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.... GET BEST pLII? BREAD, 90 Loaves for 8,00 at T. Ii. SWIITK'S w CAKES" of all kinds, fresh baked call on T. L. SWINK 10 Cents Per Week VOL. IV. NO. 131. SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1899. THE NEW CHARTER ' Will be Explained by Mr. Monday Night. Overman The Sun this morning received the folio wing from Hon. Lee S. Overman, Raleigh: Raleigh, Jan. 31, '99. Editors SunT Please state to the citizens of Salisbury that I will "meet them at the court house On Monday night, the 6th inst. and discuss the much-talked-of new toTvn charter. I will" bring the charter along and read it to them. Nothing shall pass this Legislature that the people of my town will not ap prove of. I am satisfied from in formation I have received from home that the people have been misinformed as, to the provisions of the charter for it has no pro visions in -itthat cannot be found in the charter of any town of 5,000, inhabitants in the United. States. Let the people hold their judge ment until they hear me, and hear the charter read. . Let every body who is interested in the welfare of Salisbury attend this meeting. . Lee S. Overman. A Rare Treat. An unusual treat is in store for this city in the visit here next 'Tuesday of the Louise Brehany Ballad & Opera Concerts, a com pany of Metropolitan artists head ed by the favorite ballad singer of America, who give in connection with other musical gems an act of the grand opera Martha, in cos tume; Louise Brehany has earn ed her orf eat reputation quickly , anl no -young singer has had a greater series of successes than she. With in the last five years she has been special soloist with the .following great organizations, Sousa's Band, The Chicago Marine Band, Edou ard Remenyi's Concerts and Brc nard Listermann Quartette,' and now she comes to us at the "head of as fine a concert organization -as-can be gotten together, including i as it does W. Guillaune Sauvlet, the eminent Belgian pianist, Ag nes Pringle, a young violinist ol unusual promise; Miss. Jessie Waters, contralto; Geo. Dethlefs. baritone; Walter Herbert Wheat ley, tenor, all splendid artists, ic a program full of novelties and musical gems. Secure seats at Kluttz's. ' Reception. , There will" be a reception at the parsonage of the Church Street Methodist Church on Tuesday evening, , the 7th of February given by the ladies of the Wo man's Missionary Society. There will be a pleasing pro gram of music and recitations and substantial refreshments. Two young ladies will receive at the door, any amount you wili feel free to give. , The public- . generally s and the members of other churches in town are most cordially invited. Hours 5:30 p. m. to lOpm. : Sold Land. JUr, X. ili. "lirooks" riasn re turned home this morning from down the Yadkin. He has-been benefitted by this move to, harnes s the Yadkin, for land he owned along the river has been exchanged for a couple of thousand dollars. Grape Fruit and Catawba grape! at N. P. Murphy's. Boneless Codfish just recei ved at A Parker's. "- Spring Lamb, fat Mutton, -Liver Pudding, Head Cheese, stall fed Bet f corn fed Pork and all kinds of Sausage and other fresh meats at J. S. Mara ble's. f Special sale of Hose at the Carpli na Racket. LOCAL AND OTHERWISE. Items Picked Tip by the Reporter on His Daily Round. I Lutheran supper- to-night. I Ne wl lot of rubbers at the Burt Shoe C o. 1 J The fcake walk takes place at the opera house to-night. 1 No cases were up for trial at the city court this 'morning. . ! The Lanier - property - is to be sold on the 6th, next Monday. 1 Remember the Lutheran supper in the Shaver and Woodson build ing to- light. Mr. Jos. W. Kesler "is aj house built on east having Council street and one also on Long street. Weather forecast: Cloudy weather with rain to-night and probably, Friday. Warmer to night. 1 j : . : Several colored soldiers,- passed through last night going home. They were a part of the Third Regiment. IThe Pullman line, New York to J acksoh ville, operated on trains No. 35 and 36, has been extended to Mia ni, Fla. j llirnntln 1f iiinl 1 . 1 . ... 1 1 meet in the auditorium of the Neave Music School Friday after noon a 3:30 o'clock. JThe )ox to 1 e sent to the or- is by the Lutherans was not sent oil vesterdav but was at WinecofFs vet to-dav. I The ine of telephone poles of the Ion g distance system now ex- ends th Kluttz's drug store where the ma n phone will be placed, 'm proved Order of Hepta- iThe sophs nects to-night. It is very import mt that all members he presen tibn of There will be installa- o ulcers. t. the ground hog see his Did shadow this mornings I'erhaps he did and perhaps he didn't. It depends upon the hour in which he camp out of his hole. j Mr. t). L. Gaskill hasannouhped himsel a candidate for mayor of Salisbury subject cratic primaries. to the De mo llis announce- ment appears in this paper. iThe train from the west was away off its schedule to-day, it not being expected until Jate this af ternoon. I he delay was caused by a frbi ght being off the track in Tennessee. Personal.' i (Mrs. Louis Lichtenstein is visit- ing at Norwood 1- .Mrs. S. A. Gardner is spending the afternoon in Charlotte.. . Clay Thomas, of Thomasville, is in the city to-day on business. (Miss Allen and Miss Smith, of Greens )oro, are visiting Mrs. Charlid White.' Mr. L. P. Welfley has nrnnfl 4 tn Roanolte, Va., to accept a position with th'e Roanoke Machine Works. R. LL Jarvis, machinist of the Southe i rn shops, has gone to Char- lestop, S. C. The Sun was in- formed will br last night tha"t Mr. Jarvis ng a bride with him when he reti rns: v Father pead. Mr. Mathias Bosch, a brick ma- son, this city, yesterday re ceived a letter announcing the death of, his father, in Germany. The e tier Bosch died ,tho latter part o: last year and was buried on New Year's day. , cz $1 fir 50c is the .value you get in und prwear at Harry Bros. 0 CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund the money if it fails to cure:, sa cents, THE LAW-MAKERS. Sills Passed or Introduced by Legislature Yesterday. the , THE SENATE. s A petition was introduced from the citizens of Salisbury against the passage of the proposed char ter.'.; ' .. j The following bills were intro duced: By Senator . Jerome, to amend 147, laws of 1S95, in regard to registration of deeds. By Sen ator Smith, to abolish a county board of education and to estab lish graded schools at ' Albemarle. j The Senate went into commit tee, of the whole at 12:30 p. rn., for the further consideration of the bill to amend, consolidate and codif3r the insane laws of the State. The proposed Salisbury charter, which passed the House unani mously, was held up before the Senate ' committee on counties, cities and towns by Walter Mur phy, who desired to present pe titions from the. citizens of Salis bury protesting against the bill as authorizing unusual and extra ordinary taxation. j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIV ES. Bills were introduced: . By IIol- man, to remedy the conflict in dates of courts in Iredell and Ran dolph so as to make Iredell court fail on the first Mondav in December; by Carroll, to strike out the fine in bastardy proceed ings; by Hart, to make $20,000 annual appropriation for the State guard and making it of three regi ments of twelve companies each, besides the Naval Reserves and ar- tillery detachment; by Powell, to protect hotels and boarding houses uy loroicuung transient ruests am taklii iViv'fiy-TiieiT other 1 baggage before they pay their bills or give proper security for payment ;'by Julian, to amend section '872, ; of The Code, relative to service of process, so that in case of debt process can be secured through magistrate in the credi tor's county, and debtor be brought to trial in such county if he re sides hi" another. ' j Bill to establish a county treas urer for Surry county came up. after much discussion1 the bill was killed. ; Bills passed to confer jurisdic tion of probate of deeds in certain cares; to amend section 2,301, of Thq Code, by providing that the Legislature and not the board of public buildings and grounds shall appoint the keeper of the capitol; to amend the charter of Beaufort, giving a mayor and eight commis sioners. v ; . . . ... , , By leave, the following bills were introduced: By Patterson of Caldwell, , to proniQte the dairy- in terest of. the State by appropriat ing 5p0 to pay the expenses of an nual meeting of the State Dairy Association.. j Bills passed to allow Grahnm county to work its convicts on roads and streets; to ratify the combination, of the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta and the Che- raw & Darlington Railroads, as the Atlantic Coast JLine Railroad of South Carolina and to incorpo rate said railroad in Norfh.Caro: Una. x Supper To-Night - . The, ladies of the Lutheran church . will give a supper this evening in the Shaver-Woodson building on Fisher street, near the standpipe.. .A beautiful line of towels, sheet, and pillow cases at Harry Bros. NO CURE-NO PAY That Is the wav all drujrsriss sell GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILI TONIC for Malaria, Chills and Fever It is simply Iron 'and love Quinine in a tasteless form. it. Adults prefer it to bitter, Tonics. Price 60 cents. Uhildren love nauseating Just received Edam Cheese. N. P. Murphy. ' Bar-Rooms and Education. CONTRIBUTED.! By some means or other the Salisbury bar-rooms, and the cause of city education have become so associated jn the minds ofmany good citizens, that they believe that the two establishments must stand or fall together. They be lieve that the shutting up of the bar-room is equivalent to closing the school-houses. 'Perhaps a few facts and figures collected from au thentic sources may place the mat ter in a different light. " - - LI During theyear usr ciosea tnere was collected from bar room licences, For the county school I v fund. (net) $ 845.50. For State school .' fund. For town school 45 50. 4500.00. 500.00. fund nine licences. Purchase tax. (about) Total revenue from bar-rooms. : -46691.00. II. City graded schools. The monthly pay-roll of the two city graded, schools is " $' 507.00. This foi nine-months amounts to 4563.00. This is about all of license reve nue that goes to the cause of edu- cation. The remaining 2129.00 goes to other city and county pur poses. This statement shows that the bar-rooms pay in an amount annually large enough to support the city schools. Whether it is de finitely assessed and appropriated to that cause makes verylittle dif ference, except so far as this con nection with schools is calculated to give popular favor to the liquor re . This would be a very excel lent-argument for the establish ment and patronage of bar-rooms for a dozen or. score of them if there were no offsets. . Unfortu nately for the' force of the argu ment, there are several offsets. 1. The first is, liquor drinking very largely increases crime, and the expense of punishing crime. It has been asserted over and over again by judges both in England and America that three fourths of all the crimes of violence originate from the use of intoxicating liquors. Just how much; these crimes of violence cost the county generally cannot be ascertained without going over long lists of court expenses. In one case of homicide committed in a bar-room some two years ago the court ex penses amounted to about $150.00. If the cost of all crimes of violence were estimated, it would probably amount to thousands. 2. It has been estimated that the people of this town and county spend annually in drink$50,000.00. Some think that it is twice that amount; But whether it be $50, 000, or $100,000, or less, it-is that much clear financial loss; for there is not a cent's worth of profit in all that is drunk. ; 1 3. On the contrary, there is a distinct nloney loss from drinking, in the' idleness, and disability en gendered by the drink habit. The regular drinker . loses his skill as a worker, often loses his job, and loses days in lying up "sick." The money loss in this direction will probably amount to $50,000 addi tional. - 4. And then there must be ad ded to all this, that which j figures cannot estimate, the loss of health, loss nf character, loss of self-res- pect, and the tears and breakings of sorrow-laden heart- and hungry and ill-clad children. Putting all these drawbacks to gether, how pitiful, how contempt ible does a paltry sum of $6,000 of license taxes appear : alongside ol this money-waste, , and heart-sorrow! . '. ;,,. .,,- V ': ; IV. But if all these license taxes should be lost hrough a , prohibi tory law, or local option vote, would it be necessary to close our city graded schools? There are some conscientious people who are ready to -say that it would be bet ter that our children should grow up in illiteracy than to be educated upon the proceeds of the sorrow and crime produced by liquor sell ing. But it" is not necessary that we be forced to choose either of these evils. Other towns, where prohibition has prevailed for more than half a score of years, as our neighbor Concord, have thrived and prospered under a no-license regime. They founded graded schools, built up factories', estab lished banks, built churches, and trippled their population under the benign influence of Prohibi tion. .. t V. How then are our schools to be supported, if the bar-room rev enue is cut off 1 There is but one way, and that is by direct taxation.; , But are our people willing to bear the burden of increased taxation ? Why should tbey be unwilling ? Three reasons mdy. be given in favor of taxation, on real and personal property instead of on bar-rooms alone. ' 1. The first is that under the in fluence of increasing sobriety and decreasing crime, and enlarged prosperity, it is doubtful whether there would be any need for in creased taxation, especially after the first year of the experiment. 2. And secondly it does seem to to be an unworthy, ungenerous, not to say mean, thing, for. sober and wTeIi-to do people to wish to have their children educated upon the money -spent or- it is not the bar-keepers that real ly pay the six thousand dollars in to the treasury, but their un happy patrons. ' 3. And afer all the increased taxation necessary tto reimburse the treasury for the loss of license fees, is really a very small pit: tance when equitably distributed. Take, if you please, the value of the taxable property of Rowan county, viz: $5,650,516, and what additional tax must be levied to make up the $6,000 for license fees ? It would be not quite one and a (1 1-5) fifth mills to the dol lar.' 11-5 mills to the dollar. 12 mills to ten dollars. 12 cents to one hundred dollars. $1.20 to the thousand dollars. $2.40t6 ten, thousand dollars of taxable property. L Is not- that a small burden for the poor man ? 4. But it may justly be alleged that the calculation should bemade, not for Rowan county but, for the city of Salisbury. Granted. The tax books of the city of Salisbury show the value of the taxable property to be $1,658,232. And the pay rolls for the graded schools -white and colored show an ex penditure annually of $4,563. To raise this amount it would require about two and three-quarter mills to the dollar of addition tax. v 2f mills on one dollar of taxable property. ' . , 2f cents on ten dollars of taxa ble property. . 27icents on one hundred dol lars of taxable property. 75 on a thousand dollars of taxable property. $27.50 on ten thousand dollars of taxable prpperty, etc. These are the figures. The bur den is only a few cents on the poor man. If there was a millionaire among us it would seem to fall heavily upon him. . But then he has the mean's; wherewith to pay and doubtless would be willing to pay the addition to his taxes to rescue his perishing fellow man from the thralldom wherein ho is bound. Let us never for a mo ment fear that prohibition will close - our schools, or impose a great burden on taxpayers. Un der the cheering influence of temperance there would be such an increase of prosperity, that soon there would bemo burden of increased taxation. Interesting to Wholesalers. Yesterday Mr. J. K. Link, wholesale grocer, received the following telegram from E. G. Leigh, Jr., wholesale dealer of Richmond: s If Stevens' bill, now pending be fore your State Legislature for punishment of trusts and combi nations becomes law the whole sale business will be killed be yond ..resurrection. Recommend that your trade organize a vigor ous fight at Raleigh against this fatal attack on capital immediately. Let me'know what action you take, no time for delay. Drug and hardware people should assist you as they are equally interested with groceries. Festival Tonight. Don't fail to attend the hot sup per given by the ladies of the Lutheran chinch tonight, in the Woodson & Shaver store near the stand pipe. The menu will consist of Oys ters, - fried and stewed; chicken salad, cakQrand ice cream &C. Full yal tie for you r money. Let everybody help jn the good cause. ' Mar di Gras Carnivals. On account of the Mardi Gras and 11th, the Southern Railway will sell tickets to these points at one first-class fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold Feb-, ruary 7th to 13th inclusive; final limit of all tickets February 28th. Endeavor Convention. The next meeting of the State Christian Endeavor convention will be held in Salisbury probably in April. The National Secretary, John W. Baer, of Boston, will be in attendance. The business board of the convention will meet in Winston next week and arrange the date and program. The New Mill. Messrs. Ladshaw and Ladshaw, of Spartanburg, S. C, and J. A. Hall, of Greensboro, contemplate erecting a cotton mill at Salisbury. The new mill is to have 25,000 spindles and will use Hairston Falls to secure power to run the machinery. Charlotte News. Daughters American Eevolution. .... The Daughters of the American Revolution will meet with Mrs. Edwin Overman Friday, Februa ry 3, at half past three o'clock. A fine of 25c. -v for non attendance unless sufficient excuse is rendered before time of meeting. Beulaii Stewart Moore. . Sec't. FOR MAYOR. By urgent request of many friends I hereby announce myself a candidate for Mayor of Salisbury, N. C, subject to the action of the next Democratic primaries. T). L. GASKILL. ; Canned Asparagus and Aspara gus Tips at N. P. Murphy's. Bncklen's Arnica Salve. , The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Kluttz & Co., druggists. r-
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