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VOL. L-XO. 80. SALISBURY, C, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1892, PRICE FIVE CENTS A DAY IN SALISBURY. A RECORD . OF THE PAST TWENTY-FOUR HOIKS. Social Eyenta and Matters of Intf-eat in the City and Vicinity, t One Week of 1892 gone. Look oat for a big thaw catnr- day night. t We are having lovely ricpn light nights. -v-.; V -Thanks to the cold weath'ei the i - - .. ... . - mud has all disappeared frorri the I - the street. Owing to - the moon-light streets have been much less danger ous to travel -over 'the past ffew nights. ! A meeting of the Choral Uhioi tonight at Mrs. A. H. Boyden . A full attendance of the members is .desired. 1 Mrs. Laura Trexler, of this city was married Wednesday evening to Mr. Earnhardt, near Concord, Cabarrus county The Yadkin train came in'slighfci ly behind time this morning, owing it was said, to a pipe about th engine freezing last night. In the absence of Rev. N. S. Jones, who is quite sick with -the grip, prayer meeting was held at the j Baptist church last night by Mr.fj A. J. Kuth. Messrs. S. R. Browning And C. mshingtan-.ad- r:"ru&me othe new firm Will be are spending a lew days 'in tne country on a big hunt. Mr. W. R. Meroney has given up his position as ticket agent and ac cepted a position in the freight de partment. The ticket office is now being held down by Mr. E. L. Hanger. . ; - The Concord Standard, in yes terday's issue, offers to ; bet that Peck's bad, boy could beat Cleve land, Hill or Flower for President. Wonder how ' he stands oil Joe Daniels ? . ' 1 s The weather last night was se verely cold the coldest night of the winter. The air was still and the moou shone . bright all night. This "morning the thermometer, at various places registered 16 degrees. The Carolina Watchman came out yesterday evening with Mr. Lawrence Taaffe as local man. It is bright and newsy, showing taste in selection of local matter. Suc cess to friend Taaffe and his future labors. At the meeting of the stock . holders and directors of the Alli ance Fair Association last- Monday Mr. B. Ludwick was elected presi dent for theensaing fair. He has ordered a call meeting of the di rectors on January 14th. The bid opera building still 8tands.untouched by the mechanic, The citizens long to hear the ham mer and saw at work shaping it into a new and v attractive house. Keep talking about it, and start the ball to rolling. The annual meeting of the share? holders of the First National Bank will be held in the Banking House of said Bank on Tuesday, Jan. 12th 1892. All shareholders are requested to be represented either in person or by proxy. Hour of meeting 12 M. -I. H. Foust, Cashier. OLD HICKORY CLUB. Meeting of Members Held Last !N IIit at tke Club Eoom. Officers Elected. A meeting of the Old. Hickory Club was held last night in the club room at 8 o'clock for the purpose of electing new officers for the en suing year and transacting other business. The house was called to order by president S. JF. Lord, reports of the standing committees and the treasurer were ; read and approved. The Club was ' shown to have 62 members, and to be in good condition financially, having no outstanding debts and having some money in the treasury. The election of officers was held and resulted as follows: S. F. Lord, president; W. L. Rankin, first , vice-president; Dr. Ft. T. Trantham, second vice-president, J. H Ham say, third vice president; J. F. M,cCubbins, secre tary; A. S. Ileilig, treasurer.' Executive committee, Messrs. W. C Blackmer, L. S. Overman, D. L. Gaskill, L. II. Clement, T. B. Brown, J. D. Brown, W. C. Cough enonr and W. W. Krider. The meeting then, adjourned. A .Change of Firm.- ' Mr. L. E. Steers, who has been conducting a; drug store in Salis bury during the past five years; has cold his stock of goods to-Mr.--Jr-.Ci Simmons, of Newton, and Mr. F.' 11. Thompson, of this, city, - .who. ' rill continue the busines at the eld- stand. The - bargain" has been H completed ana the change' wall be .-'ccted-iir a. few days. Mr. St'eere I move to Ashevillo next .Tues 1 , . . , ' ' l C JV" (.Vncre lie IS TiOW-m hnain ess. Simmons & Co. - The wishes them success. Herald No Iionger a Conundrum.' For some time past it has been quite a conundrum to many of our citizens to know liow the mud on Council street is utilized. The Heeald has put itself to some trouble to investigate the matter and finds that it is used in giving color to the hydrant water. Par ties who use the water will no longer be puzzled to know 'what gives it tha beautiful cider eolor. Those using it, however, may rest assured that the color will be slight ly modified as soon as the macadam rock wash down. This will prob ably occur the next big rain. Tlie Cotton Platform. The cotton platform is well filled with cotton. At least a . hundred bales may foe found standing 011 it. .A visit there shows that cotton is still plentiful in the country. The farmers have been holding it back for a better price but so far have failed to get it. - ; . :; Mr. Max Torrence showed us to day a splendid book case he has just completed. The case made en tirely of cherry wood , showing neat workmanship. It is made to order for a young man who intends present ing it to iis best girl. Mr. Torrence is a good mechanic and knows how j to turn out work. A Charlotte citizen, spending to day in the city, was asked; "How about the liquor traffic in your city VI He replied, "It is as dry as a powder barrel -everything is closed up yon can t get any whisky there."' This result has been brought about by the Meck lenburg commissioners, who stick to their text with great determina tion. , v THE WATER WORKS. Tne City Hydrants Still Continue to Give ' Muddy an Unpalatable Water. - Some time ;ego the Hebald re ferred to the water works, company stating that the water furnished to the city was very muddy and unfit tor use, either for drinking or bath ing purposes.: The next day wc were informed that a slight trouble existed at the filter and that hands had been put to work repairing it J and we so stated in our next issue. Happy in our ignorance, and be lieving that the work would be completed in a short time we said nothing.further about it. ' But we have been misled, as a number of complaints have recently come to our ears, showing that . very little, in fact nothing, has been done to the filtering apparatus. The water given to our people is still muddy and Jinfit for use. This is unfair, mean and niggardly in the company having made so many fair promises i n order, to establish the works. We learn that some part of the fllterer broke aoout the 15th of November and that it is still in that dilapidated condition, no work of any account having been done on it in the meantime. An enter prising brick-maker, it is said, could utilize the. water with profit if he paid for hisdirt by the pound. Now' there is something certainly wrong in Denmark, and the matter -should be remedied. Citizens who discarded the well and expended money in purchasing water pipes and fitting in hydrants are jbadly situated'. , Their money is gone, the water thcnayfor is unfit for ' 1;U.J Ui . ui.- -wx .. . ujui , y... w water are scarcely worth the change it would cost in having them moved. At a glance any one may see tfiat the situation is ball. In case of fires the state of affairs will be even worse if the water continues muddy. The pipes will necessarily become filled with mud and no power on earth can force water through them, at least to advan tage.' Now who is to blame for this. Surely not the water. Let the proper ' parties look into and see that better w uter ii furnished. There is no use in dilly-dallying, the water fails to meet the wants of the people and the matter should be 'either remedied or the system entirely discarded. This is the opinion of ubmbers who, use the water, Yfe ckpress the hope that.it be attended to, as it has cost the town too much to give it over with out something being done. i J It is rumored that information was received here yesterday that the K. & D. company wiHnot pay off "the employees as usual on the 15th, but will put it off until February. If true,' the fact is to be regretted since the hands are dependent on their salary for a living. It. will also be hard on many of the mer chants. There surely can be no excuse for such conduct. Trains on the Western road are still delayed bv the slide at the east end of Swannanoa tunnel. The mail arrived tocfay at 11:20. "Passengers are transferred. - The slide ; consisted of several huge boulders of rock, the tize of a house. Workmen are blasting and clearing the track as fast as possi ble,but is not expected to be done before tomorrow, evening. All the through freights have, been an nulled since the slide. Ten new names were added to the Daily Heeald yesterday. HOME FOLKS AND VISITORS. People Who Come and Go and Get Tlieir Names in tlie Xaper. - Mr. M. P. Cline, of China Grove, was in the city today on business. :Miss Mary Bell Bost, of South River, is visiting Miss Mabel La nier. Miss Aylmer Griffin returned this morning from a week's visit to Winston. Mr. Wm. Stockton, of States ville, was in the" city today on a business trip. Mr. Robert Bruce, of New Lon don, came to Salisbury thi& morn ing oh a business trip. .; Mr. Walter Blackmer has return ed to the city after a, several weeks tour in the State selling goods. : ; ' ' Mr. John Trott, of Charlotte, arrived in the city this morning on a. visit to friends and relatives. Capt. McBee, Judge Schenck and Hon. Chas. Price, each boarded the north bound train this morning for: Greensboro. ; . Miss Lula Fesperman after spending a few weeks with friends in the city returned to Mt. Pleas ant Seminary today. Miss Carrie Holmes, accompanied by her friend Miss Minnie King, of Raleigh, left today for a short visit to friends in Asheville. Mr. J. E. Watson, who has been at home the past two weeks on the business on- the Charlotte and Augusta railroad today. Firgt Train on tlie Roanoke & Southern. The first passenger train on the Roanoke & Southern between Win ston and Roano.ke, passed over the road Tuesday evening. No pas sengers were on board except the officers of the road. , The road is now completed and regular sched uled trains will be put on Feb. 1st. The Southern extension will now perhaps draw attention. Has Sal isbury given up the road? Will it be built via Lexington, Gold Hill, etc.j should be the question. Who will speak first? N New Tostal Cards. The Postoffice Department has commenced to issue two new series of postal cards. The small card is the same width as the'. one now in use,, but about one-third of an inch shorter. The large card is fully an inch; longer and about three-fourths of an inch wider than the present card. The small card is of much finer Quality thati the old card, and is of a light "gray color, very strong and hard to tear. The large card 13 light yellow and is said to be of splendid 'quality. -The stamp bears the likeness of General Grant. All three sizes of cards will be is sued, giving the people choice to use whichever they prefer. The large size will be a big, accommoda tion to merchants and other busi ness men who usually write short letters. ' - Money Wanted. I am authorized to borrow $3,000. Security: First mortgage on first class town property. Title perfect. Legal rate; no bonus. Apply to Jan. 8, '92. Thbo. F. Kluttz, FOR SALE. A good Lot, situated in the great West Ward, in a ,good neighborhood. Size, 95 x QCT feet. Terms right. T. M. McCuLLok (Store). Twelfth Nignt Tarty. ; One of the most enjoyable jand by far the most unique entertainment of the season, was given by Mrs.. P. X. Smith on Twelfth Night. It was entirely iri character even the invitations being gotten up in old English. -The qnainVdres3 of the guests1 the powdered hair and small clothes of the "bold laddies,"" the high combs and puffed hair, with short waists and tuckered necks of the fair lassies were in harmony with the style of reception and the decoratious. The mistletoe, suspended from the centre of every room, kept the girls all tlie while on the qui vive, and when one teas beguiled under it by .a watchful gallant, it was the source of great merriment. The house was lighted entirely by candles, the most strik ing point being a corner stand oh which were beautifully arranged 12 candles, at the base of each was placed a little fancy basket, in which each couple deposited the names of their choice and watched to see -whose love would burn longest. t . The dining room was a scene of beauty and taste, especially as regards the sumptuous viands. Novelty, (is this a paradox ?) also reigned here. The cutting of a large and hand somely decorated cake, in which were concealed manv emblems of fortune, was the crowning feature of the evening. Every guest will re member with pleasure the graceful and hospitable style peculiar to this special entertainment. It was simply inimitable. ; 0. f We are asked to state something 2utjnomanaj in- the united- States in 1860. It must be remem bered that in those days there was no national paper currency. There was no National Bank in existence. The Federal government had out no treasury notes to speak of. Legal tender notes were unheard of . The only currency, was specie and State T ! l ' ci:i t jjau uuies. j oiivur was uuu pieiiLi fnl, but gold was. Every State had as much local paper money as it needed. These State Bank notes passed at home equally with. gold. They, paid debts equally with specie. It was only when one went away from home thatrany inconvenience was experienced. The amount of currency, as stated by . the New York Journal of Commerce, a very reliable, authority, in 1860 was 457,000,000, being a per capita of fourteen dollars and a half. That was probably enough at that time; Circumstances alter cases, however. Now we have, say, 824 per capita and it is not enough, progressed. s Thirty brought great changes, more uses for money. We have years has There are To pay for transportation on the railroads now requires about as much money as all the business of the country in 1860 did. To sustain the churches and charities now requires ten times pay the wages of the working peo ple now requires probably ten times as much as in 1860. The mails probably. - require three times as much as then; the newspapers ten times as much as before the war. Onthwholewe would gladly see our circulation greatly increased. It would help to make the people happier and more prosperous. -News ana UDserver. .-"It-is reported that Garza, the 3iex- ican revolutionist has surrendered.
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