k township Lave an dy, a Picnic*, under nt of several San dayi l:it Friday, 9th of ecordiog to previous • h Pic-nie vva*4 con* K-JV ' Lurch. As itcotm* L'i slay, arid born ho well con due tedenjoyed, bringing red and friend! v cenri e*!«* Town and lt;'ountry• r ling healthy amu^e-1' 11_r |» qJe, it in hereit ho henceforth call Sunday School Jn-iln 'Count v.I grove at Danielsr Id o'clock a* m. Iren and Supt. anil Lincolntnr, with Ctr-o up under t he oaks med by the Sunday del h, Grace lloover’b *alcm.(brick) Lutheranis no tv go-•lt;l alien\ion and was lire 1 arid very cordial * were extended to»g, win charge of thehey are so anxious c piety and culture of I he a sacred templeJod.t ndcred by’ the Band, multitude, which worevehicles a round naddresses were marie, e most moving andwas marie by the 'monies Mr Eugene ded and directed thehe brought and thead upon Tables in the classes in charge ofo.tvciL These orders all were invited toahles and enjoy the st tif order prevailed 'ovided with a good Crcurn. Lemonade ich were provided by acTresbing and coolingO ■jer sun warmed up iflcrnocm.ramer Guests from theitvl, were in the crowd oil h pleasure in sec-y and forest ton her.* *......mile Svws., N. C Sept. 12. 1887.KitMessrs, id , T.I. J. If ju - r have a ig st bool here, they1 tea hers and offer cements t ' their pa-t. S. S. MaUnev Aft#a large brick *tore* move into it in a fewMinutes of last meeting were made and approved.The following business was transacted ;Ordered that the u-segment onJ. A. Killians mill tract bo reduced$L40iJU0* on account of the loss of mill,That J. F. Sherrill bo paid 84 00 for keeping Lite Town Clock from1st June to 1st ScThat J, *S. Alien be paid 15.45 forarrest ot and bringing to Jail of WillDel Unger,A1 Nixon. Sheriff/presented binBonds for State, School and County taxes with A. F. Brevard. It. C. (irulutm. It. A. McLean and J. A. M u ndy, au retich. \\ hich was aceeptedand the Clerk in hereby ordered to turn the tax ]lists lor 1887 over to tmn-d he Hoard of Commissioners bavin agreed to exchange 1 aero andImpedes of land with L. W. Unle, have this day exchanged deeds.Ordered that the Bridge acrossmill Creek be accepted, and will hereafter become a county bridge.That J. J. Plonk be paid 83 00 for 2U0 feet flooring fur bridge on Tockasege road.That P. F. Baxter be paid 896 30for “Poor House 1 hill lor August asper bid pled.A petition having been plod by W. A. i iruharn T. O. Ballard and others for a public road from the bridge at Graham's mill to the Newton rlt; ad at J. A. Munday's,—petition received and notice ordered tobe posted,A petition having been filed byJohn St il well, A. F. Brevard andothers for a public road from Tucker* Grove Camp Ground via Brevard* Mill to intersect the Iron Station road near ihe C. C. R. U, pc*lit ion received and notice ordered tobe posted.Ordered I hut D. II. Parker and F. T Smith be paid (25.00 for rebuildingthe bridge across Anderson Crook atVesuvius Furnace.That A. T. Blackwood bo paid825.U5 lor work done on tko stock law peace as per bill filed.J hat A. T. Blackwoods return oftaxes he received, as follows: 1 Poll30 yearn, 69 acres land. 1 Horse$40, 1 cow $12That Job i Kudisiil be paid 815,55for lumber lor repairing tho bridge across Indian Creek.That VV. A, Graham he paid 85.00for work in saving the timbcrsAcof the bridge at Graham's Mill.That Elam Curry bo and he is hereby appointed n committeto in* ■‘peel the irons of the bridge now being replaced across the river near(fUPn hffr AfOfihAn rkf f t./kvycr of Lincoln County, to determinethe line between Lincoln and Cleveland County, and he is authorized toraako arrangements with the Commissioners and surveyor of Cleveland County, as to the time olmaking such survey.That A. Nixon Sheriff be paid812 50 for Jail fees Ac ioi August as per bill tiled.Taut IL K, Ramsaurbo paid 87.50for services ns Clerk Ac. That L, T. Willkie freas, be and be is hereby authoriz'd to borrow such amount of money r not to exceed the sum of one tin-usami duilurs$1,000 ) at not exceeding 7 per centinterest per annum, aa will be re qnired to pay county expenses until the taxes are collected, and execute his note for the sum endorsed by tho Chairman of this Board. Tiiat Wm. Ashe be released from Poll tax tor 1336, he having t iled anaffidavit.Good Style Straw Matting, 25 ceFar mlngWe have in stock nearly everyjowesL We rail Special A fitbv other dealers at $5,UU.We have Unreal us in the the price of w hidi 4m onlyiRIBBONS.CLOTHING*31 I N STUAWWOOL andOur stock nT NII lt;is the rstyle and quality that cansuineiA* tolt;Fottonmle* and alt other dwe will not be undersold.III Mcuioriam-Departed this life on the25th day ol August 1887. at Mr. J. KudisilJ’*,Uor sun-hdaw. at the advanced agoof 84 years, In months and 26 days Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, wife of JohnSmith deceased. She was the moth er of nine eltil Jren, four of vv hom survive, and thirty-one grandchildren and twenty-six great grand* children are her living posterity.She was a consistent, and devoted member of the Baptist church, hermembership at Dallas N* C., the place of her residence before thedeath of her bus baud, and where, the day following her death, her remains were can led and utter thefuneral services, conducted by Rev, Mr. Faulkner, she was laid quicllvto rest in the Presbyterian graveyard by the side of her husband, who bad preceded her to the spirit world 19 years.Many had been her trials and afflictions in this hfe, and for severalmonths past she had been r most, entirely helpless but bore her suffering with patience, never murmer* higf and when the final summonscantc'she was found ready and pro pared logo, and we have the ol eased assurance that now tdio is sweetly*resting in that beautiful land beyondwhere all is joy and peace. Mik'tucd are the dead who die in the Lord Au.A New Factor in PoliticsCaTcaso, Sept. 13.—A now factor in Cook county politics is projected in the shape of an organization forming protective a ui ion of brewer, liquor dealers nnd saloou keeper* ofudiir-h I lu rt» nrn ■ihmif A. iM111 in il.Watcwill bewith of EROS., BEST b