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IN O W GOING O IN
real sacrifice
Have just opened up
60 wortlhi off Furniture
and -Furniture Exhibits
estown. Exposition
from N. C. State Bmifl
at Jam
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T, - , k now ,oiD, on in the large show room in the Smith Building, which was formerly the Old Opera House building. This entire lot ot
Sniture MuWeld btU' January 4th. We do not propose to pay house rent, insurance and clerk hire on this
to cut prices so lowthatit will move the rate of $200 per-day. and everything leit on hand Saturday, Jan
uary 4th. will be sold at Public Auction, comiriencing at 1 o clock. IX MUST C-C-.
Now is the time for every man woman and child to buy a souvenir of the
Jamestown Exposition at Panic PriGes
We have all grades of furniture in this lot. Chairs will range from 40 cents each up to $11. All kinds of tables, washstands dressers, bed
stead springs mattresses, sheets, pillow-cases, towels', blankets, curtains, poles, carpets and rugs, lamps, crockery, tabic cutlery etc. Come one
come all come mnning It will be a cold day with snow on the ground in August when you ever have such an opportunity to buy furniture at
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tn lift V-:-:i:
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When jou go for jour
Christina! Goods this year.
Select a gift for jour lady or
gentleman friend from the
following :
Box of Lowaty'a CaiiUt
Fancy Cox Flae Stitloiiry
Ltitber Purse or liai
! SfttcfteL
! rise Cat OUsj or Wmi-
PalnteJ China.
A Mlcte! Plate J StoJeats'
Lamp.
There are many other 1h;nirs
in our store that will miU
suitable Christmas (iifu.
TME MARTIN DRUG COMPANY
CARLE W. MARTIN. Manaler.
iCiosinlOiiDtSaBei!
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
i
AM Auz ..trt tnv rulire txk of rYHNHTUK at
tut Prirr. in tlr hn will 1 foiiiil $H.tHi
wrth of irn,"l
jt l'irl.vl I'ricv
n-.ullv fonml in a
; U.iijflit at jxuiir prior.
furniture atorc.
('jrl"l
in
A Few Special Bargains:
Now i
a Piano.
I I'iaiKw at I'nliranl-of Price.
if oii r-r eiiet-t to huT
A S.IM 4rloJ of lfciU here atl arrmnp.
lU jutiful line of IVarl Picture anl Dining.Ko.Mii
lit-turi" to o at mrt larpnn.
ow i r lim to fnrni-.li voiir hinue, when Ton can do it for
thin? in this mammoth
-t."k i j rtn-nt,l am! i a new anI fahionahle took.
it. ! t time and rt what tou wnt.
ASHCRAFTS
Condition Powders
A high-class reraedy for htrses
and males in poor condition and
ia need of a toaic. Builds solid
muscle and fat ; cleanses the sys
tem, thereby producing a smoeth.
(lossy coat of hair. Packed is.
doses. 25c. box. Sold by
Parsons Drue; Co. and
Martin Drujf Co.
Notice of Sale By Cem-
missioner.
virtue ot lL iwwr voafi-rrea u)nu
u j d r of tit vwrior t t f
An sou county. uvj'.i y th cl?'k iar
f. i s tb JTth JiT N vm-r. 1M7.
ia a tibial prmflt--; .1. B
XcUuna tr.J r.i.t; . ci i -ri. taia
for the partition of .i'il mn-fj icmu;:t
Id oiauion. tli ti?vW-.!;o'u t!BJii
sotir fill. u
. the 3Dth dy cf Dfcembfr. I07.
ml tb roi-.rl Lou? lo. r Wdetor.
. c . .:Tt t..r tt r..u.,wi; d ; Kwk.vtlt The Ansonian com-
t;v:t??la.r,, nj?i3i"lf ,,4jM!f4i mentcil on the extensive trad en
of J. T eil. C. 1'. K.!.ia4a una oth- !
ra. and UjuTnIel follow: joyeJ by the inerchauts of V ades-
R..Kinnincat a iak Wlow tke fla-ak j , j remark that, 'vester-
prinf. on pine i;omtr. a4 rr.at arta , , . ... ,
f?i writ i .vi ehaiun to a ?tk. omi j day was a sjood one for ades
blackjark rjuti-ri: th. noitkj wp,ii)0 . business rueo and a great
xtakr. fonr Markjark iiatars. tata : many iopie irom a uiiuucc wci c
north a! at 8" io rhaia t a t.-k.
thrf b!ackjark ;intr. I'naa oatb St
ant croMiiiK Little ixad CS 75 .aiaa
to a ataka in th Ilobmn-n lia: tkia
-ntk M west 3 A chaina to the keji
ain. otn:ainiut( KrveatT t7) aarta.
lin tli tra t of UndUi1 off to Marj i
Ut the u-t wi'i r, te-,tani"!i t of Al- take notice as follows:
fre4 liioiii. (Iri-r.i-.!. nbject
to the confirmation of the t-ourt Trmi
r.f aid ea!e ntr rnh.
This N'oTfml r . :'.'i'u. I'i.
II Hr'XcLENlHi.N. OrniMiaiucr.
Last week Senator I5en Tillman
of South Carolina introduced a
resolution in Congress askinff ths
cotninittee on finance to inquire
into the issuing of lieense- to re
tail liquor todealersin prohibition
territory and to prerent sanift if
piacticable. It does seem that
something along the Haas yagges
ed by the Senator eoold kjr done
and thus relieye a very aggrara
ting situation. As it is, elock
aJcrs who do not fear tiie local
laws, obtain license to retail from
the Federal government so as to
escape the United States law in
case they are caught. While
Wadesboro was dry a few years
ago, sereral suspected dealers
here held Federal license.
And too, it may seem like put
ting to much work on Uncle Sam's
men, for by simply writing to the
district deputy collector of inter
nal revenue, thenamesof all persons
holding retailers license can be
obtained and if the local law and
t:ie local officers are not effective
and fail to perform their duty,
very little will lie done at most.
uoticed among the customers.'
The item, and anything from
Wadesboro has the same effect,
caused our esteemed contempor-
Our Home of Marshrille, to
NOTICE
A. 13. CAUDLE
Opposite- Court Houao
Rhone-
V WW V V W1
vvvwwvwwwvwy
"If the editor of The Ansonian
will take a look up street he will
probably notice people there every
ilav from a distance from now
1 tiii Christmas. The travel of
t . i 1 1 i
some oi mem win represent a
journey of 40 or .50 miles by pri
vate conveyance and further than
thr.t by rail."
Wc wanted to reply to this
v Now this is to My that we. the taunt at once, even at the risk
2 ! iinderaignM citizen of faid township. I , . . , . .
1 umx a individual n.l an nocia i of hurting busness, but when we
;tioaxdeterciiiisltu prw"cntanTai,d j remembered that the etlitor-in-
do herep for tad nnntin with rtofr
fishing
Some Christmas Thoughts
From Famous Authors
Christ time! That man must be
a misanthrope, indeed in whose
breast something like a jovial feel
ing is not roused in whose mind
jome pleasant associations nre not
a .1
awakened oy me recurrence or i
Christmas. There arc few people
who will tell you that Christmas
is not to them what it us"1 j to ba;
that each succeeding Christmas
has found some cherished hope or
or happy prospect of the years be
fore, dimmed or passed away; that
the present only serves to remind
them of reduced circumstances
and straitened incomes of the
feasts they once bestowed on hollow
friends, and of the cold looks
that meet them nosv, in adversity
and misfortune.
An Optimistic Colored Man.
In the following letter to this
pajier, Stephen Dargan, gives
some good advice to his race and
r.t the same lime displays com
mendable optimism, lie quite an
energetic colored man, having led
a rather eventful life. As to thi
lialure of this eventful life, and his
record ah well, read his letter.
To the Many Colored Headers of
The Ansonian:
I want to spaak a few words
about my past life. I was born
in the year 1808 on the Robinson
plantation in Gulled ge township
and am a son cf James Dargan
who was rory well-known. I am
now iivir! in the same township
and on the land of Bennett -Bros.
Wo, thcvcolored people, have been
losing too much tim going around i
with our
this
aa f 1 1 a It i c o 1 roirln ;c ; a no nnainir iauit without treat
lli;ci uccu 3uv.ii uioiiiui iviuiui j - ....
nJ complaining: because our
cences. There are few men who
have lived long enough in the
world, who cannot cail up such
thoughts any day in the year.
Then do not select the merriest of
the three hundred and sixty-live
but draw your chair near the blaz
ing fire, and thank God it's no
worse. Our life on it, but your
Christmas shall bo merry, and
your New Year a happy one.
Charles Dickens.
ment a
success is net jr.it iit-o we want it
to be. That is not i i t and you
should first g'ot the mute out of
your own eyes. Tel! the truth,
pay your debts, tre economy, get
up early and mak lnonr-.v or you
can't -t.icee.ed. Yu can't get
;!ong without nun ev and I don't
say for you to steal it, but runkc
money. I don't tak sid vs vvpJi
t lie men who stenl, but ii i-. just
impossible for a camel to jro
through the eye of a needle ks
it is for a man to get p. long with
out money. Use co'v-mon seiuve.
The Bible declares there is :i time
! for all things.
colored race from one pide of
country to the other.
No one reached the honor roll
last month.
If hot wind in the form of hu
man breath would build a school,
we would have the greatest one in
this country. A dull mind is like
dull axe, it will worrv anybody to
nee it lony-.
The white people who have leen
planning for the negro's education,
building him school houses, taxing
his property to run his echools are
thinking it is time that he was
making some headway for himself.
A pig in weight has become a hog
in size and these people are getting
tired. If you want to hear from
Zion Academy every week, sub
scribe for The Ansonian.
Ho Who refuses to send his
! nln 1 li'tiTi in cf.liiAl nnnnnita tllP Rill
unto death. I do not say that you
shall pray for him.
ZlON ACADKMV
When wind fhrieks high in fiendish
glee;
And enters winter T?ith his key
Protect yourself, from disease Le free;
Take IIolhter' Rocky Mountain
Tea. Martin Drug Cx
It is impossible to conceive of
any holiday that could take the
place of Christmas, nor, indeed,
would it seem that human wit
ThA niwin,K iiivn.l :Now w!,e .v ar0 land
tiom of it is to brinff together, for Ww Uy? hs ho.rse'
a season at common charity and a 2o0 for a inu le, or a bus-
feeling of good will, the poor and hel of corn, 12 J cents lor fat
therich, the successful and the back; ' you must not buy so.00 pat
unfortunate, that all the world!" Swor in jor your
taa 5n tho timp p-iip,! Uns. MO.OO hats and 1;; cresses
r hin.r r-mmnn toJ for your girls and
K. H. mcLeidoi.
r. 8. Tkemis.
jYJcLendon & Tdoinas,
Attorneys at Law,
Wadeboro, N. 0.
All businft vrill receir iwoaiipt att
tion.
Pbone No 81.
Land Posted
All persons are hereby fdrbideu to
hunt with doir or gun, fish, trap or in
anyway trespass on my lands in Gul
ledge township. C, C. SBOWAIAN.. 17-Ht
all men is the best time of life.
Charles Dudley Warner.
lit u uu uvea jiui o-cu in liit itfc i it r "i 1 j l
t i. - i0;fi shall fail to grind and th
, Jv, . i i . i tors of music shall be brought low
iaitU oil one biuc kuii in nuic
75 busies,
unless you've got a bank account.
If you do this, you are in the path
that leads to trouble and you bet
ter watchout. When the flinders
daugh-
15?
W. 0
By a t of the Lpfcidture r.tvd in
I 'J0f nil th laud in AcmodvUI town
hip, Aumi ivnntr. wr" jotlKnd 1!
'ronJi toi bidden to hunt thertnn.
Now this is to Mr that we. the
STEEL FENCING
for your front yard
Or Cemetery Lot
T" HKRK U nothinf that looks so well or ia wore dura
ble tWta our STERL FENCING for all parpoae.
. We have placed quite m ffreat del of thil fencing
tlorinff the few months, and it is crowing in
popaUritj with ple who wish to combine durability with
roat apraraAe. Ceil and ftt oar prices or task for any fur
ther iarticulari. All correapondenc promptly answered.
Anything jou want in the way of Memorial
TaMts, etc., from the simplest slab to
the most costly monument.
Wadesboro Marble and Granite Finishing Co.
WADESBORO. N. C
C VV'VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV'VVV
r jrnn. tranptnK. netting.
with hook rr line. fine or nt or m
nr way trAfpa-viuir on our landj.
(SiiniM) J. A. rhiiilap. S. II. Gaddy.
J. I. Dnnlap. W. A. Smith. G. B. Dnn
Up. J. J. Alln. E. C. Dnnl.-.p. D. It.
Punlap. W. D. Ifarn. James M.
Dunlap. A. J. Springer. J. A. Barns.
.1. T. Uaddr. J F. IUwm. A H. Rich
ardson. S. B- Carpentrr. J. D. Home.
A. E. HodlT. C. S. Ratliff. W. B.
McUndon. ll-26-?-4t
Land Posted
We hereby forbid any person or per
a ics to th. hunt or in anyway trs
mm on our lands in nrnsrille and
Ansonrille townhipe without onr per-
ruiaraos. Lt this notice w snmcient
J. D. HYATT
J. P. HYATT. Jr.
Land Posted
W. tb nndersijrned, hereby forbid
hunting with dog or gtm and epe
rially witn torch aftr night on onr
lands in BarusriUe township. Any
violation of this notica will be paainh
ot and any damage resulting thereby
will b claimel br the owners.
OEO. P.HENDLEY.
VANCE MTATON.
I C. SMITH.
T. M. SMITH.
GO
COMPOBMt TO NATIONAL PU7S ?COD A'. ID DRUQ3 LAW.
An Ur.strorrrmmt crtr many Couth, Lunf arul Broach.! rnedle. Lc.u It rids th
-V sy:m of a cold by cctin as a cathartic an th loai-. N culrtcu Cut-nntccc to five
satlsfictioa or anorwy refunded. Prpard by PINEULfi MtDlCIlb CO., ctKCAGC. U. 5.
FOR SALE BY MARTIN DRUG COMPANY
thief of Our Home, or his associ
ate, had been couiinc to WaJes-
! ixro regularly erer.r week for
sometime, it was hard to reply
and not seem a bit personal. Now
Le cornea again like this:
"Our enterprising contempo
rary. The Ansonian, must hare
aearly quit noticing people in
Wadesboro 'from t distance.'
Anyway, it didn't make any news
item to that effect in it last
issue."
You had better look out. We
are trying to be kind, bnt if you
keep on, we are, going to tell
about it, dress suit case and all.
embodiment of a divine fact on
the other is not tit to have a
place at the Christmas board. For
hin there should be neither carol
nor holly nor mistletoe; they shall
kep the feast to whom all those
things are but the outward and
visible signs of an inward and
spiritual grace. Hamilton W.
Mabie.
:a.d the sun jroes down to i ise no
more 'and Gabriel blows his horn
Hiid declares that time sli--.ll be no
more, you will still be grumbling.
Now I know for myseiT that if
you will get up when the cotton
mill whistle blows and get your
wife and children out of bed, feed
your stock, ?et your coHVe and
f&tbjick a::d go to work, you can
make money. Every nmn who
rr, , i e I cannot make money with cotton
We put ouselvcs ,n the way of at j u cents am hjs f . d
4inne visit, when we employ ka.m, ; ia a. ... a u
I ULailll JO HI Cl. J.J.V V l tAJt iiV
Real Estate Dealer
Buys, Sells, Tradf s, or Rent Farm
Lands and Town Lots.
The oom in Wadesbor has
found him with the goods. Good
town lots in and near Wadesbor
on easy terms. You lose money
when you fail to see hi hi ira re
gard to any real estate deal.
11-19-7.
James A. Lockhart,
Attorney and Counanllor at Law,
Wadesboro. N. .C
All Buaincfa VTill Hare, Prompt
Attention.
I, . , - -
John VV. Gulledge,
Attorney and Cousellor-n,t-Law.
Wadesboro. N. C.
Practice in all court. Special ar
taken in the management of avkataa far
Ezecntors, Administrator Hd Omardi
ans; inveatiftatinc title to rtal aitata.
collection of claims; drafting all kiaii
of legal instruments, and caa fadlitat
the piirchanea and aals of yor raJ
estate and eecure loana for loaff Mat xi
rtime. Corj)oration, Commercial aal
r.inruptcy Law.
Business entrustl to ma will le ap
preciated, and hara prompt ad paiaf.
takinj? attention.
Office over Wadeslioro lothiai; ujl
Shoe onjiany'a Stara. .
J. Cftxc,
ourselrcs in honest business.
ings of Christ's birth were brought
to the shepherds, when they were
keeping their flocks. Matthew
Henry.
If ever there was an occasion
when the arts could become all
but omnipotent in the service of a
holy thought it is this of the birth
of the child Jesus. Margaret
Fuller Ossili.
Sid Refrali.
Bachelor Before 'the wedding
you told mo that . married life
would be one grand, sweet song.
Benedict (gloomily) Yes, and
since then I hare found it is one
grand, sweet refrain.
Bachelor Refrain t
Bendict Yes, xny wifo insists
that I refrain from cards, refrain
from smoking and refrain from
the club.
May this hallowed and gracious
time diffuse its innocent cheer
through every family circle, and
scatter its bounties largely among
the children of want! Edward
Everett.
My heart was glad that Christ
inas eve just as if the Babe had
1-een coming again to us that
same night And is He not al
ways coming to us afresh in every
childlike feeling that awakes in
the hearts of His people? George
MacDonal.
eminent ought to lookout for him
1 am on a poor farm and I raised
.52 bales of cotton on & 2-horse
farm and sold it for $60 a bale and
the seed for $270, which makes a
total of .$2,190. I bought every
pound of meat, corn, flour, lard,
coffee, sugar, hay and fodder and
snd paid $15. a month for labor
and all on the credit system too.
I completed my crop today and
my expenses were $1,400, leaving
me a profit of $790, but please re
member, I had a hard time.
Yours respectfully,
Stephen Dargax.
Wadesboro, N. C, Dec. 15, 1907.
Notes From Zion Academy.
Three new students entered
-chool last Monday. Our enroll- i
KILL the COUCH
AN9 CURE TKQ LUNGS
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I WITH I
IFORC
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CUGHS J-Y
'OLEiS Trial Settle Frea
I km ALL THROAT ANB LUMS TftOUlLES.
GUARANTEED 8ATI3PACT0XH
OB. MONEY EEFUIIDED.
frti
Attorney aiul Counsellor al-LkW,
Wadesboro,' N. C.
Prompt Attention Oiirau to all LM
Business. Special car taJtaa ia t
management of Estates for Bxecutm.
Administrators and Ouardlaaa; Zarattl
gation of Title to Ileal Batata; Colluv
tiun of Claims, and the drafting ef ah
kinds of leal instrument.
oflBca over Leak is Marti all's Slor.
falter E. Brock,
Attorney a,ml f'ouallor -at Lvr,
Wadesboro. N. C.
lYompt Attention will ; Y i'l
Tmflinen entrnttexl to kis oar.
Offlc orar Leak Sc Marshall's Store.
Martin Drug Co.
Your Old furniture
Will be neatly cleaned aud painted
frith skill if you Uke it t the
Wadesbtre Furniture Hospital
At the H. D. Pinkston Shop.
Prompt attention piven to all call.
I am here to work and not to talk.
11-19-7. E. M. ROBINSON.
Acfministratou's Notice.
ITaviner nnalifi1 Aft mini ctratnr ft
ment is nearly fifty. Our sccom-. James H. Thomas, Deceased late of An
niodauons are'fine. Wl;at are the j 6on. coty. North Carolina, this is to
people waiting for? Owing to the ?hat ftSS?
At Christmas
cheer,
For Christmas
To atop that pain in the Lack, that
ttifftiees of the joints and muscles, take
Pineulea. They axa srnarmnteed. Don't
anffer from rhenznatiam, backach kid
ney trouble, when yon get 80 days treat-
ment for $1.00 A singla doeo at bed
time prores their merit. : Get them to-
day. Sold by Martin Drnj Co.
play and make Rood
comes bnt onc a ynar.
Thomas Tupsot.
Heap on more wood! the wind is chill;
Bnt let it whistle as it will,
Well keep onr Christinas merry still.
Sir Walter Scott.
At Christmas-tide the open hand
Scatters its bonaty o'er sea and land.
And none are left to grieve alone, r,
For Lore. is heaven and claims its o n
Margaret E. Sangster.
nn favorable weather, quite a nnni
her ot students who went home last
Friday faile'l to get ltack Monday.
Can any body guess how many of
the pastors and trustees of Zion As
sxiation are patronizing the school
by actually sending some of thefr
children? flow alout preaching
a,nd pot practicing? If the parents
of Zion, Association will not pttron
izeuZion school their children will
attend the Anson county chain
gang. It ia the duty of everv
American negro to see that his
children are euQieicntly cdncatsd t t
make good and useful citizens.vSelf
leliance needs to he studied by the
them to the urdersigned on or before
the 19th day of November. 1908. or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to said
estate will pivaso make immediate pay
ment. This the 10th day of November, 1907.
JAMES W. THOMAS,
Administrator. -.McLekdoxa
Thomas, Attys.
HOLLISTEft'S
MountainTea fiuggeh
A Busy MtdidRt fer Basy f wHa.
CrlaesColdes Health and Renawd Vijor.
A specific fer Coast! jmtion. ladJsestloa, t,tye
"zA Kidney t roubles. Pimplea. ICrzena. Impure
i'Atort, Bad Breath, Slatnrlsh 13rwels, Headache
u J BacUache. Iu Iiocsy Mouataia Tea ia tat
t form. 35 cent a box. Genuine x&ade bj
Hozxibtek Dbco CtvjiFAMT. Madisan. Wia.
GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE
fjoy M. Huntley
DENTIST.
Work Dons Nijfht or Day.
KiX)ms Second Floor of Ntw Natfoaal
Bank Bonding.
Phona No. 90. 717
f)r. Boyctte,
DENTIST.
Office npstaira over Ricbardoa&
Martin'a Drng Store.
Phone 70.
WadMboro.vN. C.
J.
L. Edwards,
SURVEYOR
MrvjakMBMaaaaBQHBasaaaBBBB
Wadcsbqro, N.
City ResUcraat Pheae
c.
158.
jRA IViULLIS,
Civil Engineer,
Phoxk 41. - - - WIN GATE, X.
Railway, Municipul aad Furm Snr
reying; Location and onstrm'tioB i
Publis Highways, oanty Maps, Drui?;
ac. etc. Chariraa modarat. Com- .
spondence solicited.
$ f LYMAN.
civil Engineer and Snrveyor.
Now ia ttia tiuia to g;t your liae run
All work carafr.lly and promptly
dona. . Gat a reliaal aaa.
Pineules
For Backache,
Rheuaatieu
and the Kid
neyaaadBladder