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FOR .RENT: -New 6
room house on North Main
Street. Water, bath and
sewerage. $12.50 month.
N. P. Murphy.
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VOL XV
SALISBURY, N. C; TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH- 20, 1904
NO. 25.
jjj 'l I I
WILL ADOPT A SYSTEII
TEE FiKEHEH. C1THEB IS HECTI5G
Mayor Boyden. Urges the Systemiza
tioaef the Firemen.
An important meeting of the
Salisbury Fire Department was
held at the city hall last night,
Chief Wallace called upon Mayor
Boyden, who was present, to ad
a ress me meeting. voi. Dovueus
. tu-
a it . - tt J
uujoci, ju oitouutu lurj uicctiu
was to urge upon the firemen the
adoption of a systematic line cf
bcuoq ac uret. a iuuiiuu was
t ' a.- a a:
made and unanimously passed that
m iqb luiuro vniy reujJuuBiuie
parties oe auoweu to nave cnargei
- .
Ol me u re teams sna mat it ue
a. a r m 1 a 1 . 1
come incumbent upon such per-
Bona to report at once any , person
or persons getting on a fire wagon,
other than firemen. Mayor Boy-
den stated that he would inflict the
full penalty of the law on all out-
iders for getting on any fire
-
wagon.
It was resolved that" in the fu-
ture all firemen shall go through
the main entrance of ths . city hall
and through the hallway to the
door connecting with the city
stable to secure fire suits, This is
done in order to prevent the
horses - demoralization, of the
bv stoDDiner them after
they have started from the hall
and also to avert danger to by
standers.
Chief Wallace was authorized to
prepare a set of rules with; refer-
ence to the conduct of the individ-
ual members at a fire, specifying
the, part to be taken by every
member. These rules will, be dis-
cussed and passed upon by the
firemen at their 'next regular
meeting. ;
It was ordered that every member
of the department be req lired to
attend the meeting to be held
next Monday night.
HEARING IS HEW YOBK.
The Gold
Hill Copper
Suits. w
Company's
The hearing of the Oold Hill
Copper Company's troubles was
resumed here this morning but the
.hearing was continued and will be
resumed in New York on April
19,h before B B Miller, Eq , re
ceiver. The books of the company
willl be gone over at this hearing.
Eeproved for a Contentious Life-
This was the subject upon which
Rev. F. M. Harr addressed aiull
bouse' at Chestnut Hill Lutheran
church last night. Rev. Harr
pleased his audience, and clearly
demonstrated that the strength of
tbe church lies in the willingness
of her members to serve ; and that
the weakness of the church lies in
the fact that there are contentious
members who desire to boss and
rule everything, even if it ruins
justice ard the Christian spirit. ' .
Rev. C A. Brown is programmed
f r toi-i;ht with tie ubjct, ''Re
buked for a Hypocritical Life."
Who Will Come to the Rescue of
Venus?
Our very own Venus (denomina
ted by thoughtless ones as J. T.
Wya.t) adds to the gajety of the
times by submitting the following:
Who can tell Venus through the
Sun how much our granite belt
here weighs; It is 40 mile long,
2 miles wide and one mile deep.
It weighs 160 lbs to the cubic foot.
How much money would it bring
if sold at $ 1 25 per cubic foot;
Attention Sir Knights.
You are requested to attend a
special conclave of our Cjommand
ery Wednesday afternoon at 3:15
in full uniforzr. Worki in Red
Cress in the. afternoon ! aod the
Temple at night; Sir Kn ght J.
T. Barron, of Columbi. S. - C
will be with us to confer the
orders. By order of 'Eminent
Cmmander. R..G. Kizeb, Rec.
The
nmimr for! in an Easter
shad. Leave y ur order wnh W.
A Brown. 2t
I Avaaw . -sr
Pure Brown Leghorii eggs fox
Bale. 75cts per netting f 15 ggs.
P. T. R jbinson, 408 S Ellis St.
Fine meats, at the lowest prices,
at Rusher's cash meat market, tf
If troubled with weak digestion.
belching or sour stomach, use
Chamberlain's Stomach aud Liver
Tablets and vou will get quick re
lief. For Bale by Jas. Pluminer.
PARKER.
SO SITS HCS. THEO. F.' KLUTTZ.
LOOKS LIE'
BeUeves the Platform Will Eeprtsent! The Counties Which His Followers
I Old Time Democracy.
Hon. Theo. F. Kluttz, perhaps
the adlest man North Carolina has
in 1 the House of Representative?,
lis at home for toddy, having been
- called here by lega business,
I IkTTTl 111 at m a Z
-rno win lue uemuwniB uuun-
x-Mj r m -irinff.
ui,d mi itoomcui i aui. umviu
was asked by a Sui reporter.
"It looks now ery much like
1 1 1 1 1 iivTm vvW
1 uuga jrr&r, ui pon iui, w
least : that is the sentiment in
1 r aeuiuiuu. jj
mm nai, 1a your quioiou, win
1 1
- 1 ine leading isbue iui iue ueii cui-
1.1 1 1 - - r ! a 1 l
paign on the partJ of the Dem-
ocrats 1"
"The old
Democratic doctrine
J of honesty and economy, was Mr.
Kluttz's ready replyif "The trusts
and reduction of tariff in conse-
1 1 -
quence will Ije the slogan
Mr. Klutiz thinks that Congress
will not adfourn until about May
let and that both the Sraoot case
I and the postoffice investigation will
I be laid oven until after the next
I election.
MR. BESSON BADLY HURT.
Mr
Felix G. Benson,! of Mocksville,
Seriously Injured.
Mr. John O. Benson left this
I morning for Mocksvjlle in response
to a telegram whith announced
that a very feeriousl accident had
befallen his father, Mr. Felix G.
Banson, who has been miller for
for the Mocksville Roller Mills
Mr. Benson was pursuing his work
when . his hand was caught in a
machine and the bone in the right
arm snapped a3 ah.hr ead. The
bone was j propelled . upward
through the flsh ten inches and
the injured man is in a very seri
ous condition.:
Spencer Beal Estate.
Maupin Bros, so Ed Mr.
T. E.
Gonley'two yalaabl
cer yesterday.'
Mrs J. D. McCormick.of Speh-
cer, let the contract ryesieraay ior
.A .hi 1
two five room cottages at Spencer.
Mr. D. C Eagle
of Spencer,
who haB been conducting a mer
cm tile business in a
iag, will move 'his
frame build-
present house
and build two twd
story brick
use one of
buildinsrs. He will
these buildings as a storeroom
At the Methodist Church.
Rev. D. W. Comknn preached
it
an intensely practica
and most ap
nropriate sermon
bt the First
Methodist church las
night on the
by Christ to
! service was
doing of things given
be done, . An after
held and it oroved very helpful to
those who remained And took parf
ia it. An invitation is
given every
services at 3
day.
body to attend; the
and 7:45 o'clock eaca
Mr. and Mrs. ThomasonlEeturn.
Mr. tni Mrs. witson Thoma-
s m returnea tnis morning irom
their bridal tour in Florida and
are spending5 the day with Mrs.
Thomason's parents, pi r. and Mrs.
George A Kluttz. Tbmorrow they
leave for Z3b, where they will
make tbeir future home.
Dr Detwiler Entirely Recovered.
Rev. Dr. G. H. Detwiler, pre
siding elder of the Salisbury d;s-
trict, went to Charlotte this morn
ing. ; Dr. Detwiler has entirely
recovered from the .effects of an
operation recently pe rformed upon
him at a Charlotte hi )spltal.
Anti-Saloon League Meeting.
The Anti Saloon
meet in the room
Fisher street this
League will
at 105 West
evening at o
o'clock. Every member is request
el to be present.
Don't Wait, Buy How !
We are selling real estate every
day. Bargains can
be bad H you
hat buys from
sae us.- Every one
us makes money.
,1 Maupin Bros.
WILL GARNISHEE WAGES.
City Taxes Must he Piid by the First
iof April.
The city taxes are past due and
all who have-not " paid by April
1st will be i advertised or- garni
sheed and all delicouents will be
taxed with costs. ! "
James t Heixig,
; Cn'ml Finance Com.
I BLACKBORH FIGURES.
CUIUS THAT HE IS SOMINATED.
I Here Claim
Mr. U. E. Mdls has a te e
gram from Hon. E. Spencer Black-
burn stating that he had carried
the district. The counties and
their voting strength claimed for
I U T 1 1 a 11 1 rr A l
umc&uuru sro Aiieguaay 4, asne
Ion p0k... it- P.um.in9 t.
vouoiiuo iu, vBiuncu ajj, no.
dell 18 out of a total of 24 votes,
Surry 26, Wautauga 15, Wilkes
t ijv a f i3o. i'u a a I at
a iot ui xoo, iub tuiai voung
strength of the eleven counties in
t ltb 10 UU,J AOV auu 11
uoiuiacnuuru ciaims are accBpieo oe
1 -
t- at a a. i rri
una ii . vu.bs iu timru. j.uere is
every indication that the cocven
tion at Wilkesbbro Thursday will
J be productive of some lively scenes.
MR. THOMPSON'S BIRTHDAY.
A Surprise Given to.Prominent Cleve
. land Citizen. ;
Oorrospondenca of Sun.
Barber, N C
March 28
A few days ago Mr. Willie Can-,
ble had the misfortune to break
his arm.
Misses Lizzie and Alma Powlas,
who have been teaching tchool in
this county, recently, have return
ed home, their schools having clos
ed. ' ;
The Barber school, which was
taught by Mr. E. J. Abernethy,
closed last Tuesday. Without
having given the teachers any
special notice of their kind inten
a. 1 r.a
uons h gooa numoer or tne pa
trons of the school canJe in, about
noon, erected a table on the ground
and spread a good dinner for all
After this, the young people en
joyed themselves at ball and other
garres. Mr. Abernethy is now
conducting a writing school at the
same pTaca. s
The Woman's Foreign Mission
ary Society of Lebanon church will
have some missi
ircllfch next Monday night.
Last Saturday more than a hun
dred friends of Mr. Turner
Thompson met at his . hospitable
home to help him celebrate and
enj jy his sixty second, birthday.
More than one hundred were pres
ent, and had come as a surprise.
One of the first and most interest
ing things on the program,! in
which none refused to take an ac
tive part, was an exceptionally
fine dinner. After this, came mu
sic, then the large crowd - enjoyed
hemselves for the rest of the af
ternoon in various ways. In is
was a pleasant day, and we trust
that Mr. Thompson, who is one of
Rowan's best citizens, may - be
spared many more years. ;
Work at Catholic Church.
Extensive and very pleasing im
provements- have been made in
tie interior of the Catholic church.
Parts of the edifice hay e been kal
somined while the skilful work j of
experienced painters has entirely
altered theappearencepf the walls.
The repairs make a strikingly
favorable change ia the appearance
of the whole interior.
Ko Trace of Missing Jewelry.
Nothing has been learned by the
officers of the jewelry which Mrs.
Noyes alleges was taken from her
satchel, which was stolen from a
Pullman car here Saturday night.
The satchel with such contents as
it contained when the ' officers
found it, is still at the city hall.
Quarterly Conference. ; J
Quarterly conference was ; held
at the' First -Memodist church yes
terday afternoon. Only routine
business was transacted.
Hew Ads. - '
Brown Clothing Co.
J. H Reid. ;
Maupin Bros.
W. B. Summersett. I
. : GAME EGGS I ;
for sale $ 2 50 per netting. . Mug
wump?, Var horses and bhawls.
- tf. . G. A. Jackson.
Nice Furniehed Rooms for Rent,
229 E. loniss st , near fountain, tf
Just receivedl More Red and
White bliss, Early Rose, Burbank
a d Pee i less seed potatoes. Also
Onion sets and all other kind o:
aden seeds. MtX Moses,
APPOIHTJIEIITS AISOUICED.
Official notification of Changes on
- 0
' Southern . :
; . a
Official notice of the chances on
this division of tbe Southern has
been made by the Southern and
the following circular has been
received here i
"Mr. P. S.McMsnus is appoint
ed general superintendent of the
Charlotte divi ainn with . nffiea.
I .
, .u onA i im, h... d.l
mat city, ana , Mr. Horace uaier
will on the same date become
a6Bi8tant general superintendent
with headauarters here in Greens-
.
unrn rr p j Q -MfMnnrn tvnn
j eral superintendent of the system
will go to 1300 Pennsylvania Ave,
w0kinn n n
lie noaaaajaf &.vfaa. -
I '
HIS POCKET PICKED.
A Visitor in Salisbury Touched Last
Night
A well dressed individual who
refused to give his name but gave
his home as New York claimed at
the depot lakt night that he had
been "touched" for a 1 150 watch.
I The party stated that the disclosure
of his identity might lead to his
I detention as a witness and that he I
didn't "care a d about a
I watch anyhow."
$150 1
HAD HIS FOOT CUTOFF.
Young Man Beating His Way Meets
With Serious Accident
Lewis McLeod, a young man
aged 20 years and living at Ram-
seur, had his foot partially cut off
last night while in the act of
jumping from No. 38 as it came
into tho : fitAtinn lia hd haan J
beating his way from Rimseur to-
this city, and fearing arrest by the
officers when' he arrived here, he
tried to . jump from the moving
train as it approached the station.
While in the act of jumping he fell
and both his feet went under' the
wheels. Oae was pushed aside.A
portion of jb--" g Tna
ipurp. -lireensboro xeiegram.
Coca Cola.
The Coca Cola Company pub
lishes a pamphlet giving then um
ber of gallons of Coca Cola sold by
various drug stores in the United
States. It gives the figures of
only two drug stores in Concord.
Johnson's drug store during 1903
disposed of 500 gallons, and Gib
son Drug Company 416. One
gallon of the fluid makes about
123 glasses, so that tbe two drug
stores named sold about 117,248
drinks. One drug store in Win
ston sold 940 gallons. Tne other
drug stores have .cold large quan
tities also, Concord Times.
Measles is Still Baging.
There is no abatement of meas
les in Salisbury.' A child with
a well developed case attended one
o! the Salisbury Sunday schools
Sunday and it was not discovered
until after she was in class that
she was ill. Meaoles is in very
mild form here this year, how
ever.
Three Raids Made , ,
Says the Asheville News-Ga
zette: '..,.!
Three raids on moonshine stills
m . .
were made in this district last
week by le venue officers and a
total of 3,100 gallons of beer, 30
gallons of low wines and three
valuable appa a'ts captured and
destroyed.
Meeting of Teachers.
The executive committe of . thej
North Carolina Teachers' Assem
bly has uecided that the annual
meeting of the assembly will be
held this year at Morehead .City
during the week beginning June
8.
Mr. Grimes Opens Tomorrow. '
Mr. T. Walter Grimes, vho
bought Isenhour & Bean's stock cf
drugs Saturday, will openuprfor
business tomorrow morning.
SlBB.3BBiBliBBlBMSHieKSEeiiBiBMBS '
Graphophones: On installment.
$ 1 permoDth. Address Drawer D,
bpencer, N. C .30U
Received this week best assort
ment .of fish I have had this Bea
son. See me before buying - and
leave order for Easter shad. 'Prices
always the lowest.
W. A. Brown, phone 111.
Wanted: Good road hors1.
ply to T. J. Babe.
theTf.,. J . . . ' L
I Items Personal and Otherwise Picked
: Up on the Bounds.
Mr. E. B Neave went to Lex
1
ington this
morning on business.
Mr. J. K
Link went to Lexing
ton this mofning on No. 36 j
K- 1ee Wright, E-q , went to
t Landie today on leiral business.
- I . r
!
K9V. Ur. li. H. Detwiler went
to Concord this morning.
Mr. Wmj H. Julian's condition
r
U unchanged today. : . f r
Mr.
T. . M. . Kerns is spending
. 1
the day in Charlotte on business.
Mr. II. A.
U,AI,Wl. hn?M
a capacious storeroom on Chestnit
tr:n 1.
uill. ; i
: L
The Merchants Association will
meet tonight at 7 30 o'clock at the
city hall.
Expend your money here where
i i l
I it will bring
its utmost.; Burt
Shoe Store.
Easter Monday will be generally
observed next
TOLD II BRIEF.
week in Salibburvla'an flt n Baii r,.
as heretofore.
Look at T. W.
Grimes box
ad I
on the first
page of tomorrow's
Sun.
jar. i . iv . Ajriover leaves for
ll t xrr nt . 1
States ville Sunday with his FerHs
Wheel.
Mr. Sherwood Lewter, a j form
er Salisburian now of Aberdeen
is
here for a few days.
'Mr. M. Si Brown, who has been
in New York for the past two
months, will return to Salisbury
this week, j ; I
Mrs. Crowson and Miss Annie
. ; a I
Hutchinson will have their display
of patterns tomorrow and Satpr-
Mr. W. T, Songer, of Phil&del-
. ., I
phia,: who ; frequently comes to
Salisbury, is here today on a basi
nesa trip.
,---4ir?rUuIawno nas been
aT the Whitehead-Stokes sanito-
riuuT for the past; two weeks,
improving. . ..L
18
MUrf. Clara. .Ware will arrive
in
Salisbury tomorrow morning frm
Salem. Female Academy and spend
a week t home.- -
Earners will appreciate the power
of their 'money here. Read bur
Easter ad. in tomorrow' paper.
Burt Shoo Store. j
Robert Johnston, the well known
cider man, will have on the market
omorrow a wagon load cf j fresh.
weet cider. I i j
-I ! " I
Mr, CL A Sbpman and family
have moved to Crescent, wberej he
has a position as foreman in a
wood working establishment, j
Mrs. ClaraBrown, of Green
ville, N. C.,is here, the guest of
her daughter, Mrs. W. K. Wire.
Mrs. Brown: will probably spend
the summer here. " ? i
Mr. John itV. Davis, formerly a
resident of Salisbury now of Gop
pir Ridge, Tenn , was bere'last
aight' and left this morning for
Hickory. 1 - . ! "j '
rrof. J. DJ Hodges, at one time
a member of the faculty of Trinity
College now! Superintendent of
Public Instructions of Davie coun-
y, was in Salisbury today. !
Mrs. W. A. Holter left today
forJ Charlotte, having recsved
word of the death of her moper,
who has been a consumptive! for
ias. Mrs.! Holter will proba
bly remain in Charlotte for
weeks. . - !
two
Ilawes hats cannot receive too
much praise. Brown Clothing Co.
Runs Tonight I - The merry-go
round runs tonight. Best cf order
preserved, everyone invited
-
For Rent, 8 room house;
No.
224 ' North Alain st.
Apply at
Brown hhoe Co. store.
tf.
Taken Up. A yellow calf at W.
CHouchins. Owner can recover
bv calling and paying costs, i 6t
To The Ladiea
' Call and take a look at my Eas
' - i
ter Millinery. 1 have a xaii as
sortment, stylish and pretty. F.
M. Watters, 116 IN . Mam
Up
stairs.
Kotice. ..
I hereby
announce myself a
candidate for alderman
or
the
townnf Spencer, N. C, subject to
tbe action of the Democratic pri
- ary to - be held' April 18. 1904
' .. : W. C. HoccHiN3
HO COEEESPOIIDEnTS.
ALL EXPELLED FfiOH POET AETflUB
St Petersburg . Expects land Battle
Within a Week.
.Lien ism, March 29 A French! Houston, Tex , March 29. Re
employe of the Russian Chinese
Bank has been appointed French
tuusumr agent m jbw nwaag
1 a. a. far m
and has hoisted the French flagl have fallen and the weather is per
over the bank building. Thif,
is believed, is a forerunner rf
movement to fly the trench f ig
oyer all Russian buildings at New
Chwang.
Fri9 March 29.-II is reported
,rora St. Petersburg that the war
I T;-, - a aL a? a 1 j
lumw cAictia iuouriiauu tn7PB
ti-a.r, '...t '
UiCUt m lHe A r E'sl in do a
he week. Ihe total strength of tbe
week. The total strength of tbe
Japanese army in Pin? Yam? difulThe anneal of CTm J. Rnn fi-nm
l
I trct under Kuroki is estimated
I seventy thousand men. inclndinor
the brigade cavalry and one hun -
dred and eighty guns. The Rus-
about the middle of June will con-
cruisers and a large number of
torpedo boat destroyers.
St. Petersburg, March 29. All
war correspondents have been ex
pelled from Port Arthur.
Seoul, March 29. A report has
reached here that fifty Japaneee
and one hundred Cossacks were
killed or wounded
a SKirmuh
. . .
in
between An ju and Tieng Jne.
Berlin. Maroh '29. It ia renort
Ui from an effisial source that the
' - i
German government has instruct-1
t(j its consul at Tien Tain to go to
Man PKoranrv on1 PAiAi-f - tU
v u rw uu nuu a VLva m JkA fuo 1
Bitnition. TOrticularlv hnwr Knul.
. i " , .. - . I
an.maruai law regniatrvns antct
llpdrtJaermanyook3 to
Atrerica to take the letjl, should
any "protest against Russia action
be considered necessary." " '
London, March 29. The report
aent from Wei Hai that eleven
Russian warships had been sighted
off that point quite near to the
Japanese fliet and 'that a battle
between the two fleets was immi
nent is not credited here. The
lastest reports from Port Arthur
indicate that the Russian fleet is
still there, though not bottled up.
KILLED HIS SWEETHEART.
Couldn't Bear to See Her With Another
Man.
Roanoke, March 2S.-J.E Par
sons, a deputy sheiriff of McDow
ell county, W. Vs., yesterday ar
rested William Hughe?, who some
weeks ago killed his sweetheart,
Edith Ne'son, at Eckman..W. Va.
Hughes admits the crime and gives
as his reason that he could not boar
to see Miss Nelson with another
man. He was captured at Nelson
ville, Ohio, where he lived" under
he alias of Charles Craig". -
The largest chub fish ever
brought to Salisbury was received
this morning by Mr. W. ABrowh.
t weighed eight pounds while the
average fish ol . this character
weighs about three pounds.
Justice .Ware, of Asheyille, has
been bound to court in a bond of
1200 for failing to turn over to
the school fund a fine of tS which
he had collected.
Dutches guaranteed pants lOcts
for a button, 51 00 for a rip.
Brown Clothing Co. 2t.
Buy Eeal Estate.
Now is the time to purchase real
estate. You can make money
if
you buy at once, bee us for
gains. Maupin Bros.
bar-
Canning Machinery For Sale.
Complete canning outfit for sale,
25 borre boiler, large process ket
tle, boilers, cooling tubs, &c Ev
erything that is needed. See or
address b. r. Lord, balisbury.
N. C tf.
It Saved His Leg.
P. A. Danforth of LaG range,
Ga , Buffered for eix months with
a frightful running sore on his leg
but writes that Backlen'a Arnica
Salve wholly cured it in five days
cor Ulcers, Wounds, Piles, l
tbe best salve in tbe world. Cure
guaranteed. Oaly 25:ts. Sold bj
all diuggigts.
A GREAT G0TT0II CROP
TEXAS PLAITEES WISE EAELY.
200,000 Sales Expected on the Market
i
ports from all the State indicate
that the cotton crop has been
I 1 11 l . . . ,
I uomij a.i piamea. VxOOCt rains
it ect. It is expected that two han-
a I dred thousand bales of new cotton
win be put on the market during
I August owing to early planting.
BRTAI'S APPEAL HEAED.
n Bemnstt Will Cm i.. tt
I r
- l Aim.
amAoaay.
New Haven, Conn., March 29.
I - - w -m j mmajk. A WUJ
I the decree of the probate court,
Irn'sctinc the seAird lttr in rkiK
1 Philo S. Bennett directed his
widow to pay Mr. Brvan 50.000
I will Ka k,. - k r.. j I
Hahar. of thesoDerior ciurt. Mr.iDMsn,totjett5w Ycrk Aaestatat
I of whom is to be a witness, are
now in towr.
9
STUDEIT WAS A LEPEB.
A Filipino Stadent Comes Here With
Leprosy.
Washington, March 23. Tco-
I J.li. 1 r . . a
UUilu i-'aga, one oi .ne ninety-lour
Filipino student who came to this
country in charee of W. A. Sun-
derland of the Philippine instruc-
lOB department, and were -placed
Ma cerUin Amerian schools to
I COmnlfltA thfilT AtflnrAtlAn Vittsi VkAAn
nt back to Manila beean?e .
a w -wu j Mtw iwu
v,.- 1 mi. At
"cFi"B-fevr-7
six week8T"
igo and were assigned to various
colleges in the west and east. It
ws not until after, he had been at
school a short time that it was dis
covered that he had leprosy.
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EOUBLE DELEGATIONS.
Heaps of Tun Promised in the Wilxes-
bsro Convention.
Winston-Salem, N. C , March 28.
"Everything has gone to tbe
devil," said Mr. R. H. McNeill of
Washington, D. CX, when asked
his afternoon to give the situation
relating to the warm contest in the
eighth district over the Republican
nomination for Congress, which,
being interpreted, means that Mr.
McNeill said that in the Wilkes
Republican county convention to
day two. seta of .delegates were
elected to tbe Congressional conJ
vention Thursday. He also stated
that Ashe and Watauga would
send two sets of de'egates. In the
Ashe county convention pereonal
combata were narrowly averted.
Mr. McNeill expressed the opinion
that Blackburn, if nominated,
ould never be able to heal the
breach which is now on in the
eighth district.
Threw Away Their Clothes.
St. Louis, March 23. Nearly
300 Filipinos have arrived at the
World's Fair grounds in a special
tram. In one car were the Lror-
rotea,the savage head-hunters from
the mountains in the north of
Luzon. They had thrown nearly
all the clothing provided by the
government out of the car windows.
Whi'e trying to shoot some rats
in ms oarn, w.ij. iiouem&n, a
prominent farmer living three
miles south of HolIySpringa,Wake
co ant, accidentally shot himself.
Thehot passed through one jiw
and a part of the nose and loiged
against the opposite cheek bone.
He may recover but there is dan
ger of the loss of the sight of one
or both eyes.
Have you Been the boys hsts and
straw caps, are the latest for boys.
We have them. Brown Clothing
Co. - 2i
Working Overtime.
Eight hoar laws are ignored by
thoee ti relet, little workers Dr.
King' New Life Pills. Millions
are alwavs at work, night and day,
coritfg Iadigeetion, Biliousness,
Uonciipation. bick ileadach and
11 Stomach. Liver and Bowe
troubles. Esy, pleasant, safe.
-ture. Only 25c at all drug stores
40,000 YIOTinS FALL.
TEE BUEQ3IC PL1GUE II EIIA.
During One Week Over 40,003
sons Died From It
Per-
Bombay, March 29.Itia staUd
that during the' week ending
March 19th, over 40,500 persons
died of bbonic plague in India.
This means an increase of .seven
thousand over the precediDgst.-
POPE'S LITE II DAf GEE.
Soldiers and Police Guarding the Vat
ican Gardens and Apartments.
London, March 29. It is re
ported from Rome that Italian sol
diers and police are closely guard
ing the Vatican gardens and apart
menta in consequence of tbe dia-
eovery of a plot against the life of
the Pope.
CARSTGIE HEAVIEST TAXPAYER
of $5,000,000.
New York, March 29 Andrew
Carnegie, who will aain be the
heaviest taxpayer of this city, left
for Europe without objecting to
an assessment on to.OOO.GOO. Rus
sell Sage, who is assessed on . f 2,
000,000 wants the amount cut down
to 1500,000.
EAII T0II0EE0W.
The Weather Torecast f or ITerth Cu
Una for 24 Hours. V
Washington, D: a Mch. S3-T
weather forecast for North C---'
- "axr lomgat, warmer ia wtaitra v
portion. Wednesday showers trilh
risirfg temperature..
J. W. Mullen Assigns.
Mr. J. W. Mullen, who has been
conducting a mercantile business at
321 North Tryon street, has hied,
hrough his attorney, Mr. T. C.
Guthrie, a voluntary petition m
bankruptcy.
Mr. Mullen schedules his aiseU
at about f4,000, with liabilities to
the amount of about $4,500. A
ack of capital and the inability to
secure the stock required by the
business forced him to Uke this
step. Charlotte Observer.
Manetta Cotton Mill Earned
The Manetta Mill, at Lando, S.
C, and owned by Mr. B. D. Healb,
was burned yesterday afternoon,
tteloss bein estimated at f 100,000.
The Manetta Mill b.d been built
within the last four years, and had
about 10,000 spindles, on coarse
yarns. Most of the .machinery
was new.
The Manetta Mill employed
about 125 people. It was f ally
insured. Charlotte Observer.
The largest walnut tree ever
ound in this state has been ship
ped to the St. Louis exposition.
where it will form a part of North
Carolina's great exhibit. The sec
tion of the tree taken is 14 feet
square at the smaller end. it is
said to be worth, at least 3,000
as the grain is uf the finest char
acter, known.
Letter to Hen, Theo. P. XI -tlx.
Salisbury, ff. C.
Dear Sir: "It costs as much io
put on poor paint as good" a ecu.-,
mon saying and true :t cos's much
more to put on poor paint; more
gallons.
Poor paint is paint and barytes
A
or pain t and coaic or paint and
becsme or paint and water; them
are tbe usual cheats; there ar
others.
It takes more gallons of paint
and a cheat than of honet t:nt;
aod the cost of the labor cf paint
ing is so much a gallon one gal
lon costs as much as another, for
Ubor.
This is the way to reckon your
cjsts ftr his year; but how aboct
next year!
Pa nt Vtroe. and next year coils
nothing; year after next the same;
the sme for several years
Paint anything elie, and yocr
costs recur accordicg to what yoa
paint with. Some of the mix
tures wear onevear; some two;
some three.
It costs twice, three times, four
times, five times as much to pilnt
with a cheat as to ptint with Ddvoa.
- Yours truly
8 F. W. Dxvox & Co
Sold by Hesler Sons Hardware
Co.
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