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THE ROANOKE NEWS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1891. THE ROANOKE NEWS. j5V HALL & SLUDGE. UBUSUED EVERY THURSDAY. ArTKK to-day the girls will have prerogative to pop tin: iiestion. It is tliu privilege which leap year always btings. The almanac predicts fair uud frosty weather until the 21st, mild until the 28th and cold and high wind to tho Hist TFS OK sriWItlt'TIOX IS ADVANCK. One Ytr(by Mail), Postage Paid Jl.SO. Six Months 7u- A Wcfk'y Democratic journal devoted to the material, educational, political and agricultural interests of Halifax and sur rounding counties. gigrAdveitisine rates reasonable and fnrnislied on application. THURSDAY DECEMBER, 31, 1891. jpSTEXAMIXK THE AnnBKKS OX Yoih I'ArKR Our subscribers will please notice the date oppo site their name oil the niarKtii of t lie paper. I o you know the mean ing of the date? Well, we will explain : The date means that you have paid for your paper up to that time, and that you owe us for the paper from that date at the rate of one dollar and a half a year. Hut it means something else, too. It means that we want vott to pay for your paper. If you want it a year longer send one dollar anil a' half, if six mouths send seventy-five cents. Weadopt this method of inform ing vou ol the date of the expira tinu'of your subscription because it is cheaper and more likely to call your attention to the fact. We hope our subscribers will take notice of the date nnd remit us at once. It is a small amount in each case, but it means a Rood deal in the sum total. Send along the money and we will send along the paper. That's business and business is business. MlJRFRKESIlORO 1! A ll.ltilAI). Mur- freesboro has at last gotten its railroad nnd regular trains will be put on on the 3rd. Theso trains will make close con nection nt Boykins with all t raiDS on the Seaboard snd Roanoke and Roanoke and Tar River railroads. Tho people of tho town are jubilant at securing railroad transportation. Tiik Convicts and tiik Grippe. Tho grippe is norespector of persons and lias invaded tho penitintiary stockades and cells at the State farms in this and Northampton counties. On the farms near here forty cases have been reported though none of them have proved fatal. At Caledonia a largo number of convicts have succumbed to it, uud eight deaths have resulted. New Services. On next. Friday evening at the Episcopal Chnreh st. 7:3il o'olock, it being the regular weekly ap pointmont for evening prayer, there will be services by the rector, including a lecture appropriate to the season. The members of the congregation are especially requested to bo present as business mat ters will be presented for their considera tion aftr tho service is ended. Mork.Trai.ns for tiik Coast Link. On January 4th, 1892, the Atlantic Coast Liiie will put on another through train front New York to Florida, leaving New Yui.ii at 9:30 a. ui., arming at Jack sonville 1:01) p. m, next day (only one night out.) making three through fast trains per day, w ill through Pullman Palace Sleeping furs from Boston to Jacksonville; New York to Tampa and Moved to Town. Mr. Paul Garrett Dkatii ok Mrs. Louisa Cheek is this week moving his family to town Mrs. Louisa Cheek, wife of Mr F. J from Littleton. He will also conduct his Cheek, died Ht her husband's residence iu wine business here, the stores under Lit- this place 1 uesday, at one o clues, after erary Hal) having been fitted up for his an illuess of about two weeks with the use. A part of his material and stock grippe, in the htith vear of her a She have already been moved in. Mr. Gar- was a daughter of the late Willis John- ret t will be quite an addition ta the town ston, Esij , an 1 sister of Col. John Willis socially and commercially and ha is heart- Johnston, of this county. She had been ily welcome. He does an immense an- for many years a member of the M. E nual business and the additional facilities Cb.ureb.and lead a Christian life, beloved Fort Tamps (alongside steamer for Cuba) acquired by bis removal to this plaee wil' by her neighbors and all who knew her. New York to Jacksonville- New York to She lived in Warren County many Thowasville; New Yoik to Savaunah. years ol Her married lite and afterward in On January 18th, tho niagniQeient this eounty near town. Several years "New York and Florida Special," running ago the family moved to towu and through to St. Augustine, Fla., will also have been living here ever incc.. ; be aduVd, making iu all twenty-four trains The funeral services took' place at the I each way per week, the most complete rei-Klence yesterday at Jo clock, conduct- I sejvite ever ottered to Wilm'mgton ed by the Rev J. A. Green, and she was Charleston, Savannah, Floiida and Cuba interred in the cemetery. Sho leaves one The equipment and general character sorrowing son, Capt. Willis T. Cheek, three other children bavins' died after reaching maturity. tfWAS IT CANCER? be of great advantage to him. Death ok Mr. Sankord P upper.- Mr. Sanford Pepper, an old and greatly re spected citizen of this county, died at big home about two miles from town on Tuesday night. Mr. Pepper had been in very poor health for about two months and was almost helpless. On Monday he had an attack of psiulysis, but expired suuuetiiy alter engaging tor a wliile in a cheerful conversation with those around him. lie was iu his seventy niuth year. Ho was h consistent member of the Bap tist church, a good neighbor, a good chi ld the summer of 1890, something ba gan to aprear on my face, similar to a cancer. I trd various remedies, bud nothing gave relief uuiil I used S. S. 3.. which entira'.y cured me. I used only six bottles W. F. Stearns, Alexander City, Ala. We have bad a number of remarkable cures reported to us of epitheliona Of bkin cancer, b. S. rv seems to cure dt forcing out the poison and the poisonous germs, the general health is in the mean time improved, and finally the sore heals, the scales drop off, and the patient is A Destitute Family. A very re- markablo case of destitution and suffer- zen and a man of a kind aud generous ing has been lately repotted from the disposition. He leaves one son aud upper section of the county. A family several grand children. What did you get? Do you like your present? A happy New Year to you. Resolutions are iu order. The grippe does not yet abate. Tkiht sleeves cause red hands. Next Wednesday is Epiphany. Another mile post has been past. The price of cotton varies but littlo. Oi'R merchants and business men are solid. Schools of the lown suspetideJ for the holidays. Try to get along without a tnor'gage this year. The doctors and druggists ari reaping a harvest. Let in look to the future with renew ed courage. 1 1' was tie! warmest Christmn known here fur years. Xk.XI' Wclnesdiy isold Christmas or Twrifih night. Mini work cm be done in tin' gar den ami on the linn ibis mouth. Qr.vtTKiu.Y m-eiiag will be held ut the M. E. Church next Suuday and Monday. h' you don't have time to prepare these New Year resolutions tho old set will d... The Board ol'Cou'tty Commissioners will meet in regular session at Halifax on Monday. The wheels of fashionable machinery arehi'ginning to move faster and faster every d iy. Travel over the several roads w. s good during the holidays on account of tliu low rates. The druggists aro now supplying their customers with pateut medicine calendars nnd almanacs. A c ilil is a house disease and is caused by vitiated air, want of ventilation and outdoor cxerciso Beuin the year hopefully. "While tlie earth remaineth seed time and bar Vent shall not fail." The wathrr prophets are now begin ning to "hedge," and are predicting a mild and open winter. Twelve tablespoons of flaxseed to one of water will make a poultice which will k;,ck pneumonia sky high. Next year, girls, will be leap year. There will be 6fty three Sundays iu 1892 4"d Christmas conies on Sunday. With such suddrfn changes in tho "father people should be careful that 'hey do not contracr pneumonia. It is a fashion nowadays fur ladies to Mum calls when they know their 'friend' is Dot at hmiie, and leave their card. The first twelve days of January are "id to indicate what kind nf wea'her Mch of the twelve mouths will bring. fcirlUd C. P. Knight's ad-wise Kent oo 8th page of the Roanoke Niws. The County Allianci Mebtino President II. A. Patterson of the County Alliance requests us to announce that the next regular quarterly meeting of thecounly alliance will be held at Hali fax on Thursday, January 14th. All sub Alliance, if they have not already done so, should elect delegates to the County Alliances in accordance with the constitu tion and laws of the order. Tub Weather. The weather has been quite changeable lately, though there has been but littlo extremely cold weather. Christmas day was the war mest ever known in this community, and os Tuesday night wo were treated to a thunder storm which would have done credit to midsummer. Nearly all real wititer weather occurs of late years after Christmas, and we may expect to have plenty of it before spring opens. Barn, Corn and Fodder Burned. On Wednesday night of last week Mr. W. T. Henin who lives about eight miles The Times Almanac. The souve nir almanac seat out for 1892 by the Daily Hint , of Richmond, is very hand' some and unuiue. It lias ou one cover a photographed page of the Time and on the other a picture of the handsouio building occupied by the paper. It is full of valuable and useful information aid is really an artistic calendar. The Times is probably tho best paper in the South, having its own telegraphic news service and able editorial and reportoiial corps, as well as a most efficient business management. We wish the Timet all success, and it richly deserves it. Death or Mr. J. A. Powers. Mr. V Cii.- . x . jl wncio uicvj nv 1110 ifciui.uvb iu I If . . .. ri I ml T T . lUAKKiED. uoi. iiios. o. lrewry, this place on Thursday evening last and , , . . . . , . ' " the capable junior principal of the far famed Horner School, Oxford, N.C, and of teu persons, parents aud eight children, are in very needy circumstauoes. The mother has been an iuvalid for fourteen years, four of the children aro deaf and dumb, and consequently have not been developed mentally and are entirely help less. One of the four who is eighteen years old, only weighs about thirty-five pounds and is bed ridden. The father, who is a hard working farmer, has only an ox to cultivate his land and this year made almost nothing. Ou Christmas a number of the good people of Littleton and Weldon sent them a very much needed supply 0f clothing and provisions. This is a case worthy of help from the county commissioners and we hope it will ba brought to their attention. of train service over this line is equalled by few aud excelled by noun, while tho 'Florida Special" is without doubt the finest train in tho world. The beautiful drawing room ears, the "Ideal" and "Su perb" will, as heretofore, form part of the equipment of these I rains. They are the only complctu drawing com cars ever built, and are run exclusively over the Atlantic Coast Line. This line is sj situated that two hour soutli ot Uichmunu tourists encounter the influence of the Gulf Stream, aud a I the conditions which constitute tho geni al and balmy Southern climate, making it the natural as well as the shortest and most popular route from the North to Florida Wilmington Star. POPULAR PEOPLE. SOME OF THE FOLKS YOUKNO WAtiD THEIR DOISGS. well. 8 S. S. is entirely vegetabls harmless. Our treatise on the blood and skia be nailed free to all applicants. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. and; i wiU I. F.A I' Y1MK 11. COMING. The days of 'ninety-one quite 'imt Are drawing to a close, And 'ninety-two then come ia l(i end the ladies' woes. If you ask why, the only reply r.xplaimne all the elieeir. Is that the year divides by four, And hence it is leap year. Rut, ladies dear, a word to you As onward days do creep.; And that is this whatvier you do, Please look before you leap- --I'Utladelphia Frets. The questioii is frequently asktd, 1 'Why is Ayer's Cheiry Pectoral so much more efleetivo than other cough remedies?'' The answer is, simply be cause it is the most skillful combination of anodynes and expcctoraits known to medical science. Let a pretty woman go to a man with her troubles, and iu bis sympathy he will fall in love with her, and add to them. was buried on Christmas day at tho family burying ground about three miles in the country, the services being con ducted by the Rev. J. A. Green. Mr. Powers had been confined to his bed for two or three weeks with the grippo which developed into pneumonia. He had nearly recovered from both of these dis eases, but died from hoart discaso from which he had suffered for several years. Mr. Powers was a native of this county where he lived nearly the whole of his life. He hail been in the railway service for nearly forty years. He was an up- Miss Lucie N. Morecock, a young Udy of great personal worth and attractions were married December 23d, in Norfolk, at the residence of the bride's aunt, Mrs. Kadcr Biggs. Dr. W. E. Evans, pastor Granby Street M. E. Church, pcrformod tho ceremony in the presence of a few Belect friends. The couple was attended by Dr. W. F. Drowry, of Petersburg, brother of the groom, and by Miss Helen Morcock,sistcr of the bride. The bride looked charm- ing in an elegant light gray traveling from towu bad the misfortune to lose his ri..t ci.iz.en, a good neighbor, a devoted In g barn and contents by tire, lie bad on hand about one hundred barrels of corn and a quantity of fodder all of which was destroy, d. The fire is supposed to be the fiiilt of an incendiary though no mo tive can be assigned lor I lie deed. lliere is no clue to i be rascal, wil t deserves to be sever. Iy punished if caught. Til k Raii.toad Tax Case The ii'iuuctioii case to re train 13.1 Alsbrook Sheriff of this i-omity, from co leoting levied tates against tho Wi iiiin.t.u & Wcldun Railroad Com pany was to have been argued before J udg. Connor at Wilson yesterday afternoon. The Railroad Company is represented by Messrs. W. II. Day aud T. N. Hill and Iho county by Mesnrs Mullen & Daniel au l R 0. Burton. the Supreme Court The case will go to husband and father. Last summer he oiinected himself with tho Methodist church and was a consistent member. He leaves one daughter. A good man has gone. The Rite Cit"i'. 'be experiment of planting riee on Roanoke river luwurnU'ids which was ir,ed at l lie State farms and watched with no much inter, st, has piov edcutiHy sacc.ssl'ul. Mr. Pope, the Supcrint . tidant, iuiurmed us a few days ago that the crop had been gathered aud had turned out as well as he could wish. So'ue of it did not quite mature because it was planted rather lato. It will bo re membered iliut the entire crop was sub merged by frjshcts five times from the time it came up until it had headed, and the water stood over it each time several of bride's roses. After the marriagj there was a recrp- Sheriff Alsbrook was in town Monday Miss Mamie Morrig, of Wilmington, is visiting friends in town. Mr. R. 0. Burton has been in town several days on professional business. Mrs. W. II. Day spent Christinas in town and returued to Rileigh Monday. Mr. Jim Briggs, of Danville, spent the holidays with friends in this community. Mrs. Bettia Badger spent several days in town last week and returned to Ra! eigh Monday. Miss Hyde, of Oxford, who has been visiting Mrs. W. II. Smith, returned home Thursday. Miss Estclle Williford, of Rocky Mount, is visiting the family of her brother, Capt. B. B. Williford. Mr. Andrew Campbell and family left ADVERTISEMENTS. BECK W ITU'S ANTI-DYSPEPTIC PILLS. As a family medicine these pills are un rivalled. As an Anti Dyspeptic Pill they have stood the test of 75 years, and maintained their reputation. THEY REG ULA TE the BO WELS and LIVER. They will relieve Colic, Sick Head ache, Acid Stomach, and all the evils at tendant upon indigestion. They aro the cheapest and best remedy offered for Dyspepsia in all its forms. For sale by W. M. COHEN, Weldon, N. C. E. P. Reckwitii Ik Co , Wholesale agents, Petersburg, V, my 28 ly. tioii uud luneheon which, iu point of Saturday for Sanford, which place they elegance could not have been stir passed. The parlors and the dining-ioom had been most tastily and magnificently decraifd with ferns and flowers. Tii.i bride is the daughter of Capt. J E. Morecoek, of this county. divsfrnin two to mx toot, lhe deposit Christm as Notes Christmas was affays left ou the laud by these freshets, speut verv quietly iu this community, it was feared, would destroy tho plants, All busiuess was suspended on Christ mas but they were not at all injured, although Jay aud tho day had the appearance of Corn planted beside the rice was couiplote Sunday. ly destroyed. It is clearly dem mstrated There was a Christmas tree the even- that riee can be successfully raised on the ing before Christmas for the colored Sun- hnvgrounds without protection frm the day school attached to Grace church; on freshets at all. The demonstration ought Chrisimas morning there was servieo and necessarily to enhance the value of these a sermon, and at night a service for tho children and afterward a celebration and distribution of presents at the hall. Trade was very good the day before Christmas and the crowd in towu was very large. lands and also to give the owners a valu able aud easily and cheaply cultivated crop. A man who has pi aul iced medicine for ID veurs. ounht to know salt from sugar; lead what he says : Toledo, O., Jan. It), 16i. Messrs. F. J. Cheney & Co: Gentle- i i i : .1. I :.. .. met!--' l naVC l'"en 111 "if geornu irueui;u of medicine for most 40 years, and would The N. 0. Lumheu Comtanv. U'o are informed that the North Carolina Lumber Company will soon enlarge its plant at Tillery by erecting eighty dry kilns and and a plainius! mill. The work say that in all my practice and experience on ihe.se buildings has alrcadv bciiUD and hao never seen a preparation that I could r- 4 ( it is hoped they will be completed withiu the next three nunths. The company also contemplate building a standard guage railtoad several miles toward Beech Swamp for the put pose of haulms: Iiil'S I hese etilerprues will uive empiov meut to more han h hundred people, and will consequently add much to tho prs- p. rity of the town. Continued The favorable impression on the first appearance of the agreeable liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs a few yeurs ago has been more ihau confirmed by the pleasant X 'Hence of all who have used it, ami the success of the proprietors and manufacturers, the California Fig Syrup company. 1 '.I. 1. IU...W... ' ...... presenile Willi as Illlicil emiu'ieue'; en nui. cessas I can Hall's Catarrh Cure, mauu faetured by you. Have proscribed it a ereat miitiv times and Its eflect is wonder ful, and would say in conclusion that I have vet to find a case ot K atarrh that would not cure, if they would lake it no cording to directions. Yours truly, L L.GoiisixH, M. D., Office, 215 Summit St. We will give $11)0 for any ease of Ca tarrh that cannot be cured with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Taken internally. F. J. Cheney & Co. Pmps., Toledo, Ohio. Lectures at Scotland Neck Military Academy. Prof. W. C. iVllen, Superiutendaut of the Scotland Neck Military School, with his usual energy and devotion to all that pettains tn education has arranged for a series of lectures to the students during the spring term upon subjects calculated to awaken their ambition and stir them up to great er effort in their studies. On the fifth of February President Winston of the I'nivtr'ity will lecture ou "The Import- .(..,. 1 T .1 . ii'ice id collegiate eiiu-aiiori. in me early part of March Donnell Gilliam, Esq., will deliver an address; in the first part of "ity regret to lose Mr. .Morton ana w.m nun wen wnerevcr nts mar loeaie. iiu will in future innke their home. Mr. Raleigh Daniel, a student of Wake Forest, aud Mr. S. II. Pierce, a Trinity student, are spending the ho'idays at home. They will return to school next wack. We are glad to learn that Dr. J. A. Collitis, qf Enfield, who has been ill with an attack of the grippe is better. Dr. Collins is one of tho ablest physicians in North Caroliua, and one of the best men, and his numerous frieuds will rejoice to hear of his entire rccoviry. The Rev. W. I'. Morton preached his last sermon as pastor of the Baptist church in this place Sunday night and left Monday for his home i ' Anson coun ty. A'ter several weeks ofivcreation he will go to Wake Forest which will be his headquarters for a wliile. This couimu I nnd Whiskey Habits) Jcurt'il m Imine wiUm T.Souii.aiii. Book of Ntinliarsront t'RKE. fRnouuijdii II.M.WOOLLF.Y.M.Dl ' Aiiuula.du. (jUieeiulH Whitehall SC sfiBraHflUE April thure will be a lecture by tho Rev. C. M. Donaldson, of Norfolk. The sub- jects of the twolat lectures have not yet been selected. O lo r distinguished speak ers will also be seen ted for date's later in the session. This is an admirable plan and will bo most beneficial to the students. There are now sixty-five students at the school, and Prof. Alleu siys the num ber will be materially increased during the spring term, lie has already had many letters aunoutieiti the matriculation at nn early day of more students. With a corps of most efficient instructors, un der the Superintendency of Prof. Allen, who is an experienced educator, together with the great advantages which it posses ses by reason of location, etc., this school is certain to be a most successful institu tion. . - - -. The itching of the sealp, falling of tho hair, resulting in baldness, are often caused by dandruff, which may be cured by using Halls Hair Kenewer. Matrimouy is all right so mz as both husband and wife like to read their old love letters to each other. was universally popular faithful shepherd here aud was a The male train is seldom late, bnt the train of a female is always behind. "Do you know Mrs Gossip is a very roliuble woman?" "Indeed!" "Yt8, whatever she rays goes." "Tommy "What part of speech is 'woman?" Pupa ''Woman is no part of speech at all, my son. She is the whole of it." T E W A I) V E RT IS 1'; M KNTS. Waiso Ikrxro!, Attorneys at Taw, I Winston. N. t!.. Sep't 16, 1S91. f Jab. H. TTbbb, Sce'y, Washington, D. C. : Dear Pin I have been usinu one of yonr Electropotses for lour years, upon a littlo In valid son, who has been atllicted with a iml monary trouble aud a dropsical tendency. I have found preat relief fur him in thu use ot the Elect roKjise, when tha doe-tors had failed to (rive hlra any permanent relief, and I am satisfied that but for its uso we should bavo lost him. 1 have never soen it fail to rodnco his fever, or to brin sound sweet sleeii. I would not be without it for many times Its cost. Yours truly, J. C. DL'XTON. Mr. Ttnxton is nlfo President of First Na tional Hank, Winston, N. I'., and is out) ut tha foremost men of the Isouth. For all information address ATLANTIC ELECTROPOISE CO., Na. 1409 New Vork Av., Washington, D. C on S22 Kino St., Charleston S. C. nov 111 ly Have ye u seen the I'aietit Sole Shoe? If not imk your dealer for it. John, try the Patent Sole Shoe. They are the best I ever saw. eflps A GOLD WATCH AND $204. That is w hat every agent receive, who gets up a club on mirl per week plan. Our U-Warat gM tilled cases are war ranted inr'Jn veais Fine Klgin or AVal tliam movement Stem wind and set. Lady's or (ient's size. KUal to any $50 watch. To score agents wheie we have none, we sell one ot the Hunting Case Watches fur the club piice $'M and send 0. O. 1. by express with privilege of examination before paving for same. Our agent at Ilnrhain, X. C, writes: "Our .lewclers have confessed tliey don't know li"w you can furnish such work for the monev.'' (.,,. f.xuI rdialile ngent. wanted for each plaee. Writs lor particulars. KMl'lKI WATCH CO., 4 and oil Maiden Lane, New York. oet-l'i-lv. Land (or lien The originals of the certificates of cures effected bv the use of Aver's Sursaparill.i are kept on file at tho i.lli. e of the .1. Aver Company, Lowell. Mass. Probably no" similar establishment iu the world can exhibit such a mass of valuable and con vincing testimony. POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream ol urur l.aking powder. Highest of all in lcivening strength. Latest U. S. Government Food Report. l?y nuthority of the Board of Education of Halifax county I oiler FOR KENT for the ensuing year on easy terms the Innds formerly owned by R. J. Lewis, hut re cently sold by the county under a mortgage executed to it by the said Lewis in settli- ment of his accounts as sheriff, nnd pui chased hy the Hoard of F.dueation for tmr' country school linn's. These hinds lie vi near the town of li.ibfix. l'uiiies (Wiring to rent any or all . these lands ca apply to,jne by letter or in person. S. M. GARY, agent, i'i-'10-5t. Halifax, N. C.