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SAJLISBUKV, fN. C, SATURDAY EVEKLKTa, APRIL 15, 1905
VOL,. XVn-NO.. 1 87
TWO CENTS
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JAPAN'S
HANGS
If Togo is" Whipped, pll She Has
Fought For, Including Manchu
rian Control, is Lost
RUSSIA HA8 lilTTLE TO
LOSE BY FLEET'S DEFEAT
"London. Atril 15. Another day of
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waltlne has nassed. yet there Is no
news of the great sea fight expected
to occur as sobnas Rojestyensky en-
tered the China 5sea.r It was believed
xrenerally that Togo would ! swoop
down on the Russian fleet at the fl8
opportunity and one of the fiercest
fights in the annals of the sea would
follow. The movements of the Rus
sian vessels In the open, Indicating
that they were in vling battle, Is look
ed upon by naval men as a clever
move on the part of Rojestvensky,
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who is seemingly inviting an open
-sea fight. The Russians can lose no h
Ing more now by such a fight than an
other fleet. On the other, hand. If
the Japs should be whipped, all they
have fought for, including the control
of Corea and Manchuria, would
be
A HORSE TRADE
Jn Which a Kicking: Horse Raises
Some Sand.
A case came .up before 'Squire J
oe.
Kesler this morning in which one
man was prosecuting another for get-
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ting worsted in a horse trade.
The prosecutor swapped hon ;es
with the other fellow and Uhe one he
got was guaranteed to work anywh (re
However when he hitched his naw
horse to a buggy and .started foi l a
drive the animal proceeded to k ck
the dash board off the buggy and
bruised up the drivers face consider
ably and otherwise made things very
unpleasent. - ... .,( j
The gentlemen who 5 traded this
borse and recommended so highly was
bound over to court. T
Most women would rather patch
quarrel than darn stockings. ;
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Rev. Dr. J. N. Stallings, the pas
or,
ipreaches at Chestnut Hill ! Baptist
-church every 2d. 4th and 5th Sunday
-at 11 a. m and 7:30 p. m-and cpn-
ducts prayer meeting at 730 p. m.on
Wednesday evening of every wejek.
Business meeting Wednesday even
ing before the first Sunday of each
month and Sunday school every Sun
day at 9:30 a. m. The public Is Cor
dially invited to attend all the er-
vices. .
St. John's Lutheran Regular rer
vices at 11 ar m., and 7:30 p. m.; by
the, pastor, .Rev. J. H. Wilson. At be
: morning services. Installation of
officers will take place. , - ) v
The First Baptist Church, Wm. H.
Rich, the pastor will speak, 11 a. m.
Subject: "The gldry of the Church."
7:30 p. m. Subject: "The Destruction
of Sodom." Sunday' School at 10 a.
m.
C.
m.
First Methodist Church Dr. J.
Rowe, pastor. Preaching at 11 a.
-and 7:30 p. . Sunday school at 3d
Capt. W. B. Summersett, Superintend
CKUMHE TOMORROW.
- ent. Public cordially invited. ;
Christ's E. L. church, Spencer, Sun
day school 10 a. m., preaching service
. at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Everybody
. cordially invited.' Rev. E. C Witt, B.
D., pastor. ,
First Methodist Church Regular
services with preaching by the pastor
at 11 a. xn. and 7:30 p. nu Prayer meet
ON SEA
FIGHT'S ISSUE
lost. In other words, with Togo beat
en the Japanese would lose control
of the sea and this would reverse the
positions of the belligerents as they
stand today. This, it is pointed out,
Is the reason for Togo's strange tac
tices. . i
Amoy, China, April 15. Noon No
reports aa to : the ; whereabouts of
Admiral Rojestvenskys . fleet nave
been received here. Offlclals station
ed at this, port say it is certain that
the Russian warships have not yet
entered the strait of Formosa.
Hong Kong April 15. A number of
colliers from Durban and Cardiff,
Wales, have arrived here7 "awaiting
orders. It Is beljeved tihat) ttelr
cargoes are - Intended for Rojestven
sky's fleetl
F. A. HEINZE IN
AUTO WRECK
Butte, Montana, "April Iff. A tele
phone message from five miles below
here says that an automobile contain
ing P. Augustus Heinze, the copper
magnate and bitter opponent, of the
Amalgamated Copper "Co., and four
other persons met with a serious ac
cident. The touring car was in a col
lision with a wagon. A hurried call
for an ambulance has been-received
but no details are obtainadle yet. :
Heinze escaped with a few bruises
but Mining Engineer Frank and three
others were painfully Injured though
not seriously. The auto was going
at the rate of thirty miles an hour.
A general order, will be posted all
over the Pere Marquette system call
ing for a reduction of from 15 to 20
par cent, in the entire mechanical
force. Perhaps 500 men will lose their
J positions.
ing, 10 a. m. Teachers meeting, 3 p.
m. Sunday school, 3:30 p. m.
. You are cordially invited to visit the
Young Men's Baraca Bible class, of the
First Baptist church, Salisbury, N. C
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
First Presbyterian Morning ser
vices at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at.
4 instead of 3. o'clock. Evening ser
vices at 8 Instead of 7:30.
Episcopal church: Services in the
morning at 11 o'clock. - In the bvening
at the usual hour by Rev. Dr. F. J
Murdoch rector. r
Reformed Church Preaching ser
vices by the minister,Dr Duttera,at 11
a m and 7:30 p m. Bible school at
10:00 a m. " . - '
' Chestnut Hill Baptist; Service
every Sunday by the pastor, at 11 A.
M.,,and 7 P. M. -; , -;;.,5.,..-: -': ;
Haven Lutheran Church Regular
services at 11 o'clock and 7:30. Sun
day school at 9:30. . 5 V r
Our Lady of Refuge, Spencer, no
service. - .
Church of the Sacred Heart; City
High mass and sermon at 10:30 a. m.,
by the rector, Rev. Father Joseph.
Evening service at 7:30 p. m. Sunday
school at 3:30 p. m.
. Haven Lutheran Church, Chestnut
Hill Preaching Sunday night by the
Rev Adward Fulenuder, State Mission
ary of Lexngton; on "The Nobility of
.Serlvice.".
RALEIGH NEWS '
Raleigh, 'April 15, Attorney General
Robert D. .Gilmer yesterday received
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from the clerk of the Supreme Court
at Washington city the ten railroad
bonds sued upon by the State of South
Dakota, and in th.e presence of Gover
nor Glenn he delivered them to , the
State treasurer. This marks the
finality of tils celebrated South Dakota
suit.
The assistant Labor Commission,
Mr. M. L. Shlpman, is receiving let
ters of thanks from the' superintend
ents of the various State institutions
and Superintendants of city Graded
Schools, for sending them copies of
the report of the Bureau of Labor
and Printing. County superitend-
ents of schools will be mailed these
reports In a few days.
This Is a new departure, the re
ports having been sent to the per
sons interested in these matters
heretofore only upon application, but
the last report is especially interest
ing to these people because of the in
formation given, relating to education
and child labor.
State Treasurer Ben R. Lacy yes
terday issued a notice of the sale of
$250,000 four per cent coupon bonds,
dated January 1, 1905, to expire Jan
uary 1, 1913, being made payable
eight years after date. This bond is
sue Is authorized by the act of the
legislature ratified March 6th. relative
to the settlement of the Souh Dakota
judgement and 7 S chafer bond:, tjhe
State treasurer being directed to is
sue State bonds to the extent of $250,-
000, Bids are invited for these bonds
250 tobe Issued of $1,000 each.
. Sealed bids will be received for the
bonds" , by the treasurer hntil twelve
o'clock m. on Wednesday, May 10,
1905, when the bids will be opened."
Together with the announcement ,of
the sale of bonds the treasurer Issued
a ; statement giving the" indebtedness
of the State, April 10 ; North Carolina
nvestments; resources liabilities and
annual income of the State, with a
comparative statement of the neigh
boring Sfates. Governor" Glenn ex
pressed himself as being greatly pleas
ed with the showing made by the
statement, and said that It should be
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gratifying to the whole Statie. ...i
Governor R. B. Glenn and hl3 fam
ily, Lieutenant Governor Francis D.
Winston, members of the GpvernoVs
staff, other military officers and
friends of the Governor left y-ester
day afernoon for Pinehurst, . wlere,
tixrough Monday the party will be
quests of Mr. Leonard Tuft, proprie
tor of Pinehurst.
The party left in he privae care of
he president of the Seaboard Air
Line, Mr. Charles H. Gattls, traveling
passenger agent of the Seaboard be-
ing in charge. One event of the trip
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is a special banquet which is to be
given. All looked forward with pleas
ure to the visit. v - V ,
i In the party were Governor and Mrs
R. B. Glenn, Mrs. Chalmers Glenn
mother of the Governor; Miss ,Re
bekah Glenn Mrs Chalmers L. Glenn,
of High Point; Miss Lillian Thompson'
Lieutenant Governor Francis D. Wln
ston, of Windsor; CoL D. I. Ward, of
New1 Bern; Col. F. G. Coxe, of Wades
boro; Col. F. G. James, of Greenville;
Col. .Alfred Williams, Col. . Charles E.
Johnson, Major John A. Andrews,
Capt. H. McTucker, Mrs. Joseph; G.
Brown and Mr. C. H. Gattls of Raleigh
At -Pinehurst the party will "be" joined
by Adjutant General T. R. Robertson,
of Charlotte; Col. Wescott Robersdn,
of High Point and Col. G.,F. Hanklns,
of Lexington. a
When a marnfa man laughs i In! his
sleeping it is because
lie
Is
dreaming that he Is a bachelor.
TRIMMED THEM
GOOD AND HARD
Sun
Newsboys Wallop the
Stuffing Out of Post's
Carriers !
BIFF ! BANG-! WOW !
Plugged NiCktl ' not One, TWO
Three Wjth Way Other
Kids Look like
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There is nothing
bunch of newsboys
so dear to
3
as to lick the
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crowd which carries for another paper
and so The Sun boys are va Jubilant
lot tthis evening for they went up
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against the Post boys this morning
and didn't do a thing to them. They
took them 'into camp, wallojped 'em,
beat em' 40 ways for Sundays skinned
'em, backed them off the boards, wip
ed up the ground with themi It was
a victory all the more glorious be
cause it had all along been feared tha1
the Post boys had the better! catcher.
allhcmgh terej was f no reasonable
doubt but that The Sun had a pitcher
whose curves the Post' kids yere not
onto. If any subscriber to the Sun
falls to get his copy- tonlghi .it will
be because the boys are too exuberant
to pay as close attention to duty as
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they should. The line-up and story
of the game, as furnished by one of
the boys follows: i
SUN BOYS ; Grayson Glles.P; Clarke
Pendleton, C; Hunter Woodj-um S.B
Brownie Smlth, 1 B; Will Frost 3 B;
Moir Hodgin, S. S. f
' POST BOYS ; Sylvester Benson, P;
.Eu-jene- Shuman, C';. Roger Thomp
son l'B; John Ceebles, 2 B;iEd Gill.
3 B; Harry Taylor, S.S. '
Batteries, SUN Giles andj Pende
ton. POST Benson and Shuman.
The game was played under ad-.
verse circumstances: raining over-
head and the ground sticky under
toot. Two home . runs were :made In
the third inning by Clarke Pendleton
and Moir. Hodgin. A phenomenal
catch was made byHunter. Woodrun
on the SUN. Both pitchers? showed
great skill in fanning the bathers. The
game was umpired by Leonar Hender
son and a few rooters wer4 on the
grandstand under shelter-of umbrellas
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Ed Gill on the Post showed some good
flaying as 2nd baseman. On account
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of some of the team from ;the Post
ile Grimes, Margurette Luceal Brit-
being unable to be present he sides
were cut down to inf ielders olily leav-
ing .six men, or boys, rather, on each
side. The Post, was goose egged 6
innings while The Sun was wrhitewash
ed only twice. Several 1, 2, and 3
base hits were made by both sides
Brownie Smith pitched the ball aver
for two innings. , 'ine score? was six-
teen to eight In favor of Th; Evening
Sun Boys.
TWO PRETTY WINDOWS
A. B. Saleeby has decorated the
windows of his candy kitchen in. a
very attractive manner. . ? -
He has .candies of all kinds dis
played and present a very neat ap
pearance. 4
The decoration is v for Easter and
Mr. Saleeby In keeping, with the times j
fel it a duty to display his goods in
their new dress. S
THE DANCING SCHOOL
Prof. Allman, who opened "up av
dancing school in Armory. Hall a few
days ago Is meeting with flattering
success. He already has quite a lot
of pupils and is adding new ones at
each meeting.
Those who attend speak very highly
of Prof. Allman's ability, as a dancing
master.
There are a few rising young men
in this world, but the majority keep
seats in a crowded car.
JOE JEFFERSON NEAR DEATH
Distin9U,t,,ed
.Actor's. Condition is
Critical Family Expects End
West Palm' Beach, Fla.,April 14.
Joseph Jefferson lies critically ill,. at
his winter residence at - Palm Beach.
His condition this afternoon ,. as " 're--
ported by he, atjl ending' "physician,
Dr. R. A. Porter, is little if any im-
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proved. By some, his symtoms today
are regarded as extremely unfa vora-
Dle. He is surrounded by his fain-
ilf and they. are prepared to expect'
death at any minute. -
Three weeks ago Mr. Jefferson vis-
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ited Grover Cleveland at Hob'e Sound,
where he caught cold, and upon his
return to Palm Beach was forced to
take his bed. He convalessed and was
up after afew days' confinement.when
I Monday, he was siezed with relapse.
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Dr. G. W. Worley was called from
St. Aubustine, but returned Thursday
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when' Mr. Jefferson showed some im
provement. Family Hopeful of Recovery
Jacksonville, Fla., April 15. Latest
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advices from Palm Beach state that
Joseph Jefferson, the distinguished
actor, is resting . dasy and. that his
oendition today shows some improve-
ment. Mr. Jefferson's family are with
him. Mr. Jefferson's age Is against
him, but his family are hopeful of re-
covery- '
TWO BANDS 'FOR PICNIC
Further Plans Made for Shop Excur
. sion to Winston.
Last night in the court house a
meeting was held 6f the committees
which have in charge the Spencer
shopman's excursion to Winston-Salem
on Saturday, May 6, and progress
was reported in all brariches. ' It has
been depided to have two bands, the
Chestnut Hill and the Italian musici-
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ans so that there will certainly be
pleny of music for the pic-nickers.
The programme is receiving f adver
tisements from business men In lib-
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eral quantity and on Monday an at
tempt will be made to secure alvertls
ing from the Winston merchants as
well. Everything points to the ex
cursion's being the most successful
that has ever taken place under the
auspices of the railroad men.
MEETING OF CLERKS
Retail Clerks to Hold Meeting Next
'Tuesday Night.
The retail clerks will hold their re-
gular meeting next Tuesday night in
Machinist Hall.
Several new applicants are to be
initiated and an attendance or ail
members is desired.
Refreshments will be served and
a g0O(j time will be give those who
attend. . ,
Don't miss his meeting, It will be
of interest to every member.
REAL ISSUE
(From the Detroit Tribuse.)
The Tramp Say, mister, behold In
me a unfortunit ex-Congresshian
The Citizen (Interrupting) Get out
What are you trying to give me?
The Tramp That ain't th' proper
question; mister; It's wot are youse
goin' ter give me?
HIS JOB
(From the Philadelphia Press.).
"Do you really mean to say. colonel.
that you ran for Congress before you
were of age?" V
"Certainly, before ! was sixteen, in
fact. I was a page in the House. :
The disinclination of the Czar to
hntef into negotiations for
peace may have been caused by some
vague hope that his Baltic fleet jnlght
be able to cope with Togo's spuadron.
It is a most desperate last resort, and
If naval experts are right, to send that
fleet to battle is practically to murder
hundreda-of men Columbia Record.
LOCAL. BRIEFS
Macon Eflnd of Albermarle was in
the city yesterday.
Postmaster Long, of Trading Ford,
wasjn Salisbury today.
Dr. C. W. Corriher of. Landis was in
the city yesterday afternoon.
. J. :F. Cline, of China Grove, was a
caller at The Sun office this morning.
Frank R. Brown spent yesterday
in Davidson county the guest- of J.
H. Reid.
, L. H. Clement, Esq., returned last
night from Raleigh where he has been
attending Supreme Court.
' GeO, W. Garland, returned last night
from Wilmington, where he has been
for several days on legal business.-
Subject: '"Leaving the First Love."
8 p. m. Special sermon by request to
Woodmen, subject: "The Axe at the
Roots Of theFruiless Tree."
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J. Hainon, General Master Mechanic
and Geo: Hoefpe General Master
Blacksmith, of the Southern R. R.
were In Salisbury and Spencer' last
night.
VALUE OF ADVERTISING
Anoths Proof of What a Newspaper
" Ad Is Worth.
' An add has appeared in the Salis
bury papers for he last few days form
Mrs. Mrs. L. Fink asking that 100
boys be at her store this morning at
9 o'clock. " ,
' At the hour '74 were on he spot and
each boy received a package of mar
bles and went their, different ways
rejoicing. ; ' '
This is more proof that advertis
ing paye and should be a lesson to
those who do not take stock in it to
to spend, a litle money his way.
GRAND MASTER HERE
Henry E. Briggs of I. O. O. F. in Town
Last Night
Henry E. Briggs Jrand Master of
the I. O. O. F; of North Carolina was
in town last night and attended the
meeting of the Rebeakahs.
After the meeting had adjourned.
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Mr. Briggs invited all the members
down to Saleeby's and gave them a
treat of delicious ice cream.
HAS FOOT HURT
W. D. Watson Dropped Heavy Timber
on his Foot
Yesterday afternoon abou. 4 o'clock
W. D. Watson dropped a heavy tim
ber on his foot and bruised it seri
ously. The accident occurred at his brick
yard. While very painful it Is not
serious enough to keep him from hl
business.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Miss Mildred Hayes entertained!
a number of her friends last night
in honor of her eleventh birthday.
Those present were:
Misses Maggie , Bell Shaver, Susie
Whitehead, Elizabeth Richards, Sal
lie Grimes, Marguerite Lucills Brit-
tain, Marguerite Cheeley, Louise and
Lillian -Robinson, Alice Vanderford,
Ruth, Mildred and Sallie Cornelison,
Edith Thomason. " "
Masters Will Taylor. Edward Whit
head.
An enjoyable time was had by all
and refreshments were served.
The Indian earthquake of a few
days ago will ga into the records as
one of the great disasters of the year
1905. Late dispatches show that the
loss of life was much heavier than
was at first reported. Something like
4,500 people, it is believed, were killed
The casualties were not as great as
in SL. Pierre at the time of tre explo
sion of Mount Pelee; but It Is only;
once In several centuries -that there
is a disaster like that of Mont Peleo
Savannah News.
Bishop- A. A. Watson of the Epis
copal church is at the point of death
at his "home In Wilmington. He has
reached a venerable old age and little
hope is entertained that he will re
cover.
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