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$i A YEAR. GAS'a iH ADVAKCE. "LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIMS' AT BE THY ODHTET'S, THY GOD'S ASD TRDTH3."v VOLUME XXVII. WLLS02ST, N.-C.-, FEB. 11, 1897. BEST ADVERTISING IIEDID1I. NUMBER 6. , ' . - ' " : V . - Co. T) EOUEST you to be present at their store on Tar boro Street on any day during the coming week to examine the most perfect Bicycle ever put upon any market in the world. W e have secured the agency for the COLUMBIA H E L and will take pleasure in showing it to you. SI J PI IE ALSO CARRY A SELECT LINE OF . Crockery, Glassware and xrlTrZAr , in the yard and the two geese be- v I i j longing to Sallie, came along and de- Havana, Beb.. 6 --When Captain voured them. What was her amaze General Weyler reached the out- ' ment theil to go into the yard Wed- skirts of the city of Santa - Clara, nesday and find the geese breathless, where he has arrived, a delegation of quackless stone dead, she supposed, prominent citiztns of the city went She Picked the leathers from the in out to receive him and presented him j animate geese and threw them into a with an address, and j among other ditch near by. things said; "l am disposed to fin- ' If she was surprised Wednesday ish the rebellion in the Santa Clara corning she was struck dumb with province. Those speaking about re- amazement when the two geese.witb forms must know that the; govern- j out a father to speak for their gen ment has promised them , land has' uineness walk to her back door and given the subject thorough study, but , bein chatter for food, the establishment of these I reforms ' They had eaten the entire-bottle of depends upon the triumph of the brandy cherries, became drunk and Spanish army."' i ! j only sobered up after. being stripped . -;, .! i of their plumage. This is an. actual - Woe to Bachelors, r DIRECTORY. event and just one of the many slrange i things that are happening daily. Ex N. departure of trains local trains: , Bound. S. Bound. Between Florence and Weldon.. No. 78. No. 23. 1:42 P. M. Leaves Wilson 2:05 P. M. Between Wilmington and Norfolk: ' No 48. No. 49. 12:48 p. M. Leaves Wilson, 2:12 F. M. "Shoo! Fly" Wilmington to Rocky : .' Mount: No. 41. Leaves Wilson, 6:15 A.;M No. 40. 16:23 P. M. THROUGH TRAINS; Between Florence and Weldon: No. 32. - No. 35. 12:22 A. M. Leaves Wilson, 11:18 P. M. Jioblnson Crnson's Chair. The chair upon which Daniel De North Carolina bachelors are mightily stirred up over the bill re cently introduced in the: Legislature to tax unmarried men over 24 years : Foe sat when he wrote "Robinson old $10 for theiirst vear and double ( Crusoe1' is in possession ct Mrs. Han the tax for each year" they remain un- nah'May Mendenhall, of Hamonton.' Pa. ' The chair came to her through El izabeth M ax well , who ran away Groceries TH " CALL AND SEE US AT ' BAREAIH STQR " 4 - J . R . HARD Y & CO., j . Tarboro street. HAC1SSING WEYLER. liebel Troops Met at Kvry Turn A Series of Engagemsnts tt'eyler's Camp Flrei Upon, Havana, Feb. 4 Since General Weyler entered the Santa Clara pro vince about a weeka&o, his columns have had a series of encounters with various parties of lebels, which were eventually dispersed. All the way from Las Cruces to Santa Clara the shooting on the part of the rebels in creased and their movements became bolder, a party ot insurgents even fir ing upon General Weybr's camp on the river Sauga. The' vanguard of the Spanish columns, also, had to fight its way across the Sauga river and other bodies of troops were com pelled to do, likewise at different plac es along the river where they essayed to cross. Despite these frequent, en- counters, the losses reported were in significant oh both sides. Only two rebels were killed and seven wounded. Various engagements have occurred in the vicinity of Sauga de Tanamo, in which the rebels lost over sixty killed and wounded and the troops had -two privates killed and a naval commander and two privates wound ed. . -" v Eat; A pplett Fr-ely. i - S - - The Medical Review prints the fol lowing plea 1 for the apple, it having been translated from a German writer by a well known Brooklyn physician The apple is such a common fruit that few persons are familiar With its remarkably efficatious medicinal prop erties. Everybody ought to ; know that the very best thing he can.do is to eat apples just beforegoing to bed. The apple is excellent brain, food, be cause it has more phosphoric acid, in an easily digestible shape than any other fruit" known. It excites the ac tion of the liver, promotes sound and healthy sleep and thoroughly disin fects the mouth. It also agglutinates the surplus acids of the stomacti, helps thefkidney secretions andpreyents'cal culus growth, while it obviates indi gestion and is one of the best prever tatives of diseases of the throat. Next to lemon and orange it is also the best antidote for the thirsc and a aving of persons addicted to the al cohol and opium habits. ! married. This geometrically pro gressive tax proposed would force the boys info matrimony bankruptcy ; from her home in England jn 1 693 or both, or banish them trbm the ! because of the opposition of her par State.. A ents' to'"her'marriage..i" She afterward remained in single blessedness for ten married Thomas Job, and on: the years under the operation of this tax death of her mother the chair -was would at the age of 34 have to pay a sent to her. The father of Elizabeth tax of $10,240. Meanwhile he would MaxweP was an officer under' Crom have paid prior to that age $10,230 well with De Foe, who, was his cousin, for his blessed De Foe went course the scheme ik ridiculous and r into hiding with Maxwell. - and there COUNTY OFFICERS. ncsD of commissioners:. R. S. Clark, Chairman. John C. Hadley, Shade Felton, Thos. Felton", J. H. Xewsom im practicable and v will l ne vet be en acted, but it simply illustrates what. a. wrote his famous book sitting upon the chair now owned by, Mrs. Men- ambilibus State : North denhall.N. Y; Press. W. J. Cherry, Sheriff, v J. D. Bardin, Clerk of Superior Court. J: H. Griffin, Register of Deeds, S. H. Tyson, Treasurer, Wm. Harriss, Coroner J. T. Revel, Surveyor. town office iis, 'aldermen: J. D. Lee, J. A. Clark, ). H. Cozart, . Geq Hacknkv, J. T. Ellis. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Ward. progressive Carol r'heitke-BDmtion - of' such' a deep laid schemer North Caro- "Pat John on the island." lina would, in a few decides, outstrip We have received a . postal card, all the other States mlpopulation or and copy of the local newspaper, from, mightily swell the population of ad- j MrJohn F. Engle, the photograph joining States. But there's the rub. er, who is at present in Hamilton, Such a prohibitive- taion bachelor- j Bermuda, Briti$h West Indies. He hood would soon drfve from the ; writes under date of Tan- 25th, and State the eligible catches, and the says that the coldest day since he has girls would rise up in their might and been there the thermomerer register repeal the law and offer a . premium ed 58 degrees, the warmest 72. All for the bachelors instead.' Great is " vegetation grows throughout the win North Carolina. Danville Register. ter, onions, potatoes, tomatoes fee, . ' , j . ,.j ! are shipped in large quantities. - A big trade is done there he says in warminsr ud Yankees. Hamilton is 1 i the cleanest town in the world ,he thinks, but an expensive place to live, P. B. Deans, Mayor; Jno. R. Moore, Town Clerk;, W. E. Deans, Collector. , i i . - policed ; - -.. D; P. Christman, Chief. Ephriam Harrell,- Frank. Felton', James Marsiibourne. A Remarkable Decision; The courts sometimes make cisions that seem very cjueer to those who are not acquainted with all the jt is aboiJt Jo6 miles east of Charles Fourth Sundays at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. facts and conditions inyolved ! ston. S. C, the nearest point ot land. The Supreme Court of qolorado J Xhey have mail only every ten days, for instance, in a recent opinion holds so the Bermudans are not in very that a man cannot purrjp from a well dose touch with the outside world. onv his own land water, which, if let Henderson Gold Leat. ( Mr. Engle is vvell known' here as' he was for some months a member bi the firm ol Engle & Lund. Ed.) Why Picincn are so Called. Tie fac sinile Signature of is 63 vr&ppez. What Spain- Mast D. llifles Must not Aid Cuba. St Augustine, Fla., Feb. 7 Prep arations have been going on for some time for a bl masque to be given by : Spain is decaying at the heart. She cannot sustain herself as a nation which can command the respect of the powers of the world. She. is Hnallv lansin into barbarity, and . J I. n - the Rifles, one of the crack militia 1 were she not retrograding, the failure companies of the State, f6r the benefit of the Cuban cause: To day, how ever, an order was received from Washington forbidding the giving of the entertainment for - the purpose to keep up vwith the modern motion would put her in the antiquated, list. Spain can't do anything for herself. What leeway can she give, Cuba without letting go of the island, and named. The order is the , result of' how can" she exist without it? Spain alone, would make its way to a stream in which another man has recognized rights. 1 . A man named Wilson, living in Lone Tree valley, dug two-artesian wells and with the water procured from them brought 1480 acres ot Everybody knows what a picnic is, hitherto useless land to a high state j but some folks would find it, hard to of cultivation. But); Lone Tree ' say how it got that name, and yet it creek, which runs near by liis land. 1 is simple enough when you come to showed the efiect of the; artesian wells t learn it. When a picnic was being very decidedly in its decreased flow, arranged for, the custom originally A water company, which had been: was that those who intended to be supplying its ditches from the creek, 1 present should; supply the eatables obtained an injunction to 1 prevent ' and drinkables. A list of those nec Wilson from using, his pumpL This essities having been drawn up. it was injunction has been made permanent j Passed around and each person pick by the Supreme Cpurt, which holds ' ed out the article of food or drink that Wilson's pumping diverted water ! l.nat he or she was willing to furnish, which would otherwise have gone ! and thename of the artical was nicked, into the creek, and is therefore an j or ticked oft the list. The open air tt-fr-. Mtli tho rlrltc nfnth entertainment thus became known as -Atlanta journal. Gees'! got Drunk on B ;ndy Cherries , requests on the part of the Spanish Consul at Jacksonville. must keep. Cuba, brace up or die. Pittsburg Times. Sallie Johnson, a colored woman living near the Lutheran graveyard, had a rather novel experience with two geese Thursday, i ,:' She had a bottle of brandy cherries, a "uick and nick." The custom is said to have date from 1802, so that the picnic is wholy an institution of the nineteenth centry. Ex. - CHURCHES. St. Timothy's Episcopal " churchr Rev. F; C. Bayliss, Priest-in-charge. Services: Sundays; at n a. m. and 7:0:. p. m., Sunday School at 3 p. m., Week Jays Wednesdays and Fridays at 4 p. m. Holy. days at 10 a. m. Celebra--tion of Holy Communion on 1st Sun day ih each month at 11 a. try., other Sundays at 7:45 a. nv Methodist Church, Rev. J. B. Hurley Pastor; services at 11 a. m. and7:3o p. m. Sunday School, 5 p. m., J. Bruton, Supt. Prayer meeting Wed' nesday night at 7:30. Disciples Church, Rev. D. W. Davis, -Pastor; services on Second, Third and m. rrayer meeting every lnursaay night. Sunday School at 3 o'clock, p;. m., Geo. Hackney, Supt. Presbyterian Church, Rev. James Thomas, Pastor; services on the First, Second and "Third Sunday in every month and at Strickland's church every Fourth Sunday. Sunday School at 5 o'clock, P. M. Baptist Church, service as follovvsr Preaching Sunday morning ' at 11:00. o'clock and 8:30 p. m. Rev. J. A. Rood Pastor. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday School at 5 p. m., D. S. Boykin Supt. Primitive Baptist Church, preachinqr on 2nd Sunday b Elder Jas. Bass; on 3rd Sunday by Elder Jas S. Woodard; on the 4th Sunday and Saturday before--by the pastor, Elder P. D. Gold. Ser vicesbegin at n a. m. Any tendencey to premature bald ness may be promptly checked by the use of Ayer's Hair Viger. Don't delay till the scalp is bare and the hair-roots destroved. If vou . would realize the s . 1 , ; which, on mvestigauon, sne believed best result, begin at once with this in ; to be spoiled, biie threw the cher- - valuable preparation. .- ; j LODGES. ; Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon Lodge No. 117 A. F. & A. M. are held in their hall, corner of Nash and Golds boro streets on the'ist and 3rd Monday nights at 7:30 o'clock p. m. each month. J. D. Bullock, W.JM. Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon Chapter No. 27 are held in the Masonic Hall every 2nd Monday night at 7:30 o'clock p. m. each month. ''. Lat Williams, II. P. Regular, meetings of Mt. Lebanon Commandery No. 7 are held in the Masonic hall every, 4th Monday night at 7:30 o'clock each month. W. H, Applewhite; E. C. ' Regular"meetings of Wilson Lodge, K. of H. No. 1694 are held, in their hall over the 1st National Bank every ist; Thursday evening at 3:30 o'clock, p. m. B. F. Briggs, jDirector.
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