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Maj.C. M. Steadman was last
week elected President of the
North Corolina Kail Koad.
Last Thursday near Li a col u ton,
while a threshing machine was be-
ing placed preparatory to thresh
ing grain, it fell on and crushed a
man named Lingerfelt so badly
, - that he died in a few hours.
. Last week E. 11. Shields and Joe
8tevens, two bill collectors of 'il
mington, X. C. had a difficulty in
Which Stevens shot Shields, who
died altout an hour afterwards.
Stevens surrendered and was placed
in jail.
f Jno M. Freeman, of Spencer;
: was last week lined 2j0 uud coat
amounting to ?.) for retailing li
quor. This is record breaking tine
but it is the proper way to deal
with law breakers, lie was given
his choice to pay the tine or work
six months on the roads.
Different towns in the State are
making a good deal al revenue by
taxing the sellers oi "Near Beer."
Salisbury has nine such dealers who
pay 1300 each for thelicense, while
Charlotte has fixed the license at
11,000 per year.
Night Riders Warn
Growers.
Tobacco
Lexington, Ky., July 9 The to
bacoo growers of Hopkins county
have been warned by the night'
riders that unless they become
members of the association fighting
the American Tobacco Company
they will be dealt with in a manner
not conducive to good health.
The letters go far received by the
growers are to the effect that fail
lire to sign an agreement to be
i come a member of the association
will result in the grower being
whipped and lire set to his lysine
and tobacco barn .
To the men who contemplate
J buying tobacco in Hopkins and
J .surrounding counties this year, a
warning is issued that if they pur
chase tobacco not belonging to
members of the association they
may expect hemp and bullets to be
used upon them.
The letters conclude with the
statement that the soldiers sent to
the tobacco districts by Governer
Wilson "will not last as long as a
snowball in hell." One of the let
trs, signed "Night Riders, 800
strong," was received by a weekly
paper at Madisonville, the editor
o which was authorized to print
it as a warningTO tnetotucco grow
ers and buyers of that part of the
state. Since the letters became
public Governor Wilson has been
called upon to send troops to that
region to jpreyeut urajges" such as
were inflicted on the farmers last
summer.
clal circles as critical.
Why, pneedovott.
now. I
lorloV.
WeUvOfoourse,1!
tohooMm,nd
to him
1'og- was1 too
heavy to move. I didn't know what
to do. So at lasl 1 thought or cut
cnimi-BiesWhragrmut
got jib paws snrougn buck; i nen
tied, a rope about the Jog and
ade Aim walk with it into camp
nd--would you believe itt we
ad all bur food and all our fuel
r tnewinter out of that brie bear."
t Tortured On a Howe.
I "Fof ten yean I oouldn't ride a
bom without being In tortoure from
bllea," Writes L. 8. Napier, of Rug-
jess, Ky., "when all doctors and other
Remedies failed, Bueklen's Arnioa
Salve eared me' Infallible for PIlei,
Bum, Soaldi, Cuts, Bolls, Fever
, torcij Eesema, Salt Rheam, Corns.
J. Y. Jovner Elected President of
the National Educational Asso
ciation. Denver, Col., July 8 The elec.
tion of James Yadkin Joyner, Sa
perintendent of Public Instruction
of North Carolina, as president of
the National Educational Associa
tion today is regarded by his sup
porters as a victory in their tight
aguiust any regulation ot the prices
of school text books. Mr. Joyner
was elected over lien Blewert, head
of the St. Louis schools, ami Dr
J. II. Phillips, of Birmingham,
Ala. Two hundred Tar Heels
joined Mrs. (iattfc in singing t'aro
lina songs, ending with three
cheers for Joyner. The corridor of
the Brown Palace Hotel was a
scene of great enthusiasm at Joy
ucr's election.
Wets Capture Bristol.
Bristol, - Va., July S. By the
narrow majority of 32, out of a
total of 844 votes polled, the anti
prohibitionists won the local option
election heid here tolay, following
one of the most hotly contested
campaigns ot its kind in the South .
Pandemonium reigna here tonight,
in that part of Bristol, which lies
in Tennessee as well as in tbe half
of the city which has declared for
the sale of liquor after a dryness
of two years. Preparations are al
ready being made for opening up
saloons and wholesale houses for
Supplying not only the immediate
territory but that of the doxen near
by States which areiu the pronibi
tlvetolomn. Raikoad Tracks Inundated.
Thousands of passengers are held
up at various points in Colorado
on account of floods. Half the
railroad tracks are inundated and
traveling is exceedingly hazardous.
Near Cauon City two hundred
passengers were saved fi-om death
by a tramp, who flagged the train,
which was running at forty miles
an hour just before it reached a
washout.
The inhabitants of Pattenburg,
Mo., with titeeeu hundred resi
dents, Wednesday asked Kansas
City and St. Joe for help from
flood which have deluged the town.
The entire village is under ten feet
of water and every inhabitant was
forced to the roofs. Several are
reported drowned and scores of
others are in immediate peril.
Many houses have left their
foundations and are now floating
along the streets', strikin g others
Istill standing.
Libraries at Penitentiary.
The board of directors of the
state prison will1 meet; We nett
week and oueoftbe most important
matters before it is the establish-
ment of a library at the peniten
tiary here and also a small one at
each of five convict, camps
maiaufue''bv!vtDe:fitate .nU"f &
This movement has been on foot
for rnanV yeaindMr;ka
sideraWe fund jn hand.v This
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visitors by means oi smaii iees col
lected from each for the purpose of
esMshlnrthrmrafr
When six months old the littls
daughter of E. N. Dewey, a well
known merchant of Agnew vilw, va.,
had an attack of cholera, infantum.
Chamberlain's Oolle; Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy was given and
effected a complete care.: This re
medy" has proven very successful in
cam Ot bowel ooupiainx in eniia
rth when glTen aoeording to the
plain printed direction can be relied
upon with perfect confidence. When
reduced with water and sweetened It
is pleasant to take, which is of great
Importance when a medicine must be
given to young children. For sale
by J. C Shell, Druggist, Dr. Kenta,
Druggist.
Corporation Commission Assess
in; Corporations.
Raleigh, July 8. Into all parts
of the State there are now going
from day to day notices from the
Corporation Commission to the ef
feet that the Commission has as
sessed and appraised the capital
stock of one and another of the .V !
200 corporations of the State that
are subject to this assessment anil
deducted corporate excess. The
officers are notified that if there
are exceptions they desire to make
to these figures" they cuir have a
hearing in the office of the commis
sion within ten days after the re
ceipt of the notice. Officers or at
torneys for corporations that are
not satisfied with the assessments
are wming in almost every day to I
be heard and thoir general com
plaint is that the assessments are
put very considerably higher than
has been the practice heretofore by
the State Auditor who has in the
past made these assessments. It is
estimated by somCthatthe increase
in this corporate excess taxation
this year will be as much as 25 per
cent. On the other hand there are
said to be large corporations in the
State whose assessment in this con -1
nection in the past havs not am
ounted to as much as their surplus
actually on hand. It will be sev
eral weeks before the commission
completes Its work in connection
with the assessments.
Floods in tbe West.
Kansas City, Kas., July 7.
Swollen by unprecedented rains,
Missouri valley rivers today left
their banks and causing damaging
floods in many parts of Missour
and Kansas. The most spectacular
accident due to the flood was the
derailing in a flooded plain of the
Achison Topeka and Sahta Fe pas
sepger train bound from Kansas
City to Denver.
Long- Drought in Mexico Breaks,
After Great Damage.
El Paso, Tex., July 7 Two
million dollars will no more than
cover the losses sustained by stock
men as the result of drought in
northen Mexico, according to con-
srvatixe estimates. The drought,
which has lasted nearly a year,
has been broken by heavy rains,
but cattle died by tens of thous
ands from starvation and thirst.
In Floods in Middle West.
St. Joseph, Mo., July 8. The
flood situation is uow the most seri
ous ever known in the Middle
West.
The railroad and telegraphic tie-
up is complete. It is impossible to
accurately estimate the number of
dead but it is believed that at least
20 are dead, besides many yet
unacoouted for.
Reports from various places say
the waters are still rising.
$700,000 loads.
Columbia. 8. (J., Jaly 8.
Spartanburg and Newberry coun -
ties will both bond themselves
heavily this summer for better
hig h wayf p the former being certain
to vote favorably August 24. upo:
a ppotytn,? 'teiue; f 400,00'
worth of bonds, while Newberry, as
nfevtouslv hoted in these d&
jpjatctes, will vote July $8 on th
issuance oi bonds in the sum of
1300.000, with practical assurance
that the result will be in favor of
thVfliocl fads catise.
Get DeWltt's Carbolued Witch
Basel Salve when you ask for it!
There are a great many Imitations;
but there is just one original. This
salve Is good for anything where a
aire is needed to be used, but It ll
good for Piles. Sold by J. E. Shell,
Lenoir Drag Go. ttranite Falls Drag
Co.
Beautiful Western North Carolina.
Part of a letter written for the
Lexington Dispatch by a young
man traveling through the moun
tains. Soon we reached Howard's
Knob, on the top of which one may
stand and behold the hills of Vir
e,iuia and Tennessee, and one whese
top is w hat is kuown as Sampson's
chimney, a rock aKuit thirty feet
high and not much larger than a:i
old chimney. At the base of this!
knob is the historical town of
Boone, enmity scat of W.itauga
which so impivsM-d the Stale o:h
cials that the establishe ! therethe
Appalachian Training School.
Here is where laniel Boone, heioic
pioneer, camped and built one of
his rude cabins, the old chimney of
u hiclumav still be s,hii it: part.
After staging a few days at
BoonV, we made a visit to Blowing
Bock, where nrture spreads her fas
filiating scenes abroad in a most al
luring way. As we passed oer
the famous Yonolossee turnpike
there were many thiugs of interest
to see, among which was the Falls
of the New liiver halfway between
Boone and Blowing Rock, but that
which attracted our attention and
admiration mostly was the beauti
ful lake to be seen j ust before reach
ing the Rock. This lake is of arti
ticial formation, one half mile in
circumference. Myriads of beaati
ful Southern laurels decorate its
margin and Mother Nature, with
her thoughtful hand, has pinned on
the lapel of its bosom thousands of
beautiful water lilies. The lake is
inhabited by many of the Any
tribe, which dart hither and thith
er on one's approach. Leaving
this we visited the lake on the
Cone estate, which is also artifi
cial, covering 26 acres. Here also
were laurel and water lilies to
adorn, and what is more, was a gas
oline boat. Just above is a number
of smaller lakes in which we saw
many fish, trout, bass, etc. Nearby
is a park containing many deer.
Between the lakes and the Cone
Mansion, which cost $68,000, and
which is beautifully located, and
can be seen 20 miles, is an orchard
containing 45,000 trees. Mr. Cone
spent a great deal of money in beau
tifying and improving this section.
Reluctantly leaving so entranc
ing a spot, where we beheld so
many of the beauties of nature, we
passed on beyond the town of Blow
ing Rock, to the "Rock" itself,
from which the town gets its uame
and which is stalled on account of
the high precipice and the strong
current of air coming up from be
low. To say this is a grand and
magnificent view would oidy hah
describe it. A vast expanse of ter
ritory embracing parts of Watauga
Mitchell, Burke and Wilkes coun
ties opens itself to view as one ap
proaches. So great is the beauty
of the scenery that one would nat
urally imagine that he was getting
a glimpse of fairyland, and he real
izes that this country is justly
termed the "Switzerland of Ameri
ca.
'Another thing of interest to 'be
seen is the Grandfather mountain,
whose towering peak points upward
to the height Of B,887 feet, and as
someone has said,' "whose brow is
received into a olond of historic
glory." We congratulated our
selves upon being permitted to
drink water from the head spring
of the Yadkin river.
It is a matter of great surprise
that so few of the people of the
State know about the attractions
of this section of their own beloved
North Carolina.
Charlks H. Myesb.
The men whom we elect to office
are supposed to ba oar servants,
but most of them want to be oar
masters.
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A Splendid Four Room Outfit
$98.00
$2.50 A Week Pays For It
By far the best four room outfit ever offered in Lenoir
for the money, Parlor, Dining Room, I5ed Room, Kitchen
complete neatly, artistically, completely furnished.
We can furnish four rooms completely for as little as
$65.00 and you can pay for it. A small sura at time of pur
chase the balance $2.50 a week. May we not have the
pleasure of conferring with you regarding the furnishing of
your home!
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TIE BEST IS CHEAPEST
applies to Harness stronger perhaps, than anything
else. There are some good that appear to be the best
w'hen they are not. And there are some goods that
are much better than they look. When you buy
Harness you should buy from people who make them
and know them from hide to the finished article.
Thisis why we sometimes remark
"WHEN III DOUBT, BUY OF PRICE!"
IS
4And it doth not yet appear
what we shall be, but we know
tftawe Bhall be like Him, for w
shall see Him as He is." v tiering
these words, Cornelius K. Means,
one of the best known colored men
in the city, ended a talk wnicn ne
had beeu making hi the Sunday
School of Seventh Street Presby
ferfan eharch. colored, vesterday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, and sat
down. A moment later he fell
over and was dead. Heart trouble
was the cause. Considerable ex
citement was caused, by his speedy
demise. Charlotte unserver, om
Th. Vva( nilla mula ar DflWltt's
Little Early Risers, the famous little
liver pills. They are small, gentle,
pleasant, easy to take and act promp
tly, they are sold by J. E. Shell,
Lenoir Drug Co. and Granite Falls
Drug Co.
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Mr. N. U. Whitley, of Hays,
tells us that on Saturday he took
thirty pine pounds of sour wood
honey from one common sized hive
of his bees. This does very will
indeed, we are told, being, as it s,
yet Wis In the season. Wilkes
Patriot.
Sees Mother Grow Young.
"It would be hard to overstate
the wonderful change in my mother
since she began to nee Klectrloe Bit
ters," writes Mrs W. L. QUpatriok of
Daoiorth, Me. "Although past 70 she
seems really to be growing young
again. She suffered untold misery
from dyspepsia for 20 years. At last
sh e could neither st, drink nor sleep.
Doctors gave her up and all remedies
failed till Electric Bitters worked
such wonders for her health.! They
invigorate all vital organs, cure Liv
er and Kidney troables, Induce sleep,
impart strength and appetite. Only
60c at J. E. 8hell.
Mc Gaaraatsed by J. E. Bhsll.
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