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STATESVILLE, N. 0., THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1901.
NO. 23.
SGROFULfl AND ITS AWFUL HORRORS
CURED BY
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A Grand Old Lady Gives Her Experience.
. Mrs. Thankful Orllla Hurd llres in the beautiful rlllaee of Briehton
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the year 1812, the .year of the great war, in Hebron; Washington Co., Ne
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life, of the early days of the State of Michigan and the interestine and r
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JSusaStHxrT S experiences in the use ol
HicrA ! SARSAPABILLA. ifr8. Hurd inherited a tendency and pre
t B?l0ti1&' that terribly destructive blood taint which has cuSed
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pearance in dreadful running sores, m unsightly swellings In theneck it
itrL lD eruIonf of varied forms. Attacking the muc?us membrane,
?tarrh m head' or aelopins in th. lungs It may
and of tea is, the prime cause of consumption
uho infV?C r case' Hrs' Hurd B&?: ,1 troubled for many yean
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was fn a UpShTf ,1 h&A I had sores also in my ears. I
mn.i condition, I Had tried every remedy that had been recom
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were SinnL to foSt ?e? ectuiQ consumption, as internal abcesses
hit 5 mf , i m- 1 at lengtn Vas of Dr- Johnston, of Detroit, and
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GREAT FIRE.
JACKSONVILLE, PliA.. SWEPT BY
FLAMES.
Over $15,000,000 'Worth of Property
Destroyed and Six Lives Lost.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dispatch, 3rd.
At 12:45 today Jacksonville ex
perienced the most disastrous fire of
her existence. The entire length of
Beaver street from Davis street to
the creek on Liberty street, has been
totally destroyed. This is 14 solid
blocks of residences. For the same
distance Ashley and Church streets
have both been blotted out. When
the fire reached Bridge street in its
eastward course it enveloped iE
flames three blocks, Duval, Monroe
and the north side of Adams, burn
ins ud that entire section of the
city, and running 14 blocks to the
Duval street bridge. riowmucn
further in that direction the city is
burned it is impossible to learn,.the
street being impassable, but it is
feared that St. Luke s Hospital was
burned, a report reaching the city
that- the Presbyterian church in
East Jacksonville is ablaze. If this
is correct, the tire must have extend
ed five blocks further east. The
conflagration has burned as" far as is
definitely known over a distance of
two and one-half miles, by a naif
mile wide. When the fire reached
Julia street it was a roaring furnace
without any prospect of being put
under control.
MILITARY KEEP BACK CROWDS.
The local military companies were
called out to keep back the crowds,
and the fare department began to use
dynamite to blow up the houses a
block from the fire and thus prevent
the fire from-spreading. So fierce
was the blaze, however, and so
strong had become the wind that
millions of sparks and flying, burn-
ipg shmgles spread over live or six
blocks, setting the roofs of the hous
es on tire in advance of the depart
ment. Soon Senator Taliaferro s
residence, then the adjoiniBg houses
on that block, were ablaze and in
spite of all efforts to save the Wind
sor and the St. James Hotels both
buildings were quickly enveloped in
flames. For about an hour the
guests in the Windsor had been
busily packing their trunks and
went away loaded with trunks and
grips, some, unfortunately, to the
United States Hotel, but most to
Riverside.
BURNING OP THE ELKS HOME.
Leaping madly across the street
from the Windsor the fire attacked
the Seilis House and then the Meth
odist parsonage, and in a few mo
ments Trinity Methodist church was
mass of flames The opera houses
block followed, -and the Richards aDd
Livingstone boarding houses. A
desperate effort was made to save
the Baldwin mansion, which was re
cently purchased by the Elks for
$18,000. No earthly power could
save this building, and that entire
block and the one west was quickly
a mass of flames. Once the fire got
started on Main street, the closely
adjoining buildings went one .after
another Paints with barrels of oil
were plentiful in this district, and
as they caught ou fire one after the
Other the blaze rose hundreds of feet
high and quickly set the other buil
dings across the street on fire.
DYNAMITE AND POWDER EXPLODE .
Then the Hubbard Hardware Store
caught, and the people scattered
when they saw what had happened.
Hundreds of pounds of powder and a
preat deal of dynamite was stored in
this building. Ten minutes passed
when suddenly there was a roar and
the buildingcollapsed like an egg
shell. The dynamite and powder
bad exploaed. Here again there was
much danger to the firemen. Cart
ridges began to explode and bullets
began to fly around, and the effort to
Bght the fire at this -joint had for a
time to be abandoned. This was on
ly the start of the most intense part
of the fire. The new Furchgott
building was soon ablaze, and then
auickivthe Gardiner building was
also a mass of flames. -Down the
street the fire spread with rapidity
and the entire section of Bay street
from Market to Main street, and ex
tending for five blocks back, was
bueciDg all at once.
MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS WIPED OUT.
- The city building went, the fire de
"partment building, the armory, the
county court house, the cierK s of
fice, with the county records, the
Criminal Court house, the city jail
and the graded schools and the Cath
olic church andorphanage.St. John's
Episcopal church and the convent.
The entire city of magnificent build
ings all burned up in less than four
hours. The scene was one that
beggars description. At 8:30" the
fire was checked at the intersection
of Laura and Bay streets, where the
Commercial Bank, which went up in
flames, was located, the Western
Union Telegaph ofhee being just a
cross the street and not damaged.
THREE HOTELS GONE.
Among the prominent hotels burn
ed were the St. James, the. United
States, the Placide and the Windsor.
It is impossible at this hour to as
certain the losses, but it is said by
insurance agents that it will be be
tween $8,000,000 and $9,000,000.
Six lives are reported lost in the con
flagration. The mayor has called a
meeting of the city council for to
morrow to consider ways and means
for relieving the sufferers.
SOME OF THE LOSSES.
A partial list of estimated losses
up to 1:30 o'clock this Saturday)
morning, are as follows;- Cleveland
Manufacturing Company jpaa.uuu;
First National Bank $15,000; Hub
bard block 8 $50.000, ' Commercial
Bank $50,000; Industrial, Savings
and Trust Company $5,000; Windsor
Hotel and annex $35,000; St. James
Hotel $40,000; Hotel Placide $15,000;
Mohawk block $50,000; Uradner
building $200,000; Kohn Furchgott
$25,000; Seminole Club $15,000; Elks
Club $35,000; opera house $10 000;
Herkimer block $25,000; Palmetto
block $20,000; H. & W. B. Drew
$15 000; Hotel Richalieu $5,000; Ely
blpcV $18,000; Gilkeg building $125,
OOOrNeaetQ roV&$30,Ot)O United
St'les" Hotel 25;00d? Alteriarle'
House $5,000; Christie, Groover &
Co., drugs, $100,000; McMurrav liv
ery stable $50 000; New YorS Steam
Laundry $18,000; R. D. Knights &
Co. $20,000; S H. Kress & Co $10,
000; A. B. Campbell Company $50,
000; Heffley Bros., drugs, $10,000;
Cable Piano Company $5,000; audi
torium and skating rink $30,000; C.
l: Betts, druggs, $18,000; Law Ex
change $15 000;fpolice station (rent,
ed) $8,000; Green-leaf & Crosby $150,
000; Mercbants'National Bank $10,
000; Flaherty & C $5,000; East
Florida Printing Company $20 000;
Ritzwoller Shoe Company $8 000;
Belvedere Saloon $35,000; St. John
Hotel $5,000; Smith building $28,000,
Barton block $8,000, St. Mary 's Or
phanage $30 000; Church of the Im
maculate Conception parsonage ar,d
St. John's convent $110,000; Cool
man Institute, a colored school.
$10,000; First Baptist church $10 000;
St. John's Episcopal church $50 000
McTyre Memorial church (Vt: E.)
$35,090; W. S. Ware, residence.
$100,000; Senator Taliaferro's home
$10,000; J. R- Parrott's residence
$35,000; Mr. Pollocks residence
$15,000; Col. H. Bisbee's residence
$10,000; Judge B. W Owens' resi
dence $8,000.
MR. CLEVELAND DROPS DEAD NEGRO
GOES CRAZY.
Mr. W. W. Cleveland, in whose
premises the fire originatedTand who
was one of the heaviest losers, drop
ped dead from excitement. A stal
wart negro, bringing a trunk on his
head from a burning building, went
crazy from the horror of the situa
tion. He ran around in a circle
with the trunk on his bead until he
sank exhausted and died. Women
ran through the streets teariog their
hair and clothes, and in several in
stances had almost denuded them
selves when they were caught by
friends and led to places of safety.
Horses hitched to truuks could not
be cut loose quickly enough and
many of them ran wild through the
demoralized throng. At night the
military was ordered out to guard
the household goods piled high in
vacant lots.
130 BLOCKS BURNED.
The fire began yesterday shortly
after noon in a small factory, from a
defective wire, according to the
best belief. It burned -for nearly
ten hours. In that time a property
damage estimated from $10,000,000
to $15,000,000 was effected. Accord
ing to the city map, 130 blocks were
burned, many ol them in the heart
of the business tnd residence sec
tion. The estimate of houses to the
block is ten, therefore 1,300 of them
went up in smoke. Many of the
finest public and private, were burn
ed. The casualties were several,
among them was that of the fire
chief, who sustained a bad fall. The
mayor ordered all of the 'saloons
closed, and has impressed help to
clear the wreckage.
A SCENE OF DESOLATION.
At 1 a. m. the situation is one ap
proaching desolation in a large sec
tion of the city. The burned dis
trict reaches from Burbridge street,
on the north, to St. John's river, on
the south, a distance of quite two
miles. The width of the desolated
area is 13 blocks. Within this space
practically eyeryting is blackened
ruins. On Bay street, the princi
pal centre of trade, the Western
Union Telegraph building is the
first going west'. Everything east of
Laura, on Bay street, is "gone. At
10:15 p. m , the fire was under con
trol, having practically burned it
self out. The suburban settlements
with the exception of La Villa, are
intact. La Villa was badly hurt.
The extent of the damage cannot be
told until tomorrow. Thousands of
persons are on the streets, tonight,
homeless, with . practically all - of
their worldly possessions upon their
backs. The depots of the railroads,
situated in the southeastern section,
have been turned into temporary
lodging houses and hospitals. Luck
ily the weather is tine, so that there
will be no suffering on that score.
Meetings ot the city council, the
commercial bodies and the charita
ble institutions will he called Satur
day morning to devise ways and
means for meeting the situation. It
is not known yet whether an appeal
for help will be issued though it is
thought likely that the exigencies of
the occasion will demand such action.
It is hoped that an apDeal will be
avoided. Mayor Bowden this morn
ing says the property loss will. ex
ceed $15,000,000. Ten thousand to
15,000 people are homeless.
Building at Stony Point.
Correspondence of The Mascot,
As we have not heard anything
from our moral vineyard, we will
try and give you a few items.
Owing to the fine. weather farmers
are busily engaged in getting their
cotton planted, quite a large crop
will be planted. There has been
more guano sold here this spring
than has ever been known, and we
hope the farmers will reap a fruit
ful harvest.
Miss Minnie Harris, of this place,
is visiting relatives in Lenoir. -
New buildings are still going up.
Mr. Jr M. Miller is adding two rooms
to his residence. Mr. Zeb White
has moved into his new dwelling on
Church street. Rev, R. T. N. Ste
venson has occupied a part of the
new parsonage, only two roorfs hav
ing been completed. We hope the
good citizens of Stony Point will not
despair until our parsonage is fully
completed. . .
School closed here May the 1st.
It has been a very successful school.
Sloan's is on the boom. The black
smith, Mr. Rumple, has a large grey
hound. All who wish to see a free
exhibition, call on Mr. Rumple, open
any time for spectators.
Success to the best old papar
published. - Amos.
Stony Point, N. G., April 29,1901.
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Grandmother cf Her Own Children.
Dayton, Ohio, Dispatch, 3rd.
A marriage was solemnized today,
which makes a queer tangle in rela
tionships. The contracting parties
are John Karch, agd 59, and Mrs
Susie Karch, aged 22. The bride is
the divorced wife of the son of the
bridegroom. .v '
The divorced buband is now liv
ing in Indiana Mrs Karch has two
children and as she has married her
father io law the grandfather of the
children beconjes their stepfather.
Li kf wise Mrs Karch will be grand
m.'thr by marriage of her own chil
dren. -
Negroes Mobbedi(n Alabama.
Selma, Ala., Dispatch, 3rd.
Last night a mob of unknown
white men hhot "three negroes to
death -ax- a spot near that place,
where a negro named. Dawson, on
Sunday night killed a white deputy
sheriff. -
The' three negroes were all' intim
ately connected with Dawson and it
is pre-suraed they were killed for a
supposed connection with Dawson's
murder ( f the sheriff.
The last tragedy was et.acted in
theaead of niyh . Therein no clue
to the itidentirioatiou of any of the
members of the mob.
Found a Pot of Gold.
Akron, Ohia, Dispatch, 3rd.
Joseph Meyers, employed on the
old Oscar Osborne farm, dug up a
pot containing $3,500 in gold, it
was found near the bard. This is
the second discovery of gold made
on the place, making a total of more
than $5,000. Osborne's relatives
have always contended that there
was $20,000 hidden in various places.
Edgar Johnson is now serving a
life sentence in the penitentiary for
the murder of the old .man. It is
claimed that the killing of Oscar Os
borne was the result of his refusal
to tell where the money was hidden.
An Alabama Tragedy.
Birmingham, Ala., Dispatch, 3rd.
Richard Jacks,a well known young
man of Brazil, Ala., was accident
ally and instantly killed by his sis
ter today while she was. cocking a
gun in the act of protecting him
from an'assault. While Jacks and
his sister were at home several
young men called at the place and
became unruly. Jacks ordered them
to leave, which incensed the young
men, and hot words followed,
The young woman wnt into the
house and returned to the front
porch with the gun. The strangers
began abusing Jacks. The young
lady cocked the guu to protect her
brother and allowed the hammer of
the gun to fall, discharging it and
sending a load of buckshot into her
brother's heart. The strangers fled,
aDd the young lady went into hys
terics. Wore Men's Clothes to Get in Stock
xchanjEC
St. t,ouis Dispatch, 3rd.
A woman who told the police that
shti was Mrs. Sarah Kirk, wife of
Samuel Kirk, a contracting brick
layer, was arrested to-day while en
deavoring to force her way into the
Merchants' Exchange garbed in
men's attire- She had $130 and
told widely varyingstories.' Among
other thiugs she said.
"My husband speculated for me on
the exchange and won a little money.
I wanted to do some speculating for
myself, so I put on a suit of men's
clothes and tried to get on the floor
of the exchange."
She wore her husband's Sunday
suit, a pair of steel gray trousers
and black cutaway coat, a blue
striped shirt andcoilar, a gray fed
ora hat an1 black shoes. She was
locked up and her husband notified
of her arrest. .
Wanted to Kill the President.
New Orleans Dispatch, 3rd.
James White, pianist and song
writer, has been released from con
finement in city prison. The horo
scope of "Pa-esident McKinleyis plain
said James White early in the wek.
"It says he will fall by my hand.
He comes to New Orleans tomor
row When the eyes of James
White fall upon him the world will
be shocked.
"The nation perhaps will mourn,
but James White will glory in his
deed."
It was Tuesday night when White
said this. One of his hearers
promptly notified the superinten
dent of police and the day of the
evening the presidential train arriv
ed. White was behind bars. When
apprehended the crank was found
composing a funeral dirge., It was
to be used, he said, by bands in the
President's funeral cortege.
Drowned His Four Children And Then
Committed Suicide
St. Paul, Minn. Dispatch, 3rd.
A partial confirmation of the po
lice suspicion that William Rosen
field drowned his four children and
himself one week ago, in the Missis
sippi river, was obtained today
when the body of the nine year old
Rosenfield boy was taken from the
river, near Fort Spelling. Rosen
field is alleged to have abducted his
children, who were in the custody of
their mother at Minneapolis, secured
a rig and drove with them to the
river, whre all are. supposed to have
been drowned. The father is sup
posed to have committed suicide also
by throwing himself over the
bridge, r -,The
disappearance one week ago,
last night, was an unsolved mystery,
until a watchman found the" body of
a boy floating in the Mississippi.
Rosenfield had for some time been
separated from his wifet who has
been living in Minneapolis, while
Rosenfield lived io St. Paul. A week
ago he hired a carriage and got the
children J rom the relatives who
were keeping them He tried to
prevail on his wife to accompany
them,' but she refused. The next
morning the horse was found near
the Marshall avenue bridge, all trae
of the occupants" of the carriage hav
ing disappeared until to-day;
IIw Are Tr Kidneys t
Ohtw' Spfrrapis Pills enreall kjdner Ills, gsnj
j A Man Brutally Murders His Wife.
'Jacksonville, Fla , Dispatch, 3rd.
j C. I": Armstrong, a well known
j grocer merchant here, shot his wife
four 'tim. . at ' 8 o'clock tonight.
The shooting took place in front of
the res 'icp. of the victim's mother.
She '''; ilie When Armstrong fired
the fir-' ht, his wife fellforward on
her far-" 1 then fired three shots in
to her " iy. "
Arm-'iong drove his wif away
from h'vm three weeks , ago. She
wept to the home of ber mother. He
visited b-r this afternoon and again
tnnigh Whan she had gone to
church waited for her and shot
her bef-.-- .she got inside the sae.
Armstrong was arrested immediate-
Blood T l .wed from a Picturfe of the
Savior.
Mentomou; Wis., Dispatch, 3rd. - -
Antut c, hernock, a poor Pole re
siding i"'' he district known as Musk
rat, r",ity' has related the story of an
alleged miraculous occurrence at
his hom.' yesterday Which has creat
ed no lit tV amazement among the
people of this city.
O.i the wall of bis humble home
therehanysa picture representing
the cro -viting of the Blessed Virgin
and t he figures of the Father. Son
and Hoh Ghost are also shown.
Cherno.' k states that while praying
Jie. sudd"n)y saw blood coming from
the wrist, heart and foot of the Sav
ior His other wrist and foot, are
not shown.
He immediately summoned his
pastor. Rev Father Japon and the
latter wiih Rev. Father Cleary in
vestigated the alleged miracle. The
attention of Bishop Eis has also been
called to the manifestation.
The bl.i d fir red coloring matter
is plainly viable to the thousands
who have visited the place.
Ex-Senato Pettigrcw has made a Pile.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Dispatch, 3rd.
Former Senator Richard Pettigrew
is said to have cleaned ud a fortune
of $250,000 by profiting by "tips"
given him by J. J. Hill, the railway
man.
This snug sum of money has been
won since the adjournment of Con
gress, y r. Pettigrew has returned
to South Dakota fairly well pleased
with his ventures.' When he walk
ed out of the Senate chamber he is
said to have been practically with
out a dollar. Every cent that be
could scrape together had. been ex
pended in his unsuccessful campaign.
Through a Minnesota agency Pet
tigrew secured options on thousands
of acres of farm land in Montana and
Dakota, which Hill told him would
be penetrated by his railroad. The
money for i he purchase amounted to
about $18,000 and was advanced by
his wife. After Congress adjourned
Pettigrew went to New York and
within the lait 30 days he sold enough
of this land to bring him a comfort
able fortune, two sales alone net
tint; 30,000. . Other investments
have recently paid him large profits,
and with the money made on the
New York stock exchange, it is re
liably reported that he- is today
again worth not less tha.i $250,000.
His friends discredit-reports that
he will again be a candidate for the
Senate.
Put Mines on Her Farm.
Indianapolis Dispatch, 3rd.
Miss Loretto Cory, of Shelbyviile,
has been engaged in a controversy,
with the Lateral Railway Company,
which is seeking to cross her land
with its tracks for several months,
and the com pan' has entered the
courts to enfoice the condemnation
of the laud. Commissioners were
appointed to assess the bene'fits and
damages and they had just complet
ed their work when signs appeared
on Miss Cory's land, warning per
sons not to trespass upon it as no
troglyceriue had been placed in the
ground along the entire route which
had been surveyed for the Lateral
Railway. , -
. These notices at first were regard
ed as a joke, .butinvestigation shows
that the young woman really em
ployed men to place the explosive in
the ground and that it was put at
many places along the proposed line
of the road. Two detectives, em
ployed by the company, called upon
Miss Cory and asked why - she had
placed the explosive in the ground
and she admitted that she had done
so for the purpose of preventing the
company from making its grade.
The man who tends the youog
woman's f irm ploughs north and
south of the proposed line, but leaves
plenty of space between his plough
and the dangerous explosive placed
under the surface. ' -
Corps "Saw the Wedding. .
Binghampton, N. Y., Dispatch, 3rd.
There was a gruesome wedding
party in a cemetery last midnight
when Miss Grace L. Henderson,
who is well known in Aunapolis so
cial circles, wn wadi3i to Vlr.L R.
Williams.
Miss Henderson had been made
the heiress cf her grandfather and
when the wiil was opened after the
funeral it was fouad that the in
strument provided she should have
the prop!Pty on condition
she married Mr. Williams in his
presence. As the latter, had died
suddenly of apoplexy, the condition
was not known before death. In or
der to save the estate the body was
disinterred from its rest mg place in
a small cemetery in Susquehanna
county, Pa., and the marriage cere
mony was performed that night, the
casket being uncovered1 to comply
with the last request of tho deceased.
Miss Henderson and Mr. Williams
had been engaged for some time, and
the ceremony was only hastened by
the provisions of the will. .
If people only knew what we know
about Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, it
would be used in nearly every house
hold, as there are few people who do
hot suffer from a feeling of fullness
after eating, beltsfeicg, flatulence,
sour stomach or waterbrash, caused
by indigestion or dyspepsia. A
preparation such as Kodol Dyspep
sia Cure, which, with no aid from
the stomach, will digest your food,
certainly can't help but do you good.
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STATE NEWS-
The mountain peaches have been
killed.
A negro died Thursday in a Win
ston suburb from smallpox.
Greensboro negroesJiave been in
dulging in baths in the water works
pond.
It is said an oil well has been dis
covered on land in exas owned by
P. H. Haynes, the Winston million
aire. '
Miss "Convere." who is a daugh
ter of Col. H. C. Jones, of Charlotte,
and who is on the stage, refused to
to wear tights on the stage in Rich
mond. Sylvanus Hold nig, a former in
mate of the asylum and Soldiers'
Home, was found dead in -an unoc
cupied houe in Raleigh Friday
morning.
Ex-Secretary of State Cyrus
I hnmnsrm hac mnvori hoot "tn hm
ffjld home in Onslow . county from
uaieign. Me will resume the prac
tice of medicine in Onslow.
E. D. Brown, a druggist, of Can
ton, Buncombe county, eloped last
week with an. unmarried young
woman of that village. 'Brown
leaves a wife and three children.
A Charlotte man sent $2 to the
Secretary of the Treasury last week.
A short note was attached, : which
stated that the writer desired it
placed to the credit of the conscience
fund.
There are 231 cases of smallpox in
the State 38 in Durham, 45 in
Mecklenburg, 30 in Orange, 13 in
Robeson, 31 in Davidson, 17 m
Greene, 12 in Buncombe, and scat
tering cases in 11 other counties.
Wt A- Beck, of Jerusalem, Davie
county, died last week from the
effects of eating spoiled beef ;n a
negro restaurant in Salisbury sever
al weeks ago. He became sick soon
after eating the beef and grew rap
idly worse until he died.
A little girl of Morgan Cockers
ham, ofElkin, was bitten by a rabid
dog two or three weeks ago. One
night last week the little girl was
takenwith convulsions which follow
ed each other in rapid succession
until the next day. when she died.
L. W. Poovy, of Charlotte, aVnd
Miss Nannie Reid, of Hickory,
daughter of Postmaster Reid, of Ca
tawba, were secretly married near
Hickory Easter Sunday. The mar
riage was discovered last week. Miss
Reid received the attention of young
men as usual. They will go to house
keeping in Charlotte about June 1st.
Governor Aycock has pardoned
Will Morgan, a 19 year-old. white
boy, who was sentenced to work
four years on the Mecklenburg coun
ty chain gang for robbery. The pe
tition was signed by the solicitor
and 300 citizens. An aunt of the
prisoner took the petition to .the
Governor, and she burst into tears
when the Governor said: "I grant
the pardon." -
The Wilkesboro Chronicle tells of
a singular baptism in that county.
It says: "We learn that J. A. Se
bastian, of Rock Creek, is very low
with pneumonia perhaps dead by
now." Saturday he told his people
he must die and wanted to be bap
tised. They made a box, filled it
with water and baptised him. Sun
day he was no better; we have not
heard since then,"
The Supreme court last week de
cided that George A Jones is not yet
a judge and cannot hold a term of
Superior court till June 30th, Judge
Clark writes the opinion, holding
that "as there will be no Sixteenth
Judicial district till June 30th, 1901,
the Legislature could not authorize
the creation of the office of Judge of
the Sixteenth district to begin and
take effect before the district exist
ed' The Newton Enterprise tells of a
new apple in that section: "Mr.
Cicero Cline has introduced a new
variety of apple into this section
which is-an oddity. It has no bloom
The fruit comes out from the. body
of the tree and the limbs in the man
ner of .figs. The variety originated
in Watauga county. Mr Cline
brought the grafts from there and
now has several thrifty young trees
of this new apple. The nurseries in
the county have been getting grafts
from Mr. Cline and wilf - soon have
trees for the market."
A Missionary Movement in Turkey.
Constatinople Dispatch,' 3rd.
The Sultan, whose attention re
cently has been largely devoted to
religious matters, is engaged in or
ganizing a movment for the revival
of Mohammadanism, which is expect
ed to extend to all corners of the
earth.
Abdul Hamid is preparing for a
great pilgrimage, which is to be con
ducted under the patronage and en
couragement of the Turkish govern
ment, from the various Moslem
countries and communities iu Asia,
Africa and Europe. The Moslems
are to. come toConstantinople when
plans were perfected, and are to
salute Abdul Hamid as the true sue
cessor of Mahomet,
Besides this great movement for
the bringing of thousands of pil
grims to the Turkish capital, the
Mohammedans, under the leaders
ship of the Sultan, are to begin an
extensive proselyting movement in
behalf of their creed which is to ex
tend into all countries. The religion
of Mahomet.it is announced, is. not to
be spread by the aid of the sword,
but by missionaries, after the fash
ion of the Christian denominations.
Hundreds of missionaries will be
sent into all parts of the Orient to
answer and oppose the arguments
of the Christian missionaries.
It is said that this general move
ment for the spread of the Moslem
faith has been inspired by the' in
roads of Christianity on the Oriental
peoples, and that the Sultan and his
followers to counteract their influ
ence and put a stop to conversions
by the representatives of the sever
al Christian denominations.
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Good Adrlce. -
The most miserable beings in the
world are those suffering from Dys
pepsia and Liver Complaint. More
than seventy-live per cent, of the :
people in the United States are af
flicted with these two diseases and
their'effects; such as Sour Stomach,
Sick Headache, Habitual Costive
ness, Palpitation of the Heart,
Heart-burn, Waterbrash, Gnawing
and Burning Pains at the Pit of the
Stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated
Tongue and Disagreeable Taste in
the Mouth. Coming up of Food after
Eating, Low Spirits, etc. Go to
your Druggist and get a bottle of
August Flower for 75 cents.. Two
doses will relieve you. Try iu" Get
Green's Prize Almanac. W. F.
HalLJr.
Carl Kirkman, a Southern Rail
way fireman, was so badly injured
in the yard at Greensboro last
Thursday, that he died next day.
He was under his engine when a
shifting engine ran against it, caus
ing it to move on him. One arm
and one leg were cut off and he was
otherwise injured.
Story of a Slave,
To be bound hand and foot by the
chains of disease is the worst foror
of slavery. George D. Williams, of
Manchester, Mich., tells how such a
slave was made free. He says: "My
wife has been so helpless for five
vears that she could not turn over
in bed alone. After using two bot
tles of Electric Bitters, she is won
derfully improved and able to do
her own work." This supreme rem
edy for female diseases quickly cures
nervousness, sleeplessness, melan-
choly, headache, backache, fainting
and dizzy spells. This miracle work
ing medicine is a godsend to weak;
sickly, - run down people. "Every
bottle guaranteed. Only 50 cents.
Sold by W. F. Hall, Jr., Druggist,
The boys had a prize fight in Dur
ham last Thursday night. For some
time two local boxers had been in
training for a sparring match and
it was pulled off in a third story .
The tight lasted for two rounds and
resulted in a complete knockout for
one 01 the participants.
"I have been suffering from Dys
pepsia for the past t wenty years and
have been unable after trying all
preparations and physicians to . get
any relief, fter taking one bottle
of Kodol Dyspepsia cure I found re
lief and am now in better health than
I have been for twenty years, lean
not praise Kodol, Dyspepsia Cure
too highly." thus writes Jrs, C.
W, Roberts, North Creek, Ark.
W. F. Hall, Jr.
The Kenansville correspondent of
the Sampson Democrat says: "Mr.
Jim Stokes, 'Of our section, has been
shipping strawberries for two or
three weeks. Some of his berries
sold for $16 00 a crate. He is a fine
trucker and farmer, and easily leads
in everything pertaining to the
farm"
Geo. S. McCrary, a former Demo-.
cratic sheriff of Laurens county," S.
C, has been appointed chief deputy
to the U. S. marshal. of South Caro
lina. His appointment was urged by
Senator McLaurin.
It Saved His Leg.
P. A. Danforth, of LaGrange,Ga.,
suffered intensely for six months
with a frightful running sore-on his
leg, but writes that Bucklen's Arni
ca Salve wholly cured it in ten days.
For Ulcers, Wounds, Burns, Boils,
Pain or Piles it's the -best salve in
the world. Cure guaranteed. Only
25 cents. Sold by W. F. Hall, Jr.,
Druggist.
Mary Shannon, of "Newttfn, Mass.,
willed $125,000 to charitable institu
tions. The-Kittrell, N. C , Normal
and Industrial School for' negroes
gets $5,000. ,
If you have it, you
know it. You
know all
about the
heavy feeling
in the stomach, the
formation of gas, the
nausea, sick headache,
and general weakness of
the whole body,
You can't have it a week
without your blood
being impure and your
nerves all exhausted.
There's just one remedy
for you
' There's nothing new
about it. . Your grand
parents took it. 'Twas
an old Sarsaparilla before
other sarsaparillas were
known. It made the word
" Sarsaparilla " famous
over the whole world.
There's no other sarsa
parilla like it. In age and
power to cure it's " The
leader of them all." "
S1.M a kotu. AH intfrt.
Ayer's Pills cure constipation.
"After suffering terribly I was
Induced to try your Sarsaparilla. I
took three bottles and now feel like
a eew man. I would adr.'se all my
fellow creatures to try this medicine,
for it has stood the test ot time and
its curative -power cannot be ex
celled." LP. Goon,
Jan. 30, 1899. - Brown town, Va.
Write th Doctor.
If yon have any complaint whateter
and desire the best medical adrloe you'
can possibly receive, write the doctor
freely. Ton will receive prompt re
ply, without cost. Address,
Da. J. O. ATCB. Lowsll. Hsu. .
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