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fte(Eltmtt1Rgraro THURSDAY. Mai 19, 1904. ft l Mr. W. B. Chamn will return today from Red Springs Military Academy, where he has been at tending school. Mr. JB. Harris and daughter, DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION. lhe Democratic convention of I APl1 TiPPOfflQ Miss Adelaide, went to Star Sat- j of electing delegates to the State, LiUlJttJ. lAAVJL urdav to 8G hia dfl.ncrhf-.Ar. ATra ! Congressional and Senatorial rnn. The contempt cases which were brought lip before Judge Peebles Chatham rnimtv k ralW! I at -Lrtimberton last Monday have at 12 nVWfr nn T,iHav th iAtu t been continued until next week aay ot May, 1904, tor the purpose -J'f L.t urday to see his Robert Insrram. Headen want to his ice- Cnmnock Jottings. Cumnock, N. C, May 14. we spring weather At last g weatner ana tne birds are ; siagmg in the trees. i Congressional and Senatorial con ventions, and for such other regular business as may come before it. The primaries will be held in the several precincts at 3 o'clock p. m., on Saturday, the 21st, for the pur pose of sending delegates to the county convention. Each precinct can sena as many delegates as it may deem proper, but will be allow- dausrhter, Mrs. who was auite ' - M. Lets have a grand rally here S,CK ont is now much better. next Tuesday. Tivnum & buy your wool. Mr. Poe will have house filled Friday. Get all your neighbors to 'Wheat has trained verv notice- ied. to c?st onl.X the number of votes take The Record until the elec- ably for the last few days, since jv10wed under tne P1 of organiza On! v fiS cents. , thp nim rain annsnna tlOn. i Cotton choDDin? will soon bJ The primaries will also elect five .i:S?S"":h;a?! the order of the day, and hands committeemen for . each precinct, ougut t "cu" "ia v are very scarce hereabouts, which wno wm aIS0 attena tne convention inS next Saturday afternoon. iWiUmaykea faWs WS for the purpose of electing, an ex- -r Un. f Pirnnm jfe should we have manv na a ; cuuve commitree ana a cnairman. Headen's, has received this week wet weather. another large lot of millinery. i Mr. W. J. Tally went up to hear . Sam Jones last Saturday, return- The county commissioners ing Monday. He reports much were in session nere luesaay can- interest being taken in these se- This Is Lively Work. .nllinir nrrlava for Sheriff Millikpn. r : a v. -i -clil"o nc ui uieeuugs auu lue crowas Greensboro Keoord. 14th. Bynum & Headen want to call enormous. Mr. Tally thinks the ! With proper preparation and your attention co ineir large stocK . . ' - ; ueiermiuanon to ao a tning, May 10th, 1904. R. H.HAYES, Chairman Ex. Com. a it of ladies' and gents' low and high l?,?ff"nff,m ones ana ne pre- can be accomplished in a hurry, cut shoes. ' ! dlfs that they will have a close Six weeks ago the carpenters put . " ' . !raiVlf n?tItifBl? ruTn OUt . - idown the fir8fc timbersof the Ben- Tell vour neighbors to come' Mrs. J. D. Hart. Jr., went to WhniMi'n nnnA.uati.A r J ' i 11.. r m -. r"" "-"""8 UULCi. here next luesuay iu vuo tuumj uiceuauuru xucueiy lU atbcUfJ ronvention whether they are dele- the meeting of Sam Jones and It is visit her Stuart. She will also mother while gone. Mrs. E. L. Tysor is spending some time with the family of J. R. Ray at Biscoe. Mrs. W. E. Mason and children returned last Thursday from a held at Hanks' Chapel next Sat- week s visit to the family of Mr. urday, this day being observed by H. D. Mason, of Williams town thfl -ood people of that neighbor- slllP. and other acquaintances, hood as Memorial Day. I m Miss Alma Segroves visited the I family of her brother, E. G. Se- The closing exercises ol Mann- proves, at Star last week, return- gates or not. Have you seen the pretty mattings at Poe-Atwater Mer. Co's? If not, be sure to do so be fore buying elsewhere. Memorial exercises will be morning the roof dale Institute were held last Tues day, the address being delivered by" Prof. M. C. S. Ncble, of the State University. Poe-Atwater Mer. Co. will receive a car-load of McCormick mowers and rakes this week. Near ly everybody says the "McCor mick" is the best made. When you go to the primary ueit Saturday get every man there to subscribe to The Record for the campaign. Only Go cents un til the election. . The barn of Mr. Claiborne Carter, of Baldwin township, was struck by lightning one night last week, and was b irued with all its contents. Little John Robert Durham, the seven-year-pldson of Mr. W. J. Durham, of Rock Rest town ship, found a bee-tree .one day last week. He is probably the five-story structure. This was bemsr nut on but was stopped by rain, other wise one section would have been completed by night. It has been wired throughout for telephones and electric lights; the plumbing is completed to the fourth floor; steam fitting has been finished to the third floor; lathing to the fourth and but for the rain today the plastering would have been commenced Monday or Tuesday. This is fast work, more espe cially when it According to the Church Econ omist the church members of the United States number 29,000,000, or 36 per cent of the entire popu lation, an increase of 29 per cent, since 1800. Sale of the Famous Egypt Coal Mines, . Kl ' . .. ' ' " ' . " - - it- rr- -rr- yrr rr- wr yr ovr tr r , w W( (L lil POPULAR STOBE At Cumnock, N. C. By virtue of the powers con tained in an order of the Superior Court of Chatham county in the ! cause entitled "Hart-Ward Hard- &k ware Company vs The Chatham I 73 Coal & Iron Company and Others," i ir I will, on thf I First Day of June, 1904, on the premises at Cumnock, N. C, at the Company Store, sell to the highest bidder for cash about 2700 acres of land on and in which is located the Cumnock coal mines; also a lot of personal prop perty, consisting of stock, black smith tools, coal cars, -etc. On this property isfixed very valua ble machinery, engines, structures for operating the mine, etc The said land is more f ullyi described as follows: . . First Tract BesrinninW at a stump by a red oak near a large ' rock, Daniel Mclver's corner on j the bank of the river, and run- ! ning south with his line 16 chains and 50 links to a post oak, his oth- er corner, tnence east with his ! other line 20.40 chains to a stake. 1 thence south with his other line 41 chains to a post oak, Evander Mclvers corner, thence west with his line 41.5 chaius to a pine on the hill, thence with Will Fou- 9 3 9 WOOL! Wanted WOOL! I i We want to Buy Your fool. We pay Cash or Trade. what you have to sell. & . . We will give you more Goods for your I1 Wool than anv other firm in the Coiintv. 3 ........ v: v t- Bring us s fJIMET A SWT CHATHAM'S LARGEST DEPARTMENT STORE. t - r t i - w j . vy v niiivv ing saturaay. one reports a; the work is first-class in every pleasant outing and says Star is a way. Fast time was made by prp- CDmiUg tOWn. narino- thino-s hfnVP, l,anr1 anrl lr Several Sauford people passed laying brick at night by the aid ot numerous electric lights. With ! no rain to interfere during the through our village last Sunday on their way to attend the funeral of Mrs. Moffitt, mother of Messrs. Mofhtt Bros., of that town, who was bnried near Goldston. Mrs. Frank Tysor, of Lambert's Point, Va., is visiting her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Tysor, here, and will be here for quite a while. Mrs. Tysor has not been here before in nearly two years. Our "townsman," Mr. W. H. Wicker, has been appointed list taker for Oakland township, and will list the taxes 'soiue time the first of June. We predict the faithful discharge of his duties. The "political pot" does not boil very fast around these parts and the people do not seem to be taking: very much interest therein; coming week, the whole building can be put in shape by the time the Democratic convention meets June 23d. youngest bee hunter in the county. jf we predict that everything Trucking In Eastern North Carolina. From Tbe Wilmington Messenger, Chad bourn, N. C, today enjoys the honor and distinction of being tire largest strawberry shipping and producing point in all the world and on Monday of last week broke all previous records by shipping 112 solid cars of straw berries to the outside world in one day. While Chadbourn, fifty miles oat, is master of the strawberry situation, Wilmington, on the other hand, stands out first and will warm in) about the time the foremost as the largest lettnct On account of the Memorial campaign opens up more general- producing shipping point on the .. IT .. .. 1-1.' "Mo-q1 i ii i. ...:n i ri i 1 i n esieru xiemispnere, ,-ja,uuu pacK- Dav exercises at Hanks Chapel, y aud then we expect that we will the hour for the Centre township sret tired of liparius- the discus- lias been it o ciocK to a o - Democratic primary chantred from 3 clock Saturday afternoon. Kev. J. M. White filled the pulpit at the Baptist church here Sunday morning and night, preaching excellent .sermons at both services. The new pastor, Kev. E. Y. Poole, of Ray, Va., will begin his pastorate here the third Sunday in J uue. When you buv your millinery of W. L. London & Son you know you have bought at the lowest price and have gotten the latest style. They receive new millinery every week, and sell anything in the millinery line a little lower than any other firm. Are you getting any of the free china that W. L. London & Son are sivinsr away with cash sions and "cussings" the poor in nocent candidate will get from men who know not one thing either for or against him. Such is politics, always has been, al ways will be. The lialeigh & Western Rail way receivership is holding its own and work is going on as us ual. Traffic is picking up consid erably for the last few weeks. Mr. Tally, receiver, is leaving nothing out that would redound to the successful handling of business. Pay day today for both com panies and Cumnock is on a boom as some of our people are flush with "cash." The new M. E. church at Asbury will be dedicated tomorrow (Sun day) aud quite a crowd is expect ed to attend. Rev. J. B. Hurley, ithe presiding elder, will preach the dedicatory sermon, and an purchases:' With every casu Pur"jable one is expected. There will chase you get a ticket and when ; be plenty of dinner on the grounds, they amount to $1.00 you get a for Asbury people never do things piece oi cnina. a ma is a, greatly ha.ives opportunity to get you fine china free. a set of Mr. C. F. Winfree, of the South ern Railway bridge force, was tm, i,-,rfl uaan oiVfv.fivJ quietly married last Wednesday, car-loads of fertilizers brought bride being Miss Florence here this spring, whereas onlyjHarkey, of Moore county, near twenty-nine car-loads were ship- Sanford. Tbe couple passed ped here last spring. This seems j through on the 2:30 train for their home and weddinsr journey. we III 1 III! I I iifl liIIsl.Lt riijiici I has been greatly increased or the land this year will be in a far better state of cultivation than ever before. visiting Personal Items Miss Naomi Bland is friends in Laurinburg. Dr. J. H. Ihrie has returned from a visit to Smithfield. Mrs. W. H. Moore is visit ing her daughters in Rockingham. Mrs. James L. Griffin has gone on a visit to her mother at Siler City. Miss Maud Hackney, of Dur ham, is visiting Mrs. A. G. Head en. Miss Cora Brooks has returned to Lindhurst after a visit to Mr. W. E. Brooks. Mrs. A. E. Hatch has returned to her home in Sanford after a visit to Mrs. M. A. Hatch. Rev. Tom White, of Porto Rico, is visitinsr his father, Mr. Henry White, near White's Bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jordan, of Durham, have been on a visit to Mrs. J. B. DeGraffenreidt near here. "; . -.. Mr. Isaac S. London, who has been attending the State Univer sity, has returned for the summer vacation, - '- wish them a long and happy life. Anonymous. The United States marshal for the southern district of Georgia, did not show the proper respect for Judge Emory Speer, the pre siding judge of that district, and he has been removed from office. Miss Clara Barton has resigned the presidency of the American Red Cross Society and was suc ceeded by Mrs. John A. -Logan, who was heretofore vice-president of the Association. Revs. Sam Jones and George Stuart have managed to keep the wolf from the door a little while longer. For a two week's meeting in Greensboro the people of that city gave them over $1,100. The Republican Congressional convention which met in-Raleigh Monday was unable to find a con gressional candidate and so post poned the selection of one until the first Wednesday in August. It elected Postmaster C. T. Bailey, of Raleigh, and. Thomas T. Hicks, of Henderson, delegates to the national convention, and J. A. Giles and J. J. Reynolds alter nates, A resolution was adopted declaring the present unparral leled prosperity of the country due to President Roosevelt, and instructed delegates to- vote for him. 1 . j ages oi lettuce navmg oeen snip ped from that city duriug the present season by refrigerator, open freight and express cars. This being true, North Carolina will hereafter be famous as having within her borders not only the largest strawberry shipping: and producing point in the known world, but at one and the same time the largest lettuce shipping and rjroduciug point in the world. Burned By Live Wire. Greensboro Becord, 16th, An accident occurred lastThurs day on Clinton street which ju3t came to light this morning. A small negro boy saw a live elec tric wire dangling on the ground aud caught hold of it. He was unable to turn it loose and yelled. Then his mother ran to him aud she got fastened in the same way. Her husband, attracted by the noise, took a hand and he, too, was fastened. All three yelled and hopped around until some one managed to cut the wire and lib erate them. The boy's arm was badly burn ed and is in a bad fix. The matter came to the ears of the Greensbo ro Electric Company this morn ing and Managing Director Gam well at once sent a physician to attend the child. The wire was on the power cir cuit, but what broke it is not known. r ' " Important Mill Sale. By virtue of an order ot the Superior Court ot Chath m County, i he undersigned, as Kecelver Shee's line, Crossing Buffalo Creek ,or ,lie Bjnum Milling & Mercantile Company. 25 Chains to the Mdver road, jwUlscll at public auction on the pre ises at 1:30 thence with its various courses to i c '' no.i . TTT, valuable n 111 property at Bynum, on Haw rlvor In the county ot Chatham, tnence witn its various courses to Foushee's corner, thence with his 0N TUESDAY line west 2G.5G chains to Foushee's talnlng about eight acres and known a the "By nura Mill Froperty," described as totlows. Beginning at Bynu ti 's old corner near Bynum bridge, running the nee north C6 east 9 pries to a sycamore, thence north 3 east 6 poles to a post oak, thence north 61 enst 12 poles to a small cedar, thence m.rth 33 west 11 X poles to a white oak on the Chapel Hill road, thence north 88 east 11 X polrs to the middle of the sprlug, ihonce down the spring branch to the race, thence up the race to tbe dam, thonce down the river to the beginning. On this lot are a valuable roller and grist mill, cotton gin, store-ltouse, workshop, black smith- shop. e.c . and aii water rights and, pitniege. way Central of Georgia Railway and Southern Railway trains. thereto belonsms. lvlne on Haw river. o j j . This property will be sold as a whole or n sep arate lot.- as the purchasers may desire. Terms ot sale, one thlr 1 cash.one third In three months, one-third In six months with Interest on deferred payments from date of sale Ttle rosorved untl I purcha se moisey Is paid. This sale subject to confirm atlnn by the court. May 18ih. 1901. W. L. LONDON, n A. tendon, Eecclver, K. II. Hayes. Alton eys. From Cell To Lash. Danville, Va. May 17. Thomas old line to stake in the field, thence north with said line 31 chains to a piue, his corner, thence west with his other line 17 chains to chestnut oak in the bank of the river, thence do.vn the river as it meanders to the first station, con taining 1115 acres. Second Tract One other tract beginning at a pine, Foushee's corner, on the road running south with his line 24 poles to a small hickory, thence ettst with his oth er line 110 poles to a post oak in Mclver's line, thence . south 35G poles to a dogwood in the Moore county line, thence north 53 de grees west about 500 poles to Fou shee's coiner on Patterson's creek, thence down said creek as it mean ders br.t in a direct line about 150 poles to a holly bush,, his other line, thence east with his other line 'JO poles to the "first station, containing 400 Mres; Third Tract Tno'uding several lots or tract of land lying on the north side ot tutr river bounded as follows: Beginning at David Watson's heirs' corner "of one acre on the bank of the river running north and oast with the line of the acre, thence north with the line ot heirs to the corner in the Burns line, thence west w-ith the said line and Poe's line to a red oak on the Brantley road, Poe's corner, thence along said road a northwesterly direction to a pine on the east side of the road, Poe's other corner, thence west with his and Isaac Hall's line to Harring ton's line, thence south with his line 280 poles to Taylor's corner, now Waddell, Gilway & Co., thence east with his line to , his other corner, thence north 11 poles to his other corner, thence east with his line to his other corner, thence south with his other line to his corner on the banks of the river, thence down the same as it mean ers to the first station, containing 718 acres, excepting from the said lands five acres heretofore convey ed by the Egypt Coal Company to the Western Railway Company, but this except does not extend to the minerals thereunder; and also except 125 acres reserved for townsite, but fche minerals under of this tract are not excepted. Fourth Tract Beginning at a white oak, Matthew ;aVicker's Litde Buffalo creek 200 poles - to! M 0?AiLErfy. SJ hickory, thence north 355t poles to andwiretoElias Harris and registered on page a blaCK gum, tnence j West .'Z6Z:i68 In Book B.L, in the onlce of the register 1MRII & ATUIITIC RAILROAD imsHiLE, cumioiGU sTlouis railvmy. TO St. Louis and all Points West and Northwest. . Three Solid Trains Daily with Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars, At lanta to St Louis without .change. Only Through Car Service, Atlanta to St. Louis without change. Close connections'made at Atlanta with the Seaboard Air Line Rail. For map folders or other information write to THOS. R. JONES, T. P. A., No. 1, North Pryor St., Atlanta Ga. H. F. SMITH, Traffic Manager. CHAS. E.HARMAN, Gen. Pass. Agent. Receiver's Notice. In pursuance of an or lor of the superior court of Chatham county, reu leroj at the May term 1914 all ere llu.rs of tlio Egypt Kail way Compa ny nii-1 the lialeigh & Western Eallway Company are hereby liotlred to present their claims and mnke proof to me as receiver on or befcre the I5sh day of July, 190. or they will bo barred from panlclpatlnglu ihe dlstrlb'Ulou otthe assets ol lhe sall corioratlons. May 11. 190. W. J. TAL.LTT, Kecelver. Cumnock. N. C. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Hav- -Ing qualified as executor of the last wl!l and testament of Miss Ann K. Waddell, deceas.-. ed, I hereby notify all persons holdlug claims against said decedent to exhibit the fame to me on or before the 28iU day oi April. J905. April 28. 1904. s H. A. LONDON, Executor. LAND SALE: By virtue order of the Superior Court of C of an Caa'haro county made in the cause therein pending enu tii n. a. Yarborouzh. Admr. Elijah Powell vs Dock Powell aud Oshers" I will, on the 1ST MONDAY IN JUNE, 1904, at the court house door In Vlttsboro, N. C, sell to the highest bidder at public auction a tract of land In said county and State In Ne w Hope township beginning at a pine on the Horse pen branch, thence down the various courses of said branch to Eeaver creek, thei.ee down said creek to a large gum. thence north 207 poles to a stake, thence to first elation, containing about eighty six acres, excepting one acre heretofore deeded to the pebllc school. Terms of Sale Cue half cash balance In six months,.deferred payments to bear interest from day of sale aud title reserved until purchase money all paid. This May 4. 1904. - N. G. YAEBOKOUGH, Womack St Hayes, Attys. Commissioner. poles to a black gum,.; -Matthew Wicker s corner, thence .with his line south 26 degrees east 158 poles deeds of Chatham county I will sell at public auction for cash at tbe court house dooii ot the said county, ON SATURDAY, THE 28th DAY OF MAY, 1904, the land described therein as follows: Be ginning in G W. Knight's Uue 200 feat from Haw river at a bunch of widow oaks, thence south 61 degiees west 54 poles to G. W. Knlght'3 corner Howard Ward's spring, thence south 13 degrees westfwith Knight's line 60'poles to stone pile, pine LntnAFilmmnlltrAa nnlntPM. thenCB east With Fifth Tract Beginning at a ' Stephen Hearne's line 117 poles to stone pile 200 post oak, Thomas Riddle's heirs' j feet f.om Haw river, thence up the river about nornor niiri vnnnino wfiftr. with 200 feet from it to it. - irii o i about 42 acres liicil liuc JS: uuico iu at a xjkjl wan.. Matthew Wicker's corner, thence south with his line 112.34 poles to a hickory, thence east crossing Gum Fork creek 104 poles to a sweet gum in Pattishall's line, thence north with said line 112 the first station containing This April 23rd, 1904. It. H. HAYES, Adzt r, D. B. N: C. T. A. Ellas Harris "ao : l 11 1- xl. l. Davis, white, an employe of the l a . Shenandoah division of the Nor- u Pes to a V ,Y..B Lm folk and Western railway, -while 1 uer, thence south with his line on a spree entered the home of W. j ??;osinf J"? ereek 2 .pole ? E. Pearson, near Ridgeway, Hen-1 the first statlon' containing 427 inal assault upon Mrs. Pearson, during the absence of her husband. Mrs. Pearson's cries attracted the attention of William Covington, a farmer, who lived near the Pear son home. Covington captured the man at the point of a gun and lodged him in jail at Martinsville. At midnight last night a bodj' of men forced the jail, took the pris- - " " c . of the Chatham Coal and Iron Com sound r ' , 'mnv T hprpbv notifv all rersons ing a acres, aiso an iiiacinnery r"J . and fixtures on said land and all, holding claims ag amst said corpo improvements used in connection 1 nrtion to prent he amcto me, with the operation of said coal duly authenticated on 01 before the mine first day of June, 1904. Thirtv mining cars, thirtv coal . AH creditors not presenting their ,1 :v,f ,to.d o onninrai i. . i.. i i rbims within said time win De ae at the Artz's granite quarr , Row- machine, sulky plow and other an county, was caught under a articles, six head of stock, set of falling stone weighing several blacksmith tools, hoisting en tons and had both legs crushed gines, &c. off, from which injuries he died. This April 30th, 1904. 11. H. HAYES, Receiver Chatham Coal & Iron Compapy. ARE INVITED sy ON THEIR COUNTYMEN GRIFFIN & BYNUM, NEW GOODS Arriving Daily Fancy Dress Goods and Clothing a Specialty The Keeley Institute, Greensboro, N.C. oner out, administered a thrashing to him and again placed him in confinement. There was no attempt at a lynchin Receiver's Notice. Having been arroined Receiver all or Last Thursday Robert Waitt, . . T TI- -1 3 - 1 soon aiterwaro. xiicuara oiey, another employe of the quarry, waa seriously injured. barred from participating in the distribution or' the assets of said corporation. ' All persons indebted to said cor ! poration are notitied to make im ; mediate payment. . K. 11. HAYES, April 13, 1904. Receiver. FREE CUT THIS OUT TO-DAY MAIL IT TO IBcsc lee, 3-reens"boro, 3fcT- C. Please send me your Illustrated Hand Book (No. 26) Name Address Receiver's Notice. la pursuance ot an order made at May term, 1904, of Chatham superior court, notice Is hereby given to all creditors of tbe Chatham Coal and Iron Company to present their claims and make proot to me as receiver on or before the 15th day of July, 1904, or they will be barred Irom participat ing In tbe distribution ot the assets of said corpo. ration. May 11 th, 1904. K. H.HAYES, Receiver, riusboro, N. C FITTING GLASSES. If you are unable to visit our Optical office and consult our spe cialist, we will send you free a sim ple method of treating your eyes at home on receipt ot a postal card. The Happort Optical Co. Durham, N. C. i
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