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The current number of the
College M essenger contains a
number of very interesting articles.
Patient, hopeful waiting is
hard work when it is the only
work possible to us in an emer
gency. But patient waiting is
in its time the highest duty of
a faithful soul.
The worst penalty of evil
doing is to grow into idleness
with the bad ; for each man's
soul changes, according to the
nature of his deeds, for better
or for worse. -
MKBKY CHKlSTriAS.
To all its readers the An-
vance- wisnes
CHRISTMAS, bince mat
first morning when the angels
announced to the wondering
shepherds" the birtti otnnsc,
has been one ot
great rejoicing to all christian
people. rarticuiany a up
time been consecrated t.u m-
. i i 1 1 V. onrl tVl f
inp- cnuaren nappy,
recollection ot tneir ungm
Christmastide forms
nnp nf the most nrecious mem-
WftAV v
ories of older people. Poor
indeed must be the man who
has no such memories ! .
Tt i"ctVip reason of familv re-
unions of renewing old
frlendshin of catching up. old
quarrels-in short it is the pe
riod of the yei.r wrien tne in
fluence ot tne saviour bccms
mnzt notent uoon earth. 1 o
many persons, who hear with
the fine ear of faith, the song
he angels sung rings over land
and Lea aeain, as in the
words of the poet :
-till through the cloven skies they
come, . , .
w:tu .oful lumcrc untuned :
lilt ptt..iui . ...j-- -
And still their heavenly music Heats
O'er all the weary world: (
Above its sad and lonely plains j
They bend on hovering wing.
And ev' r oe'r its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
In New Orleans there is a
nepro politician named Wil
son, who says that he will vote
for the constitutional conven
tionas he desires the ignorant
masses disfranchised.
Wn son gets a slice of the
pie. This time it is the Rev.
O. L. W. Smith, colored, pas
tor of the A, M. E. Z. church
at this place, who gets an ap
pointment as Minister to Liberia.
There will be a meeting of
the County Supervisors ot rub
lie Instruction, at Raleigh, on
Thursday, December 30 th.
Quite an interesting and in
structive program has been'ar-rancred.
The house committee has
a joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitu
tion provided for the election
of senators of the United
States either by a direct vote
of the people or the legisla
tures of the several states - as
now provided.
We published some weeks
ago a little Xmas tale with a
nointed application. Some of
1 11
our subscribers have taken the
matter to heart and brought
in "the dollar" for our Christ
mas tree. To these we extend
our thanks in particular and
wish likewise to extend to all
alike our best wishes for their
future welfare, both here and
hereafter.
Greensboro has a live Indus
trial and Immigration Associa
tion. Such an organization to
promote the material progress
and growth of the city if prop
erly conducted, is of great ben
efit- to any town, says the
Asheville Gazette. Wilson's
Board of Trade should wake
up. Thev started out with
a fine show but for some time
nothing- has been heard from
them.
Scribner's Magazine begin:
its twelfth year with the llanu
ary number. The frontispiece
gives a characteristic scene
a Virginia mansion on the
night of a party in the days be
lore the war. This is from
Thomas Nelson Page's seria
novel, "Red Rock," which in
this opening; instalment p;c
tures the youth of the leading
characters. Immediately tht
scene will shift to Reconstruct
ion days, and the stirring times
alter the war, when carpet-bag
gers dominated the South, wil
be depicted. The leading ar
tide is Senator Lodge's grea
historical narrative, " The Story
ot the Revolution. This
the, first history of the. Revolu
tion by a man who unites the
literary qualities of a skilled
historian with-actual expen
ence of govermental machin
ery.
is
fisfae-
iiatile
Igaature
: or
THKSPANISH AKMYON ITS EAR .
Charlotte Observer.
The Spanish army is on its!
t' r 1 .1 . It 1, rt -
ear. it, ieeis mar..iu nuiiui
has been impugned. Its pride
has been wounded. The dis
patches yesterday said that
twenty Spanish generals had
come to an agreement to engi
neer a protest against Presi
dent McKinley's message to
Congress, which is considered
insulting to the Spanish army.
It must entail a great strain
upon the Spanish army to feel
genuinely insulted. Its gener
als in Cuba have been report
ed as having been notoriously
corrupt. . A young insurgent
was recently pardoned. Tram
a Cuban prison for giving
away the secret that the Span
ish generals and Cuban lead
ers in a certain province had
an agreement' amongst them
selves not to attack each other.
With 200.000 troops injthe is
lands commanded successively
by two of her most reputed
generals, Spain has been una
ble to put an end to the gue
rilla warfare of the iusurgent
Cubans, and it is this victori
ous host that feels itself m -insulted
by ' Rresident McKin-
ley s message. The Spanish
army must, indeed, have its
sensibilities under a high pres
sure, to have "worked itself in
to such la state of mind.
We live in a country of which
the principal scourge is stomach-trouble'
"
It is more wide-spread than any
other disease, and very neariy more
dangerous.
One thing that makes it so dan
gerous is that it is sa little understood.
If it were better understood, it
would be more feared, more easily
cured, less universal than it is now.
So, those who wish to be . cured
take Shaker Digestive Cordial, be
cause it goes to the root of the trou
ble as no other medicine does. Th
pure, harmless, curative herbs and
plants, of which it is composed, are
what render it so certain, and at the
same time, so gentle a cure.
It helps and strengthens tfce stom
aeh, purifies and tones up the system
Sold by druggists, price 10 cents
tqjsi.oo per bottle. .
To make the Ladie's Home
Journal for 1898 "the best of
111- .
an the years, is the purpose
of its editors, as disclosed bv
a prospectus outlining a few of
tne projectea teatures the com
ing year. A notable feature,
"The Inner Experiences of a
Cabinet" Member's Wife," s
series' 6f letters from thp 'wiff
of a ; Cabinet -member to her
sister, will, it is said, reveal
some startling , pen-pictures
01 .wasnington social and offi
cial life. - The biop-ranhi
President McKinley Mrs
Cleveland, Mark . Twain
Thomas A. Edison and loseph
jcnerbon win De presented ir
a novel way by a series ofanec
dotes, giving the vital char
acteristics of each. This
but a passing glance at .the
1898 Ladies' Home Journal,
which is aimed to meet the lit
erary and practical needs o
every member of the house
hold:-
is
Star.
The New York Commercial
Advertiser is a little closer to
Ne w England than the Chat -
tanooga Times is, but doesn't
take as cheenul a view 01 the
cotton manufacturing industry
in that section -as our Tennes
see contemporary does. It
sees the "flags of distress, a
sign of the migration of the in
industry to a more favorable
seat" on which it discourses
hus :
The enormous : increase of cotton
mills in the South Irom 667,000 spin
dles in 1880 '"-to 4 100,000 now has
been attracting attention for the la?t
decade, but it is only within a year or
two that its effect upon the New
England industry has begun to be
anticipated, and it is only now that
practical demonstration of that effect
is given, lhe cut 01 wages in the
New England mills, in the midst of
increasing industrial prosperity, with
demand tor product increasing and
raw material lower than for years, is
a flag of distress, a sign of migration
t the industry to a more favorable
seat, where labor and power are
cheaper, trades unionism is less arro
gant and coal and raw material are
close at hand. The cotton manufac
ture i fjhe country is about to -'move
to the South, as the iron industry
moved to the West
"The result will be cheaper pro
duction, lower prices and a more ex
tended market. The largest t fleet ol
migration of the iron industry was
production so cheap and price so low
that it not only conquered the home
market, but disdained tariff protec
tion and invaded that of the world.
The same result may be expected in
time with cotton. The. expected
strikes in New England cotton mills
will announce cheaper cotton goods,
and the completion ot the migration
of the South will promise the long-
ooked for export of our great South
ern product in cloth instead of
bales."
The Commercial Advertiser
is a Republican paper and not
over partial to the South, but
it keeps its eye"on current
events and correctly construes
them. I he "nag of distress
has been raised, but the "mi
gration" began before the flag
was raised, and has been ' go
ing on quietly for several
years. We wouldn't b a bit
surprised if before the end of
the next decade there was
even more New England than
Southern capital invested in
Southern cotton mills.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Thefw- J -
wry
About Vt i1 TirH.
f
The subject ot wide tires on wagons
and other vehicles is deservedly at
trading a considerable amount of at
tention in North Carolina at the pres
ent time. It is a matter of great im
portance in every country, but especi
ally in States like our own, where we
must, at least for some years to come.
do most of our hauling over dirt
roads, -
The following notes are submitted
as a contribution to the discussion of
the subject :
HOW TO SECURE THE ADOPTION OF
WIDE TIRES.
There cannot be much difference
of opinion concerning the advantages
of wide tires, but the practical ques
tion tor us to consider in this connec
tion is; how we can best secure their
adoptfon in No th Carolina. Two
plans are suggested in the following
notes :
I) Alter a given date, two or
more years in advance, make it a mis
demeanor lor any person to use a
wagon with tires of less than a given
width ay three inches for a wagon
pulled by two horses, and five inches
for a wagon pulled by four horses,
Or, what would be equivalent to this,
impose a fine of say $ per annum,
after a certain date on all persons us
ing wagon .tires less than the above,
as a police' regulation, for the protec
tion of the roads. "
(2 ) A plan adopted jn several
States is to allow a rebate in taxes to
all persons using , wide tired wagons.
In cases this rebate is equivalent to
what would otherwise be the tax on
.U T .1
tuc wdKiuj in umcr cases it is
equivalent to on ; half ol the road tax
on property, which would otherwise
be paid by the person using wide
tire wagons, if, instead, they contin
ued to use the narrow tires. It is
claimed by some that this latter p'an
would be unconstitutional in North
Carolina. .
(3) Another plan, w hich might be
adopted, if not prohibited by the
spirit of the Constitution, or existing
legislation would be that alter a cer
tain due, the sale of narrow tired ve
hicles in the State should be piobib
ited by law.
J. A. Holmes.
Sec. N. C. Good Roads League.
Raleigh News Budget.
. Wednesday December 1 5 .
Cleveland county farmers recently
held a mass meeting and agreed to
reduce acreage and buy no more Ur
tilizers at the present price of cotton.
It is said that the Seaboard people
have decidtd to enter Winston, it tht v
have to build a branch toad, . which
would only be a short on, to enable
them to get there The State is rep
resented at the Cotton Growers Con
vention in session at Atlanta, Ga
When the Board ol Agriculture went
to the Executive office yesterday at
the rtquest of the Governor, tint ol
fi ial oroceede'd to tell what he want
ed done He- said that John R.
Smith wasn't competent to manage
the Penitentiary, and as lor the Ag
rit ultural Department the Governor
said that it did not u quire any brains
to run it. A reflection n both Mew
borne and Smith. A five year-old
child dies at Guilford Colleje, frum
the bite ol a cat.
Thursday, December 16.
The Fi'rt 'Baptist Church is putting
in an. expensive hot air heting appa
ratus Several herds of cattle in tins
city will be examitud fu tuberculo
sis. Ais ei 1 1 .i'iat I; 1 1 1 . J v, ;is(.
is pn valtnt in the ayiU'U hciti"lat.
tie The funeral of ex Sherirl Hith
occurrtd this mommy. A frrpa't
" -
many ptople were present at the fu
nt ral. The Board of Agriculture
meets for an hour or so everv dav
and thus manages to accumulate neat
per dietns. No election of an engi
neer in the heating department was
held, though it is believed that King,
who is temporarily filling the position
will be elected.
Saturday, December 18.
The deed lor St Mary's School
here to the Protestant Episcopal
Church in North Carolina is signed
by the heirs ol the late, Paul C Cam
eron. The amount to be paid is
$50,000, one-third cash, the balance
in twenty years. State Treasurer
Worth decides that tobacco ware
housemen are commission merchants
and liable to the tax ofi per cent, on
their commissions. This is quite a
surprising ruling. The inspector 1
public buildings, John H. Devtreux,
will recommend several improve
ments of the public buildings here,
including repainting, tiled hallways
and better , lights At the penitenti
ary farms on the Roanoke 2.600 bales
of cotton . have been picked and Su
perintendent Smith says about 700
bales are vet unpicked. Of course
a good deal will be lost An amtnd-
mendment to the Virginia constitu
tion is proposed providing tor elec
tion of legislators only every four
years Professor Robinson, of Guil
ford college. North Carolina, goes to
Bal imore for Pasieur treatment for a
cat bite; a boy bitten bv the same
Cit died soon after being bitten.
Monday, December 20th
Capt R.- H Brooks returned trom
Baltimore today with Jim Booker,
who is wanted here for the murder of
a colored woman. There is talk h-re
among the politicians of establishing
an office brokerage. Since Mew
borne hoodooed John R Smith out
of his boots,-other government offi
cials have become restless and are
longing for "something better." Al
fred Upchurch, one of Raleigh's best
known and oldest cir zens, died this
morning. George W. Cobb, whom
Carl Duncan defeated for the collec
torship, tells it that Pritchard ofkred
to divide the time of the appointment.
Cobb also says that he was also tit
tered the position ot bank examiner,
with $3,500 salary, but that he de
clined all ofters of a compromise '
The matter of postmastership will be
taken ud soon, so it is said- Maj J
B Hill, C T. Bailey, J. H. Young
A T Ct .iT - c .1
uu jrx. vv. ouauer are airer tne
plumb. A number of insurince com
panies are doing business in the State
without license. Secretary of State
Thompson has run upon two or three
unho n ed agencies.
The old bill claims which will
shortly come before the Senate will
embrace something like $10,000,000
for claims wholly just and valid, but
there i small chance that it will pass.
More of the wronged and ruined
creditors will be permitted to die in
penurv and want while Congress hes
itates. Yet where the wealthy ship
building Cramps come along with ;
a bill for some hundreds of thousand
to rectify errors in their accounts
Congress hastens to vote the money
Why is it ?
Richmond, Dec. 16 In the State
Senate today, the Barksdale ami toot
pan Dill was defeated ayes 12, nays
21.
Tuit's Pills
Cure All
Liver His.
Tried Friends Best.
For thirty years Tutt's Pills hav
proven a blessing to the invalid.
Are truly the sick man's friend.
A Known Fact
For bilious headache, dyspepsia
sour stomach , malaria.constipa
tion and all kindred diseases.
TUTT'S Liver PILLS
AN ABSOLUTE CURE.
-Politeness is a kind of
anaesthetic which envelopes
the asperities of our character.
so " that other people will not
he wounded by lhem. v e
should nerer be without it,
even when .we contend with
the rude
' ! n il h .'. 1 i l
with LOCAi.-.APPU--- A s
they cani.ot reach lhe scat oi lhe uis-
. 1 i 1 :..
ease. l.a:arrn is araomi ur lwuu
tional disease, and in order to cure i
)ii must' take internal rnnedii-s. .
Hall's Catarrh Cure is f ikeu-internally.
and acts directly on 'the biood and mu
cous surfart s. Hall's Catarrh .Cure is
not a quack niedj ine. It was prescrib
ed by one of the best physicians in this
country for ears, and is a regular pre
scription. It is composed of the lst
tonics known, combined with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous suriaces. 1 ne periei 1 coitidi-
nation ol the two ingredients is uhal
produces such wonderful results in cur
ing Catarrh. Send for testimonials,
free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props.
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, price 75c;
D ;n't ive ' only, -where von expect
a return or .-wonder' whether you w ill
be supposed to huv something for A.,
Br or C The spirit ol Christmas
lies in -the loving a i.d lhe giving
never in the receiving.
President MrKinley has appointed
his friend Attorrey-General McKen
na to the vacant Supreme Court
Judgeship after all
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF
Branch 1 Co. Bankers,
WILSON, N. C:,
At the! Close of Business, Tues
day, Dec. i5TH,,iS97.
CondenscMl from the Report to the State
Treasurer.
. RESOURCES.
Loans &.Disc'ts 244. 837. 57
Overdrafts..... 5,263.54
Stocks,& Hoiids, . 600.00 $251,701.11
Banking House. .
Furniture.
5.000.00
2,017. So
Due bv Banks -9, 566 24
Cash & cash items 29.S72.17
LIABILITIES.
Capital . . . . ... ...
Surplus
Undivided Profits,.
Due to Banks c 9 1 95
Certificates, 28.671.96
Indv'l Deposits, 219,1.00 12
7,017. So
69.43S 41
$3-, I57-32
$50, 000.00
10,000.00
i,583-29
257.574 "3
KT ' 328.15732
North Carolina, .
Wilson County. J
I.J. C. Hales, Cashier of above named
Bank, do solemnly swear that the fore
going statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
J. C. HALES, Cashier.
Sworn to before ine this, the ;olh day
of December. 1897. -j.
1). Hardin. C S. C.
f There is no
ha SJ I word so full
Laii 1 f meaning
and about which such tender and
holy recollections cluster as that
of " Mother " she who watched
over our helpless infancy and guid
ed our first tottering step. Yet
the life of every Expectant 'Moth
er is beset With danger and all ef
fort should be made to avoid it.
so assists nature
Mother's
in the change tak
ing place that
B - the Expectant
nfl 11 fi 0 c r s ena"
j! 1 1 II bled to look for-
IV Ul VA V - A w w
dread, suffering or gloomy fore
bodings, to the hour when she
experiences the joy bt Motherhood.
Its use insures safety to the lives
of both Mother and Child, and she
is found stronger after than before
confinement in short, it "makes
Childbirth natural and easy," as
so many have said. D o n't be
persuaded to use anything but
MOTHER'S FRIEND
; "My. wife suffered more in ten min
utes with either of her other two chil
dren than she did altogether with her
last, havinsr previously used four bot
tles of 'Mother's Friend.' Jt is a
blessing to any one expecting to be
come a MOTUEK," says a customer.
Henderson Dale, Carmi, luinois
Of T)rn(rgifs at Si. 00, or Sftnt by mail on rer-cipfr
of price. Write for ixjok conmr'infr i estimonials
ana Taluablo information lor allMotners, tree-
The Brad field Be(?nIator Co., Atlanta, Ga.
NOTICE. Havinsr qualified as ad
ministrator of Wiley i!'. Denns,
deceased, this is to notity. allpersons
having claims against . the estate ot
id deceaea to-exniuu t em ro ine
. . 1
of 1ecemb r. -iSuv .i thts;iotiftt.v
! ( plead in l;ir f tl t-'' recv ? v All
ilease O'.-ike-i et'i .: "j aynu it.
1 iiis I It-cent b.-r i-t,
A 1'.. .PF. NS
iS-6t. Adiminsirator.
LHE C0"rRR J'P.IF WKi,
: III." " - 'T J2"l
NORFOLK, V.
Large stock ol finished
Neatly tor shiiiinriii,
eM i lu t -
0 I
MX
w.il
MOTftERS
MAKE NO MISTAKE WHEN
THEY INSIST ON C
' -' . HAVING
( A I 1 N T "
I I ( 1:1
GIANT
SCI IOC) I.
f V ,
r
For their Children.
Built lor Service
They are Pretty, Too.
Sold by r
R. E. Townsend.
21 Santa Claus
Loves Jewels.
No otic iknows bet
ter than he how mir-h mV
women and children a)j)rrc
ate a gift - of this kind; I '1
lllll 111! Ml .1 I I I I llrll I III In M l
- - - v x- w ill! 11,)
pack than this store he'll fin 1
goods no better no more ex
quisite no lovverfrficed. We
have many inexpensive hi t
dainty little novelties here
... ...:n . L...ii.
gifts. '
Yours to serve,
J. J PRIVETT & CO.
: . ... I "
Washington Hotels.
- - V
aiggd nuu5C ,ence rof capit )I(
located within one block of the White
House and directly opposite the Trea. -ury.
Finest table iirthe city. : '
Willard's Hotel 7jJo??hrh'
, rtmarkahle for us
historical associa ions and lony siis
tained popularity Recently renovated
rt painted and partially refurnished
National Hotel "r R
. , . - the hotels ol asi.
ington. patronized in former year's 1 y
presidents and high officials. AhvaVs
a prime favorite. KecentU retno.dt led
and rendered better than ever.' Oppo
site V. K. K. dep.'- - .Walter i vr-jon,
Resident Ma ager.
These ho els are the principal polii
cal rendezvous of -the capital t al.l
times. They are the best stopping
places at reasonable rates
O. G. STAI'LKS, I'Koi'irihT'K.
G. I)fAVITT, Manacku.
Stop
riHm .
The Man or Woman
who has bought
y
FROM ,:
Woollen K Stevens.
Will tell you, that is tne place
to oret the best doods for'
the least money.-
I
i
J
n FINE
No.
nnru rm-pp Ksr-nro
Size 238, Yalae $63.00.
fS3 Will Ko trurn fk xrAir K I l. -I U..-'
responding to special card sealed and deposited with us by the "BITGK'S
STOVK & RANGK CO." there are 3.000 cards issued, one to each cash
purchaser of 1,00 worth of goods at our store. As soon as the -ixxx cards
txS are issued the sealed card will b'-: examined and the number ar.iiouut ed,
and the holder of the corresponding number will receive fy $1. 00 cash tin
IHJ(K'i STKKL KANGK valued at $65.
SOLE AOKNTS FOR .
Bock's Great White Enamel Line.
4 Geo. D. Greeo Hardware Co.
WILSON, N, C.
FULL NICKEL
PLATED
Buck's Junior
r PI 11 CfO To be given FREE To lhe girl un.ler
. 14- years old who cuts the greatest num
ber ot - our advertisements, containing Buck's Trade Mark
from the newspapers of our city. -
TRADE MARKS must be enclosed in envelojies or neaj parkages, plainly
marked wiih name and address of contestant, and- may be "left at our sion- a t
often as desired. COLLECT ADVKRTI SKMENTS FROM OCR) EU 21-
TO DECEMBER 21st, 1897. This -competition i- designed to call the at U
tion of the public to our splendid line of ;
W Buck X. Stoves a n d Ra n res.
the only line in the world equipped with WltlTE EX MELEI) OVI-N
DOORS, giving to -the Oven all the superior baking Qualities of the old fa-.ii-oned
Brick Oven. ' .
GEO D. GREEN II AKD WARE ().
27 ii if (UjI1 CAM M
if
prepared especial iy for you, whica '
we mail free. It treats of thb
Stomach flisrtnlors nTrm.n
that every child is liable to aim lor
" " Frey's
Vermifuge fei
has teen successfully used UJfei
One bottle br mail for Me.
RE. A S. FKEY. BaltliBun. Bd. f
Wanted -Agents.
"The Confederate Soldier in the Civil War,'
Just published, contains .10 patro U.vl6 in .
an loverl.l O larxe -Mnttle M-eue.s Porir.it,
Maps, etc . he xrr. t st an 1 Urge it war book
ev-r pubnahttl, amf tbe only one that, does
jib ivv hi ine i ;on federate soldier and lhiH
''ui ir.- uowipicte in one vol
ume. A (rents wanted everywhere to sell this
bo k 0,1 our new and easy plan. .Many of the
lnrty ml g, ntlemcn asreirts w ho are, at work
ar. maki ig irom $loo to $ivo per month.
Wilson. N G
Real Estate Brokers and Commission MercMnts.
Office om Nash St , over R. j. Grantham S: Co
Rial Estate Boiht and Sold. Rents Collected.
We ofter for sale Buildine L't. in the town of Wils.n. hihI Elsewhere
We invite intending: settlers to cnli and see us. CSrrpuiKlriu t- soliriied
tlnformation giv n free of charge. '
. ,iS.aim iiug-nterg ot veterans,
an ! others in terestsd are requested to send
H. a. C0NK0R, President. j. c. HALES, CasMer
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