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NO, 34.
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A Snake in the Bread,
Mooreeville Enterprise.
Mrs. D. S. Brown, who lives near
Woodside, had an experience this
morning which was unpleasaat in
the extreme. Mrs. Brown had aris
en and picked up the dough which
she had made up yesterday evening
for today's bread. As she put her
hand under the cloth covering the
dough she felt something move and
was horrified on examination to see
a king snake coiled up in the dough.
Her screams immediately attracted
attention of Mr. Brown, who 2des
patched the snake. It had crept
under the cloth sometime during the
night.
Bob Deal Fro and Gat Tale.
Bob Deal stretches our credulity
when he asks us to acoept literally
this frog and cat tail in a recent is
sue of the Wilkesboro Chronicle:
"Did you ever hear of a frog outdo
ing a cat in a rat race? That's what
happened out at Mrs. Parker's on
the Brushies last Staurday. The cat
got after a rat and the rat ran where a
frog was resting with his mouth set
for flies.- The rat knew not the
danger and ran in. The frog closed
his moulh and the rat was safe. The
cat caught the rat's tail about the
same time, but after a short tussel
the cat left the frog alone in his
glory. There are several eye wit
nesses to these facts."
A Naval Cadet Over 6 Feet and
Weighs Less Than lOO Pounds.
Washington Special to Baltimore Sun.
Senator McComas has succeeded
in having the physical disqualifica
tion of Herman S, Turner for admis
sion to the Naval Academy waived,
and theyoung man has entered the
school.
He is considerably more than six
feet tall, but was said to weigh less
than 100 pounds. He was threaten
ed with rejection on this account,
but the Senator came to his rescue
and found thatTuroer's father, a ro
bust man, was of similar physique
in nis youtn and tnat tnere was ev
ery reason to believe that the new
cadet would .develop into a strong
man with the physical training giv-
n cadets at Annapolis.
Big Fortune for Southerners.
Atlanta, Ga., Dispatch, 19th.
An Australian fortune of $40,000,-
000 is to be divided among the heirs
of the late Josiah Tyson residing in
n Georgia and Alabama. The firm
of Hoke Smith and H. C. Peeples
have communicated with the proper
authorities at Melbourne and have
earned that the information of the
inheritance received here is correct.
The Georgia heirs are Henry F. Ty
son, Mrs. M. D. Tyson, K.b. Tyson,
James D. Tysoa, L. J. Tat urn, W. H.
Thompson, Mrs. iLllen Fuller and J.
b. Tyson. All of these live in Troup
county, in the neighborhood of La
Grange. The Alabama heirs are
John S. Tyson, Wesly Wade Gordon,
Mrs. Lodie Ann Tyson, Mrs. A. Mo
bley, Mrs. N. E. Baker, Mrs. N. J.
Brown, Mrs. F. W. Tyson and iVrs.
Emma H. Hamer. The majority of
the persons live in Chambers coun
ty. The Marion Road.
Niws and Observer.
Durham, N. C, July 19th. This
morning another big company was
organized in the law office of Messrs.
Manning and r ounee. It was the
Marion and Northwestern Railroad
Company. This company was chart
ered by the last Legislature. It has
an authorized capital of 3,000.000.
The purpose of this company is to
build a railroad fro m Marion, this
State, to the coal fields of Tennessee.
Mr. W. C. Perkins, of Boston,
Mass., is president of this concern.
Mr. Perkins is a civil engineer of
much experience. He has also had
considerable experience in railroad
ing.
Mr. John W. Greenlaw, of Boston.
Mass., is auditor of the company and
also one of the principal stockhold
ers. For several years he was audi
tor of the Grand Trunk Line. He
is said to be a man of very large
means. Mr. J. S, Manning and Maj.
Leo. D. Heartt, of Durham, aielocal
stockholders, Mr. Heartt being
treasurer.
Governor Ayeoclt Adopts Kules for
Pardons. ,
Raleigh News and Observer. loth.
Within the next day or two a set
of rules will oe printed and issued
from the Executive office, govern
ing applications to the Governor for
pardons.
These rules are now in the hands
of the printer.
7'he most important one is that re
auirini? the publication for two
weeks of notice that application will
be made to the Governor for a par
don, this notice to. be published in
the columns of a paper in the county
from which the conyict, for whom
pardon is to be asked, was sentenced
and in case no paper is published in
the county, notice is to be posted at
the court house and in other public
places for two weeks.
The public notice which the appli
cant for a pardon must post shall not
onlv announce that a pardon is asit
ed, but must state ot what crime the
applicant was convicted, for how
manv vears he was sentenced and
rinwlnnc he has already served. In
fant the notice has to really amount
to a concise statement of the case so
that the people of the county may
know exacly who wants a pardon
and on what ground it is asked
The object of this is that those op
unspn to the ranting of a pardon, i
there is any reason why it should not
hft erranted. mav have an equal op
portunity of being heard along with
those who favor it. it is oeueveu
that in this way only those who de
serve a pardon will seoure it, and
if any are pardoned who are un
amrt.hr. it will be due to the
failnrfl of those familiar wilh
iha fant.a t,r nrftsent them to the
fJ-nvArhnr.
In ot her words, this rule turns the
cparrh liffht of publicity upon every
...nani pvp.rv application ior
pardon. -'
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Popular Young Couple
V ed at Muor-
eaviiie.
Mooresville Enterprise,
A marriage of a very surprising
nature occurred yesterday evening at
6:45 o'clock, when Mr. Harris De
witt Mills, son of Mr. J. P. Mills, and
Miss Edna Belle Brawley were unit
ed at the home of the bride's moth
er, Mrs. N. C. Brawley, Rev. Dr.
W. W. Pharr officiating.
The matter was kept a secret un
til yesterday morning when madam
rumor softly announced that "a
wedding is on hands for today," and
it was a great surprise to their many
friends. The couple is one of the
most popular of our young people.
They left on the evening train for a
trip to Buifalo, Canada, and other
northern points, to be gone several
weeks. They have the sincere good
wishes of a host of friends for a hap
py honeymoon and a safe return. -
A Famous Virginia Beauty Dead.
Richmond, Va., Dispatch, iqth.
Mrs. Henry A. Wise, the widow
of Governor Wise, whose campaign
against the "Know Nothings" in
1854 was the most memorable ever
known in Virginia or the country,
died this evening at Ashland. Mrs.
Wise was a Miss Mary Elizabeth
Lyons, a daughter of Dr. Peter
Lyons, a former physician. 1 he de
ceased was eighty-three years old
and in her youth was regarded as
one of the most beautiful women in
Virginia. She was Governor Wise's
third wife and is the step-mother cf
Hon. JohnS. Wise, of New York.
In her youth Mrs. Wise, then iWiss
Lyons, frequently met Henry Clay,
and when first presented to the
great orator, the latter exclaimed:
"Oh, that I could be thrown into a
den of such Lyons. "
Foul Play is Suspected.
Durham Sun.
The tragic death of Charles C.
Wilborn on the Southern railroad
Sunday morning continues to be a
topic of interest among his friends
and acquaintances, and there,
are apparently wellfounded
reasons for believing that his death
was not due to an accident but was
cold blooded murder, the motive be-
ng robbery.
He is said to have had about forty
dollars when he left Raleigh for Dur
ham with several companions, who
were to accompany him to West
Durham where he was to have been
married Sunday afternoon. They
all become more or less intoxicated
and some of Wilborn's friends be-
ieve that he was given whiskey con
taining knock-out drops, which
caused him to sink into a stupor,
and that he was then robbed and
aid across the railroad track in that
condition to be crushed to death by
the car wheels. Others think that
Wilborn was probably murdertd
outright and placed on the traek to
cover up the dark deed.
It is said that his coat was folded
up ana placed on the railroad track
as if to be used for a pillow, and
most any one would doubt" that a
man so drunk as not to realize the
danger of sleeping on a railroad
track would take the trouble to fold
up a coat to lie upon.
The young men who were with
him last tell conflicting stories which
is another suspicious circumstance.
The contents of the partially filled
whiskey flask are to be analyzed and
some interesting developments may
take place within a few days.
The State Schools Books.
Raleigh News and Observer, 19th,
In the State book adoption busi
ness there has been a see-saw. For
many weary days the Text-tsook
Commission kept the agents and
book publishers waiting and now
some of the book companies have
the Commission in the same fix.
The delay is caused by the failure
ot some 01 the companies to sign up
the contracts and tile their bonds,
which is a necessary part of the
adoption. Up to yesterday but two
companies had been heard from
these being the American Book Com-
pauy,D, C. Heath and Company. On
yesterday the contract and bond of
R, F. Johnson & Co., were received.
This leaves three companies yet to
be heard from, the University Pub
lishing Company, Silyer, Burdett &
Co., and Newsome & Co: ihis de
lay keeps the Governor from issuing
his proclamation as to the books
adopted, as it is not known whether
the companies named are going to
"back water on their bids, and pre
fer to let the State keep -their for
feit money, or are going to abide by
the figures they made in their bids
From all over the btate inquiries
are pouring in from teachers and re
tail book-store people asking for
the places were the books will be
sold. 3rhis it is impossible to give
until all contracts have been signed
Unless there is speedy action by
the book men it is on the books that
the Text-Book Commission may op
en up the book question again and
some of the members do not seem
averse to doing this. If it is done
there will be a merry rattling of
bones.-.
As soon as some definite action is
taken the books will be on sale at
varmna n!.T.ne in tho StatR. Tt is
understood that the publishers will
have three or four main depositories
in the State from which books will
be distributed to retailers iu every
locality in the State, who can get
books on a day's notice. The
deDOsitories are expected to
main
be at
Raleigh, Ashevilie,
Charlotte
and
Wilmington.
Who will be selected outside of
Raleigh to have these depositories
is not yet known, but in Raleigh the
depository will be with Alfred Wil
liams & Co Before any definite ar
rangements are completed, however,
the Governor's proclamation isto be
issued as to the adoption, and this
is now hunff up bv the dilatory ac
tion of the book publishers.
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A Noted Criminal Caught in Ashevilie.
Aaheville Dispatch, loth.
Patrolmen Taylor and White, of
the Ashevilie force, had the distinc
tion this morning of capturing one
of the most noted criminals of the
State, Chauncey Proctor.
Word came from Tennessee yes
terday to the force here that he was
headed this way and to keep a sharp
lookout for him The police pro
ceeded to keep an eye open for him,
although no one suspected his real
identity, as his name Proctor, was
not given. This morning Patrol
man White saw man cross the
square whom he had reason to sus
pect. He and Patrolman Taylor
immediately began to follow him.
Proctor went down South Main
street and entered Mr. Noblitt's
siore. The officers watched and
when he came out learned that he
had been in there to get a watch re
paired. They then followed ;him
and overtook him in front of Wil
liamson's store on Hatton avenue,
where they began to question him,
Mr. Taylor asked him where he
was from and he said "Marion."
Then the officer asked to see he
watch, aud Proctor said he took it
to the store to have a crystal put in
it, and when asked, said he had no
other property. Previously, how
ever, Officer White had seen him
leave a grip sack in Cook's restau
rant, and" after taking charge of
Proctor the satchel was found and
gone through.
When the officers opened the sack
they thought they had discovered a
portable gold mine. It was com
pletely filled with watches, rings,
pins and other articles of jewelry,
many of them of great value. This
find completely identified Proctor
as the man the Tennessee authori
ties wanted, as they said he had
robbed a jewelry store there.
Jroctor was taken to the city
prison where later his identity was
discovered. Former Sheriff D. D.
Shuttle and Capt. J. T. Gostic visit
ed him and there was mutual recog
nition, although they bad not seen
him for 20 years;.
Proctor's principal crimes are:
Breaking into the county treasury
at Shelby, breaking into a barroom
used as a sleeping room, and it is be
lieved that he is the man who broke
into the Ashevilie Hardware Com
pany's store two weeks ago and
stole sixty revolvers.
Later investigations show that
Proctor is certainly the man who
broke open a safe in the office of the
Carolina Central Railroad at Shelby
several years ago. He has twice es
caped from the State penitentiary
and has six 3rears to serve on a bur
glary sentence.
Itailroad Wiped Oat by Flood.
Raleigh Keys and Observer, 19th.
The May floods in this State liter
ally washed away one railroad and
the president of it writes the Corpo
ration Commission that he doesn't
kuow when he'll ever be able to be
gin operations again.
The road was a new one, about
fifteen miles long, and the route lay
along the Nolachucky river from
the Tennessee line to Bakersville,
N. C. It was intended to be a part
of the new road that is to be built
from Marion, N. C, to Tennessee,
by way of Bakersville. But from
information now before the Corpo
ration Commission, it seems that
the flood in the Nolachucky left only
the right of way and an occasional
span of track to indicate that any
road bad ever ornamented its banks.
This road, however, will be at once
replaced and the Bakersville-Marion
link built, connecting the South
Carolina and Georgia Extension
Railroad at Marion and the Ohio
River and Charleston Railroad at
the Tennessee line. These two roads
are said fo be under practically the
same management and this link
(about fifty miles in length) will
give them a system that will form a
valuable property, running from
Camden, S. C, where it connects
with the Seaboard, to Johnson City,
Tenn., where it connects with the
Southern.
Work will begin on the Marion
Bakersville link at once, and all. the
convicts that can be obtained from
the penitentiary, up to (500, will be
employed.
The road, when completed, will
open up one of the most valuable
mineral and timber sections of the
State, and will provide a new and
direct route east for the coal and
iron of Tennessee and West Virginia.
This has long been a cherished
project of both the Seaboard and
the Southern, and the great secrecy
that js being maintained in regard
to the new road has led many to be
lieve that the work is backed by one
or the other of these systems. The
most general impression.is that it
is the Southern.
A Confederate Negro.
Raleigh Newa aud Observer.
"I had an unusual application
a pension the other day," said
A. B. Stronaeh, chairman of
Wake County Pension Board.
for
Mr.
the
"It
was from a Wake county negro
j Ivadar Morgan, lrorn Auburn and
' I'm troiur to sret him on tbe list if I
can. ile s au oid-time aartcey, ana
he came into he store with his hat
in his hand. I dsked him what his
war record was, and he aid be was
in Capt. Bryan's company, from
j Anburn, wilh th Thirty tirst North
i Ciro!ir,a raiment, o which Gov.
Fowle was Lieutenant Colonel, lie
went to R)an.k Island and was
there captured, and with m.ay oth
eryofihe regiment taken North.
Never once would he aire to swear
allegiance to the Uuio;i bu: took his
parole with the rest, came ba;k
South and aga'n joined his old regi
ment. "And, he went on to tell me,
- ! added Mr. Stronaeh, "that he re-
mained with it until the seventeen-
year- -Id boys were conscripted and
brought into- the army. This in
cluded a young son of Kadar's mas
ter, and so Kadar was then seut
back home to care for and support
the taroiiy. ihis, l understand, ne
did to the best of his ability and was
j always faithful to every trust repos-
ed in him. isn t sucn a man as inai
entitled to a pension in his old age
, when he can no longer support himself?"
Man With Four W.ves to be Arrested.
Greensboro Special to Kaleigh News aud Ob-
server, 19th.
M: S. Wei ton, who married a Miss
Wilsor, of this county, a few weeks
ago, and who it was afterwards
learned, has three wives, has been
iocited at Keyser, W. Va. . Two
weeks h iu he left his bride at Wood
stock, Va:, telling her he was going
over into West Virginia on some
important railroad business. IVhen
he left he took nearly all his wife's
money and a portion of her jewelry.
The arrivalof Deputy Sheriff Weath
erly in Woodstock a day or two ago
was the first intimatoin the young
woman had of the fact that she had
married a bigamist. She refused to
believe that she had been betrayed
by Welton until confronted with in
disputable proof in the shape of let
ters to Sheriff Jordan from two of
his other wives. Deputy Sheriff
Weather'y and Mrs. Welton arrived
here this morning and were met at
the station by the latter 's father.
Welton represented himse.f to wife
No 4 as an important railroad offi
cial. He told her that he had a pri
vate car, but gave some plausible
excuse for not using it. An effort
will be made to capture Welton, but
this will be difficult o do, for he
probably knows by this time that
the officers are on his trail.
A Hidkory Young Man LKst.
Hickory Dispatch, 19th,
The town is very mnch exercised
over the whereabouts of one of Hick
ory's young men, Galian Mcintosh,
son of Mr. A. Mcintosh, who disap
peared three weeks ago. When last
heard of he was in Washington, D.
C, the day after his departure from
Blacksb urg, S. C, where he 'was
supposed to hae bought a ticket to
the Buffalo Exposition. Young
Mcintosh was formerly a student at
the A. & M. College, but for several
months had been in the employment
of the textile department of the
Spartanburg, S. C., cotton mills.
Mcintosh is about 19 years old,
smooth face, G feet tall, with a fine
physique, a boy of excellent charac
ter and oue greatly attached to his
parents, who are suffering great
mental anxiety as to the cause of his
silence, as communications between
the pareiits and boy had -been kept
up every day until three weeks ago.
Any information as to his identity
will be grnatly appreciated by his
family.
Building Tumbles in Ruin.
Grand Rapids. Mich., Dispatch, 19th.
With a crash that roused residents
for blocks around, the four-story
building, at the corner of Jonroe
and Ottawa streets collapsed at 2
o'clock this morning, doing damage
estimated at $250,000. Half an hour
after the building was leveled, fire
broke4out in the great heap of de
bris and caused considerable dam
age before it was extinguished. The
building was constructed in 1858
and had long been regarded as un
safe. Recent interior improvements
have necessitated removing of the
supporting walls and this is belieyed
to have caused the accident. Fried
man Brothers dry goods and de
partment store and C. F. Biickers
crockery and glassware store, locat
ed in the ouilding, were completely
wrecked. The only person injured
was Lieutenant John Connor, of the
Fire Department, who suffered pro
bably fatal injuries.
No More Exparte Pardons-
Raleigh News and Observar.
The best thing Governor Aycock
has done since his inauguration is
the adoptiou of a rule requiring no
tices of ail applications for pardon
to bo published in a newspaper or
to be posted at the court house door
for two weeks in the county in which
the applicant resided and at the
nearest postoffice of the scene of the
crime. 1 nis rule will require pub
licity in every case that comes be
fore the Governor for pardon, and
will give opportunity to anynd all
parties to be heard upon any pend
ing application for pardon. If there
is any reason why the pardon should
not be granted, the neighbors will
be adyised of the application and
can make kaowa the reason to the
Governor.
Ex parte pardons are necessarily
often improperly granted: The
usual rule heretofore has been for
the friends of the applicant to quiet
ly get a petition and letters from
the judg, solicitor, jurors and oth
er parties. Armed with this en
dorsement of the application, an at
torney visits Raleigh and urges the
Governor to grant the pardon. The
Governor has nothing before him
except the prison record and the
petitions and argument of the attor
ney for tbe petitioner, and after he
has granted the pardon he may find
that the people of the county know
little or nothing about it and that if
they had known of the application,
good reason against the executive
clemency would have been present
ed. Hereafter they will have notice
of the application and the Governor
will have the benefit of the views of
the advocates and opponents in ev
ery case in which there is division
of sentiment with reference to the
pardon.
The granting of a pardon is the
highest function of the sdkvereig".
It ought seldom to be granted to
correct courts or juries or to over
rule their findings and decrees but
a pardon may properly be granted
upon evidence that came to light
after the trial, or because of the ill
health or for some other good rea
son that appeals to clemency. I is
the most important duty that de
volves upon our Chief Executive,
one that weighs heavily upon our
present conscientious Governor, as
upon his predecessors. There was
much criticism of Governor Vance
for the liberal use of the pardon
power afid some .thought Governor
Scales pardoned too little. It is
not possible for all to -agree with
the Governor upon every decision
on an application for pardon, but all
will approve the new rule he has
promulgated of publicity before the
pardon is granted, and the carrying
out of his rule, adopted upon his in
auguration, of giving to the press
every pardon granted.
very.
Washington Dispatch, 19th.
Present a petition, addressed to
the First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, signed by those who desire the
service. This petition should be
signed only by heads of families, and
should mention Cthemumber in each
family over 16 years of age. It
should set forth the nature of the
country where the delivery is desir
ed, whether densely or sparsely pop
ulated, the principal avocations of
the people, the character ofthe
roads, and the distances which, un
der existing .conditions, each person
has to travel to receive his mail, and
should be accompanied by a map or
plat indicating the route or routes
proposed.
The petition should read scme
thing like this:
To the FirsfAssistant Tostmast
er General, Washington, D. C:
The undersigned heads of families,
residing in county, State of
respectfully ask that the ru
ral free delivery service be extended
to them, the delivery to start from
- postoffice county State,
or such other point as the officers of
the Department may deem best
adapted for the service. A map or
rough sketch of the proposed route
is herewith inclosed. Your peti
tioners are mostly (here state avo
cations, such as farmers, truck gar
deners, dairymen, cattle raisers or
whatever the chief occupatoin of the
people may be). . The roads over the
proposed route are (state whether
pike, gravelled or otherwise).
There are no ucbridged creeks and
the roads are passable at all seasons
of the year.
Following should be three columns
headed respectively: Name of head
of family; number over lo' years of
age; distance in miles from nearest
postoffice.
This petition, when properly sign
ed, should be sent fa the Represen
tative in Congress, or one of the Sen
ators, with a request that he endorse
thereon his recommendation of the
service asked, and forward the pe
tition to the Department.
When a rural free delivery route
has been uniformly equipped with
boxes of any one of the above-named
description the Department will
consider these boxes as entitled to
the protection of the United States,
which provide severe penalties for
wilful or malicious injury to them
or interference with their contents.
Rural carriers are not required to
deliver mail to houses standing
back from the main, road, except in
the case of registered mail, special
delivery and pension letters. The
patrons are expected to meet
the Departmnet half way by afford
ing the carriers every facility for
the performance of their duties, by
keeping the roads clear .after heavy
snow falls, and using their influence
to maintain the condition of the
roads in all weather up to the stand
ard required by the Departments
Rural carriers are permitted to
deliver non-mailable packages -provided
their doing so does not inter
fere with the prompt handling of
the mails which must be made the
first consideration.
Rural carriers are required to take
with them on their trips for the ac
commodation of their patrons a suf
ficient supply of stamps, stamped
envelopes and postal cards. Post
masters may, if they choose, give
credit to the carrier for stamp sup
plies to the extent of $5. to be ac
counted for each day, aud the car
rier's bond being responsible there
for. If the carriers find an unstamp
ed letter in a collection box, and the
requistie amount of money also
deposited, they are instructed to af
fix the necessary stamp. They are
empowered to register letters or
packages and to deliver the same,
giving and taking receipt in forms
provided. The are also authorized
to accept money for money orders,
giving their receipt therefor, and, if
the patrons of the delivery desire to
make the carrier their agent for
this purpose, the carrier may enclose
the orders, when issued, in address
ed envelopes confided;to his charge
and mail them without returning
the orders to the sender.
t
The Italian Lynching.
Atlanta Constitution.
The governor of- Mississippi can
not be too prompt in pursuing the
persons guilty of lynching two Ital
ians in that State. This is a case of
international character and can on
ly be met by unusual promptness.
Some years ago there was a case
similar to the present one in Louis
iana- Notwithstanding its interna
tional character, the governor of
that State dilly-dallied and placed
himself behind the shield of state
rights, and the plea that the courts
were jogging along with their cus
tomary ease. If the Italian govern
ment had been strong enough we
would have been embroiled in seri
ous complications, but fortunately
for us that government was able to
do little bevond making persistent
appeals for justice. A repetition of
such delay when the general govern
ment is held responsible to the one
offended will but hasten an interfer
ence in State concerns, leading per
haps much further. It is for this
reason that State governments
should find some means of expedit
ing process when the victims are
subjects of foreign governments.
In this way they could aid the gen
eral crovernmsnt in giving a prompt
answer after having ascertained the
truth. There seems to have been no
excuse whatever tortne late lyncn
ing in Mississippi.
The Best Remedy for Stomaoh and
Bowal Troubles..
"I have been in the drug business
for twenty years and have sold most
all of the proprietary medicines o
any note. Among the entire list
have never found anything- to equa'
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy for all stomach
and bowel troubles," says O- W
Wakefield.of Columbus. Ga. "This
remedy cured two severe cases of
cholera morbus in my family and I
have recommended and sold hun
dreds of bottles of it to my custom
ers to their entire satisfaction. It
affords a quick and sure cure in ' a
pleasant form." For sale.by Stim
son & Anderson.
How to Oat Rural Free Mall De
Good Advice.
The most miserable beings in the
world are those suffering from Dys
pepsia and Liver Complaint." More
than seventy-five per cent, of the
people in the United States are af
flicted with these two diseases and
their effects; such as Sour Stomach,
Sick Headache, Habitual Costive
ness, Palpitation of the Heart,
Heart-burn, Water-brash, Gnawing
and burning Pains at the Pit of the
Stomach, Yellow Skiu, Coated
Tongue and Disagreeable taste. in
Mouth, Coming up of Food after
Eating, Low Spirits, etc. Go to
your druggist and get, a bottle of
August Flower for 75 cents. Two
doses will relieve you. Try it. Get
Green's Prize Almanac. For sale
by W. B Hall. ,
J. Sam White, of Mebaae, - who
was injured in a fight at a ball game
at Graham last Thursday, has taken
a turn for the worse and he may die.
Judge Shaw issued bench warrants
for the arrest of Will Holt and
Thomas Longest, who are-charged
with assaulting White, and ihev
were arrested and jailed at Graham.
The feeling is strong against .thpm.
White was hit on the head with a
baseball bat.
"I wish to truthfully state to yoa
and the readers of these few liues
that your Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is
without question, the best and only
cure for dyspepsia that I have ever
come .in contact with and I have
used many other preparations John
Beam, West Middlesex, Pa." No
preparation equals Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure as it contains all the natural
digestants. It will digest all kinds
of food and can't help but do you
good. W. F Hall.
Wm. E. Shaw, Jr., of Charlotte,
who was injured in a game of foot
ball last fall, died in Philadelphia on
Wednesday. The surgical opera
tion, performed a month agot ended
fatally.
Those famous little pills, De
Witt's Little Early Risers, compel
your liver and bowels to do their
duty, thus giving yoji pure, rich
blood to recuperate your body. Are
easy to take. Never gripe. W. F.
Hall.
J. F. Andrews, a freight agent of'"
the Southern Railway at Memphis,
enn., committed suicide Thursday
by shooting himself. No cause is
known. ' '
It is easier to keep well than get
cured. De Witt's Little Early Ris
ers taken now and then, will always
i i i ,
Keep your ooweis in periecx oruer.
They never gripe but promote easy
gentle action. W. F. Hall.
Death and famine threatens Jeru
salem on account of the scanty wa
ter supply, due to the insufficient
rains of last winter.
A bad complexion generally re
sults from inactive liver and bowels.
n all such cases, DeWitt's Little
Early Risers produce gratifying re
sults. W. F. Hall.
When you want a modern, up-to-
date physic, try Chamberlain's Sto
mach and Liver Tablets! They are
easy to take and pleasant in. effect-
.frice, la cents. Samples free at
Stimson & Anderson's drug store.'
Three negroes were hanged from
the same scaffold at Nashville, Tenn.,
Thursday. They were all murder
ers. It is said this was the- first
egal execution in the history of the
country.
? "I am indebted to One Minute
Cough Cure for my present good
health and my life. I was treated
in vain by doctors for lung trouble
following la grippe, I took One
Jinute Cough Cure aud recovered
my health." E. H. Wise, Madison,
Ga. IT. F. Hall.
During last May an infant child of
our neighbor was suffering, from
cholera infantum. The doctors had
given up all hopes of recovery. I
took a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to
the house, telling them I felt sure it
would do good if used according to
directions. In two days time the
child had fully recovered. The child
is now vigorous and healthy. I have
recommended this remedy frequent
ly and have never known it to fail.
Mrs. Curtis Baker, Bookwalter,
Ohio. Sold by Stimson & Anderson.
The piles that annoy you so will
be quickly and permanently healed
if you use DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. Beware of worthless coun
terfeits. W. F. Hall.
"I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor to
stop my hair from falling. One
half a bottle cured me."
J. C. Baxter, Braidwood, 111.
Ayer's Hair Vigor is
certainly the most eco
nomical preparation of its
kind on the market. A
little of it goes a long way.
It doesn't take much of
it to stop falling of the
hair, make the hair grow,
and restore color to gray
hair. $1.M a kettle AU araaUU.
If your drug-gist cannot supply" yon,
send us one dollar and we will express
yoa a bottle. Be sure and eive the name
of your nearest express office. Address,
J. C.
CO., Lowell, Mass.
Don't Accept a Substitute 1
When you ask for Cascarets be
sure you get the genuine Cascarets
Candy Cathartic! Don't accept
fraudulent substitutes, imitations of
counterfeits! Genuine tablets stamp-;)
ed C. C. C Never sold in bulk.
All druggists, ioc.
Hair Fallsl