T rousers
' are easy in any position. They aic I
cut to fitr shrunk to shape, made !
to stay. Every pair warranted: JO
cents a Button; $1 a.Rip.
I
J. K. HOYT
THE HOME OF THE DUTCHESS IN WASHINGTON
?F=3F1E
rlSPECIAL VALUES
PRICES.
Mens Shoes ? ? SI on
" Dress Hats -SO
Unrfbrellas.
Boys Suspenders
China Matting .12 1-2
Bras Extension
Curtain KodS"
ttr
OEM
Theater
TO-NIGHT
FIVE-PIECE ORCHESTRA
HUE iUSH?K OF T.i\ ii.mv- ?
I ii(4 kui Dfllnfa.
-PTfJ =T-tS-C-lAI - ?
"TIIE T\V? !S< >Ns,T? -Ora n:a
. -THE 1'1'LIFTIXG OF Mil. l'.AH
Nickel Alarm Clc'ks .75
'"Looking Classes .15 & 25
Ansona Watches $1.00
?RUSS-.BRQS.
"tWI.I.lXCi l).\Y"-*-C'r mcdy
"Midv cahteji's Ikht.u: ?I
CCTr.edy'.
THE (JEM Ol'F.XS PROMPTLY
AT4
? '?*
THE PIC I I'RWRAMERS.
GEM THEATER
?; EXPECTING A CAR ?~5_
SNQW DRtFT LARD
to arrive in n few dtrysr Will make special
jprice.TrlLinterested write us.
? E. R. MIXON & CQ.
best advertisers are our satisfjed clients.
?its' liandiness and its (economical fea
tures. '
We will guarantee that then you will call
Tt W. PHILLIPS & GO.
Dealer in ^
IY GOODS, SHOES, NOTIONS, MILLINERY
mxathfe Bromo^i^Mnia
A Few Nice ?
HAMMOCKS
left that will be
? . r ? .
sold at. a bargain. ? --
Harris Plumbing ? -
and Supply Co.
For a Proof
Of the superior virtues of the GAS
RANGE, call on that friend of yours
- who has one and do a little i
it ? ahd also secure .her opinion as to
TOO MIQH.
The Way war Long and the Hangar
Great Bui ? "Principles ia ffrhKlpltV**
The New York Tribune says that an
olii man boarded a train at a stsiUon
on the Pennsylvania Railrold, carry
ing in one band an umbrella tied- up
with a Bhoe. string, and In the other
?n ^iifj l'K'ke'j
have be^i\ wtth l^e at Appomattox.
He sat down near the door. depoalt?i(t
his property bojlde him, and beckqnr
?rti to it train boy -who waa_Jwl|rf Uioaj,
passing with a basket. . \
"Cot any thing tor eat. younfrfl^Hef ?" ?'
"Sandwiches ? - ham, chlck??n and
tongue."
AH; l!igy 1FMI1
"Certainly."
I "There-ain't no 'certainty' abovit.ltT,*
[-ohjeffttMi thu old ?>hu. "Tito nandwioh
business is mighty ticklish in ; hot
weatljej;." I
* "They're -fresh." said the boy.!
imtifutly, "only frrfw made ?n h<iur.r.
"I'd rather like a chicken sahdwich
if I knowed I wouldn't draw a wing."
"No wings, sir; all clear meatL"
- " 'Spose-you-krt nle see one" of tiem
sandwiches.1'
"Can't, sjr; they're all wrapped
Take one?"
"How tsuch do you ask for 'em'
"Ten cents."
"I don't want a dozen; how much
for -one?"
"Ten cents."
I "i , .:iy 'n met nip'! " gasped the
old man. "Ten cents for two bites of
bre*nt*? ? smell of chicken.' I'm
hungry enough to eat a' pickaxe, but
I'm game, an' I tell you what, before
I pay ten cents for one little Hand*
wrlch, I'll set here apd roll my eyes
and s w oiler, al. the way to Eoylter
uur."
lm
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
[ First Boarder (dismally)? Well. I
pee we're going to hare spinaeh again
' flllUJUUH. i 1
Second Boarder ? How can you tell?
First ^kfarder? Why, the hired man
iere cutting the front lawn.
Comfoi'UbU tut. A
A rortJik^ Stately, middle-aged lady
las the habit of addtng on to her sen
:ences phrases out of their natural or
Jer. thereby not infrequently electri
'ylng her hearers. Recently she was
greatly surprised to have the follow
ing simple statement of hers .greeted
wlth^ghmity gf-Mnghtrr-. JlVVtaen J ar^
rived at the house, there was * the
(Minister sitting on a chair and three
ladiea."
Courses for Teachers. Fall seMlon be
gins September 15. 19*>. Thoe* desir
ing to enter should apply sa early a#
Possible. For catalog and other infor
mation add res*. 4
f- I- FOyST. Prea,, Greensboro, N. C.
chic;
PAUL & CI
THE NORTH C AROUN A
State Normal and
Industrial College
Maintained 1>y the State for the wom
en of North Carolina, foai RtguMr
1 jm* ' T no T sua
No one understands me!" he groan
ed; "no one on earth."
' It Is the old story wrung from many
i a tortured, youthful heart. The suffer
i ar Is gnnernllr mistaken, but tho pain
['a no less poignant. Yet In this ln
j stance^the^mnn'^ complaint- wtta true.
him.
I For he was an announcer of trains
Their Latest Gam*.
A busy mnthar arhn naa
by the not HP in the nursery hastened
to the room and said to her little
daughter:
"Mittui?r, what du' you ? Ui uau * by
shouting and screamipg? Play quiet
ly. like Tommy. See. he doesn't
make &- sound."
"Of course he doesn't." said the lit
tle girl. "That is our pm? He la
papa coming home late, and 1 am you."
A Politician.
"I'm afraid 111 never be able to
teach you anything. Maggie, " was .the
despairing utterance of a Trenton
woman co . a ? new ? Irish domes tie.
"Don't you know that you should al
ways hand me notes and cards on a
salver?"
"Sure; mum. I knew." answered
Maggie, "but X didn't know you did."
Fierce. All Right.
bean deaoHbl^g the, hah! is nt bears, ;
"what Is the fiercest animal In the
poTar* fegtrtnjr. Tohirtf T"1 ? ^ ^
_ "Why-er'er.4 stamifaered Johnny.
'"Come, dont you remember? T5S1
Pol? " - *- ??? \-1
"Oh, sure! The pole cat"
The In the^LixwgfelTovr^blK
*i toy, trl?l tti Klirfon -fatled- to agree
after elferen hours deliberations ^and
Judge jVVard, presiding. ordered a
mistrial! i> I *cuig follow was required
tq give a bony-ol >2,0007 torTHs ap
pearance , at ntxtterm of Lenoir Su
perior cOfcrt lrf December. 'The bond
was ? i ?n\? NAw^arn .tflurMl " v
Prof. W. IV kagsdjd^.'of the chair
il Public actr^^artqtfi^trat^nn in.
the Eastern C n r 1 na Tee^ h ers ' Trail
ing 'School at Greenville/- wai here
yesterday. He faya that aapljoatlons
ait- helm melted lu gui-h laimWTr
that thore Is-prdmlob ot a good1, open
ing on October \-C*? "When the \ term
commences. The- buildings are about
completed and equipped, and a groat'
i roiyd Is expected the Inaugu ra
tion '9 f President Wrt^ht on Octobet^
Sth.'?yews and, Obser^eit-l^^
The solicltorlbv&lrto- Ui the ,?0^rt
room, had- much tn^appcaxonce of 'a
blind- tiger fit one. tim^Coo Saturday^
a tri^LCpmlng" Under that head was
in progress, and the State was on
hand with the gpodfe. Therte'were
bottles of liquor of all sizes and
shapes in evidence, showing that the
defendant had prepared to do busi
?ut si fin aelarga srnlr^ -Ami? Ixaai-lL
TTTTT ir;ake some ftiouths water
through desire to come in ^contact
w-lth tho necks of those bottles. ?
"Green villa Rellector.
_ .n. S. KlrigaTore. one of the inmates
of the Soldiers' Home here, passed
:\way _ yesterday ufternoon at nan
.past two o'clock.^, He was a member
of. the ordnance -department and
came to the Home from Wilson In
1 1903. He was lu his 73d year and
for a long time had "been a member
of. the Methodist Episcopal C-hurcl{.
The funeral will be held In the
Keade Memorial Chapel this morn
ing at 11 o'clock, conducted by Rev.
I. B- Jones, pastdr of the Central
M?'i iu'iliut ? r'lntrrh Yryf and- Qb
Dr. George \V. Williams, colored,
was before the recorder this morning
charged with a violation of the city
ordinance which requires the attend
ing physician to -report all cases of
IKE* PHJ In- A 1 1 II UllHt'l. 1)1. V. O. 1
Hawlcy, the patient-hr-this instance
being a colored girl, Florlday Rhyne,
who died Oh East First street Satur*
day mprning. The doctor. 6tatect-hr
had no intention of violating the city
ordinance, hut that the case devel
-Jo rapidly he did not have time
to. make a satisfactory diagnosis be
fore death resulted. Undor these
circumstances the case against him
was dismissed. ? -Charlotte ^Newa. 5
The work is tb begin Monday on
I the const! uction of ? a ney theater
feu* Raleigh." It Is to be about mld
naj the -first block south of Capital
Square on the west side of Fayette
viUe street, if' "will be known as
The Grand and will have an arcade
entrance from Fayettevllle street. It
Is to "have a T7]TQ0 seating7 capacity
[ with mwt modern theatrical equip
'"pni xhii ? special purpoae U ta
run a high class ten cent vaudeville
show with moving pictures between
ut'ls. ? John Drewry la one of the
principal incorporators. The changes
include a new three-atory atoxe^and
office building bela%'uow occupied by
Johnson & Johnson, The Standard
Gas & Flprrrin -Co., and YOUng &
Hughes. ? ? : ?
Deputy Marshall BJaylock has re
| g1mlrytr0in & reVCn,Ue ta,d Mont_
Ling Morgan, Clark Morgan and Phil
Lucas, charged with Illicit distilling.
The men were given a hearing be
fore the United States commissioner
at Troy. Ling Morgan was dls
dence, but the other two men were"
locked up in -default of bond for tfaetr
appearance at the October term of
Federal court in city. The ar
rests were made in -Eldorado town
ship. which is right in the forks of
is considered- cme^of-t he moat danger
| ous sections In the country for. rev^-l
pnticrs, 'fhssc? arc ssid
;uer. brought, out ^f this* section for.
blockading since the killing of Sher
U^moffltt, who lost his life while at-|
tempting to arrest a blockader fif
teen years ago,. ? Greensboro News.
Secretary of Agrici^ture Ellas
Oarr saye-ootton in the eastern part
, A the Stale is' shedding very ba*4y. 1
Excessive rains In May, June and
July have caused the roftta to come
I to the surface, and the drought of
|?he past twn weeks having cot off the
feeding of these roota. There has not
:?een so much rata in the central sec
I tlon- as In the eaat. From cotton men
ata Raleigh It la learned that the tnfo
1 weeks of drought has not only
caused , much aheddin*, ' Irat forced
^rottfrp t m open prematurely, though
ihe crop Is, ten days iate and ought
not to be ppe?ed yet Farmefs who
came to Raleigh la?t wm! Mid they
?rare tdsklM, Reglly a t**1 ^
the fruit hw? been ahed In this section
>s well as ia the eait, and the crops
jave sufrered. jnaterial damage dur
ing thi pirn In days ? There wa?
promise of the full crop of red stiff
CITY MARKET. '
ifi SOc
?Qpriut chickens - 10 to 28c
Hides, green . . .... 8 to 7c
Hides, O. S^. . k ? 8*e
?W?if ax ' *B1
Mixed WftSf, . M . i . . j . . is* to 80e
BuTry wool... . . . . . ...A* to i*?J
Tnllo* . .J\ 3 l-Sc
Woo}, free from burrs. m . . . ^Qci
6heepeHo ^ . . . . , .4 0 ~tu V88 L
Lambskin 25 to 40e
Khecrllngs . to 1,0c
Ducks 16 to 20c
? JbMe'AJUtfk for a want AU.~trli^h
you " have n K??cM bnsfnnw plnn, *ml
mni "bsAtai.1^ " 1. ?
BUT SCANT COURTESJf
is shown Group, Colds^ Bron
olutis or Pneumonia-' by
Vick's Croup and Pneumo
nia Salve. No wise mother
will dare be without a. jar. i
POMPEI AN
Massage Cream
. Cleanses Where Soap
and Water .Fail
' Washing with aoap and
water znakeB the face look
clean, out it cieana tBer-<
surface only. It does not
clean out the impurities
in the skin that make
it muddy and aullUVT.
Pon^peian Massage Cream
goes through the surface.
I? ??r?U? jam ?Y?rv pnrp ?
reaches and loqeeiis all
foreign dirt and'iinpuri
ties that lodge in the
pores.
It is the only facial cream ?
free from grease and that
keeps the face free from
it. Does not ? cannot ?
promote the growth of
hair on the face. ___
Price 50c and $1.00 per jar. *"
1)11. "HAIllJY'tj DIICO i-*TOHgr
TO OUR NCW AND V ARIED LINE OF
Which comprise .
'? * *?ys? "Best Place" iu
Which to Buy It! "i
Felt Mattresses. ;
- Just received a new- and complete line of F6lt |
Mattresses manufactured by the Southern Cotton I
Oil Company of Charlotte. They ard durable, coni-^|
fortable and will last one a lifetime.
Carolina Brand $1^00
DreamlandT n -
Jefferson Furnit
" EAST CAROLINA
-Teachers' Training School
Established and maintained by (he State fotf the young men '
and women who with to qualify themselves for ttiej?rofe??lon
of teaching. Buildings and equipment new* and modern. Sani
tation perfect* *> " """ * T>
SESSION OPENS OCTOBF.R3TH, 1*9.
_ For grotgtctugand Information, ?d4nMi ROBT.If. WRIGHT,.
'MpVp'<JBE
Water Coolers,
Oil Cooking Stoves,
Hammocks,
Porch SJiades*
at great reductions in price. Are
bargains. Come and see
| McKeeHfchardson Hardware^ar
3PN
* The
? Triumph of
;SB0MAKIN?
> The Best
I $3.50 ami $4.00
Ever Produced fn
Woman's Wear,
KnighfShoeCo
JUST RECEIVED
Ffesh lot of
= PORTSMOUTH ? -
DRESSED MULLETS