v .2-, The Spencef One Price. Cash (!f.lKf' Kor-f. t'ar. Orii'itiilclSug ir round. Mtiln2 M" m tl up. Crckr: jr )nr rtccl.id Couulrj Produce BoniM. ;.-EU:.DI3n i . r , 'V V "N Heal 3ctalo. WEATHtR FORECAST: Fmlr tnd eoHrr tonight. Fridtj, fair. Circofation Bricks Open to AH." . ' : - - The Best of New;FuIl Telefaphic Service ol. 2. TSTo. 8. SALISBimY, : 2ST. O.THTTpsbiAjS'; MjIIT :-jb,: 1900. BRIEFS CAUGHT ON THE FLY. Bill I'll. II BE. TO DUPLiCllIE ' THf OlliOII. 1 F1K EBniif ULL ii;e iiiEfe-ciiiE mim eiite ins r;;:i THE PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO, LITTLE LOCALS. JUDGE BOWMAN WILL NOT HOLD COURT HERE. THE GOLD HILL COMPANY WILL DO IT. V WILL OON ' BEv-BUILr -AT CHINA GR0V' : .UET.HEREJHISr M0RNIN&,T0 c CONSIDER BIDS: - NOllJNATED FOR ELECrOR. THE SOUTHERAll PEOPLE : TO AT-LARGE BY REPUBLICANS HAVE PICNIC THERL: : ' ' ... .. . - .- .v Items of interest Xondenced and Boiled Down. The Personals and Brief News lien: of a Day.- i - Harry -Uros. Iiavo a change of ml ttxlay. J. D. Klliott, of Hickory, vas in tlio city last night. II. A. Haggo, of Lexington, was in tho city yesterday. Mr. ThomaH L. Swink has quite a sick child at hii home. T. II. Vnnderford, Sr., returned last night from Cfttawha. v K. CJ. HiH'lianan, of Charlotte, in iwndiiig the day in the city. MifH Aimiu Sloan, of Ileidgville, in viniting Mm. Uohert Mauney. Mr. Walter (iravei hud hU lmnd hadly cut at Peacock foundry yesterday. Mrs. Thomas Murphy bft this morning for Fnyettevilleon a short viit ti lt.lativos . - Hon. S. L. Rogers, corporation commissioner, was in the city last night on his way home. . Contractor PionKt. of Concord, is in the ciiy today on business connected it!i the Savings Bank. fi Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Wiley and - lillc (huightt r left this morning for Washington on a visit to friends. Mr. Seymour N. Roliinson. of New York, who has been hero for several days, returned to New York ini-mn,u,K. Miss P arl Thompson has been 1 quite sick for fcverai days, iier many mniuiy wni .wgiaa tojearn 'iiiatHiie is improving. . Kdniond SilTord, of Maiming, passed through on his way to the meeting of the meeting of Synod at Albemarle and gave us a call. WORKING FOR GOLD. ,. The Roseman Mlfl8 IS being Operated again For Gold. Work was begun j-esterday on tho Roseman mine and .-will be prosecuted now vigorously. ; Thi mino is located on Mrs. A. H. Newborn's land in Litaker township and some very, promising specimenrt of gold ore have been taken from it. - Mr. J. WHammill is interest ed in the development of the mine nnd wan out yesterday with a force of hands sinking the shaft. Jf tin? results are sat i factory the work will bo prosecuted on a more extensive scale. Commutes Appointed. a! a meeting of tho Lutheran congregation held hint night a committeo of seven members were appointed to solicit subscriptions from, tho congregation for new curved pews for the church. Mr. W. F. Snider is chairman of the committee, of the committee Tim ninmhfim will apply to him for blank lists, etc., at once, and it is hoped the work will be pushed vigorously. " Tha Snaday Train. . . ; i No information has yet been received by Capt Crutchfield in regard to tho train to Albemarle Sunday.' Tho matter has been taken upjwith Col. Turk but , at tho hour of going to pref no ar rangements had teen made to operate the train. 1 ' Uayha Comict. The negro John Massey, who was arrested by Officer. Torre nee . Tuesday night for vagrancy, still in the lock-up here. It thought that he is an ex-convict ou the t Mecklenburg chain gang, An otlicer is expected aip from piiarlotto today to identify him. He and Jodge Tloaerlake Had Swapped Courts bat t&e Bar Asked For Amthr Change. Judge Bowman, Senator Pritch ard'a father-in-law, who was to nave presided at the May term of Rowan court, won't be here at the time expected. In fact he won't be here at all during the May term of court, and on - his failure, to show up hangs a tale. Judgo Timberlake was due to preside over the May court but some time since he and Judge Bow- man swapped courts.' The Iredell ana uowan oars um not reiisn me !ri- 1 IT 1 i 1.' L iL. I . . I 1 iU T 1 TV I. 1 I 8.V141U1.U io,u -.ugfl -x.muti so by petition, llowan court was . . L- . - 1. C-.1 I ionav coiiveneu . er luunuujr but Judge Timberlake' other en- a .1- :l -i 1 gagemenwmnuB HauBumimjr im- possible forhim to come here then. So he set about making another arraneement with Judge Bowman. A letter was received here this morning from Judge Timberlake stating tlit he had arranged , his courts tso.hat lie, would be able to come here thfTlatter part cf next week. He will dispose of the'erim inal cases on Friday and Saturday of next week and the week follow ing will be given to the civil dock et. There are several important ca ses to be considered on the civjl docket and hence' the week is1 eiv- en to the hearing of these matters. AN A6E0 LADY DEAD. Mrs, Deal Passes Peacefolly Away after J p lM$gf China Grove, N. C. May 2. -C. J. Deal is back at his work again in the store. ' He has. been out for two weeks with the grip. Mrs. Deal, known as Aunt Su sie, who has been very ill for some time, passed peacefully away Sat- urday morning.- -Sno was about 70 years and 7 months old. She was laid to -rest in . the church yard at Mt. Moriah church. Rev. Sticklejrcondncted services at. the house and Rev. J. P. Miller at the churoli. A large assembly was present to see her laid to rest. Rev. J. F. Deal, of Chopin, S, C.sonbfC. J. Deal, and Miss Mabel Deal, who is in school at Elizabeth College, came home Saturday and will go back today. Urs. Tirreatlae Dead. The many friends of this city of Mrs. S. A. Turrentinewill be pain ed to learn of her death, which oc cured yesterday morning at her home in Statesvillev Mrs. Tur rentine is a sister of Mrs, F. E A wiiu-- rr k .o wv, her last moments. Miss. Rose HUnUi.uwv.ij, UU Wk tan ai.t n v l la root a xr tb attend the funeral which takes ptace today. Mrs. Turrentine was also the aunt of Cornie White, of lu" VUB1W" wwbcj I nu..i.,n ri . Mrs. Turrentine was well known in oaiisuury unu uer uinuy irieuus here will be pained to learn of her death. v Ur. Sham Returns. ' Mr. Charles Shaver, who been acting in the capacity of Southern Railway agent at Albemarle dur ing the strike, has returned home, - au operator Having been sent to Aioemarie. Mr. snaver win re- sume ins lormer duties at freight depot. the l!r. Niaai Hare. : : . Mr. W G. Newman, who been at Somerset, Virginia has for I the past four days, came in on No, is I S3 this morning and went down to is I Gold Hill on the morning train. j Capt. W. Murdoch iley, who spent yesterday at Somerset on j business,.also returned to the city I this morning. ! Ccatracl Giren for a Steal Balliing for Us Concentratiag UHI, Wttlch Will be pst Is Shortly. ; Mr. W. G. Newman, proposes to make a greater mino put of the Gold Hill" property, which now belongs to him individually, than he has already succeed in making Union the Copper Mine.' It is his purpose io"?begin.l he active devel- opment of this property immedi- ately and to this end he has given the contract for the construction of a steel building for his concen- traling mill at the Gold Hill mine. tiw. i,rtts - - j- JL 1ID VWUIIUI' HUB ,wt;cu kxwu V ' . . Mr. Sevmour N. Robinson, the VnrV mflnftJrer of the Berlin Iron Bridge ; Company, for the bu:ltlin 0 nnd M- Newman exneets 0 0 1 . . th ;nst.fliiat;on of the conCentrating plaiit'by June 1st. A stock company will shortly be organized by Mr. Newmau to con trol this property with a capital stpek of $5,000,000,- - i ; The Gold Hill iriTne as a gold producer if sfar superior to the Un ion Mine " and csbouldan equally good percentage of copper. ' UR. HEWJiAN'S CONTRIBUTION, i 6Ues Two Railroad Fares to Old Soldiers -.j' to LoaSsilIfe. t ... .-.y- i .Co),. A, H. Boyden Uiforms.u that, Mr. Walter George ; Newnian in. his usual generous.. way;TJi as agreed to contribute the railroad fare of two Confederate soldiers to the reunion. This contribution ontJipart o Mr. Newman will Mr. Boyden requects us to state that all old soldiers1 who intend attending this re-union should re port their narae3 to. bjm at onCe. Fine Horse Dead. - : . " s Lady Jefferson, the fine horse formerly owned by Mr," 11, J. Holmes recently by .Mr. W. C. Fraloy, died last night, Ldy Jefferson was one .of. the tbest horses ever brought to Salisbury and all admirers of good horse flesh will reeret to learn of her death. -; : - 6oes To Colorado. . Mr. E. Levy, who has been clerking at Jacob FeldmanV for the past several months, will leave next week for Colorado, Mr. Levy has been in bad Health . lor some time and goes there to recu perate. Society of Philistines. Cant. W. Murdoch Wiley has been notified of his '.election to mamberahin in the Societv of 4 - Philistines, a society composed of iiterateurs and artists, ine -eiec- t ion of Capt. Wiley is quite an honor to him t " ft Ur. Harris Uoies.' ' ' : Mrs. W. E. Harris and family, who have been living at Spencer, left this morning for Roanoke, Virginia, where they will reside in the future. Mr. Harris has ac cepted a position in the machine shops there. Wreck caSostheri. : inetjoutnern icauway uad a very serious wreck at. Charlotte yesterday. A passenger tram, ran into an open switch and collided with a switch engine. "The negro fireman was killed men injured. and tw3 white J: : :iX ;JB. . BEGJLN DECLINES. Elizabeth, N.J.. Iay 3. Frank Berger, said today that! he had written a letter declining the ap. point men t of Chief Justice .to Porto Rico to Attorney General Origgs. He will he pitted against Congressman Fowler, for Congress, Tit Capital Stock Is all S:i:-jll: j zzi 1 Work Will Sena Begla "ca tis Fa:t:rj EiilldlEg - - . Perhaps the first cotton , factory organized by the farmers . of "any State in the Union lias just been launched by the farmers of the China Grove .vicinity;":.-And: -the names of the gentleman ' who. are p connected' with th enterprise (wide-awake and well-to-do far mers that they are) is a guarantee of the success of the movement. The : Linni KMilig -of .;rpjiina Groye, is the ; nam of 'the new company and it has, beeit organiz ed by the election of the following officers: '".r . President, D. B ' ColtraiJe ..of Concord. : i ; , Vice-PresidentC, J. Deal,vrof China Grove. - fr'. V ! ' Secretary and Treasurer, C. - W. Corriherof ChihaGrbve ' ' " Board of Directors. John Louis RohdlemariJ H-T. fchrO. ? A : Li nn, J . V ilsohj Deal and L. A. rriher.-.-.x- - v trl i , ;-: ' Tb e capi tal felcQl the m il 1 Cia pO,O0O and , heMtire. amount has been i jsubaejlbed 1 spropos-' ed 1 atec ;ibj increase the capitol sioclh--- . . . 4C- The mill will be, r located three miles below; .China Grove near - ' . 'r I . t . - . 1 lsquire C. A'.. Linn's t home place -.1 '' . 1 if. ' t ' " 1 1 and tlSlcca'tii - is? an admirable selpctiop, It -is on. the railroad and the mill will te supplied jwi'h all the railroad facilitits desired. Mr. C. J. Deal tel's us that it is proposed to begin Iwork ou v t he building1; at once I ud 6x?giii the operation of 'thentfl 1 as soon as possible ine organization oi tnecompany i will cive Rowan, when the .mill is ' - . - . I All list Aiil.il VU.IVU.UIUI. I iTimnf nn .firfift nnHm. mill I FEARFUL SPREAD' OF PLA3UE. The bubonic Plague is spreading over war1 tons Countries. rr- London, '':AIay 3. Telpgrams to London papers continue to show a remarkable spread. otJthe Bubonia plague in'at least -a dozen parts of the worldThe following-is'a. sum mary : Mauritius, Bombayr Cal cutta, Port Said, Teperan Manila, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Sydney, Noume, New Caledonia, Brisbane, Buenos Ayeres. There is is a very serious spreading at Born hay. apd Calcutta. Jny-two deaths are re- porveuaw pyuney anu iorvy uejum. at Buenos Ayres. May Not Nominate. v Talking with a local Republi- can tnis morning l . a&ked mm when the Fusionists would put out heir county ticketr do not , . A 1( il. 1 . "w l"a' W1" ;JJWUUUM' tt ne gaia.'UFis popox mupn ij 'i nTi.r: i . ""-r use. - i Mrs, ICesSfrVen Sick , r Mrs. Nancy fc Kesler -widow of the late Tobias Kesler, is quite sick with the grip. Mrs. Kesler is 81 years bid and it is feared that she may not recover. Oa a Visit Home. . - Rev. H E H Sloop, who has been pastor of a church in Mississippi, has returned to visit his relatives here and in Rowan county, Con cord Standard. Ur. Deal Oat. Mr. C; J Deal, of China Grove, who has been confined to hU home waol,ti W&X9i in.th. city todayiTwo other' members of Mr. Deal's family are down with the grip SEI01; BAXP03fitof I London, May- Q.-The Qentral I News hears f that Commandant Eloff has left Mafeking praptical. j ly abandoning the selge. Si!l:t;ri En a ::3 llztizz f:r, tta C:::;ga asiltls Estlani Sta rill get it.---:. ::-Y:,9r,.yi9;o ; t The committee appomleoi lay the Lutheran Synod of North Car- olina to receive and report on tne bids for the locaj ion of North Car olina College.-mit here this morn ing and-received .-the, bid of -Salis- t Tha committee consisted of Rev Dr. Holland, of Charlotte, chair man, Rev C. B. Miller, , of Con cord, and Rev. V., Y. Boozer, of Eranklin.'tj ,f . . " , The committee looked over the grounds and received, the propo sition'bf the Salisbury committee. Several questions were asked 1 the committee representing Salisbury and as the Committee was not pre-' pared to answer: them at this time. it was agreed to give the members a few days in which to : formulate their reply. i. iHT!1? nTBUTH-lNDEX representa- uve naa aiaiK wiui iiev. vj. ig . 11.11 J I T . . ' Tl Miner,:. presiaenL .01 me oynouj w.i - i i -' i 1 1 n i I this moruing and Mr. Uer sta- ted that it would be impossible to : " r ' ' ' 1'. . r i . . i I give any juea as to wnat ine re- port of the I committee 4 'would be. lie 6aid that the committee had not yet considered the bid or; dis cussed the matter. The contest, he stated, was between the : Hick- Qt7 And Salisbury propositions. -. BOERS ARE DISPERSED; Drifea Froa strong. Fcsltlons, Foreign Legloa Safferj He?jllh:t;;,:i 1 V v London'; MSf: 8.-The-ar, of - fice has received ;tirerTDTn from Roberts : "Drove the, ene- my. out of strong positions utn, a comnarativelv small loss to us . . . . I Thn Ttrrv- m t tn tipulvn L-fllorl I . 4. lirj UUCiB UU1U1I, W V 11.1 1 O Ullf&V. f and forty woiinded. Auwug me former was - Lieut. " Gunther, a J German Aniong :the wounded f was Maximoff, the commander of tne toreign legion. iwenty-one out of fifty-two of the enemies hjasuties" occurred 'amang mem. bera of the foreign legion," LUTHERAN SYNOD. Delegates Jiere this Horning on their wai ,oS . A large number of delegates, lay4 and clerical, were in th o I y t .is morning on their wry to Albemarle " " ftttend the Lutheran S vnod cf Nof tb rQUoaV hich 0UUVenes ftt benmrle tomorrow morning. Among others .who were pot iced at the, depot this morning were: , wev. v,. x. miner, rresiaent oi cne synod, ev. ur. nonano, or Charlotte, Rev. J. Q. Wertz, of China Grove, and others. Mr. C. T. Bernhardt and Mr. 1 T T 1 . -I n . r ?Siei wenp down uom oai t. i . ... iiDury, u is yeyy nicely mat a large crodj will go down Sunday if the extra tram is run, as con tern. plated, ABSthef Jeweler Mr. W. P. Thornton, of Roa- noke, Virginia, has mo ysd to Sal- isbury and will conduct a jewelry " " ' " . -r ... and repair business nere. ne win occupy a space in one of the Hed- rick build mgs. Mr. Thornton has been engaged in the jewelry busi ness for many years and is exper ienced in his business, Is Alaissisi fee.' We are requested to state that there will be no admission fee J twn at e W. G. Newman hospit al tonight, as was announced yes terday. Aiders? Ue?t THlit. The regular monthly meeting of the aldermen will be held at the city hall to-i'ight, at which time thf city officers will be elected for the ensuing year. A S;etrB. Adat Related IrrCsTErcsr ci:ri:tta n li c::;:r;::j.s asi a Fell Ticket Is frt c; kj tis Tc:It8 E:;::i:i ta 5. r;:f -CKiaatI:?;. s;.v v -: ; .-fiJ!:!Jli::j- . ; Salisbury is honorstUgain by a - Charlotte; gets the annual pic SUte convention and. two "of; the nic'of th Southern Railway em four eiectors-at-large for North ployes. ' : Carolina hail from, Salisbury. :The committee appointed to n'hree weeks tigoIon.Ie S; Over- decide bu the place met last niht: man ' was nominated elector-at- at the depot, and aftrr a piriWl J4r?- Demraliclconyeii. discussion: fcocfc Hilfnnd Char-' J'a:ye8trday: A; H. : Price, . fbtte were placed m , nomination. Esq. was honored in a like manner; The "tote stood; Charlotte 21,Rock by the Republican convention. : ' Hill 8 ! Aiiothe? fcommittoe has The following complete ticket was nominated : .fr - ams. of Greensboro. . I Foi Lieutenant Governor, Claud ins Dockery, of Rockingham. . ' For Auditor, Thomas L. Rollins, 0f Madison. For Treasurer, L. S. Jenkins,5 of Gaston. , For Secretary of State, J. F. Parrot, of Lenoir, , tor Superintendent of Public Instructions. N. C. Enslish. the " . ... - i Populist nominee, was endorsed. For Attorney General, Z, -V. Walsor: of Davidson . 1 - . , "' For Cornoration Commissioner. Charles A. Reynolds, of Forsythe, and Joshua Franks, of Svfain For Commissioner of Labor and Printing, Thomas W, Malloy,"of Rockingham, 7 For Electors-at-large,- A. - H, Price and J. R: McCraxy, For Commissioner of Agriculture, Dr Abner Alexander, of Tyrrell. ; .The Raleigh papers speak in" "a very complimentary .manner of Mr. Price's speech in which ho nonunated Judge Adams tor- gov- urtir ... ' cVl though the Tbuth-Index -dif. fers with'Mr. Price politically it Js 1 1 - Jl ..... .li At - , t-'fl.I imlntlnl .... K nrat Vv'-Aa Ir.l. KlUtX lU IIULB T.H1S reCOffmilOIl OI II 1H - O , , ' rv Vwv&. tie is one of the cmmg young Republicans - of - North Carolina and his canvass jn : behalf of the xvcuuiiun . nominees win un- doubted ly be an able one. OPERATORS RETURNING. Substitutes Going Back to their Old Work. ' New Dperators. - ine 'operators taten I frnrn t.hft nfnrP nf-fha Snuihorn The operators who. were from the offices of the Southern ' f during tu0 strike and put on duty in the telegraph office., aretetrirn. Mr. G, T. Diokert, one of the chief clerks in Master Mechanic- Robinson's office, and Mr. W X. Reid, assistant ticket agentboth so whom have been supplying the Salisbury, and Spencer offices, have returned to their former no.. it ions. ..:,:, , , - Several new bperators came in yesterday and Agent Crutchfield tells us that the offices in this vicinity are now all supplied. LcoWag at Mine.. , . : v Messera. James Smith and Cap tain Tom" Moyle, of Gold Hill, were here today. Captain Moyle was investigating Mr. C G Ileilig's 'Gold Hill" in the interest of his company, says the Mt. Pleasant 1 ..." . correspondent of the Concord Standard. Ur, Bean Oat. . Mr. E. II. Bean, who has been quite sick for -some time, is able to be out again. Mr. Bean's illness wa3 of a very, seirous nature and the TucTn-lNOEX is glad to learn that he is on the road to recovery. Cesgresssaa KJ:tt2Sick. Hon. Theo. F. Kluttz.baa been' confined to his home for the past week with the'grip.. We are glad to learn that be is improving. COTTON If ABKET. New York, May 8. Cotton Bids May 45, June, 43, August 28, , ! - in hand the 'arrangement of the data on which, the picnic is Ito be JT eld. It will be held "on Saturday, - Jttne 2nd or the foltowg Satur- day, 0th' Mr. Latta has kindly expended to the party the freedom of Latta Park and, as there -ja a cat line running from the pnrk to the city; nearly every one" will avail themV selves of the privelegea accorded It is estimated that at least 1200 person will be in the party this . . BUSINESS "LOCALS. :DOARDER3 WANTED t tt. MZ t Brown's, on JFliher. street, near "the rallroadt " " ; 6UOOM house on comer Council .MidShaver. streets for rent. J. . O. .White. . I 2 OB 3 Good painters jwbjiUkI. Call . IL. P Deitz,ttCMf9.Sheets board- lug house, s . e. -k2 Mlu" irenynu curcjJicam lRir . I. - , rw,, . 1EBS0N8 Intendlnsrtohttvehoass- I K""16 "H I . . ... . . I 1 1 w - . who gus ran tees perfect satlsCactloo. IR. W. H WA AKEF1ELD, of ' ,m""e will be in Balls i bury at Central Hotel Ttiurndays May 17th for one day only. . Hi, practice is limited to Eye, Eur, Nose and Throat. -v" NO riCE! All person who have left clocks, watches, and Jewelry to bo repalredhy J.& II. tiomh. Jewelers. Salisbury, N. C, are hereby notl- ned to call for same within 80 days from date, otherwise the same will be sold for repairs. Johepii Hurah, I Surviving partner of J. A II. iiorah, I JowiIpn. Mkv fat 10 All HORSES and ! MULES. I will be in Salisbury, at James Stable, Saturday 28th, with two car loads of tine lloraes and Molea. all broke, some good tadlers and nice drirera.will remain, there until the 7th olAiay. will aell on time. 1 , 1IEXKEL BROS. iy S WINK'S .2 Fresh Cakes AXOrocria. .) dU XAJJX V AO OI UOJUAJJ 91. tt 50 LOAVES of BREAD $1. j - Cor. Main and Council fits. u AT - -Isenhour & Bean's Holler Bros., STOXE A3TD OBJLHITE COSTSACTOSf. Itoaghand)reaaed Granite . for baildings and fuuoda . . tkmc, cement walk and cellars. . SATISFACTION :: OUARAffTECO. - - 5ome People Prefer to do their own . banking .vliile others pre fer to have their banking done for them. Tiis SaIistvjrySiiTlnisD:n1( Offers its services to all j I I- who want a general bank ine; service; - 1