ND PERSONAL, Pearson is Pewas jerk 1 the post office, iv. 1. Sigman and wife, te Fails, have been a week attending the institute, Yard, of Old s here, finishing the new build 1, and Ds School. At vltey If. B. Smith left Sun Mars Hill, Madison join her husband, 1% 7 rated there. WN. L. McConnaug from Virginia ith several horses, he bought in that State. ast teachers’ institute has quite a number of rsand friends of ecou to Morganton this AL al ily Vaan a gta re heres. CE. Wititeey and off Sunday for Bes- City, Gaston county, they will make their learn with recret of the of an infant child of Mr. Mincaid, of Silver township, which occur se hatter part of June. Ilren’s Day exercises held at Gilboa church Sunday night. This has a thriving Sunday land these exercises will not prove interesting to attend. H. FE. Wortaran has re i from Rutherford coun th his merry-go-round oid again operate the ma in Morganton. Tt is fo r the Pearson lot in the Somers” store. WB. Kincaid, of Kings tain, Who was called to sowater on account of the ~ of his mother, Mrs. wet Kincaid, 9 whose ecurred Saturday even ~pent Monday night in Woody Daves, who has rantined at Dysarts ro over a month on ac tive sickness of his rv. Miss Mary Daves, with , has been released burned to Morganton on IV. His sister is now ely well , wed fresh shipmentet Kin i Loms and Breakfass acon. May Lane. The new Waldensian church at Valdese was dedicated on Tuesday, the 4th, and quite a number of persons from Mor fanton went down to witness the ceremonies. The church is built of stone and is an orna ment to the Waldensian vil lage. Rev. Barth. Soulier is pastor. Rev. S. J. Porter left mon day for Stovall, Granville county, to hold a meeting. He will probably be away from home a week or more, ine case he does not return before Next Sunday Wee Wo AL McCall, of North Catawba, Will occupy his pulpit at the Baptist church nest Sunday morning and night. The first meeting of the Neights of Pythias in their new hall, in the post office building, will be held next Monday night, when there will be a public installation of officers of the lodge, to which the families and friends of the members will be invited. Re freshments will be served and there will be talks on Pyrthian ism, prominent among which will be a speech from Past Grand Chancellor R. H. Rick ert, of Statesville. A pleas ant and interesting occasion is anticipated. LECTURE AT THE BAPTIST Curren By Rev. A.C. Dixon. Rev. A. C. Dixon, of Brook lyn, IN; Yo, will léctosre in the Baptist church at Morganton on Thursday, July 13th, at $30 pan. Subject: ‘“Your self and Other People.” Ad mittance free; but after the lecture a collection will be taken for benevolent objects represented by Mr. Dixon. This is your opportunity to hear one of the greatest preach ers in America. The public cordially invited. Mt . By 10 CE Xt ows ™ N M A k The Statesville Lenchmark of June 30th says: “Mr. Ogden IF. Crowson and Miss Victoria Ferguson who were married at the home of the bride at Milton at + o'clock yesterday morning, arrived here yester day at noon and are at the home of the groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Crowson. They will remain here until next Monday, when they will go to Burlington, where they will live. Mr. Crowson is ed itor of the Burlington nVews.” The groom is well known in Morganton, having once lived here. Pures Harpy. The following invitations have been received in Morganton. Miss Sara M. Carson invites you to be present at the marriage of her niece Mary Moore Hardy, Mr. Moulton Avery Phifer, Wednesday morning, July the twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, at half after nine o'clock. Church of the Advent, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Mr. Phifer's many Morzanton friends wish him and his long life and abun dant happiness and success.