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TLANTIC COASTLINE. WILMINGTON &WELDON R. R AND BRANCHES. CONDEN SEP SCHEDULE. "trains GOING SOUTH. I No Dated April 19,1892. Lv Weldon,. . Ar Rocky Mt. Ar Tarboro. . Lv Tarboro. . !No. 23. I Daily. 27. No. 41 FastM'll Daily, Dailv . ex. Sun. 1230 pm' 5 43prr 1 40 pmj 6 36 pm 640 am 747 am Advice to Women If you would protect vourself from Painful, Profuse, 'Scanty. Suppressed or Irregular Men struation you must use BRADFIEXD'S FEMALE REGULATOR The Wilson Advance. WILSON, N. C. May 5TH, 1892 2 18 pm! 1 2 58 pm6 00 pmj Ar Wilson 2iSpmi ycDpm; 817 am Lv Wilson. -. . Ar Sr ma Ar Fay'ville.-j Lv Goldsboro1 Lv WarSaw. . . Lv Magnolia Ly Wilmgton I 230 pm;, 3 30 pm 53opm: 315 pm; 740 pm! 9 am 4 14 pm! Iioooam 427 pm 8 40 pm 10 14 am 6 00 pm1 9 55 pm ii 43 am TRAINS- GOING' NORTH. No. 14. Daily. No. .78 Daily. No. 40. j Daily, iex. .Sun. Lv Wilms ton' 2 10 am! 915am Lv Magnolia.! ...1057am Lv Warsaw .'. 11 11 am Ar Goldsboro: 435 am 1205pm 440 pm 5 4o pm 5 55Pm 656 pm Lv Faye'ville. o io am Ar Selma . .in 08 am Ar Wilson. . . . I. ji2 10 pm L . Wilson I Ar Rocky Mt. Ar Tarboro. Lv Tarboro 5 14 am 12 5S pm 7 48 pm 537 am; 130 pm! 821pm Cartersvillk, April as, !" This will certify that two members of my immediate family, after having sulTered for vears from Menstrual Irregularity, tling treated without benefit by physicians, were at length completely cured by one bottlo of Bradneld's Female Regulator. Its effect is truly wonderful. J. W, Strange. Book to " WOMAN " mailed FREE, which contain valuable Information on all female diseases. BRADF1 ELD REGULATOR CO.. ATLANTA, GA. FOB SALE BY ALL DB UO GIST 8. P.P.P. CURE 5 ALL 5KIN AND BLDDD DI5EA5E5. nd urMcribs It with eraat tUfction for the am of all furmfl and MM of Primary. 8 ondary and Tartlary ndld" THE THE BLACK CAT. MODERN JUDAS OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM. &3oam2 18 pm . , ! 1258pm! Ar Weldon ... j 6 35 am: 2 55 pni! 9I35P m Sy;.l;ri, Syphilitic Rlieumatkm. Sorofuloui Ulcere and oro3. Glandular Swelling, Rhromatlam, Malaria, old Chronic Ulwr that hav rulited all treatment, Catarrh, : Daily, except Sunday. Trains on Scotland Neck Branch road leave Wfcldon 4:00 p m; Halifax, 4:22 p m; arrive Scotland Neck 5:15; Green ville, 6?52 p m: Kinston, S:oo p m. Re turning leaves Kinston 7:10 am; Green ville, 8:25 a m; arriving at Halifax i 1:00 a in; Weldon 11:25 a m, daily, except Sunday. Local freight train leaves Weldon on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 15 am, arriving Scotland Neck 1:05 am, Greenville 3:30 pm, Kinston at 7:40 pm. Returning, leaves Kinston at 7:20 am, arriving Greenville 9:55 am, Scot land Neck 2:20 pm, Weldon 5:15 pm daily except Sunday. Train leaves Tarboro, via. Albemarle 6k Raleigh" R. R., daily, except Sunday, 4 40 p m, Sunday 3.00 p m; arrive Wu liamston 7:1s p m, 4:20 p m; Plymouth, 8:30 p m, 5:20 p nr. Returning leaves Plymouth daily, except Sunday, 6:20 a m, Sunday 9:00 a m; Williamston, 7:40 a m, 9:58 a m; arrive Tarboro 10:05 a m 1 1:20 am. " I Trains on Soul hern division, Wilson and Fayettevill- Branch, leave Fayette ville 7 30.1 in, arrive Rowland 12 15 p 111. Returning leaves 12 15 p m, arrive 1 ;i ettei ille 5 15 Daily cx Sunday Train on 'Midland Branch road leaves Goldsboro daily, except Sunday, 6:00 a nr, arrive Smithfield 7:30 a m. Return ing leaves Smithfield S:oo a m; arrives Goldsboro 9:30 a m. Train on Nashville Branch leaves Rocky Mount 5:15 p m; arrives Nash ville 5:55 p m; Springhope, 6:30 p m. ReturntHjj Nashville uaiiv, except Sundav. Train on Clinton' Branch leaves War saw for Clinton daily, except Sunday, at 6.30 p m, and 11:15 a m. 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The unusnal amount of rich offal seized by it as food in the anomalous temporary developments of our political and social life doubtless accounts for this growth. The development of such a monstrosity is a serious and interesting fact. The position of an editor of a news paper of today is as solemn a trust as that of a minister of the Gospel. The press, in fact, has absorbed many of the functions of the minister of religion. The responsibilities of such a position are greater because the number of lives directly effected is greater. He has the power to poison the minds and un nerve the arms of tens of thousands daily with hatred, lies, slanders and ap peals to the basest instincts of the an imal, or to lift the world from the slum ber of the night to the duties of a new day in the arms of love, truth, courage, hope and faith. THE MODERN JUDAS. There is no man of modern times who speaks with such supreme power as he who dictates the management of a great newspaper, l ne secret or tne power 10 bless or the power to damn the life of man is his. He is the minister of the most high God charged with keeping the sacred fires of truth burning along the world's highways that sweep through darkness into the infinite and eternal. He who betrays this solemn trust is the Judas Iscariot of modern times. For, charged with the life of those to whom he ministers, he betrays inno cence and weakness for the sake of filthy gain. Charged with protecting the wayfarer, he is the friend of highway man and assassin. I wish we could say that no such paper throws its accursed shadows across our daily life. But we have them. We cer tainly have at least one conspicuous ex ample in New York, and there are many smaller lights that trim their lamps by its standards. It is the evil genius in fact that, with its single red eye, has thrown its spell over thousands of bright minds. What are the simple facts in the history of this journal which finds its way even into many Christian homes in onr midst? It is a great daily Police Gazette. Crime, slander, scandal and criminal "sport" are the staple. These fill the choicest positions. The record of a prize fight takes precedence over the words of any statesman or phi lanthropist. THE FRIEND OF CRIME. This paper poses as the exponent of civic and political virtue. The record of its columns shows that it has been the friend and public champion of near ly every great thief and scoundrel who has figured in the disgrace of New York during the past generation. It even pro posed to canonize its ideal statesman, William M. Tweed, before his death. But Mr. Tweed left his country for his country's good before they had time to make the cast of his image for the ped estal. During this period it has sought to assassinate the character of every great man, upon whose success its malignant eye has rested, if it dared. And there are but few things in this line it has not dared. The greatest compliment ever paid a distinguished president of the United States is that this editor hates him so intensely that he publicly curses him every day in the year. Future generations, therefore, even more than his own, will "love him for the efcemies he has made.'' To be praised by such a power is to be damned. To be cursed and slandered by it is a sure index to honesty, integrity, worth, manhood. AN INTELLECTUAL PROSTITUTE. It poses as the friend of the working man, and in every battle for life and progress it is found on the side of the strong against the weak. It is the self styled defender of womanhood, and yet fills its news columns with such unutter aoie nitn mat no decent woman can touch it without contamination. Its news is gathered with consummate skill and edited with unquestioned genius. It is therefore the most bril liant example we have of a shameless, intellectual prostitute. It has much to say on religion. It champions ultra-orthodoxy, knowing that its readers have long since aban doned such positions, hoping thus to de stroy the faith of man and deceive the feeble minded. A BRILLIANT SUNFLOWER. It studies the brightest dreams of the social and religious reformer, that with the hot breath of materialism it may blast every aspiration of man for a larger and fuller life. In other words, to change the figure, it is the most brilliant sUN-flower that blossoms today in the dung heap of modern civilization. Its color is as gorgeous as its perfume is fetid. Its roots take hold upon the sa loon, the gambling hell, the dive, the brothel, and from them draws their rich est life. When the streets and sewers of our civic life are flushed with pure water it will disappear with the filth from which it sprang. It is unnecessary to mention the name of this paper. If you have ever seen it you will recognize it from this descrip tion. If you have never seen it you are fortunate, and I have no desire to intro duce yon to vice. Suffice it to say, Christian men and women, you should no more take such a la 'X -' -. C -i aj - ZTf ; . I J :.. OR 8375. 1 :ru.!-vr y am me I t i:u:o. Neither no wmm rrthi ). mcfcei over insure Yourself nx'aiiirt ps-yinr rrlor' Liiu..' ' ' by luinc Ciiect Irum LUDBEU S BATES, Savannah, Ga. I Wh, liPT1 hot' rM.- rnd thAt. th Icitmm. Yua i i.i.'t ly hn more ih-;i TnstriTJifcrid j 0 &iU.U:y w'M-tii. Thi y are mot built that way. Wiito for Late: Si'l.Cl ALOU'liRS. f IBM The Electropoise is an Instrument for the Cure of Disease Without Medi cine. Based on new theories of the cause and cure of disease, it deals with the electrical and magnetic conditions of the body and the gases surrounding it in the atmosphere, controlling these conditions at will. It is not electricity. Disease is simply impaired vitality The Electropoise constantly adds to the vitality and only assists nature, in Nature's way, to throw off the trouble A 40-pagg book, descirbing treatment and containing testimonials from all sections, and for the cure of all dis eases, mailed Free on application. Address ATLANTIC ELECT&OFOISE CO., Washington, D, C, Atlanta, Ga. DRESS-MAKING ! MRS. E. M. BRADLEY is now prepared to do you first-class Dress Making at reasonable terms. Hope to have your patronage. Residence on the'west end of Tarboro St., Wilson IJl.C. 3.24-3 sheet into your home than you would tear the festering rags from the dead body of a leper and wrap them around the body of a newborn babe. WHY WE KNOW THAT JESUS FROM THE DEAD. ROSE God, having of old time spoken unto tht fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his son, whom he ap pointed heir of all things. Hebrews i, 1, 8. We have seen that the morality of tht Bible is its final morality, and that tht Bum of this moral teaching is found in Jesus Christ. The Bible and the Bible alone is the religion of Protestants, be cause the Bible records for us the life ol Jesus Christ. We have just celebrated the most joyous festival in the calendai of the Christian year. We have pro claimed in song and -praj-er that he has risen. In notes of joy and triumph we have celebrated this the gladdest even! in the history of the human race. This note of joy and of triumph over the resurrection of Christ is in perfect har monv with the early thought of the fol- infers bt Christ. Early Christianity was pitched in the key of highest jo; and triumph. It centered around the person of Christ The disciples were swept for the moment outside of them selves by the overwhelming joy of the thought that Jesns their Friend, their Saviour, their Master whom they had thought dead, had risen again. Their hearts leap with gladness, with inex pressible hope at the glorious thought. And know the secret of this joy. They were not rejoicing over the deliverance of a dogma or a scheme of doctrine or a creed. They did not rejoice as they looked back and remembered the per fection of the system of sacred theology which he had delivered. They rejoiced in the person of Christ. They were not philosophic adherents or admirers. They were friends, followers, lovers of his person. They rejoiced because theii master and friend had risen. "CHRISTIANITY IS CHRIST." A short time ago we are told that a great apostle of positivism astonished the world by declaring that he had been a Christian in hia youth ami had given up Christianity. He theh proceeded with the utmost simplicity to disclose that by being a Christian in his youth he meant that when he was a boy he held cer tain metaphysical dogmas regarding the creation of the universe and the nature of the soul. The trouble with the man simply was he never had any Chris tianity to abandon. A man cannot give up what he has not. No, the fact is that "Christianity is Christ." To be a Christian is to possess the spirit of Christ, to partake of his- nature, to be a partaker in the most divinely intimate sense of his personality. He is the very essence of Christianity. In him is life and light. He that believeth into Christ is a Chris tian, and only he who believeth into him, who partakes of his life and pur pose, and is thus a personal follower of the person of Christ, can lay any claim to a knowledge of Christianity. And if this personal revelation be thus the essential element of Christianity, around the person of Christ clusters all the great problems of the Christian world and the Christian heart. And before the events of his life we must stand and confront all the questions asked by human philosophy and human science, and men have asked today with bald earnestness the question, "Did he rise from the dead?" With all my soul I be lieve it. And I believe that every Chris tian should be able to give a reason for the hope that is in him. Let us simply rein&v then, this morn ing, briefly tlie reasons vchy we know that Jesus Christ did rise f rom the dead. We know it. First From invincible, historic testi mony to the fact Of his life, crucifixion, death and resurrection. We have historical evidence in the history of the Hebrew race in the first place. The history of Israel is a miracle in the story of humanity. View it from whatever point you please, there is no theory of mere rationalism or of mythol ogy that can explain the simple facts of Jewish history. There is but one sane explanation, and that is that the people of Israel were a chosen people. Their history is unique in the history of man kind. It has no parallel and cannot be in terpreted by the ordinary laws under which nations have had their rise and development. THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE PROPHECIES FULFILLED. Far back in the past there rose the race of prophets whose language pointed forward to the coming of this mysterious personage. We read the Twenty-second Psalm and find the description of his death. Yon must leap the chasm of a thousand years from the date of that Psalm to find the explanation of its phraseology. In the life of Jesus Christ there were fulfilled three hundred and thirty-three groups of prophecy from the ancient history of the Jews. Three hundred and thirty-three distinct groups ot prophetic utterances were fulfilled in his life, and within these separate groups there were smaller groups of specific prophecies which were literally fulfilled, which would raise the possibility of such events happening by chance to such a point that it passes the power of the mind of man to believe such things could happen by chance. And then we have the witness of his followers, who were at first surprised at the thought of his resurrection. They tell the story with the utmost simplici ty. Without entering into minute de tails, without straining for effect, with out making any effort to impress tht world with its dramatic importance, they stand forth as the simple witnesses of facts which they observe. They de clare that during forty days he appeared ojb distinct occasions, under different cir cumstances, to different groups of the dis ciples, on one occasion to as many as five hundred. These facts were proclaimed through the First century of Christiani ty and remained undisputed. They re mained undisputed until centuries after ward, when before them was written tht question mark of the skeptic, who had no sympathy for or knowledge of the Christ, or of the truths which he taught, and was therefore utterly incompetent as a critic. JESUS SAID SO. Second We know that Jesus rose from the dead, because ho said he would rise. It is so because Jesus said so. The witness of such a man is invinci ble evidence of truth. There are certain tests which render testimony invulnera ble. By every such test the word of Jesus stands. In the first place, there is unity and consistency in the whole of his testimony. The story of his life pre sents a uniform and consistent unfold ing of a sublime principle of a kingdom invisible, eternal, which he came to es tablish on the earth in utter conflict with all the powers of his day. He was perfectly willing to die by that teaching as he had lived by it. And when the hour came he calmly turned his face to ward Jerusalem in "pite of the protests of his followers, was tried, condemned and crucified. His behavior on the witness stand, in which his life and truth hung in the bal ance, stamps his testimony as the essence of truth itself. We judge a witness as to credibility by this test his behavior. See him, as he stands before the San hedrin with his life in his hands, with his life hanging upon the answer that should fall from his lips. The high priest puts to him the Jewish oath and on his oath asks him the question, "Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?" and with every word sealing his life in a death of torture he calmly replied, "I am." And they judged him worthy of death. There is in his de meanor the accent of truth. There is around his personality the atmosphere 01 trutn. w hen we hear such a man speak, we know by an intuition deeper and truer than any process of reasoning that the truth has been spoken. PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S DECISION. We remember the old story of the young woman who asked President Lin coin for a pass through the Federal lines that she might go into the south and see her wounded brother. The papers were made out, and as she was about to depart the president suddenly paused and said to her, "Of course you are loyal?" She hesitated for a moment, her lips quiver ed, the tears began to gather in her eyes, and turning full upon the president she replied firmly, "Yes, foyal to the heart's core toVirsrinia!" "The nresident was surprised; but there was that in her demeanor, in her words, in the character that stamped itseit upon her face, ana in her response under this supreme crisis, that convinced the president that she could be trusted. Without a mo ment's hesitation he handed her tie papers and she departed on her errand of mercy. It needed no argument to convince him of her sincerity and truth. It was in the accent of her life, it was in the atmosphere that surrounded her personality. a child's song. During the French revolution there was confined in a prison in Paris the Marchioness de Bonchamps and her lit tle daughter. Scores of her friends and companions were daily led to slaughter. She expected every day to be her last. Finally she was informed that her friends had secured pardon from the judges; but the letters of pardon did not arrive. She was startled one day at the information that unless letters were obtained at once she would certainly be executed; she had best use every exertion to have the let ters of pardon delivered. Having no friendly servant to send on the mission, she sent her little daughter to the tribu nal to obtain the letters of pardon. The little child did not know just what the tribunal was and was very much afraid of it, but she understood that she wanted to please her mother and must deliver the message correctly. The little girl approached the judges with much grav ity and said, "Citizens, I have come to ask you for mamma's lettres de grace." The judges chatted pleasantly with the child fi r ;. tew ir omenta ;:nd said they would give her the letters if she would sing them her prettiest song. She want ed to please them, and she thought the brightest song she had was one she had heard always gladly applauded, so she sang it with the greatest enthusiasm. The burden of it was: Long live, long live the King; Destruction to the Republic! The judges listened in dismay. If this had been heroism they would have sent her to the guillotine. The child was a child. She sang on with the greatest cheerfulness. They saw there was no idea of politics in her little head. She was the personification of sincerity and truth. When she finished, they smiled and handed her the letters of pardon. Truth thus envelops personality with its divine atmosphere. So the truth en veloped the person of Christ. So there stands forth in his words the invincible power of truth. The man who sincerely and candidly opens his heart must be convinced that he is true. HIS GENERAL CHARACTER. Besides, he fulfills every test of a creditable witness in any court of jus tice. The character that he brings makes him worthy of the highest con fidence. His general reputation in the community was that of a prophet, a great and wonderful man of divine power; some said Jeremiah, some said Isaiah, but the common expression of opinion was that he was a prophet. The testimony of his enemies as to his char acter is equally explicit. Pilate, the cor rupt Roman politician who condemned him to death, said of him, "I find no fault in this righteous man." The ex ecutioner charged with carrying out the sentence of the court, who stood on Calvary and watched him die, said of him, "Truly, this was a righteous man!" The testimony of his friends certainly give him the best character. John de clared, "Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world!" Peter said of him, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." Judas, who betrayed him for silver, we see rush into the temple and cast down the silver with the despairing cry, "I have be trayed the innocent blood!" By every test that makes human testimony invin tible as to credibility, Jesus meets every requirement. I believe therefore that he rose from the dead because Jesus said so. THE CALENDAR OF TIME. Third I believe it and know it be cause it is the only key to the enigma of history. Jesus Christ changed the cal endar of the world. I can understand how Julius Caesar could make the world's calendar. I caw understand how the foremost man of all the world master of Rome and therefore master of the world, with all his powers of genius, clothed in absolute autocracy I can un derstand how such a genius could give to the world its calendar. But I cannot understand how a century afterward one condemned as a malefactor, cruci fied between two thieves, a poor, de serted peasant I cannot understand how he could change the calendar of Julius Ca?sar and reset the history of the world save that he was what he professed to be the Son of God, and that the grave could not hold his body. Here is a miracle in human history that demands explanation. Think of it for a moment and explain it if yon can. As the ages lengthen, the more overwhelming be comes the testimony of the ages to the divinity of this unique person. There is no other key that unlocks the mystery of history than this key divine of the cross of Calvary and the broken tomb on the third day. THE CROSS. Take your stand outside the walls of Jerusalem on the day of his death. Toil ing up the hill you see him, a frail, friendless peasant, weak in body, unable to bear the cross. They nail him to this cross and lift him between heaven and earth. Here you have an intensely re alistic, pathetic scene in human history. Round him stand the Roman soldiers under the edict of the Roman governor of Judea. They are gambling over his garments. The rabble stand by, watch ing the last act of the drama of his life, scoffing or laughing and joining with the high priest in mocking him. He is dying poor, despised Nazarene, reject ed, betrayed by his own chosen friends, deserted by his disciples, who swore to stand by him his life a failure, going out in apparent darkness and despair. We hear his cries, so weak and helpless, "I thirst." So unutterable in anguish. "My God, my God, why hast thou for saken me?" He taught scarcely three years a man without high culture in the traditional methods of education, save by the light of the divine law within, poor in this world's goods, the friend of no great man, crucified as a criminal between two thieves. THE CROWN A FRAUD? , TT A i 1 aa x ei come wim me a nunaretl years from that day, and the historian tells us that there is to be found on the face of the earth not a nation or a race or a tribe .1 j. j 1 . mm gainers ai a camp nre, even of a wandering arab, that you do not hear songs and prayers to this Jesus of Na zareth thus crucified. Ho molds the wills of millions in his own. Martyrs court death for his sake and count it gam. The history of the world is his The calendar of time is reset to the hour of his birth. There is no history of 'the world since Calvary except the history of CKristianity. Kings baptize their children in his name. The brightest monuments of earth, in gleaming mar ble with glittering spires, poems of architectural beauty, speak the glory of his name. The cross, the emblem of shame, becomes the symbol of triumph It has conquered all. The history of Greece and Rome, all the civilizations of the past have flowed into the stream of history from the cross, and in it have been lost. Is there any human explana tion of this phenomena of history? The only key tliat can unlock it is the mys tery of the divinity of this lowly man of the people who died under the reign of iibenns Caesar and Pontms Pilate. A fraud could not have changed the calen dar of Julius Ca?sar . A fraud could not have rewritten the history of the world. NERO'S TORCHES. The only possible explanation of the triumphs of early Christianity is found in the simple fact that the early Chris tians were living men whose lives were thrilled and sustained by the touch of a living Christ. The persecutions through which they passed can be accounted for in their last results only by that tact. The prison, the scourge, the torture, were the accompanying events of the everyday history of the Christians through the first centuries. How could these men endure what they did unless sustained by the living touch of the liv ing Christ whose religion they professed? If the history of the Roman arena alone be written and accounted for it would establish the truth, of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Down into the sands of the arena they led Christians, 10,000 in a day. See the crouching group in the center of the great amphitheater. They kneel on the sands for a word of prayer, and some old patriarch rises and lifts his voice and thanks the Great Father for the privilege of dying with Christ. Every heart beats in love and in the triumph of martyrdom. The bolts fly back from the cages, and into the arena spring the fierce Numidian lions, gaze upon this group of men, wom en and children and then they are torn to shreds. Their mangled bodies are re moved, while the sand drinks up the blood and the sea of human brutes cry for more sport. Personal devotion of living Christians to a living Christ is the only possible explanation of such a his tory, especially when we remember the triumph that followed. They bore the ark through these years of blood and Buffering in triumph to a worldwide victory. PEACE, BE STILL. - Fourth We know that be rose from the dead because he lives today. We have met him. We have seen him. We have heard him. We have felt the touch of his hand, the throb of his heart. His name is the one living power today in the history of our civilization. I walked down Broadway on Good Friday by the door of the pit of modern commerce, and from that roaring hell there issued no sound. It was still. I cannot under stand how a dead peasant, who died 000 years ago and was not what he irofessed, but a fraud, could lay his hand today on this howling mob of gam bling maniacs and say to them on this Friday, "Peace, be still. iis name is the one power that presides over the councils of nations and of empires to day. It is the power that touches living hearts, molds and fashions living char acters. I am not talking about theory, but facts. I can call this morning upon this congregation and from among you a thousand witnesses will rise an4 testi fy to the fact that Jesus Christ has risen from the dead, because you per sonally know him as the living friend and companion of heart and life. Children Enjoy The Pleasant flavor, gentle action and soothing eftects of Syrup of Figs, which in need of a laxative and it the father or mother be costive or billions the more gratifying results follow its use, so that it is the best family remedy known and every family should have a botde. Syrup of Fi g. Produced from the laxative and nu tritious juice of the California figs, combined with the medicinal virtues of plants kown to be most beneficial to the human system, acts gently on the kidneys, liver and bowels, effect ually cleansing the system, dispelling colds and headaches, and curing habitual constipation. Court Calendar. J $100 Reward. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a con stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the disease, and giving the patient strength bv building up the "constitu tion ann assisting nature todo'its work The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer one hundred dollars for a case they cant not cure. Send for list of testimonials.' F. J. CHENEY &C O., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 7sc. W. J. McDonald, Superintendant Lanneau Manufacturing Co., Green ville, S. C, says: "My wife has used Bradycrotine for headache and it is the only thing that relieves her suffer-ings." PO KINE. THE GREAT ' Rheumatic, Neuralgic and LaGrippe Remedy. s A Oick and safe cure for rheu matism and allied Complaints. POKINE Is a Combination of the best remedies known to Medical Science. I have used the within remedy (Po kine) with great success. James H. Lassiter, I have used the Pokine Remedy (pre pared by w T Cheatham, Jr.) in case o Sciatica vvithtlie result of positive relie in a tew hours, and believe if used as directed it will effect a permanent cure" J L H MlSSILLEIR March 6, 1S91 Eor the benefi t of the public I unhesi tatingly recommend Cheatham-'s won derful remedy, "Pokine," toall suffer ers of rheumvtism. It has produced marvelous results in mv case. I was a sufferer of the malady for five years. and after taking a few bottles was entirely cured. Very respectfully, w w Dowtin Henderson, N C March 7, '91 Mr w t Cheatman : Dear Sir My wife was down in bea with rheumatism and the Pokine I bought of you gave her relief after tak ing four doses She has not been troubled since It is the best medicine she ever took for rheumatism Respectfully Zack Dvis. Mr w t Cheatman, Jr : Dear Sir I desire to say that in Jan uary last I was down with rl eumatism ; my suffering was great, and I was com pletely prostrated One bottle of your Pokine completely relieved me, and have not had any rheumatism since My son also was relieved of rheumatism Dy Pokine Yours truly, Charles G Burroughs. Henderson, N .C Sept 16, '91 Mr w t Cheatman, Jr : Your rheu matic cure, "Pokine," has completely cured me I M Green Mr w t Cheatham, Jr, Henderson N C Dear Sir : Being asked my opinion of your rheumatic remedy, Pokine, will gladly state I deem it the only medicine of its kind on the market that will accomplish that which is exclusively claimed for it Being a sufferer Jheu matism, I consequently tried man) remedies, until finally relieved by Pokine Very respectfully, J A Kelly MANUFACTURED BY W. T. CHEATHAM, JR., Henderson, N. C. For Sale by A. W. ROWLAND, Wilson, N. C LOOK OUT!! ! knitafiens and suosti- they are pc r sipff .it the I incr...... vbti! misery. t htf Kr ': a to. We have been requested to t the following calendar standing? Advance columrKj x- ,. ,s111h ourre?ders.-ED.l' eneM SECOND JUDICIAL I)lSTR,rT Fall Term Tudo-e r,.. Shuford. l Halifax tMarch 7,Mav if, n. 1 a. - - r Northampton JJan. 2s A 1 Oct 3. 1 " i Warren March 2 1 , Sept 1 Edgecombe April iS, Oct ?' Bertie-Feb. 8, May. 2, oc, i 1 - -- . i v v 2S OV. THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT opnng term Judge H Bryan. Fall Term-Judge George Brown, Jr. h Pitt Jan. 11, March 21, Sep. 19. Wilso-i fFeb. S. June 6 Vance Feb. 22, May 2 A F, .-4-',. " 1 r iuctiuu iviaren 7, pept. Nash May 2, Nov. 21 Franklin January 21 Oct. 24. enrv d H, June i Oct. , Oct. 5-D ec. April jFor civil case s and jail cases. Clerks of courts us of any errors. alone. -'wtivjj please notify I for these tutes, best an Tark j Simmons only You wii larp. e ni 7 or. package and by when taken 1. gestion, Con4; and Si - 'c I ! cx mm a t r ? Allow me to add mv efficacy of Ely's Cream '"Hue to tU suffering From a severe attackof 'tun- 1 to race wi relief it y 1 ss If tutu . emu taidi 1 11 dim was induced "J j""' . , ill- 11 suit WHS tin, velnns I rould Itii-,1!, , , , ; ...1 . w wVt ' ; :r ". lKr - and tarrhal symptoms' and mv hoarsm dieappeared and was able to sin,r unimpairea. 1 to all singers stron m. II Leading Basso of the C. 1 . Opera "'111 VUlCt reconimeadl Hamilton -'ss Orand irnu.-- AlWIe. 1M . RilVS Tnn accompauyma htatcmmHv 01 my weigbt ana mi asur ; mentH will Bhowthc rr-sultsoi Wi live months' treatment. lui PATIENTS TREATED SY MAIL. Haralrts and with no itarIntr. them For particulars nddres, with 6 eertti in itai stttsa.ua.iw55 I'm. UU. lei CONFIDENT'S!, v (-jiirr.cc, or bad dHoi, mrnw x'xv'smvk'mvw w . xvncavx . x-wx "v -x.zi wv win 4'- - -- - ------ -m.. - . j. .--.m. m yiavi . , for Infants and Children. 'Castoria is so urefl adapted to children that I recommend it aa superior to any prescription known to me." H. A. Axchkx, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. T. "The use of ' Castoria ' is so universal and its merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach." Carlos Habtth, D. D. . New York City. Late Pastor Bloorningdale Reformed Church. Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes d crestton. thout injurious medication. For several years I have recommended your ' Castoria, 1 and shall always continue to do so as it has invariably produced beneficial results." Edwin F. Faedek, M. D., "The Winthrop," 125th Street and 7th Ave, New York City, Thk Cdttaoti Cokpaht, 77 Mcrrat Strkzt, New Yom. I ELY'S CREAM BALM-Cleanses tl.e sal I Fawaees. Allays 1 am and innammauon, fleam Itbe Sores. Restores Taste and Smell, and Cures ZSEIalalS Gives Relief at once for Cold in Head. Armlv into the NostriU. It is Quickly Absorbed. 1 50c luggists or by mail. ELY BKOS., 66 Warren St., J. . Y. rla.. rtU WAfFDfER tyy i i7i oj py3- Subscribe to The Advance. NEW DISCOVERY KyACO In compounding a solution a part was accit'cntly spilled on the LvA and on washing afterward it was discovered that Ine hair Was am pletely removed. We at once put this wonderful preparation. nullM market and so great has been the demand that we an i . intn (incinj it thronghout the world under the name of Queen's Anli-Ilairiue, IT IS PERFECTLY HARMLESS AND SO SIMPLE ANY CHILD CAN USE IT. Tjiv the hair over and apply the mixture for a few miimifS ami lb 'hair "disappears as if by magic without the slightest painorhijiirj i n applied or ever afterward. It isnnlikeanyotlierprepanti for a like purpose. Thousands of LAIJIKS -wnohave beenaunoj with hair on their FACE, KECK and ARMS att its! crita GENTLEMEN who do not appreciate a beard or I : r. irn find a priceless boon in Queen's Anti-Ilairine.w ' s : H'lth Shavln mmJIm, ito rta nmu lii an Ml I'lT imPt'SSibll'ly. Price of Queen's Antl-Hairlne tl. per bottle, sent In safetv mailing bones, postage pa . ; ' ' ' sealed Irom observation). Send money or stamps by letter with full address written plan : 1 ' . pondence strictly confidential. This advertisement is honest and straight forv. ard " every wi.io" contains We invite you to deal with ns and you will find everything as represent" . .' 1 ; D(l,Uvda5' ,Ad.dress QUEEN CHEMICAL CO., 174 Race Street, CINCINNATI, O J ns register your letter at any Post Office to insure its safe delivery. We will pay "' ,r 11 ' '' of rail ure or sligrhtest Injury to any purchaser. Every bottle (raarasiteed- SPFM1I To ladie" who introduce and sell among their friends 35 riottles of Q"ern'i. A;';"r.;" orCUIBL we will present with a SILK DRESS. 15 yarda best a-1 it Extra I an Bottl . of Bilk to select from sent with order. Good Salary or Coraraiasior. to Aueiita Home references : THELYTLE SAFE & LOCK CO., 146 to 148, Walter St., THE EDWIN ALDEN ADVERTISING AGKNCY, 3-3-tf. 448 Race St., Cincinnati, Ohio. T.J. HACKNEY. GEO. HACKNEY. W. D. HACKNEY. V. P. SIMPSOH Hackney Bros. & Simpson, MANUFACTURERS OF BUGGIES AM CARRIAGES, FARM - WAGONS - AND - CARTS, WILSON, N . C. 5-28-iy. C.A Nash &(d. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Sashes, Doors, Blinds, Mantels Moulding and Stair Work. HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, BRUSHES, ETC 5, 7 and 8 Atlantic Street, NORFOLK Correspondence Solicited. EDMUND ALEXANDER, ashington, N. . C DECATUR MORGAN. Norfolk, Ya. L.-P. HORNTHA X. C. Plymouth, ALEXANDER, MORGAN & CO, Cotton Factors AND GENERAL Commission Merchants, Norfolk, Ya.