THE GAZETTE.
tuumuat, mnPA»r o. um.
BUSINESS LOCALS.
T OUT—Lady's Mask xlovo—la boon
JJ store or on si d» walk to Gas too l«.
Please leave at Uuurri offloe.
6—BOOM rasideooa on Main at. tor
sola. Apply toll. A Tno*p
sok, Gastonia. N. C.
DR. W. 8. HAY, Tbysioiau aod sur
gaoa. BauMMr CUy. gives
prompt aUsotlon to oalle In town or
country. ,
TUrONBY TO LKSD-To good man
JXL With gilt edge seeurlly. Net
sis par oaot. eessl-sonotL
L M. HorrxAN, Danas, N. C.
CAB-LOAD Tennessee mules sad
horses, (boats aod pigs Just re
ceived by Jaokaoo aod Campbell,
Dowling Groan, & O. For private
aatai
ANTKD-Deslratio wblW wo
nsaa to do general housework
and eooklng for soiall family. No
washing or drudgery. Apply at Tug
Gaxjcttb offloe or address P. O. Tk»x
JS8.
/~VDKI,L. TYPEWUITBB tor sals.
Id epieudld condition, does work
equal to tlOO machine. Coot 180 will
sail for 88. Baaaoo for aellleg. do not
need It. Jam. 11 Wilson, McAdeo
vtUo, N. O.
OUR TBBOUGU LINE to York
vlllo Is now connected. No
other phonos oo it, WIU bo ready to
offer pel rata orovemtlon next work.
J. Root. Cbaio, Manager, Uaatooia
Telephone Ooapaoy.
TLTOITEY LOST. On Hat onlay,
XML Fab. llih, two ten dollar bUls
wore loot In MeAdooylllo or la Gasto
nia or on Uto road between Ibsee
towns. Liberal rsaard for return to
Gaxbttx offloe or to J. L Wilton.
Regents.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
—It U likely that oar nest issue will
•muunee adjournment of the Legisla
ture.
—Services wars oooduoted at tba
Methodist church last Sunday morning
■01 Eight by Presiding F.lder Ware.
—A very good ploture of Represen
tative Houser adorned tha pages of
last Thursday's Charlotte Observer.
—Big orowd at coort to-day. People
base been passing all the moraine on
their way to attend lbs trial of Phone
Bhyoe.
— A bad Ha gat that gata do better
lias been torturing Mr. Monraa Jones
for two or three weeks. lie stuck a
piece ot sharp glass In Ik
—Tba roads am a little bettor but
aro still terrible in spots. Tba Bradley
bill and tbe Whttetidea bill ere reported
to he lo especially bad condition.
—The whits drav horses in charge of
Mr. Emmett Floyd got oo a tear
Tuesday afternoon and wreck ad a
lamp poet at Morris Brothers' oomer.
They were frightened by a loose horse
cavorting about tbs (treats.
-IM trial of Pnoot Rhyne fur the
murder of Mr. T. Q. Falla tuss bsan
set for 3 o’clock this afternoon. Bhyoe
was brought lulu oourt yesterday
morn tag from Raleigh by way of BUin
ley Creak.
—The Chester LaiUei-n toys it will he
Dscsseery to have three more snows tor
each of tbe teres foggy mornings In
August, Ton are oourtlog unpopular
ity, Bud. Don’t let’s have toy talk of
three more aoows.
-A oonetltueot of U>« CheeUr, 8.
C., Lomttm baa ex mb lord tba poaeb
buda and says they are dead. There
will be bo blooms, be save, except a
rew scattering note. We don’t be
lieve title applies upjiere in North Car
olina.
—The Gastonia telephone company
completed connections yeilerday with
York Tills, liarlng now a direct line
with no other 'phones on it. By next
week the oompeay will be prepared to
give Its petrous facilities for private
oon venation.
—Tbs "o and 1C mat store'* cele
brated Its opening yesterday in a beau
tlfnl dispUy of Bre tad ten cent goods.
Nothing Is sold for leas than five or
more than 10 eeata, and it la surprising
whet a quantity sod variety of goods
both useful and ornamental can be
•howa wltMn three limits.
- Wood Is wanted at this office. We
got out during tbe frame, and K looked
as if Thu Gazettr would have to
suspeod operation until Mr. Edgar
Love came to tbe rescue with half a
oerd of pine. We ate nearly out again.
Brag it along, good pioe or oak, good
■asaaom, and get market prtoe.
—Tbe ooee-eota nan war in town
Saturday selling bis eyrnp by tbe bensl
■ beamy fallow named j. M. Coobreu
ead gave away, ha *akJ, S7« tiekeU la
Gastonia. Tbs company has a magnt
Beent sew building to Atlanta built,
WS suppose, with tbe profile oo flye
—To* State Convention at' Durham
oa March 0-11 of the Yoon* Man'*
Christian A woe let km ia repented to
attract a targe attendance tbla ye*r.
Tbc president of tbo Qaatoote Aeeo
otatloa req easts a fall attendance at
tha mealing at 4 o'clock not Monday
afternoon, when Ike matter of aataotlog
dcJyteawUjba attended to aloog with
f—Tba GAtarra haa added to lla
\ job department a wire atltober that lea
delay. It <• aomawhet like a sewing
1 machine that neat wire for thread. It
takes tha wire from tha spool, punches
It through tbo pamphlet without a
needle, out* It tl, end o! Inches it on
the under tide before you can say Jaok
Bold ease By the wav. our Job de
partment ban aU Iht work It eea do,
bat mu ahull mat mare wbae this la
does. Oat ear prices ee anything yen
need In oar Use, whether It to a melt,
lag eerd.e newspaper, a catalogue, a
•Sander, note or cheek book, note or
Utter bend* oynTstopeu^ whether you
m*Ur. Theses* B. Hendrix died About
a o'clock last eight at hi* home near
urn Trento*. Or had heaa atek joet
nloa day* wUh grippe aad paaumoul*.
Burial ad kb# aamitvrv tWa aftemaou.
PlUWIt ■UTMJK.
—XUa JulL Aberoelby retarord
Monday from a visit of two month* in
8outb|Carolina.
— Bar. P. Vf. Bradley's family
moved to Gold Util last week to be
with him la hit work there.
—Mias Maggie Adame leaves Mon
day for her borne la Charlotte to spend
a abort vacation before going North to
purchase new spring millinery.
—Mr. David Jenkins and little
daughter, of Charlotte, spent Monday
afternoon and night In Geatoote.
goast of hie slater, Mrs. \F. H. Hoff
—Mr*. B. F. Dixon, of 8btlby, lec
tured before the Ladles Aid Society of
tbs Method let church Monday after
noon. She Is spending sometime with
her ion, Capt. It JL Durliam.
—Mr. 0. W. Spencer baa gone to
McCall, S. C., when be has made con
tracts for the erection of several build
ings, Including a large mill. Mrs,
Bptootr leave* Friday to join bee
husband.
—Cent, sod Mrs. R. C. G. Love and
Him Mamie returned yesterday morn
ing from Brunswick Capt. Love did
not go to Cuba. Going a* far a* Tam
pa, he round It so hut like summer
time that he didn’t care to try the
climate any further Sooth.
—Mr. W. J. UsVIaney la a forlorn
bachelor ones more. Ill* mother, Mrs.
8. B. DeVlooey, and h|s cousin, Miss
Kata Smith, after a year’* sojourn with
him have returned to Forkeille. Mr.
DeVinney left Let night fur a buying
trip north for Gray A Lots’* millinery
depart meet.
■trim
Mr. C. M. Nolen moved this week to
hts residence on South street, going In
after Mr. J. W. Abernathy, who now
oeeoplet the rooms over J. It. Curry
A Company's drug store. To-night
tbe family of Rev. vv. y. Watson will
arrive, and they will occupy tbe resi
dence on Main street lust vacated by
Mr. Nolen.
Tba Ball Telaukoa* Company bu
pat m a pretty booth at Pile end of
tbatr line in J. E. Curry da Company's
drag store. It la finished In oek aud
baa double wall* so that tba sound of
one's eolee ou me inside la effectually
mu died It 1r now pnaslble for the
patron* of the line to bare wbat they
bare long wsoted—a strictly private
conversation.
■■aatrsk UaWsIMUsr Wise.
Mn. Sarah Huffs tattler died at ber
home hear Pleasant Bldg* at half past
four o'clock on Thursday Feb. t>, at tha
age of 73 years. She was buriad on
Friday at OIney. of whtoh church she
bad been a member for maoy Tear*.
Tb« pastor, Ber. 0. A Sparrow,
preached the funeral. Mr*. Huffstet
tler belonged to a large and long lived
family. Two sUtata aorvlve her—Mr*.
Boxana MoC ready, younger than lb*
deeaaaed, and Mrs. Catherine Krone
bergvr oow about S3 years old.
Stas Craw WaJtiae ■»■■■
“I bear mooli” remarked ooe of our
elUseoi lb* olb*r day “about Jim
Crow can. but I dont hear a tblog
about Jim-Crow waiting rooms.”
“Tba Jim-Crow waiting rooms are
Just aa Important aa tba ears,” b* re
marked In a way to Indicate that ha
waa In dead earnest. **i have Just had
an experience in Charlotte” he con
tinued "which makes m* say this aud
I wish yon would call public attention
to it In ycur paper.” It la true that
separate wailing rooms are Just sa im
portant aa separate ears and It will be
a mistake not to provide them.
■arrow bmw Aim.
“Who will be year new agent at
Gastonia ?" asked Tbjc Gazette
Monday night of President Harper of
the Carolina and North Western."
“hare you Bade the selection yet f"
“No," answered the President readily,
“we hem done nothing stall to the
mattar." “Is It likely that you will
get an onlaMe man or promote one
now with yon f” we asked. “We pre
fer to promote one of our own men,
whenever we ean make It eoltablo to
do so." The bad weather has greatly
retarded their work, bat the company
bopee to get Into Its new depot! by the
opening of spring,
■»k fNn
Mr. John Prank Jackson 1* bock
again froan Tenoensee where the cold
■nan enught him and almost from bim
with 10 below aero. He went out there
to the mountains of Tennessee on Uia
warm Saturday expecting to stay a day
or two, and was kept two weeks. His
business was to bay a car-load of m owe.
torses and young hogs, (or prtraU
■ tie. He attended to Ibis all right and
bad a mighty good lima besides. Ill*
stock arrived In Gastonia yesterday.
The horaee and mules seme Ukei,
along home, bat the hog* were pieced
In Mr. John Henna’s pasture awaiting
hotter oondltlon of tbs roads for driv
ing them.
We fear that Mr. Oliver Davie's
re needy of hanging a thermometer on
tbo oloUtaa-lloe to kill out the potato
bugs will tall tbU year- In limes
poet we have read of tbe forwardness
of three voracious peela In silting on
tbe oloda and watching for the pota
toes to eoote up, but tots year they are
reported to be abemd of that. A gen
Woman told us la Dallas Mooday that
wb«n be went to tbe store to get hie
seed potatoes toe bogs were then look
ing over the mereheoi't boobs to era
who had boegtat. Speaking of reme
dies, we hit epos oeeleit year wbieh
wotted better Umu eoy we ever tried
before, so Uml we wen not troubled at
all by tbe bugs, leery year recently
they ted been destroying our puUtose
too-totally, bet lest year we oonoloded
■it to pUet any and they newer
tooehed a leaf of onrt.
Having beard Kalph Bingham In one
of hi* dellghtfel even lag*, I labs greet
pleasure In eodocatag all toe press no
tices and laetImoalaM eonUloed to
hU aommneement total. I candidly
regard btm agegeoluc la bisIto*. As
a persona tor, he la real nod aot over
■trained; aa a del men Ur he evtaoea the
real gealuaef the stadaat of character
and namie. while aa ae aloeuttoelet
te combines tte happy arts of the
Uebelgae aad tberptaaaiag I eoegrat
elate the people of Gaatoala la that
they tewe aa ran a treat In atore fee
them. Yours my truly,
•Ion. H. Nr*it.
ll^^^St^tConrtf00^
The Lowell Inal aoh) by W. X. Bell,
oomataalooar. »». bought by Julta
Jaakloa.
Tbe valuable Unit* known aa tbe old
Henry Better home place were eoM
Monday by J. L. Thornburg ooaala
aloner, and bought by Mr. WU1 Liule.
Tbe eele of the old Dickey mill place
took plaee. aa adrartlaed, on laat Sat
urday. Tbe property waa bought by
Mean Alex and John Crawford at
SIMM.
The cider ay) apple mao w ain't oa
band and waa aiawd. But the medi
cine man with hla blood parlOer and
g reeae-apot eradioator bald tbe crowd
epeHlratmd with hie etuqoeot word a
and wondeefol magic
Mr. J. H. Ho Hedge, the Farmin'
Mutal Fire Inacraoce man baa beau
working Buuoombe, Yaooey, Madlaoo
and MoDowett oonntlea. “Wore you
up lbare in all that cold weather V" be
waa naked. -No," heacawered. “I
came home Juat before the blitaard and
regard It a* Km aaaarteet thing 1 ever
did ia my lUb.”
nearly everybody who vlelte DtUu
ranch gets acquainted sooner or later
with Mr. WUilem Jeakina. Though
be i* going oo <M yean of age, lie le
■till feeling pretty well thank you,
and wheel help waa abort at tbe mill
tbe other day be took the H busbel
•»ek i of wheat from tbs wagon and
toted tbrm leto the mill jsetllke tbe
other boys.
Tbe earning business bas attracted
tlm enterprising attention sC Mr. J. X.
Nanis of Stanley. He put np last year
8 700 tbrac-pouod cans. About 1,000
of these were tomatoes, tbs rest mainly
apples. He bays bis Can* and labels la
Belilstors eud raises bis own tomatoes.
This year be wilt plant large quantities
of the Paragon or Qoeen tomato,
recommended by the seedsmen a* lbe
beat for canning purpose*.
Then are lot* of people who would
not go ou the stand and swear that onr
MU winter map was tbe eoldeet that
they ever saw. The Catawba didn't
fraeae over Uila time, whereas lu 18M
or ’37, aceordlng le Mr. J P Hooper,
of MeAdenTills, the Catawba fra*
entirely over, tbe lee being 12 Inches
thick la places. He say* tost In that
Treses “Old Bill dams skertrd oo hie
•keels” down tbs river all Uie way
from Anastroag’e ford to tbe Mtowsa
vtlla Mill pood—a distance of ■ mils
and a half—and that be wblrkd Dr.
Hanks'* wife all about tlie mill pood
ou a chair. Col. R N. Wilson says
that was la ’u0 and that there was
■now on Uw ground for 8 week*.
Tbs following Is a list ef principal
cases disposed of oo tha Stale docket:
Pink Friday. Assault. 95 and
C. C. Johnson. Aasaull with dead
ly weapon. 3 months on the roads.
J. X. Nani* fight. Julgmeotsospen
ded oo payment ef cost.
Jap Cerpsuter and Rd Tnrosr. Dis
turbing worship. $6 and coal.
Paul Good. Arnault. 3 months oo
the reads.
Casey Mcl«en. Larceny. One
year on tbs reads
Jos. Erwin. Assault 8 months on
tbs roads.
Perry William* asd Msce Williams,
(col.) Assault. 0 weak* oo the roads.
G. L Rbyne. Betaillog. Judgment
suspended on payment cost
Jos Llnebrrgsr. Assault Month
on tbs road.
Ed Arrowood. Ltroeny. 8 montlis
on tbe roads.
The grand Jury found no true bill
again sc Marion Gardner for stealing a
dog and net tha charge of eruelty <o
animals he was releaasd on bis owa re
oognisancs natll oast court.
Tke ccmplstnt of J. L. Palis and M.
A -Thompson was Died at this term le
their soil against Sheriff Love for re
ward offered for esptare of Pboos
Rhyne. The Sheriff will make answer
nest oourt whan the csss Is expected to
come up for trial.
Had It not been for Mr. Lucius
Holland, Thk Uazrm's right am
at Dallas, our oourt reports would
bare been scant Indeed (bis weak Tha
editor attended Monday but wa* taken
elek sod got too far behind with office
work to return. The grip surely bas
the right name In' onr case. It holds
right on, and ovary time ws stop look
ing It gats u* down ogsln.
—im
iwm tilBV Mfrtti —inn.
Lady’s black glors lost. Set busi
ness locals.
J. M. Wilton, McAdenvIlla, N. C.,
(oee bust non locnla) will toll you a $*)
Odall typewriter for 96.
i. Hubert Craig. Manager, eaauuooea
tn boat non local* ’phono connection
with Yorkvin* direct. No other
'phooccoo Hoe.
Jackson and Campbell. Bowling
Ureen B. C., bare • car-load of T ran ve
na horse* aad mulaa, (boats and ptga,
for private ml*.
Love's Grocery ad Uil* week will help
to ewaa lb* mind that get* broken up
every time the oook break* np the
orookery. Replace the ugly broken
pieoae with pretty new patterns eueb as
you Bad at Kd Love's. Several hoga
beada of brand-new ware jest getting
In. Thorn pretty jardiniere* will not
be on the ooootera long—they go.
Through the enterprise uf Mr. J. H.
Kennedy, the people uf our town and
•notion have llw rare opportaelty of
hearing next Thursday nlybt Ralph
Bingham who was noted in bla child
hood as “the boy orator,” but who
now ou (be shady side of V? Is the
gifted monologue entertainer la eloes
llon. Impersonating aod music. It Is
atrlwuetehlagirtoiliatbehae lilted
1>9 engagement* la Me own elty.
Philadelphia, and 8000 lo the Males of
Phnaylvanle and New York. Rtae
wbere will be found taatleaeniala of
Me merit from Bev. HeO. Hblelda.
Prof. /. IL Saperk, sad Bev. W. P.
Wataon, all of whom have heard him.
To them we add that nf Ray. W. D.
Wilkinson of Vineyard Haven, Wane.
Bay* be: ‘-The dotal entertainer I ever
beard. Othera are poettbiy as good In
•oom reaped*, bet must hxvn eld from
otheg sonreee to make the rvanlog
oomplete. while Ualph. with no other
•distance then bla vwiu aod bis ear*
wonderful self. Is ooatpletevaee ”
Having beard Ktlph Bingham rv
eently on three differ**! oeoaMtma,
Bev. W. P. Wateoa Bays Urn following
of tble gifted emeologtie wterteleer :
As • dramatic impersonator, dialed
dellnmtor, end etoeetloMry acrebel,
ttklph Blaglmm bra net twee excelled.
If eg nailed, tm th* Amvrteaa platform.
Thera la not a doll —ant from start
to dntab. Caateate people win mtee a
rare opportunity If (key fall te greet
him with • fen house an Marsh kad.
County Correspondence. |
Mr. John Haraell, wbum aariowa Ul
«• wmWwm 11m alnae, died
laat Tfaimdair aod waa bartad at Stan
ley Creak on Saturday.
Mr. Horaoe Nicoa, of Out a m bla, 8.
C., wbo baa bran aucndlcg tba winter
with bla ecphaw. Mr. Lntber Sima, ia
we are eorry to note, la my feeble
health.
Mr. Hugh T. Rhyne, of MtckUu
burg wboaa auddon death a few weeka
alnoe caat a gloom over the people of
life community, waa barn In tieetoa
o> «ty, in 18SB, and learn a beat of
frhwde Id Caatoa who are terry to
hear of hie dealt). Mr. Rkynt area oot
of tboee nan who tarred bla God, lilt
country, and hla fellow ana to tba
raw heat of hie knowledge. Ha oartr
felted t j help tba poor aod needy. Tbe
placet of tiich am era bard to Ml.
Tba batry force of tba lea oaaaed
tba ferry boat to break toaaa laat
Tburtday. It lodged on tba Toekz
teega dan and wltl be placed In peti
tion aa aooa aa the water fella.
Tbe Roller MiUa ware Hint do an
aararal dare laat week oo account of
lbe healer freezing up and banting.
The Mt. Hotly looting teeieiy meett
promptly every morning at 7. n. m
aharp, and eaotj member ear Dot to en
joy blmaelf tp tba fullaat extant by
alttlng around in other ptopit'a way.
roMUag hit burdanrd earCMS by n
ooaforUMa tlore, obawtog and taok
lng bit tobacco, dlacotalag general
a rent*, giving recount far tba general
hard timta and devlatng plana for the
relief of down-tmddan humeoitj; with
pottlbly tome of tboir pony wTvaa at
borne making flreo nod oarryleg water.
Tbit of oocna la plain talk hot it ia
nerertbekM true to a Urge extent
and abamafnlly an,. tuo. and you
naad not lanre ML Holly but a
oonpte of ailea to flod aomt of tfaU
cleat of people.
Mr. jTb. Dodu la riaillug at lilt
falbtr’e J. F. Duau'a tbU weak.
SapL Babingtoa, of the Mrtbodlat
Sunday Rebool, ia rapidly Inormalng
tba number of aefaoUre in bla arkaol.
Mr. UablngLort la one of oor itroageat
Uma la tba upholding of the mor*U
of our oommonUy.
Mr. I*ek Ilarrla of tba Toekimago
Mfg. Co., la off on a few daya rlalt to
film da and reUllvea at Laueaatar
8. C.
Oor Mr. Garcar. book-keeper for tba
Mtn Itlaud Co., waa a welooae rltUcr
on our etreeii laat Sunday.
ftcAdenville.
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Mr. H. M. Mo Aden hao Jett rrtoraed
from New York city. He ipent Sun
d»7 »“d Monday In MeAdeovlDe and
Tuesday evening for Charlotte to
ammo hledutite with the Pledmoul
Inaormnee Co.
Presiding Elder W. R. War# will
preach In the Metbodlet church bees
next Sunday night. The aeoond
qnartarlr meeting for McAdenville
elreult for 1BW will oonveaa at South
Point ueu Saturday evening.
Mr. C. r. Hietop. of Byaom. N. C.,
Is vlMtlng relative* iu MoAdoovillr.
Mr. John O. Hankto bai recovered
from hie recent iltnma and 1« at hit
poet again with A. L. Baker A Co.
Mr. 1. W. Suicide Is gulto tick with
grip. Lie bas been oocQnid to lit* room
for several day*.
The Infant child of Me. Jacob Hen
diiekt w>t found doad In bed last Son
day morning, cauaa of death not
known. It was buried Monday at
Goshen. Many friend* and relative*
eympntblte with tier sorrowing father
and mother.
Two wedding* have taken place in
McAdenville alone oar laat letter. Mr.
Prank Coot* and Mia* Ida Carter
were married Thursday night, end
Mr. Geo. Medlcck and Mle« Jennie
Bagman at re married Sunday morn
ing.
Mr. L. B. Held I* now a resident of
Gaffney, 8. U. II* has accepted a
(JotUkiu with the Gaffney Colton
Mr. W. M. Phillips. Bramer iu Mo
adeo Mills haa retorned to Pott [Mill,
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8 Dots From Dallas.
Senator O. P. lUm mu home
Sunday to atteod Mart. Ha will re
main moat of the week, aod than ratorn
to Ralrlgb.
Mr. J, c. Puatt, who has beau quite
111 tor eoaee lima, baa bean dlamlaeed
**! Pbysteiam. and It* hoped by hia
Meade that ha will aoaa be out agate.
Mr. Jobe Holland, duaatoher for
the S. A. L. ft*. at Charlotte, la
•peadloga few daya with friends and
retnUraa.
Oeurt eonyened Monday, HU Honor
Judge Coble, presiding. HoUelUr
Webb U the able proseeaUof attorney.
Tba following yMUag attorn eye are
rttujdlog Murt: Col H. C. Jonre,
D. W Kottam «. O. Finlay, A. T<!
Quick la, Cant. U. P. Baaen. A. o.
Maaeonn, W. H. Lew la, ft. L. Dor
beaiL ft. T. Oanalee. ft L. Campbell,
■nd B. Butler, af Oafloay, 8 C.
Phone Bbyne, tba murderer of T. O.
FeUe. was arraigned tble morning, and
made tba plea of aac guilty. The d»
rends nt having no eonnael U>e court
aaetyud Mr. D. W. Robioeon, nod
Capt. O. P. Bason, to defend him Col.
II. 0. Jonas end Seoalor 0. P. iiaeoo
baw boon employed to amUt SolMlor
Webb in tba aroaaaaMno.
Mr. B. Butler, ot Gaffney a C., arlio
U to aaatet la tba prosecution of Pam
Williams, liaa been attending court
this weak. On aoeamtof tbanhaanea
of Mr. Oebarna, one of Williams' law.
yrra, this ease hao beau continued tiu
next term of tba eonrt, to be tried oo
on Thureday of tba tret weak.
Mr. aTo. Brice and Sept. Nichole,
of the C. A N. W. spent yesterday In
low*.
Mrs. Jaeab Hameonr, af Lincoln to
spending a law daya with hat paraota.
Mr. and Mr*. Jonas Hoffman.
„ Kx-Cterk O. U. Darla to aaetotlng
Clerk Cornwell tbio weefc.
Majof R. P. MoKMoh. JUtUry
Part RMH. AahavIRa X. (!., aaya:
-Hpmkrr Thotnaa B. Bard told ««
that ba mth |n feta whole Ufa aoloyod
anythin* la the abate af aaUry at ba
did Ralph Blnaham’e Tlrenome fjinry
Teller' at iba OridUoa dlaaar, Waah
lagton.D. 0. t tbaogkt DaWlit Te|.
aaeM, Dr. Dapew, That Read and a lot
od tboaa Mg wfcra woaM laagb Una
ealeee to death.’'
I
Oa toe first la tMa
•oath aa out-: _ to Mr.
M.F. Fhooorwas boraad. la It ware
about any baaboU of oora oad 800
buadlre ot fodder belonging to Mr.
Jua Oojre. who bid formerly Head
there. The building was insured with
the Farmer's Motaal lor forty dollars.
Rot. J. li. Millard. of Chaster, & C„
will preach at Long Crork next Aua
JKr. B. M. Oround. of too Southern,
hoe bees ependlng a day or two of hie
totter*.
a Little Adam acbool, D. P. Delllcger
breeder, rioted on Friday, and Turkey
OUI. N. L. Uouatr, terebr. oo data?
day of laM week. MuaBtla Torrence's
school at Saury 8ldo rioted ou Wad
uoodsy or tbrn weak.
We wait pleased to tea a "cut" of
Boo. I* H. J. nooser to the oral
weakly Observer of Mat Friday.
. Deputy-Collector LofUa com ap
loot Friday to •ttart up" W. T. Bob
Insoc.
„ W* »»> pleared to note that Mr. M.
tk Usamor, formerly la the employ of
too Merrew Mills at Uaatoola iwtiio
crtdlng with too Double Bronx Bailor
Mills mucb to tbo pleasure of too pa*
turns sad proprietors.
We hear flat oorao of too "ooUido”
boyi dld aat betrays vstypreur at the
last day of tot Turkey HU1 acbool.
Mire Sarah Byers, who has beta
Maytag at Mrs. M. A. White* for
•oreo tlm hat goaa to lit. 11 oily.
Mm. U. H. Bareotor* ooodlUoo don
oot improve very reach; too has about
loot lbs ore of ooa bond.
Rev. Mr. R tebford lire as appoint
mat to preaob at ttoyrua next Sunday
at 11 a. m.
Mostra. J, B. sod MUao Shooaoa
tom up through the mud ou bottom
0‘t« day lost work.
A ImlMMMU*.
▲ aow) question wm raised to Ibe
court of collars] eras loos in Berkley
oouotr Us> Friday. «f*a ocrTtsjwod
daat of tba Kan and Onuitr. It wm
of>1“ *t*to agalett Mary
UIU*. charged with anon. The
fsedan t, an old colored aroma a. wm
prosecuted by ber baaband tor burning
blu barn. adjaoaot to bis dweAitig:
Tba testimony wm Mtlraly otrauaa
ataotld. but strong. Tba— oM paoplo
badadtoignaaBmt. whioh rtaslted to
Ibe old womaa leaving borne asd
golag lo Ilya with ber son. about Half
a mile away. On Ibe night of tba tra
peril- going to Lbesoen* mat tba old
women coming away, who told them
ebo wm aaable to cross tba braarki
apd wm going to bar son's bouse.
Tbs old man teat Wad tost be found
tracks around Ibe plsoe next morning
which he recognised as bis wife's. At
Uw ooMtoskm of tbe tccUmocy Messrs,
Dsntila A Dennis. representing tbs da
fesee. asked tbe court to cberge tbe
Jury «* follows. “U too jury believe
from ibe evidence that tba raletlonablp
or husband and wife existed batwcaa
tbe dsftodant and too preeeoutor, too
owner of i he barn alleged to have bars
burned, tom, although it be prwtas
that tlw defbodaat did boro tba ban
— Is allseed, aha must be acqottted.
for It is not arson for either busbaad
or wife to burn the bouse of the ether,
since in legal contemplation they an
one person." Tbe lodge stated that
this wm good law. and a verdict was
pruaptly rendered acquitting tba de
fendant.
The Separate Cev law.
IlmOmae OuUt Leaf.
Thu lew will prove dSeuypototing to
tbe general public. There are some
features stoat It that need alteration.
Xo except ton shoo Id be made of freight
trains carrying passenger coaches.
The mixing of Ibe men on freight
trains It really a souroa of greeter
trouble than while people and negroes
riding together oa regular peroengvr
trains. Kor should any exception be
made In Urn oaae of colored servants.
Tbls very thlag of allowing “apnleb
negro servants to ride la the white
folks’ car with their uppish employers'’
—to quote the language of too Gaato
ula Uaxbttx, bM dona more to OH the
pern for uegroee generally to Intrude
themselves than anything tie*. Let all
the negroes go together and lad people
wbe have servants de Ilka those who
have rone— wait oa Ibematlvea and
look after their children when trawl
ing or slat i dost travel.
■—** «mw H
AAfc+YlU niMVI.
Tbe cold weather durian tbe pat
week, throughout tbe whole ooeetry,
be* rerely l( ever beta eerpeeeed la
••verity. One of tbe eaocna) eutfr*
UUooe of tbe ex Ire me eeid *u the
dropping eC of tbe eere ef bon t& eere
ae they wen being dripped afire fiee
the Writ to tbe Keat
Tee Cheater Cotton Mill* were eeld
left Monday for H2.600, tbe buyer be
ing O. P. Heath of Charlotte. Ttria M
tbe third Um, fey* the LmnUm, that
the property bee beeo ottered for puUle
•eie. Pint eu Xorewber 17th. el ea
upfet prtee of 800,000. Seeood eu Mtk
of January, upeet prioe of MS.500.
The left upeet prtee wee 805,000. U It
the latawtlew of the aew often to
•tart Che machinery wtlhie 00 dayc,
aleo te build a 10,000 ipibdte mill te
•pie their pane,
1 beard Ralph IMaffhem when bo wm
IS peerf old. At that Una I had board
bwt owe aaa wbe rivalled him ue an
•toeelloaitt acd drametle reciter. That
in la not wow Hying. Sieee thee
Hetph baa had etoywa yeare of experi
ence tad dwrelopmect, aod tf hie pew
en were ammlowe then, they meet be
taueh aMMeeo new. Hulc regarded
Hum m m mu a Md — (Md^aa MM nellteMaa M
n/ )uo|ti mm wiiaoM m
rfyei In Me line ea the Amerteaa
platform. M. Mc». Sturme.
--- • ■ * •v*’- __
Ralph Bingham,
Actor, Impersonator, and Violinist.
The, World’s Leading Monologue
^ Entertainer. ^
\ ..
In Boyhood a Prodigy-in Manhood the Uador.
—AT TMB OPERA HOUSE
Thursday Night, March 2.
ONE APPEARANCE ONLY.
Admission 50,38, tod IS cents.
TICKETS
TORRENCE’S PRUO STORE.
nrnnisnn a* mkuia
iiifW m im hat toatoi
Fri*yCSJ£
Ifanh 1. fro* f£ll 3. Twft
*£yfB**** r***» u~»
■of.Mly MMprnnlwh to be my intar
■Mtaf^Tba following pragma will
•JriSvSir. “0"t‘,“P,“o **>-*
n Mjg J«o*« Moore—Vocal Soto-Tha
Btbal Gray Md Kalla Flawing_
J^lw. a. H. DaewUar—Jiagte or tha
Bird™ 8hnf0r<i _Voe*‘ M*"71*111!
JjH*» Willie Jnablna Sgriag-Phwo
Mlaa Madge UtUa—Baadlai 1. Slonx
OMaTa Daughter. 2. Elf ObUd.
Mra. Kate Plealag-L Plan **>
saffl^sa? ‘•t*—■*
The V»gri»^fl8LH<?0L“lnt*v!tt,h hi
Pa.
Voaal solo-a Praam—Mlaa Ba
DolUad.
Oboroa—The Sailor Soeg.
Mia* Luollo Huff man—Plano Solo.
Tba adalmloa a aoly tan emu, and
•mybady la loetted to oaaaa oat aad
baar tba “Jlagla of tha Ptaa."
5SZ laaidaoaa of P. B. UlaUo by
P. K. CUnton. Notary Peblte. near
Bethel S O., oa Pah. 12, Mr. J. L.
Holland aad Mlaa Katie BoMaaan!
both of Gat ton aoouty, X. 0.
Mr. W. E. Mr Arthur hM at laet
Mianad from tha daanlato raalaa of
baehaMr aloglenaaa and la now beating
1" tba flower land aad aualM* of
btaaaad ooonublal deubiaoaaa. At tba
2»M*n*a «f Mf. John Howell, ba aad
Mia Naan HlUiard worn Berried lea
Taaday night, tba Miatfal beat being
Mat and awra by Kaqoln Abel
Strong. Han’t wlabmg them a long
and baggy life together.
BOYD ft ALEXANDER.
Z-• * **MMnMAMftAamdpMaw .^V If- V]*-^~Ai
ftk
CriPHb-. '
MoBooK-lc^fag,
Became we order la small
lots end order often.
We lay goods right down at
yonr door. Win aaad bill
with goods and roe can
md money by driver. Be
aure, though, to md the
money or ratora the goods—
wc keep no books.
Vow Mom
Becnue weseU far cash.
Wa don t have to «■«*»
money off of you to fay ex*
pensive book-keeper*. We
don't have to nuke money
off of our jrood customer* to
pay far loam on bad cento*
man. No, we don't. AH
onr mstraacn look alike to
us, far all p«y caah.
Bscaaae oar business rvle*
tkms are always plrmiil
Oar coatonian are happy be
cwme they arc out of debt.
They are sever annoyed by
bills. Wa don’t have dis
putes over account*.
Bay at the BUte and be Happy
sv-Paoxs 93,
Boyd Sc Alexander.
-- n it.. nannj aim
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Breakable!
In spite of all your warnings, the cook
persists in breaking np your crockery.
Of course this is provoking, bat your
mind Is eased when yon recollect that
yon can replace those ngiy broken
pieces with nice new patterns at a
very small cost by calling on Ed Love.
To-day wo are opening np several
hogsheads of brand-new ware; stock
patterns and fancy pieces—all of the
very best make. Whether yon are In
need or not, come np and see what wo
have to show yon, aod come, too, be
fore everything Is picked over.
.hJARDIIVIERES..
Some more of those pretty ones; assorted
sizes. We know, and yon know, from ex
perience that these don't tarry long on oar
counters; so If yon wautone, (loot be always
In saying so. They are at
LOVE’S GROCERY,
T. L OUNTON. Mgr.
SUCCESS IN 1899.
I Can Help You toil by Setting you, Good Groceries
at Prices Usually Charged for the Ordinary Kind
My Line of Syrups
Ui UilftMl (Mtalu Mai. |k|l m «hN Hi »— •
Own, Porto aSTSoi OrtSToSTMfer M* ^
There Are Other Lines,
lJk« OhmI jmS kWlii la wMek I hi dImm ywk I
Flonr* - „
I sin Mil Uh MMWOMlwUo VWAV’f'DOWW, ui WARUCKR
BW, lb, ho* flow H IMS lor tho homt
rhtna and Qneensware.