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THE
WILSON
ADVANCE
1 A YEAR CASH IN ADVANCE.
"LET ALL THE ENDS THOD 'MSI' AT BE THY COUNTRY'S, -THY GOD'S AND TRUTHS."
BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM.
VOLUME XXVII,
WILSON, N. C, MAY 2 7,1897.
NUMBER 21.
I -M ' -
We Have
Opened Up
OUR NEW
Soda Fountaio
1 H K G II A DU AT E 'S K K1 U 11 .
1 EDDY'S XAVAL ISKPUttl.
CH ARGK.S AGAINST CONSTANTINO.
Norfo'k Navy Yafd Hh Dism!il 1,400
Men.
Our Molly's home, an' fixin' up fer her f
cuuimeuremeni. v.eeK ; j .
She pets the cat in Latin an axes grace ' AV ashington. May - 21 Assistant I
in Greek; ; Secretary Roosevelt has returned to '
An' she's wearin' gold-rim-spectacles to Washington from a visit of in
v .to hide her ees so bright; I spection to the Norfolk Navy Yard
-an' I recon that she's right! the sPbul1 works oi the
- 1 cw 1 jiji i iews i.nmmnv in. 1
When she left us ,t wuz spnngt,me, an' , primary pur -f Roosevelt tme constantly arriving from, cor
not a rose that stirs I f , , . - i respondents with the Greek army,
Wuz redder than the roses on themas to look mto complamts that had ;
I . 1 - - -I ...W.MW W VJV.UUVU lUll
" - iiuui.iuud, V IVJlrtllVJii 111
II f is A ceased of Inrompetecvn and Cw-
aid ice.
Paris. May 21. News from the
Greek -Turkish war that is coming in
is conflicting.
Fresh charges of cowardice and in
competency on the part of Constan-
DIRECTORY.
IFIA IITUKK OF, Tit A INS.
1
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 Cigar rettes.
Don't forget our Gro
cery Department.
j. R. Hardy & Go,,
The Bargain Store.
tXrBORO 'STREET.
chubby cheeks o' hers; 1
An' she use to run roun' barefoot when the spirit ot the labor employment
the dew wuz on the grass, rules in the Navy Yard. Like the
An' the river tookTer- picture an' wuz ' complaints that had ten made in the
all her lookin glass. , , ,T .
! case of the New ork yard, the As
An' Jimmy wuz her sweetheart, an'; sist;mt Secretary found that in only a
down thar in the dells ' ' , -i '
Where the sweet birds wuz a-singin' leases was there any substantial
and the cattle shook their eells 1 foundation for complaint and even
He pulled the prettiest wild flowers these will require further; considertion
? that growd in'all the land, before judgment can be passed upon
An' Moily'd kiss him for 'em as they their sufficiency: ks to the yard
1 . generally, me conditions were excel-
j But now she don't know Jimmy, an' lent and such discontent as mani-
. tne poor noy nangs about I r t , ,r . , - .
a ' 0,.fQ .1 u tested itself among- .the workmen is
An shorter takes a peep at her when ,
no one's lookin' out; ' attributed to the fact that, owin to
An' seein' of them spetacles, the trou- the lak ot money, it has been found
ble in his mind i necessary to make heavy reductions
Just made him ask me-on the s!y-"Is in the force of workmen. When a
Molly done gone blind?" ir . . , , ,
& - i lorce ot 2,000 men is reduced sudden-
These colleges is curious, an' I'm sor- lv t0 about 6oo, it is no matter of
; ry, too, fer Jim, i ' . - r . " ,
ry . . , , J, . surprise in the view of the Assistant
But mighty glad the rest of us am t in r 1
the fix of him- ' ( Secretery, that the unfortunates who
Fer when she fust come steppin' in, as are dismissed, should feel that they
lofty as could be, " i are discriminated against. Another
She kissed her motheron the cheeks
X. Bound.
local trains:
1
S." Bound.
Between Florence and Weldon.
No. 78. No. 2$.
1:42 P. M. Leaves Wilson 2:05 V. M.
I an' sorter bowed ter me!
. v
An' so we're, goin' to fix her up for
her commencement week ;
She kin pet the cat in Latin. an' say the
grace in Greek ;
An' wear all sorts o' spectacles to hide
her eyes so bright
v She's all we've got God bless her
an' I recon that she's right !
- " ; ' " 't: F.' Lv "Stan ion.' '
LULAI HURSTS POWKIJ.
The Strong 'Girl, Now 3Iarried, Will Re
veal Secrets. ''
Chatanooga, May 20 Lala Hurst
the young woman who performed
wonderful 1 teats of strength a few
years ago is coming in for a share of
public notice again j after several
years ot retirement in which she was
almost forgotten. It is announced
that Mrs Paul Y. Atkinson, for many
years a resident of Chatanooga, but
now living in Atlanta, will in a few
days present to the public a lull ex
similarity to the similarity to the
complaints made in the case ot the
New York Navy Yard was that the
bulk of the Norfolk complaints are as
to discharges made since the present
administration came intp power. Mr.
Roosevelt spent a;day ih,the exami
nation of the plant of. the Newport
News Shipbuilding. Company and
was much pleased; with the character
It is a fortunate day for a man when ot the work being done for the Navy
he first discovers the value of Ayer's in that yard, us j well as with the
Sarsaparilla as a blood-purifier. With rapidity with which it is being prose
this medicine, he knows he has found j !
a remedy upon which ne may rely, ana
that his life-long malady is at last con
quered,
you. .
ficalion at the hands of the Greek
censors. During the fighting which
took place in Greece on the Turkish
frontier Constantine was at Larissa,
far, from the battle, smoking cigar
ettes and reading novels. 'On the
niorning of the evacuation of Larissa,
the Crown Prince was on board the
first train that departed. Women
and children were ejected from cars
to make room for him and his horses.
At Velistino, two officers drove two
wounded privates from the train go
ing to Volo in order that they might
take their places. In many cases
whole battalions were abandoned by
officers' who sought safety in flight,
while the men continued fighting
without a leader.
General Smolenitz and Yanicosti
are highly praised by the corres
pondents, who speak in the highest
terms of the Greek evzones and ar
tillery. Constantinople, May 21. Major
General Nelson A. Miles, of the Um-
ted States army, who came to Eu
rope to observe the operations of the
war, was received by the Sultan to
day. His majesty granted him a
special audience. . . i
- Athens, May 21. The govern
ment has a loan of 6,00,000 drachmae
at t per cent. It was exclusively
subscribed by three Greek banks.
Between Wilmington and Norfolk:
No 4$. v No 49:
12:4s P. M-. Leaves Wilson, 2:12 P. M.
"Shoo ; Fly" Wilmington to Rocky
4 Mount:
No. 40. : No. 41.
10:23 P. M. Leaves Wilson, 6:15 A.M.
through trains:
Between Florence and Weldon:
I No. 32. No. 35.
12:22 A. M. Leaves Wi'son, ii:iS P.M.
rouxvV OIT ,'CKR.
i:oakd Ol? COMMISSION EK3:
R. S. Clark, Chairman. "
John C. If adlev, Thos. Fllton;
Siia-deTelton, J. H. Newsom.
W.J. Cherry, Sheriff,
J. D. Bardin, Clerk of Superior CourJ.
J. H. Griffin, Register of Deeds,
S. H. Tyson, Treasurer,
Wm. IIarriss, Coroner
J. T. Revel, -Surveyor. '
town offk khs.
aldermen: '
J. D. Lee,
J. A. Clark,
U. ft. Cozart,
Geo. Hackney,
J. T. Ellis.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Ward.
Has cured others, will cure
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Hawaii May be Cedt-fl to Great Britain.
THE CUBAN STIiUGGLK.
The Patriots Dynamite More Railway
Trains Kebel Reverses. "
Havana, May 21. Captain Gen'l
oston, May 22. Private advice? j . cl
. , . t, c tt 1 , . gos, province 01 oania iiara.
received in Boston from Honolulu ' . . f I , -
T , , . , t t iU - j The insurgents dinamited and de
says: It has leaked out that the pro- , . .
. M. Damon s
railroad between Cnsto and bergo,
P. B. Deans, Mayor;
Jisro. R. Moore, Town Clerk;
W. E. Deans, Collector. ,
: police: ,..
D. P. Christman, Chief.
Ephriam Harrll, Frank Felton
James Marsheourne.
posed visit of Hon
QnH Mainr lank pa to London has a
. .r 'y iU u provice of Sintiago de Cuba, and
rlppnpr siomifiranrp than the bearinp- v " . -
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, dUU cLllvZl WdlU 1UCU KJll lliC Li dill WJ.J1V.1I
JOHNSON'S
CHILL AND
FEVER TONIC
Cures Fever
In One Day.
Star for Jeff Davis, People Honor tlie Hero.
rf th nncrratnlatinns of the Hawa
- . r followed it, plundering and burning
lan Government on the occasion of K ( . , .
, . , ., 1 . . j three cars. 1 he remainder of the
the Queen's lubilee, and it is-stated, . , .
. . . , j . ! tram put back to Cnsto.
on what is considered excellent au-1 v , , ,
. . . . ihe local guerilla force attacked
thonty, that . if the movements at ? . . r .
pianation of the marvelbus feats which, Washington in connection with the . . & . . c .
. . . .1 -r rr I'll . auu icv-ciuiuitu int. s-utuicci ui iui.
sugar schedule of the Tariff bill to , r . , , .. ,
, . - t t i exploring-engine land three ! railroad
nhrorrofp tVip Hawaiian rpnnrocitv 1
. , . -pv employes who had fallen into the
11 taijr i v- mv--v..,
and Major Iaukea will, it is asserted,
proceed at once to, the negotiation of
a treaty of cession of the Hawanaji
islands to Great Britain.
made her famous throughout the
country when a young girl.; Mrs.
Atkinson, it will be remembered, was
the famous Lula Hurst, who astonish
ed people wherever she went by her
remarkable exhibitions pi strength.
She moved chairs on which large
men sat heavily? she wrested canes
and umbrellas from vigorous hands,
and she bent arms to which muscles
The Climax Brandy of 18TC Vintage.
hands7 of the insurgents, The guenl
las had a lieutenant killed.
If aval Catlet9 Under Arrest.
much larger than her own should lation, and with years of ripening is
have given rigidity. Her managers ' now put upon the market by the
talked of 'jodic force," and the grave ; Speer N. J. Wine Co. It is a super
ameteurs of physical research nodded rior mellow brandy, possessing all
vise approval, but persons of less the medicinal properties for which
dignity came forward and demon- brandies from grapes are so eminent-
strated that Lula Was marvelous only y useful. Sold by druggists
tor her skill with which she took ad-
Annapolis, Md., May 22. The ar
rest of two naval cadets who have
! ?ncf rpfurnp'l fnr: final fYaminatinri
Has proven to be a superior distil- J ., . ..
Montgomery Ala., May 22 The
spot on the balcony of the State Cap
itol on which Jefterson Davis - stood
when inaugurated thirty-six years
ago as President of the Confederacy
ot Southern States was marked this
afternoon by the Society of Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, who placed
a 12-inch silver star there. A pro
cession consisting oi a large body of;
veterans,
' CHUKCHES.
St. Timothy's t 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.
m. Holy days at 10 a. m. Celebra
tion ofHoly Communion on 1st Sun
day in each month at 11 a. m., other
Sundays at 7:45 a. m.
Methodist Church, Rev.-J. B. Hurley
Pastor; services 1 r a. m. and 7:30
p.m. Sunday School, 5 p. m., J. F.
Brutpn, Supt. Prayer meeting Wed
nesday night at 7:30.
Disciples Church, Rev. D. V. Davis,
Pastor; ser.vices on Second, Thirdand
Fourth Sundays at 11 a. ni. 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. ;
the State military, btate , F, . . . . -
executive officers, the city officers, 1 0,clock. and 8:30 p. Rev. j. A. Rood
and officers vof the society marched pastor. Prayer meeting Wednesday
to the Ca
at 6 o'clock to the J evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday School
music of banHs. Gen. J. W. Sanford at 5 p. n1., u. Boyicm upt.
o ;f;o trAf Primitive Baptjst Church, preaching
Ul lVAUlllJiWU.JCl y , ail' iiiiuiiaiv. iiiv.uu ja
vantage of the laws of. force and mo
tion, tor the often convincing ingenu-
my. They will
on the charge, of
be tried on Friday
assault with intent
to kill an Annapolis policeman who
had attempted to arrest them. The
policeman was beaten severely. The
middies had been on a lark. :
Arrested for Smuggling.
New York, May 22. K. J. Lang
horne and Richard Scruggs, of St.
A youngf white man appeared in
the Register ot Deeds' office Tuesday
ousness of her claim not to know the and asked the price of a marriage li-
source of her nnwprs ; 1 cense. When told that it was three
t . ,- - -. , . - , .- t 1
Mrs. Atkinson has just completed dollars he said that he would not give patent on a calculating: maenme- ana
abookin which Ihe relates how all that much, that he had made up his , for which they received over a mil
these tricks were performed and goes ' mind never to give three dollars and ' lion, arrived this morning on the
so thoroughly into details that any that he would go without marrying
one can" perform them. The book '-before he would do it.
is np4r being printed and will make j He offered all the way up from
its appearrnce in a few days. It is two dollars to $2.75, and being re
being awaited with much interest by- jected each time he left, displaying
' all who have heard of the seemingly ' much indignation. Fayettville Ob-
marvelous powers of the lady, server.
Mr. Davis, and who stood near , him
at his inauguration, presided, and
showed the-spot on which Mr. Davis
stood. Gen. Sanford said the South
ern people had nothing to apologize
for in their action and paid a tribute
to Mr. Davis, and said : "If we were
rebels, then to rebel is right If Jef
ferson Davis was a taitor, then treas
on is the higher virtue." 1
Miss Mattie Henry Thompkins, of
Montgomery, delivered the. star to
Governor Johnson, who received it
for ttfe State in a speech extolling
Mr. Davis and the Confederate cause.
on 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.
- .!. T 1 H I
L.OU1S, wno went 10 loduou w,, the star was set it was covered
with piles of roses.
American Line steamship St. Paul.
They were immediately arrested ior
smuggling several thousand dollars'
worth ofiamonds and jewelry, which
were tied around their bodies. Both
men admitted the charge. They
will be held. 1
A Murderer Confesses.
Winston, N. C, May 21. Henry
Love, colored, under arrest here has
confessed that he is Lewis Mason,
who killed Peter Duran, while under
arrest at Atlanta on Christmas day,
! 1895. v
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, II. P.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Conimandery No. 7are 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 3:30 o'clock, p. m.
j B. F. Briggs, Director.
Regular meetings of Contentnea
Lodge, No. 87, K. of P., are held in
Odd Fellows' Hall every Thursday
night! Visiting members always yrel
come. v.. -
Regular meetings of Enterprise
Lodge, No. 44. are held every Frday
night in Odd Fellows' Hall.