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.1 x ; 5 ... -. - . . , -' - -p-.: - - . - j V S V -. 3. ISALISBTTEY, 1ST. C. "WED3STESlpA.Y, JiTTJJBlY 24, 190Oi .' "N6. 12. l. .V! answer -IAN, Tl BRIEFS. 1 PLE ; WHO COME AND LITTLE LOCALS. . :rcst Condensed and j;vn. The Personals f Ners Items of a day. Cityinjcws Ejitor. ricLoad returned to Ashe- II si 7 Barber came In from 8apona . ,V JI,Pdfel, Esq Vof Concod, was Vf.Jdlman, of China Qrpve, 'r .Jay. .-. ; 1 fA, New man returned lat t from Gold HHI. j ; t usies, Jr. of New London, n tiio city lat night. y! Jones went' to China Groye ..i on a buslnes trip. ,P.Bj'eer,,of n ckory, Is regis, j the Alt. Vernon tcxtay. A'. Parker U having the Iow ,;o next to the covered bridge UAY COXTIKUE IX SPRING. Of. Brora Here 2nd Talks cf His - Work tt tit Mirrcri: Dr. Dillon Brown, of New York, wis in the eity yesterday with A party of friends and was seen by an iNOKz reporter, i ,! ;. Dr. Brown says that he does'not know exactly when he will resume work on ho development of the water power property at the nar rows. ,It depends altogether on the result of certain plans we are working on,'-he said. "The de velopment of this property may be .' resumed , this J spring : and again we may not do any , more work until - next spring. I; am merely down here floating about now," he said, "and expect to ; go to Charlotte today.' , ' 7 - JLs is well known a" great deal has already been spent on' the de velopment of the narrows and it is the purpose of the promoters of the enterprise to furriish power for all the manufacturing enterprises within a radius of fifty miles. I! EHS IN SALISBURY; Hunklns, who Is now city today. a former Salts selling tobacco, February Wedding- r v A wedding will ocur in Febru-. ' ary in! which one of Salisbury's popular young ladies and an equally popular yonhg man will be married. . The carols will be out shortly. - koJjcbEX learn of several can- r iho Democratic nomitia v lv'lrtlatufe( Jtnp i slowly recov- , 1 r J 1 1 les suAtaineJ in Sorae several weeks Jn wesrlns a clerJcni n a cigarette w bs t actloiirt 4i t the depot ik McCuhbii s has sl- ecovered from his re- nk of Illness, ue are Countj Contention . There is a sentiment amongthe executive committeemen of " the county favorable to holding the county convention for the'nomina- tion of county officers; in April, The executive committee which meets in February will determine upon a date for the county conven tion. , whuls interested CaH For Prohibition Contention. Mr. T. P. Johnston, secretary of the Executive , Committee of the Prohibitiou party of North Caro lina, tells us that a round robin has been sent out to every mem- Grand Ccsncfl of Rojal Arcasca to lies! Hen li Uay. , The grand council of the Royal Arcanum of North Carolina meets in Salisbury this year about the first day of May. The exact . date of the meeting has not yet "been ascertained but it will very likely be held during the : first week in May. ' At the meeting of the' Salisbury lodge last night Mr. C. T. - Bern hardt 'was - elected .representative to' the grand council and Max Le vy alternate. Salisbury will be glad to wel come the delegates . of this noble and; beneficent order within . her gates. No secret order Has a more enviable record for good aefcom'- plished in the succor of widows and orphans than the Royal Arcanum and our people will greet them with a hearty good will. ' BRITISH. ENTER. DDNDONALD FINDS THE WAY TO LADYSMITH. KLimZ'S DISTILLERY SEIZED. BARM EURSED: Check Here. A check for the estate-of . Will iam Bost, who was killed by the negro Williams, was received this Great Excitement in, London over an Unconfirmed Report that Dundonald Enters Ladysmith. BRITISH ENTER LADYSMITH. London,. Jan. 23. Special. Great excitement and enthusiasm were caused here today by a dis patch from Durban saying that Lord Dnndonalcl's flying column of sixteen hundred hussars and light artillery had entered Lady smith. Though! this news was not officially confirmed the public was ready to believe it on account of Dundonald's dashing success at Acton Holmes and the fact that no details had been received from him since the statement that he was feeling his way to Ladysmith morning from the Jr. O. U.A.M. The check was for $250,! the bene fit fund.carried'bj' the young man in the order. 1 A Sunday Scrap. i Two j ( negro women Gertrude Baker and Cnarlotte Bernhardt were engaged. in a wooi-pulling contest at Dixonville Sunday mor i ng, when the former's spouse in terfered and paid his compliments to the Bernhardt woman. The trio were before; Mayor Lord last night "and contributed a total of 13 dollars to the city treasury. 1 mine and who is , . -(Ms time there now, ber of the executive committee f . ..tu-. 1 nnn that whAn thpir TftTlifta nrft rn- l'k IHBIi lll11 I ., r. . . ..: ceived n. mefitincr for'1' the Statft j-boii, wno nasneen f " ...... f home for a week or convention of the Prohibition ,.lKlas, is out again I party will be called.,: j 0 pltuwd to note. . : ' . WWII WIWRi , I arMi welt known rail J rns ftueen Asheville iblj i- n the city today. to Lexington tonight Jeek with his brother. "ft IInghain, of Ashe .e city last n hint on V; MaJ. Binsrham has x i 1 where he del i vered ahlii A.and M. College Saturday night.. rCJwar Poisoning (If. E. C. Heins, general mana Mr.rS. R. Rufty reterned this morning from Danville, where he had been to visit his son, who is very sick. He was improving when Mr.; Rufty left Danville this morning. - . " : Assaulted by Negroes. Jim Lawson, an industrious dar key who lives near Spencer, was assaulted last night by two negro men near the Southern's shops . . '. 1 1 II t - ' 1 r ' was. Trading Stock. . - .. . - ... 1 1 Mr. J. F. Ludwick went to Con cord this morning to join his part ner,. Mr. J. C. Black, who is there with a drpve of horses.- They have twenty-six head of horses in the drove and will remain in. Con cord trading during court week. De?sti ColIt:t:r Uills UaUs tit Seizure Tn nrhtlnt Uietlats Cestrcjel b tl! caureers Deputy Collector Mills Tuesday seized the distillery of G. L. Kluttz. near town. , Since Mr. Kluttz iwas sen t to the Morganton hospital this dis tillery has been operated by Mh P. A. Hartman, for Mr. Klutts's family. "It fa thought that the order is connected 'witti the seiz ure of D. H. Mahaley's distillery in which Mr. Hartman was inter ested The seizure I was ordered on the strength' of certain infor- mm seizures. THE REVENUERS ARE AFTER 1 THE KEGS. ' Fin.., A fire occurred near Saw, this county, Sunday, that was very probably of an incendiary origin. . A A 1 1 A T. dkx trcm China urove :toaay 1 - o r.T" - r c. . states that the barn was on the farm of Mr. Henry Walker, who lives at China Grove. The barn was entirely destroyed and with it a quantity of .fodder . and two threshing machines-one an old and the other a new ? one. The NoWi Even When Nothing Ap- v-" 1 " ..... ... pears to be Wrong. KELLER DINES BRTAN. j -. New York, January 23. John W Keiler, president of the Demo cratic Club has issued invitations to a dinner at the club to Col. W. 1 r 1 . J. Bryan tonight. .The dinner, is not an official one of the. club, but 1 . the leaders will be present. PIGEON BHOOT AT MONTE CARLO. Monte Carlo, . Jan. 23. -f (Spe cial.) The greastest of all inter national pigeon shoots opened to day. The tournament is restrict ed to amateurs, there being no professional purses - al 1 o w e d. Prizes amounting to thousands of dollars are to be awarded!, the largest beingi $4,000, and a . Bweet stakes of $40, all of which goes to the winner. th Ving machines were the mation sent tcj the collector's of-1 property of Walker, " Rice and nee.;. -. - ; I schler. of China Grove. Kei Fcsatains 1 K : Mess. Bean. & Isenhour 60LD HILL QUARANTINES. have The government appears to be waging ft eruwde now' against the five-gallon " fellow. For orders have been issued to the agents' to. seize every package Hint turns up - at Salisbury ;and the. agents -; are doing so with a very good will ; -Agents Brittand Bradshaw have been recently among the most ac tive revenuers in making it warm I - " - - - . tw - . . .. ''A . . 1 one of the handsomest fountains 6et$ It B2SX at .III LCEBW Mi qaar- l0TP manuiaciurer ana snipper in the State for their new drucr-l tntlaij. store in the Overman building. ; Gol Hill evens up matters 11 win oe piacea near xne rge wjth New Londbn wipes winaow in xne iroui 01 vneir store. Mr.; IN. i. ; Murphy has pur chased ; a new fountain for his grocery in the Hedridk building. an old score off the slate. ; It will be remembered that he Old Hick- it o" increase. Steadily: Ucreasliig. M The membership of ory Club continues The membership has pow reached ninety and it will probaVy be as fhigh as one ,hundred before the club onens ut in its new rooms " in the Overman build it THE BROTHERS JAILED. Tbe Bcstlan Brothers botp over to Coart cient justification to turn tbe and in the last thirty; days they have seized many packages and. broken up numerous stills y Acting under tho order , above mentioned, a seizure was made here yesterday aftemooiv-of three when a case of smallpox, de; kegs and two jugs of whiskey velopedvat-Gold Hill about shipped by Mr. Dv L. Arey. A. . two months ago New London gentleman prominently connected promptly, locked- her gates with he revenue sorvica stated to , against the mining town.; the Index representative Friday . Gold Hill now pursues the nignt mat tne pacicagos were au. . ' - I rn?ht o.nd'that thev were onlv seix-- same . tactics, itumora 01 . . ' ' . 4 vr 4.XT t . 1 ed in obedience to the instructions smallpox at New London have j f beeq rife and . varying, and . He 8flya thai thefte in;tractiont : conflicting reports have been are positive and leave the agent ' circulated regarding the situ; no choice m the matter. : A mighty ation there, baturday, How- howl has gone up from those af ever, lioia Hill iouna Bum- fected by the order. Like Concord, Of Course. . Salisbury, like Concord, now has a savings bank and electric lights and'is also talking water works. , Their new bank opened in its temporary quarters lasf Satur day and started well for the . first day. Concord Standard. ' ' v rot tha Sftlisburv lfI0nhrm Kt.. 1 .nrt bndlv hpnAn I T .0 n-enn . had his hand poisoned in return ine home on foot from Sal- x)un'ar manr Saturday, and lsbury wheu he met two men who Jtt, lit lit is, carying his left arm ng today. Mr. Heins was .gwith' a copper w ire and 1 1 - oegan to aouae aim as soon as they saw him. He resented their vile epithets and both of the men t t . ?d the wire ngaiust three abra- I belabored. him unmercifully. his assailants. vliand beean swell ine and he n ascertained Hat the copper coming in contact with the 11 skin on his hand had pois- it. He is suffering no serious I i ts toaay and tne poisoned . Vuber is improving. eitiUBrtfge. i A gate has been put up at the Piedmont Toll Bridge at the Yad kin rivor, so as topreyent passen gers from crossing Ihe bridge withtut laying their fare. The gate put up today. Business at the bridge continues brisk and the stjif kholders are well pleased with the showing made thus far. either of Koine Folks Abroad. ; v The Washington correspondent of the Charlotte Observer says of the North Caroliua ball recently given in Washington : "Among the North Carolina Congressmen pres ent were : Crawford, Thomas, Bellamy and kluttz. The latter a most gifted and genial gentle man, has already won the respect and confidence of his fellows ' Among the dancers none surpass ed our own Miss Bessie Henderson in i beautv - of person or crace of movement.'' -. -V ' . .. Protracted Ueeting.- Evangelist A. Campbell Chown ing," from Staunton, Va of the church of Christ, commonly call ed th? Christian Churchy will com mence a series of protracted meet- tings in the court house, next Thursday night, the 25th inst . All cordially invited.- Come and worship with us. , . Capital of $I0,00(). la 6s:iosltiOB. t , Mr.V. S. Parker, who has been viiitint here, tells us that Preston Swicegod, who recently left Sal isbutr for Knoxville, has quite a eobd position in the Southsm of flees the-e. lir- snsUJut; Mr. J. W . Steele, who was kick ed by a iieious mule about two weeks: ag is' out again today. Mr. Steel )3 improving but the in- furfd r.cr still gives him con 'A 'A. -'vv. Si.,..- , : ... -i ,. TRIAL OF ZOLA DP AGAIN; Paris, Jan. 20.(Special.) The trial of Emile Zola on the charge of having libeled M. Jndet, director of Petit Journal, in accus ing him of using false documents in an attack upon FraLcois Zola, the novelists father, wan adjourn ed until today. Mr. Walter Grimes goes itoJ3al- isbury as a member of the Salis bury Drug Company, which has just organized .with a capital of $10,000, says the Winston corres pondent of the Charlotte Obser ver. . '. . OFFICEBB Oft PACIFIC CABLE. Washington, D. C, Jan. 23. (Special.) The house committee today gave a hearing to govern ment officers relative to the Paci fic Cable. Secretary ' of War, Root, and Secretary of the Navy, Long, gave full information. The ch ief que9t ion is .as to whet her the cable shall be Sunder private or government control. : v for barn burning. With arm tied tb arm and a cord pinicning them po their sides two intelligent looking young men stepped from the local train from the South Monday with an officer at their sides. -Thev were ' the brothers John and James Bostian who were ar rested yesterday on the charge of burnir g Mr. Henry Walker's barn near China Grove. Sheriff Mon roe was waiting at the depot for his prisoners land took them to ail, where they will remain until the February term of; court unless they give bond. : it WILL iKOniHATL lock and key on New London and New Londoners,' and the quarantine will not bo lifted THe Prahliitlcnisis till Rue 1 Stats until the smallpox scare there has subsided. EPPS nANOED TESTEBDAY. '-Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 23 (Special) This is the date set for the execution of William ; Eppa, colored, the convicted murderer of aged Mrs. Mary A. Lawler, of city. The victim kept a small grocery ' store at the corner of Beulah and Tasker streets-and cm the evening of January i 80, 1899-, Epps and his accomplice, Dodson, strangled the old woman and then robbed the place. Dodson. r has pleaded guilty of murder in the second degree and has been sec- teheed to u long term in prison., down to China Grove 'to appear for Mr. Walker, also rethirned to the city last night.! Mr, Gregory thinks jthe case against the young men a vcij Buyug uue. ilia patuus wuu burned the barn were evidently riding; as horses, tracks could be seen in the vicinity of the bairn ; The young men were given a pre liminary hearing ahdbound over to court in a bond of $500. - New Store Boons- The old postofiice building is being converted today into a store room. As previously noted in the Index this room will be occupied by Mr. M. C. Rufty wheu com pleted. ; , v ' . ; ".: ; .' ; Mr. John Rulfs, of Wilmington, is having the Hedrick storeroom next ta N. P Murphy's grocery, fitted up for a1 shoe store, it will be well furnished and particularly adapted for this business; Daraae's Trial. I L. H. Clement, Esq. , went down to Concord last night to assist So licitor Rush today in the prosecu tion of Wash Durane, the negro who was arrested as tie assailant of Mr. Adolphus Mauney, of Gold I in Dixonville and Hill. Mr, Clement thinks that some time h ago by the State has a strong case. ; mad dog. Uii Dcg Loose. A mad dog cut a wide path m Dixonville yesterday -afternoon. He bit a colored cniid and was shot at but escaped. The dog belonged to a negro man r living was bitten a supposed . BOARD OF TRADE MEETS; . Washington, D. C, Jan. 23. (Special). The National Board of Trade met in annual session to day. One of the chief matters taken up will be the forming of resolutions recommending the ne gotiations of reciprocal treaties with the countries of the Ameri can continent. All laree commer- cial bodies throughout the coun try ha v been invited to partici pate in the meetingand most of them are represented. PRE8S ASSOCIATION lEETS. Lincoln, leb., Jan. 23. Spe cial. The Nebraska Press Asso ciation convenes today. The As sociation is non-partisan and its object is to promote progress in the State and exchange ideas on questions of publication. .- Installation Senlces. : Installation services were held Sunday night at Faith Reformed church in this city. Rev. J. M. L. Lyerly, of Crescent, preached the sermon, taking his text from St. Lnke, 19:13, ''Occupy till I come;" speaking first to the pas tor, then to the elders and dea cons, and then to the congrega tion. The sermon was very at . - i .i ... liidwin Gregory, fcsq., who went propriate to the occasion and was Mule Killed. i Mr. ; W. j F.? Lyerly lost a good mule last night , rThe mule was in the lot and In it the darkness stepped into la deep ditch. His nedc was broken. byjthelfall.yMr. Lycrlv valued the niule at $100. v much enjoyed by those who heard it. Rev. J. C. Clapp, of Newton, conducted the installation service, after which the officers of 'the churcli-gave the pastor the right hand of fellowship. The service was impressively carried out and there was a good! attendance. v . .-. ; ; ' ", '. . ' .-.,' OFFICERS INSTALLED- Rutherfotdtou'f Press:: Mr J F Edwards, whehas bWen associate editor of the Henrietta Hustler for the past few weeks, has received an appointment as government school teacher in Porto Rico, and - i l m j i . ! - . igii, xueaaay oi last iweeK ior. nis new home. . , i i TWO NEW CHURCHES. Tbe Uetbodlsts Actiie at tbe Yaace aad leslerllllls. ' ij . V ' . Rev. Dr. WTWi Bays, presiding elder of this district, was in the . city last night and plans as arranged! examined the. by Rev. J. T. Smith (angrily )-"I understand you said my face would stop an automobile?" Jones "I certain ly never said anything of the kind." Smith "Then, I must have been misinformed?9 Jones "That's what you have. Instead of stopping at sight of yo.ur face any reputable automobile would increase its speed. "-Chicago News, J work here. Erwin j for ; the jnjw Methodist church at the Vauct Mill. Rev. Erwin tells the Isdex that satisfactory progfei4s being made and that the lumber is all on the ground.; 'r:4 ': ;v -In' East Salisbury it is his pur pose' to build a church opposite Mr. G. W. Wpght's residence on the property of the Central Land Company. On this site it is their intention to erect an edifice that will cost between $1500 and $2000. Rev. Ervin, while young in the ministry, is full bf energy and is making splendid progress with his Tbe Royal Arcanaa Installs Officers for theTek- . : ' : - : . :;' The ofiicers of the Royal Arca num for the ensuing year were installed Monday night byDistrict Deputy v Regent D. M. : Miller. The following ofiicers were in stalled: ' , -Regent, J. H. McKeruie, Vice Regent, J. Frank Barber, Secretary, T. B. Beall, -Collector, J; M. Brown, Treasurer, IW. L. Kluttz, Orator,, David Brown, ' :' Past Regent, Max Levy, ' Chaplain, T. P. Johnston, . : This order is one of the safest ever represented in Salisbury, and it has paid many thousands of dollars out to the estates of de ceased members. The Index is pleased to learn that it was never before in so flourishing a con dition. s llskit Tbls Year, v ' , r V ' The prohibitionists, as a pariy, are still kicking in North Carolina. At least the Salisbury contingent is. ' , . An Index reproentativetalJced : with Mr. T. P. Johnston, of this -city, secretary of the Statu execu tive committ eo aiid 'found Mr. ; Johnston in a very enthusiastic ?v mood. ' : "When will your State conven tion be called?" I asked him. j ','That I cannot tell," he replied. "I have just had a talk with Mr. -Shaver (referring to Mr. Edwin Shaver, of this city, chairman' of ' the executive committee) and .he has not yet decided on a date for : the-convention." . "O, yes, Ave will nominate a full: ' State ticket," he replied in answer to a question, "Just as long as one man is left in the party .we " will continue to nominate a tick-, et." : . : Mr. Edwin Shaver, Dr. J. W. Long and Mr. T. P. Johnston, nil . of this city, are commit teemiMi. v Dr. J. N. Stallings will preach next Sunday at Faith at 11 a m. ' and at China Grove at 20 p. m. ' UIIHsas CItes Ataj. r , It U cenainlyrTatifylng to the public to know of one concern ' in the land who are uot afraid to be eenerous to the needy and suffering. The proprietors of DrJ Klogfc New Discovery far Consumption, Couzhs and Colds, have given away over ten million trial bottles of this great medicine; snd have the satisfaction of knowing It has absolutely cured thousands of hoples eaes. Asthma, Bronchitis. Hoarseness and all dls easeses of the Throat, Chest and Luncare surely cured by 1U Call on Theo. F. Klattx & Co., Druggist, and get a free trial bottle. Regular sie 50c and $1. Every bottle guar- ameea, or price reianaea. - Clerk VYatsci L'oil3. - Clerk of the Court W.: G. Wat son has about finished moving' tbe various articles, from the old room of the clerk of court to his office.- The alteration of thef in- terior of the court room necessi tated the move. V , Uaj Edit Caceaslaa. J. C. Click, of Hickory,! was here last night returning from Raleigh, where he has been to meet with the Populist Executive Committee and to confer with Senator Butler. Mr. Click tells us that he has been " tendered the editorship of the 'Caucasian by Senator Butler but that- he does not know whether or not he can accept. . " - . To Uali Brlct - i r Contractor Propst, of Concorde who has the contract to build the savings-bank building, was here Thursday making arrangements tc get his brick ready . for the building. 1 Just as soon as the material is ready work will begin on the building. : -""'!'." ' - Capt. W. H. Hudson has teu dered bis resignation , as , master mechanic of the Southeru shops . ' '' . ' ' here, the resignation to t&kr elTect February 1st. . V r
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