dvertlse Your Business. 



$i.oo a Year. 



in tlie eoUeetions on tobaci 

 and the total shows a good' inereas 

 over the collections for the. same p< 

 riod a year ag'o. 



While collections on spirits will n 

 longer iig-nre in Cashier Roberts' le 

 port, because of the prohibition lav. 

 which went into eft'eot in this ^5la^ 

 on the 1st instant, -he feels confiilen 

 that the Statesville office will c( llee 

 as mneli nior.ey during 1909 as it dii 

 in 1908. 



Tree Talis on Young Man. 



Thomasville, Special. — Weduesda 

 morning about two miles south of hei 

 Mr. RiiTjf-rt L, Kothroek Avas the vi. 

 tim lit a vol y rciious, if not fatal, ?.<- 

 cidenl. He was sawinir down a trc 

 and as the tree was falling- it strut 

 another tree and bounded back abou 

 ten fee't. Mr. Rothrock wa.s .struc 

 a terrible hlnw on the right .shouklei 

 being knocked to the -riTound and tli 

 tree falling on top of him. A negr 

 working with him g-ave the alarm 

 nearby residents came to his aid. \ 

 CjuicMy as possible the woundeJ 

 was reseuecl and carried to his hon 

 in an unconscious condition. Th 

 young man was still unconsciou 

 Thursday night bnt somewhat hotte 

 There is some hope oi re^o^■er>' fo 

 him as he is resting fairly well. 



Editor Pqe Succeeds Gates. 

 I?.ale!£rb. Special. — At a meetinjr o 

 the officers and members of the exocn 

 tivc committee of the Xo^'.h Caroli-n; 



Anri ^ ' I 1 1 I n the pai 



lor---' ■ ■ '■'r..hy 

 afti- 



ir, 1, < , II Ml 



ClaienfL H 1 , da. i of fhi. Pin 

 gressive ]ianner. wr.s -chosen to sue 



ceed Mr. J::: \ i i ■ .-■ :!■-' < rwiviimj 

 of the c--. ' v-i -I-.:- 



SlSned li:. 1 M I 



After a fm'CL'A 1 1. . i.- ni ili--' -mIijj 

 lion it was dtcided not to und^.'.d 

 anv new legislation of a <zener.?l 'm: 

 acter along prohibition Ir.ic-^. Ir . ii 

 decided, however, to aetivid-. nii]...:- 

 anv measure desia-ned lo n^ndi-: 

 fective the u'eneral law approved b. 

 popular vote last May. 



Sisters of Mercy to Establish Hos 

 pita) in Asheville. 



Ashcville, Special. — An interestin 

 real estate deal was closed here Tues 



