j V' r - 2 S Circulation Books Open to All. 'Vol. 3. No. S3. s tTisjjtJR asr. Gi, 28. 1901. W. TE3JJl$E0ST, Cltl tiilm Elltir. - - ..,. - . . . .. . . v - . r'l f Sr i " . . ' ... ' ' .'si J i . r-c;, v t"-r.- ... , u.- " . . . - fern- oVi-. " I J. i . 4 ! II FLY; ,T.HE PKOPLE:WHO COME AND GO, LITTLF LOCALS. . . "5 Istemt Ccsdenstd and Boiled Cm Th Pir;cni!i and Brief News ; , Itrcsef iDtj. ,Jb Boger, of Morgnioo, .ii) Slisbarj ytiUrday. Jm. Hill, of Concord, wu in town last night. c Mr. Wiiliim Shaver of Wood leaf vii in town yettrday. ... - . Mn.. JUL Hica returned last night from Cleveland, : . Pir W. Hariston of Cooleamee wai in Salisbury yesterday i . Mr. V II Stewart is able to b tip now.' lit. is still feeling unwell -however. ... - . 8tant)n A Tinman returned to 'u work at High Point yesterda f snormitg. . . Mr. L. A. IVebies hus gone to Atlvai c to bee Wu mother who is tsry sick. : Prof. E. Hi Miller returned t. hla work at Clvelund, Sundav pight. llehasa Hnwschool there H k JJter Mute, on of our vhIuhJ ' T 'ty-setUrs and foreman of tin- print f(rcfl, is back after several tlays illness. . V .Milieu Lou la Ritchie and Cora . Beaver, of China Grove, who have ' been visiting friends and relatives Vtt Chentnut Hill, returned home yesterday. .Miii Sallie Foard of South River who has been visiting her iitcr Uri. Trott of New London, rrturned homo yesterday morning. IleY O W Reid ia able to be up nv. i we are very. sorry to not his w,jftt' . t ' . ' ' ? .-.II . I s serious illness. Uri f D !ntn Dead. Wa are sorry to have. to record the death of Mrs. F D lrviri, who 9 died with pneumonia Sunday af ternoon.' Mrs. Irvin toae an uged lady, ar?d thors was little hope for her from the beginning. She leaves unj son, inree nan groin-j rs, one of them being Mr. J M I' Brown, of Salisbury, and the oth- er two who live at Washington, N. C. She also has two sisters, Miss Mary Brown and Mrs. M B Irvin, of Chester, S. C. We extend our sorrow and sympathies to all her friends and jlatites.. , J;ala Order Flag Raising. . The'tnree. councils o(the. Jf.' O. . 1J. A. M., proceeded to the graded schools yesterday Ht 1 p. m. and presented the school with a beau tiful 'Ami'jipau nag. . Trof. .Kizer was present, and iillowecl' the ptu dents to witness the raising. It' ws exneceed that Mr. John M. Julian would make the preseuta ti) speech' but he lieing absent. speech of this nature was made Mr. Kizer accepted the Hag on be half of the school, and made a pretty little . speech in which he told of the loss of the first Hag by lire, th second iu a mysterious way, and the third 'they hope to ' aMr11 DntM. Inn rurimnnioa u. .in i .. ... ... . iniffreetiug irom oeginning totna. a m m a Wonn arequ'Ck to recognize an article ot merit. The wouder- ful demand for Blue Ribbou lemon and vanilla shows they appreciate the bent. Lookout tries to talk for the dealer .who you out oi nuying Blue Ribbon lemon aud vanilla. He makes more profit on 'other kinds. Blue Ribbon lemoo and . vanilla extracts are the. favorite in th'e homes of the ricli, where they de mand tht best that money can ho- Blue Ribbon emon and vanilla extracts cost a trifle more, but they go twice as far and then yoa ril fruit tec that delicious natur iavor. TRUTH-INDEX UCYES. Wi ill! Ccatiam Bsaioeas TodajjtMlis Mn Slaai. V. V . ' : ;',We wish to say to our striteri bers, who have , so .kindly 'called upon us in the pastL tha'V they will find u now in the roomover Harper's new store. Thi"ip a pUasant location and ' free, from all spooks, witches and wizards, all those i "pestilences that -Valk in the darkness. n 'We shaO- be very much flattered to have.alj pur friends Ujall upon us in oiir new quarters,' ahd feel safe in -saying . . - j . -, . v that we can do, better workvnow tkiat our ac'cbiqmo'dationa.are.bet ter. Our old. quarters will-be re modeled and occupied by Messrs-: DeVinuey andXangley, whV are going to 'open a' beautiful yiilli jtery -store very ' shortly. These gentlemen know their trad6 thor oughly, arid we now iutroduce - them to tnegooa people or Salis bury. ' " ' fCnew Wbat It Meant- . 'i A verdunt youth dropped jn to Snider's jewerly store and . after ! gazing at seme fraternity giuv in the showcase said to the 'proprie tor: "Them's mighty nice breast pins you g t there,- mister," 'What kind of a pin would .yt u like to look at?" "How touch is this one with a squure andra pair )f compaiaes?' pointing to: a Ma- sonic pin. ".Five aouars, en." You ' havtu't got one wih any handsaws on it, have you?j"I am just outer my time, and ai I'm go ing to set up as carpenter and; jin er I thought I'd like to hate some- thing to wear so folks wtuld know what I was doin.' Well. I'll take it, though T'd --like one .with a hdndsaw, But I4 guess -maybe thats plain enough. Tho com pass is to mark out your work and - t .' ' ' X l 1 I 1 i. 1 I me square is xo measure it , wiieu marked out, r.nd any darn fool Durham Sun. Ur. Keefe Hera. Mrv M G ee(e Train Dispatcher for the Southern "witaUnHhe city yesterday in thalnterest'of his son bawreace.wna is operator ior tne Murphy .,&! '(rcxch'aige. 'Mr. Keefe -is ' highly eratifie l with Salisbury mnd tier people. slarphe? & G.f Reopened. " ' ' " Murphy & Ct, have, reopene'3 their brokerage office iiv the Salis bury Savings Bankbuilding and have placed a thoroughly reliable, andconiyetent operator in charge! Sixty Skaters 6o Throng tie' Ice. : -New York, Jan,J 27.-rbixty skaters, including many women and children 4 (brok,e through the ice.bn "a largejppnd. back .of Ever green Cemetery, Urookiyn, today, ana jn the wild struggle for life two boys were drowned. The ice oyer the centre of -the pond sud denly sank and the whole crowd was panic-stricken. Said one -Lndv ''Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla extracts- go twice a9 far as any other brand." N V Murphey sold Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla evtracts to the lady that got xho $50J. Just try I5lue Kibbon lemon ana vanilla extracts next time and see WHafc yCUYC Oefll lUlbCUlir.-- If youdon t tell your-groc man to send Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla, it's because you" ve never tried them. " 1 1 V used by al I ho desire to; have a clear aud smooth complexion It 'iU soften the roughest 'sknrj Price 25c. For sale by J. w. Cor- nelisou t& Co., and James- Plimei." 1-20-1 mo i . ... . r The name of the Climax4 hotal at Spencer, has been chaidTto that of Southera Cltr- I9 s now 'being conducted by MrsW A I Smith. t x OF TEMPEHiNCE ADVOCATES : . HELD. : 4' PreseaTid a Solid Front Against the Wills it) Traffic Sosi Excellent Speeches ; Made. Other Kates. . " -4 -r The TauTfi-lKDEX made mention of a meeting in the- interests of temperance' in its' Sunday morn ing issue. -This call to meet was made effective -when with Rev4 Dr Stallings as chairman and 'Mr. C B. Jordai as secretary, Ihe forces of temperance . nqmbering a splen did set of ment .me,t yesterday at the court house at 12 o'clock. The attendance was not so large as might have been desired, but the meeting was not thoroughly advertised, and it could trot be considered the full strength' of the anti-liquor advocates.' . The bast c f good feeling.-.pre- vailed and these men who" met ye9Urday are hopeful-in the high- I oat r4 ai- nraam of i Via rustlsi ' tww j a Du.ywvoo (v viiv jw mir - The m'nisterial association was in evjde.ice and Rey, Mess.' ;H L Atkins, M E Parr ish, Rev. Drs.. J N Stalliugs uitd'J Rumple, Dr. J W. Long ana tr H G Tj6on made ihort,! but bi cerely honest and earnest speeches upon the need of some definite 3tep to be taken up on the question. It ' was decided' that a petition be' sent '-the Legis lature to pass a bill embodying ihese features : . . That an election be st by the county board of elections, this election to he held on , the first Thursday in August 1901 ; At this election all registered f voters may cast one ballot These ijallpts will -have. printed upon t'rfeni "foi license," 'against. ' li- ,ceuiuv -or "for dispensary. : In Ithis bill this -important pro- vision is made : That if ' the ma ioritv of all the votes cast shall Del "for license," the sale and manu.-1 tacture ot wniskey snail be as it is now, though some of the men ex- pressed themselves as favoring a burden of $1,000 to be placed: up-' on saloon-keepers, ia case of de feat at the polls." - If the combined vote against the sale And manufacture of liquor 'shall constitute a majority of the .votes cast these. proy's ions, shall be made: . H That the. sale and manufacture A ' of whiskey on this county shall ceaee'as sooiiasthe licenses expire. If thevote f6r tbedisfiensary shall be greater thau the yote against lic'euse,yyet .smaller than the "for licehseV;vote, the.dispensary. shall prevail. rrr If the vote against license shall. be smaller than the licemo vete, jlaut ' greater than - the dispensary vofe,; . the anti-licensa vott - shall . predominate f the mbined votes exceed tht 1 icense strengths ".Incase the dispensary and anti- license voto '.are in tht majority but ire eqaily divided a tie, the dispensary phall surrender tc the "Against License," which is abio- Int. 'nrohihition ' Aftnr " thAhal ' . . ' j - - - - . - tee was-appoipted to present tht bill to the le gislative committee. - . r Rev, Drs. Rumple and Stallings, MessTi. D H Miller, C B ' Jordan and R L.Sii ver. were appointed i i upon tai9 co imittee. Rev. Mes- T IT" n..l J tt r .Ul BIB. iU U Uo 'JT BUU. XX U AbaVlUB. ! Messrs. II (j Tyson and D L Gas- . Some good looking woman will peuuon w ue. circuiawa amoug . -. " i " 1 a' i I the voters asking for the election.' mLx u-. AL I three straight prohibitionists llia.ead i .De at. und" siooa, woo joioea iu mwwng. . i j Whether-this be true or not, the prpbibItiou"pa?ty wsi rather con- spicuous by its absence. ?Th'e textf this will be printed AUt.. m anotberluma. , . - . l-v- prii HiDga8f receivtdf faney.patterna pt all colors. Calljearly aud make Vgoo.e,electtpn;,?' G' W.Wright, ; V 30Y WLL? tiii StEP-FAtKEH. : j'' '-..ii,' t , - - k Resrsbsiriilrlls V.llte St.Fer T The way 7cffihe transgressor ia hard'1 This is forcibly , illustrat ed in the death of Chas, Bullaboy who lived in Davidson county near the Davidson and' Rowan line; .It appears that Bui la boy left his real wife and began to live with atibjh-i er woman devoid of any character. She. has a mullato sou named Ar thur Basinger. Basiuger Jaas served a Wrmpn the - chain fang. . . Laat week Btillaboy beat his wife unmercifully, and Basinger took her part. Bullaboy had Men threatening Basinger for a whole day it seems, and pursued. Jbim Vith a knife, "until Arthur turned upon him and : shot him in the head. He 4 died, instantly. The hoj will plead self defence, and as we Understand; it, the generaX op iuipn is" that the killing was just ifiable; ' , ' GOLD KNOB HAPPFNl86's. 6npld is Doing Soae Prospectlie Bosiniss at this Plate- v : - 7 - . . . There is right smart sickness in the vicnity. But we are glad " to note that Mr. Bernhardt is a little bettor. George .-Barger. and Ar thur Lyerly are -getting better. Hopo they will be well soon. V Robt. Phillpps and brother art on a trip to Mt. Pleasant. . 'Who are the fortunate young ladies. Eh? v "... -t.:v; We are having? fine weatlier, but think winter will soou get his iiap out, then we will hear from him- ' v we tninK our young ladies are settiug snares for our young bach elor from Tex. Three baeheldr in the vicnity at once is exciting We .mk they are dear hunting B hunting. l believe they can find a few if theT 'will go westward and' inquire ft'mnn8 lho Sood m: Cupid is resting we think- Per haps he is looking for a new mark for hi'9 dart, Wils-m R.-Mary, I have deci- j ded tonight to pop the question, You're the only one that I could live. with or for . aud you surely I won! desert me iu this, the hap- I piest hour of my life 1 Maud i From the present out look it seems impossible to agree as father says your face U a hard proposition to run up against. It Beems that we'll be compelled to runaway and play a game of catch- if-you-can, and if . anyone ques tions me as to whom -you are, I will say an apoloy for a fair-faced human. ' . .mm. 1 It costs less to use BlucRibbon lemon 'and vanilla, besides you get the delicious natural fruit fUvors. Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla the extracts with the natural fruit iflavora .1 . Miss Carry V. Murphy gets the to.oo for buoing Blue Ribbon iemonand vanilla extracts first. r j t 1 .a rpi l nun a LAim m buauiuiri uu uiuo I 1 ,. Plnn t;k bon lemon and vanilla, cave the lady a close race for the $5.00 I COin. : I ItA XTt Ilia r am ri fir hAinir 4h first : 7 "1?, lemon and vanilla extracts. Pieii Uessiii. . n n . - neuo, uenirai : , uive me no, U- Hello:, "jena me jtn Uyster L0 oail on loast. Hereafter send my meals all of the time,, as fi t r aT. rtan rn t i nS. i .hn r nrst class restauraut in bahsbury. mm . Jm . n m m m. m M a.w S.W mm ; Lost At balisbury or Spencer, one link: cuff button (gold) with .w n r . ou. this otSce or W C Maupin and get rewara. i-iw 1 . OA TfXr OF THE PETIML AS IT WAS ' SENT TO LEGIS-LATCfRE. Aabtaristlct Dacrcaat ta tts Pe&pla un.-n ii ii in ucsECiiCiif w4iB I IEI ASIS. m aa 1 We were not prepared mt the first writing last night to give the full text of the petition as formu lated by the committee mention ed in another column. We ran out late last night to Dr, Stal lings and awaked him, and he gave us the petition. It is as fol lows: An act to regulate and control the sale and manufacture of intoxicating liquors in thecoun- ty of Rowan: - That the General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : Section 1, That the county ofl5- cials of Rowan COOnty, Whose duties require th m to hold and conduct elections under the laws of the state, shall hold an election 'in said county on the first Thurs day in August 1901, to decide cer tain questions relative to the manufacture and sale of intoxi cating liqurs in said couuty, which said election shall be held, the votes convassed, and the. result- announced under the rules and regulations how in force for elec tion of members of 'the General Assembly by the laws of the states That at said election each elector may vote a printed or writ ten ballot containing the wordj: 'For. License or against License or for Dispensary." If a majority of all the votes cast at said elec- tion are "For License" then this act shall be null and void and of Ho effect but it :thej combined vote Penary oe a majorsty oi ne votes cast, then the manufacture of intoxicating liquors in said county, except the manufacture of wine from blackberries, and by any citizen from grapes from his own vineyard, is hereby forbidden and made unlawful, and the sale of any intoxicatiug liquors, except as herein after provided and pre- scribed is also forbidden and made unlawful, the provissions of this section to be effective from and after January 1, 1902. Section 2, If when the said I vote is counted and canvassed, it shall appear that 'For a Dispen- 1 sary" received more votes than againstlicnnse," tHen a Dispensry shall be established at Salisbury in said county of Rowan, the same process as tht establishment at Fayetteville for the county of Cumberland, and it shall be con- trolled aud governed by the same rules and regulations as now exist by law for the said Dispensarv at Fayetteville in said state, but if ingt license" receives a trreat- 1 .i. Dispensary," .no Dispensary shall be established. Section 3. If the ballots cast at said election "Agaiust, License" number more than those cast "For a-v . a dispensary, tntn no person from a corporation shall sell any intoxicating liquors m said county I t ..I I o - - ro - nxcpnr, na rm ft. mm tir n rncrcriat J DCii Fluu"i uJ io prescription irom a regular pny- sician, bearing date of the day I ouu i.wiiueu u wuu ocuuv I mvan ann nmvinan ha fila f Via am mm. and fill it only upon the day of its date, keeping the file open to I . Z.. Z mw mlmm I " 5ection4. That any physician nninn. nnl h0n medicinally needed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. . . .... i Kiiifw h hut mv vin tmn nt i ' tnisact, or oi any teciion, suati make the violatar guUty of a mis - demeanor: and upon conviction I ' due processof law, shall for the J r n. first offense be finedfif ty dollars lanaioreacn vioiauoa (uereaiter j tim and be imprisoned three 1 . . I tnontna. SecUon 6 This act shall be in force irom sua w nuucauuu. 1 ' 1 ML. . 1 1-. Z Z A. Z Tit Claritj CtzzIUaa CiUs ca Its lit kert f:r Feb. : To the members of the Union Relief Association and to the citi sens of Salisbury. . The funds of this Association Is ira Kaah ralmAef anii m1 awaw. in relieving the pobr. sothat we have but 90 cents in the bank. , The calls for relief are becoming quite numerous. We have very efficient committees in each ward to investigate cases needing relief. We therefore, call on each of our members to pay to MrjO. D. Davis, our treasurer, an assess ment of one dollar each. We also call on those of the citize it of Sal isbury who are disposed to join our organization to enroll their names by paying our treasurer the sum Qf one dollar each. It is but rea- sonableto expect severe weather shortly and the funds- should be in nana w purcnase xuti ior tne suffering before tne suffering act ually begins. Though this Asso- -.tion hu hMn in ATiitAnM m years, this is only the third assessment ever levied on its mem bers. 5 F. J Murdoch, Prtt. W. C. Coughenhour, - - C. Westward. A. Parker, r r Pntw.r.i R. L. Shaver, CO. SoutlrWard. Cicero R Barker, C. C. North Ward. ptitc rwj I aiAitatiio. . " - ' ' a Greensboro, Jan. 26. The Only life insurance company in North Carolina has just been organized- every quotation made on the Ex in Greensboro, the announcement change in New York is recorded vu m.de todav. It is the Se- curity Life and Annuity Company, u:n -u;u ...i a uiii iu rt laws tt uivu moj iu Leeislatnre to-dav. The in- corporate ftre j. Van Lindley, of pomOQ&: p. H. Hanes. of Winston and J. W. 8cott, 7e Lattle, M L. shi( Shields, P. D. Gold, Jr, and E. Caldwell, of Greensboro. All of the above are well known thor ough-going business men, which is a guarantee that the new company will succeed. The Security Life and Annuity Company is organized upon tne principle of old line life. companies, but wUl write a form of policy not usually pusnea Dy wie m 1 1 I-S aI I latter. Instead of paying the face of a policy upon the death of the msured, payments will be made in monthly installments. There are a uumber of succes f ul companies operating along this line. There are two in Georgia, Gen. John B. Gordon being, president of one of them. For several years Greens boro has led the State m the home fire insurance business, and the or ganization of the new life com pany is a matter of pride to bus- iness men of the city, the new com pany was promoted by Mr. E. Col- well, Jr., formerly of Georgia, who has been connected with the Pro vident Savings Life Association, Ie is a splendidly equipped insur ance man. Some women when they, want to economize look for an old skirt to rip up, but wist women econo mize by using Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla extracts. Stop throwing money away: Blu0 gibboQ ,emQ End anilu - - . . o i . mm KMia I iwM9ra ibi mm unuvt uinuuft Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla exUacts are not an experiment I Mr I hflfc H TlTOTftn tlKYVWI. Lf f-Wlftef CltChl a Bit, Mr. Walker of the Dirie etnm boughta rat trap from LufaeyV5 innf u ... and 10 cent store with the nee that it would catch a rat if oue WM round. Mr. Walker 1 went to laDDer and then ratnnad to his studio and baited the trap . . s. . cheese. In fifteen minutes 1 he heard tht trap spring and upon locking found it had caught a very . JM . m m m '"e rat liM.ererj thing-else Lufsey sells is the best u fortb m LOST Envelope bearing Geo. dv't ring and small diamond. Re- I . . . mm m i turn to mis omce ana gst rtwara. III, 11 TRtUENDOUS'JUMP REPORT- ED YESTERDAY. Spt Cattci la let YerK Reported Yestarda it 126. Pnct cay jitnicl 15 Casts. Yest rday evening 'Messrs. M. G, and Lawrence Keeft called up- on us and gave us some very in- tertstihg reports of tht cotton market in New. York. Owing to some; very unavoidable mishaps in our office, we were not able to give the market as they give it to us, but'Jwe may briefly outline the run of the market as given us. For January it opens at 10.80, goes to 12.75 and closes at 11.05, F.bru- ary opens ana closes aoout tne same, 041. March closes three points higher than aT the opening, April one point higher, May tw? inU high,r at clo,e J une 12 points lower at the close. Tht rest of the months vary very little Spot cotton is now 12 cents. Just what sffect this will havejipon the loca.L- market do not know' but we shall keep our readers who arc holding cottjnj posted upon vo eansuury marxei, ve nope to be able to furnish our readers with the market upon all produce in tht country and Mr. Keefe whov will be Murphy & Co's. operator will (rial! v fumiah ua with tha . t ? W boards - - m 'm m . m . m . ey bave direct wires with the Stock Exchange m ew York and bmrd in their office at Salisbury where those interested in the mar? keen will!b welcome and' able to i r ; Ue; in touch with the market, bij Us if they were on .Wall St. Mr Lawrence.G Keefe the 1 operator, wno nas cnargeot tneom- ce comes well recommended iroia- his home in Greensporo and we would bt pleased to see him suc ceed. - Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla extracts are always pure, whole some and delicious. When you need extracts buy the biU8 Ribbon lemon and vanilla. Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla j extracts are absolutely pure and Ot great strengtn. Holler - Bros., 8T05I AXD-afcUIITI COYTBACtWlf Roagh and Dreseed Gran 1 1 for buildingi and founds tiontf, cement walks an4 ellaiT . - SATISFACTION GUARANTEED CANDY KITfiHEH. . I have opened a first-class Candy Kitchen between M. Miller s and the bahsburr Grocery Co. 8 store. I handle the best and most complete line of nice candie iouna in town. Lemon and Chocolate Bob Bons. lb . ..,.20 to -40 Same in boxes, per lb. .26 to I0cj Half-pound boxes i ........ .. 1V Everything nice andfrtsh. APOSTOLUS' KARU808. 5? It is not a Fake ii But the Best Oread on the Mar- tt Imt T. L. S WINK'S J l Fresh Cakes all the time4 i, Call and be eonrioeed. MOUNTAIN - - APPLES APPLE CIDER, IRISH POTA- toes, WHOLESALE and RETAIL; Next door to Brown' Fish Uaxkat above Poetofilct, Halo Skreet, Jesse Pi Lowry, F ormtrly with N.J. Carter. H tin 1 I n it f V