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IN EVERT RUL,
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Safety, first, liberality-next. Botn
are essential to successful bank
ing. If you are satisfied with our
motto come in and see us. :
Dr. A. B. Drafts
G. M. Glazener
M. E. Whitt
F. E. DUBFEE
President
DIRECTORS.
W .A. Cannon.
P. A. Bly
T. P. Mallorie.
E W. EWBANK
Vice Pres.
Curtis Bynum
J. O. Williams
A. H. HAWKINS
C. E. BROOKS
Cashier.
First National Bank
J MACK RHODES, Cashier.
W. J. DAVIS, President.
K. G. MORRIS, "V.4?rt3.
B. k RHODDS, Asxt. Caxhiex. -
MAKING A LONG
SHORT AND PUTTING ; IT
DOWN A BLACK AND WHITE
Our $3.50 Oxfords for men arc AB
SOLUTELY the best three and a ;:alf
dollars worth that yon can buj. .
The extra quality of the IcHer In
them, the superior workmanship rnd
their high class style, fit and fct'lh
is what makes them so.
If yon are looking fer the hex", try
a pair '. ; . : .' -
Gnn Metal, Tans, Tlcls and Patents.
Lott s v.Gaolk
Shoe
Store
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BAPTIST HOSTS ULL SON MARCH
ON JACSO YlJjliJfi.
Booker t. Washington, negro edur
cator and . negro x financiers.- or me
North, are planning to buy the Inter
national and Great Northern Railroad
at the receivership sale, to be held in.
Palestine, Texas, ou way u;
ni? to a report printed. ; It is said
v.Q -WnshinfiXOn win memyi, w uci-
ate the road with negro labor. exclu
sively, if he .gets control.
ahi 5(1 was the 101st birthday of
Mr. John Medlock who lives on Harris
street in the, urr cotton mm viuage.
n. ATidorKon. S. C. He looks to.be
JLLCal Mvv.. ' ..... .
somewhere in the sixties, is naie ;ana
hearty and attends to, light work. Mr.
uinrv name to Anaerson , several
arn from, Georeia. He has in
asslon 'recodrs .sufficient to
show that his claim-to be 1Q1 is correct
; ri,, AVftntv-fifth anniversary of
the-battle of San -Jacinto that, ended
.trinrpin that -freed Texas from
Mexico, a monument was unveiled at
xi.foxrnio Texas last Friday over the
erave of Sam Houston, commanaer
in the final connici. i ne mouumeui
woo ororted by the State of Texas.
wiiii9m J Brvan was the orator of
the day. Alonzo Steele, sole survivr
or of .the battle, was one of the par
ticipants in the unveiling. : :
Txxrn men met at the inquest over
Wi.Tiflci H. Ahern.83 years of age, a
fArmBr real estate dealer of Creston,-
Iowa, and learned that Ahern? for fifty
y ars had been the ratheroi two large
fomiiios neither of which knew the ex-
instant of the other.- At the inquest
each of the ,two men stepped iorwara
onr ionfled the body as that of his
A conversation between the
mnvinced both, however, that
each was right, r ' ; . ; ':. :
EflOSPJ
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IT'S NO LIGHT ' MATTEIL
to make a choice of lime and cement .
Your decision means a. lot in both the
character of your building and tuture
repair, bills.;; Let us prove: from the
testimony of actual users v that our
building materials are not alone the
best to use but are by far the cheapest
in the end. ; . s .
Timflfnrd Knanti will have charge
f fha farm demonstration work in the
smith 'established by his late father,
Dr. Seaman A. Knapp nnder the au
spices of the Federal Department of
AcHfMilture. the general education
board supplying the funds. Ira W.
wmiama. State, aeent of the demon
stration work in South Carplina, has
been advised of the appomunem.
Messrs: Knapp and Williams are both
in Jacksonville, attending the meet
ing of the conference for, education
in the south and cenferrlng with mem
bers of the genera ducatfon. board,
Forty-three hoboes from one train is"
Manage Your Income.
Don't let it manage yon. I yon
didn't have the money yon
wouldn't spend it. Then why
spend it simply because yon have
it? Open an savings - account at
The First National and save pari
of your funds.. They'll work for
you 25 hours every day 4 per
cent, Interest compounded.
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SiMirtorn1- Rn tl&t Convention nill
Dlnst In Th for ItS An
nnal Gatherin Important ( Session
Forecast.
acou.ill, Fla., Apiil 22.TIn a
iitt'ft inot than tiiiee weeks, the
outHe.u Eaotist conveation will meet
j. Jacksoavnie, Fla. This is the
ir J vl-ie the body has ever met in
. c. Tfl-ri nf Flowers. Preparations
on a laree scale are being made for
the entertainment of. the messengers,
and, unless all signs fa41. this promis
&c t.- ho a memorable meeting.
Some interesting gossip is already
going the rounds as-to wno win De
elected to the difterent ofilecs. There
seems io be a disposition to elect a
new president in the place of Hon.
. .. ,m i
Joshua Levering tne j V" a record that wiir probably stand In
fee merchant of Baltimore. He has it was made
heU tii. office for,e'C on an AUantie Coast-Una special op
some Atf et the opinion tiiat the hon- Jacksonville to Lexington,
or should b . passed, on to some one and officers had completed their
el!e; : it raid by the , time the -train reached
in xne long agy . , Waveross Three special agents, u. r,
to let a brother hold the office idenfl- Way0SS i ma rom. Way.
nitely. It was held fof three yers sad;Cs& Godhold of Savannah
by William D. Johnson, of South S A Taida made on the cars
Carolina, who "" ot the special. They had with them
for four years by R. B. C HoWell, , of P1 1 f of handcuffs, and worked
Virginia; ror two years oy. - rucnaro u
Fuller, of Maryland; for seven years la car at a ume-
by P. H. Mell, of Georgia, Jind after OSHORNE ATTEMPTS
an viaro' I : TO REPAY REBT TO' OLD SLAVE
w All . m
James P. Boyce, or KentucKy miea mjnd wo Who Once
the posiUon tor eignt years, ana wen. TifA tftT SflT That of
after, an inter regnum oi eign, y ,51.56 Anneals to 3Iarse
be nilea it ior anouxer year, -uua- - f - - . ArriafjMf nn
than Haralson, or AiaDama, was 7AT: " , ' itv A.hnrrro l?M
.,-t, 9nt. o voura nniT t npTl the . aigci.-iuiur.. iu "
yicomcuk v j , i x xj. poll - t .
desire for shorter terms took posses- Pfn 20.Marse Jim
sion of the breren wiiiiamffl omlse to
Northern, a Georgian, held the office "V. osbornel a centenarian to
for three years : James r. agie oi Pete's" boy Edward, on trial
Arkansas, ior inree i. w . oteyus - charred with murder.
?L!ioulb "Old Pete" Osborne fs a negro, and
ivenug, ui ,u,uv, w. .-.w for young "Marse Jim's
tlire' T,;r..wa f '- father on a prantation fitfftr Charlotte
who has been secretary of the body N-Oid Pete,
for 29 years, and tne Dest . one wno - d u through
ever served his brethren, is being string wua , fa
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tfl into a stream and saved n-srer-
iM "TarRP Jim" from drowfiing'and
siftpr a snan of years "Marse Jim"
(rrown to be a nrominent New York
wver and fo,'ner assistart fiismci
York toolr uv taSK
nf trvine to save his rescuer's son.
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Mr. Osborne recounted some or tniF
toy before Judge Crain in court to-
1n-. when he anneaien t? ntn.-i . ".n-
vard Osborne,- on trial f or ; the mur-
'nv when he anneared to defend .a-
-t'iAl lawyer sat "Old Pete,"
white-haired and yenerble listening
vith Derfect confidence , to the
lawyer, who feelingly told oi tne aeDi
COffHtl,
dfint. They think it would be a nt
ting compliment for his faithfulness
to bestow this , honor upon him.
Dr. William E. Hatcher, or .Virginia.
ia also being spoken of for the plare
He is well known and very popular
amone the brethren, and there is r.
sentiment to bestow this crowning
honor uDon him in his old age
Another man who is being mention
ed for the place is Dr. Samuel' Pa?
mer Brooks. Dresident of Bayor co1
lege, in Texas. He is not a preacher,
but he is a self-made man, a snlendid
presiding officer, and he, is ' from a
. 1 . i J ...v. nH
Slate tnai nas uuu muu xux - - maQ
ganized won. or tne convenuon, auu om Pete.. had seventeen children
yet has never been honored by the . . bab He is 29 years
presidency of the Doay. ld now Some years ago the old
. SU11 another man who is being men- ywitQ Edward
tionea in . connection '"nJ, Osb orne fell in with a bad crowd. One
dency isDr. W. .W. Landrum now livT ne became ln.
L. ,in CZ: Z vblved -in a fight in a restaurant at
waoie buuwu. carmine and Bedford streets. Some
to the work of the convention he Mg back d Ed.
comes.froman honored family, many Osborne drew a revolver. Louis
of whose names jace tne aenom n a- &hQt and killed. 'My client
tional records, and with it all fe is a self-defenst," said Mr. James
man' of splendid executive ability.-He w, Qsborne today. He acted as peace
has a wide acquaintance among the was stabbed and drew his re
brethren, he is universally popular J to defend himself. I owe a
and, as it has been many years since dt gratitude to his father and
there was a . f.Pff n -?f2 am here to repay it"
is a strong probability that he may u empanelling
be called by his brethren to this ex- x ,
alted position. , ' ' a 3" y' '
It goes without saying that Dr. ' a nTieh!iiT Honse.
Burrowes and Dr. Oliver Gregory will. AESf hIny H011Se-. , .
be re-elected secretaries of the con- ' which was erect-
venUon, unless Dr Bwrowes Bnonia rk lotb tween two other build
be -elected president. Jhey .have JJ- - d JLed ia ita interior ar-
served their bretnren weu ana - o - woman who loved
fully, .and I .hard indeed l , would i itoe iSSgj; accordingly SOUgth to
to find their equals . in p difficult I?lmuSiate it for the dark days which
work committed to their hands. mugt inevitably Come in the year's
"' " " ' calendar. Every room and hall was
vmAT DOES FRESHNES8 RXSAI.I.T tInted a Soft, delicate yellow, yet there
. . . , . . . was no monotony in the tone, as the
Flowers plucked yesterday, left in the .. t, J, . aa mnm
living room; will not be found as fresh fW
today as those plucked even days betore
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wnicn nave Deen Kept protectea irom tne
ntmnsnhere and dust.
Rvartlv the same thinir is ' frm . hi
rookincr fats! Most of them are oacked
in tubs or loose-covered pails exposed
nlan nf each room
bn Jght out differtent g-adattona of
thA color. . ' .
A series of arches m the entrance
fcaii -mariA a fine tone effect. In tne
tmictYirv-i'r rooms had sKyupnts or
amber elass: a most beautiful tone
Doors a t 85 c.
and up:'
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and
Sjoffiinigs
.50
a
srea
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&95
'a
Shepherd,
good bed aj
Furniture Store
Tour mony back if not satisfied In one vreek. -s.l.Jj
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Wmk $i Ewbaoli.
Real Estate Brokers and In
surance Undrewriters
Citizens Bank Building
Two - Vauable Main Street Btrildin'gs.
IF, YOU ARE INTERESTED 1JV III.
PROTED MAIN STREET PROPER-"
TT WE HAVE TO OFFER T1V0 GOOD
INVESTMENTS IN" BUILDINGS IN
ONE 0Fv THE BEST BLOCKS IN
TOWN.
BOTH ARE OCCUPIED AND PRO
DUCTIVE AND WILL PAT GOOD IN
COMES ON THE PURCHASE PRICE.
ATTRACTIVE TERMS CAN BE AR
RANGED. WE CONDUCT NO AUCTION SALES
Insurance Reat Estate
Renting : -
ft.
n ; ?L 1s!Tco7-er-LaicJxp. norf from these skylights. There
io me air,, uusi or - ouurs, auu iucy i - - -: - . i
quickly deteriorate in quality. Cotto- was always such a cheerfurtonen
i . . i. - UV nrr mnttpr nOW CTaT tile
iene, nowevcr, is pacKeu in seaiea, air- i tuo i -
tight pails. No matter how long it is day. that good spirits always prevail-
c-f i1imtnicVirl in f-rfcAcrtrt iinimfioirA in-l fomHTT "Wflfl nft.fiH attributed tO s tne
V strength" the real meaning of the yellow tinted walls and the amber
J word as given by standard lexicons. g'ass-skyllghts.. - ; -
-BIG INVESTMENTS-
Call in at our bank and get a list
of real estate bargains we have in
paymeots on the very best 'snr-
property- ;
charge
Easy
burban
WetiiteskaTrust & Banking
Company. .
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