Vol. XX.
ROXBOBO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening, May, 20 1903.
No 2 0
CONVENTION CALLED.
j y. Bailey Manager for Education
Couimittee of Anti Saloon League,
Issues the Call.
Mr. J. W. Bailey, manager for
the Executive Committee of the
North Carolina Anti-Saloon Lea
gue, issued the following call:
After careful consideration, the
Executive Committee of the North
Carolina Anti-Saloon League has
called a Temperance Convention ito
meet at Ra7eigh, July 7th, 1903. I.
This convention is demanded by
the conditions:
1. We have a , vast amount , of
temperance sentiment in the State
but it is unorganized. In the pro
cess of organizing it, this 'conven
tion is necessary.
2. We are about to enter a great
campaign.'
3. Wt mus' greatly strengthen
our operations.
We cannot cope-with the situa
tion on the present basis. The pre
sent Executive Committee needs
enlargement, and those who shall
lead our cause need the support of
a convention representing the en
tire commonwealth,,.
The present manager of the cam
paign cannot find time to carry out
all his duties. , We must put a man
in the field wh s will give .himself
wholly to this work. Until we
shall do this, we cannot reckon
ourselves as very seriously , engags
ing in conflict with the giant -drink
evil. J ?
The convention will hay e tor its
purpose: ( 1) The marshaling of ' the
temperance, forces of our; State .for
the conflict now so close at hand;
(2) the reorganization of our ! exe:
cutive department; (3) the selec
tion of one more field man; (4) the
putting of our work-upon -ant ade!
quate basis; (5) the work of form!
ing our policy. " "i".
Now, who should attend this
convention?
Every one that :s in earnest in
this great cause. If our conven?
tiou shall fail, it will be taken as a
She cause in nri-iw rr.iinf"if' svm
pathy and support. Besides, many
them need organization for law
inforceruent. Every incorporated
own, and especially such as are
lot protected against saloons and
iistilleries, should be represented.
The ministers of Nonh 'Carolin?
re counted upon to attend in large
fumbers. 3 ; " . ,J,,
Every Anti-Saloon League in
fle btate should send a delegation,
nd every place that intends o. oriirally known that he was even ill.
aize a league or institute a cam
pgu against the drink evil: should
representatives.
The business, men and the 'vdtizf
ns who isel an interest in this ereat
fork are especially urged to be pre-
pt. We shall need them most of
Remember the date, July 7th ank
ace, Raleigh. Railroad rates will
F Enounced later:
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Gorman Sails for Europe. '
York. Mav. rfi Jcjpotnr
rtQur PUe Gorman, of ..Maryland
- t-oaCuger on tne Uantic
rausport Lin cf .u: ' ci-
L ; WQlc& : sailed .to day for
IT. Mrs.. Gordon
accom-
rQim.
General Gordon Thinks the Reunion
Will be a Great One. 1 -
New Orleans,, May, . .Gene
ral John B. Gordon , command the
United , Confederate Veterans, .ar
rived here to-day, and visited - Ad
jutant General ? MickJes haead
quarters. . He was given a great
ovation. General , Gordon - found
the preparation for the reunion far
advanced, and believes it will be
one of t the greatest, gatherings of
old soldiers ever held in the South'.
General Gordon left for Atlanta
to-night, and return in time - to
open the reunion on Tuesday.
The Shipwrecked Portuguese.
; Newbern, May i 5. The regular
routine of inspection of the Poitu
guese immigrants by the govern
ment officials was carried ou to
day. Seventy more are to be in
spected. One more was found with
trachoma of the eve, which pre?
him from landing in, the , United
States; Inspector Stamp informs
me that the governmen t will pro -vide
transportation for them to
Prividence Massachusetts by
the Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad to Norfolk, thence by the
Merchants & Miner's Iine to their
destination. .They will probably
leave here , Sunday or M onda v
About $600 has been received to
day by the immigrants from f their
relatives and friends in Massachui
scetts in the shape of postal money
orders. '1 - - - - : !
Post
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Clerks Put Up a .Claim of
v , i4,Doo,ooo. - ' ; 1
TuscaJocsl " May 16. D. 5 Pj
Nichol5n;V. a 'postal-'clerk," ;who
runs oil; the . V aba ma Great South
ern'Railwayi says that the-'postal
iclerk3 of the .United States 5:have a
claim ', ' aggregating $ 14,000,006
against the United -State P6stoffice
Department. 7 iicholsqhl says ; this
claim , will be tried before thelUnit-
ed States Court of Claims at Wash-
ingtonv " ., , i
The. claims is based 7 upon the
section , of the postal laws which
prescribes that cheif clerks and railr
way postal clerks shall be paid
their actual and ' necessary expen-
ses while actually , traveling on
business of the, Department. )
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University Student Dead. . . .
Chapel Hill,. May, 15. Mr.
Frank Sims Hudson of Casheville
Tenn.. a member of the sophomore
Class, died here this afternoon
about 6 o'clock of dysentery after
a short illness of less than a week.
The news came as a shock to the
entire college, as ityaa' not gerie
Mr. Hudson was about 25 years ;of
age and one of the prominent men
of his class. He was vice, president
of the looal Young Men's Christian
Association and everywhere known
for his pure and upright life. He
will be much , missed from the
Christian 'life' of both? college and
town' . !
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Percy Jones Not Related to Senator
' Little Rock, May 16. A 'special
correspondent of The ; Arkansas
Gazette, today interyied former
Senator James K. Jones, at his
home at, Hope, Ark., in reference to
the reported relationship between
jrimand Percy Jones, who was kill
ed by a mob at Wilson, N, C. The
Senator says Percy Jones is not re
1 lated to him. - - J I
TEXAS ffTITETJST LAW.
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The Oases Docketed in the TJnitftrt ;
States Supreme Courfc; to Test, Its
Validify.; ; , ;. .
Washington. May.i6f ;T. w o
cases intended to test he validity
of the Texas anti-trust, '-law, : were
docketed to-day in the. United
States Supreme Court; The cases
are those of the . State of Texas
against the National ; Cotton Seed
Oil Company; and the Southern
Cotton Seed Oi 1 Company ; both
New Jersey corporations The - two
companies - were consolidated and
the consolidation . acquired other
oil c factories, the combination . re
sulting in the formation : of the
trust, as alleged by the State", and
not denied by the companies.
It is stated that the result of the
combination was the fixing, of the
price of cotton seed at 1 . 14 per
ton. The combination iwas pro
nounced x illegal by the Texas
courts; and the oil companies bring
the cases to the Supreme Court on
writs of error, alleging that the
Texas anti-trust laws are in con
travention of both the Federal and
the State constitutions. : .
White Man Killed by a Mob
Wilson, May i4. Perry Jones;
an v insurance agent, who canie
here some Time ago', . was shot ii
his room last nightby a" crowd of
citizens who intended .'to run' hini
out of town, and as a result died a
7 o'clock this morning. -; Oneof th
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rested on the charge . of- participsi
tion in the crime The objection
to Jones was because of his alleged
associatiori with a colored woman J
Jonesstated after Jbeing 'wounded
that when the men rustied into his
room he fired on them whenf he
was shot. ;
Jiuuiug iub jc uij. , v j i
' Dear readers, I commenced the
fun with Bro. Meddlesome about
that $10 06 bill he gave to the 'nef
gro for a pint of whisky, and I pro
pose to end it in fun.
This is not
a reply to the fun. '
You wiU never see another in
strument of writing or a reply fx or
me to Bro; Meddlesome let him say
fr rnnohnt lie mav. i
. I ffladlv vield the best end of al
those jokes td Bro. Medal esome
and .only take in' return his strange
name Donkey-Bray, I say .1 can
Jive a while going by the name jo
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respectable. ' .
: : - ; DonkeyBray.
Ai; N. C, May 16th, 1903. ;
Services &t Mill Greek 5th Saturday
: V f . ' and Sunday. ; , : - -
There will be services at Mill
Creek next 5th Saturday and Sun
day. One serinon on Saturday at
TT.oVlock. All day services on
Sunday. In the afternoon
there
wiU be an , ordination of deacons.
Deacons of sister churches are cor-
rHaiiv invited to be oresent and car-
tidrate in the1 ordination. The
nublicis cordially -invited to at
tend.
Pastor.
Reports received from various
narts of Jones and Craven, counties,
T7mcnj7ere supposea w nave bui
fered from hail Monday, cay that
The hail cscra3 to have struck a yery
alleged attacking party wast:aso
wounaeu.
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RAGAN'S BODY RECOVERED.
the Mill .Reservoir
; Where His LastlTote o His Father
said It, Would Be. , ;'
Durham, May i5.True-fo his
promise Robert 'Ragan. who . disdp
peared yesterday and left a note: Ho
his father and two brothers saying
that his dead dy; would' be found
m the reservoir atrth'e Erwin Cot
ton Mill, ended his life night ber
fore last ilia body was , fished .out
of the reservoir this morning about
8 o'clock. " ' . ; ; ;
In the letter to his father,. James
I. Ragan, . and two brothers the
deceased told them that he . could
not longer stand the trouble that
hs has been in during . the last
bwelve months nd that he was go
ing to end it all by. drowning him
self in .the reservoir. He" told his
father and brothers goodbye said
that he would like to see them and
his sister-in-law and n ephe w " again
but that he could not wait. He then
added that he hoped that they
would, all go - to heaven but that
for himself, "corden to the Bible,"
as he put it, 4I shall sflend the. re-
i lnainder of my days in hell' ; '
: iiicv uctcaacu, ui ? lamer anu
brother came here ,from Person
county 5ome three years ago He
was . 27 years of age 'and" unmarj'
ried.-;, v -V "j
For the second time John -Parker
ha been convicted of afi crime, itha
means . that he must suffer : deathai.
the hands of thfi TaW- PhP -.nrv . rn;r
, : . 1 -iV ' a s v 1 ' . J I
ucacu .Vy T-vcuiub nui guilty ; j u&
before 7 o'clock last nighty and ' tpis
momins: sentence will be nronounced
by Judge W. 'R. lilenf 'who : irUd
the case.-r-I)arham Herlad. . t - j
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. f Mr.- W. L; Spoon,; an ; employe of
the natibri at6fernment : in the inter- i
esc cx pn one roaaB improvemeni;,
was at Rockingham Tuesday highi
and made a talk to our people about
good roads, and on Wednesday night
he made an address in the court
house, after which a- Gocd Roads
Olab tor Kockingham: township was
organized. Anglo-Saxon; , 1 ..; -.
Senator Simmons is notified
that
26 vacancies as assistant surgeons in
the navy are to be filled Those wha
I pass a . non-competitiTe examination
at Washington are assured oi, aprtt
pointinent at j&f salary of . $1,650 ja
yearxhe aprjlicantmust be physi-f-
cally; perfect and make 75 ; on. the
examination, . ' : ,
-isj JOn X lOOK in coe uicuuury lur luc ucauwg k u jjctigama, , uui
just come to us and we will show you what .a real genuine Bar
gain is Here are a few to read about now and come to see later
when you! will find that they are
38 in white victoria lawin only
40 in white victoria lawn bought m short lengths, regular price,
15 to 20c. our price only 12c?
7 200yds 36 in peical, the regular 12c grade in short lengths
oniyiuc ya.
200 yds of the sheerest dimity
chase of a mill end lot enables us
- A splendid fast black 4A in bnlhantine received to-day only 50c.
$1.25 will buy the best ladies
a the pnee. Many otner bargains quite tne equaJ oi tnece, come
anaiet,us show you. .
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You Will Need Ice
:Tbis summer.; ; Well ; when " you
do call on me and I will take pl$as
eur in supplying your wanti.r - All
orders must be; accompanied by the
cash.t: '-f; Respectfully; -J
jASm&ARRist
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This is our Pne; " : and
this is: what; we study.
Our aim is to, at all
riinits , 1tp.pi Rnnli a
line ql , groceries and
p.nn f p. ftti nn mi pa . f fh af.
will suit, our, trade! -Turn
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'Hw jieu you want
The very best Flour,
. pugurj iieai or j? ancr
Groceries come to uu
nrirl wft" will Rpriv vn-n
, v - ' .
"- prompt, and wilK ai-
ways guarantee prices
It you can't come just
, . . 'phone us . and ' your
order will'" have
prompt attention. 0
; Serffeant, Clayton1 &Co
Successor to W; Tl 'Tohnsbn cV Co
IjThe Modem Healer of Onls, Bru
v isesI.Sore8Galls,Lame '
ness, K neu ma tism.
. : . vr Swellings, e tc.s ' " . ,
Postively the , greatest rem-
ledy of the 20 th century, . ;
Money refunded if not,satisr
ifactoryi
N one genuine : without picture
of Uncle am. J- . '
1 . M A"NUFATURKD BY
American Stock Feed Go
I V FREMONT, "! OHIO.
For sale by :
Sergeant Clayton & Co.;
; tUA15U14U.JN. C.
much better than , you expected-
10c.
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regular price 1734c, a lucky pur
to offer them at only 1234c.
or man's umbreHa you ever saw
H'-TI nfHQ. .
We
Have
Groceries
k OR B ATARI ANt LINIMENT f
! ?FOR HUM A : AND ANIMAL.
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