VOL.
SALISBURY, N. C, MONbAY' EYENlkG, MAY lO. 1897.
10 Cents Per 7ee!;
THE
SNews
SUN'S tiAYS.'
Reflections Gathered Up and Put ,' Into Print.
oft Salisbury and Yicinity.
LERt) Y SMITH, f CIT Y EDITOB.
TELEPHONE NUMBER 4,
A mad' lo was'shot 'and killed
on the rai road near Chestnut Hill
yesterday " . - : :
Large ipes .were taken out this
morning 1 6 be' , used in the Main
street extension. . v v
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Mrs. Cc it has had ier school
room overhauled 1 and the house
otherwise improved.'
A meeting of the. J uqior Order
U.M M.J
Kesler mi
will be, held oyer at the
Wednesday.
1 union NSunday School was
at Faith yesterday with
dred scholars.
organized
overa huii
The mee
wliich wad
night1 has
. Tiie pre
ting of the fire com pari v
to have been held, to-
jeen postponed, '
; tiest line of ladies bi
cycle I leggihs - ever shown here
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were received at Burt's today.
Judge Henry R. Star buck' who
. is presiding over Rowan's court,
spent yest irday in Chester, S. C. ,
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J.The co jii m issioner s7 C riiet1 1 1 h i s
.evening at4 o'clock to inspect and
receive the new city hall from the
contractor
Lefier n Earnhardt will soon
build another story on the resi
dence of Tyk-. R. L. . Shaver on
Main street.
Lookout for Bain." r .
The weather forecast; calls for
increasing cloudiness with showers
tonight, and ' Tuesday. ? Cooler
Tuesday.
A Singing 'School. -.
"Walter-' Kirk ' has organized a
singing' school ' at k the iVance Mill.
He-has over forty 'pupils. A les
sen will be.gi ven tonight.
Oyster . Shxickers.
fThe 'second sectipn of .the. .fast
mail yesterday morning was made
up of five cars of oyster shuckers
who had been working on the
Gulf. -; : ; ' . ;
On A Wheel: ..'
P. . ,C. Page, ex-foreman of the
Charlotte; 'Observer ; composinor
room, is in the city today. lie
came up on his wheel this morn-
Irfg.
Bridal Couples. " "
Mr H. D, Abenathy and bride,
nee Miss Mjy Stewart, left Satur
day; night fojb; Hickory where they
will live 'x' y. -' :
Slr: and Mrs. John jYorke, of
Concord, were here Saturday
night returning home from their
bridal trip to Niagara Falls;
Main: street. 1 r
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mh iriviimt -iiiisnii i h hit inn, iiv
' Wyatt an V Fesperman is about
?7 feet in circumference. ! ;'
No Feejt Washed, J J' u ;
There. was a very large crowd
at Piney church in Davidson yes
terday, not a few . of whom ' were
from Salisbury. Yesterday was
the day for the annual foot wash
ing of the Primitive Baptists but
X wo sermons -were preached ana
communion was celebrated. '
Rendlemai
torn down
1 welling h
The body of E. B. Parsons, who
died in Ashe vi lie last week, passed t (
through the city last night for
Sod us Point, New Jersey. .
The large barn, behind J.' L.
's residence will ibe
and converted into a
use by W. D. "Watson.-
Mri C. C. Nixon, of the South
ern, and wife are moving into the
recently, completed of
Wyatt on Fulton street.
rge Hearne and Miss
new house
Mr. N. C.
Mr. Ge
Hand Scalded.
Fireman Pelnberton, of the
shifting ' engine on the Southern
yard, had his right hand and arm
painfully ' scalded today at noon
while jie was preparing to spark
his engine.; He. had opened the
pipe and before he couldy get out
of the way a quantity oi boiling
water struck him on the hand arid
arm scalding him badly. 1 :
Bessie Sifford of th jYance Mill,
were married at the home of the
bride I yesterday by Cant. John
Beard.
'All mem
-carium are
le present
as business
liscussed.
jers of the Royal i Ar-
earnestly requested to
at the meeting tonight
of ' iiri po r tancO' w ill be
( . ' M e.. j ;
congressman
the 8th-dis
f nignt on r
Hi Z. Linney; of
rict, was here Saturday
isAvay to Washingtpn.t
He has been attending Federal
eourt.at Asheville; - - '
Mr: W. 11 . Ritchie has several
Jianas.ciuarrying out jsome beau ti-
granite bri the 'too of
. ... . .
Kirk mountain, to filj
or several ' car loads.
ful pink
$he Roland
4in oraer
Mr.1 and
J turned last
i -a
Their I little
says our Edith correspondent.
MrsJ W: F. Ford re-
night from Lexington.
nephew died , at that
place Thur day evening of pneu
j monia and was buried Friday be
. fore lr. - arid Mrs. Ford arrived.
Mr.' Ike
was found ;ih an
imconsciouk condition: by the side
!f the railr
! vesterdav.
. . .7 ,
bad Hear the ice factor
He has been in -ill
health forborne time. He was il
the factory
rping out
iscious: . Af
for a while
ness. f
Hill
and shortly after step
le was found uncon-
ter being worked with
he regained conscious-
Bev. Brown to Preach.
Services will be held at the
Chestnut Hill 1 Methodist church
each night this week at 8 o'clock
by the pastor assisted by Rev.
David Brown. Rev.' Brown will
preach tonight if he is able. - Ser
vices will be held this evening in
the brick school house, with Mrs.
Enniss, wlio is sick. "
A Show of Business. V
Said drjummerrvho travels in
several: States.V 'Salisbury rhas
mor&tshbw of business than any
other" town I know, of , and T hear
similar ; expressions from other
travelling men." ' The stir and
general hustling around on our
business streets causes ' favorable
comments from many ; travellihg
men arid! visitors. v ?
JJV. C. A. Overman, Hotelist.
.Ir.-C. A. Overman has accept
ed a position with mine host P. A.
Fret-cV at the Monrit Vernon dur
ing the suriiriier , months vice; Mr.
E. Koetcljke who'wilPtake a f eV
mont hs' vacation ., Mrj Overman
has been travelling for the Supnlee
Hardware Company ' of Philadel
phia the past, year but resigned
Uist week. He is well and favor
ably known throughout the country
and will make an excellent hotelist.
We are
remain
t
Mr. Sparnell Compromises.
A compromise has bean - effected in
the case against ' Mr." Tom" JSparriell
for shooting a colored mad in Georgia!;
Sheriff Monroe has arranged th com
promise with the otticiajs of rDouglass
county where tlje shooting occurred.'
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A New MiU. . . - . :
Messrs. J. Al Lipe and A, Van
Pelt left this morninglfqr Lexing
ton. They will put in neW roller
flour milL for Hedrick & Co.; of
that, town. . s
Pharmacnetical Society,- -
The State Pharmaquetical So
ciety meets in Raleigh Wednes
day. :Mr. ' Walter -Barker; of
Kluttz & Co's., driigVvstore left
this morning to attend. . The' ex
amination for 'applicants for mem-
bership . comes on" ? tom,orrqw.
Amorig - those , to stand exariiiria
tion are. J. B. JsenhoAir and John
Manly, of this city..? ,
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Railroad arid
The latter will mostim-
Suburhan Homes.
A rare opportunity , now ' offers
Itself to the business men of Sal is
bury to ' purchase most "desirable
residence lots on North fairi street
between W. N. C.
Spencer.
dodbtedly build 'towards. Salisbury,
the! most desirable grouridsdjeing
in that direction, (and . riiost all
towns build 'Westward ' any wayX
and Salisbury; inclining , towards i top.
the new Shops? wevill soon build
up an avenue ot , residences, so
A' SHAKE in -THE GBASS.
Little ; Eugene Hiller Bitten By
Copperhead . Yesterday.
Eugene, the nine year, old , son of
Mr. Wesley Miller, who' lives near
the . city; was bitten by a snake
yesterday, i He - was out in th e
woods walking with ' his mother
whenwith but a moment's notice,
a snake," supposed to be a copper
head, bit him on . the foot- . He
screamed but when his mother,
who was a short distance off,-came
to him, the snake had disappeared.
Dr. WJ W. AIcKenzie was sum
moned arid attended theboyU He.
is doing" f very- well although his
foot and Teg to the knee are swol
len considerably. The prints of
the snakeys teeth were left between
two oF his toes, "i'j l -T
A x peculiar" circumstance isthat
this is not the first time little Eu-'
gene has -been bitten by asnake,
one having bitten him when he was
quite rsmall. ; , ; ' t -
SUITS AGAINST THE SOUTIIEBIT.
X7iliazis Against the. Gouthern To
' . day1-Others to Pollow.
: ,The case of Williams vs. Kcott wa.4
continued on iicc(unt of the illness
of Mr. . Scott. - :
( 4csc Smith vlio- was sentenced to
three-months on the chain gang, last
wpek;for carrying a pistol was dis
charged upon payment of costs. ,
The" suits against the Southern for
the-jdeath of Wilson Williams, a
bnikman, came up this morning and
was being heard when court adjourned
for d i n 'her I ' The plaintiff : v as rep re
seM by Judge A. C. Avery, of Mor
ganton, and Lee S. Overman and 111
Lee;Wright;; The Southern by Geo.
1,'iJason, of-.Charlotte; Capt. Chas.
I'rice and Tljeo. TV Iviuttz. -J
Jmes and Howard; s"i;l s . aga i n st
the Soutliern will cdipe up later.
Thesuit of Henry Morrik)Ji against
the Southern was' compromised this
niorrting Morrison's lawyers knowing
until t rirr tf '1 lm ti-iini'' lln i.nfnp,1
to tell the amount he receives by the
compromise.;'- r . ' ;V".:" .';':', .v'-- . i. j
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dense, that an electric car line' will
be a necessity. .!.."-
A Beanty. JX '
the Baldwin "LocotTe , Works
was here Saturday rTts way to
Nashville. It belongs to the
Southern and will fie on exhibition
at the Tennessee Centennial.- It
was turned out lant month and.
he latest improve-
Another' Step.
; cSays Saturday's - Greensboro
Record:;- - .
" ' W..: S. :Erost, formerly one of
the train dispatchers at this place,,
now of, Salisbury, ,vas here' last
night and took another ' step in
Masonry,, away u towards the
i'er-
contains all t
ments. ...
un account or the tunnels on
the Western the engine,' which
is a very large one, had to be sent
around by Atlanta and v Chatta
nooga. It left Saturday afternoon
for Atlanta after having been in
spected and oiled at Spencer.
Classis Over. . " . -
i The Classis of the N. C C
man -Reformed church which jwas
in session in , Guilford county last
week adjourned Saturday morning
utineet'UryaUTOir nexL )uar.'; A"
number., of, the delegates passed
through Saturday night and last
night returning- home. They re
port having a very good session.
Thejr I7ced"tojBe. ;
; ;V- petition is being circidated
and will be presented to the" city
cairimissioners asking theni tb-have
the streets sprinkled. . :
A Handsome B.esidence
. Mrs. Annie Gaskill will soon!
have erected a" "seven room two.
story dwelling orit the corner of
Kerr- 'arid L jng strests in East
Salisbury. The building will ha
done by Lefier and- Earnhardt.
Mr. Roht. Fite Dead."
; Mr. Robert J. L.v Eite, son of
the late Henry Eite died at his
home at Faith at 2 o'clock yester
day afternoon. His remains will
be buried this af ternodn at Organ
church. He was about 30 years
old and leaves a wife and little
daughter about 4 years old. He
was farming on the land of Mr.
Monroe Eespernitin. Mr. Eite
.Was raised by Adam Hartinart de
ceased. He was vel I known here.
Re-elected Principal.
The old committee of the State
Colored Normal School met in the
court, houseySaturday afternoon
arid adjourned Immediately af
ter their adjournment the new
board . met , and "organized. Rev.
J. O.. Crosby, was re-elected, prin
cipal of. the V school . ibr. the next
school year! The election; of two
other teachers was deferred until
next Saturday. !
; Subscribe ffiPthe Sun and keep
up with progressive Salisbury.
Cob ; and Mrs. J.' E. Hatcher
vill go to Asheville tomorrow for
several weeks.
iSxt Fi.D. Irvin Dead.
:1 MrrE. D. Irvin died at his home
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this morning at 1 1 pTclock after an
illness of one week.; He was taken
with, iflux. britinfiamatiori of the
bowels set " in and this caused
his., death. For several ;, days his
mindr was .wandering and he was
unconscious for soine time before
death claimed him. ;
The funeral services will be con
ducted from St. John's Lutheran
church tomorrow at 4: o'clock and
the interment will take place in
Salisbury cemeteiy.
Franklin Davidson Irvin was
born in Iredell I county, june 4th,
1831, and would" have been 67
years old next month. He was
married to Miss Amanda E. Brown
on February 28th, 1871, and one
daughter and two sons were born
unto them. His wrif e and sons,
Frank and' AVal ter, 'survive' him.
For. a long time Mr. Irvin was
clerk of the Superior Court of
Burke county. . He had been a
member of the' Lutheran church
for6ver forty years and was a citi
zen of ? Salisbury for twenty-three
years., ; , . . . - :
Mr. .Irvin -iwas.'a man against
whom no one said aught. Liked
bv all. he was a srood friend of
ar- n Avlm L-nAw liim - nnrl ! i i i Ai - ! citizens of Salisbury and surrounding
every : one who v Knew him, and derf ord was alarming tins": morn- communitv. Office and rooms over
ills left at -office
Among Monument Builders'.
Mr. B. B. Webb, of Statesville,
who has been here for sonie 'time
with the Salisbury Mai'ble Works,
went to Statesville Saturday night
where he will remain' several
wreeks. . '-;f'-':Ki it':- :H ; -
L. L. Cranf ord: who has been
with the. Salisbury Marble Works,
will leave, tonight- for High' Point
;where he' will probably remain.
C.-B. Webb, of " Statesville,- was
here this morning on his way to
Thomasville on business pertain
ing to-monuments: v !
Railroad "Uotes.
-George lebanc, who ,.
foreman of the t Soil the vn
eTSrrthtjJ-ito
on co
:iops
Mrs. M. A. y l5emberton, of
Peachland, is visiting her ' son, of
the Southern yard crew.
Mrs. AVill Eish3r, wife of the
night wa teh man at the slicps, left
last: night for Missouri to visit
relatives.
"4 ' '. - 1
day from Richmond ?where he ac
companied his faiiiily several days
since. They will remain in Rich
mond for some tinie. '
Mr. a A. Brown, of the West
ern, who .has-been on a thrft davs-
llleasure trip to Chattanooga, re
turnerthis morning and will take
out his run on train 15 tonight.
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John " Osborne, who has been
night call jboy for the Southern
here for several -yearsr has been
changea to th round house force.
Claud Vest is now call boy at
night. ; l: l
Delicious Ice Cream Soda, 5cts
glass, at GuthrelP, Drugstore.
Xew goods have just arrived at It.
J. Holmes'. -: - ,
At Cost. -
A lot of cai goods at cost and
everj thing at reduced prices, at C. II.
MAM A fc
Milk Shakes, Sherberts and Soda
Water acts a glass, at Cnthrell'sJDrug
Store. ' :
i Le t the Sux shine in your home.
It only costs 10 cents a week.
IP
The condition of ; Lonnie ' Van
jrf ord was alarming this - iriorn
re glad M,r. Overman will there were many sad hearts when ingy and at 2 pi m. He was not prffs njcev A11 ?
in ia Salisbury 1 it was announced! that he was dead, improved. He4s very low. ' ' pro'mptten t ion.8 . '
nD AM I
Offers his professional services to the
ffice and rooms over
store will receive