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GONCOHD, N. 0.,, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1899.
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A Thrifty Government Clerk Drew a Big !
Salary and a Pension. '
The Postoffice Department is
confronted with a curious case.
A few weeks ago the name of a
clerk was brought to the atten
tion of First Assistant Postmas
ter General Heath as an appli
cant for an increase of salary.
Mr. Heath investigated the case
and found that the man was
drawing a salary of $1,600 per
annum, but the chief of his
division warmly endorsed his ap
plication for an increase, stating
that the man was one of ' the
hardest workers in his office, al
ways at his desk, never missing
a day for sickness or other cause,
mid that, in addition to his own
work, he frequently helped out
other clerks who were behind in
their daily task. General Heath
was about to order a substantial
increase of salary." One day he
was informed that the industri
ous clerk who never missed a
day was carried on the pension
roll as, atotally disabled soldier,
and was drawing a pension at
the rate of $72 per month. This
is the highest pension paid under
the law, and the pensioners who
draw this sum make an affidavit
that they are totally disabled
and so helpless that they require
the constant attendance of a
nurse or other attendant to feed
them, give them their medicine
and in other ways minister to
their every physical want. Ac
cordingly, that clerk who on the
pension rolls was a physical
wreck, drawing $72 per month
and on the rjostoffice rolls was
on of the best nien in the" seK
vice, , drawing $1,600 per year,
received no promotion. Wash
ington Dispatch.
Do You Catch Onl
There was a happy christen
ing matinee at Martain Julian's
home in Bath Beach. v It was a
family aff air, of course, only a
little more r so than usual.
Florence May Julian and Rosalie
Fitzsimmons were the children
and the Rev. C M Williams
fastened on them the names
they will bear through life. Mrs.
Julian was Mrs. Fitzimmons No.
1 once upon a time. The present
Mrs. Fitzsimmons is Martain
klulian's sister." After, the christ-
leninfir there was an animated dis
cussion as to the relationship
each baby bears to the other and
to the various members of the
family. '
ttelief Starts for the Sufferers.
The transport McPherson, well !
jtoaded with provisions for the
Porto Rican destitute, sailed
from New York for San Juan
Monday evening. It will require
a steady stream of relief for the
storm afflicted islanders to pre
vent much loss of life from
famine.
Gen. Davis is quoted as esti
mating that it will require a
thousand tons of food per week
for some time to avert starvation.
The Largest Cotton Crop.
A New Orleans dispatch of the
1-1 th says Henry M-. Neill, an
acknowledged expert, estimates
that the cotton crop this year
will reach the unprecedented
number of 12,000,000 bales. It
seems that as a whole the season
has been unusually good and
the crops above an average.
That Big Hog On His Way.
The 800-pound prize hor pass
ed through Salisbury Tuesday
for his destiny at Biltmore. This
is regarded as the finest hog in
the world.. Like other beings of
renown he travels i
car.
Dr. S. R. Peck, of the South
era Optical Co., of Ch n.rlnttfi' is
here today. He is filling his ap
pointment at the St. -Cloud, as
Both Carolinas Win.
Great interest is taken in the' Undoubtedly the enthusiasm
championship games in Charlotte and interest in the Tarboro-i-this
week between the, Tarboro Union contest at Charlotte today
and Union teams. The teams are will wax exceedingly strong and
well matched and one cannot tell the rooting will be something
what the harvest will be until the awful to hear. One ot. the Caro
game is called off. ' The first day Unas will have to go down to
the score changed just at the last day,- which game ends the
as it did also on Tuesday. Vic-' contest. Concord is well repre
tory seemed almost certain for sented today . by these persons:
the North State boys in a score Drs. L N Burleyson and Robt. S
of 7 to 3, but in the latter half of Young and Messrs. Stuart Mor
the ninth inning the PalmetLo rison, Frank Cannon, JWill John
boys piled up four runs, makiug son, Sam Beatty, Geo. Ury, Tom
the score even. The tenth inniAg White and Quint Smith,
was played and still no change, j mm
The eleventh was half over when . k MILLIONS GIVEN AWAY. :
the Union team scored thede-j
cisive run. It was a hot contest. It is certainly gratifying to the
Rogers, of this place, who is public to know of one concern in
now with the Tarboro team, sus- the land who are cot afraid to be
tained himself excellently in this generous to the needy and suffer
game, making two runs, five hits iDg. The proprietors of Dr.
and no errors. Tuesday's result King New " Discovery for Con
put the Carolinas even on games, gumption, Coughs and Colds, have
, . , " " j 1 giAen away oyer ten million trial
Very Probably Postponed. : bbttles of this great medicine; aad
The Woodmen of the World of fWA -aauawinn of knowing
this place had intended to -unveil
the monument of Mr. S Alex
ander, deceased, on Sunday , but on
account of some arrangements be
ing incomplete, it is not probable
that the ceremonies will be held
this coming Sunday, but later.
It is a beautiful monument and
time ago.. This organization
puts the same kind of monument
to each one of its fallen brother's
graves.
Off for a Picnic.
V
Happy was today (Wednesday)
to the children who took part in
the picnic given by the Sunday
school of St. James Lutheran
church. Quite a good crowd;
numbering over fifty, with a
good supply of chaperonesj went
to enjoy themselves in the grove
above, the Odell mills and to pass
the day solely in amusement.
Baskets and boxes were Haken
along to be emptied hurriedly
when the command was given.
Time for the County S. S. Convention.
Rev. T. W. Smith, ; who: has
but recently learned that he has
been made the successor of Rev.
Chas. F. Rankin as president of
the County Sunday School Con
vention, says that . if arrange
ments can be effected in time, the
county convention will meet on
Thursday, the 31st of this month.
Something more definite may be
expected in our issue next week.
Excursion Tomorrow Morning.
Tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock I
Leonard's excursion will leave
from this place for Wilmington.
A number will probably go from
here. Four cars were side
tracked here today for . the ac
commodation of the crowd.
Preparing for the Winter.
Our townsman, K. L: Craven,
is having a number of . bins built
at the depot to hold his supply
of coal during the winter. He
will also have them painted the
same color of the railroad build-
ings thereabout.
The Vacancy Filled. ' j
The school commissioners met
Tuesday morning to ; select a
teacher to "fill the place made va- j
cant by the, resignation, of Mrs. j
Cole. The teacher selected was;
Miss Daisy Hartsell, of this
place. v ,.
Attention Co. H, Eighth Regiment.
The next annual meeting of,
the Company will -be held in. Mt. j
Pleasant on next Tuesday, thej
22nd hist. All survivors are cor- j
dially invited to attend. j
Jonas Cook. .
Aug
15, 1899.
Messrs. H. S. Ledbetter and
Robt. Steele, of Rockingham ,
were here today the guests of Su-
Off to See the Game.
it h absolutely cured thousands
of hopeless cases. Asthma.Bronch -
itis, Hoarseness and -all dis
eases ot the Throat, Chest and
Lungs are surely cured by it.
Call on if. B. Fetzer, Druggist,
and get a free trial bottle. Regular
size 50c. and $1. Every bottle
' guaranteed, or price refunded.
PERSONAL POINTERS.
H. Mason,
of Raleigh,
was here today. .
Sam L. Smith, of Charlotte,
was here today.
Paul Parks returned home
this morning from Charlotte. j
Mr. G. W. Patterson is
spending today at Misenheimer's
springs. ;
Misses Ida and Neely Rus
sell returned home this morning
from China Grove.
Mrs. J W Cannon and child
ren returned home this morning
from Bosts Mills.
Prof. Jas. P Cook and Mr.
Wm;. Norfleet went over to Char
lotte this morning.
-Rev. and Mrs. J C Davis re
turned home this morning from
High Point and Lexington.
Miss Laura WadsWorth, of
Charlotte, is expected this even
ing to visit at Mr. D. F. Can
non's. ,
Messrs. Robt. GBenson and
Scott Freeze will leave tomorrow
morning on the excursion to Wil
mington. Mrs. A. E. Lentz, Mrs. C. W.
Swink and Miss ,Cbra Lentz re
turned home this morning from
Charlotte.
Miss Annie Welsh returned
to Mt. Pleasant, this afternoon,
after having her eyes treated by
Dr. Wakefield in Charlotte.
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Richmond, Va., August 13.
Mrs. Thomas J Jackson is com
ing to Richmond. She will arrive
m this city tomorrow evening.
Mrs. Jackson has been at the
Buffalo Lithia Springs some
time for her health, which has
been quite bad. She will travel
in a private car over the Atlantic
and I)anville road to Emporia,
and then by the Atlantic Coast
Line to Richmond.
Mrs. Jackson's health has been
so bad for several months that
she is now coming to receive
special treatment from the Rich
mond physicians.
New Artificial Leg.
An English inventor, says the
Scientific American, has devised
a very ingenious artificial leg
and foot intended for use in
"cases of amputation below the
knee joint. It is- mainly com-
foSed of a hollow rubber cham
ery which is inflated in exactly
the same way as a bicycle tire.
Jhe skeleton of the foot is of
wood, and contains within it a
rubber faced joint which per
mits pf movements like those
tnat take place at the ankle. A
Xjair of rubber pneumatic pads
surround the end of the ampu
tated limb, so that no undue
pressure is exerted on the
tissue.
Mecklenburg Has Jfew Cotton .
The Observer says Charlotte
has had one bale of new cotton.
Mr. J M Blakeney brought in the
bale on Tuesday. He has been
first on new bales for fifteen
vears, tne uoserver savs, out
broke the- record this year by
seven days and was only beaten
by one bale in the State.
He What will you take for
kiss? ' v;
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She 1 didn't know there was
any substitute.
t-w.-: ii :i n
in our late war with Spain, diar-
rhoea was one of the most
troublesome diseases the army
had to contend with. In many
instances it became chronic and
the old soldiers still suffer from
it. Mr. David Taylor, of Wind
Ridge, Greene county, Pa., is one
of these. He uses Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy and says he never found
anything that would give him
such quick relief. It is tor sale
by M. L. Marsh & Co., Druggist.
Every Time the Wind Shifts
you can find something new at
Bell, Harris & Go's Furniture Store.
. ..... This
Now listen guarantee. We,
limited, do hereby guarantee
piece of our Anti-Kustmg Tinware against kusx. onouiu any
piece be returned AT 'ANY TIME we guarantee to replace 'each
and every piece with ew goods free of charge, vve msisi on
this guarantee being given with every article sold.
You are tired fooling with cheap tin call and take a look.
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American Prisoners Fair Badly.
We occasionally hear that
American prisoners in the hands
of the Filipinos are faring well,
a thing we are poorly prepared
to believe. The following dis
patch lends force to our fears
and measures the Filipinos more
according to our idea: (
"The Bulletin publishes a
startling story from the Philip
pines, regarding Lieutenant
Gilmore and the party from the
Yorktown, who were captured by
Filipinos and who have been re
ported from official sources as
being well cared for and well
treated. It appears that when
the Americans reached San Isi
dro, where the Yorktown mem
bers and some soldiers and
civilians had been imprisoned,
they found the names of the
prisoners scratched on the walls
of the jail. Some letters from
the men were found secreted
under stone, and a Spaniard,
who had been entrusted with
several, presented them to Gen.
Lawton. The letters told of- the
hardships the men were com
pelled to suffer and bogged that
aid be sent them. The men com
plained that they had been
starved, beaten and bound, and
morever were m rags.
The soothing and healing prop
erties of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, its pleasant taste and
prompt and permanent cures
have made it a great favorite with
the people everywhere. For sale
by H. L. Marsh & Co., Dmggists.
Uur Cotton JliIIs.
partment shows that there are
205 cotton mills in the State, also
13 hosiery, 4 knitting, 1 towel
and 1 cotton goods finishing
mill. Gaston county leads with
22 cotton mills, Alamance rank
ing second , with 19, Mecklen
burg third with 13, Randolph
and Richmond fourth with 12
each. There are cotton mills in
.Jd oi tne v( counties. ruim
An r ii r j tti " i x.
4Mies have over 12 mills eaen.
RED HOr FROM THE GUN
Was the ball that hit G. B.
Steadman of Newark, Mich., in
the Civil War. It cnuced horrible
Dicers that uo treatinei i helped
for 20 years. Thpn Rucklen's
Arnic Salve cured Lib. Cures
Cuts, Bruises, Bunj. Boil , Fel
ons, Cores, Skin Ei uptioijfc. Best
Best Pile cure on er rth. 25cts. a
box. Cure gunrant. . d. Sold by
P. B. Fetzer, Druggist.
time it's . .
the ofiicers of the Lisk M'f'g .Co.,
and warrant each and.. every
J. R. McLaughlin, Pres,
T. W. Martin, Vice-Pres.
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