North Carolina Newspapers

TOWN DIRECTORY. C-BDRCHES. „ oit.t Chard —Rev v\ A. Forbes Pastor , ■ i>-t MiiicSay right, and fomtk Buh- i tr -„jr K and niglit. Vrayermeeting 1 \ euncsfiay iiTgl.t'. Sunday schcol >Mitlay morning at 10o'clock, Q. K. flrarn.r.m superintendent Kavtist Church.-Rev. w.C. Barrett, raster, services every second Sunday morning and ui;;:.t. Vrayerineettng every Thursday niglit - indr.y S 'hooi every Sunday morning, J. C. Clifford superintendent. Vreshyterian Church.—Rev. U. W. Hines HStor. s-rvices every fir.-i at. i sfth Sunday . ri iug and night. Sunday school every •td:i> morning, D. H. McLean, Superinten d -i.i i is. j.ie Church-Rev. A. P. Leiehton ras . r - , rvic> s every third Su-.itiay morning /mi niJl : l'rnyer meeting .very Tuesday , M i,t. MK. ay School every Sunday evening .i o'clock.. V. T. Massengill Suit. - Will Baptist Church.—Elder R. C. uks-on. vast or. services every first Sun • j . Vlviliia tfl.d lligllt .. t-\e Bai-tist. —Church cu Broad street v. a. Turner, Pastor. Regular servi . , i i.e iliird SalTath morning, and Satur t .re. in each month at 11 o'clock. LOTXJ E . .... r >ige. So. IA. F. i A. M. Uall -,f v-iil Baptist church. F.Jones v A .l«-hi>sou. f V .; E. A. Jones ! . Johnson. Secretary. Regular .'stti-u» are beld on The "rdSatur c • -k A. M . and on the Ist Friday ■ p. m. in each turr-th. All Ma standing are cordially invited t i 0 tl ece communications. TOWN OFFICERS. at-*. v*yoT COMMISSIONERS , .-.1,1,11 > ttSMi gill, o P. Shell . A Taylor, w. H. Duncan, Policeman. COCNTT OFFICKKP Sheriff.Silas K Salmon. Or. J H Withers of needs. A. O. Holloway l'reftsnrer. L. O Matthews. ■surveyor. P. P McDonald. ..rot. r. Dr. J F. McKay • ut -v Examiner. Rev. J. 8. F'ack. • -r.jissiocers : E. P. Young, Chairman T A Harritisrton ■pemm M II BANK, Dill, c. CAPITAL STOCK $20,000. Every accommodation ollered to the public. E. F. YOUNG, President. V. L. STEPHENS, Cashier. E. s. SMITH. E. J. BARNES. SMITH & BARNES, Attorn eys-at-La. w, du:sN, - - - N- c rr.-.cticc in all the courts »>f the State. Prompt attention to all business entrusted. OlHee in the old Post Office Building. DTH. Ni l KAN. -f. C. 1-IFFOKD Lean & Clifford, ii.ttorneys-at. I-S.-W, DUNN, : : : : N. C. Office over J. J. Wade's Store. W. A. STEWART. H- I - GCDWIK. SMART & (WIN, Attorneys and Counselloi's-at-law, DUNN, N. C. Will practice in State and Federa! , Courts but not for fun. i W E Mnrchison, IONESBOKt) N C. Practice- Law in Hyvctt. Moot'- « oth* r ci.ii!>tif"- f»nr »««'* f ,>r f- ■ ■ , V • un-n ft' !>>•■•:} ndva* . . . -at- i! n> v on »a \V" il' o';t'">d PVP p * tin m»d 'ti »n ci»:i-istent will - ±-r bo'ikin?. T i-tj?«T. Pre-id' nt. T 'V PrrcmK. "-i 1 ; . S'Cit (, It \ IMI> ' rn \M f'h C! \R\NTF.EH, on s] cialty of nice work. Ps visiti' g Dunn can call i . residence and have their wi> k made in the latest and mi - pleasing style. Call and v.]''-, and L'"t prices .T. r> KFEN, DUNN, N. C. :• cv np stdrs J. W. • , •)\ *S stOH'. UNDERTAKER m Coffins, Caskets, Ladies' and Gents' Robes and Burial goods. All kinds, colors and sizes, rang ing in price from $2 to $OO. We also nave a nice-hearse furnish ed at moderate prices on short notice R. G. TAYLOB. f & Tir y A r~"r~*; "T r ": Jf ». T~>* T "*T~ \ ~~ . L ] f-3 gy H J 111 H.i d i 4/ $| |-j' a r' // ij /g ' • /'. {'•••••.. ! ' !§ .-' £; /-••' - S "i N 1 J£ yH ' %/1 t| o\| i"V'.x /-% | rj ff - M "tl j SjJ ! 1 1 S"\\ j;L Jl I8 J .L jivl \y vJ JL j[\_J iLJS ± SL± \ ± JLIJJL^.® Vol. 11. .IORTIf CAROUSA I.r.GiSI.ATCKE. Mituy Wnllers of lulm-st Itistiisaed 111 .he i.HW!!>.itl!frS. Raleigh, N. C., Fooruary 21.—Mr. Mann, of Hyde, to-day introduced the new oy&ier law. TuS: is on.- of the long-- est bills yet introiiured .nd provides for numerous changes in th- law. The remains of Dr. Kirby. late super intendent of the Centr i Hospital, were carried to-diiy to his cid home, Golds boro, and there buried. A large num. ber of prominent men attended the fu neral. Senate —A bill was introduced for the relief of Mr. Moi in, ex-Treasurer of Currituck; to establish s.-ruieu schools ac Edenton: to rc"ul:-.te the learning of trade; to allow E ,:ui n to issue bonds; to secure evidence for U..' suppression of gambling; to provid rvlcs for im peachment trials. The bill ».u amend the Jim Crow ear law was tabled. The bill to prohibit fast driving over bridges passed. The bill to fncorporate the Southport. Wilmington and Durham Railroad Company was pa?, ed. The bill to establish i State prison amnnteion was* order* printed and made the special or r fi-r "londny. The bill t.~> incorporate Croatan De velopment Con ■ .ii-y wi'.p I .s.gf I. Most of the day was a';- n up by the del?ate cn the Eoniesie • iU and the 3ivoice bill. }. acse—Di'.ls introduced: To appoint a cr.i'gistratc in «'u: " : to amend thi code relating to Clerk of the Court of Currituck; to apportion C> ngressional Jistrictg; to char?e • eunty seat of Jackson from Webster to Sylvia. House passed the bill providing for the appointment by the Governor of a Board of Visitors of three members to nspect each State institutv-.n. Bills passed: To allow Hereford coun ty to levy a special tax: to incorporate Lawrence,■ Edgecomb county; to fund the bonded d"b: if > T i:- • oro; to. ?stablish the stock law in portions oi Panlico. The House passed the "Annesty bill,'- repealing t'ae act repealint section 10?t 3f the Code and re-enacting the same. This was the law to prevent prosecu tions for alleged misdemeanors in elec tions. The bill to establish a dispensary in Tarboro was passed to take effect Jul> I, llol_ The Republican protest against the ncrease of the Governor's salary and the impeachment of the judges were jpread upon the journal. DEWET ASfO STKYX I'SOTEST. The Boer I.eartcrs Fssnc a Proelnmr tion on the Sont|i African Silusv tlon. Port Elizabeth. February- 20.—Presider.! Steyn and General Dewet have issued a proclamation announcing that the wai "forced on the Transva 1 Republics l>i the Government" still rages cvei Africa, asserting- t'.-at the Britisl: 3o not observe all the customs of civilizec warfare and the Geneva and The Hag"* Conventions: that the enemy capture anc Report doctors and ambulances ar.d seize ambulance materials: arrest neutrols: arm Kaffirs and natives and use therr against the Beer forces; and they senJ DUt bands to plunder the country, and in sult. rape or give harsh treatment K women and children. The iro laniatiOE says that nearly all the houses in the re publics have been destroyed, and that the British charge of misuse of thi- wl.ite is an everlasting i.iiumny against tht Afrikander. After polnUng out that tat war is stiil on, and t'-o b-tr r f rce: ; ar> still lel by rrsspcnsible lea ;r. super vised by the povernment #f both repub lics. the proelamatier. "Tie burghers would be less than mor f they allowed the en. my to so un' un isl-r l after ill tr- i: !r v.iv - and destroying :ht!r i -uses f:- r lu =t >f destruction. Then r re, a ; i of the burghers reser.t it ' -v® 11 not ?nly wage war, bet T.i?i Iv i.i a positior :o take reprisals, s it has tr. .- Oone tn the case cf amba' .noes, -her-i'cre. we warn the officers of His Maj ?sty's troops that unless they cease th» '• -tru.-'lon "1 the property of the r-public ■ we sh:«i! wreak vengeance ly 0 .-ire; ff the prop erty of His Majcs-y' su' . who are unkindly disposed. But" we . r by openly Jeelare that their v.-ives antl r '■•Jren v. tl always be unmolested, ; s.it*- of any thing done to ours by T:N Majesty'* troops. We request nothing from out brothers in the colony, but on t'nem. as well as on the civilized world, to assist in hehalf of our joint civilization and Christianity, In putting an er d »o the bar oareus manner cf the enemy's warfare." I.or.don. February 22.—The War Offie« has received the following from I,ore Kitchener: Klerksdorp, February 21.—Methuen'f force marched here, bavins el ared the country through "Wolmaranptad. A' Haartbeestfonteir. fourteen hui dred Boei: under Generals Be Vit'i. : end I.knbe.n berg opposed i irr. T! •y ' ' . strong po sitiem obstinately, but w r turned oa: after severe fishtinpr. in v h t'r • yeo manry. the A" -tori n T?usl rr. -i and th« Lar.cashlres distincrii?- 1 • rr.selvei Our casualties w* re three- offi--ers ant thirteen mn killed, end five officers anc twenty-five men wounded. The Ho rs left eighteen dear] on the ground ;ind sufferee severely." MRS. NATION AGAIN ACQUITTED. Tr-neka. Kan., February 21.—Mrs. Carrie Nation is to enter roliiicg and to become the editor of the Smasher's Ma'l. a paper to b* run in of negroes. She has re'us :d t mpting oi fers to theatre and Wn, remain In Topeka to heip elect a "el- n man" for Mayor at the Spring el etion.. These matters weie announced y the cru sader from her ce'l in tic county jail to-day after the charge against her of smashing the Senate saloon two weeks ago had been dismissed by Judge Mc- Cabe. She is still 'being held on the charge of breaking into Moser's cold Btorage plant last Sunday. THE GREAT PIGEON SHOOT. • New York, February 21.—Seventeen oi tho best amateur trap shooters assembled at the Carteret Gun Club's grounds near Long Island City to-daj- for the contest for the amateur pigeon shooting cham pionship of ISOI.. Shooters came from the West and South, and the local club had a large representation. The match will not be finished until to-morrow afternoon. This evening forty-five rounds of the necessary one hundred had been shot. Dr. F. C. Wilson, of Savannah. Ga., leads the field with forty-one killed and four misses. Colonel Thomas Martin, of Buffal, S. C., made thirty-six kills and missed eight. St. Augustine, Fla., February 21.—At the annual meeting of the Southeastern Passenger Association to-day Joseph Richardson was unanimously re-elected chairman of the association for the sixth consecutive time. He was also voted an increase in salary. Several new lines have joined the association. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Ihe Kind You iisve Always Bought °f 1 Who Are Community Builders It is often remarked, why does not Mist-er Blank, with all his money do something for the building of this city? And yet the person asking the question although no bank er or capitalist, might have the same query put to him. And what his reply would be is no hard matter to guess, for it would be tL t it was the duty of those who had so much mou ev to put it where it should benefit the community, and not Tor the moderately well-to-do citizen to put his money into enterprises, while the rich men held their money back. But this matter is really a personal one. It is not the question of any citizen to measure and perform his obligations by the rule oi another. Every ciii/en has persona: obligations due and necessary to perform to his comnumit), and in the fulfillment of these can be reckoned the standard of his citizenship. One most important obliga tion, and one which does not involve the payment of a cent, but one which very many citi zens fall short in, is that to believe in and sneak well of your city. it seems strange that any person will talk down or belitth any property which he may own. And yet every citizen who has no favorable word for his community, is doing injury to it, and to e very social, reli gious and commercial interest with which he may be connect ed in that community. The citizen who puts his thousands of dollars into a local enterprise, be it building or manufactures, can have his in vestments ma d e practically worthless, unless his fellow citizens shall speak the en couraging word, which shall, bring tenants for the buildings, or demand for the manufact ured goods. The importance of this strong | word of approval, at home and; abroad, is too ightly appreci ated. It is a power for the pro motion and success of local enterprises, and- without it tne best local enterprises can go by default. Both the citizen who builds, and the citiz : vho contributes of nis optimism, are builders of communiti- >. Tim success or "no is made securelv so. bv he other. It is tlie combination of the o! one citizen, end- sed and adv- •- ■i>ed ov aaotlu which makes an immediate laark-t for tlrnin. and it is t! ,; - combination, backed up by • 'v.- citizen who, glories in seeing the building, and proclaim* p blicly, sincere-! ly and lieaia. , his endor-. mcnt of tie- vork, which as sures the d•V'iopment ami permanence « i a community. —Newbern Journal. Niqht V/tsHer Terror. 'T would c ';mh nearly :: ! nig*it long," it r — Mrs. Ci Appl'a.'ite. Wv dri-i. !'id "and could nan I. y get au> seep I had consuni ti«»n so ; --i• I that if I walk' i a block I .v -1 frigh f .v rind -pit bl«»o , but, when all o: : ier ni lie' ( failed, thine •; bottles of i>r King's New i> : - e >very wholly cured me and I gained 58 lb-."' It's absolutely guaranteed cure Coughs. Co id*#, Tja Grip. Br > icliitis a.al all Throat ami Lung Troubles, price 50c and $l.OO. gTrial bottles free at C L. Wilson's drug store. A Young Woman Now Her Sis ter's Step-Mother-in-Law. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 17. The residents of Kingston, located near Princeton, are in tensely interested in a double wedding, winch occurred there a few days ago, John Voor hees, a farmer, and his son, John Voorhees, Jr., were raar- S ried to the two daughters of Joseph Bird, of Monmouth Junction, the father wedding the youngest. The son and his bride are living with his father. Young Mrs. Voorchcesis now the step-mother-in-law of her older sister, vdio will be at once aunt and grandmother of any children born to her hus band. Mr. Voorhees, Sr., bo conies father-in-law, to his sisier-in-law, and auy bo} r he may have will be a half-brother to his uncle by marriage.— Philadelphia ilecord. OUIMPJ, IY." C. FEBY. ST, IQOI, FREE DELiVEfiY. TJIK ADVANTAGES DECLARED. MANY GOOD EFFECTS. Nearly half of the population ;of the United States living in ; cities and towns now enjoy the benefits of free mail delivery. In hamlets and on farms are 21,000,000 more persons who may enjoy the same benefits by ai! extension of the rural free th livery system, which has al •?■!iy worked satisfactorily in i'o-'ty-four states over 2014 routes. Congressman J. Will iam Stokes of South Carolina has !;evn an earnest advocate of ti;c extension which appeals to .ev vv';-::dy desiring the better •n n i!i of the condition of (lie r■ • ■ i population. It has been found by experience that rural i ee delivery tends to increase the revenues of the Postoflice Dfi>n : imcnt, brings the people elos' r together, stimulates per son;:] correspondence and the circulation of periodicals, and, by bringing the farm and re mot regions into daily contact with :e rest of the world, t■ !*c■ 1 vs the great drawback of '■ 1 1] :'.>n, which lias been so i; (iuetuial in sending the coun ]) filiation townward. Sec ondary results are had in the im rovement of roads necessary to the smooth working of the >v-iem and an increase in thy value of farm lands. In thinly settled portions of the country the system is likely to have another good effect. Here and there is heard an advocacy of establishment of a rural police force as a protection against offences made possible by the isolation of country life. The regular travelling along country roads of the vehicles in the service of the Postoftice De partment will to a certain extent represent the power of publicity and law. and will de ter. if not prevent, crime, which , otherwise might not even be, punished. From whatever point of view the plan is consid ered. it appeals strongly to the practical man. The farmers of; the country should impress upon their congressmen the necessity for liberal support of the pur pose of the Postmaster-General in litis direction.—Southern Firm Magazine. A Fireman's Close Call. • : I stuck to my engine, al thf>! _ii every joint ached and everv nerve was racked with pain," 1 writes C W. Bellamy, i, omo'ive fireman, of Bur gt i. lowa., '■[ was weak and ale, without any appetite : ! all run down. As I was to ,ive up, I got a bottle trie Bitters and, after \i ;g it I felt as well as I ever ■ i ; my life." Weak, sickly, " ('re.rn people always gain w life, strength and vigor fn i their use Try them. Sat !' *i>n guaranteed by C. L. W;>»?i. Price 50 cents. ♦ Zh ■■ i the Negro Costs the South. \ "iter in the North Ameri ca i It "iew says that the South no v ex: ends about $40,000,000 |annu iiv in school funds, of ■ vlucli the negroes coutrib u: ait one-thirtieth, though tii have the opportunity to I reap nearly half the benefit. In | the S uth all trades are open to tii a, and they receive every I encouragement to become pro ficient in the industrial arts. A I larg" number of negroes have eagerly taken advantage of these opportunities and have made unprecedented progress lin bettering their condition in i every way./ They have amass ed in one state property the as sessed value of which is nearly $30,000,000, and it is estimated that they own, all told, about $3o0,0:>0,000 worth of personal and real estate. They have th ir own doctors, lawyers and preachers; they have been given the best schools, colleges ana universities, and they have their own military companies. Many of them realize that their interests arc inseparable from the interests of the South. They have found by experience that the people who give them em ployment, who annually pay millions of dollars that their 'children may be educated, who make it possible for them to i acquire wealth, who labor side ;by side with them in the field : and in the factory, are their best friends. Prove allttings; hold fast tliat which is good." ifirs. smmn rut Behind The Bars. . i She is Tried Upon a Peace Warrant. Topeka, Kansas, Feb. 18.— Mrs. Nation is HOT in the coun ty jail as a result of her trial on a peace wan ant before judge IXazen to-day. The warrant was sworn out by the Moeeer Cold -Storage Company, whose plant Mrs. Nation entered yes terday morning. Mrs. Nation acted as her own attorney in the trial. Judge Hrszen placed her under $2,000 bond to keep the peace, and ordered herMo appear before him at next term of court. M s. Naiion refused to give the bond, and said she would 20 to - © ji L She is now detained in the hospital room of the county j jail where she will probably remain some time. 111 the city court arguments! w re given in the case brought! against Mrs Nation by the pro-j printers of the wrecked "Sen-j ate" saloon. Judge McCabej said he would take the matter) ii:.der advi ement until Thurs day morning. It is not likely that Mrs. Nation will be able to uive bond, be cause she declares that she will resume her smashing crusade a gainst the "joints" immediately upon her release. Her friends have been advised that Judge Hazen will make her release conditional upon the promise that she be sent to her home in Medicine Lodge. Judge Hazen tonight placed Cal Mac Donald, Mrs. Rose Cvist 1 and Miss Madelin Southard tin- 1 der peace bonds, MacDonald'si bend is $1.000; the others are 1500 each. The Judge express-i ed the opinion that Mrs. Nation; is insane, and said those persons j who encouraged her methods of I reform ought to be ashamed of themselves. Says He Was Tortured. "1 suffered such pain from corns T could hardly walk," writes 11. Robinson, Ilillsboro, Ills., "but Buck!-n's Arnica S>dve compTetply cured them." Acts like mngie on sprains, bru ises, cut«, sorps, scalds, burns, boils, ulcers. Perfect healer of skin diseases and piles. Cure guaranteed by C. L. Wilson. Price. 25 cents. Georgia Coon 125 Feet in Mid Air. Fuss Green, a colored man, living near Buckhead creek, about on* 1 mile from Milieu, has two boys that are coon hunters. In fact, the old man can't get them to work ; so he injected a buggy trace into their coon hunting business. While he was minding the flies off the oldest- boy the youngest made a break for the swamp Search was made by the old man and iiis "well dressed" boy. The bov saw his brother, who got him to uo back and bring him a bucket of grub, a rope and an ax- The young coon then climb'd a very tall tree that grew beside the tallest pine in •he swamp. From the top of this tree he made his way to the lirst limbof the big pine. He got his brother then to cut off all communications and he went to the very top, hung up his bucket, tied himself to the top limb, quieted himself for a nap and fell out, and is now the highest hung nigger that ever swung. He is hanging fully 125 feet over the muddy waters of Buckhead, with no way to get at him. Tho old man has consented to have the rope shot in two with a rifle, and one of our crack shots has gone out to £ive him a plunge bath.—At lanta Journal. A Very Young Grand-Mother. There is a family living in Pickens county that has a rec ord most remarkable, and one seldom acquired by any family. The mother was married when 11 years old. She is now twenty-six and has 14 living children. The oldest on« of the family has married and ha* one child. The mother of the family therefore is a grand mother and only 26 years old. —Greenville, S. C., .News, 20th. Homicide in a "Joint" Raid. ROSA HUDSON, WIFK OF A SA LOON KEEPER, KILLED IN A SMASHING EXPEDITION IN KANSAS LAST NIGHT. Leavenworth, Kas., Feb. ID. —Mrs. Rosa Hudson, wife of John Hudson, a saloonkeeper at Mihvood, was shot and killed last night during a raid on her husband's saloon. Hudson had been warned to close his soloon, but refused. About 10 o'clock three men entered the place and called for drinks. When they were served, they rapped 011 the counter and gave the signal. Hudson jumped from behind the bar, and grabbed one of the men. In the scrimmage a shot gun, which the man carried, was discharged, tho contents entering the wall. Mrs. Hud son, attracted by the noise, ran screaming into the room, while, a mob of forty men, most of I whom were masked, entered ir at the signal. In the melee, i Mrs. Hudson was shot—the iop of her head blown oti". William Webb, one of the raiders, was! shot in the shoulder by a! revolver. Nearly a hundred shots were fired. ' The mob retired without wrecking the joint. Millwood is in a furore of excitement, and more trouble is threatened.—Augusta Her ald. Working 24 Hours a Oay. There's no rest for those tire less little workers—Dr. King's New Life Pills. Millions are al ways busy, curing Torpid Liver, Jaundice, Biliiousness, Fever and Ague. They banish Sick Headache, drive out Malaria. Never gripe or weaken. Small, taste nice, work wonders. Try then. 25c at C. L. Wilson's. Use Of Pumpkins. Pumpkins are a valuable food for animals. They have been used for many generations in America. They serve as an appetizer and often aid in fat tening beef or hogs. In New England it is the practice to boll the pumpkins and mix more or less of bran and corn meal with them in feeding. But the pumpkin can be fed with safety and advantage with out cooking. A writer in tlie Epitomist says that a hog "will lili itself on pumpkins and in an hour as much corn as it j would if it had not had the pumpkins. In the iirss place every animal on the farm is in need of some succulent food, and the fattening animal is no exception. The pumpkin is the cheapest food of this character that can be fed when there i? no grass. In the second place tho pumpkin seems to act as an appetizer, and in the third place it adds to the weight of the hog. It is largely water, but there is sufficiently drv material in it to mako it worth feeding outside the feature of succ 11 lency. "In feeding pumpkins to cattle thev must be fed with more care than is necessary in , feeding thf-m to swine, i'or they' satisfy the appetite of cattle and they wilt refuse corn until after ihe pumpkins are partial ly disposed of. In feeding pumpkins to swine of course they must be broken or cut up. and the better way to cut them up is to use a corn knife or an axe. Feed what the hogs will eat up clean, give them a little rest and then feed tho corn, j The practice with us is to feed morning and night." Humane Way of Dehorning. Procure from your druggist one stick of caustic potash cost ing about ten cents. Take your calf about a week old and with a common pair of scissors cut oti' the hair all around the voung horn. Dampen the caustic in water and rnb, repeating the process until the skin is all off Put 011 flour if the horn bleeds much. Be careful not to drop I the caustic water any where ex jcept around the horn, as it wiii leave a blemish. I have tried | this method and iind it a succes-. : It leaves a perfect, wellshaped | head and 110 trace-of the horn Whatever. Try it once and you will always dehorn your cattle this way.— M. G. 0., in New England Homestead. •' pfpi!olin§m 1 muui jOyspapsia Curs ; Digests what you sat. ! If. artilieially digests the food and aids . Nature in strengthening and recon . structiog the exhausted digestive or gans. Iti is the latest discovered digest if; t, and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efiiciency. It in stantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sick Headache, Gastralgia Cramps and all other results of imperfect digestion. PrlceaDc. and f!. Large size contains 2V, times small size. Book all about dyspepsia juailed'ree Prepared sy S. C. DeWITT A CO.. Cfclccso. For sale by Hood & Gran tham, Dunn, N. C. THE P.VAS STOCK SALE. A Ruciinrc.'C Combination Between Ihe Koiilbern tiio S. A. 5.. New York, February 21.—The Com mercial Advertiser says: "Since the purchase by President John Skelton Williams, of the Seaboard Air Line, of Thomas F. Ryan's stock holdings in subsidiary roads in that ! system the reports of a combination between the .Southern Railway Com pany and the Seaboard have been re newed. It is the general beiiei in Wall street that a friendly arrangement equivalent to a traffic alliance, has been entered into by the respective ar rangements of these two properties. "Unusual activity and strength marked the course of the Southern railway shares on the Stock Exchange to-day. The price of the common ad vanceu 2 1-4, and ihe price of the pre ferred stock advanced 2 3-8. Officers oi the Southern said that there was nc statement regarding that company tc ■-«. made at present. "When President Williams, of the Seaboard Air Line, was asked whethei his company and the Southern would enter into any agreement he hesitated a few seconds and then repiied: " "I don't care to say ar.j thing more than that th • Seaboard will remain an independent line. " The directors of the Seaboard Ail Line are expected to meet in this city next Wednesday and something -nay then be done relative to the future pol icy of the compai./. The main object of the meeting is to ratify the pur chase of Thomas F. Ryan's stock.' " Baltimore, February 21.—Early ad vices from New York that recent buy ers of Seaboard issues in that city were liquidating were used to depress their in the early dealings at the local Stock Exchange. The movement encountered little opposition until near the end oi the first call, when insiders came to the rescue. According to Wall street advices, ar important announcement in respect t the Southern rail-.vay is shortly to b made, but of what natare is not dis closed. SCA3BAI. is :;UIA LIFE. Slnjor Alhprlon Riles lor a Bivorei from 52is—in Attfiupt to Comfti-o mice !fco Mutter. London, February 21.—Major T. J Atherton, second :n command of the Twelfth (Prince of Wales Royal; Lancers, now in South Africa, has filec a a divorce against his wife Mabel Louisa A thertcn. naming the Duke of Westminster as co-resncndent The case cannot be aired in court foi some months, and the friends of the just married Duke may yet succeed ir compromising the matter. Major Atherton is reported to hav« already refused a check for £40.000 as compensation for the injury he is said tc have sustained. King Edward is 1 said to be among these trying to ar range a settlement. The respondent Mabel Louisa. Ather.on, is a sister oi Sir Aubrey Paul, Bart. She married the Major in 1592. They have one son, born in 1899. -Mrs. Atherton is a good looking, stylish woman, about 35 year? of age. She belongs to London's smart set. Mrs. Atherton was at the Modder river camp with other women. Her husband was stationed there, and the Duke, then Lord Belgrave, and th" •brother of a well-known South African millionaire, whose name has also beer s mentioned with that cf Mrs!. Atherton, were at the same camp. Mrs. Atherton returned to Elngland in October and via the island of Madeira, where she too!: passage on a steamer which was taking the Duke of Westminster home. They arrived in London November 3d. Since then the Dune's family has been en gaged in an attempt to prevent the case getting into the courts. G. F. iiatfield. the Duke of Westmin ster's lawyer, refused either to confirm or deny the rumcr that the Duke of Westminster's family had already paid any money to hush up the scandal. He suggested it did not follow because a suit had been commenced that it woul-1 ever corre to a hearing. According t.i a rumor it will be settled cut of court. Mr. Atherton is at Rome. The Duke of Westminster is stiil at Eaten Hall. A representative of the Associated Press learns that a citation for the Duke ha.» already been issued. Previous to the Duke of Westmin ster's marriage a current report credit ed King Edward with having had a good deal to do toward making the Duke marry Miss West. Even Sir Alfred Milner has been dragged int this sensational affair. He is credited with preventing the Duke of Westmin ster from sailing from South Africa on the same boat with' Mrs. Atherton. A SERIOUS SHOOTIXO Aff'RAY. A Political Fcml Enrla in the Shooting of James W. Tolbert. - Charleston, S. C., February 21.—Jam W. Tolbert was ' shot to-uay in the i streets of McCormick, Abbeville county. : where he had been told he must not go, CM he would be killed. It. is the outcome 1 the political feud whicn resulted in thi Phoenix riots and murders in the Fall -J 1898. Before Tolbert was shot, he is said apparently without any reason, to have fired two shots at young Martin, a visitoi in the town, who had nothing- to do wiii the row between Tolbert and the citize-i-s ' of McCormick. Martin was danKerous'\ wounded in the body and hip. This act EC ! enrnj-ed the citizens that they immediate j ly opened fire on Tolbert. but only tw« shots took effect. His brother, R. R. Tol bert, expects to carry the wounded mafl to Augusta or some place of safety to night. If Martin should die, it is reported from McCormick that the citizens wouM I kill Tolbert. Tolbert has been in oad odor in Me* Cormick ever since the Phoenix riots. He •owns considerable land near MeCormiek, and had been advised by anonymous let ters to leave there, and was aprjr"a«V"- by a crowd of men yesterday and iota to leave. He declared that he intended to stay. The Tolberts are among the very few white Republicans la that section o t A Homo Ruined and a Father Deprived of liis Child. A very flit-tivsf»it)«£ sooiio wns ; witnessed at ihe West Durham station Tuesday afternoon, I when the west bound jn.*>il j reached that point. Mr. J . i!. | Freelaud of this city, waj iit ti.o i station with his little daught* r, j intending to take her to his peo ple in Orange county, to raise, as there had been grevioiif do mestic troubles in the Fr. o]? ; j. ! family, and Mr. Free! aml de sired to get her away from her surroundings. Mrs. W. T. Saunders, the grandmother of the little ;> irl, who lives on South street, hir ing heard of Mr. Free lam's plans, boarded the trai.! I.i Durham, and when if. reach* d West Durham, and Mr. : jV- ; - land and his daughter g> ; on board, Mrs. Saunders givi hod the child, and Mr. iV. , ~[ grabbed Mrs. Saundei, a: d ;• awhile there wa- a vv.; , scufHe, amid scream- a d sive language, who •• ; . •..> interfered and parted i- . U three got off the t\ i . a d 'n,. little girl, in pos/e- c, S • grandmother, left fur the t\.;.ih street home, leaving the di.c n solate husband in a more de jected state. It is a very distressing »e. Mr. Freelaud says his Wife has deserted him —(joUO to ivi'ii mond—carrying witlt her '' cir youngest child, iiis h nv is nroken up by the unfaithful ness of his wife. The little ~.rl is still with her grandmo !.-r, and it is understood that Mr. Freeland is taking legal r.u j.s to get possession of his d;-i - li ter and he desires to place iff with his people in Orange, v. ho are well-to-do. Freel;ind's fhii.tr was here today, and the ;ii t old man is in the ch p h of gr.ef over the sad c-nuing of his khi's once happy home; tiie prih.iity of his daughter-in-law ; stud the scene enacted Tuesday aiter noon.—Durham Sun. Just a Habit We Have. "Can you explain to m'," asked the modern Socrat s, "why, when you go into ;i res taurant, you don't iako iiie nearest vacant chair that you come to? Why, wlvn vcu i;o to a church where si'iing:- . i'e free, you don't drcp Into ;lie first unoccupied scat? I tn supposing that you haven't a favorite waiter, a favorite cor ner in the church or don't he iong to a regular cciDinuicrs' card party. I think v. * arc a most vacillating race. The ques tions I ask occurred to me when I went into one ef those quick lunch places the other day be fore the rush set if!, and after I had acquired a stock of sand wiches and cake and coil'ee had wandered irresolutely through a jungle of empty chairs till I plunged down into "lie without any particular reason for tug ling it out. if anything a chair near the door and nearer the cmwHild fcem tnnie de sirable. Yet we aU do it. We go into church, a strange one for instance, and if an u-her doesn't tiike us in tow we walk past rows and rows of roomy pews with 110 object in mind. We enter a rails cad train and dodder down the able, some times going into the t- xt car, atid the next, before we settle down, although we are not let ik ing for anybody nor have we any reason for stopping where we do. I think it demonstrates the difficulty of making op ■ne's mind in s-mall ma'tcrs uul shows hew «-cn tiered our ; wits are." —New York Sun. Burning Brush in the Orcharc/., Brush in a young orchard ■should he burned as soon as it cut from the trees, and in ibis way many injects and fungous pests are destroyed. The tree- wili be least damaged, lu %v(-ver. when they are in dor mant condition, as during com paratively mild weather in win ter or early spring. Pile in small heaps, as far as possible 'Yom the trees, and do not put « i tho brush fast enough to i cause a very large flame. Also try to do this work when there is little or no wind, so that the I heat-will not be blown toward the young trees. o gi c> ST 3! . Beers the No. T.