MillUjifl lmUMMijS Yljf jiff n .;' l; ft 3$ Wit IS- PRINTED ALL AT HOME AND i Office : CAPT. EVKKETTS GUARANTEES A LARGER C TKIt NEW STORE. ft CULATION THAN ANY OTHER PAPER IN 8BB8CRIPTIGN RATES ! ' ' ' :: : u -ne year............ $i.ou Jir months .............. 7.1 Three months,.... .40 All sulwcriptions accounts must be : J i a - 1 T: . ji TlTnTT.rAvn nAmTffltr 1 - n aiu in auvance. R. W. KJVIGffT, Editor and Proprietor. TERMS: $1.50 a Year tit Advanee'XWe wanta Thousand S(P Advertising rates furnished on ap plication ... Liq ..- ;lq Vol. VIII. M;ore Subscribers. Rockingham, Richmond County, N. CL March 13, 1890. No. 11. PnBustTwn Rvk?y Thursday. Job Work Neatly Executed. Www i ! m$m Be If 70a have made up your mind to buy Hood's Sarsaparilla do not be induced to take any other. Hood's Sarsaparilla is a peculiar medicine, possessing, by virtue of its rHml'ir combination, proportion, and preparation, curative power superior to any other article. A. Boston lady who knew what she wanted, and whose example is worthy imitation, tells her experience below: In one store where I went to bay Hood's Sarsaparilla the clerk tried to induce me buy their own i u s t e ad o Hood's ; he told me their 'a would last longer; that I might take it on ten days' trial; that it I did not like it I need not pay anything, etc: But he could not prevail on me to change. I told him 1 knew what Hood's Sarsaparilla was. I had taken it, was satisfied with it, and did net want any other. Hood's When I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla I was feeling real miserable, suffering a great deal with dyspepsia, and so weak that at times I could hardly stand. I looked, and had for some time, like a person in con sumption. Hood's Sarsaparilla did me so much good that I wonder at myself sometimes, and my friends frequently speak of it. " Mas. Ella A. Govt, 61 Terrace Street, Boston. Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists, 81; six for Prepared only fey C.I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Haas, IOO Dosee One Dollar W. C. Douglass. Thcs. J. Shaw HL1UGLASS & SHAW, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ei unable, xi . J. Will regularly attend the Superior Co urts of Richmond. Office in Pee Dee House during the terms of Superior Court:1 iy- John W. Cole. Frank McNeill cole$ McNeill, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ROCKINGHAM, N. C. Office on corner of Academy Square. Burwell, Walker '& Guthrie, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Rockiiiliam, IS". C. Office opposite the old post office. For Fine Sewing Machines, ATTACH IE MS. NEEDLES, SUPPLIES, V n 1 repairs of the beat possible material, appiy to D. T. HARGROVE, Laurinburg, N. C. ATTENTION. . Cash Buyers or General Merchandise. Having just established ourselves in our jew store, at the old stand, you will find our ussi.i! assortment of Dry Goods, Gro ceries, Hardware, Crockery and Glassware, Wodenware, Hats. Shoes, Ac, complete an 1 offered at prices that will Surely Astonish You! Bought for cash, and to be sold for cash, only, we can offer you superior induce ments, "and,, to verifyour statement, invite you cordially to come and see for yourself aad be convinced or unexcelled bargains. Auction Sale Every Saturday of all kinds of General Merchandise, in good order and sold from regular stock, which, if you don't want at my price, yoU ean have at your o wn. The only exclusive Furniture Store in the town. Special attention is directed to our elegant line of Furniture. Bedsteads from $1.50 up; Mattresses, $2.50 up; Chairs, $3 50 per set up ; Cane and Split seat Chamber Suits, marble bureau. $17, 00. Other snits from $12.50 up. Wash stands, Window Shades, Curtin Scrim, Ta bl Oilcloth, ail latest desjgns. Toilet Sets, Hat Racks,' Cradles, "Sates, Tables, Pic tares, Picture Cord and Nails, Rugs, Mats .c in fact, neatly, every article in the Fur niture. and Uphostery line, all at bottom J AP. STEWART. FRrn u uvnc i i i i i i i rj h v u iv n i f I rv I Breeder of -all the leading varieties of GAME FOWL, inclutJing heavy-weight B. B. R. Light Brahmas, Fekk strain . White Plymouth Rooks, Frost strain Eggs $2:50 per 13 or $4:00 per 26. ORDERS BOOKED NOW. Also Bull Terrier Dogs, Ayrshire Cattle and Morgan Horses Send $2.00 and get The Rocket and the Atlanta Constitution 1 year To Get A Straw. VYV extinct the following from the l.'St issue of the Arizona Kicker : We have just closed a hargain with Henry Shane, ihn wnll known contractor and builder, for a one- story addition to the rear end of our ffice, to he 11x14 in size. This room will he usi-d as a gunsmith shop under our own personal super vision. This will give us, under nne and the same root, a great weekly newspaper, a joh and book office, a grocery, a feed store, a hardware store, a botcher shop, a hoot and shoe store, a signal station, and a un shop. Three years ago, upon our arrival in this town, we slept under a wagon for the first three nights, and the first money we had was a borrowed dollar. Is it any wonder that our moon- eyed, lantern-jawed, mule-eared contemporary down the street gnaws a file all day and has the colic all night. Notice. Parties addressing letters to the Kicker will please add this : "United States of America, Western Hemisphere,' to the usual directions. Wannamaker's postmaster in this town is never certain what country Arizona is located in, and this will greatly facilitate his labors of distri bution. The only qualification be has got for the office is his ignorance of orthography and chirography, and his theory as to why jackass rabbits were created bob-tailed. Detroit Free Press. Kept Her Seat During the assembling of the au dience before an evening perform ance of the German opera at the Metroplitan Opera House recently, a woman in fashionable attire pur chased a general admission ticket and hurriedly passing into the par quet, swept by the ushers and took a reserved seat near the orchestra. Soon a lady holding a check lor the seat she occupied arrived and an usher politely asked the first comer it she had a check. "No," she quietly answered. "Well, will you kindly allow this lady to sit here ?" continued the usher. "No. I am here now and shall re main," was the reply. "Why, madam, you must move. I will call a policeman." The woman calmly glanced up ward at the rapidly filling galleries and then, with a significant look at the usher, said : "You touch me and I'll cry fire and you'll have a panic here." The usher's face fairly blanched. The woman was allowed to hold the seat. New York Stiir. An Insurance Company Forced to Wind Up- A Providence special says : The secondary effects of the great fires in Lynn and Boston last No vember were developed to-day at a meeting of the stockholders of the Atlantic Fire and Marine Insurance Company. The company was a heavy loser in the first Boston fire of 1889, its surplus being wiped out, and its capital eaten into to the ex tent of $30,000. The second Boston fire gave it another set back. The company owns a handsome five story building here, which it is re ported is" to be sold. The stock holders voted to wind up the affairs of the company and to distribute the balance among the shareholders. The capital is $200,000, and the as sets are about 90 per cent of that sum. In addition to the Boston fires, the big blaze at Lynn gave the company a terrible scorching. Are you restless at night, and harassed by a bad cough? Use Dr. J H McLean's lar Wine Lung Balm, it will secure you souna steep ana eltect a prompt ana radi cal cure. At Fowlkes fe co's drug store. Sick headache, wind on the stomach, bil iousness, nausea, are nromntlv unA naree. ably banished by DrJH McLean's Little" iaver ana ivianey f eUets. 25 eta. a vial Sold at Fowlkes 4 co's drug store. When nature falters and remiirAa hetn repru.it her enfeebled energies with Dr f H McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Panfier. $1.00 a bottle at Fowlkes oc co s drug store. Duke Sons & Go's Factory Sold. The Durham Sun brings news to the efle:l that the great tobacco manufacturing concern of Messrs. Duke, Sons & Co.. have sold their plant as in fact all other large ciga rette factories in the country te the American Tobacco Company, which has a capital of $25,000,000, to continue the same business. The Durham factory willl he continued under the old management, which will be retained, and it will he a branch of the American Company. The name of the firm, which has he come world wide, will also he re tained. A formal announcement of this big sale will he made in a few days. A Durham boy is the presi dent of this great company, Mr. J. B. Duke, son of Mr. Washington Duke. News & Observer. Authors of Celebrated Hymns. It is a question whether there are a hundred persons to day who know that the author of "The Sweet By and By" is living in an obscure Illi nois town, and not amid the greatest uxury either. Tens of thousands, perhaps millions of people, know he hymn ; how many ever think of Dr. S. Filmore Bennett, its aged au thor? The hymn has brought him almost no revenue, and even less fame. Mrs. Annie Sherwood Hawks is another instance, living in a small nterior New York town, compelled to resort to her pen for a living; yet who has not sung her world-famous hymn, "I Need Thee Every Hour?" Prof. Gilmore, of the University of Rochester, rarely receives credit as the author of his wtdl known lines, "He Leadeth Me." Fanny Crosby, she of hundreds of hymns that are sung every Sunday by thousand of lips, lives in a side street in New York city, almost forgotten. Al though blind and helpless, she is happy in the religion which fills her blind and soul.-Philadelphia Times. A Venerable Confederate. A friend at Burgaw writes us of a .privilege he enjoyed yesterday, in dining with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Orr, of the Moore's creek section of Pender county, at a birthday festi val. The meal was nartaken of in the same house erected by Mr. Orr 50 years ago. The old tjentleman is now 84 years old and is a remark able man. Old as be is his siaht is yet excellent and he has never used eyeglagses; he can make four tur pentine barrels a day, can dip and till two barrels of turpentine in one day and can easily Hwalk 15 mile. He was a gallant Confederate soldier, having enlisted in 1862 in Company B. 1st N. C. Battalion of Artillery, Capt. C. D. Ellis, commanding. He was then 66 years of age and he served throughout the war. Wil mington Review. Not One in Ten of the people you meet from day to day has perfectly pure healthy blood. The hereditary scrofulous taint afflicts the large majority of people, while many others acquire diseases from impure air, improper food and wrong indigencies. Hence the imperative necessity for a reli able blood purifier like Hood's Sar saparilla, which eradicates every im purity, and gives to the blood vi tality and health. It cures scrofula, salt rheum, humors, boils, pimples, and all other affections caused by impurities or poisonous germs in the blood. All that is asked for Hood's Sarsaparilla is that it be given a fair trial. Kilrain Sentenced. New Orleans, March 3. A spe cial from Jackson, Miss., to the As sociated Press says: The Supreme Court, today affirmed the sentence of the lower Court in the ease of Jake Kilrain which is two months im prisonment in the county jail at Purvis and $200 fine. The decision in the Sullivan case will be render- ed next Monday. Children will freely take Dr J H Mc Lean's Tar Wine Bang Balm ; unlike cough syrups, it contains no opium, will soothe and heal any disease of the throat or lungs quicker than any other remedy. Sold at Fowlkes & co's drug store. Antidote for Tainted Meat. A certain farmer in this county, losing a quantity of meat during the hot weather, took it off and buried.it A few days aftjer.A.pegjro told the farmer that he liked spoilt meal, whereupon the farmer said that he was welcome to it if he would go and digit up. The negro did so and was surprised tb find that the taint had entirely left thej meat, being absorbed we suppose by the earth. He informed the far mer, who took the meat; back to his meat house, and is now using the same. Clinton Caucasian. Getting oat of Debt. The Cotton Plant says: "Some of the merchants complain that busi ness is dull, and give as an explana tion of this unusual state of things at this season the fact that farmers are saving their money. This is ii imd for the fanners and will event ually prove to be good for the mer chants and the country generally. The farmers in every section and community where the Alliance ex ists are making a noble effort to get out of debt and in a condition to run their farms on a cash system, and the wisdom of this course can not be too earnestly emphasized. The Alliance has planted a new hope in the breasts of thousands of struggling and dispirited farmers, and the dawn of a better day is al ready seen. Let no man put an ob stacle iu the way of aspiring and struggling husbandmen." A Statesman Speaks. No man in the South was more general ly more favoeably known, and no man's opinion was more highly reverenced than that of the late ex -Governor Perry, of South Carolina. For some time previous to his death Governor Perry was a sufferer from indigestion. He took Dr. Westmore land's Calisaya Tonic and wrote the fol lowing letter : Sans Sodci. Gentlemen: I most cordiaLly recom mend Dr. Westmoreland's Calisaya Tonic. For several years past 1 have been trou bled with indigestion and dyspepsia. My son. Dr. Hext M. Perry, of Philadelphia, who knows the ingredients which compose your ionic, spoKeiavorauiy 01 1. in course of two monihs past I have used four bot tles, and am entirely relieved. Yours, &c., B. F. Peery. Dr. Westmoreland's Calisaya Tonic is sold by Dr. W. M. Fowlkes & Co., at 50 cents and $1.00 a bottle. Part of the jewelry, which was stolen at Rock Hill Saturday night of which stealing an account was given in Tuesdays Chronicle, has been recovered. It was W. S. Fowl kes' store that was robbed. The Rock Hill Herald tells of the find ing of the jewelry as follows: "Mon day morning when the clerks in Bryant & Avery's store went to open up for the day's business, they observed a package lying in the re cess of the Main Street entrance of their store, wrapped in a late copy of the Chronicle, which upon exam ination proved tb be the following articles of the jewelry stolen Satur day night, viz: 42 watch chains, the two gold watches valued at $67 50 and $68, and the automatic' silver watch." Charlotte Chronicle. Pr-'O' s v. !) Jr.nl : 1 . e o. exposure a re 11 . r. :. '; a ami in :n- vsvji.:Uie r f.edy ih .t.a i- 0 1 i.i j iment ; j u'vdr.e iafl.i tarna st: O.f ; '. ': a ii bago 3 . :: I a D- I II Mr!., it wi 1 iu . ! ha n s tion. Sold at l ow d cos, drug bicre. Cairo, Ills., March 4. The Ohio river is now over 50 miles wide at this point. It extends from he Cairo levee, whicn' holds it backed up 4o feet above low water markt into Kentucky, till it strikes the hills there, foroiing otte solid sheet of water, except for the narrow strips of rock-bound earth upon which the Mobile and Ohio and" Illinois Cen tral railroads run south. A mile be low here it joins the Mississippi, which in turn extends into Missouri a not h er 50 m i les , making tb e com - j bined width of the two rivers ever one hundred miles Radam's Microbe Killer is 00 longer an experiment. It has been been thoroughly tested for two years I and has never failed in ;--trf ; caw For sale by Dr. W. M. Fowlkes & Co m pa ny mj, mm Heed's First Address. T An exchange has given what pur ports to; be the first public address of Speaker Reed It is a miserable perversion of history. We have the best kind of evidence for saying that Speaker Reed's first public address was as follows (made at a school ex hibition many years ago) : . . - I like to see a little dog And head him on the pat Er I like to see a little head And pat him on the dog f Er I like to pat a little see And dog him on the head Arrived at this point the future Speaker was considerably mixed in his own mind as to what he liked to See. He made a few more at tempts to define his wishes but the audience hardly "caught on," as we Bay. Sometimes it seemed that he liked to see one thing and the next instant be would waver, and his preference would seem to lie in an otner direction. After twisting a couple of his coat buttons ofl heap parently settled the disputed point, and said quite briskly: I like to head a little pat And see him on a dog. The audience would have-been willing to give the future Speak? another chance to state exactly what it was he took pleasure in seeing, but he seemed suddenly overcome by some great grief, and withdrew Irom the stage crying bitterly. The inference of the audience was that whatever it might have been that the future Speaker liked to see he had made up his mind there was no earthly chance of his ever seeing it. Exchange. A Feathered Monster. A well known lady of Florenee concluded to kill a certain rooster which belonged to her yard on ac count of his proclivities to fighting the other fowls. Accordingly : one morning she made preparation to slaughter his roostership for that day's dinner. The chickens were all called up and the objectional rooster caught and guillotine ap plied. But no sooner had the head jbeen severed from the body than the latter jumped on a little ban tam which happened to be strutting aoout the yard and walloped the wind out of him. Finishing up the diminutive bantam, the headless rooster made for a large brahma and knocked about a corn sack full of feathers off him. . The head. which had in the meantime been lying on the ground watching the proceedings, then uttered a shrill uenani crow, ana tne noov once more flapped its wings and fell dead the next instant. Many persons no doubt will dis credit this story but it is given as a straight fact and can be verified if it should become necessary. The name of the lady to whom the chicken belonged is withheld on account of her objection to apjiear ing in print, especially in connection witn such an incredible narrative. but her character is beyond reproach and no one who knows her would think of doubting her word. Fiur eoce Messenger. ... , PILES 1 PILES! ITCHING PILES! Symptoms Moisture ; intense itching and stinging, most at night, worse by scratching. If allowed to continue, tumors foroi which often bleed and ulcerate, be coming very sore. Swayke's Ointment Stop the itching and bleeding, heals ulce ration, ana in most cases removes the to mors. At druggists or bv mail for 50 cts Dr. Swayne & Son , Philadelphia. Remarkable Escape. At the Winnebago paper mills, in Wisconsin, last Saturday a work man was sent to shovel enow from off the roof. In jumping from one ftgaf to another he alighted on a j skylight which was hidden Irom ) viavus PT full twantv fuof anA rlr. ed into the working parts of a 300 horse-power engine. The horror- stricken employes rushed to the spot to recover enough of his corpse for burial, and as they looked they saw him creep under a crank shaft And walk out uninjured. An Offer Declined. He came tip-toeing into the cen tral police station at midnight the other night, and as the sergeant ooked up with an inquiry in his eye the man stretched out bis hands and said: "Put 'em on!" "What?" "The bracelets." "What for?" "Because I am J. the R." "What are you driving at?" "I am Jack the Ripper. I have ripped all I care to. I now desire to surrender and be hung." "Humph! I'd sooner believe you to be J. the L." "What's that?" "Jim the Loafer." "And you will not arrest me?" ' No sir." "Then I will return to my ripping and the consequeuces be upon your own bead." And he walked out as stiff as ramrod, and without one single wink of his eyes. Detroit Free Press. A Pistol Sensation. 1 i Yesterday afternoon a little sen sation was caused in the city by a report that Dr. Eugene Grissom had Irawn and presented a pistol at Mr. Geo. Williams, aclerk in the Racket Store. It aunears that Dr. Grissom entered the store and approaching Mr. Williams nointed a nistol at urn, saying that he (Dr. Grissom) bad heard that Williams had been circulating reports about him ; and if such were the case there must be an immediate settlement of the matter. Williams promptly dis claimed any share whatever in the matter mentioned and Dr. Grissom retired. In the evening, there was a hearing before Mayor Thompson, and he has so far reserved iude- J o ment. Raleigh Call, 5th. Remarkable Rescue. Mrs. Michael Curtain, PlainneR 111.. makes the statement that she caught crld, which settled on her lungs ; she was treated for a month by her family physician, but grew worse, rie told her she was a hope less victim of consumption and that no medicine could, cure her. Her drueeist suggested Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption ; sue bougnt a bottle and to her delight found herself benefited from the first dose. She continued its use and aft er taking ten bottles, found herself sound and well, now does her own housework and is as well as she ever was. Free trial bottles of this Great Discovery at Dr. W. Ii. fowlkes s Drug Store, large bottles 50. and $1.00 London, the greatest city in the world, has no Sunday newspaper. Toronto, the finest city in Canada, has none. There is not a city in the world that would not be better without it. The Sunday newspaper will have to go ; some great souled daily newspaper man will lead in the reform, and every printer, proof reader, reporter, pressman, and car rier in the land will be glad. Chris tian Advocate. There are many accidents and diseases which affect stock and cause serious incon venience and loes to the farmer in his work, which may be quickly remedied by the use of Dr J 13 McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment. Get it at W M Fowlkes & co's. Physicians prescribe Dr J H McLean's Tar Wine Lung Balm ; in it thev find no trace of opium or morphia, while its effica cy in caring all throat or lung diseases is wonderful. At r o w Ikes dt co s drug store. Burglary Last Night. Mr. I. H. Horton'8 Jewelry and Racket Store was burglarized last night and about twenty-two or three pistols, a lot of dry goods, shoes, jewelry, &., stolen. Admittance was gained to the store by climbing up on the board awning in front of the building and boriug into a door in the second story that opened npon it, and from thence to the first floor by the stairway. There is no clue to the perpetrators of the burglary Wadesboro Intelligencer, 6th. Backfall's Aruica Salve. The best Salve in the world for bruises cuts, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, sad positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money re funded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Dr W M Fowlkes Co, A Joke at His Own Expense. The Hon. Roger Q. Mills has been telling a story this week at his own expense, says the New York Tri bune's .Washington correspondent. In the the exciting political cam paign of 1888 Colonel Mills had a rea not ngm on nana in uipowa 11 . f I . 1 X .4 ! district in Texas. One of the meet ings which the apostle of a low tariff addressed was in his own town of Corsicana. The people lor miles around poured into the town to hear him. Colonel Mills was stirred to his inmost depths. He hammered ... . . . - A away in tnat speecn on tne tarin question, to the exclusion of every other topic. The next morning the Texas statesman was in his flower garden and while standing near a higb board fence, admiring the rose bushes that flourished luxuriantly there, he overhead the following dia logue between two negroes who were at work in the adjoining lot : "Was you up at de big Democratic meetin' yestidy?" "Yes, I d rapped 'roun an' listen ed to Col. Mills talk." U0 AA T " KJ'J UIU X. "Could you make heads or tails outen what he was talkin' 'bout?" "Deed I couldn't. He kep' a shoutin' 'bout one thing all the time. He talked an' he talked about de tariff." "Dat was de racket de whole time. I was dar. an' I don't know noir what it was; but from de way bo han'led hiss'ef an' pawed de a'r in dat speech, you kin bet yo' boas dollah dat if I was to- meet up wid de tariff, I'd give it de road." The Latest on In galls. Senator Ingalls has received the ' following letter : U. S. Senator Ingalls, Washington, D. C: ' - . f We would more cheerfully pay $2,000 toward burning every news paper and their editors that publish your fool s-peeches than we pay two cents to carry this to you. You are certainly the most cursed, hell-bent fool on earth, and how a crowd can waste the time listening to you can be accounted for only that they are "U. S. Senators." Our estimation of ... the body goes down nearly every time we hear from it. We can con gratulate you on being a successful I 1 U .U.r- - !! iucktv mauiuu. a uu are juv&jr vuui you find fools to tolerate you. That the devil is crowded with such as you is evident or be would Abave taken you alive. ... eotxii btnomtte dqi at Happy Ho osiers. Wm. Timmons, Postmaster of Idaville Ind., writes: "Electric Bitters has done I .7! "Jo more for me than all other medicines com bined, for that bad feeling arising from Kidney and Liver trouble." John Leslie, wJ tanner and stockman , of the same place, says: "Find Electric Bitters to be the best Kidney and Liver medicine, made me feel bke a new man." J. W. Gardner. wn hardware merchaqfc same town, esys.:.j.: "Electric Bitters is just the tiling for a man who is all run down and don't care whether he lives or dies ; he found new strength, good appetite and felt just tike be bad a new leae on lite. Unly due. a bottle, at Dr. W. M. fowlkes & Uo.s Drug Store. Young Lincoln Dead. London, March 5. United States Minister Lincoln's son died at 1:07 this morning. During the morning the lad was in a comaotse condition. He was unable to retain nourish ment and the doctors stated defi- Initely that his death was merely: question of a few boors. He suffer ed no pain. Mr. Lincoln and his family were at the bedside of tbe dying, boy from early in the morn ing until he died. He passed away quietly. Tabkington PkauSe P. O., Liberty County, Texas. Mr. Radam I have used William Radam's Microbe Killer, and many of my neighbors have used it with most wonderful results in many cases. Geo. F. Allen. For sale by Dr. W. M. Fowlkes fc Co. "I have obtained all tbe informa tion I desire on that point," remark ed the man who sal down on a pita 9T Sfnoo 1 'J .f. 1 : I ..j!rj 4 1VO Wilt! i 09 I ri JtOUB ie'n viiWOO ft J . at Hi 4t ii. hWi r?5.ii 'a - .toil m i tt: ; io f tenon ii.TfilOlI .fco.sa 11 .S'J.l'JS - ?M - i'.l it - i - T iifcjssa ii:w