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Coimety New
VOL. I.
MORGANTON, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1899.
NO. I.
Bimrlke
Typical Winter Days.
Wednesday and yesterday
were typical winter days.
Earh' Wednesda' morning'
sleet began falling and by
night everything out of doors
was covered with a sheet of
ice. Yesterday morning a
fellow who ventured out early
KSQ. X. P. BECK DEAD.! How many New Year res..
lutions have been so far car
He Passed Away on Yes- ried out?
terday Morning. j Mr. L. B. Bristol, of States-
I ville, was a visitor to Morgan
Esq. N. P. Beck, one of our j ton yesterday,
most prominent citizens, died'
at his home, a mile and a half! The firm of Brittain & Bal
last of town vesterdav morn-!1 Morganton liverymen.
ing, after an illness of several nas Deen dissolved, Mr. Bal-jna( to be mighty careful and
months. I lew buying Mr. Britain's in- sure-footed if he kent from
When his health first began I terest. This deal was made falling. Many there were who j yesterday to put Mitchell
to tan, he went to Johns Hop-i . e!"-1Uc jlost their looting aud got up
kins Hospital, Balto., and re-i vr- uT it tt i- 1 rA i see if anyone was looking.
, . . . Mrs. . H. Hardin left last T . . - ,
mained there under treatment i o . i r T . tt , Later in the dav there was a
Mr. J. W. Wilson, Jr., is
attending a meeting of rail-
j way agents at Brunswick, Ga.
At the last meeting of the
new board of county commis
sioners S. J. Ervin, Esq., was
appointed county attorney. A
good selection.
Mr. Leather wood, of Swain.
introduced a bill in the House
UHVtei 1 1 VTtll IIJCll l i O i-l f T i TT1
tor several weeks with thelrr T-ijL- f thaw and consequently mud
by Dr. G. H. Moran.
, c - . Hospital, Baltimore, for treat- , -c ,
hope ot being restored, but 1 01 , i is plentiful.
, i- T 4-u i i i merit. She was accompanied 1 .
his disease (or the liver haul r r tt vr L ! - i
turrfed on Tuesday.
who
gained such a strong-hold that
it hailled all medical skill and
he returned without having
been benefited. He gradually
grew worse until the end came
on yesterday.
Deceased was about 66 years
of ag'e. He leaves four daugh
ters. Two are single, one is; vUifJmr hr rl1 Umri lit.
a widow, Mrs. Lula Davis, and I
the other is the wife of Mr. j The present General Assem
bWcst Berr. Esq. Beck bly will be asked to grant the
married a daughter of Mr. j commissioners of Morganton
Columbus Tate, of Upper power to order an election in
Creek. His wife died about a ! the spring on the question'of
year and a half ago. j issuing bonds for the purchase
Esq. Beck was for a number jof the electric light plant.
of years a prominent magis-
county back in the Eighth
Congressional district.
The 14-year-old son of Mr.
Charles Mull died last Friday
from lock-jaw, resulting from
TT , ,
a cut toe. tie was burned at
re-i We haven t as yet solicited
I any advertisements for The Bottles' church on Sunclav.
. ( News, having been too busy:
Mrs. V. A. Leslie enter- Lwith other work in gettingout !
tamed a few of her friends at , the first issue. What outside j y rrcspondeuce Cliar!ou.
tea Wednesday evening, the j nflverT:,imr wt. h:ive was hand-! 9V8erver: J; A" "owel al Gold ll,)l.
, . . . . i tnis county, orinjrs suit through his at-
-vnf. hinr in hnnnr nf ATr i .t a. r i
VJW,m,,uw, iUi;1'1 mn-iitt t( make ' 'HK iEvs an adver- ti.. uA..ikAm ;inv r..r c.muia rin.n
j rlardlll, Ot lVnOXVllle, WhO IS f lslinr medium which the hllSl- ' uh hit liv n mm ino tmin npiir Shruor
- r t J " r. - .,t...r.
ness men cannot well do With- j about three months ago and allege
out. that ha was permanently injured?
SaLE
irate ol the county and was
generally called upon to try
the more important legal cas-
T T 1 11
es. ne was oorn ano raised
Edison's Projectoscope and
Commedy Co. will appear in
the court house to-night.
Scenes of the, late wrar are
c n , , ! ular Morganton stationer, and
or the old land- Ar- at, !T v u .
. Miss Mary Young, than whom
ce i removed from ,i - r 11
in upper LreeK townsnip. 1 1'1 t,,v-,ir't" ,-tv"4 v-r- unmcii-cu
He lived in Morganton for i that the Morganton Cornet
awhile before buvingand mov- j Band will furnish music,
ing to the farm on Hunting! The marriage of Mr. B. S.
creek where he was living at Gaither, the h ustling and pop-
' X & M
Another
... . i there is no more lovable vonmr
among us. leace to his ashes, i , J r.
rpi ( i i t 114. woman an v where, is announced
1 lie iuueral is to be held to-!. , , nlL
i . n , . , itn take place on the 2oth inst.
day at 11 a. m. and the inter-; 1
ment will be at the town cem-i Mrs. Williams, aged about
c'lor-v -80 years, died at the home of
1 her son-in-law Amos Stroup,
Death of Miss Eliza Caushy. on Bailey's Forkabout three
Miss Eliza Causbx "Gran-: "liles sou wf t,Jvn' vester
nv" Causbv as she was famil- (,a-v1 morning. She was the
inrU- wi..win,. motner or woe and "Buck
Williams.
called died Wednesday
night at the residence of Mr.
J C. Hallyburton. in East; Senator Pritchard has in
Morganton after a lingering j troduced a bill in theU. S.Sen
dlne.s. Deceased was, we ate anow;nrr a pension of S50
suppose sixty-odd vears f a month to Mrs. Margaret E.
ago he had made her home jShippf wi(low of Lieutenant
with Mr. and Mrs. Hallybur-!Shi vho was kilIe(1 at the
tn sincetheirmarriage,aboutbattle ()f Santiago. Mrs.
years ago, and before that ; shipp is well known in Mor
with Mrs. Hallybuton s moth-!
or, Mrs. Kincaid. She was;
faithful to her duties in the; Balsam Dugger, the ten
home and was liked bv all i vnr-hl
who knew her. We trust it j herd M. Dugger, "North Car-!
was well with her when the j olina's sweetest singer," is aj
emK-ame. ! pa?re n the House at Raleigh.?
The remains will be interedj He went all the way from!
in the graveyard at the Mor-1 Cranberry tagged as a "Page
gauton Methodist church this ! to the North Carol ina Hoik
Don. I lues., Ian. ifi & 11
Thisadvertisementisfilled with grand
money-aaving bargains. It is import
ant to you to read every item carefully.
!
k
Vanl wide Barker Mill:
Muslin, per yard, 5C.
10c. quality Flanmletie.
per ard, 7C.
Heavy Untinjr tor under
skirts, in blue and red
border. 3 yards to a
piece. Worih loo. per
yard, 3 yard- for 25c,
Extra quality
Flannel, 10.
per yard.
Cauton
quality,
10c. Light and Dark Out
iri,.per yard,
Good, wide Cantor Flan
nel, per yard,
7C.
7C
4C
Remnants ! Remnants !
Owing to our large trade during ihe past Fall, we have arc ti ulu
lated a great many remnants aud -hurt ends in l)r-n (od ranging
from one to eight yards, which we will put on ale Monday and
Tuesday at less than cost.
Ladies' Underwear at less than cost. Men's Un
derwear at less than cost. Ladies' Capes and Jack
ets at less than cost. Men's, Boys' and Children's
Suits and Overcoats at less than cost. In fact, our
entire stock of Fall and Winter Goods will be sold at
less than cost.
W bare culled from our slock all broken sites, all odds aud enda,
nil discontinued line, aud the) are truly ine shoes, ot the best
leathers, pert-ct in make, tftiish and style, but we sacrifice them all
that our stock may be fresh, complete "and up to date in every detail.
These shoes will be included in this sale at les than cost.
LAZARUS BROS.
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morning at 11 o'clock.
of Representativ
es.
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