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ASHBORO,,NC.,'irHURSDAY, JANUARY 5th, 1905.
Sour
Stomach
No appetite, loss ol strength, nervous
ness, nesaacne, constipation, bad breath,
general debility, sour rising, and catarrh
oi me siomacn are all due to Indigestion.
Kodol cures Indigestion. This hew dlacov-
ery represents the natural Juices of diges
tion u may 0X131 m a neaitny stomacn,
combined with- the greatest known tonio
and reconstructive properties. Kodol Dys
pepsia uro noes not only cure Indigestion
and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy
cures all-stomach troubles by cleansing,
purifying, sweetening and strengthening
me mucous memoranes lining the stomach.
mr. s. B. Bill of Rmenawond, W, Vfc, uyi:
I wj troubled with nuratonuch (or twenty years.
Kodol cured me and we are now mine, it In milk
Kodol Digests What Yea Eat.
Bottles only. J I .db Site hoMInt 2 times the trial
sue, wnicn Mils lor 50 cant,.
Pnpvi by E. Q. O.WITT 00., OHIOAQO.
Standard Drug Company,
Agheboro Drug Company.
Your
Earninsg
Get into the Bank
whether you put them
there or not. If you
spend all, somebody
else deposits your
money. It's better
to do your own bank
ing. Four percent, inter
est on savings acc'nts.
THE WACHOVIA LOAN
AND TRUST CO.
High Point, N. C.
Capital, $600,000.00.
$3,890,928.90.
O It COX, President. W J ARMFIELD, V-Pros
W J ARMK1ELD, Jr Cashier.
The Bank of Bandolph,
A.aa.Vlooio, IT. C.
Capital untl Surplus,
Total Assettij'Over
$30,000.00
$150,000.00
licit the buNiiiLtis of tin; Umklnir nuhlic
feel wfeln ayin& we nre prepnrt-d awl williiiK
toexttiiiitoiiuri-iMomen every ineillty fiwluc
coiamoatton. con.sisteut with safe banking.
- l..- DIRECTORS:
Hush Pitka. nr.. W J AnnlieM.W F WiukI. V H
Morris t C MeAllsU-r. K M AnnHeld, H Cox.
W F Kedilfng, Hen) Muffllt, TIkwJ KeddiiiR, A W
ECarcl. A 11 Rankin, Thoe H RcdilliiK, In F E
'Anbury, C S COS.
S. Bryant, President J. H. Cole. Cashier
T5he
D&nk of Handleman,
Randleman, N. C.
Capital $12,000. Surplus, $2,000.
Accounts received nu favorable
terms. Interest paid on savings de
posits. Directors: W K Hartsell. A N
Bulla, S G Newlin, W T Bryant, C
L Lindsay, N N Newlin, S Brvant,
. II O Barker and J II Cole.
WISH
To call the attention of the people of Kiuiriblpb
county to the ft Hut we have complete
eftablishmeut for repairing all
kinds of
Te-welry, - "Wa.tclT.es
and. Cioclse. '
Optical Department
1 eomplete.
lupltcutc nr
broken . parts. Fine
furoUhed to order on short
Ovrall Orders
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FARMERS,
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PLEASE!
Heavy and fancy drocenes,
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes,
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' Tinware,Trunks, and Gen-
eralMerchandise at out store
Our prices are right. Come
to see us. '
Bring your produce, eggs
chickens, etc, to . exchange
"" them for 'goods. We sell
yon good goods at reason-
able prices and pay yon
pood prices tot jour pro
t" due. -
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CENTRAL FALLS, H..
L. M. FOX, M. D.
AtHESORO.N.C.
Oftoa kb nrnfiinnsl nrrtc to ttw
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OUR RALEIGH LEITER.
The Lcrislature MeMs (lifter
Newt
from the State Capital. '
Corrvupmirieiit to The courier. '
Raleigh, Jauuiirr 2. The sensa
tiou of the week, in Haleigh was the
mnrdet of the venerable Mr J ti
Alfurd by his business partner, liav
inond D Bynum, a middleaged uiiin.
Mr Alford ;vas- bnneU batutxlar.
(he funeral being conducted by the
pastor 01 tne ot the X irst isuptiot
cnttrun, 01 wnicn cnuron air Atioru
was the senior deacon. Deceased was
seveuty years ot age and was a promi
nent man and a Mason
The trouble grew out of business
differences and the killing seems to
have been a cold-blooded affair.
The murderer immediately tied
and made irood his escape and up to
this (Monday) morning be oas not
been apprenenuea. tie was assisted
in nig. escape, it is stated, by a rela
tive, a lawyer of this city.
When Uovernor Aycok returns a
reward w'll probably' be'oft'ered fjr
liyniim.
lhc Bynuui-Alfonl tragedy ought
to be a powerful argument against
pistol-toling. When the owner of
the pistol is a ''drinking man" the
danger is veiv greatly incivased, to
himself as well as to the community.
If Uuymoml 1) Kynuni bad 11 1 lowed
that pistol to remain iu its accustom
ed place at his honi", and had taken
on less whiskey than he did, Mr Al
toru would be alive 11 ml tit-ll lotluv
and. JH tin 111 would not be a fugitive
from justice a wand reron the fnce
01 the earth, hiiutuu like a wild beast
and with the huiigman s noose star
X niui iu the face tvnerpver ne goes.
Kilher is bad enough, but wlieu
whiskey and pistols form a partner-
lup the devil at once arranges 101
the accommodation of a new addition
to the botte.-t comer of his establish
ment.
The members of the General As'
seiilblv are now busv with the nrob'
lem of just how much of that $4 per
diem they will ee iustihed in appro
priating for the maintenance of
boarding lionises.
fi.ivi rnor elect Oleiin is keeping
the army of ullice-seekers on the
anxious sent as long as possible by
the statement tliat-ue will make no
announcement of the selection of any
applicant until he is ready to make
the appointment.
1 hat was an important step taken
by the school committee of Kaleigli
township, viz.. the adoption of a res
olution recommending to the Legis
lature the passage of a coiupnlsory
education law for Raleigh township,
which of course includes the city of
Raleigh. The gentlemen composing
the school committee are presumed
to know the Leeds and desires of the
people of this community ip such
matters and they speak by authority.
The law which they ask for, there
fore, is likely to be placed upon the
statue books during the Dt.xt two
weeks, and the fcveuing limes hopes
that it will work well and advantage
ously to all concerned.
1 he name of Mr 1 nonius Alex
ander, of the Charlotte bar, is prom
inently mentioned 111 connection with
the chief clerkship and his friends
have gieat hopes. An active canvass
is being made in his behalf aud his
friends are making every effort to
make his election assured. Mr
Alexander while young in years, has
had wide experience and is a man of
more than ordinary ability.
There will be a special meeting ot
the Grand Lodge of Masons oa Tues
day, 'January 10, 11)05, to lay the cor
ner stone of the Agricultural build
ing at the North Carolina College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at
Raleigh. An address will be deliver
ed by Governor Charles B Aycock,
this being the last act of nis admin
istration and his last public speech
before becoming a private citizen.
The Masonic ceremony win be per
formed at 3:30 o'clock . m. It is
expected that the Legislature will
attend in a body, and that a very
large number of Masons from alt
over the Siate will be present. It
will be a great occasion, followed
next day by the inauguration ef
Governor Glenn.
Next Tuesday week, January 10th,
the annual communication of the
Grand Lodge of North Carolina, A.
t . and A. M., will be held in this
city. The pros peels, the Grand Sec
retary states, point to one - of the
most interesting aid successful meet
ings, and one of the most largely at
tended, in the history of the Graxd
Lodge.
'A Washington dispatch says that
Ihe census office leport on cotton fin
ning shows that seven hundred and
thirty-seven counties, report that
eleven million eight hundred and
forty-eight thousand and one bun
dred and tbirteea Werf ere ginned
to December 12, last year, counting
flte tonbd aa half bales, as compared
with eight million Lour hundred and
twenty-seven thousand, two hundred
aadfitvi-nina bales in same counties
lat year, . ,: J,
Eloven million. niu audrea and
eic-htv-sii thousand and six hundred
and fourteen running bales were gin
ned to December li, last year, as
compared with tight million, seven
head red and forty-nine thomsmad.
six bandied and stity-nins bales last
year,' Brio to November lfe
"The remaining unreported connttea
ginned eigbty-nine thonsand, two
hundred and sixty-one Dale, count
ing TOnna dsns at ball Dales.
' A t tea reqnest of Col J N Craig,
of the Third regiment, State Guards,
thai eulitihLnfc vmrirsJ will Ann n a'
court of inqoinf aoma tima ia Jwio-l
ry to Mi.!T the eviuen nJ
tacts ia the killing ud woandiogof
itoUier from th Durham ccrusiny
on tbeir y back f ruin the encamp.
meut last August. This inquiry will ,
ouly go into the matter so far as '
Colonel Ciaig is personally iuUrest-
eo, ne Deing me oincer in cnarge ai
nrt win be composed as fo, -
tandSst a,ker
A new departure will be tuadei
during the session of the Legislature
by Secretary of State Grimes who
will issue a hand-book for distribu -
tiou among the members of the
a sort of compendium of interesting
historical matter and an index of
the Various State institutions aud
their needs. The book will appear
in a tew days it Das been most care
fully compiled and summarised aud
will furnish to the average legislator
who wishes 'to vote intelligently a
quick and ready source of informa
tion regarding all state institutions,
giving their cost and the sums
necessary for their maintenance,
their equipment, number of students
or inmates, etc., as well as affording
a fund of historical data concerning
uic piiuicai uisiorv ot me outui,
which will be of the greatest value
to the members. Ibe hand-book
will also afford an accurate and full
directory to the work of departments.
places to seek information, etc,
secretary Grimes has made an in
novation, the need of which is as
real as it has been heretofore unap
preciated. Us value to the 'egisla
tors will be iuestimuble. Speaking
of the matter yesterday, Colonel
Unities stated that possibly some of
the IcgiftoiioHl matter, which 111
eludes the dale aud service of almost
every Hereon who has represented
the State since its incorKration into
the Union, wan inaccurate in some
respects, but this would of course be
remedied by Milisequent .additions.
Those who know 'the penchant of
the stfretiiy for historical mutters,
however, and the pailistaking wuy in
which he complies and gives them to
the public, will be inclined to min
imize the doubt nhich he inodestlv
expressed. The hand-book will be
another "good thing under the sun."
LI.KWXAM.
TRAQEDV AT THOMASVILLE.
Pearl Tarner FinhmI WotMsed and Oyinc
In His Mother's Vers.
Mr. Peai I Turner, son of Mr.
Harris Turner, the well known
nurseryman of l homasviiie, was
killed by what is supposed to have
been the accidental discharge of a
shot gun in his own hands last
r rulay night.
I hu faimlv liac . attended a
Christinas tree at Unity chapel, in
Thomasville. The young man pre
ceded the other members of the
family home. When his mother
entered the vard she noticed the
body of a man lying near the house.
She called her husband aud they
found that it was their son. The
boy was lying flat on his back in an
unconscious state and did not speak
a word after he was found. His
cap was a few feet behind him and
the gun was about five feet in front
of him pointing towards his feet.
It was evidently fired at close range
as the whole load of the shell went
in his abdomen at one place. His
clothes were burnt with the powder
and were covered with blood all
around the bullet hole.
The youncf man had evidently
entered the bouse and secured his
gun for the purpose of joining in
the Christmas . shooting going on
and in coming down the steps of the
porch he stnmbled and fell in such
a wav that the whole load entered
bis body. The yonng fellow did
not speak a word after bis mother
fonnd him bat died in about ten
minutes. Davidson Dispatch.
Christsuf Casualties.
Joe and Monroe McCarson and
Ed and Tom Bishop engaged in a
serious affray in Asaeville in which
kuives and an axe were, .used.
Richard, traj lor a youn aiach'n
ist, was aenonsly injured in Goldi
boro by explosion, of a fire-cracker.
Jiaymoaci Byuu..wJiile drunk
shot aud Jailed . his partner ia the
prioting baiOM, J H Alford, at
Rakigh Dec 28th. ;
SDureeon Bailey aooideatlv shot
ana kilted his brother-in-law, a r
Mangnm, while bird hunting in
Wake county.
t Robt HardisonV eye " was blown
out by a re cracker at Morten, N.
Mr D D Ritchie, of RiehOeld.
Stanly county, was badly hurt about
imam au unu oj tx mixtion ui m suoa
of dynamite. ,.,
' Tba Record tart that Oran Will
iams in Chatham was seriously hurt
by Detng ran over by feu wagon, his
ana McgBRrKeu aud otaer injur
ies lnnictea. :
A negro boy was shot in the back
m Kaieigh by another negro,
Calvin B Perry was badly ont in
face in Raleigh by a tinner named
warren,
Ia aa altercatioa , at - Salisbury
about a business transaction Capt
Cbaa Ileuderlite was stabbed by an
Italian: earned Marmora. Header-
lite is recovering,
Ollie Brsy.a fifteen-year-old High
Point boy who was accidentally shot
in the abdomen December 24th
hw m vonniy hnntinfr rotrrnjiEiitWL. ia in
the Greensboro hoxnitul for Utt-
""' Hit oooaiUoa is eriUl
mrwt.
F.flT (i!'1!!, iMt was drown
ed at KeifIk hist wtk.
PORT ARTHUR FALLEN.
' ' a f j-n
' The Japanese Army Now Occupies this
1 Russiari
port Arthur, whoa) hills hnve for
. . .... . ...
niouths mu red with blood of . the
' bravest of the two war-like nations,
'lmg ht guccumlfU to r,he herce
tenacity of the Japanese attack.
General Stoessel, most stubborn in
carrying out the will of bis toverigo,
has seen the advance of thebesiegiug
army gain in momentum and energy
until to hold out longer:wcild luve
been a crime ngaiust humanity. The
conditions of the surrender i ff not
yet known, but in all quarters it is
anticipated that they are mieli as an
honorable soldier may accept from a
brave aud notorious enemy.
At U:45 o'clock Monday ni lit the
commissioners completed the eigfiing
of the capitulation agreement. Both
armies had suspended hostilities live
hours earlier. The city of Port Ar
thur will be occupied by the Japan
ese to-day.
The authorities at St Petersburg,
iu the absence of direct official news
from General Stoessel that Port Ar
thur has surrendered, have not per
mitted the news to become public.
Emperor Nicholas is in the south of
Russia, and his Ministers are for the
time being in the dark as to what
dispatches have been sent to him
from the fiont.
Tokio was the nceue of rejoicing,
people of all ranks finding in the
outcome compensation foi all the
sacrifice of life and money that was
entailed in the ten months' siege.
To what ix tent the fall of Port
Arthur will make for a restoration
There is a analitv in Roval
' Baking Powder which makes
the food more digestible and
wholesome. This peculiarity
of Royal has been noted by
physicians, and they accord
ingly endorse and recom
mend it.
KOYAl SAKINO POWDtft CO., hW YORK.
Every Southern Farmer Should Read
Southern Agriculturist,
Published at Nashville, Tenn.
' Because it is edited by Southern men to suit Southern
conditions.
: In every issue such men as Maj. Thoa. J. Key, former
Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture of Alabama, and
Andrew M. Soule. Director of the Virginia Experiment
Station, answer questions which are put to them by intelli-
gent Southern farmers.
Every-issue is like a bis: farmers' experience meeting: and
worth twice the cost of a whole year's subscription.
Twice a month the Southern Agriculturist goes to 50,000
Southern farm homes. Don't you want to join our bis,
happy family? If so, send 60 cents for a year's subscrip
tion. You will never regret it.
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whether new or renewal, a year's jtiUfcrijitlou to J he Southern Agricul
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Your leadirig couut; paper and the leading Southern farm paper both
fur the nrice of one. '
ThU propoaition holds gjood for
im antt amuI mi ai atiruwwntioQS.
Tha Ashebcro Courier.
3f Sample crpl? of the Bonrtht AijricuHtinst can hi had ly apply
ins nt the Ctmritrr efBce.
Stronghold ; ;
of peace is an open, question. There
., . .,
is an encouraging.. Dote, m the ex
pression by.Baibii layashi, Japanese
' minister at Loridou,' of the ho that
. "in some way U will facilitate Dual
peace," though the pacific note is
perhaps lost in tlie later words of
the minister, which cat I attention to
the fact that the be.ieging urniy will
uow be fiee to go north, where it
will be an offset to the reinforce
ments General Kuropatkin has been
receiving from Russia since the bat
tle of Shakbe, The spirit of the
Russians may be judged by the
statement of the secretary of the em
bassy at London that the campaign
will -be renewed with fresh vigor in
the spring, and. that the nation will
not be content to permit Port Ar-
to remain in the bauds of the Japan
Both in Paris aud in London the
opinion is that the squadron under
Vice Admiral Rojestyensky, which
started from Libau for the far East
three months ugo, will have to ro
trace its way home, as adherence to
tun original plans would invite dis
aster without probability of effecting
a junction with the warships at pre
sent in the harbor of Vladivostok.
That Japan may not be permitted
to retain possession of Fort Arthur
without dispute, is shewn in the fact
that Paris newspapers are already re
viving the claim made in 1001 that
the holding of that position com
inanding the Eastern seas bv the
Japanese would be a menace to Euro
pean powers. Charlotte Observer
TO REAIFRSOP
Asheboro Courier!
ouly a abort length of tine, m- hurry
SAM JONES' LETTER.
niscuiges Price of' Colloa aad
t Stnltht Ttk to Faraters. .
Cartergville, Oa., Deo. 29, 1904.
1 was, some weeks ago, in Oklulio
in Terri'ory, I suw some parties
loading cars with Irish' potatoes. I
asked in. of the eeutlemen, ''What
w juti getting for potatoes this fall,
ana he ropiitu, "l wentv-nve cen
bushel." "Why," twitt I, "you
got a dollar last fall." ''Yes," he
replied, "they went like hot cakes at
a dollar. "Well," saiu l, "nas me
trusts and combines done you all up
. xi i a;H " f
said, "What's the reason you can
get but tweiity-tive rents a bushel?"
"Too many potatoes this iaii, . ne
replietl.
Now, geutleuien, you cuu charge
up to Wall street, or cotton specuia-
tore, or niiUUeU cm reports, tne pres
ent low price of cotton. You can
resolve to hold your cotton, gentle-
men, aud a fellow can hold up
hundred pounds, maybe two or three
hundred pounds, but when be gets
under twenty tons to hold it up, the
twentv tons will iimsli the ciuilm
out of him. It has been nearly two
months since 1 put fnndson notice,
tliroueh tbenolttninsof The Journal,
that there was cotton in Texas, and
the southern states geneially, to
burn. I did not get bait tnrougb
the cotton belt of the southern states
until I wired back "Sell my cottou.
'i'hia is the larges' cotton crop ever
produced in the world s nistory, ana
why the world ilia not eaten on
sooner is a mystery to me. When
passed thronch the cotton belt the
first of November I saw all ' that
came out in yesterday evening's re
port. 1 have not sattl so publicly,
but in discussing the cotton crop
with fricMds l have put tno Amen
can cotton crop at thirteen million
bales for this year ana the foreign
crop at two and a naif millions,
Cotton vesturdav at six and five
eighths for middling, which means
from live and a naif to six tor most
of the cotton uow on the market.
Our cotton raisers or farmers al
ways hold their cotton when they
ought to sell, and always sell wnen
they ought to hold. ltow, let them
resolve to hold their cotton and then
remember what I said about a fellow
holding up twenty tons. The cotton
mills and consumers only wnnt to
know that the cotton is made. They
don't cure whether its on board of
ships, i.t seaport towns, in vare
hotises, or lying around the farmers'
yards at home. All they want to
know is how much cotton is- made,
rind the amount raised, when it's
known, will regulate the price. Con
sumers can no more horn cotton
down below the price fixed by sup
ply and demand than bulley and
his crowd could bold it up -above the
price fixed. The one will eet as in
evitably mashed as the other. There
is but one relief now to the man
with cotton on hand, and that is to
fall back like the old woman did
when she said, amid all her trials
and troubles and tribulations, that
there was one verse of scripture that
always comes to her relief. Some
one asked her, "What was the
verse?" She replied, "That blessed
old verse that reads 'grin and bear
it.' "
The bulls have done their best
since the middle of November to
bold the price up, and, in spite of all
that they have done and all they
have lost, cotton has been gravitating
to the line marked out by supply
and demand. The consumers were
willing to pay eight cents for cotton
until they saw by correct estimate of
the crop that they could get it at six
to seven cents a pound. I've been
roiiiK over the cotton producing
states for more than tweaty years.
1 have seen more cotton this year in
the fields, in the cotton yards, on the
depot platforms, piled up around the
gins, than I. ever .saw before, lean
tell a little annle from a bie ancle.
and I can tell a big cotton crop from
a little one about as easy if you will
let me see them both. When 1 saw
the cotton crop last year, as it show
ed up in the fields, in th cotton
yards, on the depot platforms, and
so on, I saw that it was the smallest
crop that bad been made for yearn,
and also said, "1 will bold my. col-,
ton for fifteen cents, and get it." I
did hold it. I did get fifteen and a
half cents a pound for it. I got be
tween nine and eleven for what I
old this year, and I sold it early, be
cause of what I saw.
There is no use kicking, glontle-
men, uuIms you kick yourselves.
The south can got mucb more money
for a 10-inillion bale crop at ranch
lets cost than the can gut for a thir.
teen-uiilliou bale crop. Now, the
question comes up, "What'll you do
about ft, lirother hurniei." " 1 take
the position, and hold my ground,
that to play the fool and then cuss
somebody else about your misfor
tunes is a niignty poor Dimness, i
heard many a southern man say last
year, "ao more (S aim 7-cent cotton
inthe United States." At least,
they aaid, fot many years to come,,
aud here we are mind down, and
the south buti tea interests almost
paralysed by the cvlaBiity overtaking
ut In lest than 13 months. When
yon raise too many potatoes you will
ell them at 39 cents a binbi-i. When
yon raise toe few, you. will git a dol
lar bushel for theme The cold
snap yesterday pat- wheat up, just
btoaoM tbey say that i the supply
eaay be cut off. Hero's one smith
era farmer that ain't going- to raise
bail of cotton Rest year. Tut iu
corn, peas, sow grain, improve your
land, act like men of sense, quit
playing the fool and then raising
and with the balance of the world
because yon played the fool. Let
the south out down the cotton crop
oua-tbiid, und 1 will guarantee yon
12 to, 16 cents a pound for your
cotton." J I'tit in us . much ' acreugp
ncxt'ycar iu thin, and I will gtiaruu.
tee yod ti cents, and no more, so to
speak, 1 know Unit every fellow is
some sort of a fool, my wife's hus
band included, but. to keep on act
ing a fool about , the same Ihin'jJ
win soou get a fellow to be all sorts
of fool, and then they will lock
you up.- I say -these few, shprt,
brief remarks .is the interest of
and for the benefit of farmers,
Don't abuse me, . gentlemen, but
listen to a fellow vTio wishes you
well. .
Yours for a happy New Year and
a great year following, for both soul
and body, for all the world
Sam V Jokes.
DAVIDSON COUNTY NEWS.
Live Items Clipped front The Lexington
Dispatch.
Though diligent search has been
made by the officers 'of this aud ad
joining counties for Walter Lopp,
the neuro who on Monday, the 19tli,
murdered Lemuel Welborn, a young
white man ot ihoniusviiie township,
by crushing his skull with a rock,
the murderer is still at large and offi
cers have no clue as to his wherea
bouts.
Tho Lexington Grocery Co will
give its fourth annual banquet at the
March House on Mon: evening, Jan.
0, 1005. This is" one of the most
successful business enterprises of the
town. Founded only a few years
igo, it bus builded u splendid trade
n this entire section of tho state.
Branch houses have been established
at High Point and Asheboro, and are
doing well.
Tho resideuce of Mr bauford
Shoaf, of Tyro, was burned last
Wednesday afternoon about 3 o clock.
The tiro was first' discovered in a
room in the second story und had
gained such headway that it was im
possible, to pnt it out. Tho house
hold effects downstairs wero saved.
The origin of the lire is unknown,
There was no insurance.
George Audeison, a negro, was
placed in jnil here last Wednesday
charged with ' breaking open and
robbing cars from a freight train.
Several days ago while the freight in
mention was standing on a siding in
Lexington the conductor discovered
Audernon in one of the cars, which
had been broken open and entered.
The negro wus in the act of remov
ing goods when discovered. The
conductor ptillod the doors shut,
nailed the negro in the car and cur
led him over to Sspencer. were lie
was turned over to Railway Detcc-
ve bicefoff, who brought linn to
Lexington on Wednesduy. Ander
son was given a hearing before Jus
tice j no 11 in oyer anu in tteiauit oi
bail was committed to jail to await
trial at the next term of Davidson
Superior court.
Mine Claims Paid.
Salisbury, X. C, Dec. 31.
Special-. The Gold Hill. Company's
aluable plant will not he sold tin-
r execution an advertised. Huh
morning Mr. Walter lieorge Xew
man of Norfolk, president of the
company, and the leading spirit iu
the dpvulonmi-nt of the nronertv.
arrived in Salisbury and made a full
settlement with all the principal
creditor! of tho concern.
Mr. Newman states that operations
ill be resumed during the coniinr
week, and that the output of the
mine is expected, to exceed all former
fields. The mining plant is con
sidered one of the richest in the
south. The Post.
No Special Term.
Tho Lexington correspondent of
the Charlotte Observer says:
J lioncli no official statement has
been issued, it is understood here
that Governor Aycock will not or
der a special term of court for
Davidson county, to try H C Grnbb,
ho is in jait here tor the Killing ot
L . Davis. Application tor a
special term was made by Grubb's
attorney's some'titne ago.
The Greatest Offer af the YearThree
Papers for Price of Oae.
We have arranged to send the
Southern Agriculturist; published
at Nashville, Tenn., one of the best
agricultural papers published in
America, to every one who pays us a .
dollar oa either old or new subscrip-1
tion. The number of subscriptions
limited and all will be taken up i
soon, but until the number gives out
every one paying a dollar will get
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In addition to tne aoovc we nave .
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we r.ave ever maue. i
For every new subscriber who pays i
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for every old subscriber who pays up
and also pays one year in advance
we will not ouly sena tne southern
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also send free for one year the great
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. This last offer holds good only un
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lv ' ,
January 15 th
Address The Courier, Lock Box
1S4 Asheboro, N. C.
A sudden attack-at night of some
form of bowel complaint may come
to anyone. Every family should be
provided with a bottle of Dr Sctta
Arnold's Balganf. Warranted by the
Standard Drug Co.
Women is Well as Man Are IRada
' miserable by Kidney and
, Kidney troahl preys ttixiu the mind,
ilntcuuroKVHamUcsaetiHanibition; licnuty,
viKur ami rlieerittl-nt-na
soon disappear
when the kidneys are
Out nf order of dis
eased. Kidney trouble lia.4
Ill-come so prevnleiit
Unit it is not uncom
mon for u child to lie
born iiillicted with
weak kiilnevH. It' the
; -1
childurinatestoooftiMi, if the urine acald
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches n
age when it should be ttlile to control the
; iassaKe, it is yet afflicted with in
ed-wet-
i miK.tieiwti.iujion n, tm-canauof t
thedifli-
the first
step should lie towards the treatment of
lliesi- uiiortiint organ, j n,H unpleasant
trouble ia due to a diseased condition of
the kidneys nml bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women im well as men are iniidc tuiscr
alile.with kidney and lilndaYr trouble,
nutl both need tiic mine Krent remedy.
The mild nnil the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root isKoourculi.cd. It issold
hy druggists, in fifty- fTum.
cent and oue-doilur S!aPwi!..;fcft
size bottles. You may "J fjWiS
have n sample Imtlle SSjtmaSlS
lii' mail free, also a noma of swamp-Root,
pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root,
including many of the thousands of testi
monial letters received from sufferers
cured. .In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Biiighamton, N.Y., be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make nny mistake,
but remember the name, Kwaiup-Koot,
IV. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, mid the ad
dress, UiugUouiton, N. Y., on every
bottle.
DR. F. A. HENLEY,
ASHEBORO, N. C.
II You Want
The Best Laundry
Send Your Laundry to th
Old Reliable
! Charlotte Steam
Laundry.
They are better prepared to do
your work right than unv Lanndry
in the State; and do it right, too.
Leave your bundles at Wood &
Moring's store. liuskeJs leaves
Tuesdays and returns Fridays.
W. A COFFI N. Agent.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
RAILROAD
lllltKCT llol'TK TO TIIK
ST. LOUIS KKK''"0-
Two trains daily.
In Connec t" it with W. & A. R. U, &
X. ( , & Si. L. Ky from AUaiila.
l.v Allii ula f
ArHt. Louis I';lls u
S;30.
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Route of the Famous
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.. AthllllaS;-J5it. 111., ui villi!
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Wiilil-s
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ui Hfranllnt
FRED D. MILLER.
Traveling Pas.' Agent.
I N.Pr&orSt.. ATLANTA. GA
No
. HAVE YOU INDIGESTION.
Boyd's CarbonAlbumen Tab
lets Pure Carbon of Albumen it
positive cure for indigestion, dyspep
sia, constipation, headache or sour
stomach from over eating or drink
ing $50 if they don't. 25 cents a
package.
If your druggist dosenV have them
semi direct to
BOYD CHEMICAL COMPANY,
708 Rand McNally Bldg.,
Chicago, 111.
Are You Willing
To profit by the experience of
others?
''After taking your Con
' ccntrated Iron and Alum
Water myself, and using it
in my family with tine re
sults, I do not hesitate fo
recommend it as one of the
best medicines to be found.
We use it us a tonic, for
Dyspepsia, and Bladder
trouble and regard it as in
valuable." .1. J. LAWSON, Cashier
Bank of South Boston,
South Boston, Vu.
"It gives me pleasure to
state that I have used your
Concentrated Water and
11 lid it one of the best tonics
on the market, nnti can
highly recommend it to any
oue desiring a good appe
tite, good health and good
feeling."
J. P. LEWIS, Photographer,
-Pilot Mountain, N. C.
V..-on if wiiir trouble ia Chronio.
,t w,n CMt very little to make a com
plete cure, so do not fail to get a
supply at once. 8oz bottles 50 cts.,
18oz bottles $1.0".
For sale by Standard
Drug Co. and Ashe
boro Drug Co., Aahe
Itoi o, N. C.
J. M. ECHOLS COM TAN Y,
LYNCHBUB0, Va.