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Local News. Bunn, Spruill & Bunn, atttorneys-at law, are having their office on Main street enlarged. Mr. R. O. May, who has had a hard siege of pneumonia, has, it is believed, passed the (jrisis and is some better. On account of Washington's birth day, Feb. 22 which is a legal holiday, the banks of Rocky Monut will be closed Saturday. The pay days for all the employes of Atlantic C.oast Line at this place have been merged into one and that is the 18 of each month. The Hub ' Clothing Co. will open Saturday, Feb. 22, in the store on Tar boro street formerly occupied by the Draper Shoe Company. Deputy Sheriff W. O. Bulluck car ried to Tarboro jail Monday George Williams, colored, charged with carry ing a concealed weapon. Rev. Walker, State evangelist of the Christian church, preached two sermons in the Methodist Protestant chuch in this city Sunday, in the morning and in the evening. Miss Viola Bulluck, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bullnck, who was taken to the Wilson Sanitorium suffering from blood poisoning, has re turned home perfectly cured. The Atlantic Coast Line laid off 70 men at the South Rocky Mount shops Friday because of lack of work. A total of 120 were laid off on this, the first division, lor the same cause. If the ground hog is to be charged with the horrible weather last week it is but simple justice to give the pesky little crittur credit for the fine weather we enjoyed the first part of this week. The fire department was called out early Tuesday morning to answer an alarm from Mr. Jim Bras well's tobacco factory on Franklin street. There was no damage, only an accumulation of soot in the crock boxing having caught afire. ft ~~ . ,r- •. .V .1 v-.; ■:.■ •_ . V; •■. • ? §5 Last chance to see this wonderful play until 1911, MM § as at the conclusion of this season The Clansman ® starts on a European and Australian tour to last p) §5 3 years. Appears at Opera House at ROCKY & | MOUNT, N. C, Matinee and at Night on | S AT. FEB" Y 29TH1 g Two companies consolidated for this extraordi- |K T • P $ nary engagement oi the most popuiar drama in (® >§ America. Most notable cast and production yet ||||j p g presented; 75 people on the stage; troop of caval- , | jS ry horses; new scenic and electrical effects. § | Seats on Sale Monday, Feb. 24th { 1 Dm/»oC* Matinee - 50c, 75c and SI.OO HuHHHHi § 111 li/V9« Night - 75c, SI.OO and $1.50 *• Mr. W. C. Fuller, a contractor of this city, last week filed in the United States district court at Raleigh a vol untary petition in bankuptcy. The as sets were placed at $3,500 and the liabilities $5,000. Says The Tarboro Southerner: "W. O. Bulluck, of Rocky Mount, probably holds the record for obtaining marriage licenses. This morning four were made out on his application, one white couple and three colored." J. E. Dupree, proprietor of the Whiteville Echo, and Mr. Perry, of Cedar Rapids, have purchased the Edge combe Advocate at Tarboro and will change the name of it and run it as a daily and weekly. Mr, J. W. Thurman, of the firm of Branch & Thurman, plumbers of this city, was taken to Richmond, Va., Tuesday, by Dr. J. B. Whitehead, where he will undergo an operation for appendicitis. The Bright Jewels' Valentine party at the home of Mrs. J. D. Odom last Fri day evening was most enjoyable to the children and, considering the weather, a financial success. About 'sl3 was netted for the society. Mr. J. S. Buck, who was severely mashed while coupling cars at South Rocky Mount last week, was compelled to have his leg amputated above the knee. He is recovering very rapidly, however, and no worse effects from th*> injury are expected. President Simmons, of the Farmers' Protective Association, has arranged appointments for Mr. J. O. W. Gravely, of this city, who is grand lecturer of the association, to make six addresses in Forsyth county during the nonth of March, beginning on Saturday, March 7th. The rural mail carriers of Wilson, Nash, Edgecombe and Halifax counties will meet in the Junior Order hall in Wilson Saturday, Feb. 22. Besides the regular business to be transacted speeches are expected from Congress men Claude Kitehin and Pou, and others. The Rocky Mount Record, Thursday, February 20, 1908. Alzono Madra, a young man of Jf years of age, who was weak min , died at his home in Shiloh, Edgecom e county, last week, as a result of drin - ing a solution of sulphuric acidhefoun in a bottle. This caused his stomach lining to corrode so that he could not eat. » * The New Bern Journal says "Mr. Dowel' Reeves, who has been connected with the Telephone and Telegraph Company in this city, left yesterday for Rocky Mount, to fill a like position there. Mr. Reeves was very populsr in this city and his many friends regret that he is transferred to Rocky Mount. James Scanlori, J. T. Leonard, Henry S. Hallon, C. F. Shaw and Charlie Williams, five white men captured at Van wick, S. C., and lodged in Raleigh jail to answer to the charge of robbing the postoffice at Dunn, is believed to have been connected with the robberies at Sharpsburg and other places in this section last fall. Mrs. Lazinia Bulluck cbed at her home on Pearl street yesterday, of in firmities besetting old age. she being about 80 years old. She leaves many near relatives and a wide family con nection in this community. The takes place today and the burial will be in the country, at the family bury ing ground. Interest in baseball for the coming! season is growing and three towns which were in the East Carolina League la*t year have signified a willingness to get in already. They are Rocky Mount, Kinston and Tarboro. Raleigh fans organ?2ed Monday night and will either join the East Carolina 'League or get up another. " A wreck of a coal train Monday after noon at 5 o'clock, on the A. C. L., at Hope Mills, eight miles below Fayette ville, in which nine cars were broken, 200 yards of track torn up and 450 tons of coal waii scattered along the track, traffic was delayed some hours and 89 had to come back to Fayetteville and go south via Wilmington, No one was hurt. SENSATIONAL PLAY RETURNS. "The Clansman" to be Seen Here With the Big New York Cast and Production. That much talked of play, "The Clansman," is booked for a return date at the Opera House, Rocky Mount °n Saturday Feb. 29 matinee and night with the big New York cast of favorite actors and a splendid jnetropol.tan pro duction. Lovers of American drama at its best will look forward with pleasant anticipati ns to this engagement, which is among the most noteworthy of the season. The play is as well-known as any dramatic offering of the"" past fifty years. Founded on those famous novels, "The Leopard's Spois" and "The Clansman," it is in character and treatment an original work. No scene which could justly give offence from a dramatic or moral standpoint has been retained; but it is rich in comedy, in love interest, and full of iragic power, particularly in its delineations of the terrible Ku Klux Klan. Among the chief scenes utilized are those of the Ku Klux Klan den, a vast, ill-lighted cave in the mountain side; the rose .garden of the Cameron home; the in terior of this historic South Carolina mansion; and the library o£ Lieutenant- Governor Lynch's home. The action of the play does not lai? for a moment, pictures of southern life pass and re pass while the thrilling reconstruction s f ory is being enacted. Indeed, "The Clansman" has been highly praised for its fidelity to the Southern atmosphere. Whether one cares anything about tbe political struggles between the carpet badgers and conservatives or not, he is enthralled by it simply as a play. The best proof of this is that "The Clans niau" has been received w.th equal enthusiasm in all parts of the country of sectional lines. Its suc cess was as great ihe past two seasons in New York City, v. hicago and other great Northern ckies as in its whirl v - ind tour of £the South. As England •i-d the British colonies are anxious to witness this great historical drama, it will be several years at least before "The C!?.2£in?,n" will be seen in this icinity again. Martha Washington Tea Party. Friday evening at the home of Mrs. E. H. Crews, on Church street, the Daughters of the Confedracy will give a Martha Washington tea party for the benefit of the Wyatt memorial fund. Aw admission of 25 cents will be charged this to entitle one to refreshments in addition to enjoying a most interesting program of music, recitations etc, which is arranged for the occasion. Among the number of dramatic and musicial talent will be Miss Calla Newell, who is well known as an elocutionist, and who will recite dramatic selections for the delectation of the guests. Every body is cordially invited to the enter tainment, and the proceeds will go to wards erecting a moument to the memory of Henry Wyatt, first to give his life for the Confederacy, and who was a member of the Bethel Heroes. A Most Delightful Entertainment. The concert in the Masonic Temple Opera House Thursday evening. ~y the Schubert Symphony Club, was an ar tistic success, and a most delightful en tertainment. Every feature preser.ted by these talented musicians was greatly enjoyed and the club as a whole and each individual were compelled to re spond to encore after encore. The musical program was rendered in a manner that showed talent of hi.h order and the readings of Miss De- Grasse evoked great applause. Mr. Purcell, as violinist, exhibited great sympathy with the masters. Miss Lonie Purcell's contralto is of wonder ful power and the sweet soprano voice of Miss Vera Young captivated the audience. The concert was indeed a delightful entertainment and ic is to he regretted that the audience was as small as it was. Announcement. To the people of Nash County I an nounce my candidacy for the office of Register of Deeds of Nash county, sub ject to the action of the Democratic primary. j Nicholas B. Jenkins. Run-Away Marriage. (Nashville Graphic) At the Methodist parsonage Tuesday afternoon Rev. W. H. Kirton united in marriage Mr. Robert L. Gay, of Nor folk, to Miss Rosa Turner, of Rocky Mount. The couple came up on the 4:32 train and, after securing the license from the register deeds, at once proceeded to the par onage, where Rev. Kirton socn mad; them and wife. The happy couple left on the 6:23 train for Rocky Mounc. 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. ~ Use DeWitts's Little Early Risers? pleasant little pills. They are easy to take. Sold by May & Gorham. President Finley, of the Southern Railway, has called a conference of leaders among the employes of the road to consider the proposition of a reduction of wages. There are 40,000 men who will he affected. 400 Bushels o! King's Improved Cotton Ssed For Sale 50c Bushel Apply to W. E. FENNER.
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