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VOL," 3.
SHELBY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1887.
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c Jei:RAYEK.
MeBlUYER & RYBUM,
Attorneys? at Law; ;
SHELBY, N. C. " '"' - ;
,,-.t fittpVtion to all business
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7 ; H. CABAIISS,'
ATTORNEY AT Li AW
tod United States Commissioner,
. SHELBY, 'sr.. c. - j
rWvCTICES in the courts' of Cleve
1 land and Rutherford counties. q
Office on West irren street. 2S-tf.
B. Frank Wood,
Attorney at Law.
- SHELBY, N. C.
-,,MTmSIOXER of 6eods:.rf 80Bth
J Carolina. '; -
T. B. JUSTICE, ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ASD REAL ESTATE AGENT,
RrTIILRFpUDTON, N. C.
OPECIAL attention given !to collections
N .foii binds' and to the sale and pur-
.clui?e and renting of Real-Estate, and the
instigation of 'and preparation oi lutes.
Mortgages, &c. .
Ottice at court house, iu County Trea3
ii!vr office. j I9""
I)r
VICTOR McBRAYER,
SHELBY; N. C,
OFFERS his professional services to
V7 the peiple ot cliel Dy ana surreunuing
Vountry.
Office in old
Postofflce Build-
J. A. HARRILL, 1). D S.,
SHELBY, -N. U.,
T? rREFARED xTO DO ALL KINDS
1 of Dental vok first-class style
H is tverr modern convenience to iacili
ate soocl work. Perfect satisfaction guar
- iinteed. ' . .!
Ofiicp up' stairs over .-tolirayer. s i I wa
!ru--ht:.re.- ';
a TicoireuT.
- BY FATHER RYAN.
The, summer rose the sun has flushed .
With crimson glory may be sweet ;
'Tis sweeter when its leaves are crushed
Bpneath the winds' and tempests' leet.
The r.ose Uiat waves upon its tree
In life sheds perfume all around ;
More sweet the perfume floats to me,
Of roses trampled on the grotind.
The waving rose with every breath
Scents carelessly the summer air ;
The wounded rose bleeds forth in death
Its sweetness ir more rich and rare.
It is a truth beyond our ken,
And yet a truth which all may read-
It is witlh roses as with men :
The sweetest hearts are those that bleed.
The flower which Bethlehem saw" bloom
Out of a heart all full of grace,
Gave never forth its full perfume
Until the cross became its vase-.
ADOI.F $XIC NORDKHSKIOLD,
Swedish Explorer, preparinc for
YoyitRC to tb Month PU.
Whether he hopes to reach the South
Pole or not we cannot say; bnt Baron
Jsordenskjold,the eminent Swedish ex
plorer, is meditating an Antarctic ex
pedition. His past ach ievements war
rant, the expectation th at his plans will
be carried out. He ei presses himself
as confident that he will reach a point
fait her south than has yet been reach
ed, provided that he can get a supply of
coal to insure the progress of his steam
ep in the melancholy waste of waters
within the Antarctic Cirele. The Baron
expects to be absent a, year and a half
on his expedition, during which he will
pursue scientific observations. For this
task he is well qualified. His taste for
scientific inquiry is natural,, inherited
from his ancestors, and has been the
subject of incessant cultivation.
' . Adolf Eric; Nordenskjold was born
at Helsingf ors on November 18, 1832.
His father was chief of the Finland
Mining Department. Early in his life
it was observed. that the lad cared more
for practical than theoretical learning.
educated at' Borsro .-md the
University of . Ilebiuirfors. - IDs atten-
New
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A V I NO opened a Tin Slu.p m A. It
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IV-ire, Tin Roofing and Guttering, Yal- (;
iy 1 m, hii-t j,ron, topper, ixc. fa,
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scriptions for THE NEW. ERA and
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Ppit Office Building, Shelby, X. C. 50.
; jm ELLIOTT, .!
FasblonaMe Barber and Hair-Dresser,
H
SHELBY, N. C, ;
AYIXG secured an expert assistant
is prepared to do all tynsorial work
in first cJass style. He has moved into his
new shop south of the court house, which
. is neatly famished. 1-tf.
HOTELS.
r CoiiiiueTcial Hotel. !
SHELBY, N. C.V j
J.;W. CLaRKE, Proprietor.
; qIIE best furnished and bestkeptTIotel
; 1 in the Western part of the State. Per
te' ati?factioa guaranteed. Public pat
; ror,i?rr "solicited. I
At tin? beginningT'of the : year the Coni-
niercial changed hands, and with the new
Riauusement the house has been refitted
in-', furnished anew. No effort will be
spared to maintain its v.: ell-deserved rep-
..; at-ition. Kooms newly carpeted and neat
lv furnished. Best servant attendance
Table fare first-class.' ' h: fnoi iy
(jUTMIE HOUSE.
Rutherfordton, N. C. jj
rniIE undersigned has taken chargr; of
the above named house and will en
tieiiv'T to keep his tablesupplied witif the
hi t tffis,market affords, and will spare ino
j'-air.s in inaking his gnests comfortableJ
r KaScs reasonable. ' : ,
W. S. GUTHRIE,
36-tf. v !: Proprietr
to scientiSe "pnxsuits was the- marked
feature of his university career, as it
t ha'dsbeeit oX his earlier life. He spent
I his vacations in excur&ions to the rich
mineral Idealities of Finland., At Hel
tsingfors JJomnsKjold- was appointed
director of the raenltv f mathematics
and pb3-sies. an ofnee" from which he
was removed in lSuS.-Xn 1S5S he be
came mineralogist :it Stockholm. His
first experience as ,cp;orer was-in 1850,
when he accompajiied Torell on his ex
pedition. Upon , his return he wj&s
nominated director of Riks Museum.
In 1SG1 luv went to Sjitzberen with
Torell. Three "yars late he headed tfie
expedition which stw-cessfully complet
ed the measurement and mappetl the
sonrfiern part of Ispitzbergen- The
sordenskjold e;qedition of 18G8 eom
pleted observations which accurately
fixed th; position of that lujid, and at
tained the latitude of eighty-one de-
and forty- two. minutes, which has on
ly twice b?en exceeded. In 1870 the
explorer made a . scientific tour j of
Greenland. Expeditions led by him in
1S72 and 1875 were, succeeded
most important of bis enterprises thus
far. This was undertaken ui 1878 jfor
the purpose of exploring the North Po
lar Sea from the mouth of the Yenesei 1
east tojBe'nring strait. Xordesnskjold
left Gothenburg in Jniy, 1878. and
reached Yokohama in September,l879.
As results of this brilliant ahievenient
he announced the opinions that cbm
mnn'ication by sea for eomcieicial pur
poses is prtteticable between Europe
and the Obi-Yenesei ; also that the
voyage from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
in thei Siberfan jea. can be" mtule, but
would be useless to eon.merce : ;and
that further- exploration is neeesfeary
to- determine whether sea.! communica
tion between the Pacific and the month
of the Lena canbe established (
In April, ISSOjNordenskjold wasf-ere-ated
a baron. He has been the recipi
ent of distinguished honors, from learn
ed societies in his own and -other coun
tries.; " ' ' '' '" i
LAST WEKK 1 . Til : STATU.
Happen laa Hoeimt, fwlltim, rimnm-
Manjt negroes heie " really believe
that the locomotive on the .Pittsboto'
railroad is haunted, which U a for
tunate thingis they will not be apt to
project with it while reniainiug at the
depot at sight. They sav that & man
was killed by it, hu years ago,
while running on the K. & A. A. L. R
R. and his ghost haunts it at nijiht.
Chatham Record '. K
Daring the prevail nee of ; thunder
storm at Rocky Point last Wednesday,
a little daughter of Mr. Richard Ea
gles, of that place, was instantly killed
by lightning, while standing under a
Sweet gum tree for protection from the
fain.- . .
Capt. E. B. Engelhard, of the
Governor's Guards, has, much to the
regret of his company, resigned his
commission on account of the pressure
of his private business! 1
Dr, W. P. Ivey; assistairt physician
at the Western Insane Asylum, and
Miss Mary, the eldest daughter of Mr.
Elbert L. Sherrill, were married at
SherrilPs Ford on May 25
(jCorrepondence of The New Era.)
Cleveland Mills, Juiie , 1887.
While wheat is looking; promising,
and crops are generally ! encouraging,
the "sheen" of the speary grass is
sparkling at every dewy pdre. Our
battle with the monster still continues,
but we hope to fight successfully the
final Armageddon at the Maying by"
engagement, nnles-i it lays by itaelf
earlier. 1 !
If we people can't sbont at every
"full and change" and feel like we are
crossing "the. River of Jordan" we
consider that we are not ciueh on the
wav to Heaven or anvwher else, and
of course, this is very sound doctrine
Our pastors are all good fellowf bnt
oh how widely they differ in many
respects ! Some encourage the above
praetiee, others dispute it, and a tew
are such sweet angels that one never
1 L - ; 1 i Onn t
snows wncn mey are goicg w t'v
Oil A i SL rpp-ular Secretary f the
Treasury on "finance, nd like
Peter's fish, ever is eaught with money
in his mouth, or the sound thereof,
although we be so poorj that "Job's
191 THE SKICiUBOHllUUU.
his grievances, yet,,iu the more ,iunos-
. j teutattous modes of -entertainment,
Frvm tlut Gaston. Current.) such is the boarding house and private
Still the unauimous vertlict on the j house afford quite a showing might be
crop prospeeta is that they are "bully
By direction of the U. S." Fish Com-'
mission, 500,000 young shad ere de
posited in the Catawba river few
days ago. -
Miss Lena Maxwell returned on last
Friday from Greensboro Female Col
lege, where she has been a pupil for
the last two years. She won the high
est distinction in her c18s,'graduating
in the full course with some "extras."
Moneydrawer robbing has been prac
ticed on several merchants at this place
recently.
' Last Sunday, at the moning service,
five young ladies, pupils of Gaston
College, were received into connection
with the college chapel congregation
by the impressive rite of confirmation.
m my
roost: in our bor-
(From the MeDoiceU Bugled
About thirty conviets have been at
work several daj's grading and . laying
a side traek at the depot.
-
Mr. tt. Fiuley has build a hand
some cottage on his lot in rear of the
Elliott building.
The messenger of death invaded an
other hone n town last night and bore
.way on its dark pi uions little Frankie.
an 18 months old soi. of Mr. amkMrs.
S. Elliott.
Air. James Barnes died at his home
in Hall Town last Wednesday with ty
phoid fever. -
Little Jessie, daughter and only
child of Mr. and Mr. 5f. F- Moiphew,
died Sunday evening about I o'clock,
There are matrimonial mmors afloat
in Marion that are vague but interesting.
The eat and weat ptt&Keager trains
arrive simultaneously now, ana, u
makes things lively at the depot for a
while.
made tn the number of strangers who
have lately been" among its; certainly
our utreots have been erowded with
new faces and eager sight-seers, and
many old scores h-ve been settled by
country eousii.9 in the way of visits to
city gelations, in- return foe similar
honors reeeU ed last . summer,: when
fruit was ripe. But not for long, I fear
me, Will the aecunt remain elesed, for
very noon the sultry heat; will send
country ward 4he remaining members
of the-household who have not alrnady
accoiBpanied their lately departed
guests home.
... With regard to the drill and the
distribution of prizes, less dissension
has resulted than was naturally to be
expected where so much jealous rivalry
existed. The successful attainment &f
the object of its projectors could not be
better shown than by quoting the
words of CoL Black, the president of
the board of Judges composed of regu
lar Army officers. Said he "The drill
has roved a complete success from a
military standpoint, and both those
who managed it and those who partic
ipated in it are deserving of great
credit. The different competing or
ganisations showed themselves well
versed in tactics and many of them ex
ecuted the programme with remarka
ble success.. The pnMic was doubtless,
surprised at some ot the awards, as
some of the companies who wererafed
low made the best impression upon the
spectators, but they were all judged by
a strict military interpretation of mili
tary tactics, fa very movement was
marked on a scale, from aero to ten.
In each instance the marks ef the three
judges "were added together and the
sum divided by three,, thus giving the
average."
Among the last of most prominent
men to take flight was Senator Johu
Sherman, aginsc whose presidential
aspiration certain indiscreet . admis-
hardtacks and lip a hitidfu
bosom, always watch in 2 sthe commis
sary sergeant. I workedjuard when he
was looking at -me. Is (nevtr once
thought about how many! of thse crack
ers I iwas getting into my bottom. I
never noticed that my shHirt bbdy was
growing to an enormous size. I was
thinking of thef supper that the boys
would have that night. Suddenly the
bottom part of my ' shirt slipped out
from under tbe waist band f ray pants.
Thesergeant was looking at t le. - The
situation I Jwal in can only bo im
agined I was excited and ii seemed
to me that there was a ibkishpl of the
darned things spilled arouudne. The
sergeant simply-said: '"f pu hkd a sup
ply,'' and passd on . J. ttj. MfcDAxraL,
Of 1st Co. a, Louisiab Bkttlion
Atlanta Constitution.
T
HiHUto Honarkefpot-a
To sweeten bitter yeafeti thrust into it
a red hot iron -'. - j
A- spoonful pf oxgall to) a gallon of
cinnc vf : bta HrrkiHAv -Clan .AXTillSnm T.
Mr..B.L,.MeCurry leaves Monday oumsen are tQ be direct assaults.
water -will set-the color of almost any
gotkls soaked h it previous j to wash.
ing.. j , l
A roastetl for boiled j lemon, filled
while hot with sugar, and eaten stilt
hot.just before retiring, will often
break up a ccjld. i
To keep cake from iitiekmg to the
pan, without!using papjoi-j after greas
ing the pan, feift a littl(j ftour in, then
turn it over ajud shilke rut apl. that you
can i
- To clean t satin that has become
greasy, sponge length wise, never
across tho width, with benzine, alo'hol
or borax water. Pre4s. on the rong
Me. ' 3. il I
Put a small piece of ch&reoal into
the pot when boiling eabb4ge to pie-
vent the disagreeable odor that usnallv
aecorapaniei the cooking of this vege
table.
hpotii can be re-
Jby ribbing with
or peppermint
furijiture polish
find, of large size, sqnare build, long
and as evenly wooled as possible. See
that .the fleece is not too gummy or
wr.nkly, and'let the animal show for
himself that he has a strong constitu
tion. Get hiSi from some well-known
and reliable breeder ; uever mind how
long or short his pedigree is or whether
he has any, if yoi are satisfied he is a
thoroughbred and will get good stock.
.sever use a ram ot your own rais
ing that will be connected with your
flock. This trying to get into a flock
of thoroughbreds by using rams of
one' own raising and breeding, has
destroyed more good sheep than an)'
thing else that can be uanied. Where
one man succeeds, 999 fail. As often
as a ram is needed, buy one of the
same breed, but not connected by blood
relations. Have the ewes numbered
from 1 upward as high as your flock
goes ; carry a small note book in your
pocket, and if anything happens to
one of the ewes that will injure her for
tweeding or for keeping, it should be
noted down, as it will be of great as
sistance in culling your flock, which
should be done at shearing time.
residence for summer here, -has just
aniveu witn ins fanii v. W
them with joy.
business m the town
yet you can hear the
times."
The crops are looking fine the far
mers are jocular. We have ! had fine
rams and it is still raining. More
an.n- D. Fl M .
grett
is iinpioving,
cry ot "hard
J. It. C, AUeghany county, N.
Farm anil Home.
Y.
for Colorado.
Turkey" refuses to
When August or an! earthquake
comes, we habitual tattlera get into a
line and shout like a mountain camp
meeting if we do amuse ourselves the
remainder of the year j abusing and
hatins our neighbors, i At such times
h nsnal nstom of the verseer is to
open the front door and let in all "who
want to go with us to
Although we have little enough
property wherewith to assist in the
raising of the $50,000 tax; so, notwith
standing this, we are flaking some
fuss and are taking much stock in the
Cranberry railroad enterprise. If we
don't get the road we aren't going to
pay the $50,000. The summit of- the
Phillips mountain range is precisely in
the centre of the eounty-r-being on the
dividing township line of Nos. 8 and 9,
by tht ( and althougtt it Doasts o cj.u nu
is nevertheless a. "practBeai rome ue
canse we want it there, j
This article is enly an introduction
to our people, their maimers and cus
toms, and if it fiuds place in your
columns will be perhaps occasionally
followed by others to lei you hear how
we are "getting on.'? J Tatti.eb.
m m i
Wtmtrtl marry All.
(From the Gattonia Gazette.
The closing exercises of the Gasto-
nia High School on last Friday morn-
and evening were attended by a large
erowd of people from town and vicini
ty, including quite a number of visitors
from abroad. The annual address by
General Lav, of South Carolina, was
an intellectual feast. The musical de
partment, under the supervision of
Miss Diehl, an accomplished instruc
tor of rare talent, was worthy of high
Hie too susceptible old warrior has
told some lady confidents that it would
be ii great pity not to retain suh a
fascinating mistress of tha White
House for another term, at least) and
as the wife of the President counts her
most ardent admirers and staunchest
allies from among her own sex, irre
spective of party affiliations, it will te
easily seen that their championship in
behalf of a second term is not to be
despised.
Some of the wise ones are endeavor
ing to attach a political significance to
It is sail that white
nioved from furniture
essence or r camphor
and . afterwards with
oil. ' i;
Iu cooking cabbage, gut a small
piece of a red pepper Into the pot. It
will not only improve the aste of the
vegetable, but preverfts ahy harmful
result in the eating thereof.
Velvet wears beter,; !if brushed
with a hat brush, b'y pressing down
into the nap and then turning the
brush as on a n axis to
eemmendition, while the art depart- th eariv VHCation of the President,
ment, presided over ho Miss Hattiej ing jn t a preparation for an extra
Kendriek, contrioutea some drawings, 1 8ess;on Gf Congress. They reason that
executed hy members or her elasss jrr Cleveland pursues his recreations
many of whom are mere ehildren, not j tne earnest manner that he
yetin their teens-that were specially L labors! that he will .collect
deserving of praise. enoush vigor in a short space of time
- -
Died in this county, South-Point to make himself as good as now,despite
township. May 20, 1887, Miss Emily the calamitous forebodings of the doo
Beare, aged about 65 years. Her fun-1 tors; and that be will return the earlier
eral services were conducted by her j to his self imposed task of giving per-
naatYiivRev. Wm. Mcll waine. at her sonal attention to men and measures
laid
THE AIR LIXE HOTEL,
Black's, S. C, - '
I-OXE of the Nearest, Cleanest and
Best kept hotels in the States
Sl('arefwl attention at all times. - :i
Mrs. M. E. BLANTON, J
" . ' ?i Proprietress
MERCHANT'S HOTEL,
BLACK ! S C. i
rPIUS Ilonse is conveniently situated en
x. Ma-n Street, to the Depots and busi- T
- c Di iown ana nas Deen nwiynr
nshod with spring beds and mattresses,
futile furnished with the best the market
affords. Polite servants who give every
attentiim to guests. Porter meets' all
'rains. Sample roohr a the house. First
elass Livery Stables attached.
, J.W.THOMSON,
,t'- Proprietor.
Forest City Hotelr
FOREST CITY, N. C.
I. N. BIO G ERSTAFF, Proprietor
HOUSE and furniture new. Every
thing in first-class style. Rates low
Drilled at the rate of two busheles;
per acre on land in good cultivation as
early as the condition of the soi will
permit, the Canada field pea ("white;
can be harvested about the middle of
August, when, as a rule,our "eorn leribs
are empty - and grain -bins running
low. This fact and the known economy
of feeding during mild weather, make
he pea One of the most desirable crops
wb can raise for ah early grain j feed
for fattening hogs. On account of the
pea weevil the seed was long obtained
from Canada, where the" insect ip less
prevalent. Bnt the last two years,
owing to the strange fact of an almost
entire absence of th weevil among us,
many have sown home-grown seed.
J. D. Cook, Genesee cmnty,N. T.,'iniFarm
and Home. L
A recipe said to be excellent far vjm
provmg the complexion, especially if
the skin be coarse, is the following;
Take flonr of sulphur and mix in ii litj
tle milk, let it stand for an hour or two,
rub the milk into the skin without u5s
turbing the sulphur. It will clean a pd
of ten the skirt wonderfully. -,
handsomely dressed young roan
boarded a Third Avenue, New York,
elevated train at the Twenty-eighth
street station late Monday ; afternoon
As soon as it pulled out from the sta
tion he began wandering from ear to
car, looking at every . lady with such
close scrutiny that same of them be
came incensed and eomplained to the
guards. "When he reached the last car
he turned "and was about to return,
when a guard told him he was drunk,
and if he did not sit down and behave
he would be put off at the next station.
The young man sat down, but as soon
as the conductor left the car he arose
and addressed the erowdsaying
"Gentlemen ami ladies That rman
has accused me of being drunk and I
wish to deny the allegatior. I am a
member of the church and a teetotal
er. I neither smoke nor ehew. I have
but one weakness, and that is an inor
dinatV love for the beautiful. I con
sider women the most beautiful things-
ou earth. I adore them all and would
like to mary them all. If there is any
UJv ir. the car who will have me I will
neTt statioa and make
gt?t wa. 1 '
her mv wife." ' , ,
- By to time the young man bad nn
:i.a 'i.. nnnU in the ear nadl eon-
eluded lie was crazy and a general
3, was nude tor the forward cars.
nr, Jm Frtv-second street station
was reaefced the conductor turned tne
mnrir waa orer to the gatekeeper and
a odieem wa sent for. On being
questioned he said his-name
Le,and W in West Thirty
fourth street. H said he had one
hundred wive '.fr fw
ones everv dav She officer took him
home.
and be ready to meet those high iu the
councils of the party, to diseusS the
extra legislation deemed to be needed
With the lack'of other subjects feu
discussion, the new rules for .the reguj
lation of promotions in the depart
ments will be revived. This feature of
civil service reform goes into opera
tipu this month, when its effects may
be observed, whatever may have been
Even
. m rrt . j I .
ago to seek nis fortune in tne rar yv est. u wirl u difficnlt to reach, for
tie returnea on a visir iasr jnonua ror those dropped from the public rolls are
the first time since ne leit. vv e learn vard from again, and then
hehas accumulated a nice fortune in their remonstrances are but feeble, for
Texas. x I their influence has: waned with the d
'Married, in Morganton, May the vent of a new administration. And let
30th, by Rev. J. N. Payne, at his resi- the contrary be proclaimed as budlj
dence, Mr. P. P. Hoyle to Miss Mary as they choose the. boast edreuiova
late residence, and her body was
fo rest in New-Hope churchyard.
Bessie, about four years of age.
daughter of Mr and Mrs. J. W. Black-
wool, died Monday, 23d of May.
(From Hie MorgahUn Star.) ,
Mr.' Daniel Fox, brother ef Milton
Fox and uncle of J. L. J. Cenuelly
and J. L. J. Estes, left Burke 42 years fKa K't nt ita nromnltrators.
. . -tit-i. i r "
M. Jarrett.
Messrs Howard & "Presnell, mer
chants at this place, have dissolved co
partnership, Mr Presnell to continue
the business. .
Died, April 16th, of consumption,
of political pressure to iuflaenCex ap
pointments-to, promotions in, and re
movals from the public service, is far
from being fully accomplished. Every
head of bureau or office, is importuned
continually and persistently for place;
and: members of the Civil Service
flirt out the
int." Do not brush Backward or for-
ward. 1 1 :--
It i
Sew on. buttons over ! a darning
needle, an, when ddne, pull out the
needle and the buttons wfiU be found
to be much looser than thse sewed on
iu the ordinary way iind will not pull
off as easily.
It is now claimed jihat Srubbing-the
face downwards while washing is the
cause of inany of thei wrinkles on wo
men's faces today, a6d the best remedy
cess! and alwavs
rub the face upward.
rii r.tlr M it r t'rvi-H.
The ancestors of Miss Murfree, the
"Charles Egbert Craddockk" of con
temporary fiction, were from Hertford
eounty in this state. William Murfree
was one of the delegates from Hert
ford to the convention -tt nillsboro,
August 'il, 177", and one of the dele
gates to the congress at Halifax, No-
ember 12th, 177(5, which formed onr
constitution. Of the Murfree familr.
Wheeler says further :
'Hardy Murfree resided in tins coun-
y,( Hertford,) front which Murfreeslio-
ro, in tins county, ttertves its name, and
alsoa town of the same name in the
state of Tennessee.
"He was a captain in the second reg
iment of Continental . troops, com
manded b- Robert Howe, and was in
several engagements in the revolution
ary war. After the war was over, he
removed to his land in Tennessee,
granted to him f r revolutionary ser-
NUril AKOMVt
What ur Xl8kbr im tb lnMMt
Mint arc doing;. A B4cr
or Xoten on Multpnn
In 4itMtrnl.
' Columbia is to have another cotton
seed oil mill. -
Prof. Joljn. II . Miller, f E.skine
College, has been elected president of
the Due West Female College.
The taxable property of Rock Hill
amounts to ,$137.904, an increase o ten
per cent over last year's returns.
The North Carolinians in Columbia
have organized an old North State So
ciety, and they will have two meetings
a year.
The "bill bugs" are destroying fields
of corn in Pickens county and the cat
erpillars ln,ve leen. very numerous in
the Peedee swamps
A colored woman on S. Elinou's
place, four miles below Greenwood,
tired her house and burned two of. her
children in it last Monday.
1 The Carnperdowu cotton mill, of
Greenville, is going to enlarge. They
will build a mill to make fine cloths
and add $T0,(M)0 to 1 heir capital
the machinery at the Dixie gold
mine has all been placed. The mine
has begun operations. It is working
ten stamping mills, but expects to in
crease the number.
A farmer in this county, it is said,
has cut down all tuo vines in his
vineyard beraare the wine made from
the grapes wouldn't make him drunk.
iMitcaxter Ledjer.
A South Carolina wren built a nest
nudev the eaves of an express' car ou
th(f Ablteville branch railroad, , and
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' - . ,. . built it so well that.tho car makes four
Tiou tor patnoiism, emerprise anu in
tegrity worthy of his name and state.
"His son, William Hardy Murfree,
was born in this eounty, educated at
Chapel XI ill, where he graduated in
1801,-and studied law. He was a suc
cessful and able advocate.- He enter
ed public life in 1805, as a member of
the House of Commons from Hertford.
In 1813. he. was elected tb represent
theEdenton district in -ongress and
re-elected in 1815. During this trou
bled and excited period he had the
reputation of a true republican, and
sustained the war and Mr. Madison.
"About 1825 he removed to Tennes
see, and died in in ast.vui soon alter,
where he left one son, William Law
Murfree."
Mis Murfree, the young authoress,
trips a day without injuring it.
Prof. S. P. Boozer, of the Green
wood .male high 4 school, was stricken
last Tuesday with apoplexy whilst in
his buggy, on his way home from
school. His recovery is doubtful. -.
Some of the military companies of
the state are advocating ah aunnal en-
cainpraent oV the milita of the state.
Spartanburg is spoken of as a suitable
place, and the same time ns the
Grange encampment. .
It is said that a band of robbers is
operating in Lancaster county in the
direction tf Lilerty Hill. The band is
composed of negroes who lie hid in the
woods. Several negroes have been
halted and their supplies taken from
them in the day time, but their depre-
Mrs. G. L. Sfacyi May th, relapse of J Commission themselves, have JLeen
measles, James L. Stacy, aged 3 years J approached, in order that the candidate
tor an impendiug examinatio.1 may
have the advantage of a personal ib-
10 months and 19 days; May 23rd,
Mary L. Stacy, aged 1 year and. 8
months.
troduetion.
We stated last week that Maj. Wil-
son was raaxing a survey ior rue
Richmond & Danville Company, which
was a mistake. He is in the interest
of another company.
WKftbiMKiu" letter.
A Ntrjr r ViekHbarar.
''' Here is a story with the scone laid in
Vicksburg. It was while I was-in
Vicksburg starving on pea-bread ajid
dodging the Yankee shells. I was de
tailed to go to the commissary to jdo
some work. The boys made it a part
of their work to slip something m6re
u' (From our Regular Correspondent) .
f Washington. June 3, 1887. This
year the city has not beeu permitted to Jth'an was given to them when they went
relanse into an uninterestine dull con- to the commissary, and it was always
dition.snch asis usual upon the de- something to eat, which they would ;di
nartnreof the President, and all -the vide with us. I thought that as it had
representatives of public and private qome my time to go I would be as good
interests that are sure not to- remain as they had been, if the opportunity
Inno- after his absence for a length of ifforded. That we were watched, you
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time has been determined nporr. . ' i ; meed not doubt, and that there -was
deny.
thief
llelnriil H.iils fr nt'
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I would tell the mothers that have
the care of small children that t aave
found it is not always needful to call a
physician when the; little ones are ill
In lhe first place, i great deal of watch
f ul care is al solutely necessary. . The
clothing, of course,, 13 tlje first- essen
tial point i "To be always comfortably
clothed and ready for! the variable
ehanges of weather we are so apt to
have through this region."
I have learnetl thatj onions are a
very eood nmedy for edlds: Take half
a dozen large onions, plkce them in a
piece of thick broWn pkpeir, well wet
with water to keiep from burning,-
' wrap up well, and roast- in hot ashes..
Another very good remedy is salt
pork and onions, chopped up fine and
applied to the ches.
xFor sour -mouthl I use. sulphur, by
putting a small poftionjon the tongue
every few minutes It will be found
very valuable in jcasess of . diphtheria.
The free use of glyceride is also very
good in such easesr 11 ""
Sometimes the little, ones get very
sick with chills and feVev caused by
an attack of wormjs. They are, gener
ally speaking, the child's worst enemy,
I have f ound nd remedy so good as
the common, burdockj aud it is the
pest of)' most every farm. I take the
leaves and wilt tfcem ii hot water and
cover all over the bod yj untifit sweats
readily, . J j ,
For weak kidneys, Ifusc tnat noxious
weed, mullein, by, makiotr a weed tea
and lettiner them dnk it three or
four times a dayi-i I
"If veu wiH.. try, these remedies for
the children, and sonetimes they are
very good for jgjowp people, it will
hardly be necessary to call in a phy-
we suppose, is a great-grand-daughter datious are committed principally in
of thp Hardy Murfree, after whom the the night.
town of Murfreesboro is named.
Saluda Mirting-M.
The nove!tv of the national drill has treason for steal mg, 1 need not
tVA nnhlin rn tftrpsf t Bat it makes me feel like a sheep
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- 4L A tU nefAmtnritf rAt. trhPn 1 thlDK OI It. YV Den 1 W&S
iu tuo cauitai auu iuu v.uot-vsuu w j j f, . - .
excursionist hitherward have enjoyed jn the commissary, I could see nothing
an additional reduction in his or her open but a barrel of crackers. I could
;iwiki rr which seems to be the eret to nothing better and concluded to
ereat end after all.to be attended tobyj take a good supply of them. In walk
this class of pleasure seekers. So, al-J ing about the commissary I made it
,-r.r,h tha hnitA man mav have had ' convenient to ero by the barrel of
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' (Correspondence of The Neai Era.)
Salida, Polk county, June 2, 1887.
Having promised to note -for your
paper, please allow room for these
items. First, your correspondent lives fractured, and
at a station on the Ashevitle and Spar
tanburg railroad, midway between the
pornts mentioned, known as Salnda.
It is iu Polk county and is noted for its
elevation, good water, and excellent
climate. As pen these lines, 1 am
sitting by a roaring stove. If one
should be ushered from a tropical cli
mate to oars just now he iwould think
winter had come.
This little place is also noted for its
hotels and summer visitors. Numbers
from ' all over the South congregate
here to spend their time ; aud. money.
There are three months out of the
twelve that our little town appears .like
a bee hive at swarra.' W hen they en
ter our midst they, appear as ghosts,
but, ; after a few months, stay, leave
looking like mountain roses, and have
that elastic step which predicates that
enjoyable boon, health.
Dr. Geddings, of Augusta, Ga., is
building a-very handsome residence on
Kuykeudall's Peak. A'l the material
for the structure wa3 shipped. How is
this, since this country abounds in the
greatest, varieties and finest timbers
known to the wrrkKABs. By writer,
want of capital and energy upon
part of our countrymen.)
The widow of the late James P.
Ferguson and his daughter met with a
serious misfortune while returning
ho.ne from Chester on last Wednesday.
The horse they were driving, becom-.
ing frightened, started to run, when
both jumped out of the buirgy. Miss
Ferguson',3 limb above the ancle was
Mrs. Fcrgushn's face
sieiau. icwe;
and Fireside.
SommervSU, in Fair
Adri from fMd Kherp Hrflr
Iu raising sheep forjwool, start with
thorousbbred or even grade ewes as
large in size as they can be hod.of good
length and thickness lof wool, neither
too coarse or gttmmyj Use for breed
ing none buttbbsh of strong constita-
tions hat have, not been pampered or
overfed. Propuye aj good thorough
bred Merino ram as perfect as you can
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was badly bruised.
Tim Black well, colored, walked for--ty
miles through the rairi last Monday
and delivered himself to Commissioner
Hawthorne- He was committed to
jail to await trial. Tim lives near the
North Carolina line, and is accused of "
distilling whiskey. Whenever the of
fleers in one. state got after him he
would skip over the line. At last he
was captured iri North Carolina and
placed In jail. He served his time out.
and immediately came to this city. It ,
is supposed he intends , to serve' his
time out here and reform. Greenville
Neits. ,
Jimmie Gaillard, fourteen year's old ;
son of Mr. J. H. Gaillard,of Newberry,
left Newberry' on Wednesday, May j
25th, bound for. the Great West. Be
ing telegraph -messenger boy, he had
the run of the ticket office, and he took
advantage of that fact by abstracting
a couple of liekets to Greenville one
for himself, and one for another lad :
that he was trying ti persuade to go f
with him, With fifteen cents in his i
pocket and a ticket to. Greenville, he ,
started. The next morning he was
heard from at Easley, on .the Air Line-
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I Mr. Herst, aFso of Augusta,XJa.. has "u ; - " ,
now in process of erection ameetjueen
Anue cottage on Kuykendall street, About three mouths ago Mr. Coflin,
Henry C. Tanner, one of our '.young of the Peizer Mills, made certain ia
and enterprising meu, is now finishing quires as to water powers in this coun-
the finest hotel ever built npon our ty, with a view to ; purchasing. .. Last;
nuM He has opened part of his house Thursday he came over to Mountain
and has some guests fiom Columbia, Shoals and examined the phue asked:
S. C. - the price, which was $20,000 and closed i
CoL A. Tanner, the vrell known ho-, the trade at once. As soon as titles i
telist, has made some additions to his Are made, books of subscription will be !
already commodious hotel and the opened and . preparation for. buHding I
whole building is being : repainted by will be commenced. Mr. Uffln m
the celebrated Get man Painter Valk. backed by . a Charleston syndicate
. Also Judge AOdrick, of Barnwell, S. which will go on with the work wheth
C , has had a nice addition made to his 6T they get any stock in the county or
handsome residence - j,- . : ' not Tbey propose tb erect a twenty
Rev. J. D, ycCullongh, of the Epis- thousand spindle mill and put in ten
copal church of S. C.t Who has a neat thousand to begin with. Spartan.
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