North Carolina Newspapers

I : I - ; i ". ' i : i - ' " I ; , ' i - ! i ; ' i ' I 1 : f T i I t j v ! I i i I . f . VOL. III. NO. 153. SALISBURY; N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1898. 10 Cents Per Week 7" RICH GOLD MINE. 'PINAFORE" LAST NIGHT. XIGHTNING'S WORK. CIVIL DOCKET ON. The Shaver Property now Furnishing a Good Deal of Ore. ; Givin by Homo Talent Last Night Two Barns and Other Buildings and Property Destroyed. Proceedings of the August Court of, i Rowan. and Much Enjoyed. ROTS IT -tr- MM: Mr. James Basinger, who is in the city to-day, tells us that the Shaver gold mine, io Morgan township, is now being worked again and is yielding a bountiful supply of rich ore. This is one of the richest, or perhaps, the richest mine in the county; It was worked some time ago but the owners suspended work until they finished their crops. This done they have returned to the mine and are sinking one of the shafts . i deeper. The yield increases as they get further into mother earth, and the mine promises to be a thing of much profit. The mine , is near ' Lisk. To Omaha. Dr. J. F. Griffith left to-day for Omaha where he goes to attend the moetinsr of the National Dental Asanpijitinn. He will . be gone about two weeks. Dr. Griffith goes as a represen tative of the North Carolina Asso ciation, v Beautiful Monument. . - . - A beautiful monument is to be erected over the grave of the late m i rr l ri"M . . . a Z , . ouias ivesier. me muuumeui i of Georgia marble and as pretty a specimen as one ever sees. Jt will V ieei nigu. : iue uiuuuiucui l... TK'cf v mrd. jr Lin t M rs. Hall, wife of Lieutenant C. G. Halli who has been visiting relS&ves in Salisbury, left this morning for Hickory, " aecolupa nied by her mother. From Hick ory Mrs. Hall goes to join her ,hu.?banil who is now stationed at Utiuptsvhie, Ala. j if ,V&itfctt States Warships. AH the United States warships now assembling at Norfolk can be seen by parties going on ; D. R Julian's excursion 'to Norfolk, Tuesday Sept. 6th. The public has nermission to go through them. This excursion leaves Salis bury at 8 a. in. Remains in Nor folk 30 hours. Round trip $3.50. Daughters of Revolution. Mrs. E. D. Latta, of Charlotte arrieed in the city this morning and is stopping with Mrs. M. C. Ouinn. Mrs. Latta is State Re gent of the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution and her visit to Salisbury is for the purpose of "or ganizing a chapter of this order, j A meeting for this purpose is being held in Mrs. Quinn's parlor this evening. j The High School. I The Salisbury High School will open Thursday, September 1st. Last years' pnpils will please brirJg their yearly reports. All pupils will find it to their great advantage to be prompt ; in en tering on the first day of school. As announced. Miss Merle Du puy returns to take the place held last year by Miss Laura Coit. Miss Carrie McCanless continues her French classes. She will also take art class in the school building, j Miss Bertha Knox will have charge of the lessons in sight sing ing which will be free, save for purchase of music reader. ! Miss Krider's school of music opens on September tT. If you want nice slaughtered meats go to Jackson's jnarket. If you don't want to" be slaughtered shave at the Clinwiv. . ,'A ; Red Star Nursery Cloth is the best- It is antiseptic, non-irritant, aosorh- ant and durable.Carorina Racket. "Pinafore," quite a delightful opera was given by home talent in the opera house last night and wasLuiueh enjoyed. The curtain rose about 9 o'clock, andj the lines rendered were inter-; estiiig as. well as entertaining un til the finish. Not a very large audience greeted the participants, but those present showed their appreciation of the opera by repeated cheering, and by Several encores. . The cast of characters has ap- I .. .1 -. 1 peaxcd in lue UN several limes and is omitted in this notice. Each sustained his or her part most uisitely. one i Meritorious mention is due to Mr. Tom McBee, as Sir Joseph Porter, K. C. B., J. W. Rideout, as Dick Deadeye, Mr. John Ram say ; as boatswain, Miss Julia Crouch, as Josephiue, Miss Annie Ki; ;er, as little Buttercup and Mi s Fannie McNeely as Cousin Heje, for the splendid j rendering of the parts taken. The music wafine, Mrs. Menefee perform ing on the piano. Complimentary notice is also due to the sailor, boys and chorus girls lor gooa singing. x'lnarore was indeed a success; in giving pleasure to those in at tendance. THE SHIPP MONUMENT, One to be Erected for the Gallant Lieutenant Committees. fh'e Charlotte' Observer's move ment for, the erection'of a suitable monument for' Lieut. Sliipp took substantial shape at its incipiency and meets with sympathy every- w Here. ieutenaht Shipp is a: North Ca rolinian who lost his life in the tightiug at Santiago. Thc-Obser.- ver heads ii list-xtA- ihe inoiiunieht Yesterday that j)aper mind to havp a com- with 100 said it is in mil tee in a b umber of the leading towns of the State to solicit sub scriptions to' this memorial, and f ollowinsr this were : given the hanesof a. number of gentlemen. Those of Salisbury asked to take a bart in th e raising of the fund are iapt. Chas. Price, L. II. Clement and C. N. Brown. The Observer continues: To i the committeemen and subscribers will be left the selection of tie sign of the monument, and also the olace of its location. As to the latter the Observer of course hat a preference, but it does not intend to urge it to the detriment of the movement. he gentlemen-who nave been and are to oe nameu are asKeu to take the matter up at their earliest convenience ,- and we respectfully in bke the aid of th6 State press in the cause To Speak, l M. Simmons, chairman of the State Democratic committee, ap wints ' Hon. Theo. J. Kluttz ami Hon. Lee S. Overman to speak at Albemarle on the (Hh " of Se btember. Peter Glass Dead. Mr. Peter Glass, from; whom thej station of that name on the Southern this side of Concord was leignated, ( ied suddenly ;Thurs- da v mornimi at ( o'clock. The deceased was , about 75 years old, a 'native of-Germany.- le came to this ct)uutry before tlx civil war He leaves a wife and four living children. yv -he interment took place to-day at St. Enoch K. L. chuif(;h. V.'-.I. Mooses art car arrived in the city laisj night. CAVALRY -o- INSURGENTS GETTING DESPERATE. -o- SEVERAL KILLED -o THE BALTIMORE IS NOW DEWEY'S FLAGSHIP. ' ! - ' 1-' -O- MANY SOLDfERS ARE BROKEN DOWN. o.- Returning Home Physical Wrecks Troop ship Goes Ashore. (Special Dispatch to the Sun) RIOTS AT MANIIA.' ... Manila. Ausrust 2( There : has been-a serious; clash at Cavite. be tween the Uniteii. SUxtes soldiers and tlie insuroentK, the riot re sulting in one soldier' killed and another seriously wounded, j George Hudson, a member of ihe Utah battery becanoe involved in sl dispute with a native shop keeper and fearing trouble tired a revolver to attract the attention of his fellow soldiers. A great crowd of natives ran to the scene of j the disturriiahce and imriiediately be gan tiding revolvers, killing ;Hud son .and wounding corporal ' Wui. Anderson, of the saiiie - battery, who also hurried to Hudson's as sistance. '1 A detachment of the Fourth, cayalry was called oiit'.ahd dis persed the crowd who slowly' re treated but continuing emptying revolvers without further damage. The same night a ' soldier on guard -saw a large body of natives stripping a wrecked gunboat! in Cavite bay. 'A boat with an arm ed force put from shore. The soldiers hailed the! natives who failed to respond. A volley Was fired, killing one native and wounding another. i Aguinaldo denies any connec tion with the affairs." ' I These tights show a sullen dis position on the part of the natives and there are fears of frequent bitter uprisings. Dewey has transferred his flag ship from the Olympia to the Bal timore,' the former going to Hong Kong to be docked and cleaned. DIED OF STARVATION. -Boston Aug. 20. The attend ing physician of Lieutenant Wil liam Tiffany, of the Rough lliders, who died last night, says death was caused by star vation . ' TROOPSHIP ASHORE. Amaganzett, Li. J., Aujj. 26. The troopship Prairie, having aboard several hundred sick and woundedMassachusetts volunteers, and Seventh regulars went ashore last night two miles from Mpn tauk. No lives have heen lost as far as known although the shock to the injured and . wou nded ..must have been of the. most severe kind That the accident was not at- tended by more serious results is due to the prompt action of the fife sa savers. - Gen. Wheelerwho is at Montajik has been notifietl. This, OEDEEEDOUT. y IN A SQUABBLE. morning the ship was hard fast on the beach, her position being un changed from last night. Lighters are on their wayto relieve her of troops. SOLDIERS SICK AND DYING. Jersey City, Aug., 26. Nearly a thousand soldiers belonging to NewKngiandtTegimentgr have ar rived on their way home. The larger number consists of -the First Maine volunteers. Over half the total number of the troops were III when they reached here. There have been two deaths, since leaving Chickamauga and several others are believed to be dying. The troops are all in emaciated condition and look nothing like the strong robust soldier boys who passed through here - a few months previous. ; They tell of terrible privations and insufficient food and exposure. LIGHTWEIGHT DEAD: Knocked out Last Night Died This , Morning. ' SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE SUN. New York,, August 26 Alex Scott,r lightweight pugilist who fought wjth Tommy , Butler at the Green Athletic Club in Broqklyn last night was taken from the ring unconscious. He died at the Nor wegian hospital this morning hay ing nev'er regain consciousness. Scott's death was peculiar. He was not trained and in no , condi tion to enter the ' ring, ; but he piit up a. good fight until the last few rounds, when he utterly collapsed. The principals were arrested and held pending jn vestigation. ; FLOUR TRUST. x Capital Over a Hundred and Fifty Million. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE SUl.l II-.- n New -York, August 26 A giant flour trust witii a capital of over a hundred and j fifty million dollars to control the breads and flour sup ply of the world is being planned in Wall street.1 The movement is headed by Thomas C. Mclnty re.;: It is said on the best of author ity that the trust will be shortly formed. Mike .Peeler , of Parker's store, home in the coun- has gone to his try to rest' up-a day or two H. T. Graober, of the coiihty, suffered quite a heavy loss yester day from the effect of lightning striking a barn oh his Dlantation near China! Grove. ; Of the fire our correspondent at Yost writes: During a terrific thunder storm late yesterday, Thursday, evening, Mr. II. T. Graeber's barn was struck by lightning, setting it on fire. . j;;,:':. '" The wind blew furiously and the tire spread from one building to another until two barnsj a hog house, the wheat and oatsgranery and the corn crib were all on fire and were consumed with their con tents, except horses and cattle. Four hogs were burned, two two-horse wagons, a hay rake, a reaper and binder, a good many farming tools, 200 bushels of wheat and about 300 bushels of oats and some corn. Mr. Grabber's, pleasure vehicles were saved. . PERSONALS. L. T. Hartsell, of Concord, was in the city j to-day. , Mrs. Henry Tom 1 in, of Ashe yille, is visiting in Lthe city. t. C; Caldwell, of : Statesville, was in the city this morning. J udge W. tJ . Montgomery came up from Concord this morning. Miss Kateline Heines has re-turned- from Statesville, where she had been visiting. . O. li. Sweet, of the' Spencer shop, is spending several days at his old home in Virginia. ' Mrs. G. W. WhHlock and chil dren returned this morning from a visit to relatives in Stanly coun ty. r ' : Prof. Burton Craige returned last night f rom a trip up the West ern in the interest of the Horner school. ' ; . " Capt. Crawford and bride did not arrive lasjt night but will prob ably be here in a few days to visit relatives. Miss Lela Yoder, ' of Hickory, who has been visiting at. Salem, Va., is nov at her grandfather's, Capt. Fisher's. Miss Mildred Barnes, who has been visiting at the home of f her brother, Engineer Barnes, at Spencer, returned to Richmond this morning. Miss Agnes Manning, of Char lotte, who has-been visiting Mrs. A. Tankersly, of this city, re turned home this morning' to the regret of her many friends in Sal isbury. : - J. H. Swaim, .of the.: Spencer force, who has : been on the sick list for several weeks, has returned from Winston where he had been recuperating. Mrs. C. M. Malone and daugh ter, Mrs. Smith, left this morning by private conveyance for Cabar rus county to attend a camp meet ing and visit relatives for a week or two. Messrs. Frank McCubbins and J. M. Brown, returned last night from Morgantori where they had been to place Mr. W. W. Krider in the State hospital. Mr. Krider is in a critical condition. He is worse than when brought home from Chicamauga. W. J. Moose's photograph car is again in the city and is stationed at the Kerr street crossing, near the freight depot. He makes cab inet photos for $1.50 a dozen and beards six forf 50c. I The car will be here for a few days. . Up to noon to-day the grand jury had not been discharged. The jury has been hard at work since Monday mornings They will probably finish up their busi ness to-day. The following cases have been heard and disposed of since our re port yesterday : ' j! George L. Kluttz against G. A. Bingham; judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals to supreme court. Frank Scales, carrying concealed weapon; three months in jail. L. It. Lingle against A. H. Mi sen heimer; suit for possession of land; judgment for plaintiff. A number of cases were contin ued yy consent of under former crder. Among those continued by consent were the suits of Mrs. James and Mrs. Howard against tne Southern Railway Company. The suit of E. P. Wharton, of Greensboro, against the Central Land Company, was: set for two o'clock this afternoon. It is the pnly case for hearing to-day. The State docket being finished p ooncitor iioiton , went nome this morning. ' Rear End Collision. SPKCIAL. DISPATCH TO THE SUN.J ; ' , ' i Farmingdale, L. I., Aug. 2(. -f-A rear end collision between a Oreen Point freight and empty freight special from Camp Wikoff occurred last night. Flagman Percy Schroeder was killed and the engineer and fireman of the special were injured. LOCAL BRIEFS. The Populists county convention meets to-morrow, J Severaf.trains of soldiers passed through last night, and others to- ay, going noth.' The Southern express company has just received a new and hand some wagon to be used in this city. - "Burt's Own Make" children's shoes are hiade of leather and every pair warranted. Burt Shoo Co. .- . - .1 . ''. : Roy Plyler, U. S. A., writes his parents in this city that he is now at Montank Point, having return ed from Santiago where he was in the fight. The Church conference at Christ church, Cleveland, yesterday, was well attended. The discussions were good but all the speakers were not present. . j Ihe colored Odd Fellows are preparing to have a great time at Concord Monday. They look for large crowds from Salisbury and Charlotte, and throughout the county. . . .;';. ; I. A party of Statesville friends mssed through last, night return ing from Elon College where tbey had attended the interment of the i body of the late B. Frank Long, of Statesville. ' One of the finest carpets in the city is being put down in the castle hall of the Knights of Pythias. 3iis with the new and handsome furniture recently placed make the hall very attractive. I j Capt. Dick Sparnell has about recovered from the effects of the bullet wounds made several weeks ago when he was shot by Bob Moore at Spencer He is able to be out " and "was up street' his morning. 5. - ) V .i