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DUNN, HARNETT CO., 1ST- C, THURSDAY, AUG-UST 20, 1891.
Volume I.
Number 26.
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M ti 'i-: Kev. J. D. lVqram,
Vi-. Chartf -Inmi., 2d Sunday nltfht
u,.14!h Sunday and i.&ht. Sunday school
,hv.y Suu.lpv at :i o.-k. rrayer MetiK
,.v.-rv W.-du.-dav nuat. P.bn-k. s Chanel, 1st
S i!i."!a morning. A v.raV School House, 2d
a J.l'-vatiun, ;l nunuay
1-.-U. :; 1 Sunday afternoon.
l;.ii.ii-t ('.iir.-h -Kov. W. F. Vatson, 1'afstou
S ai'iav s -ii.Int '.t::;tia. in.. It. (i. Taylor, Suj't;
s-i i.-iV 1 1 a. in., 8::'J p. m. w;cond and
f . i,rli SitM.iay. I'r&.wr Meetinjjevery Thure
.l.t v Jv:n . in. All -..r.lialiy invited.
I'r.-1'Viorian-Ui'V. G. A. Hough, Pastor.
p;-l .v i 1! Sunday ni.irning ami night.
Sm.!n s.-h...li .;vrv Sunday morning at 1:3J
M- 'i ! -i- K. v. .1. 11. TingK Pastor. Bvr-
. -.-, . v. rv ;i l Sunday morning, and. night.
s;,!.,i?iv s.dii: -Z.'-V) '-Io-k every Sunday.
r,;i.i im-'t Lri every Thursday night.
I n- Will Bajiiist P.ev. A. Johnson,
l';i-;..r. S..i i.-. s every ."ird Sunday. Sunday
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ll L i.i.r nieef.ng. :!rd Saturday morning and.
!"i i . :- nig'.it ttf..e 1st Sunday. I. W. Tay-i-.r.
V. M., 1". P. .lou. r-. S. W., J.L. Phillips,
J '.. !;. A. J.hiiN.,n, Tr-iitsurer, S. W. Par-k'-r
re'.ny; V.'. A. .! !mos and Kldridge
. S wart; U. J. N'otris, Tyler.
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Swe. th.'urt, there w no gloryt
T!u.t la-trr rmind my lifi:
l'litrl.t a-thi-; l.ritiht, Mveet story,
My swe. theait and my wife!"
XKWS COM'MIvST.
BY Orr.KKSIUEXT COEEZf-POXUEXT.
Raleigh, August 15, '91.
Col. F. A. Olds returned to the city
last Monday from Wrightsv-ille, wliere
he lias lx.en in constant attendance dur
ing the past month or so discharging his
duties as Quarter Juster General of the
State Guard. He was during the vete
ran's encampment acting as Commis
sary General, by appointment of Gen.
Robert Ransom. He has had a most
laborious time of it, but with his char
acteristic energy, kept things moving all
right.
WELCOME HOME.
The gliul tidings are announced that
our ex-Mayor, Hon. Alf. A. Thompson,
is at home. He reports having had a
pleasant, instructive and profitable trip,
but amid all the excitement of such a
journey he still had .a yearning desire to
be again with the tar heels of his native
heath.
THE AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
The reports from the several counties
of the State to the Agricultural Depart
ment to be tabulated in statistical in
formation alxnit our crops, live stock
and other farming interests, are coming
in at a very satisfactory rate. !
The statistician of the deiartment
informed a reporter last Tuesday that
about two-thirds of all the counties had
already sent in their reports and that
they were coming in at the rate of eight
or ten per day. As to details, they
were as full as could be reasonably ex
pected, and the deportment expects to
have reports from about 90 per cent of
the counties.
This is a good sign and very encour
aging, as our. of our neighboring States
trit l the experiment some years ago and
it was about four years 1 efore t it suc
ceeded in, getting out a creditable re
port of the kind.
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE JAIL.
On last Sunday, the 9th, a most des
perate attempt was made here to break
jail and murder the jailor. About 9
o'clock in the morning, Mr, -Viles H,
Brown, the jailor, accoi2fanied by Mr.
J. T. Learv. who has charge of the
cooking department, went in the jail to
give the prisoners their breakfast. On
enteriug the corridor, -they pulled the
door after them, and1 ordered all the
prisoners into their cells. All of them
went, apparently, but one, who had
secreted himself beneath a pile of
blankets. This was not noticed at the
time, and, after feeding the prisoners,
Mr. Brown and his assistant attempted
to leave. Suddenly the man who was
concealed, sprang up and attacked Mr.
Leary, seizing the Reys from him and
dealing him a series of blows across the
face and head. He also turned on Mr.
Brown, mercilessly assailing him over
the head. The scuffle was a terrific one,
and Mr. Brown was thrown headfore
most down stairs, receiving some very
painful bruises on the shoulders, side
and hands. The name of the negro is
Jim Willoughby, who was sent to jail a
few weeks since for forgincr an order for
some corn. He is about 26 years old,
and a man of great strength. He sue
ceeded in getting down stairs, but was
finally overpowered and taken back to
his cell. The jailor and Mr. Leary are
confined to their rooms, but their inju
A TRAIN RUNS AWAY.
Thrilling Kxperlence ot Passengers on
an Ohio Road.
CxxcixxATi, O., Aug. 13. It is not
often that a heavily loaded passenger
train runs away, but that is what train
So. 21, vestibule express, on the Penn
sylvania road letween Xenia and Day
ton did.
The train was going from Xenia to
Dayton, and had reached a point six or
eight miles southeast of this city, where
the track begins to descend from the
hills on the steepest and longest grade
in this section of the State. The train
began going too swiftly, and Engineer
Davis applied the air brakes, only to
find they would not work.
Brakes were whistled for, but had no
perceptible effect, and at awful speed
the engine and eight coaches tore down
the track.
The passengers became aware that the
train was uncontrollable, and a-scene of
pandemonium ensued. Women ran
shrieking up and down the aisles. Pa
sengers prevented several people from
jumping off. Two or three of the ladies
fainted.
A score of frequently traveled country
roads were dashed over without accident,'
and the train' reached the edge of the
city and shot itself across railroad and
street car tracks, crowded thoroughfares,
and past the station into the very heart
of the city.
It is estimated the train made the run
of about eight miles in a little over six
minutes, and traversed half the city at
sixty miles an hour.
TRINITY'S TOWER DOWN.
Damage of Thousands Rut the Blame I
is Not Yet Locatel by the'
Committee.
From the Durham San we learn the
foljowing in connection with the falling
of the tower and walls of the main struc
ture: "The tower of the new college build
ing, situated in the front and midway
the structure, collapsed from some cause
and fell down. It did not fall to one
side as if the foundation had given away
but came down in a heap to the ground,
over the very spot where it was just,
completed, Saturday afternoon! This
tower was twenty-four feet square, about
one " hundred feet high and contained
about ' 400,000 brick and 40,000 feet of
lumber. The roof is not damaged only
where the tower dropped, and the portion
to which it was connected. , It is an un
fortunate accident mid the immediate
cause has not yet been ascertained, but
is being Jooked into by those interested.
The work of clearing away the debris
commenced this morning. Rough esti
mates 'place the -damage at $10,000.
The greatest energy will be used and
Dr. Crowell informed us this morning
that the two wings will be completed
at the earliest possible moment, and the
school will open the first of Oetoljer, as
advertised." a .
GO
FEET
OF RATTLESNAKES.
THE STATE SURVEYED.
A STOR3I OF MOSQUITOES.
Clouds of the Pests Make Life Misera
ble at Elizabeth.
Elizabeth, N. J., August 14. What
was at first supposed to be a dense
storm cloud, but which proved to be a
mass of mosquitoes, hovered ovei Eliza
beth last Sunday night. They scat
tered and filled the air, driving wor
shipers from church und drag- clerks
from their stores. Bonfires were built
in several of the streets to drive the
pests off, which were particularly vora
cious. Cows, horses and pedestrians
were frantic. Telegraph operators were
forced to engage the services of boys to
diligently use fans in order that they
might manipulate the keys. Old resi
dents say the plague was phenomenal
even for New Jersey. - The recent heavy
rains, it is said, sent the insects from
the low lands and meadows.
. A .GATE FOR LOVERS.
And How it Was Strengthened by an
Obliging Father.
A Sedalia father with a family of
daughters strengthened his front gate
with an extra stout scantling, and then
put a "lean to" on the top for the con
venience of friends of the family. It
consists f of a bent rod of half -inch iron
across above the gate, fastened securely
enough to admit of some pressure.' It
is. of sufiicent height to allow short peo
ple to converse under it, and low enough
so that tall people can bend over it.
Kansas Citv Star.
A Party of Men Stumble Into a Den
and Kill Thirteen.
Stroudsburg , Pa., Ang it 14. Char
les Everitt and a party f friend were en
joying themselves iii the woods yester
day, when they suddenly found that they
were in a den of rattlesnakes. On every
side were big black rattlers, making the
air ring with the weird music of their
tails. '
Everitt and the others pitched into the
snakes with clubs and stones, and suc
ceeded in killing thirteen. Double that
many more escaped.
When Ihe rattlers were counted on the
dead reptiles it, was found that they
numbered 142, while the, total length of
the snakes was over fifty Tet't.
NUMEROUS NEWSY NOTES FR03I
OUR BRIGHT EXCHANGES.
What Has and Will Happen of Inter
est Throughout the Old North
State--Industrial and ,
Otherwise.
A REVOLT IN CHINA.
Powerful Plot to Overthrow the Ex
isting Dynasty.
New, York, August 14.- A dispatch
the Herald from Shanghai shows that
the situation in China is exceedingly
grave. The inhabitants are undoubtedly
on the eve of a revolt against the Tar
tars, .and strong secret societies have
been organized f o overuirow the existing
Mantchou dynasty. The reeent attacks
on the missionaries are believed to be
forerunners of a bloody revolution,
which will serve to further the ambitious
projects of a powerful Viceroy.
Reeky Mount had a $20,000 fire a few
day days ago.
Tarboro voted a tax last week for
graded schools.
The papers are going for Evangelist
Leitch with both fists.
Another rich gold find has been made
in Montgomery county.
An iron foundry is reported as to be
established at Walnut Cove.
W. H. Holloway, of Raleigh, has his
carriage and wagon factory running.
A slirt factory is reported as started
at Newbern by Mrs. N. E. Kirkman.
Ground has lxsen broken for the new
Second Presbyterian church at Char
lotte. Thp amount so far pakl out of the
Refunded Direct Tax is a little over
$75,000.
Tho Salisbury Watchman says the
ice factory in that city will be ready for
business soon.
Peace and Trust. V
Jany things liappen that we cannot
understand, but if we love God we have
he right to believe that He is in all of
them, and just as surely as we have that
belief it will give us constant and perfect
leace. The labe can not understand 1
why it has to have its gums lanced, but
its mother knows, and she loves it just
as much while she holds it for tho doctor
to do the work as she does when she is
pressing it to her breast. Not a trouble
can come to us in this life, while we are
trusting in God, that we will not thank
Iim for when we get to heaven. Ram's
Horn.
Nature has made occupation a neocssi
y to us; society makes, it a duty: habit
may make it a pleasure. Capelle.:
A Story of Stephen Girard.
A characteristic story of Stephen
Girard was that he induced a boy to
work for him till he was 21 years bid by
promising to give him a good start in
life afterwards. Yilien the time came
! the young man applied for the promised tv uas decided to run a warehouse next
icnuni. j.uc cuucu u ; uiu uici tuau i iuuacu year, for tlie sale oi tooacco,
at him for a moment anil tlien said,
Rocky Mount Argonaut: The roads
leading out of Rocky Mount are in a
most disgraceful condition.
Tho Farmers' Alliance of Person coun-
1 ii Time of Peace.
California h;is il, TT of the giant
tries still left, and of those the
largest is thirtvrtlnve feet in di-
ameHr.
ivt';iiiK-u is saiu to he waking
up to the importance of public ed
ucation, and the number of new
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sc.KHHM ;uju si-iiooi ouuuirms is
increasim
rapidly
A 'line legal point lias Wen raised
in a:i Ohio lw Court at Cleve
land. It is this: Is a man guilty
of intoxication if he is not boister
ous or lighting drunk? jk
Ine Shan Chinese, a people liv
ing between llnrman and China,
'show their love for their parents bv
kilkno; thcm mu eating them to
save them from the hiiserv cf old
"go. - ,
A young woman of Nevada, who
desires to gt tir.trried, has caused
her picture to lo inserted in. the
Nevada Transcript, with the an
nouncement that tljo original is in
the market.
Among the petitions sent tn th
resilient asking for the pardon of
K. L. Harper, the Cincinnati bank-
was one from Hanger's
lne-y ear-old daughter. It
photograph of the
written.
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little
w;us a cabinet
little miss, on which wiis
lA?ar Mr. President,
please send mv papa home
and I will think you good."
you
again,
lies are not considered dangerous.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Central hotel on the corner of
Harriett and Wilmington streets has
been put in first-rate repair, and wil
be ready to accommodate a large crowd
at the Exposition. It is admirably sit
uated in the business part of the city.
Electric bells are being placed in the
new addition to the Yarboro House, and
we suppose, by the time the Exposition
opens the entire building will-jbe fur
nished with the same convenience.
Poles are now being put up on the
w estern extension of the electric railway.
Every tiling will soon be all right and in
working order.
Considerably over half of the claims
for direct taxes in Wake county, have
been presented. At least, this is the
estimate.
A Fatal Experiment.
Claud Worly, an 18 year old white
hoy, who lived at Bufort, on the Air-
Line road, was killed -by the vestibule
tra in which reached Charlotte at 9
o'clock last night. 1 The accident oc
curred near Buford Station and was due
to the foolish attempt of the boy to
jump across the track in front of the
engine.
The train was running at a scedule of
fifty miles an hour. The boy was seen
standing ahead by the side of the track,
and when the engine was within fifteen
feet of him he tried to leap across the
track. He was a few seconds too late,
for the engine struck liira and sent his
body flying through the air. The dead
body of the boy landed in a field distant
140 feet fiom the track by actual meas
urement.
Practical Advancement;
Fish are much better preserved when
iept hanging in a cold, dry atmosphere.
Lying upon the ice they lose flavor and
spoil more readily.
The low grades of molasses made on
the Louisiana plantations are now
sprinkled over the dry crushed cane and
materially increase its usefulness as fuel
for the furnaces.
An automatic life-saving belt that can
be shaped into a bill, fired from a gun,
or thrown by hand has recently been
tried on the Thames. It rights itself
upon contact with the water.
Watch crystals are made by blowing
a sphere of glass about one yam m
diameter, after which the disks are cut
from it by means of a pair of compasses
having a diamond at the extremity of
one leg.
The addition of a compound called
stepanite to the charge of iron and coke
in a furnaoe changes the output to a
compound of iron and steel without
submitting the metal to any further
treatment.
Recent experience in cold storage
shows that different articles of food re
quire different degrees of temperature
for their preservation, varying from 33
degrees Fahrenheit for eggs to from 15
to 26 degrees for poultiy and various
kinds of game.
Italy's new warship Sardegna will
have the most powerful engines yet
made 25,000 horse power.
The actual strength of the British
troops in India is over 71,000 men, the
total population of the dependency being
280,000,000.
Another trial will be made with the
kola nut as an article of food, during
the next French maneuvers. The expe
riment last year was highly satisfac
tory. The 'last complaint of the great gun
ships is that their weapons often miss
fire owing to the failure of the two-foot
long tube containing the firing charge
to carry the spaik.
The Austrian goverLment has re
ceived from England another consign
ment of 100 Jlaxirn mitrailleuses. They,
as well as others already received, will
be placed at fortifications near the bor
der. Since the Japanese have had warships
they have been experimenting with
lacquer as a . protection to the bot torus
with marvelously catisfactory results.
The Fuso-Kah, after having been lac
quered for a year was found to le in
perfect condition.
a moment
Gniffiy:
"Go and learn a trade.'"
Considerably cast down, for he had ex
pected a very different start, the young
man turned away: but, after some reflec
tion, knowing something of the other's
peculiarities, he decided to do as he had
been bidden, and he learned the cooper's
trade. . v
When he had mastered it, a year or so
later, he presented himself again, and
the old man gave him an order for two
barrels. He mado and delivered them,
and -Vr. Girard examined and praised
them. "Now," he said, "you have a
capital that you cannot lose, for you can
always fall back on your trade ;f you
meet with adversity," and then he advan
ced his protege a considerable capital
with which to start in business. Har
per's Weekly.
Some Charlotte Investments.
As a matter of fact, all the recent
enterprises strrted in Charlotte are
making money. The News got hold
of two telling instances today. The
Ada Cotton -Wills recently established on
the building and loan plan has 1,286
shares cf stock. Of this number 737
shares have been paid up in full and by
Sept. 1, the entire stock will be paid up.
Good, isn't it? But here's another: Mr
J. L. King, of Oak Ridge, will, it is
reported, convert his tobacco-box factory
into a roller process flour mill.
The 3ecklenburg Alliance has agreed
that each member will not plant more
than ten acres of cotton next year.
A Pennsylvania party is reported as
having purchased and as to develop
mineral property near Walnut Cove.
A beautiful spot with' superior natural
advantages has been allotted to North
Carolina in the grounds of the World's
fair.
W. Doss, of Surry coun'y, who
ten years ago started on notliing has
since then made $40,000 in raising to
bacco. "
Mr. J. H. Vanstory, of Olin, acciden
tally shot himself while trying to shoot
a chicken recently. He was a good
citizen.
The organization of a co-operative
manufacturiug company for' the purpose
of erecting a cotton mill is talked of a
Belmont. -
W. B. Hester & Bro., of Elizabeth
town, are' repairing their saw mill re
cently damaged by fire, and will put in
some new machinery.
v. Ur. wooten was murdered near
SHNDAY READING.
Doing is the great thing; for if, resolu
tely people do what is right, in time they
come to like doing it. Ruskin.
Do the truth you know, and you shall
learn the truth you want to know.
Words are the counters of the wise
but the many of fools Hobbs.
Temptations are a file that rubs off
the rnst of self-confidence. Fenelon.
Chat From Over The Sea.
Lord Hartington has neuralgia very
badly.
Phylloxera has ravaged tho Tokay
vineyards of Hungary.
A female bookmaker has appeared' on
tho English raco courses.
Hon. W. H. Smith, First Lord of the
British Treasury, is again ill.
It is said that Toole, the English "
comedian, will abandon farce.
On an average 500 persons are daily
prostrated by influenza at Jloscow.
The next Lord Mayor of tho city of
London will bo Alderman Evans, a
native Welshman. 4
The; London News says Europe would
be on the verge of starvation before next
harvest but for America's help.
Spanish tradesmen bpposo tho recipro
city treaty with the United States, and
fear it means the annexation of Cuba.
Scotchmen are abusing the Duchess of
Fife (tho Prince of Wales' daughter)
because she has influenced her husband
to drop tho kilt.
On Thursday last, Tennyson's' 82d
birthday, the poet laureate received
many calls, besides' numerous messages
of love and 'respect.
The British Foreign Office approves ,
and the Baring guarantors are agreeable
to a plan forfeiting a portion of the
Argentine customs in Europe by Consuls
to provide for the interest on the Argen
tine loan. ,
The Princess Frederika, of Hanover,
cousin to her Majesty, Queen Victoria,
Martin Lyon, secretary and treasurer of Turnersburg, Iredell county List week. lias gn to live at, Hampden Court
Palace, popularly known in London as
"the Royal Work'us," with the other
royal pensioners who inhabit tliat home
for decayed gentlewomen.
From the Stage to the liar,
Most actors and actresses are in the
profession because they are in love with
it, but among the members of the "Brass
Monkey" company is a handsome and
bewitching brunette who but six months
ago made her debut on the stage as a
stepping stone to some ulterior object in
life. -
This young lady hails from Chicago,
and is just 17. She is an exceptionally
brilliant linguist, lias a fine voice, is
graceful in the extreme, and is a clever
little actress. Her intentions are to re
main on the . stage just one year, and
then study law with a view of practicing
as an attorney in Illinois. She is taiang
this preliminary course on the etagefor
the purpose of perfecting her eioeution.
ary powers and to cultivate an "at
home" feeling with large audiences.
The real name of this young lady is
Fanchon Conyers, and it is safe to pre
dict that she will be heard from some
dav in the legal arena like the cricket on
the hearth. Portland Qiegonian.
How Peanuts Grow.
"Did you ever see peanuts growing?"
asked a well-known -produce (dealer.
"Well, down in Georgia you can see
them grow, and they do say that if you
listen right hard you can also hear them
grow. But, do you know, they raise the
biggest kind of goobers down in South-
ern linnois. ine Egyptians nave no
use for the word peanut, though.
"They call them 'goobe pens.' It lias
been my business to buy goobers in the
field, and in pulling up three or four
vines you car estimate the entire yield
of the patch very fairly. The fine fibres
of the roots are crowded with peanuts,
just as the-j-imall roots' of the potato vine
are filled with little potatoes.
"I have met numberless pearsonswho
supposed that peanuts grew on trees,
and others who thought that they came
from a large bush. In fact there is a
direfull amount of ignorance extaat
about the litte nut."
the Charlotte Investment Company, has
just made out a statement of the busi
ness ot that concern. , It shows that in
the 9 months since the incorporation of
that company the stockholders have
realized a profit of 71 per cent on their
investments. . The company has built
11 residences and has soLl a number of
lots. None of the stock of tliis company
is for sale. Charlotte News.
The Landmark says J. M. Cass is
thought to be the slayer.
Mr. John Davis, a young man from
Fayetteville, who was spending some
time at Jack?on Springs, died suddenly
at that place last Monday.
Wirdsor. Ledger: A cyclone struck
Onthe Wrong Scent.
First Little Girl (at fashionable sum
mer resort) I'm awful glad to ge
the farm owned by Rhoden Ward, col- acquainted with you, cause you're nice.
Preparing for the Seashore
CLolly Cholniondeley Now we're all
prepared for our twip. But I seem to
forget something.
Valet Have vou ordered engagement
rings?
Cholly C Aw, that's it. Go to Tim
pany's and awder a dozen.
The Engine of Civilization.
Rural Editor Have you finishedhat
editorial on the recent misfcikes of the
young German emperor?
Assistant Yes, just got through.
Did you write any article on the Ital
ian question?
Yes, got up a column of good advice
to the king of Italy.
Glad to hear that We'll send. him a
copy. What else did you write?
A long editorial on national finances.
Good. That will fill the page. Now
let's go ontand see if we can lxrrow a
dollar.
She was Willing.
He Yon have only to command me. I
will do anything you say.
She Anything?
He Yes. I'll drive over that preci
pice into the river, if you bid me.
She Then stop, please, and let me
get out.
There Was Luck In It.
A man in Bremen, who was passing an
idle hour, sat down in a small park.
"While there he saw a four-leaved clover
and at once picked it up as an emblem
of good luck.
The next moment he was arrested and
taken before the authorities for breaking
a rule forbidding visitors to touch any
thing in the park. In vain he protested
that he was about to sail for Arierica,
that his baggage was aboard the steamer
and that it sailed in two hours.
15efore he could settle the matter and
pav his fine the steamer had sailed.'
L The boat was wrecked and a number of
the passengers drowned, but thanks to
the four-leaved clover our belated trav
eller was saved. '
Pleasant Reading.
A Jersey justice of the peace has not
worn a hat in eighteen years to keep an
election vow.
An aged traveling scissors grinder has
died in Michigan City, Ind., leaving an
estate valued at $21,000.
A Georgia man in splitting wood one
dav found a hickory nut firmly iml)edded
in the heart of the timber.. ' How it '
came there is a mystery.
An old buck at St Joseph, Jo.. hap
pened to catch sight of his reflected
image in a plate glass window and char
ged upon it, shivering the glass and
scattering a display of gold, silver and
bronze goods in all directions.
A New York lady who is summering
in a quaint bacEwoods village met a
native the other day, and in the course
of a little talk asked him why all the
village children went barefoot. "Why,"
he exclaimed, in surprise, ''that's the
way they were born!"
ored, Sunday evening and blew down
the stables and several other houses.
Thomas Joyner, of Cabarrus county,
on Thursday, went out in the yard to
kill a chicken for dinner, laid down the
axe, walked off and lias not been seen
since.
Hon. George W. Sanderlin will de
liver an address at the Old Soldiers re
union in Shelby on the 28th. Senator
Matt W. Ransom Will also address the
Soldiers.
Weldon News: In the Gaston neigh
borhood the hogs are reported to be af
fected by a peculiar disease, which re
duces them considerably in flesh but
dees not prove fatal.
Green slxro Record: The Fisher Hill
Second Little Girl So'm I with you.
That's what we come for. Mamma says
so herself.
To get quainted?
Y'es, with nice people people in socie
ty, you know.
Why, . that's just what mamma wants.
We're to get qnainted withpeople in so
ciety. ' . t
Ain't you in society inthe city?
No. You are, aren't you?
No. We've been j-akin' and scrain' tho
whole winter to come here and get quin
ted with people in society, you know.
So've we.
Then your folks ain't anybody at home?
No.
Neither are we.
Guess there ain't much usejn us get-
gold mining property was sold under tm '1munteL
decree of court, for $C,920 to John T.
Shea, of Syracuse, N. Y., a real estate
broker. This Is very valuable mining
property.
Roclrv Mount Artronant: I wo new
leaf factories are going up. Messrs.
Graveley & Hin'es are preparing to put
up a new warehouse, and several more,
leaf factories will be started within the
next few days. ,
Guess not.
Good by.
Good-by.-
New York Weekly,
What They Received.
"That was a mean trick of that dry
goods concern's."
"What did they do?"
"Advertised Circulars Given Away
To-day,' and all the women within 10
miles went down to get one. When
they got there they found the circulars
were printed ones, and not cloaks.
A Georgia Item.
Werrrieve to note the sudden dath
Of little Johnnie Poole;
Life is a span, a fleeting breath
' 3Forsale: One Georgia mule.
Atlanta Constitution.
A Start.
For the public the Southerner tips its
hat to Geo. B. Wright who will convert
the large warehouse at the. foot of Pitt
street into a tobacco prize house.
Carpenters will at once be put to work
adding one or two stories to the building.
This is only a beginning and if a half
a dozen do as well as'Jr. Wright tie
supply will still be inadequate. Tarboro
Southerner.
A Great Disappointment.
Kind Gentleman What's the matter,
bubby?
Bubby Boo-oo-h! They was a pic
nic yestiday, an' I couldn't go, cause I
thort they wouldn't have nothin nice
ter eat
Did they?
Yes. Boo, hoo! I jus heard they
had so much ice cream an' cake that
they was all sick as dogs. Boo, boo!
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