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TotKOK '
We have a number of styles
to select one from. All kinds
of Chairs, from 50c each to
$65.00 each.
Let Us Sho w
, Yours
THE IIOYALL
Main Street, Opposite Citizens National Bank. ;.
Isn't This Town
A Pretty Good Town?
If Not, Why Not?
How lo you like the town you live in?
Pretty fair sort of placo, isn't it ? Otherwise, you'd
move to ome other town, wouldn't you t
But you don't think much of this town, you say I Well,
what's the matter with this town? If there's anvthinjr
"rT"s. wrong, let's all get to-
PlflOBl&AIS
ite "book? T1m! JLiil Order Catalogue? Ah, so we
thought!
Now Htipor, just for a ehange, you read your local
pjNr rnrrfully, watch the advertisement, ami if you don't
see what you want ask the home merchant for it. Suppose
all of us trade at homo a little more regularly. That o.ight
to help make this a better town.
And mayl if we'd keep mom of our money nt home to
build up the town we'd kp more of our boys at home.
-V EXPERIENCE
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Them to You !
truly,
& BORDEN Co.
- P P-r and right it
AH of us live here,
and we ought to pull to
gether. Nobody living
in New York or Chica
go or St. Louis or San
Francisco is going to do
any pulling FOll us.
On the contrary,
some of those cities are
doing a lot of pulling
FROM us. They not
only pull away some of
our list young men as
the lf.yn grow up, but
they pull away many of
our good American dol
lar. which ought to le
fjnit. right herv, where
thev would do the most
g04ll.
What is vour favor
One of the latest ltoton
incuts is to give newsbc i
courses at Harvard.
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Notice of Adminietr ion
Having tlits Jay qtiulif.ol ami -,tits-trator
of thetntntr ff W. B. !(
rraw (1. lute of litirliuiil count C
th)s is to tiitifv all j.rrsoiiK
cliiini annhist itil mtatr to ilijt
to the tuiih toiKtit d on or Wfotf
ilnjr of Anril, vn, or this tiotie.
rmi in hat of tin ir recovery.
Sons imlrlitwl toiil ttnte
theni
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i:ink ittitnciliiiir i;vin nt.
Thi 2.1 l.v t f At'tit. 1!HI7.
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MOUNT PELATTO.
How the Darztina Pak of Pumfea
Stone Is Mined. -
Coming from Stromboli, as we
approach Liparia we see a moun
tain so dazzling white that the eyes
cannot rest upon it Mount Pelat
to, the mountain of pumice stone.
It stands out against a background
of dark volcanic mass under an in
tense blue sky. Below it lies the
beautiful emerald green Eolian sea.
The pumice mines are worked
with as little expense as possible.
There are no galleries, no stays or
pillars. There is no woodwork of
any kind. The men who mine the
stone are paid in proportion to the
JuaHty of the stone mined. There
ore their only care is to produce
fine, light stone. When a man finds
a vein of fine stone he follows the
lead whether it is safe or not. if
the roof caves in, so much the worse
for him. The work is dangerous,
but it pays relatively well. The
stone is carried on the backs of the
women and children of the miners
to the workshops of Canueto. As
soon as it reaches the shops it is
sorted and put together according
to quality. The lighter, finer stone
is called "foam." The second choice
is known as "first white" and the
third choice as "second white," etc.
The pieces are packed just as
they come from the mine, except
ing one very careful treatment all
the sharp edges are filed down, be
cause they cause breakage, and
breakage lowers the mercantile
value of the stone. The files used
are very large, and the filing is done
by women. As soon as a piece is
filed it is wrapped separately in pa
per and then placed in the tun to
be shipped. Pieces of inferior qual
ity are not wrapped in paper. They
are placed in the tuns in fine shav
ings. It is claimed that the filing
is healthful work, but this is hard
to believe. In the room where the
women wield the files the air is a
dense, powdery white. The fine
pumice dust (silicate of alumina) is
held in the air, and in such an at
mosphere every act of respiration
must load the mucous linings of all
the air passages. The women who
file the stone breathe the air from
morning till night. Even a very
brief inhalation cau?es an exceed
ingly disagreeable sensation of des
iccation, bo it is presumable that
the industry is less harmful to the
exploiters of the mines than to the
women who pass their lives inhaling
silicate of alumina. It has been
said that the work brings in "rela
tively good pay." The expert filer's
pay is 15, cents a dav, but to earn
that much a woman must work very
fast. The pay is "relatively jrood'
because labor is scarce in that coun
try scarce and ill paid. Ex
change.
Painters' Colic.
The painters and decorators were
at work in the dining room, and the
good housewife was anxiously Fput
tering about, giving orders as to
how this and that should be done.
One of the "artists" was telling
about his attack of painters' colic
when she said: "I should think you
would get sick ! Why don't you keep
your mouth closed while you work ?"
kill t t .a
nun, missis, repiied the man,
"I'd like to know
what kind o'
You'd be dead
painter you'd make.
with colic inside of a year. Your
mouth is open all the while." The
rest of the job was finished in si
lenceNew York Press.
A Puzzle.
Twa glorious night, and two
lovers sat upon the eliiMilc, with
the eternal ocean flowing t their
feet with a calmness and i.laeiditv
ii i ... -
mat was almost appalling. They
were looking at the star nlwve,
and he turned to his girl and taid
tenderly:
"My 'darling, I don't understand
what you can He in me to love me
so."
She replied, "That's what every
body Kays."
The silence wa pre.'itfr than
ever. London Telegraph.
A Witty Retort
A motorist who was touring in
Ireland one day nut a native on
the road who was driving a donkey
and cart. Thinking he would have
a little fun at his expense, the mo
torist began:
"Wliat is the difference, Pat. be
tween vour turnout and mine ?"
The native looked at the ques
tioner a minute or so and then re
plied :
"Not a great deal. The donkey
is in the shafts in the one and on
the seat in the other."
His Rstort
The famous John Randolph of
Roanoke, as he was called in his
day, once met, while walking on a
narrow pavement, a political op
ponent of his. The man pushed
rudely against Mr. Randolph with
his elbow, ayir-jr as he did so. "I
never mnke way for scoundrels."
1 do." eai'd John Randolph,
stepping" to one side and nmking his
most courtly Vr " kit allowed the
man to pa.
5 IORT 1 LOCAL ITEMS.
At a meetin-i of ths e.ir.v aMor.'land asked for im'nnet.inn nrainsf.
:nen held Monday night, it was
decided that it would be best to
-all off the bond election for bond3
tor street improvements in Dur
nam. This wa3 done that the
ounds for road improvement in
..he county may not be defeated.
To satisfy a judgement the
Durham Light and Power Com
pany were closed by the sheriff
a short while one day this week.
The attorneys for the parties
having claims were assured that
the money due would be soon be
paid and the matter was held off
for several days.
George W. Howard, !aged 69
years, died at his homj on Dowd
street last Wednesday afternoon.
He was an old citizen of Durham,
a member of R. P. Webb CamD
of Confederate Veterans, and is
known to most citizens of Dur
ham. The funeral and burial
took place Thursday.
The Trinity College baseball
team left last Tuesday for a trip
through Virginia and Maryland.
Tuesday they defeated the Rich
mond College team by a score of
four to nothing, at Richmond.
Wednesday at Charlottesville
Trinity was defeated by the Uni
versity of Virginia team by a
score of 2 to 1.
The Durham Chamber of Com
merce will hold an important
meeting tonight. Capt. E. J.
Parrish who has been serving as
president will resign this Dlace
and his successor will be chosen.
and many other matters of special
importance to the citizens of
Durham will come before the
member for action. All mem
bers are requested to be present.
Many patrons of the Durham
Graded school availed themselves
of the opportunity and accepted
the invitation of the teachers in
these schools to visit them this
week. It is proper for patrons
to visit these schools at any time,
but this week is a special time
when parents are requested to
come and go over, them and see
what and how their children are
being trained.
Married Thursday Afternoon.
Thursday afternoon there was
performed at the reservoir pond
a rather unique marriage cere
mony. For several weeks a
number of young people had
planned a picnic, but the weather
has interfered. Two of
the
number decided that it would be
a good opportunity to get mar
i i . - ,,
neu, im aa me uaie was nnaiiy
fixed for Thursday, April 19th
thev chose the time and occasion
of the picnic to have the cere
mony performed. Some few of
the crowd that went on the pic
nic knew that a marriasre was to
be solemnized, but the majority
of them never dreamed of it.
The contracting parties were
Mr. M. D. Bright, a
popular,freis1.
clerk tor the fclater comnanv
U J UllbdVVlll IkVUVl 13. i
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. 1
Roberts. Kev. G. T. Adam?,'
ui iiuutj ituriuutiiM enure ii.
performed the ceremony in the
presence of a number of friends
of both parties. The picnic
party returned to the city about
six o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bright are both
well knownjn Durham and have
numerous friends that will wish
them all the happiness thev
anticipate. For the present
they have taken rooms with J.
W. Bright, brother of the groom.
" ... ...... .
To Be Tried la toe State Courts.
The case of the local Black
well Durham Tobacco Company
against the BJackwell Durham
Tobacco Company of New Jer
sey, was heard m the supreme
court some time ago, and the de
cision was handed down last
Tuesday. The suprcnw court
decided that the case should
properly be tried In the state
courts.
This case was becun sometime
ago. when relatives of the late
Col. V. T. Blackwcll and others
Secured a charter for tha Tt!aV-
well Durham Tobacco Company
the American Tobacco Company.
When this was asked for the
American Tobacco Company ap
pealed from the decision of Judge
Moore that the case should be
tried in the state courts. The
case will be docketed and come
up for a hearing at the next
term of superior court for the
trial of civil cases.
Both Bound liver to Court.
Hosea Barbee was tried before
the mayor this week on the
charge of assault with deadly
weapon in two cases, and for
carrying concealed weapon. His
bonds for the three cases was
fixed at $175. Ben Hester was
bound over to court in two cases
one for assault and the other
for carrying concealed weapon
his bond being $75. Both gave
their Ibonds.
Our readers will remember
that sometime ago Hester and
Barbee were the principals in a
shooting affair at the Masonic
Hall in Hayti, in . which Hester
got the worst end of the bargain,
and Barbee made his escape.
The shooting began over the fact
that Hester was paying attentions
to the wife of Barbee.
A Publication of Merit.
The South Atlantic Quarterly,
of Trinity College, is a publica
tion which does great credit to
North Carolina and the South,
and there has perhaps never been
a more interesting or valuable
number of it than that for April.
This quarterly is of universal
worth and interest, but in particu
lar the thoughtful people of North
Carolina and the South should
by all means have it on their list
of papers ar.d magazines. Char
lotte Observer.
An' Exploded Theory.
"My dear," remarked Mr. Grouch
when the argument threatened to
reach a climax, "it lias occurred to
me that a single man is a wise man.
A woman to gain knowledge must
be married."
"I could readily support your
theory," replied Mrs. Grouch, "but
unfortunately I recall that Solo
mon, the wUest man, had TOO wives.
And perhnps. dear, you might also
have an inkling of" the fact that
Minerva, the goddess of wisdom,
never married." Brooklvn Life.
THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
Trie Largest and Best Itapaper
In Kcrln Carolina
EVEEY DAT IX THE YEAR, $8.00 A TEAK
THE OBSERVER consists of from 1C
to 12 page ilailv and 20 to 32 page
I Sunday. It namlles more news mattcr-
Local, Sute, National and Forcign-than
any .other North Carolina newspaper.
TEE SD'DAY, OBSERVER
Is unexcelled as a news medium and i
also filled with excellent matter of .
miscellaneous nature.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY OBSERVER
Issued Tuesdays and Friday, at 1
per year, is the largest iper fur tht
money in this M-ctioii It consist of irtin
8 to 10 taj:i'S and prints all the new o
10 pa
week-
the week Local. State. Niitinnjil !
!THE
OBSERVER CO.
Charlotte. N. C.
A,:-.A-
Notice.
H.ivitig this day itjalified a
AdlV.!,
trator o! I ralli es Markhani,
rit cr i .
to tiet
ext. ite
l ite of Durham Cot,niy, this i.
i'l perxojis itide1t''d to said
Come forward ar.d make i'tifud
;::. til :M nil jetn having !,'
against wtid e? l ite an- notiiUd to ; h r
, the sitine to the undersigned on or i.e:'.r
the i,;th day ot March. Il-. lire t''t m-
, tti c will be plea.l in bar f. r t'icir re. -
! vfv-
; This i.uh dav of March, too?.
JOHN W. MARKHAM.
Administrator of l iam-. x Markham.
RZSTCrtES VITALITY
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Zmvivo nmimnx.
?pod?r,r" Hn """H In 30 da, it art
piwrrfullj ml quickly. Cut, whnothrfa(
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"Women Who vear "WelL
It Is astonishing how great a change a
few years of married life often make in
the appearance and disposition of many
women. 'J he freshness, the charm, the
brilliance vanish like the bloom from a
peach which in rudely handled. The
matron is only a dim shadow, a faint echo
of the charming maiden. There are two
reasons for this change, Ignorance and
neglect. Few young women appreciate
the shock to the system through the
change which comes with marriage and
motherhood. Many neglect to deal with
the unpleasant pelvic drains and weak
nesses which too often come with mar
riage and motherhood, not understanding
that this secret drain is robhlng the cheek
of its freshness and the form of its
fairness.
As surely as the general health suffers
when there is duKmrement of the health
of the delicate womnij(organ8, go surely
wheTtkese organs areNstablished n
bealtheTean(ifc7ha witness
totheractinriSiJSed comelTri Nearly
6-million women have found health and
nnppwpss in
vori te Prescr;
n?e of Dr, Pierce's Fa.
on. It makes weak wom
en strong and sick women well. Ingredi
ents on label contains no alcohol or
harmful habit - forming drugs. Made
wholly of thoso native, American, medic
inal root3 most highly recommended by
leading medical authorities of all the sev
eral schools of practice for the cure of
woman's peculiar ailments.
For nursing mothers.or for those broken
down in health by too frequent bearing of
children, also for the expectant mothers,
to prepare the system for the coining of
baby and maklnsr its advent easy and
almost painless, there is no medicine quite
so g'HxI as "Favorite Prescription." It
can do no harm in any condition of tha
system. It is a most potent invigorating
tonic and strengthening nervine nicely
adapted to woman's delicate system by a
physician of lante experience in the tret
ment of woman's peculiar ailments.
Dr. Pierce may lie consulted by letter
free of chursro. Address Dr. It. V. Pierce,
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
liulialo, N. Y.
Sale of Land.
Hv virture of an order of the Sunerior
Court of Durham Countv made anil en
tered in the special proceedings therein
peixr.njr, entitled. Mamie S. nates vs.
W. Fuller Gates and 1. E. Owens CuariU
an. I will on Saturdav the 1Sth itv rf
Hay, ioo7, at 1 2 o'clock of the day, offer
tor saie at public outcrv s,t the Court
House door in the Countv of Tlnrliam
to the highest bidder the following de-
scnoea two tracts ot land, situate in.
Lebanon Township, County of Durham:
ist Tract: Adjoining the lands of C
W. Tillcv. W. S. and Terrv W. O. Gates
ami on the waters of Little River, lie-
ginning in the center of the Milton
Rnad on Geo. Tilley's line, running
thence South n.j cha'ns to pointers;
thence South 713 East 3.73 chains to
pointers: thence North 5.50 chains to the
MiUon Road; thence with said Road
North 6ia East 4 26 chains to the !egit
ning, containing 2.46 acres, more or less,
and being the land conveved to Nannie
K. Gate by W. S. Terry' and Wife by
deed dated" the 26 of June, ibo, recorded
in deed book page 59?. And also con
veyed to Nannie E. Gates bv F. D.
Markham, Sheriff by deed dated the
19th of October. 1SS5, recorded in deed
book 5. page 2;9.
2nd, Tract: Lying on the waters of
Little River adjoining the lands of J. F.
Cane, V. S. Terrv et al, lginning at a
stake on W. S.' Terry's line; thence
North 790 East corner' pointer; thence
North 14.25 chains to a stake: thence
West 15. 5O chains to a red oak; thence
W. S. Terry's iitie to the beginning,
containing 3O.I acres and being the ex
cess over the Innd allotted to V. G.
Gates as administrator and conveyed by
F. D. Markham. Sheriff, to Nannie V,.
Gates by deed dated October 5th. iSSTi
and recorded in deed book 4, page i3t.
Terms cf sale one-tird cash, one-third in
six months and one-third in twelve
months, deferred payments Injuring in
terest to be secured by notes and bearing
interest from dav of sale. Sale made for
partition and subject to confirmation by
me ourt.
This 15th dav of April. i.o7.
j. . MANNING,.
Commissioner.
North Carolina . t
Dtnham Countv.
Superior Court.
W. R.CooperandVi:eNotjoeof
V. II. Rowland et al. I Summon..
To F.d Rowland, Defendant:
You will take tlotu-c that m the -,li,v
entiled action Mitn:r.ou. wax i-smi! fur
you April .nil. pji-7, returnable to May
term ! 7. the Superior C 111 1 of Dur-
h.on Countv, whuh
-i:nt!!..: v.asn
't Durham County,
dt'l'gene-i H I Kow-fo-.-.-id
::t Durham
urncd to the Sherii!
endorsed, 'After due
i not i" It
County:" and it
the Co .rt that v. -i
JhC Male of N,f.;
in the Phiilipiue
.';rt!u r appi arttig to
.0 nt a r c: let; t it;
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he . " !i Moti'iay aft ; tl
of March. 100;. it bei'lg
f M i 1 va ttili
j tike lh t ie liu.t xai.i :ctith Was l-rouht
j "' v t.'f.i-. !::".' to set axide ;i certain sale ef
i la id for Mrs. Virt iuia Rowland, to
: iiich !au 1 you m re said to bo. eat!
, a:erest. If n nil to Rpj.' itsd
I and nwer to the complaint the relief
II l e granted.
Thtx nib d.y of April. IU..7.
C. H. Grten
Clerk St? jn-rior Court "
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