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VOL. HI.
JONESBORO, N. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1891.
NO. 48
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W. E. MURCIIISON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Conceyancer and Notary Public,
JONESIiORO, N. C
W. D. McIVER,
Attorney at Law,
-TUOY. IT. C.
Vracticcs in Courts of Moore Count.
oO-ly
DR. J. A. BALLENTINE
ZDZEIETTIST.
j,ew building', near Leader Office, J onesboro.
DR. W. C. MELTON,
'Physician and Surgeon,
SANFORD, N. C., ,
( MVrs his professional services to the citizens
A Moore mid ud joining counties, 4-ly
HOTEL LAFAYETTE
FAYETTE VILLE, N. C.
V Fine Modern Hotel witli every comfort, and
-aifa jit si for Winter Tourists visiting this wou
AiLTt uiJy Wealthy and agreeable climate.
T. A. BARKER, Manager.
N Miinaer of the fashionabl hotels on
Cuiiii-iubello Island, off Eastiort, Me. 51-ly
PATENTS,
C.ivent0aml Trade Marks obtained, and all Pa
vut business conducted for MODKRATli FEES.
OFR OFFICE rii OPlOSITH V. S. PATENT
Orl-lCi;. V have no sub-agencies,' all busir
titsh direct, hence can- transact patent business
in less time and at LESS COST-than those re
mote from Washington. .
Send model, drawing, .or photo, -ith descrip
tion. We advise tf patentable or not, free of
charge. Our tec is not due till patent Is secured.
A book, "How lo Obtain Patents," with refer
ences to actual c'ients iu your State, county, or
own, scut free. Address
C. A. SNOW & CO.,
Ojiposite Patent Oface, Washington,!). C.
Special Notice!
The crop prospects were never better, j
So say our friends. (Especially
those who used A CME G uano.)
THEREFORE,
we are cnueavormg 10 Kt-wp uui siw-k i. ;
j
. . -v-r-r-r--,
ItKNERAL MEUCllA.NLU&Jfc
i r-rvvp . T. "UFPHFT -WDTF.
;I:NERAL MERCHANDISE i
constantly replenished
.And we solicit a generous public to
CALL OX US FOR
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BOOTS and SHOES,
be or
mi oe
STOVES anrl STOVE WARE,
COUX, UACOX, LARD,
MOLASSES, etc., etc
i
'Road Carts, :
Patent Tethers,
l anything else yoiiirnay need.
rotaiMng our best efforts to merit
coafi,,ence and patronage
Watson & Godfrey,
fME
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GOODS
AND
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MA
scera
JONESBORO DIRECTORY.
METHODIST ETISCOPAl
JOXESBOKO CIKCUIT.
Kev. J.W, NofcTH, resident pustor.
Jonegboro.:ii anil 4 th 8undavR nt 11
Charjres:
p in; Sunday School every Sunday, SJ.4-" a in.
Morris Chapel. 1st Sunday, Ham; Poplar
a m and
c-i'i inKts im cunuaj ai a p m, aa Sunday at 11 u in.
kunf ord, Cd Sunday, 7 p in.
PKESBYTEltlAN.
Rev. D. N. McLauchlin, Ijitr-Charsres:
Jonesbor,l-t and oth Sundays at 11 a.in., and
p.in. Sunday Schcjol every Sunday at H.4
a.m. Prayer Meeting- every other Wednesday
at 8 y .m., alternating: the if. E. church. lluffa
lo,2d Sunday at 11 luin; 4tk Sunday alternating
with Pocket church forenoon and afternoon,
rocket, 2d Sunday 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. 4th Sun
day alternating with Buffalo forenoon and af
ternoon. Prayer Meeting-, Sunday al 8 p.m.
BAPTIST.
Kev. Mr. F.W atsox, pastor. Charge: Jones-
11 a tn, 7 p m.
CHRISTIAN.
Rev. O. R. Underwood, pastor. Charges:
Grace Chain;l, let Sunday, at 11 a m; Shallow
Well, 4tU, 11 a.m. Keyser,2d, 11 a.m. Hoffman,
2d, 7 i.m. Poplar Branch. 1st, 3, p.m,
Buffalo Lodgk, No. 172, A. F. & A.M. Reg
ular meeting. 3d Monday night, and the Festi
vals of St. John the Baptist, and St, John the
Evangelist.
J onesborO Lodge, No. 127, 1. O. O. F. Reg
ular meeting, every Fridak' night.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Mayor: J. R. wXtson, Esq.
Commissioners: Dr. E. P. Snipes, A. J. Sloan,
J. L. Godfrey, A. A. F. Sea-well, Jr.,
James Dalrymple.
Street Commissioner: J. A. Mclver.
Clerk: Col. A. A. F. Seawell.
Town Marshal: John W. Masemore.
COMMUNICATIONS.
POCKET.
Kev. Mr. Law preached an excellent
seuifion at Pocket church on Sundav I
night.
I
i ;
girls
Mr. Dan Underwood's little girl
avo still vnrv sie.k with Meningitis. !
Measles is raging also in this vicinity. I
spent Saturday and Sunday on the !
Pocket. His many friends were glad;
to see him.
T . 1" TT ir T-k l (
iioi.. i. v. louDp, liincipai or
Pocket High School is now assisted by .
I his daughter, who also teaches music, j
I
The school is flourishing. Thev ate i .
I firstrclass instructors and deserve a '
! good patronage.
I Mr. W. B. Campbell has the con-
tract for building ten houses for the ;
i"- wai -umc vumuj .
Roads are almost impassable. It
VA IIK 1ir!lvlr fimrU llflt anil 11111(1 TO
s ' ;
very convenient. i
Pocket people enjoy a good Sunday
1 school and prayer meeting every Sun-;
.
day. Wild Rose. ;
1 .
i v here, on wuere: is our .leader:
ft - -v .
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i Can t vou get it to Cameron the same
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week it is published: !lt not, just say
; , -n . i r.
f Think we can beat the mail route.
We recently took a short trip above
! and around Carthage, she is about to
outgrow all of her old clothes Were
not tor Mr, Huusncicer s old shoe
, , . 1 1 l 11 t
.shop, we boys would hardly know
L;u o i,0 ' '
l - -
1J1V.1I WL will linn.
Small grain m:
Vp5Jinonr cW a
AKes a poor suow as
vet. Som9 are making preparation
i; " 4.
j for a big crop this year the biggest
, move that we noticed was that of A. J-
T , i t f t !
S Lawhon and J. E. Benner preparing.
, . . rri v ;
I f or cotton and tobacco. They have
onrnn clifivt ntton bpds readv and two
!sniali blackjacks cut forthe purpose
of burniug tobacco beds. But we
, ,
must hush, as some are already way -
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lavin? us on the road, wish we knew.:
W C7 .
whether they have concealed weaions
or not.
If it did not rain too hard, 3lr. Ken-
neth McDonald and Miss Jannie Fer-
cuon were married last nignt. May
happiness attend them, and plenty of
this world's goods be their portion. i
Keep still: we have just got curj
T.rt.r Tt is one week old.
j r;e Rre off for the Fair. Will call
JV!
rv'P If vou see Jim nam ugton,
Biil'ckddelL, or any of our boysplease
lr iu l-nmr. ThlV are OUt lOOKlUS tor
a lost "hoss." They have found him,
inct n nd where we exiected.
Will" try and report matters at the
oon, .ki &unuay, 11 -a m, and 7 pm. Also
Saturday before 3d Sunday at 3 p in. Sunday
School every Sunday at W.DO a m. Manlv. 4th.
TRINITY COLLECE.
February 14th, 1901.
We are in the midst of class foot-;
ball tnatch-crarnes. Last Saturda v the '
Soph, team played the Fresh, team, ? There are well grounded feartbat
22 to nothing; to-day the Seniors play- ; such a course will fcimply serve to re
ed the Juniors IS to 10; next Saturday duce the amount of money now in cir-
the Sophomores will play the Seniors ;
for the championship of the College.
m 1 4 1
lhe games are intensely interesting, j
Mr. A. H. Powell, of New-Berne,
N. C, has been elected Chief Marshal,
by the Columbian Society, and Mr. i
t tt n 11 t r yr i
ger, by the Hesperian Society, fot-
Commencement. Excellent selections,
These chiefs are selected from the Jun-'
im-fw nn'tu. t,a Bi
ior Class, and they select their subs. ;
irom tne oopuomore ana rresumen tT , A. . . A ......
Classes lie makes this statement that it may
Rev. D. II. Tuttle, of Tarboro, has! serve As an explanation to his Chatham
been selected to preach the sermon County clients, lest they should imag
at Commencement before the Y. M. C. ine that he had deserted them in their
A. His record is so well known as a' jay anj hour of trial.
consecrated working man of God that tT . . .
0 1 He promises not to do so any more,
it is not necessary to comment on the ... ...
wisdom of the selection. . if he can possibly help it.
Our Y. M. C. A. is in excellent con- ;
dit ion. Mr. Coulter, State Secretary,:
was with us last Thursday night and
. made us an excellent talk on the iuter-
h-
; collegiate work of the Association. !
j A question on examination in Polit- j
ical Economy: "If Ethics and Polit-
iical Fconomv were divorced wh-it
icai r.conom ere unorceu wii.ii
, would be
.
death from starvation."
I "Perish to
We arc just through withour first
'monthly examinations. In these if a
student gets So it is final for that.
Mr. M.erritt is not only enjoying
"-ood health now but he is in tho no-'
-oou "eaiui uou , out is iu uit pos
session of a OQX of inestimable violets.
n or a oox or inestimable violets.
x i , i ,
es not know now, whether he;
0 prrKo nvT o r, , i,o-i t,;,
Onppe or La Onppe had Inm. :
1 "Old Crutch" he will think
e
Tell
somebody else is "tenrfm to our busi-;
pesZ before April showers come if
fi rI i 'a cnliinnta 1iiio intiila 11 r initl
t j
take-
. BROADWAY.
Our Mr. Watson informs us that
trade was never better here than at
present.
we learn througti JN. u. Underwood
that W. A. Kelly, of Joncsboro, will.
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soon nave a soap manuraciory in uui
idc Af 'Vo T-tn.l.t f ri.t
ilfirn. ST)pnf .! v f,r two with us. tho
y - 4 , v. - - .. ,
past Week. He represents the Alii-
ance Plow as being as "catching"' as
Jiarried at the residence of the
bride's mother near Broadwav. bv M.
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M. Watson. Lsq., James 1. Jiosser, of
,T . 1
Harnett countv. to Joanna Harrmg-;
.ton, of Broadway. . I
Did at his borne in Hnt county,
OU lhe 10tU iuSt' Dr' f ' R Bucbanau-
The Dr. leaves one sister and a large
circle of friends to mourn his loss.
r, t r n i a. n..
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IJIillMU" lit lilrtUUUS IUI IUC UfAl IUI-
. 1 1 -
; pentine crop.
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. i i . t . a -v k . -.
! wi. u., amuu intuu oi ours, woo
,...iJ
s a,ver;v tteraPerate maa. ftndva J",
hard of hearing, was traveling the
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, - , i-
ago, and found a wagon whip. Riding
' , "
on, he overtook a wagoner who.recog-
nized and claimed the whip, and the
jvuu ,ei"luw " twr, "
- a n , tav.av .Mr... . . . w, m m s. v.. n . 1 n
The wagoner
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half a tnut of onion sets. The Col.
; . . . . . . ... . :
I V-11 1 1 II1V llilll-IMlll 1'iui. iiiwuitit
" !
j was whiskey, and remarked, riding oni
and shaking his head. "No, no, I
. i-i .t? ft rri
1 ever urmK an. lnS- agoucr
j made another eilort to make Limse.f
& a m a -
understood, but he could not get the
Col. to understand.
" .
T hp nauers now have it that tne
-rvimia.on Messen-er will be contin -
l" fr T"
iuAua0v.li.wll,
j be disposed of. We see it stated that
i trr nrti0 on frnm CLir.lO and the
j Qther fromNcw york. want to bnv the
Messenger, and convert it into an
S column folio.
ire will probably reduce
ot inter;t .
this will be beneficial
the legal rate
cent. Whether
or not remains to be seen.
cuialion in North Carolina. I! such !
. .t .,,.,
be its effect, then indeed will the pas-
1
ot such a bil1 hc unfortunate.
The Editor was prevented from at-
tending Chatham Court last week, on j
account of a severe attack of muscular j
rhinmUm from l, !
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Yet entirely rec0vered.
Ratficit lm rii;pd th t-aoh?
1
felrt AAA nnA n.trr c 1, r n- tit 1,
v ' -
exposition.
tAPuau
In this respect she is particularly
fortunate, and we doubt not that her
u -n t i
businessmen will reap abundant re -
watd as the result of their euterpnse.
1
"lo iat v l. 11411
;e mi. unreal -
there will be a
laguiflccnt and
b benefitted, in that
great display of her magui
varied resources, pleasing to the eye,
i a .i
anj raVishing to the senses,
. .. , .
The advertisement will beiextenssive
undoubtedly pa v well, as does
. .
a11 judicious advertising.
j
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A V OT'Pllfnt' fr1ll fl ftffl TV'il lltt i
"
j week.iu the Greenville Watch Tower,
and tlic Eastern Reflector, being cop -
les of a paper read by .Miss Nannie
M. Seawell,of Joncsboro, before an
Educational or Literary Society in Pitt ;
' County, advocating the claim of girls '
ior greater euucauonai advantages.
It abounds in sarcasm of the moM
cuttini? kind! and the argument strike
cr f - - - j-,
lan'ly hOTne-
hen it is considered who i the au-
thor, it is needless to state that the
tie sujjcct treated
in a
masterly
manner.
There is a growing sentiment in
fcvor of 0OJ?nP the Atlantic & N.
, C. Railroad from Gold.boro westward
to some ooint on the line of the C. F.
k:
iv i. avoau, us cuuu'iii ,.ieu in a
i. T l i
ik:n : T
t r. r
; . , ,
; granting them a charter for such ex-
-
a
tension, and prescribing tl.e means bv
which it may be lawfully
.
If an extension is to b
e made ti tie
nrt,u.l n tr-!l as on rvttx-r v u-
0"' as as on p.tjr, we f-
, t 4. t , . ,. . , ,,
gest that tlie objective point or. the C.
y. . V. Rv. should be cither Joncs-
. -
1 or San ford, wing the Ca:
I ear RiveV near I.i!hngton m Harnett
i
Countv.
This would open up a section of
country through which there is n. ra
- . . .
; roa j now.T aiJ d wllicll aboUnd in tim
j a$ e!v adarded to
...
j tbe cuUlvatlon "f toUcco,
I grasses and the cereals, to sar nothing
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VL ..ri-i4 ..i . v
' erable jwrtion to the cultivation and
i ' 0rcW5' ",1
miiis.
j A of fino fam L rf .
I
; aad eyards lonff tte pmpose-i line
at the desirable qualities of the
I soil.
The Legislature will probably reduce
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Broken Open!
-L
Tlitl aVwve startling announcement
does not mean that anybody ha
broken iuto our store, but innlv
means that we are continually break-
Peu xes of
New Goods,
and we are selling them too, and fell
ing them at the
JttiljrJdL JL JTXlICES
You car? bot on u for fresh good.
goods at low price, in all of the fol
lowing named poods, and just o:i
thousand other thinir :
Flour, Meal, 'Meal, Molasses,
Salt,S ugar. Coffee, Tea, Maccaro
ui. Hominy, Kiet, Potatoes,
Spices of all kind, Mut
ter, Cheese, Kgcs, .
Canned Hoods,
Oysters,
Sardines, Mackerel, Salmon, Sugar
' -oraTomatoe, Apples,ltachej,lUef,-
' tonfectionenes. rlain and t anev Cnn-
l' I 1. . t - . . 1.
. -M.ii-N .u eMnuiM j-v
Nuts, (raw and roa-ted), naisins.Cakt-,
j nnd Cracters uucketM, Ur.H.ms, R-.h-
j kets, etc., Tinwure : CfTee Pots, lih
j an8. Lantern, etc.. Uimp Chimneys
; Tumblers, Goblets, Cups and Saucers,
1 i;t),..r .t.
tiii. . j t i
Toiietand Laundry Soaps,
;
j ClgcFS, M lOOaCCO,
'
n. n. n iTL
' In one corner of our Store you
always find a well selected stock of
J
i
i. - , , . ,
( lrvrO'o Wn rlino Innnlri
LiULKb, UCIlt, JCW I il ,
Cologne. Fiddle SXrlns, etc
'In conclusion we aok vou to i cnu
, remember that our stock is alay of
' tl? best, and will lw sold at pricen to
,
: Produce Bousht and Sold
ln:i llinUrst J'ruf I'cul for Sttt.tr.
Come to sre n. Wt? will be ple.tM-.!
quote, you prices whether you buy
or not.
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NEAL & CO,
JONESUORO, N. r.
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Important Land Sale!
lly virtue of an order of the Superior
nc iTi'i:ifiiM f tl'A !.. n-;t1 ....I T..
iu.nt ,f A. B. Kelly deceaxd will..:,
I the Jd day of March li-PI, m II to
the Lighet bidder at the mill knv. :i
as th A. B. Ki ily Mi!!, m Pall crt k.
n Caipe I t ar Township Moore countv
j' Mm rivi SLTI!
and races and right of way .iMagn-
rgrtftj.
AI sixtv acre more or lev of land
.i i . . i i . , .
joiuini; uie lauu Kiio.n as Hie llJirmr.ri
-ThomaHh.nd. Term: One-half c.ih
dufired paujent of ont'-hfllf on twi lv.-
months i:rar, at eiht j-r cent. r
ll... I
v tiii ri I'll iikjrj. -k . . . .
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a:rrori-d wruritv. Tlti. r..f .i..l i,i-
- w- -
lil nil -ihe purchahr mon-y i paid.
January JI, 1 XU.
J. T. Kellv. ) .
W. J. Kt Uv. hx nk
By A. A. P. SiHWtll, Ally.
!t.:uji
COOK, CLARK : CO.
Sf or to I. VTlfEIt SHELL O.V,
a. Sashes, Doors,
qi
and Blinds,
uriLnars inunwAiir, paints.
OIL, I j LA mifl
BUILDING MATERIA!.
of every Tij-tiufi,
N. H Vfrjt J4f kct fri. 1 O i:r..,Ii. X
O. F. FARRELL.
Tonsorial Artist,
JONESBORO, r. C.
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JONESBORO, K. a
Fair, if not too nervous.