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-Local News. The Gem Theatre has changed hands. Messrs. Morgan, & Hicks have sold out to Mr. T. W. Mansfield, who will run it. The Rocky Mount Shoe. Company have movec their stock into the store on Main street recently vacated by Mr. J. B. Morris. Dr. Morton, pastor of the fcPresbyte rian church in this city, will preach at Bethlehem Mission Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Mr. M. M. Overman, of Westrays, is building a store near the A. C. L. depot in this city and will open business there as soon as it is completed. Manager Jno. L. Arrington of the Masonic Opera House, has again booked the "Clansman" for ap pearance here Feb. 29th. The Francis Willard memorial exer cises will be held in the First Methodist church next Tuesday evening, Feb. 18th at 7:30 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. R. L. Davis, State organizer of tne Anti-Saloon League, will be the principal speaker. Friday, Feb. 14th, is St. Valentine's Day, anu many of the Rocky Mount merchants have on display a most beau tiful line of valentines for sale for the occasion. Says The Tarboro Southerner: "The Southerner is assured that if a suitable location can be obtained, a handsome hotel with all modern improvements will be erected." A rummage sale was conducted in the store on Sunset avenue formerly occupied by theJCc-operative Supply Co., Saturday, for the benefit of the Rocky Mount Baseball Club. Among the war claims in the bill passed by congress last week was one of William Cohen, administrator of the estate of Isadore Cohen, late of Edge combe county. The amount of the claim is $530. Remember, that in no other way can you have so much innocent fun and real pleasure as in attending "Ye Olde Tyme Fiddlers' Convention," which will be at the opera house Friday and Saturday nights. All firemen and those who took part in the Firemen's carnival are requested to meet at Mr. F. D. Woodruff's on Washington street, Monday night, Feb. 17th. at 8 o'clock. By order of J. H. Cuthrell, chairman. Postmaster Rob bins and his brother. Mr. Alex Robbins, are both still con fined to their home on account of a se vere attack of grip. Postmaster Rob bins was threatened with pneumonia, but has, he believes, escaped it. Mr. Wiiliam Thomas Griffin, are of the oldest citizens of Nashville and well known throughout Nash county, died at his home last week. He was 77 years old and a splendid citizen and christian. He was in public affairs in the county for many years. John Jones, a colored convict on the Edgecombe road gang, died Sunday night at the camp, of pneumonia. Jones had been ailing and Superintendent Martin gave him;; the* camp (liberties, but he continued to grow worse. He was 60 ye&rs old andjsent from Bertie county for assault. Miss Viola Bui luck, 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bulluck, was taken to the Wilson sanitorium Thursday night, by Dr. M. R. Braswell. Miss Bulluck is suffering from blood poison of very acute nature. The young lady's friends in this city hope for her speedy recovery. The Tar boro Southerner says: A trial in which many of the citizens of Edge combe county are interested, will be held in Kelford this week. The charge is trespassing and the prosecutor is the Roanoke-Tar River Gun Club. There are 12 defendants, who recently took charge of the club house on the game preserve along the . Roanoke river, and shot a quantity of game. The Bright Jewels of the M. E. church will have a valentine party the home of Mrs. J. D. Odom, corner Church street and Sunset Avenue this, (Thursday) evening and all are invited. A charge of 15 cents for each person will be made, proceeds for the Bright Jewel society, and this will entitle one to refreshments which will be served, and enjoying the very interesting pro gram to be rendered. We have received T. W. Wood & Sons' Seed Catalogue for 1908. It is one of the handsomest and most com plete of seed catalogues. This catalogue is particularly valuable in the informa tion that it gives about the southern seed and southern crops, and should be in the hands of all our gardners and farmers. It will be mailed free, upon request to T. W. Wood & Sons, Rich mond, Va. Spring and summer are coming on apace tnd with them will come a re vival of interest in baseball. Apropos the subject the following from the Kins ton Free Press will be of interest to fans: "Mr. W. B. Coleman, president of the Eastern Carolina League, has taken up the matter of reorganization with the several clubs in the league. Sug irestions of reorganization nave been with approval by the majority of clubs and there seems to be no doubt that lovers of the aport will have ' an opnoruraity of witnewing*oxnejH>oa gamer this season. Schubert Symphony Club Tonight. The Schubert. Symphony Club, a musical organization of excellent repu tation, will give an entertainment in the opera house tonight under the aus pices of the Rocky Mount Baseball Club. Wherever these musicians have appeared they have received good no tices and music lovers are assured some thing out of the ordinary. Of their entertainment in New Bern Friday night, The Sun says: "The concert by the Schubert Sym phony Club and Lady Quartette, at the opera house last night, pleased a cul tured audience, it being decidedly the most artistic musical production ap pearing here this season. There are only five members of the company, the four who compose the lady quartette, and the talented young violinist; but the program possesses variety. Besides the quartette singing, unaccompanied, there were violin and mandolin solos with piano acompanimnet, vocal soprano and contralto solos, combination Clum bers with three mandolins and two guitars, and a grand finale of voices and instruments, including two mandolins, two guitars and piano. There were dramatic recitations and humorous readings, rounding out a bright program of pleasingly rendered selections." Notice to Confederate Veterans. The annual meeting of Nash Camp, No. 1412, United Confederate Veterans, will be held in Nashville Monday, March 2, 1908. All veterans please at tend. By order of M. S. Griffin Ist Lieut. Com. R. H. Ricks, Adjutant. Announcement. To the people of NaSto*- County "1 an nounce my candidacy for the office of Register of Deeds of Nash county, sub ject to the action of the Democratic primary. Nicholas B. Jenkins. The Southern Car Company's plant, at High Point, *as destroyed by fire v Saturday night. The loss is between SBO,OOO and SIOO,OOO, with only one third of that amount of insurance. The Southern Car Company, which is capi talized at $250,000, is the only street car| manufacturing company south of Wilmington, Del. It will rebuild. Returning from the hospital at Kin ston, where he had been for treatment, Charles Jones, a colored man of Green ville, dropped dead in a store on his way home from tne depot. While under the influence of liquor and walking down the street in Wil- ; miugton Monday, a. cotton mill opera tive named Lee shot, without any prov ocation, and killed a negro youth named Geo. Robinson, who was standing in a doorway. Lee was arrested. Green Pridgen eloped from Wilming ton with the wife of W. H. Tood and they were captured by the police at Kinston. Pridgen is a Holiness preacher of the "Unknown Tongue" degree and it is through this influence he gained Todd's wife's affections. * t Sevety five families in Rocky Mount are now owning their own homes, who would otherwise be paying rent but for assistance afforded by Rocky Mount Homestead and Loan Association. The 12th series of stock will be due and pay able on and after February Ist. 1908. Call on R. L. Huffines, Secretary and Treasurer for full information. NOTICE! By virtue, and in pursuance of the power of sale, {given to the undersigned, in a deed of mortgage, executed by Offie Sanders and wife to me, on the 14th Sky of May, 1907, which deed is of Record, in the Registry of Nash county, in Book 143, at page 563, I will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, from the front of Planters Bank, in Rocky Mount. N. C. on Sat urday, March 14th, 1908 at 12 o'clock M. the following described lot or parcel of land, situate in Nash County, near to the corporate limits of the town of Rocky Mount, and described as follows: Bounded on the North by the lands of Elijah Davis, on the East by Davis Street, on-the South by Smith Street, and on the West by Britton Jackson, containing obout 3600 sq. ft. and being the place at which the said Offie Sand ers recently, resided- There is a new house upon this lot, and the purchaser can get a bargain. February 12th, 1908. R. P. Gibson: Executor's Notice. - Having qualified as Executer of the last will and testiment of James K. Howell, deceased, late of Nash county, this is to notify all persons holding claims against said estate to present the same to me, duly verified on or be fore the 19 day of December 1908, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery, and all persons indebted to said estate will make' immediate pay ment to me. This December 7th, 1907. E. T. Howell Execntoy. The Rocky Mount Record, Thursday, February 13, 1908. Wealthy Philanthropist Heals Chicago's Poor City Is Excited Over the Remarkable Cures ot a Mysterious Man Whose Eccentricities Are Startling. Strange Stories Are Told of Quiet Stranger Who Distributes Great Quantities of Food and Clothing and Cures Disease Without Pay. Chicago, Feb. 12 Special. The people of this city &re greatly excited over a number of remarkable- cures which have been effected by a wealthy phil anthropist by the name of Cooper. His headquarters at The Public Drug Store is besieged with crowds of men and women eager to be cured of their ills. Cooper is a quiet, gentlemanly per son, with the appearance of a student, rather than a business man. He is ap parently about thirty-one or two years of age. He first came into public notice by his philanthropic work amoung the poor. The large fortune he posses ses has made it possible for him to dis tribute many wagon loads of food and clothing among those in indigent cir cumstances since his arrival in Chicago. The first that was known of Cooper's ' power over disease was when Mr. John Stauber, of 1607 Broadway, Cincinnati, Offio, who was in this city on business, declared that Cooper, the philanthro pist, was the same person who saved his life last March, after he had been given up to die by his physicians. Mr. Stauber st.ited that last March the doctors told him he would not live until May, as he was in a terrible condition; every one said he had'consumption; he had a nasty cough, with frequent hem orrhages, dizzy spells, and was so weak that the least exertion or excitement would completely prostrate him; there were severe pains in the stomach and back, and his kidneys were in bad con dition. "After my physicians gave me up," said Mr. Stauber, "Mr. Cooper heard of my case and called to see me. He left a peculiar medicine which I began taking and I immediately began to im prove. My cough stopped, my stomach no longer distressed me, and my kidneys no longer were in imperfect condition. I gained seventeen pounds in seven weeks, av.i® today I an; as well as I ever j Vas in my life. _ >'• A few days after this, Mr. Ri'L. Sidwell, a justice of the peace living at 3322 Dearborn street, reported that Cooper had cured him of a severe case of stomach trouble with a few doses of his peculiar medicine. His trouble had been of long stand ing, and he had tried many different doctors and medicine without relief. From the first dose of Cooper's medi cine he began to improve, and is today in apparently perfect health. This was followed by the still mdre remarkable cure of Mr. Thomas Web ster, employed at the Omaha Packing Company, and living at 5210 South Morgan street. Mr. Webster had suf fered for years with pain in his stom ach, dizziness, palpitation of heart, backache and all other troubles. He came to Cooper's headquarters, and displayed an enormous tapeworm, which he said had passed from his sys tem after he had taken a few doses of the Cooper medicine Mr. Webster said all his suffering had left him as if by magic, and he felt like a new being. The report of these remarkable cures flew like wild fire, and the Public Drug Store, where Cooper is making his headquarters, is besieged by people suffering from all manner of ailments. The physicians of this city are amazed =gS^ g *■ : !> ■ ' tHHtWWWHiWWWWHW | _ § TO OUR | IX fvv • SUBSCRIBERS | S For a limited time we will give absolutely free of @ m charge to each new or renewing subscriber a years m W subscription to X • Southern Agriculturist, • 8 Nashville, Tenn. . « For forty years this :paper has been the guide of ® ® thousands of Southern farmers. If you are not a w gj subscriber to our paper, or if your subscription has W S expired, order now and get this _ valuable present S % free. We reserve the right to withdraw this offer || ffi at an time, so Hurry Up. • | The Rocky Mount Record | at the work he is doing, and have tried to shake the wonderful influence he has over the people, even going so far as to threaten prosecution, but as he does not accept any money for his services and does not give any medicine himself, they have been powerless Ito interfere. Cooper treated considerable amuse ment at the expense of the doctors by asking them why they £did not write their prescription in English so their patients would know what .they weie taking. Since the interest hss become so wide-spread that Cooper cannot meet the people personally, he is receiving an enormous mail, and keeps a large force of stenographers employed in answering it. In the meantime stories of marvelous cures continue to pour in. Mr. Vincent Trocolo, living at 4724 Armour avenue, had suffered agony for months from rheumatism. In telling of his case he said: "Two years ago, while in the best of health, I was stricken down with rheu matism, which affected arms so that I could not'raise them above my head. For this reason I had to give up my profession as a musician and aban dom my harp altogether; I could not play it at all. Gradually the rheuma tism spread to my limbs, and it was with great difficulty that I could walk; my appetite became very poor, and I began to get discouraged. "One day 1 read of iCooper's prepara tions in the newspapers and what they were doing for Chicago people, and I decided to try them as a last resort, as I had tried every known remedy, but without any result. 1 purchased a treatment, and soon after commencing same I noticed an improvement in my appetite, which became normal again; also the pains in my arms and limbs decreased, and I was soon able to raise m/ arms high above my head and could walk'■yvitfiout ar.y difficulty. lam feel ing tlqe and expect to go back to my , professiorygain; it will seem good to be afel£ on my harp once moro, but I shduld never have been able to do so if I had not used Cooper's prepa rations. They saved me where all others failed. "I want to praise these remedies all I can, for they are certainly* wonderful." Cooper claims to have received the formulas of the medicines he is using from an aged priest in a sleepy Span ish town in Old Mexico. The Mexicans believed that holy]waterJor some super natural element enteredfinto their com- Dosition. ; . : Cooper receives an enormous daily mail. "Letters are coming from every part of the state, asking for advice. ■' The philanthropist reads every letter carefully, and replies to each one, ad vising the remedy which is applicable to each individual case. While his remarkable cures are.the chief topic of conversation, many stories are heard on the streets and in business places of his goodness to the poor His gifts of food, money and clothing have relieved a great amount of distress, and haved greatly endeared him to the people. He is-beginning to show the great strain he has been under the past two weeks, and it is understood that he will remain here only one more week. I I mo HAWES™S3.OoI Hat J w—myyiHny.iM—OMPE— »n.nu—■ wjaujbl—»— »^irqr——OH———opy.^ . ® s hat that 1 nearly every well-dress- 1 ed man wears on • his 3 The new I Spring Styles 1 WMy i are now at our store for I ' y° ur inspection. I -yy vm :|f We Have Them (fig|3gh 1 From the Staple Shape up , |g H to the Very Extreme Style ■ I Are Particular I about the style and quality, yN m || you are the man we are / I I" looking for. y /&T mis g ■■■■■■■■■■■■■WBMBMMMMMMMMBMBMMBMWBMWMMMIMHMMM —— 'fill E. EPSTEIN I ONE PRICE CLOTHIER I Masonic Temple ••• Rocky Mount, N. C. 1 Ward-Morgan Co. THE NEW MARKET Always keep on hand the Freshest - and Choicest Meats, Beef, Pork and Sausage. Prompt Attention • ~ - to all Orders, given in person or by phone Our New Accountant Register Keeps Perfect Account of Your Purchases Ward-Morgan Co. Phone No. 17 City Market Rocky Mount, N. C. V, ... —- j Dr. R. S. Cutchin, Dentist Whitaßers, N. C. Dr. Louis R. Gorham Dentist RocKy Mount, N. C. Office in Brewer Building Corner Main street and Western Ave. £)R. C. F.-SMITHSON DENTIST ROCKT MOUNT, N. C. Dental Parlor over Kyser's Drug Store F. J. THORPE, MD. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. Office in Thorpe Building, "West Main Street. JACOB BATTLE R. A. P. COO LEY Rocky Mt. N. a Naahyille. N. C BATTLE & COOLEY, Cou i-elors and Attorn ys-At- Law DR. L. C. COVINGTON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON^ Office W. Railroad Street. Residence phone 214. Office phone 210. F. A. Woodard W. L. Thorp COUNSELORS AND ATTORNEYS AT-LAW. ROCKY MOUNT. N. C. —— JNO. J. WELLS Civil Engineer and Surveyor Office in Planter* Bank Building ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. .. .. 400 Bushels of King's Improved CottonSeed For Sale 50c Bushel Apply to W. E. FENNER. PAY OUR Show - Rooms A VISIT If you need or contemplate needing anything in the Plumbing line. we have a large and handsome stock on hand of Plumbing fixtures which we would be glad to have you inspect HUKI&TBURIM PUMHNfi CO., . Kocrr ttoin
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