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THE PEOPLE WHO COME AND
GO, LITTLE LOCALS.
to cf Interest Condensed and Boiled
Down The Personals ni Brief Jtew
Items of a Du . -
Xol A' B garter returned last
night from business trip up the
Western road.
Dr J O Ramsay and Mr C C Ram
say retuj-nod last night from a visit
to their old hom near Cleveland'.
W A Eririn.ia prominent mill
man of Durham, was in the city
Jast night. '
Mrs John Bruton, of Wilson, ar
iivpd in the citv last n'urht. t t.
wedueiday night.
NOTORIOUS, JOE MILLER J 3PENC R BAPTIST -CHfRCH
A f HOME. I ANNIVESARY.
tWl t io l Free-for-AII Firfet with Three Rer. Dr- SfjINnrs Pmthn a Sersaa
. White ien and IsBadlrOene ip toil Power cafha Charch and the
"iii .jiu. - Powers Pertaining to It.
A biff fight occurred at Spencer ; Sunday morning at the Spencer
yesterday evening in which one Baptist : church the anniversary
w niie man ana a darkey were both exercises of the church were held
quite badly injured, thonh none and the r anniversary sermon was
of them serously. preached by Rev Dr J N Stallings,
Joe Miller, a negro of unsavory who organized the congregation
reputation who has done his time and worked tirelessly with these
on tue chain gang and beii mixed I people until the
MR. 5N3S OUT.
mmfmmmmwmlmmfmmmi U " . .
Installed In his new Qu irters ln Savings
Banks Building .. 1
General Superintendent F. H.
.Sands, of te Southern with
headquarters in Salisbury is now
comfortably located on the third
floor of the Savings Bank build
insf and the flonr wna oil mlml ut
W --4 ' - uaiu IT
I . - ' - w . i
nignt wnen a Truth Index repre-
n : , . . .
ouenntendent Sands was out
. vas one
. i
up in a shooting scrap
of the principals.
. bo far as we could learn last
a"4 rom an eye-witness of the
afTair: - The facts in the case sem
to be about arsf I t owe :
Miller and MrTit Moore,
a white man, had someroubte
Sometime aeo. .md MillAr wJSHia
workman on tnc yard, called Mr.K,The Church
iuuore io mm. The latter met
Miller when he attempted to as
to assault him. . Others say that
Moore was t'ie aggressor, .but how
ever that may be. when Miller
. w -
saulted. Moore two bystanders in
terfered.
The result was that Mr.
Cousins, of Norfolk.
present pastor,
Rev C G Wellsj was called to
Spencer. , - '
Dr. Stallings had every , reason
to t el I proud of his work when he
arose in the -baudsomp. brick
structure which the Spencer Bap
tists now occupy, and spoke to
th congregation on the subject of
HISTORIC
SpencerttVy
stitucd, the 2nd
If
Haley
is-visit
tue cny out umet uierk Uentry mg ins tallierat Spencer, received
WR9 prepent and every detail of a very serious blow on he head
the work was being operated with froui a lantern in Miller's hands
perfecf regularity. and was knocked senseless. The
mroanas is at present making lantern was jerked from Miller's
an' inspection trip .over the roadi
Book Club Meeting
Tho lifkoL- Plnl. mnni m:iu nr..
' m-r u ujui ua IT 1 l I I 11 I M
Jas II Ramsay, December 11th, at
f OA I 1. mi I i o
v w u uuiuk i no uook ior discus
ion win ne uiana Tempest.
nands and he in turn was dealt
several violent blows ami i
itated for further demonstrations.
Mr. Cousins was imniArlintolTr
taken home and Dr. Young called
in to dress his injuries.
Miller was brought n tn Sharif?
c - .
Julian's office and placed in a cor-'
ridor in the iail fnrihA n',-ht :
M ---"
A..I Uill.i. A,,!
Liui. ni ei uui.
xr w:i Murphy aid, if the participants in
bfln oonfin d to his room for the the affray are ableto appear, the
. t . A .0 matter will be heard to-day.
nnnt fnnr davs with the crriu. was rf
t . - ;D '
able to be out yesterday and take
his usual daily trip to the Union
Copper Mine.
lasarance Policy Paid. ,
It was reported last night at the I4
meeting of- the Royal Arcanum
that the policy of Mr. J. T. Har
rison. a deceased member, had
been pa:.d. The policy was paid
on November 27th.
DR. MURDOCH'S PRESEHT. -
An Appreciative congregation Does the
j Hanasome wme.
Rev. Dr. F. J. Murduck has very
substantial evidence that his con
gregation is an appreciative one.
Dr. Murdflck's services for St,
Luke's Episcopal church have, ex
tended over a long period of years
and his congregation has from
year to year manifested their de
votion for him in some substantial
manner, but never perhaps, more
Ur. Plica's First Court.
f A- H. Price. Esq.. who was re
cently appointed assistant jdis'trict emphatically so than on Sunday
iifnrnftv. leaves to-dav for Char- morning,
lotte to attend his first court. Mr. On this day they presented him
Price is one of North Carolina's with a handsome library, suite,
foremost young lawyers aud will consisting of a'coueh, tbre chairs
mat & mark for himself in the ana a taoie.
Othe platform with Dr Stal
lingsv Rev 0 G Wells, the
present Dalilof. worked so
faithfully for the success
church and succeeded so admir
ably, Mess. Bell, Ruth and Myers,
and ill tllnrcTrorrot?-vr. Xf- r
wvij 1.1X1 yjauiif I : . , j. ,
bell and others who have struggled! ?lve mlth y me- nih
uciuiuany xo ouiiu up the church.
Dr Stallings' sermon was a clear,
able, earnest and eloquent exposi
tion of the church Jind ita ''idpalH
ttiiu was in part as iollows :
Ha
Wipsflffe9 of were .'it
I o - - - - - -. ,
the positions assrH
TCH
lurch was con-
uday in Dec!
1897, by a counci camprtsed of 1
J N Stallings am Rev Mr Bell, c
dained Baptist naisters, and R
D"R Myers, a llientate ministf
and deacons A. J Ruthof Sal-
uuryenuren, an& ouu . pagio,
Cavalry churcfi. 1 'v
Three persons viz : ' Mr ' W
Campbell, '- Mrs Y P Campbi
ana Mrs Jiarnes were the - or
Christian memjbers. ,
The organization tooV place
Mrs Barnes, pariT. Dr J N S
a t
lingsi missionary of thN,C5
oy otate conveDtion, wa9 tao.
pastor and ffavw the wort w
time he cold without neclec
other points for. one vear, w
it being thought' advisable tp
pastor should be located in
town, he resigned, Tie me
hip then was about twenty;
The present pastor. Rev
Wells, was secured and lieean
in April, 180&&ojiiig faith
uutu now. . During npaap
the church has nearly dgnble
membership she had at the
of Dr J N Stallings, pas
numbering; now, fifty-twd.
TrtfyJUhas greatly prospered
ing built a beauuiur -Hom
worship, at a.costoi anout
A laree number or ; me m
"AVID v STEELE,
TJ. i,
r-. . . . . 1.
7;f; , of Scotch W,h
OF HARBIEf OWENS IS TAKEN ANOTHER DECEMBER WED-
umu AWMJUNCED.
Protirts all tti mila That tht has as Uzi sinti
EI. Good Cnenlrg for
S
jroor oia Harriet Owens was ta-
i . . . . - -
township. himLir ttwtle poor house yesterday
i w --mmrnrn w aa. . n. raoif ai.i i a . . - - W
that townshin U.: V-rrrb 01 aoonby Superintendent Ad
Ueti:ilst Ct:rch.
The
lowing cards hare been
same ; neighborhood and
am lirown, of the county borne. : '
. Bat It mast not be imagined for
m moment tnat she irna ,;n:-
t, , . I . " llUi
- iir. uuject Ol Chanty. For
4. x -..-
me i wjtea to the end t
- wuav sua
failing tree Friday
... i i ' -
A T)Mnli'.. . . 1 "
. ; V V cincicience attend
ing Mr. Steele
James Jordan
was "killed
m
in
a partof the tree The limb was
nnauy, dwlodgwj ; but ' fell and
struck Mi Steele on the head
crusnmg nis.skrdl. , He died
snort whila after ihe accident.
- The unfortunate man was a
well knowng and; highly esteemed
a
folic
Bent out :
Mr. and Mr.. S. J. Swicegood
invite you to be nrewnt
at the marriage of their daughter.
oauie ssaver,
to
Mr. Charles FreJerirV
December the nineteenth, nineWen
hundred, :
at aeven-thirty.
First Methodist Church.
other women?'1 she aakeH Salisbury, North Carolina
and again yesterday. Of course ; The bde-elect is a young lady
iir. Brown didn't vouchsafe any of 7 charms, and highly ei
answer anH th - J a. ... v CB
, mmg went ieemea by all who kn
pro-
- i - - w a
i . . i " vuo i wwyer or . ma nhn. -
e
rs
JiTi
citizen andfleares wife and five
children wih a host oi friends to
mourn his Untimely death.
- ARCAMUli OFFICERS.
.... . ug eo
unwillingly to the county home
uviumg they can keep her th
ere.
took for' his text 1 fWJ
3 : 10-11 an! Mat 10:18. His sub-
jet, as ha announced, was Jesus
Christ the Foundation. The sub
ject .w'as dismissed under three
heads : 1. Jesus Chrst-the founda
tion for personal -salvation . 2.
Jesus Christ the foundation for
all acceptable individual work in
His Kingdom and for Cause. 8.
vice to Him bv the church. Un-
1 IKWAATiqi AT'SPEHCI
YACAXCIES IX A. AID U.
Exaalnatloas ta nil then WIH haheltfla
naieigaia jannary.
Dr. George T. Wiustoj
low htr
i cuncx is a young man of
worth and chamrtof. . j,
i muu every
one who knows the, young people
will join with the Tanrn.Twn
wishing them the best that life
gives. . r
ueorge T. -Winalnn. PoC
...Ja. mw.MMi tl6W 4 iuta mr U8 W1 lU0 Aana Uolleee.writefl trr 8UIie epiwuiiutr ,r
L RMf . I - H a TU, - . " ' I Krina mv a. "
ii i ii ii BHwr . i - . - -Aiian i m i 1 1 u w & f s
--"a ibui- i i - - . i u ioiiows:
For Pal .1
Lllte rnnii i
Price moderate.
econd hand par-
J pieces.
1 carnefc
Also
Misson3ryjB(iLpatForinalIln$i
for of Spancarna Chestaut
Sunday afternoon at 2
. - - .
Pastor Jencoat wasVregn
stalled aud placed in clJiaf
two Lutheran Missions" it
and Chestnut Hill, Pas
er, of Zeb, and. Busby
bury, omciatwg.
The eeating capacity
fice was
bck
jn
the
icer
' "vn. . I . . Ml LMJfa
111 I . -
Fancy Stationery -1
."""'to iu a lii n I Pa ti i. - . v . ' -
These vacancies will-be filled W Alison t,Co'.
electimr ' , J
i " viumu eiectea oi- . , . "v - mquire at this offi
- fioera for thenar lit-night .nd ,n th9 & M College, iu 4
the installation ce'remoniea will "V' 0,JnBto'Mdrir.lifrom jrTT
,cV tatep.aoeinlTanrV. T I L""-- C.-W8S
3JOOZ-
al
18-
edi
taxed
lis
is ten ed to with marl
and the services seem
by all.
Pastor Boozer, afti
service, delivered tl
Pastor Jeffcoat. hi
see were
itteniivw
' enjoyed
opening
harge to
his re
marks on the Saviol charge to
Jowiug ofl5cera were e .
j.u McKenzie, Graud Represen
tative.:: ; " j ' "- .
C II Swink,! alternate. :
J F Barber,!Regeni. :
I T Morgan, Vice-Regent.
D M BroWn Orator. - -:
T BBeall. Secretary. '
.J3rown; Collector.
ttzt-Treasurer
C A Montgomery, 'Warden
B R Ketchey, Sentry..,
tionery,' Brushes and
. "... uiicu uy
selecting young men of mature
ouu gooa preparation Char. n- .
acter and a de L .?ritpion. a siculty at J W "
. i ua rorueiison & Co'a Drtitr QtI
isnensable rnn;.u.. . w 8 UTUE Jstore.
P P Meronev, C H
C Gregory, Trustees.
Swink nd E
Wedding on Chesmot Hill
- At the home of Mr-.
der the first head, it was contend
ed thai each person who becomes
an actual trangressor must exer
cise repentance toward God and
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ;
that salvation is a personal matter,
each being saved by bis regenera- reter,':, fsea my lis,"" Jeea
tion bv the Holy Spirit throgh my sheep. ' lhe dull the pas
faith' in Christ, He being the foua-1 tor to properly instj the chu
dation of all soiritual blessings dren of the congren. (laying
for time and for eternity. The much stress upon Ionization)
arA iianH wns filabnrfttfid. the I and new members. me two ele-
duwa w j i pr i j . . .
;nliamha r I nflR matin ir. Their immerous friends
contenvioil uemg tuat ' uu vuu- ujcuw icpcomiug ijuiu j i "-- - 0 j
scientious work and sacrifice for lead the sheep in jAr paths by wish them prosperity and happi-
p.hriat.'a sntp dorm ancordinff to Dreceot and examrSoreaKine xo ness.
wuwv w wh-wj " . CT I A 4 1
the directions of the scriptures, them the bread of I faithfully,
and walking blarfssly before I The latest. in perfhmes is
the Lord, were ijessively set Carnations,' at J W Cornel is
I jmm M mr. it 1 I
forth. 1 I uo's Lrng ctop.
Dr. Busby .'earner placed be-
- - w w BVU
indispensable reanisiten
uvrance examinations will be t-ko
held f. Ua " . . 00 lnebUDremft cnn. t,
January 2 and 8rd at 9 a- m. and United tatea - has up.
2 p. m. No entrance examinations eld the. validity of the Tim -
wiir be held elsewhere. It will GroWM car lnnr f tr ! '
probably be useless for knnH fW laW Kentucky.
year
new course in mechanic arts train
ing boys to be machinists, mechau-icsengine-tenders,
boiler-tenders,
dynamo-tenders, .locomotive- engi
neersi etc, has been -very popular.
The special course of lnstruc-
. . i .
tire! y proper. And we believe
this decision foreshadows
another by the same court
upholding the validity of the
suffracre' amendment to our
W.H. Link
on Chestnut flill Suiday evening , . . Sute con8titution recently
ato p m.jaies wurajwu. "u . attended. The Text- adopted. Aeneville UlUien. ,
Tl !.:. tl VU.Anm! HUM nnlfftH I O . I ' " -
peuJru r u ";-""- ile Department is Equipped with
in matrimony Esqujre F MTarrh thoU8and doUarg worth of
by any individual, will be sure to
receive a j proper reward both in
this world and irl that which is to
come : but that all works not in
Red
ison &
12-1 1-lm
t legal world.
f. Lcxi Hwe.
Mr. Krnest G.Lowe, for many
years a resident of Snlisbury, but
now of .Cincinnati, spent yesterday
in the cityl Ernest Low is one
of the brightest young men ever
brought up in Salisbury and his
many friends here will be pleased
to learn that he is prospering.
All these willigo to adorn Dr Mur-
dock's ne home and will not oa-
ly prove gratifying testimonial? to
him of the.good will of hi people
but will be enduring mpnunents
to. the good women who wers chief
ly instrumental in forwarding the
matter.
. Beautiful Nev
We are so busy X 'haven't time
to write an advertisement:- hut
everybody is invited, to call and
see our line of liew goods. Owing
to recent advance m pries of cas
we have no lights for otfr windows,
but will be open until 9 o'clock.
Crfer To Th2 Rifles.
Headquarters Co A 8rd Reg N
O S Q.' All members are ordered
to assemble at armory Wednesday Good light inside
1 night promptly at 7 o'clock.
By comd.
W H Overman, Capt.
Yours to serve.
Mrs. Lixie Fixk.
Chrlslau Entirtalaieat.
sThe Main Stref-t Methodist
Sunday school will have an enter
tainment on Monday evening the
24th Christmas! eve. One fea
ture of the program will be a
nKriftVmiB tree, and Santa Claus
M a
may oouieif he is not too busy.
Maupin Bros can sell you a home
on the installment plan. See
them at once, i
The best iumortrd
glove at Harry Bros..
kid
Found A chain wilh brooVara.
attached, one of which is a switch.
key. Owner can m-nwr cimo hv
calling at this oilice and naving
y ti
for thie advertisement.
(Jet a pair of CeutpmpH sloves
at Harry Bros dell-St
..Ifyeu bare property for sale
place it in the handfl of .JIaupin
Bros. Tfcey can sell it.
If VOU Want. tr ranf - WnnSO call
mt V -V V t XV
and see Maupin Bros, rants-1
A T?t ur, "The
eding of the PrincesSj" in the
window at Harry Bros. -Dn 1 faU
to let the children see ifc J
accordance with the Divine word fore the congregatltheir duties,
will be burned up and, which the
individual will be saved, it will
be "so asi: bv fire" -and he will
surfer loss both now and in eter
nity. Under the 3rd head, the
nosition assumed was that Jesus
Christ himself is th foundation
. i. ' . 1 : x .
upon wbjch the churcn resw ,
that faith! in Him, the Divine bon
r,f CIV,A oa thA Konndatiou. the
VV i . i0
Author, the Head, the' Master,
the Kin?: the All and in All, was
what he meant when he said
"nnnn this rock I will build my
taking his text f r
tation to th Thessliians, "know
fmong you m
ish you; and
ighly in love
And be at
them which labo
the Lord, and adn
esteem them veri
for their work's e
peace among yourlves." - He di
, vided his subject user two heads
the duty of menirs toward the
pastor ; and towi
He entpha8ized t
should not mere
coat as a man, b
'aul's exbor-
ClUlBg Oat-
- - : . A "I . I
We are determinea to ciose up mor.i;tv Df the College
iort mnA will oa 1 1 ho crooda alter I
cotton machinery and is doing ad
mirable work. Students are crowd
ing into it with enthusiasm.
The total enrollment so far is
280.' although the College has
rooms for only 100.
There has been practically no
sickness during the year, not a case
lasting a week. The discipline and
have been
A cross mark at the end of
von r name indicates that yon
are behind with your subscription
and that we would be glad to have
you call aud make settlement.
J. (AVf O
this date. We have good goods,
to be eld at just
body else's prices,
to close up business
yours to serve,
one-half any-
Must tx ld
each other.
fact th-t they
now Mr. Jeff-
s their pastor,
Gio. Fl5K.
12-11-2W Under Opera House.
Th ht fccent cigars at J W
Cornelison & Go's I)rug Store.
Notic ii hereby given that all
f-
jgivei
their under-sheprd. and esteem
. , i ,,f TTaII shall 1 him as such: to lid un ni hands I - tn that has
cnurcn juju tuo - -4, I p,t'0 mvw'T' i
nntv,rvairagainst it."Theconten- in every good wjk, morally and 0 sUndinji over 0 days must
notprsvau . . . A u c.,..:ir .a I nA ttU by Dec 20. as I
tioa was that tne ciiuiTCiw J t j neoA money in enlarg-
Inval to Christ by simply execut- tions ana cuitixte peace ana y - 'TTr Donn UVLu
inff His 'laws, naviug 4wWv j i . I give this matter your atteuuuu.
u n .ol oh Ato. nor W itt&e ium uiatuuta wwc nuio flf. AilOSGK ttmuui.
aau u...-j- - .1 .. j . x. '.ii P. 1
one from HIS laW8, wnicn are wu puiuiu ; uui, wtiouv caawug nujr
Dr. Bemfcela Yen Lei.
Mr. Q. E. Simmons received
from Conover last night a lstter
that the . veneraMe Rev C
Rrnheim. so well known to the
Lutherans of Rowan county, was
slightly improved. Dr. Beruheim
is still veryYicki however, and his
condition is considered critical by
his physicians.
Hot Beef
Beau's.
Tea at Isenhou& r
oinWI onlv in the New Testament, reflections,-youireporter thought f0r RzsT-tNaticinal Hotel. Ap-
Th church it was declared is not two other injunjions could, with I ply to D. vL.Gaskill. , 11-2 d
identical with the Kingdom oi propriety, have feen included, vix : I . j
God. the latter being , spiritual pasters should breach the whole Christmas presents, bridal pres-
hence invisible; the lormer visi-i counsel oiuoa. reserving nothing ; ents, leather couches, panor w-
. . Iiolnnff tn the and rnrrrfira f i,1-,a ehnnlrl POfirch I kloa ni(tlirMf)t &U KIUOS. UttflUI
ilnffdom who are are not in the the Scriptures, And out what suites, bed room suites, fine leath-
KlDgttOia wuu i r I V,-a Ana H manor room SUltS.
church, regeneration, and the ex- things art true The conditions to tke couples
ercise- of repenUnce .and faitn prevailing m Uhnstendom inai- fa - furrjiture of all kinds and
f he unurcn nas not ac-1 household furnwhings.
There is no more appropriate
gift for a lady than a pair of kid
gloves. A full holiday line at
Harry Bros. -
COTTW SEED,
WANTED!
Highest cash price paid.
See me before selling.
JOS. I!. WliEELY.
Office at T. F.Young's.
The Uague-McCorke
Dry Goods Co.,
Importers and Wholesalers,
GREENSBORO, N.C.
Dry Goods, notions and Hats.
i G.W. WRIGHT.
the f ormerr cate that
while it requies these; the gifts of j compiiehel: 'that w hereunto it was
trod, ana-aiso upuo, . p . -
of the believers, the oath to the I a brotherlx)d within her pails, ss I teah batch of (areakfaat strips
- 'mhlm,mmt.m m m mt I m -
Kingdom to become a member ot I did the Apostolic Church ana it j and smokea px-tonguev .y .
? -.u Knoinpaa to ex- I mnat ntb he thereforo. that he I - . 'I JackSon's Market.
tne lavii. . - -
wute all the laws of the Kingdom, I has dri'tei from her original moor
hv "observing all thiugs-wnataoni mgs for e$me cause.
Mar' V Jas ua commanded. Many a 1 1 Obskbvxb.
Boabpkrs wasted : Miss Sallie
Chunn can accomodate boarders
with board and rooms. Three
laree well furnished roois to let.
A new line of gloves especially
for the Am3 trade at narry uros.
CZTW solicit trade of Msn
chants only, and sell
nothing at retail
ill
Fob Salb Seven barrels of the
finest home made Kraut.
11-10 r D. M. MrLi-
rresh oysters daily. .
i - -
I ' ' ' ' .
Come and look at my parlor
room. Pictures and parlor suits
! that can't be beat. G. W. Wright.
We . cordially invite all mar
I chants to call on .us when in
Greensboro, or to see our traveling
salesman before placing orders
! elsewhere.
J 00DBURH, Sta
J