Vol. 16. No. 80
Salisbury, N. C uly 14, 1903.
Established 1887.
ANOTHER UNION SUED.
THE MOB SPIRIT.
AN UNLUCKY RIDE.
: SHOT THE WRONG MAN.
AFTER CASSIUS ABMN.
WHAT CARE WE
AFIm In Virginia Seeks Relief From the
Iniquitous Boycott.
Richmond, Va , July 9,-A'euit
for $10,000 lias been filed by the
Sitterding-Cameal-Davis C a m
pany, ha,nd lers of builders' sup
plies, against the Bricklayers'
Union of. Richmond. Fritz Sit
terding, head of the concern, is
also president of the Virginia
Passenger and Power Company,
wuubo ixivru , oth uov : on 8 unite ior
recognition of the union and high
er wages, It is alleged that mem
hers of the bricklayers' union
uuvb uouiiuea to worK ior any
builder, using material furnished
by the Sittnrding " firm, and that
in consequence the latter has lost
heavily.
A decision of the State Supreme
court hold every member' of a
union found guilty of such con
duct personally responsible. It
is the intention of this and other
firms to bring suit against every
organization where there is any
chance of proving a boycot. The
business men of this city are in
censed by the effort of the street
car men to obtain their demands
by use of the boycott. .
The strike ha? proved a disas
trous failure and the men now re
alize it. .
Fell Into the Flames.
Norfolk, July 10. Mrs. Wills,
-wife of Bud Wills, a stevedore,
Host her life in a fire here -today.
S hewas a seamstress of grain
bags, on the third floor of Jesse
Jones & Sons' hay and grain ware
house, in Roanoke dock, which
burned at 2 o'clock. There i were
liwo buildiSgsJfiTied with hay. ad-
joining. Tha fire caught and
burned so quickly that the entirej
stock was, in flames before the fire
department arrived. Mrs. Wills
appeared at the window and was
ordered to jump into the arms of
the nien beneath. She hesitated,
screamed' and fell back into t ho
hay before the firemen could put
tip the ladder. The loss is esti
mated at $50,000, well insured.
Bryan Going to Europe.
Omaha, Neb., July 10.- Wm.J.
Bryan is going to Europe to study
rsociologicol conditions under mon
.archial forms of government. Mr.
.Bryan today said to a friend that
early in September he would sail
for Europe to be absent about
four months. He will be accom
panied by his daughter. England.
Scotland, Ireland, France, Ger,
many, and probably Italy, will be
-visited by Mr, Bryan, who will
pay particular attention to
the condition of the working
Deonle. Among his friends it
is said that he will write a
book of his impressions.
A Surgical . Operation
is always dangerous do not
submit to the surgeon's knife un
til you have tried DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. It' will, cure when
everything- else fails it has done
this in thousands of cases. Here
, is one ot them: "I suffered from
bleeding and protruding piles for
tweutv years. Was treated by
different specialists and used
many remedies, but obtained no
relief until I used DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. Two boxes of this
salve cured me eighteen months
ago and I have ti)t bad a touch of
the piles since". H. A. Tis-
dale, Summerton, S. C. For
Blind, Bleeding, Itching and Pro
truding Piles no remedy equals
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
old by Jas. Plummer.
Wonderful Nerve .
Ts displayed bv many a : man
enduring pains of accidental Cuts,
Wounds, Bruises, Burns, Scalds,
Sore -feet or- Btiff pints. But
.there's no need for it. Biloklen's
. Arnica Salve will kill the pain
and cure the trouble. - It's tha
best salve on earth for piles, too.
25c,- at all druggists.
it Breaks out in the Staid and
State of Wisconsin.
Quiet
.La Crosse, Wis,, July 9. Wm.
Beede v and Mrs. Ruby Samples,
of Hokah, were tarred and feath
ered by a mob of thirty indignant
citizens of that village last night,
and were ihen escorted to the,vil
lage limits and threatened with
death if they appeared again in
Hokah.
The man and woman had been
warned to qait town, but had re
fused. They were taken from the
home of the woman last night-by
a .mob, . which broke down the
door to get them. Back of the
Hokah creamery they were strip
ped before a hundred, people, tar
red and feathered and forced to
run the gauntlet through a line
of jeering farmers to the out
skirts. Jackson College.
. July 7th, 1903.
The people are ready to lay by
their corn and cotton. -
We are needing rain very badly.
The school committeemen of Jack
son went' to Davidson county to
see about getting a teacher. Are
they afraid to try a Rowan boy?
Black Hawk had the pleasure
of meeting Bro. Lee last Sunday.
Miss Leia Eagle is going to take
a trip beyond the Blue Ridge this
summer. We hope her a good
time, v ;
The school at J will soon start
but we don't expect to get as good
a teacher as we had last wintpr.' T
A "The little son of P . NiTrexler
is quite sick, - : . v ... ,
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. . A. . T. Kluttz will visit home
folks in the mountains this sum
mer, after the work is over. :
Our community was visited by
burglar the other night. He
got one of Will Hoffman's chick
ens. Look .out-Will, he will get
you next.
Callie Kluttz, one of our great
fishermen, says he caught an eel
12 inches in circumference in a
fertilizer sack.
Polly will soon be done laying
by and then she will sit back and
read the Tbdth-Index .
I see Sam Sniggleton that Lad
der is not going to crack that nut
for you, so I will crack one side
and if it not right I will try the
other: Georgia excells North
Carolina in the production of
gold. Let me hear from your
side again.
Black Hawk.
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mu,6auV .
' July 9th, 1903.
As I am in the city today I will
give tKe editor a few items.
Corn is still looking shabby in
this section . Cotton
is a little
on the mend I think.
Texas' Jack was married last
Sunday. We wish him and his
young bride much joy.
A. I. Morgan has. some fine
looking cotton.
P. D. Stoner visited Adam Mor
gan the other day.
Ladder was in the city today.
' Habbakkuk.
A Standard Oil Defeat.
London, July 10
A dispatch
to the Standard from Berlin says
that the long fight of the Stand
ard Oil Company to acquire the
Roumanian petroleum fields has
finally failed. A group, of Ger
man financiers, backed by the
Deutsche bank, has bought the
largest petroleum well in Rou
mania. Doubtless others will be
acquired. . w
A New Hand at the Automobile Is Jostutl;
Killed on the. Rocks.
Greenwich, Conn., July 8.
Capt. Harry' Hanson;; who-was
acting as chaffeur of Harry Hark
ness' big 40 horse power automo
bile, was instantly killed by. be
ing hurled from his seat, into
rocks at Putnam's Hill about !
o'clock today. Dr. f O. M.vEd- i
wards, son-in-law of L. V. Hark
ness, started out about 12 :8Q in
automobile with Capt. Hanson at
the chaffeur. Hanson had-had I
but little experience in aufomo'
biling. When the heavy machine
had passed over the .brow of Put
nam's Hill it began to get great i
speed. There a great mass of
rocks at the point through' which'
the road passes. Hanson became
confused, and grasped the lever
to check the speed, but it was the
wrong one, and instead of stop
ping it opened the valve for full
speed. Dr. Edwards sprang to
the road and escaped uninjured.
The big machine, an instant la
ter, struck the rocks with terrific
f orce - and Hanson : was hurled, a
distance of about 200 feet,' strik
ing the rocks below and was in
stautly killed. ' y . x
Trading Ford.
July 7th, 1908.
Corn and cotton is taking a
start to grow since the weather
has got warm. .
J. P. Crowell and Company
started out threshing wheat Tues
day. The wheat crop is r" very
small. .. ' .; . : v V :-: :, . - ; .. I
it's
tions we propose, this . plan. 'i TL j
Teuth-Index force desires to have
a picnic once a year that all the
correspondents may .enjoy a day
together. We had a, nice .time
last year at Granite. Quarry but
over half of the force was absent.
Now if we all can agree upon the
time and place, and all go, we can
have a grand time,. Our good
editor will furnish ice cream and
lemonade, but it's too expensive
to make up a lot and just a few
present. Now we propose the 4th
of August, at the Piedmont toll
bridge, as the time and place.
Let's hear from all the corres
pondents, i
1 Sam SnorTv
England and the Monroe Doctrine. -
Rq. conversation with American
oticers at the king's dinner at
Buckingham palace yesterday,
members of the cabinet expressed
a desire for an extension of the
Mnnrno rJrtnf ri no RfiP.ncrni7l (tr
I AVWVAAW. . m J
the paramount influence of the
United States in the Western
hemisphere, Great Britain," they
said, wants Washington to exer
cise control in some way over the
imanciai ooiigations oi tne uen
- - a Ail
tral and South American states.
Apparently Great Britain, not de
siring a repetition of the Venezuel
an affair, favors the adoption of
means whereby the smaller re
publics will be compelled to meet
their obligations without pres
sure from Europe. '
Saved From Terrible Death.
: The family of Mrs. M. L. Bob
bitt, of Bargerton, Tenn., saw her
dying and were powerless to save
her. , The most skillful physi
cians and every remedy, used, fait-?
while - consumption was slow
ly uuu eureiy taniug nor iiio.v- uj
this terrible hour Br. King's New
Discovery for Consumption turn
ed, despair into joy. The first
bottle brought immediate relief
and its contiuned usjo completely
cured her. It's the! most certain
cure in the world ifor- all throat
and lung .'troubles:: Guaranteed
Bottles 50c'and $li0. Trial Bot
tles Free at all drifgists. V
ll Known Virginia Citizen Mkes a
Most Serious Mistake.
Torf olk y a. , July 9, Captain
. T, Martin is in jail at, Smith--1:
charged with murder.; He
- arrested for killing George
cker, colored at the Bunkley
mf Isle of Wight county,
ptain Martin, who is a farmer
d oysterman rents a farm to a
n named Tide well, with whom
ill quarreled? recently.' ' Tide
. ind Martin kept the oats for'
rirA stock in the same barn,
i tjn -suspected Tidewell of
aling feed, and yesterday, see
; spmone in the barn, (he sup
: 3(ljne had caught Tidewell in
ther act. Martin 'got his gun,
:d at .the supposed thief and
lied Tucker.,
Tucker; was employed, by. Ma r-
a and was getting feed for the
liter's hors-s. ' Martin "is fifty
ars old. He has been drinking
)eply recently.
. Christiana.
Wa Tinva hurl ' anmn niro rains.'
aid the growing crops are'lookiug
rel. ''r
J Our new. preacher from (reorgia
h'as arrived and will preach here
sjunday, July 12, The congrega
tion will meet on Saturday at 1
' ?16ck to clean off the graveyard
J the church grounds. -.
Dri Peeler's baby, of Granite
:arry," died July 8th,-after a lin
ring illness. We extend to them
r ; sympathy, : in their ; bereave-
it.
:nrT a -heavy thunder
storm
ta:nT"hthihjt
; .vti's residanc'e, i.almost deaf eh
; himself and wife. . -ry :
, .... - .
Miss Cora Brown and Max
rown visited in Faith Saturday
1
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T."v --.
A singing school will be! taught
re.this summer by Rev. S. J. M.
rown, of Salisbury, and will be-
tpujyi8th.,:;:i. : y '-
Come again, Juno, we are glad
pave you with us.
- . Tar Heel.
5-'-3
Some More Jingo Talk
Constantinople, July 9. In di-
lomatic circles here it is believed
ai lurco-Bulganan war ls 'inevit-
alble An extraordinary session
i - " i ....... i.
t the council ministers was held
yfesterday morning at lYildiz-
Kiosh and it considered the Tur-
T 1 . Vr f
cio- jpuigarian Bituauon. no nne
qould'be gained on what were the
joints discussed but .. today a ru
mor is current, which could not
e downed, that war talk at' the
eeting was strong, the military
arty ; demanding occupation of
U strategic points oh the fron
tier. . - . - 1
h This rumor caused a small pan
ic on the bourse at noon.'
" . Just About Bedtime ;
take a Little Early Riser it
will cure constipation, bilious
ness and livet troubles. DeWitt's
Little Early Risers are different
from other v pills. They do not
gripe and break down the mucous
membranes of the stomach,: liver
and bowels," but cure by gently
arousing the secretions and giv
ing , strength to these organs
Sold by Jas. Plummer. 1
(' Kodpl BiTes Strength ?
r , by, enabling the digestive organs
w uigesi, assimilate ana trans
form all of the wholesome food
that may be eaten into the kind of
blood that nourishes the nerves,
feeds the tissues, hardens - the
muscles - and recuperates the or
gans of the entire body. Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure cures Indigestion,
Dyspepsia; Catarrh of the Stom
ach' and all stomach; disorders.
Sold b y James Plummer.
The Famous Kentucklan Adjudged Insane.
. Says he Wont be Taken.
: Lexington, -Ky., July 97 A ju
ry, in the county court at Rich
mond has ad j udged General Cas
sius" M. Clay of unsound mind, on
the testimony of several of his
children r and a physician from
Richmond," none of whom had
seen General Clay for some time.
When General Clay was told by
his body guard, Jim l5owlin, that
he had been adjudged insane, he
half arose from his sick bed and,
seizing his revolver, declared that
he would never be taken' from
White Hall alive. He would have
nothing more to say except that
he wanted his former child wife
Dora Clay Brock, to come back to
.White Hall to remain with him
the rest of his days. He. fully ex
pected her to return today, but
she did not appear. General Clay
will not be taken from White
Hall to a private asylum as at
first thought, but he will have no
say in the managemant of his fi
nancial affairs:
St. Matthew's.
- ' July 8th, 1903.
We take great pleasure ' in mak
ing the announcement of the mar
riage of our friend and neighbor
C. G. Troutman and Miss Josie
Holshouspt. The ceremony was
a quiet affair, and was performed
by Rev. JJ. Eadds at the resi
dence of Wm. Campbell, Sunday
last.. - ,;-'v
i Wmr? Eagle, one of our best
people, suffered a sunstroke last
week. '-37 hope he will fsoon be
.Thomas Carter, a very ." clever
gentlemen, :; is . now very ill with
typhoid: fever. We hope he will
recover. . ' ' -
Joseph Eagle, our leading
church member, held prayer meet
ing Saturday with no other audi
ence save the Lord. Some of the
less zealous brethren would be
very glad it the good brother
would preach less and practice
more of the doctrines of the
church.
Vance Eller has bought a lot
in Garfield where he expects to
make his home in future. We
wish him well.
John Casper
Pool's Sunday.
visited at Joe
Saj- Mill Jake
Mills on Short Time.
Manchester, July 10. The tab
ulation oi reports from .master
cotton spinners on the question of
reducing the number of . work days
has been completed for the first
week. The committee having the
matter in charge announced that
90 per cent of the members have
adopted, the recommendation to
stop work for two days a week. It
may be stated that 75 per cent of
the entire trade have fallen into
line ana are reaucing tne con
sumption of cotton to the . extent
recommended. This, represents
ihe adoption of short time that
has never before been equalled.
6oy. Crane at Sagamore Hill. -
Oyster Bay,- N Yi, July 9.
Ex-Governor Crane, of Massachu
setts, who spent the night at Saga
more Hill, left here this morning J
He refused to discuss a report that
he might be selected as the east
ern manager of the Republican
national campaign next year.
You Know What You are Taking 1
When you take Grove's? taste
less Chill Tonic because the for
mula is plainly printed on every
bottle showing that it is simply
Iron and Quinine in a tasteless
form. . No cure, no pay 50c.
How he 6ets His Goods, so the Real Bar
gains are There ar?.S'
ouuie say ii a uob no : oeiLer
goods. -;-V-
Some aav hfts cot. ? monv t.o"
, . J ; . O . - '"'J
Some sav he knows how. to sret
all the goods he wants without
paying for 'em. ;'. . ; v:;.-
' viuoi.B nay no b nuuguu iuouh
ands of dollars worth of goods on
credit and is fixing to break.
Competitors say it can't be did.
The drummers say is - the
dod-drottedest closest buyer this
side of the River of Fate 1
But what say you ?
Who, me? I saj I don't care -who
or how, but I'm shure going
to . have my share of them bar
gains as long- as they last..
L know a good tiding when I see
it, I do.
Come on, I don't want to be
left. .z-::. i
We name a few items , to guide''
you.
1 Cent Bixvs1
Palm leaf fan, cake of soap, 7.
balls laundry blue, paper needles,
box shoe blacking, furnished fish
lino, coat and hat hook, coffee
pot knob, key hole plate, 2 boxes
nf mafAVioa rriVbr .5r -non oil 04.
sheets paper, 24 envelopes, thim-
hl". pl rata fticrar -
10 ii.t." tutrix
uiubiiuB plus, yw . uarpeb
tacks, mouse trap, , safety door
nn r. nmcnoa nno nn ov rr nrinnio
-tem. u . i. i ; r " ; i r i i: 1!
1 U( -IfcA' . 1 iil -LjULillt...! Ill t
4z Gents Biiys ; -
.Octagan soap, Gold Dust, Cel
luloid starch, umbrella rib hold
er, glass mug,salt or pepper shak
er, bushel basket, etc. -
5 Cents "Diays
7 inch white wash brush,' roller
towel rack, scrub or stove brush,
chair bottom, bottle shoe polish,'
flesh fork, vegetable lifterf cocoa
shape dipper,. 2 quart plain dip
per1, 8. quart cup, 1 quart graduate .
measure,boys knife,torch pulley,
2 boxes shoe nails, 5 hole tin
mouse trap, 1 box pnt up for 100
matches , 3 quart dairy or pie pan ,
padlock, 2 boxes tooth picks, .
nice Japanese fan,- 1 pair side
combs, ladies embroidered collar.
i aozen gooa steel pens, box pa
per and envelopes, writing tablet,
story books, large 'pouch smoking
tobacco, box braided picture wire,
hair brush, ladies undervest, pair
towels, 2 bottles ink, cream pitch
er, lamp chimney, etc.
lO Cents "Buys '
Childs plated knife, fork and
spoon set, box paper and enve
lopes, 50 visiting cards, cloth
bound book, linen or turkish tow
el, plated watch chain, gent's belt,
large bottle ink, lamp, etc. "
15 Cents Buvs
100 page ledger, rolled plate
cuff buttons, 6 tumblers, 6 desert
dishes, gallon pitcher; pair gents
drawers, bottle 25c perfume, flat
bottom tea kettle, etc.
QO Cents "Biiys
Side lamp with reflector, hand
and stand lamps complete, large
pitcher, etc. From this price up
the line and prices are marvelous,
itt i t :'"i'i'" '
we are always giaa to snow you.
Your true friend,
SP0IiH;
115 East Innis street.