture Another Teacher Brought to Grief.
Special Correspondence of The Mprgaiton
Herald.
This cvil iniuded scribe wants to
jive his views ou some educational
matters. In a-recent issue of the
Charlotte Obserrcr-hc saw some
criticisms copied . from the New
York 'Su-n in which, with his usual
unfairness, the editor opens a
tirade against Southern histories.
He charges that they are " sec
tional," .'' partisan," and likely to
engender hatred against our coun
try. We are aware that Southern
writers, after being maligned ever
since the civil war, have to some
extent tried to vindicate their1 pa
triots and heroes who laid dowu
their lives in the lost cause. The
histories this writer first read of
that struggle were entitled, 'The
Great Rebellion'," and "The Loyal
West." In both these books trea
son was made odious, aud the vic
torious Federal troops were landed
as very long suffering because Jeff
Davis was riot burnt at the stake,
and all his co-traitors hang and
their property, what little Sherman
left iu Sherman's torch light , pro
cession, was not confiscated. Then
iu every battle the Confederates
had several million troops, while
the Union forces were small sqnads
of Spartans who routed a horde of
traitors in every battle, and killed
on au average fifteen rebels apiece.
What they didn't .kill they took
prisoners aud fed them much bet
ter in prison thau they ever fared
t home. The rebel was depicted
as very cowardly and very cruel.
If two or three haudred of them
happened to get a Federal soldier
out to himself they generally killed
him after he killed some seventy
five of them, and were certain to
kill him after he begged for quar
ter. If not shot he was starved to
de.ath and started ou to. joiu John
Brown's marching soul. I
Just such- stuff as the above
caused Southerners to write rather
acrimonious histories in defense of
their men and section. But the
time has come when books are
writteu that deal fairly with the
questiou; aud truth, the sine ua
non, of true history is observed.
Hansen's History of the TJuited
States, published by the University
Publishing Company, and Lee's
History, issued by B.F.Johnson
& Co., are books of merit, and are
veracious accounts of the war.
One reason the youth of this'State
are very ignorant of history is the
manifest unfairness of the text
books have prejudiced the pareuts
and the yonth hadr to depend on
these liars who deserted both
armies and then beat creation
telling of their martial exploits.
Your correspondent has heard
ooin sides 01 the question. Alen
wuo touffbt bravelv. don't know
Ihat ,thev ki'led anvhodv. hnr-ti.a
buttermilk ranger and the deserter
are the men - who won victories
James Cv Bennett, of Kentucky
wucu mis writer was quite a youth
was his Uncle Remus albeit a
white man. James was a veteran
in the " bloody thirteenth,!' U: S.
Cavalry. Other soldiers said that
this intrepid company were con
spicuous toy their absence in battle -
out couiq march with intreDiditv
against aj fat sheep or a corpulent
shote. It was also related that
when a farmer was asleep and had
uo uun-uog, tnis dauntless "bloody
thirteenth" eould lead a forlorn
hope against a hen roost-. Vot
James O. Bennett used to tell how
ne snot rebels aud then nainrht.
others on his bayonet' and threw
inem over his head behind him.
As cavalry used carbines and had
no bayonets, my faith
length shaken in the
James. Just snch
a great many Northern histories.
It is not likely that James has
ever made
history, for he never mastered the
accomplishment of writing his
name. Howbeit, James is likely
t6 live in the song and story of
tradition, and many readers of
Y-ahkeedom will rise up and call
him blessed.. The South, of course,
has some very talented liars who
would fain make.contributions to
unwritten history. Rn. in
South such men are si,i r.
uarmiess liars', and 'their. Vil or -j riao
are laughed at. In the North tlm
utterances of James O. Bennett
are believed as though they were
of inspiration. South of Mason's
and, Dixon's line the man or
woman who writes a history i8 a
person of wealth, leisure, good
family and character. 1 The North
ern literary man is very often a
.literary hack who is a lunch
rounder in the city and a haud out
advocate in the country. One
week he writes dime novels, aud
the next, teAperance lectures and
Sunday school books. Such a man
as James O. Benue'tt could subsi
dize one of these roust abouts with
a quait of "red lieker" and be a
bigger man in history than " old
Grant.'
" , -
A true history of the greatness
atfd glory of the South should be
read by the youth of this section.
Also, in the minds of the youth
-uuu u ue impiantea a love- of
ouuiuern literature. This writer
does not . oear. that Northern
writers have never made meriroii
ou contributions to hisf.nrv
and literature. But few poems of
iuuuciu uit; rauK with "The
Raveu," by E.-JA. Poe. a,iA t.h
speeches of:,Henry W-Grady are
peer ess m depth of thought,
scholarship and true eloquence, as
wen as patriotism. The poems of
u. r-reuuee, ol Kentucky,
peciany tne "Closing Years."
, sweei Kau cadence that
r" 'ays appeal to readers who
iove tne sad and beautiful. vManv
otner.i could be cited, but these
re sufticient to show thu
Sonny Southland is the home of
iuiotism, tne abiding place of the
muse, and the genius of liberty
slauds ,pu eternal vigil iu the
hearts of those who dwell in the
domain of Dixie. In jManlj's
Southern Lit,er.ir.nrA will hfi fonnd
"thoughts that breathe anJ words
t nac ourn tne works ot someo our
Southern scholars." f
We want no histories that ignore
the battle of King's Mountain and
the Mecklenburg Dtclaration of
Independence. Neither do we want
one that styles Southern soldiers
rebels and traitors. !
WTe learn that? another teacher
has. been brousrhf. to srief. In
some parts of Clevelaud the nn-
wrnten law prevau that teachers
must treat or hpftnrned ont. A
graduate of Chapel Hill, and an
excellent teaeher, was holding
down a job'at $iO ner month and
boarding with his uucle. His
mott was " millions for defense
but hot a rent: far frAat " ! Rome
hopelul juveniles, aged respective
ly 8,1 9, jlO and 12 years, four in
number, resolved themselves into
a committee of hold-up advocates.
On last Tuesday i this meek aud
lowly pedagogue' was seen pulling
for his uncle's with tongneout and
uac iu nana. At his heels were
his would be cantors velliner like
Comanches. LikeiTam O'Shanta,
on he went, and all-that kept it
from beinsr the. unlinnl nuisfpir of
Sleepy Hollow when pursued by
tne ganoping uessian, jwas the
absence of "old frnn-nowder"
The bridge across Hi 11 ton's creek
was me oujective point, and the
teacher crossed by the skin of his
teeth. But the villain still nnr-
sued him. reinforced hv all th
dogs in the bailiwick. Talk about
ouerman's ride to .Winchester or
the international race for snnrem-
acy ou the "bike,'! but the i hero
01 uuapei 11 in is a record-breaKer.
It took two men to sea him am Iia
passed, under the striug at Polk
ville, one to say here he comes and
another to say there he goes. fBut
he held his point and failed to
treat. If anvbodvi knows -of a
prize fighter iu good training who
wants to cover himself with a
mautle of unfading glory, send
him to takepharge of that school.
UOBN URACKER.
Cherry Mountain.) Feb.1 5, 1897.
We are in receipt of a comrrluni-
cation from Messrs. Ramseiir &
Moore,. Charlotte, N. C.j stating
that they will shortly make a tour
through the North and Northwest
ern States for the purpose of show
ing to the world the richness of
our State. A specially designed
car is now being built in which a
display will be made of North
Carolina's products, j .It will bear
the inscription ; North Carolina
Rolling Exposition. 'j The man
agers say it is their purpose to
make this one of the most com
plete enterprises of its kind extant.
and that in the way of exhibits the
car will contain only! products of
this State, embracing' her agricul-
turing, manufacturing, horticul
tural and other interests and such
exhibits as will be a creditUo the
State. Messrs. Ramseur & Moore
ask that those citizens of the State
who are alive to the interests of
North Carolina iend Iheir i assist
ance in procuring these exhibits.
Would it not be well for the citi
zens of Burke to arrange to have
an exhibit of our many resources
in this car ? It is Very important
that we should have innp. Th
managers offer to pay! transporta
tion on all exhibits sent them after
parties- have communicated with
them regarding the nature of the
same. I! j; I '
An Kxpress Messenger Falls from a Train
and Is Seriously Injured.
Asheville Gazette, Feb. 6th. i ! !
I As passenger train No. 11 was
nearing Hot Springs Friday after
noon Ex Dress Mesne
fell from his car and received pain
uuiiiai,iujunes. air. Moore
was cut in several nlartPR hv ti.a
rocks upon which be fell, j He re
ceived several ogly gashes on his
face. The train was runuing at a
rate of 20 miles an i hour. Mr
Moore was taken to Hot s nrin era
where medical aid was adminis-I
tered. The nhvsieiann nnnnai
that eveninsr that ha was snmi-;nv
severely and could scarcely speak
above a whisper. ji s
A drowning man would have little
use for a method of rpSO'lo nrVi!.!.
require dajs. A dyspeptic doesn't
want to bother with a
eomz to take wppta ts ihnm -i. i. a
cial effects. i s
The Mount Lebanon Shakers are off er
lntr a nroduct nnH
bliaKer Oic-pRtivo fVirjoi ,u u.
Immediate relief. The verv first d
proves beneficial in most cases ; and it
IS owinz to their nnhnnnla - a j
in it, that they have put 10 cent, sample
r marKet. tnese can be
had through any druggist ; and it will
repay the afflicted to-invest the trifling
sum necessary to make a trial. ! '
The Shaker Digestive Cordial relieves
Dy rest lDflr the ntnmnoK il.
..... " ,. uuu aiuiUK tuu
Laxol its the best medicine for chil
iDoStor8 recommend it in place
i
; Takes It Back to Keep His Job,
Kaleigh Special to Charlotte ni,nJ
J. P. Click is the editor of the
popufcst paper at Hickory, and he,
too, is in trouble. He has been
jumping on the bolting pops. No
tice was served on him that if he
did not apologize for these attacks,
particularly for those on Bolter
Brown, of Jones county; he would
be kicked out of his office as as4
sistant clerk to the Legialatnrei
He promises the bolters to pnbiish
a retraction nd apology in his
own paper and in oue here. I i
' " " ; I i
; It is the same old story and yet con
stantly recurring that Simmons Liver
Regulator is the beet family medicine
We have used it in our family for
eight years and find it the best medi
cine we ever used. . We think there is
no euch medicine as Simmons Liver
Regulator.?'-Mr8. M. E. S. jAdington,
Franklin, N. C. -'JSach member of our
rmiiyo,u8es ' as occasion requires."
W. B. Smith, Mt. Vernon, ECy.
orSV1 ypaboy Wtter nauseating tonics
when Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is as
pleasant as Lemon Symp. Your drnK)rist il
aathorized to refnnd the money in every case
where it fails to cure. Price, 50 cen ts? d9
IThe Herald cfficeS fr.r TnK
TILLMAN'S PITCHFORK AGAIN.
The Senator Gets it Oat and Will
Use It if Necessary,
THE ELECTORAL VOTE OF S. C.
The Republicans -Will Probably Try to
Throw It Out-Tbo Vashins;toa Post
Has Some Fan With Secretary Morton
Other Washington News.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Feb. Gth, 1897.
Senator Tillman has got out his
pitchfork agaiu, aud he is going to
use it if the republicans try to
throw out the electoral vote of
South Carolina on the protest that
is tjoing to bomade by Murray,
the ufgro meluber of the House
from that State, when the House
aud Senate meet this weekiujoiut
session to count the electoral
votes. Senator Tillman said on
the subject : "If McKinley is going
to be inaugurated on the 4th of
March, the joint convention has
got? to count the vote of South
Carolina. If the republican party
wants to make an attaok on the
constitution of the State, it must
make it on some other ground or
iu some other manner than by en
deavoring to prevent the counting
of her vote. 1 wish to go further
and express my preference for see
ing Mr. McKinley Presideut rather
than to see the Presidential func
tion exercised by Secretary Olney,
as 'it will be after the . 4th of
March, if the effort is made to
deny South Carolina the right to
vote." The following significant
language was used by Represents'
tive McCall, of Massachusetts, who
is, a republican and Chairman of
the Election Committee which las
charge of the contested electiou
cases from South Carolina in this
Congress: "It is true, apparently,
that the electiou laws aud evinsti
tutiou of South Carolina disbar a
large proportion of the 'population
from voting, but it seemso be the
illiterate ones who are disfran
chised. There is a questiou iu the
minds of many intelligent' men
whether this is not a wise plan if
Constitutionally enforced and car
ried out according to law A full
generatiou has passed aiude the
colored meuwere enfranchised,
aud I do not know how long, they
can expect us to coddle them and
fight to secure their electoral
rights, while they neglect iollearn
to read and write."
2obody was surprised when the
Senators who have been 'pushing
the Nicaragua Canal li. 11 'decided
to giv.- np the tight., At no time
duriug the present session has the
bill bad the slightest chance of
getting through the llonse, even
if passed by the Senate. It could
have been passed by the Seuate
notwithstanding the protects of
Nicaragua, but it could only have
beh done by a protracted fight
which would have resulted in pre
venting action by the Seuate upon
other legislation. j .
Senator Daniel has made a point
against the arbitration- treaty
which may result in arraying the
silver senators solidly against its
ratificatiou. Thepoint'is that it
the TJ. S. should adopt the liee
coinage of silver while that treaty
was in force, Englaud could put in
a claim for the difference betwet n
the value of principal aud interest
of American debts held in Eng
land, under the new system of a
double standard aud under the
present single gold standard
and it a majority of the arbi
trators happended to be gold men
would probably get a decision in
favor of the claim.
A marked featuro of the con
tested election cases decided last
week by the House was that the
democrats who held the Keats were
upheld by.the.repnblicau majority.
The democrats so honored were
Representatives Swauson, of Vir
ginia; Keudall ol Kentncky, aud
Price and Boatner, of Louisiana.
Tom Watson's contest has been
decided by a committee against
him and iu favor of Representative
Black, and will this week be de
cided the same way by the House.
Canada has sent two members
of its ministry to Washington to
offer liberal trade concessions in
exchange for. duties in the new
tariff bill that will not shut out
Canadian agricultural products,
but it looks as though they would
just as well have Remained at
home so far an accomplishing any
thing goes. The republicans have
already agreed to a schedule of
rates ou agricultural products that
raises the duties to such au extent
that it will bar out Canadian pro
ducts.. I
The Washington Pout has been
having fun with Secietary Morton.
Its lastest hit is too good to be
overlooked: "The Post i uuder
obligations to Hon. J. Sterling
Morton for bis most valuable le
port on 'Tape W'orms of Poultry.'
By the keen employment of that
twhi screw and double expansion
logc for which the head of the
Agiicuitural Department' is so
uoted, -'be writer is able to show
that this pest which is 'annoying
to farmers aud adding to their
mortgages is due directly to the
constant agitation of tho'finrtncial
question by irresponsible persons
who do not agree with the present
administration."
The swearing in of Senator Keu
ney, of Delaware, which; the most
radical of the republican hud not
the cheek , to object to, after the
Committee on elections had re
fused to reopen the DuPout claim,
makes a full Senate of ninety
members. -There will probably be
a break in tle ranks again af;er
the 4th of March, either ou ac
count of no hut censor beiug
selected to Senator Blackburn or
because of a deadlock iu one or
uioie states which have not vet
elected Senators.
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Everybody wants the only, endorsed,
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ion Hekali.
TESTING A VATCH.
How English Timepieces Ar Tried a to
Their Regularity.
There has been watchmaking at Cov
entry as long as there has been a watch
trade in Englaud. which is for the last
200 yean or thereabout. There used to
be three centers of the English trade,
these being Liverpool, Coventry and
London. Now there are practically but
two Coventry and Birmingham. The
test of a good watch is that it shoold
obtain a Kew certificate, and of the
watches that go to Kew 75 per cent are
from Coventry. m j
At Kew no watch has yet succeeded
in getting the 100 marks which signify
perfection, but Coventry has come near
est, with 92, and is always well to the
front The Kew test is no light one.
The watch is tested in every position
and its rate registered, not only per day,
but per hour. It is hang by its pendant,
hung npsido down, hong on each side,
placed dial down and back down and at
vny number of angles, and to finish up
with is baked in an oven and frozen in
an ice paiL No wonder that a watch
with a Kew certificate is a comfort to
its owner. j
When it is considered that it makes
18,000 vibrations an hour and must not
varya second a week, while a quarter
turn of its two time screws, meaning
the millionth of an inch, will make a
difference of 20 seconds a day, the deli
cacy of its adjustment will be appreci
ated, as will also the risk of intrusting
its repair to any but skillful liming
Jewelers Review. . !
' Fishing- For Tons, Santa CI arm.
The fish ranged from 4 to 6 feet in.
length and from 75 to 800 pounds in
weight, judging from their size. Like
wolves they had rushed in from the deep
sea and were moving down the coast,
stampeding a school of smelts and flying
fish and driving them out of the water,
snapping at them and following' them
up into the air. Moving on, we found
the school of unfortunates, a brownish
patch of solid fish J in the water, into
which the tunas were charging.
I have fished in the haunts of the tar
pon and taken almost every game fiuh
to be found in American waters, but
from this exhibition of the velocity and
wonderful power of the tuna I did not
believe it could be captured with a 24
ounce rod or a tarpon outfit. We baited
with large smelt and began trolling
through the school. I soon had a strike,
and, while not unused to surprises, I
lost 800 feet of line and the tip of my
rod so quickly that I hardly realized
what had happened. ! My companion had
his fine rod jerked from his rmnriq, and
I believe the fish was of the largest size. -which
nothing could stop. Sportsman's
Magazine. '
Snake Dresms,
A well known authority on dreams
and dream books says: "To dream you
see snakes or serpents shows that you
will be imprisoned and encounter many
dangers. If you are in love, your sweet
heart will be false. To dream you kill a
snake shows you will overcome diffi
culties and enemies and be successful in
love, trade or farming, but unsuccessful
at sea." t
The Proposal or the Fntnra.
She Perfectly lovely club, isn't it?
i He Are you a member?
; She No. Only married women are
eligible. j - j
; He Ah, would you allow me to
make you eligible to membership?
London Fun. i
Thf re is nothing purer ttan honesty,
nothing sweeter than charity, nothing
warmer than love, nothing richer than
wisdom, nothing brighter than virtue
and nothing more steadfast thau faith.
GF"The gentlemanly agent of
the Mag;c Yeast Factory is here
this week r distributing free
samples of the celebrated Magic
Yeast. No other article in the
United States is so well and favor
ably known as Magic Yeast.
Other kinds of yeast may be good
some of the time but Magic Yeast
is good all the time. fTry the
sample according to the directions
and you will be pleased with the
result. i
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
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Sale of Elisha Berry ilanL
DY VIRTUE of an order of the Clerk of the
. t. SaPcr!or Court of Bnrke county, made
in the special proceeding entitled Terl A bee.
administrator of Elisha Berry, ts. Win. a!
Berry and others. I Vill sell at public auction
at the Court Honse door in the town of Mor-
f SSuN- C" on ,the 15th dy of March.
1897. the same being the first Monday of
Bnrke Superior Court, tbe following de
scribed piece or parcel of land, lying and
being in the county of Burke. State of N C.
Lovelady township, and known as the Elisha
"el77 om; Place, situate as follows, to-wit:
On both sides of Bridge's creek, consisting of
one hundred and ten acres of land, for full de
scription of which reference is hereby made to
deed for said land to the said Elisha - Berry,
registered in the Register's office of Burke
county. Book M. page 58.
Terms of sale. 20 per cent. cash, balance in
six months; note, with approved security, to
nToneWpdfun.
2B3i6.o.ri?eajr.b,S3d
This Feb. 11, 1897.
TERLABEB.
. . . Adm'r of fclisha Berry.
Avery & Ervin, Attorneys.
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GERMAN KALI WORKS,
S3 Nassau St Mew York.
Sale of Shaping Lands, InclndingVal
nablc Garnet Mines.
I Y virtue of an order of the Clerk of the
JL Superior Conrt of Burke county made
in the special proceeding entitled J. A. Bann
ing and others vs. J. M. 6huping. I wiU sell
at public auction at the Conrt House door
in the town ol Morganton. N. C. on VI on
day, the 15th day of March. 1 897. the name
being the first Monday of Burke Superior
Conrt. the following described tracts or
parcels of land, to-wit: Lying and being to
the County of Bnrke and State of North Car
olina, bounded as follows:
First Tract. Being S50 acres of la ad
bought by said C. A. Shaping of Sudderth
AT,rrT' y reference to deed registered
I? office of Bnrke connty. in
Book W, page 8, will more fully appear.
onrf Trne. Being 87 acres of land
bought of Sudderth and Brwin. aa by refer
ence to deed registered in the Register's office
of Bnrke connty, in Book L, page 33 and
2. will more fully appear.
Third Tract. Being SO acres of land
bought of Sudderth and Brwin, as by refer
ence to deed to C. A. Son ping, registered in
the Register's office f Bnrke connty in
Book L. page 26, will more fully appear
fourth Tract. Being 87 acres of land
(mentioned in the deeds aa 193). bought of
"George Walton, and 8. D. Dunavant and
wife, as by reference to deed of Dunavant and
wife, and registered in the Register's office of
Burke county, in Book R, pages 7S and 77.
will more fully appear.
Fifth Tract. Being the garnet mines and
qnarnes in the two folio wis g tracts of land
to-wit: One tract bought of J. W. Berry, as
by reference to deed ol said Berry, registered
? the Register's office of Burke county, in
Book M , page, 227. will more fully appear:
and the other bought of Samuel Hun-man
and others, as by reference to deed of said
Huffman and others, and registered in the
Register a office of Burke connty. in Book M
page 225. will more fully appear.
i . ",!.T-, Bln one undivided half
Lackey, sheriff, by C. A. Shaping and aon. as
n vi mg snenn, wui more
Tcrni of ut M iu. mt w ..t ,
. . " .au, immcc in
Wxand twelve months, note .with approved
security to be required, title retained till
nnrcnav mnnw 1 n ;4 i 1 1
Said land sold for partition among tenants
This 11th dav of Feb. i rot
. . . t A. SHUPING, Cotn'r.
A r Jw Pwla a a a - '
Sale of Valuable Town Property.
ssnansnaannnBBBSH
HYvlrtttcofa power of sale obtained la a
nartvaaw n s4 i . .
A-P""to'- the 18 th day. of September.
- r, r.o. a. page
-ol tb Kecords of Burke connty.
I will offer for sale for cash, at the Conrt
House door in Morganton. on Mondav
March 1st. 1 sot .t.. rti'i j . T;
iuiiuw IU n uCVvrl DfQ
-- --- . . w, w uav diuck on tne
irm g r udiwb sircci. aajolnlng
. .HU,UK v uKtunKTO) lot No.
3. and nmm mmtttt kfluo - ... . ..
v-,lib.rch. -?t corner of
. - '" very une; tuencc down
3,nI21!.Jm the branch with Averv'sliae
iJr, ! ' "tf v his line, (tbe east cor
.' nence nortn 8HV west
with the line of lot No, 7. to a stake 7a Bast
75- west, aio -St - Vgi-V. ThU
nnbrtcti lotlKna i. K m. a.f
feet front, with depth of BOO feet. Title
---- a ouce.
Feb. 1st. 1897. W.T. HCDSOJi.
yearson. Attorney. Mortgagee.
Execution .Sale of Keal Estate.
WY Jlrt"' ' "ecutiou iaened to me
m. " oupreme t.ort of North
-.V2llna ,n tbe CMe o'J- M. Barnhardt and
1 Jnt'l CTr5e' W- Bwn and others.
1 Will assFll TA tM ksaa-k. klJ "
S-S? l"-n-l.P7t Monday of
, . . " an tne ngnt. title
nd interest of the defendants, George W
nw-l c . , Foy mna Ine otitb
16.000 acre, of -inT , J tbe" p." Vf
y-uiy. commonly Known as "The
South Mountain Speculation Lands." fullv
described in ceeds frcra Mathew Robins and
Willvam Battye. of date 3rd and 4th of J..
IbHd. ani rtttstwu1 -,
of Deeds of Burke countT. Book , page
Mn'ia'V.' .'ia ,p,ne' "ow ""ota
; This Feb. nth. 1897.
THOS. M. WEBB.
Sheriff of Burke County.
j Sale of Anderson Wilson Lot.
TiY 'irtue of aa order of the Superior
r2mCZU0!2V?ll? greeted.
- - - - ..unas uw in Montis-
- - " " " wac ior casn. a cer
tain tract of land, tbe same bring one 1)
ere of land situate in the town of Morgan
ten. N. c. on the Fleming s Ford road, be
S part of tn E11 conveyed by W. 8.
- , uuwimvu. aua oy aim to
r . " " w same iring on the
east side of said road and bounded on the
. . oy im lot oi f. r. titles, and
on the west bv the lot of Avery Wilson, and
on the north by the lot of Mrs. C. M. Avery
being the lot whereon Isaac Hemphill
formrri I. v .4 " ...
Terms of sale cash This the 11th dav of
Frhra 1 on1 n . . . n .
j . i . rxaniw lAJb,
Commissioner.
Sale of land.
TYJlrtne of order of ihe Superior
iVin0.0.0;" " directed;
- i. - uuvt m Morgan-
ton, N. c.. on Monday, the 15th davrf
March. 1897. affer for sale, for cash, a ceK
r5Cfla"d -itte between. HlwT.
ioiin... I"0""'", bounded aa
. wn a . loraea maple on
VZvSVX" f" Hawk'. BilF ad
Stilwell. Oct- Slst. 1864. Middleton
Term, of sale ch. This Febrn.ry l,th.
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All departments unfurl and un
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ART display;
Showing such assortments, such varieties of
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