WJii WUAKAWiM xwioi!i AO u.a.Ktfi; A U LiATlUIS. IN IKJSDEL.L. ANI AL.J1IXANDER COUNTIES AS THAT OF ANY OTHER PAPER PUBLISHED
vol. vin.
STATE3VILLE, N. Q THURSDAY, MARCH 7. 1901.
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WILLI MAEBL
THE L.KGISL Al UKE.
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I handle all kinds of Granite and Marble .known o the trade and
the best quality.
Best Material
First-Glass work
and Lowest Prices
Statesville.'N. C.
The First Nationa
O T tTATBSVlLLE.tlV. -C.
i Bank
Transacts a Keg u.ir Eanlsirg Business. Deposits ifceivtd s
Vi onb nn ci irtit. 1 1-1 PT est T)f id f 11 t i IT.P dptH i t S. Mf 1;PV If ft rid
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collateral and personal 'security. Special attention paid I to edit ctirr s o
a at lowest rates. Ac-courts f r rjipt
rm ?.nd
Monday, 25th: Senate Bills in
troduced: To incorporate the South
ern Trust Co,; to protect pupils iu
public and private schools from coo
. tagious diseases. Bills passed. To
incorporate State's- prison aad pro
, Tide for the government thereof;
' (This bill was amended so no real
estate can be sold except by a unau
imousvote of directors, approved
' by Governor).
! The Senate then took up and acted
on the rules governing the impeach
ment and at 12:30 the board .f man.
.. agers for The House appeared ad
.the judges being represented by
, counsel, March llth was agreed on
as date for impeachment trial.
1 House, bills introduced: To dis
; charge drunken solicitors; to a'.loa
divorced persons to re marry. Bills
i passed: To allow Rowan to isbut.
bonds; to incorporate Charlotte and
i Monroe railroaojto amend insurance
' laws of 181)9: (The House struck out.
' the $500 appropriation for cletk hire)
i to allow Yadktn county to sell o.a
! jail lot; 1o prohibit the sale aod man
ufucture of liquor io Yancey county.
OFFICERS:
f OOrtK, Fres.dert. J.G. .IrYIW, Vice President
BO. D. RKOW IV, Cashier.
all nrsints. and credited or remitted
ations, Merchants, at.ufsetuj.n? Bid IrOucu.s solic-i.W.o ar-d received! Tuesday. 2tith- Senate Rill in
on the most favorable terms. troduced: To re-enact and eonsoli
iCidiice scnool law. Bills pas-ed:
I i:o establish graded schools at High
i'f'iut; to regulate pay of treasurer
jof Mecklenburg; in reference to neg
j he ted and abandoned children.
Divorce bill came up and was
amended by 'allowing divorce for
j three years abandonment prior to
; January 1, 19U1, provided the guilty
party shall not re marry, and pass
'ed. Alexander's road law passed
second reading after an amendnieut
;had beeu adopted excepting all coun
ties where the bill was not adopted
: by county commissioners,
i House: To prohibit the sale of
; liquor in parts of Burke and Mc
;.!. well counties; to provide for
workit-g the reads in Catawba coun
mjM - aw i rr m m mmm e m
m." . m - wr- - m m m m m jr n m -mm w
- , , - i :
Eclipse Portable Circular Saw Mill
With iimiilt,anpf:ii 'rackftt Sfittintr
A,
most sensitive feed ever put on a sa
ill. also Frick Company's
ENGINES
AND BOILERS, ,
P rt.ole on wheels or sills. Sta
tioaery engines and boilers, any
size, aa 1 the great, hill climbih
Selipsrt tractioa engine. A few
Cotton Gins at low prices.
The New Judicial District.
Rtleigh Times, 28th.
The final report of the committee
oa re-apportionment of judicial cms
tricts is as follows:
First district ; Currituck, Camden,
Pasquotank. Chowan, Perquimans
Washiogton. Gates, Tyrrell, Dare,
Hyde, Beaufort.
Second: Hertford, Bertie, North-
amoton. Hahfax, Warren.
Third: Craven. Pamlico. Carter
et, Jor.es, Pitt, Greene
Fourth: Vance, WUsod.' Edsr?
combe. Martin. Nash. Franklin.--'"
Tifth: Lenoir. Dunlin. Samnson.
Pender, Onslow, New II an over.
Sixth: Wayne, Johnson, Wake,
Harnett. - '
Seventh: Robsou, vumherland,
Columbus, Bladep. " , ,
Eighth: Unon, Anson, Richuaond
Ninth: Guilford. Alamance. Or
I ange, Durham, Granvi'le. Parson.
Caswell, Moore, Scot!aud,Chatbam.
Tenth: Yadkin, .Davie, Rowan,
Iredell, Davidson, Randolph. Mont
gomery, Stanlv.
Eieventh: 'Aiikes, Surry, Stokes,
Forsyth, Rockingha,m,
Twelfth: Cabarrus, Cleveland,
Lincoln, Gaston, Mecklenburg.
Thirteenth: .Mitchell, Watauga,
Ashe, Alleghany. Caldwell, Alexan
der, Catawba '
Fourteenth:- Yancey, McDowell,
Burke, Rutherford, Polk, Henderson.
Fifteenth: - Madison. Buacombe.
Transylvania.
Sixteenth: Cherokee, Graham,
Clay, Swain, Macon, Jackson, 'Haywood.
Foar Months' Schools in Many Counties.
StAtesville,- N.
vv .Jii. Turner.
Over Post-on Bros
We Take this Method
Of informing our many friends and customers that we are
now occupying the new Mills Building, corner Broad and
Center streets. As has been our custom we w;ll keep an
up-to-date line of
Clothing, Hats and Men's Furnishings ;
1 at prices lower than the lowest.
We have the best lighted store in the city, which is much
ia favor of purchasers. ,
ThankiDg you for past favors and hoping to have a con-
. e i
iinuauce oi same, we are,
5th, 1901. Very Truly,
Sloan Clothing Co.
We give Trading Stamps.
Feb'y.
P. S
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The' Mascot
Printing Co
DM -TO -BATE ..fSICEi
Let'Talklt Over.
EVERY business man who exports to
increase his business and be in the
push must have printing clone and
ho wants the best printing that 'is at
tractive. : : : : : ; ;
YOU WILL lIvJ XJS
prepared io ao vour ir
latest, up-to-date styles
xoo tow to mention. We do printing
that wiil help your business aod you'll
be pleased with our work and prices ; :
. I . iious
riot? n; in the V certain
and at .irices X st-ck U
Ring us up 'Phone, 35.
Prop v. Postal Card.
Printing that pleases
tpgea that please.
3
t&i Pepsin bill
lOlSil
Tastolass aad Guarantaad to Cure CS?i!f 3 ani
Favar aad all Balarla! Troubles.
Does Not Coutaia Quialae Kor Other Poison.
Does Not Injure the Stomacb Nor Effect the nec-ics-I
W. A. McLarty tc Son, Dime Boxx Tex., Bay: "Ramon's Pepsin Chill Tonic ia the
th7?r?,ViVTfr bv.ntled- vff J ,an VT&KTibea itin his practice, nd says it is
1 nD.rhvic5, chUd can take without injury to the stomach."
it
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1
i
I
; - o allow Mooresville to issue
oohds for improvements.
i,. Bills passed: To protect mocking
birds and blue birds in Cabarrus;- to
establish graied schools in Selma;
to ameiid stock" law- in Wilkes, Ashe
aud Caldwell counties; to provide a
short form of crop lien and chattel
: mortgage and regulate fees on same;
, to proLibit sale and-maniifacture ot
i liquor, in Duplin county At the
night session the following biils
passed: To prevent the sale of li
quor in Bladen, Sampson and Ashe
counties; to compel attendance on
public schools in Mitchell counties ;"o
regulate public Drintiny: to nwn.ni
j sale of iiquor near Thomasville; to
.iiucci! teiepuone lines.
! Wednesday, 27th: Senate Bills
; introduced: To establish a hormal
school at Wilson; to regulate the
I manufacture and sale of whiskey in
10 wan county. Biils passed: To
allow Hickory to issue bonds; to
Drovide for ronrt
, - ..u V v' l4 11 o 1 LI
j Mitchell county; to authorize Salis-
uuty iu issue Donus. Much time
was, spent discussing the bill to re
peal the Fayetteville dispensary,
but no vote was taken. Trustees of
the University were elected.
House Cills introdtiepfl- TV im
J prove roads in McDowell, county ; to
piouiuu -sine 01 liquor m Pender
county. Bills passed: To increase
j numoer of commissioners in Gaston
; county; to appoint a board of fJchool
: directors for Wilkes. - The pension
j bill carrying an increase cf about
$100,000 passed unanimously.
1 Thursday. 2Sth: Senate Bills in
. trodueed: To regulate employment
; of counsel by State institutions; to
; incorporate Salisbury Loan aad
; Trust Co. Bills passed: To provide
: short form of crop lien and fix fees
f for registering the same; to estab-
lish a State prison parole commis
; sion ; to establish . a dispensary at
j Wirstou; to establish graded schools
. at Manon; relating to State library
(Givej $300 for an assfstaat); to pro
. vide for Soldiers' Home; to repeal
dispensary at Fayetteville.
mile ;nin,l.j. m
""10 luiiuuuucu; IO as
those who pay poll tax; ".for
in .wcDoweli enuntv- in
restore the boutidarv lint hn5w.n
Ath? aud Wilkes; to raise revenue
for roads in flickory township, Ca
taw Da county; to prevent merchants
, 1 n iu ncmiuf! iu iruuing stamps.
K 1 Biils passed: To amend law re-
5 liUng to Caldwell and WTatauTa
4 i urn pise road; to incorporate the
.French Broad Power Co. Stubbs'
bill to'give taxes' from whites to
, vhite schools, etc., came up but was
j re-referred to the committee. At
;oclock House took up the revenue
! bill and four sections were adopted '
) At the afternoon session bills were
passed as follows: To i
1 aoKin v aney institute; to estab
ilish tate association of emb&lmers,
to inorpia e' Rutherford' oa ana'
I Hickory Nut Gap Railroad; to jra
fpfove road-; of Catawba county to
remove county seat uf Jackson coun
; ty.frt;ai Vvebster to Sylva. .
News and Observer.
General Thomas F. Toon, Super
intended of Public Instruction, has
been examining into the matter of
the length of the school terms of tht.
different count ic l the Stare.-
The cons'itutiou provides that, the
school term shall be at least four
months each ye;i r. It, is commonly
supposed thai very few counties iu
the State come up to this constHu
tional requirement, but investiga
tion shows that there are twenty
eiirht whose bchool terms pnnal ,.r
exceed four months.
This is verv irrat ifvin? to tlmn
interested in the sur.j .ct, the cum
oer rar exceedirg the esiimates of
those we!l posted in regard to edu
cational attairs uu the subiect:
Among those counties having over
four months scnooi. New Hanover
leads with, twenty-eight and one ha;f
weeKS to its credit. Durham is next
witb tweuty-seveu and three quar-
ter weeKs; iuQcomoe has tweuty
seven weeks; Wake couity has an
averrge of seventeen weeks; Staoly
county makes the poorest dhowiog
with only ei2ht week's a vnar Rot-
eral of the twenty eight have a bare
iour montns, ana several which do
noi nave tour months lack less than
a week.
those having the required four
luonins are: ,
Johnston, 16 weeeks;Mecklenburg,
18; 'New Hanover, 28; Northamp
ton, 17; Pasquotank, 20; Surry, 17);
umun, -to ; v ance, l, Alamauc
ti; Kockingham, 17: Rowan, ISA;
Buncombe, 27; t'aldweii. 16; Dur
ham. 27; Camden, 16; ,Cumberlaud,
16; Forsyth, 19; Fraukiiu, 16 2 5;
wruuam, sa, uranviHe, 18; Greece
161; Guilford, 16i; Halifax 17 ; Hav-
wju.ii; waKe, i'i; Washington.
112, vayCp, lb; Wilson, 17.
BiTal -y for tie Democratic Jjeatler
Wm. E. Curtis in Chicago Record.
There is an earnest rivalry b -tween
Senator Jones, of Arkansas,
and Senator Bacon, of Georgia, f ;r
leardershlD on the Demoerat.ie n'Aa
of the Senate, and it is becom'etr
almost as bitter as that between
Richardson and Railfvin the nmuu
of Representatives Because of1
nts position as chairman of the ..-
Revenue
f i 'fie Commit
bor
e's Ii-
GKXEKAL NEWS.
Raleigh Post.
The Revenue bill is before the Leer-
immure, xt contains many new
features, and comprehends many
uew subjects of taxation, aod is
cooiea much after the Pennsylvania
a tne subject, of taxation,
in old State i "expanding,"
i.u -e people must expect to meet
r "'""
I T . - .. . - XT'
nouai ueraoerai c pomnn t lar,.,.,. k,,.i m, . .
Tr,o. u ji j , . ' uuiubus. 1 ue inicriinerv re-
-r-x. uw,..,,,. irouwsuip d'uUrI CUCpUlCDQGQ for tbA 1 stinir anrt
tne retirement of Mr. flnrman -a
has attemDted to d
of his party on the floor of the Sen
ate. Unfortunately, he nnsspcecc
few of the -oualifieations nwwtcrr
rx . . - ,
He is not Quick of nereentinn nr
alert : ia action. On the contrary,
he never seems to know what is
ing on untit after it is over unless
somebody wakes him un. and h;
judgment has erred so often as to
weaken confidence in it. The
younger Democrats in the Senaie
wm cot follow Jones at all. Thev
1. .
.0 a vijr K'Ciil
cnange oyer any measures for like
puruosps heretofnrA if oi
or tne woru of the committee be un
satisfactory to any, and no doubt it
Will ' jg Ua mmhera
-Mvaj K.J
say tney have labored wiih unusual
zjal ahd sincerity of purpose to
irani'-a measure that while proluc-
t revenue actually needed by
the or..it,ir demand"? nf the K.Qfa
at ?h-snraHtime would av id serious
injunee upon or discrimination a
uain. any class A numr of tl-,Q
A nei?ro was hantred and VSio Kr?T,
riddled with buiiets inBryanca coun
ty Georgia by white caps because he
ten toe iarmer he was working for.
An order was issued at. tho Wo
uenartmnt Thurs,dar nlanimr Uri,,.
adier G a.ls James H. Wil snn and
Pitzhujij Lee on the retired liot rf
the arm v.
Thp 'Nebraska Denitent.i.irv wno
burnei Friday. The 200 nnnrir-ta
conhfed in it ereremoved m i.lmoo
u!. aiiiety. inn penitentiary was
located at Lincoln.
OCT ill not o vrt.-.! 1 .. J 1 I r . " ...
T '. ...uir., i;iiuB8 irrigation.
uenecl him Onen V on varuinc nno-j mid..K ... 4.u '
, . " " Uv UW..U,,. uui - me measure as a
: Z J1 facon .wno,. 18 so Pu?h better than a cer-
uuuuuire wuu trormao, 1am class of demao-oues have in
wnci ioouci l iju pioiru UUOn mat the rtotr.rwr
Jnnp Ra.n ieiilr n-ntV.r.,1 . I I .,U1- . , J '"-
vvu a, namui auu puuiu; fflay reel more encouraged
- - " j , uuu 1 cacuiuina nubi unait- icerwise
cavalry iu action, where Jones can
t j
oe comparea to a neavv sieve, en n ' ri,A . .
. . - - -1- i- I in- viiuiuiu -HBUIie.
Bacon is not without rivals, how Newsat,dobserTPr
J. - O I O V'l I l'-.l IAln M,-- T L . -
:ea.ue. Mr. Clav. of Georgia hn ic . V" JwlV"muj,"ee m insane
entitled to the credit of defeating fl"?3neia, a, ' Jesterday
h, c,,i,k;ii d .1 "vruunx ana aecided to reoort
-"'oiu v win. uacuu anu ' .1 jiihs i f. - i r w .
wprPhnth willina foiw th (.;h a:"'r"J Vr- urpny sbili to es
r- i i. ri 1 1 1 isn J.T. ina
to pass, and let the Repub icans inn i'.-
the responsibility, but Clav I -vv, . v.:.,J. .
- - ' . I fit' II I M r
rT e TXT 1 I " - -
ta'-e
rsOt
but
a
Treatment.
;s
' ; -ipN you buy RAMON'S LlVER FILLS
i i UMC I'liLLETS you do not buy a moo
'n: jj: 1 .-'pl-te Treatment for Bi.ious
- Con -t; pation and Headaches. Ii is two
'"-' i.?rdicines, but sold for one price
.x I-;::? brSr-n; immediate relief; the Pel lets
'it t'i' the nefv-'jus. system and invigorate.-
Should Never ba Brought Forward
Again.
A Washington special says futher
effort to decrease the representation
of the Srutb will be made by this or
the next Cohgf-ess. In all probabil
ity, the question is dead foreverr-
"The South will be allowed to
regulate its own election laws, and
prescribe the right of suffrage. This
was finally settled by the House just
oi tore adjournment this evenmtr.
Chairman Hopkins, of theCensus
C mmittee, called up for considera
tion the Olmsted resolution, which
din cts the director of the census to
furnish the House with th mimhor
i-- . .. w
of male residents in each State, and
! the number of whites and blacks
Seed Oats for Sale,
HAVE a fine lot of Black Spring
and Red Rt pr0r,f Oats for
? Rcsp-Hrt fully,
, J. L. COWAN.
ebruary 7th, 1901.
Jotice to Credit
VING qjialifled as administrator of A M
Ltppard, this i to nv.ify all pcrn's i,v
V plead in bar of recovery.
i Jsftitiary 35th. 1901. c. w. CLEGG
aba . TlSSSSSm
NOTICE.
that are p.liowed In vote
i Tbe measure was aimed directly
, at tne South. As soon as Mr. Hop
! kins called up the resolution a mo
I tk-u vcas made to lay it on the table,
acd this was done, by an almost
the last. ':ai-imous vote. The action kills all
- wills and testaraentsof Asa Summ.rs and further invpst irat-;r.r. "
Etniline Summers, his wife, rir.tice is herehv - Q eStlgatiOU.
nirn r all n.r0AnB 1 1.11 1 : - . - . ; .
r - " kii -lujumg i.-iLiin.H agaiTisi saia
estates, or either of them, to prsent said claims
tome OM Oflyforp Pphrnarv Tfli i.-v.-, r.r
notice will be plead in bnr of recovery.' Tersons
indebted to -'thrr of sad estates are "required to
make imtu.diite settlement.
This Fcb'y 14th. 1901. P.. A. STONE,
Executorof As.. Sumraersand EmcSiiie Summers
oricr -.our. Attorneys.
ut in Pi ice.
TTTE WILtmake a cut of $ 50 on all grades
V of J. I. Nifcsen wasrons. Come early atid
get one.. YOU NT Ht IVKIT'B,
. -. , Btbrfy ettnt; ft-. C.
'J't)'...5.tomach controls the situa
ti-o 1 tio.-e who are hearty and
htr ;-.: are those who can eat and di
gest pler.ty of food, Kodol Dyspep
Cure aigesta what you eat and
!!.. v sou to eat all the good food
.vo , s.(.t. If vou suffer from indi
s-.sion, .'eartburr-, belching or any
o.her s oirach 'rouble, this prepa-r.-ori
can't help but do you good.
j The in i.- sensi-ive stomachs can
, takbit. W. F. HftU, Jr,
The Answer of the Judges.
Greensboro Telegram.
The attorneys for Judges Furches
and Douglas, who are impeached b's
fore the Senate for "high crimes aud
misdemeacors" are now busy pre
paring their aus-ers to the Articles
01 impeach meet, says the News and
uuserver. . -
mi
j-uis-answer will be filed next
Wednesday, and wi . it. is n n r I ?
stood, admit, for the most part, the
facts set forth in the Ar.icles of Im
peach men t touching issuance of the
wra 01 manaamus it will be plead
ed in excuse for this mandamus how
ever that it was in violation of neith
er the law nor the Constitution;
that the Oyster Fund, out of which
vvnue was ordered oaid. w. nn an
propriation set aside for payment of
i-..- .! n . .
iu .-ueu-iisa commissioner: that
tne fund was simply 111 the Treasur
er s hand s and trust, and that the
court, in ordering him to pay the
U--U-J, , nca siuipi.j compelling a
puoiic servant to discharge his duty
vy ooedieuce to a legislative enact-
mect
inis, it 13 said, wi!l be THE de
feuce of (he iudp-s m the iriM
'The hfihArticle, charging that the
juus-suiu, oy .Qtiir decisions in the
ouicd. no UiDi? easfi sot-V -, a.
m j. --.. - v. n , 1
siroy the acts of ;-the General As
ssmoly and bring the' legUlaiive
. . 1 p.i "
! r-ineu 01 tnegoveromei t mto disre
pute and contempt, is ..f onr-fiii..
uied. These decisions are defended,
arm tue answer sets torth at some
e'jyth the learniny from VfnUo i?c
Henclersch down to Vhit vs . A in-.i.
tor, on which it in claimed they were
uitueu. xc wiu oe argued that u-.i
aer rormer decisions of the court
these cases coald not have been de
cided otherwise without overruling
all precedents "
there is a possibility that the de
fence may not nut on anv tAstimnnv
as the material facts th"
indisputed though the interferences
drawu from some of them of course
are. If the iudtres present nn pvi
dence, their attorneys will bavn
the opening and conclusion of the
argument.
Will ItBe Judge Lin ev?
Washington Corespondence News and Observer,
It was stated tonight that as soon
as the Armv v ADoronriatmn Will
with the Philioniue amendment .riv
ing the President full military and
civil powers becomes a law. lift will
appoint Representative Linney to a
judgeship in Manila. The place will
pay go uud.
there is a story in North Carolina
circles today that ex-Congressman
tiarry t.muner wni succeed Her:iard
as district attorney for the eastern
uisiner.. .
was not, and. with Turner, of Wash
ingtou, and Caffery, of Louisiana,
and several other?, succeeded in
forcing the odiousmeasure off the
Republican prpgrame.
If Senator Vest were in good
health he would be the leader 'on
the Democratic side, but he is too
feeble to undertake the task.
London's Bill to Amend Constitution.
Post, a8th.
The most io-Dortant bill in trod nn.
ed in the Senate yesterday, and or,e
of the nirst important of the session.
- . 1 .1 . r 1 '
vd iimi ny oenaior nonann to a
mend the Cor.stitution.
The object of the bill is to makn ii.
lecal for the white oronertv own.ir
to tax themselves (by a cuppletafv.t
arv) for the education of whi nhil
dren alone, and thereby lengthen
the present school terms of any
town, township or county, without
beinjj com pelled to devote a nronor-
tionof'he extra tax towards the
maintecance of longer terms for
yro schools. .
The text of the bill is as follows-
''An Act to Amend Article IX.
Section 2. of the Conatitiir.ion of
North Carolina: " "
The General Assembly of Nr.r'h
Carolina do enact:
'Sec. 1. That section 2. act 9. of
the Constitution of North Carolina.
be amended by addinir thereto the
following:
"'But nothing contained herein
shall prohibit the peop'e of any
race, living in any county, cit".
town, township, or territory, from
lev vin era social txx for education
al purposes of that race, if a roniori-
y oi ine quanneo voters ot th.it
race shall, at any election duly he'd
for that purnose. decide to Iaw
sa.u tax, which tax shall be levied
upon the pronertv and oolls of th u
race alone."
"Sec. 2. That this amendment
shail be submitted to the Qualified
penitenitary a new
es a (nrnnrHmi ..-
- vi ... ; un
U..T in- nane ot the "State FJospi
tai ror ne uangerous Insan , " and
rt 1 o n. - . . -. .3 . . t . h
1 tne airection and
mana. ment of the peniter, Uarv
uireuio--. it provides further tht
tne suui hospital stoall be hx-au-d
in the --Mrds of the. State Prison
wnere t.ie dangerous insane are now
cared r( r and treated, ia which hos
puai snail. De admitted cared for
and treated, the dangerous insan
C --.n ..-...; -.J I I .
-v- u prunueu oy iaw. , ir is
-- i :. uuiy oi ine directors, "as
soon as practicable,' to fit up the
part of t he penitentiary to he used
forhoi'i'al ourioses " Tlmi- cV.n
advise v ;h the superintendents of
Un tl - 1 m
iuc Lur." eospua s tor, the insane,
before mk-;ng sueh cbanir-s, as to
whatis f.'cessary for the safety,
comfort .-...i welfareof the patients.
ion.) this -an appropriation of
J.OUO i , made.
Senator Butler hassdven notion e.t
an amendment he will . offer toJ the
sundry civil bill, increasing the' sal
aris of Senators and msmhsrs rt
Oongress u $i,00 per year.
Genera! Chaffee now fifiinmaniiinir
troops in cruna, win prooably re
lieve uer.erai MacArthur of com
mand in the Philionines and the
latter be given an important com
mand in the United States.
Hon. Wra. M. Evarts died at.- hie
home in New York city Thursday
a. me age cr Mr. ttvarts had
been the head of the law firm of
.B-varts. Choate & Barmar. for ma.
ny j ears, out for some vears was too
t . i - . .
leeoie to pract ice
The coroner's iurv of itmuest. on
tne steamer Kio de Janeiro accident.
has returned a verdict r-h
.-. s ' "ft
uaptain ward and. Pilot Jordan
.vii n criminal negligence and cen
surinsrthe Pacific Mail Steamsh'm
t--mpany lor the emplovment of the
v.ninese crew-
Wabash uassentrer train from Dn
troi for Chicago, was wrecked near
uenton, lad., last ednesd.v morn
inir bv a broken rail. Thirrv oft
sengers were injured, three prt.ba
blv fatally. Tne train was rnnin
about thirty three miles an hiur
wnen tnen tne accident occurred
G)od Adrlos,
T.ie most miserable beino-a in ttio
world are those suffering from -rin.
pepia and Liver 'Coniplaiuti. More
than seventy five per cent, ot the
people in the United St
afflicted with these two diseases and
their effects; such a-. Snur Stomach,
Sick Headache, Habit ual Ooti veness,
Palpitation of the He ir-, Hearburn,
Waterbrash, Gnawing and- Burning
Pains at the Pit. f tt. Str.'m .. '
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YaIIood 51.;-. ".--..,. Ti
Dis3rreeabe TasitP in tv, v..-..i.
Coming up of - Food after EatiDg,
Low Spirits, etc. frO to vniiv rpiiiT.
gist and get a bottle of A u'gust Flow-,
er for 75 cents. Two do.,es will re
lieve you. Try -it.'' Get Gri?en'sv
Prize Almanac. W. E Hath -Jr: .
A Winston ilisnatnl- nf Ua. OT on
rt i ----. v. - .ajo.
irarticulars rfanHp.. hn-.. t, . -
the murder in Wilkes county' of
Alonzo John SOn. who C5l cl.nt
three times bv John Shei.t.-ird n,.th
men were drinking, t
man leaves a wife and three child
ren. Shftr.i.ard has ni it. h o ,
henaed. and it is hfiKvc(t i,, .k-,.
i - - " -i . ia9
left the county. '
He Fooled the Surgeons. ?
All doctors told Ren in. If fTamlUni-
of West Jefferson, O , after suffering
1 O l l m n , t
io munrns rrom Kectal Fistula, he
would die unless a costly operation
was performed; but he cured himself
with five boxes of Rinl.ln'c A
Salve, the surest Pile niirAnn -.r-t.
aad the best Salve in the Worhl 9
cents a box Sold bv W. F. TTall
Jr , Druggist.
In the recently trradnatprl 'n.iaeo
West Point. Norlh f-arolir'-. AA
well. Of the 72 m-n. four were from
this. State, one f these, graduated
fifth and one. v.larpnn.p n horriii
Newton, seeoi.-i ' -
searching for' General Green's Re-
IU&.1US
Savannah. r.a Dispatch, 28.
The s.-irch for the remains of Gen
ni.nl XT . , 1 .. : I "1 .
iaw.iiuiei vrreene win oeinn in
savannah tomorrow morning. Colo
nel Asa Uird Gardiner, who h
been sent. o Savannah by'the Rhode
j-siarm n icety ot thi Uincirhnati f ir
.1- uu. V1 unaing tne remains
or tne revolutionary soldier, the
inend ot Washington and the firt
president of the Rhode Island So
ciety of t he Cincinnati, arrived in
the c-itv today. Thi f?-. .:-,
win be to examine the vaults of the
old cohMii.il cemetery, where Gen
eral Urne Jwa buried. If the
body is not found there, an examin
ation ff a spot in the cerneterv,
where it may have been buried after
the i"ntei-ie:it in the vault, wiil be
maae
Colonel Gardiner thinks tW
should be no trouble in identifying
the remains of General Greene
snouid t'mV. be found. The name
piate 00 the coffin will tell if it is be.
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The New Education Law.
News and Obeiver, Feb., 28.
The sub committee that has beeD
preparms. the new Election T.aw
has now completed its workan5 the
out win this week be introduced id
the House.
In view of the fact that the amend
ment.. elimicatiDi? the ignorant mi
gro vote, goes into effect before the
next election, the committen has
t 1 m 1 .
enueavoreo to trame such a law as
will not only be absolutely fair, but
such a law that it cannot even be
charged that it( is otherwise.
The bill, as now druwn, provide
for a State of Elections composed
of three men, of whom not mo e
than two shall be of the samepoliti
cal party. The county boards.
likewise, shall be composed of three
persons, only two of whom can r,
of the same party. ,
I he re-istrirs must ba men - n
good repute and standing in tie
community in which they live.
yji the Hur judges of election, noi
more than two can be of the same
poliMeal party and these two must
be selected from lists of five" f irt -hed
by the county chairmen 'of
their party.
the clause in the present election
law taking away the right. of a writ
of mandamus is stricken out.
These, in brief, are the niain feat
ures of the new law. . as drawn bv
the sub-com'inittee
' Rumor of Botha's Surrender.
London Dispatch, 28th
It was announced this afternoon
that General Lewis' Botha, com
mander -in-chief the the Ronr armv-
surrendered to General'Lord Kitch
ener at Middleburg, in the Trans
vaal this morni ag. It is believed
that this marks the end of organized
Boer res;s?ance.
A placard announcing that Botha
had given uo the fight and that tie
news' was official Created a sens in..
in London. The Evening News ah o
states that it has information th;t
General Botha surrendered this
morning- IFar Office officials sw
they have no confirmation of toe re
port. - .:-
Independence with a String.
Baltimore Si'n,
There is little difference bei-ween
revising the. Cuban Constitution and
serving notice upon the Cubans that
before United States tronns arp
. 1. u in- 11 ij vu iijuu auu t. LI 1 " -' - -- v I LUC salUC llwapil.ai
people are given control of the island with those who. have committed no
i ri - - y w- - 1-. n m w ..n. mh4.-. 1 nf! m n - 4- .. -.- -.! .l . m' a .
1 n t- f ..! f -- 1 A rt ----. ah-. I T1 t k " 1 nfini-, 4-Kn. I 1-
Bj- ?I Mcuuis rAa It.
Raleigh Times.
Mr Zacharv's bill to discharge
drunken solicitors ou-ht to nass It
may save impeachment-proceedings
n tne mture. JNenrifr rirnnkoM
judges nor drunken solicitors should
be tolerated for a moment. In the
past drunken j idges have disgrace !
the bench in North Carolina, and in
one well kno vu instance a judge was
intoxicated -mi the bench during a
murder triar?,-i which a man's H'e
was at staki-t. It was a mistake no.
to. impeach Judge Norwood, No
man charged with the admiristra
tion of justice should ever he allowed
to Be. under the influence ,f liquor
or .m y druj. during th time his ser
vices are required by the State.
The Correot Viw.
Times-Visitor.-
It is not right for the criminal in
itn.u you aie bilious, use tdo.e
fa t.cus liot.e pills knowa as De-Wi-t
s L'.ttie Early Risers to clem
the iivtr and boweif. Thay lbvbp
gripeVf. W. Hall, Jr..
into certain ironclad . agreements
with the United States. The result
that wiil be accomplished is the
same in either ea Yesterday an
amendment was reported in the
Senate to tho Army Appropria
tion bill, in wh;ch specific demands
are made upon the Cubans This
amendment is intended to obviate
the necesity of an extra session of
. . r j '
the relatives of those whn.P minrta
are diseased would be properly in
censed if the State were to send
those now in the department of
criminal insane back to the hosp:
tals. .
A Life ami Death Fight.
Mr, W, A. Hines, of Manchester,
T r tt:iitirii of hin n 1 -. !
voi i-jF tu rAtia ocosLUii 1 I --' 1 w t lj n un alULlUSt Iliirai'U'
Congress, and it serves notice upon loos escape fro.n death, says; 4tEt-
a. i n ' i .i. . i i 1 1 i - I . t - . .
me tiuuaos mat tney wm oe given potsure artcr missies induced serious
nnepecdence only upon conditions lung trouhle, which ended in Cou
l. i ii TT f i fi . . m I j
: gre a le to tneuniteu oia'es. inree
years ago Congress was of the opin
ion, as stated in the resolution it
then adopted, that the Cubans ae
and of right ought to be independ
en'.. Now, as proposed in the a
mend m -"fit presented in the ''euae
yes'erdav, the United States . is
vh ' u kHy to exercise suzerainty o
ver the islai-d
Adrr iral Dewav who has
Critically ill is imprttarig;
oecn
sumption. I had frequent hemor
rhages and coughed night and tday.
1 my doctors, said I must soou die.
Then I beg.n to use Dr. King'..
New Discovery for Consumption,
which cbmpbtely cured me. I
wou'd not be without it even if i?
cost $5 a bottle. Hundreds have
used it oa mv recommendation .and
all say it. never fails to cure throat,
chest and. in eg troubles." Regular
hita fid pants nnrl 41 TV-al K. fl.-
j free at W F. Hall, Jri utug Store.
f rank A. Fanderlio. oue of the
thre assissant secretaries of t he
treasury, anounced his resignation
this afternoon to take effect ui on
the qualification of his successor,
not la'er than March 8th. He will
be succeeded by Milton E Ailes, at
present private secretary to the
Secretary of the Traasury.
Seua or Pritchard iiiuuced ihf
committee to accept his amendment
auorouriatintr a ouarter of a million
dollars to improve the Cape Fear
river trom Wilmington to layette
ville. The nrosoect is favorable for
its suoitantiai incorporation in tin
act and it will be the beginning of
a scheme of permaueLt increasing
vaiue to eastern iNortn uarolina
A special from Omaha savs:
ward A. Cudahv has rpnpivf.fl a ltr.
ter from the men who kidnapped bis
son, offering to return 520.000 f thr-
ransom money on condition that all
detectives be 'withdrawn! and that
no attempt be made to prosecutcj'he
abductors, should their identity be
discovered. It is understood" the
letter was mailed at Council Bluffs.
W F. Aiken, a leading specialist
shot and killed bis wile tn their bed
room at an early hour last Wednes
day morning m avacaah. Ihe re
port of the pistol awakened their
little.son aged 8 years. In his
niyht clothes and barefooted, the
child ran in the street to call a po
liceman. When the ofheer entered
the house he found Mrs. Airmen dead
in the bed with a bullet hole
throutrh her head, and Dr. AiHAn
with a pistol in his hand, lvini? on
a 1 n -l i
tne ncor oeau.
General Kitchener, .tele-rrant-.5rr
- - -1 - - - - -
from Middleburg, on the railroad be
tween Pretoria and Portuguese
East Africa, under date, of Februarv
27th, says: Three hundred Boers
surrendered a 19 pounder Krupp.
one howitzer, a Maxim. 20 0011
rounds of small arms ammunition;
lod rmes, dba horses, b4 oxen, o,
600 cattle, 9,800 sheep and 287 wasr
ons and parts. The Hoer .auia1tip
were four killed and five wounded. "
Mrs. Buchanan who residp in trip
very heart of Atlanta, was compelled
II 1 : U ... r
i uuisuajr lu.ruuig, ai me point oi a
nistol. held bv a burlv reirro to
f 7 . - J "-
give him all the money in the house
and cook oreaKiast ior nim. The
nptrro then bound Mrs. Buchanan to
a bed and set fire to her clothe
Her screams brought assistance and
-.he was rescued before bc-inj badly
burned About noon M rs Buchan
an rplansed inin a comatose state
nd has b'-en unable to identify the
assailant or recognize her friends.
The attending physicians consider
her condition critical. Intense ex-
citemeot exists throughout the city.
A Ricbni uid, Va., dispatch says:
The details of a terriflc explosion at
at a saw.-mill in brrayson county
have just reached here. D. F. Ad-
ama t hp. nwncr. and Thomas FTiitr.h.
las, the sa"f.. er, we re killed, and the
eyes of 1 h.i.mas H"ghtower, who
was at woik ue ir the ennne. were
scalded out, and bis son was knock-
erl senselps The clothintr nf Art
ams was torn from hi3 person and
was fouDd hanging in a tree thirty
or forty yards from the mill. Both
leas were blown from his bodv. nriA
i j . ,
teg oeing lounu aoout iorty yaros a
way and his hodv was found in a
meadow seventy-tive or a hundred
rards from the en.ine. The other
c -
le? has not vet been found. The ton
r . r
r-r . , ,1 . i
oi tiutcnins neau was torn on oy a
piece of the nying boiler, and High
tower is so badly scalded that there
s little hope ot his recovery.
Prof Ivison of r.onaconincr VTrt
suffered terrih'., frort, nMir. I.'ia of
the Morcacb aud indigestion for
thirteen years : d afii r .v... a oof
m VJVjLWI O
faned cure him the fi-A Kim
morphine. A friend advwed the
use i f Kodol D VS.Pns.ia Pnro ti.
fer taking a few bottles of it' he
ays, 'It has cured ntirnlv T
can't say too much for Kodol Dys
pppsi a Cur -.' Itduresl.s wKnt.
eat. W. F.JIall, Jr.
The L?e R;fls. 50 str.iny. of Char.
lotte, attended the inauguration
this week. The Mt. HoMv ha nil ar
compared them.
Like Oliver Twist, children aL-
for more when L'iven Oi-ip Vtinnto
Coui;h Cure. Mothers er.r.nr- it
Lhlt'hly for croup. It 'quickly cures
allcouirhs and eo.d aiil twn ili.n..
. p -v.j flUUttl
and lung trouble It is a spr-cific
for grippe and asthma and has long
-een a wen knowu remedy for
whooping cojgb.-t-'V. F. Hall, Jr.
A gentleman in Rutherford on hxn
h id a letter from Mrs. CarHe Na
tion in which she savs. as h-r irial
c mes off in Aoril. she can't nlan
for the future now: and that she
never had any idea of attack in or sa- .
loons where thev were Hcencprl anrl
so entitled to protection. -
Counterfeits of De Witt's Witr-h
Hazpl Salve are liable to caus-? blood
poisoionir. Leave them alone. The
original has the ham D .Witt's un-
or, the b.-!x and wrapper. It is a
harmlessind healinrr salve for skin
diseases. Unea-ialled for niles
W. F, Flail, Jr.
A Great Greensboro last ViTpflnPs-
day night destroyed $1,500 wortlji of
yi ijjjci I jr.
Cures Blood Poison snd Cancer.
Eating sores, swelling?, fallin;? hair, mucous
patches, ulcers, scrofula, achinsr bones and
joints, itching skin, boils, pimolet. etc.. bv talc
ing Botanic Blood Balm ( 3 B.B.) made especi
ally to cure malignant b:ood and skin troubles,
B. B, B, heals every sore and makes the blood
pure and rich. Over 3,000 cures of worst and
most obstinate cases by taking B. B. B. Drue-
gists, $r. Describe trouble and trial bottle sent
free by writing to Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga.
mm
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4
Gloriou New
Comes from D. B. Cargile, of Wa
shita. I. T. He writes: "Four bot
ties of Electric Bitters has cured
v1i-q Rrptrpr of scrofula, which had
caused her great suffering for years.
Terrible sores would nrea out on
her head and face, and the best doc
tors could gie no H lp but her euro
nomn etc ana tit-r nAitn is excH-
.. r -
lent." This shows hat thousands
h nrnrw: that T I ? r i t . BittptS
is the best blood purifier known.
It's the soD't'm remedy for.ecz m i,
j tetter, salt, rheum, ulcers. toiis aud
l - - T . : . . I.. t : .
running ores it ? i-r:ut:e. (tmr,
kidfieys ad bowels, tspels poisons."
help-; digestion.- builds up the
strength' Onlv 50 cents.-' Sold bv
! V. , Halli Jr.; DLrugist. Gairaa-.
teed. y ' . . '
A man
with
thin head M
ui nair 1 s
a marked
man. But
the big
bald spot
is not the
kind of a mark most
men like.
Too many men in
their twenties are
bald. This is absurd
and all unnecessary.
Healthy hair shows
man's strength. To
build up the hair from
the roots, to prevent
use- .OIF
4
It always restores
color to faded or gray
hair. Notice that
word, " always." And
it cures dandruff. ,
$1.00 a bottle. AH druggists.
" My business calls me out among.
strangers a great deal. I would
actually feel ashamed every time
was so thin and the bald rf
showed sr plainly. I began tbe use
vi jour iuiir igor less loan inree
months ago. Today I find I have as
line a head of hair as I ever had.
1 ten eTeryDody what I used, and
they say it must be a wonderful
remedy" Ceo.Yeael,
, Dec.11,1808. Chicago, 111.
We have a book on The litis and
Scalp which vo .win--send- free-npon
request. If you do not obtr.n all the
bem'fita you expected, from the nse oS
"fh Tfnr.' rr. -:tij. JW.r uKin i
k 1 ik. Aouress, . . .
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