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1 1 if line nil jBEZ WE GUARANTEE TWICE AS LARGE AiCIRCULATION IN IREDELL AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES AS THAT OF ANY OTHER PAPER PUBLISHED. VOL. VIII. STATESVILLE, N. 0., THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1901. NO, 25. t SCROFULA AND ITS AWFUL HORRORS CURED BY Johnston's Sarsaparilla QUART BOTTLES. A. MOST WONDERFUL CURE. A Grand Old lady Glvea Hor Experience. Mrs. Thankful OrUla.Hard lives in the beautiful villaee of Rrte-ntrw the year 1812, fba year of the great war, in Hebron, Washington Co New York. She came to Michigan in 1840, the year of "TippJcanoe and 'ttS too " All her faculties are excellently pred, iP5SSSig a reS tentive memory, her mind is full of interesting reminiscences of her larS V-Ie0tiS7 hayv f thf Staief Mhigan and-the interesting IndTS markablepeople she has met, and the stirring events of which she was a wit Ee " B nothing In her yaried atfdrmanlfold recollections are more mar JmiNSTO aSe her "Periences in the use ol JOHNSTON S SARSAPARILLA. MrB. Hurd inherited a tendency and pre disposition to scrofula, that terribly destructive blood taint which has cursed and is cursing the lives or thousands and marking thousands more as vio Aims of the death angel. Transmitted from generation to peneratlon, It ii found in neary every famny in one form or another. It may make its an rearance n dreadful running sores, n unsightly .swellings in the neck 01 goitre or in eruptions of varied forms: Attacking the mucous membrane, may be known as catar in the head, or developing in the langs It may be! and often Is, the prime cause or consumption Speaking of her case, Mrs. Hurd says: "I was troubled for many yeart with a bad skin disease. My arms and umb8 would Dteak 0XJt " f,Sh?.vC Sf'nnfJ mTatttr' My Deck to 6 and becamfTery unsightly in appearance My body was covered with scrofulous eruptions. mlrh Mv 5w "5 JT?7 n&!ime weakened, and they pained me very fLntYntZl 9i?i le7 bad condition and my head ached sev.rely at frequent Intervals, and I had no appetite I had sores also In hit pt t was in a miserable condition, I had tri?d evry remedy that had ben ?elom tTHttn,?"?0' had failed. One of the best pSXESTn wer beSinnln. To ?? BCful0U8 consumption, as internal abcesse. lS?: VLW 2" tol of Dr- Johnston, of Detroit, and tMng else, as I had no faith in it, and brjran to grow better. You can be'sure "I,hiK;s: BY i 6tea?ny proved . i meu a uoine. mora us nn priwr mert Yan t,. " p' uu ine Daa symptoms ml I have never been troubled with of M years Is not a young woman, bnt VrZVS a5d 1 ?rmly believe that JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA la the Lrnf,tfi Wid punfie.r and the be9t meiiclne In the wide world, both for not JS tri 88 a SPAlDg medlcine" remarkably Interesting old lady dfd not lok to be more than sixty, and she repeated several times, "I believe mj bfe was saved by JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA." J MiomaAW SRua ooupanr, Detroit, bqoh. h fd by Mirt son & indtrson and T;i vlorsv ille Drug Co. king is Jure and how about that new Spring Suit. Our stock is complete consisting of the newest and Most up-to-date Things In Flannel. Fancy Worsted, &c. We sell the kind that pives satisfaction ard reroemt ruber we will save you mouey. It will pay you to see our linofHats, Shirts, &c. Something new to-show you in a collar. Come to see us. Thanking you, we are Very truly, - Sloan Olothing.Co. mm I handle all kinds of Granite and the best quality. Best Material, - First fctatesville, N. C. The First National Bank OF STATESVILLE, ft. C, t...tiir.onkr Bank ice Business. Deposits received subiect Iheck on sight. Interest paid on time deposit. Money loaned on good ki.4.,i or,ri nprsnnal securitv. Special attention paid to collections on In r.r-orWU'A nr remitted at c Mprr Vianls. acufadtif is pi d in the most favorable terms -lfl A COOPf Pi President, fJEO. n- rtSf Qviv. Cashier. ' Eclipse Portable ith simultaneous racket settin? hd blocks and cable rope teeu, iost sensitive feed ever put on a saw iill, also Frick Company's ENGINES AND BOILERS, 'ortable ou wheels or sins, onerv entrines and boilers, ii 9, au,t th3 great hUl climomi .clipse traction engine. A v bttou Gins at low prices. atesville, N jWvtq-datf ana The Mascot Printing Co Ring nra-TO-DATB - PUCES. Drop greatly to my agreeable YurDrlsT I FMOiVltJSki until I became entirely wellf All the disappeared, tomfni. -in, I gained perfect health. T h wiI Marble known o the trade and - Olass work and Lowest Prices 3. lowest rates. Accounts of Corpor Icdivicli als- solicited and received . J.O. IrllW, Vice Priden Circiilar Saw Mill vV.B.Turner. Over PostOn Bros l MARBLE WORK let's Talk It Over. EVERY business man who expects to increase his business and be in the push must have printing done and he wants the best printing that is at tractive. : : : : : : : : : : : YOU JWILL FIND US prepared to do your printing in the latest, up-to-date styles and at prices too low to mention. WTe do printing that will help your business ad you'll be pleased with our work and prices : : us up 'Phone, 35. oa Postal Card. ins Prices that please. 31 akes Uim Sick After Four Years. Mooresville Enterprise. During the month of May in 1897 Mr. Allen Brown was bitten on the arm by a spider, from the effects of which he has suffered at intervals ever since. Along about the first of the present month his hands began toswell andthe flesh in tender, places turned purple aad then blue. For a week Mr. Brown was sick and gen erally depressed, but the sickness aDd swelling, has passed off and he is gaining in strength daily. He says he gets spotted and is subject to these attacks during the month of May each year, and has experienced this peculiar affliction ever since he was bitten by the spider. An Old Negro Preacher Dead. New London, Conn., Dispatch, 17th. Rev. Wm. H. Connor; believed to have been the oldest negro preacher in the country, died at his home in this "fcCity today, aged nearly 101 years, He was born in slavery in rfhitmarsh township, in what is now Baltimore county, Maryland. In Ibzv he escaped and for years was employed in a hotel in New York. He came to New London in 840. He began preaching before 850 and though never ordained, was t the head of the negro religious society here and was affectionately known as Father Connor. His powers were remarkably preserved up to a short time ago. Gov. Ay cock's Use of Pardoning Pow- er. Morganton Herald. The papers are having too much to say, we think, about the pardons issued by our Governor Aycoek. This paper never intends to join in abuse of a man because he is merci- ul. As Bob Taylor told Sam Jones, but, for the mercy of God, we would all be lost. , We never blamed Rus sell for his pardons; we do not blame Aycoek. We honor the man whose soul is touched with human pity, and whose ear is open to a woman's prayers. When a petition comes, signed by the judge, jury, solicitor, and good men of the vicinage, the governorought to honor it; when a poor wife, mother or daughter sues at the governor's feet for the free dom of husband, son. or father, he ought to be excused for the exercise of that mercy which makes us kin with God. Child Left in a Field Spartanburg, S. C, Dispatch, 17th. Great excitement was caused here to-day by a stranger who drove up to Fair Forest and went out in Mr, Keller's, cotton field and deposited a bundle on the ground. Several children saw it and when the man left they went out to see what it was he had left. Thev found a live baby about a week old. The neighborhood was aroused and the man was followed to town but when they got here he and a young woman had just left on the Asheville train. Chief Dean used the wires and had them arrested at Hendersonville, The man's name is Gus Shaw. The woman's name is not known. The couple will be prosecuted here to the full extent of the law, as it looks as if it was the intention to leave the babe to die in the field A Wilkes Parmer Hangs Himself. Snaw, Wilkes County. Special to Raleigh News and Observer. A shocking suicide occurred near Hunting Creek, in this county, Wilkes, yesterday morning. Mr P. C. Johnson, a well to do farmer, was found hanirins in an old tenant house on his farm by one of his chil dren. who was searching for hen's nests. The tragedy has shocked the community. ro motive can be lm atrined for the deed as Mr. Johnson has always been a good citizen, member of the church and respected by all who knew him. His ' home life was pleasant so far as anyone knew. He leaves a wife and eight children; the youngest only one week old. This tragedy occurred near th place where the Rev. J. O Moore committed suicide about one year ago, and in the same communi tv where Jas. Marlowe was killed last August by J. P. Lewis. A strange fatallity seems to hover over this locality. A Mr. Sproks, was found dead in his was;on in the same neighborhood in February last, Knjjineer Scalped in a Wreck. Teachey's Special to Raleigh News and Obser ver, 16th. Early this morninsr, between 12 and 1 o'elock, there was a rear-eud collision here on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. It resulted in the serious injury of the engineer the complete wreck ot nis engine and the burning of twoexpress cars The accident seems to have been due to the failure of the flagman on the first train to put out his lights. Both trains were composed cf empty cars, being hauled to the trucking district for the use of ber ry shippers.' They were running pretty close together. The front train, composed of express cars, stopped at Teachey's and the train of refrigerator cars behind ran into it at a speed of about twenty miles an hour, As no lights were out, Engineer Pemberton, who was pulling the re frigerator train, did not see the ex press train until he was almost upon it. Then he called to the fireman to save himself, and the negro did so by running back upon the cars. Mr. Pemberton, however, was hurled with terrific force from his cab. His head struck the sharp end of a crosstie and his scalp was literally torn away, from his forehead to the back of his head. His breast was also injured, but it is hoped not se riously. The scalp has been sewed back on and he is at the hotel resting as well as could be expected. A Powder Mill Explosion Removes everything in sight; so do drastic mineral pills, but both are mighty dangerous. Don t dynamite the delicate machinery of your body with calomel,croton oil or aloes pills, wheaDf. King's New Life Pills, which are gentle as a summer breeze, do the work perfectly. Cures head ache. Constipation. Only 2o cents at W. F. Hall's drug store. One of His Lungs Cut Out Santa Ana, Cal., Dispatch, 17th. Perry Taylor, of this place, is one of the human beings from whom doctors have .successfully removed an entire lung. The patient, who is 26 years of age. was stricken about four years ago with what he believed was galloping consumption and was treated accordingly by -the physi cians consulted. Fully 240 cysts were removed iu one operation, and then it was decided that the whole lung would have to come out. The operation was successfully perform ed. Taylor seems to have recovered bis strength and is in the best , of spirits. Gold Piece Found In a Horse's Foot. Manteo,Dare county. Sptcial to Kaleigh News and Observer. 17th. A rather unique occurrence is re ported from the upptr part of R.n- noke Island. The story goes that one of the re&ident citizens, Mr. Charles Meekins, recently bought a horse in Elizabeth City and after bringing it home and using it some time had occasion to remove some 'caked" dirt from the hollow of tbc horse's foot, when to his surprise he found a ten dollar gold coin imbedd ed in the accumulated dirt Many owners of horses, formerly owned in Elizabeth City, have since manifest ed much interest in the condition of their feet. Knew That Ho Was Going to Die. Morvistown, Pa,, Dispatch, 17th, A strange case of premonition of death occurred in Bridgeport. Thos. Dillon, an aged resident, on arising in the morning, announced to his children that, while he was not feel ing ill, he believed that he would not be with them long; in fact, he did not think he would see the light of another day He went to walk in the morning. returned for dinner, after which he took a bath and put on clean under wear, saying that he wanted to die clean. He then went to bed, .and though medical aid was summoned, all efforts to prevent the. aged man's prediction coming' true were una vailing. He peacefully passed away in a few hours. Society May Kill Mrs. Uage. ( Washington Dispatch, 17th. Doubts are entertained of the re covery of Mrs. Lyman J. Gage, wife of the Secretary of the Treasury. She is suffering from rheumatic troubles, accompanied by low fever. Mrs. Gage, according to her phy sician, is paying tne penalty or too great devotion to her social duties. Last winter Mrs. Hay, wife of the Secretary of State, was in mourning for her mother, and Mrs. Gage bore the brunt of all official entertain ments. She collapsed after the in augural festivities. Mrs. Gage's daughter anfTsister, from Eyanston, 111., are with her, but no visitors have been admitted to her sick room for nearly a month. The Right Sort. Haleigh News and Observer, Referring to the removal of W. W. Mills from Carthage to Mr. Bis- coe, the Carthage Blade says: "In July, 188b, he began to work at 40 cents a day and is now worth 125,000, earned by energy and bus iness capacity. Such a man is valu able to a town, county and State." Mr. Mills is the right sort. His success ought to be an inspiration to young men to put their shoulders to the wheel, to despise not the day of small things, but to use brain and industry to develop their State. and secure their own advancement. Mr. ttlills is a brother of Mr. J. A. Mills, of Raleigh, president of the wagon factory and the railroad from Ra leigh toFuquay. He, too, has1 been emi nently successful, and is a worthy example to ambitious young men who are ready to begin at the bot tom, work hard and use their wits. It Is Reciprocity. Raleigh News and Observer. Mr. Wm. E. Curtis, writing from Columbia, S. C, says that in Wash ington, "whenever legislation vital to the Republican interests or strongly desired by the administra tion was pending McLaurin habitu ally voted with the President's par ty, which caused some comment. It was understood by the Republican leaders that his vote could be de pended upon whenever it was need ed, and as a matter of reciprocity the President and the members of the Cabinet accepted bis recommen dations in appointments to office and other official matters in South Carolina." That's it exactly. Mc Laurin gave his vote ''whenever leg islation vital to Republican interests or strongly desired by the adminis tration was pending, and as pay ment he is distributing Federal offices to help elect himself to the Senate. And that's why all true Democrats can have no part nor lot with him. practical Education- We have received an interesting little handbook on this subject issu ed by the North Carolina College of Agriculture and aiecnanic Arts, a couple of quotations from it will in dicate its character: . "The world is demanding men who can do, as well as think. The best equippment for a young man today is technical skill, knowledge and power. A century ago education was for the few, and was designed to fit them for the learned professions; today education is for the many, and is in tended to equipp them for life's practical work." . Any lad desiring to be an engi neer, manufacturer, electrician, chemist, machinest, mechanic, dai rvn.an. farmer or fruit grower should write for a copy of this book let to President Winston. Kaleign, N.C.. . rT Volcanic Eruptions Are grand but Skin Eruptions rob life -of joy. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures them; also Old, Running and Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, iJ'el ons. Corns. Warts, Cats, Bruises, BurnsC.Scalds, Chapped hands, Chil blains. Best Pils cure ton earth Drives out Pains and Aches. Only 25 cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by W. F. Hall, Druggist. " Iared a. Minister to Fight.! New Orleans Dispatch 17th, "Dr. Gregory, of Baltimore: "You insulted me without any cause that I know of, and not only that; but kept me away from the table of your good brothers and friends of mine today, you coward. Your people and my people have all bpen fno:! ppople, and I hold you for tbt insult acd will meet you in five minutes if you don't apologize. - V'R. H. Morrison." VIn ten mirutf-s be ready, you "R. H. M." This was the letter sent, to the Rev. Di Gregory, one of the most conspicuous figures at the Baptist Convention which closed in this city last night The letter was turned over to the police and later a detec tive succeeded in disarming the an irry Morrison when he reached the hotel -'?Mh biocd in hi? eye. Morrison was expelled from th'e hotel dining room last night at the request of Dr. Gregory, it being charged that the man was not act ing iu a K-.cotniuy manner. He went at once ' his hotel, the Victo ria, and endeavored to secure a pis tol with -which !r wipe out the af front nd at once mailed the chal lenge. - . Mrs. GregoryHvas terribly alarm ed and the St. Charles Hotel set into a commotion. Morrison is a former newspaper man of Shelby, N. C, and is ofcis way to Oklahoma. He claims to night that his blood has cooled and no further danger is feared. Wife Rufnsea to Sign l'et.tion to Save Husband's TCeek. Terra Alta, W Va Dispatch, 17U1, Oue morning last November David A. Nine was sitting in .his barn, with a hired man, husking corn, when J. Wesley Boatty, the hus band of Nine's sister, came up with a shotgun and shot Nine dead. The men were both wealthy, about 65 years old, and bad been fast friends till Nine had Beatty's son fined for stealing cider. Beatty escaped, but 10 days later surrendered, was tried, and condemned to die. He is now at Moundsville awaiting execution. Friends of Beatty circulated a pe tition to the Governor to commute t he sentence to' life imprisonment. Friends of the dead man circulated a counter-petition, asking that the law take its course. Surprise was expressed when Mrs. Beatty refused to sign the first petition, but it was increased when she signed the sec ond. Owing to criticism of her act, Mrs. Beatty yesterday gave out a public statement. She says her husband has always possessed a violent temper; that on more than one occasion he had struck her, and that but. for his threats to murder her she would have separated from him twenty years ago. She sa37s he had murder in his heart against every one who offended him, and that death is his just desert. She says her brother, who was killed, was a kind-hearted, generous man, who had done much for Beatty, and but for him Beatty would have been in trouble long since. She has no regrets. In. an interview a few days ago Beattj' said in his cell at Mounds ville that his wife had expected him to kill Nine and had driven him to do it. Child Ijelt on the Doorstep. Columbia State 17th. Tuesday night about midnight the Rev. R. P. Pell, president of the Presbyterian College for Women, went don to close the front door before he retired. He heard a noise which he at first thought came from a cat. He looked around ;o run the animal away and was amazed toind that the noise was made by a little baby. He reported to police headquarters and asked that an officer be sent out. Meanwhile the infant was cared for at the college. The waif is a little girl, about four or five weeks old, healthy and pretty. Her clothes are not of the finest material, but very nicely made. The baby 's fine condi tion and the neatness of its clothes indicated anything else than poverty- Mr. Pell not being in positioa to care for the little one, turned it over to some good women who conduct the "Door of Hope." There the lit tle ouo is now, aud she is being well cared for. The child had not long been on the porch when Mr. Pell found it, for some one had been on the porch not half an hour before, and the waif was net there then. These facts were williDgly given by Dr. Pell yesterday. It is probable that the bundle was brought into the city on one of the night trains and deposited on the porch of this inviting and homelike place. Woman Shoots at a Nephew of Am bassador Choate. Denver, Colo., Dispatch, 17th. Mrs. iuartna Ji.wart, who snot in effectively twice at Jos. K. Choate, president of the Denver Cotton Mills Company, and nephew of U- nited States Ambassador Choate, last night at the office of Wolcott & Vaile, was released on bond of $500 today. Information was filed in the Criminal Court to day, charging Mrs. Ewart with attempted murder. Mr. Cboate's attorney made a statement for publication a3 to the events that led up to the shooting. It was to the effect that in June, 1900, Mrs.' Ewart Sled a suit for breach of promise against Mr. Choate. To avoid publicity, al though denying liability, Mr.Ghoate settled with the woman, payicg her $4,000 Last evening she went to the Choate residence, demanding ad ditional money on account of her claim. Mr. Choat e accompanied her to Mr. Vaile 's office, where the shooting occurred later, Mr. Choate was married to Jiss Alice Muller, at Brooklyn, N. Y., last February.. - DeWitt's Little Early Risers search- the remotest, parts of the bowel and reuiove the 'impurities speedily with no' discomfort. They are famous for their efficacy.- Easy to take, never gripe-' W.f F. Hall, Jr. . . Bow Are TCmnr Kidneys t Dr. Hobbs' 8param PiUs core all kidney lUs. Bam pie free. AddSlerUng iicmedy Co.,X;uicaso or K. Y. GEXKR A Li NE WS. The Globe Cotton Mills, A.ugusta, Ga., burned last Thursday. Loss $55,000; insurance 135,000. The Talladega Mills, Talladega, Ga.. burned last Thursday. Loss 160.000: insurance $35,000 The U;iness portion of Milner, Ga.. v almost totally destroyed by fire last Thursday niht. E. L. Chetwood. a bank clerk of New York, is short in his accounts $20,000. He has been arrested President McKinley has reached San Francisco. His wife is in the hospital there suffering from a fel on. Six miners were killed and ten in jured in an explosion at the George's Creek mines, near Fairmont, W.Ja., las,t Thuay. Rev. Tfr. N. M . Woods, of Mem phis, Te.;n., was elected moderator of the Southern Presbyterian GetDer ai Assembly last Thursday. Thero was bloodshed in the Al bany, N Y., street car strike Tues day. S.-veral substitute tnotormen and con-iuctors were injured by the strikers. Edith 'phomas,a: writer and worker among 'he poor, shot and killed her self in New York Tuesday. Exces sive zeal in her work is thought to have unbalanced her mimd. An electric car got away from the motorman near Fort Lee,N. J. Sun day and dashed down a steep hill. Every person on the car was more or less hurt, three of them seriously. It is thought the conductor will die. Saturday the Standard Tack aud Brad Company, of Indianapolis. Tnd. had to close its plant on account of drunkenness among its employes. The manager says the works have ben closed 20 times since the first of the year from the same cause. Theresa Ressell, one of "Buckskin Bill's Wild West" show jrirls, was killed while trying to execute for the first time a hazardous equestrian feat at Vincennes, Ind., Tuesday. She attempted o jump from one horse to mother, and her foot caught in the stirrup. The machinists in iron working establishments throughout the coun try will strike on the 20th. unless their demands of a nine hour day and a increase of 12 per cent, in wages are granted. The strike will call out 150.000 men and involve $500,000. A'iparty of 26 young people were out on a ": tarliirht ride Saturday night at College Point, N. Y.,-when ineir conveyance collided witn a trolley car. Two were killed, sever ai were si-i iousiy nun ana all were more or less injured. A train on the Illinois Central jumped the track Monday near Haz- elfaurst, Miss., aud two trainmen were killed and three injured. The mail car jumped the track into a pond by the road bed and killed three mules which- were being watered. The train was running very fast. No passengers weise injured. Early Saturday morning burerlars entered a Catholic parsonage at Ma hanoy City, Pa., and robbed the priest of $200 in cash, a gold watch and valuable trinkets. The priest was sick and the burglars chatted pleasantly with hiui while robbing him. As tney left they expressed the hope that he would soon be re stored to health. Wm. Bradburn, of . Pittsburg, dealt in corn futures with a Pitts burg bucket shop and "closed out his deal at a profit of$S00. He demand ed his mouey andwas put offtill next day. He went next morning and the bucket shop man refused to pay him. Bradburn then got a shotgun, loaded it with buckshot, went to the bucket shop and forced them to pa3' his money at the muzzle of his gun. He was arrested but still has his money. Merritt Chism, a very wealthy farmer of Carter, Ills, brutally mur dered his wife Sunday. A quarrel arose as they were star tingito church in a buggy. Chism jumped into the bug,g' and cut his wife's face aud neck to pieces with a knife. H&then threw Ler out, and jumped on the prostrate body and stabbed her re peatedly. Her son attempted to in- teriere, wuen t;msm cut cim. umsm then ran and tried to drown himself He then went to the house of his son and attempted to shoot himself, but his soa everpovered him. Heisone of the wealthiest farmers in the county, owning a large farm and other property worth 200,000. Sparks' Show Coming. John H. Sparks' New Railroad Shows and Trained Aal Exposi tion will exhibit in Statesvillon May 28 Tuesday afternoou and evening. Admission only 10 and 25 cents. This show is k nown the world over as the largest, grandest and best 25 cent show on the road, with all new, startling, original aud up-do-date features. The finest performing lions, wolves aud elephants on earth are to be seen with Sparks' big one ring show, together with a troupe of highly educated horses, ponies, mules, dogs, troats and monkeys, aU so a fine acrobatic and gymnastic performance and six funny clowns. See Romeo, the largest lion in cap tivity and Mary, the smallest baby elephant ever on exhibition. See our grand free balloon ascension, with a parachute jump. -This is giv en free to all from the show ground at 1 and 7 p. m , rain or shine. Don't miss it. It alone is worth, going many miles to see and it cost you nothing: Mr. Sparks offers a hand some bedroom suit to any couple that will take a trip in his big bridal balloon and get married. Now is your chance for a big novel wed ding and abacdsome present, and no danger of any accident at all. There have been hundreds of successful marriages in this big balloon and not a single accident. '. Now is a chance " of a life time. Don't mis it. . Don't miss seeing the famous Wentz family of acrobats 8 in number, 4 lacies and 4 gentle men, the champion aerialists of the world. .. - . . ,. STATE NEWS. The State Bar Association meets at Wrights ville June 26 28. Willis A. Shell, a Warren countv soldier, was killed in the Philippines. L. A. Moody, a merchant of Al bemarle, has failed for $2,500. with $1,000 assets. One cottoo mill operative named Barnett killed' another named Hall at King's Mountain Friday, cutting him to death. A pension of $72 a month, the larg est possible to grant for injuries re ceived in the Spanish war, has been granted to Mack McCrary.of Draco, Solicitor Marshall L. Mott has created a stir in Winston by having thirty merchants indicted for fau- Dg to make their purchase tax re urns. Wilmington has appropriated $3,000 from the city funds for the relief of the Jacksonville fire suffer ers. The money was sent last Thursday. A school census of the rural- dis ricts in Wake countv shows that 220 white and 391 colored children between theatres of 12 and 21 cannot read and write. There are six cases of smallnox on Mr. John Allison's farm; about five miles from Concord. A white wo man aud her five children haye the disease in a violent form. A 12-year-old son of Ike Daven port, who lives near Marion, was killed Thursday afternoon by a run away team, fie was thrown out of the wagon and his neck was broken. Congressman Blackburn has an- pointed Walter S. SturHll. son of ex-Sheriff Sturgill, of Ashe county, cadet to West Point. John T. Pat terson, of Morganton, is appointed alternate. In a storm at Elkin Fridav two roofs wer 3 blown off and 15,000 brick were ruined. Lightning kill ed two mules belonging to William Bryant, who lives two miles from the town. - W. G. Drum, an electrician of Asheville, was killed Thursdav af ternoon while connectini? some wires. He was on a doIp. when the circuit came on. He was unmarried and was from Bowling Green, Ky. Maolewood. th brick Hamilton Erwin, on John's river, near Morsranton. was burned Thurs day night, with nearly all its con tents, inenre originated in the kitchin. Loss about $4,000, with no insurance. During a storm Thursday night the new chapel of the E. L. Shuford Cotton Mill, which had just been completed at a cost of $700 by the Reformed congregation, was struck by lightning and totally destroyed. There was $400 insurance on the building. s 'After a show in Newbern Friday night, two negro men fired half a dozen shots at another negro with out regard for the crowd on the grounds with the result that two negro women, Martha Capps and her daughter, wee shot, the mother fatally and the daughter only slight ly. - A fourteen-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lindsey, of Monroe, died Thursday on the train between Rutherfordton and Monroe. The child had been sick for some time and a week ago its - parents took it to Rutherfordton with the hope that a change would be bene ficial. The child got no better and its parents started home with it yesterday afternoon, but death came before reaching home. Friday night, when J. J. Lock hart's family returned home from churchin Monroe,' they found a ne gro thief in the house. As they went in at the front door, the thief jumped out at a rear window. Lock hart chased the negro for some dis tance, when the thief drew a pistol and Lockhart, being unarmed, had to stop. Only a hat was stolen, al though a trunk had been carried from the house but was left intact. The will of the late Mrs. Virginia Swepsonwas probated in Raleigh Friday. She left $18,432 to Wake Forest College; $25,000 to the. Bap tist Female University at Raleigh; $1,500 to the Thomasville Orphan age, $1,000 to the Baptist Woman's Missionary Society, and $2,000 to the Swepsonville Baptist church. The residue of the estate is divided among a large number of her rela tives. The estate is valued at $150, 000. Work is progressing on the Ro wan county asylum, a place of con- ; finement for the insane who are un able to obtain entrance at the State Hospital. It is' a one-story brick building, located in the yard back of the jail. When no room could be made at Morganton for a person whose mental condition was such as to make him dangerous to himself or others, there only remained the disgraceful alternative of going to jail. It is to meet this State of af- j fairs that the building is going up. n is me urst oi tne Kina in iNortn Carolina. Young Cape, the mechanic, who shot his sweetheart, Miss Baker, submitted in Burke Superior Court last Thursday. The young lady ap peared as a witness. The bullet wound on her cheek had only left a ! pretty dimple, and she told the sto- j ry of her lover s escapade with evi i dent reluctance. Cape plead guilty j and was at first sentenced to a year oa the roads, but upon the interces sion of Miss Baker aud upon proof i of his excellent character, the sen tence was commuted to a bne and costs. The evidence showed that Cape had not been drunk since he came to Morganton except on the occasion when he shot Miss Baker. "Our little girl was unconscious from strangulation during a sudden and terrible attack of croup. I quickly secured a bottle of One Min- ute Cough Cure, -giving her three 1 doses. The croup was mastered and f our little darling speedily recover ed." So writes A." L. Spafford, Chester, Mich.W. F.Hall, Jr. Good Advice. The most miserable beintrs in t.h world are those suffering from Dys pepsia and Liver Complaint. More than seventy-five per cent, of the people in the United States arp af flicted with these two diseases and their effects; such as Sour Stomach, Sick Headache,: Habitual Costive ness, Palpitation of the Heart, tieari-ourn, waterbrash, Gnawing and Burning Pains at the Pit of the Stomach. Yellow Skin r!ouwi f ' - ' - M J V UV kV,Vt Tongue and Disagreeable Taste in tne iviouin. 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 it. Get ureen s I'rize Almanac. W, F. Hall, Jr. - s - ' . Four men were killed last, Thurs day night in a fire which destroyed the steamer Owensboro. at-Cauboua, Ky. The men were asleep in the hold and were overcome with smoke. "I have been suffering from Dys- pepsia forthe past twenty 3'?ars and have heen nnnhla nfror tviiin r.H ,iv, l J lu, ...i preparations and physiciajs to get a n r vol i of & ff av f v- - K 4 1 of Kodol Dyspepsia cure I found re lief and am now in better health than T hat'D llunn frt tirnwf if 0'mS T not praise Kodol Dyspepsia Cure i iiuij. iuua w i lies iiii b. W, Roberts, North Creek, Ark. W.F.Hall, Jr. General Mascargo and 323' Filipi nos surrendered at San Antouia, Philippine Islands, Friday. If people only knew what we kuow about Iodol Dyspepsia Cure, it would be used in nearly every house hold, as there are few people who. do not suffer from a feeling of fullness after eating, belching,, 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. W. F. Hall, Jr. Hon. E. F. Uhl, late Assistant Secretary of State and ambassador to Germany under the Cleveland administration, died Friday at De troit, Mich. The least in quantity and most in quality describes DeWitt's Little Early, Risers, the famous pills for constipation, and liver complaints. W. F. Hall, Jr. Rev. Liston D. Bass4was recently convicted of using the mails for the purpose to defraud at Moundsville, W. Va., and was sentenced t6 three years in the penitentiary. -He is pastor of. two churches. You are much more liable to dis ease when your liver and bowels do not act properly. DeWitt's Little EarlyRisers remove the cause cf disease. W. F. Hall. Jr. Mrs. Gage, wife of Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, died in Washington Friday night. She leaves no children. The interment will be at Chicago. She was a native of Albany, N. Y., was married in 1887, and was 58- j'ears old at tie time of death. No Itigbt to Ugliness. The woman who is lovely in face, form and temper will always have friends, but one who would be at tractive must keep her heaTth. If she is weak, sickly and all run down, she will be nervous and irritable. If she has constipation or kidney trou ble, her impure blood will cause pim ples, blotches, skin eruptions and a wretched complexion. Electric Bit ters is the best medicine in the world to regulate stomach, liver and kid neys and to purify the blood. It gives strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin, rich complex ion. It will make a good looking, charming woman of a run down in valid. Only 50 cents at V. F. Hall's Drug Store. Ever have them? Then we can't tell you any thing about them. You know how dark everything looks id how you are about ready to give up. Some how, you can't throw off the terrible depression. Are things really so blue? Isn't it your nerves, after all? That's where the trouble is. Your nerves are beingpoisoned from the impurities in your blood. purifies the blood and gives power and stability to the nerves. It makes health and strength, activ ity and cheerfulness. This is what "Ayer's" will do for ypu. It's the oldest Sarsaparilla in the land, the kind that was old before other Sarsa parillas were known. This also accounts for the saying, " One bottle of Ayer's is worth three bottles of the ordinary kind." JEOO battle. AU Ironists. Wrtta tha Doctor. If yon hare any complaint whaterer and desire the best medical ad-rice 70a can possibly receire, write the doctor freely. You receive a jrompt i- ri piy. wunoni cost. Anurws. Da. J. C. ATEK, LoweUllAi. tsialas4bJsssWitMil I n Vi ung Ef iu mi r r ts an 1 4