North Carolina Newspapers

IV: 1: "1 . if-. "i&rw ; v-ttc ISt inL lili LARGEST' CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN SALISBURY. . LARGEST .DAILY PAPER IN THE- CITY. f JNO. M. JULIAN, Editor and Proprietor. SALISBURY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY." MAY 7th, 1896. VOL. 1. NO. 207. 7 w iP . bNis frtf BBS 1 - I The Poets and Authors Club will for. Fiippin Here. 1 Dr. J. M, Fiippin, Las arrive!. in rr x rr 7,1 T TVf ' "T A T r T 1 V 1:4 iurvi meet Friday af ternobon at 4 o'clock with Mrs. Henderson Crawford. Mrsf Browning and Edgar Allan LOCAL. DEPAP.TMEInT. LKI10Y SillTII, - LocAif Eepokteis 'TELEPHONE NO. 55. o i o Foe. Members will remember to bring copies of the Bookman. 1 Jesse W, Miller, administrator of j Wellington Tvceslerf deceased, had 1 a public sale of Mr! Keeper's i;er- sonal property yesterday! at v ISear, IT'S LOCAL. OF THESE ITEllS WUL BE OF IN TEREST TO YCU. the city from Thomasville and is fit ting up his othce in the second story of the old National bank building on Inniss street. He will soon offer his professional services to the citizens of Salisbury and community. was 1 argel v at- V 1. V . J.' A f well is sick at his home in Jeivscy City. Dolph Halph, a young man at Vance mill, is very sick. A tent Ins been erected for a taffy staiul adjoining the Washing Ion building. IMr. E. J. Bring'le has accepted a position as manager of the Brooklyn fctore of T. L. Swink. Cotton brought 8 cents on the Sali.burv market today. A good many bales were soldv The Would is the recipie beautiful collection of roses from the ilowei- beds of Mr. A. W. koithern. AV. T. -Uainey, whose jfoot Was '.mashed', at the depot Satmrda', is'- imjiroving hut is still con.ined to hisl bed . . , .. , . ij. The montMv business -meeting of the Young Jtlen's Christian. Assbcia- Foplar. The sale tended and the recetnts amounted to ... .-:. about $700. f Among the physicians who passed through here thU mbrningj returning home i'romr Atlanta were iDr. II. F. - , - , . ..... ! . . - W j Gray, one jof V mtoh s promiiient the ; physicians, and Dr. li&rtiri of Lynch . j burg, a partner of lr. E. F. JSneod, a former Salisburian. Dnirymen to Meet at Reckwell. j A nieeling of the North Carolina State Dairymen's Association will be held at the Kockvvell Park Stock Farm, of which Capt E. B. C. Iiara bley is owner, on Wednesday, 'May the 13th, when it is hoped all mem bers will endeavor to-' be present. SAUf CURY'5 LONG DELEGATE. It is Flung in His Teelh That His Nat ve Burg Vans Grown Wantonly, Recklessly Extravagant. Salisbury flissed , a Ofund Opportunity. NEWS BY WIRE. THE LATEST HAPPENINGS GIVEN DY THE WORLD'S SPEC:AL TELEGRAMS. Rev. Dr. Murdoch, ofjthis city, wbo is attending the Diocesan con vention at Charlotte, delivered a ser mon from the text, fkNeithbr is there salvation in any other: for there is 3 - none other name under heaven giv en among ran, v. hereby we must be saved." The Observer" gives an out line of Dr. Murdocli's sernlon. ; t Capt. AVm. Wilev returned this Con von - Special Rates. Special rates diave been secured over the Southern to the meeting of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templars and Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons of North Carolina at Newborn on May 4th. Ivound trip tickets costing $7.05 from Salis bury will be sold on 11, 12, 13 and 14th, good returning till 18th. morning ironi tne bettler lion at Southern "Pines. , Tie was - accompanied as fai-jas Cqarlotte by Mr. G. A. Brown, al manufacturer of Penn'sylvaiiia. MrfBrowjn contem ,plates ,locatrng iniNortli Carolina and has: been persuadedS bv Ca')t. j Wiley to conn ovei; and give Salis i bury a look over, lie will be here Two Horses Killed. The eastbound passenger traia on the Western road killed two horses at Azalia near Btltmore yesterday evening. The ovrner of the horses unhitched them when he heard the train coming and tried to hold -them but they became'-, unmanageable and ran in front of the train. One was instantly killed and the other so mutilated that he had to be shot. tinn will )0 hplsl tonight, p.t, 8 o'clock. , . n , . - ' to-morrow. I A goo 1 attciidance is desired. i v A:te! the .prayer meetiig at the ! a Small Fire. I I Baptist church tonight a clmrclfbu- J The lire department was called but iness meeting will be held. Jmpor- i tjm morning by a small blaze on -the tant business is to be transacted.-. rxf of a house i on ISoutbj Lee street 'James Dobie, who has- returned ! owned by.Proi.W. Ncjave. Tl-ero from -Danville , where lie had been I was only slight damage, as; the blaze several years, ) has moved into Mr. j was soon extinguished. 1 John -Rv.Idfc's, house osJlvtrr street.' Capt. Shrtpstii Hiirr. Conductor R. L- Simps.on, of the Western , met v. ith an accident while iiis train' was crossing, the- mountain yesterday Special Correspondence of the 'Woklu) The splendid equipment of the Southern Railway, the unrivalled cuisine oftThe Buford and - unfailing courtesy of the Seaboard Air Line officials have all tended to pleasantly speed the Pinoy Woods pilgrim, while the proverbial hospitality of our stirring sister burg divested even an unavoidable lay-over of 10 hours in the Hornets Nest metropolis of thefyex:ilions of spirit usually at tendant updinan in voluutai break in tne lournev : , . I i Leavi.ig Charlotte 'at 8JO p. iu. a quick schedule puts us in Southern Pines at 11.21. The blazing lights of this marvellous hoteJry are seen gleaming through the'dark forests of long leaf .pine, long before the sta tion is reached. As o'ur train draws up we are bombarded ljy a best of returning - delegates, each one ap parently desirio'is of obtaining a whole car to himself, and ' finally compromising on a one fifth interest in the lid of the coal box. The en tire Charlotte delegation returned tonight as did the representatives from, numerous' other towns. It is estimated that fully 1,500 people w-re present to-diay, ail the railroads could possibly transport. Ten ubrth- ern States and every southern State, without exception, were represented. Fully 50 counties of this State- sent fepiesentatives and every town in tb? whole Comnionwealtli with the slighest fjretensibns to prominence sent 'full ' -delegations. 150 from Raleigh", 75 froni Fayetteville, 50 frbm Charlotte, 3-5 from Durham, 20 11 H; MOLA'iES HANGED. The MuIii-aiKrdtrer Pays the Penalty of l.is riany Crimes lie Carried a Crucifix in tils Hands and Was Acccmpan- -ied to the Gallows by Two Priests. - .- Ilglmes placod his hnnds behiiul' himelf. When the noose and the black cap were adjuied Holmes said from under, "Make it quick." The ropes pulled taut and the hangman left the platform. "Good bye," .said Holmes, but the sharp click of the trap was the only answer. The bod r shot straight- downward, there ua one little kick and what was left1 of murderer Holmes was at rest. Mr, Pietzel will remain here until j-lie is satisfied that she cannot get any " of the moiiey out of which. Holmes defrauded her. Th.ere is a chance that he may have left a will. Kxpert Arthur.' -McDonald, United States . Government criminahgist,f arrived here last nigTit from Washington to- were comparatively few persons out- atterill tiQ execution. X foDonald side of the prison. Access to his had paid several visits-to the con- . ' - (I$y i ccial telegram.) PiiiLADKLriiiA, May, 7. II. II. Holmes the notorious murderer, was hanged at Movamensing prison at ten twenty this mormng. vThere presence before he was hauge'd was denied and it was impossible to learn his condition. It was a little after ten when Sheriffs solicitor Grew called out "hats off." No smoking was allowed. A jury was empan neled to view Holmes7 last moments. On each were formed in a long line two by two. Kewspaper men and demned man since his incarceration: and had made a careful study of the-criminal. others also took the name formation. Invention was assembling the sargeant t - -.- it: The three nontlis old infant of ir.. J. L. S wink, w ho has - bee'n ... .... . . onifi K?fk ?(v nmp tiitip. md vlio :it. . . . Mr.' Dteve-i.ampseil, ii'if' tmm wns en ion iv i . is nn arain l .V r. j , f- - , ... -,. y . . I '! - ,ik . . ' , Hind, oieil -yesterday evening inu nas re-openeu ms siore on jL.ee street. - . v The north bound train this morn ing had on board a number of phy sicians returning from the ' medical convention which has been in session in Atlanta. There will" be a regular meeting .of the firemen tonight. All mem bers are requested to be present as business of importance isto be-j very laige ciowd this year. TiitT transacted. will be special trains! run from V-firvr trnnn,, of tbo nt i Greensboro Charlotte amjl Asheville Tho bod v was interred on the Ihicktown road evening., -j The -ear on which he was ilrrn Washington,;X. C, Xewberne, standing broke down and." he jumped to the ground. His. ankle was sprained but lie yas rot seriously A Dance at th .teaow Farm. : - " - ir.g this even- at tliestnujtillill cemitery .beside the grave of the child's mother, vho died -three inonths riince. - A "most : pleasant "dance was given j by "the ever ' hospilihle Reuben Holmes at his surburban home near Nortli Salisbury Decoration Day The program of ;the exercises for the 30th of May j at this j place have been prin ted and diMributjed. The managers are 'expecting a Wadcsboro, Asheville, Wilmington, Win? toil, etc is 'bcNole c istenca on Xii ti.,i;tpi ntii,;theTifi' csS.el-enoug suronsetiiaty t- iii nn appearance.. M 4 lone, lorn scribe Ho waii's ex- uti Assistant superintendent Richardson who led the prisoner, fdd . doTvn the corrider upon winch are situated the cells of the convicted prisoners. The uter doors . of these are- tightly closed. Tiie inmates could not hear the foot steps of men on the stone flagging. About the midway of this corrider nvas'- a braclc painted death trap. It was six minutes past, ten when a halt was - made opposite the gallows. The platform was ten feet from the ground. Hclraes was pre ceded by Sheriff Clement and prison Supt. Perkins, Holmes carried in his clasped hands a -little crucifix' and on either side of -Holmes was1 a priest. Assistant Supt. of prisonei-s-lUchard- Fcr ncKinley First, Last and til Time. u!y fiecial telegram.) IxDiAXArbLis, Ind., May 7. '.Tom linsori Hall, where the Hepublicanr conventiojj was held was handsomely decorated to-day. While the con' at arms notified the derogates that no smoking would be allowed, -.whereupon,', the ladies applauded. There is a McKiulev sentiment peryadiii" the convention, lie was cheered to echo. The platform where it. instructs .: the delegates vote for the, Ohio candi date first, last and all tho lime was put through with a rush. 1 Harrison's name was a sign for prolonged ap plause. At the close of J chairman Thompson's speech there was repeat ed calls for Harrison but he did not' come . out. The money plank i scineihitjg of a traddl:- It VTeelare!- against flee coinage atsixteen to one; but not it any other ratio;. The rcadT of .tho rebolutiqrirt fovorble to A- ing MeKinlvi- created an iiual!eiiion-- rav.'-a'tiiLiiireatenin'ir aiiu there aviis i;u,j;:.:M:;;.;;-;e.L: -i - i f :' - & ."''.v-a : chilliucr -' wifi'd as the 'm-bcesMori .blvf.;i-'.;i--:.V::u .:.'::;,Vr.'-" ' Y ,ss unie-gfieai - ------r.. -, -, .. ,. -ir. . -4ue.tMi s p.ui,-c;uucm.jn, j. omp-1 - - He said that' in wooden buildings below the AYoitLD oiiice are being torn away to ibake Kyi? Locate Here. room for the brick building to be erected by Edwin Shaver. Engineer Sneiiings of the Ycdkin and his wife are visiting relatives in Kichmohd. During Mr. Siiellings' r.bscnce theL'adkiii is being piloted by Jno. VrShuniaii, of this city. The meeting of the firemen- will beheld in C. H. S wink's store to night on account of the commissioners meeting in the Mayor's office. '" Eight o'clock is the hour apj ointed for the Mr. J. L. Cruse,! formerly of Or gan, but at present doing a thriv ing business in Danville,; Va., was in Salisburj' last Monday negotiating for some property (at the ney rail road shops in Xortli Salisbury. If he succeeds in buying he will make Salisbury his future home, says the Concord Standard.- last night.; T'he cou)ies who 'participated in tiie dance : went out . afjout. eight o'clock and 'returned' to tovji about 12. The following . couples were present. Miss Fannie Shober and . C. Lindsay, Mr.' and Mrs. E. 11. Overman, Miss Beulah Bernhardt and E. II. Brown, Miss Annie Bin- ham and Waller Murphy,- Miss Pau-j line Bernhardt and A. II. Price, Miss Lila Bernhardt and A-II. Bing ham, Miss Ilenrie McXeely " and W. C. Strachan, Miss Jennie liankin and K. J. Holmes, and A. S. Heilig. gate; ThrerOiWas a-etbp iuaai at coiirt. yard for a second. T lie spectators stood , aroimil in bdriches of three and five and even more, while every bit of authentic news from Holmes was eagerly listened to. Holmss' face was' deathly, pale as I he stepped forward before the scaf fold hut his nerve was more in f evi dence than when he faced ' the as sembly who watclied him .die. He 'was clean shaved except the mus- T i!son anirm.itive." Col. Dick: - - . . - was elected one of the jlefbgaterf. I - I - The ninHsrcKs-Going io .ihs' Czct's ' : , anttfon. '-':'' Another Success. meeting. A. Van Pelt has returned . from Gulf, where be has been engaged in putting machinery in a new roller mill. He will leave in a few days for Maiden to1 place" some machinery in a mill there. We are in receipt of an invitation to the commencement of Trinity .High School, May 31st. Our former - .- '".- townsman, Rev. T. A. Smoot,isnow at the head of this school and it is one oS the foremost institutions of its kind in the State. The board of commissioners meet in regular monthly business session tonight at 8 o'clock. It is their de sire to have presented at this meet ing all the accounts against the town. They request thathereafter accounts be presented at tte first meeting of the board after the "debt has been - contracted. $32 For the Firemen. ."""! , At tlieir regular . meeting tonight tho firemen will be presented with a cheek for $S'2 5-1, the net receipts of the two performances given by the amateur comedy company. This will be of great , assistance to the firemen ill defraying the exp rises cf the tournament which meets here in August. The comedy: company has sending this numerous -.'contingent of one-man and a grip-sack" Salisbury was departing from long arid firmly etablisiied prineiples and: entering urjon a headlong career of unbridled ejrtraVagence which even the advent ot the V Southern 4 Railway - .Shops C(uld not explain or atone for. One fact immediately impressed upon yta ' here ns that the convention is coiiiposed of serious, earnest, business men, representative men of their re spective" sections, -and all here with fixed purposes in; view. This gather ing islistinctlv not an aimless mob of .excursionistsJcheaD-trinpers and 1 v ' h v V i tiie following statement in a true, iale pleasure seekers. Much good; : ..?v ' , " , " i , i -r i -j i ! firm voice: "Gtiitlemen, I have onlv has already been! accompusned audi . ; f:- ' - V-" - ili k -n ! a fewtvords t() yiiv. I would make inanv substantial: benefits will accrue i . . . . .... - 1 ' - . ! I . . 1 f no;Te jiarks tnia ntue except tor my at tne oper noue rt - . ... . - s Cer- Iy special telegram.) j Southampton, May 7.--The Uni ted States cruiser,"Mihneaj)'oiis,oh the way from M"cdjtevain to Cronstat where she Mill represent the United States navy upon the occasion of the- Czaifs coronation fetes,anchoied tache. , His clothes were dark grav ' this norning and exchanged ys. and his shoes well sinned as if he t with. the warship and forts. Sho i - , - - - 1 .... .. hon lilies- sails was about to take a stroll on the i1 avenue. Around his neck he wore a hankeciiief. Holmes made a silk for-Cronstadt this after-aoon. Ns-wYn-U Democrats Fcverab'e to Cleveland. fly special ttlorraiu.) - Ti:i:xTox, N. J." .Mav 7.4-The State convention was called to ord to the State la j;tbe near future fronv this- oonvention. . The capacity of i . - I w -. .... the Inn has been strained to the ut- t . i : .- S --. . - - tennost to accommodate -the vast todn v. cr Ianv feeling that by not doing so I would delegates were favorable U jCle've- acouiesce in mv execution by hang ing, I only wish to say at this in- J. . ;'-t '' t,:i'-- -i 1 WA sfefttsJ31iSLt4iie extent of my wrong throng. . Ana to 2ive ydunn idea ot t -v1' " . interested ln'our brave firemen and The amateurs repeated their per formance at the opeivi house last ' earned the gratitude of all who are night. "The audieince Was not so large as the .night before but the acting was foully up to the previous standard. An interesting feature different from Tuesday night's 'per formance wras the trapeze acting of Walter and Ilautie Pool and Chan Fries. .X-,j - ; .; ''..- . The audience wis liberal in its ap- ! pleuse throughouti The . total re f ceipts for the evening was between forty and fortyfive dollars, whieh after the expenses are deducted .will be turned over to the firemen. The boys speak of going to ; Greensboro at at an early date j -' f " the Yankee ingenr,tty gnd; fertile! t i -' ' ' - - ft . . ? . ! in killing two -women. "1 hev died Illum es ut mine iius, a v ui iiieiiuiuu that: a ''double' breasted - cot placed oil thf. stage of tliei private theatre of the success of their tournament this LtlWhbtel forms the resting place of j summer. The5 total receipts of the perform ance of the two nights were 14154 The expenses for the hall were $30. "All other expenses including cos tumes, make-ups, printing, help, &c, vere 20. The Rising SchccI Cirrr.ed. (ryFpeciEl telegram. ) at my handin criminal operations. I Heidlkruks,1- Qonnany, Nay 7, land but it was decided to scad an uninstructed delegation. I only state this now that there shall; 'be. University -riding tttncol ra be no mfsuHderstanding of my j burned a today. Four persons" were worus nereaiLer. j. am not guuiv oi "'"vwu e-cciai ouiers uau Waxted Employment of any kind. . i i II. Meyee. For Sale: A fuio milch cow.gives 4 gallons of strained milk a day, very gentle. Apply to . P. Mukpuy. I have placed in my saloon a new refrigerator and am now prepared to keep both Portner and Augusta beer on tai at all times. Give me. a call. II. C. Tkott. fniir fArrpsnonilpnt and a confrere of IhJ Wilmington fetar. - The proceed-1 ting. tliesrth Pietzel family j narrow 'escapes .Twenty ,cvu inMs to-dav consisted in the appoint- of three children or lather tor whosti j e ournea. . mek bta Z. French, of Wilming- deaths I am to be hanged. . 1 his s . - tori K. C. as temporary: chairman ; all I have to say." . . - . Louis Galin,berti De.i. Hairy Wbolcotti of Norfolk, and S. j Holmes retreated a- step, kneit , ny fcl,eHai teiesram.. L Packard of Pine Bluff, X. c i down and looked ai the crficifx Tiie Romk, May 7.-Lcuis ,Galimberti teilporary secretaries. ; men Itn on the latformlored i Itomati 'prelate and dipfomate, and' . Speeches were delivered by Hon 30 Bread tickets at A. Parker's for 1.00. Bake days Tuesday, Thiirsdaj' and Saturday'. All goods delivered. Phone Xo 37. Swift's Silver Leaf is the most popular Lard on the market. - ... :-;.? For the best bread and cakes go to J. N. Solomon, on Council street. '. er. it lien lormcriv iaiai"vtuutiaiar to vus- Pa eel t AValsb, of Georgia, and His Ex- ency, Gov. Ellas Carr. The con- VQatiou-inen proceeueu to tne uiec- tioji -of permanent. officials. Gen. I. K.fLwis, of Georgia, .Prest. L. F. Sr.jith, of Southern Pines, Sec'y.Vice Presidents and'; Committees from eaau ' State, wilb, be appointed to morrow. Col. J; T. Patrick. is the lift and son of the body and is do- inri a great work for the Slate. . W. MuEDOcn WiiEr. nrose - to his'feet,Jie looked steadily to "each man around him in -turn. They were waiting for one act. The con d e nm ed man app rec iat ed wh at was -wanted and he quickly.- shook hands with the sheriff, the prison superintendent and - the "assistant hangman and the two priests. . Thm he looked dowu;at the boards of the platform and took Ids positioh." He was not standing on the' proper spo tria, Hungary, died this .afternoons v " 4 : ..l Cotton Lower. " .''. -. , (ry special telegram.) , Kew Yom:,, May 7. Cotton i 3 points off. v. LiVerpool, 3Iav, 7. Cotton is 3 points lower. ' Columbia. and'Hartford Bicj'clesc $00 S0 and $100. . so the hangman, pushed him aside. E. WBukt & Cp-V Agen