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VOL, I.
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C.f
SATURDAY, DECEMBER, 4, 1886.
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rCBLIBHEI) EVXHY SATTTKDAV.MORSING AT
Southern Pines, Moore Co., I. C,
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BRANSON HOUSE,
RALEIGH, N. C. !
Pines, f
Central Location. Good board by the Day
Htt'k or Mouth. 1
fcSpecial terms to Northern Prospectors
nud Tourists. Kept by
Mrs. L. BRANSON.
Bdwapd 3. ar-dil,
No. 210 Fayetteville St.
RALEIGH, N. C.
Offers at all times a full and com
f leto stock of i 1
Groceries. &j Provisions
of every ' description, suited tb Ihe
wants of a first class family trade.
All goods thoroughly guaranteed as to
quality, and sold at 'lowest possible
'prices: ' . .; ' ; ',
Fine Teas .and Coffeei,
Flour, Sugars Meats, Choice Butter?
Preserves and Jellies, Pickles, Sajuces?
Spices, Soaps and Starches, Cammed
Goods and everything else in thef
of table, supplies. j
. Orders for goods by Express
Freight carefully filled.
"He who gives promptly gives
twice" is an old and true saying, and
he who pays promptly pays at least
once and a half is not less true if mot
as old. ' .
As the time for high winds is now
upon us people can not be too caul
tious in the use of jfire. A little care
iessness, especially in making fires out
of doors, may cause untold destruction.
It seems a marvel to anyone who has
observed the construction of chimneys
in the negro cabins that they do not
burn up at once. It is no uncommon
sight to 1 see flames .bursting out
through the cracks where the mud-aijd-stick
; chimney is boarded up with
pine. What keeps these boards from
catching fire oftener than they do is a
mystery. :
Speaking of fire reminds us that the
terrible fires that j have occurred at
Durham, Oxford and Franklinton
ought to serve as a warning to other
towns not to neglect proper precau
tions against fire. 1 But they don't.
The rest of the towns will move j right
on in the calm consciousness thai they
are too good to be ; burnt, until they
find the Devourer u pori them. Every
town, however small, should " have at
way
or
E.J. HARDIN.
W, H. WETMORE
&Co.
RALEIGH, N C ,
Factory Cor. Harget& Salisbury Sts.
Manufacturers of
Hand Sewed Gaiters,;
Button,
Congress and; Lacel
Made to order, of the best material,
at short notice. ; We also manufacture
a full line of Pegged and
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Standard Screw Shoes !
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Our Northern, friends at Southern
Pines can have their shoes made to
order at very reasonable prices. Every
pair will give satisfaction !
least a public reservoir and a
engine if nothing more.
haud
Prices for Men's Sewed Shoe's,
$ 3.00 to $6 00 i
The entire civilivized world is prob-
stbly just now watching with strained
eyes for the ome time heralded Amer
ican Navy. We hope we shall get it
and that it will be something tb be
proud of. We believe the situation to
be somewhat thus: If we can only
have it we shall not need it, but if we
don't'have it we. shall need it terribly
and before long too. It's been prom
ised so long however and so little pro
gress has been made that sometimes a
cold fear chills our spinal" cord when
we; think of the possibility that the
mulenium may dawn just as our i new
war ships, shining with fresh paint,
shall glide forth upon the deep. Think
over the situation! AH the nations of
the world at peace with each other;
the lamb reposing ' by the lion's side;
the chicken roosting on our colored
brother's hat brim without fear of
molestation; Lord Randolph Churchill
arid W. E. Gladstone chopping on op
posite sides of the same tree, and the
United State just sending forth its In
vincibles, Terrors, Destructions and
Thunderers Well it would be a good
joke of huge dimensions, and no great
j loss would be entailed either, for no
doubt the new cruisers could be made
over into Mississippi fiat boats without
much change. "
TO WHAT GOOD END ?
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We have hoped that the generation
of fools was dying out; We even al
lowed ourselves to believe that the!
children of this generation are wiser!
than their fathers. But we incline to
the opposite belief no. The number
of fools is increasing. Vicked, tricksy
Puck cannot keep pace with this folly
by saying once: "What fools these
mortals be," but on wiigs swifter than
the wind he must traverse.all lands and
shout with mocking laughter "What
fools, what fools, what fools these
i- - .
mortals be !"
The latest foolishness in this coun-
try seems to be irresistiblv drawn to-!
ward Niagara. When, lome vears ago, !
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Capt. Webb lost his life in attempting
to swim the rapids there was a thrill of
horror all over the land1; and a general
cry of protest against such exhibitions
of foolhardiness. There was a feeline:
of pity for his bereaved family,
but no admiration for jthe bravery of
the act. Even if he had passed
through safely, nothing would have
been, proved except that he was a
lucky man. Since then there have
been numerous attempts at- the same
feat, ' some successful,! others fatal.
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Hitherto this particulaij kind of fool
ishness has been confined to the male
sex, but now a young woman springs
into unenviable notoriety according to
the following: i
Niagara Falls, N. Y., November
2S. G'eorge Hazlett aiid Miss Sadie
Allen, of Buffalo, went through the
rapids and whirlpool this afternoon in
the torpedo-shaped barrel used by
Hazlett and Potts last summer. They
were in the rapids and whirlpool five
minutes, and were- taken out of the
eddy on the Canadian side, just below
the whirlpool, three-quarters of an
hour later in good condition. Miss
Allen is a respectable girl, eighteen
years old. petite, a brunette and rather
pretty. j
Who next ? Will it become as com
mon for young "men and maidens to
go through Niagara rapids together as
to go driving or boating ! Will the
phrase be "Miss. A., will you take a
bump in a barrel with me through the
rapids this afternoon !"j or "May I
have the pleasure of escorting you
through the winding mazes of the
whirlpool V1
We are accustomed to, smile at the
extravagances of the knights of old,
their absurd vows; their vainglorious
boasting; their displays of useless
bravery, but withal we j can but ad
mire their sincerity and honest en
deavor to do worthy deeds. Our
modern knights of thj barrel and
cork suit are not in any wise to be
compared with those of old. They
have no lofty aim, no self-sacrificing
purpose. It generally transpires that
the only object is money or notoriety,
or both. It is to be hoped that if peo
ple will take such criminal liberties
with their own fives more stringent
precautions, will ; bo ; taken by the
authorities at Niagara Falls to pre
vent the carrying out of their plans.
RAILROAD MOVEMENT IN THE
SOUTH.
Lynchburg, November, 27. Track
laying on the South Atlantic and
Ohio railroad began yesterday. The
work will be pushed forward to Cum
berland Gap as rapidly as possible.
Immense coal and iron beds are found
on the line of the road. . A proposition
from the London Investment Company
has been received to extend the road
from Bristol to Statesville, North Car
olina, which will take it through im
mense fields of the magnetic iron belt.
Investments in mineral . and timber
lands are being made daily by north
era capitalists
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany and the Atlantic and Gulf Coast
Line have had a misunderstanding,
the latter, it is stated, having gone so
a.r as to. refuse a bill of lading from
tlie former. Thisisone of the principal
reasons, it is understood, why the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
enter cordially into the scheme pro
posed by the friends of the New York,
Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
Company to extend that line South,,
from Norfolk to Jacksonville, Fla.
It is understood that this new road
will pass through North Carolina, near
Charlotte, possibly tlirough Monroe.
The route from that place to Atlanta,5
it is stated, has already been surveyed.
Rockingliam Bocket;Onr county
commissioners will be solicited to or
der an election to be held in the coun
ty on the proposition to subscribe a
stated amount to aid in the construc
tion of the railroad f rom Smithville, N.
C via Rockingham and M. Gilead to
Bristol, Tenn., the terminal point of
the line. The county of Montgomery
will hold an election on December 7th.
Stanly has already voted its bonds to
the amount of one hundred thousand
dollars in aid of the project, a two
thirds majority of the registered voters
in the county having declared iif favof
of the specified amount, i
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Forest fires that have been burning
in Brunswick county for some time
past broke out with renewed fury the
past week, swept over a great extent
of conntry and caused no inconsidera
ble amount of damage to farmers.
Barns and out-houses and a great
deal of fencing have been destroyed,
as well as much valuable timber. Th
J prolonged drought has made everv-
thing as dry as tinder and a fire once
started spreads with astonishing rapidity.
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