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::v j'.' '''-''j' , ; .... ... . " '. - . . : T : . ' j- " " . ' " ISfllSIti RlUFffl ff j?r WTiriDrch MEfJIOTHISRITV Dinnc unpcrcIJ1L iUQ6(gS US Believed B y Maiiy That Recent Visit Of Col. A.B. Andrdws To This oection is i Deep; Significance : Is, the great j Southern Railway after the Norfolk ana Southern system? This, is a question which is being per sistently ask(l in some circles and the situation is becoming interesting, to say least of it. This Is an age of deals and great combinations of business interests. Specially is this true of rail-pads. One by one the smaller .line are being merged and' unified; mar y of these have in turn been taken over by the larg&r systems. Some people believe that this is to be the history cf . the Norfolk and South ern. ' - ''":.'. The recent great activity in railway tiroes , in this section" has not yet passed from the minds of the people. The Va.-Carclina Coast took over the Suffolk and-Carolina and was in turn absorbed by he Norfolk and Southern, as was the Atlantic and North Caro lina and other interests in this sec tion. Now il is claimed by some that the whole system, only recently merg ed, will be absorbed by the Southern, one of the greatest, and most power- ful roads in tne wnole country, their belief upon the fact B. Andrews, .the South- They base that Col. A. era's first yice president recently spent along several days in visiting points the lines of the Norfolk and Southern anjrl j taking a general view of the Situation. They reason this way. Col. Andrews is a busy man, a very busy man. He commands a sal ary greater han that paid the presi dent of the united States. His time is money, botli to himself and to his road. He sometimes takes a vacation but not often, a pleasure trip He sometimes takes but 6rdinarily his jour neys have se me business significance: This they beheve to be true of :his re cent visit to this section. In castingj, about for the object which brought busy Col. Andrews nway from his f office to go over a part of the line 6f the Norfolk and South- era, they h upon the supposition that the Southern has desienis unon this territory and it seems a plausible one to them. The road is continually branching out K and it is believed that they would be glad to get an opening into this section, one of the richest in the whole state. Aside from this, it would give them a straight connec tion between Norfolk and the eastern points which they already touch and bring that city; much nearer. It is be lieved that the Southern would be very glad to effect such an arrange ment and tl lose who nave, harbored the idea seem ;to confidently expect to see the deal projected and carried- to intimate consummation Government To Buy Silver For Coinage Washington, D. C.,.Aug. 9 For the first time in thirteen j i years the gov- eminent announced today its purpose o purchase silver for -coinage pur poses. -; , -; j Tenders re invited at the office of the director of the; inin4- in this city on Wednesc ay, the 15th inst., up to 1 o'clock p. m., and on Wednesday thereafter until further notice. 'I These tenlers are to be for delivery at the Philadelphia New Orleans or Denver mints,; settlement to be on the New York basis of bullion guar anteed 999 fine. The treasury reserve sthe right' to reject all tejiders or- accept such part "oTany tender as may suit its conven ience, it is understood that antic ipating that its1 reappearance, as a pur- j chaser might .temporarily "disturb the I market unduly, the treasury has ob tained control of considerable amounts lor future delivery, so that it is in f v 1 for several months if , desirable. ,The rverage requirements' of the treasury throughout the year will Not Withnnf probably not exceed 10,000 ounces per weeK, and it wiirbe the policy of the department, while keeping a reason able amount in hand, to so distribute its purchases' throughout the year that its demands will be uniform and not an element of uncertainty' in the mar ket. !.-:-. , From the resumption of specie pay mentj in 1879 down to the year' 1900,' the constant increase in the stock of subsidiary coin required by the grow ing population and trade t of the country, was supplied by the re-coin, ago old and uncurrent subsidiary! coinsj which accumulated in the treas-i ury under the redemption act. In 1900 as this stock was running low, au thority was granted in the Monetary act of March 14th, to the secretarv: of thp treasury to divert bullionj pur chased under the act of July 14, lS90j for the coinage of silver dollars, to the coinage of subsidiary pieces. Un-i der his authority about $33,000,000 has been coined since 1900. ! " The stock of bullion in the treasury was Exhausted more than a year ago, and since then no bullion has been available for subsidiary use. The stock ' in. the treasury has be comej so low that it was apparent, according to the department, that the demands- of a constantly enlarging tradej could not be met without : ad ditional coinage. The secretary of the" treasury was in doubt whether ex isting statutes authorized nim t p buy bullion for this purpose and more over, was of the opinion that it woukl be a better policy to meet the future demands for subsidiary coin by ' the recoinage of silver doilars in the treas ury, ana so recommended to congres Congress, however, hiving failed 6 act upon his recommendaion,' Secre tary Shaw required an opinion the. attorney general as to his at ity, to purchase bullion for this f'Om; thor-; puri pose (under existing law and received a favorable reply, based on section 3526 pf the revised statutes. The! poli- y de-i cy nojw announced was according term MR. W. H. WEATHERLY, LOCAL ODD FELLOW, ELECTED REPRE- SENTATIVE TO SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE. The North Carolina Grand Lodge-of Odd Fellows has been in session this week at Durham. The grand lodge is the legislative and judicial body for the .North Carolina lodges. Beyond other business, one of the most im-j portant acts was the election of jVr. H,f Weatherly, of this city, as representa tive of the lodge to the meeting of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, which is the national meeting. ' Represent; ttives from all the states are present. This is a signal hbnorto Mr. Weatherlv and to his local t lodge. He is regarded as onepf the leading Odd Fellows m the state. ' M . ' " . ' J- "" 1 ; The . first news of Mr. Weatherly's election came in a telegram th the Daily Economist late yesterday after !-.:, ... ., - noon. ' Makes children eat, sleep and grow. Makes mother strong and vigojous,L Makes, a healthy family: That's Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea what doei?i Tea or Tablets, 23 cents. Pharmacy. Standard med upon. . SIGNAL HONOR TO A BETSY ill A.'RESr.DEfNT 0?.. 2ION CITY AND A FOLCOWER CF ELIJAH HERE ON COMMERCIAL TOUR. On the Arlington hotel register there is this simple entr.v; r. L.Brysoa, Zion City, Illinois. One might nass It by without a second glance, vet it u the name of one of the most interest ing men who ever came to this town He is a member of the Christian Cath olic Apostolic church, a Zionite,'a fol lower of the well known Elijah II., John Alexander Dowie, whose specta cular rise, brief rule of splendor, and subsequent crashing fall j for a while attracted the attention of the whole country. ' borne twenty years ago Dowie, then a resident" of Scotland, formulated a new creed and promulgated a faith of an entirely different kind from any hitherto known to the world. He went to Australia and there first es tablished his church. Subsequently he came to America and his course here is familiar, to most people. He dreamed of a city "by sin undefiled," a place where his rplisrinn shnnld he supreme, a city built upon model and entirely unique plans, a city where the church and municipal government should be united and I incidentally where Elijah II. should be God's sole representative. j He had not a dollar to carry out his plans; he only had large faith in their divine origin. From his follbw- ers he collected large sums of money and sent out secret emlssafieTto'rspy out the land and select a1 location for the city. They chose a spQt some for ty miles from Chicago and there Zion City was built. j It is of this city that the man refer red to in the beginning of this article is a resident. He is here not as an evangelist, but as a representative of a business firm, the Zida City Sup ply Co.; ct Zion City,' which handles agood line of office supplies. He is a most interesting talker, as an Econ omist man can testify from experi- ence4 One is impressed first! of all-with the quiet unassuming sincerity of the man. The Zionites may (be fanatics. but, if they are all like this one, they are sincere people. His religion is a large part of his daily life, in which he excels many of us who look upon them with scorn. In Dowie, like all other Zionites, he has supreme faith. simply believing that now he is suf fering from mental aberration brousht on by heavy work. To the inhabitants of the City of Zion, Dowie is indeed a second Elijah, that restorer, whose coming is prophesied in the Bible. Zion City is a most remarkable yiuut:. in an me connnes oi tne com munity there is not a theatre, a dance hall,, a tobacco shop, a doctor, or a drug store. For their distinctive doc trine Is that of divine healing. They believe that if any one is j sick doctors can not help them but that the only recourse is prayer to God. According to them, there is nothing good said of doctors in ail the Bible. They take the statement". "She had suffered many thing3 of many physicians" as being a typical Bible estimate of the worth of doctors. Mr. Byson said that without a doctor or a drug store Zion City had the lowest death rate of any city' in the country. The population is 7,000, the sanitary conditions are almost ideal and there Is very little sickness; j The Zionites have other characteris tic beliefs. They eat no swine's flesh and no oysters because they are "fish without scales," which were forbid den In Old Testament times.' They aim to make their government . a. theocracy, ruled solely by God through His representatives. Busi ness, education everything is sub ject to the church. j The business enterprises of Zion City are c(?ii3idei.-able. ; They have factories for the manufacture of lace, clothing, furniture, candy, and num erous other things. These are all a i part of the scheme which originated in the mind of Dowie, and ' make np! the city as planned by him. The man- j ufacturing enterprises are Incorpor-i ated as stock companies and share? soli to'the faithful ct rr.v.;'.i i :r. IN HYDE COUNTY RftMr-r,, Jl.' 1 LIKE STAGGERS, HAS BROKEN OUT AND PLAYS HAVOC. Frota Hyde county there come a report rf a most distressing conditl-u ot affair. Added to the heaw rains wnich practically ruined the crops, a Peculiar disease, somewhat like ths saggers hffs broken out amoni -th hnses. They are dying in great nux-be-rj. it is said that in ono neighbor, hood around Mtddleton and Lake Land Ing sivty horses have died very re cently. The people au eendlng their horses to Washington to get them, out of reach of the fatal disease which Is playing such havoc. Hyde countr always been notet! for Its fine horses and the-loss is very heavy. It ha onlr been a comnamtfrir ei.nr . j mj ouii iimw ii.ee there was a eriom outbreak of some such disease as this. It will mean a heavy loss to the farmers wf.c have already abandoned the Idea of making -anything like a full crop. Thursday's Vote Miss Lucy Gregory .. .. ..1,030 ..L230 .. SS0 Miss Carrie Jewell Miss Mary Pendleton .... Miss Carrie Pappendiek .. 930 Miss Mamie Crbpsey $S0 Miss Leta Andrews S20 510 Miss Inez Broughton Mlsa Llna Gilbert . 2S0 "lias xiujei tuvans 20 Miss Lena Hooper 210 Miss Mattie Hobson . ; 190 Tt. TT 1 -W-. Miss Pauline Stokely Miss Nannie Reid . . Miss Martha Sykes . Miss Helen Wiilh"--: MI S3 Lois Markiirf Mrs.- E. Whitehurst Miss Sadie Fearing . Miss Lou Crops ey . 100 CO CO 40 40 5) CO 20 Miss Kate Banks 20 Mis3 Essie Williams ... Mis3 Mattie Saur. Tefs . . Miss Eva Godfrey .... 20 10 10 New Teacher Selected For Atlantic C. Institute Mr. D. T; I'Anson,.of Conway, S. C, has been employed as teacher of Latin and higher English at. the Atlantic Collegiate Institute for the session opening September 17th. : Mr. I'Anson is an honor graduate of tbe University of South Carolina, nas had three years' experience as princi pal of the graded schooU in Pendle ton, S. C, and comes recommended as a most excellent Instructor of high attainments. The chairman of the board of trus tees of Pendleton has this to say of Mr. I'Anson: "As one of the trus tees, it gi'es me great pleasure to say that Mr. I'Anson has given perfect satisfaction foth as a teacher and as a disciplinarian. . We look upon him as one of the best teachers we have ever had and would glady keep him if we could." When you have the blues, sick headache, constipation or suffer from indigestion take Brown's Little Liver Pills and become a new man. For sale and guaranteed by Albemarle Pharmacy, corner Main and Road streets leader squandered (without criminal Intent, they Insist) a great deal of it atid the city seems at present to bo financially depressed. Mr. Bryson. one can but respect and even admire, thongh widely differing from him In matters of faith and be lieving that he Is tho victim of a vagary of the fancy. He makes no pretentious how of his belief and no attempt to . thrust It upon any one. He quietly and unassumingly goes fcls way, selling honest goods at honest values, "making a living and servia.r the Lord," as h.e expressed IL Ha came here from Norfolk, havlng'corno there fro a Zion City via New .York, Tie T ill ! !" V'" '"' TO ;. PLEASE YU. We therefore kno?? th Our motto is to clear out one seasons goods foeffore the next seasons arrives So re offering The FOR TjrIE CITY THE ORGANIZATION OF A CIVIC LEAGUE IS URGED. HAVING FOR ITS OBJECT-THE. IMPROVEMENT OF TOWN'S CONDITION. The latest sigfon mad for iho i"--ucmenT or l-ir-ib'Ui Cltv i the or would be a branch of I'm American Civic Trieratlon of which J. Honvx McFarhn is president. The federation has for its sote olject the beautify ing the cities, towns and country com- irn.IUcs of America n.! its already h: much In thr.: dl.nctfon. Speaking of the natter this raorn i 1 the gentleman rrfcrrc-l to above saK that there was ' r:r. need fer r.cli an organization icn-. Some g?n tie?r.an yesterday cai'vl aitvntlon to the unsightly condltici cf many of the -trcetes and premise.; of the town. These things nee I at'iulcr. "Wltii a Httle trouble yn.l n v. cr.:r."! -r- rkl fit I It M . t . co iM have as pretty a city as coil 1 be found anywhere in the fJate. "As stated yesterday.- he continued, "we must removt all the -rubbish and weeds from our yards and then clean up the streets and alleys. There are puddles of water or mud. piles of tin cans or other trash , to bo found all over the place. This Is a disgrace to the town and should be well reme died. "Then our trees need attention. Wo do not know how we are blessed with these beautiful shade trees. But for them wo would have a much hotter town than we have. Every time I think of It, It seems to me that we ought to erect a monument to the man who first planted them here. He wa3 a genuine philanthropist of the highest type. But we are entirely too reckless with them. Nothing Is thought of , chopping ono of them down. They ought to be Jealously guarded. and preserved, for they are our richest legacy. .Some cities would give a million Jollars for the trees we have here. They are priceless. "A civic league would look after them and secure the planting of more. It would urge street work and assist wonderfulv In keeping them clean. It wotlld simply be an organization of men and women, banded together Kit" the purpose of making our the city beautiful. They could easily raise by Tmall private subscriptions enuogh money to carry on Improvement work, without adding to the taxes In the lca3t. There are any number of ways In which the appearance of the city could be Improved. The league would not languish for want of work to dol Its organization would t ono of the best things that ever happened la this fnirn " THE VEATHCR. Ionization of a Clvi. Ler,;ue. having ty VrlZ7ir 7 ? Gt4', C0UQ for its object the improver r.t of the y Er Sund ln general appearance of ti.. city.. Th,, tn , V "ornlz th SiV.en Is made bv i r.nn vAo Is toT, X T U he U .mica to see U co. T. ,eiCT1o lt J lTl Men - tm with oar pooJt car method t our prices and rlcal with rockier rriuctiyr, t. irsarc clciranec Globe BEAUTIFUL i IS THIS SUGGESTION' Yeopim Union Meeting. ,Vas Successful Event (Reported for Economist.) The Yeoplnj Union tnMir., -etiort who hail a.t.t . - - "v. u ensaB . ir iv wor tt tar. ion. yet ,3 meantime, did Uot ol,JcC: m the witty savins and humorous anecdo'c toM by the widely knowa an aJmimi Elders T. T. and J. A. s,. Uh n connection with fheir lhood .fay In that focality. Aconr th,. f,.., th tors who gave Ilr.- an I povrer vfho , occasion w. are glad to ns.-ntlon. Ut r. Joslah Elliott, who It pastor at MM Jlo Swamp; Rev. J. V. Ho.... of tir.. n: u. 11. Waff, of ItoynoblMia. T. S. CrutchfleM. of Hertford. and After a m-rraon In th morr.ir.z fmn Rev. T. T. Si iirht. an r!bT.t !ir. ". "'irh ai lh.. ; ...... , .'. the aftcrcoon Ijeunros Hoflrr. m-K'tr-ator, called the union to ord r. Tho regular order of busing of the union was then taken up and cxecute-1 to the pleasure and fotisf action of all present. On Saturday morning Iter. J. A. SpeUht delivered n able. c! iuent. centennial aJrc-sa of old Mid dle Swamp church, giving a foil his tory of people and events from 1S5 to present time. After brilliant dis cussions on Saturday afternoon and a sermon on Sunday morning by Rcr. T. S. Crutchfleld the union adjenraed to meet In next session at IUl!i1 Bridge, in Chowan county. REMAINS OF CLEAN SWEEP SALE SOLD AT A SACRIFICE. Special attention Is called to tho ad. of the Bee Hive now runnlatia this paper. Some rare bargains are offered. After their notably success ful clean sweep sale they hM a num ber of odds and en -Is left on hand, nather than carry them over, they aro selling them out at a sacrifice, many of them being marked down as mucii as ono half. This Is the bargain butt ers opportunity. For constipation, tick headache, dlx xiness and all Liver troubles, use Brown's Utile Liver Pills. Tor f!a and guaranteed by Albemarle Phar macy, corner Mala an Road streets. Full grown Spring ChiGk ens and Hens E arfle Grocery
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