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SA1ISBUEV, K". C.. STTJTOA.Y, TJG-TTST 4, .1900.
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OFFICIAL. VOTE OF R0WAN1CQUNTY, iooo;
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4
Salisbury; Norlh.Wurd, . . 1
South J -- (
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Vet 4 ; ..
Sidney, ....
Southern City.. ,
Franklin, .1
Cleveland, ............
Unityf.
Scotch Irish, ,
Amount .Ulla, ,
Stelft,.....".. . ...
Iock , . ... . ; ; . . .
Atwell, JiradsliawV, . j ?,
Knochville, .
China Grvvf .
Litnkcr, lUrilig's Milt,.....-; 17
- Bostian X Koadi, . ... li-
Gold Hill, IJernhardt'H box,. 19
14 . Gold Hill.... 20
Morgan, .... 21
rrovidencc, Hatter Shop, .... 22
Rowan Academy, 25
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fi MUIY OF 59.000
FOR THE CONSTITUi'lONAL
A - AMENDMENT. .
KILLED V SOLD 'HILL,
.Thj State Ticket is 5,000 Abeal. of the
"Amendment. The 6eneral Assembly is
Strongly Democratic;
f
From latest return, amendment
lius majority of 439,000, with 9 or
ten cfoao counties to hear from.
Tho returns from these counties
cannot elToct the ahovo figures ma
terially. Tho amendment ran
no mow hat behind the. Sta,te ticket
in. the Western coivnties. .
Koraytho iagaiu rodeo tAod.wiJJH
an avTngV minority of 550
Tho Democrats have an i.ver
vh'lming majority in the General
AKsomhly counting all that is
doubtful against them. The dem
ocratic majority in tho Houso is
70 and in tho Senato 20 with a
reit chance of increasing this. j
From the latest returns tho leg
islature stand an follows:
House Democrats, 95; Repub
licans 18; doubtful 12.
Senate Democrats, 88 ; Repub
licans, 9; doubtful 8.
In tho doubtful counties it will
rcquiro the oflicial vote to deter
mine tho result.' Irregularities in
Itandojph, Chatham,. Pamlico,
Harnett and Wilkes by tho Fu
. KiomstR. These may be contest
ed: The following are tho county
'majorities as received at Demo
cratic headquarters and revised
and compared up to 8 p. m. yes
terday: Democratic majorities: Ala
mance 250, Anson 1,025, Ueaufort
l.LW, Hertie 1,545, Bladen 300,
ltuncombo 000, lurkc250, Cabar
rus 250, Camden 7, Carteret 250,
Caswell UK), Catawba 50, Chath
am 100, Chowan 400, Cleveland
1,513, Columbus 1,000, Craven 1,
500, Cumberland 1,000, Currituck
500, Duplin 727, Durham 700,
. Edgecombe 3,5(X), Forsyth 500,
Franklin 900, Gaston 800, Gates
Ci50, Granville 000, Greene 500,
Guilford 800, Halifax 3.000, Har
nett 151, Hertford 975, Iredell
400, Jackson 100, Johnston 2,010,
Jones 250, Icnoir, 1,050, Lincoln
200. Martin 1,023, McDowell 200,
Mecklenburg 8,050, Montgomery
500, Nash 800, New Hanover 3,
010, Northampton .1,263, Onslow
800, Pasquotank 800, Pender 850,
Perquimans 800, Person 800, Pitt
1,200, Richmond, 1,500, Robeson
3,500, Rockingham 807, Rowan 1,
500, Rutherford 250, Scotland 1,
100, Stanly 800, Tyrrell 100, Un
ion 1,800, Vance 450, Wake 1,400,
Warren 800, Washington 400,
. Wayne 2,800, Wilson 1,800.
Fusion majorities: Alexander
'100, Caldwell 100, Dav:e 800,
Henderson 125, Madison 900,
Mitchell Polk m wiIkf8
000, Yadkin iUO. " . . .
Democrats have carried David
son Pamlico and Raudolph. Roth
sides claim Orange. Macon is close.
A Negro Last Night, The Fose Goes Off
Before HeTnew it. '
Last night a , negro, named
Cowan, whila working in a shaft at
the Whitney mine Tat Gold Hill
was killed by a, dynamite charge
going off before Jie. wasready or it
going olf'ciicker than he thought.
Baseball. .
Salisbury and Faith VilJ play
a game of baU at
evening at 5 o'clock.
Faith this
IfflR BOARD MEETS:
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CANVASSING THE COUNTY RE-
TUNS.V -:
CHURCHES T0U0RR0W.
All The Registrars are busy.; at the Court
HouseToday Examining ihr Returns,
the Result.
The county board of canvassers
met this morning at the couHi
house. Representatives from every
precinct in the county were pres
ent and the board began business
by electing Prof! I. C. Griffin, of
I AT ill TlrultTA rVin irrhn 11
Mr. W. G Morgan "has opened t . ... f - . ,
; ti roi. n. u. rvizer was eiecipa
A New Store..
up it grocery store on the corner of I
-o-- - . . ,
Julian's majority is 1119.:
At 4 o'clock : The canvassers
are still counting and canvassing
the returns. The vote for govern
or shows Aycock's majority at 1,
038 and the amendment's majori
ty 1,851 in this county.
The vote for Senators was : For
Hon J. S. Henderson 8148, and for
I t 1 ml - 4 fOk
A ha idanmo ffold watch will be Jnn ' nomas 010. rur vreo.
, , . .1 . W TTnnf. A$& nnrl-f!rtnt. Jnhn A
'Mvcii t( t in indv recivinff tne ""v " r
irreatest number of votes at the Ramsay 1472.
lawn party .next Tuesday night at majority over Capt. Ramsay is
the court house lawn.
Lawn Party.
The Daughters of Liberty, "will
give a lawn party August 20th.
Tho Daughters of Liberty is an
auxiliary to tho Junior Order and
is growing fast. Let all come out.
mm -
6Iien Away.
Times and Places to Worship Suitable for
tbe ConveBience ofail.i V
Sunday ,1 scirool , Leo', street
chapel -at T) o'clock. All are in-
vited.
5
Vance mill. Sunday : school at
10 o'clock a. m. . Services at 11
o'clockta! m.- V'-' - .
Kesler mjll. Sunday school at.
8 p. m. and church "at nigUtj:
Rev! F; j. Mwdoclljjp; ifewili
hold the usual services at St.
Luke's Episcopal church to-mor-
? . . . -
row.
Rev. H.L. Xtkinsvill preach
to-morrow morning a:nd evening
at the First Methodisi church. rvT
cjerk to the boarfr andUhe officiaf-F . Spencer Baptist churih-Ser-I
count began'12 oclockV ! ' - '(M
1070.
TWO KILLED.
Appointments.
The 1'rcsKlent vesterdav an-
li il. iifLii. t i a. aiil
Dointed48 enlisted men in the 1 108 Alps nnilc I rjing IB ullBlD. wliu-
dirossa.
Lelongja, Switzerland, Aug
Way,
C. 1
son
and
4
thirteen
regular army as second lieutenants
in the organization aiid assigned
them to various arms of the ser-
vice. Ex.
A Party.
There was a big watermelon
party last night at Zeb at the res
idence af V. B. Lentz. Miss Irene
Shuping, of Bingham furnished a
m ktli.lltMi A f . X t tin' I A 1 1 I
?, 1 - , , t , . I turned with great difficulty but'
Ilia I. UUC1IUVU icinJl b u liivuoaiiv I .
. . . 1 r was recovered.
time.
Sunday school at 10 a! m Services
will be held in the hew Baptist
church. t '
There will be no services at the
Baptist church tomorrow morn
ing and evening.
Rev. G. W. ,Reed will preach
at Chestnut Hill to-morrow .morn
ing at 11 o'clock.
Rev. J. L. Bostian will conduct
the usual services at the First
Presbyterian church tomorrow
morning and evening.
There will be no services at the
Faith Reformed church tomorrow
at 11 a. m. and 8.p. m. Sunday
school at9:45. j
The usual services will be held
at the Spencer Methodist church
tomorrow mornii-g and evening by
Rev. R. C. Craven.
Main Street Metb d'st church.
service, m rning and
THE FEAR THE ALLIES EN
c TRANCE TO PEKIN.
They Think They Will Placate Tts Pcrers
By Takfig tie Ulalsters to Tisei Tsia
They may meet the Allies.. ;
-Washington, Aug. 4. From An
officilfpdrta received today it is
evident that the "Chinese govern
ment is frightened over the conse
quence that would follow on the
arrival of an international relief
column- getting ready to go to Pe
kin;itLi arranging to i send the
foreign ministers to Tien Tsin in
Oicr Which i aiSto ci: Strlprt. Cu
t a a a
ryrcg u. 5- ic:::i surs. . -
Bloemfonten, August 4. A
train ' carry ing U 8. consul
stowe and over which stars and
stripes were flying- wk deraifed
and burned at Ho nogs Bniit, south
of Kroonstad by a flying patrol of
Boers, no prisoners were taken.
H.
V,
NO BOBBEBT,
Americans accompanied Mr. Dell
arouse, an Englishman, had start- f Usual
ed to climb Cimdirossa without a evening by the pastor Rev. Whis-
guide yesterday, near the sum: ner
mit Way slipped on a stone and '.
fell over the precipice. The rope '
off noViiivcr Vim in Hia orif tirokp
v , inr, n 4la hnnra nv t in nna
! tor. BUDject 01 morning service j
"Shadow." Subject of evening
service 4Recouciliatio,n.
Services will be held at the Lu
theran church morning and even-
A Negro Excursion. ;
i
A negro excursion of eight cars
came Here yesterday from Char-
Mr. Kerns' Position.
Mr. T. M. Kerns, whose name
appeared on the fusion ticket asjj0e
anonnnee lor county commission-hotte basball teams crossed bats
er said to the Tkutti-Ikdex repre-Lud regulted iu a victorv for Sal
sontative today: 4My name ap- isbury g to q It is rerxrted that
pea red on the fusion ticket with- i:aKf,.
'pnnna" rinri..ir (ho trn m o
out my knowledge or consent, and
against my protest, as you will
remember that l had a card in
the Tbuth-Index at the time I
heard of my nomination declining
to accent it or allow the use of I
my name in this connection. I
have never vottnl anv other than
the Democratic ticket in my life The latest thinS
and havo never scratched a name
of a man of the Democratic party,
nor have I spoken one word For Rest. Two new cottages,
a ..,. .,.w; tuJ 4 and 5 rooms. See W. H. Neave.
ticket."
The statement is cheefully made
Death.
Mr. James G. McConaughey,
!rl ikio mnrnihff nf hid HfJITlft Otl
The Salisbury and Char-j "T 7 i " "a V.,Hn
street at 11:80 o'clock. The fun
eral will take place at 5 p. m. to
morrow evening at the Methodist
church. The remains will be in
terred in the Lutheran cemetery.
one bansbury "coon
gun on a crowd of
drew his
Charlotte
A
good many of the excursionists
were left here last night.
Have you seen those jeweled
horseshoe pins at" Thornton's?
ft m a i
in justice to Mr. Kerns since va- , roB, ourinei cieauesi ana
. . i- i.. best plastering sand near the city,
nous reports regarding his posi- Atm .t th:9ffictt lor fnrthpr
a: ... i i : I r "
lion nave ueeucireuiaieu. 1 formation
increase Wages-
The Southern has raised the
wages of the machinists out at the
hops. It is a raise of 5 ceuts per
dav for each man. come into
etTectAugust 1st.
The Coit home school will re
open on Monday, Sept: 3rd. For
cerms apply to Mrs. Y H. Coit,
torner Bank aud Fulton sta. da
Fob Sale : A lot of first class
tar. Apply to J. C. Hamilton.
tf Carmel, N. C.
cate, the powers and and cause aF
lied trooops to stop before reach
ing the capital, but thera is every
reason to believe the allies are ad
vancing and that the minsters
r - ...
may meet them half way between
Tien Tsin, aud Pokin,
Shanghai, Aug. 4. It is discov
ered at Tien Tsien and they are
making it blacker fur viceroy who
ruled before the bombardment,
)roufs have been found that the
viceroy offered to pay rewards fori
the heads f christians. A cage
made for foreigners was found in
thejfljcjal house,
RU8SIANS DEFEATED.
Shanghai, August . 4. A dis
patch says the Russians have been
defeated sevoral times by Chiuese
North of Newchang. 5,000 Rus
sians are surrounded by 40,000 Chi
nese at T-ah Filo Choo. Four
Russian steamers, are sunk or
damaged. -
BATTLE EXPECTEP.
London, August 4,--Nothingdi
rect from the allies operating be
yond Tien Tsin, but a news agen
cy dispatch from Shanghai says a
battle is expected tomorrow with
Gen. Ma's troups of 10,000 Chi
nese at Yang Tsung. Russian and
French contingents are guarding
the communications. -The Ameri
cans, British and Japanese form
the advancing column.
MUST ADVANCE QUICKLY.
London, August 4. A dispatch
received from Sir Claude McDon
ald, 6ent from Pekin July 21 re-
peats the statements in his last
letter, but .adds that despite the
armistice agreed upon July 16 the
legations are shelled occasionally.
He concludes m follows : 'It is
important when the relief force
gets close to town that the troops
should advance quickly and pre
vent the retreating Chinese at
tacking us." The same oorres
pondent says a dispatch reached
Tien Tsin from the Japanese min
ister at Pekin, dated July 23, sta
ted that the forces at Pekin had
only 25 rounds of ammunition
left.
New York, August 4. -?ostffi-
ce inspector denied this , morning
that there ' was - a' robbery - of a
registered letter containing twen
ty eight thousand in transit from
the station to the general postoffi-
ce as has been reported.
tt. fcm't ' CniitKi Stndu AFt?
tit) Er a frczi tij.ry
About 8 :C0 o'clock yesterday ?
ijfternoon, f lightning stnic th
residence of Postmaster Win S
Brown, at Woodside, thii county.
A seven atorm was raging some
miles to the eastward at the time,
but no rain fell at Woodside before
or after the stroke. It might al
most have been termed " bolt
f rom clear aky. One of the
large chimneys to Mr Brown's
house was demolished and the
lightning entered the sitting room
and alter takibg a small circuit
ripping out a section of the plas
tered wall passed into the ground
On the opposite side of the house
a portion of a piaxza post was torru
away. Two bicycles on the porch. .
were merely . touched but not in
jured MrsBrowu, her daughter
Mies Zulio, and Mrs Brown's niece,
Miss Sarah Bailey, of this city,
were in the- sitting f room, at ; the
time, but most Providentially es
caped any injury. Miss Brown
had but left the room a moment be-
fforethe accident. '.Our esteemed '
euiCP you jonn.A noit, was sit
tingi the veranda at th time but
f ortAeiy escaped jn jury.
ITob Sale Magistrates'blinxj.
trespass i notice, mortgage ana
trustees' sale notices, blank re
ceipts,- drafts, chattle mortgage
blanks; etc., at TnuTn-LNDix. Or
fxcs,: Salisbury, N. O. ' . i ; : '
BOSINESS -LOCALS.
TWO sevett'Coluinn hand- prwsi '
forsale. Apply to TauTn-Ii, - -dex.
Salisbury, N. C. -
POJI desk-roam near the publle '
iKEUt Ol
the Tkutu-
FUSEBAL OTBXT THUB8DAT
Rome, August 4. The King fun
eral has been fixed definitely for
Thursday pext. ' -
ALL QUIET AT CANTON.
Hong Kong, August 4. All is
quiet at Canton, but great activi-
tp is gom on &t Pogue forts which
is fully manned and flags hoisted
on the walls. There is constant
practice with big guns in the chan
nel at targets. . The Chinese at
Canton are in fear of an attack by
the Fiench.
COTTONlf ABKET.
New York, August 4, Cottou
bids Aug 852, Sept 20. Oct 800.
At Kartell Ian Yart
A report comes from Norfolk
that the force of mechanics and
laborers at the navy yard is again
on a war footing, and is as large
as the force employed during the
exciting period just before the war
was declared against Spain; vU.,
2,400 men. It is known that men
have been taken quietly for seve
ral weeks past, aud a great deal
of work is being done, particularly
on the colliers, which vessels will
be valuable adjuncts to the navy
in the eveut of war as the result
of the Chinese trouble. Ex. ?
Aosoiuie Faith "Have you
faith in your theory about Mars
being inhabited?" inquired the
skeptic. should say I have
faith in it 1" answered the man
with the telescope. "Why, that
theory is good for $50 a thousand
words every times I choose to
write an article on it." Washing
ton Star.
V'
Ladies' and Gents' elothes ole&ncd
and repaired. Satisfaction ruaranued.
MK8, HALLIB BKOWN,
Cor. Fulton and Franklin 8ta.
SEXTOS
Penny Photo Man
Excelsior Studio.
Mam Street between Public square
and Postof&ce.
HOT AUD COLD DATUO,
V- Slower crTiK at tic
Main 8t. ; Opposite Postofice.
Give us a Call.
Furniture Repairing,
Upholstering,
Cabinet Work.
PRICES LOW Add-WORK CUAD
AttTSt9.
C-8UOP in rear or Wright's FornU
ture store.
' D. L. SIDES.
W. H. Wallace has just received
a lot of Haven ner's cakes, crackers
Kingan's reliable California
hams at 9c, at W II Wallace's.
i -
ft Oo rp 1 CWIMinO Bit
2 to 1 li.Olinm O ry
g Freab Cakta ax OroerUr.
P SO LOAVES of BREAD $t
i - Cor. Main sod Council Sts, '
Holler Bros.,
rroxB ajo omrm coittxactoxs'
Rough and Dressed Oraaite
for buildings and fbonda-
tionc, cement walks and
cellars. ,
SATISFACTION :: QUAtUOfTZZO.
Spring Gleaning
OF
Your :-:3T3ieyeler
."IffiACCfcl"" process, theo&lr
way to dean wheel right at
BEANCYCLE CHOP.