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Washington, Beaufort County, N. C, SaturJay'jAfteraoon, March II, 1899.
ESTABLISHED 1894
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Hot Times Ahead.
accept any contracts or ,loans
style
patterns
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Will buy a beauti
ful all wool Suit
from F. V. R8WE.
Better made, bet
ter fit, and better
than any suit
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$... The
are the
choicest and the
latest. We have
received our
NEW LINE OF
SPRING PANTS.
Call and see them
F. y.ROWE
Leading Clothier.
302 W Main St.
" JNOTlCEOtT SALE.
By virtue of a power of sale contain
ed in a mortgage deed execu ed by
Bnijvmin Braddv ard vif to VV. H.
Moiyan, dated I)e . IGth, 189"). and re
corded in Book N .93, pa.elS9. Reg
ister's office of Beaufort county, the
same being: referred to, I will offer for
sale to the highest bidder lor cash at
the couit house door of Beaufort
county in the town of Washi gton ,
N.C.. on Saturday the 1st day of April
1899, at 12 o'clock noon, the following
property, to-wit: "A. certain .part of
lot of land situated in the town of
Washington, N. ., acd in that part of
town called "MacNair towD,' it ein
one-third part of lot kL'a3 shown in the
division of the MacNiir land?, which
is of record and herein referred to.
Th 9 27th day of Fe'o'rv, 1899.
VV. H. Morgan.
Mortgagee.
BLOOD CURE SENT FREE.
A Cure for Blood and Skin Diseases, Eczema,
Pimples, Scrofula, Blood Poison,
Cancer, Etc,
London, March 9. All the
great powers are concentrat
ing large naval forces in the
far East, as they exr ee. devel
opments involving their inter
ests very greatly. England
now has in Asiatic waters
three battleships, twelve cruis
ers, four torpedo boat destroy
ers, fourteen sloops and many
gunboats.
Russia in the same waters
has two battleships, six cruisers
and six gunboats.
France comes in with nine
cruisers, while Germany has
eight and Italv four.
Dewey With Snow White Hair.
Vancouver, March 9.
Frazer, of London, w'J
just reached here fron
ays that the great war in the
Philippines must end soon, or
the life of America's grf at Ad
miral will be worth nothing
If the government does not
give him some immediate re
lief from the terrible strain
which he is now undergoing,
he will not last a month longer.
It is an unhappy half hour 'or
those who look upon him, fcr
his hair i snowy white and
his face ashen, while he has
absolutely no appetite. The
constant wear upon his physical
at:d mental powers is fast
breaking this man, the pride
of a nineteenth century Amer
ica.
made by thac body.
P.
General Brooke also! inform-
ed Secretary of Statej Capote
News in General,
On many farms in Arkansas
cotton-pickers and planters are
at work in the .same field, the
farmers being unable to re
move the crcp earlier on ac
count of the scarcity of labor.
In the organization of the
new Board of Agriculture, Col.
John S. Cunningham was elect
ed president and T. K. Bruner
secretary. In Jthe assignment
of members to the vaiious
branches of work Col. J. Bryan
Grimes was appointed one of
the fish commissioners.
The special appropriations of
the Legislature aggregate
$2 5,000.
The Secretary of State says
the actual number of acts and
resolutions ratified by the
Legislature during its sixty
days session were 1 107 acts and
79 resolutions, total 1,186. This
is less than expected The rea
son is that fwer ttnau expect
ed were ratified on the last day.
Almost oO per rent of the bills
introduced become laws.
A dispatch from Havana says:
As a r-suk- ot a conference
between General
I Stylish
that it would be thefbart ofl Neckwear,
wisdom for the assembly to
abondon secret sessions and
come to a definite agreement.
It is not known what the as
sembly will do, but Brooke is
determined that this f political
agitation must cease!and the
probability is that the assem
bly will yield and dissolve.
The Raleigh Correspondent
savs:
The Republicans arev looking !
over all the acts relative to
changes of officers and are
making the assertion that near
ly all of them will stay in
They also asserting that there
are me.ny errors in tho new
avs, in wrong citations or
chapters of former acts, etc.
The number of state convicts
today, as reports show, is 1,053.
There are 193 federal convicts
in the penitentiary. The Jnum
ber of stnte convicts steadily
dwindles. Uunder an act of
the present legislature thre are
ten counties allowed- to have
state convicts tor work on pub;
lie roads, in consideration of
paying all expenses Connected
with such convicts, so that the
state will be at no charge
whatever. Under the terms of
this act it is expected that per
il .ps 200 or 300 convict? will be
taken. '
The government' practical
ly allows the state's claim for
Si
8:38,000 of state guard property
taken by volunteersf Already
2,500 of new storesln place of
those taken have been ordered
sent here. By October thej
I Sprin9 I
1899 $
as
9k
ur Earls Hrttvals.
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Comprise the most complete line of Fashionable Spring
Scarfs, swell creations of the Neckwear-makers art, color's
bright and striking, yet harmonious aad refined, beautiful pat
terns in straight and bias stripes, plaids and fancy figures
made up in
THE IMPERIAL- graceful, spreading apron 4-in-hand.
THE ASCOT the dressiest tie that was ever made.
NEW TECXSsuidll knots and wide gprons.
NEW PUFFS distinct novelty in a puff scarf.
STRING TIES a varieties of shades to suit all tastes.
We will appreciate a visit from you and will be pleased
to have you inspect oar Neckwear, knowing that the person of
taste will find these goods pleasing to the eye and satisfying to
the purse. f
xJ. K. HOYTi
Perfect Fitting Clothier.
entire force will be equipped
and there will be by that time;
encampments and practice
marches. It is intimated that 7 I J
there will be an encampment oiJ x
troops in the east while those
in the west may desire a prac-
tice march.
Representative Trotman, o
Gates, whose critical illnes i
the hospital here was reporte
yesterday, died after midnight!
last night. He was 60 years
of age.
The work of counting and
packing the $3,000,' 00 for ship
meat to Cuba to pay off the Cu
ban army, is being done at the
Mib-treasury New York under
Gen.Casev, wro will pay off the
Cuban army.
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If you have tried f arsaparillas, patent medi
cines, ami dootoreri. a d still have old ptrsisi
eni tores, pimples. distrssing eruptions "f
the skin, a;nful sores on hands, arras or legs,
itching s nia'ion. irrit ttiLg skin troubles, ec
cema, scr tula, ulcers, contagious blood rois-
on, fever, fever sores mercurial rhtumatistr,
oatarrh. boils, face covered w,ih litt'e sores,
vamer r ny hhor' tainr, t lien give K. K a
trial. b'M' Mise R B. B Botanic Bio d Ralin
is mad for j list such rse;, aul .itcurasto
sttiy curuV, ihose stubborn blood diseases
that other milder medicines fail ve-n to bcut
;it Ah above named 'rouble-! are evidence of
bad. oivt-HH'd lUcod in tho body, and 1J. B. B.
cores leaue it 'rctsall th- p ''son or im-
urity or blood, humors out t4 the b dy. bones
powt" ) curt1 .vo oiler to send to anv i !T. r- J eSieru iy
eter a s mj-ie b ttle oi B B. B. auoliUtdv itec. 1 i i , r. ,
15. B ii. i.-. an old. well tried remedy bene wo'blOOKe anil (jrOIlieZ, the UUUail
know thai ir cure" to stay cuseo, tortile peop-c
cured of B B, B y'a s no are well today and
frte from all bllood impurities.
Cancer, Bleeding, Eating Sores.
Cancer of Nose, l'p, face, on r or ecW, exter
nal or irlerual c-Micer, bleeding, ontn g sjres,
are all cuied by B B. B . the "most powerfu
blood i nritier made Ail drugi ists sell B. B. B.
at$' per 'arge bottle. For trial bottle, send
two MuiiK'S to ray postpge and a samp'e bottle
of B B B will be sent bv retu n uinil. A1
drtss BLOOD HALM CO .'SO Mitchell Street,
Atienta. Ga. Describe y-ur symotoms and
free personal me ucal adv ee will be giveu.
Wanted-An Idea S.
frotecC tow Mcs: thv may bring you wealiu
Write JOHN WhDDEl'.B'URJl & CO.. Patent Attor
ryB, WasbiuKtoo, v.. for their prize oflei
wil list o two t'. .'ed luvenUoua waniatt-
Assembly will tomorrow be
compe led eher to accept the
otfer of $3,000,000 for Cuban
troops or openly defy the wishes
of .he United S ates. General
Brooke will send a note to the
assembly, saying that neither
he nor the American govern
meat will pay any attention to
NOTICE TOWN TAXES.
Toavaid costs of collection,
11 persons ofriug town taxes
for the year 1893-99, must pay
same on or before March 20, '99.
Jno. R. Ross,
Town Tax Collector.
I it. f Smtimn-mSt "Wa-l fflW"4
For Sale: My residence on
East Main street.
Mrs. J. M. Gray.
Apply to
An Honest Medicine lor La Grippe.
George VV. Waitt of Souili Gar
diner, Me., says: ''1 have bad the
worst cougb, cold, chills and np
and have taken lots of trash of no
account but proQt to the vendor.
Chamberlain's Couh licmedv is
the only thin ihat has d-:-ne any
good whatever. 1 h are u?ed one
50-cent bottle and tbe chills, cold
and grip have all left me. I con
aralucile the m mufuc ui ers of an
homst medicine." lor sale at
decisions of the assembly, nor 'Ta loe's Puarmicy.
ortpai-
Htotel.
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206 West Main Street, Washington, N. C.
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