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i ' n JOHN" "W. SLEDQ-E, proprietor. VOL. XXIV. A. IT H3 W SP APER F O TZ, THE PEOPLE WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1894. TErw-MSHl PKR ANNUM IN ADVANCE. NO. 40. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A Cry JF 21 .V I V in the Night A MOTHER Wakes to Find Her Little One Strangling. She Saves Its Life by the Prompt Use of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral "One of my children fi.'id Croup. Tlio case was attended by our physi cian, and was suiopri to lie well under control. One ninlit I was Rturtted liy the child's hard lirrnlhiiiR. mil on going to it found it strangling. It liad nearly ceased to breatne Acalizing that the child's alarming condition li.nl become possible in spite of the medicine given, I reasoned thai, such remedies would be of no avail. Having part of a bottle of AYKlt'S Cherry IVctoral In the house, I gave tho child three doses, at short intervals, and anxiously awaited results. From the moment the IVctoral was given, the child's brcnthing grew easier, and, In a short time, she was sleeping cUi?t!y and breathing naturally. The child is alive and well to-day, and 1 do not hesitato to say that AYKlt'S Cherry IVctoral saved her life." C. .1. WonumiiMii:, Wortliam, Tex. "I wish to expresb my high appreciation of AVER'S Cherry Pectoral, having had occasion to use, it in many cases, two of which, YV. F. Owen and Jos. Johnson, were abscess of the lungs, involving almost the entire organ. Tho patients were treated by several physic ians, and were pro nounced to tie In the last stages of consumption, licing placed in my hands, the main part of the treatment was AYKlt'S Cherry IVctoral. This was about eight years ago, and both men are now, to all appearance, In perfectly sound health. I have used this remedy in a number of other cases with like favorable results." John A. lirniilt, M. I)., West Baden, Ind, "When my children had the whooping rough, AYF.K'S Cherry Pectoral did them more good than any other iiiedichie." Mrs. M. lirtocKWiai, Harris, Tenn. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aycr Ai Co., Lowell, Muss. , Prompt to act, sure to oure SOME ONE'S DAUGHTER. When mauiuia scolds her littlo girl, Or papa sugar plums bus bought her, Hhe says with saucy emphasis: "I'm papa's little daughter." When papa chides or frowns nt her, For naughty ways we have not taught her, She nays, with sweet coiUcttlsh stress; "I'm mamma's little daughter." When pnpa when mum inn too. Must neiilil, for wrung In which they've caught her, Site Kiln, In hrokcu-hcnrtcdiicK: 1 ain't nobody's daughter." But when she's sivoet, unci kind and true, And sees the good that love has brought her, Hhe says, with loving promptitude: "I'm bole yon's little daughter." Kdwaril Oldham. 1 i. n w i GARWOOD'S EXTRACT, FACE'S TRIPLE, VIOLET WATER, WOOUWORTll'H FLORIDA WA TKH, AND SACHET POWDER. New Line of STATIONERY Just Received ISO Linen writing Tablets, which I'll sell at a small PROFIT. ACCURACY H a. w O i-t E t 8 w t u a .9 H W s w PS w a K b 5 P (0 FTJRITY! Stag lirand Prepared Paints. Pure HTiite Lead k Linseed oil. I'll sell paints at a very small margin. A Large Stock of LASDKKTH'S HARDEN SEED. THE PLACE TO GET EDRUQS nb f.lEDIClfJES - -AT THE- LOWEST PKIOES, IS A.T DR. A. R. ZOLLICOFFER'S, WEST SIDE WASHINGTON AVE. OPPOSITE R. R. SHED. WELDON. N. C. SAVED BY A JUROR. STOCK KEPT COMPLETE BY FREQUENT ARRIVALS. n.puxumiU DCFABTMKXT FILL ID WITH THI BKT SILKCTID MATHIALIJt PRESCRIPTIONS COMPOUNDED AT ALL HOURS WITH GREAT CARE. PERFUMERY. 8TATIOHEBT, FANCT SOAPS, BRUSHES, FANCY ARTICLES. TOBACCO AND CIGARS. Remember that hearty weloome always awaits jon at ZOLLICOFFER'S which I So he is dead! I looked at the newspaper held in uiy hand and read: Jethro Died near Mobile, March 18 1893, Emanuel Jethro, aged 57 Years. He is dead alter all the years, and at ast I am free to reveal a terrible secret of a jury room which has bocu a burden to myself and 10 other men unless they, like Jethro, have passed over the river. In August. 1875 there was a murder trial iu Mobile, which perhaps tho older citizens of that city still remember. I was tho third juror chosen. Of jurors No 1 and 2 I remember but little, except that they were both elderly men and well to do citizens of the county Jurors No 4, 5 and G were merchants of the city, at least two were merchants and one a dark. After Juror No C was told to pass into the juror box the court clerk called the name of "Emanuel Jethro I believe every one in the court room was struck with the man's appearance, He walked briskly and in a peculiarly nervous nuuner which could not fail to ttract attention. He answered the solici tor's questions eagerly. In fact, one time bis answer came before the question was concluded. The solicitor said: "Prisoner, look on the juror. Juror look on the prisoner' and he probably expected the defense to strike, but the defense did not. Juror iNo 7 was told to Uko his scat in the box. His residence was given in the jury list as Bayou La Batrc, and he evideutly came from a very secluded place on t lie coast. The rest of that day was taken up in securing the other five jurors, The next morning the examination of witnesses began. 1 tic evidence was short and it was conclusive. Karl Beiderman, a Ocruian youth em ployed on a truck garden near the city, was chutged witli murdering his employer by splitting open his head with an ax He and the gardener had lived alone One morning I he boy came into the city, and while drinking freely had shown large sum of money. A day later the gar' dcuer was found lying dead upon the floor of a room in his house, with the bloody ax, which had done the work, lying near him. The German youth was arrested, with snme ot the money still id ms pos session. There was proof that the boy and the gardener had been heard quarrel iag about an increase iu wages, which the boy had asked fur aud did not get To offset thisstroug array of circum stantial evidence thero was nothiug but the prisoner's statement, very badly told by an interpreter. He denied knowing anything of the killing and said the mon ey he had was given him by a man the rjiiiht before as a bribe to leave his em ployer, that he knew nothing of the kit ling or who did it. When we reached the jury room, there siemed lut two things to do elect foreman and bring iu a verdict ofugihy The first we did with lit tie trcuble. Then we took a ballot, merely as ami of form. I counted the vte, and it stood For guilty, 11; for acquittal, 1. "Who is the Iwolili gentleman win does not not kuow murder when he see it?" utie of the juror asked sarcastic! "I am," camo the reply, calmy spoki by juror. No 7 Emanuel Jethro. Then we begia to argue the case with him. He looked out the wiudow most of the time and made no reply to any of our telling arguments. Finally he was askc if he bad any reason to advance for vot ing as he did. "None at all," he replied quietly, cept that I don't wish to see an innocent man hanged." There were some mora convincing ar gumcnts by 1 1, and we took another vote: For murder, 11; for acquittal, 1 And that was the way the vote stood next morning after breakfast, We grew desperate. Finally the whole manner of Jethro changed, aud he exolaiu ed excidedly: "It each of you will take i solemn oath before tho Qod that made you not to re veal what I tell you until I am dead, I will give you the reason whf I do not agree to the verdict of guilty. After some cinulta'iiin and glances at the clock, which showed that tho hour fur reconvening of oouil was at hand, we, one at a time, took the oath. In low, half whispered tones the juror lid his sccrot. Fifteen minutes later we weut into the courtroom with a verdict of "not guilty." I remember distinctly thocousterualion on the judge's face and the look of disgust on that of the solicitor. The newspapers criticised us severely and went so fur as to write editoiiuls on account of a failure of (ho courts to lequately punish those detected in tho commission of crime. Well, Emanuel Jethro is dead, and 1 elievo I am now absolved from tho oath he made us take. "That German boy did not kill that man," he told us in his dry, husky voice. On the night before the murder a man met him and paid him to leave the farm early next morning gave him a large roll of money which was enough to tempt him to give up his situation. And the man who did this watches the boy us he left next morning and slipped into the room and killed the old gardncr as he was pre- paring to rise killed him to pay a debt that only his blood could wipe out. "And gentleman," he concluded, "I am the murderer." We looked upon the man's ashy face as the words fell from bis lips, und each of us knew the story was true. IS MRS. CLEVE- LAND'S COUSIN. WAS SHE A POPULIST ? We were camped uleogside of an etui, grant train in Nebraska, and just after supper a woman about 40 years of age, who was smoking a pipe, came over to our fire and sized tho crowd up, and said : "I've got suthin to say. I'm a plain spoken woman. When Ives thing on my mind I don't beat around the bush.' We looked at her with curiosity and surprise, and she leaned against the wheel of a wagon and continued : "I've been a widder for three years, Over tbar I've got a span of mewls, a good boss, a new wagon filled with house- keepin1 stuff, and I kin rake up about $80 in cash. I cum along with the party to take up a claim. I'm good tempered, lealthy and can swing an ax or hold plow with most anybody. As I said, I'm a plain spoken woman. If there's a critter among you that wants to get mar ried, let him stand up while I take a look at him." The eleven of us promptly stood up. "Git into line," she continued, with wave of her hand. "I hain't after beauty or eddecashun, but I can't take up with a fellow who'd skeer a wolf to death." She passed down the lino and then re turned half way and said to a tuiddleagcd man of the name of Remington : "You'll do, I reckon. There's preacher in the camp and it won't take lilteen minutes to settle things. All of you who want to see the marrying couic on. e followed the couple, who were made man and wife inside of twenty minutes, aud next morning, as we passed the wagon on the road, the woman looked ut and bowed and said : 'Sorry for the other ten of ye, but perhaps you'll meet up with the other train soon and strike better luck." Louisville Courier Journal. WHY HE DIDN'T SHOOT. A man with a wife who has her own ways about doing things catches her now tnl then. My dear," he said the other morning as he was dressing, "I tainlt you were rieht when u told me last night that there were burglars in the house." W hy?" she asked nervously. " Because all the money that was in my pockets when I went to bed is gone." "Well," she said with an Itold-vou- so air, "if you bad been brave and got up and shot th wretch you would have had all your money this morning." "Possibly, my dear possibly," he said gingerly, "but I would have been a widower. She laughed softly then, and gave hal of it backito him. London lid-uius. Htrrngth andllralth. If yuu are not feeling healthy, try Electric Bitters. If "La Grippe h left vou weak and weary, use Electric Miner This remedv acta directly Liver, Stomach and Kidneys, gently aid inir those organs to perform their func- lions. If vou are afflicted with Sick Headache, you will find speedy and per mancnt relief bv taking Elcctiic Bitters. One trial will convince that this is the remedy you need. Large bottles only 50e. at W. -V. Cohen's drugstore. UNLUCKY DAYS. People who believe in signs w d mbticss find something new in the following: It is unlucky to be struck by lightning on Tuesday; to fall downstairs with a oeal scuttle on Wednesday; to get wet when you fall overboard on Thursday to see a tax collector over your should- on Friday; to marry on Saturday a girl who practices with 10 pound dumbbelli to be one of the 1C at the table on Sunday when there is food for only six, II K ONCE HEAUTIflll. AMELIA fOLHOM, STILL LIVES IN SALT LAKE CITY. in Francisco Chronicle. A woman of seventy, still bright eyod and keen of intellect, and still retaining traces of the beauty that one made her famous in Mormondom, lives in a plain ttlu adobe house in Suit Luke City. Sho wus the favorite wife of the cole- inted Brighaiu Young, and is a cousin of Mrs Grover Cleveland. When Brighaiu Young, then a lad, moved with his father to a furm in the viciuity of Palmyra, N. Y., he became acquainted with a pretty little school girl named Amelia Folsom, Sho was fair of face and lithe of form, and her chiidisb charms soon won tho heart of the com ing prophet of tho Saints. From the rst she seemed to take kindly to Brig- ham's advances, and when, at the age of sixteen, a propesal of marriage wus made ic accepted. The matter was kept secret for a time until Robert Folsom, Amelia's father and Mrs. Cleveland's great uncle, got an ink of the matter, and forced his daugh ter to admit her betrothal. He became furious, it is said, on learning the truth, and declared that the match must be broken off. Brigham pleaded with all the eloquence and earnestness of his boyish love, but Amelia reluctantly declined to give him further hope lather than bravo the storm of parental opposition. With the first fancy of his life blasted Brigham left home and for years gained precarious existence us a carpenter, glazier and "Jack of all trades." The memory of his first love lingered with him, however, and he remained single. Amelia grew up to a beautiful woman hood, and although her hand was often sought in marriage by young men of wealth and station she would listen to none of them. Years afterward Joseph' Smith discov ered the "golden plates," and Brigham Young was one of the first to join the cwly-formed Mormon Church. In his new calling as a minister he became power, and in 1840 was sent to England as a missionary. Before taking his de parture he visited M iss F olsom and re newed his suit. She listened to him kindly, the story goes, but her father's old time dislike for Brigham prevented her from giving a decisive answer. Her manner, was sufficient to rekindle the the spark of hopo in Brigham's breast, and he went abroad with the feeling that he might eventually be successful in his suit. After Young's return to tho United States his elevation to the presidency of the Mormon Church and other triumphs .Mimed for a time to smother his love for the fair Amelia. Ho led his little band of believers beyond the Rocky Mountaius to the arid plains of Utah, and succeeded in amassing groat wealth. Alter having obtained a dozen or more wives, his mind evidently reverted to his first courtship, and he returned to New York to repeat his proposal of long ago. lie lound streaks ol silver in Amelia's hair and a faded tint in her cheeks, but her love for him had not di miuished. Her father had died in the meantime, leaving her and her mother in the possession of a comfortable estate, and the dream of Brigham's youth ecuied about to be realized. Amelia accepted the third pioposal and returned with Young to Utah, where the marriage was performed in the en dowment-house at Logan with all the rites of this peculiar sect. After the ceremony they returned to Salt Lake City, where Brigham built a stately mansion for his favorite wife. It has ever since been known as "Amelia's Pal ace." It is situated opposite the Lion House, the house of a number of the Prophet's wives, and its beautiful lawn and broad verandas attract the eyes of all visitors to the Saintly City. There she lived for years, the petted favorite of her liege lerd and the Queen of Mormondom. After Brigham's death, the house, together with other valuable property, escheated to the UoiteJ Slates Government, and is now used as an in stitute for the cure of the liquor habit. Amelia was forced to leave the beau tiful place where she baa long reigned. With part of her limited means she beught an old-fashioned one story adobe house, to which Bhe removed h. r few belongings, and began the quiet, unpre tentious mode ot living which she has ever since maintained. She is now over seventy years of age and retains to a large degree the wonder ful beauty of her youth. She is very much averse to talking to strangers, and few visitors to Zion dream that an old lady who may sometimes be seen placing a handful of roses on Brigham Young's grave is a cousin of Mrs G rover Cleveland. A GOLDEN GROVE. INTKRtiHTINU COUNT III' I'AYS. AMI KNCIimiAIIINI! AO' A PLANTATION THAT Tampa Times. Several times recently the Times has noted the shipment of lemons in car lots from a big grove near Duncdin Another carload arrived to day fur shipment by the Florida Central and Peninsular rail way to Chicago, where the prtious ship ments have been mude. It is the sixteenth carload lliut has been shipped this season, and it is sluted that there ure at least fourteen more carloads in the grove to be gathered, which will make a total of over 10,000 boxes. Thegrjveis known as the Suuipsou glove, and is probably the largest lemon grove in this country. It is sixty acres in extent, and contains 7,20 0 trees now bearing, from four to five years old. The fruit is of tho Villa Franca and other impro ved varieties, and all of it is shipped to a Chicago firm, who have always handled the product of the grove, and have established for it a big sale. Thero is an immense packing house in the grove fitted with every convenience for handling the fruit. It is divided into eight compartments, each one of which will accommodate a carload. The building is heated artificially, by which mtnns the fruit is colored as desired. Tho wrapping and sizing is done by machinery, as well as stumping each wrapper. The grove is now being enlarged by au addition of thirty acres. These etiions command from 8'l to frl.US per box, and tho owner's income fron it will be readily seen to bo quite large. ADVERTISEMENTS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Grocc m no ALWAYS PAYS. Here is a story which is good enough for the Fourth Reader. It has an old fashioned McGull'y flavor, and yet it is true, and it all happened in Chicago, says the Record. The title of the story is "Politeness Always Pays." One warm day last summer a wealthy citizen of the north side was wandering along the mam avenue of the big manu facturers building at Jackson Park. lie wis exhausted and overheated when he dropped on a bench before the Austrian soclion and fanned himself freely. A young man employed in the Austrian section came up to him and said very respectfully: "You seemed fatigued; may I bring you a glass of water?" The north side man was struck by the thoughtfulness of the Austrian. The glass of water refreshed him greatly He engaged the young man in conversation and found him us entertaining as he was polite in fact, he spoke Beveral lan guages fluently. The young man gave his name and addrcsi to tho north sider. At present he is engaged as the latter's private secretary and traveling compan ion. He lives in a style of which he never dreamed in the old country. His expenses are paid and he draws a neat salary. Moral If you see a millionaire over come by the heat offer him a glass of water. I.a Grippe. During the prevalence of tho Grippe the past seasons it was a noticeable fact that those who depended upon Dr. King's New Discovery, not only had a speedy recovery, but escaped all of the trouble some after effects of the malady. This remedy seems to have a peculiar pov.er in effecting rapid cures not only in cases of La Grippe, but in all Diseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs, and has cured cases of Asthma and Hay Fever of long standing. Try it and be convinced. It won't disappoint. Free trial bottles at W. M. Cohen's drugstore. ENGLISH AS sTlK IS WROTE. A good story of the danger of phonetic spelling is told by an Australian paper. A Scandinavian named Ole Baumgarts, who is established in Australia as a school master, was astonished and outraged one day by the receipt of the following mis sive: "Old Boom guts is queer. "Cur. ass, you ar a man of no legs, I wish to inter my bowie in your skull!" A conference was held, and (he writer, a newcomer, was visited by a body of in habitants and asked indignantly to read his letter nlnnd, sml my what lie meant by it. He said: "Ole Banmgarti, Esq, "Sir: As you are a man of knowledge, I wish to enter my boy in your school." The Old Friend And tlio best friend, tlmt never fails von, is Simmons Liver Itflgu lalorl (tho lied ,) flint's what you hunt' at tho inc'titioii of this excellent Liver liiedieine, and people should not ! pereuuded that nnytliiiii? el.-o will do. It is the King of Liver Medi cines; is belter than jiills, and takes tho place of Quinine and Calomel. It aels directly on the Liver, Kidneys and Hovels and gives new life to tlio whole sys tem. This is the medicine you want. Sold by all Drupta ' Liquid, or in Powder to bo taken dry or made into a tea. j-F,VI0nV PACKA.K (, the '. Ktnmp til ml oil wrapper. J. II. ZUIUN & CO.,l'lnLd.l,u,l'. I. K. I. E. I now occupy the llrick Kn re between H. C. HI'IKUHiiml (!. I- CLARK'S. a I am receiving and opruilign full line of STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. 1 will keep ou hand a selected stock of (iroceries, l'ruits, Confectioneries, Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff, Wootleu and Willow Ware, Crockery, (llass, Tin Ware, etc., etc. I will sell at the S3 COPYRIGHTS. V COPYRIGHTS. TAIH I CHITA TN A PATENT t Rromnt answer and an honest opinion, write to 1 1; N N fc CO. who have bad nearly fifty fetus p4rlenoolntl)0 pntcnt business. Com muni ca- tions strictly conflrteotiat. A liuiiflliook ol In formation rnnrorniniT PntViitn and how to ntw tain tliera sunt free. Also a catalogue Ol QuediaD I leal nml scientific books sent free. I I'ntents taken tbrouirh Munn h Ctt. receive I unoRiai uoticemtno rri-niinn Ainrrirnn, and thus are broiiKUt widely before the public with out cost to the inventor. Thm splendid napor, Matted weekly, eleani ly illustrated, bad by far the lamest circulation of any scientific wore Id Itae wortu. w-i ft year. Mimi'in copies aent free, I also return ur B.ueere thanks to my many frienda and acquaintances lor their kind, liberal patrnuage in tho part and ' solicit a t'ontiiniancu or the aiiuio, with j guarantee to pleoHu. . Very Jieapwaiuiiy. J. L. JUIWINB. OCt 10 (hit Weldnii, N. O. nulldlng Editloo, monthly, tl.HS a year, Binpla miitua, ltH cents. Kvery number contains beau mil n Lutes, in colors, and nhotosranbn nt now houses, with plans, enabling builders to show the latest (testcnf aud accuro contracts. Address MUNN CO ISfcW VOUK, 3ttl BltUADWaT. eoiitua, 'J 5 cents, rlvexy number contains beau- iiii Chas. M. Walsh, South Sycamore St., Petersburg, Vo. THE . GOOD GOODS at it I fa .D6.ll!S.'J til i I.i west cash prices guaranteed. All work warranted satisfactory. CHARLKS 31. WALSH, oct 11 ly. LOWEST ' ' a PRICES. J gv9"Call early aud avoid the rush."5$t - j H. C. SPIERS, Manager. , mm i AUVKUTISKMKNTS. von nvapcpii tadlmaloa, and FK'wo wb d BttilWK 1IWI anr&1.tllm WIT KM. All dMln kp U, tl pr bat). Otnutaehaa tmfc-nwk ana cwawa Hi UaMOB wrapfat. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS cures Dyspepsia, In digestion Debility . xx rnwaer i Pure K cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength. Latett U. S. Government Food Report, Rotai. Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall St., N.W i-ea twli! M If- - -va&ilrl fi 1 1 1 i B",d '"i111!" P J3 "Iskt I btk-flj -"V. ,f any f"'T J 'A HtHlifMH pt-raoB 4". jjStA "t t-ithfv t, wfco I VVv$Ca' ,n T,,1 na lsjv-OF 'l,rt lt1. fr?W ' v.tll work tnddav J .'' ri."k, How tc 1 . mil lliir Ttuw. $4 Mtnl baltara LaJL-VkJ Mrn tliPir (iwi hbiii iibI iisMataMiainaB ,oralmea, liar. vy sevfr .Ki,.i..,h! Ty 0 SVi30SiV "iir MHlut tuc. 01 C,WZ l,(is 1-U.lo.but lTrJc'ss: who ar, ttiftkniv iiM i I Mi--, i I nti.l Iji'Huit. a Yi-nr, Alt U nw, f il.nre. I'-l in.rii. -Iiii-.f c. A t vim fc now all, If JV$ V.imln.li'1 ';! '. ii- Uim W1 '. A iU (, - t. A' V It4x -, Aiiimm Jallala. New V Millinery. Grand Display at TILLERY'S. FALL DRESS COODS. (with trimmings to matoh.) In Ulack and Colors. Fancy weaves and Xovclties. Full line of CLOTHING. -0 MY STOCK OK -0 FALL And WINTER Il'you can't set a lit in stock wa am have tlicm made to order. It takes nnlv S days to make a suit A bia- line of HA IS. All the latmt nobbiest styles. HOOTS smt NIIOKKnl'mrr itwriin for everybody. " G ENTS' FURNISHING GOODS in endless variety. I am always glad to show goods and guarautce lowest prices. W. B. TILLERY, " The licliable House, Weldon, N. C. Millinery. ifio raits MANUFACTURING CO. Is arriving, and I will display the finest line ot 1 rniHisGver anowum mut town. t;ome aud i inc NEW STYLES. COME AND SELKCT THE NEW EST NOVELTIES. , MRS. P. A. LEWIS, oot41j Weldca, N.O. J. COHEN SON, Proprietora, Cor. 8ycmore and Bollingbrnok Petorabarg, Va.i - Solicits trade of Eastern Carolina! "We make pints taall grade, ot 19 ly. streets, -l"