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Letter From Alabama.
JIr. Editor: It is with feel
ings of sadness that I pen this,
my first communication under the
new management.
Memories erwvd themselves
upon me. The dear, ofd Robe
coxiax looks familiar. Its motto
in unchanged. It unfurls, to the
breeze, the same banner. It is in
sympathy with every laudable en
terprise1. It condemns evil and
'commends goodness. As its editor
goes from his home to his office
through the ashes of recent ruins,
he does not look beneath his feet
and grow gloomy, but his quick
ear catcher the sound of saws and
hammers, and his eye brightens
as he beholds building after build
ing rising before him, evidencing
the energy of a n.obl people
St. Pauls Items.
Deferred from last week.
Miss Minnie Shaw has a new bicycle.
Col. "W. F, French, of your town,
spent Sunday at this plac.
St. Pauls Lodge, A. F. and A.
Closing Exercises of Parkton Institute.
Having been the recipient of a
polite invitation to attend the fes
tivities at Parkton on the 12th of
May, I, in company with several
others, left home early on that
morning and soon arrived at the
above named place.
as we arrived, we observed that nights
every one seemed to be gravitating
4-.,,..., 4-1, ...! 1 .. I
iui uuauemy tned the Masouic goat last
oujeci was xo see and near wmu
was going on, thitherward we di
rected our steps. The academy is
situated in a beautiful oak grove
a short distance from the Atlantic
Coast Line depot. There has
been a nourishing school here ce UP to
for the past year with Mr. G. V.
Xaylor as priucipal, assisted by
Increased Tenfoid Since 1836.
Baltimore Sun.
In a recent issue the Financial
Chronicle compares the increase of
the cost of government in the
United States in the last sixty
years with the increased cost of
aly, confronted with France on j To Run forty YetTs,
one side and Austria on the other, A clock wlutfh- the maker bo-
exhausted herself in armaments, leives will run forty vears wiih
In this general increase of armies, one winding has been invented by
M., meets on 1st and 3rd Tuesday government in other countries in
Mr. John Fisher, of Tolarsville,
Tues
day night.
Governor Russell has appointed
Mr. A. J. Brannon, of St. Pauls,
a Notary Public.
Tax lister Johnson has his no-
meet the people June
11th to list their property at this
place.
Miss Mary Hughes, an accom- Mr. John 1. McMillan, pt la-
All pushed young lady and an efficient den county, was' here last Friday.
this, I appreciate; but,, pardon
me, I do so. miss my friend. My
feelings can be imagined; let me
not sadden other burdened hearts.
' But to return, how much pluck
ier to persevere than to pinel
And how much better for the city
t eacher of several years experience.
Her pupils proved in every way
that no pains had been spared to
instil their minds with knowledge.
1T it, it t nx.i I tl 1
we congratulate tne people ot the 2Utli, and all speaK in
that vicinity on securing such a highest terms of Prof. D. K.
teacher for the primary depart- Rae as a teacher
His son, Mr. John J. McMillan,
has been attending school here.
The St, Pauls high school closed
at this place on last Thursday,
the
Mc-
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paper to point, tne nnger oi nope
to- tike probabilities of prosperity, At 11 a. m. Rev. C. S. Cashwell
rather than to the. possibility of introduced Mr. D. T. Oates, the
poverty. Thoughts of the latter speaker for the day. Mr. Oates
paralyze the energies. " a ning young lawyer oi uay-
You' are printing a most excel- etteville. He held the audience
lent paper, clean, bright and pell bound tor awhile with an ad-
newsy, and, I doubt not, that uress eiocpient and nigniy enter-
great success will crown your ef- taming. Every one was well
forts to supply a felt want. pleased with his remarks and we
Your corps of contributors, rep- hope to have the pleasure of hear
resenting different localities and ing this young man again very
interests, will add lustre to your soon.
already bright pages. Alter the address dinner was
Allow me to commend' you fbr announced and the tables tairly
,1 groaned tinner the accumulated
TrntiMft.t ndrertisemcnU to be pub- - . .
,1 j i. ... t, .., k- i,;,,;M n w u-DOl-u imi Thnt weight of the tempting viands
lanm lint iiiwiilii nuu uiittv i . uiui. i uiniwi it it iv. n i? v v jv.j n , i t--
wid for in ndvnnce. All advertising for
1w,rt..r titu tli.ni throe month 14 rnn-
sidercd transient advertisim;. Accounts script ion. God forbid that I
.1 1 . ...1
ttn.ltrcl Minrterly for an advertisements ai,,,i.i cfrifo lmt. U.t. 1ip ot people present, yet there was
tiuMisherl for a lon-'er period of time.
I,oc;tl aclvertiseiiients appeanng among
rending matter will be ch:ir;;'j'l 10 cents
per line for each insertion.
Legal advertisements, such as adminis
trator' and executors' notices, commis
sioners' and trustees' sales, summons to
non-residents, etc., will be charged for at these partisan histories are taught
tegal r.itcs, except when tney exceed a
certain limit of space, in which case we
reserve the right to fix our own price.
All audi business must be paid for IN
advanck. The charge is very small and
iwe cunnot nfiord to take risks or wait the
fjilrasure of persons to pay.
X. K. PROCTOR, JR. S. MCINTVRE.
Proctor & McIntyre,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Lumht-rton, - - N. C.
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Tractice in all the courts of the State.
Prompt and painstaking attention given
to nil legal business. tf
T. A. MCNEILL. A. W. MCLEAN.
UcHElLL & MCLEAN,
1TT0UNKYS AT LAW.
Office in Shaw Building up stairs,
North Corner,
LVVinERTON, - N. C.
Practice in State and Federal Courts.
Prompt attention given to all
legal business.
X. A. McLean. C. B. Townsknd.
McLean & Townsend,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
I.UMBI'.RTON, - - N. C.
Our farmers seem hopeful, judg
ing by the way they are looking.
Cotton and corn, as a general
thing, are clear oi grass, but are
backward for this time of year.
Mr. Dobbin MclNatt, of Part
ton, was here Saturday, and went
up to Richmond county with the
remains of his sister, Mrs. Nettie
Johnson, where she was laid to
rest beside her husband, D. P.
Johnson.
Died, at St. Pauls, on Friday
night, the 21st, at 11 o'clock,
Mrs. Nettie Johnson, relict of the
late D. P. Johnson, of Richmond
county and daughter of the late
James McNatt, of this county, in
the fortieth year of her age. She
1 .-. r -4-1-1 jinn -l 1 -irvf V"vttcj
frwirl onrmM! f.v nil nnfl tlmr. nf cn v"x j
the very best. The bread, the and one girl, to moiim tne loss oi
cake and the chicken were of the
nicest and displayed to advantage
the culinary skill of the daugh-
i i :c: faro rr Unhocnn nnnntr
in our scnoois, our svii-sHcuiicing r Mnsnn. who ni-ficnfifled heronlva
Alter the inner man had been I ' 1 , -
' . B " . ,. a , v t ... few years ago. She was a consist
i l 11 i. .1 fill hr eniefiwl with fho tfinQT. AT I J
against neavy ocmsior.iuoepenu- p-v " eut member of the Presbyterian
ence, win oo regameu as emuu- l" "B ',. church' a sister of Mrs. L
siasts and fanatics, rather than uurmg tne aiiernooii wnu vuueu
patriots and heroes. exercises by the school, a "Broom
Right is right and neither argu- Drill" by the school girls being
ment nor arms can change it. No first in order, followed by declanm
one regrets the freedom of the tions, recitations, etc
ulnvoH. Vint, wft should have been The exercises at night consisted
paid for them
the same period, with the result
of showing that while the increase
in the other countries was forced
chiefly by apprehensions of war,
with us congressional extrava
gance and recklessness have been
the preponderating causes. In
1836 our Federal expenditure",
excluding interest on the debt,
was $30,868,164; in 1896 it was
$316,794,417 a tenfold increase.
Our population and settled area
have no doubt increased greatly
in that period and some part of
the increased cost of government
was necessary. But considera
tion of items show that a large
part of it was not necessary. In
the last fifteen years our. expendi
ture, exclusive of the interest on
the public debt, has increased
$129,890,000. There has been in
a Chicago man, and is on public
exhibition.
The mechanism is composed ol
brightly-burnished aluminum rod
slow-moving cog wheels and many
tiny, quick-moving cog-balance
wheels, which tick ceaselessly and
the navies of France, Russia, Ger
many and Italy were also in
creased pari passu, so that, to re
store the balance of sea power,
England felt constrained to in
crease her navy largely. En
gland's naval expenditure is now
four times as great as it was sixty merrily away under the large oval
years ago. biie spends this year glass case which covers them.
on her warships $109,190,000, There is a small six-inch dial in
against $21,500,000 spent by Ger- the top. Morever, this forty year
many, $47,425,000 spent hy France clock is wound with seventeen
and $27,500,000 spent bv the twists of the key.
United States. The necessities "Forty-three years, six months
of the 'military situation have and some days it will run without
caused nearly three-fourths of the ever being removed from beneath
increase of the running expenses that case," proudly declares Purdy
of England's government in re- Campbell, the inventor, "and it is
cent years, and much the same the only clock of its kind in the
may be said for the increases of I country."
. j. 1. TTi i I J" j r y-. ,
oiner Jiiuropean governments. I Accortung to lur jampoeu, a
This cannot be said in defence of force of 175 pounds is brought to
our increased expenditure. Dur- bear upon the center post, an ex
ing the last five years our outgo penditure of forty pounds in trans
for pensions alone has exceeded muting the power to the next
the annual navment mfttlo hv I cos wheel, and ft Tronortioniil
i: : i? : rj j i c ' c
Luat tAm no mcxease oi our army Fpftnce or Germ for ka army diminution of power on each
. r a i i - ' i "
tne England for its navv. Our in- succeediue cos is followed down to
navy, ine duik oi our waste has rpnsprq evnHitnrA ia Wl tk almost infinitirtiii'l "h,,!
uii iuii,8a ioi wiiiun wo nave fm llv f.i1.f.llnlsfnrif.fi4) . ;t. is nPPrl. wheel, where Mr. C.imnbpll fW.ir-P
j.1 i l n- mnn I 1 I O
notnmg to snow, omce lacw our m t Moreover, the ratio
annual pension expenditure has L : .i, i,
ui liiviicuoc 1111 uo una uetii liein-
been increased by $78,000,000. h 4. i :A i. 1
' 1 v ii Y 11 jr; fl 1L11 tl zi.n lit linn iittii ill
- ' J. ' "
the hard-pressed States of Eu- year, and has never been touched
rope.
though
some
contributed by the hospitable peo
ple. There was a large concourse
truth be told, if the stars fall.
Secession was very nice for New
England and the Middle States
but treason for the South. If
years before 1882
Garfield had declared that the
proper maximum had already
been reached. Our annual outlay
on rivers, harbors, bublic build
ings, &c, has risen by $80,000,000 1
in the last fifteen years, though
our needs have not increased in
that proportion. Useless offices,
salaries, printing and other luxu
ries cost us other millions of in
crease. "Ours," said Mr. Can
non in his report to the last ses-
the force exerted is less than
hundredth part of an ounce.
The clock has been running
the
save to undergo a slight regulation
during the first weeks.
Allil I fit 11
aii tne parts 01 tne ciock ex
cept the spring, were made by Mr
Campbell, even to the smallest
taps and bolts, and some of the
a good mother. Her remains were
carried to Richmond county on
last Sunday to be interred by the !
side of her husband. Duncan P.
sion of Congress,
of this place, and Mrs.
Neill, of Parkton.
Shaw,
Neill Mc-
i the only
government in the civilized world
wherein the administrative branch
assumes no responsibility for its
demands for expenditure," but
goes on piling up such lemands
without regard to probable in
come.
There have been large increases
in other countries, but they have
been carefully adjusted yearly to
probable income and have been
tion in his own shop. The cloc
was worked at during spare hours
and it took the builder over tv.
years to complete it . Some of the
cog-wheels have moved but tw
inches during the vear.
White Frocks for Summer Wear.
"This, certainly, may be called
a white summer, tor never betore
has the white frock been given so
THE LOAPINQ TIME FOR ME.
The Feeling to Cultivate.
Newark, N. J., has a large store dictated by supposed military ne
the show windows of which were cessities. Sixty years ago, says
The freedman is of some humorous dialogues and formerly filled with attractive dis- the Chronicle, Great Britain was,
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here and a citizen ; and should be recitations. ihese were inter- plays of goods; but the crowd as she is now, the richest nation
ndi.fnti.ib and have sill his rights spersed with some excellent music merely stared at the exhibits, and ot the world." Her revenue was
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before the law, but ho should be rendered by -the pupils of Mrs. but few persons crossed the thresh- then $260,000,000; it is now $560,
modest. If resolution is never Katie Breece, who has charge of old of the store. Then one of 000,000. Her foreign trade has
right George Washington was a the musical department. The se- the proprietors conceived the increased nearly six-fold. The
traitor, and Jefferson Davis was lections were good and the per- idea of reversing the displays income from England's tariff in
formers displayed decided musical that is, the attractions were plac- 1837 was 72 per cent, of the total
The Solution of the Public School Problem.
Biblical Kecorder.
Yes, we have it. We know ex
actly how this problem of better
sorinnlfl nn1 lontrop fprma for tVio
children of the plain people of cog wheels required special attach
xt 4-v. n v v. i j ment s to his lathes, and theae
North l.nronim fnn net aolv-orl I '
,ir , .. . , himself forged and put into opera
We know it is the only reasonable I . ... 0 . JT, , ,
way ; the only way at all . It must
be done independent of General
Assemblies. We rely upon them
for more than is in them. We
must do more ourselves. Here :
If two or three intelligent citizens
in each township in North Caro
lina will take hold of our Public
School system right now and guide
it intelligently through the pres
ent period of transition, the first pronounced a vogue," writes Isa-
and most important step will have Ibel A. Mallon in the June Ladies'
been taken. What do we. mean? Home Journal. "The materials
Our school system will undergo an favored are organdy, dotted Swiss
entire change in June. The pres- muslin, dimity, pique, and corded
ent school districts -will be merged cloth in the cottons, and China,
into township districts ; that is, foulard and taffeta in the silks
each township will have its own "Pique of the -received weight,
schools. All the Public Schools which, by-the-way, is not as heavy
in a township will be in charge of as Marseilles, is popular. . The
five men. In each township there skirt of a pretty costume that I
shall not be more than one school have just seen has the fashionable
for every sixty-five children of curve and is not over-wide
like to stan' around an' talk when
neighbors come alonjr,
Or set down on a stump an' hear the ratl
in's cheerin' song;
like to lay down close beside the winder
in the loft,
An' look off on the river, when the wind
is blowin' soft.
es' now I sot a visitin' 'long o' Hannah,
on the stoop,
Talking alxnvt the purty way them weepin
- willers droop -
Them little ones a-stan'in' there on either
side the gate.
Like little tender gals that feel too shy t
look up straight. "
But Hannah she . was flvin' round, with
brush an' broom an! pan, ,
An' says, "Why don't you go to work?
You're gittin lazy, Dan!"
But when. I .git my work all done, with.
lots o' time to spare,
An' Hannah's flicked the kitchen up, am
sets a-sewin there,
alwiz feel sovrestless-like, a-hankerim
for chores, - -
ViUfc-iot a soul a-stimn' an as atill m .
death ou'doors;
An Hannah'll say, " My sakea alive! why
don't you stop and reat?"
But everything's so solemn that I can't
if I be blest!
It's in these summer moniin's, when the
work is piled in stacks,
N' I know I'd oughter tackle it with
scythe or hoe or axe,
Then's when I feel like loafin'. an like
lollin' round a spell.
When the posies are a-op'nin', an' there's
such a fresh'niu. smell;
Before the day gits drowsy, or the bird
run out of glee,
When eventliing is lively that's the
loafin time for me!
Emma C. Dowd in June Ladies' Home
Journal.
fortunate in escaping the gallows.
What is the difference? The one
was successful, the other, not. If
"might makes right," and we
must submit to the arbitrament
I of the sword, let us do so grace-
i fully; but in the name of reason,
patriotism and justice, let poster
the last. Victory would have been
Practice in Vederal and in Superior
and Sunreiiie Courts of the State. All
iiudsol legal business attended to any- glory, but defeat is not disgrace
wncrc. 1 . , , ...1 1 1 .i . 1
ies, let our scuooi ooarus uu tuie-
ed on the inside of the windows revenue, whereas now it is but 44
and the public were invited to per cent., and the laboring man
'walk in and look around." I pays in taxes on the principle ar-
This broke the ice. The people tides of consumption but one-
crowded in, and the feeling that fourth of what his grandfather
showed that these young ladies the v might be intruding gave way did. The area of the empire has
are destined to become quite ac- to the new ieeling that they were j grown trom eight million square
ity know that Confederate soldiers complished pianists. Both teacher welcome. That is the feeling miles to eleven millions, and its
are humbled heroes, overpowered and pupils deserve commendation which every store must cultivate population from 160,000,000 to
but brave and conscientious to for the work done in this depart- and advertising will do it qnicker 400,000,000. It is easily the first
talent of a high order. The
"Sleigh Ride," an instrumental
duet, by Misses Lancaster and
McNeill, and "Rail Road Galop,'
by Misses McNeill and Breece,
school age. This means that
some schools must be abandoned ;
which means that other schools
will be strengthened. Let our pa
triotic citizens exert themselves
that this abandoning of some
schools and strengthing of others
be done wisely. It is. a necessary
Robeson County Bible Society.
The Sevenay-fifth Annual Meeting of
the Robeson County Bible Society will
convene at Philadelphus church, June
5th, 1S97.
PROG RAM M E.
10:30 a. m. Song service.
1 1 xx) a. m. Sermon, by Rev. J. A,
Smith, Fair Bluff, N. C.
KECliSS.
1:30 p. tn. Music.
1 :35 p. m. Names of d legates an$
churches represented.
1 140 p. ui. Address of Welcome, by J,
P. Smith.
1:42 p. 111. Response, by J. W. Wal
lace. 1:50 p. m. Reading the minutes of
the last meeting. . "
1:55 p. m. Report of Treasurer and
Depositary."
5:00 p. in. Report of Executive Com
mittee. 1 ,m ?
2:05 p. in. Election of officers. v,"-,
2:10 p. m. Time and place of next,
meeting.
2:20 p. m. What plan should b
adopted by the Society to supply .
the destitute within the whole county.
Discussion opened by Rev. P. R. Law.
3:10 p. m. Closing exercises, by Hev.
J. S. Black.
A. D. Brown,
J. S. Jonks,
Dr. O. C. FAtJur,
Committee,
Red Springs, May 13, 1S97.
Around the edge is a design in
white braid that harmonizes with
the pattern which outlines the
short jacket. The shirt-waist is The Sun says that S. R. Carring-
of white silk, finished with a high ton, of Durham, recently $25 from
, white eilk stock. The sleeves are j j? Allen, of San Marcial. N. M..
decidedly small, having enough Mn. payment of a debt, which ha
fullness on the shoulders to be been owimr for 20 vears. Alien,
Al.FKKD ROWLAND. J. A. ROWLAND.
ROWLAND & SON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
LUMBKRTON, . N. C.
Practice in State and Federal Courts.
Prompt attention given to all
legal busiuesa.
1, ?
Did You Know
that there was a dif
ference in
QUININE?
Well, there is, and we
sell only the very best
at the same price oth
ers charge for the in
ferior article. "
T. A. MORMEKT, JR. & CO.
G. W. McQUEEN.
THE L',...,,..i&f BARBER
ful in the selection of their text
ment for the past year, as most of than the show window business.
the pupils were beginners.
At the close 01 the exercises
Misses Telia Lancaster,
the English claim, in commercial
enterprise, financial resources and
wise administration. Expendi-
have grown in the sixty
It is an old story, rehearsed
Pearl anew, and perhaps to be repeated tures
I . Ti .J . J 1 I w - - "
books and especially so of their Cobb and Mary Bella Johnson again, nut, it can Hcarueiy years almost equally with the ; rev
histories. were given prizes by their teacher x'lDl' 01"" J1" enue, but not in as great propor-
It ik refreshing to see the grand for being so studious and reciting cc """"iVi- tion as wealth, lhe interest on
nil XoH h Ktnto mnl-mir ytridpa in the ereatcst number of perfect les- The Power of 5Pain upn her col- the pubic debt of tlie United
the direction of educational prog- sons in the music .class. Prizes nie is waning, and must one day Kingdom is but 2 per cent,, and
roHS were also given in other depart- cease, lhe demand ot the people the principal, ' which is now $3,
Crops are backward. The cool ments for hard work and good tor sell government is growing 870,010, is $1,000,000,000 less
-,nw VmV-orma hn dam. conduct during the past session, stronger, and must some time pre- than it was sixty years ago. Dur-
agf.il us greatly. Oats look well. Prof. McArthur, of Lumber l- But beyond that inevitable ing the past year $87,000,000 of the
mion Vi.t. iUHa wlioat. Thp Bridge, then came on the rostrum change there lie harassing prob- debt was paid off . Year by year
w..icr droiicrhr. of Inst, vonr 1ms with ouite a surprise for the teach- Jems, such as more thanoneeman-1 taxeg are. jncreagex or diminished
changed the tide, and North Ala- era. Each one received a present "Ped Spanish colony has found
from thp from the pupils as a token of
West.
The
move. We have more schools graceful, but fitting the arms
than we can run respectably. We closely, and finished with narrow
can get along with fewer. Longer braiding. The belt is of white
terms, fewer schools and farther leather with a gold buckle. The
to walk will be better than the hat is made of white chiffon, and
present short terms and miserable is elaborately trimmed at the back
schools. Where we have three lit- with enormous white roses and
Lie BOXlouis mitt uuw iiy iu uu i uieu luiuigc
with about $75 each a year, we
gives as a reason for paying the
debt that he has professed religion
and wants to live right.
might have one sohool, a good
one, a large one, a long running
one, with $225 a year, as Supt.
Afpl-inno coirl in th Tlpfiorrl pr lnat
wppV ,Tlri would be so mnnr, fined in iail on account of insani
better: it would be more than produced byexcessive drinking
three times better than the
present ones, it will be ten
times
Once Tried, Always Uaed.
If we sell one bottle of Chamberlain'a
Cough Remedy, we seldom fail to sell
the same person more, when it is again
needed. Indeed, it has become the family
medicine of this town, for coughs and
colds, and we recommend it because of
The Chronicle learns that John
W. Somers, of Wilkes county , died its established merits Jos. E. Harked,
in jail at Point a la Hache, La., a ProP- Oakland Pharmacy, Oakland, Md.
few days ago. He had been con
Sold by Dr. J. D. McMillan.
The Chronicle says Somers left
Wilkes for the West about the 1st
Says an exchange very truly.
The country people read the local
paper, and those business men who
do not uso its advertising col'
es-
almost to overtax its strength and
i ... il. . TT.. .'j. .1 nij.
fQOTv. rDcnoni- alien as even tne unuect orates
I . . J i.-i mi
This was a dav to be remem- uas Pt yet tuny settled, lhe end
bered, and away down in the dim oi the old story will come. But
and uncertain future when those ifc is to be 80USht not Hghtly and
whom we saw there radiant with heedlessly, but with grave, appre-
I . . a 1 mi -l.l oi ii tjx rf--F t4-a ttt urn f r nvivA"f
,..:tb i;Hxr .n,l i.vV,oit,r Tl,a vouth and beauty, lull ol bright rilli"" Wi
r i t Vinrtuci o-nl otjnir.it inna cha hflV0 I A'
Florence District Confer
ence, 31. w. Uliurcn, boutn, was
held at Leighton, May 18-16.
Bishop J. C. Granberry presided
sessions were pleasant and profit- hopes and aspirations, shall have
able. The preaching was edifying, become dignified men and matrons
The town was crowded, but the with the cares, duties and respon-
York Tribune.
hospitality of the people was equal
to the emergency. Sunday was a
high day. Love-feaet at 9 a. m. ;
Bishop's grand sermon at 11 ; Ep-
worth League at 3:80 and Rev.
David Leith,'the Scotchman, at 8
I S1 T II
p. m. uoruiaiiy,
sibilities of life upon them and
shall have grappled with its ear-
Seffator McMillan, says the
Washington Post, drives to the
Senate in a fine open wagon with
bright ted wheels, and Senator
i. j :4-:v. 41,,;.. I
nest-, eveiv-uuy uut, Wolcott haB one 0f the handsomest
memories will revert with pleas
Trinity Sta;, Ala.
A. L. D.
May 23.
urable emotions to the closing ex
ercises of the school at Parkton
on the 12th of May, 1897-
Visitor.
Vhen you witth an easy shave,
A gool os barber ever Kavct
Just call on tne at my saloon,
At morning, eve or noon:
I cut and drew the hair with grace,
' To suit the contour of the face.
My room is neat and towels clean,
Scissors sharp and razors keen,
i4nd everything I think you'll find
To suit the face and please the miiirf,
Ah all my art and skill can do,
If you jut ecu-1 li Uo lor you.
victorias in the city. Other Sen
ators, like Mr. Chandler and Mr.
Bacon, are content to get around
on bicycles. The conveyance
which Senator Turpie affects,
however, is worthy of a column
description. Where he finds it,
Heaven only knows. It is a coupe
Lrenf
are a source of comfort. They
arc a source oi care, also.
If you care for your child's
health, 6ci'.d for illustrated
book on the disorders to which '
children arc cubject, and
Frcy's Vcrmitazc
cured for 50 years.
mum Dy mm fur a cent.
E, A 8. PKEV,
Baltimore, Bid,
l-'i which
Mr. Stevenson Now a Grandfather.
Blnomington Dispatch.
A telegram from Harrodsburg, which looks as it might have done
Ky., brings the news of the birth duty in the time ol Lreorge Wash
of a daughter to Rev. and Mrs.
Hardin. Ex-Vice President Stev-
mgton. Its former black enamel
has turned to a rusty shade of
brown, its doors nrp sVmkv mid
. jf.ii : ... j ,
enson thus becomes a grancuauier n8 wi1Heia re anvthmff but. round.
Mrs JIardin is Mr. Stevenson's el- The driver is an old colored man,
dest daughter and, as Miss Julia who wears a derby hat and Prince
Stevenson, was one of the favorites Albert coat, while the horse ap
of Washington. The infant will propriately completes the outfit,
be named Let itia Stevenson Har- It is a black horse, very bony as
din. The child was born at the to ribs and very high as to legs.
home of P. Wat Hardin, her pa- and with a tail as stubby as afield
utiml grandfather, 1 ot corn alter harvest time.
on the motion of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer so as to balance
almost exactly the expenditure,
and this official alone can propose
an increase of expenditure. It
follows that he feels his responsi
bility, and only necessary appro
priations receive his approval.
All items are closely scanned by
the man who must find the reve
nue to meet them. The system is
not like ours one committee for
"ways and means" and eight or
nine other committees, each a law
to itself, at work on estimates
made up by the departments,
each eager to get as much as it
can from Congress. Nor does the
House of Lords, like our lordlier
Senate, feels at liberty to swell appropriations.
Policy, not log-rolling, has
caused the large increase of the
budgets of most European coun
tries sine? 1871. The arming of
France after that year caused
Germany to increrse enormously
her army expenditures, and the
two countries have reacted on
each other. When Germany
armed, Russia had to do the same,
mid when Russia amied Austria
had to follow her example. It
trade.
Tf this will b dm1P f-nr,d of APnl havingfirst sold his prop- umn8 iose the opportunity for se
intelligent citizens can get itdone rty and laid in a year's supplies curing a desirable and lastingr
by talking to their committemen)
we will have begun to solve the
problem of Public Education in
North Carolina. But one thing
more will remain to be done.
for his wile, who is living in
Wilkes county near Osbornyille.
Chamberlain's Pain Balm has no equal
as a household liniment. It is the best
remedy known for rheumatism, : lame
back, neuralgia; while for sprains, cuts,
While attending the funeral of
her little grandson at the cemete
ry in Concord last week Mrs. Ma-
. -. - I 1 1 J. .1 a.1 a. 1a.
And that is to carry the August ry Sides was taken suddenly ill and onuses, oums, scam aau sure uu.
prprpl'orSphoola" died within an hour. She was is invaluable. Werte& Pike, merchants,
U.1 rnrion This will d,1 lUlte an aed
almost certainly
$1,000 to the
school fund of each township.
Reckoning on eight schools to a
township (as Superintendent Meb
ane did in this paper last week)
we would have $125 extra for each
school. Under the new law this
would insure six months schools
in every wisely managed township
in North Carolina. Therefore we
headed this editorial "The Solu
tion of the Public School Prob
lem." When we shall have got
ten six months schools, the prob
lem will be solved. The way is
clear. It is the only way. It re
mains for those who see the oppor
tunity to make it plain to the peo
ple.
The Catholic University at
Washington has received $150,000
as a bequest from the' estate of
Pntriok B. O'Brien, of New Or
leans.
n
Cramps, Croup, a
S
Colic,
Colds,
Coughs, 1
Tooth
ache,
Fernandina, Fla., write: "Everyone who
buys a bottle of Chamberlain's Rem
edies, comes back and says it is the best -medicine
he has ever used." 25 and 50
cents per bottle at Dr. J. D. McMillan's
drug store. " "
6 Diarrhoea,
a Dysentery, X
$ a.d an B()we Complaints. I
A Sure, Safe, Quick Cure for
these troubles is .
T It is the trusted friend of the 1
4 Mechanic, Farmer, Plaater,
Sailor, and in fact all classes.
$ Used Internally or externally. $
J Beware of imitation . Take
$ none but the genuine "Pbruy J
Davis. Sold everywhere. X
and 50c. bottles. 1
f 25c,
There are doctors, lawyers, min
isters arid several other profession
als in the Texas penitentiary, but.
not a printer in it. But printers
are punished enough without going
to the penitentiary
Dnring the summer of 1891, Mr.- Chas.
P. Johnsou, a well known attorney of
Louisville, Ky., had a severe attack of
summer complaint. Quite a number of
different remedies were tried, but failed
to afford any relief. A friend who knew
what was needed procured him a bottle
of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy, which quickly cured hin
and he thinks, saved his lfie. He says
that there has not been a day since that
time that he has not had this remedy in
his household. He speaks of it in the.
highest praise and takes pleasure in rec
ommending it whenever an opportunity
is offered. For sale by Dr. T, D, frjcMillan,
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