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Easter. Shopping j
now the ''order-of ihh day .
ur prepaf atioiii f or ail in
cased trade irel: now" com
lete, We Mvf $wyi&e& a
rand choice f6f ithe, ixewest
iings to be' found, in, the
ading markets;- conrepjt
escription of theJmany nayj
ties we offer is' simply im
sssiblel Come and see thercu
'aflCJ S!Iks .Exclusive
aek and white , effects : to the
Tgeet fancy plaids. (
I RESS Entiie,new stock of
black and fancies.
0OD& AU W00 goods from
)c per yard ,to the finest im
arted Silk Crepbns at $2 .501
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)R6AIS" It you are an-ad
-mirer of textile art
UCD ,; you will find, them
purely artistic ; treat; they are
so the most correct thing of
le styles to ia vogue for
immer gowns.
YHITE Plain and fiarured
100DS pianes,IndiaLinen
inen Lawns, White Organdies,
jveral qualities of English
lODgciotiD, etc.
aisitely jewel-studded at $2.7
Ready Made Salts; a choice
ainty line that for nobby styles,
atty fit, choice and elegance
ave3 nothing to be desired;-
estreich'er prices (always right)
MM
t prepared as to consti-
J LULC a WllUlCSUIUC SUIT J
t stitute for coffee, the
only preparation; manu- j
factured T)y the Battle
Creek Sanitarium; and
Health Food" Company. ;
All others are imita-'
tions, '
1 6. A. GREER.
kittle Midget Plckles
' 40c Per Qt
Sweet Mixed Pickles -25c
Per Qt
pow Chow Pickles
25c fer Qi
fPP'e Butter.. ' . ... 11
3 lbs tor 25c
19 Merricaoa Ave.
SiJ fonnerfcr iwitli nnrfcr anl
fB amdis tr -!y.
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VI L.V I LDl Mill 1 1 M ( I I II r
Proctor tTell3 the TTSendtet
Desolation, Distress,-Miseryf
endStavatioh; ,r Y
Entire Nativepurate
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UndPP rhnilif Inn IlnnrolalW . A
Under ; Conditions JUnpiralleled fnf
V-''.-.;.-.Ji.wj
f ttyM-- -; , y v . m
Frightful lortaWy of the V&tijns of Weyler'
,v Order i)f Centradizatioirpiuri's .Diminished 1'
Kv ArrayWhen ,Will the United Slates Act ? . S
''adiitagto!!! Marcb' lT.-Semator Proctor thlis wfternoonkread ito the eena'te a state
ment af ;hla recent trip to Oulwu. He" dwelt parti cutariy on the" "iwWhed ;oonaftfloa
of -the reconeeartradoa.- Outside at Havana it wa neKher wa war $eePhe sflldM
nit was desolatloa land disfressr'aiisery :ind sUrvtdon- -,ttb ffar&Jhfc ttaCct&,
' fcad greatly, relieved the suffering, .tit.uc
. ended. Of the 1,600000 tohabitanta in Cuba, Prootoi thought 4hUnot ,oTer-000
exclusiTe of .soldiers, gaVe allegl'ane to
.Eyery ,itown-4n ibeuftnur westenn provin ces, c Mr. Prdetor"said, .1 suirounded-Joy ,a
trooha and -guarded go 'ihat tihe reeoncent rados eouM not get; out nor "Ore" '-fftsut'-entt
get in; ' .' ' 'I ' -;v' : - - :.
":;Mr. Proctor said th& scenes in the hoapi tals were too terribJe ' t&r him ?to describe.
He thad' found the-newspaper reports were) not exaggettuted; , Of, Spin's; miiltar pow
er there were onjy 60,000 sofdiera left, out of 200,000 sen. ttbe;itslai'',niey:ew
poorly drilled and equlpped.v He oonetuded iby saying: : : - m,,
. , VI endeavored-to state what 1 saw amd heard, ft wa .A Pca,Gle)of a million -and
a half of people, the entire native population 'of Cubajiertwigglintg for freedom and
deliverance, with practical unanimity,,; from the worst miagovermmieint of which I
ever had knowledge. Wheitlher our actios .ought to :be . influenced iy any of ,ilhipse
tihlngs, and. if so, how far,; is another QuearUonfe I am not "in favor of annexation.
The remedial steps may -safely be left to the American president and" the. Amertcaa
peopte," ,
r Havana, via Key West, 'Maroh- 7.-rA horrible, icrime has ierrarizsed tJhe Cubaia
. populJction. A train 'whic'h arrived 'tr('fSBi3MKBiat flirouiht ;eyerai Ou
- ban women and children, made prisomers iby ' a fipaenis!h army; coVosam at EI Purgi
torio. -Matanaas province. -The eol'unm- found about a ;,iHsndred- starving 0 and
children there and imasaacred them.. The arrivals, : all wounded, sare only a (few of
the survivors of the assassination. Aii 1 official statement is eiven to the effect that
the women and childTen were insurgents. - 5
THE HOLLAND A SUCCESS
TRAVERSES A QUARTER OF A
'MILE UNDER WATER.
The. Grovernment now to Test the Boat
Using her Torpedo Tubes
- ,.r- and Guns
. -New- Yori, lLa.?dh 17. The Holland sub
marine, boat made & drive beneath tihe wa
ters oif Staten Island sound, .this afternoon
and ran a . quarter' of a mile completely
EUibmr"gedr and rose to the surlf ace, again.
This feat,- the constructor said, proved, its
vaJue as a naval ' .Yessedy-as it demonstrated
Its,' ability- to approach a iiostile; ' Ibattlestip
nnsjeen, , protected from fire by water.
Armed s the Holland is, with .torpedo
tubes and two dynamite guns, she would
be a terrjyble antagonist. . f i
A government test will, be made Satur
day. Tiie torpedo tubes and two dynamite
guns wild be tried. r If the boat (proves' all
her, designer promises vshe will be taken
by the government.; 1 t '
- ; FERN C0ES TO HAVANA. ; t
Key West, 'March, n.Costttrary to ex-,
peotatioms the fern sailed this morning
f or. Havana. . Adonlral Sicard "said '"iwiith:
the (Montgomery at Havana we mus t have
some boat to ruin . erranids Sotme other
vessel an therNashiv!ile is, likely to carry
provisions to Cuba. ' 7 " " J-"?.
' SANFRANCISCO AT LONDON v ' . ; :
London, Marchi , 17. Hhe cruiser'"' San
Francisco arrived today and is .steamlng
up the Thames VTher ' cruiser Amazonas
will be takem possession of by the 'Amerf-:
cans tomorrow. -, , "
E3TABLIDIIED 1CC3.
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A SpecSal Private InstttuXkMJ for tie J.'j
Treatment cf 10213 and Throat Diseases.
. SACTj Ton BUCX, II. netflcal Director. .
o , n C3.C3 PSSS 71:3:11: and upward, aceopCag to (ha room selected, in-,,
I;s evryti.t5g' exoeptlnx mcCalaee; i wtloli; are u,pp5ied at cost. A oer
5 taLa t-sicr cl rooaa t ressrTed'at.a-lowcr irate forpaUeata whose Csien
; v '' - ciil clrcusastaacea require It, fend to bucSi tSwmedSetnee are . also, iimdudgd .
-raTcr.t3 cza ectrr leave tfrtzy tlM." Advtrced casern not xited. ,
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REGISTER BRUCE DEAD
One of tne Most Prominent Negro Poli
ticans in the Country.
Washington, March 17. B. K. Bruce,
register of the treasury, dded here this
mormimg. He had been ill for some we&ks.
Bruce was of Atfrican desceait and born a
slave in Prince Edward county, Va.,
March 1,' 1841., Iw 1875 ihe was elected to
the United States senate as a republican.
He was appointed register of the treasnsry
to 1881 and reappointed iby iMcK-inley.
THE GEORGIA DEMOCRATS.
.Atlanta, March 17. The state democrats
ic , executive'" committee, - atthoughf com
posed of tfreef silver adherents, today elected
Fleming; G. 'duBignon, gold democrat, to
succeed ;6enator. Clay as cbMnman. The
committee-also provided (for a general pri
mary on - June 6,- dn whioh every county
will, elect '"and instruct delegates' to the
gubernatorial convention June 12.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Testimony In . the QEloberte-Jarrett tsase,
wbjich "was taken up. In tihe .superior court
Monday, iwas concluded yesterday, and the
argument of counsel begun- -JP.t'A. Sond
ley was .addressing tihe jury when- recess
s-aken. . . '' '"l
jAt noon: W. T.Grawford "closed the argu
mentt in the" Haywood mandansus case and
ieft,for Waynesville. Judge Holce has reH
served- ih'is decision : for "th ' present. In
the habeas "corpus case beard at'ohamtoera
the custody vof' the child was ordered to be
returned. :to its; natural ..parents upon the
payment of $125 ior, his care" and keeping
since it has been In charge of the respondents-
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TO I1A88ACRED;.:
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WrittetfJust Before- the
Kane : Disaster.
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He Tca ITeady With a "Tehi-
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rbl6tPanishmeiit,y -
If Amricafif ibared to Send a War
: ;shri to Havana ,
NeW:sT6iVT4iteiJ 17. Hoflore' P.
liiain, rue orespondeat reca'tjy expelled
froiBi Cuba, ipttWi -today -a tetter
twhidb WeyJ44, mitten to' trtend :tn
Havana, to-jwtfc tlie folkrwlag staHtHng
t VI ff&3ftem days ttwit Hhe Amer-
Ioanfi' are Iwatiiig about sending one of
tfoetfr 'r , thai city jBrmk.).
Duriag- nay :OQgfaid in Cuba tliey dfd not
jetemidare to4ream alxwrt It. They knew
terrtbleClwflMlsent. awaited them, I
had HavaUa fczjfyot well prepared (for such
aneflgenll-.iuplday-ftaSsihed' the work
Martlnfei -Cffi crarelessly abandoned.
If thfe Msdiraade I lhope there -will be
d?-&tfUAM$iij as terriJbiy as
it dservestf; -. - '
! ;-Ine'. haooataiined the letter from a
correspondent vHavana the day before
the
Li
arrived, and its possession, he
clatesajdble for his imprison
ment and expudsion, and- .would toave
caused Ms deatjbC nald he not maintained
the proteWtJon jb Iris French cltizenhip.
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS
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A WAR CLAIM BILL PASSED B T
i THESENATE.
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Postofiioe vAppf&priation Bill Consid-
eredfeytne; ouse- Rural
; ; Free Delivery .
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.Washington, March 17. The senate . to
day passed the house bill authorizing 'the
Nebraska, Kansas and Gulf "Railway Com
pany to construct and operate a railroad
throulgh the Indian and Oklahoma territor
ies. The 'conference report on the agricul
tural appropriation bill was agreed- to.
Twenty -seven minor bills were passed, in
cluding one appropriating $25,000 to reim
burse the Sonthiwestern lsbyterian, Unl
versity of Olarksvllle, Tenn.,. tfor injury
by the United States troops during, the
war. ' .-. ' , r' ' ' '
The quaran tine bill was taken urn -as un
finished busineBBv, and, was. approved $f
Bacon, of Georgia, who said he never
would give consent to a ibill that denied
any comtmunity the, right to take care of
itself im the face of dagger from epidemic
Washington, March J7. The Ihouse stock
close today to the text of t3ie poe toft lee ap
propr'iation bill. Jtlhe debate 'was confined
to two proposition 4o "'jncrease the allow
ance for clerk hire 'innret and aecond class
Offices over the $il,OOQ,66o proposed by tJhe
commlttee, whicih fafled, . and to tocrease
the appropriation for -rural free delivery
from i$150,000.to 4300,000, which prevailed.
Much, time rwas spent over he proviso
prohibiting the expenditure of ;amy; money
for trural free delivery, for payment of spe-s
oial agents, which: prevailed.
. FOOD FOR THE STARVING. vV
' (Neiw Tprk, 'Maroit 17.-Tme United States
transport Rennet sailed for iMatanzas Cu
ba, today wi th a cargo of provisions or the
destitute flpeoplev. "I . '
At This Season
of the year you -need something to
build yoii up, to imsure aealthy
appetite, and td; bring refreshing
sleep. Then why not try -
Pabst Alalt Extract
the "IB est Tonic.? ; It is a tower
of strength to the convalescent and
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a Malt Extract without an equat
A SHE VILLE DRUG CO-
r ".V"-Jiaxt Court Co.nar;andi t
; DAVID X7AY. ZIancr.
TfiflX
Political Significance jof Blan f
War;,Eeeling; irr HaYana is,
fnb Intense.
Stes for Defense of Our Seaboard
; "Cities'.
Massachusetts aud Texas Ordered to
' Hampton Roads. " '
Movements f Troops and AmmuniUon Fromf'
'Many Points Southward and to the Seashore
Spain'Still Trying to Buy Ships ;
Havana March 17. The war feeling .is ft
very intense and the people believe hostil
ities between the United states and Sprain
may begin at any moment.
The Ibanqiuet given at Ihe palacfe last
night by General Blanco, in honor of the
officers of the Spanish navy is now re
garded as ibjaving great political import
anoew: It was remarkable that the only
representative of a toreign government
present 'was Senior Vazquez, consul of
Mexico. The consuls of England, France,
Germany, Italy, Russia and Austria sent
excuses. c '
Consul General Lee said today: "I con
eider the situation serious, b'lt not aiaaim
iog, and I am sorry to see that the public
here believe in die knmineace of war. I
hope all pendinig questions between tihe
two countries will reach an'iionorable so-
totiaQ without .recourse to yae.
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cyna? ;-aysa3E4eaf-;
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r--' VjEWS OF GEN. MILES.;
New Yrk, ' Marohi l--General Miles
said before starting to 'Washington this
morning that :ft was difficult to tell . the
ouUcWe1 if the present tangle. Matters
iook -serious but the country is prepared
for aay emergency
THREE SQUADRONS,
. .Washington, 'Marchl , 17. Three squad
rons instead of one will be organized onthe
Atlantic coast to fuamish adequate pro
tection to the heretotfore dfefenseless cities
from - Florida to Maine. The f&st; steps
wiere taken today .by - Secretary Dong la
..-.-.v..
directing Admiral Sicard to. send the tMaa-
I sach4setts; and Texas to Hampton . Roads.
.The headquanrters of these squadrons' will
be" Key West, Hampton 'Roads and Port'
Royal; 8. C. : , :' '-K:; '-i
Tbe Wiar board recommended the new
sc-heme s'. affording the best prptectIo.a,
since the iSpanisih fleet would probably not
attempt to, cope rsrtth the great squadron
in .IMorida fwaiters, but abandoning. Ha
yana -'(proceed- to- New- York and other
northern ports, and jaeate havoc before the
American vessels could come to- the de
fense of tha seaboard cities.
, PAIN'S TORPEDO FLOTILLA. -.Washington,-
March 17. Tbe departure
of the -Spanish- torpedo flotilla -for Cuba
has been made tihe subject of. an inquiry
by tbis govemsment xi$pain,4 as fo' what
the- move meams IT an" answer rhae been
given vit is being kept secret. ; The ' gdy-"
ernment 4 advised constauitly-of the inover
tnents of the: Spanish; .war vessels and ii
jenother fleets etarts.vaa reported 'tt Js ,the
intention, "out answer wiH W the sending
of the fiyiag-squadron noir being; prepared
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pays taltu ?niyfche ibest
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CAPTAIN GKNEBAL BLANOOu
to menace the coast of Spain. It is hinted
also that even sterner action will be taken.
SPAIN'S QUEST FOR SHIPS.
London, March 17. Spain is making a 4
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desperate effort to secure a navy able to
cope with that of the United States. This -is
shown ijy the offer Just made to the '
Italian government f qr the purchase of
four cruisers. Three of the are modem
flrst class cruisers and are now a part of
the Italian navy.. The fourth, the Carlo
consul has been suantmoned to consider the
mattei . r .
GATHERING OF FORCES,
New Haven, March 17. The government .
carrjiagfs,vand eight;
v.:
asotirs aiyhJi,
HlprotectShe city
tUjcase Of wati
f ortsmouca . Marcn iy. 'Arrangemen ts
Irave been ;4nade for transporting troops
froni their quarters here -to Atlanta and
the gulf coast fwts. Special trains bear
ing them will leave this evening.
Washington 'March 17. The first dis
bursement of the fifty million dollars was
oaihled -to" the 'Armstrongs in tendon today
for twelve rapSd fire guns, including their
mUuts and ammunition , '
Raleigh March 17. Governor Russell re
ceived a message from President McKin
ley esktog. ho snaay troops the state could
furnish, in case of hostlKties. The reply
gave 245,000 as the number.
Atlanta, March 17. The secretary of
war Ms ordered Company 'B, of the Fifth
infantry, to report at St. Augustine, Fla.,
by "next Wednesday.
Kansas City, MaTch 17. Battery. B,
Fourth artillery, and Batttery F, Fifth ar
tillery, Which arrived 4n Kansas City dur
ing the night from Fort Riley, ;lef t this
morning for the south. B at tery F, Foury
artinety,4 fs ordered to Fortress Monroe.
Fort iRiley, Kali., March 17.r-,Battery F,
Fifth - af tillerit . destined for . Savannah ,
GaJ, ajndi.Baterf'Pourtai artillery,, for
New' &rleansy5affr jSere .early this morafflfc
, ' ;(timsedJHi, Filth age.)
;N0jSTK CAROLINA GEMS.
. The rare beaaitles of nature,1 so wfll
fepreehedr fiSWestera North Carolina,
are beconMng"t)etOTJ-lmown every day a
people who are better educated in the for--.
matloh" and utility 0 minarals kaTfl from
- i
time ftd tlm xtovrpt tbelr, appredatton of
y - ;y ? 1
-these gemby rsitma, tn aH kinds of
adorntneit. '
We nave oechiea - K ciose oui some ox
si ' . r-. - - "
these genrt and iterihem at price that
should; make Iheaa all sell in a very few
daytC ? y I i f7 Ffsfccq
One lot of il-'gopo at W beats each. 1 7
rni'1ftt rtf AA eerr at 80 cents eftdl. '
One ldt of lgesui;at 75 eerte ea3i. V
One krt of 40 gem at ft-W eaeh.
On lot 32 tee tt-
On lot of 6 it eaoh. .
One Jot "errcUftUW
One lot of $ cct KSL
yXC'-Dira jet::
Circi atst tzl V-tiz irzzra, iT
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