LOCAL, NEWS.
Mr. Luther Tangle is building a
store room near his residence on
Chestnut HilL j
Mr. John ltusher, one of the
Sun's out-of-town subscribers,
yesterday killed two large hogs.
The two weighed over 900 pounds;
'i T. Frank Hudson, of South
River, . is now teaching school
hear 'Lin wood,- Davidson county.
C. V. Jole has put in a-minia-
tureen'THti: fttlevin histaeeo:
uusinessxai-TjeeaoTreex. tt: is
someting new in Salisbury. H
A 'man" who has been to Alaska
jvain Salisbury last night. He
was going back home after more
supplies and expects to return to
; Alaska, and get grild at thelKlon
; dike leforo long. ,
. If you have an eye for the lieau
; tifid, jieep into ourhow window
and see our line. of Xmas. slippers
and shoes for ladies and children.
H CRT SHOE CO.
r J. T. W-attwentto Lexington
this morning to visit his mother.
Mr. Wyatt has for several days.
leen busy boxing up and shipping!
exhibits to Raleigh. They will
be placed in the exposition" car.
Rev. John Wakefield, who was
recently appointed pastor, of the
new. Presbyterian churches at
China Grove and Spencer, is ex
pected to arrive here this week.
He will at once commence- his
work, dividing his' time; equally
between his two charges, j- .'
"Mr. B. P. Basinfger, of .Morgan
township, gave us a pleasant call
yesterday. He is 58 years bid and
tells us he never ate a watermelon
in December before this year in
his life. He help to eat it at Mr.
J. A. Basinger's, his nephew's, last
Sunday. The melon weighed about
25 pounds and had been kept in
wheat.
.. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT
rake Laxative Rrnran Oulntnn TaViW.a
All Druggists refund the money If It. fails to
Cure. 25c
row aits Gold ore.
A Sample of it Sent to Buffalo, New
. York Yesterday.
Mr. B. P.! Basinger, who was in
the city yesterday, sent a sample
of the ore found on his property
. in Morgan township to a firm in
Buffalo,' N. Y.' The ore is be
lieved to be a very fine quality.
There; i is" no better location,-in
Morgan township for a mine than
Mr. Bisinger's.- Quite a num
ber of miners have examined the
ore and pronounce it finevThe
prospects are splendid for open
ing a good mine on Mr. Basinger's
property. This is the land that
was mentioned in the Sun some
time air as showing evjdenece of
a rich vein.
JUSTIFIABLE RETENTION.
The Commissioners After a Careful
Examination So Decide.
f The commissioners met in regu
,, l;tr monthly session Monday. The
much 'talked of West case, which
I n ought doVn a. tirade of abuse
upon the guards of the chain gang,
- a.?. 'well as upon tL commissioners,
was taken up and after a. careful
examination they decided that it
was justifiable 'apprehension and
retention. Messrs. S. FJ Lord, J.
A. Mahaley and W. II. Huff, Sr. J
wjere examined and all gave about
the .same evidence. These gentle
men are men of character and
this should settle the question as
v to whether or not West was tot)
badly treated.
TO REBUILD HIS GIN.
Will Be Beady for Operation in About
Ten Days.
Mr. B. Ludwick, whose cotton
gin, about 1 two miles but of the
city, was destroyed by fire f1168
day evening, November 23rd, will
rebuild it. He has already order
ed a new outfit, and the gin had
arrived here Saturday. He tells
us he will b ready for operation
in about tpn days or less time.
Mr. Itidwick is a hustler and
we bespeak success for him.
J. Fisher Correll
The Charlotte News says :' "Mr.
J. Fisher Correll, chairman of the
Republican county executive eorii-r
niittcc, has landed. Through the
courtesy oi fostniaster .1. w.i
MufUin, Mr. Correll now holds
Mowuiiie position or cniei cierK
1 1 1 1
in ins ynarioue poscomce. lie
succeeds Miss Laura Guion, who
ias.becn. transferred to the money
order department.
.1. Fisher Correll is a Rowan
boy, ...having been raised
China Grove. .,
near
HO CURE-NO PAT
...Th:!.!"i -av all Dj-usrglxt soil GROVES
I AM l.i..ss HH.l. TON I O for Chills and
' i ' 1 ins of M:t hirla. 11 Is sliu-
piy,h-..,i :..!! yi,m,(. 1,. ,! i..'.,., fii.
. ......... xu ,s lir,.u.r t jjjjtit.r,
MURDERER CAUGHT
WANDERED TO ROWAN
NOW HE'S SORRY. . ( '
John Brooks, Colored, Wanted
Georgia for the Murder of a
White Man Caught
'". at Spencer, ! "
in
jJBaturday jaigb$, ojt.j:aer,Sun-
fcr!cfol 1rf Geor
gia for the murder of a white man
was surprised and captured at Spen
cer by a' party consisting of four
men. '
jOn the 4th of September, last, a
white man was killed at Elberton,
Ga., by Brooks, who was then a
section .hand on a rail road. The
murderer escaped and came to
ward Salisbury. '
He reached here several weeks
ago and secured work at the cattle
pens at Spencer. Descriptions of
him were received here Saturday
night and about midnight four gen
tlemen got on a switch engine and
went out to Spencer. They fpund
the negro in a room asleep but he
awoke and made a desperate effort
to get away.
He was unsuccessful however,
and his captors soon had him un
der control. -His pistol, which he
would have used had be gotten a
chance, was taken away, and the
handcuffs were applied. Put he
was so desperate that nippers were
placed on each. wrist.
The prisoner ,'w.is brought to
jail and -Mt.'nday was talcen to
Monroe, N. C. by Mr. J. W.
Ashcraft who h:kd come hereto
look for him. He is, without
a doubt, the wanted man, as he
answers' the description and is
Known by Mr. Ashcraft.
The Georgia officials will le no
tified of Brook's arrest. They had
offered a reward, the amount of
which is not yet known by the gen-,.
tlemen who made the arrest,
Mr. Dave Mauney, who returned
from Monroe this morning, tells us
that the prisoner gave Mr. Ash
craft some trouble after reaching
that place. While . walk
ing along the street he made an
sudden, jump and Mr. Ashcraft
was jerked down. He struck his
knee and badly injured if on the!
ground. A doctor was eent for
but had not yet arrived wrhen Mr.
Mauney left.' The negro failed to
escape. . .-'
"The" murderer's hands were tied
with a rope and previous to be-1
ing jailed in Monroe he gnawed
this rope in two.
Brooks is a most desperate
negro. When arrested at Spencer
he tried hard to use his pistol but
failed. He was hard to conquer
arid bis attempt to escape at ftlon
roe 1 shows how desperate he is.
Brooks was put in jail in Char
lotte Sunday while waiting on
train connections, and there he
confessed to the killing: of I he
railroad man, but savs that it
was in self-defence. The mur
dered man, he says, struck him
with the kniicks and .was in the
act of shooting him (Brooks) when
he tired.
Wants toBeturn.
A letter received by Mr. J. K.
Burke from his nephew, Joe
Hyde, w ho is now in Texas, is one
of . inquiry about Salisbury' and
the business -now beinor done
here. Mr. Hyde has decided to
leave Texas and he contemplates
coming back to old Rowan and en
gaging in business in this city.
5lr- Goodiiian
Wed.
and
Miss
Houck to
i tie iouowin-g i invitation lias
been issued for the marriage of
'im li . - i
two of Rowan's popular young
folks: . ' .
Col. and Mrs. W. A. Houck
. " . desire your presence
at the marriage of their daughter,
Sallie,
.' to
John I Good man,
at Thyatira church,
Mill Bridge, North Carolina,
Wednesday evening, December 291 h,
eighteen liundred and muety-seveu
at 4:4-j'cloek, p. m.
"The Eebel tell
Do you really comprehend the
i " rebel yell It was the
the only Kreat army the w
cry of
llv srreat armv the world ev-
er lmlstered where each man came
out to jtafce his place from a home
he ov. aedin fee simple. It was
the one uiessao'e
in one tongue,
generous breezes
seni u..-k
iipon
from tlje advancing, host to mother
and sister, to wife and babe: "I
am here; grim peril runs riot be
fore me; ravenous death leaps and
laughs above and around me.4- I
am here letween home and Lin-
coin!" The Rebel yell was
the
sublimest A merioanism thnf r-tr
; 1 t. ., , x
.1 j. .i 1-
racy that will never die
here .in
-tbe land of its birth.
PRIT CHARD AND PEARSON.
Passed Through Saturday Night Go
" ing to Washington.
Senator Pritchard and Congress
man Pearson were in the city a
short, while Saturday nigb, and
were met by several of- their
friends. They were on their way
to Washington where Congress
convened Monday.
There has been considerable talk
to the effect that Congressman
Pearson will do all in his power
during the coming session of Con
gress to splinter that plank of his
party which declares for civil ser
vice reform. The stpry .goes that
not a great while ago the Congress
man met President McKinley by
appointment and told the chief ex
ecutive that he, the Congressman,
would be compelled to take issue
with Trim, especially in regard to
the civil service order made last
"July, which was nothing short of a
death-knellto the hopes of the ins
piring politicians. j
The AsheAille Citizen says it is
further said that instead of jtbe
President quaking because of the
Congressman's opposition,,, his. re
ply was of a Fitzsimmons linock
out nature. The President listen
ed quietly to the tale of woe, and
then observed that "the party to
.which I belong is committed to
civil service reform, and so am I."
This flat-footed reply has not
put a quietus on Congressman
Pearson, however, and he is ex
pected to say something warm
later. . '
McGEE SAID TO BE INSANE.
He is a Physical Wreck and is in the
Union County Poor House.
The man McGee, who was con-
nected withC. A. Traylor in his urer, and also to audit and settle
trouble at Monroe several months the accounts of "the county
ago, is saM to be insane. treasurer and of all other county
, Chief of Police Ashcraft, of officers authorized to receive and
Monroe, who was here, yesterday, disburse county funds, ac
tells us of McGee's condition. He cording to sec. 113 of the Machin
is a physical wreck and is ndw ery act.
stopping at the Unioi coipty poor
house.
McGee, it will be remembered,
was not sentenced when Traylor
was, but the judge kept him as a
witness. He was put back in jail,
but his health failed fast and an
order was secured from the judge lin township were ordered repair
to move. him to the county con-, ed. Mr. H. C. Lenz, supervisor,
vict camp, in the hope that a was instructed to have them re-
change would do him good. But
shortly afterwards he was changed
to the county poor house, where
he is stopping now. He is allowed
to go about as he pleases and
walks around alone.
air. Asncrait says lneee s
health is gone and his mind is im-
paired.
Fight at the Grove.
F. W. Host, of China Grove,
was in the city Monday. lie
tells us that on Saturday while
Policeman Smith was not at the
Grove two negroes quarrel led and
fousfht. An officer was soon ap
pointed, however, and the negroes
were run in. They afterwards
paid into the town treasury eight
dollars.
Couldn't Stand It.
There is evidently something
wrong about the depot or the snr
roundings at Gold Hill. Last
week the Sun mentioned that Mr.
Overcash, who was the Southern's
agent there, had resigned. - Several
weeks before this he was shot at
while in his office one night.
Last Saturday a young man
named Bell, from Bessemer 'City,
was assigned to Gold Hill as agent
to relieve Mr. Overcash. He went
down in the afternoon but Sunday
he: telegraphed his resignation to
the superintendent and left Gold
Hill a-foot, not wishing to remain
until the train came by Monday
. Mr. oVercash is still in charge
of the office and will have to remain
until ne is relieved oy some one
else.
How to Look Good.
Good looks are really more than
skin deep,., depending entirely on
a healthy condition of alf the vital
organs. If the liver be inactive,
you have a bilious Took; if your
stomach be disordered, you have a
dyspeptic look; if your kidneys be
fiflWtfid. von hsive a ranched look
Secure good health, and you will
have jrood looks. "Electric Bit
ters" is a. good Alterative aud
Tonic. s Acts directly on the stom- There is ajien on Chestnut Hill
ach, liver and kidneys. Purifies that is doing something out of the
the blood, cures pimples, blotches ordinary, or rather, above the av
and boils, and gives a good cin- & &g ghe , g
plexion: Every bottle guaran- . f
teed. Sold at Theo.- F. Kmttzfe lay .and threo days in h week
Go's drug store. 50 cents pef hot-
tie
IMPORTANT NOTICE
J. II. Ennisa. the -popular druggist Faith and H miles -from Crehceut
of Salisbury, has secured a good thing Academy. Well watered; two tene
in the agency for "The. Mexican Haif menfc houses; good meadow; about 20
timbered land and 40 in cuT-
r restoring gray hair, and general scalp
tonic. Thi? remedy is far iu advance
of the old style hair tonic?, and should
j be sriven the preference by all
Mr.
Wnniaa ulcii carrips full line of riruer
sundries, prescription work being
I specialty. See ad. elsewhere.
COMMISSIONERS.
WHAT THEY DID AT THE
MONTHLY MEETING."
License Granted to Seven Bar Keepers
For Six Months Leo Schulz's ,
Petition Not Granted
Routine Work.
The Rowan County Commis
sioners met in regular monthly ses
sion Monday. The full board
was present. The minutes of the
last meeting were read antl ap-1
proved. Mr. H. N. Woodson, Reg
ister of Deeds filed- his official re
port for the year ending Oct. 1st.,
1897, and exhibited the County
Treasurer's and Sheriffs receipts
in full for all public moneys col
lected by him during the said year
be'onging to the county and State,
which said reHrt was exatniued
by the board and approved and
ordered to . be recorded in looks
official reports. ,
A. M. Brown, superintendent of
the county home, reported an av
erage of 14 inmates during the
mouth of November last, 6 whites
and 8 colored. He also tiled an
itemized statement of the expen
ses for supfiorting said inmates
during said month amounting to
$48,87.
On motion, it was ordered .that
W. L. Kluttz. Thos. M. Kerns
and J. H. L. Rfce be and they are
hereby appointed a finance com
mittee for the ensuing year and
they are also appointed a commit
tee to lie present at the account-
ing and settlement of the county
school, road and other taxes
for the year 1897-8, be-
tween the sheriff and county treas-
The contract for furnishing sup
plies to the county chain gang fcr
the month ending the first Monday
in January, 1S98, was given to Li.
E. Heilig, he being the lowest bid
der by U.S2.
Several small bridges in Frank-
paired at once.
A number of accounts were pre-
gented and ordered paid
License were granted to J. W
Hammill, H. C. Trott, P. W
Rmwn, M Hiteh .Tnhn Moyle
Moyle Uros., and David HaneJine
to retail spirituous and malt li-
quors, wines, 5cc.,
from January
1st. 1)8. to June 30th, 1898. Li
cense were also granted to the Sal
isbury -Liquor Co., and J. C.
Black to sell mault liquor, for six
months.
Leo Schulz's petition for license
was not, granted.
; W. G. 'Watson, Clerk Superior
Court, reported that he had col-
lected and
paid to the county
treasurer $fiS.70, being the full
amount of the jury taxes, .fines
and forfeitures. collected during
and since the last term of the Su
perior court. Also a statement'
of all funds in his hands as clerk
of said court, which were approv;
ed and ordered recorded and reg
istered in book of official reports.
It was ordered by the board that
Mr. J. Sam'l McCubbins execute
a new bond as treasurer of the
school fund. The bonds in the
case of the other officers were
passed upon as satisfactory.
Several of the township road
supervisors reported.
Sheriff Monroe reported that he
had collected, of the taxes of the
county for 1S97, $38,000. He had
paid to the county treasurer 25,-
000 and had deposited 13,000 "to
the credit of the State of North
Carolina. v
". Mr. J.- A. Mahaley reported 26
cony'icts on the. chain gang, r
white and 19 colored, all able to
work.
A bridge was ordered bqilt
across Wilkesboro creek, in Mt.
Ulla township, at a place known
as Rockyford, on the Rockyford
road.
The examination of, and decis-
ion in the West
case was given
yesterday.
Remarkable Hen.
the eggs are double ones. '
FOR SALE A nice little farm, 5
miles from Salisbury, mile from
j tivatlon; also a quarry oh it whiclv is
wortn anouitne price or tne wi;ii
I . -a a ' m . 1
j place. The entire place can be bought
j fort 1,000. Also one good bay horse
t irufid familv horse.
vt Address, Roland Kirk,
Faith, N. C.
An Indiana Wonder.
Vincennes, '.-In J.', Dec. 7. L.
J. Keith, pf this city, Iras written
a letter to the commissioner
of pensions at Washington
refusing to receive .longer
a pension from the government.
He has also made restitution of all
the money received by him,
amounting to $405.86. .
Mr. Keith was a first lieutenant,
Company B, Twenty-sixth Indiana
Regiment. lie served four yeas
and six monttisAin vthe civil
and had a good .rec&Dfo!."'
In returning Ihe mon6tbe
government Mr. Keith said the
pension allowed him was not well
bascd.
The Vicissitudes of Swapping.
The vicissitudes of swapping is
told by the Gainsville, (Ga.) Eagle:
'E. H. Langford, who is. full to
the brim with advice for those
who seek it, said, while talking to
a group on- tbe streets the other
day, that while he knew of many
who had succeeded in trailing, he
knew of a larger number who had
failed at it, and that jn most cases
it would be better to use what one
has than to try to get rid of it. To
press home the great truth and
permanently fix it on the minds of
hearers," he said that he knew of a
young benedict whose father gave
him a horsa when he was married.
The young man swapped the
horse for a feather-bed, swapped
the bed for a fiddle, swapped the
fiddle for a hound dog,. a neighbor
killed the dog and now the man
has been foiced to leave the com-
umnity -to find work."
Blind Womeri as Wives.
A respectable citizen of Kansas
has just married a blind wife, and
it is worthy of remark that this is
the second time he has led a blind
woman to the altar. He is a keen
observer of human nature, and he
declares that, although his first
wife, now deceased, was totally
blind and an invalid for several
years he is of opinion that blind
women make the best wives in the
world, especially when they have
accomplishments. His second
wife is a' gifted musician.
College Girl a Saloon Keeper.
The niece of an ex-governor of
Indiana is running a saloon at
Wichita. She was educated at
one of the leading colleges of the
country and is a highly accom
plished musician. She says the
Kansas boom caused her downfall.
Her husband lost' all his inoney
AUil died, leaving her penniless.
Kansas City Journal.
Horace Lyon,1 seventy years
old, and Miss Florence Nichols, a
blushing country maiden of twen
ty-four' years, have just been mar
ried at Bridgeport, Conn. The
bride srets a husband whose white
locks tell .of the sunset of life and
a wedding gifts of 10,000.
The Inter-State Commerce
Commission' has decided to extern
for two years the- pericd within
which railroads must comply with
tbe act of Congress requiring al
railroads to be equipped with safe
ty appliances for the protection of
the employes and passengers.
Advertised Letters
Remaining in the Salisbury, N.
C, P. O. for the week ending, Dec.
7th, 1897.
MALES.
W. A. Earnhardt, Bill Earn
hardt, Henry Miller, Vol Monday,
F. .Stokes, A. E. . Fowler, Wesley
Earnhardt, Win. Clark, Ed Trex-
ler, Joe P. Shnford, Charlie Stock
man, 2 for C. A. West, J. P.
Mills, E. L. Cauble, Lawson Pee
ler, liev. J. S. Smith, Adam Black
well, Waul Eary, James Dick
son, Forest Little John, M. Har
teveld. G. 'W. Green ' Rev. Mr.
Willfred, Edward Mendenhall, C.
"E7 Watson, Jenkins Blackwejl,
Will Fowler.
. FEMALES
' Mrs. Jennie Kluttz, Mrs. Vina
Smith, Miss Maggie Weldon, Miss
Mamie Griffen, Florence Turner,
Lizzie Horton, Annie Wilson,
Elizabeth Flemming, Miss Ruthey
Henderson, Mary Heigly Miss Eli
za Jones, MissRoxie'Lyerly, Mrs.
Charlotte Cowans, Miss Sarah
'Miller, Mrs. Sinda . Miller, Miss
Pearl Barber, Miss Lennes Holmes
Mary Holmes, 2 for Mrs. M. C.
Farrior, Miss Bessie Flemming,
Mrs. Frank Hostler, Mrs. Jen
nie Miller, Mrs. Pauline Berriel,
Miss Lizzie Alexander, Mary In
gals, Harriet A. Garriss, Mrs.
Marian Pope,Jennio Pinkston.
I v '-James II. Ramsay, P. M.
TO CURE A COLD IN 0HE DAT-
Take I.axiUlvv Ilromo Quinine Tablets.
All OrusUts refund the" money if it fails to
Uure. 2iH ..
r - 1B -B"v . TTT T T "TTTT . 1 . 11 a "(l 1. A- A.
ur. v, ji.- naKeneia, oi.uaritau',
K. C, will be in Salisbury, at the Ccn-. mumty. . Ur. King .s iew uiseov
tral Hotel, on Wednesday, December , ery is guarantcetl for Coughs,
ismi. this one d:iv onlv. His nnictice-Colds and Consumption. It don't
is limited to the Eye, EaT, Nose and
Throat.
SOLD A WHTTE MAN-
A Large Slave Holder of Davie Coun
ty, Before the War.
. V .-
1 .
' . Winston. ScntintT.
just before the late war a large
slave bolder Of Dayie county sold
many of his darkies to various par
ties gome went "to Virginia and
others to South Carolina.
' This man, a responsible story
tells the Sentinel, had a white man
in his employ who would go 'with
lUjsnrijWO occasions the white
man blacked himself and auowea
his boss to sell him with the dar
kies. The first time he brought
$4,000 and the second time $3,000.
He did not remain with ' the first
purchaser a day, but it required
several days for him to get away
from the second.' This time he
.was sufficiently amused and refus
ed to be sold again.
The men that Inmght the white
man came to uuvie oumy iu
search of their runaway negro as
they thought he was, but the fel
low washed his face and hands and
no darkey looking like the one
they bought could be found.
Ex-Treasurer Arrested.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 7. A
telegram received here this after
noon states that Former State
Treasurer C. B. Collins has been
arrested at his home, at Clear Wa
ter, and taken to Tallahassee to be
tried.
The grand jury now in session
at Tallahassee has indicted Mr
Collins on the charge of embezzle
ment, alleging his shortage due the
State to be over $52,000 and the
amount due the counties of the
State 13,000.
When arrested Mr. Collins made
strong statements to Sheriff Spen
cer, and, it is said, threatened Gov
ernor Bloxham if he is prosecuted.
Mr. Collins says the Governor
agreed that if he would resign as
State Treasurer there would be no
criminal process and that his
daughter would be given a posi
tion in the treasurer's office with a
good salary. He also says that if
he is prosecuted he will make some
startling exposures, which will in
volve men who are now prosecu
ting him.
100,000 Slain in a Petersburg Battle.
Prof. I'M ward Walters, the slrch
eologist, has made a grand 6discov
ery at Wichita, Can.,vhero he
has excavated a 'burying ground
which reveals the fact tli.it in pre
historic times (,K)0 years ago,
w'w-nre totH' a prrat battle Tras
fought, when 100,00.0 warriors
were slain-. Anion the bones and
skulls sbow marks of arrow points,
which clearly indicates the manner
"m which these aucicuts met their
den ill. In parts of the burial
ground the bodies arc placed in
circles, with the feet together and
the bodies radiating from the cen
ter. A food bowl is usually found
at the el Ixiw of each warrior, evi
dently placed there in accordance
with some religious belief.
Fruit-Growing in North Carolina.
The Wilmington Messenger
says: "Do not let fruit growing,
a most important industry, le
overlooked here. Excellent returns
are reported this year. What have
been accomplished is but a foretaste
that await North Carolina if its
farmers and others will give their
time or a part of it to growing
fruit of different kinds and learn
how to prepare it properly for
shipping to the various markets.
The State lalor commissioner will
report lhat fourteen counties ship
90,000 barrels; Haywood and
Swain, 15,000 each; Caldwell and
Wilkes, 10,000: Yancey? Clay,
Jackson and Slurry, 8,000. There
are many localities in this State
where peaches arc seldom killed,
and especially is this the case , in
the thermal belt region. Apples
are kept all winter iu ordinary
cellars. It is destined to be the
greatest apple-growing region iu
America. Let our people wake
up.' They have all about them a
veritahle land of Gashes To
abandon North Carolina for other
States is folly."
Consumption Positively Cured.
Mr. R. B. Greeve, merchant, of
Chilhowie, Va., certifies that he
had consumption, was givenup to
die, sought all medical treatment
thai money could procure, tried
all cough remedies he could hear
of, but got no relief; sjjent many
nights sitting up in a chair; was
induced to try Dr. King's New
Discovery, and was cured by use
of two bottles. For past three
years has been attending to busi
ness and Dr. King's New Discov
ery'is the grandest remedy ever
made, as it has done' so much for
him and also for others in his com-
fail. 1 ri:d bottles free at lheo.
I F. Kluttz & CVs drug store.
CIVIL SERVICE.
The President said in : his mes
sage, as noted yesterday, that civil
service is being improved and is a
flx'ture. . He reiterates, to a cer
tain extent, what he said in his in
augural address, and shows that
he strongly favors the service.
If he maintains this attitude to
wards it, which it appears he will,
and if this is to be the policy of
the Republican Congress it must
and will send terror to tbe hearts
of the "faithful" who have been
standing at the "pie counter"
since the 4th of March waiting for
a slice. The question is, will this
be the policy of the aforesaid Con
gress, if not, will it antagonize the
President and make such amend
ments to the bill as will oust all
Democrats holding positions in
the service and give Republicans
their places? This is a matter
for speculation. (
There'fs little doubt but that a
majority of the Republican party
favor abolishing the service alto
gether and would wipe it, with a
single stroke, from the statutes.
This, too, in the face of the fact
that it was conducted fairly, and
in the main, satisfactorily under
Mr. Cleveland's administration.
It is well known that during that
time the Re publico na had two
thirds or more of men m the ser
vice than the Democrats, and there
was no kicking . heard about it
from them. It was a good then.
Why not at present ?
Now, that they have the Presi
dent, and have control of both
branches of Congress they would
abolish it. We regret to see this
disposition. It augers badly for
the party and does nothow its
adherents to be very charitable.
A Peculiar Boy.
Elkin Times.
Mr. Horton Haines, who lives
up on the Big Elk, was in town
last Tuesday, and with him wras
his son, Sanford Haines a boy of
18 years, well grown and intel
ligent, but with the peculiarity
that he cannot 1e induced by his
father or any person to speak a
word when he is away from home,
but while he is at home talks as
glibly as anybody; we tried to get
him to speak, but it was a failure.
His father says that when the boy
was quite soudlim-wo swishing a
neighbor, and a man teased the
boy,, who got mad, and from that
time on he has steadily refused to
speak a word while away from
home. '
Large Purchase In Georgia,
(jp. F. A. Salaman, an Eng
lishman, now stopping at the As-
tor House, New York city, has
just completed the purchase of the
McGee tract of pine and cypress
timber lands, comprising 118,660
acres, situated in Southern Geor
gia. The purchase was made
on behalf of an English syn
dicate. Alius will be at once
erected and lumbering will be car
ried on extensively. The lum
ber is to be exported to Liver
pool and Hamburg. Many Eng
lish and German families have
been engaged to settle on the land,
and the same will be converted in
to farms as fast as the timber is
removed. Prominent London
capitalists are interested in the en
terprise.
W. A, Smith. -
Wl Mm.
New firm but old smiths.
Having hnd 15 gears' experience we
know that we can suit you both in
work and price. We quote ybu a few
prices:
e
Hprse Shoeing, 60c.
Tire Shrinking, 40c.
We would like for our friends in
Salisbury aud Rowan come and see us.
All Work Guaranteed
HEAVY WORK A SPECIALTY.
GIVE US A CALL.
SMITH ft MALoan:,
In rear of Kluttz & Rendleman's,
EXECUTORY NOTICE.
Having qualified as executor upon
the estate of Rosanna Parnell, dee'd,
this is.to notify all creditors to pre
sent their claims to me for payment
on or before the -16th day of Novem
ber, 1898, or this notice will be plead
in bar or their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate will please
maKO,immediaie settlement.
Tlrfs 16th day of November, 1897.
E. B. Fbalky, alias Wilkerson,
Executor,
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Try it and tw conrinced that aa a dreeaing,
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out a rival or a peer. For eae by Agent at
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Mexican Hair' RestoratiY8 Co., &
Res Moines, Iowa. . W
Ba-WaiJ,L4KImfStatAgrntt.
will find it to their aici
vantage to call and see
my stock of Millinery
before purchasing.
MISS F. M. WATTEHS,
Main Street, One Door East of Poot-
, office, UP STATUS, .
JUST LOOK HERE!
DID YOU EVER HEAF OF THE L! IE 7
A. TVo. 238.
Buck's Steel: Range
To be Given Away
FOR $1, WORTH $65.
Will be given to the holder of a
card bearing number corresponding
to special card, sealed and deposited
with the Days"& Wiley Bank by the
"Buck's Stove & "Range Co." ;There
are 5,000 cards issued; one to each -cash
purchaser of $1 worth of goods at
niipet-irA Ae iumn na t.hA B.00O rara9
are Issued tbe i
sealed crd yuWTXi$&
aminedand the number announced,
and the holder of the corresponding
number will. receive for $1 cash the
Buck's Steel Range," valued at 866.
SMITHDEAL HARDWARE COMPANY,
Sole agents for Buck's Great White
Kiiamcl Line. . .
ggThe Range can be seen at our store.
1 have secured the well-known
P. A. Frerck( Machine
and am prepared, with the fines!
Hi 1- OA A A.. J..
GENERAL MACHINE WORK.
With thirty-one years practical ex
perience I feel sure that 1 can save
my customers money.
A FULL SUPPLY OF MATERIAL
on hand at all times. My prices are
as low as consistent with good work.
Give me a call. '.
Remember 1 guarantee satisfaction.
G. W. REED,
Frercks' old stand, Council St., near
Mt. Vernon Hotel.
Holiday
Comfort
Can be enjoyed when you have
one of our OPEN . FRANK
LIN STOVES or WILSON
HEATERS They are not
only ornamental but economi
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ill ofTe
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handsome and we invite ybu -.
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Land Posters
I cent each at the
Sun Office.
a it
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