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ESSEuGEB-V- IIITEEIUGKCEH ADEsnono, x. c, may si, ikx. J AS. G. BOYLIN, Publisher. exec urivn roMJHTTti; HEETIXU. Th Democratic ( onuly Eicn live Committee Called lo 91 eel Knlnrday, Jane 2nd, for the I'arpene or'lliax County Primaries. The Detnicra tic .Eiecuti re Committee of Anson county, is hereby clled to meet ; at the court house, in Wade-boro, on Sat urday.the 2nd day of June, 190 at 12 j o'clock, M. The meeting is called for the I purpose ol arranging for the Coun- ty Primary candidate to represent the county in the Lower House of the next General Assembly of the State, and candidates lor the several county offices, and for the consideration J of such other business as may properly j come before it. The meeting is a very im portant one and it is earnestly hoped that every member of the committee will be present .- ' J. G. Boylin, Chairman. I. H. Hobton, Secretary, o I'KKTOita OIFEREU XO IE FKMSE. , ' ' President Kroger Leaves Town The South African War ClOS IMg. London, May 31. The Daily - Mail publishes the following dispatch from the Earl of Rosslyn, who was a pnson er at Pretoria, but who, as a civilian, appears to have been released: 'Pretoria, Wednesday, May 3o. Pre toria ill be occupied in about two hours, without resistance. The President has gone to Watervalboven. Burgomaster Je Souza is authorized to receive the British. He. with an influential com mittee of citizens, including Chief Jus tice Gregorowiki, has been appointed to preserve life and property during the interregnum, ; Everything is quiet, but crowds are waiting expectantly in Church Square for the arrival of the British TIIK GEORGIA COTTON UttOW Movement Inuaguralcd lo Cow trot the Crop Jordan's Plan Adopted It In Hoped i Have the Entire Cotton Kelt Organ izetl by Next August. Macon, Ga., May 26. A large mmbcr of delegates composing the executive and business committee app inted at ihe S:ate convention of the Coitus Growers' Pro tective Association held at Maccn, May I2tb, met to day in conference at the chamber of commerce rooms, in this city. The committees were clothed with full power to outline and adopt plans for the future work of the association and to place the movement on an active business footing. The plan of organization and method of carrying on the work, together legislation and bylaws for the govern ment of the association submitted by President C. Harvey Jordan, were adopt ted after lengthy discussion of several .plans submitted aloDg the same line. Ac tive steps will be at once taken to secure local organizations in eyery cotton-grow iug county in the State. The president was authorized to proceed by correspond ence with head officials in other States, to secure the organization of the entire cotton belt by the middle of August. Other States will be asked to unite with Georgia in the movement and establish a central bureau 111 this State, which will exercise a 'general superintendence over ; all the different Stats bu reaus. A committee of five members of the executivecommittee, with Presi dent Jordan was aDointed to confer with the State Banker' Association, which meets attithiaSpringson Junel3ih, to seaure the formulation of a plan on the part of the State hanks for meeting the de mand of the producers next season in re gard to loans on cotton in storage. The movement ot the cotton-growers to perfect a plain by which the cotton crop of the South can be marketed during a longer period of lime, thereby forcing a better price for the raw material before the staple leaves the farmers' hands, is creating great enthusiasm throughout tbe cotton belt The plans adopted to-day are considered feasible and practicable of accomplishment by the bankers and business men generally. Other States in the cotton belt have already been heard from mving assurances of A lit-arty co-operation m the movement, and preparations are now being made for call ing Conventions and perfecting a system of organization. Drank 20,000 Gallons Ol' Beer, New York Dispatch, 29th. William Amend, who had won the I title of champion beer drinker of New York city, died yesterday in Bellevue Hospital, where he had bten a patient Bice September 7, 1899. Amend was 43 yfars years old. For 21 years up to the time that he entered Bellevue he had ' never slept in a bed. He drank on an average seven quarts of beer a day and his weight increased from 180 to 460 pounds. He said that he was afraid to U bed, fearing that he would die, so he slept at night in a rocking chair. " Yesterday Amend had been in Bellevue eight months and ten days and his weight had bten reduced nearly to 300 pounds. - When Amend appeared at the hospital in September he was so stout that he ". could not enter' the -ordinary gateway. and it was found necessary to open the waeon gates. Amend was found to have trie most severe case cirrhosis of the liver that had ever been known in the hospital He amused himself during his long ill - ness in trying to compute the amount of beer that he bad drunk during his life He had been a diiver lor -a brewery fir 25 ytan. A few days before his death Amend told the physician that in the 25 years his beer drinking had amounted to about 2,555 quarts of beer a year, and during that time he estimated that he had consumed 63,875 quarts, or nearly 15,969 gallons.' He said that during bis lifetime be supposed that he had drunk more than 20,000 galft ns ot beer. While in the hospital he did not drink any beei. $100 Reward $100 The readers of this paper will be nleas 1 ed to learn that there is at least one dread- ed disease that science has been able to 'cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh . Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive v cure known to the medical fraternity. requires a constitutional treatment. Hail's C atarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the Diooa and mu cous ui faces of the system, thereby de fctroying the foundation of the disease. and giv ng the patient strength by build ing up the constitution and assisting na ture iu doing Its work. The proprietors tave so tnucij faith in its curative powers that tbev offer Oae Hundred Dollars for any case tbat it fails to cure. Bend for list of testimonials. Address. F J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. ' 'd by Druggists, 75c. Ts Family Pills are the best. . Chill Pills cure chills and all tjics. Vour niouey back U ' ceau per box. J as. A. "ttXE SOUTHER II OS P IT A L-:- ITY. That's the Way U'adsbero's Weeome lo the Scientist is Npoken or by Ihe Correspond ent of the N ew York Man The Town and Ihe Preparations Tor Viewing the Eclipse Described. New York Sue. Wadesb to, C, May 27. Of all the places within .the track of the solar eclipse to-morrow m-rning there is none where so many men of science have gather ed as here. Likewise there are none where the preparations for obser vation are so elaborate. Prof. Hale of the Yerkes Observatory corps said to-day that never before in the history of the study of eclipses were preparations for observing every detail of the pheuouienon anyibing like onso large ss ale as tho.-e ihat havebeeu made lice. Tbev are complete to-night to the smallest particular. Of the four great groups of observers posted here, the Smith- I sonian, the Princeton University, the Yetkes Observatory and the British Astro nomical Association, evey man is ready for : his post and every one of the dizen or so hxed instrunici'ts is trained and aimed to the shade of a shadow of a vanishiug point ; of accuracy at the exact spot in toe beayens where the sun wil be to-morrow morning when the time-keepers signal that the swiftly rushing nioou shadow is upon U3. FORTIFIED BY TKI.ESCori S. The easbr;i sides of tha hills on which this beautiful Utile Southern town stands has from a distance ihe general appearance of being fortified It bristles with astro nomical artillery. The polishei tubes of great telescopes gleam 111 the sun like nrtss field pieces, and the giitteiiug surfaces of many mirrors, fh the brilliant light which has shone ail day, keeps up a heliographic play upon the green underlying hills which stretch in a wagninVent sweep leagues and leagues away to the horiz n. If one did not know that it was only to bombard old ol with personal questions that all thee bat teries were drawn up some of the ordnance would look formidable enouiih. The rage for optical instruments started by the scieutiste has fairly swept the town and everything in the shape of a tuba is in demand. As yet Wadesboro spurns smoked glass. That will do very well for the lay masses. We in Wadesboro do things on a diifrent buis We obrvi ejlips, we don't merely look at them. Everything in the shape of a tube with a lens in it is in demand. Old spy.'!is?es that have lain in dusiy nooks ever since the days of the war are brought and burnis'ied up. Even such of the darkies as have sol over being a little shakv about th? Day of Judgement lurking in the background bebiud all these strange doings, are beginning to develop a tendency to accumulate battered sections of eaves spout. And speaking of the darkies, those Of them who are reassnrrd about the Day of Judgement have accepted it as au article of faith that ihe on'y place where theeclipse will be visible is Wadesboro, and not only Wadesboro, but the pariicnlar tieMs where he scientists -aave i-iched their tents and P'lt v.jy ihpirq-iecr loki'g rra'h5",ry The uurKy mind associate liu-e nidi and I Lit 11 apparatus with some sort of a show. Sev eral of them to-day asked the professors how much they were going to charge to let people into the -'elipse" and if "cullad" folks could go in. SURE IT'S A DAY OF JUlOEMEXT. Old Aunty Richardson, 'tcipio Kictuirri son's wife, wont give up the Day of Judgi -ment theory. "Doaa yo' be too shuab, nijr gah." she warned Scip, who was inclined to be led away by the niaterialislio trend of thought, wiiich the advent, of all the science has brountit lo t.nvu. ' Doan yo be too shiiiih ! iiHVer yo 'inin bout Sunday. Day of Judgment nevah coin in win.'nh. tin dis a n wititah and Monday ain' Sunday. Tou heali m?, niggHh; lean on yo' IJitU and doan yo' be too shuaii about them air 'clinses." When the scientists commenced mounting their long range telescopes somebody told Scip that the Spanish war was on again and .that .everybody, white and clack was goin? to be drafted. 'l'se too old to go fool in' wif any mo wah," he said, '-an' them air Spanish is mighty bad fitin' folks I am' goin neah Yni.' He sb'.inried the men of science for a time , but he knows all about it now and scoffs openly at old Aunty's warning.but the ne groes in tl.e back districts ara yet to be heard from Mot a word of the events pending in !hf heavens has reached them. lbs "doings 01 to-morrow, when the sun will iade from view . and -darkness comes upon ihe earrh. is an experience they have got to go through and reason out for them selves ana it is none to much to say that n the case ot inanv ot them they are in the sain1 stage of advancement in astronomical Uri' were their Uongo ancestors. I' is 'he g 'natal verdict hare that there will bs in? worst scared lot of darkies in his pan ol ioit!i Carolina that there has been since the da s of the Chailestou earth quake. Thai applies more pnrticularly, of course, to the darkies remote from towns Those who live nearby will come rolling in to town by eany dawn under Ihe conviction that here and here alone can the eclipse be seen. And ine visitors here will not all be of this class by any means. A large excur sion, for instance, is coming from Charlotte and will he made up-of people who are as interested to see the scientists at work as they are to see the eclipse itself. .WAKESBORO'S FINK SITUATION. In addition to the fact that it is well with in the fifty-mile bell of total eclipse, there are oilier reasons why Wadesboro was se lected by tbe astronomers for their observations.- In the first place its altitude gave pr mise of favorable atmospheric condi tions, and then, again, tbe site of the town itself is particularly favorable It is built on a little bunch of hills which are in the centre ot a vast amphitheatre of beautiful undulating country that sweeps away to a horizon so distant that the mountains that border it seem literally to melt away into th" mists of the sky. From Carr's Mount, right in the town, you can see pretty much all of Anson coun ty, of which Wadesboro is the capital, and into Richmond, Montgomery, Stanly and Union counties in North Carolina and into the counties of Chesterfield and Marlbor ou :h iu South Carolina- To the southwest, whence the shadow of the eclipse will ap proach, you can see straight over the coun try to hills upon the horizon that are forty miles away. To the n -.rtli, south, east and west the range of vision is equally magnifi cent. Imagine half-a-dozen of our own splendid Sullivan county views combined into one and you will hae some idea of the ebwildering beauty of the panorama which is spread outbefore you inall directions from this favored town. For sueh parts of the observations as involve the "study of the ap proach aao departure of tbeeclipse shadow it would ie difficult to imagine -more per fect conditions than those offered here, and this undotibtedly had its weight in the choice of Wadesboro by so many leading groups 01 ooservers. ; FINE SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY. The people of Wadesboro has risen up to the reception of their large number of visi tors with a hospitality worthy of their beautiful town. There is all that frienrilv cordiality of welcome on the part of all the citizens of the place which is fully in line wnn uie nest toutnern tradition of kindly welcome to the stranger within the pates. They have thrown open their homes freely when the hotel accomodations were ex hausted, and in addition have put half a dozen or more fine carriages at the service of everybody who wants, them Tbe car riages patrol the streets constantly and any stranger in town mav call them and be driven wherever he wishes to go without money and without price. On Friday evening the ladies of the town gave an impromptu reception to the ladies, of the astronomical parties and on Saturday evening Prof. Young of Princeton and Rev. Bacon of the English party gave popular lectures on the su nject of the eeli pse at the Opera House. All the English visit ors, the Rev.- Mr. Bacon included, wear American flags in their hats wherever they go and have their headquarters on the hill side likewise bedecked with Stars and Stripes. 0:i the other hand, the Princeton people returned the compliment by raising the English Hag at their headquarters iu honor of the English visitors. Spain's Greatest Need. Mr. R. P. Olivia, of Barcelona, Spain, spends his winters at Aiken, S. C. Weak nerves had caused severe pains in the back of his head. On using Elec tric Bitters, America's greatest Blood and Nerve Remedy, all pain soon left him. He says this grand medicine Is what his country needs. All America knows that it cures li?er and kidney trouble, purifies the blood, tones up the stomach, strengthens the nerve?, puts rim, v'gor and new life into every muscle, nerve and organ of the bd y. If weak, tired or ailing you need it. very bottle guaranteed, only 50 cents. Bold by Jas, &. H&rdiscn, Druggist. OS I'tRR'S 5IOLXT. Charlotte dirlx, C'harlesteu Ca dets and Citizens Gather There lo Observe Ihe Eclipse. The following is from the Xew YorkSan'Bintere8tingacconritof the eclipse, as reported by its epecial correspondent at Wadesborp: "The 'people wanted toJieea and bear and feel, audit was npon Carr's lion nt that they went to do it. In addition to Prof. Philips and Prof. Quinby there Mere ou this hill also nineteen members of the Senior clasa of the South CarolinaMilitary Academy, who with Prof. Bond in charge, had come all the way from Charleston to observe the eclipse. Fine brown-cheeked joaug fellows they were, too, and as erect and trim and neatly dressed in their gray blouses and white duck trousers as the West Pointers themselves. It has nothing to do with the severely scientific aspect of the sun's occupa tion, but it may as well be mentioned, perhaps, that there were a score of girls up ou Carr's Mount also. They had come over on the big excursiou from Charlotte and were altogether so blooming and so radiant iu their bright flower-bedecked spring attire that their prettiness in several dis tinct iustances approached a point where really it was not quite fair for them to be around where trim and manly young fellows had to be squinting through the telescopes and doing mathematical things with square roots aud cubes aud the Greek letter pi with a micioscope or two hanging on its starboard quarter. It was, indeed, quite a study in contor tion of the facial muscles to note how those young men gimleted one eye into the little end of a telescope andtried to make the other have some self-respect and quit squinting after those insolently pretty Charlotte girls. "But upon the hill with its splen did panorama spread out in a great circle from sixty to eighty miles in diameter it was free for all. It was the orchestra and dress circle of the great show. The observatories were the private boxes. There was a re verse order of things so far as the gallery is concerned, instead of be ing above it was down below at the foot of the hill where the darkks gathered in groups of men, women and pickaninnies and took observa tions on their own account. Many of them had smoked glasses, al though there was not enough con trast to make the fact apparent when they held them up to their faces. In Wadesboro the material istic among the darkies, made so by contact with the modern scientists during the two weeks that the pro fessors hare bee u here, now control the situation. The utter failure of the Day of Judgement to be an ap pendage to the eclipse exhibit has not left thse who held out for that doctriue a leg to stand on. The on ly plank left in the platform of the latter is that the caper cut np by the sun ana moon means "anothan wah." They all of them took in the show fiom their gallery seats without a tremor. SIGHTS 2sOT TO BE FORGOTTEST. 'Upon the hilltop more than two hundred persons were assembled, most of them intent upon seeing the shadow of totality and the ensuing path of light as the first bright edse of the sun was uncovered. This is usually one of the most im pressive features of a total eclipse. It can only be seen for an instant, for the shadow moves at the rate of 1,500 miles an hour. Where tbe observer commands a wide stretch of country, as was the case here, this flying wave of darkness is described as creating au impression over whelming and uncanny enough to hush even the most frivolous obser ver. But even the shadow of totali ty failed us here. At least nobody saw it, although hundreds were straining their eyes toward the south west, whence it was due to come. Either the haze that hnng low down upon the surface of the earth in that direction or some peculiarity of at mospheric conditions prevented its appearance.- JN either was the on coming light wave observed." Wharflowu Items. The war is on in earnest airginct n.n Gieenand Capt. (Jrab with a regiment of uutunuauKcrs. The farmers are complaining of irregu lar stands of c.irn and c itton and the Slow growth )f truck natctioa rro.,..,n The once fiue prospect for a fine wheat WUH wreaienea witn destruction by red rust and scab. The Wharf now has;on its annual beau tiful decorations the wild ivorv is in full bloom. The flowers are beautiful, the owcci anu neanny. Mrs. Fannie Howell is visitfhg her sis ter m Salisbury this week, it being her first, yisit to that city. Hons. 1 convincing speeches at Ansonville oaiuiuay. ye only regret that ev ery white man in Anson vill towhsbipdid not hear them on the Constitutional Amendment. We never read a more able, earnest, truthful and unprejudiced letter from any man inan the one from Hon. J. S. Carr in iue iU. 06 1. sudd empnt lat w.u tu. letter alone. if univmaiiu .-.,,1 ...;n . - ).!, whi tarry the proposed Ameudmeut by a ereditabie borne of our inquisitors wish to kuow ...c wui ue an enort made to annex the moon. and if she wilt . ' ' J T 1LIJUUL oe ing shelled.or what is the objection of the mcu Hum me i,ast and .North t see thedear negro retire from politica rule in North Carolina? Mr S M Clarke will 1 1 of x Wharf on Friday evening, June 8th. Let wluw auu Hot. jjir a. jzi Bimpson is visiting m Upper Mr John Harkey, son of Mr D F Har key, near here, was one of tbe unfortu nates to get killed in the mine disaster k Chatham countv tact u-..l. Mr D F Harkey and DrS. B. Carpen- tor n a vo A'-isv. W . t r uuugui a new reaper anc m etrve6t their DiS crops of grain beard last winter, shaved off clean some- uujc ago. wnea his wife saw him s screamed and ran to a neighbor's house and declared the bad man had come. The citizens gathered in and burned briiLBtone, dog fiunel and goates hair untu inoy irightened htm to the cliffs on the river, where he remained and sub stated on snake ruot and angelico until nis Dcard grew out before he could tden tify himself. He will sue the town fbi nntutRlliirihilit v - Sister "Puet'te," of Peachland. we did not know: that it required but ou: snake bite to "set up." There must haye been several 01 ou dry. .- Whale, 5I.VE MISSIONARIES KILLED. The Situation In China Alarm. IK-It I Sach as to Tax the Knlire Resource of That Uot erunient. Washington, May 29. Such ad vices as have reached here indicate that the situation in China has as sumed a very critical phase, and one calculated to tax the entire resources of the Chinese government. The State Department has been iu close communication with Mr. Conger, our minister at Pekin, and the Nayy Department is doing its share, hav ing placed the flagship Newark as far up the river as tbe Taku forts, which is the nearest point to Pekin that the ship can reach. Tbe oper ations of the "Boxers" are increasing in magnitude. Their demonstrations are no longer local, and they appear to be governed in their movements by some well settled designed. They have murdered nine Methodist mis sionaries in one province, at the town of Pachow, and have closed in ou Pekin. Meanwhile, the Chinese army is suspected of disloyalty, this belief being strengthened by whole sale desertions of the soldiers to the "Boxers." Minister Conger has appealed to the State Department for the protection of a marine guard for his legation. The Tfepart ment has promptly cabled him an authorization to call upon the near est United States naval vessels for assistance. It is not known yet whether he has availed himself of the permission. According to report, the Chinecej government has done everything in its power to meet the demands of the diplomatic body at Pekin for the dispersion of the Boxers, but it ap pears that the uprising is far more serious than was first apprehended, and even the resident ministers at Pekin are inclined to admit that the task is not an easy one for the Chi nese government. THE ENVOYS FEAR A MASSACRE IX PEKIX. London, May 30. The Daily Ex press has the following from Shan ghai, dated Tuesday: "The rebellion continues to grow in intensity, and the gravest rears are enUrtaiued of its ultimate extent. The foreign envoys at Pekin, fearing a massacre within the capital, have decided to bring up the guards of the legations. "Ihe rebels are now massing out side of Pekin, and their numbers are reported to be constantly augment ing. Fresh contingents of malcon tents are coming up almost hourly from the north. "The imperial troop3 which were sent to disperse the rebels found themselves hopelessly outnumtered. Several hundred were killed and two guns and many rifles were captured after which most of the remaining troops went over to the rebels. They are now marchiug side by side. "It is believed tbat the Boxers have the sympathy of the entire Manchu army in the anti-foreign crusade, and there is no doubt that they have the countenance of the Empress Dowager and of Prince Ching. Coosa u Pats Up $100,000 Tor Bryan. New York, May 26. Tatns J. Coogan, puresideut of the borough of Manhattan and a leader of Tammany Hall, to day contributed $100,000 to the Democratic national committee with the stipulation that the gift be rescinded, if VVm. J. Bry an is not re-nominated. The committee will be allowed to make such use of this fund as it may sew fit. . The contribution gave rise to the story in political circles to day that Mr. Coosran would be Coloney Bryan's running "mate on the oational ticket this summer. A delegation, composed of two national committeemen and three of the personal advisors of Colonel Bryan, called on Mr. Coogan at the city hall this noon, by ap pointment. 1 he consultation lasted an hour, afier which Mr. Coogan admitted he had made the contribution, but de clined to sayanything regarding vice presi dential arpirations. How To Live Lous. Atlanta Constitution. It is a mistake to suppose that this is a deganerate age among intel lectual workers. In a recent article in The Forum W. R. Thayer shows that the aver age age of such men in this century is higher than in former periods. From biograpical records he compiles the following life averages of various classes in this canturj: Forty-six poets averaged sixty-six years; thirty-nine painters and sculptors, sixty six years; thirty musicians, sixty-two years; twenty-six novelists, sixty three years; forty scholars, sixty seven years; twenty-two religious persons, sixty-six years; thirty-five intellectual women, sixty-nine years; eighteen philosophers, - sixty -five years; thirty-eighl historians.seventy tbree years; fiftyeight scientists and in ventors,seventy-two years; fourteen agitators, sixty-nine years; forty-eight commanders, seventy one years; one hun dred and twelve statesmen, seventy-one years average, sixty -eight years eight months. With the exception of historians, sci entists and inventors, our longest lived intellectual persons are commanders and statesmen. These figures should be hopeful and encouraging it. a country where every citizen is in some sort a statesman. But they ate not pleasant reading for the mau with a hoe. Shot Dead at the Supper Table. Atlanta, May 29. A Special from Co lumbia, S. C, to The C institution says: "A few days ago John Boyd, a farmer in Darlington county, had a quarrel with a negro an his place and tied him up and whipped him. Boyd was at sup per to-night, when he was shot dead. A crowd of men with bhwOiounds are 00 the track cf the murderer. The negro who was whipped is supposed to have done the killing. m i Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures piiuful, smarting, nervous feet and in jrrowinjr nails, and instantly lakes the siin out of corns and bunions. It's tbe greatest comfort discovery of the age. Al len's Foot-Ease makea tight or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure forsweating, callou8and h t, tired, aching feet. Try it to day. Sold by all druggisU and shoe stores. By mail for 25c. in stamps. Trial package FREE. " Address, Allen s. Olm sted, Le Roy. JS Y. The post office at Marshall was robbed a few nights ago ol f 4,000 in stamps and money. The safe was blown open. Part of the money belonged to the county, the postmaster being deputy county treasurer. The Social Side or the Eclipse. At the last regular meeting of the Book Club it was decided to hold a special meeting to entertain the la dies who should come with the various astronomical parties. Mrs. 1L E. Little kindly offered her house and "good cheer" and we held what was declared our most successful club meeting. The guests were, Mrs. Maskelyne, Mrs. Magie, Misses Woolston, Dixon aud Bacon, and Mrs. L. D. llobinson-and Mrs. II. T. Bennett, Misses M. E. Little and Sarah liardison. The Club mem bers (14) were present, with one ex ception, and the "standing commit tee" ou decorations had done its work so well that the house was filled with flowers and center pieces. The work for the afternoon took the form of a joke contest. All entered, and the readibg of these chestnuts provoked great amusement. The visitors' prize, a beautifully decorated star cake, was given, by ballot, to Mrs. Maskelyne, of Lon don. The at-home prize was won by Miss M. E. Little. Then, by request, we sang "Dixie" and other Southern songs, aud listened t-3 "God save the Queeu.''" Our friends were then told the "unwritten law" of the Club, viz. to take everything that is handed you and we refreshed the inner man with ices,cake and claret punch. With more conversation the meeting adjourned. Kate S. Bennett, Pres. Book Club. Judge and Mrs. R. T. Bennett entertained the following persona at tea on Tuesday evening: Pmv, Mr. Bacon, Miss Bacon, Mr. and Mrs. Maskelyne, Miss Dixon, Mr. Dixon, and Miss Woolston, of the English party;Prof. Barnard, Mr. liitchie and Mr. Ellerman, of the Yerkes party; Mr. Abbott, of the Smithsonian; Mr. and Mrs. 11. E. Little, Mr. and Mrs. J. T, Bennett, and Mr. Crawford Bennett. Prof. Youag was unavoidably absent. V The vibitiug ladies were delightfully entertained at "Flat Rock," Monda3' af ternoon, by Mesdatuos W. . liardison, J. A. Hardisoti, W. P. Parsons. J,. D. Kobinson, It. E. J ittle, It. T. liennott. J. T. Bennett, C M. Burns, J. D. Beak aud Miss liardison. 'Uus attractive spot w as never more lovely, and the lunch served about 6 o'clock was much enjoyed, amid such happy surround ings and congenial company. Peachland. Died: on Friday, May 25th. 19c0. after a long and painful illness, Mr. It. F Smith, an agea ant highly lespected christian gentleman of our coiuinuuity. He was S4 jear old. a member ol the Baptist chun b aud bad done faithful service as a deacon tor some years, doing noble work, setting examples worthy of emulation, burely a gooti man nas noue 10 a glorious reward. A wife and several children, two brothers ana a host ot iriends are lett on earth to mourn Iheir loss. The funeral services were conducted by bis pastor. Kev. G. O Wilnoit, on the 2'th inst . after which bis body was laid to rest to await the resurrec tion. The grave was beautifully decorated with lovely flowers We extend to.the be- reayed launlv our most heartfelt sympathy Our people spent Monday morning with smoked glasses viewing the eclipse of the sun, which was the most mainnticent siirht we evet beheld. The scientists are to be complimented on theiraccuratecalculation. Nothing could have leen more perfect. This is, indeed, a mont wonderful age. Prof T A Doniiniek's school closed on Friday. 25th inst.. with an exhibition in the eyeniug, which reflected much credit on both teacher and studeuts. The iic-mc on Saturday, which was postponed until the afternoou, on account of the burial, was very pleasant for all who attended. Mr A VI Giles, a photographer of Marshville, caiue (town and mane pictures 01 the entire pic-nii? crowd and some pretty scenery. Prof D.miinick left for his home at Kar- heardt buuday morning. Air Josepu Smith, of Virginia. SDeiit last w(e' at the bedside ot his brother, Mr It E amitu- iney had been separated for thirty-five years, living iu ditUrent States. Mrs J M Massey reported snap beans on the 27tb the first of the season. Mrs J II Gnttin has the nicest roasting ear corn mai we nave seen. Mrs 0 B Moore ha tbe greatest number of young chickens yet reported. We are under obligations to Mrs .1 M Massey for nice spring beets,lettice,radishes a:iu snap neans, the nicedt,we have seen. Crops and gardens are suffering for rain in th.is.5ec1 ion. Potato bus are playir.g havoc with Irish potato patches in our town. Q'lite a number of our people have-set out tomatoes in great u umbers, preparatory for camimr for nouie 11.se. Mr ami ttrs Henry Griffin, of Iiocfc li-?st, spent Satuniay and Sunday with Mr and Mrs J II Grirtin. Miss Dora Home, made us a short visit Tuesday. Several young people of White Store and other places attended the pic-nic last Sat urday. Mr J A Crowder, of Wadesboro, spent -Hiuruay anu ouuaay wnti nis daughter Mm D A Maness. The health of our community is god at mis writing. 1 i'kttk, Ilibliear i'Tophecj-. The sun and the moon shall be dark ened and the stars shall withdraw thei shininff." Jopf iii. re Tbh w read in every Protestant Episcopal church in the United States Saidajr, it lorming a portion of the first m.trmug lesson, and all the good parish ioners in Baltimore when viewing the ecupse inrougn coiorea glass yesterday . . . - " wv. .w.uv.u. . . in the days of the prophets predictions ... U f..lClt . 1 . kcic ociuum luinneu wiia sucn exiraor dinary promptness. Cotnrado CI: is. Elms, cf aiechsnlesvilla N i was struck b? ft piece cf shell vhlc later caused severs heart trouble. He sus ' "At second Eu!l Run a fisct of shell - lodged in my siicyldcr, and liter rheumatism set ia, wt-th la turn af fected icy -heart to sudd cxte&t tint several doctors pronounced my case incurable. T, Miles' New Heart Cure relieved my pairs, shortness cf breath and enabled me to work; also to sleep soundly, ard prolonged my tie.' DR. MILES' Is sold by all dri:msts on ruarante trst Dottle benefits or money back. Book on heart and nerves sent free. Dr. Miles Medical Company, Elkhart, Ind, nun0 Pol It ten Loeaf. Our farmers are sharpening their trus'v blades and making other preparations for harvesting. The work will Le general in a week. Wheat is a gxd crop, but oats are far below the average. A number of our people are afflicted with bad colds, due, it is said, to "eclipse" weather. Our thirsty hills are wanting rain again. I be annual drought has made its appearance, audit will require extra ef forts on the part t.f the rain makers to in duce the showers to travel this way. Ouite a number of pe ople fmui this section took in the sights in Charlotte last week. They report large crowds and an interesting time. Mr. J. P. Billingsley, out former popu lar postmaster, was a welcome visitor to our town recently. Mr. Billingsley late l moved irom f olkttm to Mirveo, where be has a fine plantation. He always will find a coidial welcome when he comes among our people. Mrs. Sal lie Ashford spent a part of last vek at Pee Dee. Dr. D. M. Smith and family have moved into their new h u-e. The building is one of the neatest and c-isie.t in town. Miss Kate Perry, of Wingate, Is visiting at Captain Griffia'H. Miss Hattie DeBerry, of Ansonville. is spending sometime with her sister, Mr. O. B. Ledbetter. Kev. O. II. Martin will preach at Ben nett's Grove next Sun Jay at eleven o'clock p. m. Ihe strawberry and ice cream supper given last Friday night by the Ladies' Aid Society of the M. K. Church was a de cided success. A snug sum was cleared after all expenses were paid. Political matters are very quiet in our midst just now, but the people are think ing and when the time comes they will make themselves heard in such a manner as not to wreathe the faces of the politix cians with smiles. The legislature, at its coming session". ought to take some steps towards giving the country people a looser sch.ol term. The average child makes but little pro gress with only two or three m-mths schooling in a year. The legal four months should be taught every year, and the boy of honest but poor pareuts should at least have an even chance with the saffron colored dude of the cities. Progress. Pain back of your eyes? Heavy pressure in your head? And are you sometimes faint and dizzy? Is your tongue coated? Bad taste in your mouth? And does your food distress you ? Are you nervous and ir ritable? Do you often have the blues? And are you troubled about sleeping? Then your liver is .aJ wrong But ther is a cure. 'Tis the old reliable They act directly on the liver. They cure constipation, biliousness, sick headache, nausea, and dyspepsia. Take a laxative dose each night. For 6dyears years they have been the Standard Family Pills. Pr!c 25 cent. Alt DrafrtiU. " I have taken Awr'i Pills regu larly for six months. They hare cured me of a revere beadacne, and I can now walk from two to four miles without getting tired or out of breath, something I have not been abio to do for many years." S. E. Walwork, July 13, 199. Salem. Mass. Yfrlto Iho Uoctor. t If tou hre any complaint irhateTer and desire the best medical advic you m 9 can poMibly receive, writ the doctor S freeiT. Yi.u will receive a prompt ra- I J ply wit nout cost. Address, I ! Dr. J. C. AYEK, Lowell, Mass. I TJ . v.3 p hwk. 1 k m jSTotice. Office Couxty- ioai:i of Ei.kctioss FO AXUOX CllfXTV. May 30tb. JOW Notice is hereby given tl at the polling place in litirnsviue township is charged and the polling pi are for said township shall hereafter be at ",V. 11. Divens s'ore in sanl township. Also that otmj prpt-ir.ct No. 3. Wades boro township, is discontinued and abolish ed, and so inui'h of the territory of ?ai preoinct as lies east of the direct miblic nrtd leading from vv'adrsboro to Ansou- viile, known as the Salisbury road. an nrxed to and made part of and shall tote with voting precinct No. I, Wadetxro township, and the remainder of ssid tern tory of precinct No. 3 (that is. all ljing west ot said road) is annexed to and m ule part of precinct of and shall vote with pre- cnwi -o. z, auesooro low nslnp. Notice is alnoeiven that votun? nra-inct No 2, Lilesville township, is abolished and discontinued and the territory covered bv said precinct is added to and made part of dim .snan voe with voting precict No. 1 Lilesville township. JAM KS T. IIENDLEY, Chairman linard of Election for Anson Co. ByC. D BENNETT, bee. Board. ISTotice. Bob Little, col., having contracted to work for the undeisigned until the 1st of Angus-, ioo, thin is to warn all persons Hcainsi.niring or harboring ttie saidBob Lit tie. as the law will be enforee1 against any one su uoiiig. j . u isj w zi a 1. S. MOEISON, DEALER IN it o CO CO I Watches, Clocks, Eye-Glasses, Spec tacles and Jewelry of all kinds re paired on short notice. Inspected Watcnes for S. A. L. R. R. four years. Fourteen years experience. Can be found in Caraway 'a store on Wade street C A Of f ACFaandRHrT-MATifiMwliev UMW 4 kbj Dr. A11W Nerve tlastera. F"! A O f ACTiwan-l RHmiATTOM relieved iJ a s klj Vt. iiiW elve flaswrs. June, the Month of Roses, the beautiful rose., tbe sweet-scented rose, energy for our village. Listen lor the new the next 30 days. Toull be surprised, indeed you w ill. but we are m g"ing to tell there . they are none of our business. Nevertheless, if you keep your ears open youH bear all about tberu. However, there are some things we want to tell yoo. Listen: You'll do well to read this spare EVERY Interesting thing that are daily happening "The People's Store." Even this week we are securing another lot of nice shoes for Men, Misses and Children. In a few days more we'll have in another lot of Mens Vici Kid, Box Calf, &c, worth from $2 50t $1.00 a pair If ynu want something nice call and see tberu. Then in a few days more other will follow. You just ought to ee this handsome line of shoes. In about 8 or 10 days our last purchase of Bleach ( 10 to 12.S. a yard), Hamburg (from 6 to JSC. a yard). Insertions, Lawns, So we ask tbe ladies, especially, lit call and what you have ben calling for. We have during June. Come an.! get a pair before all gone; better hurr np or you wont got Bargains in which we'll giv every purchaser during of thee Trousers you may regret if. so come We want all yi or eggs. We'll give U3. v e give lc. a pound in trade for all ages. We want all your wheat as soon ai price. hen you w ant to buy or sell come BOYD A N D OXFORDS. FOR THE PEOPLE. FOR THE MEN. FOR THE LADIES. FOR THE CHILDREN'. Superior Fit. The GOODMAN Shoes are known to be SOLID and the best wearers on the Market When you want to clothe your'feet go direct to HARD P. S. If yon want DRY and price yon are pleased. Silence (jives Consent!" They say. About 4 month 1 have been silent through the newspaper columns, as you know, I ut you have had my consent to make my store your headquarters for ererything ia ray line, aud now 1 invite yoo all, especially the ladies and girls, to call and see my beautiful line ot Pully Bolts and Ring Duckies in all the latest shapes and colors, such as It se Gold, Silver Gray, Hand Enameled and Medallions, Girdle Belts, Shirt Waist Pins ai.d Button iiets. Beauty aud Hat Pins, Combs, Uair Ornaments, Stick Pins, Hears, B.-ooebes, Finger Purses aud staple novelties. Just received a nice line of flit and hollow Silver Ware, Cutlery, (guaranteed) Crock ery and Glass Ware, Art Stationery, Ac. High Grade Sewiug Machines and Bicyr! At Prices of Low Grade Ones. Ky regular lines are full and' complete. Don't miss our new Toilet show case; it is full of useful articles of the highest class. Ask for a book or our Toilet Table, Jewelry, Watch and Clock repairing done with neatness and dispatch. Agent for the Economy Gasoline Lamp. (times che per than Kerosine oil lamps), for stores, halls, churches, &e. Nosmoke.no greese, and a ure, white light Summer Sporting goods will be shipped In a few day. Ti-bacco, Cigars, and fmokers articles a specialty. Respectfully, jEWELqYf Book c IoveLjy SjoqE, B. H. CROWDER, t her, and with it begins lb mw life and tbingi that will happen in Pol k ton within WEEK, nr you raiy rnis nomeof the most at the Ladits and Genls llse, &c, Ac,, will arrive. see these pretty new g KKls. They are Jast 50 pairs ladies 6hos we'll .ell at a bargain they are all gone. Our Nai!or lists are nearly one. Ve have also some Men's Pants the next 30 days. If you iuU, j.-mni a pair at once. you 10c. a dozen in trade for all jou'U brir.g fresh, firm butter, male into neat, nice pack reaJy for sale. Will pay the highest market to the "People's Store." Polkton, N. C. Bespectfully, & GBIFFIN. Rare Beauty! The Hath way, Soul & Harrington SHOES for Men are world known. They have stood the test for years and are better in style and quality than ever. THE CELEBRATED REGINA SHOES and OXFORDS in welts and hand turns, for style and comfort and un excelled. (7 HI GOODS we have them, and to see -o
The Messenger and Intelligencer and Ansonian (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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