North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XXVII. WILSON, 1ST. &, APRIL 8, 1897. NUMBER 14. We Have Opened Up ! I The Water 3III1. OUR NEW Soda Fountain Is now running at full blast, and we are prepared to serve cold drinks of r every description. ' Soda Water,' Milk Shakes, Lemonade, etc. Also a nice line of . "v Tobacco, Cigars and Cigarrettes. Don't forget our Gro cery Department. T J R. Hardy & Co., The Bargain Store. r TARBORO STREET. Listen to the water-mill through ; the live long day. ' How the clicking pf the wheels wear i the-hours away ; Languidly the Autumn winds stir the green wood leaves, " From the fields the reapers sing, bind ing up the. sheaves ; And a proverb haunts my mind, as the - spell is cast "The mill will never grind with the water that has passed." Autumn winds revive no more leaves that once are shed, And the sickle cannot , reap corn once ' gathered ; - , - And the rippling stream flows on tran quil, deep and still, Never gliding back again to the water , '.mill, . , , Truly speaks the proverb old, with a ' . -meaning vast ' ' "The mill will never .grind with the wafer that has passed." Take the lesson to thyself, loving heart and true ; -, Golden years are fleeing by, youth is . passing,' too ;: s, ' . V Learn to make the most of life, lose no happy day, Time will never bring thee back chances swept away. Leave no tender wo'rd unsaid, love while love shall last -"The- mill will never grind with5 the' water that has passed." ' Work while yet the daylight shines man of strength and will, Neyer does.the streamlet glide useless by the mill ; Wait not till to-morrow's sun burns upon the way, All that thou canst call thine own lies in thy to-day. Power, intellect and health , may not always last 'The mill will never grind-with the . water that has passed," Greater New York. The creation of (Greater New York is toe most interesting municipal ex periment oLtheltjme, and it is not surprising that the! wise men ol Goth am should be considerably troubled over the adjustment of, thein new charter. The area, contained in the nrn- , '' ' . 1 posed new city has about 3,500,000' population. The Assessed valuation ol Greater New York will be 2,307,- 091,000, its bonded debt abqut $216,- 000,000 and its annual tax levy about $55,000,000.. v : U One of the mosti interesting phases of the new city is ;its commercial and mumfacturin'g activity. It is . the greatest manufacturing centre of the countiy. Within) its borders nearly $660,000,000 of capital and over 450,- 000 are employed in manufacturing establishments alone, v arid the pror ductsof its factories are computed to Be of the annual value of$ 1,045,000, 000 The yearly, wage roll of these factories amounts , to about $300,000, 000.' These figures make no account of the thousands of people otherwise engaged in wholesale and retail stores nor in the city's; transportation ser vices. ' . . ' . An .idea may be. formed of how large an army, of wage-earners is em ployed outside the manufactories by" recalling the fact j that nearly 2.0,000 men took part in the sound money Darade, just before the last natiorial election from the wholesale dry goods trade of that city alone. One street railway company the , Metropolitan despise this cold and common request, but listen to the words of the matri monial agent and give your daughter to my slave of a son, so that the pair , bound by silken threads may have the greatest joy. In the beautiful Spring time I shall offer my wedding present and give a couple of geese. And let us hope for long and contin uous fortune, and look forward through endless generatipns to the fulfilment of genuine love. May they sing of plenty ' and have every joy. On my knees I beg you to consider my proposal favorably, and throw the mirror-like glance-of your eyes on these lines' To this letter the father 6f. the bride replied that he would attend to theportion of his "'pooi and poverty stricken daughter, that she might not be without bedclothes, cotton cloth ing, hairpins and earrings. There fore it was to be hoped that the cou ple wohld have cons! ant fortune." Tid-Bits. DIRECTORY. depa 111 ure of tkains. local trains: N: Bouod. S. Bound. Between Florence end Weldon. No. 7S. . ' No. 23. 1:42 P.M. Leaves Wilson 2:05 IN M. Between Wilmington and Norfolk: No 48. No. 40. 12:48 P. M. Leaves Wilson, 2:12 P. M. 'Snob:. "Fly" Wilmington to Rocky Mount: No. 40. No. -41. 10:23 P Leaves Wilson, 6:15 A.. M ' THROUGH TRAINS. between Florence and Weldon: No. 32; . ". No, 35. 12:22 A. M. Leaves Wilson, ii:iS P. M. ELUCATION IN NORTH CAROLINA. Tlie CrasKde of Hlgotry aud Fettnifss II as I'xfiaustxl Itself. Traction hne employs 5,000 .men, M and ,these are but drops in the ocean Oh, the wasted hours of life that have of thecity's daily! business. The 'IaySnwei's Loj;l ok. The aristocracy of Boston is jubi lant over the recent decision of Arch bishop Temple awarding- to this coun try the original logbook of the May flower. ' - - Since the famous vessel returned to England after making her cele- rlriffpri hv f - J . Oh, the good we might have done lost 'without a sigh I , . Love that we might once have saved by a single word, - ; Thoughts conceived, but never penned, perishing unheard ! Take the proverb to thy heart, take and hold it fast "The mill will never grind with the water that has passed." Oh ! love thy God arid fellow man, thyself consider last. For come it will, when thou- must scan dark errors of the past. And when theflight of life is o'er, and earth recedes from view, As a financial Centre Creater. New I COUNTY OFFICER?!. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: R. S. Clark, Chairman. John C. Hadlev, Jhos. F'elton, Shade Felton, J. H, Newsom ! ' tVitfT niiro the crfnr th( trilA Then you'll see more clearly the pro verb deep and vast . .. "The mill will never grind with the water that has passed." Selected. brated trip across the Atlantic ocean some two hundred and fifty years ago - And heaveh in all its glory shines riiidst the logbook has been in possession of the See of London. . In order to Re cover the precious volume a mbve m'ent was organized in New England several months ago arid the archbish op's decision to restore the relic is-in-directly th fruit of this movement. The logbook not only contains'a detailed account of the Mayflower's historical voyage, but also a register f births, marriages, and deaths, and Js, therefore a most important relic. Its arrival in this country will be the S1gnal for a 'great jubille throughout ew England ; and the aristocracy of that section will doubtless take on a fresh element of pride over the recov ery of the old heir-loom. Atlanta Constitution. , r As baldness makes one look prema turely old, so a full head-of hair gives to mature lite the appearance of youth. To secure this and preuent the former, Ayer's Hair Vigor is confidently rec ommended. Both ladies and gentle-ni-ent prefer it to any other dressing. , The Seaboard Air Line will , in all Probability build a branch line from Some Point on the Georgia, Carolina nd Western tpthe Pelzer and . Pied- mont mills. It "is said that , the citi zens of Laurens are very r.nxious for tne branch to come through their town. An effort-will be, made to get the Seaboard to do this. The busi ness of these two mills is enormous Just As Mother Used To Do. " ' 11"-' - ' He criticised her puddings, and he didn't like her cake: He wished shd'd make the biscuit that his mother used to make ; ' She didn't wash the dishes and she didn't make a stew, And she didn't mend his stockings, as his mother used to do. Ah,' well, she wasn't perfect, though . she tried to do her best, Until at length she thought her time had come to have a rest ; ' So when one day he went the same old rigmarole all through, ' She turned and boxed his ears, just as his mother used to do. , New York Eveuing Post. linmijrration Decreasing . A statement prepared at the Irn migration Bureau shows that during the six months ended December 31, 1896, the number of immigrants who arrived in this country was 149, 908, a decrease- as compared with the same "period in 1895 of 42,200. For the month 'of January, last as com pared with January, 1896, was 3,325. making' the; total decrease for' the seven months 45,525. This decrease is said to be largely due to the dfn xr .;u ;a,w. r.f l pnny, ana . tne. exercises .w" ot..tP ing ,Toth sides of . the East river, it' will have 114, National and. State, banks, rwith an aggregate, capital of about $70,000,000 and a surplus of about $50,000,000. It is a fact that certifies to the frugality of great mul titudes of the city's working people that more than one-fourth of the to tal amount on deposit in the savings banks in of the United States is cred- ited to the savings bank depositors of Greater Gotham, whose -combined deposits amount Ito nearly $500,000, 000, distributed among 1,165,031 ac counts. .1 ; 1 The proposed ' new city consumes annually 15,000,000,000 feet of illum inating gas, for vyhich it pays $1.25 a thousand feet. It has 50,000 miles of t elegraph and telephone wires, over whicrrit transmits 170,000 mes sages a day. It has public parks and pleasure grounds aggregating 7,336 acres,- cfver 1000 churches, 112 hotels, 64 monuments and statues, 63 libra ries containing nearly 2,000,00,0 vol umes, 30 art gallaries, 54 theatres, 11 large public halls, 81 social clubs of the first class, 2 large universities and 93 other private educational institu tions, besides its public schools, in which 326,000 pupils are beinfe tauglit by about 7,200 teachers. I v The territory .composed in the pro posed consolidation is as follows: New York City', Brooklyn, Flatbush, Flat lands, Gravesend, New Utretcht, Ja maica Bay, Castleton, Middletown. Nor field; Southfield,: Westfield, part of East Chester, part of Pelham, West Chester, L Flushing, . part of The inauguration, on January 27, of Edwin Anderson Alderman, as president of the University of North Carolina uras an occasion of unusual importance aud interesL-v The Legis latureadjourned over for the cere mony arl event'; without precedent in North Carolina- and more than one hundred members went from Raliegh to Chapel Hill, by special train, in order to be present. Governor Rus sell was upon the platform arid fnrm ally'inducted Dr. Alderman rpto his new office; ' The hail was filled -to overflowing' with a distinguished com- f most dignified and imposing charac-gerv ter. No fahse note was strUch and President Alderman's address f was a marvel of lucidity, force and; elo quence. For more than an hour and a half he held the undivided atten tion of his audience. j The enthusiasm that prevailed was most significant., because -for some time past a group of sectarian busy bodies had been going up" and down the State attacking the University as a godless and unnecessary institution and endeavioring to divert its State appropriatiorf,to other purposes.! The inconceivable narrowness and folly of such a movement had not prevented it from making-some headway ; but the exercises of President Alderman's inauguration, his own loft and cogent address, the cordial support of the in fluential newspaper press and of lead ing public men of the State are em - W.J. Cherry, Sheriff, r J. D Uardik, Clerk cf Superior Court. J. H". Griffin, Register of Deeds, S. H. Tyson, Treasurer, Wm, Harriss, Coroner, j. T. Revel, Surveyor. 4 TOWN' OFFK KliS. . ALDERMEN:. J. D. Lee, J. A. Clark, U. H. Cozart,' ' Geo. Hackney, J. T. Ellis. 1st i 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Ward: P. B. Deans, Mayor;' Jno. R. Moore, Town Clerk; W. E. Deans, Collector. t: police:' : . ' . D. P. Christman, Chief. -Ephriam Harrell, Frank Felton; James Marsiirourne. an(i the mills are anxious fcr comoe- culties and uncertainties attending a nuon. Charlotte News. I landing in this country. , CHUKC1IJ St. Timothy's Episcopal . church,. rnev. b: v. hayiiss, l'nest-in-cliarge. ices: Sundavs' at ir a. nv. and 7io p. fn.,. Sunday School at 3 p. m., Week days Wednesdays. 'and Fridays at.4 p..' m. Holy days at 10 a. m. Celebra; tion of Holy Communion on xst Sun day in each - month at 11 a. m., other Sundays at 7:45 a. m. Methodist Church,- Rev. J. B. Hurley Paster; services t .11 a. m. and 7:30 p.m.' Sunday School, 5 p. m., J. F, Bruton, Supt. Prayer meeting Wed- i nesday night at 7:30, ' Disciples Church, Rev. D. W. Davis, Pastor; services on Secid, Third and Fourth Sundays at it a. m. 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 ThomasPastor; services on the. First, Second and Third. Sunday in every month and at Strickland's church every Fourth Sunday. Sunday School j at 5 o'clock, P. M. Baptist Church, service as follows: Preaching Sunday morning, at 11:06 o'clock and 8:30 p. m. Rev. J. A.' Rood phatic assurance . that .the crusade of Pastor. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening ar o o ciock. aunuay ocnooi at 5 p. m., D. S. Boykin Supt. Primitive Baptist Church, preaching 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 11 a. m.."-- bigotry and- pettiness has exhausted itself. - : President Alderman, President Mclver. of the Normal School, at Greensboro, and a loyal . group of public school men by whom they are supported, are bringing about an ed ucational revival in North Carolina that will be epoch-making in its his tory.New York Educational Re: view. . . 1 Nortli Carolina's Sponsor. City and Newton. Ex. Miss Nannie Branch Jones, of Ral eigh, who has been appointed spon sor of the Norih Carolina Division, United Confederate Veterans, at the Hempstead; Jamaica, Long Island next annual reunion, to be held at and 24th days of June next, is a grand daughter of Gen. Lawrence O'Brien, who was killed while, commanding a North Carolina brigade in "the battle of .Antietam. Before the war he served with distinction in the national House of ; Representatives. ! Miss Jones will in due time appoint ten A Chinese JLoveXetter. Here is a good sample of a love making missive from- the Flowery 'Kingdom. It is from a man- who desired the daughter of a neighbor as a wifp for his son : "On m v knees I beg you not to maids of honor.. v LODfiKS. 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 1st and rd Monday nights at 7:30 o'clock p. m. each month, v J. D. Bullock, W. M. Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon ChapterNo 27 are held in the Masonic' Hall every 2nd Monday night at 7:30 o'clock p. m. each month. Lat Williams, H. 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 1st Thursday evening at 3'.3oo'clock, p. m. ; , B. F. Briggs, Pirector. Regular . meetings of Contentnea. Lodge, No. 87, K. of P., are held in Odd Fellows Hall every Thursday night. Visiting members aHvpys wel come. ? i . Regular meetings ; of Enterprise Lodge, No. 44, are held every Frday night in Odd Fellows Hall.