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: 4 , 1 ' ' : f : ; v . 41 -ft.- v:.im: 1 ' ' 3 f : m ti 1; i "i 6 THE WILSON ADVANCE; AUGUST 5, 1897. LOCALS. First Days's Sal. ' Monday morning opened up bright and clear, promptly at 9 o'clock the - sales began at the Planter's Ware house. Old, Jim Thomason soSn got his whistle in running order -and the buyers kept him busy taking their bids on the golden weed. The Centre Brick took second sale and Capt. Barham let the boys hear his melodious voice once more. It was getting hot but no one stopped, the dust flew but the boys sneezed, wiped their eyes' and turned another ' pile- . f The Watson took up the ball at about noon and Cspt. Gibbons shout ed until he got hot in the collar, but no one gave Tup until the sale was over. After the Watson the sares were continued at the Woodard, where "Tug" Wilson was master of ceremonies. He quickly hustled the days sale to a finish and the firs! day of the seasdn of 1S97 98 was over. - - The day's sale amounted about 60,000 pounds. Keep her" moving boys Wilson has marked the pole for first place N this year and she must have it. Tobacco is going at fancy prices. Our farmer friends are well pleased. llishop I'ueslilre Abroad. . In a v private letter from Bishop ' Cheshire we are privileged to make a few extracts. The Bishop is in Lon don attending the Lambeth Confer ence, where a great assemblage of the prelates of the Anglican Communion representing all parts of the world, are gathered. An encyclical to be issued soon after its adjournment will embody the results of the various de bates and resolutions. The Bishop I writes: "All our bishops have but one story to tell of kindness and courtesy Pnd hospitality on all hands from clergy and laity. News and Observer. FROM' CURRITUCK ' TO CHEROKEE.' . ' ,j REVIEW DF RECENT HAPPENINGS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. The Kivett brothers, who were shot and killed at Waco, Tex , once 4 lived in Raleith They were clerks and natives 5. of Harnett county.-N, C, Capt.--Bain .of the Go'dsboro Ri- . ; ties, has made arrangements for a ten The State board of equalization of j dav .tneampmom ol his company at taxes is called to meet at Raleigh j Morehead City, beginnmg August August '19th. j 8th. In Robeson county July. 2Sth.j A' free fiht occurred at Pemona Charles Ray cut Reed Andrews so"; Monday on 'a negro excursion from 'I Real Estate Dealers- WILSON, Mr. Julian Jordan, of Danville, is in town thts week "looking- over our market. Mr. Jordan is interested in one of the largest wrapper houses in America, -Mr. James Rountree, formerly bookkeeper -at the Planters, has ac cepted a position with the Richmond Maury Co. : Mr. Burt Darden, of Greene county, will handle the books at the Planters this season. Bud Farmer will have his hands full during the coming season. He has engaged to carry the book "on sales" for three warehouses, Planters, Centre and Woodards. We admire his push and wish him success. One of our new buyers, Mr. W. T. Clark, introduced himself to the the market by buying one third of the opening break (20,00 pounds. 60,000 pounds is not bad for-Au-gust 2d and the crop two weeks late. Five warehouses and each car rying a full corps of helpers will make things lively. The Farmers can count on getting the full price of ev ery pound ofweed offered on the Wilson market this season. There are thirty buyers on the market and all of them are anxious fnr thr- rn , mvu 1UU share. "I have. never had a day's sickness in my life," said a middle-aged man the other day. "What a comfort it would bp " sighs some poor invalid, "to be in his place for a year cr two," Yet half the invalids we see aiiighttbe just as healthy as he, if they would only take proper care of themselves, eat proper food and digest it. It's so strange that such simple things are overlooked by those who wanthealth. Food makes health. ' It makes strength and strength wards oft sickness, The man" who had ner been sick ,was strong be cause, he always digested his food, and you could become the same by helping your stomach to work as wejlashis. Shaker Digestive Cordi-J al will help your stomach and will make you strong, and healthy by making the food vou eat make vnn fat. Druggists sell it. Trial bottle 10 cents, j W'mston, v hub w?.s re?urnino from vvjj ! Re;dsvilje. It was side track- I t 1 1 . 1- r the' e0, a aooui rnty negroes were en- gatd in the fight. The Commissioner of Agriculture says all the crop returns which come in are renwka'nle favorable. In fact the exeHlenc piv wondertui. that he died the following dav The Railway , Commission again take up in Seotember question as to telephone rates. The State has granted a charter for thirty years to the Eldorado Cofton Mills in Rowan county.. The capital stock is $250,000. I ne Governor s Guard will go to ., , ( ' , . 197 may well be termed Ocean View, Va., on the 14th of Au- ! , . : r t .,! plenty. &HFlf cuiuug uuvernor rvusseil, ana will return on the 17th. It is stated that the new directors of the North Carolina railway have ordered quite handsome fees paid to their attorneys $500 each. Senator Daniel, of Virginia, was in Raleigh last week to argue before the Railroad Commission against're duction of long distance telephone rates. anv nf. Will gladly furnish niauon reo;ardino Vk and vicinit)-. r 4 son f the crps is sim- It is a remark that a "year of The First National Bank of Ashe ville did not open Siturday morning. A notice was posted on the door f saying that, owiny: to the inability to collect and the stringency of the times the bank will go into voluntary liq uidation. The Coleman cotton mill at Concord,-work on which is now in pro gress, is to have 3,00 spindles and ments, such as Water Electric lio-hfq nnrl fri service, and is the most pro. perous town in North C;J We have the best d' 100 looms. r This is the mill wHiW F- Harper, a member of the depu-1 will ..be operated entirely by negro iy revenue collectors' posse, who was badly wounded by moonshiners dur ing a raid in Lenoir county, will re created Sensation. Our new buyers are bucking right up against the old crowd and seem determined to have their share. It is gratifying to know that there is plenty fcr all and the more they take the better for our market. , Black Crefk Xotes. Mr. Robert Lamm, one of our most successful tobacco planters, has already housed his entire crop of to bacco. Two or three other farmers will probably finish up this week. Who can beat that ? The farmers have also commenced grading earlier than usual. 'They have learned it does not pay to wait until cold weath er sets in, before they grade tobacco. The Fremont and Black Creek colored base ball teams played a game of ball here Saturday, the score was Fremont 11, Black Creek 15. . Mrs'. A. A, High, who has been visiting relatives here, returned to her home ne;-.r Wilson Thursday. Mrs, Minnie Perry returned to her home in .Elm City Sunday. She his been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Barnes. Mrs. Sallie Taylor, of Whitakers, returned home Sunday after making a visit among relatives in this place. J Greensboro, N. C, August 2 Dick Morse, the North Carolina tem perance preacher, made quite a hero of himself here yesterday and set the town in an unrnar. At Unf q o'clock Morse began preaching at the court house, and later, near the Mc Adoo House, where, it seems, he drew a large crowd, which blockaded the streets. Mr. Katz, of the firm of Fisbli'te, Katz, Rankin & Co., pro tested and asked him to move away as he was interferring with business. Tms Mr. Morse refused to do at first but later on he decided to comply, A "XT m - Yesterday he again commenced driving over town, and preached at 5 o'clock., when a policeman served a warrant on him and as he refused to accept bail, he went to jail. JBut a short .while later several ministers came up and went on his bail, and he was released. At the tent meeting of Rev. J. W. Lee last night Mr. Lee denounced the arrest in unmeasured terms. Con siderable excitemeij was raised over the affair, some taking the preacher's side and others siding with the May or, - cover G farnr crr;j-- is v a n ji.i Veral William RrXx has a fine ast of Raleigh. He said : "The Free Piile. Send your address to II. E. Buck len & Co., Chicago, and get a free sample box of Dr. King's New -Life Pills. A trial will convince of their merits. These pills are easy in ac tion and are particularly effective in ire the best since 1880. That r the people say, and 1880 was !jle erop year." Owners of cotton mills in Gaston and Mecklenburg counties have re duced a days' work to eleven hours. This was done voluntarily as there is no State regulation of hours. Senator Butler takes the most ex treme pesition yet on the "govern ment ownership" question. He now favors the government's owning the tobacco trade, as in , France. A colored' man, while walking on the; track of the Carolina Central railway, discovered a, broken rail, near Laurinburg. The train was flagged and an accident averted. A great cock fight at Wilmington between Halifax and Mecklenburg birds resulted in victory for Mecklen burg. Halifax sports went home "broke." one of them lnsincr - h -- Governor Russell goes to Ocean ViewVa., August 14th, as the euest of Charles St. John, the manager of the hotel there. He is also the man ager of Piney Woods ' Inn., at South ern Pines. The railway Commission Mondav heard the officials of the Southern railway and of the Pullman Car Com pany against the recent order in creasing the assessment of property tor taxation. . Senator Tillman "spoke last week week at a great gathering of people at Barium Springs, Irdell county, the occasion being the annual picnic giv en the pupils of the Presbyterian or phanage there. ' The Agricultural Department . has tqe cure of Constipation and Sick recived a letter from a St. Louis firm neadache. h or Malaria and Liver troubles they have been proved inval uable. They are guaranteed to be perfectly free from every deleterious substance and to be perfectly vegeta ble. They do not weaken by their action, but by giving tone to the stomach and bowels greatly invigor ates the system. Regular size 25c. per box. Sold by B, W. Hargave, Druggist. In other days to threaten to break one's neck was to threaten hint with sure death. Not so now. In Newark, Ohio, a girl broke her neck five weeks ago, but a surgical operation was performed and she is now on the road to recovery. Ex. which desires to purchase a hundred thousand acres of timber lands in North Carolina, preferably irr the eastern section. "The "sanctification" idea is gain ing ground it seems, from the news that a tent to hold 2,500 people, is Deing put up at Fayetville, in which ten or more "holiness" preachers wilf hold forth, among them Foxworth, of Georgia, and Avent and Irvin, o South Carolina, labor. It will be in oneratinn Hnrinrr -j . . the c(ming winter. Arrangements are made -by which the JUmted States Secretarv of Ag riculture agrees to allow shipments of cattle to Wilkesboro and Marion, giving a permit for this disregard of cattle quarantine boundary and say ing he will later modify his order. The new lodge of Odd Fellows at Wallace, N. C, will be instituted 611 Wednesday night, Auguct the i ith, District Deputy Grand Master J. T. King, assisted by members of the or der in Wilmington. There are forty two charter members of the new lodge. . The Sanford Express says that two or three hundred crates of Southern peaches from Lindles's orchard sold in Philadelphia last week at $4 per crate- The crates, .contained six baskets each, which averaged 18 peaches to the basket, making 108 peaches bringing $4, or 4 cents apiece. In the return of property for the assessment to the . state board of equalization Forsyth county reports ten d gs at a total value of $30 6 1 , while Martin county reports one dor, value $150- Mules in Hertford a-e valued only $22.59 each and in Bla den at $51 34. Sheep are valued in Lenoir at only 6S cents. Cotton and Tobacco Market In the state. Yet farming .lands are reason Die in price, from $10 acre up. We are in a tion to offer pe post Lots Building in any section of the town, and call attention especially to vacant lots ' on Academy, opiiu ooiasDoro, H mes Daniel and Park streets, ran ing in price from $150 $1,000. 6 to t In an interview today with Mr. Mebane, the State Superintendent cf Public Instruction, he said: "Our campaign is progressing well in parts ol the State. I think in fifty town ships the special tax will be. voted. That ,'was my first estimate and I stick to it. I now think the cost of the election will be between 30,000 and 40,000. . JOHNSON'S CHILL AND FEVER TONIC Cures Fever In One Day. Pimples, blotches, blackheads, red, roush, oily mothy ekin, itching, ecaly scalp, dry, thin, and: falling hair, and baby blemUb.es prevented by Cutictra Soap, the most effective ekia purify ing and beautifying soap in the world, aa well a8 purest and sweetest for toilet bath, and nursery. JL 0 "Tinently Cured bv CUTICUKA REMEDIJdS. If you want to sell your lot place it with men who are in touch with purchasers. If you want a tenant for your building, and1 the rents collec ted promptly make a contract with ' A. J. Simms tk Co. . 5- Farm of 52 "acres 6 miles from VV llson, 2 tenant houses, a rood 1 horse farm in cultiyafon, adjoining lands inat ca.i be bought reasons hi.- Prir i,coo. No. S. -A val nnV-.lfi mill iilnnt One 12 horse power Cooper en-ine. circular saw mill complete, cuts icT inches. mounted cut off saw. grist mill .complete, heavy 40 inch . 1 miners. steam power Wilson Cotton press. 1 his machinery is in gfood running or der with belting, shafting, pulleys cSrc; u.H.cirHiiu can be bought for one fourth original cost. f No-,l?: A farm of 25Q acres 4 mijes' . trom Vv ilson, 150 acres in cultivation. 25 acres good pasture, well watered. ' 4 tenant houses and gobd out -laild-; m-?s- No better farm in the countv. Price, 4,000. No. 13. A good 4-room dwelling on corner of Spring and South streets. A ku bueu jot cheap tor the price, 950. . No. 15, 1,250; acres ' timber"-land on and extending from the V. C. & A. and c. C. R R. jn Columbus countv. 1 roductive farming" land if cleared, i Jace is paying rent as turpentine farm ot 10 per cent, on -price asked. Price $2,100. No. 16. A nice two story 9 room 'ivvelhng nicely located, lot Sox 130 feet. Price low. No 18. A farm of So acres, S ini'es ; Jrom Wilson, buildings new, Horse rami just cleared. Price. 50. No. 2- tti " v" MJ rill C3 J f v. . UUP hnrca t-ir-. ,n tir-sfinn Price. r im 4 ?s. Fine tobacco lane 1 BLGOD HUMORS UAMhUM relliable lady or gentleman to distribute samples and Veetble Te:f;hcUSe C for our v egetable Toilet Snaro month yJZJK " v' 10 ,;n Anct n a ' hicairo III " - """"" avenue, Varanf 1 Spring and Hines streets, 45H icei. 1 rire srrv- - No. ?S '' Varant In A Ua. -ri-.r Cit oldsboro and Hines streets, 45' b' x5 ieet. Price ..moo- . 7T - NO. 1Q. Varant In -nrnf-r n! . Spring a,nd Dairy streets, 47 s ieet. Price $ioo. No. 52.. Vacant lot on the corner .0? Ooldsboro andDairy streets 4i.b' 185 feet. Price $9o. - No. 19. Lot on corner of Sprint and uairv strept n I V-HJVJU IUU1 "1 UUI" ' - iing, good water. Price low. 27-18-iyr. t
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