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Of milking many fills there
is no cud. livery pill-maker
says: "Try my pill," as if
hi' were, offering you ln Iwus!
The wise man iiuds a good pill
ami sticks to it. Also, the wise
m.m who has once tried them
never forsakes
.Ayer's Cathartic Pills,
THE ROANOKE NEWS.
TIIUHSDAY, M .VY .'u, 18H7.
mOWN
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-L : VICINITY.
Cotton chopping season is now at
hand.
l'ltOOIUSTtNATION is now till! klepto-
niauiac of time.
Sl'LKNDIIi seasons last week and the
farmers took advantage of it.
Today is the anniversary of Mecklen
burg's declaration of independence.
TlIK Cotton Seed Oil Mill lias about
completed its work for this scusm.
The girl with the most frigid inaiiners
is the one that will IrccZ' on to a man.
A man of moderate means and with a
thrifty wife has no cause to envoy any
one.
StrNDAY was a beautiful day and good
congregations attended services ai all the
churches.
Tub next convention of the Kpiscopal
tc Church will be held at llend. r.viu May
11,183.
The fellow who works bard to catch
; an heiress shouldn't be ojpevted to work
after he gets her.
t
Must mot) wouldn't object if the New
& Woman should get so far advanced as to
,t do the "treating."
st
I A mnrr the worst thing tt niuther can
leach her daughter is that the chief end
of life is to get a husband.
H The Corn Mill is running Jay and
',!i night to supply the demand for the ex
j cellent meal it is turning out.
v Hood's Sarsaparilla is known to be an
. honest medicine and it actually cures
'i, when all others fail. Take it uow.
i
A correspondent of an exehange in a
fi neighboring county writes that the itch,
I measles and wfcooping cough are in town.
j AnJ still they are not happy.
Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair licnewcr
i is unquestionably, tlie best preservative
i of the hair. It is also curative of dan-
J druff, tetter, anJ all scali affecti .in.
- When a girl goes' 'nunj the house
.j pointing out pictures ami things as her
personal property it is a pretty good
matrimony.
A teacher up at the Institute, llicothcr
day put this question: "What is the
highest type of animal life?" "The
giraffe!" promptly responded a bright
member of the class
1J
sj The Hiptists had very good success
with their supper at the Kvans House
I last Friday night. Kain, however, pre-
vented many from turning out. who
j WoulJ otherwise have been on hand.
i Tue Weldon Market ana 1c
Cum pa
j ny is an up lo Jale concern. They have
' j on hand cucumbers, cantaloupes, and
strawberries. It is the earliest we have
I1 ever known cucumbers and cantaloupes
3 to be on sale here before.
Quanted Pharmacists' License
Among those who were granted licenses
as pharmacists by the State bnanl, at
Raleigh last week, were, Waller H.
Whitaker and Norman C. Hunter, of
Enfield.
One nf the best evidences that Ayer's
Hair Vigor is an article of exceptional
merit is the fact that the demand for il
is conslautly increasing. No one who
uses thin incomparable dressing ihiuks of
trying any other preparation for the
hair.
Delivers the Address lion. M.
i W. Hansom delivers the aiiuuil address
at Wako Forest College commencement
next month. There are 4D graduates, the
9 greatest Dumber in the losiorv of il ,il.
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''Ten people out of a d -n are inv alids
says recent medical authority. Al least
i eight out of these ten, it is safe to allow,
I are suffering from some form of blood-
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ensvase wnic.ii a persistent use ol Aver
'' rsapsiiila would be sure to cure. Then
au'l Je an invalid.
Tusv Protest. The Washington
: papers, It It said, protested against the
appointment ol Cheatham lo be lie
I corder ol leeds for the lMstiict of Co
lumbia. Oue of the reason-: aJvaneed is
i that the appointment is looked upou by
'no patriots ot the District as a cheat etu
business.
.i Sunday School Kxcitksion The
, Oriftoo Sunday school of tho Methodist
J Kpiscopal church will arrive here today
i on a special car attached to the Yegtilar
I passenger train on the rteidoii and Kins
ion uranen roan i he excursionist wtl
hare a picnic and snend the Jav viowimr
! the many plaeea of intrrest in and around
town. May they have a pleasiul stay
in our unusi.
Third ucarteri.v Miktinu Tho
Jrd quarterly conferenoe for Weldon
station will be held in the Methodist
hpisoi.pal church here the -!Uh and ;tlllh
llov. Ur. Hlai k. th i.r , si lin j elJ. r. will
I conduct the services He is an earnest,
i tilinstun worker and his sermon are
,1 always full of beauty an I comfort for all
j no love the Lord Josus Christ in sin
"I eerily and in truth.
'A WHES NATHUK.
Meeds assistance it may be best to
J render it promptly, but one should rc
member to use even the most perfect
ircmedio only when needed. The host
and most i.imple and gentle remedy is
the Syrup of Figs manufactured by the
i California Fig Syrup Company.
I
I Tilt mao who plays longest in a pok
er game aomcttmca quit shortest.
! Ao-io-u tot riri crai
f CluaraatMsl uibo bablt mn, makM wnalt
wwinwf,HiNaun, wa.ii. au orucgUMa.
A Protest Noted. A protest is filed
with the railway commission by citiz.ms
living at anil near llaston against the
change in the line of the Kalcigh ami
(iaston railway, which will throw that
station about a mile from the mad The
change proposed runs abeutthiei fiUiths
of a mile in distance and avoids the great
curve at (lastoii. It cannot be made,
however, without permission of the rail
way O'liimi.-.-ion, which will have a hear
ing of the whole matter.
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A Point to Kkmkmiikh. If you
wi-h to inn ily your blood you .-hould
take a medicine, which cures blood dis
eases. The reeud of cures by Hood's
Sarsaparilla proves that this is the best
medicine for the bloo I ever produced.
Hood's Sarsaparilla cures the must stub
born eases ami it is the medicine for you
to take if your blond is impure.
Hood's Pills are the hi t alter dinner
pill; assist digestion, cure headache. -."
cents.
St t'Kitioit Coritr. The May term of
Halifax Superior court begins next Ttuc
day, -olli, Judge Tinihcrlalie presiding.
This court is for the trial i f civil
causes only, the Legislature bavins; taken
al! criminal eases out ot the -superior
court in this county. This appears to
us lo be a had law. Tbcte are only two
term of the Criminal court during the
year. I'lisoiiors sent to j ill alter the
spring term of the Criminal ciurt cannot
be tried before l-eceinbor. The Superior
court should still have. jurisdiction. It
is a big expense to the county lo feed
and care for a j lil full of prisoners for
several months.
Wll.l. CoMI'ltoM ise I'ncle liub
came in on time anil while the ollice imp
was oiling the machine, he look his fa
vorile seat upon the wood box, alter
knocking down three sticks of type and
overturning the paste
"Wall, I speck to wage a mighty war
with satin dis Jeah," he icmarkcd with
a broad smile.
''Tell us about it," said the ucw boy.
"You know," said the old man, "de
time ar heah when spring chickens is
ripe an' l's made mi mi mind when 1's
tempted beyatid in ranee to git ahead
o' de old boy. Kl temps me to gath
er a dozen fine chickens on de dark o' de
moon, 1'sgwineto bag only six!"
Postmasters Commissioned. Mr.
W. II. Capcll has been commissioned
postmaster at Weldon. Mr. Capcll has
not yet decided exactly on the
lime when he will take charge, lie is a
most efficient business man and, while the
many friends of Mr. Kvans will regret to
see the time when they will no longer see
his familiar face at tbu delivery window,
it is the general impression that Mr.
Capell will make a good postmaster.
Kdward Check has also received his
commission us postmaster at Halifax anJ
has taken char.;.; of the ollice.
Ilu succeeds Mr. W. A. Wilcox, who
made one of the best postmasters Halifax
has ever had.
Sfsii.w School and Temperance
A meeting was called in the Methodist
Kpiscopal church at Littleton, last Sun
Jay, in the interest of Sunday Schools
and temperance. Mr. W. C. Whitak'T.
president of Halifax county Sunday
School Association, and Piofc-sor I. W
Haglcy, acting president of the Halifax
county Tcmpcr.inee Association were
present.
The matter of holding the two con
ventions at Littleton the same Week, in
eluding two days and two nights, was dis
cussed. The large audience present
speaking for the town, said, "we are
ready tu receive you and may the meeting
prove a mutual goml." So it was
decided to hold the county conventions
at Littleton. The dales will be announced
later.
Temperance Meeiinu A gospel
temperance uniting was held at the
Itaptist church Sunday alternooou at I
o clock.
Interesting exercises were held and a
ood congregation attended. Among
the special features were scriptural lessons
and comments by Knv. Mr. Iloruaday,
reading by Miss Julia Mollichampe, rec
itation by Mrs. d. P. Phillips, solo by
Miss Alice Anderson and an address by
Rev. Mr. K 'ndricks, the pastor of the
church.
He was pirticularly severe on theatre
going, eird playing, wine drinking and
the saloon was handled with gloves oil
He jumped on the german with both feet
and trampled it into the dust, saying,
among other things, that it is "the vesti
bule of hell, and the nursery ol brothels,"
ind that he woii'J nit give a snip ol his
finger for the Inn i. n -e ol any man or
woman who would attend the. germans,
either as dancers or spectators.
Hoard ok Trade What WelJ .n
needs is a little more energy in used into
the busiticss men of the town, and, lo
our way of thinking, the best way on
earth lo bring about gooj r.'-ulis is t
organize a board of trade. We sbou J
have a concert ol acti in and then the
machinery wid run sin luihlv. N i tow i
can prosper unless the business men un
and all pull togiihcr ni one gran 1 i ll .p
to bring about improvements and to in
Juee capital to II w in. It is just ex iei
ly like a clock, suppose each wh"cl in
a clock should say will act independent
ly, you go Iliat way ami I will go my
way; why the thing would stop, rli
business men uimt awake to the great
possibilities before llieiu and orgatnz
and work in harmony. L'l all work
together and good results must follow
.Nature has given us advantages over any
oilier town in the State. Hie railroad
have given us facilities second lo no place
in North t arolina and now it only
mains for the people to do the rest. Or
gauizel Organize! Work! Work! AnJ
the harvest will surely be satisfactory
(HUM) lti:VAKI $HN.
The renders of this paper will be
pleased lo learn thai there is at least one
dreaded disease that scieuee has been
able to cure in all its stages and that is
Catarrh. Hall's catarrh Cure is tb
only positive euro now know to the
medical fraternity, Catarrh being
constitutional disease requires a conlitu
tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surlaces ot the svsteiu
thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving tho patient strength
by building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietor have so much in ils curative
powers, that they olfor one hundred dol
Ura lor any case it tails to cure.
F. J. CHENEY k CO., Propi
loledo, Ohio,
tft.Sold by all Druggists, 75o.
Testimonial froa.
Riloeata Toor Hnwl With CMnnU
Camlf Cathartic, cure ennBtlpaOoB foraver.
lOcHa. KCO C.tall-lriialun(aadaMiwr.
Pine Sermon. liev. J. A. Horun
day preach d a in et excellent soruion at
the Methodi-i episcopal church Sunday
evening, H- is one ot'the lust prcaeln rs
the clinrcl. !u- ever bad and his sermon
ale alvvas-toll of l; ,nd, sound, practical
tnclis. The n -in, day night was par
tieul.irly go d ai. i the large audience
ptv-uit vv;i i 'lilieJ, instructed and bem
lil.d. Mr. ll.iitiad.iy sometimes cuts pretty
cli'sc aii'i occasionally some of the laiibliil
ale inadr to leel th it be is slashing tb. in.
but as a faithful minister of the gospel
lie iloclares tiie wli ile trutli, ami, ot course,
the truth sometimes hurts. Hut, like a
faithful surgeon, be only inflicts pain in
order that you may have a healthier and
a putt-r life. The church needs more
men like llov. Mr. Iloruaday. He be
lieves in exposing the disease in ot'lei
that it tnav be pcimanently cured, not
c ivitcJ up I u exposing sin in order
that it may be eradicated, for in ibis
way, anil ibis way alone, can a vigorous
Christian life be developed.
Imiieddkd in the Hoe ok a Rock
Fish. Wc were handed by a lady, who
obtained it in u somewhat singular man
ner, a full siz 5 x 1H circular advertise
ment of a certain patent medicine which
it is claimed will cure a cold. Since the
big rock li-h have been runniug, this lady
has bought a good many, and carefully
corned and dried the roe which makes
ipiilc a line relish. Slut is always pur-
licular to look after them herself, and
yesterday morning she was slicing one
for breakfast when she found tbu above
advertisement in the roe without any
break in til" skin. It was doubled up
into a c!os ' bundle, and h id turned a
peculiar color, resembling greenbacks so
much the cook thought she had found
some money. Hut upon smoothing out, the
whole i;iLr(. could be read with ease. The
fish, when caught, was apparently in good
health, but perhaps fearing the grippe
had swallowed the advertisement as a
preventive. I'liJoiibtcdly if it had lived
it might have, feared appendicitis as the
remedy certainly went the wrong way.
Family Prayer. It would be al
most impossible for us to attach too
much importance to family prayer. It
affects every department of the home
life, and serves as the great balance
wheel amid all its cares, labors, and vexa
tious. It (ones up all the feelings and
a.-pir alioiis of our better nature, and tones
down all of our evil tempers, inclinations,
and de-ires. No homo can bo an ideal,
or model Inline, without a family altar.
You ueej not offer excuses. Of c.'urst!
the devil will furnish you with excuses,
but will be ever furnish you with an ex
cuse on which you can stand before (lod
and the requirement of His word '.'
lloJ lias committed to your care pre
cious and immortal souls, and to a very
great extent you mould their character,
and fix their eternal destiny. Therefore,
you cannot afford to do less than your
whole duty in trying to elevate them lo
the highest type of Christian character.
The society, and the moral and religious
state of our country, cannot rise above
the moral and religious atmosphere of
our homes.
llrither, if you love (lod, if you love
the religion of our Lord Jesus Christ, if
you love your own offspring, call your
family together to night, read a lesson
from the Hible, and then worship (tod
in prayer ami thanksgiving around the
family altar.
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Hrowned In the Koanokk Wil
li! Jones, a colored lisbeiunn, who
it one time worked for W. l Smith, was
found drowned in Rnjiiokc river ''burs-
ay bv some other tisheruieu who were
out in boats.
The body was caught ill a raft near
the piers of the old Petersburg railroad
bridge, about two miles below Weldon.
I'hc man had been missing since Mon
day, and at first it was believed that he
d been murdered.
Coroner Hranch was notified, but it
was late lu lore he reached town and as
the medical expert, who had been called
could not conclude his examination ol
the body before Friday moruiug, the in
piest was not held until that time.
It was eleven o clock when .Mr. Hranch
empanelled his jury.
lr. A. K JliC'ilf r was the first and
principal witness, lie tcstih"il that he
had made a thorough exainiuatiou of the
body and that there were no tu irks of vio
lence an I it was bis opinion that the man
was drowned.
Two other witnesses were examined
but their tcstim my did not am aunt to
iiiything and altera few minutes deliber
ation the jury returned a vurdict ol ac-
lental drowning.
Two colored men had been ariested on
suspicion and held up to ihe verdict of the
coronet's jury. They were larthwith
discharged.
Memory is a littlctrcacherou now and
then and causes one to forget some things
worth renienibeiing, unless one has an ei-
rience like lint which came lo Mr. 1.
F. Fast, Mi lf ill's Creek, Va , who says
I bad becu suffering for years with a
torpid liver and found no rclhf until I
took Simmon Liver Regulator wheu 1
was entirely relieved of mv tloubles 1
er intend biiug without Niutnon
or Regulator "
A Thirty Harrel Flock Mill
Mr. J. R Tillery, one of Halifax emu
tys most progressive and wealthiest cm
zen, has contracted lor a rollci It mr null
al his olj mill sue near Tillery
flic mill will he eo'lil'ped wilh till
latest improved machinery and the eapac
ily will be thirty barr-l of rl .ur daily
I he gentlemen who hive n in d tin
cunt net to liinfl I lie mill lor .Mr I il!or
are well known mill ticn and tin y will
no doubt give him a most saii-la'l TV
job.
.
II Y will you buy Litter iiaiiscaiinu
tunics wtien tirovc s Tasteless Chill runic
is as pleasant as Letuou Pyrup I out
druggist is authorized to refund the money
in every case where il fails to cure. Price
50 cents.
TlIK "unspe'iikable Turk"
as unspeakable as some pe-oplc
Isll t iput
supposed
He is now talking for about jCl.'i.tMIII IMIII
and some other things from (ireece.
Illtijf cl la
(varutlar Ills. Til
rfltnfsljr lor
bablci' tlla-asparlally
worms ami ttouiach
dltordert la
Frey'i
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hu rnfd children tor 00 years, t
Hfiol
(or Hlua. Iswk about tba III and UN
rmdy. dm haw mumi a H
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:h sketch, Mr. Joseph f liomas
:J: Kvans, familiarly known to
Ty-' all his fricuds as Squire
E Kvans, in a native of Halifax
f. county, and during a busy
and eventful life he has had ups and
downs enough to fill a book. Many of
the scones through which he has passed
would clearly indicate, lo the supersti
tious, that he was born on the wrong of
the moon, and yet, taken all ill all, bis
pathway has had many choice blossoms
strewn along it, and for every thorn there
has been a rose.
In IS IS, at the age of lii years, ho loft
his native soil and wool to live with an
uncle at Shrevcport, Louisiana, where
for two years he made his home. In
1S,"H bo returned to North Carolina and
made his home hero.
Weldon, at that lime, was a little in
significant, jumping off place aud con
sisted of one slore, one small hotel, a few
frame dwellings and one bar room. Mr.
Kvans remained here one year and then
moved lo Warrenton, where in lSol he
engaged in the drug business.
In the fall of IHoll Woldou got on a
little boom, and all on account of some
talk of utilizing the tine water power
here for manufacturing purposes. This
news reached the Squire in due lime!, and
b i hastily pulh'd up stakes at Warrenton,
believing that the time had come when he
could take the lido at its flood here, and
ride on to fortune. He was in time, ot
course', to catch the tide and he has caught
many a Hood since.
( In arriving here from Warrenton ho
engaged ill the general merchandise and
drug business. Cp to this time Weldon
haJ never had a postmaster, and Mr
Johu Campbell, then agent for the Wil
mington and Weldon railroad eompiny.
as a matter of accommodation, received
and kept tho mail in a small desk in his
ollice and everyone who expected letters
could go and look for themselves.
One Jay the Postmaster (Jeiioral was
here ami on inquiry I'ouuJthat Weld hi
was without a postmaster, simply because
the pay attached was so small that no one
could be found who woulJ have the ottiee
The Postmaster (ieneral informed Mr. C.
that he would make it t the interest of
some one to lake the otVice and asked
Mr. Campbell lo recommend some one.
Mr. C. forthwith recommended Mr. J. T.
Kvans, one of the most active and enter
prising young men of the town. The
ollice was offered and Mr. Kvans accepted,
and in July 18.")lj he was commissioned
Weldon' first postmaster.
lie held the office until the breaking
out of hostilities between the Stales, and
then feeling that as an officer of the
I'niled States government he owed alle
giance to il, as long as lie remained in
ollice, ho bundled up all the posleiffice
111 plies, including jfoT.i in stamps, and
sent them with his resignation to the
Jitor at Washington, 1. C.
These supplies never reached their
destination. They wore sci"d by the
Confederate govcrmcnt at Richmond and
were allowed to go no farther.
Alter the war the I'niled Stales gov
erniuent brought suit against Mr Kvans
aud compelled him to pay the $o" j with
interest. Ihtsamouut the government
really owes Mr. Kvans back today, as he
was in no way responsible for tho action
of the Confederate government in seizing
the property.
The Squire then moved out on I
miling" littlf farm, near town, and coin
binod the cultivation ot'the soil wilh the
drug business, which he contiuuej to car
rv on at this place
In the I ill and winter ot lMi- a very
hard Irec ze came and swept away all his
cattle, with Ihe exception of a little steer
that escaped I lien, to mid to his n
fortune, a latal horse disease broke out
all over the country the billowing nun
iner au I this carried away all his horses,
including his favorite little racer, bill the
little calf continued to hold tho I' irl
One day his man of all work, a faith
ful old darkey named Paniel, came to
him and said il was mill d.iv.
"Well, h.miel," said Mr. Kvans, "h.m
will you go tu the mill.' "
Now Ihe old darkey slullcn d putty
badly, but he minagcj lo say:
"Mars, Mars J Jo Joe ri.u si a-
we we tii tri try de de de lit lit little ea
ca-calf sa sail."
"All right.'said Mr. Kvuns, ' if you
think he is large enough lo pull the eirt.
try linn "
Daniel said he would put a rope arounJ
the little animal hums and help him, so
the very small steer was yoked to a ery
large earl and old I'allicl aud the cull
started off Bayly.
About two o'clock in the afternoon,
Mr Kvuns, while seated upon his front
porch, looking across the field, saw some
one approaching with something on his
shoulder. It was old man Daniel and he
had a bug of meal. Wheu he reached
the bouse he threw the bag of meal upon
he floor, and (hen proceeded to mop his
bnc wilh a big, red batidatina, fur the
'jV was warm.
"Mars Mars- Jo-Jo-Joe, he began.
"Well, Daniel, what's up? Where is
the steer?"
"Mar Mars- Jo-Jo-Joe," said the "IJ
mm, stammering worse thin ever, ' Yo
yo you kuo kno-knowdat hi hi hi high
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hi hi lii hill at Wil-Wil-eo-co cox's mi-mi-mill.
Wei well, sah-sah, when dc-de
sto-stcer star-stared down dc-de hill, dc do
cart wa-was too-too heavy an-ati it ra-ran
n-a-away wi-wid de-de ca-calf, sab, an-an
do-de steer tried to-to git a-a awav but
de-de carl was was de de fastest, a-an lu
lu Je-de L-Lord. sail, it frew do de steer
d-d-down an' bro-bro-broke hi-bis nc-neck
in-in ha-balf, sail."
To Daniel's great surprise and relief
Mr. Kvans was convulsed with laughter.
at tho ludicrousuoss of I lie situation, and
ihiniolssad plight, with the perspiration
making little furrows down his meal cov
ered face. Ho had expected a much
warmer reception.
"Well, Daniel," he said at length.
"that was tho last living thing on the
plantation, but it can't be helped now,
so we will buy us a good horse, and make
a fresh start."
Mr. Kvans then thought the next best
thiugto do was to turn his attention to
his drug business, and in this way keep
out ofthe war. He managed to secure
four or five ounces of opium, and with
this he could make several barrels of par
egoricenough to bring in a considera
ble little fortune in those days.
One day in his absence his clerk sold
his entire stock of opium for 8."), in Con
federate money, ( it was worth $.i,0lMI).
Mr. Kvans informed the clerk that his
occupation was gone and that ho would
certainly have to go the front.
The young man, roaliziug the disaster
he had wrought, broke down and cried
like a child.
Hut the war clouds vanished when Lee
surrendered at Appomattox, and Mr
Fvans then turned his attention to the
manufacture of apple brandy. He had
a fine orchard, and when he had turned
all his apples into brandy, a little revenue
olhe'cr came along to gauee it. Ho in
formed tho owner that ho must piy a
tax of $2lM per gallon. The brandy
was shipped to a commission linn in
ter.sburg, wilh instruction to sell, pav
the tux on it and remit balance
The brandy was sold for $111111 The
revenue lax was ? lot) and .Mr Kvans
received Slotl less commissi. u, lie
then called up Daniel, instructed him
to gel al! ihe hands together and cut
down every apple tree on ihe plantation
inverted the orchard into a cotton
field.
Cotton was thou selling for !la cents a
pound and was in demand at that. Mr.
Kvans planted a good crop, on a basis
of !lo cents, and sold for !l cents. Mean
while the government bed reduced the
tax on hramlv from $- III) to '.Ml cents
Mr. Kvans was by this time thoroughly
disgusted and concluded that North
Carolina was no place f r him, so resolved
to lake Horace Greeley's udviec, aud go
west.
He s .Id all his possessions and went to
Colorado, whore he invested every dollar
he had in irrigating canals and sites for
now towns.
In LSTil ho had one of the town in
corporated and beautifully laid off on
p aper I he still has the plot ) and on the
promise thai it should be a railroad lor
minus, his spirit ruse and he hud four
small houses erected. Kverything looked
bright and propitious.
One day while in Denver, having a
jubilee with the projectors of the now
railroad, and others interested all iutho
highest spirits the contractor walked up
looking pretty blue
"ILIIo, Marsh."
"What's the news'.'"
"News!" ex liitueJ
said Mr. K.i
Mar-h, h-S
pay!"
"What!"
" Why. tho g ivernmcnt ha
ilvir, and Cook ,V. Co , (lie
li 10 IiellZ il
film who
had boon advancing in uiey f o
the pro-
jeets) has stopped advances and ord'
all work suspended indefinitely "
Then follow, d the great panic,
."I
id
Mr Kvans realized that lie iok lo- ke,
and tliat he was II.IHIII no Y. Ir on b .me
IL- lib graphed his wife I i sen I fun
money so that lie could once more gel
back to old N .rlh Carolina, ihe greatest
Stale in the I'nioii.
He reached lu-ri- uiiUout a cent, lott
Willi that Hiiloinit.iLle cni-igv and push
which is ch.ir.u lens' lo ol l lie in.in, h, ,,l
oitec I'litcieit Diles tlie holU liu.iiii-w Mtlh a
llOIHl.
lie slill h id Mime HOM'itul llii'iuls here
ml in l"'.:l, Ihiieigli the iiiilui'iieo ni
sieiiatui Uoisuiu, he vim re app'imii-il sisi.
ni islor at Wfldiui, and tlirnu .h llic nillu
euce ol litis uie.it liieiul, who fui mi many
yeais was a tower it! fttn-nulli t i the Halls
iit'Cunyitvs, noil who ho atilv rcpii'scntcd
the g'sul Did North Slate, he has held It
conliuuoii'ly through every ii liiimistru
lion sin e.
ilnriuK his lout! term of olliee lie has
llllisl tlie place most satisLirtonly to all
and he ti.is dune as much as anv other one
man towards the dexelupiiirnt ami im-proniii-iit
ol Wi'lilnn lie is still full of
eniTitvaml any props ! that is tor I lie ad
vancement ot' Wt'lihin iiriiirntinif canals
e&ct'pteil i al wuvs meet wilh his hearty
support and approval
Hill, theie heitittnn Hansom in Ihe Sen
ate now to hold the pi u't lor him, lie was
nut surprised when he leaniist that his
stiiHi-s mr li.td he-en upi-ouiicd and cum-
mission!-1,
Whatever tlie lutore may hold In store
fur him th Ineiiitsiiip ofthe great sLates'
man who has stood so nobly liy him, will
ever remain the brightest oasis in the
desert ol life, and this liM't will help him
I alonu the rough places during tbi remainder
oi me. joucuej.
LOVELY CERMAN.
A ISRII.I.IANT SOCIAL EVENT COMI'I.I
MENTARY 'to VISl'i IMi YOCN'ii LA
DIES. ( hie of the most brilliant sm-ia! ovi nts
over witnessed here before was the g. i
man al Kinry's Hall Tuesday night,
complimentary lo the visiting youii"
ladies
Mr. L"0 Hull'ick led with grace and
-kill with Miss India BumgardinT, of
Virginia, and Mr. Frank Garrett rendered
valuable assistance.
The figures wore so intricate and pretty
that at times the dancers reminded one of
a revolving rainbow.
The fulluwiug arc the couples who
followed the leaders, like soldiers on dross
parade :
Mi.s Kilic Hell Ware. of Washington,
D. V , with Mr. T. C. Harrison.
Mi-s Kiltie Weymouth, of Portsmouth,
Va , with Mr. W. li. Harrison.
Miss Nan Hranch, of Wilson, with
Mr C. II. Kmry.
Miss Itcssie Curtis, of Knfield, with
Mr. C. i. F!vans.
Miss Kmily Long, with Mr. W. M.
Cohen.
Miss Annie Hell Alsop, with Mr. II.
A Minis.
Miss Kate Cuhen, with Mr. Charles
Cole.
Miss Fstelle Fdwards, with Mr. D, II.
Lyman, of Washington, D. C.
Miss Annie (iarrott, with Mr. J. N.
Hill, of Halifax.
Mis Mary Long llreon, with Mr.
Junie Cuhen.
Miss Alma Howard, with Mr. Julian
Hagby.
Miss Jessie Kd wards, with Mr. F. A.
Fetter, of Littleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Garrett; Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Tillery.
Stags Dr. J. K. Shields, George
Harrison, J. P. Morris, W. D. Jones aud
others.
Chaperons 'There wore enough pres
ent to give tone and dignity to a Bradley
Martin ball.
The music was most entrancing and
was furnished by au Italian band.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Ihe ('.limine an (iuinc of Fnfular I'cuple
Who Like In (id Out in tho Sunshine.
Mr
r. W. II. Smith spent Sunday at
Old
Mr. W. M. Cohen weut down to Kn
field Sunday.
Mr. David Bell, of Knfield, was in
town Tuesday.
Dr. J. K. Shields came up from Scot
land Neck Tuesday.
Miss Bessie Curtis, of Knfield, is visit
ing Miss Kate Cohen.
Mrs. A. K. Cob on has returned home
from a visit to Knfield.
Mr. Waller Whitaker, of Knfield,
came up to oldon Saturday.
Mr. J. Norwood Hill, of Halifax
spent Tuesday night in town.
Dr. J. A. Cullins, ol Knfield, was
among the visitors here last week.
Mi
ing ri
S. C ,
s Kale Cohen, who has been visit
laiivcs and fricuds al Timiuousville
has returned home.
.Mrs. .Mary tiroen, ol Warrenton, spent
Sunday here on a visit to her son Dr. I
K Green Dr. Greco ha. been on the
sick list for the past several days, b it li
many friends will be glad to learn that he
is rapidly recovering;
PANACEA SPRINGS.
NoTKS ol' INTKRKST PCI.I.EI)
thk w.vmt.
The cold weather continues ami makes
the farmers ansioiis about their cmi
hut they arc working like beavers all the
same with hopes of a plentiful harvest.
Mrs. John I'liorne has leccntly re
turned from New York and purchased
the Hon Air hotel in Littleton, with the
furniture, which is all uow. Pi ice paid
JV.imt) in cash. It is the largest and de
cidedly the finest in (own. Possession
given immediately and she is now ready
lo entertain visitors.
Panaeea hotel at this place is also epi n
and two sick goutletncn are looking fur
health, Mr. Martin and liev. Mr. McCall.
A few weeks ago we could count ihe
wagons and carts passing lo the de
pot in dozens, but now we scMoui see
ev. n two at a lime.
.NKW ADVKK'l ISKMKNT?.
The INFLUENCE
of the Mother shapes the course
of unborn generations goes
somulinij through all the
ages and enters the confines of
Ktcrnity. With what care, thcre
(uie, should the Kxpertant Moth
er De guareled, anil how rcat the
effort be to ward off danger and
make her life joyous and happy.
MOTHER'S FRIEND
and N au-
sea, and so
fully pre
pares the
system that Childbirth is niade easy
and the time of recovery short
ened - many say "stronger alter
than before confinement. ' It in
sures safety to life of both moth
er and child. All who have used
" Mother' Friend " say they will nev
er be without it again. No other
remedy robs confinement of its pain
"A eimomer hii lf uml 'Motlicr'i Frlrnd
nil that If hn hsil to (i ttmmph the orJeal
Kam, idii inm wer nut lour uouifu to Im
tililaineil, anil I h eom was ln mi per bottle, he
woulU bave theui.,i ti so. LavTos, imrtou, Olllu
Sent hj Mull, on rewIM of nrlce. (I nn Pro. HOT-
TI.K Biml to SXI'KHTANT MllTllkKS"
mailed trie upon aiphratlon. mntalmni; ak
uahle Inturmatiua and voluntary tealttMufttaat,
Th apiAoriciD ntauLATo ca, Kv,a.
ml t au Diinttiin),
Hi tmn. fb.lri hr dniftrlutt
V-Jlel2r nCSS rC"
JrNS 1 ,cadaC,,C
VtWUWMJ ! mm
NKW ADVKRTISKMKNTS.
1.111?. ill wan.? Win on In
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I Y 5- 5- "i?". ST"-
A sale made possible through over
stocked Muslin Underwear Manu
facturersthey appealed to The Big
Store for help
9jr Our foresight and ready cash brings the greatest
tsW" underwear values lu re Nurlolk women ever saw.
. Six lots to do the choosing from.
LOT ISTO. l-i o.
Children's Waists, Children's Pants. La
dies' Nicely made Corset Covers.
LOT ItTO. 2-i3.
Ladies' Muslin 1'antr, LuiJitV CliciXfiK'
aud Cliildrun's Pantalettes.
LOTjNTO.3-2'
Ladies' Skirts, Ladies' Trimmed Holies,
Chemise Drawers, Corset Covers and Chil
dren's Trimmed Dresses.
LOTISTO.4:-''
Ladies' Trimmed Skirls, I iown, Chemise,
Drawers, Corset Covers and Childieu's
Trimuu d Drissi'S.
LOT 1ST O-5 """'
Ladies' Daintly Trimmed Skirls, wnnh
$1 ::, Klalmraicly Trimmed Night Du sscs,
Low Nook Chimise, daiuily triiium (1,
Children's Prettily Trimmed Dre.-scs, Ladies'
Muslin Drawers, trimmed with deep cm
broidery and tucks: Ladies' Square Neck
Corset Covers, trimmed front and back.
LOT -ET06-S1-'"'-
Six garments in all namely Ladies' Trimmed
in all namely: Ladies' Trimmed Skirts,
(iowns, Chcuiise, Drawers, Corset Covers
and Children's Dresses all worth $2.(H) at
any steire and the early buyer saves
the difference in price.
All these goods on Second Floor take
Ihe elevator.
Little things this week at little prices.
We're doing the livest Notion business in
all Norfolk why shouldn't we?
3-oz bottle De la Princess Extracts for
2"c. Violet, white Hose, Jockey Club,
Heliotrope.
Silk Fans and Japanese Fans, all prices
all stylos.
Norfolk's Largest Leather Goods Depart
ment. Good Leather Belts, 10c. Good
Leather Purses, 25c.
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.
Watt, Rettew Si Clay,
The Great New Store, obaibv.
NORFOLK, VA.
(When ordering goods, please mention this paper.)
ANDY
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to UaJi IIJLJ'i -JH-s.lLf ua
ik We are now having a big rush nn Spring and Summer Goods. Our
.". buyer is slill on the northern markets lacking nn jobs ami bargains and
f sliippitig to us liy almost every Iruglit.
ft Ladies' Oxford-. I!,"), 4H. Oil '; I'lour mailings, 7. 11, 1 ."(; Ladies'
.. Shirt waists, 18, 'Jj, ,iHc; Calicoes, It, 4, 4c; '.'5 cl. brocaded Sateen ll'c.
Ladies' patent lipped shoes. .Vv; Men s standing and turn over collars,
.le. Aprons 4U inches wide I He, S day strike clocks, 'J i inches high,
1 good ginghams Ic. men's wide brim hats, Tie, buy's cheeked hals
with hand fie, lo-ipiito netting, I!. 4 ;ie, window shade's on spring rollers
IS, Jtlc, Ladies' fine dress hats, ,'i(le. To, 'JSc, IIS inch curtain scrim ."ic,
Ladies' gauso vest 4, S, Die. Cruiiiette sets, 4 halls 7.V; S balls StSe.
llauiluoels (ij, "Tie
9
Moquette Rugs, 90c. up.
Laic
ices ,
slyle:
mburgs. 1 It. tic
1 2c Silk Kibbi'iis,
ollar
au d cuffs Illi, HSoOil cloth
T.ic (io nl w irking clocks l.'i. ."in.! Curtain polos and futures l.'i, do
I'lilili.icliid sbi'i'ting He l'iaid dress go 'ds I!, Ic lift or lill ns''t styles
agateware al about 5 regular prices Table oil rlulh III llMc New lot wall
paper III 4c Silk bolts largo bin kli's S, ltlc (Iross shirt buttons He ltig
j"b lace curtains I!s7 bet He Ix'.l feet lle 4xllll feet l.V.illll blocks
ribbon at had regular prices Linen table cloth good till inches wide HUc
J I envelopes "Je '.'4 sheets writing paper He Heavy very wide wliile coun
lor p ines HSc .'nl. 7oe Ludies spring styles sailer hals !. iHc llres-i'd I'll,
j:!e J .1. in o nsets l.'i, -Ho New -ul.s Sinyrni rugs III.' inch Hac IIS inch
ft IbVlitl nub rM,.i'l I'loT nil cloth 1, l yards wide 12! la, 'Jtlc lbin't
fail to get some ol our floor mailings; these mailings worth marly twice
as much, as e ipiotc abote wo have hundreds ot other things and styles
which wc buying iindcrthe markil prices, and can ntford to sell nil I in so
goods
on all
over
II, lleb less than the regular
g' oils boiiLbt flolll Us
May 18.lS.i7
Clothing, - Shoes - and - Hats.
Also a large line of Gents' Furnish
ing goods and notions. Don't miss
your chance. Stop to see me be
fore buying. Next to Jifliii's Grocery
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Weldon, N. C.
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