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Vol. XVIIII. HOXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, "Wednesday Eveiuhg, March 5, 1902. ilo. 10. List of Jurors. ! v The following jurors were drawn for the April term of Court:,, ' ' " John E. Chambers, Gl .B. Pear son, A. M. Denny , r Geo. Mitchell; R. B. Holman, A. . M. Long, W. H. Hall. Lewell Blalock, W. ; B. Brooks, Isaac Owen, M. H., Gar rett, Jnoi A. T3aird, .Sr., Sam Bar nett, J. S. Dickens, A. R: Foushee, S. S. Crutchfield, G. W. Scott, I. T. Denny, W. T. Snipes, . W. Ml' Horton, W, "M. Sanford, J.f .-W, Ashley, J. D. Briggs, Thos. Hob: good, D. C. Moore, J. W, Noell, J. S; Qoleman, J P. Williams, . T H. Street, T.W. Pass, D. C. , Co zart, ; Ainos Currin,. J. M. .'err, Jno, Day, Jno. H , Burch, Geo. W. Moored. - Jy ' v' Dr. E. J. Tucker .left- -Saturday night for Greensboro where he goes by special invitation to address the local dental and mrdical societies of that place. On Tuesday night he was in Raleigh on a similar invita tion. " The Dr. has . made for.hitn self quite a reputation as a speaker, and as he never delivers , an address without 'thorough; preparation . we guarantee the: societies have ; rarely had the pleasure of listening to more interesting addresses than those delivered by the Dr. . ' From Raleigh he will ' go to Reidsville where he will spend a few days be fore returning home.' E. R. Moore, Supt, of" Public Roads, gave, us a call Nonday.:v He attended ;the. Good Roads Con ven- tion in Raleigh; an J says the only wayto have good roads is: to -get the riecessarv machinery "to"' make them with. 7 However, we." do - riot , want to leave the impression .that he is in favor of buying one of tnose machines which will throw the" dirt 6oft. in the air according to Siim Jim but he doe's favor buying a road plow and a scraper, which are not very expensive and great labor savers. , ' Ned is well versed on road matters having given ?. the subj ect considerable study in the last six months. . ' ,.' Richmond Day, col. called yes terday and in renewing for The Courier said that he thought every .time his subscription expired that he would have to quit it. but that he just could not' get along without it Richmond has been on our list for a number of years and ,we appreciate his kind words, for he is one of the few colored men who have been sue-? cessful -he owns: a good farm well stocked and stands as well in nis community as any one could. ,""; The Courier has received quite a number of new subscribers this week and will be glad to have ' the good work continue. 'If , your neigh bor does not take it call his - atten tion to what he is missing; and .tell him about that buggy. The buggy can be seen at the show room of Mr. C. C. Critcher.'s buggy and re pair shop. Remember for just . $i someone will get a nice $65.00' top k"ggy, ; Do you want it? ' ' j Iastr Friday morning a ' very severe : 1 gale v passed ' over town and to those who are any ways ner vous it was calculated to cause them to lie awake for several hours. We have heard of ' no - serious damage which was done by, the; storm save that reported from Trilby by our correspondent. ' V ' Messrs. Long, Woody & Co. say they will save you a . great deal of worry and annoyance if you will call and price "their wire netting for poultry. Buy an Oliver, Chill, the best plow oh the market . Mr. D. w; Long, the ' junior member of the firm of Messrs. Clay ton & Long is on the .Northern markets looking after the interests customers this veek.- He Xbe absent: a week or so, but . en P? returns he will let you knowall about it through these Oiumns. - . . -No ckeckee, no shirtee," says the- Chinaman . No poll tax receip t no votee, says the ; Melican man in November, We never saw a man who - had" money to buru in bad cigars, and we have never had a customer to complain at burning ; money .by smoking Hambrick's Special. - . 'A regular -ten- center tor- a nickel. Try one.,, - - We'll cure you of that flat pocket- book habit if you will only give us the opportunity. .We've plenty of good things to eat as - a. financial tonic -and improve that 'tiredf eeling which is so'naturai at this time of the year.Tsays Messrs. ' A.' R: Fou shee & Son. k -J . Yoii should see the line' of i sta tionery now being-offered by AM. Burns. ' Tablets, envelops; box pa per, blank; .books etc., -at about half the prices others ask you for same qtfality.f,i ' - ; ' . Have you seen , the -Michig;an Far;m and Truck wagon ,whicrr E) D. . Cheek is showing? It- is the. handiest , ch eapesfc and most sensible wagon we have seen, and it is worth your while going to see it.' v Price $30.00 and warranted for 'five years. ; Ice! Icell' ' . . . You have not ' thought much about this subject yet stiir I beg to inform the public that I have made, arrangements and will keep ice on hand regularly the coming summer and.will be glad tp fuf nisli aU: who will heeIv- See me'... and makecon tract for supplying; youv.this Sum-J :, Xv?.; HARRIS. Dead Letters -v . ' :. . , ," , 7 The following letters remain un called for in .the Roxborb post office: Mrs. Nan Brooks, Mrs. Dora Clement, Mrs. W. A. Coleman, Mrs Mayella Clay, Mrs; Fannie Glenn, (two), Mrs. Elemra ' tpng, . Mrs. Susan McKee (spec. deldO ; Miss Nannie Bradshej , Miss Janie Bun- cus. Miss 'Bessie Jones, Miss H. Johnson,: Miss Carrie Snipes; . Miss EmmaWilkerson, Mr. J. W. Buch anan, ;.M. J... Clayton, James R. Clayton , Henry Ed wards, Charli e Evans, Wm. King, John Mitchell Sam Pullianv R. R. : Satterfield, ; S HlrWoodin, Jack Wilkerson. - - In calling for the-above letters please state that they .were v adver tised. " "VV ; f : - W, H. LoNG, p. m. Patterson Flooded. J , Paterson, N. J.V 'March i Many of the residents of - the city have been compelled to flee from the .river banks, where they . had been com pelled to seek shelter .after the ,v fire of two .weeks ago" had devastated their homes," . ' ,? -V-; j " Nearly all the mills in the city have been compelled to close down. J Two thousand: besides those who have suffered from the fire, are now out of employment on . account of the rapid rise of the Passic river, which shows no signs of abating. All the houses on the streets along the rives are untenable. These es caped the flames only to be made uninh?bitable by the floods. ; : Dog L6sTtA black hound, 13 months old, white spot in -breast. I will pay a liberal reward fcr liis retain, or information as to his whereabouts. : J. T. Gates,, Cates, N. C. Notice. This is to forbid all per sons from either hiring or harboring one Sam Bumpass. sod af Orer.iy Bampass, who' has left my employ oefore completing contract. Any one disobeying this notice will ba prose cuted. This Ilarch 3, 1902. J, D. Prr.iiT - TRAFFIC AT A STANDSTILL PART OP ASHBVILLB UNDER i X .WATER. ' - - ' Three Children Burned to Death While Seeking to Escape the Flood at. Flat -Creek. Marsnall 'Said to be Under' Water. " Asheville, N. C.K March ivOn account off heavy rains the rerfch Broad River has 'risen far above the high water mark, flooding the fiver district. The waters; are hisrher . - . . -. than in years, two feet above the flood of last fall. , :. . . business is practically . suspended n tae river . sections of the city. The cottori mills have been forced to close down , ; witn much damage and loss. The tannery is surround - ed and : there is serious loss to prop erty T y - , m - Inmates of houses along trie river were forced to" leave their homes; Some .narrowly escaped drowning during the rescue of submerged home" holders - . - ' : The entire city force is at ; work hdlping people from, flooded houses: Telephone and telegraph-wires are down and there are few connec tions outside the , city. Railroad trafic is practically at a standstill.: No trains have gone out in twenty- four hours, and only one' has come in. ' Slides and' washouts are'; re ported all albngthe limr:;: u . A big wreck-is reported at Alex ander; caused by a" landslide in a cut. Western anct. Southern trains are - water-bound. Bridges over small streams near Asheville are all down. It is reported that at Mar shall theTriver has risen over- thir- teen feet. It is over the water wall and the town is flooded. - - :' ' Three children were burned to death at Flat Creek j near Asheville last night. The father of the chil dren, J. W.. "Wallan took ; them to th'e-tobacco house for safety, fearing the house would be. ;-. washed away by the freshet. .He left , the chil dren with a torch and returned to the house to get his wife and other children. While he was ' gone , the barn caught fire from the torch and was burned to the ground'. The children' s bodies have not yet been found. - : N ' Asheville, N. C.March i. The flood situation today remains about the same, ; all communicatiqrT west of Asheville is still cut off. There have been "no trains either to . or from the west since Thursday and the probabilities are there will be !no trains in this . direction until some time next week. The damage to the Southern Railway is incalculable. Miles of tract in all directions are washed away. The Asheville and Knox ville divission is almost completely submerged by water and the rail- 4 way bridges gone. . . " Almost the entire Murphy divis ion is also undermined and no trains wil 1 be run until next week , At Marshall the river rose over the thirteen foot wall and complete ly flooded the village, causing great destruction to property. The great est apprehension prevailed for fear th- entire village would -Le swept away. Live stock and buildings were carried down .by the tide. Railway cars were washed away and whole sections of track carried oft. The people of the village-we: e pa To T f nni- 1 11 AW wWA.W-x A fik?ie3 tfio feed rr.cro Cz'lti ROYAL BAK1NQ POWDSR TO THE VOTERS OF . COUNTY. PERSON . I wish .to. call your attention to Article-6 Sec- 4 of the Constitution of North Carolina.- This Js the Amendment passed by the voters of North- Carolina at the August elec- --'., - , i tion of igoo. " . . This article provides among other qualifications' that every pevson be fore' he shall . be, entitled to vote 'shall have paid his poll tax for the previous year on or before the first day. of May of the ,year in which he proposes to vote.' , - . rThe Constitutional .Amendment referred, to does not go into effect until Julyist, ' 1902, but . theilast General Assembly, .anticipatory r of this passed an act to make the poll t ax provision apply to the coming election . : . See Chapter 89 iSec. 1 3 of the Public Laws of 1901. In' other words you - must - have paid your polL tax for, 1901 on" or before May-1 st of this yeat:;in order to Vote; at, the coming 1T0ycmbcr election,' and bef ore.registermg you will be required to exhibit: to the registrar'.your-pbU;taxeceipt.:-.Tne next election will be held on Tues- day after first Monday : in Novem ber the August election having been abolished. ' " . . .. Very respectfully, :'y W. T, Bradsher, Roxboro, N. C.,"Feb; 24, -1902. STATE HEWS- The colored neople of the State h ave been called, to meet in Raleigh for a political,- conference in April. This may bethe beginning of trou ble for the" Republicans in their plan: ' J " An election will be held in Hills- boro township on, March"- 31st to vote on a $20:000 bond issue to work the public roads. The in dications now are that the bond .is- sue will carry. , Compulsory vaccination was be gun here today-in earnest. Dr. Witherspoon, ; county physician, started out on a house to house can vass, accompanied by two police officers. The News. ' x -" Neuse Baptist association, composed- of churches in Ienoir and surroundig. counties, .is endeavor ing to raise 7,000' on a newtentury educational fund. ; .G-one-'to 'Mark; A i I am spending this week buying the very prettiest and most stylish go there M the lowest prices to be had for the G?0T UAJSil. Don't take my word tor it, but wlion lzz2 .goods arrive just come and see. TZell havo--mair things to attract you in drec3' goods from 5 c:ni lawns to fine silks, as well as the lrtoot iioveltiG in notions, all at prices that can't be m tne meantime cion t to be at work on? Oomo alo:i end le you some i ' CO., NEW YO'K. Fob'Sale.I hve 50,CC3 -c:'. heart shingles for cale at v.- J. S. CoKcziAir, - - Moriah, N. 0. The Oregon Chair Company was incorporated yesterday, with cap ital stock of 25,000.. The company willbegin business on 2,500. The location of the company is at Dunn, Harnett county. The -incofportors are twenty-one in number, mostly residents of Dunn. Mr. . J. I. .Wellborn of Stony Fork has a gourd which is over 200 years old, It was' raised by his great grand father and used by him for carrying, powder. It has been kept as 1 a family relic. andr is not worsted :by : the ' lapse of the two centuries. Wilkesboro Chronicle. Stanley Burgwynn, a flagman on the V." N. C. division of the Sou thern-Railway, was caught between the.. cars at' ; Barber's Junction last night .and 1 instantly killed. The particulars .rfcf. the ' ycur.3 .man's death are meagre, but it in learned- that he was watching for . a train when the accident occured. A Iarimer. county; farmer lest a cow m a queer manner. The ,am mal in rummaging "through a sum mer kitchen found - and swallowed an ptd unbrella and a cake of yeat. The yeast fermenting in th e poor beast" s stomach, raised the umbrel la, and she died in great agony. Exchange. A Gallon of PURE LINSEED OIL r:73 . mtn a gallon or : . . makes 2 gallons of the vehy rrsr Paeh? ' in the "wosld yj 1 sm m of yonrpaiiit bill. Is FAU irocr: DrRATL tvrti Pueb WHins Le" -nd i a .absolutely not toi .sonous. Hamma Paint i3 nado of th9 ei:st o? PAINT MATERIALS S-COb. E3 all TOOd "aizters ,nd i3 groTmd thick, vsst tiiic. 1, o trontla to mix, any boy can do it. Iti3tha ccmroN czs:-z cv Ilouss Paint. . UoBi:TTE3pslL.tciat3n--3 r.t an? C05t, end 13 ! 1 kot to C2ACS, Elisti:, Pztl. cr C IIAZdAIJPAKr CO., C t. c: CI r 9 w in the northern mcuiietG you wanii zomo zz: mm (:-'. 7 y(. - Byyyy - T7) ."est.
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