•swash Km* My 1st r;:
Notwithstanding the fact that
tlwr price ol cotton la' out of aO
proportion to the prices which
cotton doth is, commanding the
Southern cotton mflls mem to
be prosperous. In our Valdosta
dfepntchsa yesterday it waa qta
) ttd that tbc Strickland mQW bail
Just declared a dividend of 8 per
cent lor the last six months and
bad porebused 300 baba of cot
ton at 18 ceota a pound. That
W certainly a good record, much
better than nay that the miBa
at the North can show.
In the North mills are closing
down rather than pay the prior
oottoo command*. In the Fall
Strrr district three corporations
huve already shot down and It
i» announced that seven more
wiM do so this week. In *0
parts of S»s England mQls are
They cannot make
money at the prest price of cot
ton. No doubt by closing nntC
the harvesting ol the new crop
begin* the market wffl become
quite bars of eotton products,
and prior* wifl advance. With
batter pricas lor their product*
the mfUe can of course alord to
pay mors tor oottoo.
duet at present the outlook
lor the eotton cron ien’t at all
eanonrnging. The weather he*
»ot been favorable and the in
dication* are that the crop will
be short. In that event the
price of oottoo will not go much
if any, below the price that pm.
watt* at present. Tip mills
matt batrs an advance in the
prices of their prod nets. There
. will be an advance^ of course,
if the price of eotton continues
X fact that Heathen mills
am ensuring; and the Northern,
mills am rioasd indicates that
the Bouthem mffls have an ad
vantage over those of the North,
t/ndoutriedfy the time Is clone at
hand when the balk of the coar
ser grades of oottoo goods win
ba made in the South.
CASTOR IA
The report of the conditions of
all tbs national bank* Of tha
country on the 8th of June
ahowa, aa compared with tha
same date last year, that loana
Bad increaeed $198,000,000.
This Increase m stated to ha one
of the largest oa record, ami la
accepted os a very striking art.
dean of tha growth of business
operations of the country, is
other striking and encouraging
; ; fetture of thla report h that tha
■resmaB banka of the South
. hare contributed mow than
their share U> this expansion of
Tbabicwrei of tha business
operations, which means tha he
oreosa of aaalth uf the people, la
so startling that It is diBcult to
grasp its fuB import. It is here,
howorer, and eoattaaee to as.
pa ad.
A «MB boy at Mr. HpurRmi’a
Opto tho
aoowbody glra tkmt
"ItSLn^Bob.7 rvptimJ Mr
IlfUllllLJLUL Mlllll MVmA * ..f
sgs&riL
*°* f<lt,IIM
mmShbkMmkmpm^ar&n
FOR THE UTTLE ONES.;
A J|eC—
Do«*t go into the water eoou i
* * — aw for at least too hi
after a hearty oae. The aiaia
forts of the body ajuet be in the
the water aa well a* the eioteat
«h» proreBta or ntar4s the
|Mttn proeaaa
Ooa*t go hi vhea toe tirel
ash it a real aleaeata. Driaa
k a dbUghtfttl ^pas time twder
W ! swim too tar. &aap wM
tha limits ef your known stranB
sran on a “dsrs" eiccpi in caswB
saoscymt seed. Batter aaaBiia IB
dais than taoogh wstar ta sink ye*.
Dnrt yraan oa war avid.
health by going fat toa often aor
wbia yoa era too warm or tha wstar
is too cold:
Don’t mw eat af the water so
ahffled that rear lips an Mua aad
year teeth clutter aad thee ak or
•tend areoad. Stir, and stir Urate,
vatll war blood, whfch has stagnai
•d a Uttia, bagini to met and yw
gat warned by its normal cireula
Bm.
Don’t make any falsa motion or
Mlam aa If Beading help when yea
do not, far year eempaateao will
aaaa tears nat to teller* year ato
nal* wbteb may afterward be dm
tested whea yav arc in actaal dte
traaa. Banmater tha boy who feel
ad the shepherds by etjiag. “Waif,
wnUr whnthare was aowetf ami
who waa ladt to be tan by that ayd
aul when it aetually cam hacaaca
tha shrpbrrda did act baiters his
Bhuliy, don’t ge near the water
whea it aate tnma ona*s “warty*’
teath on edge to bars you do ao, no
natter hew mash ateanra yea
might ret oat ef it- faker do with
tem^pr.i.em yamilf ttua ha a
a a 1 ■ 'mmrnmmmmi
Watt* law, aad on the rerjdap
that law become operative etaoke
waeeeea twain* boa the bale
which the euakea mountain left
lu the laadecape. The inference
la that the eiaoke from tbeeank
ca moon tain indicatee that
moonebine operation* here be
gan- “The mountain euiu did
efak,” aaid the letter hi qneetioa,
“and It It either a rohano or a
etdl. The people up hm are
aerroue about the matter aad
want the rereeoe depa^apat to
makeaa iaveethratioa.,’n^y^
bjpowNl^iytiiii~^Ni^4i
traveling hard oa man and
b«—t. Heavy rains meaataud,
aad the dost eoold not bs re
moved without destroying the
roadway.)It then occurred to an
enterprising tndlvidnal that U
aO of the burners would atm.
tribatostiaw, aad att hands *s
ristla laying It oa the roads
most traveled, there would be a
“For ymn fate ni aftar km
poatiapouajy,” arrttaa F. A. Qo»
to»ow.jnw>ja faladlock;
Eqo*»r good for Burn aafal
aUBDrea^ caoU
A special to the XcweOhaer
eer, dated Charlotte, July lag,
myt
Hear Bobineoa cfaorah, he Urie
eoarty, Hew Mm John Wilcon
with her three chfldren. Late
alght about 11 o'clock two at*
grace paaecd the Wflsoa horac
aad stopped. One went la and
grabbed the roangeet eUU, tee
lalmt at twelve or tbfriteeo
moo the old aad raa fa the dl*
raeMoaol the woods. The other
negro went la another dine,
turn.
Mm Wflsoa ran biter the mad,
bat oooJd not oateb him. She
wweeiil, bot hsr eriee o*Jy
served to quicken the pace ot the
fli dug negro, gheraanatfl she
mm eonpleteiy ethe rated, hot
never overtook the aggro with
,te» them wtnraid home gad
gave the alarm and aeversl peo
ple wait la search at the negro
Md baby, bot aonld not learn
anything of either.
MmtytU* m rawing the ehfld
was feaad la a dgep hollow,
come rtltecaee from He mother’s
boms. The flttle oae wwa late
havhyr ^aried a«f thor
hot Mated la the
The War'll*
Dn*k water and get typhoid
hw. Drink mBk and get tu
hwoolonfa. Drink whfekey and
grt theJinMaroe. Eataoupand
fgt Bright’a Diaeoae. Eat oye
terenhd acquire toxemia. Eat
etgatabka and weaken the ay*,
teen. Eat dram and talc* to
pareakt. Smoke cigarette* and
die early. Brooke cigar* and get
catnrrh. Drink coffee and ob
tnlu oervoae pruetration. Drink
wine and get tbe gout, lu or
drr to be entirely healthy one
miwt eat nothing, drink noth
ing, eon ke nothing, nnd even
befcrn breathing one should ere
that tbe air In properly eterih
feed. .
ItelMI *■»*■*%*.
The «totjT% laid that Lincoln
waa on* day walking through a
Md when he eaw that he was
panned by a mad boll. The
manat object ot escape was an
old Mnt start and Lincoln
made lor It with lightning spuxl.
Reaching it before the bull
caught bin he eocnmenceoced
running around it with the bull
In madpurnuit.
■kfter •evtrml rarolutioD* Lin.
■xnn aiaoorerea inat Die lot
bp had eorered the groui
iuter than he had hoped and
bright Idea had ocearred to hi
A leer mori ntridee brought h
within reach ol the boO’e t
which be chijtcfaed, and the t
want lying around (aster th
It soon began to daws ap
bbbaBafclp that he was tbs pi
■wd aad ha began to belli
with bar and dieappo'ntraei
when Lioootn exclaimed: “fl
here, dam joq, too began tl
dgfct; i didn't”
An Exchange aaje: a count
■dniatar bA a eertaia locaM
took pnwiat leave oI I
congregation in the follow!
P*tbetic manner -Broth
and ibtorn I came to aajr go*
bje. 1 don’t think (Jod lot
this chbrch. hecanee none ol y
ever din. _4<tenlfc think jrou lo
bamnw I dm
JOU. i doi
“ Hcauae y
--• Tcom
. i-gUl^ooMy bolt \
3£gtLSL?£
away to a hetfl
place. I Mire been called to
» eanpuuooi a ptntt«>tlajy, <—
mvj Um Lord bare mrrcy'>ot
yoor ■oofr, Good-bye. “
**• Klad Too Ban A) .raja lWfK, sad which haa haaa
la aaa tor area 80 jeera, haa b'oma the etnatnxe «C
All Counterfeit*, Ialtukw aad •* Jaat-a* pood” are baa
toja li ioufn Unit trifle with aad endanger the health er
Xafhata and Children Experience against Rxpcrlmenfc,
What is CASTORIA
OMtori* to a harmtom atotitate fa* Ctator OU, Para,
parte, Propa and Soothing Syrup*, it ta Plwiant It
•aatataa Neither Opium, Morphine var other Noreotio
anhilaiioe. IU an to lta guarantee. It doatroya Worm
•"I nUnya Pevertahnoaa. It curoo Pinrrhccn nnd Wind
OoUc. It rellerea Teething Trouble*, curie Oouatlpntloa
and Flntuleaojr. It aaatmUnloa the Food, regulator the
i^a^hnnd^Wniroto^plrtng^ healthy nnd natural aleop.
GSNUINK CASTORIA ALWAYS
bre Always Bought
[Over 30 Years.
CRAFTS
Eureka Liniment.
Thia Liniment will remove apevin, aplint,
ringbone*, and nil cartflaginoui growth*
when applied in the ear liar atagea of the
dlaeaae. One of the moat common lame
aeaaea, however, among horaea dad mule* {*
—in of tKn ft—ck tendon, etufed by over
1 no
for chronic
kinds.
«c scratches Ashcraft’s Eureka Lini
toot an equal- Three or four applies*
re this disease in its worst form,
the wonderful antiseptic qualities, the
ment should be used in the treatment
s and sores where proud flesh is pres*
both healing and clsansing, entirely
iu parasites and putrefaction.
Ashcraft’s RureVa Liniment must re
should not be used on feverish parts,
i • counter-irritant and stimulant.
I bottle. Sold by
IARTERS FOB
l Square Hound “Nissen
the Best Wagon Made.
you will alwnya buy thm “NISSKN."
aaa tlww «h«n you mwl a Wn^ou.
\ND &, SON,
IBUBO, N. c.
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fl«y ta i»*»tar fmnani,
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ptoxi to tow *» mum
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MAXTON SASH
A DOOR CO.
MAXTON, N. C.
WHITE TO US KOK PRICES OX
DOORS, SASH,
MOULDINGS, ETC.
MONEY BATED. •
Bennettsville - Dillon
Marble Works,
J- W. McELWKR, Proprietor.
Mono ments, Tombstones, Tah
leta Etc., 22 years experience
and in business.
Designs and prices furnished
on application.
Vi, Vi. Pate, Mgr.,
Phone Oft. BrnnittsTMa. H. CL
B B.ThompWM, AethorlMd Bus—a
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