VOLUME XXVII.
WILSON, N. C., APRIL 22, 1897. .
NUMBER 16.
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We Have Opened Up 1 1
OUR NEW
Soda
Foun
ain
Is now running, at full blast,
and we are -prepared to
serve cold drinks of
every description.
Soda Water,
Milk Shakes,
Lemonade, .etc.
Also a nice line of
FRUITS,
Tobacco, Cigars
and Cigarrettes.
Don't forget our Gro
cery Department. .
WLUMEN'S WAYS
Wimmen folks' a curious lot,
Mighty hard to understand
Stubborn when their minds are sot,
, 'Nough Jo puzzle any man.
LookAat Susis Medders, now;
When Si Scott first courted her
Wouldn't have him anyhow,
When they coaxed her wouldn't stir;
Didn't :are if he was rich,
Called foolish names and wuss,
Said: "Deliver me from sich
A long-legged, awkward cuss."
Aftermeetin'g slighted him
When he asked to see her hum,
Waltzed off with her cousin Jini, ;
Aimin'jist to spite him sum.
An' for weeks they never spoke
Often as their paths vus crost
Then, ,when Miller's bank wus broke
An' Si's savin's all got lost
Folks sed he was mighty blue
An' would take to drinkin' shore;
An' how she wuz lucky to
Keep him off, now he wuz pore.
Fust lime that they met in town,
Si wuz lookin' mighty glum,
Sue cum up with eyes cast down,
Smiled an' showed her dimples sum
Shook his hand an' sed it seemed -
r Ages sinre he d called on her
in' Si-stood there like dreamed
. So broke up he couldn't stir.
But you ought to seen his face
Sort o' shine, when she had gone,
An' he seemed to kind o' brace
His shoulders up from that time on;
Held his hed up like a man;
Looked the whole world inthe face,
Went to work in' an' began
To save up to buy a place !
An' it ain't no secret now, ,
That their wedding day is sot
All I say is, anyhow, -Wimmen
folk's a curious lot.
Ida Goldsmith Morris in Louisville
Courier-Journal.
THE SITUATION IN CUIIA.
A Man Fresh From the Little Island Talks
1 of the War TU-r.
GKOSVENOK'VCIYIli SERVICE
The Ohio Cungreesman InlroIacet a It ill
to Modify the Service as Now Carried Out.
, .. Washington, April 17. Repre-
here vestprrlav nn Vim n-r tn, XT.t, r ' r
York. He passed here Thursday J a . , , .
, U - made a vigorous attack on the civil
on his way to Atlanta, and yesterday - , . iu ,
, . ' . 3 y service 1 ws in the last Congress, to
ne was returning. His name was G. 1 . t ' . .... . , .
,,r ilt 6 i day introduced a bill- to dec are the
DIRECTORY.
. R. Hardy & Co.,
The Bargain Store.
- TARBdRO STREET.
tlectiic Facilities for Burglars.
North Carolina Industries.
W; Musgrave.
He refused to tell the object of his
visit to Atlanta, saying that some of
the friends ot of "Cuba Libre" in this
country had Deeri talking too much
and a man had better keep his plans
to himself until they were consum
mated. - . I
He told me, however, that he
came from the little war-stricken is-
land only one week ago.; "And the
intent and scope of the civil service
act. The bill declares that the civil
service act shall not be construed to
embrace any of the employes of the
Government Printing Office or of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
nor any person employed merely as
a workman or laborer, nor construed
,. to allow the appointment to office or
1 promotion in any classes of the civil
) service covered bv the act of anv
nntlnnlr tcr the inenmpnte " Vio '
. uuvu nprsnn whn has nnt mvcpn a rnm-
is good. The situation is simply in . ,
Serious apprehensions are being
felt in some quarters concerning the
'facilities- being aftorcled by; the ex
tending electrical systems lor depre
dations against what have up till now
been regarded as invulnerable sale
depositories. In some recent experi
ments it was shown that by a simple
application of an ' ordinary circuit
holes could be pierced with the great
est ease through seven thicknesses of
an inch each1 of drill-prool chrome
steel in less than thirty minutes The
apparatus is simple in the extreme,
consisting merely of a carbon stick,
a small box lined with fire-clay or
abestos, the necessary connecting
wires, and a resistance. A knowledge
of voltage and amperage delivered at
the point where the connection is
made to reduce the voltage to about
sixty or eighty, with an amperage of
a hundred and filty. The wires are
then connected, and the box being
fixed to the safe, an arc light is start
ed ,with a temperature of 9,000 or
10,000 degrees, which, will melt a
hole through a fourrinch steel safe, in
almost as many minutes. It may be
objected that the "scientific" burglar
is not yet, nor is likely to become,
sufficiently scientific to carry out such
an operation. It should be remember
ed, however, that the manipulations
are of the the simples character to any
one possessing the ntcessary know
Jedge, and that the high -class burglar
not generally either illiterate or
unintelligent. The means of meet-
Jng this possible danger would ap
pear to be a system of alarm by which
any abnormal diversion of current
would-be indicated.Ex.
Cumnock Coal Mine. Geo. P.
Losey, of Washington, N. C, and J.
L. Mitchell, of Tyre, Pa., have bought
Ja coal mine in Chatham county for
$25,000. ,
Durham Hosiery Mills. It is re
ported that the Durham Hosiery Co.
is putting in new machinery tb dou
ble its capacity.
Elkin Telephone Co. TheWest
ern North Carolina and Virginia Tel
ephone Company has been organized
to construct telephone system, etc.
Fayetteville Ice Factory. Col.
Starr will increase the capacity of his
ice lactory. It is said that the ma
chinery has been purchased.
Kinston Furniture Factory J.
B. Temple contemplates the erection
ol a furniture factory. v
New .London Cordage Plant.
The Silver Springs Cordage Compa
ny has sold its plant to W. A. Tuck
er, of Brooklyn, N. Y., lor $8,000.
The new owner will put in considera
ble new machinery and continue the
operations ol the mills.
Statesville Distillery. R. J. Bry
ant has made surveys and "staked oft
a site for a new distillery to be built
on the 'site of the Granite Spring's
Distilling Company V plant.
Wilmington Water and Sewer
age Co. The Excelsior Artesian
Well and Sewerage Company, char
tered by the last legislature, has for
merly organized and elected William
E. Worth president; F. H. Stead
man, secretary, and Chas. H. Leach,
Superintendent. The' stock compa
ny has an authorized ; capital of $1.
000,000, and its purpose is to con
tract for drilling artesian wells,, con
struct sewerage
facturers' Record.
statu quo. We think if we can hold
our own the yellow fever will do the
rest. The policy of the insurgents is
to worry the Spaniards out,
"And they will do it. j Spain can
not stand much longer the $300,000
a day she is spending in maintaining
this war. When I left there was
much talk of ; Spain withdrawing a
large part of her forces. She had as
well do so. The rainy season sets in
in a few days and then the game will
be up forborne time."
He said he would not as a rule,
advise Americans to go to Cuba to
join the insurgent ranks. ! The chan
ces for promotion are he said very
small, owing to. the peculiar kind of
warfare ' that the insurgents have
adopted, and the climate ,is exceed
ingly unhealthy. ; I
"That," he continued; "is one of
the disadvantages under which the
Spaniards labor, f They are not used
to the climate. The hospital facili
ties are also bad, and they die up by
the score, especially during' the rainy
season." ;-;
Mr. Musgrave is an American, but
he has been going to Cuba ever since
he was a boy. He knows the coun
try thoroughly and is a staunch sym
pathizer. He has been ! interested in
several fillibustering expeditions. He
says -three large j expetions have re
cently left the ; coast of Florida with
men,' and arms lor the rebels, and
other -expeditions ' are .now on ? foot.
One of the largest ever sent out is
expected to go in abont two weeks.
dkpa rtuke of train's.
local trains:
N. Bound. - : S. Bound.
Between, Florence and Weldon.
No. 78. , No. 23.
1:42 P. M. Leaves Wilson 2:05 P. M.
Between Wilmington and Norfolk:
No 48. No. 40.
12:4s P. M. Leaves Wilson, 2:12 P. M.
"Shoa Fly" Wilmington to Rocky
Mount:
No. 40. ' N0.-41.
10:23 P. M. Leaves Wilson, 6:15 A.M.
THROUGH TRAINS:
Between Florence and Wei don: ' f
No. 32. No. 35.
12:22 A. M, Leaves Wilson, 11:18 P, M. :
be exempt from such an examination,
and all appointments since March 4,
1893, without a competative exami
nation, unless such appointee? are
specially, exempted, are declared ille
gal and contrary to t.he intent and
spirit of the act. The bill proposes
that all persons who have been ap
pointed or employed in the classified
seryice since March 4, 1893, without
examination to appear betore the
civil service commissioners for exam
ination within 90 days, the ; examina
tions not to give them preference
over other citizens who are qualified
to enter the. service: This bil will
compel all those now in offices over
which President Cleveland extended
the civil service act to pass examina
tibns.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
HOARD OF COMMISSIONERS'.
R. S. Clark, Chairman. --;
John C. Hadley, Thos. Felton.
Shade Felton, j. H. Newsom
Mr. Dana Retracts.
W.J. Cherry, Sheriff,
J. D. Bardin, Clerk of Superior Court.
J. H. Griffin, Register of Deeds,
. H. Tyson, Treasurer
Wm. Ha.rriss, Coroner,
J. T, Revel, Surveyor.
town off1ckrs.
aldermen:
J. D. Lee,
A. Clark, -
U. H. Cozart,
Geo. Hackney,
J. T. Ellis.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Ward.
it
P. B. Deans, Mayor;
Jno. R-. Moore, Town Clerk;
W. E. Deans, Collector.
"I tell ou," Mr. Musgrave con
cluded, "the United States is with us. !
The wealth, the men and resources cl
11,15 country arc ucnnm us, um wC ( editQrial in the Sun two years ago
are bound to win. iNews ana ud
server. -
New York, April iThe New
York Sun, this morning, contains' the
following editorial statement. On
February 22; 1895, the Sun publish
ed an editorial article entitled ; -The
Work of Rascals," in which severe
strictures were made upon Mr. Frank
B; Noyes, of the Washington Star.
We desire to qorrect our statement
in reference to Mr. Noyes and to
withdraw any remarks reflecting
either upon his personal or . business
integrity. The article i was writ
ten under, a misapprehension as to
the facts in the case, and we regret
its publication in the Sun as doing
grave injustice to a gentleman whose
character is above reproach." The
foregoing published apology and re
traction follow the publication-of an
PRINCKSS TJHIMAY.
intended as a reflection on the As
sociated Press -and and its manage-
ment
Frank
of the Washington Star and a direc
toV of the Associated Press, was sin-
po'lice:
D. P. ChristmanI Chief.
Ephriam Harrell, Frank Felton
. .v. James Marshbourne. ' -j
CHURCHES.
St. Timothy's Episcopal church,
Rev. F. C. Bayliss, Priest-in-charge.
Services: Sundays at 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. nji., Sunday School at 3 p. ni., Week
Jays Wednesdays and Fridays at 4 p
m. Holy days at 10 a.' m." : Celebra
tion of Holy Communion on 1st Sun
day in each month at n a. m., other -Sundays
at 7:45 a. rn.
Methodist Church, Rev. J. B. Hurley
Pastor; services hi 11 a. m. and 7:30 "
p. m. Sunday School, 5 p. ni., J. F,
1 ...
Brutqn, Supt. Prayer meeting Wed
nesday night at 7:30. ..
Disciples Church, Rev. D. W. Davis,
Pastor; services on Second, Third and
Fourth Sundays at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p.
m. Prayer meeting every Thursday
night. Sunday School at 3 o'clock,, p.
m., 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.
Baptist Church, service as follows:
The Secret of Her Withdrawal from Paris.
London, April 17. A dispatch to
the Times from Paris says that the ' gled out for personal attack, without
secret of the withdrawal of the Prin
cess Chimay, nee Ward, of Detroit,
. In the Sun editorial, Mr. I Preaching Sunday morning at 11:00
, . . o'clock and 8:30 p. m. Rev. J. A. Rood
k B. Noyes, one of the owners Paston Prayer - meeting AVednesday
evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday School
at 5 p. m., D. S. Boykin Supt. ,
Primitive Baptist Church, preaching:
from the Folies Bargere, is found in jury of the District of Columbia,
the fact that friends of the family had which returned indictment for, crimi
resolved to place her children in the nal libel against Mr. Charles A. Dana
front row of the theatre.) A crowd of and Mr. William H. Laffan, who
the Belgian friends of Prince Chimay' were charged with originating and
had arranged to j come from Charle- publishing the libel, and a writ was
roi. They were to simultaneously j issued by the United States marshal
raise the crv of f'to the madhouse." , for the District of Columbia 'for the
any apparent motive other than malice ' ond SlyfV 'J ' T
rr . , , , , . , , 3rd Sunday by Elder Jas S. Woodard;
it was ii icaai. su iiciu uy ujc .. giiuu . . ... cnHav and catlirf!av hefor
by the pastor, Elder P. D. Gold. ' Ser-
Some of the Belgian friends of the
Prince proposed to provoke a duel
with Rigo. This challenge, the
champion of Princess Chimay need
Ton not, of course, have accepted, never
systems, etc. Manu- . .. f , ,
: 1 theless the traeic side of her adven-
ture, the correspondent j of the Times
concludes, may. have been nearer
than was generally supposed.
Jiaile
a
Ii ra
1 Will it Keep?
In reply to a correspondent asking
Mr. Speer about his Opporto Grape
Juice, he says he will warrant it to
keep any length of time m bottles if
they are kept full and well corked.
The juice is not likely, to keep long
after allowed to come in contact with
atmosphere than 40 degrees tempera
ture. It is excellent for invalids.
arrest bt the, indicted men at New
York city, and for their deportation
Washington for trial.
An Insurgent Leader Said to Have Surren-
dere
vices'begin at 11 a. m.
lered.
Havana, April 15. A dispatch
from Liberdadt, province of Pinar del
Rio, says that the well-known insur-
Spring is .full of terrors to those gent leaaer, junan z.arraga, wno is
whose constitution is not able to resist charged with having blown up. Reveal
the sudden changes of temperature, j trains, with the use of dynamite; in
and other insalubrities of the season. ; pinar dd has surrendered to the
To put the system in condition to over- ! . . , -
v . - :.u: :. (r'. Spanish there, with five of his follow-
come tnese evus uuiuiiig c"c.uv -
I as Ayer's SarsapaTilla. Take it now. ers, all armed.
LODGES.
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 1st 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 .
Commandery No. 7 are held in the
Masonic hall every 4th Monday night
at 7:30 o'clock each month.
W. H. Applewhite,. h. C.
Regular meetings of Wilson Lodge,
K. of H. No. 1694 are held in their hall
over the 1st National Bank-ever 1st
Thursday evening at 3:30 o'clock, pYm.
B..F. Briggs, Director.
Regular -meetings of Contehtnea
Lodge, No. 87, K. of. P., are held in
Odd Fellows Hall every Thursday
night. vVisiting members always wel
come. Regular meetings of Enterprise
Lodge, No. 44. are held every Frday
night in Odd Fellows' Hall.