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VOLUME XI. ' JLEXOIR, K".C, AUGUST IO, 1900. NO. 80
Shootinf at Black Mountain.
Asheville, Aug. 7. laul Camer
ou Collins, cashier ot the Bank of
Hillsboro, and John HiU Bunting,
a traveling mau of Wilmiugton,
were shot in their room at the
Gladatoue hotel at Black: Mountaiu,
about 1.30 o'clock this morning by
policeman F. C. Watkine, of that
town. The officer who promptly
came to the city and was placed
under 1.500 bond to await the re
sult of the injuries, stated that the
two men were drunk and cursing
and threatening the ladies in the
hotel. He said) that he shot in
self defense after the men had ex
tinguished their lamp and leaped
on him in the darkness, he haying
been awakened from sleep to go to
the hotel, where the proprietor had
sent word for him to come and ar
rest the men. The wounded men
were brought to Asheville on the
early morning train after being at
tended at Black Mountain by Dr
La dis.
Policeman Watkins stated to the
newspaper men today that when he
reached the hotel he beard the two
men using language aud threaten
ing ladies in the house. On the
other hand, it is also stated, that
Collins and Bunting were not
drunk nor did thev use the
language attributed to them.
BUNTIMi DIEH OF WOVNDB.
Bunting died at the Mission
hospital tonight shortly after mid
night, from the effect of his
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wounds, lie did not recover con
sciousuess.
F. C. Watkius, the policeman
who shot Buuting, will it is stated
be rearrested and jailed on a charge
of murder.
Dog's Howling Tells of Woman's
Death.
Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 7. The
howling of her pet dog which for
three days guarded the lody of
Mrs. E. A. Littleton, wHo died
Wednesday, alone in her cottage
on the shore of St. Simons island,
caused the discovery of the wom
an's death today.
The little dog's howls had leeri
heard during Wednesday night.
Thursday and Friday but no at
tention was paid to them until to
day. Mrs. Littleton was sixty
years old. Her home in Alexandria,
Va., where a brother, Walter S.
Cash, survives her.
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Be Good to the Old Folks.
Wiufcton Republican.
Vnr ivvvnil iwl's our letters 1
have been about old people and
things of long ago, and we want to
talk about old folks agaiu this
week grandpa and grandma.
I was going up street not long
ago and I saw an old lady, who
seemed to be about 80, coming
down on the opposite side of the
Street. Iler form was stooped;
her hair was as white as the drifted
snow, ine step mat was once
quick and elastic was slow and
shuffling. She was standing on
the very brink of ihe dark river
we call death. As I stood there,
with my hat off, a little girl came
tripping along and I said, 4 'Can
you realize that yonder old lady
was ouce'a little babe in her moth
er's arms and then a little girl just
like y out" She looked at the old
woman for a moment as she shui-
fled al me, a staff in her hand and
a basket on her arm, and then,
gazing up into my face with a be
wildered expression ou her face,
and said, "Was she!"
Friends, children, and older
ones too, let me burn this one
thought into your very souls.
Just as sure as you live, your time
is coming and whatsoever you sow
now you shall reap hereafter. Vou
may worry, vex and annoy your
grand-mother, yoar own mother,
or even vour "mother in law", if
you will, but remember that "with
what measure ve mete it shall be
measured to you again."
A young man was going to the
poorhouse with au old man on his
back. The young man became very
tired and set dowu the old man on
a stone to take a rest. While rest
ing, the old man began to weep
bitterlv. "You mav cry as much
as you please, me youug man
said, "but to the poorhouse you
shall go, for I will not be bothered
and burdened with you any long
er.'' Then the old man said, "I
am not weeping, my son, because
you are taking me to the poor
house, but because of my cruelty
to your grandfather. Thirty years
ago this very day 1 whs carrying
him on my back to the poorhouse
and rested him on this very stoue
He begged me to let him stay with
me the tew days ( he had to live,
promising to rock and nurse the
little ones and do any thing he
could. 1 mocked him and turned
a deaf ear to his cries aud tears aud
took him to the poorhouse. It is
the thought of my cruelty to my
poor old deaf father that makes me
weep. My punishment is just; I
must reap as I have sown. As
soon as vou are rested, let us be
going."
I realize that, naturally, there is
little congeniality between youth
aud extreme age, especially when
brought in too close or too constant
contact. How we enjoy the com
pany of grandma when she lives to
herself and we visit her occasional
ly, but when she moves into our
own homes and becomes a member
ofourTamily it becomes entirely
another matter.
What if grandma is sometimes
cross and pettish? Maybe the con
stant grind on her nervous system
years ago caused by the anxiety
she felt for yonr father or mother,
or the hard work aud unceasing
toil she endured that they might
remain in school, is . what makes
her like she is. Can't yon bear
with her a little while and try to
comfort her and make her feel that
she is a joy instead of a burden to
vour home! In a little while she
will slip away into the shodows
and you may not think so now bat
there will be many a tag it yoar
heart-strings as relentle memory
telle yoa what yoa might have
done and borne.
If you have any flowers for
grandma, lei her have them now
while Ihe le living aad depend on
the neighbor! to furnish wreaths
for her casket after the ii dead.
Voting and Lhing Prohibition.
A glance at the top lines of the
daily
newspapers published in
North Carolina' is sufficient to
show what a struggle is going ou
throughout the State to enforce the
liquor law, to uphold prohibition.
Moonshiners, blind tigers, near
beer, are a formidable array, and
without a coustant right it is hard
to tell what would be the result.
t might be said that this con test
shows the weakness in prohibition
sentiment, that the vote for prohi
bition in the State would indicate
that the moral issue, so largely
sustained at (he ballot box, ought
to have strength enough, backed
by the regular police force of the
cities, and the internal revenue
forces io the country, to make pro
hibition effective.
But on looking over the accounts
it will be found that the drohibition
ists have to keep lined up, that
pies are continually at work, and
that immunity is often granted
criminals "to squeal," to tell what
they may know reguarding illicit
iquor dealings, in order that off
enders may be caught. All this
warfare does not mean that prohi
bition is not right, or a wise law,
but it does show that there is a
ack of moral force behind very
many who voted for State prohibi
tion, and yet, individually, refuse
to live prohibition. If the voters
for prohibition would live prohibi
tion there would be a vast change
in the present conditions. Thous
ands of dollars, now going out of
the State would be kept here for
ocal investments. Public senti
ment would distroy moonshining,
blind tigers, near beer and all else,
because there would be no demand
for them.
Killed by Lightning.
On Thursday afternoon Mr. C. C
Hauss lost a valuable cow by
lightning in a peculiar way.
The bolt struck a tree aud after
tearing it up pretty badly the
fluid transferred to a wire fence
the strands of which were fastened
to the tree and ran along the fence
passing several other trees to which
it was fastened and finally killed
the cow who had her head through
the fence feeding from the other
side. The distance from the tree
that was struck to where the cow
w as k i 1 1 ed w a s th ree h u n d red yards,
and the probability is that the cow
would have been unharmed if she
had not have lieen damp from the
rain and her feet in a damp place
thus furnishing a good ground con
nection for the electric current.
Lincoln Time.
Spencer Blackbnm Now a Resi
dent of Oklahoma.
Spencer, Aug. 5.-Eormer Con
gressman Speucer Blackburn, of
the eighth North Carolina district.
is now located at Tulsa, Okla.,
where he is enggaged in the practice
of law., io friends in Spencer he
baa written that he is well pleased
with his Western home. He says
that if he had Postmaster James
D. Dorsett, of Speucer, with him,
they two could take charge of the
universe.
Building the Dredge Boat.
Newton Enterprise.
The whistle of the steam boat
will soon be heard on Clark's creek.
The work of building It was begun
last Thursday at the Herman mill,
near the iunction of Biir Clark's
creek and Little Clark's creek. The
dredging oatfit was shipped from
Mario, Ohio, last Friday and will
be here by the last of this week. It
is expected to have the boat com
pleted and the machinery Installed
on It and ready to begin work
within two weeks.
LATE COMERS
Not Punctual at Church
Hae a Bad Habit
Those
Contributor to Charity &ud Children.
I have been for a number of
years watching the late comers at
church. They are a good people
but have cultivated a bad habit,
and their example is harmful to
the preacher and people. I used
to notice a mother who came with
her little girl ten minutes late at
every service. She was the subject
of much criticism. The people
used to say, "It was her fine
clothes she wanted to display."
8 he invariably took a high seat.
Recently I have worshipped in
Several different places and have
noticed the late comers. How
beautifully dressed they were!
The back seats were not conspicu
ous enough, and to the front the
beautiful clothes came and rested
ou the front benches. To be sure
the vision was berutiful to be
hold. I did wish that they had
come earlier and sat right in front
of me. I love to see pretty cloth
ing, beautiful garments. I believe
in trimmings. Let us make every
thing beautiful, but let it be sub
ordinate to and a companion of
beautiful habits and character.
How these detract the attention
of the people! How conspicuous
it makes the la'e comers, and how
troublesome to usher sometimes.
Punctuality is a great habit it is
essential to success. The late
comers with their beautiful feath
ers ought to come earlier and give
others a longer vision o f their
beauty. The church is a good
place to behold beautiful visions.
Sometimes the young lady who
comes late makes it very disagree
able for the beauty she has finally
discovered. He is an ugly and
bashful boy, and the vision of red
ckeeks, bitten lips and frowning
brow makes him more conspicuous
than the beautiful dresses. In
such cases the young man should
be considered. The young lady
who can thus display her beau's
homeliness to gratify her own vani
ty will tail later on to consider
him in the serious matters' of home
life, and the result will be the
making of a balking horse or a
kicking mule. The late comers are
on the increase in every place.
Time was when the performer dur
ing the week and the preacher on
Sunday never waited, but on the
minute began service. Now i t
seems that performers, preachers
and people are all in the mad nice
for the last place in the gathering
audience. Twice I have seen prom
inent people get in the door to
hear the lenediction. The matter
of coming in late is a sad comraen
tarv ou the worships ot all our
churches.
Will Dredge for Gold.
Yorkville Enquirer, SOtli.
Major Jno. F. Jones, of Blacks-
burg, has make a coutract with an
electric dredging concern of New
York, for the right to use their
dredging system in Rutherford
county. N. C. Major Jones has
secured dredging rights on about
2,000 acres of gold aud monazite
bearing lands, and under a recent
test of the dredging system it is
claimed that a yield of $30 iu gold
to the cupit foot was the result.
It is stated that engineers estimate
that there are 20,000,000 yards to
be dredged.
THE CRIME OF IDLENESS.
IdleneM means trouble for any one
It the tame with a Uiy liver. It oaut-
ee oonitipatloD. headache, Jaundice,
allow oomplexion, plmplea and blo
Uhee. loet of appetite, naasa, but
Df. Klnfa Kew Life Pills soon ban-
ton liter troubles and bulkl up yonr
he lth. 85o. at J. E. 8helL
0m
That's why we want to talk this little housefuruishing mat
ter over with you. We want you to know that this store
stands for all that is good in merchandising. Good goods
best service low prices. We would like to tell you all about
ourselves. Won't you give us an opportunity!
It will resalt to your benefit.
Speaking About Collars
We have just shipped to Asheville, N. C. collars that
the Asheville Harness Co. will get live dollars each for.
We do not sell many of these here. You folks don't
buy theuv. Some of you have a horse you are especially
proud tf. Think almost as much of him as your do one
of the children. Next time you want him collored drive
him around to the shop and let us make you and the
horse both proud.
"WHEN IN DOUBT, BUY OF PRICE!"
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Items
from the Morgantonj'
Herald.
Mr. Ed. Tuttle, of Gastonia, was
a visitor in town Monday.
Miss Mary Coffey, of Lenoir, is
visiting Mrs. X. H. Cox,
Mrs. Sarah Gibbs, of Lenoir,
spent several days this week with
Mrs. Will Austin.
Mr. J. L. Nelsou and son, Gug,
spent last week at Mr. Nelson's
old home ou the Yadkin river near
Patterson .
Our old friend Mr. W. T. Dula
was a visitor in town yesterday.
Today (Thursday) at his beautiful
home in Upper Creek township he
will celebrate his 64 birthday with
dinner. Several of his od
friends have been invited to join in
the celebration. We trust that
he may enjoy many returns of the
day.
The Raleigh News and Observer
of the 6th Bays.
The citizens of Watauga county
yesterday filed with the Corpora
tion Commission a complaint
against the Valle Crucls, Shawnee-
haw and Elk Park Turnpike Com
pany for redaction and adjustment
ot tolls froa Klk Park to Valle
Crods.
JUST EI
US AN 0P-
VILL SAVE
YOU MONEY
Notes from Whitnel.
Mr. S. W. Correll and several
others of Whitnel spent Sunday at
Blowing Rock. Mr. Correll say it
rains at Blowing Rock.
Lumber is being placed on the
ground for Miss Lula Wakefield
house. Mr. Boone Munday has
the contract.
Miss Ella Deal has gone toFinley
to teach school they are fortunate
in securing Miss Ella as teacher.
Mr. J. H. Johnson of Whitnel is
visiting friends and Relatives near
Statesville.
The many friends of Mrs. Albert
Nifong are glad to know that her
condition is improving.
Mr. J. S. Blair, of Edgemont
spent Sunday with Mrs. Blair and
baby at Mr. J. J. Powell.
The breaking of wheat land is in
order now, the high price for wheat
and flour have in induced the farm
er to raise more wheat.
Scribbler.
Aug. 4, 1909.
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pleasant, safe, sure, easy little pills.
A ssdve you may alwaya depend up
on In any mm where yoa need talve,
Is DeWltte Carbolixed Witch Basel
Mjve especially good for Pile. Bold
by J. E. Shell, Lenoir Drag Co. and
(iranlte Fall Drug Co.