I General News. The lust Legislature passed an act appropriating $100,000 extra for school purposes. This money is not in the treasury and State Treasurer Worth says that the schools will not ret it before late next year, unless more money is paid in or less paid out as expenses. The small-pox scare at Siler City is declared off by Dr. Chapin. It is com pletely stamped out. The mattress factory in Lenoir was destroyed by Are recently. . The celebrated evangelist Dwight L. .Moody was prostratet by heart trouble on Nov. 17, at Kansas City. He has rone to his home in Northfield, Mass. Six different concerns have been awarded the contracts for construc tion of the new cruisers authorized by Congress. The Kimberly mines are practically closed now. Game Warden Johnson and his posse had a fight with trespassing Utah Indians at Glenwood Springs, Colorado. One indian was killed. i vnieago orcnestra reiusea an m- i vitation to play; at the Paris Exposi tion on account of the Dreyfus ver dict. Air. Hobart's condition remains the same. resi- Boer d inrv lnol .. ... -.6 .wouiriiue , oi the Zulus. Thev Tn nil am ..ii.. 1 . v xvui an niuicK on the unarmed dent Britieh.- Gen. RulW h ot uu omciai re port of the attack on the armored train sent out from Estcourt. 'iThe officer commanding the troops at Estcourt reports at middav that an armored train left Estcourt this morn- in with a company of the Dublin Fit- oil oiiccib aim a company of the Durban Volunteers, North of Frere thev en countered a party of Boers and began to'withdraw. While retiring some of the trucks were derailed. The Dublins turned out and advanced towards the Boers, while the rest of the train an- years io nave returned without them to Estcourt. I m u i mc umcer commanding thp tmmm reports that he was sending mounted troops in order to cover their with drawal, but about 100 are missing." The World's correspondent, Wins- ion Lnurchhill was wounded in the hand and captured. Ten thousand Boers are .reported to be under Gen .Toubert prepared to op- ! pose the British relief to Kimberlv, and some hard fightin is in store. In the riiillinines. Mrs. Aguinaldo has had the mis fortune to lose her line clothes. The Americans have it. Wonder if anv Severe snow storms are rainnir in wiU De brought home and sold as Newfoundland, doing much damage, V I curios? the trains being blocked and telegraph wires being broken.' Several vessels aremissing. ; Masked men boarded a train at Ash tabula, N. Y. on the 16th and looted an express car. It is . not thought that they got any money. The Crown Prince of Japan is to have an earthquake proof palace con structed of steel. A Chicago lirm is to construct it. Whole cost is $3,000-000. 'War Ninvs South Africa. The Boers have 1300 British priso ners at Pretoria, guarded by Germans. Dispatches from ; Pieterraaritzburg state that Ladysmith is being bom barded night and tfay. The Boers have destroyed one of the bridges over Tugela River. ' - It is now thought that the Boers will succeeed in cutting oif Esteourt. The same tactics that was practiced -bv them at Dundee are being resorted to - again. . . . 1 The admiralty ' announces that an other troopship, Arcana, has arrived at Cape to wn .' There are now 23, 500 enforcements in South Africa. The English think that this force will be sufficient to take the offensi ve against the Boers: - en. Buller has been obliged to change his original plans from the fact 'hat unexpected points hadr need of troops. . ' r The Boers have entered Aliwal North, and hoisted the Transvaal flag declaring the country theirs. The British residents in Zululand ape getting uneasy on account of the Two American prisoners have been retaken by the Americans Gen. Mc Arthur has begun a move- Asheboro, ment northward and will push onto Bayomboug. The insurgents are re ported to be massing north of Tarlac to resist the movement of the Ameri cans. The War Department has received a dispatch from Otis that it was im possible to send the remains of Maj. John A. Logan home now. 5Ltbevt. IRocmal College - 1 1 ' i ; ' - : : , ' . i IN ITS FOURTH YEAR. Good buildings and equipments. Able Faculty. Board and Tuition cheap. LOAN FUND OF $3000.00. THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH WILL BE USED TO HELP NEEDY .STUDENTS. Students from several of the differ ent sections of North Carolina. Best moral and religious influence. For inform ation write to Thomas C. Amick, A. M., President. Liberty, N. 0. JOHN T. BRITTAIN ATTORNEY AT LAW. - 'i' - N. (". All business looked after promptly. M. 0. HAMMOND, ATTORNEY AT LAW Asheboro - - - N. C. Prompt attention given to all busi ness. Office, in Ross and Rush build Later. - Gen McArthur has occupied D". . . . Gerono. The insurgents fled last bun- a q a If DT Gi pfPY R day, while the natives remained and . seemed to have no fear of the Ameri- If this notice has a mark drawn over can. rne insurgents Durnea uie ae- it vou mavknow that "it is a samnle pot before they left, but destroyed I Vou are thereby solicited. , to nothing else. There is but one good , 4 4, . You get 52 copies for 75 cts. less than six hours to travel seven miles. The inhabitants of the country the one and a half cent per copy It takes troops are occupying are less loyal to two cents to send a letter, In the Reg- Aguinaldo than the people of otner ister you get a great dea1 more than Nov. lb McArthur occupied Panique, nerally do in a letter. If yoiihave the insurgents having fled before he ever lived in Randolph you want the arrived. He is repairing the .cap- news from Randolph. Take the Reg tured railway stock in order to use it ster. in moving supplies Taken in all it is reported by refu gees that the insurgents are not able to decide which way to turn as tne Americans occupy so many points. Dr. Joneson a former chief surgeon says that all respectable Filipinos are disffusted with the conduct of the in surgents, and are glad that the Amer. icans have the upper hand. THE RANDOLPH PRINTERY does the nicest work. CalJ. Melanchthon News. Mr. Sandy Gray, of Level Cross spent .Tuesday night at Mrs, Aaron York's. Mr. G. was brother-in-law to the late A. York. School commenced here M on day under favorable auspices;. Forty pupils were enrolled to start with. It is hoped we will have a good school. " ; . 11 We would like to ask the print-

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