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Price: $4.00 per year.
SHE JlFWW TO HOt OUT.
PaTment of LIrt Wtrrtiut for $100,000
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Special School Appropriation.
The $lfr0,000 special public
school appropriation &ill be
paid by tjie sheriffs of the
various counties withholding
the amoiifs of the warrants in
fayor of their cotinty.
Tf!e State financies arq, not
orerflowiug the treasury coffss
jwst now and the State Treas
urer decided to take this method
of paying thfappropriations.
The following letter on this
subject was snt to sheriffs
, yesterday by the Treasurer
. You cand send in school war-
rant for your cttnty, in your
final settlement. Send all moneys
collected as-fast as possible only.
holding "enough back, on your
books, to pay school warrant.
News ajid Observer.
The Jnj? Business.
The A. C. L. train whjch
comes in from the north every
afternoon, is now known as the
'jug ft-aiu."
Speaking of jugs, we find the
following in
the Lumberton
Robesonian: ,
Fifty-seyen jugs wtre put off
, at Lumberton in one day many
at Maxton, 'Red Springs and
.
other places but little drunk-
eness is repoted. Fifteen hun
dred jugs feft Hamlet in one
shipment, much of which came
to this county. It is a sad sight
to see such a sinful waste of
money. Fay ettevillo Observer.
A Virginia Hot I by Old Confederates.
Mecklenburg Camp Confed
erate Veterans is. to give an en
tertainment some tiiiie in Marcn
to raise funds to help defray
the expense of 'the veterans to
the annual reunion in Dallas.
One of tho features will.be the
Virginia reel to be d,anced by
twelve old veterans, with twelve
tf the women of the Confeder
acy ,s their .partners. Col. Tom
Ritch who'is ma'na'ger of this
particular feature, says that he
has already sold 100 tickets at
$5 each. Charlotte Observer.
TTonderful Feat of Research.
General Julian S Carr has
won all sorts of praise by his
address on the poultry question
in this city Tuesday night. Any
man whocatrace the history of
the duck fton600 B. C. well,
words are inadequate to describe
such resource and research.
CharlotteObserver.
Too much can hardly besaid
of this tonderful speech. Few
peopte conceived that thar was
so much to learn about the
featbfcred tribe.
Says a Georgia Philosopher:
4:Itisapity we are all more
successful at digging bait than
we arc at catching fiLsh!" At
lanta Constitution.
MR. RUFTV COMPROMISES.
The Southern Pays IHm $V00 for
Death of Children.
CMr John E Kulty com
promised with the Southern
Railway Co., instead of bring-
ftog a suit, as he had anticipated,
yesterday,
The Southern paid Mr. Rufty
$1,990 on ccoun of hedeaUi
of his children ' on QUristmas
eve, both of vrRom were killed
on the. track.
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Mr4 : Rufty had employed
J
counsel to irmtitule a suit but
baiisbury Sun.
Rests In the City Cemetery.
The funeral services of Mr.ffeel amply compensated for our
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flarry B. Smith were conducted
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at 3 p. m. today at. All Saints
.
Episcopal church by the rector,
Dr. J-C Davis, and the remains
were buried in our city.cemetery .
The pall bearers were Mesrs.
B F Bogers, C T Troy, H M Bar
row, J C Wadsworth, F L Smith
and R E Gitison. .
His brothers, J B and T A
Smith were the only relatives to
attend the burial but a number
of close ' personal friends were
among the procession to do
honor tp tho dead. Beautiful
floral contributions manifested
the -sympathy of our citizens:
Would Xot Allow the Marriage!
At Washington, New Jersey a
negro war veteran 71 years old
wanted to celebrate the wind up
of the.yoar by marrying a white
flirl 20 years old. The white
girl was willing, but the Jersey
magistrate who wfts asked to
perform the ceremony indignant-'
ly refused, and a hundred citi
zens thereupon maltreated t'.:e
negro md pulled down his house.
This goes to show that there, are
some prejudices and predilec
tions so ingrained among the
mass of the white people in the
United States as to overturn all
reasoning restraint. The condi
tions in one part of the country
are riot different from, those in
other parts. Philadelphia Rec
ord. The exasperating part of it4s
a disposition on the part of too
many northern people to force
social equality on the south,
which they will not endure them
elves. Leavs Sti Norml.
Prof. P PClaxton, of the chair
of pedadgogy of the State Nor
mal College, has resigned to
take a secret arysliip under the
Southern Educational Beared.
He is one of North Carolina'
most gifted educators. Haleigh
Times.
Xew Cns'i'ess Stand.
I have moved from the Brick
Row to the room over Johnson's
Drug store where I will be.
pleased to have my customers
to call. Patronapre solicited.
1-16. W W Gibson.
"UNCORD, N. 0. FRIDAY JAN. 10.
I Elizabeth City People Score Mayor aog
Chief of Police.
Tho Citizens' Committee of
Elizabeth Cfty severely criticize
the mayor and chief of pohcfc for
lack of co-operation, aevei f$r
hindering them n the master of
the Nellie Crdpsey mystery. Af
ter setting forth thir grievances
and making a financial statement
the oommittoe closes with the
following impressire paragraph :
J "Wljn we -template "Uery best ig takeniJor sample-they have served their
happiness and the joy that we
. y . fci . , . . .
have brought into the stricken
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home by this great uncertainty
iter's name being hel4 in revere
' eoce because of her purjty, we
i m
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e5orts- anorejoice witb you tnat
V 1 J 1 a iL .
vthe
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cold wafers of he Pasquo
Pasnuotanlr
. v- . "A
q love guardod witb toars
cf remembrances, It f eposes near
thfC" scenes of her childhood,
among those that knew and J oved
her best." .
Cornerie Institution Taklir Shape
tTJae board of trustees has been
announced for the Cdrnegie In-
stitution to whom . Mr Cornegie
will convey $.10,000,000 in 5 per
cent..oonds and the institution
has been incorporated.
The nameof GTrover Cleveland
stands first on the Jist after the
ex-offleios The President of the
United.States, , the President of
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the United States ' Senate;" the
Speaker of tho House, of Rep
resentatives; the secretary of tho
Smithsonian Institution; the
president of the Jvational Acade
my of Sciencie
Ivy Institute for KewvLontloii.
The New Jondon corrospon
dent to thJ Albemarle Enter
M ' ft
prise says $1,000 has been made
up to build a school houso at that
place to be. called Ivy Institute,
in honor of the late Mr. John
Ivv. 'Mr. O C Hamilton will
take charge of the soIj'ooI.
Fire In Scotland Keck.
At 3 o'clock on trie morning of
the 8th a tiro broke out In ithe,
Carolina Bufc.gy Co!;, building at
Scotland Neck and it was quickly
consumed, . together with the
town market.
The loss was about $3,000 and
about fifteen workmen were
out of employment.
Tne Way of the Transgressor is Hard.
J P Austin seetts to have left
- J Salisbury. Nothing has been
seen ff him here since his alter-
cation with Mr. Surrnt Ir. is
said that-he has left Sa!isuty'
and vrill not return Until his trial
at the February term of court.
Salisbury Sun. I
Cut this out and
LU l t3 11 IU
M L Marsh's druar store and ret
a free sample of Chaniealain's i
Stomach and Liver Tablets the j
best physic. They also cure i
disorders of tho stomach,
uusness and headache.
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This Sale
lot
is creating a stir and why shouldn't it,, because Gents'
Underwear, Neckwear, Hosiery and Fancy Shirts are
displayed ind sold for less than the actual cost. Some
nr sliorhtlv soiled or wrinkled but not damacred. The
purpose ina wholesale way and'now they go to the con
sumer for almost haif. '."'
Men's Underwear at Almost
. Half:.
Men's pure wool fleeced Shirts
and Drawers to match, regular
uuu imnciis iu uiaugu, iuiat
price L00
per garment, our
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special price
. 62 1-3 cents.
Men's . heavy cotton fleeced
Shirts and Drawers,, regular 50c
gjyds, Uiostly. Jar je "sizes, jsale
price .
25 cents
Men's 25c knit grey Drawers at
15 cents.
A real bargain in Men's Stiff
Bosom Shirte, mostly colored
.hut some white, in sizes 14 to
15J, tho real value of 75c and
There is a limited stock
going rapidly'and we expect -to clean them out IJy Sat
urday. Come and have a look.
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Just Keep Coming !
And if moving time is, delayed much long
er we" will not have such a job after all.
.For the next few' days ufitill, our new
quarters are ready, we are going, to make
prices that will spll goods if
Low Prices Will :Sell .The
.
Thanking you for pafet favor and asking you
to pass over our mistakes when it's possible,.,
we vvill try anddo better in the future.
Again thanking youand-asking you to call
and see us we are yours to' try io please,
The Bell &r.Harris Fur: Co.
Good Job Work!
e substantiate this statement
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to say. whether our work is all right or
not i and jfit is not we guarantee foh
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w our customers. ,
The Standard Job Office
SlNGLB COPY 5 CENTS.
of Sample
ions
1.00, all placed on one table and
marked
50 cents.
Men!s Fancy Sox.
Here are twenty dozen Half
Hosb, hardly any two pairs ex
actly afike. They are as good if
not better than new because they
were made to sell froui.
Men's 50c Socks in black and
fancy colors, sale price v
25 cents.
Men's regular 25c Socks -in
beautiful colors, sale pjt ice
15 cents:
of tliese Samples tiiey are
and leave it to you j
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