SEMI-WEEKLV
Vol. 16. No. 100.
Salisbury, n. C, September 22, 1903. "
Established 1887 !
IN DANGER OF MOB.
ROBBERS AT WORK.'
MINISTER POWELL PROTESTS.
WHAT CARE WE
Klip
a Negro
Military Ordered out to Protect
Rapist at Tarboro..
It is feared that an attempt will
be made to lynch a yonng negro
who is in jail here convicted of an
attempted criminal assault upon
a little white girl.
The authorities found it wise in
view of the condition of things,
tonight to ask for military pro
tection for the negro, and a tele
gram asking for this was sent to
Governor Aycock.
The Governor has replied and
has given the sheriff authority to
call cut the company here. It is
thought by ally that this step will
prevent any possible trouble.
The negro boy, Paul Mercer,
was tried this week and the jury
returned a verdict of guilty-with
out leaving the box. He was sen
tencedto the, penitentiary for ten
years. The attempt at criminal
aBsault was made upon a little
white girl near Crisp, and the evi
dence disclosed a most brutal and
horrible attempt. Tarboro, N
C, dispatch.
An Amy of Idle Uen.
A special dispatch from Sault
Ste Marie, Mich., says: - -
"The shut down of the Consoli
dated Lake Superior Company,
- throwiug 3,500 men oat o employ
ment, has caused a pauio'in the
Canadian 3oo, which is -in a worse
condition than ever before in its
history. The action of the police
department in swearing in a large
number of deputies, including al
the conductors and; motormen v
the street railway. lines has served
?tir rVtM fiuxieties of the peo
They Wreck Postoffice : Safe aLCIinton
But get no Valuables.
Safe crackers this morning at
tempted . to blow r open tha two
safes in , the postoffice at this
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place. The explosion awakened
several people, but the robbers
made good their escape. DrF.
H, Holmes was attending a oa-
tient at the Murphy House, just
across the street from the Post-
office, and as he started to leave
the explosion occurred. He im
mediately .aroused -several men
and hastened to, the scene. It
was found that the larger safe had
been badlv wrecked. It was se-cond-hand.
a new facing haviug
been placed over ,he older one.
The outer facing only wag blown
off, and had the crackers had
time the old facing would have
also been blown off before they
could have opened the safe. No
thing of .value was carried off by
the' robbers Several blacksmith
tools were found in the postoffice.
An attempt, to catch the bur
glars with bloodhounds will - be
made, Clinton. N. C, dispatch.
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Should Hold Him.
What do you think of a "crit
ter" that accepts a newspaper for
six years, neyerpaid a cent, ig
nored all statements of account
and our proffers yto ; discount the
amount due us, and is too small
to personally call' upon ;- us,ht
has his postmaster notify . uVthat
the paper is refused" at : that of
fice?v. Such are antics of a promi-
nentfannep-h8ariJJnion;";.??A:coii
nection' with, self respecting peo
pie here , is" all that prevents r
'ji.iOiuit.J.veitioou the fckunkt1'
Dominican Government Most not Cede Ter- How lie Gets His Goods, ?e.the Real Bar-
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CHINESE WILL MAKE CLAIU
-r r A special, tram left last night
for the purpose of bringing in the
1,600 or more men employed in
the woods andj the - mines. They
are expected tonight and tomor
row and not a man of them will
have a penny with which to buy
food or lodging. A guard has been
place around the office of the pay
master of the company. The com
pany has fitted up the car barn in
such a manner hat the men may
be housed there after a fashion,
while the company -and. the town
are making arrangements to feed
the men. Detroit dispatch.
Bristol, Tnd.t Banner.
Negro Bof Shot in a Scuffle.
Roxboro,.N. C, Sept. 18.
Henry Hicks, a white boy about
16 years of age, shot and killed
Bun Overby, a negro boy 15 years-
old, near Woodsdale, in this coun
ty yesterday. The boys were scuf
fling over a gun at. a well when
the; shot was nrea. .JiicKs says
shooting was accidental, but Over
by, in a dying condition, declared
that the shooting was intentional.
Hicks was arrested and is now in
jail, It seems extromely proba
ble that the shooting was acciden
tal, as there was no mctive for the
crime and the boys were entirely
in a good humor with each other.
We Eat too Much Meat.
All progressive physicians are
agreed in the opinion that the av- of their injuries, as well
Against Goternment on Account of the Ac
; tion of Mob at Tonopan, Nevada.
The Chinese government will
make a claim against the - govern
ment of the United States on ac
count of injuries inflicted-by resi-.i
dents of 'Tonopah, Nev., upon Chi
nese residents of that ptrc
1 n e s d a?. JTh e C hi d e
ter h as . telegraphed tho L-z
consul general at San Francisco
to send as many affidavits as he
can secure, showing the names of
the persons injured and the nature
as any
AYOR ON THE WAR PATH.
rltory to European Power..
United States Minister Powell
has sent a strong protest to the
Dominican government based on
the following grounds : .
That the action of the Domini
can government in" sending "to
Congress a project for establish
ing the neutrality of Domiuican
waterg and making , certain ports
free, would, (in in view of the fact
that Sau to Domingo is a neigh
boring state) not be accepted in a
friendly spirit by the government
of the United States.
? That the U, S, government
would not allow. ihe establish
ment of any ooaliog ports in San
to Domingo or the cession of any
portion of Santo D.omingo terri
tory to any European power. ;
That the United States will not
permit any nation to make ex
clusive use of Dominican waters,
in time of Deace. much less in
time of war. Nor could the Unit-:
ed States allow any portion of
Dominican territory to be classed
as neutral, nor permit any sec
tion of the country to conflict
with the concession granted to the
Clyde line.
The American protest has ex
cited qonsiderable comment.
San Domingo dispatch.
gains are There for ns?
no
better
away . his
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erage American city dweller eats
oo much meat, just as the aver
age rural American eats too much
pie. 'We are now, as a race,
suffering from an excessive meat
diet," says E. Edmer Keele, M.
property loss they might have suf
fered. ; These affidavits will be
used as, the basis of. the claim a
gainst this government.
A telegram was received at the
State department today from the
D., in the Clinic. Says Dr. Keel- governor of Nevada in reply to.one
er: Ask any well informed
phvsician as to the cause of rheu
matism, obesity, Bright's dis-,
ease and see what he has to say.''
Dt. Keeler is not a vegetarian,
but in regard to a wide spread fal
lacy among vegetarianism that
one must eat meat to develop
sirength, he says that, he can
point to those who for a half a
century have not tasted meat,
and who today present sound mue-
cles, sturdy limbs, keen eyes and
clear' brains. He concludes with
an emphatic warning "eat less
meat."
sent vesterdav regarding this at
tack, saying that he has ordered
an immediate investigation and
will take every action looking to
the safety of the Chiuose residents
of Tonopah. A copy of this tele
gram will be sent to the Chinese
minister for his information.
Washington dispatch.
HsS1.:: ::ick and Killed two men who had
. Attacked his Son. '
i Smithi Ark., Sept. 19.
IlU88elli; mayor of Gans, I.
:3 morning shot and in
killed two ga mblers of
i blood, named Huck Mar-
with - kjiivte.3
.t jessed intention
of c uUi p his . t h roa t . V.The m ay or
interfered ahd'the men advanced
upon - him' theatening to cut his
throat; then . the mavor fired on
the ? me and: they fell; dead in
their tracks. ;
.-Young 'Russell was city mar
shal last year and raided a gam
bling. house a inducted by Spotts
and Martiur which is supposed .to
be the-cause of the attempt upon
his lifef ; The young man was un
armed at the time he was threat
ened with attack.
Some say he's- got,
sense, and just throw
goods.
Some say hes got ' money to
throw away-like this.
Some say he knows how to get '
all the goods he wants without
paying for 'em. '-
Others say he's bought thous- .
ancs of dollars worth of goods on
credit and is fixing to break. ' r.
: Competitors say it can't be did.
The drummers say he is the
dod-drottedest closest buyer this ;
side of the River of Fate I
. But what say you?
Who, me? I say I don't care
who or how, but I'm shure . going
to have my sharer of them bar-,
gains as long as they last.
I know a good thing when I see
it, I do. . -
Com9 on, I don't want to be
left, , - :
We name a few items to guide
you. - . - ' -
1 Gent Buys
Palm leaf fan, cake of soap 7
balls laundry blue, paper needles,
boxshoe blacking, furnished fish
lin, coat and hat hook, coffee
pot knob, key hole plate, 2 boxes
of matches, rubber tip pencil, 24
sheets paper, 24 envelopes, thim-:
ble, a" safe cigar.
. Counterfeiting in a Penitentiary.
TTia rmrftlftfinna YnnHo f.Viia tnnrn
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ing in tne . eastern penitentiary vc?jljluo v&
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12 clothes "pins,- 500
will surprise no one familiar with
its management, or who knew,
how completely the "Board of In
spectors'; was ia the hands of the
warden who is appointed.5 He
carpet
tacks, mouse trap, - safety " door
bolt, clothes linej pulley; 'machine
oilercake turner,9 inch pie-glate'.
ta'or, Jspgp ,pcop. babV2bb.
A Millionaire Assassinated.
DiajDu. , - uo uuaiu uunucu. , xo i ,j3.eraiQ , pencil, long counter or
members were most respectable, memo book, LucelJa cigars, etc.
and as the result has shown, most
inefficient, They have for years
been led about by their wardens
and have only just found it ou$:
A prison in which counterfeit
ing can go on with the profit and
connivance; of the keepers lacks
many things needed in a penal in
stitution. The system is at fault.
It is antiquated. It has made
the eastern penitentiary the joke
of penalogists the country over.
Its management has been bolster
ed by precedent and protected by
custom.
But a state prison within whose
walls dies can be made to coun-
' v Good Men in Office.
. . Exalt to office the best meu-
. - . i- . J 1 . terteit money, reads its own con
demnation in the. record. Men in
fair play, who impartially admin
ister the. affairs in; their charge
without a single thought of the
man's condition in life ;i to whom
the rich and the , poor, the high
and the; low, may i each and all
New York, Sept. 21 .The body
of Orlando P, Dexter, a New York
millionaire, who was, assassinated
near his summer home in the Adi-
rondacks, on Saturday, arrived vine sense of that word. Rev. G.
charge of criminals who cannot
prevent crime in their own insti
tution may- be respectable and
wdll meaning, but they have cer-
Ten Thousand Churches
in the United States have used
the Longman &, Martinez Pure
Paints. '
" Every church will be given a
libeal q&antity whenever they
paint. - ".
Don't pay $1.50 a gallon for
Linseed oil . (worth v 60 cents)
which you do when you buy thin
paint in a can with a paint label
on it.
. 8 &6 make 14, therefore when
you want fourteen gallons of
paint, buy only eight gallons of
L. & M., and mix six; gallons of
pure linseed oil with it. :
You need only four gallons of
L. & M: paint, and three gallons
of Oil mixed therewith to paint a
good sized house.
.Houses painted with these
paints never grow shabby, even
after 18 years.
These celebrated paints are sold
by Rowan Hardware Co ,
Gouncilmanic Sarcasm.
Alderman Schilling,' a citizen,
of Milwaukee, had the following
bit of "official sarcasm put on iec-
ord at the last meeting of the
council in that city ;
'Resolved that a naphtha lamp
be placed at Twenty-third and
Hadley streets, so that residents of
that vicinity can see the electric
lamp suspended there." '
The resolution was referred to
the committee on lightning.
Philadelphia Ledger.
here today in care of Dexter's at
torney and an undertaker.. The
attorney says the crime was well
planned, and has
mense sensation
dacks, where the
ers have many
Rockafeller is also said to be in
peril of his. life. The father of
Dexter offers five thousand dol
lars reward" for the . arrest of the
assassin. "
tainlv botched their iob. A
come and find impartial, justice. changels neetied, not of merf, but
sucn uibu win not db just merely ; . . , - , .
. M, . '.. . , - J . . of the penal system of the state,
they will be righteous in the di- .... ... , . ,
created an im
in the Adiron
rich land own
foes. William
H.Miller.
. : Distress After Eating Cured.
Judge W. T, Holland, of Greens
burz. La.,- who is well and favora
bly known, . says: "Two years
ago I suffered greatly from indi
gestion. After eating, great dis
tress would invariably result, last
ing for; an ;hour or so and my
nights were restless; I concluded
to try Kodol Dyspepsia Cure arid
it cured : me entirely. .Now my
sleep is refreshing and digestion
perf ec t . ' ' Sold by Jas . Plummer.
ragedy Alerted.
"Just in the nick of time our
little boy was saved" writes Mrs.
W. Watkins, of Pleasant City,
Ohio. "Pneumonia had played
sad havoc with him and a terrible
cough set in besides. Doctors
treated him, but he grew worse
every day. At length we . tried
Dr, King's New Discovery for
Consum ption, . and-, our darling
was savf.d - He's now sound , and
well,". Everybody ought to know
it's the only sure cure for Coughs,
Colds and all Lung : 'diseases.
Guaranteed.' by all druggists.
Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bot
tles free.'
': : Mail Pouch Disappears, ;
-Philadelphia, Sept. 19. A Uni
ted States mail pouch containing
over a: half a million in checks has
disappeared mysteriously between
here and Pittsburg. " Postoffice in
spectors here who. have been work
ing quietly on the case for several
days have failed to find any trace
of the bag; Besides the checks it
contains betweea two and three
thousand letters. - It was learned'
todayv that : an employee of the
Pittsburg office, a rgreen hand,"
was under suspicion, but no ar
rests have, yet been made.
crime, and exposure in the east
ern penitentiary ? Philadelphia
tress, .-
4z Cents G3uvs
Octagan soap, Gold Dust, Cel
luloid starch, umbrella rib hold
er,' glass mug, salt or pepper shak
er, 4 bushel basket, etc. -
5 Cents IJnys
7 inch white wash brush, roller
towel rack, scrub or stove brush,
chair bottom, bottle shoe polish, -flesh
fork, vegetable lifter, cocoa
shape dipper, 2 quart plain dip
per, 3 quart cup; 1 quart graduate
measure,boys' knife,torch pulley,
2 boxes shoe nails. 5 hole tin
mouse trap, 1 box put 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,
41-' 1 . 1
i aozen gooa steel pens, dox pam
per and envelopes, writing tablet,
story books, large pouchy smoking
tobacco, box braided picture wire, -hair
brush, ladies undervest, pair
towels, 2 bottles ink, cream pitch
er, lamp chimney, etc. V
10 Cents Buys
Childs plated knife, , fork and
spoon set, . box paper and enve-
Person8 suffering from indiges- lopes, 50 visiting cards, cloth
The Pleasure of Eating.
tion, dyspepsia or other stomach
trouble will find that Kodol Dys
pepsia Cure digests what -you eat
and makea ; the stomach ; sweet.
This remedy is a never failing
cure for Indigestion and Dyspep
sia and all complaints - affecting
the glands or membranes of the
stomach or digestive tract.- When
you take Kodol; - Dyspepsia '.Cure
everything ; you eat -tastes good,
and every bit of the nutriment
that your food contains is assimi
lated and appropriated by the
blood and tissue. Sold by Jas.
Plummer. .. . . -
It Saved His Leg. "'
P. A. Danforth, of La Grange,
Ga.i snfferea for six months with
a frightful ruuniog "sore on his
leg; but writes that Bucklen's Ar
nica Salve whollyTiOured it in five
days, V For Ulcerr, Wounds, Piles,
it's the best salvo m thp world.
Care guaranteed. ; Only 25c. A.t
all druggists. ,
$5.00 for 25C still holds good to
some - lucxy -, individual, lnis
contest, closes Sept. 30th. Pay
25c on subscription , new s ubscrib
ers, old subscribers and agents
all. stand an equal chance. ' Good
luck comes to all, but especially
to those who seek it. 7
bound book, linen or turkish tow- :.
el, plated watch chain, gent's belt,
large bottle ink, lamp, etc. ; .v - 4
i.5 Cents Buvs
100 page ledger, rolled plate
cuff buttons, 6 tumblers, 6 desert
dishes, gallon pitcher, pair gents
drawers, bottle 25c perfume, fiat
bottom tea kettle, etc. ; ,
SO Gents Buys
Side lamp with reflector, hand
and stand lamps complete, large r
pitcher, etc. From this price up ;
the line and prices are marvelous.
We are always glad to show you.
Your true friend,
8P0TMSH,
lli East iDuis Btreet
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