iiiELMCITYILEYATOR
^^vafe^aianal ^arQ^.
pK.
E. G. MOORE,
I'HYSilCIAN AND SURGSON,
PLMCITY, j - - N.C.
Offi^’e at the Dreg Store.
B
('HEARS, M. TM
I’hysician and Surgeoa.
£i,M City, - - - -
upstairs over Batts &
\\’i!liams store.
N. C.
^V. II. Day, David Bell,
Kaleitrb. Enfield.
R. T. Barnhill, Elm City.
qAY, bell & BARNniLL,
^ Attorneys-at-L.aw,
KI-M city, - N. C.
Practice in state and federal courts.
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£. O. McGOWAN,
M ER.CH AND ISE
BR.Ofl.E^Rt
Elm City, N. C. ^
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G-eo. Gaston,
E1.M CITY. N. Car.
Haviiifr seryed the people of Elm
Citv for 23 years in the barber busi
ness, Geo. Gaston needs no introduc-
to the people. His haircuts are ele-
Ijaut and shaves delightful.
n m
Tonsorial Artist,
ELM CITY, N. C.
A first class barber saop, easy
chairs, sharp razors, clean towels
Give me a call, over Batts & Wil-
haiiis’ store.
PERSON AJLS.
Mr. W, D. Carter was in town
Saturday.
Mr. Edgar Boykin, of Wilson, was
in town Sunday.
Attorney R. T. Barnhill west to
Wilson Monday.
I>r. C. Parker isvimting relatives
in Nash comity.
Mr. J. T. Sharpy of Raleigh, was
in town tbis week.
Mrs. W. G. Sharp visited friends
at L^^fltetts Sunday.
Air. W. B. Barnes, of Wilmn,
was in the city Sunday.
Mr. Fred Barklsy of South Caroli
na was in town Tuesday .
Miss Susie Gnffln, of Wilson, is
visiting relatives in Elm City.
Mrs. Edgar Hedgepeth visited rela
tives at Sharpsburg this week.
Mr. G. R. Winstead, of Wilsan,
came Sunday to visit relatives.
Mr. W. C. Ferrell, of Nnns, Nash
county, was xn the city Tuesday.
Mr. Julian Pennington, of Wilson,
was in town several hours Monday.
Mr. Henry Griffin, of Wilson, was
in the city Sunday visiting relatives.
Miss Clara Winstead visited rela
tives in Wilson a few days this week.
Mr. J. H. Vaughn, a prosperous
farmer of Nash county, was in town
Saturday.
Miss Lilia Winstead spent Satur
day and Sunday in the country with
relatives.
Mr. D. A. Batts, after several
days visit to relatives here, returned
to Augusta, Ga.
Mr. Roy E. Doles of Mai'ion S. C.
is spending several _days in the city
visiting relatives. '
Mrs. Smith Jordan who has been
visiting fi'ieuds in Rocky Mount re
turned home Tuesday.
Miss Maggie Bragg spent sever.-il
days in Wilson last week, and re-
turned home Saturday.
Mr. Hugh Landing, who has gbeen
visiting relatives in Nashville, re
turned home Monday.
Messrs. Josephus Davis and
Wade Winstead spent Sunday after^
noon in the country visiting friends.
Winstead’s Hotel.
MRS. CORNELIA WINSTEAD,
Propsietress,
ELM CITY, - - N. C.
Centrally locatod.
Couvenicnt to the dopot and busi
ness pai't of town.
Table supplied \vith the lost the
jiarket .iffords.
lisb'bes:
iJSl.OO to $1.50 per day.
$10.00 to j|;l5 00 per month.
T. G. DIXON DEAD.
SHo>rt Lo^ls.
Quite a are wptmiing tiv
day at the Pio-nie at Williams* pool
in Nash county.
A number of yoTMg people
Sonday eyentTig at Lorer’s Betreat
a))oat hjlf a mile from towtt.
The weather for' tfae past few
days hare been ideal Spriair days.
Oar farmer friends are maliiag fall
time in preparinie for good
The services at the Baptist ebrreh
arc being continaed this week, after
nooB .and eveniBg. The neetiags
ar^ oil attended and mach good i«
being accomplished.
Rev Cai-y Gamble, assisted by his
brother, are conducting series of ser
vices at the Episcopal hall this week.
These meetingra costinne to grow in
interest and are well attended by
members of ail the churches in the
eity.
We return oar thanks to the offi
cers and managers of the Washing
ton and Plymouth Railroad Co., foi
an invitation to a banqaet given to
the press and people of Nortl| Caro
lina at Plymouth last Wednesday.
This road is not completed and opens
a heretofore inacessible and fotile
section of the State to the outside
Forld.
Our lady friends arc cordially in
vited to call at Mr. B.H. Bames pop
ular furnishing store and inspect the
latest things in summer wearables.
Some of the new arrivals this week
are tailor made skirts and ladies
slippors. Mr. Bamos is one of our
oiost up to date merchants and be
lieves in cosmopolitan methods of
doing business, and is not afraid to
let his friends know what kind of
goods he has through the columns of
the newspaper.Therc is no need to go
to Wilson or else where for anything
in his line, as no better or more re
liable can be found in the state.
You ^re invited to make his store
headquartars"when in the city.
THE CHIEF JOY'S OF LIFE.
The chief joys of life, if we are
wise euough to perceive, are to be
found in the path of service. Vaca
tions are good, rest is good; but they
are good only as interludes of service.
In his letters to Timothy toward the
close of his life Paul does not re
count his vacation experiences—if
he ever had any, they were like bis
vacation asperiences at Athens while
COMMUNICATION,.. ^
l^m City, N. C., Apr. 14,3902.
Editor Ele^atob: Kindly allow
me space sufficient in yoar paper in
defense of my daughter, Charlotte,
relative to her expulsion from sehool
by action of A. B. Cameron and the
other teaohers.
On Wednesday last she was or
dered by Mr. Cameron front
bench upon the charge of talking
to another pnpil, notwithstanding
her innocence of the accasation.
She WAS not Allowed a word of de
fense nor allowed to appeal to those
around her for testimony, and stnng
by th0 injustice of the charge, she
refused to leave her desk.
1 called upon Mr. Cameron
Wednesday night in order to learn
if possible something in regard to
the matter and fiom his guarded
language felt convinced that he was
not confining himself to the truth,
nor did he allude to the fact that her
expulsion had been accoikiplisbed
that very afternoon. In course of
conversation he reminded me that
there may have come to my ears,
reports reflecting upon him ia his
capacity as a teacher, &c., and I as
sured him that 1 paid no attention
to town gossip, but I am now con
vinced that there is more truth in
what has been passed around in re
gard to him and the poor^status of
this school than 1 had supposed. I
also, during this conversation, ex
pressed my determination to with
draw all of my chiidreji from school
which i did forthwith.
There is not a court of jnstice in
this, land where a person charged
with a misdemeanor has not an op-
The friends of Mr. T. G. Dixon rc
gret to learn of his death Monday waiting for the arrival of
night at his home near Elm Cit\'.
He had been ill for several days and
his death was not unexpected.
Mr. Dixon was one -f this city’s
oldest citizens having reached the
ripe old age of 85 years. He leaves
a wife and several! children to mourn
tteir loss.
The funt-ral services were con
ducted at th'' old Lomestend Wed
nesday morning.
IMSURAi^OE
IE your Dwelling, Store, Stock of
Jlei'chandise or Furniture is not pro
tected from fire call on
E. 0. McGOWAN
for rates, etc. Only tho best policies
written.
The novelist, Frank R. Stockton,
who died mi Washington on Sunu:i,y,
iiiid won a high position in tho world
of letters, ‘‘The Lr^.dy of the Tiger’s
was i^robahly his most popular works
Rei trring to. the fact that North
C*4'‘oliiia has five representatives in
Congress who were bom since the
war ended fu 1865, the Wilmington
Messenger recalls that Governor
Graham was not over thirty-five
'len first elected Governor, and that
Vance was sent to Congress “about
as soon as be was eligible.”—News
and Observer.
A.W.Pippexii
Blacksmith
and Wood Shop
Buggies Repaired
HOF^SESHOEIJMQ SPE0iy\LTY
A T SHOP NEXT TO J. L. BAIL-
EY^ S LIVERY STABLE
Poorlu?
** For two ye«f» I
ribly from dyspepsia, wWi great
depfession, and was atwajra fcettBg
po^. 1 then trieff Ayert Sarsa
parilla, and in one week I was a
new man.”—J«‘ “ “
Philadelphia, Pa.
Don’t forget that it’s
“Ayer’s** Sarsaptrilla
that will make you strong
and hopeful. Don*t waste
your time and money by
tiying some other kind.
Use the old, tested, tried,
and true Ayer’s Sarsapa
rilla. auMsMb.
FonowhH JWm—S
CO..
IiuSLlDirEiS’ A T>r7~ - TO
WHIATt G-ATlD^/EZEIiarTS-
TOCB HOME PAPER.
It is strange how some people
think about their home paper.
They don’t seem to stop and think
what the paper is to them, neither do
they think it needs their sapport.
They forget that the paper does
more than any other one enterprise
to help upbuild the town and com
munity. These same people who
never spend one dollar with the pa
per come around and tell you that
they are going to make a trip in the
interest of their business, or to the
northern markets to boy new goods,
and ‘easy ’I wish you woald let my
customers know that I am going to
purchase new goods,” but if you go
WE ARE NOW DISPLAYING THE COBSECT TBINQ
in Ladies’ Oxfords and Slippers. My Lady jon won’t be n it for &
moment if you don’t wear OUR OXFORDS this wmata. They are
not only the correct thing, bat the comfortable thing for suminer vear^
FBESH nSH
BECEIVED DAILT
All that comes to the net is fish—but not necessarilj good fitb
Adams* FISu WARRANTED FRESH. Genuine^ WholesouM bcaia iood*
When you want THE BEST buy of .
portunity to prove innocence by to this same man on his retom and
ask him for an “ad,” hn says, “Oh!
Silas and Timothy—bnt he looked
back with j»>y on a life of servic^.
ajjd forward with joy to a crown
of righteousness, the reward ^f
faithful servii*e. So it has been
and is with other servants of God;
they find the chief satisfaction in
current and in recalling the pa.st,
not in the evanescent joyb of side
play, but in serving their day and
generation nscording to the will of
God. Thank God for something to
do! The thing which yon are do
ing just now may not be entirely to
your liking as to the kind or grade
or pecuniary compeusation, but
yon can get satisfaction ont it by
doing it well, and the way to high
er service is opened by welldoing.
We fake with !>o1emn thankfulness
Our burden up, nor ask it less;
And count it joy than even we
May sufier. serve, or wait for thro—
Thy will be daut!—Vbe Advance.
evidence and testimony.
In this case Charlotte was given
no hearing nor was any attempt
made apparently, to justify her even
among those who sat nearest her
and could have heard her had she
talked aloud.
It is a fact known beyond all per-
adventure, that there is and has
been for sometime past, a great deal
of well founded dissatisfaction on
account of the manner in which
this school IS conducted.
It is my opinion that respect be
gets respect and a teacher or any
one else cannot commantl respect
where none is shown. There must
be a great laxity and indifference in
the management of this school or
better results would surely be in
evidence.
I make no socret of . .The fact that
I intend bringing this expulsion to
the notice of Supt. Joyner and ask
an investigation of it and other mat
ters touching the manner in which
this school is conducted. I believe
it is my privi’ege under the law and
as a citizen uud taxpayer, will exer
cise it. I pay all the State demands
of me for the support of her institu
tions and propose to get value for
value if it is possible, as well as pro
tect my children from the malice
of persons whose support comes
from the peci>le’s pockets.
There are other matters along this
line that I have withheld with a view
of not tiring youv readers. I thank
you for this opportunity of expres
sion.
Very truly yours,
R. H. Mobkis.
IS YELLOW POISCN
In your blood ? Physicians call
it nalarial Germ. Itcan be seen
changing red blood yellow under
microscope. It works day and
night. First, it turns your com
plexion yellow. Chilly, aching
sensationa creep down your
backbone. You feci weak and
worthless.
ROBERTS' CHILL TONIC
wOlstop the trouble now. it
enters the Mood at once and
drives out the yellow poison.
If neglected and when Chills,
Fevers, Night-Sweats and a gen
eral break-down come later on,
Roberts' Tonte will cure you
then—but why wait ? Prevent
future sickness. The manufac
turers know all about this yd-
low poison and have perfected
Roberts’ Tonic to drive it out,
nourlsii your system, resttire
appetite, purify the blood, pre
vent and cure Chills, Fevers and
Malarls. It has cured thous
ands—It will cure you, or your
money back. This ts fair. Try
it. Price, 25 cents. For aiJe by
«/» 27. Bailey &Co.
ROLL OF HONOR
The following pupils of the Elm
City Academy are on Roll of Honor
this week.
Lynda Barnes,
Annie Bass,
Lena Batts,
Isaac Braswell,
Edgar Brinkley,
Minnie Cobb,
Lady Doles,
Norwood Doles,
Doretha Farmer,
Ida Farmer,
Donally Friar,
Marie Griffiin,
Lena Harrison,
Carrie Harrison,
Seth Harrison,
Claudia Joynor,
Cordon Langley,
Elsie Langley,
Lucile Mooie,
Emmie McGowan,
Mary McGowan,
Oscar McGowan,
Rowena Hears,
Ethel Perry,
Tina Rice,
Bslle Robbins,
Ellen Vincent,
Stella Waters,
Bettie Webb,
Johnnie Wells,
Lillie Watson
George Winstead.
Lettie Winstead,
Lilia Winstead.
Gladys Winstead,
Mamie Whistead,
Eliza Win»tead,_
Ida Wilti»iu»,
A MORNING TONIC.
The glory tnd Mifety of a republic
lies in Ihe intelligence and indepen
dence of its toilers and wealth pro
ducers, for from them comes the
tendency to growth or decay. A
higher lift fpr all the people ‘is the
need of the hour.
It was at Guilford Court House
that General Greene changed 'the
tide of v>ar and made Yorktown pos-
ible. It was a hard fought and decis
ive battle. It conjared the gods of
battle to crown with sncces the great
struggle for liberty. Without Gen-
eralGreene what would it have been?
It was a place of triumph in life.
Surely it should be his resting place
death.— King’s Weekly.
well, I don’t kno^ as it would pay
me. How many papers do you send
out anyway!” He asks this, with
good many other questions, but
when he is getting something free
he never thinks about this. Stick
to jour paper, try to help make it
the pride of the community and the
town. It always looks out for your
interest and ever strives to bring
business to the town, and gets less
credit than any other one enterprise.
The merchant who advertises is
the one who does the best business.
In your local newspaper is the place
to do your advertising. There are
more newspaper readers to-day than
ever before in the history of the
world. The newspapers place your
business under the eyes of the buyer.
He sees what he wants and knows
just where to go tohnd it, and will
call on the merchant who asks him
to come and see him.It is impossible
to keep a hubtler down.Get a moye on
you and don’t stop to kick. Tell the
truth, be honest use plenty of print
er’s ink and success will abide with
you.—liOuisburg Times.
The Wilmington Messenger sn.vs
the recent educational conyention at
Gi‘eeusl>oro was good every day and
foretells of better things in store for
old North Carolina. ith better
educaticnnl faeilities and higher
standarils and more determined will
in behalf of popular instmetion and
large attendance once on the part of
the children there must be advance
on sure and safe hues.—Lonisbarg
Times.
HANDS ON THE PLOW
It is related of Alexander the great
that, being asked how it was he had
conquered the world, he answered,
“By not wavering.”
William of Orange said he learned
a word crossing the English Channel
which he would never forget, when
in a great storm the captain was all
night crying to the, men at the helm,
‘Steady! Steady! Steady!’*
Pompey when hazardipg his life
on a tempestuous sea in o^er to be
at Rome on an impotant, declared:
“It is necessary for me to go; it is
not necessary for me to live.”
Paul affirmed; “This one thing 1
do; I press toward the mark.’’ And
our Lord said: *^No man having pot
his hand to the plow, and lM>king
back, is fit for the kingdom of Obd***
All the world loves a decided iMp,
a man of firmness, of resolution, of
steadfastness, Men of double minds
are unsettled and onstabled in lall
ll^r w^s,—C. E. World.
Attention, Good Dressers!
Wc Have a Good Thing and
Want Everybody to Know H.
We hftTe leetured the exclvdTt right
for this Tikdnity to take orders for the
famoui tailoriiig of
STRAUSS BROS.,
Chioagu We are sow
diipUying-lheir n« w«st
•amptos of Pin*
Wooi«ns and urge
eyeryoae iateierted ia
good clothes to call and
inspect them. We shoir
NEARLY S § • rATTEWS.
by far the largest line in theooaatrj, eon-
risting Ot many exdnsiTe effects in wor
steds, cassimercs, Scotches, days, serges,
etc. STRAUSS BROS, make the kind
of clothes you like to wear. »eecnrately
taih)redr perfect fitting, distinctly abore
the ordinary, yet prices are no hij^ ttian yon hare paid for
inferior goods. Tl^ gunwnte# nbsolut* ••ttef nctloii
and with It goiaaour unqualifM •ndoraamant.
We shaU he glad to have you call and yoa will he glad yon
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