PUBLISHED EERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY.
"Vol. IV No. 285.
KIN15TON, N. 0., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1902.
Price Two Cents,
GENERAL NEWS.
Hatters of Interest Condensed Into i
Brief Parasraphs.,
, The plant of the Tupelo, Miss., Cotton
Compress company, together with 700
bales of cotton, was burned Monday,
loss 150,000.
Harry 8. Mew, of Indianapolis, has!
been offered the office of first assistant
postmaster general to succeed William
Johnan, of New Jersey, who has re
signed. ,
' Joe. Higginbotham, the negro who on
January 11th criminally assaulted and
attempted to murder Mrs. Ralph Weo
. ber, at Lynchburg. Va., was hanged
Monday. '.-',
Dr. Thomas EstrandaPalmaaudSenor
Esteveiwere Tuesday tormally elected
hv tho AlMrtAml poIIam. resnectivelv first
president and first vice president of the
Cuban republic, senators were aiso
elected
The conductor of a wrecked passenger
train at Cayuga, N. Y., on the Auburn
. branch of the New York Central, wired
. Monday night that no passengers were
killed in the wreck, but four trainmen
were seriously hurt.
At the Pennsylvania Athlectic club
In Philadelphia Young Peter Jackson
and Tom West, of New York, were to
have fought six rounds Monda night,
bat West quit during the second round
after receiving some severe punishment.
Own Zeiarler and Tommy Corcoran,
welter weights, met before the Savannah
Athletic club Monday night for a 25
round contest for the southeastern
championship. Corcoran was knocked
cut in the tweucn round, arcer a last ana
game contest. .
Sixty-four men are reported to have
luurn Will,.! nAA y)nal.n Aliln
which occurred on ' the J Montenegrin
frontier, between Albanians and Turkish
regular troops. The troublle was due
to the recent assassination of .an Alban
ian chief, Mulaseka.
The situation at Barcelona Is some
what nlieved. The factories are work
ing and all the street cars are running.
Tranquility rules, bnt the precautions
taken for the maintenance of order have
not been relaxed. Fifty-six people were
killed during the riots.
Prince Henry was warmly received in
Washington. He was welcomed by the
. mMtfijfan. A.n1 tifa A.Mnot Anil fchrftiaunria
. 5.i k ... TiA. Knnlt.
party and Prince HenrjTand party nrou. w K" -
special trains, left Washington at mid
night Monday lor Mew I or.
William Emerson Richmond, or as he
l was familiarly known, "Billy Emerson,"
the famous minstrel, died Monday night
In Hawaii wIum tiA . fiojf IlvAji mvamI
months past. Death was due to a com-
plication of disease, resulting In con
sumption. He was 56 years of age and
' s native of Belfast, Ireland.
Senator Fry e, president pro tern, ot
the senate, gave directions to the clerks
of the senate Monday that the names of
Senators Tillman .and . McJaurln of
South Carolina must not be called on
roll calla of the senate until further no
tice. This fixes the status of the sen
ators, who are practically suspended
from all senatorial functions.'
A run was started Monday on the
Dime Savings Bank of Detroit, Mich.
A report became circulated in the vicinity
of the bank's Jefferson avenue branch
that the institution held considerable of
F. E. Andrews paper and a run started
on the strength of this. The bank stood
the run, however, and depositors were
paid their money as fast as they went
lorit. . . r : ,-
William Jennings Bryan was the guest
of honor at a luncheon given by Colonel
KUbourne, at his residence In Columbus,
O. Prominent Democratic leaders were
also present aod a conference was held.
Mr. Bryan denied that he is going east to
confer with Democratic leaders, and also
denies the report that be would call on
ex-Senatov Hill and pledge him : his sup
Jort for the presidential nomination in
904. . . -
, . Limit of Mleroacoplo Power. .'
Professor McKendrick In his presi
dential address to the physiology sec
tion of the British association remark
ed that the smallest particle of matter
that can be seen with our present mi
croscopes is between one four-hun-
dredth-thousandtb and one five-bun- J
dredtb-tbousandth of an Inch In diam
eter. The diffraction of light In the
microscope forbids the possibility of
seeing still smaller objects. . Yet the
living spores stuaiea py pnysioiogists
are sometimes probably even smaller
In size .than the most minute particle
tnat tne most perrect mis cro scope can
show. ; . - " -; --. y .
Granadi For Dlroree.
A north side woman sat up till 1
o'clock the other morning waiting for
her husband to come borne. At last,
weary and worn out with- her lonely
TlgU, she went up stairs to retire only
to discover the missing husband there
fast asleep. Instead of going down
town he had stolen up stairs and crawl
ed into bed. and It made his wife so
mad she didn't fp?ak to him for a
jjreek. Chicago News.
A. ffclloaopber.
,Ta, wtt is a jLHoscfLcr?"
"A rLiloFopfcer. Jimiry, Is a man
iwho thinks be Las got Uirocsh telrg a
fol."-MotLcrbooi
V.'cr: l 1 :. 1 perse
s vrl cr-;'.-,!a t!.r.
is are cot
the
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FISH AS FOOD.
Tli Best Klada to Eat ut the Wr
to Cook Them.
Fl1i constitutes one of the most val
uable articles of diet for mankind, al
though the popular notion that It In
good brain food because of the phos
phorus It contains ia Incorrect As a
matter of fact fish meat In general con
tains less phosphorus than most kinds
of flesh meat .But it Is good for the
brain Indirectly, for It Is less stimulat-
lng than flesh meat, Is usually digested
more easily and causes the production
In the system of fewer of the waste
products which, if not at once elimi
nated, act Injuriously upon the dell
cate nervous system
The tost mentioned property Is one
which renders fish of especial value in
the diet of persons suffering from
Brlght's disease&nd other affections of
the kidneys, from rheumatism, gout,
I and all those diseases which many phy-
I sicians regard as the result of excessive
formation or retention or uric acio. or
convalescents also it is most userui, asi
It supplies a fair amount of nutritive
material in palatable form, with a min
imum of tax on the digestive organs.
Among the most nourishing and at I
the same time digestible fish are blue-
fish, shad, red snapper, fresh codfish,
whlteflsh, striped bass, halibut and
flounders. And equally nutritious, al
though perhaps less digestible, are
brook trout, lake trout, salmon, mack
erel and eels. Roe Is not particularly
nutritious, but it is agreeable to the
iaiitf anrl fairlv dlpestible. .it . .
The mode of preparation has much to
do with the digestibility of fish, asWtlceeded a spark two Inches longfand
has with that of all other foods. Boil -
tag and broiling are better modes of
cooking than frying. 1
The chief objection to fish is its
pronenesa to dcompflsitlon, even when
kept on Ice. It may te free from any
taste or odor, and yet It may have un
dergone changes which make It poison
ous. Some fish are poisonous in them
selves, containing in the natural state
some substance which will .cause alarm-
' lng symptoms, or even death. If eaten.
With some persons fish In any rorm
does not agree, causing digestive disor
ders or skin eruptions. This is notably
true of lobsters and crabs. Youth's
Companion. '
- ' rlgt Of Abatata,
rates fashionable France, was original
ly an extremely harmless medical
remedy..
It was a French physician who first
used it. His name was Ordinaire, and
ho was living as a refugee at Couvet,
,1a '. Switzerland, ; at the close of tho
eighteenth century. Like many other
country doctors at that time, he was
also a druggist, and is favorite reme
dy was a certain elixir ,of absinth of
Which he alone had the secret.
At his death he bequeated the for
mula to his housekeeper. Mile. Grand
plerre, and she sold It to the daughters
of Lieutenant Henriod, ; They culti
rated In their little garden the herbs
necessary for concocting it, and after
they had distilled a certain quantity of
the liquid they sold it on commission
to itinerant peddlers, who quickly dis
posed of it In the adjacent towns and
villages.
,. Finally, during the first decade of the
nineteenth century, a wealthy distiller
purchased the formula, and very soon
afterward he placed on the market the
modern absinth, which differs greatly
from the old medical remedy, since the
latter contained, no alcohol and very
little absinth.
: ' Hla Idea of Htaren.
The lad was about five years of age
and. naturally -Inquisitive. - He asked
jus rather : questions he bad , never
heard before, and the fond parent was
a perplexed man..' - ;
The youngster got on the subject of
the next world one day and wanted to
know a lot of things. "Will yon wear
a mustache In heaven; papa?:' he ask
ed. - ...
.."I suppose I will, my son." replied
the father. -
' "You'll make a funny angel."
There was a long pause, and finally
the boy asked what kind of a place
heaven was. The father In order to
satisfy, his son, went into lengthy de
tails in describing Its Jbeaury. '-
The lad listened with open mouth
and finally said, "Why, papa, heaven
must loot like the ten cent store!"
ritteburg Press.
Tne Caddie's Erealht.
" aaji .
uuuu eyesigni is necessary for s
caddie. Isn't it?" asked the boy of no
experience. .,
"Oh, I don't know." answered the
experienced lad. "There's some cou
rts in this club that'll pay you more
for looking the other way an' not seeln
anything than they will for fiidin' the
balls. You've got to learn when to
have the eyesight an' when not to have
it" Chicago Post.
Tersons who really wish to become
' angels should make a start In that di-j
rection while tLcy are yet mortala.-
Js'ational Magazine.
The n.aa vho wants to rrove every-
th!g be says adrer'.is.cd the fact that
s wen ua t to L crr "..teJ.
8EN FRANKLIN'S PURCHASE
la Old Electrical Machtao DaUlur
Dack to the Herniation. .
Nearly every schoolboy of a genera
tlon ago was familiar with the frlctltfu
al electricity machine, never of vary
much practical value, but of great in
terest to youthful m litis on account of
the spark that could be made to pass
from condenser to youthful finger.
Nowadays the size of the spark has In
creased as the size of the machine has
! diminished, but an example of the ear-
lier type is still preserved at the Jeffer
son physical laboratory at Harvard.
where an Interesting collection of cu
tlquated pieces of apparatus gives the
visitor to Cambridge an opportunity, to
compare the earliest with the latest
methods of studying physics and hs-
tronomy,
This special piece, moreover, is par
ticularly interesting In that it was ortg-
inally purchased for the college thy
Benjamin Frnnkllu when actlngaj
American commissioner to x ranee ur-
ing tne revolutionary war. it is a caiu
bersonie affair that would require a
horse and a small wagon or a whole
automobile to move, but the principle
on which It Is based Is the same as In
its modem successors. Aside from elze
the most noticeable difference Is In the
use of a glass globe about a foot iu di
ameter to produce the electricity by
friction instead of the big circular glas
plate seen in later machines.
Despite Its size and the big globe.
however which is supported on posts
resembling ; those of a colonial four
I poster bed-the old machine uevef ex
I was even proud of that modest per-
J formance. How modest it really was
may be seen by comparison with a
J modern machine in the next case, so
I much smaller than Franklin's that it
can be held in one hand, that produces
a spark of electricity of nearly seven
Inches.
in i-, I, 1 , ,L I, in ,
PICKINGS FROM FICTION.
If silence is golden, a discreet silence
la away above rubles. "Life on- the
Stage.?, . i:, ; . ;
Most men are Inventive enough - In
the matter of personal Justification.- !
Papa Bouchard." , '$
The man In a man can only be recog
nized by the woman In a woman. "By
ine tugner wiw.
It Is human nature to shrink from
confessing oneself wrong in one's an
ticipations. "Lassie."
A girl Is never too young to form
opinions of her own sex or to express
them.-"Tbe Destiny of Doris."
The world may doom you to plain
living, but only you can deny yourself
plain thinking. "Deafness and Cheer
fulness." i ". ' ;;
Women love good men, but are Inter
ested In men whose goodness is more
or " less impaired.-"The Man From
Glengarry.''
The power that prepared the high
ways of life, seems ,4o nave arranged
that the fingerposts along the primrose
paths shall rarely point to the prom
ised land-'Captain Bluitt" f
Think not, as many say, there Is but
one springtide of life, that It is but a
green and sappy youth which rushes to
a brief summer and all else of life is
but a winter, long and-drear and gray
and lonely. Through all our life our
springtide is : renewed. "Mistress
Brent" ;
Whr He Heattated.
The Brooklyn Citizen prints sn expe
rience of a man who traveled all over
Europe and declares that he ,dld not
meet but one person . who hesitated
oyer the acceptance of a fees 'i-
I was wandering through an old
graveyard In an English town and had
stopped before a stone which had not
been long in place. A man who must
have been following me stepped op and
said: i.5,ifi,T?.& ''':'.
"Ah, sir, but she who Ilea here will
be missed for years to come! She was
for half a lifetime the president of the
charity board."
In an absentminded way I banded
him a. sixpence, said the traveler. ; lie
received it, turned It over In his hand
in a hesitating way and finally stem
mered: " . ; ?.
"As she was my own wife, sir, and
as I was here to plant flowers on her
grave, perhaps it would not be exactly
proper to accept a fee." - '
' T It . V, . , . V i 1. 1.
it-yiitAj iuui uui iur uim i mixut
never , have known about her being
president of the board, and he swal
lowed his scruples and pocketed the
sixpence with one motion and with evi
dent satisfaction.
OJBe and Man.
Once upon a time a postmaster who 1
lived in a Kansas town was seated in
his office reading postal cards when a
natire cyclone suddenly came bis way.
The wind carried him through an east
window and In the direction of a chest
nut grove three miles distant
In a few seconds he was safely seat
ed la the top ot a high tree busy pick
ing chestnut burs out of his hair and
clothing when he saw the building
that he had so suddenly left coming
directly toward him.
"I declare." be exclaimed, "there
comes the old shanty looking for me!"
Moral. Sometimes the Gee seeks
the r.:an. New York IleraM.
AH INCIDENT OF WAR ,
rOrislnaU
An incident happened to ne duriug
the civil war which for nearly forty
years I have kept to, myself. Perhaps
It will do no harm to me or mine to
make It known now. It was the eve
of Gettysburg, and we were skurrying
from Maryland into Pennsylvania. Ou
general threw out a thin picket line, and
I bad charge of a corporal and eight
men stationed on the turnpike leading
eastward. We had been marching all
day, were ravenously hungry and
would not get anything to eat until
after belug relieved. One of the men
lighted a fire and with a tomato can
that be had picked up for frying wtis
endeavoring to cook some bacon that
he bad taken from his haversack. I
noticed that If the meat were divided
among the picket post there would be
a thin slice for each man. If he ate it
all, It would be merely enough to stay
his stomach,
"May I go home?" asked a soft voice
behind me. I turned, and there stood
a little country girl of fifteen, looking
up at me from under her sunbon-
net with the tlmldest pair of eyes.
fringed with dark lashes and soft as a
fawn's.
"Go home?" I said, thinking more of
the girl than her question. "Certainly.
Where do you live?"
"Down the road there," pointing,
I looked mechanically where she
pointed, then at the girl. Then my
eyes. dropped to a basket she carried
on her arm. full of eggs. I forgot her
and ber gentle face In the eggs. I saw
them boiled, scrambled, in omelet.
poached every variety of egg that the
most skillful cook could devise.
"Will you sell your eggs?" I asked.
No, sir, but I will give you someof
them. I'm taking these home for the
children."
"Oh, well, if you are taking tbem to
the children," I said regretfully, "you
may keep them. I wouldn't rob the
cradle."
You may have a dozen." she said, In
her soft voice. "That will leave mo
seven to take home."
Just think of those eggs broken over
that bacon .sizzling In the tomato can
aod emitting Its delicious odor; I fin
gered the beautiful white ovals, hold
lng- one after another In the hollow of
my hands, growing hungrier every mo -
ment V"; --:,v -. . ;
"Take a dozen off the top," said the
girl. :', .-
"Why off the top?" I wondered
I looked Into her face. Her eyes were
cast down upon the basket, and if ever
there was innocence depicted In the
human countenance It was In hers. A
few years older she would be s perfect
model for a Madonna.
Taking a fifty cent postal currency,
the only change we had in those days.
from my pocket, I dropped it Into the
basket and picked out twelve eggs.
Something, I know not what, perhaps
a greed for more, Induced me to take
up one of the eggs remaining and han
dle It'
Happening to glance at the girl, I
saw that she had her eye , intently
on those I had not yet touched, and
she was holding her heart I took up
each remaining egg till I came to one
which as soon as I held It I knew to
be much lighter than the rest. That
there was something wrong with that
egg was evident I have always bad
the faculty of keeping equivocal mat
ters to myself till-it is time to make
them known,' and I did so in this
Case..-U:-v v-;' vf .E;,,)-.'.;...
sere, corporal,'' I said, "are some
eggs. -Try what yon can ao to cook
them.' Then I spoke to the girl "Now
show me where you live."
I walked with her down the road till
I came to a turn where we would bo
concealed from the men. Then, taking
up the light egg, I broke the shell. : In
stead of the contents of an egg, I took
out a roll of paper and enough sand
to make the whole weight about that ef
an egg.-; Had not my sense of touch
been very delicate I would not have dis
covered the difference. Unrolling the
paper, I was astonished to read that
different parts of the Union army were
concentrating at Gettysburg. The sev
eral corps were given under the name
of their commanders, and I have since
learned that the Information was tol
erably correct, . though st the time,
being a mere lieutenant In one of these
corps, I knew nothing except what I
read. ' .r.-
It had evidently been complied
by some person or persons well fitted
for the work, possibly secret service
scouts in the employ of General Lee;
and - they bad endeavored to get it
through the lines by using this gld. I
glanced from the message to its bearer.
Instead of being crushed at the discov
ery of her ruse, she was pouting with
angry disappointment
Do you know the penalty attached
to this sort of business?" I asked.
She made no reply, only flashing a
defiant look at me.
"If I were to report yon and you
.were to be treated as other people who
da these things, you would be hanged."
The information did not seem to
strike her with the terror one would
have supposed. Ehe.taraed away from
riarata Toar Bowel with Caemrcu.
O-'iy Cn"rtt cum copitiTT!imi forrrpr.
a.a.i-.'o. If t.C.C.lail.(lruecisire(ucSniooa
me and. seeing a wild flower In a nook
near by, plucked it covetously, the
pleasure she derived from it taking the
place of ber discomfiture. ' -
The most sensible thing I ever did
so It strikes me now was to put the
message in my pocket and take the
girl to her home, which was a short
distance down the road, as she bad
said. I doubtless saved our general a
serious embarrassment by keeping the
fcaatter Becret, for what could be done
with a little mild eyed vixen of fifteen?
Several years Inter, while visiting
the battlefield, I hunted her up. She
was Just as fawnlike and waspish ns
ever. She stung me In the heart, and
I made ber my wife.
EVERARD MARSH
- Artlat and Plowman.
Artists have many amusing and some
tnpleasant experiences when trespass
lng in pursuit of subjects for their ar
When Mr. Boughton once saw u u;i
plowing In u field, he climbed the di
viding wall and began to sketch him
This" was too-much for the Involuntary
, model, who strode up to the artist and
said, "Do you know what I could do
with you?" "L haven't the slightest
Idea," Mr. Boughton answered, with
smile.
"Well," the burly plowman said,
could chuck you into the road." "You'i
better not do that," Mr. Boughton re
torted. "Why not go back to youi
plow, and I'll whistle for you in half
an hour?"
To Mr.iPoughton's surprise the man
obeyed and half an hour later was duly
summoned to inspect the finished pic
ture. "How much will they give you
for. that?" he asked after critically
surveying the sketch. "Oh, about
10!" the artist answered. "Well,
I'm banged I" the astonished plowman
said, scratching bis bead in perplexity.
I have to plow two months before I
can euru as xuucu us vuai. 4,ii-xiuj,
When Curates Were Wanted.
When one learns that curates are in
creasing so much more rapidly than
benefices, wonder la excited as to the
condition of affairs In the eighteenth
century, when enterprising ladles of
fered livings to clergymen willing to
marry them. An advertisement to this
effect appeared In the London Chronl
cle in March, 1758. Tbg lady was rath
er particular too. The curate was to
I be young, have a small fortune, be well
1 recommended as to morals and good
temper "and be firmly attached to the
present happy establishment" The
living was not rich below 100 per an
numbut the fair one was young and
agreeable. There seems a touch of
humility In the direction that answers
"may be left at the bar of the Union
Coffee House, Strand, directed to Z.
Z." Confidence was created by the as
surance that-"the utmost secrecy and
honor may be depended upon." Lon
don Chronicle. ;
Where the Color Lino Bnda.
There may be mulattoes, quadroon!
and octoroons, ' but the eighth blooded
negro is the last possibility in that pro
gression.' No one has ever seen, as fat
as we can learn,, a human being of one
sixteenth negro blood. No pure blood
ed Caucasian and octoroon have been
known to have Issue. Many years ago,
just after the close of the civil war,
when Bishop Newman was advocating
the amalgamation idea in New Orleans,
one of the most famous physicians and
ethnologists of that city offered a re
ward of $1,000 to any person .who
would bring to his knowledge a human
being of -one-sixteenth negro blood. . No
one ever claimed the reward. That
particular product no man has ever yet
found on earth. From the octoroon the
reversion to type Is the only available
direction. Atlanta Constitution.
v t BxeeaaiTO Pollteneaa.
There is a man who is always apolo
gizing, and some say: "How courteous
he 1st I How thoughtful! A. born gen
tleman!" Know that be Is a thorough
and aggressive egotist He runs against
you. he steps on your foot, be tries to
pass you on the left, be knocks your
hat as be hangs by a strap in the car,
he sits on your coattall what does b
not . do to call attention to his own
breeding? Sometimes he throws the
accent on "beg," sometimes on "par
don." The speech is, merely a rhetorical
flourish, and he has practiced all the
variations. uoston journal.
f. Conaamptlon and Satpanr.
A German physician recommends to
consumptives the sulphur treatment
This consists in the patient living in
rooms where one or two drams of sul
phur are melted daily on a hot stove.
The first ten days there will be felt in
creased irritation and cough. , These
soon decrease, and Improvement is
rapidly felt and complete cures are of
ten effected If the disease is not too far
advanced. ' ,
Sfcoold Keen Soaaethlnsf. . -
New Woman Simply because s wo
man marries a man is no reason why
she should take his name.
Old Bachelor Just so. The poor fel
low ought to be allowed to keep some
thing he can call his own. St' Louis
Republic . , ; ;
t - -A
man seldom realizes how few ot
11m remarks are worth repeating until
ha has conversed with a deaf person;
-Chicago News. -i
STATE NEWS.
Interesting North Carolina Items
In Condensed Form.
Peg
famlU
week.
Leg Williams shipped 80 negro
is from Rockingham county last
Rockingham Headlight: 8ome of our
most knowing fanners are predicting a
good year for fruits and crops.
A Rockingham special says: Mr. CM.
Hobbs, who has Just returned from the
Charleston exposition, tells us that the
"North Carolina exhibit" is the grandest,
most admired and most complete exhibit
on the grounds and Is is chargn of tbe
finest looking man he saw while there.
John Parker, a negra man, was tried
before Justice D, C. Gunter at Durham
Monday on a roost serious charge, that
of rape, upon Lillie Lyon, a colored child
under ten years of age, Parker was ar
rested Saturday night. He was sent to
jail to await tbe action of tbe grand
jury.' ' :
The people of Hope Mills held an Indig
nation meeting on the night of the 21st
and adopted resolutions denouncing an
editorial In the Vigil, a weekly paper, re
flecting upon the town administration.
Tb character ot ; the officials la declared
to be of the best, and the reflection upon
their sobriety and Integrity waa without
warrant. t r j- s - 1
The Newktrk ' plantation, containing
about 1 ,250 acrea, situated rwar , Sum
mer Rit" on Wrigbtrrllle Sound, has
been acid to Mr. J. R. .Waller, of Rock
ford, Iowa, whom, it is said is represent
ing a Chicago syndicate with immense
capital behind it. It la learned that Mr.
Waller's purpose in buying the place Is
to develop an ideal winter reaort there
for persons In the north who desire a
""llv.
A very reckless and very dangerous
shooting affair occurred as Williamston
Monday. Clifton Bland and Bill Cherry
had a quarrel Saturday night and Bland
threatened to shoot Cherry on stent.
Trm to his Intentions Bland awaited
Cherry on Main street and when he saw
him on the opposite aide opened fire.
Cherry dodged behind a post and ran into
a store, unhurt : Bland was sent to jail
under a $200 bond.
Andrew Jackson, under death sentence
at Lincolnton, will not bang until March
Xmn. ov. Aycoca Mondav granted hint.
a respite until that time. This was done
at the request of Jndge Hoke, who tried
the case. , Tbe Judge stated that tbe pris
oner claims he has further ' evidence to
submit to the governor and the respite is
granted in order that hs may have tbe
opportunity of submitting that ovidencs.
Jackson Is the man who broke Into a
house In Lincoln county and fearfully cut
two women.
Winston Sentinel: ' The neirrons. Dink
Hemming. Rich Blanton and Ed Woods.
charged with a criminal assault upon
Mrs. Belle Livangood, of Rowan county,
were tried In Bowan court Monday, and
the jury returned a verdict of guilty as
to Flemming and Blanton, and not
guilty as to Woods. After the verdict
was announced Judare Shaw ni&Md
Woods under a $250 bond to keep the
peace, he having resisted the officer who
arrested him. Flemming and Blanton
were sentenced to be hanoed on Aorll
11. . " '
Charlotte News: J. Milton Retdwho
was Indicted at the February term of
Mecklenburg court for bigamy, and has
since reposed in Sail, was released Mondav
on bond. A compromise has been effected
fn Reld'acase. his first wife having agreed
to withdraw prosecution with tbe pro
viso that her erring husband deed to her
and her assigns fifteen acres of land In
bis possession. : The nwwry papers.
n eiKueu ana , nars Meia no. x
comes Into possession of a neat farm,
Reid gave bond, which Is voidable wlum
a decree ot absolute divorce, for which be
is now suing wrs. iieia no. 1 Is granted
by the court.
Newbern Journal: The continued had
weather which praralla in eap-H!ly felt
by the lumberman , and trucker. 'Each
day adds to the great ex pens under
which they are kent a the lumberman
. w -. ..in. uu uinae a uotiar id
return, nan ana teams canrot come In -for
each dav the weather ia einAetAri tn
clear up and enable them to go to work.
Tbe truckers have to keep up the too
and wood supplies of their laborers, for
the season of trucking is at hand, and
this labor Unless RUnnltfld wnnM lann -
and with farm help needed any day. tbe
situation would be a serious one. With -lumbermen
and truckers . the continued .
bad weather is a most serious financial
matter. -
SUhtly Mixed. ; i i ' ;
Who was Ananias?" aked the Run-
day school teacher.
After a thoughtful pause a hand want
up toward the foot of the class. ! ,
"very well. Tommy," said the teacher,
'yon may tell us who Ananias was."
"Please, ma'am." said Tommr. "ha
WUI th' feller Wot Bed h awnllor.A a.
whale." Ohio State Journal. :. -
New lot Of fine whlta Rnnd Nra nnA
Letter Heads just received, just what
was needed to rotm i-ont and nmnleta
the very larpe stock cf papers and ma
terials for tine prlrtir - at Thb Fk
Pbess print shop. It ot:M Indeed be
aa "exceading'y bard c-:, -tier to suit"
who can't now f -i what he wants at
THS Fets Pi:t clh.y which la now
prepared to a - rroErfy the man
who wants e.' c: niinm or fine
stationary, as i e,t Try moderate prices.
If the stationer- joi us:r?Wn'twhst
you want, con i.-:-- i and 'Jet's see if
we can't get c; tr.:u; :-g to suit vox