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SALISBURY, N. C., FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8. 1897,
4
THE KOT
visits the home of
nearly every fam
ily in Salisbury
and Spencer every
day. Advertisers
will please note
this fact if they de
sire the best results
from their “ads."
VOL, IL—NO. 33.
10 Cents Per Week
SUN BEAMS
A HOG PEN LIMIT.
KOBE BUILDINGS. BISHOF I'OTTEit GOES THROUGH | IHSURAHCE DIBECTOBS MEET
OLDEST DAVIDSON GRADUATE.
Focussed and Transmitted Into Print
by a Sun Reporter.
The Commissioners Make One The
Fireworks Ordinance.
Contracts Given and to be Given in
die City.
Acconigiled by a Party of English! At South River to Settle a Claim of Two of the Class of Forty are Still
Bishops.
Cap. Stewart.
Living- -Rev. Sherrill’s Class.
CITY EDLT)LR.
TELEPHONE NUMBER 4.
IzOCAV NEWS.
At a meeting of the board of
city aldermen last night the hog
pen question was brought up and
some action taken. A limit was
fixed and that limit is four blocks
Messrs. Lefler and Earnhardt
have the contract to build Mr.
John Moyle’s handsome house on
west Inniss street. It will be
The delayed vestibule th is mo; -o I
ing contained a party of dLtii:-1
guished divines. Bboup ■T'ctter!
from the fountain.
four
built where the old red house next on board.
and several English '>• ;. »>• were
to Sheriff Monroe’s now stands.
Mr. Tom Cowan, has secured a
position with Pearsall, a wholesale
grocer, in Washington, D. C.
Yesterday evening officer Mow
ery shot twice at a dog in the
south ward. The animal vs as not
killed.
The new scats for the Sunday
school room at the First Presbyte
rian church have arrived and are
being placed this week.
The force of convicts are doing
good work on north Main street
now. The macadamizing is being
put down in good order.
'ow regular quarterly meeting
oi me Ruwan County Medical So
ciety wifi uc held in the city hall
on Aim ' v nec'., the lith inst.. at
blocks each way there shall be no
hog, so saith the ordinance decided
upon last night. Outside of this
limit the pens must he situated a
certain distance from any house,
street or well, according to the
former ordinance bearing upon
this subject.
As noted last week the city at
torney had been asked to draw up
an ordinance imposing a tax of
8500 on any person who deals in
fireworks. This ordinance was
drawn up and was passed last
night. Only the amount of the
tax was fixed at ^200 instead of
8500. Any one shooting fireworks
during the Christmas holidays will
violate the old ordinance and will
be subject to the fine imposed by
They went w
The old house is to be moved back destitution hei
from its present site.
st on train 11 their
g Sewilnhee Tenn.,
the se
These contractors also have the' ness^
contract to build a house for Mr. They
Henry Shuping in the north war 1
beyond the railroad.
The foundation for Mr. J. Sam
MeCubbins' new house has been
laid and the work on the buiMiiyr
! will be pushed to completion as
[rapidly as possible.
Several of our contractors are
expected to secure a number of
contracts withing the next
To Maine.
C. G. Viele and wife and
- Buffo.
few
11 o'clock
Mr. I.,
•Lr. who moved
to the country some* time since, has
for several weeks been wrestling
with malarial fever. Me was in
the city today for the first time
in a month.
that ordinance.
The electric light question
also discussed but no action
taken.
was
of Me I niversity of Ten-
After a stay at this city
11 proceed via Cincinnati to
, k. Y., to attend the an-
nual is .eetiug of the brotherhood
OSt Andrew.
A directors meeting of the
Farmers Mutual Benefit Insurant e
Company, of Rowan and Davie
counties, was held at South River
yesterday. The object of the
meeting was to adjust acclaim of
Cap Stewart, whose barn was
burned some time ago.
Capt.■Stewart, it appears, claims
his barn was insured but has i o
papers to show that it was. He
states that the rats cut up the pa-
Mr. Editor: In the issue of
the Sun of the 6th inst., quoting
from the Statesville Landmark, it
is said, in reference to the Rev. R.
E. Sherrill, who died recently in
Texas, that he was the oldest grad-
uate of Davidson
time of his death,
take.
The Rev. James
College at the
This is a mis-
Knox, born in
Rowan in 181L and a graduate in’
the first class in 1840 -a rear be-
It is
A RAILROAD RUMOR
Said that Nos. 7 and 8 Will be
Taken Off.
i L railroad rumor is to the effect
that Nos. 7 and 8, the local trains
bet veen Danville aml Charlotte,
“iv to be taken off before the first
lime ^ ^.wembei
son, Murray, left last night L;
Portland, Alaine. They will stop
on the way at New York and Bo
A pen these trains are taken off
, G o Tp, ttanooga Norfolk train will
Hr rb;.- in Salisbury from the west
|D 1
more.
er a the morning, just in time
make connection with No. 36.
Rev. Lie passed
morning on his way
where be begins a. r>
Restated
with hi
to Charlotte
the
lie reports
1- past «eve
dntm:wpns week,
interesting atid
profitable stay with the peopktof
the mission.
Sixteen bales of Rowan cotton
were sold in Concord yesterday.
But Mecklenburg farmers beat
that by selling 177 bales on the
same market. The Salisbury
buyers are getting nearly all of
Rowan’s cotton.
John H. Pearson and L. C.
Caldwell were both in the city last
night returning home from Ral
eigh where they had been to see
the Governor. There are no new
developments in the railway com
mission business.
Mrs. W. H. Hudson and child
ren, who have been in Atlanta the
past month or six weeks, is ex
pected home tonight. Air. Hud
son left last night via Asheville
for Spartanburg to meet them and
accompany them to thss city.
Louis Cauble. who was called
to Cabarrus by the fatal accident
which happened to his father-in-
law, A. J. Winecoff, has not yet
returned. Nothing later than the
report of Mr. Winecoff's death
which appeared in yesterday's
Sex has been received.
A widower and widow in Kan
sas were married the other day
within four minutes from the
time they met for the first time.
That's doing pretty well, but we
know a widow in Salisbury who
would marry a certain widower in
a minute and a half, or less time,
if it was necessary to hurry up
the matter a little.
J. L. Graham spent last night
in the city and left this morning
for Long Island, Cataw ba county.
He has recently come in from
Tennessee and will soon return to
that State. He says he has noth
ing to do now but travel about
and have a good time. His ease,
which was appealed to the Su
preme Court, has not yet been
reached by that court.
A line of nice Cloaks at Reid & Ilar-
Eye Hurt.
Mr. C. F. Piper, of the black
smith department at. Spencer, had
his eye burned quite badly yester-
piece of hot iron.
Joshua Simpkins.
Manager Marulr
house tells ,LI.' t hat '
plays, M^Mf
ec-munu To Ee?
cf the
opera
The Hayseeder.
i he sleeper will be attached to
Myl train but the other coaches
; Remain here and
Ihe Into issue of the 1 lav ■ ... 1 ( - ;| ^ slt
er, S. Otho M iIson's pape
been received. It is a warm an'
Russell, anti-Butler sheet.
Otho promises to make s‘5»
startling developments in the
Ikution.
A Golden Weddiy
MM S. W '
he 18th The;
q. Rip-ids and!
Kev. Smo^ Brought Hume.
Rev. J. F. Smoot, who was in
jured by being thrown from a
horse recently, was brought to
his home in this city yesterday
evening. He is resting as well as
could be expected. It is thought
no bones were broken.
nr
left
ti
. return to
getting the
•rJrnm the south-bound fast
3aj- IT.., Marshall.
Capt, John
fas; cl pt ■
bun ven r
Prit
• " 'xi hicwdav
'wh-reuf ■ >4'
will cefem-k «
dug, they ha' ing
- years. Gr. the
.-. ^Ti.ns r.,,^
ity last night from Rai
1)0.
, day Miss Kade Gish-L a gr:
daughter of the aged couple,
be married to Dr. Providence.
Challenge Accepted.
Tony Taylor has accepted the
challenge of Mr. Springs, Hexing-
Services Tonight.
At the Luther League meetin
tonight the subject will be Wen
perance,” and the leader is M
George Seyffert.
There was a quorum of the di
rectors present which is necessary
to taking action, and after a care
ful consideration a vote was taken.
The result we learn was nut favor
able to Mr. Stewart. The insur
ance agent was not present at the
meeting, hence no definite decis
ion was made.
It is not believed, however,
•from the temper of the directors
yesterday that they will give him
anything. As soon as the agent k-
heard from the matter will be set
tled.
For the present it remains in
statue quo and it may take one or
more other .meetings to finally
decide it.
fore Mr. Sherrill, who graduated
in 1841, in the second class, is still
living in Texas, or was quite re
cently. II. II. Kimmons, of Ox
ford, Miss., of the class of ’40 is
also still living, if I mistake not.
Mr. Sherrill graduated with
first honor in a class of twelve
members. Two only of these
remain -Doctors D. B. Wood and
J. G. Ramsay, both of Rowan.
He was an excellent man, and
doubtless now enjoys that rest his
i arduous labors denied him on
earth. J. G. II.
The Subject was Love-
Rev. Coburn preached at the
Chestnut Hill church last night on
the subject of “love,” taking for
After the Ball.
The colored folk? hud a big ger
his text the 13th verse of the
chapter of John.
15th
man in
the west end last night.
Lt grand time and thi -
—A were busy
sent and enjoyed the sermon
p re-
very
much 'There were two penitents
at the aLer anti ethers were inter-
dial S^vi of the Southern-
: '- , 'A n report of the South-
: cT’W 1 makes a remarkable
■^ 'g a^ can be seen by the f^ 1
hi been there several weeks!
ri hi ing a large cotton platform
a’ has unshed that work.
The time of meeting of the Lap- Viola
list I nion has been changed fr.m'J 1
like Sanai-mum.
u Mr. Kluttz, architect, of Knox-
, i HJ’e, is in the city today, he hav-
yidog been employed by Drs. White-
M Head and Long to draw plans for
•. their proposed sanatorium. The
site of the building was staked off
ton's crack bicycle rider, and will'Friday night to Sunday afternooi
race with him some time in the!The time was recently cl ange 1 .
near future, the date and place to | from Sunday to Friday night.
be decided upon later
The usual weekly devotional
• Wanted- A Side Track.
The quarrymen who do business
num Woodside, have been after
Both-of these riders are good
ones and the race will be
ceedingly interesting one.
! An Invitation.
an
We understand that the South
ern Railway Company has extend
ed an invitation to the New Eng
land Cotton Manufacturers Asso
ciation, to visit the cotton millcen
tres of the South located along
that system of railway, and it is
expected a large number of the
members of the association will ac
cept tlie invitation. About 250
cotton mills are located on the
line el the Southern railway,
the number is increasing.
and
u.lroad company for
some
meeting will be held by the Kip ^o’trying to get a side track
worth League, tonight. Every-! ) , uW at Ibat p[ace . Capt Kyder)
body is invited to attend the m^o j , f ^ So „ tl , erll . was here this
^norning and went to Woodside
no seethe “lav of the land."
Insane Persons-
An insane man from Rocking- ' j^ vc ves Ill
ham county was in the citv .thA, T
• „ . Litten, of the Spencer
morning. He was securely tied , 1 ,.
, ... j • i force, left this morning with his
and handcuffed and was being tax-
, ■ 'otow for Charlotte. Ihey go to
on to the State hospital at .
. -pc Mr. Littons sister, who is
ganton. ■ ^
Another insane person, a yumu
man, from Aloore county was s'so
here this morning being taken . •
the State hospital. He was
very nervous disposition and per
sisted in playing a banjo or mouth
organ.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jones left
(.May Mr Knoxville in answer to
mesri ye announcing the serious
^mess of Mr. Jones'’ mother.
Tomorrow Night at the Opera.
The Manhattan Stock Company I A Big Com Shucking.
evangelist Lee Coming Here.
Rev. b
W. I
recei
hand
and it is
will not
Robinson
e here have|
Mioris about’
^.mce Brothers circus
probable that the show
come through here.
& Franklin lives.
be here next week, however.
will
and
wiil furnish amusement for a large
crowd of people.
The M. P. Church.
Rev. J. S. Dunn, pastor of West
Lexington Methodist Protestant
church left this morning for the
purpose of protracting a special
meeting at Lexington next Sun
day.
He tells us the North Carolina
Conference of the Methodist
Protestant church will meet at
High Point November the 24th.
ger was killed or seriously injured
while traveling on the trains of
the company. The number of
passengers handled by' the com
pany during the year was 4.657,-
327. It is safe to say that this re
cord is almost unparalleled. The
Southern, which is one of the
safest and most progressive of the
big lines, always looks out for its
passengers.
Mrs. Myrick Dead.
Mrs. Ems Myrick died at her
home on Chestnut Hill this morn
ing at 4 o'clock. Death was caused
by a complication of diseases.
The body will be taken to Ran
dleman tomorrow morning for
burial. Mrs. Myrick’s old home
was at that place. She was about
45 years old and leaves a husband
but no children.
Mr. Olin Maston and wife and
Mrs. M. C. Call, of Wilkesboro,
and Miss Mary Cowan, of Cleve
land, who have been visiting Mrs.
M. E. Owen and daughter, Miss
Mamie, left this morning for Ashe
ville. Mr. Maston goes on official
business, being deputy collector in
the 5th district, Internal Revenue
service. ,
Yesterday's Concord Standard
says: Miss Maud Brown left
Salisbury this morning, and
assist in the preparations for
Wile; Bernhardt wedding
next Thursday night.
foi-
win
the
on
Committee Meeting.
Dr. Stevens, of Concord,
Rev. Miller, of Mt. Pleasant,
and
came
is one of the largest and most com
plete popular priced attractions
traveling. The scenic effects and
accessories are all bright and new,
while the stage settings show the
handiwork of the master hand.
The plays are standard successes,
for which the management pay-
very heavy royalty fees. The com
pany numbers 18 well known
players and will appear at the
opera house in this city tomorrow
night. Reserved seats can be se
cured at the usual place.
Try licit fine Sausage madeun Jack
son’s steam mill today
For the best and finest Fish in town
callon I-I. AT. Brown, at the Wash
ington building.
Air. A. M. Glover gov a big
corn shucking Wednesday Mgbt.
Thirty hands we? r pre^T^^ the
corn was divided M 0 '-Glock by
John W. Glove- ^W'lToi
the latter b^ng th" winner.
At 6 o'clock the corn
shucked and a proposition
was
made that if they would put up
the shucks they could have all the
wine they could drink. Supper
was called and some of the hoys
didn't know a knife from a fork.
A good crowd went out from b-w^
on wheels but their wheels wot’-M i
not stay in the road coming Lick .
home.
Shave at the Cl^ ax '
's in the
mu series
about the
24t.li of WD LTO'dn.
Re has expressed hr wil^
to come here ami 1. their moejing
yesterday evening the Womans
Christian Temperance ITm.;
unanimously decided to extend to
him an invitation to come here on
the 24th.
The evangelist has recently been
in Winston and his meetings there
are said to have been well attend
ed and much interest was shown
by he Le a' congregations.
up on the early train this morning
to attend a meeting of the execu
tive committee of the N. C. Synod.
Rev. Stickler, of Enochville, came
hi best night to attend the meeting.
Rev. Geo. II. Cox, of Organ
church, wasalso here to attend the
meeting.
A young man was seen running
down Fulton street last night with
his hat in his band. In passing a
friend he remarked that he was
not scared but he didnt want to be
hurt. Seme one had been rocking
him.
Marshall Sams arrived in the
city last night from Asheville.
He was formerly connoted with
the Spencer force but. has recently
been in Knoxville and Asheville.
Mr. El. C. Trott is on the sick
list. He has not been at bis place
of business for several days.
send
I thy. u Lu the Salisbury Steam Laundry.
’ They w U be .iu^ like new ones when
Iyou gr .’.hem back.
Miss Carrie Welfare, of Salem,
who has been visiting in the city
for some time, returned home this
morning much to the regret of
her many friends.
Magnificent display of fall and win
ter Hats at Misses McCoy and Beard’s,
Thursday and Friday.
One furnished room for rent. Apply
to MissE. Hutchinson. Council street,
opposite Baptist parsonage.
The executive committee of the
North Carolina Luthei an Synod is
in session in this city today.
Rooms for rent, furnished or unfur
nished, in a desirable locality. Call
at this office.
Some beautiful Bedford cord at Reid
& Harry’s.,
BIG BARGAIN--Will sell my en
tire lot of fancy pigeons, 35 or 40, at a
reduced price. Next door to W. C.
Fraley.
J. .1. Feather,