SatRtWW.nStKgKr**KK*? * ? WklHO
The National Period
: of American
Literature
I IT LISENZfl SE IRS, LIT. B?
i J*rofiw>r n< American Literature in
C ftrmcn University. <5
X.?Edjjar Allan Poe.
fN 1844 a poem sppeared which
commended Itself to many
readera by the mystery and
sadness with which It was
tilled, combined with a certain
grotesiiueucss of fancy and singular
ity of phrase which caught the popu
lar car and pleased the Imagination.
Its title came to be associated so In
timately with the author that "The
Raven" was usually the next word
after Toe. To this "Annabel I.ee." "Tlie Bells" and "The Lost Lenore" were
sometimes added and other poeins which, like himself, seemed to belong ts
some outer world far from the practicality of everyday life and from the
usual deflniten-'ss of American literature In the first third of the century.
This period was Just closing when John P. Kennedy did for I'oe what
Willis hrd done for Bayard Taylor in bringing a writer of promise before the
public. Tlie young aspirant hud met with both good and ill fortune from the
start. lie was born In Boston Jan. 1!). 18)0, but of parents who staid there
ouly long enough to complete a theatrical engagement, wandering ofT oil a
southern circuit and both dying within two years, leaving three children to
the compassion of such friends as they might happen te find.
Edgar was fortunate In being taken up by the wife of a well to do trades
man ot Hlrhmond. himself generous In his treatment of the precocious lad,
who soon became the petted showpiece of the family. This was hie second
misfortune. Five years at an English school were followed by six more of
preparation for the University of Virginia in a school at home. In both he
was active in athletics, a good boxer and swimmer, with one rival in scholar
ship. prominent In debates and a versifier of repute, yet without intimate
friends and inclined as a spoiled boy to be imperious, capricious and self
willed. At the university the pursuit of knowledge in those days was relieved
by punch and card playing for money. His good fortune be managed to turn
Into evil by contracting gambling debts to the amount of about $2,500, which
Mr. Allan, his foster father, declined to pay. and, taking tlie wayward youth
borne nt tlie end of the year, he placed him In his own counting room, from
which Toe broke loose and went to Boston. He took with him as capital with
which to begin life once more In that city at the age of IS a bundle of short
poems, which lie persuuded another young man to print in a tliiu volume of
40 pages, entitled "Tamerlane and Other Poems, by a Bostonlan." During
two years In the army and six months at West Point the other poems. Includ
ing a revision of "Tamerlane," were composed, to he published in 1831 in New
York. Among these were "Helen," "The Doomed City," "The Sleeper,"
"Lenore" and "The Valley of Unrest," not all of tlieni as they now appear,
but a long stride ahead of his Boston book. The forthcoming power of his
weird Imagination and the enchantment of his unique dietiou begin to show
themselves. He might truly say: a
I have reached these lands but newly
From an ultimate dim Thule,
From a wild, weird clime that lieth sublime'
Out of space, out of time.
And he suggests rather than describes:
Bottomless vales and boundless floods
And chasms and caves and Titan woods.
With forms that no man can discover
For the dews that drip all over;
Mountains toppling evermore
Into seas without a shore
Seas that restlessly aspire.
Surging unto skies of fire
Lakes that endlessly outspread.
This Is the dreamland, ghoul haunted and demon peopled, where his sad
eye wanders, seeing shapes and visions which come only to one who is afflicted
with intellectual delirium tremens. Then, again, he would catch glimpses of
seraphic splendor and soar to the zenith in his song of "Israfel:"
In heaven a spirit doth dwell
WhOBe heartstrings are a lute.
None sings so wildly w ell
As the nugel Israfel.
And the giddy stars, so legends tell.
Ceasing their hymns, attend the spell
Of his voice, all mute.
Then he feels the dragging of the earthly ball and chain and descends to
this;
If 1 could dwell
Where Israfel
Hath dwelt, and he were 1.
He might not sing so wildly well
A mortal melody,
While a bolder note than this might swell
From my lyre within the sky.
The verse Is the type of the poet himself, in whom aspiration was always
contending with limitation in bitter strife, like Ormuzd and Ahriman, the good
angel and the bad of the Persian myth, and sometimes it must have seemed
lo him like the single handed warfare of Michael the archangel against the
devil.
There will always arise the temptation to Join the party of accusers or of
apologists so soon as the element of the personal life mingles with the litera
ture which an author has created. How far the balance will list to one side
or the other depends in such a case as this upon
belief in heredity on the one hand and in the abil
ity of the inheritor of evil bent and bias to
strengthen the brain as be grows up and lives on.
It', however, a moral weakness to resist be added
to strong appetite in the inheritance, it would
seem that the child should have large allowances
made for an almost inevitable wreck. Perhaps
in Poe's Instance the lapses Into inebriety were
not so culpable as the seeming perversity with
which he threw away those opportunities and
advantages which would lrave gone far to retrieve
a false start in life, for which he was no more
responsible than for the good fortune of being
boru in Boston. Indeed throughout his checkered
career he displayed remarkable facility for snub
bing main chances. Nevertheless lie contrived to
foe. live jjy his pen for 17 years. It Is the work of
that period more than his manner of life that is of present concern.
It began in Baltimore with winning a prize of $100 offered by a weekly
paper for the best prose tale. This was accompanied by a poem which would
have taken another prize if two premiums had been allowed to go to one
author. The recommendation of the committee of award that he should print
such stories as he had on hand was a compensation and gave bim an encour
aging start with the paper above mentioned. Magazine editorship soon fol
lowed. with an apprenticeship in story writing.
"Llgela," "The Haunted I'alace," "The Fall of the House of I'slier," some
"Literary Small Talk" and book notices, with a textbook on eonchology, be
long to tlds period. Ills stories soon amounted to 2."i In number and were pub
lished as his installment of prose. The same characteristics are prominent as
hi ids verse, but even more pronounced. lie deals witli the realm of the im
probable bordering on the Impossible. To this he sometimes gives the appear
ance of likelihood by attempts to account for his invented occurrences on
?cientilic principles, lie also employs a direct and explicit style, in itself
tarrying an impression of truth, but it Is only to give reality to shadows and
the similitude of fact to that which in the nature of tilings could not be. As
hi his verse, the titles of his prose tales are full of dark suggestion and the
fascination that goes with It. "The Facts In the Case of M. Valdemar,"
"Mesmeric Revelation." "The Black Cat." "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The
Fall of the House of Usher," "The Premature Burial," "The Mark of the Red
Death, I'lie Murders In the Rue Morgue." "The Mystery of Marie Roget"?
all these and others like them are suggestive of enigmas, disasters and crimes.
They are dark cotnplexioued themes, shadowy with twilight forms gliding on
unholy errands. They give glimpses of an outer limbo where the inhabitants
of another world hover on the borders of this with fell intent or sad remi
niscence.
The stories themselves fullill the promise of their titles. They reek with
horrors. Delusions that prove fatal, remorse that follows involuntary crime,
tombs that are prisons, vaults for those who cannot die. low hanging clouds, j
starless glootn. trees swaying in windless air. cold, slimy walls, vermin haunt
ed dungeons, despair and death?these are the lurid points In a symphony of
black and red. Sometimes, ns in "The Domain of Arnheim," there Is lavished
a profusion of oriental color?melodies, odors, shrubberies, birds, flowers, sil
ver streams, pinnacles and minarets flashing In red sunlight, the phantom
architecture of fairies.
Poe has bad numerous imitators, especially in the line of the detective
story, who have shown at least how dangerous It Is to walk the narrow wny
which he chose to trend and by his careful stops keeping himself from top
pling over Into the depths of ludicrous pathos. Such followers have not been <
born to be mystics, alchemists and Jugglers in the Mack art. like Poe. In whoso
Blind, as In the seven chambers of his Prospero's castellated nbbey, there
stalked a multitude of weird dreams in the cnniival of "The Red Death."
But If one wishes now and then to get far out of the highways of literature
Into the land whloh lies neirt to the unseen and the unknown, whither only
?ne^r two in a eentury have gone and returned with even a plausible account
?f What they have seen, then this gloomy, wayward, but second sighted spirit
will be K?e most satisfactory guide.
fPoucrlrtt. 1000.1
woMAiiiiyEFj
A really healthy woman has lit- I
tie pain or discomfort at tne I
menstrual period. No woman fi
needs to have any. Wine of ?
Cardui will quickly relieve those I
smarting menstrual pains and ?
the dragging head, back audi
side aches caused by falling of I
? the womb and irregular menses. I
IW!NE"CjU3Dyif
I has brought permanent relief to it
? 1,000,000 women who suffered I
I every mouth. It makes the men-1
I strual organs strong and healthy. I
? It is the provision made by Na-I
? ture to give women relief fruml
I the terrible aches and pains which 1
? blight so many homes. ?
? Grsinwoos, La., Oct. 14, 1900. ?
I I hat? been very sick for some tima. ?
? I was taken with a severe pain in mr R
? side and could not jret any relief until flf
? I tried a bottle of Win? of Cardui. Be- H
? for? 1 had taken all of it I was relieved W
? 1 feel it mr duty to say that you have a t
R wonderful medicine. T
H Mrs. M. A. Youtrt. f,
I For adVlre and literature, address, girlnsrsTmp- ?
? toins, "The Ladies' Advisory Ivpartmeut, The W
m Chattanooga Medicme Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. n
"Winter Homes in Summer Lands."
The above is tho title of an at
tractive booklet just issued by
the Passenger Department of the
southern Railway. It is beauti
fully illustrated and fully de
scribes the winter resorts of thf?,
South. A copy may be secured
by sending a two-cent stamp to
S. II. Hardwick, G. P. A., Wash
ington, D. C.
Health and Beauty.
A poor complexion is usually
the result of a torpiid liver or ir
regular action of the bowels. Un
less nature's refuse is carried off
it will surely cause impure blood.
Pimples, boils and other erup
tions follow. This is nature's
method of throwing off the
poisons which the bowels failed
to remove. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers are world famous for
remedying this condition. They
stimulate the liver and promote
regular and healthy action of t he
bowels but never cause griping,
cramps or distress. Safe pills.
Hare A Son, Benson Drug Co.,
Hood Bros , J. R. Ledbetter.
NOTICE!
Notice is hereby given that the
charter of the Clayton Cotton
Mills has been amended so that
1st. That the corporation can
borrow money and secure the
same by mortgage or otherwise,
as the stockholders may direct.
2nd. Capital stock increased
to $120,000.
3rd. Theword "seal" inascroll
to be written atter the signature
of each corporator.
W. S. Stevens, C. S. C.
Town Lots for Sale!
Cheap, Choice, central location in growing
town of Rosehill, N. C. Heart of Strawberry
belt; last season shipments over 40,000 erates.
Call on,or address, C. M. Stein metz, as above.
Christmas and New Yr ar Excu-sion
via The Southern Railway.
On account of the Christmas ami New
Year Holidays tic Southern Railway has
arranged to sell round trip tic ets upon a
liasis ot one and one third tirst elm s lint
ted fares to ad points t-ou'h of the Ohio
and l'otomac and East of tl e Mississippi
rivers: tickets to be plaeed on sale De
cember 23rd, 24th and 25'It ar d again on
December 80th. 3 st and January 1st with
tinal return limit January 3rd. 1902.
Tickets for students of schools and col
leges can he purchased on December
16th. to 22nd. in lusive limited to Janu
ary 8th. 1902, upon tettificate Irom Prin
cipal, Prcstil nt or person in charge of
| the school.
Eor further information please call on
any Agent of the Southern Railway or
write,
R L. VERNON, T. P. A..
Charlotte, N. C.
J M. Cui.r T. M .
W. A Tckk. A. P T M ,
8. H. Hardwiok G. P A ,
Washington. I>. C.
NOTICE!
By virtue of authority contained in a mort
deed executed by W. E Leeandwfft,
Martha Lee, to Ben Hudson February ]?, loui.
which mort*ravre deed has i>cen dufv tran*
ferred to Charles F. Neighbors and registered
in Hook r. No. 7, |?a#re 510 in the Register's
office in Smithfteld, I shall sell at auction for
cash at the court house door in Smithticld. N\
C., on Monday, the 6th day of January, 19US,
the following real property:
One town lot in Benson, N, C. Beginning
nt a stake in street at a ditch and runs N .17 E
60 feet to a stake at street: thence S E 168
feet to a stake in M,C. Benson's line: thence
S 70 W 76 feet to a stake at street in M. C. Ben
son's line at a ditch; thence as said ditch N 68
W IU feet to the hejrinninx. containing a frao
tional part of an acre.
CHARLES F. NEIGHBORS,
Assignee or mortgagee.
Dec. 6t h. 1901.
ItPflllM rorAIN[ '"WHISKY
fe N I lUlvl Ha hits (a ai ??ir kuwa
i';5 ar a* aaatlorlam BmI at
L\f H Rank oa Haa* T-iatatai taai
FREE Mum. R M WOOI BT /H U..
Bti M, ASatt,
\!oimi.\<;i: s\i,k of land.
i ndci the pnwcrof h.ii?? gi\??n to imby 1). a.
fields mid ? ne jcrtishu field*. by inntirakc
deed executed on man h l&lli. 101, ami record
1 tl in kt k'itotei-ol' d a ds'ott cc of john: um
county. n. ? . in liook u, no 7, pane 411. to
secur the sum ot eixhi hundred ?l??l urs
ishuolmd hi i interest from man b i5ih 1001, and
due decern -i 1st, ikol default of puyment
ha\ inir been made we w ill noil tor cash at the
court lioute door in siudhtleui, johnston
county, n. ( .. to iho highest tddder, on mon
day ilu i>tli day of .luouary. 1dus, the lands
therein com < ye i and deacrtoed an follow*:
first tract in the town of jerome. n. c.,
and eompri-os all of the town iota conveyed
by the east t uiollna l.imd and iuiprov eiaent
company to jcrnsha fields by deed, dated
december 1st, and recorded in hook x,
no. 7, |?a?re^ joj, etc., h hich description in said
deed is made a oart of this eomeyance: from
theoper tion ot this mortiruifi-is excepted one
town lot deeded to martha e. ward on the
sird day of a pril, isorecorded in llook k,
no. 7. patfe 530 oi the liekinter ot deeds of
johnston count v. \. c, eiz.e of said lot la
h<j\ feel by 1511 feet.
also one other lot deeded to n f. harden on
the 30th day of d?vcint>cr, limi, roooideil in
hook v. no. 7. page liti thia is a part of
liloek (i. and is so .. uv 150 feet. hoth lota are
on maine mreet.
second tract one town lot which was
deeded to jeritsha fields on the 33nd duv of
may. it**), bi charles hlackmun. said deed re
i eo ded in hook v, no. 7, paaozui, and com
prises all of the lot no. i in hlock d, in ;?uid
town terms ot sale cash. time 13 o'clock.
december ii, 1001.
ii. weil & bros
rale of land.
fy virtue of four executions in my
hamu. I shall x ii *>t au tion at the court
[housedoor in the town of smitliticld on
monday, juint irv titli 190*2. at 18 o' lock
m to ihe hie lo st bidder for ca*h to
satisfy cor a incurred iti the division of
the lands of ben dixon deceased. {be
following tial is'at lying in Pie. rant
grove township to wit :
lot no. 2 in said division cont !? log
ivif a? r s. which was asmgiei to edgar
dixon.
lot no ii in siid division containing
40 2 5 acres, assigned to john dix ?n
lot no. 4 in said division contaifpg
02 15 5 acres, assign ?1 to p.crick dixon,
forty live acres ^signed to b tsv d.xou.
widdw or bi n dixon, deecasi d is dower.
this dec. gib. 1901
j. t. ellington.
Pberiff
notice of aiiministra
tion.
Having qualified us administrator on the
estate of It. K. Black man. dcccused. all persons
indebted to said estate are hereby notified to
make iin tied lute payment and settlement,Mid
all persons having elaims against said estate
will present them for pa.wnent within the
time prescribed bylaw or this notice will be
plead in bar of their recovery.
This 14th day of Noverubt i*. 1901.
O. 11. ill. \< KM AN,
James 1). Pakkkk, Administrator.
Attorney.
NOTICE.
By virtue of the authority contained in a
certain mortgage deed executed to Mrs Sarah
J Whitley on the loth day of January, 1894, by
E. Creech and wile. Laura Creech, a rid by Mrs.
Sarah J Whitley sold and transferred to J. T.
Pool. Said mortgage duly recorded in the
Keg.ster's office of Johnston county in Hook
H, No. 6. page 481, I shall sell at. auction for
cash at the court house door in the town of
Smithtield, N. ('., on 21st dHy of December.
1901, the following real property, to-wit:
1st tract. Beginning at a point in the west
side of Adams street where the old cor|>ora
tion line crosses said street, thence with
Adams street 280 feet to J. C. J em i trail's cor
ner, thence with Jeriiigan'f line back 150 feet,
thence to the old corporation line 280 feet,
thence with the corporation line to the begin
ning.
2nd tract. Beginning at J. H. Johnson's cor
ner on Kail road street and runs with his line
back 110 feet, thence nearly west parallel with
Kail road street 30 feet, thence in a line para'
lei with J. H. Johnson's line 110 feet to Kail
road street, tlienoe along said street to the
beginning; with the store house on said lot.
all of which is in the town of Four Oaks. N. C..
all of which is fully described in said mort I
gage.
This 20th day of Nov., 1901.
J T. POOL.
Assignee of Mortgagee,
wii.loss a mokga n.
Attorneys.
NOTICE!
By virtue of an execution in my hands In
favor of J. M. Tisdale and against J. H. Glover
and others. I will sell to the highest bidder for
cash, at the Court House door in Smithtield,
on Monday, January 0th, 1902. at 12 o'clock in
all the right, title, interest and estute of J. H.
Glover in and to a certain tract of land lying
in O'Neals Township, adjoining the hinds oi
K. K. Creech and others, descrioed as fellows:
Beginning at a black gum on Little Hivcr It. K
Creech's corner, runs us his line S 87 E 9.05
chains to a stake; thence N 3 E 30 60 chains to
pointers on Little Kiver; thence down said
river to the beginning, containing 20 acres.
This being excess over homestead laid off to
J. H. Glover. November 15th, 1901
This December 3. 1901.
J. T. ELLINGTON. Sheriff.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified as Ad
ministratrix on the estate of W. 1). brown,
deceased, all persons having claims against
nicest iterate hereby notified to ? n sent the
same to me duly verified on or beiore the 22d
day of November, I9U2, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery and all per
sons indebted to said estate will make imme
diate pay meat.
This lyth day of November, 1001.
Mas. Mollik (). Riiowv,
Administratrix.
Jolin A. Narron, Att'y.
SALE OF VALUABLE LAND.
Allen K.Smith, Plaint ill,
vs.
Cornelia A Ternignn, Kdgar .lemignn, Fstclla
Kavner and husband i' C Kayuer, Cora
belle Jernigan, Mamie Gertrude Jorni
gan. Lid i Herman Jernigan, Fu
gene Carl Jernigan. Jesse L Jer
nigan, Mary Florence Jerni
gan and Krnest Casper
Jernigan, Defendants.
Ry virtue of authority contained in a decree
of the Superior Court, rendered at the De
cember I'erm thereof, in the above entitled
action, I will sell at public auction, lor cash,
at the Court House door in the town ol .smith
Held, N C, on Monday Rcceiubet 3Uth, 1901. at
12 o'clock m, tho Col owing described land,
to wit:
First Tract That tract or parcel of hind sit
uate in I tanner Township, Johnston County,
adjoining the lands ot J Jernigan, deceased,
Vison Key, deceased, and others, bounded as
follows: Hegi ning at a black gum in the
Driving Hruuch ami runs F. "si poles to a stake
in the old Held; thence N lis poles to u stake;
thence W lit poles to a corner (not made) on
east side of said branch: thence with sawl
branch on the R side to the ditch: thence with
j said ditch to the middle cross ditch; thence as
cross ditch runs straight to Hiram Holmes'
line; thence with said Holmes' line to the be
ginning, containing sixty-tive (85) acres more
or loss; know n as that tract whereon Scany
i ltavner formerly resided, lying about one
mil- north of the town of lienson and being
tlu? tract of land conveyed to said Scany Kay
, ner by her father Jesse I. Jernigan. by deed
1 dated October 41 h, 1*12. and duly recorded in
the Registry of Johnston County, in Book R,
? No 3, page 57b. and thereafter conveyed by the
; said Seany ltavner to i orneiia A Jernigan and
j J J Jernigan, her husbund, by deed dated .ian
i uary .'id, 1 and registered in Rook M, No 6,
j page .'km. Register's officeof Johnston County.
Second Tract -Reing part of the tra? t or
parcel of land conveyed to j j .lerntgan. de
feased, liy his father, Jesse L Jernigan, by
1 deed dated Octotier 17th, 1H79. and registered
1 in Rook O, No 8. page 552, Register's office
i Johnston county, and descril?ed as follows:
beginning at a stake on the Renson road, runs
8 2 W 38:54) chains to a stake; thence K IS-.faU
chains to a stake; thence N 9:50 chains to a
stake; thence K 15:75 chains to a stake: thence
N 5 F. 9 chains to a stake ; thence N M W 15:75
i chains to a stake; thence N M W ? chains to
the beginning, containing ninety-seven (97)
| acres, be the same more or lews, and known as
the home place of the said Cornelia A jernt
I gan.
Daoasshar tad, 1?1.
P R. Bmooii.
towasiaaleaat.
ISALE OF VALUABLE LAND.
Mm. Mury A. MeCullers, Plaintiff,
y a
Mary lanna Jones, P. P. Jones, Delia Jones,
i Porriu M. Jones. Mary P. Jones ami Alouzo
Joui'H. Defendants.
| By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court
of Johnston < ounty rendered at the Decem
| bcrTerm, 1W)1, thereof, in the above entitled
i action, 1 * ill soil lor cash, at the Court House
door in the town of Smithtiold, Johnston
County, N. on Monday, Deccmk>er JUth,
j lUul, the fol awing described tract or parcel of
! land: A certain piece or tract of land lying
and being in JohnstonCounty, State aforesaid,
in Hmithtield Township, and d? scribed and do
lined us follows, to wit : That tract ot land ad
joining the lands of If. It. Jones, N. L Barnes
and others, and known as the land sold by W.
II. MvCu lers. M* . deceased, as administrator
of H. Turnage. deceased, and further known
as the place whereon the said Turnage lived
up to the timeot his deuth, and further known
as the place whereon Perrin Jones' family
then resided.and containing 840acres, be tke
same more or lees except 2B.\ aeres conveyed
by the said Perrin Jones and wife to P. P.
Jones, by ? eed dated October 17th, 1HU5 and re
corded in the ltegistri of Johnston County in
Book V. No. 7, page 374, bounded as follows.
t> wit: A certain tract or parcel of land lyiug
and being in Smithtield Township, Johnston
County, adjoining the lands of Perrin Jones,
deceased, D. VV. Fuller and others; beginning'
i at a stake runs S 0 W 41 to a red oak; thence 8
' (iiCS, E 1 ft to a pine; thence NE 40 to a stake:
j thence N 2fiS E -'4 to a stake: thence N 2144 W
13 to a stake; thence N 32 W 33 S to a stake:
1 thencetiS W 28 to the 1>ckinning, containing
acres, more or less.
| This Decernuer 2nd, 1U01.
F. H. BROOKS,
Commissioner.
NOTICE!
The undersigned having qualified as Execu
tors on theestateol John M. Wilson,deceased.
I all persons having claims against said estate
j are hereby notified to present the same to us
duly verified on or before the 22d day of No
j vcmber. 1BU2, or this notice will be pleaded in
. bar of their recovery and all persons indebted
to said estate will make immediate payment.
This 20th day of November, 1WU1.
J NO. A. WILSON,
W. G. WILSON.
Executors.
NOTICE!
I The undersigned having qualified as Execu
I tor on the estate of Matthew Casey, deceased,
all persons huviug claims against said estate
are herebv notified to present the same to me
duly verified on or before the Iftth day ot No
vember. HMJ2, or this notice will be pie ded in
bar of their recovery and ul persons indebt
ed to sai^ estate w ill make immediate pay
ment.
Thfs 14th day of November. IfiUl.
BENJAMIN CASEY, Executor.
N.lft-tiX
I tr/ vrn* en'i
-M.J I 1UI1?X
NORTH CAROLINA, In the Superior
Johnston County. \ Court.
W. F. Oekald, Administrator!
ol i'atsey Jones, deo'd
vs. [ LAND SALE
Mahy J. Pkki.k, Ai.exanoeu I
Jones etuis, J
By virtue of an order of the Superior Court
of Johnston county, ma o in this cause, on the
loth day of November, 1901, I wi 1 sell for cash
at the court house door in smithlicld at 12
o'cloc k on Saturday, the Slat day ol Decern
ber, J 901, the following described tract of
land:
That tract of land lying and being In Deuluh
township, in said county and State of North
Carolina and beginning at a stake on the run
of Great Branch. where Little River road
crosses the same, thence with said road S 9
IB82 poles to a stake* corner lot No, s in the
division of the lauds of .thence
line of lot No. ti, K 128 polts to a pine in Solo
mon W'atsou's line, thence with his line N 35
W 58 poles to u pine, another of Solomon Wat
son's corners, thence with his line N 30 E 18
poles to the cunal on the Great Branch, thence
with said cans I and run Of said branch to the
beginning and containing 71 acres, except 20
acres heretofore conveyed by deed.
This the 18th day of November. 1901.
W. F. GGHALD,
Gd S. Auei.l, Commissioner.
Attorney.
NOTICE:
By virtue of the authority contained in a
mortgage deed executed to me OQ (be 24tfa
day or December. 1804, i?> s. i>. Lee and wife,
and duly registered in the Register's office of
Johnston county, in Book P, No. 6, page 18.etc.,
I shall sell at auction, for cash at the Court
House door in the town of Smlthfield, N C.,
on the 30th day of December. 1901 the follow
ing real property to-wit: Beginning at a pine
the corner of Lot No. 2 iu the division of the
lauds of Jno. A. Smith, deceased, ulso Henry
smith's corner, runs thence Smith's line north
80? Wf 89 poles to a stake, thence S 53 poles to u
stake, thence E 123 poles to a stake, thence N
58 pole* to u stake in the line of Lot No. 2,
thence that line N 8t5 W 3d poles to the begin
ning containing 42 acres more or less, and
known us Lot No. 1 in the division of the lanes
of Jno A. Smith, deceased, and deeded to G. I.
Smith by the other heirs of said Jno. A. Smith
and adjoining the lands of Henry Smith heirs
J. G. Smith and others. And lull/ described
in said mortgage.
This 28th day of Novc ruber. 1901.
A LI.EN K. SMITH,
Mortgagee.
NOTICE!
By virtue of the authority contained in a
mortgage deed executed to me oil the 18tli day
ot May. 19'Jl, by T. H. Thornton and wife, and
duly registered in the Register's office ot
Johnston county in Book G, No. 7, page 174, I
shall sell at auction, for cash at the Court
House door in the town of Smithfleld, N.C.,
on th. 30th dav of December. 1901, the follow
ing tract or parcel of land lying and being in
Johnston county. State aforesaid in Meadow
township, described and defined as follows:
That tract on which said T. H. Thornton and
wife now live, adjoining the lands of D. G.
Johnson, John Bcaslcy et als , and containing
25 acres.
Said sale will be mane subject to a mortgage
executed to A. K. Smith bearing date of Dec.
15, 1898, ami payable Dee. 15th, 1902, amount oi
mortgage principal and interest to Dec. 15th,
190;, being$192.20. and fully described in suid
mortgage.
This 26th day of November. 1901.
J. K. BEASLEY,
Mortgagee.
Sam T. Honeycutt, Att'y.
NOTICE!
I By virtue of the authority contained in a
mortgage deed executed to Ashley Home on
the 26t h day of March. 1886, l?y I, W. Johnson
arid wife, K. K. Johnson, which mortgage deed
i has beet) duly trantfeired to the Clay ton in
vestment Company and duly registered in the
Register's office of Johnston county in Book
I No. 4, paves r,5i?. f57, &c.. I shall sell at auc
tion, tor cash at the couit house door in the
town of Smithrield, N. C., on the 6th day of
January, 1902, the following real property:
Lying and being in Johnston county. State
aforesaid, in Clayton township and described
land defined as follows, to-wit: In town ol
| Cls vton, commencing on Fayetteville street
j running south east to 70 yards thence north
east :i"> yards to B. H. Yelvington's corner;
thence north west 70 yards to Fayettewlle
street; thence with street 35 yards to begin
1 ning, containing oue-half an acre, being- one
| town lot in said town and known as my home
| stead near the Academy. And fully de
scribed in said mortgage,
j This 5th day of December, 1901.
CLAYTON I VESTMENT COMPANY,
C. W. Home, President,
Assignee of Mortgagee.
Sam T. Honeycittt, Attorney.
NOTICE!
| The undersigned having: qualified as admln
' istrator on the estate of Stephen P. Holland,
i deceased, all persons ha\ ing claims against
said estate are hereby notitied 'to present the
same the same to me duly verified ou or before
i the 22nd day of November, 1002, or this notice
w?U be pleaded in bar of their recovery and
all persons innebted to said estate will aaki
immediate payment,
i This 16th day of Nov., 1901.
J NO. A. NAKUON.
N22-6X Administrator.
NOTICE 1
The undersigned having qualified as Admin
tratoron the estate ol Itsno W. Jones, deoHl,
all persons having claim# against said estate
are hereby notified to present the samot ? me
duly verified on or before the 13th day of \h>
cember, 190*. or this notice will be pleaded
In bar of their recovery and all persons Ir
debted lo said estate will mako immediate
1 payment.
This 9th day of December, 19U8.
18 A AC W. JONK8, Jr.,
Administrator.
The
Southern
Railway
ANNOUNCES Til E
OF EN VUG OF 1IIB WINTER
TOURIST SEASON
AND TUB PLACING
?ON VALE OF?
| Excursion Tickets
TO ALL PROMINENT
POINTS IN THE
South, Southwest, West Indies,
Mexico and California,
INCLUDINO
St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Miami,
Jacksonville, Tampa. P?it Tampa,
Brunswick, Thomasville, Charles
ton, Aikin, Augusta, Pinehurst,
Ashevillc, Atlanta, New Or
leans, Memphis and
THE LAND OF THE SKY,
PEKPKCT DINING AND SLEEPING CAK
s UK VICE ON ALL TRAINS
SEE THAT YOUR TICKET HEADS
Via Southern Railway.
j Ask any Ticket Agent for lull in
j formation or adtress
It. L. Vernon, C. VV. West hurt,
! Tr'vling Pass. Agt., Dis. Pass. Agt.
Charlotte, N. C. Richmond, Va.
8. II. IIaudwick,
General Passenger Agent
j J. M, Culp, iV. A. Turk,
Traffic Man. Asst. Pass. Traffic Man.
Washington, D. C.
| WILMINGTON & WELDON RAILROAD
And Branches
AND FLORENCE RAILROD.
(Condensed Schedule.)
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
a J ?Js? s.
Dated Not. ?? ? -?=; ~ ? ?? ??
Zz &?=>*? *??
x<om
A M P M P M A M 1' M
Lv Weldon 1150 9 38
Ar liocky Mi... 1 00 It 32
Lt Tarboro 12 521 7 23
Lv Rocky Mt ... 10T? JO 03 7 53 6 15 12 63
Lv Wilson 150 10 10 8 31 6U> 2 40
LvSelma 2 55 1150
Lv Fayetteville 4 30 1 12
Ar Florence 7 35 3 1"> ... ..
P M A M
ArGoldsboro. 9 20 j
Lv Goldslx)ro 0 45 3 15
Lv Muxnoliu 7 51 4 25
Ar Wilmington 9 25 6 00
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
Dated Nov. S ? 3 Ik $J ?k
U. 1M1. oj?? 05 o-J
Lv Florence 10 05 8 5
Lv KayettevRie 12 40 10 00
Lv Selma 210 1125
Ar Wilson 2 67 12 07
P M A M
Lv Wilmington 7 00 9
Lv Magnolia 8 30 11
Lv Goldsboro.. 7 35 9 37 12
P M A M P !S P V
Lv Wilson 2 36 8 20 11 34 10 45 1 18
Ar Bock> *14 3 30 9 00 12 10 1133 1 63
Ar Tarboro 9 34
Lv Tarboro 2 31
Lv Rocky Ml . 3 50 12 43
Ar Weldon 4 53 1 37
P M AMI |
I Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, Yadkin
Division Slain Line?Train lcuves Wilmington
9 )0a m, arrives Fayetteville 12 20 p m, lodve?
Fayetteville 12 42 p m, arrives San ford 1 58 p ra.
Returning leave banford J105 p m, arrive Fay
etteville 4 20| p m, leave Fayetteville 4 30pm.
arrives Wilmington 7 15 p ni.
i Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, Bennett#
ville Branch?Train lea\es Bennettsville 8 10
a m. Max ton 9 06 a in. Red Springs 9 32 a m.
, Park ton 10 41 a m. Hope Mills 10 66 a m. arrives
1 Fayetteville 1110. Returning leaves Fay
etteville 4 45 p m, Hope Mills 5 00 p m, liert
j Springs 5 40 p m, Maxtor 0 10 p tu, arrives Ben
! nettsvilie 7 16 p m.
Connections at Fayetteville with train N*v
| 78, at Maxton with (he Carolina Central Rail
road, at Red Springs v ith the Bel Springs and
j Bowmore railroad, at San ford with the se?
: hoard Air Line and Southern Railway, at Gulf
| with the Durham and Charlotte Railroad.
! Train on the Scotland Neck Branch Road
j leaves Weldon 0 15 p m, Halifax 3 29 p ni, ar
! rives Scotland Neck at 4 10 p m, Greenville
! 5 47 p m, Kinston 0 45 p m. Returning leaves
Kinston 7 30 a to, Greenville 8 30 u ra, arriving
Halifax at 11 05 a m, Weldon 11 20 a rn, daily
j except Sunday.
Trains on Washington Branch leaves Wash
ington 8 00 a m and 2 45 p m, arrives Parmel#
18 55 am and 4 10 p ni. Returning lea v Par
mele 11 10 a ni and 5 22 p m, arrive Washing
ton 12 30 a in and o 15 p m daily except Sunday.
Train lea\ es Tarboro daily except Sunday ax
4 35 p ra. Sunday 4 35 p m. arrives Plymouth
0 35 p m, 8 10 p in. Returning leaves Plymouth
i daily except Sunday, 7 30 a m and Sunday 9 (*?
a m, arrives Tarboro 9 55 a m, 11 00 a m.
Train on Midland, N. Branch lei. e?
Goldshoro daily except Sunday 5 00a n?. arrive
Smithtield 6 10 a m. Returning leave Smith
Held 7 00 a m, arrive Goldslioro 8 25 a ni.
Trains on Nashville Bran- ?) leave Rocky
Mount at 9 30 a in, 4 00 p m, arrive NashviP
10 20 a ni, 4 23 p m. Spring Hope 11 00 a in, 4 45
p m. Returning leave Spring Hope 11 JO an..
5 15 n m, Nashville 11 45 a m, 5 45 p ni, arrive at
Rocky Mount 12 10a m, G 20 p m, daily ex. Sun
day.
Train on Clinton Branch leave s Warsaw fo?
Clinton daily except Sunday ll mi a i I
P m. Returning leaves Clinton at 0 1 ... d
2 50 p m.
Train No. 78 makes close connection at Wel
don for all points North daily. All rail viy
Richmond.
H. M. EMMERSON,.
GenT Passenger Agt.
J R KENLY, GenT Manager.
T. M. EMMERSON Traffic Man'r.
^CHESTER'S ENGLISH
KHYROYAL PILLS
? -e. Alwars r?llabl?. I?nigr ?r ?" ?
UXMTkl ? MCUtfif IB t
mrUkUic boxes. bnUmI wi\M bin* r --
. liaao oth?r. fUftu* ?nh?
? ."oBA tad lnlliitl*Ba. feiy of four l>r . > -t,
r le. tu ^'anipB kjr PartlwulM*
1 monlnl* mid ** tUitrP Iter Lb4Im," ? ?
. ?> r?lTB ??!!. lO.tHM T?BinBtBla UuW b#
CHIOIMTIR CH1MIOAL OO
AIM ?qBBi?. MULL, PA.