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W i J o n CLAUDIUS F. WILSON, EDITOR & PROP R. LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY S, THY GOD S, AND TRUTH S. $1.50 A YEAR CASH IN ADVANCE- VOLUME XXI. WILSON, WILSON COUNTY, N C, NOVEMBER 19th, 1891. NUMBER 44. The jt a;L ! " COAL ! COAL ! C. N NURNEY, DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF COAL NUT EGG, STOVE AND RED ASH. Broken and Egg for Stoves and Grates nr lers left at A. W. Rowland's Drug Store will be promptly filled. C. N. NURNEY. I am also agent for the Red C Oil Co. ro-S-nn Ellis k Wiggins. We have bought out the horse business of John Selby may be found at his old stand, adjoining Bob Wyatt's tin shop, where we will be pleas ed to see his friends as well as ours and serve them. lies & Horses for sale or trade. We are better prepared than ever to serve you. Call and see us. ELLIS & WIGGINS, 5.21-3111 Wilson, N. C. THE, WASHINGTON LIFE Insurance Co. OF NEW YORK. ASSETTS, - - - $10,500,000. The Policies written by the Washington are Described in these general terms: Non-Forfeitable. Unrestricted as to residence and travel after two years. Incontestable after two years. Secured by an Invested Reserve. Solidly backed by bonds and mort gages, first liens on real estate. Safer than railroad securities. Not affected by the Stock market. Better paying investments than U. S. Bonds. Less expensive than assessment certificates. More liberal than the law requires. VDewrvite Contracts. . T. L. ALFRIEND, Manager, Richmond, Va. SAM'L L. ADAMS, Special Dist. Agent, Room 6, Wright Building, 4-30-iy. Durham, N. C. -PROPRIETOR- Wilson Marble Works DEALER IN Ma talents, Headsts&ss. Tablets. Cemetery Work, &., Examine our work before purchasing elsewhere. Satisfaction Guaranteed, Corner Barnes and Tarboro Street Wilson, X. C. S. II. IMS. DEALER IN . A Richmond, Va. 9-3-3m. FALL Millinery! ner spending some weeks in the -wtnern cities familiarizing myself with the latest styles in mLTi nery, I now have a NICE, SELECT STOCK which I am offering: AT VERY LOW PRICES in ' nR st'le d quality, and hav lnS secured the services of Miss wasburg, an experienced mill iner, and one who cannot oe surpassed in taste and style, I can fill all or- isr-ir-u i ders promptly. V '11 be pleased to have you call. MISS ERSKINE, ,. , WILSON, N. C. Z Jrgs Hotel. nxt door to the omce rr8tf A. DOBIE & CO COTTON FACTORS -AND- General Commission Merchants, 2 and 4 Roanoke Dock, NORFOLK, VA. Cretlvrh SUth f C?ra.ttetion given to sales Produce-":,?,' PeaTnuts and country vncr !r " "y- Liberal Cash Ad tu'as a 1 H ?ments' Prompt Re d H.ghest Prices guaranteed. C. LANIER. COAL Dry Goods ! Put a Pin in Here. You had better make a note of this announce ment if there is any possibility of your for getting a fact so im portant. . I was in New York last week, where I bought a nice line of seasonable goods at greatly reduced prices. They are coming in this week and it will pay you to call and take a look through. NEW GOODS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. Would like to call special attention to some of the many bar gains, but have not the time. Far-seeing people visit first THE CASH RACKET STORE Nash and Goldsboro Sts. JOHN D. COUPER, J MARBLE & GRANITE Monuments, Gravestones, &c. ill, 113 and 115 Bank St., NORFOLK, VA. Designs free. Write for prices. 5-14-iy. DR. W. S. ANDERSON, Physician and Surgeon, WILSON, "N. C. Office in Drug Store on Tarboro St. DR. ALBERT ANDERSON, Physician and Surgeon, WILSON, n. c. Office next door to the- First Nationa Bank. DR. E. K. WRIGHT, Surgeon Dentist, WILSON, n. c. Having: permanently located in Wil son, I offer my professional services to tne public. E"Office in Central Hotel Building DR. R. W. JOYNER, DENTAL SURGEON, WILSON, N. C. I have become permanently identi fied with the people of Wilson ; have practiced here for the past ten years and wish to return thanks to the gener ous people of the community for the liberal patronage they have given me. I3FT spare no money to procure in struments that will conduce to the com fort of my patients. For a continuation of the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed on me I shall feel deeply grateful. "Waison & Borrow, Attorneys at Law, ) VrU8TONN.C.,Bep'tI6,liWL ) Tap. H. Webb, Scy, Washington, D. C. : Dear Sib I have been using one of your Elec tropoisea for four years, upon a little in valid son, who has been afflicted with a pul monary trouble and a dropsical tendency. I have found great relief for him in the use of the Electropolse, when the doctors had failed to give him any permanent relief, and I am satisfied that but for its use we should have lost him. I have never seen it fail to reduce lis fever, or to bring sound sweet sleep. I would not be without it for many times its cost- Yours truly, J. C. BUXTON. Mr. Buxton is also President of First Na tional Bank, Winston, N. C, and is one of the foremost men of the South. . rJTor all information address ' - ATLANTIC ELECTRO POISE CO., tie. 1406 New York Av . Washington, D. Cm on 332 Kino St., Charleston. 8. Ct Balm.MMt Ml "KUltrtl rata." Try : Only :43 c BILL ARP'S LETTER. HE HAS BEEN DINING WITH A FULD BLOODED FOREIGNER. Which Gives Rise to a Discussion as to What Constitutes a Gentleman A Talk on Several Subjects. I dined with some Englishmen the other day. English gendemen who are perusing this country and have got a basrel or two of pounds, shil lings and pence at home. They are not lords, but they are gentlemen. That is a very significant and com prehensive word. The king can be a gentleman, but not every gentleman can be a king. Some say that the Prince of Wales is a gentleman and some say he is not. One of these Englishmen was telling tne what sport was had in London over the exposure of the Prince's gaming propensities and his fondness for the game of bac carat. A leading tobacconists adver tised his goods by sending a fancy wagon around with an illuminated sign which read as follows : Where do you get your "baccar" at? Why at Thompson's, of course. But the Prince is to be pitied, they say. He is now fifty years old and all these years had nothing to do nothing but to wait and wait for his mother to die and then he would be somebody. He doesent want her to die, for he is very fond of her and he is really very smart and would make a good king, but as it is he is not much account. Our General Dick Taylor had a splendid time frolicking and sporting with him and says he is the soul of honor and a punctillious gentleman. And so it seems settled that a man can gamble at cards and bet on horse races and be a gentie man. Andrew Jackson did both, and so did Henry Clay. Away back in the centuries gendemen were the land holders and ranked the yeomenry. They were the aristocracy. They lived well and kept open houses, and gave royal welcome to other gentle men. It was a great compliment to say : 'He is a fine old English gentle man." But, over here in this land of lib erty, a poor man can be a gentleman. If he has a good education, good manners, and a gentieman. It is not every honest man that is a gentleman, according to our dictionary, though they come nearer the mark than most of the rich men who claim to be. Some of the old English poets made great sport of their gentry. One says : When Adam digged and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman ? Another says : A Christian is God Almighty's gentle man. And Thomas Decker wrote of the Savior in 1620 : A soft, meek, patient, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed. This reminds me in passing of a conversation I overheard between two little girls who were playing with their dolls. "If my dolly dies she will go 10 heaven ; she is so good and sweet," said one. "God is mighty good to good children, isn't he?" said the other. "Yes," she replied ; "I spek he is a gentleman, and I know he is a Chris tian." These English gendemen "were very much interested in our elections that have just passed, and they said it seemed so strange that we could turn men out of office and put others in every two or three years and change our government policy and still get along without any serious friction. "Why," said one, "it takes a man ten years to become a states man and be of real service in any great emergency, and yet you people get tired ol him in two or four years, and send another raw recruit to take his place. And he is afraid to do anything except to ask for an appro priation ana ne will log-roll witn a hundred others whether they have merit or not and they will all vote together so as to be re-elected, and so the money goes." And they said that it took only 90,000,000 to run the English gov ment last year, notwithstanding thev have next to the largest standing army and the largest navy in the world to keep up and maintain. "Your government," said he, "spends now a third more money in a year than ours, and you have no army to speak of, and navy that your press makes sport of. Your evtravagance is amazing, and if your people had to pay it in a direct tax there certainly would be revolution. But they pay it, nevertheless, and make no fuss about it. Your people seem to be prospering in spite of themselves, and but for your protec tive tariff you would soon be the richest nation upon the eartn, lor you have everything here to make you rich. Instead of borrowing; English money, as you are doing every day, you would be lending money to the world." Well, this is not new talk. It is old, and it comes from the "other side," but it comes from men who are investing their money here in iron and coal and railroads, and of course they are honest in expressing their opinions. They have some politics over there, too, and raise a rumpus, but their members of parliament get no pay and they work for the honor of the high position. They are never accused or suspectod of jobbery or log-rolling or plundering they are "fine old English" gentlemen." I asked these visitors what was their politics, and one said of the other, "My friend, Mr. H., is a vile tory," and Mr. H., replied, "My friend, Mr. B.,'is a nawsty liberal." The ladies of the party keep us continually amused with their surprises. The negroes were a source of wonder and perplexity. "It must be the African climate that made the black," said one, "and they will surely turn white in course of time. I notice some that are turning now. My wile called in our cook, "Aunt JAnn" and introduc ed her all 'round. Aunt Ann made a courtesy, The dames made a bow. Aunt Ann was very much amused at them and said afterwards, "Dem folks 'cum 'cross de big water. I see some of dem folks once before and dey mighty hard to please. How dey like my cooking ?" "Splendid" said my wife. " They said they never found such nicely-cooked chickens in England." Ami gave a grunt of satisfaction and resumed her work. There was a dish oi sweet potatoes on the table sliced and sugared ever so nice, but they had never seen any before and declined to try them. They dis cussed the potato, however, and said they would like to see one. A good, large yam was brought in, and one. of the gentlemen cautiously examined it and said : "Well, I suppose that the potato is inside of this, and you have to break it open, do you not?" A dime was given one of the ladies in change, and as she inspected it she said : "You call this 'one dimmy," do you ? How many pennies is it worth?" She spelled the word dime with two syllables and a French ac cent on the last. They were nice ladies smart la dies and discoursed beautifully on England, and government, and poli tics and religion, but they found many things;and many customs over here that they had not read about in books. The gentlemen cut enough walking sticks in their travels to fill a buggy. One of them had himself measured for a saddle in England, and had it made to fit, and brought it across the water in a box that was made for it. It cost him 20 and keeps on costing, for he has to pav freight on it everywhere he goes. He has never used it but once and soon got tired and exchanged for a seat in a surrey. He is an old foxhunter and knows how to ride in Eneland. And now I would like to pay them back. I would like to visit their country and see how they live. Of course I wouldent know exactly how to conform to their ways and customs, out 1 would enjoy my own mistakes and surprises. England is a century ahead of us in many things. Her people are more solid solid in thoughts and opinions, and especially in religion and government ; why, one of these gentlemen who visited us lives in a house that was built before Columbus discovered America. The very antiquity of everything gives the people confidence. They love their government and their church. Our newspapers write gushingly about "crumbling thrones and totter ing dynasties, but it only makes an Englishman smile. They still won der that our government has lasted so long and stood the shock of a civil war. A government will last as the people love it. The people will love it as long as it is fairly and hu manely administered. A monarchy is just as secure as a republic if the monarch is kind and loving to his subjects. "When the wicked rule tne people mourn : but they won t long now-a-days they will fight. Bill Arp. The Failure ofS. 8. Nash, of Tarboro. Capt. S. S. Nash, one ot the lar gest merchants of Tarboro, and well known in this city, where he lived several years in the employ of Messrs Williams & Murchison, has failed for about $170,000 with nominal assets largely in excess of liabilities. The Tarboro Southerner says the sympathies of all who know him are extended to him in this time of trial. The same paper says : "He has failed and failed like the man he is There is no homestead reservation all. everything save the household and kitchen furniture at his residence, is conveyed in trust to his creditors even his watch and he is to-day without a dollar. He secured the merchants of whom he purchased his fall and winter dry goods with pref erence, leaving unprelerred his moth er from whom he borrowed $6,000, and his father-in-law, Rev. Dr, I. B. Cheshire, for $2,000." The Southerner also states that Capt. Nash's failure began from the disastrious year 1889. He was then worth $20,000, and he carried through the troublous times many farmers who would have gone un der but for his assistance. Failure to collect on these outstanding debts hurried his own failure. He still has the confidence of the business com munity and will rise surely and suc cessfully, predicts the Southerner. The above we clip from the Star, and the Advance wishes to express its own sincere regret at the failure of Mr. Nash. Advice to Mothers. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should always be used for children teething. It soothes the child, sof tens the gums, always all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for diarrhce. Twenty-five cents a bottle. J. W. Yates, Tullahoma, Tenn., writes : "It does me good to praise Botanic Blood Balm. It cured me of an abscess on the lungs and asthma that troubled me two years and that other remedies failed to benefit." Set not every one's own watch. dial by your ABOUT KISSING. AN OLD HABIT THAT CAN NEVER BE BROKEN CP For The Man Does Not Live Who Would Not Kiss a Pretty Girl if The Opportuni ty Came, And it is Said They Like it Too ; But of Course That's a Slander. What a fleeting, intangible, eva nescent, and altogether delicious thing a kiss is ! ; No savant can analyze it. The genius that fathoms star spaces cannot measure it : the ience that weighs the fraction of an atom cannot determine its specific gravity. And yet what an important part it has played in history as well as in romance. It has been the re- wlrd of genius for wao not Voltaire publicly kissed in the stage box by the beautiful Duchess de Villars in compliance with the demands of an enthusiastic pit to thus reward the author of "Mcrope"? It has been the bribe of politics, for when Fox was contesting the hard-won seat at Westminister, the beautiful Duchess of Devonshire ofiered to kiss all who would vote for the great statesman. And the inspiration of patriotism, for did not the fair Lady Gordon turn recruiting sergeant when the ranks of the Scottish regiments had been de pleted by Salamanca, and tempted the gallant lads by placing the re cruiting shilling between her lips for all who would to take it with their own ? And yet there are scientists who tell us kissing is dangerous to the health. The Baltimore Sun has interview ed two leading physicians of its city on afi opinion of the Berlin scientist and their views will be found to be very interesting. Dr. Crim said that kissing was a prolific cause of the spread of infectious and contagious diseases, particularly such as diph theria, measles, whooping cough, scarlet and typhoid fevers and con sumption." He produced several ponderous volumes in which the sub ject was treated, and in wmcn some cold blooded statistician had figured it out tnat tnree ana two-tentns per centum of certain diseases were trans-, mitted by the apparently harmless kiss. Dr. Crim said that he didn't expect any amount of argument would check the habit which has been going on since the foundation of the world, but he suggested that it would be well for those who are much given to the exercise to obtain cer tificates of health which they could show to each other at the beginning of each performance. Any one who could not pKeduce such a certificate should be ruled out of the game. Dr. Fannie E. Hooper, who has just returned from abroad, agreed with the physician. She said that the habit was a dangerous one, in deed, causing the spread of infec tious diseases through entire families, and often through whole neighbor hoods. She also thought the habit was foolish and senseless, and said she was opposed to it on principle. She cited several cases where diph theria and typhoid fever had been spread by kissing." Commenting on the above the Charlotte Chronicle says : "One of the choicest, sweetest and tenderest pleasures of the human race is about to perish as dead sea fruit. Science is a cruel master over many asperations of the human heart. Some of the things that we orfce tasted and enjoyed in our sim plicity and ignorance, we are forbid den to touch. Kissing is one ot them. Science has given us a mul titude of blessings, but do they com pensate the hungry heart for robbing it of this one which nature bestowed upon our grand sire and grand dame in their rendevous among the golden rods in Eden ? Oh ! what a painful deprivation. , "But it is to be written upon the door post that kissing hereafter to be enjoyed with safety must be in dulged in with the greatest circum spection. That is to say that before two people kiss, each must present to the other a bill of health from his or her physician. A Berlin physi cian has discovered that as many as twenty-three different kinds of bac teria can be propagated among per sons simply by kissing. This dis covery and its general recognition will revolutionize some of the most sacred and affectionate customs of society. It will alienate friends, sep arate lovers, make relations cold and distant, women will fight shy of each and the men will have to steal every kiss they get. Surely a fireband has been thrown into society and there is no telling its effect, for there is no way to tell who has bacteria in their mouths. The physicians will have to examine the mouths of us all, for who does not enjoy a kiss? Imag ine for a moment a party of ladies when they meet at the quilting party, at church, having been separated for weeks. Then, too, see the dear girl return home who has been away at school for months. Everybody in the household wants to kiss her. Then there is the newly made bride. She must be kissed by all the friends and relatives in reach. Then there is the opportunity of the two lovers in a nook. "But science has distinctly declared that it is not safe to sieze these op portunities without this bill of health to present. What is a kiss worth after two people have to fish down into their pockets or hand bags for these papers and stare at each other and read ? A kiss under such cir cumstances is like uncorking a bot tle of champagne and permitting it to effervesce on the desert air before you drink." The able, editor of the Norfolk Virginian volunteers the following : . "The most useless crusade ever conceived by man since Adam and Eve stood in: Eden and appled them selves out of that Paradise, is that of the Teuton at Berlin who contends that not less than twenty-two differentj species of bacteria is concealed tfrrf(Pt human mouth, watching their oppor tunity to those who surrender the lips to the soft but deadly dalliance. He is evidendy inexperienced, desti tute of practical knowledge, and demonstrates that Carlyle was right when he said that "all fools should be cooped in well-proportioned barrels," His theory was no doubt false and silly, and, as a contemporary sug gests, such preaching is worse than nothing to young men and maidens who know more about Cupid than they do about bacteria. It is true that young men, as a rule, do not care so much about kissing as do young ladies, but they are quite wil ling to sacrifice themselves at the command of gallantry and to " charge not merely twenty-two but ten thousand different varieties of the in finitesimal foes described by the Berlin physician. The batteries of rosy lips and a faultless mouth will never cease firing, even in the pres ence of legions of bacteria." Catarrh," Not Local, But Constitutional. Dr. Dio Lewis, the eminent Bos ton physician, in a magazine article says: "A radical error underlies nearly all medical treatment of catarrh. It is not a disease of the man's nose ; it is a disease of the man, showing itself in the nose a Local exhibition of a Constitutional trouble." Therefore, he argues, the use of snuff and other local applica tions is wrong, and while they seem to give temporary relief, they really do more harm than good. Other lead ing authorities agree with Dr. Lewis. Hence, the only proper method of cure for catarrh is by taking a con stitutional remedy like Hood's Sar saparilla, which, reaching every part of the body through the blood, does eliminate all impurities and makes the whole man healthier. It removes the cause of the trouble and restores the diseased membrane to proper condition. That this is the practical result is proven by thousands of people who have been cured of catarrh by taking Hood's Sarsapa rilla. Lemon Elixir. PLEASANT, ELEGANT, RELIABLE. 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It is guaranteed to .give perfect satisfaction, or money refun ded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by A. W. Rowland. Mr. C. C. Campbell, of Camp bell's Cotton Compress Co., city of Cincinnati, Ohio, writes : "Every body finds relief shortly after using Brady crotine for headache." PACE Wilson Desire to say to the readers of the Ad vance that our buyers are here in force and want your TOBACCO -:o:- THEY HAVE NO OLD STOCK ON HAND AND, CONSEQUENTLY NO AVERAGES TO REDUCE, WHICH IS A VERY DE CIDED ADVANTAGE IN FAVOR OF THE WILSON MARKET. SO BRING ALONG YOUR Tobacco. DURING THE SUMMER WE ADDED AN ADDITION TO OUR WAREHOUSE WHICH NOW, GIVES US THE LARGEST AS WELL AS THE BEST LIGHTED SALES FLOOR IN EASTERN CAROLINA, 95 FEET WIDE, 160 FEET LONG, 52 SOLID SKY LIGHTS. ' YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND US AT OUR POST READY TO SERVE YOU. WE PLEDGE YOU IN ADVANCE YOUR TOBACCO SHALL RECEIVE PROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION AND Highest Market Prices. 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