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MASONS IN SESSION.
Will Build a Grand Temple Honor to
Secretary Drewry. 4
The Grand Iodke of Masons te
in session in Raleigh. A move
ment is on foot to build a drand
Masonic temple at the Capital.
A pleasant feature Wednesday
was tfiat of getting Grand Sec
retary Brewryout of the hall to
have a whole lot of god said
about him, rlaaong which was
that he is about to get marriedi
and the body unanimously voted
him a handsdaie present, prob
ably a silver Service set.
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N. 0. Regimental History.
We are proud to have received
the 3rd voluaiQof thp Regiment
al History of North Carolina
Confederates. Its pictures are
rather a curiosity. The best we
see in its resemblance of the
nracont ic flnnt T A. 1 A tttqI 1 I
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Capt. William Johnson, Mrs'1
J C Wadsworth's father, is true
to our .memory of his features
before we entered the'sgcond bat-
tunf j?,ww;m,cw wu i,
fell commanding .his company.
Mr. D B Cpltrane's picture is
"barely recognizable and the only
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inmg mac iooks iikc I'aui u
Means is the ipectacles vvkii the
chord. There is a pretty good
looking youngster that they say
docs hot look like the Standard
man.
It is a handsrme book of 761
pages embossed qn cover with
.the battle flag and State flag,
Gov. Vance's picture is the
fron.ise-pieco in Cqlonel's attire
including sword and belt.
These books cost $1.00 with 25
cents extra for express charge.
. Chicken Show at High I'oiut.
A High Point special of the
15th to the V-harlotte Observer
says': .
The first meeting of the North
Carolina Poultry Association is
now on at this place, the di ors
being opened to the public last
evening The show is "being
held in the AnQhor'Warehouse,
a, structure large enough for
all purposes., About 1,000 head
of poultry and pet sock had been
entered atthe time of the open
ing. Mr. Jesse A. Harrill, the
yeteran uperiotendenti is pres
ent. The judges are menof
nationalfrepntation: Stephen T.
Jea, oft Hodges, p. C, and P J
Marshall of Atlanta. Tlie
secretary is Ur. R L Simmons,
of Cherryvilte. They wltfc all
other officials and faneiersaree
that the noet collection of birifsfCl
ever gu red under one roof in
the Sta; c .m oxhibitiion here
R?.blj, ' including the ABg6ra,
!iialtese, Belgian pigeons an
variety of c)ilclnsl4loi greet
the eye of the victor.
"Love., laden glances are the
wireless messages
Start."
from the
Mr. Sliefofd's Danger of a Jfire.
Mr. Chatles A Sherwood nar
rowly missed e vary serious fire
on Wednesday morning at his
hpnle near the furnilJuro'factory.
On haringsomefching wrong
with one of l)ts sons up stair he
went td see to Jiim. He found
the boy stifled in a dense smoke
and the'boy says since tha he was
as if in a dream that he could
not breathe. Mr. Sherwood
hastened to find the source f the
smoke which was so dense as al
most to bo felt. lTefinally found
a smouldering fire underneath
the house whhch ial charred oil
two sleepers. He has a Buckeye
hand pump and. by cutting the
floor he was soon master of the
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naps nis nve children up
wirs who were fast being stifled
and might have succumbs i with-
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out waking.
ThcS. W.U. C.
w now htoVe another organi-
zation a'mong the fair ones of the
sweeter age. It .was organized
I Wednesday at Mrs R A Brown's
with Mis- ( race Brown as nrpsi-
, , ... . A1,
.dent, Miss Miomo Allen vice-
president and Miss Julia John
son as secretary. It is called the
S. W. G. C. club. It is not ours
to solve the mystic initials.
Ileal Estate Sale.
Mr. J C Wad'sworth made a
sale Tuesday of the Howell prop
erty on North Union street to
Mr. W Frank Morrison. The
consideration was $1,500.
Our Merchants Fill Orders from Coica.
It will be remembered thai
Rev. J R Moose formerly pastor
of a church in Concord is now a
missionary in Corea. Wo have
just been shown an order re
ceived by the Canuon & Fetzer
Company for a bill of goods in
eluding such things as are nqeded
in a family for domestic comfort
&s well as wearing apparel. It
includes about, two hundred
pieces, counting small and large
articles. He sent an .order also
to Mi.. W W Gibson for three
pairs of shoes. All will be ship
ped within a few days via San
Francisco to Soul Corea. He
says he experiences a good deal
of difficulty rn getting "orders
filled in San Francisco arid takes
this method of dealing where he
knows Miat t6 depend upon.
The National Magazine.
The National Majazine for
January edited by Joe ..Mitchell
j;1 tnd ipublishod in Bos
toil,
is on our
esk. It
has a nnTberlbf very "desirable
productions of live intgrast. In
fact ista-ery desirabje magaziie.
Sertator IT nana begtes a series
fit article's irith the January nutn- j
br entitled "Williarf McKinley i
as J!r?v V.'iu". It
nromisps tn '
:-h more than the 1
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ccst of the uauazine.
Petrea-Wilkinson.
At .the home of Mr. 'and
Mrs. Newton Wilkinson at Caa
nonville oi Wednesday night,
their daughter, Miss Minnie, and
Mr. HawleyPetrea wei e happily
united in marriage by Rev. JA
BFry,
1$ rras a quiet homo wedding
at which a number of special
friends were invited to witness
the ceremonyand participate in
the joys of the contracting p'u-t-ie.
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The bri(l was the recipient of
. many presents, including co'stly
! silver w.aretand statuary.
I he was arrayed, in white or-
' gandy and bore a beautiful bou-!
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quet, being the picture o loVe-
liriess and the pro jd groom was
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. manifestly elated with his prize.
Our best wishes go with tljese
young people on their matrimo-
nial voyage.
American Poultry Association
Charleston; Jan. 14-The
Amtrican Poultry Association,
composed of the loading poultry
men of the country, will hold Us
annual meeting here next week,
during the continuance of the
poultry and pet stock show of
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"the exposition. In order to give
Northern, eihibilors full op
portunity to outer their poultry
and pet stock.'the time for mak
ing entries has been extended
till the opening day of the show,
Jan nary 23.
The (Joed or Small Tox.
People who have had the small
pox live longer than those who
havo not, the small pox mi
crobes sw'allow up the microbcsJ
of other diseases, wo aro told.
Tha same authority says that
people suffering from rheuma
tism and gout live long. Dur
ham Recorder. . .
Fire Dead From His Drunk.
A Pittsburg dispatch of the
15th gives a most horrowing tale
of a Pol who came hotne drunk
and made a murderous assault on
his wife, who, though severely
hurt? fought him'off. . Ho then
turned to slaying his children,
when the wife attacked him with
knife in each hand and inflicted
mortal wounds, but 4 ho killed
her. m Including children that
will die of their injuries there f
are five fatalities from his drunk.
Alphabet on JMn Ilcadi
A Baltimore jewoller
has
succeeded in engraving tho
letters of the alphabefcin capitals
on a pin liead Ae it was his
firs! attempt and was done m an
hour aria1 a Italf witha!mmon
engravif instruoiont, he jisprcud
of the job. Morning Star.
IJ. FvKHth Gets tljf Xlurab.
B F Keith, a Wilmington mt,
is to be collector of the port at
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that city in place of Dancy it isf
nv confidently assorted. j
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Jeir 3IS cosea business year an( 1
from now till thrft Jti me every de- 1
I partment iji this large store is thrdwn into a Clear- J
& ance Sflje. 'life re are many remnants and small
lots from the buisy holiday selling that will be sold 3
I -at almost half. This is a
ty and the quicker-you
pleased. It's much easipr. to -count money thfnr
ffoods, h'ence the sale.
i .Dry Goods
. 1,000.. yards, of-5 and 0c
Calicoes in 2 to 10. yard t
E lengths at T
t . . Jc fix V
500.yards of'Tc Percals
in from 2 to 15 yd lengths,
5 Cts
.'Red Flannel ..
10 cts
The remaining 10 and 12
cent Percals, about 500 yd?,
salQ ptice
'. 7kcls
p ll)c Flannelettes,
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P Datterns for wrannnrs and
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P dressing sacquos, to cledn
up 7 cts
1,000 yards of near silk,
yard wide, in all colors, '
r regular 18c, our s)ecial
1 price 10 cts
p Fivo pieces of all wool, )
t jvorsey i'ants uiotn, sold
r for 39c yard, to close out
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Jeans Pants Cloth that is
: good value at 12.J- and
. 15 ets
f Real bargains in large
E size bed quilts frou; 98c to
$2.00.. IVlany remnants and
t odd pieces of Dress. Goods
aro on the bargain counters.
H. L. PARKS
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(eep Coming!
And if moving time is delayed jriuch lon
er we will not have such a job after, all.
For the nhkt faw jlays untill, our new
quarters are really, weare going tojnake
prices that will sell Roods if
Low Prices Will Sell .Them
Thanking you for past
icf pass over our mistakes vh. :: ii
will fry-
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Again thaaking'du
and sec u wo jirft yours totry to rtloase,
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Down goes tln prices we
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Capes, fur trimmed collar,
former price JJ cts, to close
Qut at. ; 3
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All the 1 . 2"), 1 . T.O a n d I . H8 3
Cloth Capes an-n,iiri:-l
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.Cloth Capes thattwer.' 4.w0
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Ladies Jackfs a
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