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- - A- negroby the riairie 'of David New
, kirk, 40 years old, was struck by a
street car in front of the Y. M. C. A.
building at Wilmington early Thurs
day Jiightr recervtagrinjuries,; from
s whlch-be died' at the hospital half an
hour later. He was attempting to
cross ; thestreet when struck : by the
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The county commissioners of Dav
idson county have decided to' make a
very important change in regard to the
countythome. The board has decided
to do iia way with the old system and
employ a, 'superintendent that - knows
his business He must be an expert
farmer in addition to knowing how to
manage the home. The county owns
one hundred and twenty acres of the
best land in the county and the board
is planning to" make It a model farm.
DavidsdnvisTsaid t6 have the best coun-
ty home " in : the state, a handsome
structure of brick and tile, equipped
with steam heat, water and sewerage
It cost more than $20,00
The North Carolina Fish Convention
will meet in Newbern in December 13
and 14. This convention is called by
the North Carolina Geological and
Economic Survey, the North Carolina
; Fish Commission and the North Caro
lina Oyster Commission.
A one-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs.
G. R. Davis, of Salisbury, was burned
to death while playing on the hearth
at home Thursday afternoon, death fol
lowing some hours after the burning.
The remains 0f Mr. Willie O. Stuart,
one of the early - inmates of the Odd
Fellows estate- Orphanage at Golds-
boro. who -was killed- in a railroad
wreck near Atlanta, where he was
. mDloved. arrived in that city Thurs
day afternoon"for interment, beside
his brother Sam, who was drowned at
Wrightsville Beach, near Wilmington
some years ago.
. The SDencer Methodist church was
the scene on Wednesday night of a de
lightfuL welcome extended to the new
ly-appointed pastar, Rev. H. C. Sprin
kle, and his family who have just mov
ed to Spencer. The exercises were
presided over by W. H. Burton, chair
man of the board of stwards, and the
attendance was was large, all denom
inations in Spencer being represented.
Pursuant to an order of Judge Boyd
of the United States district court, in
the case of the bondholders against the
German-American Company, the big
cotton mill at Draper, Rockingham
county, owned by the defendant com
pany, was sold at public auction at
Draper last week. The Thread Mills
Company of Monticello. ' InL, was the
only bidder. Its bid being $435,000 for
the Teal property, including the land,
buildings and machinery, and $78,000
for personal property, including stcck
on handy- cotton, contracts ana sup
plies. -
There has just been filed for record
with the register of deeds for Wake
county -a deed of trust by the South
ern Railway , Company for $1,500,000
for the . purchase of rolling stock for
the Southern service. ,
" Mr." W. ' It. Sullivan, who fas,. Several
years has been assistant to Ptslder.t
f jm. Kmprson of the Atlantic Coast
tjtip Railroad Company, has teradered
his resignation, effective January 1
1912, at which time he will go to New
York city, where he will accept a re
snonsible uosition with the .firm of
Redmond & Co., international ba.hkers.
Thursday morning of last week,
about ; 11 o'clock,- Mr. Will Little,' a
much esteemed young man of Anson
ville, borrowed a friend's pistol, walk
ed to the office of Drs. Dunlay & Shal
lum and shot himself in the presence
of Dr. Shallum. The deed was done so
quickly and unexpectedly that the Doc
tor could not orevent it. Grave fears
are entertained for ; his. recovery.
Only fifteen of the fifty-tiine appli
cants' for licenses to practice pharmacy
in this State, who undertook the exam
ination before the state ' board - at Ral
eigh Monday passed. Thirteen of the
applicants were negroes and five of
them passed, one a negro woman, Ma
teria E. Dye of Charlotte.
Mr. L. M. Carpenter, a well-knownv
farmer of Oak Grove township was
found dead Thursday morning in bed
fit his home twelve or fifteen miles
Durham.
At the monthly session of the board
of aldermen of Elizabeth City Monday
evening, a franchise was granted the
North Carolina Gas Company to build
and operate a gas plant in that city.
Following closely the announcement
jof the increase in salaries of the cler
jical force of the entire system of the
Atlantic Coast Line, of a few days ago,'
Lcomes the announcement that the fore
smen on the line in the roadway depart
ment are to receive increased pay, ef--fective
December' 1. The schedule
of increase, which has just been work
ed out gives a raise of $4 a motnh. to
those who have been receiving $50 a
month; $5 to those who have been get
ting from $51 to $60 and $6 for those
who have been getting $60 and. up.
With a brilliant reception that con
tinued through all of Saturday and
Saturday evening, the new Greensboro
Young Men's Christian Association
building was formerly opened to the
public. More than two thousand per
sons visited the building. The build
ing and lot represent an investment of
$63,000.
Col. R. S. Lee, a grandson of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, has been invited by the
Stonewall Jackson chapter, United
Daughters of the Confelo-;c7. to de
liver the annual" address in Charlotte
cn Lee-Jackson day, Jan. 19.
CLAKir TESTIFIES .IJf " ";r ' "
K-r: vv.,e;:;HJWEriGIIT CASE.
TVJIEEE TO LITE.
To Audit Slate Books.
Shelby, Dec. 9. Senator O. Max
Gardner leaves tomorrow for Raleigh
to serve on a committee with Senator
Rascoe of Bertie, Representative Cab-
iness of Wilkes and Henry Stubs of
Martin county to audit the books of the
State, including the State Treasurer,
Insurance Commissioner, Corporation
Commission, and Auditor,
will take a week or more.
3few York Concern's Business Vfith
the Bankrupt Brokers Amount-
v- ed to $1,000,000. - - r
Huntsville, Ala. December 9. Hen
ry Suavet, a clerk in the office of F,
Vacgerpen, of New York, was on the
wittnes stand all morning in the case'
of the government against John W.
Knight, the cotton dealer charged with
using the mails to defraud. . He wa3
summoned by the prosecution. Suavet
identified a large number of drafts?
bills of lading and other paper han
dled, by his firm for Knight,' Yancey
& Co.
On cross-examination, Suavet ad
mitted thats Vangerpen & Co., had a
great many" dealings with Knight,
Yancey & Co., that did .not growput
of bills of lading, and. that' the deal in
one season on the cotton exchange
amounted to a vast sum, . perhaps a
million dollars
Religious Promoters Offered Wine. :.
New York, Dec. 9. That the New
York campaign of the Men and.Relig-
lon f orward Movement was not open
ed with the aid .of a corkscrew is no
fault of the Hotel Astor management.
When the two hundred diners took
their places at the tables at the open
ing dinner last - evening they found
wine glasses in place, wine lists placed
where they could not be overlooked,
ash trays in abundance and match
boxes for every one. - '
someone nau Diunaerea, .someone
had expected a high time, to all ap
pearances, and not a few of the "key
men"1 of the churches, not to say min
isters of international reputation, were
itnrtlorl when thev caw tVi o "law-rtnt"
'-When' wine orders were not received
the waiters ostentatiously laid the
wine cards before the diners, a-hemed
and asked
"Do you wish something to drink?"
Not a single order, was received.
After the speaking began a few cigars
were lighted, but they were allowed to
die out when it was seen that smoking
was not to be general.
3Ir.
LaFoliette,
Come to
Says Judge, Should
Chatty-noega
(From Judge.)
Russell
Bay State Bar Asks Hoke Smith to
Deliver Annual Address.
Washington, Dec. 9.- Senator Lodge
received from the state bar associa
tion of Massachusetts a request to de
liver in person to Senator Hoke Smith
of Georgia, a invitation to deliver an
address at annual meeting of the bar
association on December 28.
The invitation will be presented
upon senator Smith's return to the
city on Monday.
The very beautiful Lillian
should.live at Butte, Mont. - :
The osculiatory Richmond P. Hop1
son should take up. his abode at ML
Kissco, N. Y. ..' " ;
The talkative .Senator LaFoliette
should try a Season at Chatty-nooga,
Tenn. H $ ' .'; V V-v: y-
The members of the Cabinet should
flourish at Council Bluffs, la.
The motorist auto try Mobile.
The cyclist should do the same with
Wheeling. - .
.The average coal dealer might profit
from a season at Fulton, N. Y. ; v :
The surgeon out of a job might set
at Lansing,. Mich.
A Bostonian in exile might find
comfort at Lima, O.
As between Lockport and Preeport,
the average jailbird would probably
prefer the latter.
A bill collector might find the cli
mate of Dunkirk, N. Y., more or less
salubrious.
- The unappreciated old maid might
stand a greater chance if she moved to
Manchester. ,
The . emperor of Germany sent into
exile jnight settle at Williamsburg.
. Under the sarde circumstances the
king of England might go to George
town, although his illustrious grand
mother, would have been happier at
Vicksburg. : V-
A Romeo ' under sentence, given a
nhMce of penitentiaries might choose
am Bernhardt might spend the
last year of her life in Saratoga.
A chronic kicker might find relief
from a season on the Kickapooh res
ervation. - ,
A firstclass home for ah amateur
wPion ought to be found at Fishkill
It you want to try a puppy farm,
why not try Young-kers, N. Y?
Retired '- Tammany leaders should
enjoy the breezes of Bos-ton.
widest, i??ed. . Store
Our stand has long beerivone of
W the most reliable FeeHi Stores
iy In the City
Increased stock in every lineof Horse
Cow, etc., Feeds;
BERJS BROTHERS
Wholesale & Retail Grain and Feed
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waras
araware
Company
ought to prove a good field of endeav . See, New Postoffice Department ruling.
or.
For an opera singer, there should be
few places like Sing Sing or anywhere
on the high deep seas.
For the author of a thing like this
well, Tombstone would seem more ap
propriate than Yuma.
lANNOUNCEMENT
Tot Floats on Cloak.
Schriever, La., Dec. 6. Kept afloat
by a heavy plush cloak until his baby
sister could give the alarm, the 4-year-
oia son or nenry uaigie was rescued
yesterday from Bayou Terreboune
into which he had fallen while trying
to get across. The boy's mother
rushed up and leaped into 5 feet of
The work water and saved him. He was suffer
ing mostly from exposure.
JUakes a Ten-Strike.
Mr. Andy Brown, was here irom
Gap .Monday. Mr. Brown this year
sold $309 of tobacco grown on one
acre of ground. Mr. Brown says the
thing for the farmers to do is to stop
cultivating so inuch land, and work
that which they do use, better. He
plowed that tobacco every week, he
says, and it responded to his careful
treatment with hard dollars. Dan
bury Reporter.
Having purchased the stock of good
formerly owned by
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Feed and Etc.
With courteous treatment, nromnr de
livery, goods as represented, with nrire
as low as the lowest, I shall try to merit
your confidence.
Hayne A, Dermid
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Modern mothers and wise-acre cooks use '
Cottolene, instead of butter or lard, for
frying and shortening. The reason is plain
as the nose on your face.
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Cottolene is a vegetable product, made from
purest refined cotton oil. It contaiip no
libg fat or impurities, is made in a Ibu
fii clnly manner, never sold in bulk, its
purity and freshness are absolutely guaran
teed, and it makes food which is free from
grease and indigestion.
Hnitations of Cottolene are thicker than
. blackberries in season, so "be sure to ask
for and take only Cottolene, the original
Ie . food shortening. : It is economical
because it-goes one-third farther.
Made only by THE N. K.TAIRBANK COMPANY.
I Office 1 0 Pack Square
Students; may enter at any time. We will'sell scholar
ship for the single course.includingtShorthand'or Bookkeep
ing with English for $35.00, cash: $50.00 monthly pay
m ts. Our scholarships for the combined course is $50
cash, or $70 monthly payments,
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"Your Food- Lengthens Your Life
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We will sell a scholarship thosh desiring to enter
early in the New Year for 10 per cent discount, proyied you
send us $5.00 atnce. To ,those desiring easy terme we
wilFsell scholarships for $1 0.00 nown and $3.00 per month
until paid. Scholarships are good at any time; " V
For further particulars
ADDRESS
Miss Pearl Holman
10
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