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7 THE ROANOKE NEWS, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 18.91. THE ROANOKE NEWS. THURSDAY JUNE 4, 1891. POPULAR PEOPLE. SOME OF THE FOLKS YOU K.XOiVAXI) theii: noixas. f MARRIED. " Cochran Pockeuy. Tuesday af ternoon at two o'clock Grace Episcopal Church at this place was the scene of one of the most brilliant events of theseasou, the occasion being the nuptials of Mr. 11. T. Cochran, and Miss Daisy Dockery, both of this place. Sometime before the Appointed hour people began to assemble in order to secure seats and by the timo the bridal party reached the church there Was not standing room. The church had been beautifully decorated, and the brides maids carried bouquets of daisies while the groomsmen and ushers wore the same flowers on the lappels of their coats. The front scats were reserved for the relatives of the two contracting parties and were Separated from the others by ribbons stretched across the aisle. Five of the best singers in town occupied the scats of the choir and Miss Laura Powers presi ded at the organ. At the appointed hour the doors of the vestibule were thrown open and the choir began to saa the Bridal Chorus. The four ushers entered walking up the aisle two and two, After these cauie two bridesmaids followed at an interval by two groomsmen, then two bridesmaids aud two woornsnien al ternately, all arranging themselves in graceful group around the chancel. After theso had taken their places the groom entered from the vestry with bis best man And as he reached the chancel the maid of honor proceeded alone to the chancel, being followed by the bride leaning upon be arm of her brother-in-law, Captain II. Chavasse. During this time the beautiful bridal chorus was being rendered And was unished just as all was ready for the two to be made one. The ceremony wis performed by the Rev. W. L. Melli ohainpe, the rector, in a most impressive manner, music from the organ softly float iog through the edifice all the while. After the ceremony the orgau pealed forth Mendelssohn's wedding march and tbe party filed out of the church in the following order : i The bride and groom; the maid of honor, Miss Susie Timberlake, of Raleigh, with Mr. Harry Chavasse, best man; Miss Lillie Dauirl and Mr Henry Maey, of Henderson; Miss Kate l'rescott and Mr. George Mc(ee; Mini Addie 11 in. of Raleigh, and Mr. W. M. Cohen; Miss Annie Lockhart and Mr. W. . Tillery; Miss Verdie Lockhart and Mr. C. V. Bishop; Miss Emily Long and Mr. X. Strauss, of Henderson. Lastly fol lowed the ushers Dr. J. E Shields and W. W; Hall, and A. S. Allen aud 4 W. Pienw. , The bride and groom left on the after noon train for Washington City, where iey will remain a week before returning rjinue. This wedding is pronounced one lf the prettiest ever witnessed in Weldon 2"d this opinion is undoubtedly a just inc. I The bride was quite a popular young lady and was the recipient of many costly ind handsome presents, a list, of which jwe regret we have not room to publish. TAXES LEVIED BOARD OP EDUCATION ELECTED AVI'KOPRIATION KOR THE EXPOSITION REFUSED. It. 0. lluiton, Esi , of Richmond, Va , was in town Tuesday. The Rev. G.T. Simmons of Battk- boro, was in town Tuesday. Mr. T.N. Hill, Jr., of Charleston, S. C, was in town a few hours Sunday. Miss Sallie Snead, of Fork Union, Va., is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. E. Daniel. Master George Green returned home from school at Warrenton a few days ago. The Rev. W. B. Morton returned home Monday from the Union meeting at Tarboro. Miss Lizzie Johns, of High 1'oint, is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. L. Harvey of this placo. K. P. Outland.of Northampton county, has been appointed a notary publii by the Governor. Misses Addie Bain and Susie Timber- lake, of Raleigh, are visiting Capt. and Mrs. T. II. Chavasse. Mr. J. W. Howard left Monday to visit relatives at La Grange and will be absent about two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Chavasse, and Mrs. Davis, of Henderson, are visiting Capt. and Mrs. T. II. Chavasse. Messrs. Straus and Macy of Hender son, were in town Tuesday attending the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Coch ran. Mr. II. S. Harrison, of Enfield, was in town last week on'business connected with the warehouse which he proposes to build here in the fall. Capt. T. W. Mason will deliver an ad dress at Morgautou on the 18th of June on the life and character of Jefferson Davis. The object is to aid in the crec tion of a monument to the dead hero. Col. Harry Skinner, of Pitt, probably the mot eloquent member of the Gener al Assembly, made this office a pleasant visit last week, lie was en route to Jonesboro where he delivered an address to the school there. Rev. F. D. Swindell, Presiding Eldt.r of the Wilmington District, and Rev. W S. Rone, Presiding Elder of the Golds boro District, spent Tuesday night in town. They were en route to Littleton, where they will take part in the closing exercises of Littleton Female College. i Heavy Hail Storm Sunday after Jjjiuton a heavy bail storm visited a section fof country about four miles from town, ..destroying the entire crops of Messrs. fiumuierell, Garner aud Keeter, so that hey will have to plant again. The dam- w'euiu not exienu immcr. j Hurt by a Fall. Mr. Rise, a car penter employed here, while engaged J upon Mrs. Moseley's house, fell from the I roof of (ho building a few days ago and r?f rdy cut and bruised his Tacc. Ho j also came near losing some of his teeth, J but he was not seriously injured. , River Improvement. The work of J improving the Navigation of Roanoke river by the U. S. Government still goes I on, although the high wuter of tho past few weeks has prevented any progress 1 lately. The channel had been deepened I so that there is four feet of water from 1 the mouth of tbe river to Weldon ia the driest seasons of the year. I Tourists Whether on pleaure bent or business, j tjhould take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as its acts ninni pleasantly f 'and effectually on the kidneys, liver and y pwels, preventing fevers, headaches und T tortus oi sick oess-. ror a tie m auo A 1 Art L..l... 1 II .1. . I . . I" . J i oo Domes uj no me icumug urug- A Colored Prophet. In tho Lit tleton sect toil there is a negro who claims to be a prophet and goes about tho conn try preaching. He says he has the power of healing the sick, giving sight to the blind and casting out devils. 11 says he has cast uiue devils out of his wife. He has but little following, but some of tho more ignorant believe in him Others think he is crazy. JUSTICES MEET. The Boards of Magistrates and County Commissioners met in regular annual ses siou at Halifax aud Monday was called to order by Col., F. M. Parker, chairman. who stated the object of the mcctiug to be the levying of taxes, the election of a Board of Education and such other business as might come before the meet ing. Thirty-seven magistrates were present. The Board of Commissioners through their attorney, W. E. Daniel, Esq , sub mitted the following report, und also without a recommendation a circular Ltter from the Governor recommending an ap propriation for the exposition at Raleigh. The Board of Commissioners begs leave to make the following report to the Honorable Board of Justices of the Peace fur Halifax couuty: According to the last Abstract of list ed taxables lor Halifax county the total value of the taxable property of said county amounted to $3,2lil,7Sti; the number ot taxable polls was !!,"42. It is well known that at the time ot the listing of taxables fur lS'.HI, thecoun ty was in the most depressed condition history West Weldon. The company of engineers to which has been given the onntract has sent representatives here for the purpose of inakiug arrangements for laying out the thousand acres of land be longing to the West Weldon Improvement and Manufacturing Company into streets, blocks and squares. The actual work is expected to begin this week or early next week and the engineers say it will uc completed in sixty days. A Chance for a Fine Hat. Mr. S. M. Gary authorizes us to announce that he will present a fine hat to the assessor who shall return the best aud most perfect tax list. This offer extends to the whole couuty and is worth trying fur. Mr. Gary says it is not going to be any of your cheap hats which fall to pieces when they get wet, but a first class tile of the very best make. We think we know who will wear that hat, we do. The Protracted Mektino The protracted meeting which has been in progress at the M. E. Church for nearly three weeks closed last Tuesday night. During the first part of it the Rev. Mr. Tuttle was with us and afterward the Rev. Mr. Troy assisted the pastor. The iuterest was unabated during the entire meeting, the congregations being large at every service. There were twelve professions of religion ten being admitted to membership last Sunday. The ordi nance of H ipiHm will be administered f unday morning next. Quarterly meeting for this circuit will be held hereon Sunday and Monday next, tho Rev. S. D. Adams, presiding. "A stitch in tiina saves ni ne," and if you take Hood's Sars.ip irill i now it may cuve mouths of future possible sickness in its lustory. We trust and believe that the coming assessment aud listing of taxables will show a gratifying increase in values. For the past few years we are inform cd that it has been almost impossible to pay the expenses of the county with the levy which has been available for county pnrposes; in fact we understand that there would have been deficits at the cud of the fiscal years but for the excess of tbe special levies for the purposes of paving the indebtedness of the couuty and of building the county fence tilon;; its ex posed boundaries after meet ing these objects. Such funds have been exhausted, and it is only by the strictest economy that the present Board of Com missioners will be able to meet the cur rent expenses until the next levy. It has been impossible to settle in f ull with the Sheriff for the taxes of 181)1) for the reason that it has been very dif ficult to collect the taxes from the peo ple; however the Board of Commission ers is glad to report upon tho authority of the Sheriff that there was less laud sold for taxes this year than for several years past, and that the insolvent list which will be presented at the final set tlement with him will be much less than usual. A fiual settlement will be had with the sheriff before the tax lists to be taken this year goes into his hands. From the amount on the tax lists less the estiaiaiel amount of the Insolvent list and the amount of laud sales on the first Monday of May last there will be left about $2,800, to which is to be add ed one-third the tax for liquor licenses and tho purchase taxes to be collected in July, upon which the Board will have to depend to meet the current expenses until the taxes for 1891 commence to be collected. As stated above we hope by using the strictest economy in all the branches of expense to go to the cud of the fiscal year without a deli -it. The amount on hand for school pur poses as shows by the tax list now in the Sheriff's hands amouuts to $l,8!M4:5; this will be subject to the insolvent tax list which on account of the large part of the poll tax going to this object will be several times larger than that part of the insolvent tax list for county purposes. For the coming levy, the State levies on the $100 worth of property for State purposes 4ltc; on each poll $1.20. This leaves for the purposes of defraying the expenses of the county provided you shall levy that the constitutional limit, i. e. tiG3 cents on the 100 worth of properly aud $2.00 on the poll, on the $100 worth of property 23 jo. on each pull 71c. While this is less on the property tax for county expenses than has been allowed bcrctofore,25 cents being the levy the past year, it is an increase tor the county on the poll, the county having last year ouly o83 cents. This will make the amount of taxes taking the values of the past year as a basis very nearly the same as the past year. It is impossible for the county to meet its expenses on less; ii is hardly possible to meet expenses on tbe amount received; and if expenses contin ue to iucrease it will be impossible to meet the current expenses, unless the coming assessment and listing of property show an increase in value of the wealth of the county. . Therefore the Board recommends that the Constitutional limit be levied for the present year. The Board further recom mends that the same taxes be levied on subjects in schedules "U" ond"C" of tho Revenue Act as is levied for State pur poses, except upon licenses to sell liquor and in that case, the Board recommends that as much as 50 per cent, of the amount as fixed by the State be levied to assist iu defraying the expenses of the county, and upon purchases of liquor, and that per cent, be levied thereon for couuty purposes. The Board refers to your body with out recommendation the circular of his Excellency, Gov. Thos. M. Holt, express ing a wish that each county will appro priate an amount sufficient to exhibit the advantav-i s and r--ure. s of tbe county at the Southern Inlet Slates Exposition to he held in Unv of Ri'eigb during the mouths of 0- tob r and November of the present year, the said products to bo shown at Chieag i in 139:1 without addi tional cost. This the 1st day of June 1891. All of which is respectfully submitted. R. V . Brown, Cbanuan Board Coiumisionei's. Major,). B. Neal moved that the re port be adopted aud that taxes be levied to the Constitutional limit in aceordauce with the recommendation of the commis sioners. 1 lie motion was carried. Discussing the matter of an appropria tion to have the county represented at the Inter State Exposition Col. J. W. John ston said he doubted the right and expe diency of voting the appropriation. He disliked to be promiuent in this matter because it looked like he was wanting in the spirit of progress but he did not think the present coudition of the couuty fi nances would justify it, though if it could be shown that the county would be great ly benefited he might vote for it. M. H. Clark moved that no appropria tion be made, the motion was seconded J. J. Perry and was adopted without opposition. Col. J. W. Johnston moved that an appropriation of one hundred dollars be made to the Scotland Neck Mounted Ri flemen. They are liable to be called on at any time by the authorities. Major Neal seconded the motion and it was adopted without opposition. Major Neal offered the following reso lution : Resolved, That the Couuty Com missioners be requested to have erected in or very near the court house at a rea sonable cost a vault or fireproof room ia which shall be kept the records and papers usually kept in the offices of the clerks ofthe courts and Register of Deeds. He thought the titles to lands and other valuable papers should be put in a safe place, and the preservation of them would be more economical than restoring them if they should by any accident be destroyed. W. II. Shields said he did not think the Board of Magistrates had authority to vote over $500 for any purpose and ho was not sure this amount would be suffi cient. R.J. Mayo offered an amendment to the effect that the Board of Commissioners be authorized to do the work at a cost not exceeding $1,000. W. F. Parker thought the only way to build the vault would be by a special tax which could be levied under authority of the next Legislature The county could barely make both ends meet now and the levy for county purposes would be less next year than this. After some further discussion the nmeudmeiit was adopted and the resolu tion as amended was passed. The election of a Board of Education being iu order the followiug gentlemen were put in nomination: J. A. Collins, W.E. Spruill. M. T. Savage, W. H. Kitehin, .W. H. Day. The ballot r. sulted, Collins :!2, Spruill 28. Kitchiu 2.") Savaje IS, Day 7, R. W. Browu 1, W. E IJowers 1. Messrs. Collins.- Sprili 1 and Kitchiu were declared elected. The session then adjourned sine die. A Wine Depot for Weldon. Mr. II. S. Harrison, proprietor of Medoc vineyard, informed us a few days ago that he would iu the fall build a large warehouse here for tbe storage of his wines and brandies, and would make this his chief shipping point. No place in the State has better shipping facilities than this and Mr. Harrison with a keen eye to busiuess has recognized this and means to take advautage of it. Medoc vineyard is the largest and most success ful enterprise ofthe kiud in the South and probably east of the Rocky Moun tains. Its annual product is upwards of sixty thousand gallons of wino and ten thousand gollons of brandy, and they are shipped to all points in the world, even to far away Australia. The removal of a part of this immense business to this place would help the town very greatly, and it gives us pleasure to announce the fact. THE I'IKST SYMPTOMS (!' DEATH. Tired feeling, dull headache, pains in various parts of the body, sinking at the pit of the stomach, loss of appetite, fev crishness, pimples or sores, are all posi tive evidence of poisoned blood. No matter how it became poisoned it must be purified to avoid deai h. Dr. Acker's English Blood Elixir has never failed to remove scrofulous or syphilitic poison. Sold under positive guarantee. For sale by W. M. Cohen, Druggist, Weldon, N. C. Education doesn't make the man. It brings out the gold that God put in him. You can't shut the devil up, but you can shut him out. N E W A D V ERT1SEM ENTS. If you are sick with any of the worst forms of Dyspepsia. If you are a doubting Thomas as to the efficacy of mineral wa ters write and let us send you certificates from some ofthe most eminent physicians in North Carolina. They endorse Pan acea Water as but few mineral waters in the world are endorsed. Send your orders with $ I for a case. Pan icea Springs & Hotel Co., Oxford, X. C County Commissioners. Th Board of Commissioners met at Halifax Monday, all the members being present They were iu joiut session with the Jus tices and also met tho assessors of tho county. The assessors agreed on a uni lorm scale ot assessments tor both per sonal and real property. The value o land will be raised not less than ten per cent, throughout the county. The pro ceedings of the coin tiiKMuners will be published next Week. IS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. BECKWITH'S ANTI-DYSPEPTIC PILLS. As a family medicine these pills are un rivalled. As an A uti Dyspeptic Pill they have stood the test of 75 years, and maintained their reputation. THEY REG ULA TE the BOWELS and LI VER. They will relieve Colic, Sick Head ache, Acid Stomach, aud all the evils at tendant upon indigestiou. They are tbe cheapest and best remedy offered for Dyspepsia in all its forms. For sale by IK. M. COHEN, Weldon, N. C. E. P. Beckwith & Co., Wholesale agents, Petersburg, Va. my 28-ly. PERFECTED CRYSTAL LENSES THD UM. Quilt flirt Ml Atari. P. N. STAINBACK 4 BRO., GENERAL MERCHANTS, have exclusive sale of these celebrated glasses in Weldon, N. C. FAULKNER, KELLAM & MOORE, The only manufacturing Opticians in the South, Atlanta, Ga. fey Peddlers are not supplied with these famous glasses. Ices to k POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength. Jiiittxt U. 8. (liHvriimrnt Fund Report. WE HAVE SEVERAL OF FICES $ TO ; LET, : SUITABLE FOK LAWYERS, REAL ES TATE AGENTS, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL MEN. THEY ARE LARGE WELL LIGHTED ROOMS, LARGE WINDOWS AND VERY FAVORABLY LO CATED. FOR A TERM OF ONE YEAR OK MORE WILL BE RENTED REASONABLE. APPLY TO FROELICH & CO. je 4-tf. HANACEA -:- r DeaTne Can't be t'uird by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portlou of the ear. 1 he is only one way to cure deafness and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an iuflammaiton of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When till tube gets intl.iuied you hnvo a rum bling sound or imperfect hearing, aud when it is entirely closed deal'mss is the result, aud iiules the iiiflammaiioii cau be taken out, an 1 this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be de stroyed forever, nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the uiuoous sur faces. We will g've One Hundred Dollar for any case of deafuess (can-ed by catarrh) that we cannot cured by taking Hall.-. Catarrh Cure Send lor eirem ir free F.J. CHENEY & '0, 'iops, Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, price 75c. t)4 1m. HNS . (J m t 1 rn ot 1 ra i-3 I 1 y i .-. SPRINGS HOTEL FOUR MILESSOUTH OF LITTLETON-. WILL BE OPENED 1ST OF MAY, 1891. NEW FURNITURE, and everything arranged for the convenience and com fort of guests. The Panacea Springs have a wider range in their curative properties than any other known waters. c DRINK AND BE or 15, When you arrive at Littleton some of the good people will tell you that the Springs around town are just as good as Panacea. Well, they arc good but when you drink mix in some Panacea, and bear in mind all the time tho more PANACEA you put the better it makes it. Come Directly TO Littleton v Hotel WHERE A LI VERY CAN READILY BE HAD To take you Out. TERMS: For less than one day t2 rate. 1 day $1.50; week $10 00; month $30.00 B. B. PUtlEN. Prop. Panacea Fprings Hotel, Panat N. C, and Littleton Hotel, at 1 ton, N. C. 4-30-? ft I
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