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- A- Parkers Christmas Goods BEfQUALXTY OP BREAD 50 LOAVES FOR $1.00, AT . . . . T. L. jSWINK'S. For CAKES of all kind, Fresh Baked, call on - - T. L. SWINK. - Main Street, Opposite Court Ilovst. are now open for in spection. : WEATHER FORECAST : Fair to-night and Thursday. VOL. VI. SA1ISBURY, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1899. NO. 89. V KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. The Officers Elected at Meeting Last Night. ' At the regular meeting of Salis hnrv Isidore. No. 24. Knights, of Pvthiaa' last ni?bt fficers were j T c elected for the ensuing year. They are as follows: . Chancellor Commander II. J . Overman. Vice Chancellor J. P. Weber. Prelate RevTjohn Wakefield. - Master of Finance C. H. Swink. Master of Exchequer T. B. Marsh. ' . Master of Arms Max Levy. . Master of Works E. C. Miller."- - - " Keeper of Records and Seals P. H. Meroney. Inner Guard Charles Mowery. COMING AND GOING. Brief Items About Salisburians and Their Friends. - . Capt. Charless Price went South on train 11 this morning. Mr. Geo. G. Ritchie, of Rich field, was in the city to-day. Mr. W. F. Snider went to Asheville this morning for a few -days. Mr. T. H. Vanderford left this morning for Raleigh to be gone a day or two. Rev. A. L. Coburn went to Chipa Grove this morning and will re turn to-night. Mr. H. S. Huntley and wife, -of Gold HilLwere at the Mt. Ver non last night. Mrs. R. L. Mauney left for Reidsville this morning to spend some time with friends. j Mr. J. W. Hunsucker returned Jast night from a business trip of 1 several days to Norwood. 'Mrs. Geo. Kluttz and children, of Chestnut Hill, left this morn ing for Belmont on a visit. Mrs. Dr. A. H. Dreher returned this morning from a visit to rela tives at Mt. Pleasant. Mr. S. F. Mauney, of Gold Hill, spent last night in the city and returned home this morning. Mr. T. L. Ross, mayor of China Grove, passed through the city this morning on his way to Albe marle. Mr. R. W. Rice, who travels for his own house handling shirts and underwear and who has been here for several days taking or; ders left this morning for Greens boro. Mr. J. D. Lee, postal clerk of the Greensboro and Wilkesboro railway .postofEce passed through here this morning en route for Albemarle on a short trip. -. " Mr. J. L, Cruse, of Danville, Va., accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Youngj of Spartanburg, S. C, arrived in the city ' this morn ing. Mrs. Young will visit rela tives near Organ Church. Mr. Cruse returned to Danville on train No. 36. Holiday Bailroad Bates. On account of.the holidays the Southern will sell round trip tick ets for one and one,, third fare. Tickets will.be on sale Dec. 22-25, 30-3L and Jan. 1st, continuous passage with limit to Jan. 4th. . Don't order a "coat suit" until vou have examined tne ones re ceived at Harry Bros, to-day. - Dr. W. II. Wakefield, specialist, will be here, at the Central hotel, one day only, January 14th. Prac tice limited to eye, ear, nose and throat. "One Minute Cough Cure is the oesb rtjmtuy xjroer; uscu lor coughs and colds. It is unequalled for whooping r cough. Children all like it," writes H. N. Williams, GentrvviUe-, Ind. Never fails. ,It is the onl harmless remedy tha sdves immediate results. CureB coughs, colds, hoarseness,' croup nneumohia. bronchitis and "'al throat and, lung troubles. early use prevents James Plummer. - consumption. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. Officers Elec ed Candidates Initiated Entertainment Probable. Hickory Camp, No. 49, Wood men of the World, held an inter- esting , mee ing last night. - Sev eral candidates were conducted in- to the fores and initiated into the Woodcraft, likely that at the first mysteries o It is very meeting night in January the Woodmen vill have a sociable, at which time refreshments, delica cies, -etc., will be served .tothe membership, which now numbers between 50 knd 60, although the Camp is on y a little over a year old. j At the same time it is ex pected that 15 or more candidates will receive the initiatory degree. At last night's meeting the fol lowing officers were elected for the coming year: Consul Commander Bismarck Capps. Advisor lieutenant Frank B. Irvin, Banker Henderson N. Brown. Clerk W. II. Huff. Escort Bach man B. Miller. Watchman Joseph A. Linn. Sentry f ?hos. J. Morgan. Physiciar-j Dr. J. S. Brown. Managers A. L. Smoot, chair- man, Kev. J. A. urown, v . . Duckworth J I The abovp officers were install ed last night by Consul Command er Smoot, who is now Past Consul Commander. ' Mr. Wyche Resigns. The Albemarle correspondent of the Chariot e Observer says: ; Wyche, who has been Mr. T. E agent of the' Southern Railway at this place since trains nave been running to Albemarle, has resign i - ed. His Bernhardt, pf New London, takes charge to-morrow. Bequest to tne Children All of the children who will take Christmas exercises at part in the St. John's Lutheran church are requested tb meet at the church to-morrow (Thursday) afternoon at 3 o'clock It is desired that hey be the re promptly at the hour named. Convicts Pardoned. - - T . I t Governor; Russell has pardoned wo white convicts, Jacob P. Lack; ey and Mack McDonald, who were doing time J j on the Rowan gang They were sent up from Alexan der count vy lne men were re eased by Sheriff Monroe this morning. Fine Cane o Bare Wood. Mr. D. L Gaskill is the recipent of a fine cane oi rare wooa m i auzul woo presented him by Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers Hall and brought from Porto Rico. Mr. Gaskill is very proud of the gift- Will Leave Friday. . Rev. AJ j L. . Coburn, who has been appointed to tne .f not Mount circuit has ; made every arrange ment to take up the work and will eave Friday to assume charge. Holiday Bates for Students- Tickets I will be sold by the Southern to students and teachers upon presentation of certificates signed bvi the superintendent, principal or president of schools and colleges, on-Deceniber 15th to 21st. inclusive, with final limit to January 4th, 1900. "Le Triomphe" the. best $1 kid glove made. . You get them at J. H. Koid s. Moose'scar is the place to get your photos taken. The best cab- . kl On rr . mets in ine city oniy i.ov per dozen. (Jail at once. Shave at the Climax. Mr. J Sheer, Sedalia, Mo. , saved hisfchlM1 life by One Min ute Coiglh,; Qure. Doctors had given her up to die with croup. It's an infallible cure for coughs, colds, grippe, pneumonia, bron chitis and throat and luns troubles. Relieves at once. James Plum mer, THE CATHOLIC BAZAAR. To be Held in the Rectory and School Boom Next Week. The ladies5 of the Catholic church are busy with preparations for the bazaar which will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday andThurs- day of the coming week. The works of their industry and the. liberal donations of friends, both nere and away, wui comDme in a display surpassing anything ever done ? in this line. ; In the selec tion of matter, it was aimed at from the beginning, to suit the demands of the Christmas holi days. As toe goods on. sale are gifts they can and will be sold at less than val uer The -' entertain ments, previously given, have won deserved reputation, "and from present appearances this will sur- pass ail otners. lne public is cordially invited. . , Horse Stolen. Mr. Arthur St. Clair, of Alex ander county, Kil by postoffice, ar rived id the city last night looking for his horse which had been stol en about 12 o'clock Monday night, JLne animal is gray, about seven years old and was tied Ih front of Mr. Tom Crouch's distillery when taken. He says a mulatto by the name of TEad Nicols stole 5 the horse and he tracked the horse and thief to ; three miles Cleveland. ; ' ; above I The officers here are on the look j out for the negro and - will tele- phone the policemen to watch for him. of Charlotte New Ads. ' - l The Burt Shoe Co. can fit you up with a nice Xmas present in shoes, slippers, etc. , Read their new ad to-day. The Carolina Racket has aT big sloes to seieci a suiiaDJemas present from, i Their ad will in- terest you. '-l K n . .u u i- "n I xsmu an muw wueie otuiu uiaus i stops when he comes to Salisbury, Buerbaum s ad will tell yeu about it. -I - ; V - Walter W. Weaver, adminis trator of Peter Weaver, has a no tice in the Sun to-day. . Death of an Old Man. Mr. Milas Shuping," who lived about three miles below Faith, died Tuesday night. He leaves a widow and several children. "He was one of the oldest citizens in the settlement.. fOil Agency. The Red C. Oil Company, of isaltimore, will establish an agen cy here. Mr. Metzel, of the. com pany, was here yesterday for Jbis purpose. This will give Salisbury a double oil agency. A Card. I wish to state i through the Sun that the report that my baker and helper and driver had smallpox is positively false. There has been no smallpox or symptoms of the same at my place of business. All my men are in good health. This I report must have been started to iniure me. I do not know for what other reason. Thos. L. Swink. Shave at the Klondike, cut 15 cents. Hair Amas irresenis i now aoout a pair of kid gloves for men, women and children ? : Selection made easy at Harry Brosrr For Rjent 2-story house, cor ner Inniss and Boundary streets. it. J . Holmes. Yoi3r Latest Photograph A nice Xmas present for your best friends, the latest platinum, and cor ban, at the Lxcelsipr. Studio, 2nd door above postonrce. " FOR SALE. Distillery and premises complete, known as the Dug Roseman place, about six miles from Salisbury, in Provi dence township. Everything ready ty begin work. For particular I i , Tf : 1 m a a r-t appiy to n. j. xrott, oaiisoury, or J. u.-mily, bapona, a. C ENLARGE PLANT. MILL CAPACITY TO INCREASED. ' BE Messrs. W. F. ( Snider and J. B. w Gaither Have Purchased Controll ing Interest l,n the Salisbury Roller Mill Mr. Snider President1, Mr. Gaither. Treasurer and Mauager. The Salisbury roller flouring mill is now under the control of Messrs. W. F. nider and X B. Gaither. They"' have purchased the stock of the . mill with the ex ception of ten shares and will have charge of the prpperty. - These gentlemen will enlarge the plant the first of the year. Mr. Gaither returned this morn ing from a week's trip to Phila- idelphia and New, Jersey, visiting different mills. j While ' gone he selectedand purchased a lot of new machinery for the plant. The mill is to be increased from 50 barrels to 8tl barrels capacity per day. It" will be made np-td date in every respect. ; f At a meetinsr held about two weeks ago Mr. Snider was elected president of the company and Mr. Gaither treasurer and general manager. The Southern National Park. - Mr. George S. Powell, who ar chairman of the Southern National Park Association, ' recently re ceived a request from the editor of the New York Sunday Herald iarpflotograpasirKllfttA ,,Tor an article on the park movement. Mr. Powell complied with the re- i i -?.,. quest, anu n is presumea ; tne ar- tide will appear in next Sunday's Herald. The park movement is arousing interest all over the country. The Boston Transcript has asked for data for a two , column writeup. The movement;," said Mr. Pow ell, "is not one of merely local or sectional interest. One of its ob jects is to induce the government to practice scientific forestry in the mountains of North Carolina. It is proposed that the forests of the great water shed of the south i Atlantic States be protected from uenudition. xms win preserve e n?tara? wrt;.tIiM P1C disastrous floods which will occur if the timber along the head waters of tha rivers which flow from the backbone of the Blue Ridge is de stroyed." ' One part of the project is the building of a road to follow the summit of the' mountains. The committee of petitions and memo- riaIs m meet in Asheville next Tuesday, and the matter will be put before Congress just as soon as the necessary data, etc., can be obtained. v - His Parents Opposed the Match. A young man of Guilford coun ty, wno nas been engaged to a Winston girt forlsome time, wrote her last week that their engage ment, he regretted to say, must be declared "off." He gave as a reason for this - change of mind that nis iatner and motner were very much opposed to the match, as he had always been a very obe dient child, he could not afford. to marry against their" wishes. While the letter was a genuine surprise to the girl, she answered it and told the fellow, "I didn't want you nohow." -Winston Sen-' tinel. . - - vi v " For srood firm meats go to Sha ver's market. - Have you been tq lHarry Bros see their-Xmas goods ? to Get your photos at the v Excel. sior Studio. - ". '. . ABOUT THE CITY. General Summary of Local Happen ingsinand About Salisbury. Cotton brought 7;50on the mar ket ,to-day. V ; ; , The hosiery mill has closed "down on account of vaccinating. Mr. J . M. Peacock is having his residence, on Shaver street, re painted. n Phonographs and grapbophones, also a big lot of records for the Christmas trade, just received by The Burt Shoe Co. - J. T. Wyattof Faith, N. C, has jnst received , an order for 2,500 feet of street curbing froni the State of Virginia. - Mr. Matthew Cauble to-day moved into his new house in East Salisbury. Mr. Cahill moved into the house vacated by Mr. Cauble. I want a small, gentle, young buggy horse for its feed with privilege to buy a little later on. Address or call on J. T. Wyatt, Faith, N. Cr Fire near the Meadow Stock Farm several nights since de stroyed five hay stacks. The fire burned over a con siderable area of ground. ' . , See our new $10 graphophone, the greatest talking machine made for this price. - It will make a grand Xmas present. .Burt Shoe Co. ' :"v;-;; v ''. - . A canary belonging to "Mrs. John - L. Brown died this morning of .old age. The bird was raised by Mrs. Brown and was 14 years old. : - A number of f riends were en tertained at Mrs. R. A. Brown's Monday night complimentary to Miss Mary Bernhardt, of Salis bury. Concord Standard. Officer-. Torr ence had a- chase after an offender yesterday. Eachr was in a buggy behind a fast horse. The officer caught his man . -w . . . TT on nortn ix)ng street, ue was fined $5. " A negro who came in from the South last night was arrested; for riding on another man's pass, but was turned loose as the railroad company did not wish to prcisecute him. Y.-''- : , , ' Dr. Herman Heilig, who holds a position in the University hos pital, Baltimore, Md., arrived in he city Monday night to spend several weeks at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.'G. Hei- Dr: J. J Mott was here Mon day- returning to Statesville from Washington. His son, Tom, has been appointed a lieutenant in the United States marine corps. -Trou ble with his eyes prevented his completing the course at the Naval Academy. ; r " The sie wbern Journal, gives a gloomy statement concerning the oyster business in our eastern "wa- ers. The dredgers after having been out a few weeks, return jwith not only ! poor results as to quanti- ,y, but equally so as to quality. "The dredger's report," says the Journal, "that the oysters have been killed by being smothered by the mud deposits, which the August storm carried in quanti ties and spread over the oyster beds in the deeper waters, thus practically burying the oysters, at Lthe same time killing them." Notice to Keiler Mill Stockholders At a meeting of the stockholders held 2nd December, it was unani mously agreed that new stock be issued to amount of the capita stock already ' paid in, arid that each old stockholder be allowed to subscribe to new stock to the iamount .of his present holdings provided, that the new stock is pinT fo" in cash at the rate of $85 per snare on- or oeiore tne xoia December, 1899. .Please advise us at once if you wish -to take Tour part of new- stock, as arrangements haye been made, to dispose of all the new stock not taken by the old Share holders' Truly, - - . Kesler " Manuicturinq ' COi By T. L. Robbing Sec. and Treas, PBITCHARD'S NEW IDEA7 The Senate Asked , to Pass on ' posed Amendment. a Pro- Washingtop, Dec 12. For the first time in the history of the country, the United States Senate has been called upon to declare a proposed amendment to a State Constitution upon which the peo ple are yet to vote unconstitution al. This Is what Senator Pritch ard has askedthe Senate to do in the following resolution, notice of which was sent reads: last night. It "Whereas, The, Legislature the State of North Carolina, its session of 1899, submitted of at to the people of that State for, rati fication or. rejection a proposed amendment to the Constitution of said State aa follows: (reciting theJ proposed amendment); and where as, section 5-of the proposed amendment undertakes to" confer the right of suffrage on one class of citizens of that State, and .to exclude another class of citizens from the enjoyment of said privi lege: Y ." ; "Resolved That section 5 of tne proposed amendment is in contra vention of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the Con- stitution of the United States, and that any State that adopts said provision as apart of its organic law does not possess a republican form of government, as contem plated by the Constitution of the United States." Senator Pritchard will call up his resolution in January and make a speech in its favor. Senator MorgKn, of Alabama, will lend his powerful voice to uphold the constitutionality of the amend ment. Vacancies in the A. & M. College Young men desiring to enter the a. oc ju. LJiiege at icaieign may v be examined Saturday. December 16, 1S&9, at the county court house of this county, at 10 o'clock a. m;, by the county superintendent of schools. The subjects of exami nation will be Arithmetic (com- plete), Algebra (to fractions), English , grammar and American nistory. There will probably be about wenty-five vacancies in the Col- ege, and young men will be se ected to fill these vacancies who have the best endorsements fes to character. This is a rare - oppor- unity for worthy boys to fit them selves for success in life by means of a practical education. Those desiring to be admitted would do well to write to President Winston, Raleigh, N. C. - .; ohn Probst Free. The negro,, John Probst, who was brought here to jail,f rom Gold Hill on the- charge bf shooting Mr. Dolph Mauney. is now at iberty.'-A telegram was received Monday from Mr. Mauney himself asking tnat John Probst be releas ed. Postelle Propst, John's broth er, is confined in jail at Salisbury, both on suspicion of being the one who shot Mr. Mauney and also be cause he bad a pair of brass knucks when arrested. Concord Stan dard. Leave your orders 'with A. L. Shaver for fresh select oysters. Santa Clans is Here. As usual he has made Buerbaum his headquarters. Owing to 'the Expansion" mania, at present so strongly prevailing, he had to "expand" to keep up with the march of events. He is display ing at Buerbaum 's Store the most 4 'expanded" and. largest stock of beautiful ;. Christmas gifts - to be found in Santa's Arctic home. As is his custom he takes good care of the children, he does 'hoC forget the old folks, but he slyly and tastefully has brought he mos beautiful things for the young la dies. - Young men don't forge that I Be sure to inspect the tre- mendous 'stock at Buerbaum's There fs only one Santa Glaus and he makes his headquarters at BUERBAUM'S. NEWS OF THE STATE. Condensed FromExchanges Tar Heel Happenings. Mrs. J. S. Efird died at Albe marle yesterday of consump tion. The Newbern fair will next year be held hv April, from the 16th to the 20th instead of in February as heretofore. . Tarboro is soon to have a silk mill. Machinery is - being placed in the new cotton mills the Tar boro and the Fountain. An. ordinance, passed by the board of aldermen Jast December, which is still in effect, not only prohibits, under a fine of $ 10, the explosion of fireworks in town, but also prohibits their being sold o even given away in town. Statesville Landmark. Items From Faith. The ladies -of the - Lutheran church quilted their missionary qnilt'December 6th, 1899, at Mrs. Harvey- Beaver's. It has 320 names on it. Several teams went to the Piney woods for-lumber for the new Ijuthe'rah church. . " W. E. Micheal and J. A. Shoaf were out on the granite belt to look out a place to learn to cut granite. They, are from Spencer. The Lutheran- church people have postponed 7 their big mis sionary sale until Saturday be fore Christmas, the 23rd of Dec. Remember the date.. Next Saturday the 16th, is the big missionary sale of the Re- formedchurch of this place. The best goods sell the best here now. bo says one oi our mer chants who ought to know from experience. ' Old Santa Claus is coming to see all the little ones in Faith who i, " ... are smart. - 1 Mr; Charley Boger, of Union church settlement has joined the new carpenters under the manage ment of W. S. Earnhart. , Mr. and Mrs. P. Alex Peeler e moving into their handsome new residence to-day, just across he big road from where they did ive. Six young ladies are preparing nice dialogue to recite' at the missionary sale of the Lutherans on he 23rd. Mr. Paul Barger commenced aying the foundation of his new residence in Faith to-day. John John R. Lud wick is one of the carpenters'. It will go up at once. Paul Barker and -Alex Frick have the contract to put up a resi dence for John Stirewalt next to John Bargers.3 Albert Brown commenced put ing up his new residence to-day. W. S. Earnhardt has the job. Mr. Milas Shuping, who lives a few miles below Faith, is lying very low at nis home with a stroke of paralysis and is not expected to live. If the Southern railroad had some, more flat cars they could get lots of granite to haul from 'the granite belt now. One of the con tractors has been waiting since last Thursday for flats to ship some curbing to Durham and they can t be had it seems. Venusis going to get something off the Christmas trees at Lower Stone church on Christmas morn ing and then go on up to Organ church in the afternoon and get another present, so they say. Venus. Not a Surprise. It will not be a surprise to any who are at all ' familiar with the goovl qualities of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, to know that peo- -pie everywhere take pleasure in relating their, experience in the use of that splendid, medicine and in telling of the benefit they have received from it, of bad colds it has cured, threatened attacks of pneumonia it has averted and of the children it has saved from at tacks of croup and whooping cough. -It is a grand, good medicine.- For sale by James Plum mer, druggist.' X
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