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VOL. IV. - NO. 48
All Around Our Gounty
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED EACH
WEEK BY OUR REGULAR AND SPE
CIAL CORRESPONDENTS IN AND
AROUND MARTIN COUNTY.
ROBERSONVILLE
. Mr. Frank Jndson, was here
Tuesday.
A large crowd is expected at the
Union Sunday.
Herbert Brittou, of Bethel, spent
Sunday in town.
Mrs. Joe Tom Ward is visiting
relatives in BetbeL
Miss Uoaa Lasaiter is visiting
Miss Alice Grimes.
Miss Margaret Hoard went to
Hamilton Monday.
Miaa Lillian Taylor was in town
a short time Tneaday.
Mrs. W, L. -Ferrall and son left
for Winston Tuesday.
Joe Barnhill, of Eraetts, was
here Tuesday on business.
D. S. Powell, of Parawle, was in
town Monday on business.
Messrs. S. L. Rosa and Bd James
went to Norfolk Tneaday.
representatives of Robersonville at
Smilhwicks Creek Sunday.
A crowd from here attended the
baptising; Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. N. E. Ward and baby were
at the Burch Hotel Tuesday-.
D. E. Burch, Esq., went to Tar-
bora Wednesday on business.
Mian Margaret Hoard returned
fn-ni Rocky Mo tint Saturday.
Mrs. M.'.niic Johuson, of Shelma
ditw, ia vierft»S friends in town.
W. Jt. Jatnes and W. Z. Morton
went to Gold Point Wednesday.
George S. Edwards, of Norfolk,
was here Wednesday on business.
Miss Francis Hoard began teach -
. ing at Spring Green last Monday.
Mr. R. h. Smith returned from
Baltimore and New York Thurs
day.
Miss Glenn Andrews', of Hamil
ton, is visiting the Misses Hoard
this week.
Ebenezer Knox, Esq., of Betliel,
is keeping store for H. N. Butler
this week.
J. H. Roberson, Jr., returned
from Baltimore and New York
Wednesday.
Miss Fannie Jamer will be the
milliner with R. L. Smith & Co.,
again this season.
Masters Warner and Henry Burch
hare returned from a visit to rela
tives hi Farmville.
C. A. Jeffrees, in company with
other tobacco men from Williams
ton were here Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Butler left
far Baltimore Monday where they
will purchase their Fall stock.
lliaaes Leoma Robemn and So
phie Morton. Moan. W. A. Janes
and K. K. Grimes were among the
Ifr. Silas Lucas, oI Wilson, was
in town Wednesday looking after a
site on which to erect a brick fac
tory.
Saturday was a day of aaactifi
cation. Two colored women, ex
pounders of (hat faith, held meet
oa the streets.
The representative of the Im
perial is oa the market and is keep
ing the American man from rob
bing the faimcn (?)
SdiUi prntiM
The startling announcement that
a of suicide had been
discovered will interest many. A
>un donn sysUm, or deapondency
invariably precedes suicide, and
something haa been found that will
pi event that condition which make
suicide likely. At thought
of self destruction take Ekctric
Bitters. It being a great tonic and
nervine mill strtngthe the nerves
and build up the system. tj|lt's also
a great Stomach, Liver and Kidney
"Martin County is Prosperous,"
is the bead line of a communication
dated at Williamston, August 25th,
which came out in the prominent
gtate papers on the 26th. The ar
ticle is especially interesting and
well worth reading by all the to
bacco growers of Martin County.
The writer uses only facts beyond
a doubt, aodjw one who has read
the article would mith impunity ac
cuse him of prevarication. That
the people of Martin are conserva
tive is a fact of which we may
boast, and because of this conser
vatism, no one sr more at its citi
zens could afford to have any ar
ticle published that did dot conform
strictly to that idea. These facts,
it would seem, accounts for the
conservative statements to be found
in the communication referred to.
The one gleam of hope referred to
in this time of gloom should appeal
to all the people of this section.
Beyond peradventure of a doubt,
the farmers should awake from
their lethargy, turn their faces to
word this bright and dazzling star
and realize for themselves the truth
of the situation.
Ckiltn lifaitM
This disease has lost its teiror
since Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy came into
general use. This uniform success
which attends the,use of this run
eAy in all cores of bowel complaints
in children has made it a favorite,
wlierccvcr its value has become
known. For sale by S. R. li^gs.
JAMESVILLE.
August 25th, 1903.
Miss Ella Moore was in town
Monday.
C D. Cherry, of Richmond, Va.
was in town last Friday.
Several of our town friends went
out to Smithwick's Creek church
Sunday.
There was preaching Sunday
at Disciple church by Rev. D. H.
Petree, of LaGrange.
Revs. Martin and Leggett closed
a series of meetings at Cedar Branch
last Wednesday night.
Miss Mae Bennett, one of Wil
liamston's most beautiful and at
tractive young ladies, is visiting at
Mr. M. D. Cooper's this week.
East Thursday uight we had
with us Brother Bitha Leggett, of
near Windsor. Mr. Leggett de
livered us an able sermon. He is
not one of the flowery talkers, but
just speaks the plain truth of the
Master's Will. He haa been pas
tor of the Cedar Branch church for
twenty yean. We appreciate our
brother being with us and wish
him success in all his undertakings
for the Master.
Ml II EH ll N II
A previous wail oftimes comes ss
a result of unbearable pain from
over-taxed organs. Dizziness,
Backache, Liver complaint and
Constipation. But thanks to Dr.
King's New Life Pills they put an
end to it all. They are gentle but
thorough. Try them. Only 25c.
Guaranteed by all druggists.
Geofge Smith spent Bundsy in
Bertie County.
F. R. Smith was a visitor in
Dardens Sunday.
-Sheriff John Phelps,of Plym
outh, was here Friday afternoon.
Miss Garnet McCaskey was a
visitor in Dardens a few days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Macon Norman, of J
Plymouth, were visitors near Gar
dens Sunday.
Dr. U. S. Hassell and daughter,
Miss Mary, of JaroesviJle, passed
through here Tuesday- !
on thioA J*C**
3k (Knttrprise.
t - s it''
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAy, AUGUST 28, 1903.
am 11 us MI
| By Eurctta O. Mttcalf. it
"Tim, Maiilo this thins is worth-
Km!" 1 aald again, shrinking from
tho droad horror confronting us in Um
legal document on mj deuk. "I draw
up a later will. In which your (atliar
bequeaths the bulk of hta tutate to
yon. leaving only a comlorUbla in
come to your broth**. Thia waa
drawn by my htbur year* ago, whan
you and Charlie and I were children.
I tell yon. sweetheart, them la an
other."
"Where T" she asked dospalrtagly.
"Aunty and I bar* eumlncd every
Inch of the house, every ierip of writ
lot since you told us. but we l»4—
nothing Won* thaa the depeadeaca
oa my poar, weak brother la tki
thought that he—oh, Maurice, II he
has doae what we tear, bow SB* 1
bear the abase 1"
1 drew the gtrVa troubled teas ta
■y aboulder with a wave of aaM
batred lor my share la tk* tillsiaml L,
the roaacleattoaa, the ntbgHsal.
who lived by the clock, bad for wta
been careless la buslaeaa. "Darllag.
the fault fs mine." I declared, reck
leasly aaattmlag all blame rather thaa
five her further cause to frleve ever
a scapegrace brother. "Let me so aver
the aceae exactly aa It happened, aad
liikps together we can see a say of
light where my eyes aloae are bllad.
Three weeks ago to-day I waa prepar
ing to leave my oOce, aad had already
put a number of paper* In my bag"—
pointing to the alligator grip my flaaee
was familiar with—"you know It la
my custom to atop at the safety de
posit vaults on my way home aad
peraoaally lock up in my private vault
all valuable documents accumulated
through the day."
"I know," she answered, a shade aI
annoyance darkening her wood-viols*
eyea. "It baa always seemed strange
to me that you do not have a private
rafe In your ofltce."
"t Inherited tlie custom with the
business," I laughed, Ignoring her un
wonted asperity. "As I was closing
my desk your father came in appar
ently In the best of health snd asked
me, much to my surprise, to draw up
a new.will, ,
" There Is nothing Ilka being pre
phrod.' bo said, in explanation. 'Since
sr.r'ron haa div"'lop*l a (Kenton f>?f
g.nnblin* he is not o lit guardian fir
my (laugh'er's shnre of the estate. If
I should d 1" suddenly the old will
would I' ai " Maizle pr a tlcaliy depend
ent on her brother's charity. Ah, he
promised ro well. I>ut now she to my
tß»ff-«t itwsgUtll
"I Immediately drew up » will fit jria
dictation, which, «f 1 told yon, named
you exr.iutrix. and your father aUri"d
It In !li« presence of litrli), the artist
In the next suite, and tbo jnnltor."
"Why cannot tl)ey t entity ?' «he
a«kf 1 i|ulckly, her kbl eyes briiciiien
Inp ii trifle.
"Ileca*ute tlm fate* are cruel to us,
sweetheart. That very night (he Janl
tor dropped dead In an apoplectic (It
and I hirby liaa disappeared I luivi
hunted him like a sleuth since this
came up," cudgeling the offending will
with my ruler.
"After our business wta concluded,"
I went on, "your father, Ilarhy and I
sat talking on different subjects,
which by degrees led up to psychic
phenomena. Your fattier cited numer
ous cases Investigated by the psycho
logical society which be declared wore
sufficient proof that death does not
destroy communication between the
material and spiritual worlds. He
confidently asserted that science la
rapidly reaching a point where
thought ware* would become telepath
ic wires carrying messages between
finite and infinite minds. The diacua
sioa was long and heated, and in con
cluaton ha said, turning to There
are MM so Mind ss those who will
not sea. Io« rata* to voluntarily
make or witmear any experiments la
telepathy to satisfy yourself, hat the
probabilities are stroag that I will go
(rat, mj boy. U I *O. expect me to
eoaaa«uafcato with ywu la • maaasr
so weird aad startling as to forever
convince you I un right', Then,
laughing, be and Darby weat out to
gether aad I never saw him again.
"Although I do not remember plac
ing the new will ia my bag. I probably
did eo tbo moment It waa signed. One
M methodical as I would nataraUy do
aa. Tour ffitWs ofifnestness waa ao
Impressive, aad his unsaaay stories
took sueb a Ira bold oa ass. 1 was y«#
uader their iaflueaoe whoa aext day
a meaaeager laforjned me your father
had died suddenly from heart failara.
Mr first thought after you (pressing
Mr Hand) of my profeeatoaal
duties as htn iawyar I Immediately
weat after tbo wHI. It waa not la the
safety box. neither was It la the bag.
eor oa my deak, nor la the Waste paper
baaket. ataadlng full aa I bad left It
tbo day before. No OM bad beea la
lay office, for the only person who
night have entered, the Janitor, waa
dead. From the office to tbo vault the
bag waa unopened; waa never out of
my handa. I have the only key to
the strong box. No OM but the wit
nesses knew the Will had been made,
and Darby accompanied your father
wben he left my office. It waa not In
your father's possession, or It would
have been found, either upon bis por
tion or among his papers. Could any
one—who was wHIi him wben—when
—lt happened MalxieT'
J'oor, llttleuglrl! fche went white ss
the hyacinths nodding on my desk,
i-fte was with my brother In tha
library where he kept his business
pnpora. To follow that fingerpost la
to travel a yet darker road. Maurice.
GksrtU was alnmn with him inns time
tfSJ ifcfeifSiWj. - ... A -
before he mm mooed Mp. IHm'l probe
any hrtkerr t
"STM I turned sick M the imp*
tion. The new wfll ptac.lrally dlsla
hented the son. -He knew oHhe loag
atandlng document tlmt named him
hla father's Mr. He WAS the only
person benefited by the disappearance,
and dUalpatioa hla sense
of honor. Th* ptla la my Aaacee'a
eyes nerved me lb apeak out the
thoughts that me alnoe
I discovered the all-important doca-
Hmt mUilif. ■
"Malaia, a* read meat he rejected
aa too ilaalg to !• a upon now. Per
ha pa ygtf brother and I are both In
nocent. both truthful lam not super
atlttoua. yon know, bat after oar last
weird argument your lather a will, sud
denly. myaterioualy missing. brought
with It aa uncanny thought 1 bare
been enable to shake off with reason
Itemember the promlae made by the
word waa en sal to ft bead, that he
wowM ooaamaataata tih ma from th*
spirit wort®.
"Per ha pa ha km," t emtiiwd la a
haahed raka. Perhapa this la the
prom Is it proaC." I baaeed acala to
weigh my woaia carsially. "if It la. If
ha will Mapil fssr gfiaf. my daritag,
by dbmatlag aa to ar retaralac the
paper that wIU vindicate your brother
Of attempted fra«4 ' "1U "
She Interrupted declaration of
a new talth eagerly "It la poaalble,
Maartce," she as Id Mind reckons
aot diatanoa. If We 'bat* earaeeUy
•nr. oar united caacentration will put
aa la niMgpaalrsrtaa wltk my father,
my real father, wbe la aot burled aa
dar Oakwood laatm bat 11 t lag la Ma
aazt higher aphsrs. for prayer, yoa
kaow. la the prertpMetloa of Individual
will la to the myataries that surroaad
the Oodbead."
I gasped wtth aatoalshment. for my
■narna had never before exiireeeed
her concurrence with her father's pe-
•altar MM*, M mo strong waa bar
■WMllui (k»t uader lis reflection I
lived the Bight « • Mental altitude
tUI then undreamad, floating M It
were on wared of ether Utah above
the material plane I went down to
n; office next moralng prepared for
anything, and of eourae.found nothing
new heartag on tke case My unwonted
mental tension KM It wan sure
to. under the day * rtrw, and left me
Irritable, disinclined to work. About
11 o'clock I closed my desk and
went out, carefully lot-kin* the door
When 1 returned la half
au I'tror. altboiiith the door was locked,
to my gnat amaxemeut th top of my
desk was roiled t>a- k, and > legal docu
ment lay like a white basis on the tidy
green halite I crossed llie room with
n lound. and stood with my arms be
hind me. regarding the lost will with
bulging eyes, VnJ Fortii'thlflf OTPS.
Written across it in the unmistakable
chirography of my Hancee's father, 1
rend:
"Ho much for the phenomena of spir
itism! Yours for telepathy, Gilbert
Weir."
A mntKKK'' trorn the IImiI! The
HUiM-maUiral seemed to have Dpiisee
■lon of ray |irn«tl-al workshop, the
air «a* deui*e with wraithy. floating
shapes. "Maurtce Brlce, you are an
Imbecile or tl«o victim of some clap
trap boas" I d.-clared In a hollow
voice, but the nlmatljr chill refused to
leave my spin»-
"Hut If it «■ a Joke, who could
gain estrance and depart again
through a locked door? And the door
waa locked on my return!" "The nam#
hand that till hed it from a locked
bo*!" thuckled I lie dim sliapes. "We
of the spirit reckon not distance nor
locks!"
To assure myself I waa not Buffering
from an optical Illusion. I lifted the
paper and gravely pronounced my own
writing genuine. Itut that pencil In
dorsement la a familiar band wblcb I
knew waa Lbree weeks dead 7 I let It
fall agaia with a shiver.
"From to* much brooding I have be
com ■ Imaginative," I raaaoaed. "I
will leave H here. Jut ao. aad go oet
agaia. If I h4 Kei ay return I will
believe—eoaiethiag—If it la gone I win
knew I dreeaaed It aIL" Aad glad to
eacape the ahadowy occupants of my
g*ee I agaia locked the doov. trying
the kaoh to saafce we the key waa
aot a trickster.,
If I h*4 only ratted on my ova
JutfßMt ut k«pt the strange pro
cMtlap to mrmtUl But kill an hour
la tar I agala laserted my hay. pal*
aad tnaikMi, aad wMh M aisle at my
hesls. "There." I triumphed. M U>e
door pwon* la. "flf course I was
draasslag. There Is no will oa the
ML" The top waa closed as I had
left It whea 1 flrst weat out.
M aisle dropped lato air Pivot chair
with a burst at tears. "It Is your cyal
clasi, yoar unbelief. Maurice." she
sohbed. "1 kaow K was there; that
70a aaw It as yw told me. There la
mp anch beyond oar compreheasloa
we have no right to doubt what we
eaaaot aaderstaad."
"Bat the doer was locked," I
soothed. "Too saw me open It. I
did very wroag to tell you. It would
«tlll be there If I had seen it. sweet
heart-"
"Unseen forces do not require
keys." she silenced scornfully. "My
father has removed the will sgaln to
punish you for doubting" going off
Into another hysterical shower.
"Malxle." I began, bnt before I
Could find words for my regret a step
t>a the threshold recalled me to tlie
Impropriety of' a love scene in a law
office, I sprang ap. glowering at a re
treating visitor crossing the hall arlth
long strides.
"lieg he called, keeping his
hack religious turned. "1 did not
(mow— sorry."
Bat Mt a* waa Dsrby. the important
lias tug witness to ths lost will, to
pmtestlngly bach. "IMd yon wit
ness a will which 1 drew np for Mr.
Weir I" I demanded ferrety, pullfluf
my prisoner up before the *iually ean
barrease* MaUie
"'Why. of course." said ha. "Pro
Just got .hack, bringing the will with
me. I did not know unUI yesterday
that Mr. Weir—that anything bad hap
pened. I hurried bark aa fast aa I
could What'a the matter, old man!"
as I staggered when be laid- the loat
will on the deak.
I ant down betpleasly. "That win
diaappeared from my strong box
three weaks ago. and aa myaterioualy
appsnrsd on my M aa Nbur ago.
bearing an inscription from the dead.
How, then, does it tone ta yoar poa
seaalonT Are you a profeeaor of
legerdeasala masquerading aa a par
trait painter. Mr. ImrbyT'
He looked puaxled. "I don't know
anything about yoar myatertea. All I
kaow la that Mr. Weir picked ap the
will from your deak and nbaeat-mlnd-
adiy HtktaUi pocket. Whaa he
diaeovered It la the car he wrote
acroee It aa you see. beraaae our aclaa
tlflc argument waa to blame for hia ab
stract low. and naked mm to hand U to
FN. VM were not ta whea I cama
hack to my oMo. and fladlag a letter
calling me fraa town. I foolishly took
the will with M. Whea I returned
this morning yon were again oat, and.
knowing the luiportaace of the paper.
I took the liberty of nalocktag your
door with tay key Then, feariag you
*ere out for the day, I caaie back in
tending to tarry It to Mlaa Weir. Not
being a are of her addrewa. I am back
■gala, the third HUM." aulllug
"And It waaa't la the bag nor the
strong box at all." said Malale after a
long alleac*—a pregnant alleaca.
"No"—I laughed then "and what
about telepathic communication with
paaeea forces. Ma!tier 1
Rhe looked up. so beautiful ta the
happiness of a new thought that I re
aolred never to Mention spiritualism
•cuttingly again. "I don't care." aha
said, "the will, the taaglble will, glvea
me back my brother—stalnleaa "
Kuret:a l». Metcalf. In Chicago ltecord
liarald.
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A Maternal Collie.
Giles, the shepherd of Folly Farm,
waa bniKhlng the white ruff of his M
Otsl coiUe. "The tvllio," he said. "1«
the moat Intelligent of dogs Permit
iiie lo tell vail a tnie rullta rtory.
There w«« a Sroitlati..shepherd, wliore
d>ir gave bliiN to a Utter of pups All
hut one of them "died and the mother
devoted litrfflf so thoroughly to this
sole remaining child Hint her master's
work »u i|iiite negUH-ted—the sheer
were not lookoo af er at all The man.
enraged at this state of nffcirs, took
the pup and droWn—l it in a bucket
MiiW t*s mot lier * .-y»fi—l ii-'t hu
went off to the t«iwn lor the day. In
th evening, on his return. the drown-
Cil pup was missing. The shepherd
said to hia cofiie, poinlng to the
bucket: 'What did you do with your
pup. Itess?' The roIHe gave a low,
mournful howl and set off. looking
backward often to signify io her mas
ter that he should follow She led him
to a knoll and paus«-d. moaning, beside
n spot where the earth had a fresh
look The shepherd turned up the
soil, and there beneath It the drowned
puppy lay Its mother had taken.lt
out of the bucket and given it decant
burial."— Philadelphia Record.
A Wyoming Soc(gl Function.
Saturday night wa.*; a cold one. lint
the "leadera" were a milln' all the
tiiue with no thought of "bed ground"
fof thai night
The "circle riders" began rollln' In
about, 9 o'clock, and an hour later all
"repa,*' aouie accompanied by scnoras,
were there and ready for the "Htam
pede" to turn loee
There were three re pa present from
the Klddleback out 111. the Itublnson
brothers aad Billy Blair, who were
called for Brat "roller - oa night herd,
aad whea the Inspiring toaee of the
twe vlotlaa aad ergaa pealed forth the
taae. "Tarhey la the Htraw," a beach
of mavsricks dlda't do a thtag but
break looee aad go to the "wild
beach." aad aeffc « waraala' up there
•ever wee dowa la Dtsle.
Round up Boaa Howell, aaaleted by
hie amiable better half, had replen
lahed the (apply tenfold for the men
wagoa. aad at mldalght a big feed
waa apraad for thoae preseat, to wUlch
ample Justice waa done.—New Castle,
Wyo.. Xewa Journal
Turned the Tab lee.
Mary Noel Ilea llarfree. of Mar
freeaboro. Tena. better known aa
Charles Bgbert Craddock, la the great
granddaughter of Colonel Ilardy Mur
free, the Revolutionary hero, and she
has oa the Up of her tongue a number
pf atoriee which, accordiag to tradi
tloa, Coloael Murfree use to tell wltb
One of thaas atoriee concerns a
Judge aad a drunken barber. The
Judge waa belag ahaved. and the bar
ber, whose hand waa unateady from
drink, cat him four or Ave times Ite
gnrding gravely b» thy mirror his
countenance bleeding from all those
cuts, the Jodge said:
"Friend, you now perceive. I trust,
the evil effects of Intemperance."
Capers are (lie flower buds of a bush
that grows In France. Spain, and Al
geria. The buds are picked by woiuen
and art. placed la barrels of vinegar
for preservation. An expert can gath
er forty-four pounds a day. It is be
lieved that the busli would do well In
California.
Ac ion 3 not only "speak louder than
word*," bat have a more lasting ef
fect.
Work# hard—-cMw; ,'Mftll'fr |.
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WHERE.
GENERAL NfcWSL f*"*
Lord Salisbury, England's dis
tinguished statesman, died last Sat
urday.
The Richmond (Va.) Street Car
Strike lias lieeti declared off. The
estimated cost of this strike is #250,-
qoo. ] j
Lon Dillon, the California bred
mare, is queen of the turf, having
broken the world's record Monday
at Readsville, Mass, She trotted a
mile in two minutes.
Judge W. H. Taft, Governor-
General of the Philippines, will
succeed Secretary of War Elihu
Root and General Luke Wright
will succeed Judge Taft-
Judge George Gray, of Delaware,
has been recommended by the
Lackawana County (Pa.) Demo
cratic Convention for the Presiden
cy of the United States.
The Reliance won from Sham
rock ,111, the race last Saturday and
again the one Tuesday. The first
was won by 9 miuutes and the sec
ond by one miuute and nineteen
seconds.
Maddened by want, a mother
commits murder and attempts sui
cide in Philadelphia, Pa. She locked
herself and children sip in a room
and turned on the gas Her lius
band arrived in time to save her
life, but two of his children wen
dead.
There is much excitement in the
State of Oaxaca over the discovery
of rich gold fields, about 106 uiiies
west of the city of Oaxaca and 11
JiuK'Siroin the town of Ivjtitla. Tjie
ore found is said to assay at 55
a toil, and so great is the local cx-
citemeut that cavalry hns gone to
guard the claims already located.
Plans for a gigantic railroad.with
a trunk line connecting Hudson
Bay, British Columbia with Buenos
Ayres, Sonth America, and having
a network of branches, wasdisclos
ed Monday when articles of incor
poration of the Pan American Rail
road Company, with a capital stock
placed at $250,000,000 were filed at
Guthrie Okla., with the Secretary
of the Territory. The pur]?ose of
corjioration, it is said, is to build a
line of railway extending from Port
Huron, Hudson Bay, to Valpariso
on the South Pacific Ocean. The
road will contain 10,000 miles of
track.
- Major Charles H. Smith, widely
known by the peojjJe as "Bill Arp"
died at bis home, "The Shadows,"
late Monday evening, after an ill
ness of many months, which within
the past few weeks had become se
rious. Following an operation for
the removal of gall stone, several
days ago, he became gradually
weaker, most of the time uncon
scious, until the end Monday even
ing. Of his family, his wife, four
daughters and 4 two sous were at his
side when he passed away. The
four other sons, two in Texas, one
in Mexico and Carl Smith, of New
York City, were summoned by tele
graph. The funeral was held Wed
nesday morning.
Ell if Bittir Fit lit
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of DuPont, Ga., "and gavemeup.
Everybody thought my time had
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WHOLE NO. 204
STATE NEWS.
The A. & M. College opens Moo*
d
It is reported that a dozen prison
ers escaped from Madison county
jail Monday night. 0
The A. C. L blacksmith shops*
at Rocky Mount were destroyed by
fire last Friday night.
llarry Leach, the hotel thief, was
convicted at Greensboro Tuesday
morning and sentenced to one year's
imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Craven county farmers defy the
tobacco trust. They will form an
association to bay their own tobac
co and hold it for higher prices or
manufacture it.
The clerks of Durham have or
ganized a union and will ask that
the stores close at seven oelock each
evening, except Saturdays, and ten
r». ni. Saturday.
An unknown negro brute at
tempted assault on a white girl near
Newton Monday morning. The
girl escaped from the negro. A
jwsse is searching the country for
him.'
Dr. T. P. Wynne, of Tarboro,
died suddenly in New York Sun
day. He had only been married «i
few days. His bride was Miss Al
befta Robbins, of Diirhafn.
Hi the morning ot the 22nd tliG
[ tobacco stemmery owned by G. K.
Rolierts at Kington was destroyed
by fire. The estimated loss was
ibout $25,000 with $16,000 insur
ance. The origiu of the fire is un-
I known. ; ]
t : .iisv Atkins-, -Johtt.- Atkins - and.
John Rice, the murderers of James
Rice, of 'Madison County, were ar
rested in Thacker, W. Va., Satur-*
[day. These men escaped from jail
011 the 11 th of November with sev-
I esi other prisoners.
! Thos. M. r.ardner, an English"
man, went to jail Saturday at
Washington in preference to pay
ing the fine for violating the reve
nue law. Gardner sold dress goods
! and delivered them. He paid no
license. He will test the matter in
I the courts.
Taken With Cramps
Wm. Ki rinse, a member of the
bridge gang working near I.ittle
j»rt, was taken suddenly ill Thurs
day night with cramps and a kind
of cholera. * His case was so sever®
that he had to have the members
of the crew wait upon him and Mr*
Clifford was called and consulted.
He told them he had a medicine in
the form of Cholic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy that he thought
would help him out and according
ly several doses were administered
with the result that the fellow was
able to be around next day; This
incident speaks quite highly of Mr.
Gilford's medicines. Elkador
(Iowa) Argus.
This remedy never fails. KeejP
it in your home, it may save
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JJ
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troubles of every nature. No home
should be without it. Ask your merchants
Jor a book on Liquid Sulphur. Sold by
C. D. Carstaiphen Co.
Anderson Hassell a Co., Keith A
Godwin.
If you are suffering from
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or any blood or skin disease, Hancocks
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& Godwin.
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