LIGHTED FOR THE ILLUMINATION OF TAR HEELS, BOTH NATIVE AND ADOPTED. VOL. 1. SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPT. IJ, 1887. NO. 5 1 $ 1 00 tO $300 - made working11 for os . Agents preferred who can furnish their own horses and give their whole time to the business. Spare moments may be profitably employed al so. A few vacancies in towns and cities. B. F. JOHNSON &CO., 1013 Main St., Richmond, Va. 48t6o A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF best Ever-blooming Roses, Evergreens, Magnolias, Greenhouse and out door bedding plants. BOUQUETS and FLORAL DESIGNS, SEEDS and EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN. Send for Catalogue. H. STEINMETZ, Raleigh, N. C. E aglesfield's . . . i uter-n Bilges MOSELEY'S AMERICAN & EUROPEAN HOUSE, 120 Fayetteville St., RALEIGH, N. C. ROOMS PLEASANT ! TABLE GOOD ! WAITERS ATTENTIVE ! PRICES MODERATE ! A QUIET PLACE ! Ladies' and Gentlemen's Dining Hall attached. Pomona Hill Nurseries, POMONA, N. C. Two and one-half miles west of Greensboro, at Junction of Salem , Railroad. The' main line of the Richmond & Danville Railroad passes through the Nursery and within 100 feet of the office and residence . Salenr trains make reg ular stops twice daily each way. s Those interested in fruit and fruit-growing are cordially invited to inspect this, the largest Nursery in the South. The oronrietor has for many vears visited the leading Nurseries of the Norih and West and eorrespouded wild tnose ot toreign countries, gathering every fruit that was calculated to suit the South, and being located in the center of the Piedmont Section of North Carolina and with 30 years experience, also the experience of ray father before me, I can claim without ; hesita.ncv that trees, &c, grown in these Nur- j series will do better in any of the Southern or j border States than if grown further North or South. Try and be convinced. My stock con- j sists of over One M ill ion Fru it T res, Vines, 2?e., of all the leading varieties, both old and new. Apple, Peach, Pear, llum. Apricot, Cherr Figs Japanese Persimmon, rccan, English Walnut, Grape and all small fruits, Everrreens, Roses, ic. ' CorresiHmdencesoUcited. Send for catalogue. ct;.-fr,o o-nflrantfxl. Ortler direct or give your orders to my authorized agent.. Address J. Van Lindley, Proprietor, , rOMONA, N. C. TR. E. B. RAXKIN, HomcBopathic Physician, j Halifax St. (op. Cotton Platform.) Raleigh, N. C. j Special attentioraid "to all forms of chronic disease, diseases of women and children Patients treated by j mail, and visits made to neighboring towns when desired. I 31K91 " Q.RIFFIN & TEMPLE, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. Practice in the Superior and Federal Courts of the First Judicial District and in the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Special attention given to conveyancing and collections. W. J. Griffin. W. 0. Temple G. N. Walters, FASHIONABLE h1EFCHfi.Nf TAILOR, RALEIGH. N. C. Has the largest stock of Foreign Cloths. fWimeres. Cheviots, nlain and fancy Silk mixed Suitings, Shark skin Suitings in all shades. The latest New York stvles for full dress v Suits. DreSS SUitS from $40 tO $85. "Rnqirtpcq QTiitq D tn RD vw Samples furnished on application 20t52 LUCIUS A. YOUNG, Insurance Agent, AND DEALER IN STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, MIRRORS, SOAPS, PERFUMERY CROQUET SETS, HOES, RAKES, ! CUTLERY ' ' . HAN D BAGS, IT "Tf OPK' n4ilUOtJvo, H. W. John's ASBESTOS VA NT, ROOFING MATERIAL, &C, &C. &C. NO. 1, CITY HALL. Jpouthern PJnes, N. C. ; Y ARRANTEE DEEDS ' . j 1 "l- ILL) . . i : ; AND ; FOR SALE , AT THIS OFFICE.- ! A correspondent of the Wilmington I Star quotes Shakespeare as authority on a grapmatical question and is very promptly and properly 'sat down up- on" by the editor of the Star. It would be as judicious to cite the im- mortal bard as an authority in geo- h d ch;ronol v. If hUtorv b J ; bJ chronology, geography and the rules of grammar did not agree with "Wil-! liam Shakespeare, so much the worse I for them, seems to have been his be- j lief, and, considering the outcome of it, we're inclined to think so too. OUR PRESENT NEED. Indications warrant the belief that the coming season will be a busy one c o i ii- 7 4. for Southern Pines. Last season was . i ! ; rvuiiiuuuaic iitauu'cuuivuio iium tixv ! North in anything like a fitting man- g man- itv w-as lr, and even, then our capacity fully tested, i The coming season, I , , ; .. - .i , , through the wise policy of the Raleigh i f r oc Augusia itaiiroaa, we are 10 nave a much improved train service, so that j jwhich a woman cin make and save a our patrons can come and go at con- ; penny, of which a man knows noth- venient hours in the daytime. With But 1 have st-eu very many fam- ... . , . e .... , , r x jilies where refined and highlv edu- this added facility, backed by the.) i ' cated women were the supporters and -known merits of the place and the en- -X t . v , , , thusiastic praising of all the influen- i tial people who were here last winter," , , i . .. j .'! we believe our present accommoda- tions will not suffice for our needs. Our most pressing necessities are " j more hotel room and more cottages, more capital judiciously expended in laying out and improving . streets, i pleasure grounds and water courses, t Vl , ! , i '.' more liberal and effective advertising, I. , i i . , , 111 BIlult m." to placing Southem Pines in the fore- most rank of all health resorts in the i United States, where, by every endow - ment of nature, she deserves to be After two years and a half of con- j tinuous , residence in this place, after taking repeated testimony from disin- , does not lessen mv admiration and re" terested parties, especially those'who sxect for her courage and devotion to had visited the most noted resorts in iber work and to all good works around .i o i a. v her. And this noble woman whom I the South after spending some time l . , i 1 - . . know is the tvpe of many of whom I. here, after watching the wonderful kwwl.. ti- 1 ' 4t ir , i 11 ' to shear. Elizabeth .Hutu Jhtume. in Ike i effects of ih,i climate ulu.n tliiee j members of our own family, we do I not hesitate to1 say that we believe this to be the best resort for invalids any where in the South. Here is a climate which is a genu ine specific for throat and lung dis eases; the tortures of rheumatism vield to its mild influence; even dvs- - , pepsia lays aside its terrors; puny lit tle: children grow up strong and well, and the aged and. feeble have, many years that are well worth living added to their allotment. While other por j tions of the country, lth Xorth and jiSouth, have suffered much from siek- jjness during the exceptionally trying jisunimer through which we have just passed, here we have bee,n exempt. jFor this we feel deeply fateful, so j jgratef ul that we cannot bear to' keep fche knowledge of these blessings to ) j (ourselves. BRAVE SOUTHERN WOMEN. I cannot close this report without referring to the white women of my adopted State South Carolina!, with ! whom I have been brought in contact. i ' ..... : Unless one has been with them it is liot possible to understand the trials and hardships that have come to most ! ff the Southern women. But, what- lever raav have been their previous' if icondition, they rarely make a sign, j butt courageously turn their hands to ! whatever they can find to do. Those most tenderly guarded and caret ully I educated Ihtve- bravely taken up new ! Muiiesanu-snowu spienum capauumes. J do not wish to draw comparisons be- ! L , , iltween men and women, for we all I J..i! . . 1 1 11 I I , ;know there are innuiJlerabifc wavs in jjdren, while the husbands and fathers -r' m.1. tUVlUOVl W O UUU Villi jjwere vainly wishing they could find ,, . . , omeining 10 uo One of the most noble and honored women T ever knew is tfwdnv nt tlio L , f n j . A A; bead of te cirFs department of the jBeaufort graded school for white chil- jdren. If shi sometimes recalls ther jold times; when , her family stood ' jamong the highest in a laud - proud of itheir Huguenot blood, living in an ele- i . . . Iganti mansion, with never less than kwenty house servants in the yard," jToared" n luxury, he hastthe good iseuse to rarely allude to all this. She 'ell knows that adversity cannot af- feet her linege. If she still believes in sectional aristocracy and has hike- : 41..1 ,1.. jvatim of my poor colored wom(iDj it Womans Journal. - I "It is a well established fact that an ounce of keep your mouth shut is worth a jound of explanation after you have said it." Good Jloufideejing. 'My friends, North Carolina is the 'jmost beautiful and richest portion of i i j - r i n I feet have ever rested. Jwlat A tlltn of Pennsylvania. The estimates of dried fruit ship ments from Hickory, N. C, for three months are over 100,000, and black- - J, berry shipments in ten days $'20,000.