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THE WILSON ADVANCE: JANUARY 21, !897. r-amwr -wirrr-n , m nmmiii t.mmn iiiiim iiiiwtitii rjTvH" l.ast Saturday Jfielit. a ' - On last Saturday night at the Ope ra House, "Powell, the Prestidigita tuer," he!d the boards. The people ci Wilson have never been treated to a better performance than the one given by him. - ir was cis j;uuu , ciuu pciiinpa supc-. rior to the average show of the kind, ' and deserved a much better audience than was present, but it is an estab lished fact that Wilson is no town tor a Saturday night show. From .the different tricks he per formed it could be seen that the ma gician was well up in his business. The greatest trickv performed by him was entitled "Double ..Rapid Transit," its equal has ojever been performed on our stage, Two large trunks were put upon the stage, and two of our citizens were requested to come forward and examine them. They did .so and, found that they were from all appearances like the ! produced, into which a man was put,! sack and its contents was then put in the smaller trunk which was locked at both ends by the committee. 1 he small trunk was then puaced in the . as the first had been. At this point. there was a-inari in the sack, the sack in a small trunk ancl-that in a larger one, the last having been securely wrapptd on all sides with a strong rope. . This was then placed in a - cabinet commonly used in spiritual ism. A young .lady then appeared and Powell ' inlormed those present that in five seconds from the time thf1 ; rahinpt vvss : rlnspd. the vnr.mr lady would be substituted for the vrtunrr' tii'in ;lr rnnrcp frfr7 rrt thought it a fake, but in the time stip ulated the curtains was parted and out stepped the one whom everybody supposed was resting in the bottom of the trunk. The trunks were then unlocked ana the seal on the bag was found intact, the string was cut and out stepped the young Iady. 1 1 was truly a . wonderful trick, and as one wouldn't trust that man in a bank with a million dollars in the safe if it had forty thousand combinations on it." - : : ; - sum given by any stafe to its univer sky. The tax for it comes entirely from property.,.. No mati-' who pays poll tax only pays anything to it and the average' property hokjer pays only a few cents each year. The men ot wealth really support it and yet its halls are thronged with poor boys who could not get an ejducation elsewhere. Let no backwajrd steps be taken. Winston Republican. Original Observation. FROM- CURRITUCK . : . TO CHEROKEE, i REVIEW OF RECENT HAPPENINGS . THROUGHOUT THE STATE. n a a , W iff ftM i A stich in time saves man yards of thread. - No words ot slander ever fell from a wagon tongue. Nature puts up many, parcels, but few contain prizes. ' , - The cabbage head never suffers with the brain fever. . They never stop slaying even on bear ground in Wall street. A bill defered until to-morrow of ten drives a man-to borrow. A wood stove is not'rnade of wood, neither is a sponge cake made of sponges. . - A religion that could adapt itself io all kinds of business would Tind mahy' votaries. . : . ' ' V The cod-liver oil industry is said - ..-4 i i ' . There are 3,014 white and 1,304 colored children in Onslow county between the age ot six and twenty one. ... ' V ; . ;; I ' Legislator Whedbee, of Hertford, is said to have in preparation a bill in this State, similar ' to that in South Carolina, with the objectionable fea tures of the South Carolina plan eliminated! Mr. B. F. Tillery, of Tillery failed in bisness last week, and his store is closed. Mr. Tillery had built up a large ' business in Tillery and Roan oak Rapids, and'his) trade was the while increasing. His embarassment came by reason of his inability to rea lize any ready cash on his estate as security j The Loan and Savings Bank cf Charlotte will-close up its (aitairs and go out of business. This was decid- : ed at a meeting, of the stock holders held on January 12. The bank is ..." 1 : I We invite you to call nd see us in our new quarters in TX WELRY STOR Tuesday, Dec. 1 st, and after. W e will have for sale a line of Fancy mm Snecialties to be ianruishing.i Another case of 1 penectiy solvent, ana will pay ail its over production tmd - lack of cojn- su motion. If man feared the displeasure- of God as much as he does that of his fellowman, the paths of sin would need mowing. Orange (Va.) Obser ver. . ' . Bliiul Mail, ro!m ; lrtty Girl, UritlP. The sugar-coating, which makes , Ayer's Pills so easy to take, dissolves immediately on reaplmig the stomach, aiid so permits the full strength and benefit of" the medicine to be promptly communicated. Ask your druggist for Ayer's Almanac, just out. Tlie K(Sucnlioi) Ones ion. The supremest need of the state Is to better and improve its public schools. And what we need is real remedy, not a scheme of destruction. It is unfair and unfortunate that it has been sought to confound the University and the state schools j with this question. The University is the logical head ot the public school system. It founded them' in the past, it has supplied -and is sup plying them with .teachers, without which they would be useless and it has always been loremost in working I and pleading for them. Its destruction would not add a day and a half to their length of term, but would deprive hundreds' of poor boys of the opportunity of jnaking men of themselves for the states sake. Let us have a nal plan for the common schools, iiot destructive and ioolish as would be a scheme to abolish, the supreme court and dis tribute the money among the justices of the peace, .but 'some system of local taxation supplemented by the state tax which would give us in time good schools every where. What we need is to strengthen both the University and the public schools. The state spends $835,000 for its public schools and $20,000 for its University. This is . tne smallest Weldon is the scene of many Gretna Green affairs, but the one that takes the rag off the bush was that ot a blind man who ran away with a pret ty girl to have the nuptial knot tied here. The contracting parties were Mr. A. M. Garder and Miss Hattie L Andrews, both of Manchester, Va. They arrived here on the noon train Friday and after some delay in obtain? ing-the necessary papers, they were united in the holy bonds by Rev. P. N. Stainback, who usually officiates on such occasions. - Mr. Garder is totally blind and is the organist of a Presbyterian chnrch at Manchester. The bride is quite pretty, very young, apparently about 16 years old. She has been acting as a sort of guide for the blind organjst for some time, and their friendship ripened into love.The little bride stat ed that there was no objection to her union at home, ' but that owin to her. tender age they could not get a license-in Virginia. VVeldon News. depositiors in full aRd the tetock hold- ; ers expect to realize par on their: stock. The capital stock ip $iso,coo, ! Asheville, Jan. 13" E.fl. Holmes, a prominent citizen of Ac-heville, and ( a native of South Carolina!, shot him-! self this afternoon with ai pistol, be hind the right'ear, with intent to gui-' cide. He is still living;, but it is thought will die : before morning. 1 He ' was secietary iarid treasurer of the Asheville Club and treasurer of " about all the benefit orders of the . . ' 1 -. 1 city. Financial troubles the cause. - kx. r! - 1 On Friday last Dr. T. l3, Wolfe's , one year old- child fell into the fire 'for women and children's wear. A complete outfit of ,- r . " ' - v ' " . . ' Stamping done to order at reasonable prices. Also, a Line of UseM Household Articles. Try our Home Made and was badly burned about the head and face. It seems that jMrs. Wolfe i and other Gahdy and C vi ii4-o left. the room for a few minutes, ieav- '. " .' " ' . .... . : . m Tk on j ir m i m v m -w m mm m m ing the child and its sister, aged fllll' JtlOt neei. U.lllCKGIl ailCl tJIaill JjOUlilOll rJlav on the; i 1 ficf if rM. Vl;lrc -r.iif A cr (iiu uiu um;i3 yintv:i unuivo uut iajou Hot Coffee and Sandwiches. she found ' babv out of ervrl lii !Siime Purpose. Mr. Cleveland is too kindly dispos ed to Ambassador Bayard to rebuke him for talking in England, but he served the same purpose by approve ing. a change in the diplomatic reg ulations which forbade diplomatic offt- ! cials from political discussions in public Springfield Union. ' . - - Long lias Accepted It. about three years, at floor, and on her return the little girl pulling the the fire. The little girl, while too ' young to tell just how it happened, 1 had sense enough to rescue the baby from what Would have been a most ' awful death. Roanoke Beaton. , Just before -Christmas j a. telegram ; j was sent from High Point to Mrs. J. ; D. Horney, of Maxton, stating that her mother was expected to die that night, and for her ' to come immedi atelyf The message cam ef one morn-; ing' and the next evening she sent one of her boys to the express office with a package, and the telegram was then sent to Mis. Horney. The j next morning Mrs. Horney entered j suit against the Western I Union Tel- ,s j . ' i eeraoh Company for damages. How 1 much she will claim we are unable to say, but some -one should be made to suffer f ir such neglect.!; V e invue you 10 examine our dooks wijcn we offer as a A private, telegram from Boston, received this afternoon by a prom inent New England Senator, announ ced authoritatively that ex Gov.Xong of, Massachusetts has been tendered and has accepted the Secretaryship of the Navy Post. ; - - The London Times has a dispatch rom Hong Kong saying that an American Methodist misson station about 50 miles from Foo-Choo, in the province of;Foh-Kien, has been attacked by a mob. A number ot shots were fired, but none of the in mates of the station were injured. The local officials- defended the mis- Circulating : f . " See List. Columbcts, O. , Jan. IS The National Miners' convention Saturday elected Mi chael Ilatchfbrd, of Msissilln, O., presl ilerit of the organization.. Hfe received 123 votes to 17 for Patrick McBrjde and 2 for Alexander Johnson. ; John iKane, editor of the Mine Workers' Journal, of this city, nras elected vicdpresldent,;ind W.C.Pcarce ?e-electod secretary and treasurer. sion. 1 tf1 0 N DERFUL are the cures by w Uood's Sarsaparilla, and yet they are simple and natural. Hood's Sarsa parilla makes PURE BLOOD. Smithfield Herald: Jlobert N. Dixon, of Chatham county was placed in jail in Raleigh last week charged with postoffice robbing. He is only 16 yearsold. He has already served a term of eight months in the workhouse for crime Valuable IJiseovery far I'hysicians. j London", Jan. I8.7A dippatch from Vienna to The Chroiiiclo 's4ys that Pro fessor Friedrich, of j Elbinj, lias notiiied the Vienna assembly of his discovery of a 1 new kind of lioentgeu ras, which will infallibly determine in a subject whether death or a tVnf; has intervened. Books s tatnei FOR. SALE. THE DREADED CONSUMPTION CAN BE CTRED. GREAT CHE WILL SEND, T. A. SLOCUM, M. C, THE MIST AND SCIENTIST, FREE, THREE BOTTLES OF HIS NEW LY DISCOVERED REMEDIES TO SUF FERERS. i Editor Advance I have discover ed a reliable cure for Consumption andj all Bronchial, Throat and Lung Dis eases. Generol Decline. Loss of Flesh and all Conditions of Wasting Away. By its timely use thousands of appear ently hopeless cases have been cured. So proof-positiveam I of its power to cure, that to make its merits known, I will send, free, to ony afflicted 'reader of our paper, three bottles of my new ly discovered remedies upon receipt of express and post office address. T. A. Slocum & Co., 9S Pine Sb, New York. The management solicits of the ladies fancy articles, embroidery and paintings to sell on commission. For any desired information addess BOX K):. WilBori, N. C
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