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WH.LIAt H. BERNARD:
Owner and Editor.
WILMINGTON N, C.
Filtered &a second-class cjatter at
Otm Dostofflce at Wllimnton, N. C
aader the Act' of Congress of March
187S.
Thursday, December 5, 1907.
NOBLE WOMAN DECORATED.
Recent news dispatches announce
that King Edward has conferred the
Order of Merit upon Miss Florence
Nightingale.
No worthier or more commendable
bestowal of an order for the purposes
for which it was intended was ever
made. The Orcter of Merit was estab
lished by King Edward In 1902, as a
means for the recognition of specially
distinguished services in all walks of
life.
Miss Nightingale is the first woman
to receive the order, but she is by no
means the least worthy. This worthy
woman is now in the winter of life,
having passed her eighty-fourth birth
day, but she Is one of those rare cases
-where the person rlives to know the
place they will occupy in history.
It has been the mission of Florence
Nightingale to lessen suffering and
Alleviate pain and this she has ac
complished to a remarkable degree.
Hers was the first work which tended
to lessen the horrors of war and her
example had no little influence In the
establishment of the Peace Congress,
which assembles at The Hague and
endeavors to arrive at universal
peace.
Although the daughter of very weal
thy parents, Miss Nightingale early
turned her attention to the alleviation
of suffering, visiting a number of the
celebrated hospitals in Europe and
making a study of the science of nurs
ing the wounded. During the Crime
an war, already having attained some
iame along this line, she was sent by
the British government to head a
corps of trained nurses and she did
splendid work at Constantinople.
Upon her return to England, the
people raised a purse of 50,000 pounds
Jfor her, which she accepted, devoting
vthe entire amount to the foundation
t)f a training school for nurses. Dur
ing "other wars she has given her aid
and assistance, particularly our own
Civil war and during the Franco-Prussian
war. L
In his search for distinguished ser
vice to mankind, King Edward made
a wise selection when he bestowed
the Order of Merit upon Florence
Nightingale.
MR. TAFTS HASTE.
Speaking of mysteries, what is Mr.
Taft hurrying home so rapidly for?
While still being hauled "about the
streets of Manila by admiring Filipi
nos; toasting the Emperor of Russia,
and other royal potentates, he sud
denly announces that he can visit no
more crowned heads of Surope, but
.must start at once for home.
There are not many men who would
have strength of character enough to
decline an invitation from the Kaiser
and the President of France, as well
as many other distinguished gentle
men of the old country. But Mr. Taft
has done it. He sent word to the
Kaiser, who offered to remain in Eng
land until he came, that he would be
glad to see him there. That was al
most in his direct line of travel. And
'Mr. Taft was resolute in his declara
tion. He must take a steamer from
the continent. He must hurry home.
Why this haste?
Has he discovered some Oriental
conspiracy which cannot be trusted
to the cables or the mail? Does he
see a Jap uprising on the horizon?
Or is it merely a question of fenc
es? Is he afraid his boom is not
booming as it should boom?
It is evident that the rotund Secre
tary feels that he is imperatively
needed at home and he is making all
speed to get here.
What will he do about it when he
gets here? We must be content to
wait and see.
CHINA IS GRATEFUL.
The 'Chinese government is sending
a special mission to the United States
to thank this country for its generous
action in remitting twenty-two of the
twenty-four million dollars indeminty
exacted from the Celestials as pay
ment for the expense incurred by their
government in putting down the
Boxer uprising in 1900.
This action on the part of the Unit
ed States was not only generous but
eminently just. It is a notorious fact
that the great powers did their best
to bankrupt t China as, a k result. of the
-awful nprisingpI her.reDel population
seven years ago.; i", . ;-.
K Hai I .country; teen" obliged to
.Dear Mother: I received your letter-and am glad, to know that
you are well, and also pleased to learn that Baby Brother has re
covered. Do.not forget about that. Cowan's Pneumonia, Cure.
You know the, sorrow it caused us last year by not having it in
the house. You promised me you would, always keep it hereaf
ter. Do not delay a moment, If you haven't already bought a bot
tle. You remember you said yon had Intended1 getting a bottle the
day before sister was stricken. Well, that is in the past, but the
present has the same duty and I want to feel sure about it.
Get a large size and it may last all winter. When I come home
Christmas I will look for that the -first thing. If you can't get
it at the drug s.tore, though I guess all druggists keep it , now,
write me, as I see it is on sale hsre in all the drug stores and
people here talk about it just like they do at home.
With love to you and Baby Brother,
CHARLEY.
send troops and ships across the Pa
cific in order to join the allied forces
in the march to the relief of legation
ers penned up in Pekin, it might have
cost perhaps half the sum assessed by
other arbiters as our share of the in
demnlty. As it did not cost above two
millions to send the troops from the
Philippines, it is right and just that
the excess charge should be remitted,
CURRENT CO!
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3NT.
Congress may give relief, but it
will be some time before we'll be re
lieved of Congress. Atlanta Const!
tution.
The steel trust says it will not re
duce prices in spite of the. business
depression. The tariff protects it in
charging'- high prices. Greensboro
Dally Record.
Having developed a hornless cac-
us, will Luther Burbank now please
see what he can do toward giving us
blgstlckless president? Florida
Times Union:
It is certain that the high tariff
s the Sacred Elephant of the Republi
can sparty, though there are not want
in? signs that it is becoming a white
elephant as well. Richmond Evening'
Journal
Secretary Taft pronounces his
Russian visit very agreeable, which is
much easier and more agreeable than
to undertake to pronounce some of
those Russian names he must have
come up against. New York Times.
North Carolina will be well repre
sented at the Rivers and Harbors
Convention in Washington this week.
The success of the movement advocat
ed by this body, means a 30-foot chan
nel for Wilmington. Charlotte Chron
icle. . Tom Watson, of Georgia, is going
to Washington to dine with President
Roosevelt, and it's dollars to dough
nuts he comes back just as "Uncle
Remus" did, whooping it up for Roose
velt. The president seems to know
how to catch 'em, a-coming and a-going.
Atlanta Journal. .
At last Grover Cleveland can join
the ever-increasing ranks of those pol
iticians from whom Mr. Rposevelt has
borrowed his policies. The President
has followed Cleveland's policy of is
suing bonds to replenish the supply of
gold in the treasury. There is this
difference, however, that Cleveland
was forced to act by conditions
brought about by his predecessor,
while Roosevelt's act has been made
necessary by conditions produced by
Republican policies. The Durham
Sun. .
A medicine show fakir offered a
gold watch to the most popular fe
male in Lutesville, Bollinger county,
says a Missouri exchange. " Kate Cald
well received the most votes, and
when Kate was led into the opera
house she proved to be an unblushing
mule. The fakir was surprised, but
assured the crowd he had no kick
coming and hoped Kate didn't. The
prize was hung around Kate's neck,
and Lutesvilllans believe they have
the only mule with a watch in the
State. Labor News.
Whether we agree or disagree
with the political theories of Mr. Wil
liam J. Bryan, no one can deny his
marvelous power as an orator. And
It is certain that such lectures as that
which he delivered in Baltimore on
Sunday afternoon are a powerful in
fluence upon young men for uphold
ing and sustaining good morals and
the Christian religion. King David
wrote long ago that "the fool hath
said in his heart there is no God,"
and a celebrated preacher added that
"none but a fool would have said it."
Mr. Bryan seized upon the manifest
weak point in the argument of those
who deny the existence of God, and
he dwelt upon it and impresed it upon
his audience with brilliant rhetoric.
Baltimore Sun.
TWINKLINGS.
Tommy "Paw, what is the higher
criticism?" Mr. Tucker "It's the
hasty remark usually made by the man
who finds he can't get a lower berth."
Chicago Tribune.
"Well," demanded 'the warden of
the prison, "what are you kicking
about now?" 'Tm kicking about this
striped suit," complained the new con
vict. "All the silly dudes are going for
stripes now, and it's a shame to make
us wear 'em." Philadelphia Press. .
Stranger "What sort, of a man Is
your neighbor, John- Braggs?" Native
"Oh, he's all right, but he has a" tele
scopic imagination." Stranger "A
telescopic imagination?" Native
"Yes. He can't even tell the truth
without getting it at least" two sizes
larger than it is." Chicago News.
Ellen (the nurse, to "little girl of
six, who is supposed to" have an after
noon sleep every day) "Nancy, you
are a naughty little girl not to. have
gone to sleep this afternoon!" Nancy
(reproachfully) ''Ellen! Elln! Don't
you remember the three times you
looked over the screen and I was fast
asleep ?" Punch. , . . -.
. The.Ute brave had been informed
that he must go to work. y'Tellthe
Great Father 'at Washington,? he- re
sponded, "Irijun - heap . ready, - Woe
work.-. . 'What kind of work?" asked
the agent, much encouraged. "Chase
um buffalo," responded the warrior,
drawing his government blanket
around him. Philadelphia Ledger.
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. Burlington, Dec. 4. The bond
election held in this city yesterday for
the purpose of voting on an issue of
one hundred thousand dollarsTbr the
expansion of our -water-works system
and putting in sewerage was carried
by a very large majority, there being
only a very few votes cast against it.
This will put our thriving little town
on a good basis. Also a franchise will
be granted for a street railway com
pany for operation of a street car sys'
tern from Burlington to Haw River
via Graham. This street railway to
be constructed within three years.
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System.
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S
TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. You
know what you are taking. The for
mula is plainly printed on every bot
tle, showing it is simply Quinine and
Iron in a tasteless form, and the most
effectual form. For grown people and
children 50c.
Mrs. Wln slows Soothing syrup has
been used. for over 60 years bv mil
lions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success.
ft soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and
Is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It
will relieve the poor Httle sufferer im
mediately. Sold by Druggists in every
part of the world. Twenty-five cents
bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs.
Wlnslow8 Soothing Syrup, and take
no other.
GUARANTEED UNDER THE
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, JUNE
30TH. 1906, SERIAL NUMBER 1098.
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Schedule Steamer
Atlantic
Effectiye September 1st.
Until further notice, Steamer
Atlantic will leave Southport dai
ly at 7:30 o'clock A. M. Leave
Wilmington daily, except Sunday,
at 2-30 o'clock P. M.
M. T. CRAIG,
General Manager.
Phone 764.
GOOD SHOOTING
Depends on the Gun.
It you have a good
gun, you will lind no
tault with your shoot
ing. Lefever Guns are Good.
We have them In
prices trom $25.00 to
$45.00.
Ithica Guns
trom$18.00 to $45.00
They are good too. .
Winchester and U. M. C.
Ammunition.
J.W.Murchison&Co
HAY.
and let usiSell
you a
HAY PRESS.
to 'be worked by horse power,
making neat small bales. Bag
ging and Ties, are gohig to be
In good demand and you should
buy now.
' Full Btock Heavy Groceries.
The
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Crossett Shoes for Men; $3: 50 and $4.00.
Lester Hats for Men, $3.00. ' :v
In Our LINEN
35c White and Colored -Table
Linen, Special, 25c a yard.
65c White Table Linen, 72 inch
es wide, Special, 48p a yard.
$1.00 White Table Linen, 72
Inches wide, Special, 75c a
yard.
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Cups
Tom,
Fireworks
rases,
Wholesale and Retail
WrtlTE FOR PRICE8.
Chairs, Carts
For Xmas Goods, Try
CEO. 0. CM LORD
Leader in Millinery.
Headlight Overalls, $1.00.
The largest line of Dolls in the State.
THE C. W. POLVOGT COMPANY
"The Store Thafs Always Busy"
THE TOY DEPARTMENT
6 P E Kl D R G
MONDAY, NOV. 25th
The big brilliantly illuminated basement has been transformed
into Fairyland for the children. Everything from the simplest play
toy to the latest mechanical marvel is shown here. It is .none too
early to buy now and there Is no better place than here.
Hobby horses, Wagons, Games, Dolls and a complete stock of
hristmans goods will be found in our basement Goods selected
now will be laid aside and delivered later.
Do your Christmas -shopping early. We are fully prepared
throughout our entire store to fill the wants of Christmas shoppers.
Special Prices
Will be made on our entire stock of Smyrna Rugs and Art
Squares. These will make useful Christmas presents.
Southern trading stamps will be given with every cash sale,
for them when you make a cash purchase.
The C. W. POLVOGT COMPANY
DEPARTMENT
Napkins fringed, full size, plain
8 osfr iBpadg 'pejoiop pus
dozen.
Hemmed Napkins, full size, 75c
value, Special, 65c a dozen.
$1.25 Plain and Fancy Linen
Napkins, full size, 98c a dozen
and
ons
Ask
Just One Case
will convince you that Pale Export
beer is the best We charge no more
for our, pure and delicious Pale Export
Beer than you will pay for an inferior
rade and you nave the advantage
with It of a healthful and strength
ening beverage. Try our Pale Export
Beer and you will note the benefit
derived from it
DARLEY PARK BWG CO.
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Under the stairway is a cosy
place to start a Jhal 1 , library
equipped with Globe -Wernicke
"Elastic'Bookcases.- 'ii'i
They . are ' built and finished in:
a tylfe'thatXarmbnkewitii select;
efivironments. '- C--Z 'ri
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CAROLINA PLACE SCHEDULE
Cars will be operated between Front
and Princess and Seventeenth and
Market every, 20 minutes. Leaving
Front and Princess at 6:55 A. M un
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from 7:05 A. M. until 10 : 05 P. M. AU
Suburban cars win make regular
at Delgado.
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of Good Taste
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, 5c Cigar
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' Distributors
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V-Book Seller and Stationer
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and Consulting Engineer.
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