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HEN IN HAMLET . ; t the Ham let Rest! t...,: . fI t! A. L. Hotel. Good lt;;f. G. H. Spencer. Prop. n it ' z AT. C HUNTER D and Druggist, OiT.it an , j ;o.e nexi w ruswuic, . T 1 . , ..I'.H-hcd Dew and moderr 1 tl. Rockineham. and res- 'v , : cit the -patronage of the . :r f.,r .tmt. N. C. Hl'STlR. CO J AS Dockery, j Lawyer, j Sin BuUag pOCKINGHAM , N C. JtfOFFISON& WHTTLOCK Attorney sat'Law Acf Peal Estate Agt its F3CKWGHAMN TP, Lc GRAND, Attorney at Law, Rcckingliam, A C j utirt.tion given to all law mat ! r.-ute Agent. Onice otm I C-.irr Drug Co.'i store. . l'none 67. i IF.05IIM. PROPRIETOR. ! Marble and Granite Work cf Every Description !-!l!ii;Hil?:r:lWcrhi:'iii ...... Authorized Representative, J I.. A. PATRIK J j Complete ! Burial Outfits;! COFFINS, CASKETS, ROBES, Ect. i ti;rPT r O 1 I WLdl-DltU39 I ' to FOCKINGHAM, N C i. q wf-.m ys aw Wlteitro urn works: WEHf Do Blackct Bros' Sel1 their Goods Cheaper than any other house in town? ANSWER. Because they buy for cash and sell for cash, there" I ere do not lose any money by time business, which we would hare to make up. on you- We also save the money for the books jo J book-keepers. Therefore we are selling our goods cheaper tlun any other house in town. Here is the proof, plain to see. Men Suit, 1.25 t 016.00 f 1.65 to 3.25. We also carr nice besides order-mtde 65c, $100, $1.25 Shoes, all stjl'es. Suit, 6Sc to 10.00 HATS! HATS! All styles; all " Mi its, 35c to 5.00 prices, from a 10c Straw to a I5.00 y rants. 60c to 6.00 Fur Hat. V. ,:h.ants 50c to 3.00 CALICOES, HOMESPUN, '"U"S 'SC to 1.00 GIGllAM,peryard,3to4c. W, Vicl, Hox Calf and LADIES' SHIRT WAISTS, Ci!ht n, ?5.oo value, going for 75c value, going at 32. LOOK FOR THb PLACE WHERE YOU GET MORE GOODS FOR SAME MONEY, SAME GOODS FOR LESS MONEY. BLACKER. BROS., Vour Money Stivers. Sondford Billdlng IT'S: M Everybody knows about S.W.P. It's success Is In the sir. . 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W hat can b donatoperpf-tuatetharacaand1 keep women beautiful ul I jTbera la a halm universal dim! by cultured and uncultured women In the crkls. Jiuvbaixis will do well to investigate this remedy In order to raassara their wives on the point of eaa with which children can ba born aad all baauty of form and -ure ratilnad. Moihers Friend Is tha slmpta nam by which this invaluable remedy is known. It will diminish all pain allied to motherhood. Used thronphout nremancr tt wUl dispel momin sickness. core sora bre.ts. make elastic ail tendons and fibres called upon to hold In position tha expanding burden. Muscles soften under its soot bine la5 urnre and the patient anticipates favorably tha issue. In tha comfort thus bestowed. Mother) Krirnd Is a liniment for ex ternal application. - Women's own pretty ftnrers ruoit gently on tha parts so severely taxed, and It is Instantly absorbed and so lubricate tha parts. Your dmrrUt tells It for SI per bottle. You may bav our book "Motherhood" free. THE 6RADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA, OA. WaSBaaBSSSSSSBSBBBSaSSBSSSSSBSBSBBSBBSBBSSSBBSaBSmSBr n n EVERETT I LEDBETTSfi m ins. Oyer 20 Companies in Our Agency.- BONDS. We can give you at reason . able price bond for Admin istrators, 1 Guardians, City and County Officials, Bank Officers, Railroad Employes and other bonds- Ing, Inside or out side THE SHERWIlt-WlLLUMS paiht will do it better and more econom ically than any other. It will wear longer, look better ana cover more surface. It's a fjalnt with a reputation found ed on merit. Ask us for color cards. 1 THE MR. 1 o o 9 THE I GUARD?Angf THE GOLD Br WILLIS EMERY s Copyright. 1901, by i redenck K. Toombs 0 OOe300004Oi Frederick R. Toombs T -v HERE was a combination freight and express car on a 6ldlng below the station, and Horton knew that It was go ing east with the 9:30 train, lie thought that he might find a way to go with It unobserved to steal a ride, like a tramp, as he phrased It to himself. As to destination, he was hot partic ular. The Important matter was to get away. He had been discharged from the service of the railroad under suspi clon of dishonesty, and everybody knew it or would know it very soon. . ' . An express envelope containing a small sum of money had been stolen. It would have been possible for Hor ton to commit the theft, but he had uot done It. However, he was known to have lost at cards and to be hard nrrvssfwl ert thfit -a a tYia anA ef film It was a dark, gusty Evening.- Low, scurrying clouds grazed the top of the hill like frightened birds in flight and sped away Into the east. The noise of the wind would drown any, ordinary sound, and Horton stepped upon a platform of the car without especial caution. He wished to see who was in the express compartment, where there was a light. Through the glass top of the door he saw an express messenger named Silas Wlggin sitting on an oak choFt bound with iron and handling a revolver. Be side the door indeed with a hand up on the knob stood a "partner" of Wig- gin named Banks. The roar of the wind subsiding for a few minutes, it was possible for Hor ton to overhear the conversation Of the two men. especially as Banks held the door open an Inch or two after the first few words. "It's 8 o'clock now," said Banks. T'IKbe back before 9. You'll be all right alone." "Sure," replied Wiggin. A little matter of a hundred thousand in gold doesn't affect my nerves. as ir to prove it he drummed out a little tune on Uie edge of the chest with the barrel of the revolver. "'Specially," he added, "as nobody knows we're carryin It." "There's no telling what the Creek- crs know," rejoined Banks, referring to a little community of desperadoes that lived in cabins alongside the creek a mile below the station. "How ever, you're too close to the depot to have any trouble." Wiggin replied that he wasn t ex pecting any and proceeded to fill his pipe. Banks opened the door wide, and Horton slid silently off the platform Into the darkness. He returned, how- "oh, rrs tx, is rrr ever, as soon as sanies naa waisea away. Due ne avoiaea me iignt mac came through the door. He was saying to himself that Wig gin had always seemed to like him and would very likely give him a chance to r,!de in the freight end or tne car. "I'll ask him anyway," he said. "I'd rather do that than try to turn a trick. A man caught stealing a ride on this car tonight Is likely to get shot." He rose from his crouching posture. and at this moment a gust of wind struck him with the crushing weight of a solid body. . It hurled him against the door, through it, in fact, and he came into the presence of the aston ished Wiggin attended by a small whirlwind laden with sand and cin ders. Wiff?in Jumped up. revolver in hand. and his clay pipe- rattled on the Coor. Then he sat down njsiln -a!iiiIy. "Oh. It's ye, is it'r" be said. "Shut the door." "Sile," said Horton. "you know what's happened to inc. I want to get out of here, and I'm broke." "Oh. ye want to Kit out. do ye?" re sponded Silas, "What tor':" "What forT echoed Horton. V. hy He paused and raised one hand as If listening. Wiggin slowly rose to hu feet, his eyes meeting norton's as the A Boy's Wild Ride For Life. With family aroend expecting him to die, and a fon riding for life, IS miles,' to get Dr. Kings New Discovery for Con aDirption. Coughs and Golds, W H.Brown of lesville, lnd., endured death's agonies from athm. but this wonderful medicine gve inxtant relief ard soon cured him. He rites: 1 now iWp sour dly every niiht." Like marvelous cures of Con- acmction, Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Coucha (V1 is and Grip prove its matchless merit for all Throat and Lune troubles. Guax-Hnd r.iMj hottlfS ouc ana iJAi. inxi wuvt Ire. i all UruggifU. eyes of men In the first moment of mu tual peril always meet. "We're niovin'I" be exclaimed, and, pushing norton aside, he sprang out upon the platform. - "Ain't the brake set 7" cried Tlorton In the teeth of the wind. "It ain't holdin'. Help me!" was the response. The two men heaved at the brake wheel, but produced no perceptible re sult. The car in the grip of the squall was by this time off the siding and well started down the steep grade of the main track. "If we git 'round the bend at the creek," said Wiggin,. "we're all right. There's a rise beyond." "We won't," answered Hortonu And the next instant the flying car left the rails. At the first shock norton went back ward through the door. There was a HjB LOOKED UP AiiD PEECETVED BTT.AB STANDING BEFOIUS HIM. sickening sense of falling and then a frightful crash as the car struck squarely in the middle of a dwarfed pine with enormous spreading branch es that grew on the slope of the creek. What' happened' next Horton never knew, but he eventually found himself crawling out through the roof of the car, which lay upon its side, the upper parts torn out as if by an explosion. The young man was deadly dizzy, and one of his legs lacked strength and feeling. He groped about for some object by which he might steady him self and try to rise, and by chance his hand touched the oak chest, which stood as squarely on the turf as if some one had carefully set it down there. At the same moment he heard the voice of Wiggin. "How are ye?" said the voice. "Dead? I ain't hurt a mite." Horton leaned against the chest 'and held his revolving head in his hands. When it seemed a little steadier, he looked up, and by-the faint moonlight that was struggling. through the clouds he perceived Silas, clothed in rags and streamers, standing before him. . "This ain't no time to give in," said Silas. "Ye've got business on hand. Ye've got tovrun "back to the station and tell 'em about this. It's a good chance that nobody'd miss us for an hour." : j . "Run?" reiterated Horton. "I can't stand. My leg's broke." Silas whistled softly and long. "Say," he cried at last, "did ye hear anything said between me an' Banks Just before ye came Into the car? Ye might 'a been on the platform, ye know." 'I was." replied norton. "I know that there's a hundred thousand, dol lars in gold in this chest I'm leaning against," 'Well, well," said Silas. "What are we goin to do? The Creekers probably heard us come over the bank, an they'll be a-top of us Boon's they can get across." - He pointed to the lighted cabins on the opposite bank of the creek. 'You've got a gun," said Horton. Silas came up alongside the chest and whispered as if there might have been listeners in the bushes. 'It's broke," he said. "It won't work. I-must 'a fallen on it somehow. But take it an' make the best bluff ye can. Don't let 'em . get the chest I don't think they could open it anyhow In time. It's got an iron - sheath Inside. But I tell ye what they'd da They'd load it aboard that big punt see her tied up to the bank on this side? an' they'd float down the creek to some safe place where they'd have half th night to work in. That would be their game. Don't let em ao it. cut 1 say, - he added as he turned away, "don t push the blufr too far. . Don't let 'em kill ye." "You leave it to me," said Horton aa the other started to run up the bank. Alone. Horton essayed to drag him self up on top of the chest. To his sur prise, the injured leg seemed greatly better. Something had struck across the thigh and paralyzed it for the mo ment, but the effect was passing away. He could stand, and in half a minute he could walk fairly welL Suddenly a great wave of thought swept over his mind. Disgraced, brand ed as a thief, he was alone with this fortune.1 Suppose ho should follow the plan so kindly outlined by the trustful Silas. The chest was heavy. It must have weighed something like Tfid nounds. yet norton had often lifted more than that in mere pride of hit strength. To drag that weight down A Parson's Noble Act. 'll want all ibe world to know," writes Rev.' O. J. Bnd'ong, of Aphaway, K I., "what a tboronehly gocl and" reliable median I foi.M in Electric Bitters. They cured roe ij jaundice am! liver troubles that Lad eiusd me creat suffer ice f-r rcanv Vfarsi Fi r & wnrn'r around core tbev excel at.v tbinst I ever tAnf Electric feittrs are the surr.nse 0 alKtbir won der.'ul work in Liver. Kidney! Stomach lroubla. Don't fail to try puar-j them. Onlv -50c ' Satisfaction is anteed by al Drucgiets. steep, smooth bank and tumble It somehow into a broad, low sided boat Ought to be possible for him. , lie took hold of one of the strong handles of the chest and dragged It a "little way Then he stopped and sat down on it. "No." said he aloud; "not If It was a million." ' Horton sat down on the chest and waited. Ten minutes passed, and then he became, aware of two men in the mouth f a path through the bushes. Even in the uncertain moonlight they were Creekers beyond a shadow of doubt. Horton raised his useless weapon. "Don't you fellers come any nlgner," he said. ' "It's the express car!" cried 'one of the men excitedly. "It's the car they put the gold in! The wind must 'a' blown her loose." Horton reflected upon what Banks had said about the amount of informa tion possessed by the Creekers. "Never mind what she Is," he said, on one knee behind the chest. "You fellers stand back." A parley ensued which seemed mean ingless to Horton until an unexpected and painful explanation of it was thrust upon him. A -third member of the gang ; who had been , making a strategic detour while the others held Horton's attention suddenly precipi tated himself upon the young man's back. An Instant later all three , were upon him, and he was helpless. His arms were strapped behind him with a leather belt,: and his legs were similar ly secured. ' , j "It's a strong box. boys," said one of the Creekers, bending over the chest. "We, can't open it here. We tsjn't got much time." "Load it Into the boat and take It down stream," said another. "That's 6ur only show." They began to struggle with the V chest and Horton with his bonds. Tears of rage were in the young man's eyes. ; "If I get loose," he said to himself, "I'll slaughter the whole three of 'em. It's In me to do it." The belt around his arms snapped with a loud noise. He sprang to his feet, forgetting that his legs were tied, and fell in a heap. An instant later, how ever, he was free. He ran down the bankbut the chest was already In the boat, and the men had pushed out into the swift current ' For a moment Horton meditated the folly of plunging in, hoping : that he might reach the boat, and upset it. Then a cry from the top of. the slope arrested his attention. Wiggin and half a dozen others came running down the slope. Horton plod ded up to meet them. ; ' "I couldn't hold 'em," he said in a tone of despair. "They got away with it." . , v. I "Ye done Jest1 right!" exclaimed Si las, grasping him by the hand. "The gold is safe." '.. "Safe?" echoed Horton, amazed. "It never was In the chest," said Si las. "It's in them three sacks." He dragged away. a bit of th'e wreck age and exposed the sacks to view. "For the love, of heaven" Horton began. I "Look here, Joe Horton," said Silas, interrupting, "there's two way S of workin' in this world. One's with yer hands, the other's with' yer head. Here was this gold, an' no way to guard it. A slit with a knife would 'a' got It. I knew the Creekers was 'comm', an' I coul-Jn' stop 'em. I had to go fer help an' leave ye here, an' ye was under a cloud, Joe: They said ye'd stole money. "So- what aid 1 ao? Jbinain' ye thought the gold was in the chest, I let ye think so, an' I give ye a scheme to git away with it. If ye'd done it. the Creekers would 'a' caught ye be fore ye could have loaded the , chest into the boat. If ye stayed here an' mado a bluff for the chest, the Creek 'DOS'T TOU FEIXEKS CO MX A XT XIGHF.B T ers was bound to think the whole plun der was there. Either way the gold was safe as safe as I could make it. The chest Is full of fossils for Colum bia college in New York." 'And you thought that I might" Horton began. ,..'" u 'Never mind what I thought, re- Fponded Wiggin. "Now I know. An' if don't square ye with the company mv name ain't Silas Wiggin." "Why. what do you mean?" "I waited just a bit" said Silas.. with his Land on the other's shoulder. - "I waited till ye said, 'Not If It was a million.' " ; noax I thousLt you said that man was a musicinri? Jocx Nonfeusel "You certainly told me he wrote mel odier." "I told you u wa a -.enjixwr of heirs, lie el!s su.i.h-!sifi rrii.lt" 'A Xsrrrtair Man. "Are you a marrying man?" was asked of a somber looking gentleman at a recent reception. t "Yea. sir," was the jrompt reply; "Tm m dersyxnajL 1. V r - I tnrr i y w i i N Pen , U- :A satisfaction, j- r TIJRXP SEED AnJ we are -the people to buy them from. We baVe tbem ia ail tin fo.ukr va rieties, and bay them direct from the growers We are still headquarters for everything in the drug line. RICHMOND COUNTY DRUG M V. L- RICHARDSON, Manager. Weeber)& Wheelock Pianos, and Mason & Hamlin Piano and Organs Sing- their own praises in thousands 01 happy homes in this and other countries, l Does the name, MASON & HAMLIN, mean anything to you? 'In the musical world it stand as a' synonym of Perfection. To purchasers it means the saving of middleman's profits, and securing ti e fires instruments made at a reasonable price. . Don't pay dealers lor cheap, shoddy iustruments at a big profit, but write to J. W. CURKIE, Roberdel, N. C who will take pleasure in placing the best In your home. See it; have it; test it, ard its sweet tone, even scale, ease and elasticity f touch will win it wav into your heart and affections. While in .Rockingham call j on Little Bros., who will take pleasure in showing samples of the Mason & lUinliu Organs. One price to all, ! Cash or on time. J W CURRIE, 7 Roberdel, N. G 1 AJSTD THE GENERAL PUBLIC. We are enlarging our business and are in position to oiler you better service than ever before, Our general store is filled with staple gocds"Groccrics, Shoes, Staple Hardware, Etc.r upon which we will make you the closest prices We are also prepared for the cotton season, and j would like to sell you your 'Bagging and Ties. Ready for Our immense ' New Livery completed and stocked, and we the very best service Buggies. We have large quantities in stozk from four of the most popular manufacturers in the country 1 The Babcock, Peck Hill, Barber and America Carriage Co. You will surely li'nd something in this line 10 please you, and the prices are right Full line-One and Two Horse We are not selling anything belo w cost or at cost We are m business to make money. But we guaran tee you good value for your money every time, and guarantee to meet any legitimate competition. A, W. PORTER & Two Phones, 28 and 103. This Fpuataia Psi i h tbe woiM, cvrrywh re hi own anil reo c:ite.id.l by fxrU to be tbeb'-st. It excells in rio;p'icitr of conMruciiorij 11 it qjtiily o materuU'Usei, ar.J in porf'C Moo cf wu.ku"anship. Every pn h ' -u.irinteil lo give satisfaction. We Lave thra in a rreat vsrirty of t y!es an I pizes. 'Jw is the luvwin ff sewing i f : : Business. and Sales . Stable hare been are now prepared to give you Wagons, Harness, Lap Robes- CO,, N, C t
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