North Carolina Newspapers

vvileori 'LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY S, THY GOD S, AND TRUTh's.' CLAUDIUS F. WILSON, EDITOR & PROP R. $ 1 . 5P A YEAR CASH IN ADVANCE- VOLUME XXI. WILSON, WILSON COUNTY, N. C, JUNE 18, 1891. I NUMBER 22. ' m BEFORE YOU BUY -A- -FAN- visit us and over the look new stock hand. just to White Goods we have just receiv ed another supply equally as desirable as the last lot. I Fan shaped Nappies only 4Cts, 7-inch oval Dishes only 4fts, Gattling Gun Tooth-pick hold ers only 4cts, - Children Glass Mugs 4&s, and other new goods in all the 1 ..'partments. Cash Catches The Bargains. THE RACKET STORE, NASH ST., WILSON, N. C. N 1111. er has returned from a trip h the Northern Markets as usual, has purchas-' iill anil select line of Miilinerv Goods. EST STYLES AND DESIGNS rmvv arriving. We know t!e demands the best that .B tired, yet we are conn please yon. The ser ies Marie O'Neal,, an ,u d Milliner, of Bal- iave been secured ; i.ion to our pres . m :s of assistants. respectfully i.e our stock. invited to Williams & Co., .nd Tarboro Sts., ON, N. C. l i), Want OVE ON WHEELS Tl 1. 11, nb soot, that re- . - ...4 ;i : has no stove pipe .' , i t . 1. .111 out ? It is some- . I ..i .-per wants. . ; i TRAPS, ; :M :;:.!:.- .i ' . , will last a life-time .Ul.l.N! 'bin : 1 .. will kill potato : it..,: , Co -iers and the cele MOtSS L AI . f'-RfeEZER, PARIS Tli h'-fr bi ated i ! II H P Ceo. 1). Green & Co. c. OI IX D. COIM'ER, MARBLE onutnents, in, in hi 1 :i: M -De;; lice. vv ite tur :.rtces. 5-14-iy ass-Ware, SH I HILL AKFS I EFiER. KM1 U u; 1 t id -II L tVre Already Hardened to Toil Trouble He Goes in Search of ,1.1.1 Liberty. I am going in search of liberty. Twenty-six years ago about this time the old soldiers were dropping in ' upon their old homes some on foot and some on old army mules that were too poor to utter a decent bray. These old veterans were so changed that their wives and mothers hardly knew them. Unshaved, unshod, un- ! washed, ragged and tired they were a pitiful contrast to their own pictures when they first went forth to war. If it were not sad it would be funny to say that they reminded us of Falstaff, who said of his soldiers "There's not a shirt and a half in all my com pany." As they dropped in on the old homesteads most of them found somebody dead a mother, a wife, a sister, or perhaps a child and the poor fellow would sit in the old split bottomed chair and listen and sigh as the tale of sorrow was rehearsed. There is more of tender, touching reality about the returns of the vete rans to their humble, desolated horrtes than will ever be told in history. Within the limits of the Sherman belt they found nothing as they left it. There were no horses or mules or cattle or hogs. The fences had been burned the once happy fields were growing up in weeds and briers. The tires were off the wagon wheels, the plows worn out, the corncrib empty, the bagging had rotted off the cotton bales that had been packed three years before. A bushel of corn was a granary, and was kept hidden from the deserters and robbers of both armies, who infested the country. Crumbling walls and lonesome chim neys marked the homes of those who fled before the march of the foul in vader. But there were thousands of the old and helpless and the widows and orphans who had to stay, for they had nowhere to go and nothing to go in. Many of them were like Cobe says he was : "Had nothin and nothin' to get nothin' with and nothin' to put it in," and when he moved from one place to another he started his wife and children ahead in drove, and then he put out the fire and called the dog and followed tUtem. But these war-worn soldiers were already hardened to toil and trouble. They rejoiced that the war was over. They smiled at peace and poverty, and comforted their families with love and hope and determination. No more was heard the midnight order, to get up and march. No more the rattling of musketry or the booming of cannon. No more the familiar news that "old Bob Lee had whipped em ag in. 1 hese soldiers went to work. It did not take long to make an inventory of what was left. There was no corn for the mules, but there was grass, w hat they would do lor bread was the most serious question tor they had no money. 1 here was none in the country except confeder ate, and a bushel of that wonld not buy a bushel of potatoes. For two or three months they had struggled along and divided out their substance and lived : Yes, lived, and sometimes laughed and told an army joke Or a sickly, measly anedote on old Bob, or old Tige, or old Rock. But slow and surely the supply of hidden corn was giving out. Lean and hungry fingers were scratching the bottom of the sack, when all of a sudden yes, just in the nick and pinch of time I received a letter, a good, kind, sym pathetic letter that had come i ,000 miles, and in it was a check a bank check for $3,000 $3,000 in green backs, and it was to buy corn for the poor who lived in the fiery belt-that letter came from Liberty, away up in Missouri, north of Kansas City. It was to us an amazing charity. There was not $100 nor 100 bushels of corn within fifty miles of us. The letter gave us names of good men in St. Louis who would send us the corn without commission, and we ordered it at once and divided it out with five counties and put good old Tom Perry in charge of it. Rome was our Egypt and Tom our Joseph and they came every day to get their share Poor confederate widows walked for miles with their little sacks ; wagons were patched up and hauled for a settlement. There was no leakage or ratage or stealage. The corn was bought at 35 cents a bushel, and the freight was put at half price. What a glorious gift was that. But where was Liberty, and what kind of a peo ple lived there, and how did they hear of our destitution ? That was the question, for tour long years our soldier boys nad been hghting for liberty and failed to find it, and now in our despair and desolation Liberty had found us and laid her treasures at our feef And so I am going in search of Liberty. They have a college there a time-honored institution, and the young men have called me to come and dispense my wit and wisdom and I am going. Our people owe Liberty a debt and the interest has been running for twenty-six years, and all they ask is an hour's talk to the boys. I remembered well the glad sur prise when that check came, and a few days after newspaper from Liberty that told how their people had heard of the destitution that was in the wake of the march to the sea and how gladly and generously they raised $6,000 and scattered it along the lh. To whom shall we send north Georgia's portion, was the next question, and a crippled veteran by the name of McCarthy, an Irishman, who had followed Sterling Price as lang as he had two legs, rose up and sLd : "Gentlemen, I don't know but one man there, and his name is Arp, and Pve been readin' of his letters for five years, and I be d d if I wouldn't trust him with all I've got." I have the paper yet, and that is one of the compliments I prize and one of the oaths I never shuddered at. And so l am off in the morning in pursuit of Liberty. I have never been on Mis souri soil and I have been told that there is no region more generously southern than northwestern Missouri, and no region more blessed of heav en in soil and climate and beauty. I shall soon see for myself and write you. Bill Arp. from Friend to Friend Goes the story of the excellence of Hood's Sarsaparilla and what has ac complished, and this is the strongest advertising which is done on behalf of this medicine. We endeavor to tell honestly what Hood's Sarsaparilla is and what it will do, but what it has done is far more important and far more potent. Its unequalled record of cures is sure to convince those who have never tried Hood's Sarsaparilla that it is an excellent medicine. "Mercy me !" said. Miss Passee, "I sincerely hope they will not pass the law making a day of eight hours." "Why not ?" "Just think how rap idly we shall age ! Just three times as fast." Lemon Elixir. PEEASANT, ELEGANT, RELIABLE For biliousness and take Lemon Elixir constipation, For fevers, chills and malaria, take Lemon Elixir For sleeplessness, nervousness and palpitation of the heart, take Lemon Elixir For indigestion and foul stomach, take Lemon Elixir For all sick and nervous headaches, take Lemon Elixir Ladies, for natural and thorough or ganic regulation, take Lemon Elixir Dr Mozley s Lemon hlixir will not fail you in any of the above named dis eases, all of which arise from a torpid or diseased liver, stomach, kidneys or bowels Prepared only by Dr H Mozley, At lanta, Ga. 5oct and J1.00 per bottle, at druggists Lemon Hot Drop. Cures all Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Hemraor rhage and all throat and lung diseas es Elegant, reliable 25 cents at druggists Prepared only by Dr H Mozley, Atlanta, Ga A Boy's Composition. The kokonuts is a native to the tropik. It grows onto trees and is good to eat. Billy Brown's oncle is a vessil kaptain, and one time he fetched Bill a hole lot of Kokonuts from West Ingines. Hit tuck" us a hole week to eat 'em up. Wot Billy and me wants to no is how doz the milk git inside the kokonut. Does the kokonut gro round the milk or does the milk leke in from the out side, end if so wot fur ? Kokonut py is my favorite, but Billy likes kokonut candy best. A Safe Investment. Is one which is guaranteed to bring you satisfactory results, or in case of failure a return of purchase price. On this safe plan you can buy from our advertised Druggist a a bottle of Dr King's New Discov ery tor Consumption. It is guar anteed to bring relief in every case, when used for any affection of Throat, Lungs or Chest, such as Consump tion, lnflamation ol Lungs, Bronchi tis, Asthma, Whooping Cough, Croup, etc, etc It is pleasant and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and can always be depended upon. Trial bottles free free at A. W. Rowland's Drug store The sons and daughters of present day railroad magnates will some time proudly boast of the "hauls" of their ancestors A Dangerous Period. As the season moves swiftly toward the boundary lines that lie between winter and Spring, it frequently hap pens that the human system, which has borne the strain of Winter, shows signs of relaxation. In all ages this period has been noted as a dangerous one. A course of the great blood purifier and tonic, S. S. S., will ena ble the most delicate to face the sea son's changes with impunity. It is a medicine that not only strengthens the weak and the delicate, but is an additional safeguard for those who consider themselves strong. It most usually happens that the private opinion a man has about any one is the opinion that he loses no time in making public. When Baby wu tick, we gare her Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. she bad Children, she gave them Castoria I is not the fisherman who tells the biggest fish story, nor is It the farmer who tells the most harrowing tales. , Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rhuem, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chap ped hands Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay required. It is guar- anteed to give satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents oer box. For sale by A. W. Rowland. A I'LtAS VIVr OCCASION. Tbe Sunday School Conference and Dedi cation at Lebanon, Greene County. Appletree, June 3rd, 1861. The first Sunday School Conference of Fremont circuit was held at Lebanon Church, Saturday, May 30th, and it would have done every Sunday School worker who reads this good to have been present. Rev. W. W. Rose, the pastor of the Fremont cir cuit and one of the most earnest workers in the North Carolina Con ference, left nothing undone to make a successful and profitable gathering. Owing to the very heavy rains and the overflow of the cneek, near by, the representatives of two churches could not be present. The other four churches were well represented and very deep interest was taken in the several addresses. The principle address of the day was that ol John W. Bryan Esq., of Goldsboro, who spoke to the Confer ence on the qualifications of a Sun day School Teacher. Mr. Bryan is such an earnest, consecrated worker himself that whatever he says on Sunday School work is always listen ed to with the greatest attention. On this subject he was especially strong, plain and practical and his words fidy spoken made a lasting impres sion on every teacher and worker present. Revs. R. C. Beaman, J. T. Aber- nethy and W. W. Rose also address ed the Conference and presented to that body their views of how to make Sunday Schools more efficient. Messrs. Beaman and Abernethy spoke of the necessity of having con secrated Christian teachers and the influence of the teacher's lite upon the pupils in forming Christian char acter. Rev. Mr. Rose addressed his re marks more particularly to the influ ence of the home life of parents on the Sunday School and showed the necessity of home training in forming character. The addresses were very good and have evidently left a lasting impres sion for good on the Conference and the neighborhood of Lebanon church. Not by any means least among the good things of the day was the speech of Hon. B. F. Aycock, of 1 Fremont, in presenting to the Conference the advantages and claims of the Metho dist District School, which is to be opened at Fremont this Fall under the efficient management of Mrs. W. H. Speight and her accomplished daughters. In fact, the Senator grew eloquent pleading for better educa tion, and every parent in this section ought to have heard him. The dinner spread by the ladies for the Conference andvistors was an important factor in the enjoyment of the day. The Argus man should have been on hand. There was barbecue for the farmers, chicken for the preachers, pickles for the ladies and cake for the bacKelors, and all in great abundance. Before the adjournment of the Con- terence resolutions 01 thanks were voted to John W. Bryan, Revs. R. C. Beaman and I. T. Abernethy, and Hon. B. F. Avcock for their several Laddresses. The officers of the Conference elected for the ensuing year are : President Jas. H. Best. Vice-President E. L. Becton. Treasurer G. D. Best. Secretary H. Edmundson. Rev. W. W. Rose, Jas. H. Best, and L. L. Becton are the executive committee. All interest was centered in the dedication of the new church on Sun day. Rev. R. C. Beaman, of Wil mington, who labored in this section of the Master's vineyard for three years, came up to officiate at the dedication service. He preached from I Corinthians, iii, 21, 22 and 23 verses, and held the undivided attention ol the entire crowded congregation. The sermon was beautiful, touching and comfort ing. Our people are very much at tached to the eloquent divine, as was well attested by the attention shown to him on the grounds Saturday and Sunday and in their homes. May he be spared to be with the church just dedicated many more times. Just one word about the church. It is a beautiful little church, of mod est design, and will compare favora bly witjh many town churches. It is a model ol beauty lor the cost (under $i,ooot), and is the pride of the peo ple of this section. The new organ, which I was secured and paid for through the efforts of some of the ladies, adds very much to the choir and to the general appearance of the church. Surely the ladies lead in all good work. Very Truly, Ed. in Goldsboro Argus. Catarrh in New England. Ely's Cream Balm gives satisfac tion to every one using it for catarrh al troubles. G. K. Mellor, Druggist, Worcester, Mass. I believe Ely's Cream Balm is the best article for catarrh ever offered the public. Bush & Co., Druggists, Worcester, Mass. An article of real merit. C. P. Al- den, Druggists, Springfield, Mass. Those who use it speak highly of it. Geo. A. Hill Druggist, Spring field, Mass. Cream Balm has given satisfactory results, W. P. Draper, Druggist, Springfield, Mass. Sorry for you, Hugh. I When a fellow sits with his best girl and eats two pints of strawberries ' without sugar, "he is in it" to a very laree extenL Hickory Press and ; Carolinian. WHICH IS BEST? OFF THE STALK VERSUS ON THE STALK CURE CW. W. H. Snow Writes an Interesting Article on the Subject. He Backs up His Assertions by Facts and Figures. (special cor. the advance.) High Point, N. C, June 4th. We see by the census reports in your last issue that North Carolina is cred ited with 480 pounds of tobacco per acre during the last decade, which sold at an average of g4 cents per pound, or $51.25 per acre. Now, Mr. Editor, if these figures are cor rect, they are discouraging, to say the least The Guano and labor bills and freights and commissions on sales have not been paid by any such amount per acre as 48b pounds, at 94 "cents per pound. If these figures telf ihe truth, it is as plain as day that North Carolina farmers will be com pelled ere long to quit growing tobac co or change their method of culture. The farmer is wearing out his farm, destroying his timber lands and is not getting a. new dollar fof an old one. It is "said that necessity knows no law ; is this state of things necessary ? We say not; it is the direct result of wrong methods of growing, curing and handling the crop. How do you know? says one. Let me tell you how we know; experience is the best of teachers; we have tried other meth ods and have closely watched many others who have in all cases made tobacco-growing a success, where their neighbors fail with old methods. Why can South Carolina make an average growth of eleven hundred pounds per acre on 1 300 acres grown in one coun ty and North Carolina only an aver age of 480 pounds? How is it that South Carolina can sell her crop in North Carolina markets and obtain 25 cents average per pound .and North Carolina farmers only get g4 cents? How is it that the South Car olina growers get $275.00 per acre for their tobacco and North Carolina get only $51.00, with all their experi ence and knowledge which they should have gained with the practice of fifty years, while the South Carolina to bacco growers are novices in tobacco growing? 1 he reason is told in a few words: When their tobacco leaves get ripe they remove from them from the stalk and cure them and let the green leaves remain on the stalk until they get ripe before they try to cure them. This is the only reason any man can give for the difference of $225.00 persjicre in the average pro duct in the two States. If any other man can give any other reason he shall have the floor. It is well nigh the time that the North Carolina farmer began to divest himsell of his prejudice and took a square look at the only plain, com mon-sense plan of curing tobacco. Let him make a test of the weight of leaves cured on and off the stalk. It is his. business to know positively whether he loses 15 pounds in every 100 pounds he grows, or not, by wrong methods of curing. He does not need to ask his warehouseman, it is his business to know ; he can find out by curing alternate leaves on one or a dozen stalks, curing them half on and half off in the same heat. When he finds his wire cured leaves out-weigh the stalk-cured leaves two ounces in the pound he can think what a "duffer" he has been that he did not find it out before when it was so easy done. When he saves all the leaves that grow on his plants and gets about 900 to 1 ,000 pounds per acre, all good tobacco, no trash at the bottom or ears at the top (his trash he finds good, bright smokers, and his green tips broad, rich mahog any fillers,) he can think what a "muft" he has been to waste one half the tobacco he has grown for the last half century. The results of the new method of curing are quite as good, and equally satisfactory, in other States in every attempt made. The tobacco is supe rior in every conceivable way for plug manufacture or for smoking tobacco. Wa have made the test and invite comparison with any or all plug man ufacturers or smokers in the United States. The superiority lies solely in the fact that the leaf is cured sep arate from the stalk. This leads us to remark that if a man has "han kering" for curing tobacco stalks, he should always provide a seperate barn, as he would separate pot for cooking cabbage stalks separate from the cabbage leaves he assigned for his dinner. Two dollars for one is a big difier- 1 1 r t s .1 t rf . ence. w nen you taice tne oinerence between the average of North Caio- lina and South Carolina and find it more than five to one ; it is time we either turned over a new leaf, either follow the lead of South'" Carolina in the leaf cur, or quit growing tobac co. Some of our manufacturers and salesmen are to blame for the state of things in some sections- They have loudly advised against leaf cure. When they have seen the leaf so cured, always bringing good prices above the average, and well the farmers have gready increased his yield, this excuse probably lies in a cloudy vision. No amount of oppo sition or combination can stay the progress of the leaf-cure ; it is an im provement in every line and feature of the business ; it is more and bet ter tobacco for a greatly reduced cost per pound, from every acre cul tivated in the United States. To obtain tne best and sweetest chew or smoke the leaves must be taken from the stalk at the right time ; the ni trates and chlorophyl must be sweat ed out of them in a close building ; the building must in it itself, pos sess a natural draught, and when the time comes to dry the tobacco, ijt must be dried in a continuous current of rarified air. The air must be changed in the room every five min utes during the time of drying, or as fast as the heat can keep the barn at the desired temperature. This will cure the leaves sweet and free from bite, with less nitrates and nicotine than can be found in any other to bacco ever cured. Furthermore, we say this can only be done in the Modern Barn, and in no other barn that has ever appeared up "to date. The leaf-cure in the log barn is a very great improvement over the stalk -cure in point of color and qual ity, but when perfect flavor in both chew and smoke is required, it can be had only from the Modern Barn proper ; it takes the green leaf while in a perfect condition and divests it of all objectionable properties, and all done without injury to any essential qualities of the leaf. It is not pois oned by the exhalations from the stalk ; its rosinous or gummy proper ties are not hardened and destroyed by excessive heat ; the essential oils in the leaf have not been subtracted by the stalk while being cured on it. 1 hese are, Mr. Editor, our reasons for believing that the leaf cure is bound to swim. To sum it up in a nut-shell, it is right. Yours truly, Wm. H. Snow. Merit Wins. We desire to say to our citizens, that for years we have been selling T" v: xt ir: r o ays. "-nig iicw liscuveiy lor con sumption, Dr. King s New Life Pills, Bucklen s Arnican Salve and Electric Bitters, and have never handled rem edies that sell as well, or that have given such universal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to guarantee them every time, and we stand ready to refund the purchase price, if satisfac tory results do not follow their use These remedies have won their great popularity purely on their merits. A. W. Rowland Druggist. THOMAS H. REED IN ROME. The speaker of the last House of Representatives, T. B. Reek, is visit ing Rome, the city of Caesars. The New York Sun, of all newspapers the most brilliant, is the author of the following Editor. Behold me as I stand, Where Rome has stood For twice a thousand years And more ! Behold us both, Me and Rdtne ! And then dear friends, - Please give your eyes a rest. Rome has her history, And I have mine ; r But Rome, although she sat Upon her seven hills And ruled the world, Never sat in the Speaker's chair The Fifty-first Congress And bossed that Megatherian aggregation As I did, And that is where I've got The bulge on Rome ! Here in old Caesar's district I sit me down, and with my feet Upon his ancient mantlepiece I feel at home. Me and Caesar ! Twin stars that twinkle through all time ! The iron and heels that trod as one Upon the people's necks, And then we eot it in our own ! By Gosh ! dear friends, I don't like that a little bit, And Caesar didn't either Although he didn't have a Word to say after it was over, For obvious reasons ! But Brutus wasn't a patching To Springer of Illinois, Or Rogers of Arkansas, And Caesar has something ' " To be thankful for! I'm with you, Rome, From the Passamaquoddy's 1 umbbng tide of saw logs To where the tawny Tiber flows, And we should organize A Reed and Roman Trust, And swipe the universe ! Are there objections ? I hear none. The ayes seem to have it ; The ayes have it ; Then let her go, Gallagher ! But I shall never think That in that elder day To be a Roman Was greater than a speaker Of the grand old Fitly-first , And don't you forget it ! That's what ! Tlie Rest Result. Every ingredient employed in producing Hood s barsapanlla is strictly pure, and is the best of its kind it is possible to buy. All the roots and herbs are carefully selected, personally examined, and only the best retained. So that from the time of purchase until Hood's Sar saparilla is prepared, everything carefully watched with a view to at taining the best result. Why don't you try it ? When a woman wants to drive any thing out of the house she "shoos" it. A man usually boots 1L Assist the child in time. Do not wait until an army of worms have been recruited and the health of the child destroyed. A few doses of Shriner's Indian Vermifuge, the in fallible remedy, never fails to do the work well, if used according to the directions. The Greatest Power on Earth is Love. A special to the Charlotte Chroni cle from Greensboro conveys the news that Miss Cordie Hagan went to Fairhaven, Washington, (3,000 miles,) to marry Mr. Wallace VVhar ton, and they married. Dyspepsia's victims are numbered by thousands. So are the people who have been restored to health by Hoocl's Sarsaparilla. NASH COUNTY NEWS. The County ComintsHioners and Justices of the IVshe Meet In Joint Old Board of Education Other News. Session The Re-elected (SPECIAL COR. THE ADVANCE.) Our Board of County Commission ers and Justices of the Peace were in session last Monday. The first busi ness transacted after organization and getting a quorum in the Court House was the election ol a Board ot Edu tion to serve for the next two years. The old Board consisting of J. H. Strickland, W. T. Griffin and T. E. Powell were re-elected by acclama tion. 1 he county tax on property was put at 23 cents making with that levied by the State 66?j cents on the $100 worth of property. Poll tax was put at $2.00. The tax under B. and C. was put at the same for the county as for the State. The Board decided not to make an appropriation lor an exhibit at the Southern Inter State Exposition at Raleigh next fall. While this action of the Board may be somewhat humiliating to some we do not see how the Board could have done otherwise, as the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners stated that the whole amount of taxes that could be raised this year, unless there was a considerable increase in the valuation of property, would be needed to meet the necessary ex penses of the county, quite a number of bridges having recently been washed away and will have to be re-built. John Williamson, Secretary of the Colored Industrial It 1 . T 1 Association was here last week urging the colored people to get up all they can for their department of the Exposition. We have had rain after rain so that for the past two weeks farm work has been almost at a stand-still crops have been washed up guano washed away and grass growing so that our farmers are very much dis couraged. The closing exercises of Carolina Institute will come off on Friday 19th inst. Rev. Baylus Cade delivers the Literary Address at s o'clock P. M., and an entertainment at night will close the session. Nash county can now boast of what few counties in the State have an empty jail. Misses Vandoha and Puss Boddie of Georgia are visiting at Hon. N. W. Boddie s near here. A URKENE TALE. Two Ntraiifrc "Varmints" Troubling the Good CitizeiM of Oreene are they San tera '.' Joe Caldwell Sent for to Give Ex pert Testimony. (SPECIAL COR. THE ADVNCE.) Appletree, N. C. June, 4th '91. Mr. Eeitor : This entire com munity was thrown into quite a fever of excitement last Monday morning by the announcement of two colored men, living on Haywodd Edmunds place, that they had seen on Sunday afternoon two peculiar looking ani mals which they were unable to iden tify. It seems that as these men were crossing the road, they saw two strange looking animals down the Speight's Bridge road, and one of the animals seemed to beckon to these Upon seeing them one of the s 1 r t 1 negroes broke and ran to Mr. ta- munds house for dear life, but the other one, being somewhat braver. advanced toward the strange looking animals. When within a short dis tance of them he was terror stricken likewise and fled. All efforts to get a good description of them are futile. He says they had somewhat the appearance of men, but their hands and feet (or what should have been hands and feet) were webbed like a duck's. One of them had marks on it, and from what the negro says about these marks. On one side in large letters were Wil-sown and on the other were what he made out to be Ad and at some distance Van in large letters. The other animal had no special marks noticeable but had a general Green-ish appearance. The negro says that they didn t talk but made signs, pointing toward Mr. Haywood Edmundson s dwelling and then toward. Mr. Robert Bryan's, and made such curions gestures that he beat a hasty retreat. No one else saw the annimals and it has been a nine day s wonder what they were. As the negro is an honest, truth-telling darkey, some people be lieve his tale ; others do npt. H is thought by the wrrite citizens that these animals, whatever I they were, from creek must have been brought down about Soeiehts Bridge by the water, and there struck land. Where they came from, where they went and what they were is a profound mys tery. Anon. Tell all the People yes or no. Does Gov. Holt belong to any sort of trust for increasing the price ot plaids or other goods f borne pa oers sav he does and some say not. We want the truth and we want the people to know the whole truth. We are opposed to trusts and combines, whether made up of Democrats or bad Radicals. Turn the rascals out. Hickory Prees and Carolinian. He Gets a Tow it Judgment has been rendered in court in favor of James A. Bryan, plaintiff, for the recovery of James City, a village of one thousand ne groes, across Trent river from New berne. The negroes were settled on Bryan's and by federal authority in 1862 have ield possession ever since. It is said Bryan will offer terms of amicable settlement, and let the present population continue their occupation. 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