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Volume xxvii.
WILSON, C., MARCH 11, 189 7.
DUMBER 10.
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lioili will Practice Law, the Former in
I'ostun and the Latter in Wasli iiil oil.
Washington, March 3. Secretary
Olney has definitely concluded not
! to accept the professorshib of inter
I national law at Harvard, tendered
j him by President Elliott, but will
resume his law practice in Boston, in
the course of a month.. He intends
to remain in Washington for a week
alter" the inauguration!
Secretary Herbert expects to locate
in Washington to practice Hw. Mr.
Herbert will take as a partner his
son in law, Mr. Benjamin Micou.
We also carry a .'select stock of t Mr. Micou was practicing law at
Anniston, Ala., when the chief clerk
of the Navy Department died and
Mr. Herbert induced him to take
it untel the close of this adminstra
tion. "
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TARBORO STREET
V
, Evicted Corpse.
la 3texico the Diiil H ive hot Temporary
Mexican cemeteries and burial cus
toms are very different from those in
other " parts of the world. The little
cily ot Guanajnata exhibits these pe
culiarities to a marked extent-. There
the dead man is entitled to but tem
porary repose in the public cemetery.
His body can rest in peace for five
years, alter which term, unless his
family hire the ground ior an addi
tional period, it is evicted for non
payment ol rent. The Guanajunto
cemetery is filled, with catacombs,
built with extremely; thick walls.
Each holds a single'. body, and after
I LYEIi IiEACIJ."
A Maryland Strand Where People Pick Up
SZoney .
One of the diversions at Ocean
r.
City, says the Baltimore Sun, is hunt
ing for Spanish coins on the "Silver
Beach." Years ago a vessel with a
great quantity of Spanish silver coin
went down off this beach, and during
the last 25 or 30 years a great many
have been picked up in the sand.
An old colored woman used to live
near the place,1 and it is said that she
found nearly enough of them to sup
port her. One oi the men in -the life
saving station has found in the last
eight years coins to the amount of
$50, and many other persons have
found them in considerable numbers.
Only ; a few dollar ' coins have been'
found, the rest being smaller "ones,
mainly quarters and halves. Lately
Ah home', when all elsewhere is dieary,
When. we are most heartsore and weary,
What pi
ace beside is half so cheer
As home, sweet home!
There innocent glee and childish prat
tle - - :
Beguile the hours with noisy tattle,
Forgetful half of life's rough battle,
We are at rest. ,
At night, when home: from work re
turning, li;
We see afar a bright light bushing,
In haste we seek the shortest turning,
To home, sweet home.
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Where 6'er the frugal board'presiding;
In hope and faith and love aBiding;
The mother hears from lips Confiding,
The days exploits.
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And thus the moments so entrancin:
Glide swift away, when some one
glancing
At the tall clock, 'sees
. The midnight hour.
And while the bird of i night
ing, j
O, where, beside, come dreams so
soothing " j
As now from out our brows are smooth-
. nig . ...: ; . .. j ..
The lines of care? I ,
!:AK AND GARDEN, j; DIRECTORY.
near 4'dvancing
is brood-
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Fancing in dreams our fright is winging,
In sweet, low tones joyb'ells sjeem ring-
A psalm of peace night winds are sing
ing.
At home, sweet home.
M. E. J. iii Century
the tomb is closed : the door is her-j Very few have been discovered, and
metical sealed with a stone. Access 1
to the catacombs is allowed from
morning until nightfall, and the dead
receive frequent visits ; from their
friends. At the end of five years the
corpse must give up the- resting place
unless the f iinily pay the municipality
$25 rent ' f jr a new term ot repose
A peculiarity of the Guanajunto at
mosphere prevents decay, and rapid
ly transforms the corpses in these
. temporary tombs into mammies. The
bodies of the-evicted dead, each bear
ing a tablet inscribed- with the corpses
name are leaned in long rows against
the inside of the cemetery walls, and
there they slay for years before
crumbling into1 dust. Ex. ; v
the finding of one by Mr. Samuel
Maddox recently excited considera
ble interest. When found the coins
are very black and they are less than
hall their original thickness. And
yet the inscriptions and devices upon
them are as clear and bold as ever.
This is because he sand or corrosion,
whichever it is, wears it down equally
all over the surface. Ex.
Honke Enterprises.
: The failure of several outside
Building and Loan Associations re
cently carries a telling lesson to those
North Carolinians, who had money in
them. If we will heed the lesson,
the money that is lost will not be in
vain. The lesson is one that North
Carolina people sorely need ; it is this,
patronize, encourage, put your mon
ey in home enterprises. Instead of
putting money into a Building and
Loan Association in Tennessee, put it
mt5 one in North Carolina; or into a
North Carolina "savings bank, or into
a North Caroliua factory, or into a
North Carolina farm, or North Caro
lina home. For a hundred years
North Carolina has given her best to
the enrichment oi other States,
ome of them are rich now, but she
ls as poor as ever: It is. time to stop
Insurance, Building and Loan, out-s-de
merchants, trusts, and the like,
1
' millions annually rieht . out -of
North Carolina soil, -and much of it
"ever comes back again. We have,
ven lreely to' the world . at large,
now let iis help ourselves by helping
Pne another. We have the best (In
every narticnbr in th TTninn.
, j . " :
e -"sst ( in every particular ) spot of
wun in the world. Biblical Record
MentJil'Oeograpliy.
The largest river is Time. The
deepest ocean is death. The region
where no living thing hath habitation
is called Yesterday. The most civil
ized country is Today. The highest
mountain is called Success. Few
reach the top save those who watch
sharply for the passing of the Moun
tain Opportunity, who carries upward
all those who sieze hold upon him.
The region where no man hath ever
set loot is called Tomorrow. The
greatest desert is called Life, and it
hath many oases. These are called
Hope, Ambition, Love, Charity and
Home. And of them all the last is
the most beautilul.
N. C. Experiment Station Sugar Corn,
' !
The Experiment Station at' Raliegh
lor a number of years past j has been
developing a sugar corn that would
have the properties- of fjeld corn
adapted to this latitude, combined
with the table vualities of orHinarv
sugar corn. It is believed !thai .char
acteristics of such a cross j; are1 now
permanently fixed. The Station de
sires to place a small; package of the
corn into the hands of care: hi 'parties
who will give it a trial arid who will
promise to report results next fall
This should not be planted near field
corn. To applicants; who ' yill agree
to the above conditions and will send
four cents for return postage and for
expense of mailing, the StationVill
be glad to send packages as long as
the supply lasts. Apply toj
Carolina Agricultural Fi
Station, Raleigh, N. C.
Let everything that can be convert
ed into manure cheaply be added to '
the manure heap designed lor use in ; X. "Bound.
tne spring.
A farm without an orchard will not
sell. For selling the farm a thrifty
young orchard will be found as good
as a real estate agent.
. The farmer's garden is the mot
profitable piece of ground on the
farm, if it', only produces all kinds, of
garden crops' for the family.
In all our farming operations let ns
aim at practical results. These, .and
these only, will avail us in the hard
times that we are now experiencing.-
It is stated that florists and garden
ers have found that they can effectu
ally rid their greenhouses'of destruc
tive-insects by placing tobacco stems
on the heating pipes, the heat caus
ing the odor of the tobacco and per
meate the apartmentTarid destroy the
pests. E.
If the the owner feels that he must
use the young orchard for some pro
ductive crop, it should be a hoed cropy
which needs clean cultivation. . Corn
answers well, the part shade being- of
some advantage. Pear-trees will not
stand iorcing, and should have no
manure, as blight sets in when they
grow rapidly. Ex. . v
R EPA KT'U II E O F THAI N S.
LOCAL TJRAIXS:'
S. Pound.
Between Florence cnd'Weldon.
No. 78. X0..23.
1:42 P.M. Leaves Wilson; 2:05 P. M.
Between Wilmington and Norfolk:
No aS. - - No. 49.
12:4s P.M. Leaves Wilson, 2:12 P. M.
"Shoo"; Fly." Wilmington to Rockyj
Mount:
No. 40: No. 41.
Leaves Wilson, 6:15 A. 31
' f .THROUGH TRAINS.
Between Florence and Weldon:
No. 32. ' . No. 35,
12:22 A. M. Leaves Wilson, ii:iS P. M.
COUNTY OiriCEKs.
HOARD OF" COMMISSIONERS:
R. S. Clark, Chairman.
John C. Hadlev Thos. Fllton.
Shade Felton, J. H. Nf.wsom"
3Ianu re.
If we could induce our farmers to
make their own fertilizers we would
do them a positive good. There has
been guano -.enough -sold in the State
since the war. to buy it v It i5s,Da:-sing
strange that a iarmer'with stock and
litter in waste at his door should
mortgage his crop . for commercial
fertilizers. They are a ready food
for the crop, but barnyard manure is
more lasting to the land. Pender
Star. ' ' '
W. J. Cherry, Sheriff,
J. D. 'Bardix, Clerk of Superior Court.
J. II. Griffin, Register of Deeds,
S. H. Tyson, Treasurer,
Wm. Harriss, Coroner,
J. T. Revel, Surveyor.
to w x ofhceu.
aldermen: '
J. D. Lee,
J. A. Clark,
U. II. Cozart,
Geo. Hackney
J. T. Ellis.
1st
2nd
3rd
'4th
5th
Ward.
P. B. Deans, Mayor; :
Jno. R. MooRE,.Jown Clerk;
W. E. Deans, Collector.
On mo I'jftv Years Acii.
the North
xperiment
N. Y. Board of Health on Wiur.
Dr. Janes of the New York Board
Health says: 'T take great pleasure
in testifying to the superior qualities
oi the Port Wine produced bv Alfred
Speer of New Jersey. . After a
prolonged trial I recommend if as a
superior wine for the sick and debil
itated." It is kept in casks to a great age
before bottling, and though higher
in price is fan superior and more
reliable than other wines.
The guano of today cannot be so
powerful a fertilizer , as it were some
fifty . years ago, when it first -came in
to vogue. There was a' number ot
traditions that have been handed
down from lyi ig father to.son, telling
of its wonderful effects not only on
vegetation but upon the human form
divine. We now recall a couple of
of them.
The Experiment station regrets to j farmer in Alabama had ordered
announce that the dreaded San Jose from the neighboring town a bill of
scale has reached North: Carolina. . . , : , '''.
I groceries, among which were severaj
Bulletin No ia9 describes! the char- sadd5 ofguano. The wagon reached
acter of this destructive Pest, the j farm house after dark and as
damage which it. has done to the s always an event in country life,
fruit industry in other States, and. famil gathered round the
The San Jose .Scale.
what it is likely to do in North Caro-
"smoke-house" to witness the un-
lina unless it is stamped out at once. loadiQ Among them was a ten-
Why He Never Married.
Some one who lately asked a well
known gentleman why he remained a
batchelor received this reply : "Because
the desirable was not attainable 'and
the attainable was not desirable." to take, and every dose is effective. -
It is Stated in the bulletin that from a I
single pair, three billion insects may
result in a single season. Although
these scale insects do, not move from
one place to another of their own ac
cord, yet they are blown by the wind
or else carried on the feet of birds to
other orchards not infested. The
Horticultural Society, aided by the
Experiment Station, has prepared a
bill which is now bjeing considered by
the legislature, the purpose of which
is to appoint an unsalaried commis
sion to prevent the introduction and
spread of -such pests. The Bulletin
contains a copy of the. bill now beJ
fore the General Assembly. -It is
believed to be one of the most im
portant that the legislature has before
it for consideration.
year-old boy, small for his age.
Unnoticed, he fell asleep on one of
the sacks and was locked , up. The
following morning an anxious search
saw made, and when the door was
opened there stood a six-foter and
broad in pr(ortion.: ' .
The other strange, eventful story
was in effect as follows: A gardener
had enriched his cucumber hills with
guano. When he deposited the
seed the result was magical. The
germ sprang instantly into life, and
finding he was being encompassed by
the - vine, he fled for his life, the
' police:
D. P. Christmax, Chief.
Ephriam Harrell, Fraxk FeltoX
James Marshbourxi-:.
churches.
St. Timothy's .Episcopal church,
Rev. F. C. Bayliss, Priest-in'charge.
Services: .Sundays at 11 a.-.m. and 7:30
p. m"., Sunday Sclroql at 3 p. n1., Week
Jays Wednesdays and Fridays at 4 p.
m, Holy days at 10 a. in. Celebra
tion of Holy Communion 011 1st Sun
day in each month at 1 1 ' a. ni., otlier
Sundays at 7:45 a. m. .
Methodist Church, Rev. J. B. Hurley
'Pastor;' services 11 a. 111. and. 7:30
p.'im. Sunday School, 5 p.- m., J. F.
Bruton, 5Supt. Prayer meeting Wed
nesday night at 7:30.
Disciples Church, Rev. D. W. Davis-,
Pastor; services on Second, Third and
Fourth Sundays at 11, a. nr. and 7:30 p .
m.; Prayer meeting every Thursday
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
mpnth and at Strickland's church
every Fourth Sunday. Sunday School
at 5 o'clock, P. Ml
Baptist Church, service as follows:
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, preaching
on 2nd Sunday by 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
vices.begin at 11 a. m'.
LODGES.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Lodge No. 117 A. F. & A. M. are held
in their hall, corner of Nashand Golds
boro streets on tlie 1st and 3rd Monday
nights at 7:300 jclock p. m. each month.
. J. D. Bullock, W. M.
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.
4 Lat Williams, H. P. '
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
It is not. to be wondered at that
Ayer's Pills are in such universal de
mand. For the care ol constipation,
biliousness,, or any other complaint
needing a laxative, these are unsur
passed. They are sugar-coated, easy
Comrnanderv No. n are-"held in thf
trailing vine in active-' pursuit. He ( Masonic hall every 4th Monday night
ran at the top of his speed several ! at 7:30 o clock eachmonth
hundred yards and, fell exhausted
A rescuing party hurried to his relief,
but found him smothered with the
vine and I a full-grown cucumber in.
each oi the dead man's pockets.-Bulletin.
HOOD'S Sarsaparilla has oyer and
over asrain proved by its cures,
when all other preparations failed, that . Lodge, No. 44. are held every Frday
it is the One True BLOOD Purifier, ' night in Odd Fellows' Hall.
Applewhite, E. C.
Regular meetings of Wilson Lodge,
K. of H. No. 1694 are held in their hall
over the 1st National Bank every 1st
Thursday evening at 3:30 o'clock, p. m.
B. F. Briggs, Director.
Regular meetings of Contentnea,
Dodge, No. S7, K. of P., are held in
Odd Fellows' Hall every Thursday
night. Visiting members always welcome.
Regular meetings of Enterprise