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VOL. IV. NO. 132.
SALISBURY, N. C., FRIDAY EYENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1899.
10 Cents Per V7eei
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
SIX DAY MARCH.
THE CAKE WALK.
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.
IN HOUSE AND SENATE.
NORTH STATE ITEIIS.
Colored Man kun Over by Coach and The North Carolina Boys Go Out on Eight Couples Walked Last Night items picked Up by the Reporter on
Craig's Bill Passed Senate Other Bills
Happenings of the Commonwealth
Engine.
an
Eighty Mile Tramp.
The Prizes.-
His DailyyRound.
Handled.
Briefly Told.
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Yesterday evening at Spencer
Tom Dooly, a colored man, was
knocked down, and run over by a
coach and engine. His hip was
dislocated, one thumb, had to be
amputated and he was otherwise
bruised and cut, but he escaped
with liis life a most wonderful
escape.
Dooly works for
Wilson, at Spencer,
walking oh the yard
Contractor
lie was
yesterday
evening and stepped on a track in
time to bo knocked down by L
coach. He fell between the rails
and the coach passed over him.
The tender of the engine, which
was backing, also passed over him,
as did most of the engine.
Tho engineer stopped the engine
while Dooly was under the pilot
and he was pulled out. Had the
pilot passed over him he would no
doubt have been killed.
The wounded man was attended
by Dr. J. W. Long.
About our Representatives.
In an original paper read by
one of Concord's married ladies at
a meetin or of the Julia Maorruder
Book Club some weeks affo," the
1-v-i Aif 4--. rtrv-.vi -t r. tininnr I
"Living Questions," the following
was read concerning one senator
and one representative from this
district and county now ( in the
General Assembly: s
Lee Overman is known and, .re
spected by all over the State. His
county sent to the Assembly the
'man whom the Democratic minor
ity named as the one worthy to
take the seat of the lamented
Vance. Then there is Robert
Glenn, "eloquent Bob," one of the
finest stump speakers south of the.
Mason and Dixon line. He is
there, and will be both seen and
heard.
Case of Libel.
Yesterday afternoon Mayor Pro
Tern Lord had a case in which a
colored boy was the prosecuting
witness, against Charlie .Hunter,'
.colored. It appears that by telling
false stories the boy, who boarded
at Charlie's had caused trouble be
tween Charlie and his wife. Char
lie ordered him to leavej and to
scare him fired his pistol, lie was
also charged with striking the boy
and was fined $10.
Now Charlie talks of suing
boy for slander.
the
Annual Sermon to Knights.
Rev. W. H. Stubblcbine will
preach the annual sermon to the
two lodges of Knights of Py thias
on Sunday, the 19th, in the First
Presbyterian church.
The 18th of . February is the an
niversary of the founding of the
order of Knights of Pythias.
Services Postponed.
On account of the continued bad
weather the services announced
for Spencer Presbyterian church
for to-night and to-morrow
night
have been postponed.
Regular services will be held
Sunday.
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Assanlt on Board Bills.
Two colored men, charged with
beating board bills, at Cleveland
were jailed here to-day . to await
the next term of court.
.Jackson has some very, very
tine meat for Saturday's trade.
Paul Perry, of Columbus, Gn.x
suffered agony for thirty years,
and-tben cured his Piles by using
De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve,
It heals injuries and skin diseases
like magic. James Plummer.
Special sale of Hose athe Carolina
Racket.
Mrs. W. R. Barker ha-received
a letter from her. son Max, who is
in Cuba with the 1st N. C. We
are permitted to publish a part of
the letter, as follows:
Camp Columbia, )
Jan, 28, '99.
Havana, Cuba, . j
Wo have just finished a six days
march or eighty miles. We left
camp Sunday morning 21st, at 8
o'clock. It came 'nearer being ac-
tiye
campaigning than anything
we've
home.
experienced since we left
since we icit
The first day we mai'ched
15 j miles through the prettiest
country 1 have ever seen. Meek-
lenburg county can brag about her
line rouds but she can't - touch
these. We passed through Cerro,
a suburb of Havana and went into
camp at a little place the name of
which neans, 4 'Orange River,'?
I've for gotten the name of it. We
were given passes to visit the
town, b it there Svas very little to
I ; ' . -
daybreak we broke " camp and an
hour later found us on the road
again.
At eleven Vclock we pass-
throbgh the town of Jtincon
and at three we came in slsfht of
Beiucal
i where We were met and
e&wOrteC.
through the city by the
alcalde,
orimayor, a detail from
the Cuban garrison and hundreds
of citizens. We were the first
American soldiers ever seen in
that part of the country and in the
afternoon had a crowd of visitors.
We broke camp the following
morning and started
a.
again on our
trip, going by Rincon, thus cover
ing several miles of the same road
we had traversed the day. before.
J ust ou ;side of. the town of Rincon
we halted for rest on the battle
field where" the Cubans volunteers
defeated the flower of the Spanish
army.
The Spaniards were forced
to fall I
ack to the town, in their I
their
' i
haste throwing away
arms
and eqi ipments. We
of i souv 3nirs, such as
teens and mess outfits'.
found lots
balls, can
We then
struck off oh a plain country road
and : shortly after" noon pitched
camp in
San Antonio, a beautiful
town elf 15,000
inhabitants.
It
had at one
35,000 hut
time a population of
lhnnSIvnrl lff rlnrmtr
the Wa We were met there by
a l)attalion of the Sixth Missouri
regiment and had dress parade,
which was witnessed by an inter
ested crowd.
That night the Mis
souri'.bi
nd
gave a
concert on the
plaza and the whole populace
turned but. We spent two days
and nights here resting up for the
return trip, that town beiuer the
end of 6ur trip. Thursday morn-
ing we Ltruck out across country,
throuorq
dense underbrush, often
being
tbroug
forced to chop our way
or to tear down rock
the wagon train could
fences so
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pais.
After crossing swamps and
wading
finally
streams for six hours we
reached the good roads
again.
About two o'clock we
he most pitiful thing I've
. It was the ruins of what
passed
seen ye
had onde been a beautiful city, but
theSprniards took possession of
it driving the Cubans out and
burning the town. There was not
a house left standing. We march
ed thrc ugh streets seeing nothing
but bare walls.
At four o'clock
we went into camp at the town of
G ninesL' Friday we started for
camp, a distance of 10 miles. At
Mariar ao we were met by our
band and Col. Armfield. We
reached camp at 10:30 worn out
biit hanpy. Each man carried his
'iight lorder," consisting of shel-
ter halt, poncho, blanket; haver-
sacK, canteen and rine. it rained
every
vve did
on the
for a
night
except Sunday, but
not mind that. We slept
ground with any old thing
pillow. Thursday night a
storm struck us andrevery body
and everything got drenched."
Max.
lne cake walk at the opera.
house last night was quite a sue-
cess
notwithstandins: the bad
weather.
The audience numbered about
1
two hundred The judges were:
Mr. ' Calhoun, of Atlanta, Mr.
Blake, of Portland, Me., and Mr.
Davidson, of Montgomery, Ala.
There were eight couples in the
walk and the a flair continued until
nearly midnight. The following
were toe prize winners:
.First prize, cake and 5. gold
piece Charlie Foster with Ada
Huffman; second prize, $3.50 hat
and umbrella John Farrow with
Eliza Clement; third prize, $3.50
pair ladies shoes and silk handker-
chief Kemmie Tate
with . Ada
Fisher.
The Brehaney Company.
Says the Junta Democrat of the
concert company which will be
in
Salisbury Tuesday night:
The Louise Brehaney Concert
comrianv last evening was 0-reeted
bya full houge of ,the of L
innfn Tho, mnR:n fnnHln
each as they appeared meeting
with hearty resporise, from the au-
ciencev
The piano playing by
Prof. Sauvlet was considered
cepuouaoiy nne anu was nearuiy
encored. Miss Louise Brehaney
uus a very sweei voice wmcn one
woull never tire of listening to.
The entertainment as a whole was
first clasps and was duly appreciated
to the fullest extent.
Thanks.
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the thanks of the Ladies who
era ve the hot supper last nisrht are I
due and are hereby tendered to the
Sun for publishing notices from
time to time, to all who loaned ar-
t- ,es an(1 to thoSG who so Hherallv
. ,i rru I
i:i i i i in i f. i i i im vi mi iiit- viiiii
v
realized will go very far towards
meeting tne purpose ior. wnicn it
is intended.
Mr. Overman's Condition.
Mr. W. C. Lisk, who came
from Raleigh last night, tells
in
Us
V-"" xmpviu- uul i&
Dot 'et allowed by his physician to
attend the sessions of the House.
Mr. Julian, Mr. Lisk says, is
very active, e'specially so when a
measure is brought up which would
effect Jlowan. '
yor Aldermanic Honors.
iv west ward voter requests us
to record him favorable to N. P
Murphy, Esq. , as an alderman
from that ward. Mr. Murphps
friends are actively interested in
his nomination and a strong senti-
uient is crystahzing in his favor.
Child Burned.
A little child of
Charles Sum
ner, colored, was badly, but not
seriously burned yesterday even-
mg.
A cup of hot coffee was turned
over and the contents ' burned the
child's face.
Meeting in Salishury.
The next State Sunday School
Convention of the Baptist church
will convene in Salisbury on
March uth to 16th.
A beautiful line of towels, sheet,
and pillow cases at Harry Bros.
FOR MAYOR.
I By urgent request of many friends
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for Mavor of Salisbury, N. C. subject
to-the action of
primaries.
the next Democratic
I). L. GASK1LL.
H NO CURE HO PAY
That Is the way all druggists sell GROVE'S
TASTELESS OHILL TONIC for Malaria,
Chills and Feyer. It is simply Iron and
Quinine in a tasteless form. Children love
it. Adults prefer it to bitter, nauseating
Tonics. Price 50 cents. "
Rubbers at Burt's, v
Mud! Mud.!! Mud ! ! !
Miss Bessie punham is clerking
at T. F. Young's.
f The Carolina Racket has a new
ad. in the Bun to-day.
Weather forecast: Rain to-night.
Saturday, fair and colder.
There is a crying need of step
ping stones on Council street.
One $5 drunk was; disposed of
in the mayor's court this morning.
. The largest hog of this century
on exhibition at Jackson's to-mor
row.
Sidetracked" is to appear atj;he
opera house one night only, Feb
ruary 9th:..
Mrs. Thos. McBee
is
at
the
Wrhitehead - Lonp - Sanatorium
for
treatment. ' "
The streets are in a terrible con
dition now, caused by the recent
snow and rains.
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M. L. Jackson, the butcher, is
butcnerinar a hofir this evening
which will weigh 700, pounds net.
Cotton reached a price of 6.40
yesterday. This is the highest
ex-Tprice reached here in a long time
'-Reaent'L and uFour Leaf
CIover are the greatest 13.50
nn thfl mnrk0f tn.rfnv for
men. Burt Shoe Co.
The Epworjh League will hold
its regular monthly business meet
ing to-night in the Sunday schoo
room ot tne iVlethouist church.
. i ,
4-ne supper- given last evening
by the ladies of the Lutheran
church was wrell patronized and
quite r-ruirr of money was realized,
tu ui l t?:u.
u"l. n i in"
. . . . ... .i-
if i r i ji tr a i kk'ri. .
o., win in ine iuture oe ine
City Bicycle Liver' and Repair
Shops." Williams and Coburn are
the proprietors.
Personal.
J. P. Harper, of Kentueky.is in
the city.
Miss Annie Wiley went to
Greensboro this morning.
Miss Gussie Dickert, of South
Carolina, is visiting her brother,
G. T. Dickert.
Mrs. P. Jl. : Thompson and
daughter, Miss -Myrtice, have
gone to Charlotte to spend a month
with -Mrs. W.-'B. Gooding.
W. C. Lisk, of -Lisk, Icame in
last night from Raleigh where he
had been since shortly after the
Legislature convened. He is home
to spend a while.
Miss Nannie Hyatt, a very ac
complished young lady of Mur
phy, N. C, arrived in thej city last
night and will remain two weeks
or more the guest of her; friend,
Miss Nellie Smith. j
BOARDERS WANTED: Prices
right, location good: north Main st.
MRS. R. C. POOL.
$1 for 50c is the value I you
get
underwear 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. !
These are dangerous times for
-
the health. Croup, colds and
throat troubles lead rapidly to
Consumption. A bottle of One
Minute Cough Cure used at the
right time will preserve life,
health and a large
amount of
money,
dren like
Pleasant
it. . '
to
takei chil-
THE BEST PRESCRIPTION FOR CHILLS
and fever is a bottle of Grove's Tastklkss
Chiia Tonic. Never fails to cure ; then w iy
experiment with worthless imitations? Pr;ce
50 cents, x our money duck ii it ians w cure
. SENATE. i
Bills were introduced as fol
lows: By Justice, to amend chap
ter 40"0, laws of 1897, relative, to a
dispensary at Rutherfordton. By
Coolie, to repeal chapter 125, laws
of 1895. By Jones, to. repeal
chapter 146, '-laws' of 1893; to de
fine the fees of clerks and justices-
of the peace for issuing process.
The following bills passed final
reading: To amend section 1,308,
of The Code relative to the drain
age of lowlands; to amend chapter
399, lavvs of 1891, allowing the di
rectors of Deaf and Dumb School
at Morganton to elect officers in
case of ?vaoancv; to domesticate
foreign corporations (Craig's bill.)
The vote was unanimous for the
passage of the bill. . -
A bill to amend the. charter of
the. East Tennessee & Western
North Carolina Railroad Com
pany passed third reading, as did
n bill to repeal sections 1,333,- of
The Code. This section prohibits
the buying and selling of pretend
ed rights or titles.
At 12:20 the Senate resolved it
self into committee of the whole
for. the consideration of the bill
-
to amend, consolidate and codify
the insane laws of North Carolina.
The first section brought under
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discussion was 66, of the printec
bill. This section provides "that
the criminal insane shall be cared
for and: treated in the wards of the
penitentiary, wrhich have hereto
fore been assigned for the pur
pose and the said wards
shall be known 'as the department
of the criminal insane arid the
the board of directors of the peni
tentiary is given full control and
management of said .department."
This ; brought on a discussion
which ended when Senators Hicks,
Travis, Speight and Daniels were
appointed a sub-committee to
draft an amendment for section 66
and submit it to a committee of
the whole.
THE HOUSE.
Bills were introduced as follows:
I5y Mauney, to prevent distemper
and other infectious, diseases
among cattle; by Boggs, to regu
late the holding of courts in Ca-
tawba; by Brown, of Stanly, to
ampnd the charter of Albemarle;
by Pritchard, to punish persons
who sell whiskey in any local op
tion territory; by Craig, to 'regu
late fraternal benevolent societies,
orders and associations; by Curtis,
to protect sub-contractors and
others.
Bills passed final reading: To
amend the law regarding probates
and the private examination of
married women, by simplifying
the probate laws regarding proof
in recording and probating deeds
and other papers:
Bill introduced by Winston to
provide for working convicts on
the county farms, in making food
supplies for themselves and the
county; poor, and also for their
working the public roads. Win
ston explaining and advocating the
bill said convicts were so used in
Bertie county and with entire suc
cess. The law is not obligatory
or mandatory ,: but gives the coun
ties power, if desired, to thus dispose-
of their convicts, and also to
take convicts from counties, which
may not desire to avail themselves
of the law. The bill passed with
out debate, members, remarking
on all sides that they regarded
it as an excellent measure.
Bill passed to punish the sale of
adulterated or misbranded food.
Black Satine 5c yd. at the Caro
lina Racket.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All Druggists refund the money if it fails to
cure. 25 cents.
Geo. W. Pack has given to the
Asheville Library Association the
Palmetto building on court place,
valued at 825,000.
Lenoir correspondence Raleigh
News and Observer: With a
population of about 1,300, the
first grown person -to die within
the incorporate limits, for seven
monthsoccurred last Thursday
Mr. S. W. Hamilton for 2T
years a resident ot thit town and
a good citizen. He was 46 years
old.'
The postmaster of Kerncrsville,
while going from his home to the
postoffice early Wednesday morn
ing tracked a rabbit in the snow
from the Moravian graveyard in
to the churchyard and found it
nestled under the woodpile. The
postmaster shot the rabbit, ampu
tated its left hind foot and' yester
day forwarded it to President Mc-
Kinley.
Tarboro correspondence Raleigh
News and Observer: 'At a joint
meeting of our town commission
ers and board of trade, at which
the leading business men and
property owners were present by
invitation the question of municipal-ownership
of water works,
sewerage and lights was discussed,
and by a unanimous vote decided
in favor of municipals ownership.
The complaint in the damage
suit brought by Rev. T. J. Gattis
against Rev. Dr. Kilgo, B. N.
Duke and W. H. Branson, of
Durham, and W. R. Odell, .of
Concord, has been drawn and
filed. It is a lengthy document.
Mr. Gattis sues for $100,000. He
claims that his character wTas
damaged in the testimony given oy
the above defendants in the Clark
Kilgo trial last falL 1 "
Over 3,000,000 pounds of leaf
tobacco were sold on the WTinston
market during the month of
January. This is one of the
largest month's business in Win
ston's history. The same can be
said of the shipment of manu
factured tobacco during the month
which ' aggregated 1,736,021
pounds. The revenue collections
were $217,503.9(5.
South ain Sewer System Completed.
Messrs. Dowd & King have
just finished and completed a
sewer line for Salisbury, N. C,
that would do credit to any largo
city, even proud Charlotte, the
home of the contractors. Much
credit is due their competent . su
perintendent Mr. J. A..' Haley j he
having the entire work in hand
from the start to finish, working
to the best of advantage to all
concerned in i both good and bad
weather. We will not forget to
thank the superintendent of the
U. S. Cemetery for his extra ef
forts in obtaining permission from
the Government to run our line
under the walls and through the
cemetery and also for his kind
treatment to Mr.j Haley and those
under him.
W. C. Cough enouk.
A. W. Winecoff.
D. Lu Gaskil.l.
Executive Com.
You should see those bargains
in underwear in the window at
Harry Bros. -
Crash towels
Carolina Racket.
10c each at the
Buckle n'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
bo give perfect satisfaction or money
-efunded. Price 25 cents per box.
or sale by Kluttz & Co., druggists.