North Carolina Newspapers

SUCCESSOR 10 THE ROCKINGHAM HOOT, Old Series, Vol. XVTT, Mo. 22. New Series, Vol III, No. 17 ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY. OCToBER 3, 1901. J 1.00 PR TFUR-IS mm 10 EYIEBOD MAN HUNT CONTINUES. North Carolina Outlaw Wanted For Assault Reward Offered. Raleigh, Sept. 28. The pursuit of McDaniel, the Iredell county white out law, continues. He got away from hie pursuers, went to South Carolina with his wife and 2-montha-old child and ia cow back in this state, somewhere neat Eilerbe Springs. Hia wifej-fche sworn testimony of the ill-treated girl shows, was a witness of his crime and did not protest. She ia therefore a partyjp it. How McDaniel escapes capture is singular. He and hia wife have fled on foot 150 miles, and only once were given a tip that detect ives were nearly on them. This was at Cypress, S. C. Ac another place a constable's care lessness missed their capture. The wo man's father, Henry Clay, wishes their capture and is aiding the officers. The governor's reward of $400 is an added Incentive. McDaniel's flight directly after the commission of the crime saved hira from lynching. He first assaulted the girl in an abandoned house during a sturm, while he was taking her home to adopt her,. and that night assaulte 3 her again in his own house. The victim is 12 years old, and is now with her mother, a poor woman, from tYhoiii McDaniel had taken her under promise of adoption. Lawyer Under Sentence. Raleigh, Sept. 28. Edward S. Bat tie, who several years ago obtained li cense to practice law, is under sentence rf HO days' labor on the public roads in this county for attacking Mayor Powell. He has appealed on the ground that the punishment is excessive. He ia under $500 bond to appear. The grand jury is now inquiring as to whether he andjDwo other persons were in a conspiracy against the mayor. The case causes a great sensation in this section of North Carolina. Penitentiary Report. . Raleigh, Sept. 27. The penitentiary report has just been put in the hands of the governor. It shows that, Sept. 7 the assets were .$17,185 and the liabilities $8,138, of the latter $7,000 being for fer tilizers and not due until Nov. 1. None of this season's crops have been sold. The directors say that when the fiscal year ends the penitentiary will be en tirely out of debt. Ballasted With Gravel. Goldsboro, N. C, Sept. 30. The At lantic and North Carolina railroad is to 'be ballasted with gravel along its entire length. Work has already begun. W. y. Carlisle, .chief engineer, will take charge of the department of roadway on Oct. 1. An order announcing . this fact has been issued, as have also orders to All conductors to reduce any surplus Jorce. Iyle Not Guilty of Murder. Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 30. In the, case of Edward Lyle, charged with the inurder of Newton Lanier, the grand jury failed to find a true bill for murder. Mr. Frank R. McNinch, Lyle's counsel, states that the defendant will submit to a charge of larceny, it being alleged, or proven, that he tricked or swindled La nier out of money. North Carolina Pensions. Raleigh, Sept. 30. State Auditor Dixon, who has charge of pension mat ters, says it is found that there will be something over 9.000 pensioners this year, or about 3,000 more than last year. He says he expected the number would be 10000 at least. The lists are not quite ready to be given out. Lee Will Visit Raleigh. Raleigh, Sept. 30. General William R. Cox, president, and General William P. Roberti, chief marshal of the North Carolina state fair, to be held here next month, have specially invited General Fitzhugn Lee to attend the fair and ' speak. He accepts. He will bet given a notable reception. I Tragic Death of 31i Lemley. Charlotte, N. .0., Oct. 1. Misfl Laura Lemley, 45 years of age, a sister of Judge Advocate Lemley, was burned to death at her home in Salem, N. C, yesterday. Her clothing caught frqm a kitchen stove, and she was so badly burned that death resulted in four hours. Cotton 3Iaturing Slowly. Raleigh, Sept. 30. Farmers report tflat they never knew cotton to mature and open so slowly. While last .year the bulk of the crop was picked by Oct. 1, it is more than probable there will r n v par be picking until the middle of November. A Long Buggy Ride. Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 80. Mr. W. r Edgerton of Guilford college passed the city en route for St. Augustine, Fla. Ho is making the journey in a one-horse bugy. He started from Guilford col lege last Thursday and expects to reach t. Augustine in 15 days' time. Southern Postmasters Appointed. Washington, Sept 27. President Roosevelt today appointed the following posrmasters: Georgia, Thomson, Lulu 1. Pierce; Mississippi, Clarksdale, Wil liam C. Cole; North- Carolina, Clinton, Daniel P. Dameron; Tennessee, Hum boldt, Robert H. McNeely. Dull Cotton Season. Raleigh, Oct. 1. It is the remark of the cotton dealers that this is the dullest season they have ever known. Raleigh now handles only a third of the cotton it handled 20 years ago. This year's crop promises to be very smalL tchauge of Books Made Easy. Raleigh, Sept 30. The state text book board has definitely settled the question as to exchanges of old books for the new ones adopted by declaring that any book which can be used is ex chaugeabla . Florida State College. Tallahassee, SeDt. 80. The Florida State college has commenced its forty- I imn annual session with a full faculty present and the largest attendance of students ia the history of toe college. GEORGIA SOLDIERS' HOME IS DESTROYED Early Morning Fire Reduces Structure to Ashes. NO LIVES EEP0ETED LOST Blaze Started In the Garbage Plant and All Kfforts to Subdue the Klre Were Futile Property Was Valued at $40,000; Insurance $ lO.OOO. Atlanta, Sept. 30. The Soldiers' Home was reduced to ruins by fire at an early hour this morning. No lives were lost in the conflagra tion, but the inmates lost nearly all their personal effects. Fire was discovered in the upper part of the building at 8:15 o'clock. It started in the garbage plant. Immediately this discovery was made, an alarm was given and a hose line at tached to the tank in the rear of the building, and the inmates hurried from their rooms. An appeal for aid was sent to the fire department in town, and a fire truck was sent in response thereto. The water in the tank proved entirely insufficient to stay the blaze and the structure burnt like tinder. In 30 min utes after itMsatighs it was a ruim. Save for the water in the tank the building had no protection. There were 75 inmates in the home. The building was insured for $10,000. It cost about f 10,000. All the inmates of the home have not yet been accounted for, but it is believed at this hour that no lives are lose Scarcely anything has been saved. A movement will be started to rebuild the home by popular subscription. TO REBUILD HOME. Georgia Will Provide the Old Soldiers With Another Structure. Atlanta, Oct. 1. The news of the destruction by fire of the Georgia Sol diers' Home was received throughout the state with evidences of the greatest sorrow. Sentiment generally is in favor of re building the home at once. Already Atlanta, Savannah, Macon, Augusta, Albany, Columbus and many other cit ies and towns of the state hjave started subscription lists and, with the insur ance money of $10,000 as a nucleus, ic ii only a question of time when a sufficien sum will have been raised for the pu' pose. The Soldiers' Home, with the addi tions and improvements that had been made thereon, represented a cost ol $30,000. Inside the building were fur nishings to the amount of $3,500. The building was insured for $10,000 and the furniture for $2,000. The actual loss, therefore, 13 something more than $20, 000. Ot the $ J 0,000 insurance, $5,000 is with the Scottish Union National In surance company and $5,000 with the Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance com pany.. The building was a three story structure. Ic contained 75 rooms, ot which 60 were sleeping apartments. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. The New Industries Reported In the South in a Week. Chattanooga, Sept. 30. The more important of the new industries reported by The Tradesman for the week ended Sept. 28 are as follows: . A $25,500 brickworks at Tallahassee, Fla.; a $40,500 canning factory ac Mc Clellanville, S. C. ; a $100,000 coal min ing company at Montgomery, Ala.; a $150,000 coal mining company at Nash ville, Tenn., and coal mines at Tusca loosa, Ala.; a coffin factory at Max con. N. C; a cotton compress at Columbus, Ga. ; a cotton mill at Wetumpka, Ala. ; electric light Dlants at Bennettsville, S. C, and Dickson, Tenn.; a $200,000 eleo trio light and power company at Chattanoogai fertilizer factories at Wil mington, N. C, and Charleston, S. C. ; a $60,000 iron foundry at LaFollette, Tenn. ; a furnace near Tuscaloosa, Ala. ; gin machinery works, at Willacoochee, Ga,; a $40,000 ice factory at Avondal6, Ala. ; a $50,000 ice factory at Wake For est, N. C. ; a koalin plant at Yahala, Fla.; a $100,000 lumber company at Whitfield, Fla.; lumber mills near Brunswick, Ga., and at Harriman, Tenn.; a $100,000 oil company at Pensa cola, Fla.; a $10,000 oil company at Chattanooga; a $25,000 oil and pipe line company at Jellico, Tenn. ; planing mill at Mobile, Ala.; a $12,000 sash and door factory at Cheraw, S. CL ; a silica grind ing mill at Jasper, Ga. ; a singletree fac tory at Tullahoma, Tenn.; and a tele phone system at Dublin, Ga. WILL NOT PAY RANSOM. Would Be Dangerous Precedent, Say x Or. Cre;an of Sew York. , Berlin, Sept. 28. The American board of commissioners of foreign mis sions will resist the demand of 110,000 ransom for the release of Miss Helem M. Stone of Chelsea, Mass., the American missionary now held by Bulgarian brig ands. When shown a statement by Dr. Cregan, New York secretary of the American board, that the acquiescence would be a dangerous precedent, the Rev. Judson Smith expressed his hearty approbation. 'The board will never consider such a proposition," he said. "The rescue ol Miss.Stone is in the hands of the gov eminent. We have had missionaries in TurSey for two generations, but never a case like this. Should we offer a ran som, missionaries would never be safe from capture." 3Iisslonarles Going to China. Seattle, Wash., Sept 28. Advance notice has been given that a party of IS missionaries, who are returning to the mission fields of China, will arrive in this city Monday. In the party are Rev. and Mrs. W. P. Knight and child, Rev. and Mrs. A. W. Lagerquist and four children, Miss Miller, Miss Irvin, Miss Bengdou and Miss Walters. The latter two are new in the field, bat the other members of the party were drivei trom China daring the recent troubles. FROLIC ENDS IN.TRAGEDY. Negro Near Dawson, Ga., Kecklesl With His Gun. Dawson, Ga., Oct 1. Coroner W. J. Lewis went to Herod yesterday, accom panied bySheriff Christie, to hold an inquest Will Desmond, a negro, wal found on one side of a public road witb two pistol bullets in bis back. The jury rendered a verdict charging. Lonnic Crawford, another negro, with murder. The row started at a frolic a mile from the scene of the killing about 10 cents, but was seemingly settled throngh the interference of the host, and in a short while Crawford and Desmond ".started home, accompanied by another negro. Nearing the forks of the road, where Crawford was to separate from Des mond and his companion, Crawford re newed the quarrel by asking Desmond if he did not try to pick a fuss with him at the frolic Desmond replied: "No, I did not. If I hurt your feel ings I will apologize. " Crawford accepted the apology, but when the men were about to part Craw ford, without saying a word, stepped back and, drawing his pistol, fired five times at Desmond. GEORGIA'S PENSION LIST. Increase of More Than $125,000 Over Last Year. Atlanta, Oct. L Commissioner of Pensions J. W. Lindsey has completed his work of passing upon new applica tions for pensions for the coming year. He will continue to receive applications and put them on file, but he will not act upon any more to be paid next year. As a result of Commissioner Lindsey 'a investigations he estimates an appro priation of $825,000 will be necessary to pay all the pensions next year. This is an increase of more than 125,000 over last year, but it takes in the new class of widows provided for at the last ses sion of the legislature, but who wr-e not paid. This new class of pensioners will account for about $80,000 of the in crease. The following amounts will be re quired to pay the different classes of pensioners: Indigent soldiers, $362,000; indigent widows, $78,000; disabled sol diers, $190,000, and old class of widows, $1 90,000. This makes a total of $825,000. MINERS' WAGE SCALE. Referee Clark Submits Report, Which la Accepted. Knoxville, Sept. 30. Judge C. D. Clark of Chattanooga, who was selected as referee in the coal miners' wage scale controversy, has made his report, which has been accepted by W. R. Fair ley and Hywel Da vies, the other arbi trators. The decision provides that 9 hours shall constitute a work day, with out changes in wages now paid; that mining shall be advanced three fifths per cent on run of mines, and 1 cant on screen coal; that no change snail be made in pay for yardage work, and that one payday per month shall lemain. The miners asked for a 9 hour day in stead of 10 hours, general advance in wage scale, varying as to work, and two pay days per month. The new scale is effective in the Jel lico district Oct. ). It is believed it may also be adopted in the Coal Creek and Oliver Springs distriot. Emory's Matriculation. Oxford, Ga., Oct 1. The attend ance at Emory college is steadily in creasing. New men are coming in every day from all parts of the Union, a num ber having matriculated from as far north as Columbus, O. , and as far west as the Indian Territory. The attend ance in the senior class numbers 35, the junior class 60 and the sophomore 65. The freshmen number 60, with about the same number in the sub-freshman class. The total number in school this year is about 275, a large increase over last year s attendance. Opposed to Free Lunches. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 1. The police commissioners have adopted resolutions calling upon the city council to abolish free lunches at the bar-rooms, do away with all screens and partitions there, and pass more stringent laws to keep boys from the bars. By the free luncn system large numbers of vagrant ne groes, who would be at work, especially during the present scarcity of labor, practically live. The police think that if all the screens are removed they can better watch and in turn better regulate the saloons. Drowned in Ogeechee Canal. Savannah, Sept SO. Sam Deitch, a 12-year-old boy, was drowned in the Ogeechee canal. Deitch and several young companions were playing on a raft made of old logs at the foot of Mar garet - street; when the raft gave way and precipitated the whole crowd into the water. The screams of the boys brought assistance in short order 4nd all were fished out in time except Deitch, whose body had sunk to the bottom. Some little time elapsed before the body was recovered and life was extinct. Fever Closes Schools. Carrolltox, Ga., Oct l. In the public school management all grades except the seventh and the high school have been suspended on account of scar let fever among the children here. Some eight recently developed cases in the city precipitated this action. The 6 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Sum mers died of the malady here. Sunday schools are ordered suspended as well, and every precaution will be taken to prevent spread of the fever. Negress Used a Knife. Athens, Ga., Oct L It turns out that Sam Gregory, the negro man who came near bleeding to death Saturday night, was not injured by falling against a curbstone, as he said, but was cut across the head with a dull knife driven with sufficient force to sever the arteries in the right temple and bring him close to death. He admitted that he was cut by Emma Smith, a negro woman, but refused to say why she did the cutting. The woman was arrested. Kqual to Texas Gushers. New Orleans, Sept 30. A dispatch from Welsh, Lev, near Jennings, says the oil well there gushed 200 feet today, wrecking the derrick sad partially jrreekiiur ths) mauchinfirT. I MANY AMERICANS KILLED BY BOLOMEN Company C, Ninth Infantry, Almost Annihilated. THREE OFFICERS SLAIN Their Names Are Thomas W. Connel), First Lieutenant Edward A. Sum pus ai-.d llajor. Surgeon R. S. Gr la wold Corrected Cablegram. . , Washinoton, Sept 30. In addition to 'the enlisted men, three commissioned officers of Company C, Ninth infantry, are supposed now to have been killed in the action in Samar, Philippine islands, last Saturday. The officers are: Captain Thomas W. Connell. First Lieutenant Edward A. Bumpus Major Surgeon R. S. Griswold. A question having arisen as to the ac curacy of the cablegram received at the war department yesterday from Gen- i eral Chaffee, the cable company was di rected to repeat it. The repetition dis closes some inaccuracies that materially change the message. As corrected the dispatch reads: "Manila, Sept 29 Adjutant Gen eral, Washington: Hughes reports fol lowing from Bassey, southern Samar: Twenty-four men, Company C, Ninth regiment, United States Infantry,; 11 wounded, have justarrived from Balan giga; remainder company killed; insur gents seov red all company supplies and all rifles, except three. Company was attacked during breakfast, morning Sept. 28. Company 72 strong; officers, Thomas W. Connell, Captain Edward A Bumpus, fiirst leutenant; Dr. R. S. Griswold, major surgeon. (Signed) Chaffee." As corrected the dispatch shows that Company O of the Ninth suffered the disaster. No company was mentioned in the dispatch made public yesterday. The serious discrepancy between the original and the corrected dispatches, however, is that the latter indicates that the commissioned officers of the compa ny are missing, perhaps killed, while the former indicated that they escaped. The father of Captain Connell resides in New York city. He telegraphed to the war department today that he is in receipt of a cablegram from the quar termaster of the Ninth regiment saying that his son' had been killed in action. SURPRISED AMERICANS. Soldiers Were at Breakfast When At tacked by 400 Re bels. Manila, Sept. 30. General Hughes, from the Island of Samar,-reports the arrival of Sergeant Markley and one private at Tannan, from the fight at Balangiga, where over 40 men of Com pany C, Ninth infantry, were killed by insurgents, who attacked the troops while at breakfast Saturday last The men who have reached Tannan say that the officers of the oompany, who were at first reported to have es caped, were killed with the majority of me company, xne troops were attacked while unprepared by 400 bolomen,' of whom the Americans killed about 150. Many of the soldiers were killed in their quarters before they had time to grasp their rifles. General Hughes is going to the scene of the disaster and will personally com mand the troops. A new branch of the Katispunan has been established at Tarlac, capital of the province of tnat name. The object of the society is the slaughter of whites. ' Maroeliuo Mariville, president of Bay ai:g, is chief of the new branch, which iuoludes numbers of the native constab ulary who were recently armed. One policeman admits that he was taxed $1 a.td was ordered to make bolos. A reg ular collection has been made by the or ganization from the natives, either by persecution or threats, uprisings having been planned. The conditions in Tayants and Ba tan gas are nc)t reassuring. The worst form of guerrilla warfare prevails there. The iasurgent forces are distributed un der cover along every road and trail and wait for travelers in ambush. The insurgent leader Caballos, who -belonged to General Cailles' command, but who refused to surrender with Cail les, is retreating to the mountains. The main forces of the insurgents are scat tered in bands over the province, where they dig up rifles when there is an op portunity to use them. MAKES FIERCE ATTACK. Botha Commanded Force of Fifteen Hundred Boers. Durban, Natal, Sept 30. A force of 1,500 Boers, commanded by General Botha, made an attack which lasted all day long. Sept 2, on Portitala, on the border of Zululand. The ' burghers were finally repulsed, but afea heavy cost to the garrison, whose losses were an officer and 11 men killed. Five officers and 38 men were wounded. In addition, 63 men are miss ing, of which number many are believed to have been killed or wounded. The Boer commandant, Opperman, and 19 burghers are known to have been killed. Riot In Barcelona. Madrid, Sept 30. The anniversary of the revolution of 1S68 was celebrated at Madrid and other towns TescorHa At a meeting of 20.000 Republicans and 1 cwiauHs, as rsarceiona, the crowds pro ceeded to lay a wreath upon the monu ment of General Prim, the once famous insurgent leader in Spain. The mobs collided with the police, who fired in response to a volley of stones. Three of the persons participating m the demon strations and two police officers were wounded. Packing Establishment Burned. Nkw York, Sept 30. The pork pack ing establishment' of Henry Muhs of Passaic, N. J., was destroyed by fire to day. The loss is estimated at about l a,uw. Thomas .Kelly, a fireman, felt from the roof of the building and was jiangoonsly hart. hOK MONTGOMERY Y. M. C. A. Northern Philanthropist Will Give 914,000 to the Institution. Montgomery, Ala., Sept 30. Mont gomery is again the beneficiary of a rich northern philanthropist. Rev. Ed gar Gardner Murphy, rector of St John's Episcopal church, has returned from New, York, bearing with him a proposition ' to the T. M. C A. from a gentleman whose name Rector Murphy does not at present divulge. The philanthropist proposes to buy the Baldwin property, a fine old south ern mansion and "grounds, for 114,000 and equip it for .Y. M. O. A. work, turning it over to the association rent free for three years. . At the end of that time the association is to move out into a building of : its 'own,' the 'gentleman subscribing $5,000 for the building fund. The Baldwin property will then be transferred to another philanthropic work, which th'e donor has much at heart, but the exact nature of which he does not now reveal The Y. M. C. A directors met and ac cepted the proposition. Rector Murphy has an option on the Baldwin property and will complete the purchase next week. He secured the Carnegie library donation, and his enthusiasm and suc cess have spread to all Montgomery STRUCK BY FAST TRAIN. Two Negro Farmers Sleet Swift Death at Montgomery, Ala. Montgomery, Ala., Sept 30. At what is known as the Hayheville cross ing of the Mobile and Montgomery di vision of the Louisville and Nashville, about 2 miles west of the city, a wagon was struck by train No. 1, one of the fastest passenger trains on the Louis ville and Nashville. In-the wagon were two negroes Mack Williams and his son returning to their home in Lowndes county. They had come to Montgomery with a load of cotton, which was sold, and the start for home made. From. the Mo bile and Montgomery crossing there is an uninterrupted view for about 1 mile in each direction and it is a mystery that the negroes did not see the fast train approaching. There was a splintering crash and the two negro men were ground to pieces, one of the mules killed and the wagon torn into shreds. The train was stopped and the bodies taken from the top and under the pilot. Section Foreman Kirby saw the accident and says that the wag on was deliberately driven in front of the approaching train, the supposed ob ject being to try and get across in front of it. WORKING FOR RATIFICATION. Alabama Counties Will Adopt New . Constitution by Good Vote. Birmingham, Ala., Sept 80. Secre tary J. C. Pugh of the state Democratic campaign committee said that favorable reports regarding the outlook for the ratification of the new constitution are growing larger day by day. Indi cations, he added, not only point to the success of ratification, but it looks as if the majority in the various counties will be large. The 1 counties are 'organizing very rapidly and Mr. Pugh has no doubt but that in a very few days a perfect or ganization will have been completed in every county. The work of sending out printed cop ies of the new constitution is still being prosecuted. Every weekly newspaper in the state favorable to the ratification is circulating in supplementary form copies of the constitution and the ad dress of the committee appointed by the constitutional convention pointing out the difference between the old and the new constitution. Switchman Killed by Cars. Sheffield, Ala., Sept. 30. Will Cole man, a railroad switchman, while at tempting to couple the air hose on a freight train, was run over and killed at the Montgomery avenue crossing iu the heart of the ci:y. Coleman's shoe heel, caught between the rail and a plank of the crossing and before he could extricate himself he was knocked ! down and frightfully mangled by the moving cars. D2ceased came here sev eral years ago from Tennessee. He leaves a wife and three young children. Telephones Kor C our. land. Courtlakd, Ala., Sept i?8. An ef fort is being made to establish a tele j phone exchange here. Many of the large planters live in town and have no means of communication with their planta tions. This, with the business houses, would furnish a sufficient number ol subscribers. If the system 13 established here ic will have connection with .the long-distance telephone. Negroes Kill Kx-Policeman. Mobile, Sept 30. Robert McWhor' ter; at one time a policeman here, was shot and killed after midnight in the southern portion of the city by one of three negroes. His assailants escaped temporarily, but later the police arrested Walter Jordan, Lee Hurst and Jacob Mason, alias Washington. Jordon con fessed to firing the shot that killed Mc Whorter. Alabama Fertilizer Tags. Montgomery, Ala., Sept 28. Two million fertilizer tags have just been de livered to the agricultural department to be used during the ensuing year. The tags were received by Chief Clerk Ad ams, who, notwithstanding his recent illness, was present to give the reception of the tags his personal attention. The tags cost the state 53 cents per 1,000. Grand Jury Returns Indictments. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 30. The criminal court, grand jury has returned a large batch of indictments, among them being the following: Fritz Carle, murder of Ira R Dunham; Alex Mor ris sett, murder of Richard Mason; Tom McCabe and Ben Cook, murder of Mil ton Moses; William Jones, criminal as sault Lauderdale Fair. Florexck, Ala., Sept 2& The sec ond day of the eighth annual fair of the Lauderdale County Fair association scored a great success. There was a large and -enthusiastic crowd, fine weather and fast track. Old timers de clare the races the finest ever witnessed in this section. AreWo" fee ;u THEN SHERtUDCJ-UDLLDArJlS PAOOT W can sellyou Lewis' Lead in Oil, if you wish to do your own mixing; but the Sherwm-Williams paints are compound ed by experienced chemists, who make tests of the lead; zinc and oil from which this paint is made. If each ingredient is not absolutely pure it is rejected. Being mixed by machinery, each ingredient is thoroughly ground into the other. It comes ready for the brush. Its shades are exact. We can demon strate to you that this paint at tt.60 per gallon is cheaper to you than lead and oil at market prices; is cheaper to you than any paint costing you $1 to $1.25 per gallon. We can sell you the lead and oil; we prefer to sell you the Sherwm-Wifflams mixed paint. j . We have a full line of Builders' Hard are, Carpenters' and Mechanics Tools and Supplies, Mill Supplies Plasterers' and Masons Tools, Paint Brushes in fact, a full line of goods that a store of this kind should carry. We would like for you to see our Buggies, Harness and baddies. We think wo bought them right and can please you jH price and quality. We sell a buggy which we guarantee all over even against breakage in runaway accidents. Ice Cream Freezers a f ull line are here. The Arctic is the best. The White Mountain, made by the same people, is next. Come in to see us. we call this branch of our business EYERETT HARDWARE COMPANY. Because it enables us to buy a great many lines of goods to better advantage than we could ir our general store. In both Hardware and General store departments we aro trying to anticipate your wants, and will guarantee to satisfy them at a reasonable margin of profit. 17. I. EVERETT " - - - . ,, , A. lt , . im i SHOT AT. ' i ) 'l But the bullets fall against the walls of solid truth and are mashed too flat to re-collect, is the condition existing between us and all competition. We are still the "Lead ing Clothiers," and will continue to lead by fair and hon est dealings with our customers. Everybody who has given us a call since we fir$t opened in the town have shown their satisfaction brf repeating the same. We are doing a clean, clear-cut business in every respect, and despite all that can be said we are satisfying every cus tomer. We have a large line of Clothing, Shoe:. Hals, Shirts, Pants, Etc., Which we are letting the people have at extremely ; lo prices that we may make room for a large fall stock. Call and See the bargains that must go. Thanking every customer for past patronage, we are, Respectfully, BLACKER BROTHERS. Sartdford Building. Rocking ham. N. C Attention, From September 1st until November 1st lam offering to that class of people who get their money but once a year the Highest Grade Machine made, the Singer, on the easiest terms ever offered. Now, friend, call on me and get A SINGER. For your family by paying one-third cash, one third October 1st, 1902, and one-third October 1st, 1903, To all other classes on small monthly payments, A liberal discount for cash, I handle the highest grade Oil made, : Needles and parts u misted for all machines. Repairing a specialty, B. F. PALMER. - ?aint Your House This Spring? USE THE Farmers!