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wtth
adapted serrieee
ehoreh Sunday
D*. J. Mhln, of Oaaeada, Va., toko
1— barn In far —retal day, iduia
to hto hen* (Me week.
Walter 8. TVmaa and Mlaa Oalll*
OwbtlMiJltirtil yadhi at Kl
bitifabg laat Sunday.
* Mr!bad Mm. J. 0. BatliS Wt oar
- boa hd Wadaaaday ta make their
| bean to Bgartanbnrg. S. O.
recently ooodacted a
haa baaa doing, the
»day* aa a book agent.
. DubM Oay and Ed Terry are
I taytdly rebaWtng a wood, and biack
I aotMhdkapea their old eland.
[ ' ■iltat A. J. Harwell, the aicrtr and
f aMalan*‘utark at the Ornate, apant
fcoday with bit tenlly, at homo.
The bona of Mr. and kn. 0. M. Ilobba
hnabana gladdened by the ad rent of
a lovely vtoitor of tha gentler tea.
■tf. 0. U Greater filled hie regn
Mr eypndetaaan^al ^Kobcrdel Sunday
the HaadHgbt regreta to team that
. Mia. O. L brwa, who kaa boon eoh
telnagat, ia again oaodnad ta bar bad.
• Tha rage tar quarterly awe ting of
tha Board of Oouaty School' Director*
trill ha hold aa Ike hi Monday In
AyrfL
Mr.f. M. Sheanberget oandnetad
arrtiaii at aha Mathadlat akaieh laat
amr.f.r.lmm,lhaabb and gtttad
|lHwetk» Wadwbaco Bapthl inarch
•VfNMkal tha Ba#
• tb* ahmh aaxt Baaday night. Wor
..at 1M. Tha jmb
. Babaaadblly hrrfrid.
Maak. T. fcaifwd la haring bar
Np riant naa ArkM, watlag two
"MMdMM. 8ba win mtaia one
0>r bar arm oat and tha otkar wUI ba
MNlMblirHaabr,a(Vi., aa a
"Bad* Hbatn la bonding a arid
hbkfbb raw ant tha aid Hoakatbrild
Bbbwtwlll ba aaad aba aa a
«**• wartaa, arid, faaah bari hi tha
hooka af tha Bobardal Man a fac
toring Ck>. Mr, Laa Eraratt cam*
tfaa laha Bohart T,. Simla'Hr!** ^
“Mareb. 4, A. D, im.n
Ado14, eloody rainy day for
(Iww CVaaaJaod’a inauguration
MhilonJaaaiB Harriaoo'r axit from
paoatdaariy of tha Uaitad flbba.
Tknoadbitrof tha.loola now in
Woahfagtow OUy, (ma all paita
of tha Uaitad Stotaa no dowhi aw
now NgmUing thoir trip to Waak
Nlw, *■* kaartily wiah thay
bpBp*«k»wi lb lha “whirl,”
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. Oa*a WlUfaoo A Binaan ft*
j»wr aging gnaAh To* tmy
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mauricc-.iMCU.
This (Wednesday) wening, at
Urn rashMr.ee of tha hrkle't mother
at Oust Valla, Mr. Joseph P.
Maurice and Miss Maude Aileu
will be united in marriage. Rev.
C. Li Oraarae will perform the
ceremony. In ad ranee, we extend
our warrant congratulations, hop
ing th*y will make the Headlight
a pet in the household.
At the residence of Mrs. Poplin,
on Randolph street, last Sunday
afternoon, Mr. Neill Kdwards waa
united iii matrimony. to. Mies
Florence May Covington. The
Headlight's beat wishes attend
them, and the Headlight would go
too and maka their happinem su
preme.
Destructive Flrea.
The large, Ana barn and eta bln
of Thos. K. Diggs, of Wolf Pit
township, w«ro entirely -consumed
by fin last Thursday night. In
the hart) wu a large amount of
forage, and in the etablM were
fourteen males and horses, fino
stuck, the whole, a total loss. The
barn was insured for $1400,00,-but
tbs loaa above insurance must
have beeu at least $2600,00. It is
s heavy loss to Mr. Diggs and he
has the sympathy of the entire
country. The Are was the work of
an incendiary.
Moruo to the PokU
The angel of death baa been
hovering over the home of our es
teemed presiding elder, of the
Rockingham district, Rev. W. 8.
Rons, T>. D., for some time, and
on Monday, at about 11 o'clock a.
m., ha silently bore away the sweet
spirit of their lovely little boy,
W. 8., Jr. -
This tender lamb, though only
about 7 years old has been an in
valid for a long time, and doubt
teas£death, notouly ended his pain,
but ushered him into a life of eter
nal Joy and peace. Weep not fond
Parents, for “thy inn livath,—and
you may go to him.”
To the bereaved, family, w» lou
der sincere condolence, kindly re
minding its members that, abiding
soiaoa, somes only from "Him who
gave, and has token away.”
Vstsrsu Mooting.
Saturday, March 28, 1801, the
veterans of Richmond Gamp, Ho.
880, assembled at Everett's hall,
Commandant Everett in the chair
Adjutant Wright acting aa secre
tary After prayer by the adju
tant the roll was oallod to which
thirty-one . responded and paid
their annual does.
On motion of Maj. Sully, a com
mittee wts appointed .to wait on
the “Society of the Old Maids"
and ask them to give an entertain
ment at their coo rente noe, the
proceeds of which to aid some old
reterens who are not able to pay
their expense*, to attend tbs re
anion of veterans to be held in
Memphis, May 28, 1001. Com
mittee apointed, T. 8. Wright,
chairman, Z. Sully, D. Gay, A. B.
Nicholson and Geo. J. Freeman.
i/eieg»we eiactea to attend the
re-no Jon in Memphis ae follow!:
B. Bollv, A. F. Crouch, Utjr Coop
«r, and W. I. Everett. Alternate*.
D. Oay, Oeo. J. Freeman, W. B.
Crusland and J. A. MoCaakiU.
Bine* the laat annual meeting
of oar oamp Ho. MQ, the following
members have answered their laat
roll oall, vis: Ban Li lea, A. C.
Benton, J. C. Borns, Alex Stewart
and Tboa. t. Go wan.
On motioh the old officer* of
Rich mood Camp warn re-elected
lor the ensuing year.
A committee waa appointed to
iraft rssolationa of raepcot on the
loath of Comrade ^tronach, * the
treat friend of the old veterans at
Lhe soldiers homo in Baleigh.
W. I. Everett, Commandant
T. g. Wright, AlTJotant,
A Card mt Thanks.
Bnraly no one has received
l»aater sympathy in diatreas,* aad
more substantial svidenoa of Urn
■MBS, than has beast my happy
privihgs, recently. For this great
tlndnaaa, in behalf of my family
tad ay aMF, I leader to all doaoa,
■oataiaaaaw thanks aad lasting I
ina|ltsd»
r
W. H. Btognsr. I
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T. Rusher has been sick fqir
a few days. f
Bud Manets visited his home at
Polktyn on Saturday night.
Farmers in this section arc buay
preparing and planting their crop*.
Oapt. I. H. Moor*and wife have
been visiting relatives at Oxford,
N. C.
K. A. Lackey will soon have
quite a lot of bis new buildings
done.
J. C. Gresham of the firm of
Gresham A Jamison, was in Ham
let Sunday.
Jim Liles, of the firm of H. W.
Covington A Oo., has been quite
sick for a few days.
We saw J. C. Stubbs, of Rock
ingham and Dr. Register, of Cor
dova in town Sunday.
Misers Alice Livingston and
Bertha Groom, of Uilison, N. C,.
are visiting Mis* Lottie McDonald.
Mm. M. A. Ormsby and daugh
ter, Miss Dollie, and Mias Warren
Hines, of Rolwrdel were visiting
relatives at Hamlet the post week.
Chief of Police C. C. Smith
cabbogod on to four law breakers
on Saturday. The result was nine
dollars apiece for each one into
the town treasury.
Surveyor John McLean is very
busy now-o-dnys laying off town
lota and ere long we predict that
flamlat Avenue will be dotted
with nioe dwelling*.
We noticed qnite a lot uf visitors
from Rockingham in town last
week. Among tho, number we
mention Dr. Biggs, Messrs. Evans.
West, Claude Sand ford and H. L.
Guthrie. . *
Our clever postmaster, E. C. Ter
ry, deserves great praise for the
quickness with which he dispatches
the business of his offioe. He
handle* lots of mail, and yet with
all hie hard work his only pay is
his cancellation which ia not
enough for th* great volume of
mail he handles. '
T. F. Boyd, Kaq., M. C. Free
man, J. M. Jamison, M. D. Mc
Donald and others deserve per
sonal mention for the hard work
they have been doing in the inter
est of th* graded school at Hamlet.
The school ia an assured fact for
w* are sue th* people will give it
a Urge majority in the May elec
tion.
There was quite a nioe entertain
ment at the academy cn Friday
night, gotten up by the principal
of the school, Prof. Roberts. Dr.
R. E. Dsn, *n expert alight-of
hsiid performer, was the princi
pal actor, and with the recitations
and dialogues by the pupils, it was
quit* a nioe time end everyone
seemed to enjoy it immensely.
The proceeds go for the up-build
ing of the school. Prof. Roberta
deserves great praise for the hard
work he is doing for the np-buiM
ing of the educational cause gt
Hamlet. May he eont inns in the
great work.
W. M. KELLY,
ATTOlUf FY-AT-LAW.
Rockingham, N. 0.
0trcmee over Porter's Store.
J. T. AJ. W. LkGRAND,
Attokxkt s-at-Law,
- Rockingham, W. 0.
Prawn* attention gives to all law
mattera. On* mernbe r of Arm always
is th* o«c« over Biggs’ drag star*.
A. 8. DOCKERY,
ATroBirrr-AT-ta w,
ROCKINGHAM, N. 0.
Office ap-etairs, Utensil I building.
Where?
DsTwBrT—rBrtetri—T
John R. Smith will npplp
/“■ atth* lowoat poaaibl*
fataa, with anything in Dm
••ting Him. My stock ia
ftafcjwdjt^always giraa
to tall and naaiiM goods
and prieaa, for whan thaw
»IIj dad
Big lias mam‘a, ywwth'a and
hoy’* atothiag. bought at SO on
tha 100, at tfflliaa*. A Hioaow.
We Eat to Live, If This be True
' . Call on Y. u. Boggan A Oo., whore you will And
. everything necessary to satisfy the hungry la
■ boring man or the moat fastidious dyspopt ic
.Yew, W* hare about everything in the eating
line, and it ia oar daily study to see how cheep
we cam. oan sell to oar customers. We don’t,
ask for yoar trade if we can’t make it to your
• interest to trade with us. Then give us a trial
and judge for yourself.
Ton Wait M Work
-And Yon Want It Guaranteed.
J. D. Young, the Veteran Shoe-maker, who ha* always
given vou satisfaction, to still ob hand, ready to serve you
** faithfully a* in the past. Call on him, over the Porter
store, next door to Headlight offioe.. You see you oan, get a
paper to read while your shoee are being repaired.
J. D. Young.
BEFORE and AFTER
TAKING
AN "INTERNATIONAL"^SUIT
A tmtimonial.
. Tib iMTBUtATTOKAL TarLoanco Co.,
•,y New Yorit and Chicago.
■ , Sma:—For yean I waa troubled with high-priced ••ndrftm.”
• m* *A«r taking on of your •• International" suits the complaint
fc"5»*iely diamcaped. 1 imand to nap yonr remedy right aluog,
and have juat pUcnd my order with your agent lor a new Spring
• °nE?5*' Trusting yonr suits will bring joy to others similarly
““•w1. • 1 am, 4c.,
. • THE MAN WITH THE •• FTT." '
UmUfATlONAL TAILORING CO,
;; •€ Mmm VW* mmA Ol—gd.
•*n •’.* • •
*• *L ynahry and wnAnsaaAlp Oeer 9KstyM '
may ha aasn at oer local dsaWa. A Jt
>VlNQTON A Co., Agents.
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Family Store.
THE INNER MAN LOOKED AKTER.
T continue to offer the
iu-rounding country i
all kind* of Table Hup- '
pile# at the very luweet '
caah price#. My etock ,
cunaiata of Bacon,
Flour, Mulamoa, Fiah,
Canned Uooda of every
kind, Frnite, green uni
dry, and in fact, I keep
everything a man want*
iu the outing liu*.
Come onco and you will
com# again. I
& B. SMITE
Bicycles Repaired
' BY W. R. SIKES.
I am in a poeition to repair your
Bicycle* at the ahorUwt notice, at
prioo* lower than you hav* haen
in the habit of paying. While I
am duiiur tbii I oau aell you, very
cheap, all kind* uf Canned Good*,
Fruit*, etc., and yuu can be eat
ing whilo I am working. Give me
a call.
V.R.8KE&
Bring your fur* to E. S. Davie
at onw, aa the eoaaou will aoon
cloee, and then, you’ll be too late..
Commissioner's Sale
of Lind.
Sj virtue of the power given me try
i di’creo of the Bu|wrlor court uf Klein
nond county In ■ special usury-rd lug
milled, John W. Butler va. William
You ten and wife, Barth Wnotrn. Tba
•n*e being a petition for partition of
and. I will on the £kl day of April,
•01, (the annul being Monday of oourt
reafc.J offer for aalo, to tha highcat
hddi r for eaali, at the oourt houae door
n Rockiagiiam, at 111 M., the following
aaot, or parcel of land, lying and ho
ng in the comity of Klelimmtd, and
wooded and deaoribad a* follow*, tot
rlt:
Huglutlag at a plan pointer near Uia
■oath at Oramra bnmoh, a little up
*» bvanah. oalhaanath aide of Drown
ngmak, and run# tooth HEM eha
o Plaamaa'a. Hunt H B JO eha, M. B
N • *• chadleaot to the bagtuning—con
ololag Bfty aoraa, which ra granted
>7 patent, to Janna Yalta, and duaaend
"B from Henry Yale* to Jaiuea L.
rata* aad Elisabeth Yatra, one-half
nterrat el whleh was eoU by D. M.
dorriaoa, eoaamloilouer, U John W.
Sutler, the remalalug half Interest ba
ng denial d toe Will lain Wooten by
CUaafaotk Tale*. Bar farther deeerlp
iioa refer to Booh 1 page 1M la llegla
er of Dead* efBoa.
Joan Mr. LaOaan,
Qmiuu las inner.
MORRISON * WHITLOCK
Arrom*«re-AT^I,*w,
*jn> am aavAra aoaxva,
Hoekingliam. N. 0.
PitoxiM.
A. P. Stewart,
Wholesale Broker and Commission Merchant,
Deals in Hay, Corn, Cotton Seed Hulls, and all
kiudB ofStoclc Feed.
I am agent for the best brands of Flour made, in
cluding Royal Crown, White Swan Ac. Call for those
brands, and anything in my line and you will get the best.
I will make it to your interest to buy of me.J •
A. P.8TEBABT.
MULES, HORSES.
gw TO MY FRIENDS:
I have for sale a good lot of
Horses and Mules, that must
bo sold.
Morris & Ewingf,
TROY, N. C.
I have a nice stock of new goods, of genaral
Merchandise.
W. L EWING.