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Local News Itetns
Ma|«r 1. D. 8haw is a* Motor*.
* Court will convene Monday the 81st.
W. J. Folford spent Saturday at Kor
•am*
* ‘ B*ed t, Coxe Baq.. of VTadaaboro. Is.
saggassed as Bcpcesuittativo for Anson
Bliht. Bigg* went to Wodctboto Sst
*tt4ay,
Mail Mettle Turtle left Tuesday for
K&tolk.
' ^SaadOere spent Sunday In Wil
* Miss Louise Stanbnck is visiting Mias
MMs LKtatnd.
4 Mrs. J. D. Bates has returned to her
' MlnUf in Ossaads Vs.
W. 8. Covington, of LbOoir, spent
* fcttsAay in the eity.
Band Mr A a trey's ad. His store la
treating qaltsa sensation. '
Dr. Will H. Steele was a visitor at
Wad as ho an last Thanday.
Mtist Pauline Walafc hat returned to
tbit tel*phone central offiou.
The g. A. L. has placed a penny
weighing meehiuo at the depot.
John Wright was a visitor at Pcaeh
land, Anson oounty, last Monday.
—Wtoteh T. M. Boggan's ad.and watch
Ms store, especially on Saturdays.
Bov. W. O. Wobto, d W. Watson
and son, wars in town on Monday.
WlUOIlftMUi loreMMio eon
dm mw of oar communication*.
HwPmbjnaiMMl Pm Dee fac
tory will bulk) a church iu thia Tillage
Bor. Mr Low win All bb eppolnt
neM at tbe Praaby teriaq church next
flnnday.
The Pradhylailaua of Bobeidel bore
• MW b»U Ud im uru|ln| to erect
a belfry.
Bdltor 1. K. Webster, with bit bro
ther, W. A. Webeter, spent Monday la
yha also, H. CL Wateoc't new ad.
too, la offering great todooemente
M.L. Htaaon t«d eons Judrou^pad
AihF m» attend lag tbe Ohariaeton
Iaay,—bar* yea paid your poll \ax?
ttaha you pay it before May, you
can't rote.
Wateh for Blanker Brae, annoano*
neat Mil week. They hare good
newt to tall yoo.
J. W. HBibcock, of Stanly and Min
Ha Mia Bom, ci Wad or boro, ware mar
’odneeday.
i am turning op the earth aa
possible, and eooo the plant
twiU be here.
Wo eunwader oar editorial eolamna
l entirely, to MPM
taa light fall of now on
.which la BOOM placer
r
We are glad to know that Sheriff
Wright, who hoe boon right aaweii for
sorer*! day*, ie new “o. k."
The census of Rockingham iu . 1874
was 77*.
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Marshal Dockery spent Sunday and
Mo day with hig family... ty
B. V. Beynolds’ inform* ns there Is a
ease of smallpox at Hamlet.
Rw. MrCoppedgc -U attending the
.State Sunday School Convention at
Raleigh.
Wades bo rosnd RockingUgpi arc now
paying Oct* for best cotton-. Isn't it a
great time to soli—or will it go to 10
cents?
Tlte Richmond Drug Co. is now ar
ranging to secure a druggist to succeed I
Dr. S. Biggs, who will soou more to
Hamlet.
Messrs. J. A. White nn4 J. W. Me- |
Iutyre, of Capel’s Mills, were here on !
Tuesday, and were pleasant caller* at1
our oAce.
We greatly appreciate all our corres
pondents, and think wu have, tb*; Jurat
In the land. We cordially welcome
Laurel Hill back again.
The county fenoc below Hamlet list
lieen awarded to K. C. v/ameronat $76.
From Hamlet to the Montgomery line
to I. W. Webb, at $126.00.
' It'gi ves the Headlight-,, pleasure to
see ovr old friend Her. N. M. Mclver.
on our street^, again. He has iiad a
siege from ths ejects of carbuncle and
■ore fast --;-«—
Don’t fail to read the ad. of Little
Bros., and then don’t fail'to visit their
store. It is ‘Just ajdaisy.” They sell
for cash or Instalment, but officr great
inducements to eash buyers.
I uni menu, t»org« i*nj, rstc pa a
pleasant mil Tuesday, and from him
are leaned with great regret, that Mrs
J. T. Meaehara and Mias Nettie Terry
of Boberdel, are extremely ill.
Bachelor's Retreat is a cosy looking
place on the outaidvi but tho absence
of a fair one within the inner courts,
may muse some desertions from the
household. We wish you as merry a
time as you hare a right to expect
amid adverse environments.
We regret to see onrclerer and pop
ular Dr. Biggs leave us, but he will
not be too far to see occasionally. We
feel pleasure In introducing him to his
new home people, aa a desirable „ac
quisition to the town of Hamlet, and
in every way worthy of their confi
dence and eateem.
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The Greensboro Normal and Indus
trial College will hold a Teaqheas' In
stitute in that institution frem April
29th to May 24th. The matriculation
fee, the only charge, will be IS.OQ.
Three dollars a week will eover board,
and laundry bill. This will be a fine
opportunity for our young ladies.
School Concert. , ' r .
Mia see Mabane and Baldwin, of
8qbool District No. 6, known lo
cally aa the Steeles’ Mill school,
will give an entertainment in the
M. X. church at that place next
Saturday night, the 22nd, instant.
Everybody invited.
Every Lady Invited.
Especially the ladies from the
mills, to attend Mrs. Blmkey’i
grand opening of Fatterns, Hate,
Millinery^.. Novelt^sf, „ also the
handsomest line'of dries goods, in
tbe city, Tnesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, March 36. 26, 37, from
8, a. m. to 0, p. ra. Miss Mat
thews, an expert trimmer from
Baltimore, will be with me this
season. *
Poetoffloo Inspector.. Jere. Con
nolly caused the arrest of Mr. W.
A. Webster, postmaster at Man
gam, for the technical offence of
paying a debt, In part, in poetage
stamps. Mr. Webster did this
innocently, no doubt, and hie pri
vate character will receive no dam
age therefrom. He has always
been considered one of Rich
mond’s hast cities ns.
. Oa to Mrs. Blakey’s
And pH your Raster hat and
dries,* trf yon will be in . style.
8be has joet returned from New
York and is now ready to show
y*n the newest styles in Milliner's
Dftns Goods, aypliqnss, ties, etc.
All the new styles in Chaltas
wssb shiffoo, wash silks, albsrtroe
■■Hun snpsrb, etc. ftUk and
lawn waists ready
smdy mads skirts ai
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Genera! News. .
Sunday, the 80th, will be Eas
ter.
It is a poor plan to pray for
your pastor and pinch him iu hie
pay.
The Wadesboro Telephone Co.,
expects to ruu another line to
Lilesville. ,.
Fuirnees to a* opponent is al
ways corimieudahle—the opposite,
coutemptible.
It is bettor to be a good man in
a bad place, than to be a bad man
in a good place.
The net earnings of the Ameri
can Tobacco Company, for last
year, was ftt,047,114.
The Lancaster and Cheater R R
haa been changed from a narrow
gauge to a full gauge road.
The Forty-second Annual State
Fair of North Carolina, will be
held at Raleigh, Oct. 27thto8Wt.
The effort to secure double
daily passenger service on the
C. C. R. R., is Irting pushed, with
a hope ofs access. —r
The announcement of one's
candidacy for an office, seems to
make him a target at which un
scrupulous marksmen direct their
fire.
me sale oi cotoon seea ana apt
ton teed product*, this year a
mounted to about forty-one mil
lion dollar*. Say cotton isn’t
King!
Thomas Liles, a sportsman,
who lives near Pee Dee. says the
Wadesboro Courier, [t>hot .-into a
covey of quAil and bagged the en
tire covey, twelve in all.
The firm of McNair and Wooten
of Maxton, filed a petition in
bankruptcy last week,
amount to $M,06t$7 while the
liabilities amount to $81,448.88.
Some farmers think the cold
winter has killed—out the chinch
hug. This may be true, but we’ll
bet a firat-olaas jnyember the po
tato bug will bp on time, as us
ual.
Miss Nettie LeGrand. of Steele’s
Township, who now holds a po
sition as stenographer, in Green
yille, 8> C., has returned, after a
short, pleasant visit to ihe home
loved ones.
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The Anson "bird laur” went in
to effect last Saturday. Friend
Hall, of Steele’s Mill, spy* it. is
practically dead in Richmond,
because "it is dangerous to shoot,
for fear qt hitting a candidate.
The Asheborqaays^ "It is ru
mored that T, B. Baily, qf Moclcs
ville; D. M. Reese, of Yadkin, aqd
possibly, Col. W; P. Wood, of
Randolph, may enter the Con
gressional not.” Why there
would then, be only ten, in all,
an<^ all democrats,—but only sne
of the ten can be nominated.
Th* KaMjrlut At Bt. Pawl's.
Lest the young ladies who read
eaaays at 8t. Paul’s ehuroh last
Friday, should think me rathsr
tardy in reporting the name of the
winner. I beg .to explain the
matter by saying that, no report
bae yet been . received from ths
committee, Messrs. Hill, Maxwell
Mid Austin.
J. H. Walsh, C. 8. 8.
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Sjnee writing the above, Mr. j
Maf well has sent bis report aa fol
lows; ,
Mr. Walsh,
DearBir: . .. ».
The decision of the committee
ea# two in favor of the easay on
'‘Influence” and one in favor of
"Life is what you make it."
Prof. Hill’s vote didn’t oome in
till yeeterday evening, and after
the decision was made 1 learned
from Mr. Whitlock that the ode
vho wrote the owe on “Influence”
rae Miee Mask.
Yota* truly.
A. J. Maxwell.
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The County Hews.
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Led betters
Rev. S. E. Mercer filled hia ap
pointment at this place Sunday
morning and preached a very im
pressive sermon. The congrega
tion was rather small, owing to
the very ruiny morning.
Mr and Mrs H. M. Marks re
turned home from Silver Run,
Sunday evening. They dodged
the copious shower.of rain,
Mr and Mrs J. R. Clark, of
Jackson Springs, are with J. A.
McNair, of this place, who has
I een very sick for some time, but
is a little better now, we learn.
Miss Sarnli Chappell was visit*
lug her sister Ireniu Coving
ton, of Silver Run, Sunday. If
she kept dry, she was lucky.
The fanners of this section,
were busily engaged sowing oats
1WP week, and oue man, we hear,
planted some corn. j
Mrs W. A. Oibaon is visiting
her father, John O. McDonald,
who lives about two miles from
here. . ,
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ABBUIlirU U IXfDIV 111*
threat iu our village last week in
the way of seed sowing and potato
planting, but is brought to a sus
pension by the recent heavy rains.
We are glad to state that the
little daughter of Mr and Mrs J A
Sullivan has abo^ut recovered from
herzeceut illness. ... .
*, The mumps, so we learn, have
crossed the street and gune ever
t«> Jj P. Cfibeon’s and will make
t<j**tycir~TieiririUit-raas for fra s*a
it is vsry surprising that some
young men have to lieccme intoxi
cated with busthead in order to
make an exhiUiuon of their good
behaviour aud most excellent
beauty. We witnessed the spec
tacle Sunday, to our regret. Two
jgfk-leg mudsplitters icame driv
ing around and twisting about.
Thfey thought to nttraot > atten
tion—they did. Now we like to
see visitors oome and have good
company with<us, but we emphat
ically denounce such behavioir on
Sunday or any other day", and
further say that the room of rinoh
characters is preferable to their
company. Even the young iadiee
refrain from recognizing a young
man with one aim run through a
jug handle. Self-respect and re
spect for others ought to be suffi
cient for a saue man. ; -t
Subscriber.
Great Falla .
' As I hare never seen anything
in yoor valuable paper from Great
Falla, I will try *:<d pick up a
few item* for yon this week. .
Miee Mary McLean, of Pee Dee,
haa moved to thia plaet*. -
.Mlea Nancy Milton wae right
aici{ Saturday. Hope ahe will soon
reoover.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gny went to
Ro bards 1 laat Sunday
Back StogDer, of Roberdel, waa
over bare laat Thursday.
Mrs. Florence Edwards is suf
fering from a severs oold thia
wsqk.
Qld Gnat Falla ia on the boom
again. We have good clever boss
es sad a real uice.superintendent,
and wa all seem to be getting
along nlcaly., .
Henry Oay, of Roberdel, spent
Saturday night with hia brother,
Jim Gay, F. M. E.
m' t
After a few beautiful spring
mornings, it amass Ilka we are
TT-• » U-I I _ . _ .
having winter again. •
Last Monday \« as a day of pl6an-1
urn, ft>r some of our sporting girls
ami boygj
Thor.-us 'Mench.un, of Concord,
spent a few days with his paivuu,!
last week, ! • .
Rev. \V. R» CoppedjJe filled his
l usual appointment here last Suu
i day evening.
Last Sunday eveing wns plens-i
nntly spent at the h-one of Mr. ,
Robert Mcdonald, quite H numherj
of Voting people were preset.t and j
their singing was rendered beauti
fully.
Miss Stella Parson l«ft last Sat
urday night for Concord.
Miis Minnie Mckuskill is on the
sick list, also Mrs. Bowels. -
Quite a number of young people t
enjoyed a musical entertainment,
given at Mrs. Little's last Satur
day night. ■''
Sunshine.
Roberdel.
W. J. Ortnsby, of Wihniuglon,
i* visiting his mother here.
Mrs. J. F. Mench&m continues
quite unwell.
D. F. O'Brien, (X-Ray) <tf Cor
dova, was in town, Sunday.
Doctors Prince, Garrett, St*«l*»
and Ledbetter performed an op
eration on Ben Gitrris, Trteedhy,
for appendicitis. This was the
second operation for thatcause.
Jobh R. Ormsby made a busi
ness trip to Elon Collegu, this
week.
Miss Nettie Terry, who has been
very sick whh pneumonia, is, we
are sorry to say, no list ter.
B. F. Reynolds, princi)>al of the
school at Hamlet, was a visitor j
bore, 'Sunday.
' Mr and Mrs WinVInrrett, of
Red 3t>ring*>' afe visiting his bro
ther, Dr. Garrett, this week. >
The boys hero have organized a
baseball club, and say they will
Challenge anything around, pret
ty soon.
Among the several candidates
mentioned for our repfeiemative
to the'next legislature, wo notice
there is one, who if elected, will
serve the best interest of th» peo
ple. OutVthat is fearless and bold
an orator and a man of ability;
one whose vote could not be
bought by corporations or t metis,
and if he Made a promise to the
people, we believe he would stick
to it.( The gentleman we refer to
is A. 9. Dockery! Your corres
pondent and the correspondent
to the Anglo-Saxon have made s
canvas and find at least 00 per
cent., at Roberdel for Dockery.
vYe'ueed better mail foeilitiea
than we have'dow. We are not
complaining of our poatmaater or
the roan that carriea the mail, bnt
we ought to get our mail here
aooner than we do. Why if any
one at Hamlet were to write a let
ter here, it would take it thfto
daya to reach thia place—that is,
if it came by way of Rockingham.
Why can’t the poatmaater at
Rockiughanr pat the morninga
mail in the sack before the mail
man leaves. It looka like he
would have plenty of time, for he
don’t gat here until about nine
o’clock. As it is our mail* comes
to Rockingham Tuesday night and
we don’t get It' nh'til Thursday,
and if it aoMf'tbira on Friday
night', we don’t rsoeiv# it hare un
til Monday. Ws must hare bat
ter mail eervioes. *'
8. D. * J. F.
.c, Black Jaok
Mrs. DMafney Bennett spent
Sunday night at John 0. Coving
ton’a. *•«:•••
Mias Efle Harrington was visft
fag her grandmother, Mrs Horry.
of Kf«cking!:aut, Sunday.
Miss Ida Holt'whs visiting Miss
^usie Covington one night lust
week* • • .
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H. C. Dockery, wife nnd little
children went visiting B. F. Dock
ery’s, Friday evening.
Mm. M. J. McPjinil received a
telegram lust Tuesday, announc
ing tlAi death <if her sist< r, Mrs
Ann K. Holder, of Harnett coun
ty. Deceased was1 a native of
Richmond county and was the
youngest daughter of the late \\vil
aon Heward. Site was about 55
years old und leaves a husband
and six children. She was a de
voted member of the M ithodis
church and iu her Inst monteuU
assured her loved ones that she
was going to a better world ,*nd
told them not to grieve for her,
for she woul’d be l>etter off. Mrs
NlcPhuii and sou in law, D. C.
Millikin attended the burying
Wednesday. Our sympathy is
with the bereaved on«g. C.
Laurel Hill.
March: ahd we’r marching. 1
1 Mumps and measles: Who’s
got ’em.
Easter and eggs seem to be plen
tiful. ■ *• *
J. A. Patterson hss returned
from his trip to Florida.
Prof. Albright's school closed
on lust Wednesday.
Miss Nettie Stubbs, of Morven,
is visiting friends in this sectiafo.
Mis* Mattie Gibson gave n
“guess wnut" party on last Thurs
day night—a nice time reported.
Scotland'comes to the front
again with the first j>ic nic of the
season, given at the close of *' Miss
i^ttie Covington’s school. 1
31 music, a nioe dinneraud a gay
time for all.
The ohafrjnan of our “Loafer’s
Club” wift at bnce calf an indig
ration meeting. Its a perfect
shame that Prince Henry didn’t
visit this place. We are now no’t
going to name a single old mule
him. I
The guano problem l^as caused
quite a number of our farmers to
PUT trf THEIR Llpp’s and say that
they are not going to use a pound
oi arroniated commercial fertili
*ers, hut then people are people.
Communion services at Laura]
Hill church on next Sunday,
preaching beginning on Frida^
morning before. The pastor, Rev.
A. K. Ferguson, will be assisted
Rev. C. V. Vardell, of Rgd
Springs, N. C. '*
The good roods question is' be
ing to some extent, agitated in
this county. Public sentiment
seems to be in favor of putting
the the county prisoners on the
mads. Ws will doubtless havs
wireless telegraphy before we have
good roads under the present sys
tem.
I* A. Hall for CoranlMlontr.
Editor Headlight: 1
I am not a political man at. all,
but at polHiof 1 suggestion* are in
order, I want.to auggeat the name
of L. A'. Hall’for County Commie
timer. He it a good man and
hit nomination to thja office by the’
primary, would pleaae a great'
many people over the county, and^.
nearly everybody here. Again,' V
want to endoree the tuggettion of
J. H. Walth for cihrk of Oonft/
Everybody know* him and it-'it'
generally believed that be will1
get the nomination. Of court* I
suppoee aome peraona may prefer
other name*, tf to, they have a -
right to their obofo*. t only
tpeak tor krfyatlf and rhoet Who*,
think with me. No better man,
ui our opinion, will be suggest d
by.anybody. Jay P.