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ROCKINGHAM ROCKET. "IrkuRSBAY, APRiL 24,1890. METHODIST CHURCH Rev. M. L Wood, Pastor. Services every Sabbath at 11 a. x., ana at at r.iv. m. Prayer-meeting every Wednesday even ing at 7:3a Sabbath-sckttol at 3:30 P. M. BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. L. Johk jOH , Pastor. Services 1st and 5 rd Sunday nights, and 4th Saday morning in each month ; Roberdel, 4th Sunday afternoon at 4 eeleck; Pleasant Grove. 3rd Sunday ttll.A-K.; Cartledge'a Creek, 1st Sunday t 11a. m. and Saturday before'at, 4 p. m. Sabbath-school, every Sabbatih at 9 a. H. PEE DEE HEIGHTS M E. CHURCH Rev- R- H. Brooh, Pastor. Serv es at 1 1 a. rn. on the 1st Sunday and at 8 p. ra. on the 3rd Sunday in eaeh month. Sahbat h-school every Sunday at 9 a. m PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev P R Law, Pastor. Services the 3rd and 5th Sun lays in each month at(ll a. in. and 8 p. m . Sal bath -school every Sunday at 3 p. m. Y. M. C. A., meets every Friday night, Rev. P. R. Law has been re inf tail ed pastor of the Presbyterian church at this.place and Lumberton for the ensuing year by the Presbytery which met in Payetleviiie last week. See Mrs. G. E. Wishart 's adver tisement of "At Cot" She is cJos ins up the business of the late G. E Wishart and is selling goods at a great reduction in prices. ThoRe who wish to vote and have 8H registered had best do so at once, 'five registration hooks will be closed Saturday. Register, Democrats, and leVs heat the poll-cats. NOVELTIES IN JEWELRY. Stay East, Young Man. A gentleman writing trom UaKota A bioom Qf blaok enamel with to the Richmond Dispatch majf silver back makea a beautiful lace pin. THK M AIM. Postoffice epens at 7 o'clock a.m. Mails ITT . ...... - . . . . O onz, wesi orr or wuau ciose hi o:cr r. u mails sjmng hast close Money orler departm eut open u. to o P- m. D. M. Morrisoh. Posto aster. AVS.lTI3Iiri SATES. Mr. Dttociiti Mi Donald hae given it p the pH5tjnistjrehip at Rolterdel, Md gone to "try his fortune" in Georgia. Eltahu Terr Esq., -feeds him as iistJouter. The Y. M. C A. wHl hniil a public tiietin next Friday night. Evt-ry hnrly is invited to -be .present. A plrttsittg pnTai.e, suitahle fur I he ixTasion, has heen arranged. We now have a steawi griet mill near town. Mr. Joi n F. H.unei has Hxed up milling apparatus in tiie holise former! v occupied iy his gin and is grinding regular. Johxi Smith and Josh hrick on the vard former Claude Browvn. They have already burned several thousand. 1 lime 1 mo. 8 mo. 6 ma. 12 mo 1 inch, .73 2.00 fflft- "6.00 10.00 2 " 1 25 2.50 5.00 9.00 12.00 3 " 2 0 ) 4.00 7.00 10 m 14 00 col. 2 50 5.00 R.00 1 4.00 22 50 i" 4 00 7 00 12.50 27.00 45.00 1 " 8 00 15.00 27.00 45.00 80.00 !rThse aie net rates. All yearly contracts payable quarterlv. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. Miss L'zzie Shortridge left for her twioe in Citra Florida, last Thur dav. ' " A. Johnson, Esq.. has disposed of some nice building lots lel w Great Falls factory just across the creek, on very reasonable terms weekly instalments of $1 at $50 wr acre. CuriH weather, this. We toad n not her 'biting1' frost last Monday morning. Mr. Will Steele eathered a very nioe Bntjjps of iiVasrberrb from his patch Tbnrsday last. "f)nr rerV will please excuse the horUgenygf 'hifals this week. Jfews i? scarce- Mr. Dnn Mf-Innis has moved into his new dwelling recently erected on Haslinsden street in Pee Dee village. A fishing party, composed of gentle men from this town, wnit op to the Grassy Islands yesterday. May their luck be good. We would like to have gone with 'em, but (hie) it was imHW8nhle to get off. some pointed remarks as to the folly of youngmen leaving their Eastern homes to carve out a fortune in the far West. A portion of this letter we give. The writer is a Northerner : "Dakota is a very rich fertile country, hut one wants his garden on the outside of a tin can. Nor verily is it comfortable to retire clad in fur cap and gloves. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, if you have a friend who has the 'promised land' (reservation) fever say unto him : come to Dakota in the month ol December ajid let him stay until May the 1st, and his fever will he low chilled. Oft in. this long winter have I hungered for dear old North Carolina and her piney old fields and bad roads. No Virginia or North Carolina man in ids right mind wants to exchange the best country on earth, taking ( limate, luquries, working months, four seasons, agricultural resources, varied, for this God -forsaken, one crop country, (and that, too, a suc- one year in seven,) fertile, cold. rv. iifew,mitf jjn,iij fu,n com forts. "It is true I have never seen such grit as these people display. Under such reverses they have built im mense towns, with all the imported comlorts, hotels, schools, churches, ifec, that will put any State in the shade. But what does it amount to when you take into consideration Aj. miniature ivory painting shown through a thick crystal i& now seen on plain hoop bracelets. A unique sil ver glove-stretcher has two Japanese warriors represented in bellig erent attitudes on each handle. A fern leaf, ribbed with small dia monds, set in neatly chased oki gold, forms an unpretentious yet tasteful brooch. W A heart-shaped pink topaz, surrounded by small diamonds, forms an exceeding ly tasteful pendant for a lady's chain. A horseshoe of diamonds, with a sin gle pearl in the center, forms an artistic and pretty head for a scarfpin. Odd, yet attractive, i3 a finger ring formed by a miniature gold-police hand cuff, wit' the projecting point clasping a brilliant Three diamonds scattered among the petals of a pink-enamel chrysanthemum is a lace piu that will soon become sea sonable. A scarfpin representing a fox poking his head through the curved pipe of & bugle is decidedly pleasing as well as unique. A silver belt buckle, simulating a bunch of wild daisies, the, centers of which are of silver" gilt, has recently heen much affected. ! Radam's Micbobb Killes Co. : I have sufftred from catarrh for over four years and have tried every remedy under the sun without finding relief. Four months aeo. at the recommendation of a friend; I commenced using the Microbe Killer and am now completely cured. Ij cannot speak too .highly or your mecucine. Y oirs truly, - t , J.Yan Ommerman, ? ' Cashier Bee Hive, Okiigao. kn"I For sal by Dr. VV" M. Fowl4Co. PEOPLE IN PARAGRAPHS. The Roberdel dam is being re buHt, the work having progressed very favorably so far. Mr. rw L. Steele, President of " Roberdel Mfg., Company, is giving the work his constant and careful attention. Messrs. M. T. and M. L. Hinson are preparing to erect a large brick store next to their liverv stables in the RockettS. It will he 32x50 feet. And still the hammer of prnsjr-ssive ness is heard in Rockingham. Megra, .John and James Hasty are building a nice littl cottage on Hnslinadon street in Fee Dee viHage. ' i Tweedie dHm,Tweedle dee, irrmg ftas come Don't vou see?" Tomtit. Mrs. P C. Worley hasrm hand all the time a lot of the celebrated Eye less Needles at 10 cents a paper. She has just received a fine stamp ng outfit with eome beautiful pat terns and is now ready todo stamp ing at short notice and satisfactorily . The North Carolina IntellieenceT, will soon make its appearance ns a weekly DJo ratic newgparer, at Raleigh. Mri Doctor W a rburton, of Has lingden village, who has been verv sick with la grippe, we are glad to h ear ' iwpreivwg. "Mr. AV THcfonald was in kown Monday. He is a member -of the Teeirty-rrgtmized Traveling Mens' Aseeocialion ( Wilmington. flight townships in Montgomery voted on the question of the exten sion of the Aberdeen fe West End railroad frm Candor to Twv. The railroad was defeated. We svmpa- hize w4th tle progressive (?) people of Montgomery who want a railroad and can't get one Tickets to the Sam Jones meet- ngs in Charlotte, beginning to-day, will be on sale from this place at S2.85 for th round trip. Douhtless many will take advantage of these low rates to attend. Mr. W. R. Hawkins, the agent, authorizes the hove statement. The proper mediums are not" ne cessarily those which reach the most people but rather those going to the most people yott want to reach. TheforenMun tried his "luck" Sat nrday evenrng. His catch was va ried : one eeJ, one terra piu and a 'Ted bey ." Mr. A. Stewart Has commenced work on his canning factory and will have it in running order before a very great while. Deputy Sheriff D. D. Livingston broueht a man named Bass up trom Lauriinburg last week and placed him in jail. He ie charged with the crime of Btealingchickeas. A traveling shwtuan has erected a tent on the square where be is ex- hihiting panoramic scenes of the Jonn8town disaster. We suppose lie will gather in a few nickles. Died, in this vicinity, on the 15th .ins.t., Mrs. Jane Duncan, aged abou 67 years. The deceased wasadaugh ter of the late "Major" John Smith of this county. Spirit of the South Yejrfirdav was Countv Sunday nresa beforf a report of the pro ceedinge are in. We feope to have a full report tifxt week. 2V )0t cc Dr. W. M. Fow Ikes has about com pleted 'his handsome residence on Washington street. Later. The Doctor has moved uto his dwelling. he total absence of other perquisites to make hie a heaven f Darn a country where a man is forced to iut on a fur coat, fur cap and fur loves every time he steps outside he door. The 'promised land' is not being filled up. There are few ootners here and none en route. Stay home stay in the South. It is the coming country on this con tinent and among them all, stay in Virginia and Noith Carolina. We have the country, Kjlod's coun try. We do need the pluck to work. If Virginia and North Caro- ina would diversify their crops by danting something of everything (and we can crow them all save the tropical and semi tropical plants and fruits), the people would soon need no mortgage and would be free of debt. There is nothing that we cannot beat these people at if we would only try."' Statesville Land mark. The Standard. "I regard Hood's Sarsaparilla as having passed above the grade of what are commonly called patent or proprietary medicines, said a well known nhvsician recently. it is fullv entitled to beconfcidered a stan dard medicine, and has won this po sition by its undoubted merit and by the many remarkable cures it has effected. For an alterative and tonic it has never been equalled. "The Baptist Train" "'The Baptist Train" for Ft. Worth will leave Atlanta, Tuesday May 6 at 9:60 P. M.. and pass through Montgomery, Mobile. New Orleans and Houston, lickets will be sold one fare for the round trip. The train will be composed of Pull man ralace UuOet (sleepers and Rocking Chair Cars making the ac commodations and comforts all tha could be desire'd. One of the attractions of this route is the tact that it gives a view of the most attractive scenery along the Gull Coast, and thesugar plantations On the return trip, parties will be allowed to stop over at New Orleans and otner points of interest. Capt Gee, the District Passenger Agen and others, deserve credit for thei enterprise in this matter. Char lotte Chronicle. A Land Improvement Company has been organized in Winston with a capital stock subscribed to improve suburban properly. It has secured possesion of two hundred acres on the western border of the city through which it is proposed to ex tend the streets, a twenty-acre tract being reserved for the erection of a . V i . i ;ti i. 41 AA AAA rni ROteJ wnicn wui qosv iw,uw. on company is composed of the Win ston Electric Light and Motor Com nanv and citizens, who have taken atnek in fliims ranaiug from 410,000 i wvi Tb ftite selected is one of the most attractive sections about the city being well elevated and commanding a fine view of the sur- 8elvt"8, be aeep..f,i v.. .i round ine country. The TwinAity The late Mr. Giles E. Wishart, of this town, was a member of the American Legion of Honor, holding a Policy in that society of two thou -d dollars. . Thf nuay night "e to rln Guard military cvmpany drilled night. Th number neces- '1ry to form a company is now com p'eb, and we suppose all they will to uniform them 18 ROCKINGHAM MARKET. CORRECTED WEEKLY BY W. I. EVERETT, DEALER IN GEN ERAL MERCHANDISE. Country Prod uce is quoted at buying prices COTTON -lddhnfe .-10i . , .Good Middling,... - 1 Of BACON Sides, per lb.. 7(8 Shoulders " , 6(g$ Hams, " 12J15 BEESWAX,: 1616l CHICKENS 15(2U EGGS, per dozen...... 10($12i FLOUR Country, per sack 2.253.00 Northera, " 2.503.00 Patent, " a.75 GRAIN Corn, per bushel, 6580 Oats, " 5065 Peas, " 751.00 H f DES Dry. per lb 810 ftrAen. . " 4(52 SALT, per Sack 1.001.15 New Advertisements. Captain Clark, the doorkeeper of the Kentucky house of representatives, is AnnfiarT f.if"t- Ieet nBl v -- Rev. JomTfjyor has delivered his lec ture " De, Sun Do MoyST" 175 times and the sun hasn't budged an ineh. Sirs. C. E. Nicolai, of Baltimore, a young lady of 30 years, has a pure tenoi voice, with a double register. There liave heen only two similar cases known in this country. George Vanderbilt's reported engage ment to a lovely but dowerless young Southern girl is emphatically denied by that gentlemen, who says he does not know Miss Johnstone. Senator Blair's attention is called to the fact that the Albany, N. Y. , school board has contracted with a local livery man for conv. yajices to carry children living in outskirts to the nearest school. The Rev. J. H. Weber, an Oregon evangelist, forcibly ejected a young man from his church in Eugene, and the ex ercise cost him $43. 40. Muscular Chris tianity appears to be at a discount in Oregon. Senator Evarts is noted for his Cour tesy. Even in the bustle of a big city crowd he never fails to lift his hat and bow if by chance he runs into any one of the fair pedestrians who throng the thoroughfares. Sf AT COST ! Great Reduction! I am closing up tfife business of G. E. Wish- art, and in order to do so in as short time as possible, I am closing out goods at Higkest of all in Leavening Power. U. .S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 18S9. Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE RACKET BARGAINS RACKET BARGAINS. RACKET BARGAINS. The largest, best and cheapest stock of goods we have ever offered. Our buyer, while North, attended every bankrupt sale and bought eooda io many lines at about one-half their real valwe. When w boy bargains we sell bargains. Come and see what GREAT INDUCEMENTS we are offering. Read over these prices r. . ' r then come and be benefited. COST l&x. Cleveland and the Sun. New York, April 19. In an in terview with a World reporter Ex- President Cleveland said of the Sun' story that he was under medical treatment for corpulency : "The whole story is a lie." Mr. Cleveland also said, "I do not care how much I am criticised for my public acts. That is perfectly legitimate. Tbesr-e is a line, however, it seems to me, where abuse should stop. 1 he man who invades the privacy of a family and indulges in coarse attacks on private citizens, places himself on the level of a blackguard." Worked, all-wool filling, at 9 cents. Beautiful Brocades a,i4 Stripes, worfb, 15 cents, our price Wi Lovely lin of lawns, .gingtaw jfe&JfttUMK fui 20 per cent tiiwr regular prices. .: xt -T3W .... ........ ... . .... li CLOTHING. CLOTHING. Attempted Assassination. Fredericksburg, Va., April 19. It has just hern made public that on last Tuesday niht an attempt was made to assassinate C. H. Ed mundson at his home near Belfair Mills. Mrs. Edmundeon if post master at Belfair Mills and her hus band is her deputy. One day last week Ed mil n dsn n had a dispute with some tough characters overtrw delivery of mail matter, and they threatened to force him out of office. He paid no attention to theirthreats. Last Tuesday night, hearing loud voices near his house he raised a window. Immediately a rifle bullet whizzed by his head. He jumped back just in time, for a volley was poured into the room by the would be assassins. The party then tried to break into the house hut failed. Everybody Knows. That at this season the blood is fil led with impurities, the accumula tion of months of close confinement in i'C-rl ran 1 1 Ii ti.r atrveoa ivrwL' Regardwig the frequent pergonal , and Unemenl An these attacks upon himself in the Sun, Mr. Cleveland said that he didn't see them but every time one appear ed a' dozen cranks more or leas would write to him about it. When ever L receive one of these cranks' letters," continued Mr. Cleveland, "I know that the senile old liar and thief Dana has been at it again." impurities and every trace of scrof ula, salt rheum, or other disease may be expelled by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, the best blood purifier ever produced. It is the only med icine of which "100 doses one dollar' is true. Those wanting bar- gains can now avail themselves of the op portunity. Mrs. G.E. Wishart. Insure Against Accidents IN THE U. 8. Mutual Accident At osciation OF NEW YORK. $5,000 lor Deatk by Aocident or Loss of Limbs. $2,50U for Loss of Limbs or Sight, or for Permanent Total Disability. $560 for Loss of One Eye. $25 per w?ek, up to 52 "weeks, for Tempo rary Total fciaability. Costs about $15 per year, payable m one sum or in installments -of two dollars. Members kip 4ec $ .0Q, .payable only ooee, MEMBKRSHir, 5 2, 41. Losses paid during 189, $ 3M68.00 ".ie82S, 1,769.567.39 Insurance in force Jan. "90, 254,313,750.00 Assets Dec-rober 31, 83, 246,736.55 It will piy you to insnre. Accidents happen ohlt when they are not expectetl. If there is.no aaent for this Association in ypar town, write to the undersigned. We want an active agent in each town in North Carolina, anct will give liber! terms. Correspondence solicited. FIELD A ROYSTER, State Agents for North Carolina, 13-tf. Oxford, N. C. NOTHING SliBi LIKE SUCCESS. BIG STOCK JUST RECEIVED. LATEST SPRING STALES, Mn'a wool suits at $2.47. Big drivt-a in better suits. We can suits at 87.33. Chiidrcns' and youths' clothing cheaper thsn we hieKCv? before offered. Suits at 98c, Si J3, and up. motions, mm, NOTIONS. Garter elastic T ead pencils, good quality, four cents. JLi at four cents per dozen. Tacks, Needles, Crochet Needles, and hundreds of other articles -worth 5 cnt forone cent per paper. Corsets worth 50 cents we offer fox 19 cents. Read tations on Spool Cotton. THE COMBINATION BUSTED. Clarks best 0. N. T. Spool Thread two for 5 cents, Kerr's Spool Thread cents. Gents' Shirt fronts, all linen, at 3 cents. SHOKS. ' The biggest bargains ever offered. Misses' fine shoes, perfectly solid, a Gent's fine shoes 98c and up. Ladies' 68c. .acarquo fdrT 42 cent?. HATS. HATS. Wool hats "from 10c up. Gent' $3 Derby 15 at 69 cents. 500 Negligee Shirtfi 25 per cent off regular prices. Call early. We'll monev at the NEW YORK RACKET. you HEADQUARTERS for DRUC SSI Silled His Fatter. How to Care All Skin Diseases. Simply apply "Swayne's Ointment." No internal medicine required. Cures tet ter, eczema, itch, all eruptions on the face, nose, hands, &c. leaving the skin clear, white and healthy. I8 great healing and curative-powers are posswiiSSy no other remedy. Ask your druggist for Swayne's Ointment. 46-6m Neuralgic Persons And those troubled with nervousness resulting from care or overwork will be relieved by taking Brown's Iron Bitters. Genuine has trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. a part of tbe State is pushing to th front, ton Star. -Wilining- Maj. VV. A. Guthrie has returned from Roxboro Court He" tells us that the Lynchburg & Durham R. R. is now about seven miles from Rox boro and track laying is progressing at the rate of half a mile a day. Regular schedules are being run as far as South Boston. He traveled over this road that far from fcynch burg. At South Boston, he tells us, he heard two gentleman say. that in a cut of the L. & D., six miles this side of that place they struck a small vein of coal, which they worked on for some time, and followed the vein until there has been developed a vein ten feet thick. This will be a bo nanza to Durham, when the L. & D.' is completed to this place. -Durham Sun. Raleigh, N. C., April 20 Eight days ago Edward N. Butler, a prom inent cititt n of Clinton, was assassin ated there while, walking on a street in the suburbs of tbe place, about mid day. H lived some hours and made a statement that' Joh Sim mons was the assassin. Simmons isu deserter from the regular army and has a bad character. Day be fore yesterday Governor Fow le offer ed a large reward for him. Yesterday a startling revelation was made in regard to the crime. Avery Butler, a son of the murdered man, aged fourteen, has confessed that he is the assassin and that he fired a steel slug at his father. He said that he was cruelly beaten hy his father and this provoked him to kill him. Th.e hoy fled as soon a he made this awful revelation, and a large party is now pursuing him. The Sewing Machine aad Music House of our town la fast gaining the confidence and good will of our people. They carry Pianos, Organs, small lnstruraeataStringa and sheet music. Also Sewing Machines and Needles, Oil, Parts, &e. Prices low and terms easy. Give us a call when you come to town." For prices and terms ad dress J. A. Wright Bro., Rockingham. j - - m i i: Take the Rocket. The reason RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER is the most wonderfu medtcise, i because it has never failed in any instance, no matter w&at the-disease, from LEPROSY thesim plest disease known to the human system. The scientific men of to-day claim and prove that every disease is mm BY MICROBES, AND hadam's microbe KILLER Exterminates the Microbes and drives t hem out of the system, aad when that is done you cannothave an ache or pain. No matter what the disease, whether a simple case of Malaria Fever or a combination of diseases, we cure them all at the same, as we treat all diseases constitutionally. PrlcBs LowBr than EvBJBef are T TRY US and do convinced yourself that this place to buy your DrugSp Oil, Faints, Mil, Asthma, Consumption, Catarrh, Browehitls Rheumatism, Kidney and Livr Disease ChUU and Fever, Female Trodbles, in at its forms, and, in fact, every Disease known to the Human System. BEWARE OF FRAUDULENT IMITA TIONS. See that our trade-mark(same as above), appears on each jug. Send for book "History of the Microbe Killer," given away by Doclor W. M Fowlkes & Co., sole agents for Richmond county. Everybody should subscribe-for the Rockingham Roeket. $1.50 pnys for tbe Il tckct 1 year. Paint Brushes, Ac. Our prices never have been Deatenv- We -always have the best goods at the lowest figures ; - this any of our customers will tell you. Time and again houses have sprang up to compete with us, only to meet sgi the ame sad fate disappointment. Our experience, hard a. .study and careiul attention to business have taught ns exactly what the pepphvneea, hence we are always ready to serve you and give you prompt and pol.te attention and to guarantee satisfaction. IF YOU ARE ICK and don't know yourself what you want, Dr. Fowlkes can always be found in his office in the store and will gladly advise and prescribe for you. Our stock of JEWELRY and Spectacles is complete. In season we carry our usual large tock of Fresh Garden Seed. Prescriptions carefully compounded day or night, uome to sea us. J)r. W. IN. Fowlkes & Co. TO MY FRIENDS AND PATRONS: Wait a few g days Spnn ma. Dress to New York until 1 return. to- Don't buy your i flQU uay, v wait I start and see Kit what I have show SfiB t iSt l4 April 15, 1890. to you. Yours respectfully, Gt.BuIT e Cough 8yrop cV-r?fTr Click If n?s Arnica Stiff. The best Salve in tbe world for onuses cuts, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores tetter, chapped bands, chilblain, ooraa, ana all skin eruptions, and positively cure Piles, or no pay required. His guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or-isouey re funded. Price 25 cents per box. For sJb Sv DrWM Fowlkes 4 Co.
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