$! A YEAR GASH IH ADYAHCE.
"LET ALL THE EKD3 THOU AISS1 AT BE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S ASD TRUTHS."
VOLUME XXVII.
WI LSOX, X: C, MARCH 25, 1897.
BEST ADYERTiSISG EEMUH.
NUMBER 12.
We have a select stock
of
Crockery,
Glassware
AND
Groceries
i A Love AfF.tir.
They stood on the beach together,
The sun had long since set;
One of them was "Honey,"
And t'other one was "Pet."
Their arms around each other tvvintd,
Their heads together lay,
And the happy crowd that laughed
; aloud
Could hear each word they'd say.
They kissed and hugged and gently
cooed :
They stroked each other's curls.
But their love seemed mild, and the
crowd just smiled,
Because they both were girls.
Jas. Lenoir Cilley in Charlotte
Observer, t .
Fits Didn't JLike It.
which we are sellino- at
ROCK BOTTOM PRICES.
t'nsiness and Fuu.
"Publishing a newspaper lor busi
ness and not for fun," was a question
suggested by President Stevens' an
nual address before the Press Asso
ciation at Wilmington, and it was
discussed by some members to a
Call and let us show you what i limited extent. .
Th
we have.
No Trouble To Show
Goods.
ColLiinbia,
Bicvcles
1 T
the'
best. We are the
agents.
J. R, Hardy & Co.,
The Bargain Store.
TARBORO STREET.
T.OOK OF LIFE.
Over and over again,
No matter which way: we turn, ,
We always find in the book of lile
Some lesson we have to learn.
We must cake our turn at the mill,
We must grind out the golden grain
We must work at our task withy a res-
lute will j -
Over and over again. J
We cannot measure the need
Of even the tiniest flower, .
Or f-heck the flow oi'tfuVeoldeti sands
Jf hat run through a single hour.
.: the morning dews ijius't fall,
And Vue jn and sum-ner rain
. "'-i do the r part and 'perform it all
I. J ter and wer again.
Over and over- again
The brook through the meadow
flows,
And over and over again
The ponderous milKwheel goes,
Once doing wilAnot suffice
Though doing will not be in vain,
And a blessing filing us once or twice
May come if w. try again.
The path that has Vice been trod
Is never so rougfuo the feet. i
And the lesson tha we once have
learned V
Is -never so hard to repeat.
Though sorrowlul tears, may fall
And the heart to is depths be
driven .
With-, storm and tempet, we need
them all,
To render us meet for heaven.
; subject embraces more than
words can express. There is a set
determination in editors' minds, but
how to carry it out is the perplexing
question. What you regard as busi
ness with one man will make another
mad, and then he withdraws his pat
ronage, and there is no fun in this in
a circumscribed community.
Every editor has his own individual.
ideas on the subject and establishes
rules for the conduct of his paper
some very rigid; some very loose.
But downright business is the main
thing.
Some men regard a newspaper as
a pastime -not business; a medium
for obtaining things without paying
out cash, a vehicle for schedules, and
thus obtain transportation Irom point
to point to look after other business.
This is the fun of it to them. The
consequence is a pooi paper.
The publishing ot a newspaper is a
business; as much so as banking, mer
chandising or any other line in which
men are engaged.
, Every earnest journalist desires to
publish his paper for business and
earn a fair competency out of it! But
is he doing it in promiscuous puffery;
giving away space and trading for all
sorts cf things a $io space for a $2
article? It has come down to the
tact that foreign advertisers regard
the matter in this light. Those kind
of fellows should be sat upon. Then,
too, in publishing long resolutions
and obituary notices, when, perhaps,
the subject of the same has departed
and left behind to his heirs and assigns
an unpaid subscription bill to the
paper that is asked to extol his
virtues.
North Carolina newspapers need
more business in their offices and in
their columns.- The fun of the thing
will be found without working for it,
when, after giving away space and
crediting persons on subscriptions
who never pay, Saturday night rolls
around and printers stand at your
elbow, not crying for "more, copy,"
but reminding you that the week is
ended: your tact for harvesting dollars
lspast anu you nave uui oa
enough to pay them. This is where
you need business.
There is no sense or dollars, J
either in publishing a paper for fun.
The people of every community
should aid in making their home
San Franscisco, March 22. Rob
ert Fitzsimmons knocked out an Eng
lish traveller in the Baldwin Hotel
bar early this morning, r After his ex
hibition at a local resort last night, the
champion, Martin Julian and W. A.
Brady, Corbett's manager, returned
to the hotel, and spent ithe night dis
cussing a return match. Al jng to
wards morning Cambeli-drifted up to
the bar and, addressing the Cornish
man, said the Carson affair was not a
true fought battle, and; that the best
man did not win. Fitzsimmons
jumped toward i the stranger and
swung his left with terrific force,
knocking the intruder down.
Corbett was at the Baldwin early
today, watching ' for his conquerer.
He wanted an interview, but was not
favored. When told Corbett was in
quest of him, the champion dodged
out of the door and down the street.
Corbett says if he can't meet Fitz
simmons he won't meet anybody.
Jim has an offer .to manage a big
athletic club at a magnificent salary.
If his show proves a failure he is lia
ble to take this job. But he has made
up his mind to go back on the stage
for a while. His friends are impor
tuning him to go direct to New York
and commence an engagement.
FROM CURRITUCK
TO CHEROKEE.
DIRECTORY.
REVIEW OF RECENT HAPPENINGS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. "
N,
DKPARl CRE OF TKAINS;
LOCAL trains:
Bound. S. Bound.
A Kemarkable Mathematician.
Zerah Colburp, born in t 804 was
the most remarkable natural mathe
matician ever known, j He was able'
to raise eight toithe sixteenth power,
this comprising fifteen figures, and
was right in every particular. Once
he was requested to name the factors
which produced 24.71483, and im
mediately gave the correct answer.
He was asked the square root of 106,
929, and before the the figures could
be written down he gave the correct
answer. i i
Cora Lee, the nineteenVear-old
daughter of Mr. Sam Reid, has been
confined to her room for-fiy-two
days. During this time she hs not
tasted food ot any kind, with th ex
ception of the juice of a lemon Occa
sionally. All efforts to induce he, to
.eat are of no avail. Her physician
says she is suffering from a tumor on
the brain. Messenger.
Malarial liitters;
Decatur, 111., Aug. 26, 1896.
We consider that we have not only
saved our lives but also our.house and
home by the use of Aunt Rachael's
Peruvian Malarial Bitters. We have
been sick with malarial fever the past
two years and not able to work suffi
cient to pay the interest and taxes on
our home and keep our family. We
have used Aunti Rachael's Peruvian
Malarial Bitters two months and we
are rejoiced to say that our health
has been restored and, we are free
from malarial fever and chills.
W. J. Campbell and Mary Camp
bell, wife.
Mt. Airy is to hold a local ootion
election in May. . ' . ,
There is a report in Winston that
the Mockville road will be extended
to Mooresville, it not further, during
the next two years. v
The Southport Leader suspended
wish its issue pf last week. The Wil
mington Messenger will fill out its un
finished subscriptions.
The largest and finest crystal of
mica ever IGund has been placed in
:the State museum. It 'weighs 104
pounds, and is worth $400. It is
from the Bower mine, in Mason
county. Raleigh Press Visitor.
The Morganton Herald says that
public opinion there leans strongly to
the opinion that there will -be no
change in the supe'rintendency of the
State Hospital ;' that whatever other
changes are made Dr. Murphy." will
be retained., v- .
There are some complaints from
truckers that potatoes are rotting,
owing to the wet weather which has
prevailed. This is especially applica
ble to the low grounds. Potatoes on
higher grounds are not thought to be
greatlyinjured! Newbernjou rnal .
The tobacco factory of H. E. Rob
ertson & Son, is Mocksville, together
wiih a hrge quantity of manufactured
aid leaf tobacco, was destroyed by
fire last Wednesday night. The loss
it is learned will be about 5,000
above insurance. Winston Sentinel.
The Hickory Press says that Sher
iff G. K. Pritchard, of Mitchell county
has resigned and the county commis
sioners have elected Robert Bradshaw
his successor. SherifiS Pritchard is a
brother of Senator Pritchard, and it is
said he will get a position in, Wash
ington. The owners of nets in the river
opposite and below Newbern com
plain of a filling off in the number of
shad being, caught in their nets.
They claim that the shad seek the
channel and make they way up the
river where the catch with the drift
net is larger than heretofore.
A white' infant was found in a well
in Salem last week. Upon investiga
tion it was found ,that the child had
been born alive and that it 'came to'
Between Florence r.nd Weldon.
No. 7S. . . No. 23.
1:42 P.M. Leaves Wilson 2:05 I'. M.
Between Wilmington and Norfolk:
No 4S. No. 49.
12:48 P, M. Leaves Wilson, ' 2:12 P. M.
"Shoo" Fly" Wilmington to Rocky
Mount:
No. 40. No. 41.
10:23 P M. Leaves Wilson, 6:15 A..M
THROUGH TRAINS;
Between Florence and Weldon:
No. 32. : No. 35.
12:22 A. M. Leaves Wilson, 11:18 P.M.
COUNTY OFFICERS.:
HOARD' OF COMMISSIONERS:
t , R. S. Clark, Chairman.
John C. Hadlev, Tiros. Fllton.
Shade Feltox,' J. H. Newsom
W. J. Cherry, Sheriff,
J. L). BAri-n, Crk of Superior Court,
J. H. Griffin, Register of Deeds,
S. H. Tyson, Treasurer,
Wm. Harriss, Coroner,
J. T. Revel, Surveyor.
towxoffkei:!
aldermen:
J. D. Lee, ; -
J. A. Clark, '
U. H. Cozart,
Geo. Hackney,
J. T. Ellis.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Ward.
P. -B. Deans, Mayor; '
Jno. R. Moore, Town Clerk;
W. E. .Deans, Collector.
rLicE:
D. P. Christman, Chief.
Ephriam Hakrell, Frank Felton
James Marshbourne.
CHURCHES.
St
On the 13th instant, at Moycock,
Mills Felton, fatally shot Boston Tur
ner. There was a woman in the
case. The shooting occurred in
Vande Cara's store. -Elizabeth City
Carolinian.
St. Timothy's Episcopal church,
Rev. F. C. Bayliss, "Priest-in-charge.
Services: Sundays at 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. m., Sunday School at 3 p. m., Week
days Wednesdays and Fridays at 4 p,
ms Holy days at 10 a. m. Celebra
tiqn of Holy Communion on 1st Suni
day in each month at; 11 a. m., other
Sundays at 7:45 a.' m. -
Methodist Church, Rev. J. B. Hurley
Pastor; services t 11 a. m. and 7:30.
p. m. Sunday School, -5 p. m., J. F,
Bruton, Supt. ":; Prayer meeting Wed
nesday night at 7:30. '
Disciphss Church, Rev. D. W. Davis,
Pastor; services on Second, Third and
Fourth Sundays at 11 a. m.i and 7:304).
m. Prayer meeting every Thursday
night. Sunday School at 3 o'clock, p.
nr., Geo. Hackney, Supt.
Presbyterian Church, Rev. James
Thomas, Pastor; services on the First,
Second and Third Sunday in every
month and at Strickland's church
every Fourth Sunday. Sunday School
at 5 o'clock, P. M. " y
Baptist Church, service as follows:
its death by drowning or from a blow Preaching Sunday morning at 11:00
on the head. The parentage of the, clck and 8:30 p. m. Rev. J. A. Rood
child is unknown, three women hav
ing been arrested, but the evidence
A druggist in a small Illinois town
who reads the newspapers was much
struck with the! ingenuity cf a fellow
craftsman who i advertised "thirteen
two-cent stamps for cent and a quar
ter," and then charged his customers
a cent and a quarter: of a dollar. The
Illinois druggist decided to resort to
the same kind of ' advertising and
placed a placard in bis window. This
is the; way it read; "Thirteen two
cent stamps for
was insufficient to hold them.- Yad
kin Ripple.
The tobacco factory of Mr. VV. E.
Cox in Mt. Airy was destroyed by
I fire a few days ago. Mr Cox lost
everything he had in the factory, ma
chinery, fixtures, manufactured tobac
co, &c., and no insurance. The
building was about 4.0 by 80 and two
story and belonged to Mr. J. P. Raw
ley, of New York. Winston Senti
nel. :
A big land deal has been cdnsu
mated at Warrenton, involving'about
4,000 acres, which lie about ten miles
cents." Before 1 from Warrenton, near . Vaughan's
Pastor. Prayer meetincr Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday, School
at 5 p. m., D. S. Boykin.Supt.
Primitive Baptist Church, preaching
Jon 2nd Sunday b Elder Jas: Bass; on
3rd Sunday by Elder Jas S. Woodard;,
on the 4th Sunday and Saturday before
by the pastor, Elder P. D. Gold. Ser
vices" begin at 11 a. m.
1 ... 1.1
papers business concerns, and not be the clerk's error was discovered me
on the look-out for a free horse to ' druggist was threatened with bodily
ride him to death.-Durham Sun.. violence by several ! womd be pur
chasers ot postage stamps at bargain
counter prices, j j
The base of Aye'rs Hair Vigor is a
refined and delicate - fluid, which does
not soil or become rancid by exposure h Returns show that 16 persons in
to the air, and which is as perfect a . I)000 who are confined in, lunatic
substitute for the oil supplied by nature : ' jums have been made insane.by
in youtnana neaiiu, as "'"u" v.......
istry can produce. , .
love aflairs.
Station. The price paid - for the en
tire tract, $io,ooq for 4,006 acres. The
purchaser of this land is the Southern
Farmers' Land Company, of Virginia.
It is said that prominent railroad men
are interested in this company. The
general impression, howrever, is that
it will becut up into farms and in
ducements offered to farmers from
I Western and Northern States. Ex;
LODGKS.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Lodge No. 117 A. F. & A. M. are held
in their hall, corner of Nash and Golds
boro streets on the ist and 3rd Monday
nights at 7:30 o'clock p'. m. each month.
J. D. Bullock, W. M.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Chapter No. 27 are held in the Masonic
Hall every 2nd Monday night at 7:30
o'clock p. m. each month.
Lat Williams, H. P.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Cpmmandery No. 7 are held in the
Masonic hall every 4th Monday night
at 7:30 o'clock each month.
W. H. Applewhite, E. C.
Regular meetings of Wilson Lodge,
K. of H. No. 1694 are held in their hall
over the 1st National Bank every 1st
Thursday evening at 3:3oo'cIock, p. m.
Regular meetings of Contentnea
Lodye, No. S7, K. of P., are held in
Odd1 Fellows' Hall "every Thursday
night. Visiting members always wel
come .':' 1 '
Regular meetings of Enterprise
Lodge, No. 44. are held every Frday
night in Odd Fellows' Hall.