North Carolina Newspapers

VOL IV. NO. 128. SALISBURY, N. C., MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1899. 10 Cents Per 7eek AFTER BRIGHAM ROBERTS. TRIED SUICIDE. DWELLING HOUSE BURNED. LOCAL AND OTHERWISE, LEGISLATORS' WORK. B0RTH STATE ITEIIS. Salisbury Pastors Make a Request of I Congressmen. Residence at Albemarle Items Picked Up by the Reporter on Winston's Bill Passed Third Reading Happenings of the Commonwealth a JNote He wrote. Destroyed. His Daily Round. Other Sills and Resolutions. Briefly Told. The Pastors Association of Salis bury met in regular session this morning. Among the business transacted they adopted the fol lowing: ; - , : "We, -the pastors of Salisbury, N..C, representing the following churches Presbyterian, Metho dist E piscopal, Lutheran, Baptist and Keformed denominations and voicing the unanimous senti ments of our people, do respect fully and prayerfully request you, our representatives in Congress, to use your voice and vote against admitting Mr. Brigham H. Rob erts, a self-confessed and convicted polygamist, to a seat in the honor able Consrress of the United States." Congressmen, Seeds, &c. Congressman-elect Theo. F. Kluttz, is daily receiving applica tions by mail for seeds, documents &c. . which he would be srlad to till if in his power to do so. Un fortunately, however Mr. Kluttz's term does not beerin till March r 4th; and the distribution of seeds, &c, for this season will be made by Mr. Shuford, whose term does not expire until March 4th. Unless there should be an extra session, Mr. Kluttz w7ill not actual ly take his seat in Congress til next December. I his does not seem to be understood by a gooc many people, and it really does seem strange, that a Congressman should be elected more than year before his service actually begins, but so the fathers arrang ed it, and so it remains to this day; Petitions Circulated. The petitions calling on the Gen eral Assembly to prohibit the sale of intoxicants in Rowan county are now being circulated and are being freely signed. The heading of the petition i short and to the point. It pray for total prohibition in the county the retail of all intoxicants to be prohibited. The pastors of the city preached temperance sermons yesterday. Mayor's Court. Policemen have arrested a num ber of offenders since Saturday's-, session but most all of them put up bonds and failed to appear. A woman charged with bein drunk and a man called a tramp were given time to get out of tow n this morning. Handsome Residence. Capt. W. S. Overton has award ed to Mr. A. H. Moore the con: tract to build a dwelling house oi the corner of Horah and FuHod streets. It will be a handsome residence. Meets in Statesville. The Baptist.union meeting here is over. It adjourned to meet next time in Statesville. At the next meeting "Sunday School Work" is the only question to be discussed. Cake Walk. Another colored cake walk is to be given in the opera house od Thursday night. COAL Just received a car load of finest Jellico coal. Send -in or ders at once. J. H. McNeely- NOTICE: Anyone wishing Brick can see Mr. John Hanna, or leave or ders at Lud wick & . Black's stable. B. A. BROWN. THE BEST PRESCRIPTION FOR CHILLS and fever is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. Never fails to cure; then why experiment with worthless imitations? Price 60 cents. Your money back if it fails to euro. night Bethel Clement, a colorec boy, who rooms with John Ford, at Lydia Henderson's, pro cured a bottloof benzine John had for cleaningvclothes and took it in to his room saying that he wanted to get a spot off his coat. 1 After going into the room, how s a note and then swallowed the benzine. The note reads: I took amoni kill myself about Cora Bost. Please send my dead body to Cora Bost so she can see.'" But Bethel didn't die. He was discovered and a cup of hot lard I . ..;...!. .1 was poured downt his throat. This seemed to do him good but after- wards he came, up town ana begged omcers to lock him up. rie seemed to be navmg.ant then, A relative ot his soon put' him- to bed, but this morning he had more Convulsions and a physician was ci lied to see him. Kev. W. H. Stubblebine to Leave. It id :a source of regret to many of ourjeitizens that Rev. W. H. Stubblebine. pastor of Faith lie- formell church, is to leave us. He has resigned as pastor of this church and will leave "about March 1st. During his stay here Mr. Stubblebine hasendeared him- self td a large number of our citi- zens. lie is a most earnest Chris- tian worker and will be missed m . i . . toe wprK or me cnurcnes nere. MrJ j btubblebme has received severdl calls but has not yet decid- ed where he will locate, r A successor to him as pastor of Faith church has not been select- ed. Lead Mine Sold. I hn nln m lunr Mill mw nnno ten miles east of Lexington, in Davidson county, has been pur chased by an English syndicate. and it is said that the 1 Q Will I ill soon be in operation rru again. old shaft is beinjr enlarged and will e sunk to a depth of 560 feet. opera The mine was extensively ed in years gone by, turning out an immense quantity of high- grade Ore. he OlltPUt was used by the Confederate srovernment I during the ivil war. It is hoped to besm work in the mine durinjr the month of February and; four or five hundred men will probably be employed in its operation. Mr. Foreman's Bond. Saturday's Charlotte News says: "Last night Mr. John Foreman came bver from Concord and this J f .:!.. ng went before Squire Max morn well and gave a $1,000 bond with vv.'itj foreman, or tms city, as security for his appearance at the next term of Superior court held in Cabarrus county." Change of Hour. I Beginning next Sunday a change of hour of the evening: service at the cipy churches will be observed. Instea d of begrinning: at 7 o'clock these services will begin at 7:30 Mr. Stahle Dead- : Mayor l. u. iinn received a telegram last mgrht announcing: the death of Mrs.. Linn's brother, Mr. Harry Stahle, which occurred at Gettysburg: yesterday, v s loi can get a good piano at an Exorbitant price or you can pay a bmAll price and be sure of a bad lou must pay at least a fair purlin- a goou piano do iaKe nir!XV Snd buy S.tultz ,?T on1 nrfor nil xT-".n nnw ni Sk-tl-l l-w-r f 7 Ttj j T 1 ja V'o i- u J i: VX Hun?llckerv Salisbury, N. C TO CURE A COLD IN ONE OAT Takei Laxative Bromo Ouinino Tablets. All Druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. f cents, Last 1 Mr. W. M. Harris received a letter from his sister, Mrs. J. S. .Atkins, at Albemarle, stating that her residence had been destroyed by fire: ;: '. , At'S o'clock Saturday morning Mr. Atkins' family were aroused by fire which was consumingtheir dwelling. The house, which was a two-story one, was burned, to gether with nearly all of the f ur- niture. There was a family living up stairs and they barely f escaped with their lives. The fire, it is thought, origina- ted from a box of hot ashes. Horse Killed. Mr. .Tarka fmvpru loot o horse.lt was kicked and killed by a number of mules which were kept in the warehouse on the old La nier lot the horse being kept in thp. snmft hnihlino- Th mnU hn- long to' a colored man from Char- lotte and are used in distributing: telephone poles along the line south from Salisbury. A law suit was threatened but the parties compromised this af- ternoon, Mr. Sowers getting $47 for his horse. Magistrate's Court, I Esquire Murphy had a case for disposition today, intftrAstpd wprp two lhe parties .. young men frnm nhinnrnvA Onft wns hnr. ed with using a deadly weapon. He was represented by Mr. T. F. Kluttz, and the other young man was represented bv Mr. R! Tee Wright. One of the over to young court men in a was bound 850 bond. Personal. II. II. Speddin and bride have returned from their bridal tour. n . . tl IIIIMIIISi IS Ml MI1I1IH I I'f IIII it "i nrrii: -i.-i.. -1 i. j A.. ' f I AIIAUIUAU M.K U -- Henderson, where he has , been buying cotton. Bismarck Capps spent Sunday in Chester, S. G., where his sister, Miss fousie, has been visiting. Kev. Mr. Spillman, of Raleigh, who hnd hpftn hfr nttp.nrl no ihfi 1 J Rantist union meeting, left this morning for High Point." A Good School. ne scnooi at oumner s is in a flourishing condition now. This school is being taught by Prof. Jacob Bostian. The average num ber of students on roll now exceeds any in its history. Fayetteville, Observer: Prof. Dorsett and his hypnotism at the armory Tuesday night was a farce, cal student, and Miss Leta Pick It was nothing:. He is nothing:, at ard, who eloped from Chapel Hill least nothing of a hypnotist. The Professor should- gro back to the management of the express office at Mt. Airy, from whence he came. From his antics the audi ence concluded that he was himself under a sort ol a spell, and laughed the matter away "good naturedly. Boneless Codfish just received atA. Parker's. Notice. I have placed the entire manage- ment of my store and stock of goods into the hands of Mr. JVIil- ton Kufty for the next twelve months. He will carry on the business for cash or barter. All ' rRnnH owinfr me bv nmml otes and mortaages will . please ca, on Mr Ruft and settle- with him.. He will receipt for same, I . -i . . must have my accounts settled in gome t , R. J. Hollies. 1 Kacket. Special sale of Hose at the Carolina of seizure appears in this issue. Little Ed vvard, son" of Dr. Uohn Whitehead is quite sick, w ) 4 The Pastors' Association will have a special meeting on Wednes- day morning. $1.00 a pair. Why not $1.50? simply because they are j sold at Burt's Burt's School Shoes In a drunken brawl at Essex several negroes were wounded, one having his skull split with , an axe. 4 The Economy Clothing store has a new ad in the Sun today. . This store is the place to get good cloth- ins: cneap. , ! Mrs. C. F. Atwell is auite low. he nas been kept at. home for a long time and is now in a critical condition. Teams are busy liauling poles south f rom galisb uryi 1 he poles will be used by the telephone people. long distance Mr. J . T. Holder recently found some money near rU uttz's drusr store. He advertised it! but no one. claimed, it, so he is in $10. "Famous" $2.00 shoes for women are more nnntilar thnn nnv shops on the market at that price. For ni i cjk,,u.,., u.-.u-.tjLi. cu Go. The ladies of the Lutheran church will . 2i ve a supper on Thursday evening ; in the store room recentl v occlmied I bv the Bon Ton. Monday, the 6th of February, is the date of the sale of i the La nier property. Mr. Overman be ing absent Mr. L, H. Clement will make the sale. Parties should see him about terms. I A copy of Bronson's 1 Agricul tural Almanac for 1SD9, with conv pliments of llepresentative D. Kf Julian, has been received. This almanac is full of valuable infor mation, i The-snow of Saturday was gen- eral, extending over a large area of the country. Although about six inches deep it disappeared rap idly under the hot sun yesterday and today, so that very little re mains now. : i New Advertisements M. L. Jackson. Economy Clothing Store. D. MMiller. . Mr.-E. C. McEachern, I a medi- Friday have probably igone to Florence, S. C, to be imarried. The couple drove from Chapel Hill to Durham and tookithe train there. Jack Robinson, colored, brake- man on the freight train between Winston and North Wilkesboro, was killed Frida3' night near Don- naha. ! A Patterson, N. J. firm of silk manufacturers has bought ' a site at Wilmington and will establish a silk mill there soon. The cold and snow call for blank ets and comforts. Great ! discount on them now at Harry Bros. Special sale of Hose at the Carolina Racket. ' ,I?or Rent Four very desirable r6oms for house keeping on Fulton street. Apply to P. O. box 252. A notice SENATE. yr'; lh Introduced: By Senator Mcln- tyre, to repeal chapter 94, laws of 1889v and to re-enact chapter 296, laws of 1885, relative to stock law in Robeson county. By Senator Jones, to amend section 3,664 of The Code, concerning registers of deeds. By Senator Glenn to in corporate the Carolina Building and Insurance Company. , Passed final reading:. To repeal chapter 112, laws of 1895;-and chapter 172, laws of 1897, relating to the extension of the boundaries of Mt. Airy township. This .bill practic.'illy enforces the collection of a $25,000 bond issue, subscribed for the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Rail road ; to incorporate the town of Mt. Gilead, in Mont gomery county; a bill to allow Greensboro to issue bonds; to amend the charter of Gastonia; to amend chapter 159, laws of 1895 (this is llountree's bill and pre vents judges from issuing an in junction or restraining order on a quo warranto proceeding: ag:ainst a defendant in office); to incorpo rate the Carolina Building: and Surety Company. - A bill to repeal section 3 113 of The Code came up. This bill pro vides that a local option election may be held in any month during the year, instead oi m June, as the law now stands, and on. a pe tition of one fourth of the citizens of a township, instead of one-half as formerly. Though not ger mane the general principle of lo cal option was brought under dis- cussion. lhe bill was hnaily re- f erred to the committee. THE HOUSE. Introduced : To amend chapter 93, public laws of 1897; to allow the commissioners of Greene county to levy a special tax; to"in corporate the Old North State Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company By Williams, of Dare, to provide for the promotion and supervision of the oyster industry of North Carolina. By Bryan, of Madison, to repeal chapter 176, public laws of 1897; for relief of tax collector of Buncombe county; to amend section 2, chapter .362, laws of 1897. w : ; The bill introduced by Winston, of Bertie, to make cohabitation be tween the white and black races a felonj punishable by imprison ment in the county jail for not less than four months or in .the State prison for not more than five years came up for consideration ? with a favorable report from the com mittee. Tne bill evoked consider able, discussion. Speaker Connor called Hon. Locke Craig to the chair, and took the floor in advoca cy of the measure. , Ex-Judge Allen and Mr. Justice opposed the bilj on the ground that it would blackmial and fraud An aye and nay vote . was de nianded on the vote. The bill passed second reading by a vote of 62 to 21. Ray, of Macon, object ed to the passage of the bill on its third reading. Winston declined to give his consent to postponement and the bill passed its final reading. "A clincher." was then put on the i bill by a motion to reconsider and lay on the table. $1.50 comforts now $1.20, and Elkin blankets $2.50 at Harry Bros. -- ' - Spring Lamb, fat Mutton, Liver Pudding, Head Cheese, stall fed Beef , corn fed Pork and all kinds of Sausage and other fresh meats at J. S. Mara ble's. . NO CURE-NO PAY That is the way all druggists sell GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL. TONIO for' Malaria, Chills and Fever. It is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form m. Children love it. Adults prefer it to bitter, nauseating Tonics. Price 50 cents. John Hester, an aged white man, died suddenly in Durham Friday niffht. There have been 13 cases of small-pox at Halltown, McDowell county,, and live have resulted fa tally. Oysters are now abundant on our streets, at our wharves and in our oyster houses. We hear Of a vessel load of 1,500 bushels from Pinkerl:on rocks selling on Mon day for 12 cents a bushel.- Elizabeth City Economist. It is said that Col. John R. Webster, of the Reidsville Week ly, who purchased the Danville Register, when it was sold under mortgage a few weeks ao, dis posed of the. plant next day after the sale and received a check f or $500 advance for his bargain. George W. Justice, an attorney of law of Asheviile, N. C, was ar arested Friday on the charge of larceny and is now confined in Wake county jail, awaiting trial at the next term of Wake -Criminal Court. He is charged with stealing law books in Raleigh. Goklsboro Argus: Noah Rober son, a negro man, against whom L there were ten- or twelve war for stealing and house- ronta breaking and who had been the terror of communities through which he passed, was sentenced to 0 years" m . the penitentiary yes terday by Judge Brown. W7inston Journal; The deed of sale of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley railroad will require $3, 600 in revenue stamps, and will have to be recorded in every countv through which the road runs, 13 as follows: New Han over, Pender, Sampson, Cumber land, Harnett, Moore, Chatham, Randolph,- Guilford, Forsyth, Surry, Robeson and Richmond. The stock all having been sub scribed, the Indian Creek Cotton Manufacturing Company has been organized. The splendid new building is located on Indian Creek with a, magnificent water power. The machinery, which will be ne w and of the latest patterns, is be ing bought and will be placed as fast as it comes in. The mill will be in operation at an early date. Lincoln Journal. The Lincolntoh Journal says: Mr. C. C. Moore", a prominent merchant at Grouse's, was attacked by Lutber Baker Tuesday after noon and bad his throat cut from one ear nearly to the other. For- tunateJy, the knrie uiu not go deep enough to open the jugular vein and Mr. Moore, though painfully wounded, escaped, with his life. Friday Alf Gibson, colored, went to the home of John .Wil-. burn, colored, in north Morehead township, about two miles north of Greensboro and raped Wil burn's daughter Martha. The victim is a half witted girl, of 18 years, and was at home with some younger children, when Gibson went to the house, displayed a pistol and -committed the crime. He was lodged in jail at Greens boro. - Wanted Six good Til at once. A, H. Moore. Mr. S. A. Fackler, editor of the Micadopy, Fla., Hustler, with his wife and children, suffered terri bly from La Grippe. One Minute Cough Cure was the only remedy that helped them. It acted quick ly. Thousands of others use this remedy as a specific for La Grippe, and its exhausting after effects. James Plummer.