JI J,
J 7 .
6 "
Mechanics & Investors
TJINIOIV
Is doing more to build up" Salisbury
thau any other oiitside Company. Not
one application for moncbas been
rejected, and 4,be loans LWve ranged
from $300 to $1,300. .
BEST QUALITY OF BREAD.
50 LOAVES FOR $1,00,
AT
. . . T. L. SYYINK'S.
For CAKES of all kind, Frcsh,Bakccl,
call on - T. L. SWINK.
Main Street, Opposite Court llovac.
ChaS. B.s Jordan, Agt. JJfEATHEB FORECAST : Fair to-night and Saturday.
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SALISBURY, N. C., FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1899.
VOL. VI.
NO. 43.
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THE COVERED BRIDGE.
i
Has Been
Unroofed and
Unsightly.
Made Less
The covered bridge across the
railroad on Inniss streetisnolong-
r pivArp1 . And -the aooearance
of thft st.riint.nrfi is much improved.
The railroad company had a
fnr-a, rinmla of wnrt vpstei'iiftv
- . j i' j 1 j
eveninenana to-day taKing tne top
and sides rway. -
The frame work between the
carriaore-wftv and side walks re-
- j
main and .tailings will be placed
on the side s. - : f
The bridge looks much better
but it is hored the purpose of the
comnanv to soon put up an iron
' r u x m.
bridsro there has not been aban-
C3
doned.
MEETING POSTPONED.
Will be Held at City Hall
Thursday Night.
Next
The time" and place for the meet
insr to discuss the college last
night were unfortunate for the
reason that many of our merchants
nrmlrl rnf Ipnvo tbAir stnrfis owinc
to the fact that the shops had paid'
off. and the workmen called to
settle their accounts. AJso the
court house was not available; a
fact not learned until near night
fall owing to its undergoing . re
pairs; and the opera house' could
not be secured. -"
Hence it was decided to post
pone the meeting till next. Thurs
day night, and to use . the town
hall. " ,' v
The attendance last night, not
withstanding these drawbacks, Ava's
very gratifying, and prophecies
the success of the enterprise. Men
of influence and financial strength
were present, and.gave assurance
of their interest.
These men show by their stand
in this matter that they realize
the great educational needs of
Salisbury and the golden opportu
nity now presenting itself. Such
men are the salt of the community,
d should be esteemed and hon-
d by our citizens. " Without
jen or ineir caiiDre me town
i. .f 11 iL - 1 -
would drag on for another 100
"
years with its very meager facili
ties. One of our representative
citizens remarked last night that
he was ashamed of Salisbury's
record in school matters when he
reviewed her history; that even
the most dimunitive towns around
us have outstripped us, and yet
we are still halting and debating
this question.
It is difficult to see how, with
the light and experience we have,
so many of our citizens can be so
obtuse, and indifferent in educa
tional affairs. The meeting next
week will show who are the real
benefactors of the town and the
men in whose hands the safety and
welfare of Salisbury can be en
trusted. Shirking, indifference
and petty denominational envy
and jealousy are unspeakably con
temtible, and should find no room
in this effort. As every class of
people will be advantaged by se
.i ii
curing tne college, so every
person is expected to show him-
self to some degree worthy of
whatever blessing accrues by its
establishment in our midst. The
coming meeting will show who
those persons are that have the
true grit.
L. E. Busby.
Fresh Cocoanuts and Honey just
received at A. Parker's.
If you would like
an
excellent
stew or try, call at &haver s res
taurant. Satisfaction guaranteed.
For Rent. Large brick store
room, on Main street, in business
rart of the city, next to Bell
Block. Apply to Henry Horah.
Clothing repaired and Ladies
skirts reHiouiuK cleaned and
presseed. Long street, opposite
.Laundry. . : ' -
The great Success of Chamber
Iain's Colic Cholera and Diarrnoea
Remedy in the treatment of bowel
complaints has made it standard
over the greater part of the civi
lized world. For sale by : James
glummer. ?
ALDERMEN MEET.
Water Gauge
for City
Standpipe
Hall Float
i. for
The city aldermen met in regu
lar session las
night, and transact-
I ed ; the reau lar
Ifoutine of business.
- Besides ttbia
an order was ,pass-
ed forlthe
tection and benefit
of the water works company.
I a IT .1 in r noDO1 1
i jn orumauce w 'wa
live to the rplacing of a water:
mtnorA in that initv hall this to
show the' firenfen tfce amount of
water " in thd standpipe. The
water company was also' ordered
to nut a float in the standpne to
show the amount of water.
A committee of the aldermen
has informeiparties in the busi
ness rart of town that the back
lots must be cleaned up and kept
clean. There as an ordinance on
this line aiid ill will be enforced.
Removed to "Salisbury.
W. F.' Snid6r and son, Arnold,
left this af ternpon for Salisbury,
ii -
which citv is t6 be their home in
the future. The remaining men
bers of the family ,will go to Salis-
buy in a day dp two.
Mr. Snider, hvho is chairman of
the Citv . Schobl Committee, has
given his resignation to Supenn-
tendent iggleston, who will pre
sent it to the-Board of Aldermen
at-the meeting , 1? riday evening.
. . - I ...
It is expected that a successor will
not be eleited Joca week or two.
Asheville Citizen:" r
Mauney-Staples
Wedding.
Invitations h
live been
received
for the martiuire of Mr., Robert
Lee Mauhey atjd Miss Annie Stap-
les, which will be solemnized in
the Main Street Methodist church,
at Reidsville, a
11 o'clock Wed-
nesdav morning; November 8th.
Miss Staples
has visited Mrs. E.'
ins -a number of
W. Burt; and
friends here.
Mr... Mauney is a
popular -young
mail clerk on the
western road.
A Runaway.
A horse bel
onging
to a man
named YoungL
from Davidson
county, got frightened at a train
while standing
near the Salisbury
roller mill thi
morning
and ran
away. The wagon, a covered one,
was turned over ana
badly dam-
aged. The horse was
hurt by &
into his
i
broken shaft
thigh, i
; running
Preach To-nigh
Elder E. E
Williams, Primi-
tive Baptist, w
ill preach at Chest-
nut Hill schobl
house to-night,
October 20th
Call for Mass 1 Meeting.
A mass mee ing of the citizens
is called to rieet at the Court
House Monday night, Oct. 23rd,
for thepurppsa of discussing the
bond question which is to be voted
upon Oct. 30. Let everybody at
tend and hear this question which
is of such vita importance to the
interest of Salisbury, and its citi-
zens.
The meeting will be addressed
by the following prominent gen-
tlemenijLee SL Overman, R. Lee
Wright' The
b. F. Kluttz, Kerr
Carige, j Dr.
Whitehead, L. H.
.Boy den and others.
! S. F. Lord,
Mayor.
Clemet, A. M
Fresh oystd
rs received daily at
Shaver's market.
Shave at thp Climax.
Rugs made
irom carpet sam-
pies at the Ca
rolina Racket.
s j Mahy Thanks.
'I wish to lexpress my thanks
to
the j manufacturers of Cham
berlain's Colik Cholera and Diar
rboea Remedy, for having put
on the! market such a wonderful
medicine," says W. W. Massin
gill, of Beaumont, Texas. There
are many thjousands of mothers
whose children have been saved
from attacks of dysentery and
cholera infantum who must also
feel thankfu
It is for sale by
James Plum
ler, Druggist.
KILLED BROTHER.
f . i ; .
FIGHT AT SPENCER ENDS
FATALLY.'
Jesse Knott. Colored. Shoots' Charlie
J Knott, Colored, Then Surren-
. ders and Goes to Jail
' . Brother Dies.
rilero was a homicide at Soen-
-... r-i .' "
cerv yesterday. eveningJesse
" :-;'
ivnou, coioreu, snot ms. uroiuer,
Charlie Knott, the .bullet, making
a wound irom wnicli tne injured
man died last niffht. .
ih fiw?nff wMch Ws
the" cI6sing scene of a figbt between
the brothers, Jesse gave himself
up to the officers ,and was 5 placed
in jail.
He" is a railroad
negro
and' is now suffering from a broken
leg and other iniuries received
while at work recently.
it was said tnat tne ngnt was
occasioned by women.
The bullet entered the left
breast, passed behind the hjeart,
struck a rib and ranged down ward.
Physicians probed 1 but failed to
find the ball.
The preliminary hearing
is to
be held this afternoon at
four
O ClOCK. ; - - '
! Gala Week in Richmond. .
The week of October 31st
will
be gala week in Richmond, the oc
casion being the launching of the
United States torpedo boat Shu
brick on the--31st inst. Great
preparations are being made JLy
the citizens of the capitol of the
OKI Dominion to celebrate the
event.. : . ; . - ..
Admirals Dewey and Schley
and President McKinley will bo
present, and the launching will bo
proceeded by a trades' parade,
partaking of ! the nature of the
Mardi Gras and will be followed
by a great display of .fireworks
and tournament and races. The
fireworko will be gorgeous in the
extreme, in fact the most magnifi
cent ever seen in a Southern city;
and will cost over $1,700.
The railroad offer one fare for
he round trip, including an ad-
mission coupon to the races and
tournament. A large crowd will
undoubtedly 'invade Richmond
during that week.
Conscience Money. ;
Mr. Charles, who runs a store
at -'Jerusalem, received an un
signed letter from Salisbury yes-
erday in which- the writer en
closed 25 cents. This, he said,
was to pay for something he had
stolen from the store some time
since; that his 'conscience troubled
him so he couldn't rest until he
sent the money. He closed by in
voking God's blessing on Mr.
Charles and his family.
Brotherhood Meeting.
i
St. Andrews Brotherhood will
meet to-night at 7:30 o'clock at St.
Paul's, on Chestnut Hill. The
meeting will be addressed bv
Messrs S. L, Saunders, S. F.
Lord, J. S. Henderson and Dr.
Murdoch. '
Send your boy to Harry Bros.,
and allow them to fit him with a
pair of their school shoes. Satis
faction guaranteed.
Store Room For Rent On
Main Street, opposite post office.
Good stand for any business. Ap
ply to R. L. Shaver.
Wanted: To rent a piano. Ap
ply to J. 3. Urooks, Last Main St.
Auction. -A lot of extra quali
ty, household and kitchen furni
ture will be sold at the court house
Saturday.- "
The soothing and healing prop
erties oi Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, its pleasant taste and
prompt and "permanent cures.
have made it a great favorite with
the people everywhere. For sale
by James Plummer, Druggist.
JAY FROM JAYSVLtLE.
And His Country -Band AreUoming to
rr . . ' t . . ' .
The parade -ifen byv.lA Jay
from Jaysville?kbompany which
will be seen in. this city next Tues
day, Oct. 24, is described as a very
"funny affair." It is composed of
the big "Jaysville Band'? of 20
pieces; the tramp mcycie naer,'
who, it is said,' accomplishes some
very remarkable jeats on ; toe
wheel j the rube drum mrjior, jug
gling guns, pitchforks' ' and": all
arming imp emems; .vu
Ifunnv fat dutchman. wliti is for
, k':W.' -
ever geiung in me wayAJi me . di
cyciist in particular, and every-
body Tn general and the old "Jay"
nimseii, witn niswmsfers ana
carpet bag, right in the lead.
' It is surely a novelty in; the pa
rade line, and will doubtless be
witnessed by a large crowd onthe
! streets.
COMING AND GOING.
Brief Items About Salisburians and
. Their Friends.
Miss Ella Cauble bas returned
home.
Miss Mena
Brem A is visiting
Miss Bessie Henderson.
Rev. J. Q. Wertz, of
China
l"rvo, was nere to-day.
, Affivor Smith of Gobi
Hill,
was in the city to-day.
J. M. Mahaley, of the Southern,
has returned from Hillsboro.
O. W. Spencer, of the Central,
was in Lexingtonyesterday.
Deputy Collector Mills returned
from Statesville court last night.
xv, ii. vowies, oi states vine, is
i- i i . . ... .i
pentung several days m tne. city.
t,j Mrs. J. R. Brook&jxfint wer to
Greensboro this morning -TOTrsitT
Lawyer P
rice, oi ixiDemarie,
was here this
morning going to
Lexington.
J. M. Morrow
...
of Albemarle,
was here this
morning' returning
from the. State Fair.
Howard A. Banks, of the Char
lotte Observer, was' here last
night going to Asheville to spend
a' week. 1- , , ' -
Mr. Sam Huflines, of the South
ern, is kept at home in Burling
ton by the sickness of Mrs.
Huffines.
Solicitor Wiley Rush was here
last night going home from Con
cord court, the criminal docket
having been completed.
Dr. I. W. Jones returned last
night from Troutman where he
had been to see his daughter, Mrs.
Blanche Setzer who is quite sick.
Dr. J. E. Smoot, of . Concord,
was up last- night and returned
home this morning accompanied
by Mrs. Smoot, who has been
visiting in the city.
Mrs. A. M. Basinger and chil
dren are visiting her father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Beaver, in the neighborhood of
Organ Church.
Editor Varner returned to Lex-
ington last night from
Statesville
court. I he
man May, who was
charged with conspiracy, in which
caselr. Varner was a witness.
was dismissed, a nol'pros being
entered.
J. P. Turner leaves to-night for
his home at Ringgold, Va. , to
spend a whire. MrV Turner; about
a week or ten ' days ago. stepped
on a stone spraining his ' right
knee and goes home on the advice
of his physician to rest a while. :
Try some of J ackson's fine meats.
New assignment of boy's shoes.
Style, comfort and service. Moth
ers will do well to inspect these
shoes. Harry Bros.
Leather Library Suit the hand
somest thing in town - at G. W
Wright's. Also a new line of ele
gant pictures just in. Everybody
is invited to call.
Public Cab. Can be found at
Kluttz's drug store or phone 128.
Price right. J. VI Barringer.
BDLLET
HOLES
MADE IN THE BODY OF
JOHN CRAIGE, COLORED.
Was Shot From the Rear at a "Fes
tibul" in Franklin By Mack
Misenheimer A Leg
Was Broken.
There was a "festibul"
nm on tr
the colored folks in Franklin last
nig
, and it ended as so many of
these affairs end in a shootine-
scrape. As a partial result a phy
sician's attention was needed and
uuiuers iosi sieep looking ior a
negro.
A number of negroes from town
wem out to ion in ine. iun oi tne
.. -A- A - A 1 1
occasion, nrong them wasjJohn
Crafge, a well known character
about town. ; ; :
Before the "evening" closed, a
negro named Mack Misenheimer
got mad at Craige and shot him
from the rear making three holes
in his body. A ball entered the
heft shoulder, and one went in the
right thigh, breaking a bone in
theleg, and then rebounding made
another hole in coming out.
Craige was brought to town and
Dr. . Brown looked after 1 his
wounds. '
It is not known whether the.
wounds will prove fatal. The
ball which went through the
shoulder was cut out from under
the skin in front. -
Misenheimer was arrested at
daybreak this morning bv 'Deputy
- " . 1
Henry Monroe and placed in ia.il.
Time of preliminary hearing has
not been set. -
CHILLING EXPERIENCE.
A
Morning Holdup and Mysterious
Gleam in Moonlight.
Capt.' William L. Tuttle of the
Southern railway, had an unusual
and mysterious experience yester
day morning at 3:30 at the corner
of a- bridge at the lower end of de
pot street. The captain was on
his way to answer a call to take
train 52 out on its regular run and
was in a hurry. Just as he reached
the bridge a well dressed man of
dignified appearance halted him
grasped the lapel of his coat and
gazed into the depths of the Cap
tain's deep blue eyes.
While the Captain watched the
stranger's "other hand," the. mys
terious one never uttered a sylla
ble, and the Captain having no
questions to answer said nothing.
Then the stranger released the
Captain's coat and pointed some
thing at the railroader that gleam
ed in the moonlight.
The Captain thought that the
atmosphere needed smoothing and
patted the gleaming thing a three-
bagger. The stranger looked
sadly at him and turned and
walked away., The Captain
searched in vain, for the thing that
bad caused the gleam in the moon
light and incipient heart failure in
the breast of the searches He is
uncertain whether it was a pistol
or a bottle, but thinks it was not
hat it ought to have been. He
said the mairdid not appear drunk
but was probably demented.
Asheville Citizen.
Ask to see' Boy's, youth's and
little gents' nobby, stylish and
servicable footwear at Harry Bros.
Wanted: To rent a piano. Ad
dress Mabel W. Chamberlain, City.
For RENT.--Nice cottage at
Spencer, near South switch. P. A.
Cauble.
Stock for Sale 20 or 25 shares
North Side Roller mill stock, pay
ing 10 per cent. R. L. Shaver.
Joseph Stockford, Hodgdon,
Me., healed a sore running for
seventeen years and cured his
piles of long standing by using
De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. It
cures all skin diseases. James
Plummer. -
DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE.
New Train Will be. Put on the Yad
kin at Once-.
The best news the people along
the line of the Yadkin branch of
the Southern have heard in a long
time is the word sent down 4 the
line yesterday evening by officials
to the effect that a new passenger
train is to be put on the line.
This will r make a double daily
service on this important branch
line of?tke Southern."""
The officials say the new train
will be put on as soon as a sche
dule can be arranged. This will
probably be about the first of No
vember. STATE FAIR NOTES.
Large Attendance Veterans Meeting
Fakirs at Work.
Raleigh, Oct. 19. The
Vlgl-
lance committee" bagged four fa
kirs who had opened a swindling
game and took them before a
magistrate. . Upon their pledge
to get out of this part 6f the world
as quickly as possible they were
released.
The warrants against
them were
sworn out by J. W.
Bailey, editor of The Biblical Re
corder. - ,
There were few jnckpockets.
One of them stole a pocketbook
rom a women in a train at the
station here. She ciled out and a
railroad detective, pursued the
hief, who sprang through a win
dow and, making a rush, clkQbed cently went to work forthebouth
a high fence and got away before ern has the position of shifting en-
he detective could shoot him.
ater the thief was found on the
air grounds by the same detective
who arrested him and turned him
over to a couple of the fair police
men. The latter took him away,
out wnen mey reached the main
adroitly, and ran like a rabbit.
The Confederate veterans' an
nual meeting was the largest sever
held. J. S. Carr was re-elected
president; J. A. . Ramsay, vice
president; Claude B. Denson, sec
retary, v ; -
The veterans are greatly pleased
at the meeting last night of their
State association and the large at
tendance. - The address of the
grand commander, Julian S. Carr,
was well received. His re-elec-
Hon was a deserved compliment.
An unsettled question is as to a
great re-union of the veterans
next year; whether it shall be held
the fair or at some
point during the summer." The
best encamnment the veterans
have ever held in this Dtate was
hatin lS91, at Wrightsville.
There were over 15,000 people at
the State Fair to-day. Charlotte
Observer.
Avery Kale Hanged.
Newton, Oct., 19.- Avery Kale
was hanged here to-day for the
murder of George Travis. Three
days had been named for the exe-
cution, the first by the court, for
February 19th, the second by I
Governor Russell for. September I
20th, but on account oi the impor
tunity of the defendant's counsel,
W. G. Feimster, who exerted
every effort to secure a com muta
tion for imprisonment for life, the
Governor gran ted him a respite
for thirty days, and the third day
of the execution was set for to
day. The execution took place in
the jail yard - enclosure, the gal
lows having been erected just off
of the back porch of the jail and
further removed from public view
by a small board enclosure about
15 feet high. Charlotte Obser
ver. ' . ' . '" .
John. Jenkins,' who was recently
imprisoned here from the western
part of the county, was taken to
Mcrganton asylum yesterday, in
custody of Mr. John McCain. He
was so wild when placed in jail
that his home people were afraid
of him, and Sheriff McCain had
considerable trouble in handcuff
ing him yesterday morning. Al
bemarle Enterprise.
A. L. Shaver for fresh meats of
all kinds. "
ABOUT THE CITY.
- j General Summary of Local Happen-
ings in and About Salisbury.
Miss
Ellen Howard is very
sick.
Mr. H. S. Huntley
has moved
to Gold Hill.
The Mt. Vernon office is being
repainted and. repaired.
Mr. Abe Nash,' an old veteran.
of Verble, is quite ,sick7
Mr. S. J. Walter, of the Red
Oak Dairy, has twin calves at his
place.
Dr. J. B. Council has moved in
to the house corner of Church and
Bank streets. .
Service at' Main Street Metho
dist church to-night at 7:30 o'clock.
Everybody is invited.
Mrs. II. T. Graeber, whose ill-
j ness was mentioned the other day,
fs worse. She has fever.
Mr. J. B. Rochester has moved
into the house on Council street re
cent occupied by Messrs. Lowry
and Huntley.
Mr. J. N, Stallings has given
up his place on the Sun force to
accent a nosition on his father'
paper, the Index.
Mr. T. J. Morgan will have his
house turned around to face Leo
street and moved back. Tho
work will be done by W. W.
Reed, house mover.
Mr. J. II. Goodman, who re-
gineer on the ureensboro yard.
He was in the city but returned to
Greensboro last night.
Mr. W. ' F. Hobbs, who has
been living here for the past three
years, has given up his place at
the Spencer shops and gone to
Spencer shops and
mm fits
family left this morning for
that
place.
Mr. Roper, who resigned as agent
for the Southern Express Com
pany at this place recently, is in
Gainesville, Ga. Ho was succeeded
here by Mr. Neighbors, formerly
transfer clerk at Spartanburg, S.
C. .
Mr. Douglas Patterson was bur
ied at Chestnut Hill yesterday af
ternoon, a large number of Juniors
attending. He was a member of
Council No. 26. Death was caused
by typhoid fever. Mr- Patterson
iormeriy iived at Chestnut mil
but had recently been farming bo-
low China Grove, lie leaves a
wife.
The University and Davidson
teams play football at Charlotte
to-morrow.
The Queen City Drum Corps is
making all preparations to bo . in
the Dewey f) arade in Atlanta next
Wednesday.
Mr. Jen. Green, of Irankhn
county, succeeds Mr. Thomas B.
Russell as warden of the feniten-
tiary.
Silence is golden. The
wagon
tongue has nothing to say, but it
usually gets there ahead of tho
rest of the outfit.
Home-made lard for sale at Sha
ver's market.
For Carpets, Mattings and Rugs
go to Jacob Feldman.
Don't Read This
Unless you want the best in
stationery, blank books, china and
glassware. -"'
Decorated china spitoons 50 cts.,
glazed or ornamented 35 cts., dec
orated earthenware spitoons at 15
cts., tin ones at 15 cts., nickel from
35 cts to $1 each.
If you want a coffee or teapot,
that will last you a lifetime, one
made of copper and nickel plaited
call at Buerbaum's.
Lamps, from 25 cts. to $10 for
hall, library and sitting room, for
church and school at Buerbaum's.
A large assortment of Bibles,
Testaments and other religious
works at Buerbaum's. i
v