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VOL. I.
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, .1887.
NO. 18.
' The Pine Knot.
The Blair bill, if passed, will give ers of Southern Pines were frauds and
North Carolina more than $5,000,000 humbugs. As the saniUry value of ;
for education" j Shaw's Ridge (on) -which Southern
u i ; I Pines is located), was discovered and ;
OUR INIQUITOUS TARIFF.
IUTT ON ARTICLES OK LUXVRY.'
Ottar of roses, free.
Neroli, orange flower oil, free.
Diamonds, 10 per cent.
, PUBLISHED KVKItT SATURDAY MOKN1NG AT
; -, . , i ' -". " i; y
Southern Pines, 1 M.3ore Co,, I, C.
B. A. GOODlilDGE, Editor. 1
;o; . -:
TERMS-$ 1 .OO Per Year in Advance.
Single Copies: 5 Cents.
py-AD.RTistN6 ratks promptly furnished j There is an opinion-current that the that depends, upon the standard vou Finest still wines, in bottles, till i-r
pon application. 1 f - if...,.!. ,
tyjon printing of every description dene ' homestead law is largely responsible employ in judging; of it. We, some cent.
with neatness ana despatch, and on reasonable ;
terms. ; , . ,
Metalic arsenic, found in- Surry made Pliblic b' the late Professor
. , ' A. , ,. . i Kerr, through whose letters some of
VVU Ul a VAUO fM.j iXl V I VF till, AWUC,! A&Ol . t. . a
J , our citizens were originally induced to ; ; Kaw silk, free,
of metals native to this State. j come here, we let the insinuation pass. I' Jewelry, lCi per cent.
; As to its being a worthless country, 1 Gold studs, 25 per cent.
tlSColtRESPOxriTNCE on all topics of eren-
eral interest invited. ; Write only on one ride 'of jj
iue paier; ue onei ana w tne . bijrn your
Dinif nnr) itil whorfipp inn wiuh it niililiahnri i
or not. . - :. r-:
Carolina.
Entered at the Postoffice at Southern Pines;
JN. C, as second class matter. 1 j j
BRANSON HOUSE,
RALEIGHi Yi. C.
for the hi"-h rate of interest in North c'zens am others visitors at Finest thread lace, .'10 per cent.
i Southern Pines, are delighted with the . Fine Aubusson and Axminster car-
place, for we have j found that every pets, costing abroad 2.77 a yard, 40
North Carolina was the first Statein claim made for il s a uealt restoring per cent.
tt - i. Vi i j? i and ,rest giving resort has been Finest India shawls, costing abroad
the Union to have a Geologist of herr. , , ' ,
justified. say $20 a pound weight, 3. cents a
own. . Her weather observing service j We agk you in iustice to your repu. pound and 40 p(.r -t. ad valorem, or
is ahead of any other. j tation as a Progressive Editor,-in jus- say 46 per cent. .
I i tice to the good native born people of Silk stockings, 50 per cent.
NV e hope : the legislature will act , Manly who founded this enterprise and '.. Finest broadcloth, costing
Week or' Mouth.
35r"Special terms to Northern Prospectors
and Tourist. Kept by
i Mrs. L BRANSON,
Edward: 5. Iardii,
No. 210 Fayettetlle St.
: RALEIGH, N. C. -i
Offers at all times a full and com
plete stock of i - i i
Groceries Frcvisicns r
of every description, suited to the
wants of a first class family trade.
All goods thoroughly guaranteed as to
quality, and sold at lowest possible
prices. : ' ' j
.) a j
Central Location Good board by the Day I liberally and wisely iu the matter of a ; who have been uniformly kind and pound abroad, 35 cents a pound and
State Normal School. Trained teach- i friendly to us who.camc here as stran- .40 per cent., equal to about 41 per
.ers, progressive, enterprising, up with! Sers' to PuWh th facts about South:'i cent'
, 1 ern Pines which we. attest by our sig- Pate de foie gias, J ier cent.
i me iimes are neeaea, especiauv m uis-: . ; ,r . , . . , n ,
1 ; natures. ! Musical instruments of nil kinds.
. tricts remote from the large centres of ' -nr-xi i i o-; p,.r
. . j Within one year there have been -Mtr cei,I
population. A Normal School proper- : built ere incimling two dwellings still J)ut ' on f luart hottle ..f cham-
ly managed would do much to improve j in the carpenters' hands) sixteen resi- Pa?n costing abroad 1 a' lwittle, 5s
the teaching service throughout the : dences and two hotels. These with nls-
Tf u. i i i. i their out-buildiuffs, fences and other' and wry powder, five.
Al Al . . . ' , o, ... improvements have cost $23,800. Other
then see the last of Webster s Spelling ; ; . r
; resiuenct's win uj uuui mis jtar uy .
some of our lot owners. Our resident !
white population is now nineteen;
: families, numbering sixty four. "We j
j have also a school for our children un-!
Fine Teas and Coffees,
book in any school in all our ninety-
six counties.
AN OPEN LETTER.
fit is not usually worth while to no-!
tice anonymous articles of a slander-
I der the direction of a teacher of . loner '
j and successful experience,' a weekly
Olives, green or prepared, free.
Spices of all kinds, free.
DUTY ON ARTICLES OF NECESSITY.
Castor oil, 180 per cent.
Linseed oil, 02 percent.
Common window glass. 87 per eent.
Raw wool, 35 per cent. .
Steel rails, 85 per cent.
Horseshoe nails, 119 per cent.
Cheapest mixed woollen goods, cost-
Order for goods by Express or
f t:
Freight carefully filled.
newspaper, the Pine Knot, telesrraph
ous nature. If a man has anything aud mail facilities and every advantage !
nonest to say ne is generally winmg ; tor heaUntul and rapid grow th. In 'mfr abroad 24 cents per vard 77 per
Flour, Sugars, Meats", Choice Butter, to sign his name to it. But sometimes j spite of the statement that our soil is c(,nt.
Preserves and Jellies, Pickles, Sauces it is difficult to resist the temptation I onlv fit to bury deai Yankeesin, num-1 gpool thread, 51 per cent.
Spices, Soaps and Starches, Canned ! .. , ri i bers of our citizens are successfully I Common drucirets costimr n broad
foods and everything else in the way ! to hurl a few chunks of solid fact at ; . J common arugLet, tosiuij, .uiroioi
of table supnlies1 ' Uu ; vi ti l . growing s veet potatoes, grapes and 20 cents a yard, 80 per cent,
.or id Die supplies, -. the anonymous reptile. There has re-: if:4. i .... i . .. .
- , suuui iruus, huu we iie no nesua-; foramon woollen shawls, costing
cently appeared, in a paper known as ; tion saying that the soil of this sec, ! abroad 08 cents a iound, 85 per cent,
the Progressive Farmer, a series of let- tion, though not rich, is capable of- Common worsted stekings. enMiui;
ters from the pen of some one! who producing very fair crops under intel-; 25 cents a pound abroad, 73 per vent,
stvles himself "STRAIGHTOUT" i instead l.1 treatment. As to the health of . Common cloth costing 05 ccnt a
i of, more appropriately, "snWin- ' 1S J ' Pund abroad, duty 135 cents a und
i! r .. j to say anything. Most of us at South-' and 35 percent, ad valorem, ruunl to
HE-GRASS or LOXG-MAN-WHO-feTABS- j:ern pin6s are jvillg witnesses to its 89 per cent. 1
I IX-T11E-BACK". As the editor of the ; health restoring qualities. ' Rice, 100 per cent.
. paper in which these communications: We foioic whereof we speak and no (Jalvanized wire smaller than No.
appear makes no demur against their ; man whether he styles himself a Pro 10 and not smaller than No. 2 wire
Lsentiment we suppose it to be in har- ! ?ressive Farmer or an unprogressive gauge, 132 per cent.; smaller then No.
. . fP1 - ! stumbling block can persuade us, to 20, 155 per cent.
0 i.1 t. llllil . u ir...ll. ..T 1.1,..,.. I.. .1
jnijt irn a. iiiai a nwi 111 hl Ult ill IMMl
cotton fabric, costing abroad 5J cents
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E. J. H ARDIN.
W H. WETMORE
RAUvIGH, N.C., I
Factory Cor. Hargret& Salisbury Sts. !
Manufacturers of
j open letter (replying to one of these ;
! communications) is, therefore, ad-j
'! dressed to him. El). ;
j Southern Pines, Moore Co. N. C. ) I
; - - January, 24, 1S87. j j
I Col. L L. Polk, !
; Editor Progressive !) w?r, j
, ' ; Dear Sir: In your paper of the
Made to order, of the best material, ltHh wo haVe seen a communication
the contrary.
A. M. Clarke,? formerly of Penn'a.
.Hand Seved Gaiters.
.Button,
a
(4
Congress
I Mass.
Vermont,
lass.
and' Laco.
enn a.
at short notice. VN e also manufacture
a lull line of Pegged and
Standard Screw Shoes;
Our Northern friends at Southern
Pines can have their shoes made to
order at very reasonable prices, Every
-'pair win give satisfaction.
Prices for, Men's Sewed Shoos.
$3.00 to $ e OO
: purporting to come from a correspon- j
I dent at. 4 4 Blue's Gulley", in which dis-1
' paraging remarks are made about 1
Southern Pines, and it is broadly inti- .i
' mated that we, who have come to this;
State from the North and have made j
our homes here, are unwelcome addi- :
' tions to the population of the State,
lit is also insinuated that this is a
worthless country and that the found-
B. A. Goodridge,
J. T. Wilson,
Joel M. Holden,
!
Wm. P. Raymond, 44 New Vork
P. Pond, 44 New York
S. N. Rockwejl,
Lucius A. Young,
S. T. Moffett,;
C. J. Eaglesfield,
J. II. Barnes,
J. B. Williams,
Frederick Dixon,
F. A. Ordway,
a square yard (U cents.
Potatoes, 15 cents duty per bushel.
Corn starch, 85 percent, duty.
Salt, 85 per cent. duty.
1
('has. B. Grout,
Isaac Cleaver,
M. B. Clarke,
Eber Cleaver,
L. B. Thurston.
A prominent citizen, and one who
N. II. generally acquainted with doings in
N. II. the city, said yesterday that every
Minn, brick that could be made in the many
44 N. Y. yards around Raleigh let ween now
4 England, and "the early silmmerinonths was
44 New Jersey, already bought, and that other build
Vermont, "inir contracts must neen.-sarilv lie mad
44 New York, with provisos for completion during
44 ; N. Y. next fall unless the manutacturing
44 Penn'a. capacity of brick should be increased.
4 N. Y. Verily, Raleigh groweth apace. Xrtr
" N. H. awl Ofrrrft.