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GOLDSBORO Headligh rm ESTABLISHED 1887. GOLDSBOEO, JST. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1894. VOL. VII. NO. 27. The Old Friend Anl the Lest friend, that never f.iil.s von, is Simmon Liver Ilegu la.tor, (;ho lied a) that's what you hear at the mention fa" this excellent Liver medicine, jrxl people s-houM not he pemiac . i that anything else will do. It is tlie King of Liver Medi fines; is 1j. -ttcr than pills, and takes the place of Quinine end Calomel. It acts directly on the Liver, Kidneys and Bowels and gives new life to the whole sys tem. This is the medicine you want. Sold by all I druggists in Liquid, or in Powder to le taken dry or made into a tea. 3-EATERV PACK AO E i Hart the '. Stamp In red ou wrapper. ZI--.IL.1A W tu., I'Liiaumpiiu, n. y, Leucnrrhu-n and nil Mi? Is-r--, :-i'oriiin-ri-.in f f l.r.iin, S:f la i.'h's trT.tim-lit. 1, ! di-r f. .r i boi:' v:h remain W.'Hkr."-.-. t'Trh'.ea .-a:j l I idm.-e, over-IiiduO-'i'iir. II fur 5, hy mail. Witii i will st-uM written l-u refund if ii"t tiir t.u..i'.!iitesis.e.! l,y iim-nt. WUST ri 1.1 Vr U V1L1.S curw Kirk H.-adaolu', liiliouni Liver Coui;.laii:t. Sourstonwh, iyspc;.. ia ual Constipation. ULAKANTLLa liutd only ly M. K. I!-. !in -mi- I '.!.... (b.ldshor.i. X. C. -THE NEW YOEK- JtACKHT - STOltE! Tile liMTiIlT till- lillle. t l:ir become- tli'- New Yi'i' When :i man has his j, money In' i i 1 i fade and pay very iiit!e ath price. Not so lu a ke Hi' v Karl Oeket I' popil- 1 Store. fi'li of Hist mil anywhere n 'to ll;t' Money is Scarce And He want cverv :d to Get f..r th dor,!,!, ways, great store. do ollg the it y. and lis is tli Ml- man st f"lcli l- 1V:IM:11 hilig da! li S' intc We Give Yen a Bargain i:i Everything Yen Bt Ami senteil ami V. Kiv.- a ill' L' I VC -a for a io.i'ti. a cai! v. !;. a r a yarl lifi'il is to it liay'nig. Prop'rs. All yo in start A. H. SHRAGO 4 CO, MAGNETIC NERVINE. 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K. v, ; .srs xi:i.ve an: pk.ux i;i:at- LKNT.n :. f..r H;..-t-rin. lh-zine?.s Neu ri'lL'ia, I i ! . ,'.tv.';h Pn-'-aii-m onti-ed 1-y nicdi"! or '' .. , Vi'aki-lciIiK!-.-, M"Ut.i'. li' i.m, S-ifit i'iii-r oi iliaiii, .u-!1'l: in- :iii',v, l:-:'-. '. tlrcuv, rli'.ith, I'i riiVur.. o:,l Al'p. J: u rti.iiv -, . ' r.os :,t P'.iwur in i 1 ! 1 i- fox, :l-ri-' Ii'ivoHin 7 lasou !',:.. il.iiit-n, X. ('. bK fctotV V !!,. (i...fi...-L of ti,.,i,.;tI,nnr.rr Or. """''':' '' u? t..l;ea i.'icraui'y. "v.fcea h'-1 if . v.t. V'f;'i ;t; A PRCVESTIYE j ''.r-.'T.'ii,-.1'LT AFytir.lB 4 ; ; : j' --: if.au. r-f i M. K. i:-.:i.iti-.'i! iV !a .... t;o!,;,!ro. X. ('. JtiiGaius-isfaaB' No St:&iii. ij I 'n: 1 ree xvi it A 1 1.. I l;. Worth While. It is cav c:o!io;h to l,c pleasant Wlicn'life llows :iloiir like " I Jut the man worth while is the man w ho will smile When evervthiiitr tfocs dciul w roii":; For the test (if 1 he heart is t roil hie. And it alwavs comes w ith years. And the smile' that is worth the praises of earth Is the smile that shines through tears. It is easv cnoiitrh to he prudent When' nothing tempts you to stray; When w ithout or within no voice of sin Is hirintj your soul away. Hut it is only a negative virtue I'ntil it is'tried by lire And the life that is worth the honor of earth Is the one that resists desire. I'.v the cvnic, the sad. the fallen, 'Who liad no strength for the strife. The world's highway is ctunhered to-day: Thev make up the item of life. i Jut the virtue that con-piers passion. And the sorrow that hides in a smile, It is these that are worth the homage of earth. For we find them hut once in a while. Ki.i.a WiiKi'.i.K'.t Wn.eox. The riJotlier-in-luw. H.tUiiiiore Sun. The mother-in-law lias always been a lunch-maligned person. Every feneration has a grievance charg-ed up to her account, and from time im memorial few women have escaped having- the shadow of the world's disfavor cast upon them. Those few have remained unmarried or, having; married, have been childless. Chil-dren-in-law are the. thorns which time grafts into the family tree, and there are few blossoms on thorns. Xow and then a thorn blossoms, and this is one of the occasions when the mother-in-law docs not class with her kind. Naomi was the best mother-in-law. "When her son died Ruth fell on her neck and cried : '"Entreat "me not to leave thee nor to return from follow ing' after thee ; whither thou goost I will ro and whither thou lodgrest T will lodge: thy people shall be un people and thy God ray God." Ruth was her daughter-in-law. Naomi stands out among' the female charae- i ters of sacred history. She was an excellent prototype, and the wonder is that so few have emulated her per fect example. Naomi in that little story in the Riblc furnishes an idea for g'ontle woman to live up to. The minor virtues in a woman's life do not serve in this latter capac ity to which woman is called in the service of humanity, domestic and otherwise. The mother-in-law always knows the other side of the story. She is the plaintiff whose story is never told, or she is the defendant whose story is never listened to. or she is witness to episodes not of her own construction and certainly not from choice, but she is there, and her greatest sin consists in being; there. In the family diatribe she is unpopular, no matter whose side she is on. and the blame and the igno miny of it all gradually shifts about and settles upon her own shoulders. All her virtues are snuffed out and her motives are misinterpreted, and after a time her sympathies wither and the milk of human kindness dries up within her breast. Then she is full tled.red. The office of mother-in-law is one that comes late in life, because to fill it requires wisdom that comes from experience. The successful mother-in-law is a regailar stumbling-block to Fate. "When that old dame, Fate, has provided every vicissitude in a woman's life to circumvent Hope itself and 1 he fulfillment of her desires he materializes a son-in-law. and then time does the rest. There is nothing; specially exhilarating; about the office of mother-in-law. It is a sort of a post-graduate course in the school of life, to which women are advanced on account of the discipline it affords. Have you a daughter dear to you as the apple of your eye? Then your time is coming. While you are rais ing her tenderly as a tropical plant in a temperate clime some other mother is raising a son to match her. Her plant is not as tender as vours. As a matter of fact, the qualities her son lacks vim are daily supplementing' in your daughter, to cause you heart ache later on. You don't realize this, but it is true. The mother-in-law joke is a ghastly affair after all. The Valuable Citizea. The citizen who is of the most value to a community, town or city is not always the man who possesses the most wealth, the highest intelli gence or the most aristocratic line age. Of course the two former will increase a man's usefulness if he will but exert them in the proper direc tion. Hut the valuable citizen par excellence is the man who believes thoroughly in his town, its people and its business and professional men. He does not make it his business to decry the honesty of his local banker or merchant or the ability of the resident lawyer or physician. But instead he is an enthusiastic advocate of all things that pertain to the wel fare of his own locality. "When I was a young man." said Jonathan (.ray, "if a fellow took physic he knew it. you bet. It would cramp him all up iu a colicky way, And. pud l,ord, what a twisting liis insides would K'-t: Hut the l ills in use now-a-days by sensible folks A re as easy to tak and as pleasant as jokes.- Of course, the kind referred to by Mr. Gray was Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, the very hest liver pill ever made mild, but sure and effective. The only pills, sold by druggists, absolutely on trial! Satisfaction guaranteed, or your money is returned. A DEADHEAD AUDIENCE. Arp Was Unaware of the Cause for liar-i-ig a Packed House. I am still perusing the inland towns and find content and prosperit3r and good people wherever I go. Now there is Inverness that is only two years old that is the county seat of Citrus county and has only three or four hundred people, and is yet in the woods, but it has a good trade and a look of prosperity. The lakes near by are lovely, and the phosphate plants give everything a lively ap pearance. There is one right close up to the village the Covebend that belongs to Mr. Jackson, that is, perhaps, making more money for its cost than any in Florida. The outlay for the plant and the land is only i 54, 000, and its products are fifteen j small towns the ruling price for a tons of rock per day at a cost of $1. 50 show is-25 cents; w hile in larger a ton loaded on the cars. He gets j places it is 50 cents, and their pleas 65.50 per ton f. o. b. that is busi-! vtre is mv pleasure that is except ness. Sixty dollars a day net profit! He has no salaried officials, no bosses, and has built no houses for laborers, but seems to boss everything him self. If the pockets give out, he can pick up and move with little loss or delay. The Hamburg plant, a mile or two away, is an immense concern with unlimited capital. All of their products go across the water, and are made into fertilizers and sold in Germany at 75 a ton. They have now on hand 3,000 tons ready for shipment. The plant with all its machinery and outbuildings cost $150,000, and -et they cannot tcil how soon the deposit will give out. In fact, it did give out on one side the day I was there, and left a clean wall of sticky sand that was worth less. Nevertheless there are several extensive pits near by that still hold j home among the hills, go to Brooks out, and the company has no fears of j ville. There is a rectangle of ten bv exhausting the deposits for years. The overseer told me that their great est provocation was the uncertainty of negro labor. All along the line of this road from IVmberton to Archer are to be seen phosphate plants or turnouts that lead to them; and the wages of the laborers are freely spent and give life and activity to the little towns. Most of the plants are foreign or northern capital and whether they make money or not, the wages are spent. The magnitude of this business grows on you as 3-011 travel. England, Germany. France and Scotland are heav- purchasers, and are feeding their millions from crops fertilized with Florida phos phates. To my great pleasure I found Mr. and Mrs. Vance on the train going from Tampa to Suwanee sulphur springs. The Senator was languish ing in the sleeper upon pillows where with to rest his rheumatic limbs, for he has been a great sufferer of late and said he had found no relief from the doctors. Then he quoted scrip ture with a sad smile, "And Asa was diseased in his feet and sought not the Lord but ph-sicians and he slept with his fathers.'" We recalled the j pleasant evening spent some .years ago at Judge Ashe's house iu Wades boro, and when I remarked that I had mauy a time repeated the good stories he and Judge Ashe told that night, smiled and said, ''Major, I hope ou treated me better than Senator Vest does. When I tell him a good story he tells it again and if the crowd enjoys it heartily he gives no quotation marks, but if it falls flat he is sure to sar I got that from Vance." His good wife is a mciry hearted woman and is yet beautiful in feature and bright in conversation. It seems like her very presence would cure rheumatism at least a man ought to bo willing to have it with such a comforter around. It was with great reluctance that I bade them good by at Dunellen. From there I departed for Ciystal river. When about five miles away our car became uncoupled and the train with eight freight cars went on and we felt as helpless as a painted ship upon a painted ocean. At the next station the engineer missed us and came back, and so it was quite late Avhen we reached the little town that had invited me to come and talk. After a hurried supper on the best 03'sters I have found in Florida, I went to the church and found it quite full of good people awaiting me. Ta king a side seat in front I was intro duced to a number of pleasant gen tlemen some of them from Georgia, of course. I felt flattered that so many people had turned out io hear me, for it is a little hamlet. Directly an old gentleman, who seemed to be master of ceremonies, came to me andith great dignit' and kindli ness of manner said, "Major, would it be at all improper for us to take up a little collection to remunerate you for your travelling expenses. We have conferred about it and think you ought to have that much if it is agreeable to -ou." My photograph ought to have been taken right then. I turned my face towards the door to see if it was pos sible that there was no doorkeeper. There was none and more people kept walking in just like thej- were coming to church. I looked at my venerable friend and said: "Have none of these people paid anything?'' "Well, no," said he. "We didn't know you charged anything, but we thought we ought to take up a little collection,'' and so the hats were passed around and some few put in quarters. Many more put in dimes. Still more dropped in nickels and two put in coppers and the rest put in nothing. I've got the coppers yet as a memento of the lost cause. I did not look in the hats until after the lecture and I tried my best to be calm and serene, for it was all done in kindness atid good will. Indeed they seemed to fear that I might not like it if they offered rac anything. One man told me that the report was out that I was 'lecturing for the At lanta Constitution and another man thought that it was a kind of mis sionary work. You see my custom is to let the inviters fix the admission foe according to custom, for in most dimes and nickels and coppers. ' Hut they gauged it pretty well and left me four dollars after defraying my railroad expenses, and I was thankful for getting my hat back, but the next time I lecture without a doorkeeper will be some time during the millennium. I wouldent tell this joke on myself if it had not already got out and is being right smartly exaggerated 1)3' the drummers. There were two drummers there and my opinion is the' coppered on me. I rather suspect them of getting up that report that I was lecturing for the Atlanta Constitution. Mr. Heck ham travels for John Daniel's drug store in Atlanta and John Daniel is the cleverest man in Atlanta. Hut if you wish to get out of Flor ida and to feel like vou are back at twenty miles in Hernando county that is a mistake. Dame nature just humped herself when she threw up this region and made it into hill and valley and adorned it with hard wood trees, such as live oak and poplar and sweet gum and tupelo and big magnolias and Florida mahogany. When at Brooksville you can plant your feet upon the solid ground without fear of sinking into its bosom. You are awaj' up in the sky and can look off upon a beautiful panorama. The orange groves fleck the hills, and from this point are shipped an nually near 400,000 boxes about one tenth of the crop of the State. There are beautiful valleys between the hills. I crossed one that was half a mile wide and five times as long, where there were large flocks of- sheep grazing and where they keep fat all winter. As a farming and stock country, I have seen nothing like it in Florida. There is a railroad 1o Brooksville, but I traveled overland twelve miles from Fitzgerald and journeyed away fourteen miles to Lenard, a station on the Orange Belt. I liked that. I like to see the country at my leisure and stop when I please and look around. When you get tired of piney woods and sand go to Brooksville. I journeyed with a Clear Water friend who lives in both places and has interests in both and is an honest man and was born and raised in this region. If anybod' wishes to know all about cither place let him write to S. A. Jeffords, Brooksville. Bill A up. Sins and Wonders. Statesvillo Landmark. A number of the colored people of Statesville have become impressed with the belief that the end of the world is near. Some of them have seen unusual signs in the heavens recently and man' other incidents that tend to confirm this belief. As a result many of them are continuing long at prayer and have their lamps trimmed and burning, awaiting the summons. One colored sister, who is very devout on all occasions, as severates that she rose up early one morning recently in order to have a season of prayer before begining the day's duties, and that while engaged in her devotions she distinctly heard the word "Prepare." This she firmly believes was a warning from the other world. Perhaps the colored brethern arc right in getting themselves in ship shape. With hens over in Lincoln county laying eggs with "Prepare Ye, the End is Near" and "Hvll is Near" printed on them, and a pilgrim down at Greensboro seeing a scroll with the ten commandments on it (some skeptics have intimated that the pilgrim w-as drunk but they can t charge that to the hens) it may be that "Sompin's gwyne ter happen." Solicitor White, colored, has moved from New Berne to Tarboro in order to run for Congress in the second district. Other candidates for the Republican nomination in the second (black) district are J. J. Martin, of Edgecombe, and C. A. Cook of Warren. The Superiority Of Hood's Sarsaparilla is due to the tre mendous amount of brain work and con stant care used in its preparation. Try one bottle and you will be convinced of its superiority. It purities the blood which, the source of health, cures dys pepsia, overcomes sick headaches and biliousness. It is just the medicine for you Hood's pills are purely vegetal le care fully prepared from the !est ingredients. A NATION'S DOINGS. The News From Everywhere Gathered and Condensed. A severe earthquake shock was felt at Benton Harbor, Mich., Tues day night. Charged with embezzling $124,000, Phil Schieg, a Minneapolis bank tel ler, is under arrest. A Jersey Central train, near White Haven, Pa., Saturday, decapitated Fred Bello, a track walker. During a family fracas at Canton, Miss., Fridaj', Charles Brown shot and killed J. W Mclntyre. Financial troubles drove W. C. Brennan, of Minneapolis, Minn., to shoot himself Thursday night. Caught between mine cars at Au denried, Saturday, Patrick Mc Laughlin was crushed to death. While skating at Mt. Holly N. J., Sunday, John Cooper, aged 10, broke through the ice and drowned. Two men were killed and two oth ers fatalty injured b- a saw mill ex plosion, Friday, at Warsaw, Ind. The death of Gen. Jubal A. Early, occurred at his home in Lynchburg, Va., Fridaj' night, aged 73 years. Fire destroyed an entire business block at North Baltimore, O., Thurs day night, causing a loss of $100,000. Three workmen were killed by an explosion in the Thomson steel works, Thursdaj', at Braddock, Pa. At New ton, Kan., Saturday, E. L. Snyder, a merchant, his wife and two children died of poisoned coffee. In a battle with two burglars at Hillsboro, la., Tuesday night, John Henneberger and wife, were fatallj injured. Inability to collect bills due him induced Jacob Woessner, a contract or, of Pittsburg, Pa., to hang him self Thursday. Despondency drove Edward J. Con ww', an Indianapolis business man, to hang himself to a bedpost, Monday night. After a dispute over payment for drinks, John Kiebel, a Chicago saloon-keeper, shot and killed William Pierson, Friday. Continued ill health induced David Powell, aged SO, to hang himself by a shawl-strap to a cherry tree, near Westminster, Md., on Monday. An explosion in a powder mill at Moosie, Pa., Tuesday, demolished the building, killed one man and dangerously injured two others. During a quarrel with his wife Thursday night, Will Dunn, of Tam pa, Fla., poured oil over her, set her on fire and saw her burn to death. While sitting at his depot desk at Hay Springs, Neb., Tuesday night, George A. Still, telegraph operator, was shot dead bv an unknown assas- While pouring cobs from her apron into a stove. Mrs. Cora Adams, of McComb, O., was fatally burned, Friday, by her clothes becoming ig nited. ' At Burlington, Wis., Tuesday night, John Callahan, an aged farmer was shot and killed by George Cloud, because he refused his demand for money. An "unloaded" rifle in the hands of John Bostic, aged 9, at Dover, Del., Monday, accidentally went oil and killed his brother Edw ard, aged 15 years. Her dress having caught fire while cleaning a stove, Mrs. George Lebo, of Fern Glen, Pa., was roasted alive, Saturday, in the presence of her two small children. Jealousy induced E. J. McNabb, baseball pitcher, to murder Louise Kellogg, the actress, at Pittsburg Pa., Thursday night, and then put two bullets into his own brain. Because her mother rebuked her for squandering 30,000 in a year, Mrs. Percy Ireland, a bride of six weeks, committed suicide at her ele gant home in Cincinnati, Friday, by shooting. As a result of a quarrel between a man and his wife at Philadelphia, Tuesday, Timothy Sullivan, who at tempted to act as peacemaker, was killed Ly Robert Newton, one of the principals. Caught in a buggy on a railroad crossing near Battle Creek, Mich., Sunday, Mrs. Charles Richfield and Mrs. J. R. McCuen, while on their way to church, were hurled to death by an express train. Two negro burglars, after mui'der ing the young wife and infant of Moore Baker, near Franklin Park N. J., Thursday night, and while in the act of killing Baker, were brained by the latter with an axe and killed. For committing criminal assaults, Len Tye, colored, was lynched Fri- dav nirrht in Harlan county. Ivy. He was skinned alive, and before he was dead a girl, his latest acknowledged victim, built a fire on his head, and he was roasted alive. At Kosciusko, Miss., Saturday, Rev. W. P. Ratliffe, Populist mem ber of the Legislature shot and in stantly killed S. A. Jackson, a Dem ocratic member. Two by-standers were mortally wounded. An old po litical feud was the cause. Finance and Trade. New York, March 5, 1804. The business situation during the last week has developed no import ant change. Trade has been a little more active in some lines, but the improvement has been within con servative limits. Preparations for spring wants by jobbers and retail ers have been on a comparatively small scale this season, and distribu ters still adhere to the policy of re newing stocks at shorter intervals rather than take customary risks by large advance purchases. The in dustrial situation is slowly but steadily improving, although there is still a large productive capacity in most branches awaitimg a more substantial revival of demand as an incentive to resume operations. The renewal of gold exports, which had been foreshadowed by the strength of the sterling exchange markets during the last fortnight, occasions no uneasiness in view of the plethora of idle capital; and it must attain considerable proportions before it will be likely to affect the domestic money markets. The out go, however, excites surprise on ac count of the very large merchandise balance in favor of the United States. This balance was $202,)GO,000 for the fiscal year to the close of January; and it was considerably increased during February, although official figures are not vet available. At New York alone, however, during the last four weeks there has beryi a decrease in merchandise importa tions of $21,215,194, and exports in the same time have increased $318, 092. In view of the condition of mer chandise exchanges the gold outgo suggests continued liquidation bv foreign security holders; and there is a disposition in some quarters to regard it as renewed evidence of dis trust in American currency legisla tion bv European investors who are unfamiliar with the politics of this country, and who do not know, as the fact is known here, that President Cleveland is unalterably opposed to the retrograde policy involved in the passage of the Bland bill by the House of Representatives. Failures are decreasing in number ana mi-, portance the total in the United States and Canada during the last week having been oOtj, a against 251 j for the corresponding period last j year. According to R. G. Dun & Co., the liabilities of failing traders last month were probably less than $15,000,000, as against $30,940,497 in January. Cotton prices are a of a cent per 1 pound lower in this country and in Liverpool, although the Sales in the latter market have increased and the domestic crop movement has again moderately declined. The port re ceipts, however, continue to compare favorably with those of last season, and speculation is held iu check by the dullness of trade with spinners. Purchases by the latter during the last month have been scarcely a third of what they were last year; and for the season since September 1 the takings of Northern mills have been. 235,378 bales less than they were during the corresponding pe riod last year. Exports have also fallen off, and in the last five days have been less than half as large as they were during the previous week; but for the crop year to date ship ments to Europe have been 914,000 bales larger thau in an equal period in 1892-3. This excess of exports has more than absorbed the gain in the crop movement, which to the close of last week amounted to 804,725 bales The cotton goods trade has been only moderately active. Prices of wheat have been variable during the week; but the net result of the trading has been a decline of I to 1 cent per bushel. The Cincin nati Price Current estimates that stocks of wheat in fanners hands are 80,000,000 bushels less than they were a year ago, when they were reported by the Department of Ag riculture at only 135.000,000 bushels Visible stocks in this country are slowly running down, but too slowly to encourage bullish .speculation; and another weak feature is the in difference of foreign buyers. The wood's visible stock of wheat, as re ported by Bradstreet's, is nearly 1,900,000 bushels larger than it was a week ago, and this fact has had a tendency to retard the growth of confidence in 'the market. There has been no special feature in the corn trade, and prices show little change. The Western move ment is larger than it was a year ago, and shipments to the seaboard are comparatively light, in spite of the attraction of cheaper rail freights to Southern ports. Speculative in terest in provisions has continued moderate. The Poet's Solilocjuy. "Kiss" rhymes with "bliss," in fact as well as verse. And "iU" with "pill." and "worse" wl.h hemrse;" In fact and verse, we find "complete recovery" Khvuies best with "Oolden Medical Discovery." For driving out scrofulous and all other taints of the blood, fortifying the constitution against lung-scrofula or consumption, for strengthening the di gestive organs and invigorating the en tire system by sending streams of pure blood through all the veins there is nothing equal to Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It is the only guar anteed blood, liver and lung remedy sold. ALL OVER THE STATE. A Summary of Current Events for the Past Seven Days. An old colored man froze to death in Gaston county one night last week. - Raleigh's new daily paper, the Evening Press, - is to appear March 28th. Cleveland county possesses a lady 101 years old in the person of Mrs. Edward Howell. The consolidated Methodist papers will begin publication at Greensboro about April 1st. Dr. L. L. Sapp, of Kernersville, who in December killed James La mar, was tried in Winston last week and acquitted. In an altercation between Tom Foster and Sam Lawrence, two ne groes, in Granville county, Monday, the latter was carved to death. Benton D. Tart, of Sampson coun ty, was found dead in a ditch near his house, Saturday, with a broken neck. He was subject to fits. James B. Crawley, who, about five years ago murdered a white man named Harris in Beaufort county, was captured Saturday at Norfolk. An old colored man, Robert Morse, was burned to death in Raleigh, Thursday. He had a fainting spell, fell into the fire and was roasted alive. The reports from the various parts of the State w here truck crops are growing show that the damage by the recent cold snap and snow were trifling. The body of Peter Bynum, a prom inent farmer of Greene county, was fouud near Wilson, Thursday, with a broken neck. He had fallen out of his buggy, intoxicated. Lynchburg capitalists have pur chased thousands of acres of yellow pine timber around Apex, Wake county, and are building extensive saw and planing mills. T. N. Beacon, a prominent young business man of Henderson died Thursday night on a Southern Pa cific train, near Sierra Blanca, Tex while returning from California. A thirteen-year-old boy, John Wa- casser, was tried for murder at New ton last week and sentenced to six months in iail. He killed a little girl, a- playmate, Priscilla Hudson, by accidental shooting. Near Newton a farmer recently plowed up a small iron box which contained a quantity of old jewelry, dating back to the revolutionary war, A number of silver coins were also discovered. Pleasant Grove Methodist church, Lincoln county, was burned last Fri dav. A singing had been held in the church and the fire in the stove was not properly looked after before the crowd left. The loss is about $1,000. There was no insurance. Savage D. Trenholm, whose family lives at Asheville, committed suicide at Flat Rock, Henderson county, Friday, by cutting his throat. He was 49 vears of aire, a native of South Carolina and connected with the prominent Trenholm family of that State. People continue to emigrate from the counties in Western North Caro lina to the "Western States. Last Wednesday a company of seventy five from Jackson and Swain coun ties, having the appearance of a good class of people passed through Mur phy en route for the West. The official reports show that the Farmers Alliance has 20,000 mem bers in North Carolina and 15,000 in South Carolina. Two years ago these people claimed to have 100,000 iu North and 00,000 in South Caro lina. This shows what it cost the Alliance to become a political ma chine. Rev. Hight C. Moore, pastor of Broad street Baptist church, Win ston, writes that his collection of "Select Poetry of North Carolina," a volume on which he lias laoorea ior Ion- frmAir tif tll'Vlllta. V fill , 1-S til U3l l'"'-"'" tion. It will embrace eighty poems by thirty-five writers, and will con tain about 150 pages. Why We Are Poor. Winston republican. We notice in our Northern ex changes that apples are being im ported from Europe, Easter lilies from Bermuda, rabbit skins from Europe, etc., while with us locally, citizens are invited to purchase Kan sas City beef, cabbage, apples, etc., from the North, flour and grain from the West, with two-thirds of what we use in home, office, workshop, on farm, etc., imported from a distance. And then we grumble at Providence and things in general because wc are poor. The Lord helps those, we are taught, who help themselves, and the remedy is with each individual to do his or her part, to live more econ omically, and manufacture and pro duce for ourselves what we depend on others at a distance to do for us, and until this is done we can content ourselves to accept a good deal of what appears as unfortunate and misfortune, simply because we do not choose to remedy it. A MIRACLE INDEED. AN INTERESTING STORY TOLD KADER CREECH OF .MICRO. IJY .1 Great Sufferer For Years. Under Constant Treatment by Physicians Without Success. How He Was Relieved. One of the most resoccted citizens of Johnston County. N. V.. is Kader Creech of Micro, where he has lived for a lonir while. Mr. Creech's word is as stcmm! :is his bond, so sav W. It. Oliver. :inl It. Crocker, Merchants of pine Level, N. C, and many others who know him well. Kader Creech has been for vears past a great sufferer from a disease that seemed to bailie the ln-st medical talent. md it lias otilv been recent v that u has at all eiiioved life. Throu'trh the aid of Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Reme- ly, made at Rondouf. N. Y.. a. medicine. that is now lieing pn eriU d by theiuo-t noted phvsicians tervwhere for the diseases for which ii is "prepared. Mr. Creech begun to iranrove. ami with hardly a spark f lite left in Iiini. Favor ite Remedy built hi.i rilit uj. Mr. t reeclu 111 wniuur to Dr. Kenne dy of his case. sav: "In the Fall of 1SM1, 1 was taken down with a severe pain in my back .-md hip, and remained in that condition for over four months. The physician w ho attended me, called the disease Sciatica, til) till the time inv hip U-gan to break ami run, which con tinued for about ten months, the sore then healed, leaving the llesh wasted iway, and mv hip bone sti ckniff out against the skin. All this time I suffer ed the most exeruciatinsr pain and was reduced to a mere skeleton. One lav Mr. II. It. Pearce, of Sehna, X. C, call ed upon me and sjnike so highlv of your preparation, favorite Reined v. I 1 n - cured it and commenced to take it. . I must say I had little hopes of ever get ting I letter, for I could not raise mv head off my pillow. , After using lavorite Remedy about twenty days, I discovered I was gaining trentrth, and w as able to sit tin nearly iv half a day at a time, I finally improved so I could go about on crutches, and feci that Favorite Remedy will permanently cure me. .The great good it has done me (a hopeless case it seemed) has gained for this valuable medicine a powerful reputation' Vours truly. JvAPKK ( KKKCII. P. O. Micro, X. C. Appended to Mr. Creech's letter is the following: We hereby certify that Ka der Creech is a reliable man and that the above statement is true. (Seal) J. X. OMVF.it. Johnston Register Deeds. Superior Court, W. S. Stkvf.ns. (State) X. C. Clerk Superior Court. The above statement, coming from such a reliable source, lead us to inquire a little further about this remarkable miHlicine, ami we found that Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy was in no sense a patent medicine, as many sup pose, but is the result of the patient toil md experiment of David Kennedy, M. 1)., of Rondout, X. Y., who w as a mem ler of the Electoral College of New York State, which cast their vote for President Grover Cleveland. Dr. Ken nedy has recently lx'eti re-elected Mayor of the City of Kingston, (Rondout), X. Y., where he resides and prepares his medicine. In sjieaking of Dr. Kennedy's Favor ite Remedy, one of our physicians says: "It ranks with the medical profession as the most jierfect of all blood and nerve medicines. It will cure all dis eases of the skin, liver and kidneys. It restores the liver to a healthy condition, and effectually cures the worst cases of habitual constipation. It is a certain cure for all diseases and weaknesses pe culiar to females, and affords great pro tection from attacks that originate in change of life. It cures scrofula, tetter, salt rheum, boils, scald head, ulcers, tu mors, rheumatism, dysjiepsia, all kid ney, bladder and urinary diseases, grav el, dialictis and ltright's Disea.se. In this last disease it has made many cures w here all else hns failed. Evi dences of its great curative power are daily brought to the notice of physic ians, from privace and hospital practice, w here it has entirely supplanted the old time methods in the treatment of the alnive mentioned diseases. It is also particularly effective in all cases arising from mental worry or over-work, ner vousness, or loss of sleep." Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Reme dy is for sale by all dealers in medicine at 1 a bottle, or six bottles for Full lirections accompany each bottle, so that any one can readily understand just how- to take it for the different com plaints. t It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success: they much of- tener succeed through failure. Elderly people remcmlxT their spring bitters with a shudder, the present generation have much to lx-thankful for, not the least of their blessings lieing such a pleasant and thoroughly effective spring medicine as Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Jt is a health-restorer ana iieaun-main-tainer. Minneapolis makes 7,000,000 barrels of t'our a vear. A. Golden, druggist, Birmingham, Ala., writes: "please publish some 01 the testimonials I have sent you for Jap anese Pile Cure." Sold by M. h. Robin son & Bro. Not one congre- sman in a hundred will earn his salary. If you are worn out, run down &nd nervous. Magnetic Nervine will restore your health. Sold by M. E. Robinson & Bro. A lazy man has the slow, measured tread of a philosopher. - -You will le pleased at the mild and lasting effects of the Japanese Liver Pellets. Try them. Sold by M. E. Rob inson & Bro. There's nothing like discipline, but it doesn't do a boy any good to make him hoe iKitatoes in" the "back garden while a brass band is passing the house. Balance Pbwder Absolutely Pure A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength. Latest U. S. Government Food Re port. Royal Baking Powder Co., 100 Wall St., N. Y.