TO 'strr "V. WE GUARANTEE rWICE AS LARGE A CIRCULATION IN IREDELL AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES AS THAT OF ANY OTHER PAPER PUBLISHED. States! oi. 8, 5? h the o tiff for I VOL. VIIL STATESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 190L NO. 31. A cheeks -Each bottle contains quart. lfc,.?2lSot6ed rlT. aiuT.D IVir '"."Tf 0 "gr fl Jt, iGUljresUoo, palpitation orth. heart, 6q!d hands aad feet, nerTou0as7strpleuaeu, onscylr wtakoe. beering-dowft mIm, bdtkacha, leeache, Irregular action of the heart, hurthfs of breath, abnormal dUchargea Kh rilnW menstruation, scalding of aria. ejuna orwt, soreness o tne breasts, neuralgia, nterine dUplajcemeat, and all.tnose nptouis whijh make the average womar Ufe so inlmcrabla. We hare a book full oi ympu health ilu uuifumnwi. i wim n if tree,- "THE MIC iqAFTpRtJO CO." Detroit, Mlcft. Uverettea for LWe Cla. The Fumh LKtU Ltrer PUU. 5C. by F.imson & Audfrson and Tavlersville Drug Co. 'rills NORTH CAROLINA . State - Normal - and - Industrial - College. Litcraiy, Classical, Scientific, Owpmerdali v .' Industrial. Pedagogical and Musical. Ar.iinnl expanses S" to $140, for lion-renideutt of the State fifto. Faculty ef 0 members uf.M and Obei valion cl)ool of about 150 pupils. To secure board in the doimitoiffS all froe Applications hhould he made before July 15th. Session opens September loth, t urresiMiiuletice un ited from those desiring competent teachers and stenographers Vim CtUiiloguc and other infermntion address President CHARLES D, MclVER, Greensboro, N,G. atd l.c-w stout t bst itv Spring Suit. Our rftcck is ctmplcie eoiuisiic of tie newest and Mcst up-to-dat Things In FBciel. Farcy "Woi i-ttd, &c. We ifll the kind that iives satisfaction ard remorr ember we will save you noncy. It will pay you to s-ee our line of Hats, Shirty, &c Something new to show you in a collar. Come to "fee Qs. Thanking you, we are Very truly, Sloan Clothing Co. IWim MARBLE WOH I handle all kinds of Granite aud the best quality. E est Material, First Staif&vUJe, JS, C. ThiB First National C F STATE8VILLE, N. C. Transacts a Regular Banking Busiressr Deposits received subject to check on sight. Inierest paid on time deposits. Money loaned on good collateral and personal security. Special attention paid to collections on all points, and credited or remitted at lowest rate.s. Accounts of Corpoj atiuns, Merchants, anufocluit is aid Individuals solicited and received ou the most favorable terms. OFFICEBS: A C COP J R, President, J.O. IrTlW, Vice Prssiden GEO-JH- KpWIV,'ra8liier. Eclipse Portable With simultaneous racket setting head blocks ind cable rope feed, the nuifct sensitive feed ever put an a saw mill, also Frick Company's ENGINE 3 - AND BOILERS, Portable on wheels or sills. Sta tiouery engines and boilers, any ize, and the great hill climbing "Eclipse traction engine. A Cotton Gins at low prices. Statesville, N." C. The Wide World Over THE MONARCH IKING. $25.00 Buys ik 1901Sic7cl Gear Chainless G0.00. Coaster-Brake $5.00 extra. Cushion Frame $5 00. Send for our beautiful catalog free. Monarch sales department, : 0 Warren St. - NEW YORK Word p.rtr. 3 Suffering Women. Wtterrag foa bo tbraazh. mv a i i necessary Uoat lOSe TOUT health and Kp'.mI., J-ff- A. - '" 1 L Li . ' """" " Wwaki ourruca. LwcorAaa. White. EterUlty, Ukerv maia, ail find relief, help, oenefat ana cm u Marble known o the trade - Glass work arid and Lowest Circular Saw Mill vV.E.Turner. Over Poston Bros Bank EDITORIAL. NOrES. Ex-Senator Arthur P. Gorman is an announced candidate for the Maryland SenatorshJp, and we hope he will win. It'is said all factions of the Maryland Democracy are united in his support and, if that be true, his chances are good. Senator Gorman, while differing with the platform of the- af fcy, has given a loyal sup port to all Democratic nominees. He Is one of the greatest pollMciana of Aq DeTbeeratio party and his re turn to the Senate would be cause for rejoicing. la a signed article in .a Buffalo paper Mr. Bryan says- "I am not only not a candidate for anyjoffice, but I have no candidate in mind for any omce. My interest centres in principles, and men are important only as they aid in car rying out these principles. 'The Democratic party stands for definite, positive principles, and un less I mistake the sentiments of the masses the voters will insist upon adhering to these principles in spite of the threats of re-organizers. Those who argue from the stand point of expediency will have influ ence with the voters, because no one can say . what is expedient. We may deserve to win and yet lose; but it still remains that to deserve to win is the surest road to success," This ought to silence the papers which are eternally iterating and reiterating that Mr. Bryan will be a candidate again next year. . It'8 True. ' . Raleigh News and Observer, ''O, that mine enemy would write a book"JLs out of date. Today if you have an enemy among public men whose political injury you wish to secure, predict in the public prints that he is to be "the McLau rin of North Carolina." And you have done him a serious injury! AU Factions will Support Gorman. Raleigh News and Observer. All factions of the Maryland De- mocracy were present at the dinner when Mr. Gorman '6 friend announc ed his candidacy for the Senate. The return of Mr. Gorman to the Senate will Be a national blessing He killed the Force bill and is a sa gacious party leader, fighting, alike for Cleveland, whom he had good cause to dislike, and for Bryan with whom he was not in complete accord. 'Moopesville'Machine Shops. Mooresville Enterprise. Elsewhere in this paper you will see an advertisement of the ''Repair Machine Shops." This new indus try is something that our town has needed for many years, for it is al .ways cheaper and better to have re pair work done at home than else where. The Mooresville Cotton Mill Lo. has invested quite extensively in equipping a first-class machine shop and have arranged to do all Tiinds of repair work for the public They are fixed for the business and Wave secured the services- of master machinists. Mr. Eugene Edmiston' s in charge Of the shops. Hie qual- ifreatlons its' a machinist are well renown to the, public They solioit Me4dvsx9U9 of q,i descriptions. A Mooresville Cow Moopesville Enterprise. Mayor C. V. Votls this week dis posed of a cow that has an interest ing history, and had been in his pos session for a little more than eleven years. In the year 1889 he purchas ed a cow from Mr. J. C. Gray, pay ing $zo for her, the animal being la months old at the time of the pur chase. During the eleven years Mr. Voils made something like 4,000 pounds of butter an average of one pound a day. This 4,000 pounds of butter sold at 15' cents per pound, would have brought cash returns in the neighborhood of $600. He sold the oow on Wednesday last, in good condition and fresh, receiving for her the original price paid, $25. Besides the butter used, Mayor Voils claims that the milk and ma nure fully paid for the feed and keep of the animal. This is food for thought and those desiring to go into the milk and but ter business sfcould keep an eye on The Enterprise for we often adver tise cows for sale, as we do this week. The Groom Already Had a Wife. Greensboro Dispatch, 29th. Newton Wilson, a farmer - resid ing eight or ten miles from town, was Efere to-day with blood in his eye for a new son-in-law. Mr. Wil son's daughter was married yester day in the presence of all the neigh bors and many other frends. It was a swell country wedding and the happy bride and groom were the re cipients of many warm congratula tions. After they had left on a short pleasure trip, however, it came to the ears of the father of the bride that his newly-made son-in-law had a lawful wife living in a town in another part of the State. His suspicions were confirmed by hasty investigation, and this morn ing Mr. Wilson came to Greensboro to try to head off the couple. He swore out a warrant against the suspected bigamist and placed it in the hands of an officer, but so far it b&snot been executed. No Right 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 health. If she is weak, sickly and all run down, sha will be nervous and irritable. If she has constipation or kidney trouble, her impure blood will cause pimples, blotches, skin eruptions and a wretched complexion. Elec tric Bitters is the best medicine in the world to regulate stomach, liver and kidneys and to purify the blood. It ffives strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin; rich complex i6n. It will make a good-looking, charming woman of a run down in valid. Only 50 cents at w. x Hall s TKE ELKHOBN FLOOD. Mr. Henry Marsh,, an Eye-Witness, Writes About It Correspondence of The Mascot. " The inhabitants of the little town of Keystone, situated in the Elkhorn valley, have just passed through an awful experience. O'n the morning of June 22nd, although the rain was pouring in torrents, no thought was given to a flood. It was pay day in the coal mining region and all were busy preparing for the immense trade which always precedes the 4th of July, About 8 o'clock in the morning !t was observed thai the. Elkhorn river had risen very rapid ly, but such had often been the case before, and no one took heed of it. By 8:30 o'clock the river began to overflow the banks, and people liv ing near were warned to vacate their houses. But to some the warning came too late and they were swiftly hurled into the river to meet an aw ful death. In a few minutes the cry was heard on every side : "Flee to the mountains for your lives!" Not one moment too soon, for before some had gotten out of danger houses broke loose and went down with a crash. Beautiful buildings', representing the work and savings of years, were destroyed in a mo ment's time, which proves to us bow fieetlng are the pleasures and com forts of this life. Words can never picture the awful scene. Mothers with their little ones in their arms and clinging to their skirts trying to climb the mountains to reach a place of safety, thinking only of trying to save their lives and not a thought given to the terrible property losses they were to suffer. They suddenly awoke to the fact that they were homeless and penniless. , Keystone, although a typical min ing town, was quite a pretty place, nestling in the Elkhorn valley with mountains on each side covered with beautiful trees and wild flowers. But the beauty of Keystoue is a thing of the past. Her buildings are washed away. M&ny ot them are destroyed by the debris drifting against them. The streets are ashed, out, sidewalks lying in eve ry direction, and destruction on every side vast and wide. One must be here to realize the awful loss. Business is stagnant aud people are trying to help each other as best they can. Tte loyal hearted citizens at once began preparing to help their less fortunate friends aud neighbors. In no town the size of Keystone in the United States do the inhabitants respond more promptly or more liberally to any appeal for help than here. Phoenix-like Keystone will rise again. What the loss of life is it is im possible to say at this time, but "the supposition is that it will reach fifty or sevjenty-five in the valley. No ac curate estimate can be made yet, for work progresses slowly in re covering the bodies. A Mr. Shelley'was washed off the sidewalk in front of our place and drowned in town. I stayed in the store until the wa ter was waist deep, then I carried women and children across the street to the mountain side. There sfras a calf at the rear of our place swimming in the lot. I waded out. brought it through the store, aud the fortunate thing swam out to the hillside. We will get mail in herein a few days. I send this by hand to Blue field. W. Henry Marsh. Keystoue, W. Va., June 24, 1001. The Taxes of the Dukes and the Amer ican Tobacco Company Durham Special, 2Sth. Recently Mr. B. N. Duke moved his citizenship to New York and the fact that he lives elsewhere is shown very plainly on the tax books of the county. Liastyear Mr. Duke gave in $914,842 for city, county and State tax. This year he gave in $48,700, showing a decrease of about $S00,000. Most of his property is now iu New York State and this causes the de crease at this end of the line. But this failing off is not all. Mr. Washington Duke, father of the above named, gave in $748,937 last year. This year-he gave in 237,490, showing a 'decrease of more thau half a million dollars. This was caused by Mr. Duke having made some large gifts to relatives during the year and the further fact that he has turned most of his property over to his sons, Messrs. B. N. and J. B. Duke, both of whom live in New York Other tax figures of interest are those given in by the American To bacco Company and Mr. G. W. Watts. The American Tobacco Company gave in $1,138,599 laat year, and the company gave in $1, 699,020 this year, showing an in crease of more than a half million. Mr. Watts gave in last year $893,604 and $1,088,000 this 3 ear, showing an increase of about $200,000. Cadets as Wod Choppers. Rock Hill, S. C, Herald. A party of ten cadets of Clemson College started home with their tickets by way of Blacksburg. When tfhey reached the city the train ou the S. C. & G. road had left, so they had to spend the day in Blacksburg. There was not a dollar in the whole party, but nothing daunted, the boys divided into squads of four or five each, and with their coats off applied for wor at different homes in order to pay for their dinner, so that in the city of Blacksburg there is now a fine lot of stove wood, cut after the most improved teaching of C. A. C. Finally one of the boys communicated with Gastonia and arranged the finances for the crowd. This is a good story of the manhood of the students of Clemson. A Powder Milt Explosion Removes everything in sight; so do drastic mineral pills, but both are mighty dangerous. Don't dy nanite the delicate machinery of nur hod v with calomel, crot on oil -or aloes pills, when Dr King's New Life Pills, which are genua as a summer breeze, do the work per fectly. Cures headache, cqiistipa tion. Only 25 ccrftti at W. F. Halt's dmg store. Drowned After Saving a Man's Life Ktioxville, Tenn., Dispatch, 8th. JSarauel Logan, son of Judge Lo gin, was drowned in the Tennesee river this evening, after rescuing Miss Guion, of New Orleans, from the same fate, A crowd of young people had gone on the river for a boating trip In attempting to ride the waves behind a stem-wheel steam-boat the yawl dipped. Miss Gnion,- thinking the boat was over turned, leaped into the river. Lo gan followed and kept her from sinking After a hard struggle in the turbulent waves he got Miss G-uion to the bout. As she was be ing pulled into the boat and before help could be extended, young Lo gan sank from exhauston, and drowned. Child Horn W ith a Needle in Its Stomach. New York Sun, 28th. A needle was found by Roentgeu rays on Saturday evening in the stomach of Mary Long, 15 months old, who has cried almost all the time since her birth and shown. indi cations of pain in the stomach. She was taken to bt. James Hospital in Newark from her home at 123 Adams street, and the hospital physicians sent her to Dr. Frank Davlin, who has a Roentgen ray ap paratus. He discovered adark line, and by careful munipulation of the flesh brought the needle to the sur face and extracted-it with tweezers without making an incision. He was of the opinion that the needle was in the child before its birth and cited a similar case of the Dolan baby of Plain field,' from, whose stomache a needle was extracted a few days ago. The needle taken from the Long babe was blackened, but intact. . Married in the WOOrts. I411C0I11 Journal, A marriage very much out o"f the ordinary occurred near Lincolnton last Sunday morning. Mr. D W. Putuam, the well-known bricklayer, who pleads guilty to' 40 years, was the groom, and Miss M yrtle Terrier, atred 15. was the pretty bride, and Esq ' Allen did the work for them. The groom called at the bride's home and took her into the carriage with bim. Then, accompanied by the bride's folks and numerous friends, they droye about a mile in to the woods ad were married sit ting in the carriage. Col. A. Lee Campbell and Capt. B. F. Grigg were groomsmen and Judge W. E. Grigg and Rev. Dr. Bob Michael were the maids of honor. Prof. Bart Ship p was to have delivered a fatherly discourses but didn't wake up until two hours after ft was over Prof. Hale took several photographs of the beautiful and romantic scene. The Journal's congratulations and best wishes are with the happy pair. - House .Fired' by BlacKiuailers. Topeka, Kans., Dispatch, 2Sth, Blackmailers who demanded 5, 000 from W. 0. Carson, a wealthj' farmer and were ignored, tired the Carson homestead, while Carson was en route to Oxford for his mail. 7'he house was destroyed and Mrs, Car son was fatally burned. - Carson received an anonymous letter several weeks ago demanding that he deposit $5,000 at a certain point. He ignored tbQ missive. Later another letter was received stating that should he not comply with the demand his house would be burned and his life taken. This also was ignored. While he was absent' Saturday evening, flames suddenly broke out in the house. Mrs. Carson escaped but returned to the house for a high ly prized violin. While Mrs. Carson searched for the instrument the flame's spread rapidly and wheu she again reached the open air she was enveloped in flames. Neighbors rushed to her assistance but she died after several hours' suffer ing. No clue has been obtained to the incendiaries. Terrible Kain in Greensboro. Greensboro Dispatch, 27th, Greensboro was visited by a se vere rain-storm this afternoon, which did much damage. The rain fell in torrents and flooded many houses. The Odell Hardware Com pany was damaged to the extent of $1,000; S. J . Kauffmann, $400. Mer ritt, Johuson & Co.,' C. H. Dorsstt and several others suffered consider able damage, Sidewalks were badly washed. Two Southern Railway trestles lust outside tne city limits were partially destroyed. Passengers on all southbound trains this evening were transferred and carried from hereon a special. The Mt. Airr train had just crossed one of the trestles when it gave way. Several bridges m the county were destroyed. It is believed that the crops have suffered untold dam age. - The rain fell in sheets and did a great deal of damage- Water ran through storos on SoufhElm street and for over half an hour that street presented the appearance of a rag ing torrent. The office of the Pos tal Telegraph Company and the sample rooms in the.Hotel Guilford were flooded. The campus of Greens boro Female College was flooded to a depth of 20 feet on the east side of the buildirg. The Southern Railway trestle in jured was the one across North Buffalo, near the Revolution Cotton Mills. It was washed away and the track damaged at several places. The trestie on the A. & Y. division of the Southern, just outside the city, was moved from its position. It is believed that untold damage was done o the crops in this section. Wheat fields near Greensboro -were flooded and wheat that had been har vested was washed away. While the rain was falling in tor rents about 4 o'clock th;s afternoon the fire alarm sounded, and people naturally thought that lightning had struck a building. When the department reached the neighbor hood indicated by the alarm it was found that a citizen turned in the alarm to get assistance iu keeping his house from being washed away, Horr;ble Railroad Wreck in Indiana. Peru, Ind.. Dispatch, 28th. Ihirteen persons were killed and about 50 seriously injured in a wreck of Train No. 3, the west-bound Wa basn limited, nine miles west of this city at 12:30 a. m., to-day. The dead are all Italian emigrants en route to Colorado, whose names are unknown. Two sections of train No. 3, one coming from Detroit and the other from Toledo, were consolidated, in this city into a train of 11 cars, mak ing up the flyer for its journey to St, Louis. It consisted of combi nation baggage and express, combi nation baggage and smoker, day coach, emigrant coach, three chair cars, three sleepers and the private car of General Superintendent Cot tey. of the Iron Mountain Railway. Having left this city one hour late the train was speeding westward at a high rate, when, at a point nine miles west, the engine plunged through a trestle which had been un dermined by the recent heavy rains. The embankment on both sides of the little stream drooped at a sharp degree a distance of forty feet. Ow ing to the momentum of the train the engiue appeared to leap across the abyss, plunged into the soft earth on the opposite side and fell back to the bottom. Engineer-Butler and Fireman Adams were thrown from the cab, but not seriously hurt. The express car and the first chair car were telescoped. The emigrant car followed by two chair cars went down on the left side of the track and the first sleeper pitched forward upon the mass of debris. Its win dows and trucks were broken, but none of the occupants were injured. The remaining cars also ' left their tracks, but were not badly damaged It was iu the emigrant and day coaches that most of the deaths and injuries occurred. There was absolutely no means by which the engine crew could see the impending danger. In fact the en gine ran upon the trestle before the structure gave way. The night was intensely dark. For a few iifinutes after the f ital plunge and dreadful roar of crashing timbers, a death like stillness prevailed which was only broken by the cries of the in jured. Train mcu caught up their lanterns and rushe i to the neighboring farm houses for . resistance. , The farmers, with their wives and bhildren bear ing torches hastened to the scene aud all efforts were bent to giving first aid to-the injured. Telephone messages 'ere dispatched to this city and eery physician was hur riedly taken on a special train which carried tfc?m to the scene. The in jured were placed aboard the cars and brought to the general hospital in this city, where everything pos sible was done to ameliorate their condition. For a time after the res cuers reached the scene of the wreck little could be done in the way of removing the dead. Hundreds of tons of twisted iron and broken timbers rested upon the car where the unfortunate emigrants were crushed. But by means of wrecking derricks the mass was gradually opened and by daylight nearly all the dead bad been removed to this city. . . A Fortune for Mrs. McKinlqy Canton, 0 Dispatch, 2Sth. . There is wealth in sight for Mrs. McKioley and her sister, Mrs. M. 0. Barber of this city. Eastern eap talists have a short-time option on mining claims held by these two la dies in Nevada. The price at which the claims will pass into the hands of the syndicate has not been defi nitely stated for the public, but it is gleaned from an authoritative source that it is near a quarter of a million dollars. Some twenty years ago there was a company formed here know'n as the Canton Mining Company. This company purchased claims in Neva da, near E.y. The claims, seventeen in all, were finally purchased by James A. Buxton. At his death they passed into the hands of his daugh ters, Mrs. icKinley and Mrs. Bar ber. Receut developments have dis closed that the claims are immense ly valuable. Gold has been found in great quantities. An Eastern syndicate, composed largely of New York capitalists, has for some time bten negotiating for the claims. President McKinley aud Mr. M. C. Barber are acting for their wives. Mr. Barber, one week ago, made a visit to Washing ton and conferred with the Presi dent on the subject, and terms wfire agreed upou which were submitted to the syndicate. Mr. Barber says of these terms: They are granted for a monev consideration, besides stock in the mining company, to be retained by the President and myself. Eastern capitalists, have an opinion on the property, which will not expire yet for several weeks. Mr. Barber has authentic infor mation frym Nevada that recent surveys have been made of the old Saxton claims, and it has been found that one shuft has been sunk on the claims by another company. It has also been ascertained, he says, that one paying as much as $140 a ton is abundant ori the Saxton claims It is the inttyition of the President and Mr. Barber to push the organ izaon of a company should the option now given not be closed. It is understood that the Presi dent is greatly interested in the gold field. A mining expert from the Nevada gold region conferred with him while in California in regard to the find and the prospects of devel opment, r Bride Fainted and Delayed the Wed ding. Richnvond, Vs., Dispatch, 8th, . . A delay was caased in the wedding of Miss Willette Handy tludgins and Christian Harwood Clarke, last pvpninc at thfi Church of the Coven ant. The church was crowded with people who. waited an hour with no signs ot the appearance or tne oriaai p.ounlR- Just as the bride stepped into the carriage to go to the church she became faint and baa to oe carried back into the house. Two physicians were summoned. It took over an hour to revive the bride. STATE NEWS. Capt. W. A. 'Clement, a leading citizen of Davie county, died last weeK. The wife of Sheriff Dorsett. nf Da vidson county, died last werk. aired about 43 years. Mrs. Peirsrv Crotts. of Rutherford county, who died last week, was a rew davs over 100 vears old. Editor Henrv Rinor nf Kino-'a Weeklv.GrftPnvillA anrl Miac PlsnnliQ Drauerhn. of Kdo-opomho were married lait week. W. Y. Moore, while nlouyhlntr n the field near Roseboro, Sampson county, was killed by lightning. 1 he horse was also killed. The Greensboro flood moved a dam near the city which was in litigation as the ca'use of chills in its neighborhood. It will not be re built. Mrs. Patspv F.dcrortrm of Acrio. j ID J - .w vale, has been granted a pension of $16 a month on account of the death of her son. who was killed in the war with Spain. A thief stole $75 from the cash drawer of Capt; J. S. Harris' gro cery store in Davidson last Thurs day. Captain Harris suspects a person who was in the store iust be fore the money was missed. The Republican primarv in Soen- cer Vuted to have J. . A. Summers. Jr., their postmaster. Senator Pritchard will recommend E. C. Mills. deDutv revenufl r.oller.t'or. There was a charere of Corruption in the primary. Charles Gradv. a white carnenter of Ralelarh. has been bound to court for inhuman cruelty to his 9 year- oia motherless son. He repeatedly beat him with a rtfoe. tied him with a rope and left him all dav ' without food or water. W. P. Tbaxton, a freight conduc tor on the North Carolina Railroad, was seriously injured at McLeans ville, Guilford county, one day last week. His train parted and ran together. He was in the caboose, which was mashed. He sustained serious, but not fatal, injuries. As a dependent father "Doctor" Caleb Godley has been granted a pension of $12 a month. Soon after the breaking out of hostilities with Spain and while the Second North Carolina regiment was in camp at Raleigh, his son John fell a victim to disease. Tar boro Souther ner.- Judges Boyd, Simonton and Goff have appointed Charles F. McKes son, of Morganton, clerk of the Unit ed States Courts at Asheville, to succeed C. B. Moore, removed. Mr. McKesson will qualify and assume the duties of the office as soon as his bond is accepted, which is expected to be about July 1st. The State Bar Association, which met at Wrightsyille, adjourned Fri day. Charles M. Busbee, of Raleigh, was elected president for the next year. Twelve yiee presidents, one for each judicial district, were elect ed. Z. V. Walser, of Lexington, was elected for this district, and W. C.Newland: of Lenoir, for the thir teenth district. J. Crawford Biggs, of Durham, was re-elected secretary and treasurer. AnfcJaurly Morntug ftlarrfee,& Mafe9ujlte Erttep4se An early morning marriage took place over in Catawba county yes terday. The contracting parties had been lovers for a long time, and at alate hour Wednesday night. they decided to wed. The license was ready, and at 4 o'clock yesterday morning the household of Mrs. Pow ell Sherrill was aroused and the event was announced. Her charm ing daughter, Miss Mattie Sherrill, Mr. Numa Mock, of near Winston, were united, Rev. J. C. Mock, the father of the groom, performing the ceremony. Immediately after the marriage the bridal party left for this place, where they boarded the Winston train en route to their fu ture home. A Fatal Draught. Monroe Enquirer. A distressing accident occurred at Mr. Pernay Stewart's, in east Mon roe township, last Thursday. Some strychnine tablets had been put In a drinkingrglass and one of Mr. Stew ard's " daughters, aged about six years, poured some Jemonade into the glass containing the tablets and gave it to her little three-year-old sister, Oiie, to drink. After drink ing the lemonade the little girl went into convulsions and died ip a-short time. The older girl took some of the lemonade into her mouth, but finding the taste bad, did no drink any of it. Found Dead on The Track. High Point Special 28th, to Raleigh News and Observer. Ed. Thomas, son of rr. Ped C, Thomas, of Thomasville, was found dead this morning on the railroad track two miles south of here. Be side him lay a gallon jug of whiskey a pistol, an empty beer bottle and opener. In hijs docket was also an opened knife. His body was badly mangled by the train. I learn that the circumstances surrounding the affair are suspicious, and that mur der may have cawsed his' death, and the body afterwards left on the track for the train to run over so as to cover up the crime. A coroner's in quest had not been held at this writ ing. The father of the dead man is an ex-member of the Legislature. "I wish to truthfully state to you and the readers of these few lines that your Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is without question, the best and only cure for dyspepsia that 1 have -ever come in contact with and I have used many other preparations- John Beam, West Middlesex, Pa." No preparation equals Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as it contains all the natural digestants. It will digest all "kinds of food and can't help but do you good. W. F. Hall. IIow Are "Tour Kidneys ' Dr. Hobbs' SparwrtM Ptllscnreall kidney m. gam. Die free. Add. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or M. I. Good Advice. The most miserable beings in thn world are those suffering from Dys pepsia and Liver ComDlaint. More than seventy-five per cent, of the people in the United States are af flicted with these two diseases and their effects; such as Sour Stomach, qick weadache, Habitual Uostive nes, Palpitation of the Heart, Heart-burn, Water-hrash. finawino- and burning Pains at the Pit of the Stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated Tongue and Disagreeable taste in luouin, uoming up of t ocd after Eating, Low Spirits, etc. Go -to your druggist and get a bottle of ugost Flower for 75 cents. Two doses will relieve you. Try it. Get Green s Prize Almanac Foe enlf by W. F. Hall. Friday was the hottest day of the year in New York. There were 50 prostrations and eight deaths from the intense heat. His Life Was Saved. Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent citi zen of Hannibal, Mo., lately had a wonderful deliverance from a fright ful death. In telling of it he save: "I was taken with tvphoid fever that ran into pneumonia. 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