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A bargain clyclone has struck the old town of Lumberton. One man's loss is
another man's gain. We have just closed a deal with a Trustee in Bankruptcy
for an immense stock of General Merchandise. We have made many good
deals, but hardly think we have ever made a better one than this, as the stock
is practically new, all of it having been bought within the past few months. We
may have bought goods cheaper before, but we have never bought such reason
able goods so much under priced. This bargain event should crowd our store from
morning until night with an eager throng of shoppers. This stock of goods is
now on sale in our Big. Department Store at Lumberton, and we
invite the good people of Robeson and adjoining counties to come early and get
the pick of the matchless bargains which we will offer.
The mere fact that our business is increasing rapidly is the best evidence that
the public appreciates our efforts to furnish the world's best bargains. In ad
dition to this bankrupt stock there is a great stream of merchandise flowing into
our Mammoth Department Store every day.Our jMr.Gough is going up and dow n
this great country of ours devouring bargains in all lines right and left. Each
day brings its sensation; bargains like you will tind here are not to be found
every day; things that you have thought to be out of your reach are now placed
before you for a little of nothing dimes, dollars, yes, even pennies will do
mighty work in our store. Bargains in every department, bargains unusual,bar
gains galore, nothing but real bargains, emphatic money saving bargains can
stir up buying enthusiasm at this season of the year. Ve have neither time
nor space to quote prices in this advertisement, but urge you to come and see
for yourself." We sell everything and sell it for less:
In conclusion we call attention to our Wholesale Department. This Department
is for Merchants only. We guarantee to sell you as cheap as any jobber and
will save you freight. . We have on hand more than 15,000 pounds of tobacco
of different brands, 25c. per pound.
Thanking you for your liberal patronage in the past, we beg to remain
YOUR FRIENDS,
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GREATEST BARGAIN GIVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
LUMBERTON, " " MAXTON, FAIRMONT.
READ THIS ADVERTISEMENT AND MAKE
YOURSELF ACQUAINTED WITH SOME
GOOD OPPORTUNITIES.
We have on hand at all times something for sale,and we
are always open for the purchase of anything that can be
handled at reasonable prices.
We are frequently closing deals, because we handls bargains.
Inquire into what we offer for sale and be convinced.
FVwr immMliafp sale 11.000.000 feet of timber, half Ions
leaf, half short leaf, in the county between Lumberton and
St Pauls railroad running through. A great opportunity
for saw mill man or timber dealer.
We have 1,000 acres in two tracts, 500 acres each, situated about
five miles North-East of St. Pauls, in a good community. One tract
hife about 200 acres cleared with seven tenant houses, good barns,
etc The other tract has some timber on it and 300 acres of it can
be easily cleared. The cleared land on this property rents well and
the 1,000 arres, both tracts, can be had for less than $20,000, part
cash and balance on time.
For Sale in the Town of Lumberton.
A Kpantifnl lot with nice two-story residence, well situated.
Hftnp i rpntiniL for $14.00 ver month. Will sell for less than
2 Krt Tprms ritrht. We also have another house and lot that we
can sell for about $2,000, but the best proposition we have to offer
in the town is a vacant lot on MAIN street opposite Mr. R.D. Cald
well's residence. This is the only available piece ot property on
11 ATN ttwt within 400 vards of the court house. Lot has a ' 38?
foot frontage and is 125 feet deep, with privilege of an alley. This
property will riot be on the market long and any one desiring to
miKosd it ehrmM nnnlv at. once. We have a nice half -acre lot on
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tuvonrl atrppt tndinir throueh to First and is only three blocks
frhmMAlNRtrPPt. This lot fronts two streets and is desirable
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property bargainer somebody. . .,
Eyes Examined
FREE.
SHUR-ON
If your eyesight troubles you
call and have them thoroughly
tested. We can suit any defec
tion in the sight. Spectacles and
Eye Glasses correctly fitted to
your eyes for
$1.00 and up..
Our work is guaranted by our
constant practice of over 20 years
as leading and reliable opticians.
Dr. Vineburg.
. Masonic Temple,
Wilmington, - - - N. C.
Abootutiely
Pure
THE A, K. J.
Lumberton,
2-17-tf
Fire of unknown origin Sun
day night, the 27th ult.,
in Wilmington in the freight
terminals of - the Seaboard
Line Ry. destroyed1 'one- of,
two large storage warehouses
just completed and a large
amount of fertilizer constituents,
including the mixing plants and
stock of the Armour Fertilizer
Works, the whole entailing a
Joss of about $ 175,000, well cov
ered by insurance
Saved a Soldier's lAfe. '
Facine death from shot and shell
Artificial
Eyes Inserted
out Pain.
With-
- give the most valuable ingpe- ""feiSA
dient, the active principle, to (f-kK
ifiKifll J Insures wholesome and i JQ
H!l)llfV V fk deUcious food for every
in
the civil war was more agreeable td '"J,
A,. Stone, of Kemp, Tex., than facing it
A j. I irom wnai uuewn uaiu was cuiisuuip-
writes, ''that developed a cough, that
stuck v.o m in-sptt9..:re)tt'edjieifQr
years. My weight ran down to l3u
pounds. Then I began to use Dr.Kng's
New Discovery, which comdlete
Iv cured me. I now weigh 178 pounds."
j For Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe, Asthma,
' Hemorrhage. Hoarseness, croup, Whoop-
i igv oui?h and lung trouble.it's supreme.
5)c. 1.01. Trial bottle free Guaranteed
by all druggists.
A Young Merchant of Promise.
Rowland San.
Rowland's youngest merchant,
and perhaps the youngest in the
county, is Fraether McKmnon,
the bright young son or Mr. and
Mrs. Graham McKmnon. He is
scarcely 15 years - old. but has
been merchandising -for some lit
tie time. Hie styles his mace of
business '!The Country Cash
Store," and on his business cards
he has printed, ' D. P. McKinnon,
the Country Merchant. " A great
many boys in this generation have
nothing to do while out of school
but loaf pa the streets and smoke
crgarettesbutPraether is not
p?i :6f; thjt kind. After school
and ba Saturdays he tends to his
store, and sells goods- too. Prae
ther is a bright boy and has in.him
the makim? off a great merchant.
He bears the initials of his pater
nal grandfather, who was a lead
ing merchant and farmer in his
day, and one of. Robeson's most
honored citizens.
Medicines that aid nature are always
most successful. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy acts on this plan. It loosens
the coug , relieves the lungs, jD'pens
the secretiops and aids naXureAn re
storing 'the system to a health condi
tion. Sold by Dr. J.D.McMillan & Son
and The Pope Drug uo. f
To Give Awa y Millions Rock
efeller Foundation To Be Incorporated.
Washing-ton Dispatch, 23.
Steps were taken today to
incorporate the Rockefeller Foun
dation in the District of Colum
bia. The bill ' for this purpose
was introduced by Senator Gallin
ger and was referred to the com
mittee on judiciary, lne purpose
of the foundation is to provide
for a general organization- to
conduct philanthropic work along
all lines. It is understood that
the' foundation will be . endowed
largely dy John 1D. Rockefeller
and that he takes this means to
dispose of a large part of his
enormous wealth, v
The incorporators named in the
bill are John D. - Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., . Fred
T. Gates, Starr J. Murphy "and
Charles 0. Heydt. - These incor
porators are authorized to select
associates, not to exceed a total
of twenty-five and it is provided
that there shall not be at any
time less than five.
' It was stated by Senator Gallin
ger todav that Mr. Rockefeller
already nas given away $52 000,
000 and that he was seeking a
method of disposing of his for
tune that would benetit man
kind. Tne Rockefeller Founda
tion will be anthorized to receive
and dispense gifts of money
other than those obtained from
the original endowments, the
j amount of which has not been
fixed.
The scope of the foundation is
very broad, although embraced
in a very short section of the
bill. This section reads:
"That the object of the said cor
poration shall be to promote the
well being and to advance the
civilization of the people of the
United States and its Territories
and possessions and of foreign
lands in the acquisition and dis
semination of knowledge; in the
prevention and relief of suffer
ing and in the promotion of any
andall of the elements of human
progress."
Niw York Dispatch, 3d.
Among charities the new
Rockefeller foundation is to be
come what the Standard Oil
Company has long been among
corporations, and J. D. Rockefel
ler, Jr., as its head, will in an
other sphere of influence per
petuate the domination so long
maintained in the world of in
dustry by John D. Rockefeller
Sr.", as president of the Standard
Negro Seized in Court Room and
Lynched.
Dallas, Tex, Dispatch, 3d.
j From the very grasp of- the
: law, Allen Brooks, an aged negro,
j charged with criminally assault
j ing a 2-year-old white child, was
j taken by 1,500 determined mem-
b ii s of an angry mob today and
hanged for his crime. Brooks
was seized in the cou 1 1 room where
he was to receive the law's judg
ment, tossed through a window
to the main body of the mob
which waited like a pack of rav
ing wolves for tneir prey in the
street below. His broken body
was dragged through the streets
and he was hanged to the Elks'
Arch.high above the street by
the avenging citizens. The mob
was led by an old negro.
Greensboro Cor., 1st, Raleigh
News and Observer: Before Jus
tice Collins, W. E. Massenburg,
of Henderson, waived examina
tion in twq cases, one charg;ng
abduction of Mrs. Arthur II.
Nowell and her little son, Frank,
the other case charging the kid
naping of Mrs. Xovvell. Massen
burg gave bonds in the sum oJ
3,0J0 for his appearance at the
next term of Guilford Sn
tcoart, which begir s April 4.
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