I' 'I 1 1 7 J J-L i a I 0 I J j j V( V "W ' iwwiwiii - 1 i ii v- iH V V Vol. xvii, no. ioi. REIDSVILLE. N. C, FEBRUARY 17. 1905 $1.00 PER YEAR To hivu a horns If To hav It insured Francis Womack, The Insurance Mam Vfcfc - A Fitting Opportunity Tor Every Good Dresser in Rookingham. To get perfect satisfaction m W rabric, Fit aid rasbiaa, at no greater cost thau that of the ordinary kind, will ba offered during ' the next few days at our .; ; GRAND OPENING OF SPRING AND SUMMER TTXTURES We will show the largest array of smart fabrics for Gentlemen's Apparel ever displayed here, constituting over 800 styles from the great Tailoring House' of Schloss Bros, & Co.. of Baltimore, wohse expert cutter and fitter will be here to take your measure, and tell you about the latest things in Gentlemen's Styles, and what partic ular cut and cloth will best suit your "style of beauty." "Williams, Hopkins & Co. The Qorrels, of I FARMER'S Warehouse, Winston, N. C, S w Have sold more tobacce from Poekingham Ceunty doriaf fut three months, than they aver ecld before ia any oat year frta this county. We are of course vary proud of this record and taira U thank our friends for this immense trade. Wa will ba "delighted ta add your nama to our list, and to sell the balance of your rop. We lave with us this year three fint-clus warehousemen fraxa Rockir g 1am (bounty, . ; ....,;::,,.-,.,J.,:.,; Mi.sr5. W H Sham, Kofat l Wiliams aid J D. Fflserx, i an! it will ba their p'eisur to join ns in making the rett etrenoua efforts for all who sell tobacco with us. Undoubtedly wa can make it pay you to sell at FARMER'S AREHOUSE. . A. B. Gorrell & Sons, Winston, N. C. , HERE YOU CAN GET IT ! AV areprepar4 to aall yon aaytkiag yaal wiei tee hardware line at extremely low prica. Wa keep tha eelebra i Mutat e Btee-I Range, no tbe Jewel had Colomb a Rang?, Iro King, Ueoaie'QttiJ an i Je li Cook 8to7M,Oil aad Gat Stoves ana" Uangaa. T ' All lnnrl Plows Haw-, Wagon Material, Belting- Machine Of, HarueasOn. Harrinoo'e Town and Country Pama, est oivha market, ?loni S'aios and Vrn-ba, Uqiid Grunita ferfitora. Door Wax Tornado cutters. Ttse and Smith tfell Futoraa, Li a Med Od. WbW Iead. Tin aa Slat Ronfioff, Barb anl Bm'otbI.Wtr. Amer"an Fieri Fence We. tfanh D tora ani Blini, Diav Hurrowa. la f ct aaytbi vou nti m th Hard vara Una at id fries ' c Call on us and gt pris baf.ira buying. sell tV beat .X3. VitV and Mattocks, and many otkar tbis W caaU ineta . Hodnell-Vass -Watson Co., 222 Loty-t Aan 6itt, gratifying, U fAtiifiag, i$Sir?lSS$e g& Danvfller-VJrginiai N'aw Huotlng Prserve. Mr. B. Frank Mebana, who is some times referred to as "the cotton mill magnate from the Lowell of the South, is arranging to have quite a fine preserve over in "The Meadows," where he recently purchased a very ex tensive tract of land. The preserve is to be in charge of the genial Colonel Richard A Stokes, who is now faith fully serving the interests of this coun ty in the General Assembly. Mr Me bane could not have found a man who could better serve the task for which he has been selected. Colonel Stokes has already bejun to stock the preserve with all kinds of game, and ere he has finished his work he will have a place at which any sportsman will be proud to visit. A club house and every con venience will be found on the place, and doubtless many distinguished guest j will avail themselves of an opportunity to accept Mr, Mebane's invitation-to be present on many a day's hunt. It is not thought that Mr. Mebane will spend a great deal of his time on, the preserve, because he is too busy tot partake of much pleasure-he being al ways on the lookout for new manufac turing enterprises and capital. He thinks he is out of place when he is not hard at work for Spray, Rockingham county, and himself, and since the time when Spray was a village of 100 inhab itants he has been instrumental in hav ing one mill erected there each year the town now being nine years old with a population of 6,000 souls. This new game preserve is one of the many things Mr. Mebane owns for the pleasure and comfort of tis friends as well as for himself. . The Rabbit' Rerenf . ;' Mr. Knighten, who resides near Brown Summit, South of here, was hunting with dog and gun a few days ago. The dog jumped a rabbit and during the chase Mr, Knighten cockea his gun to shoot whenever the rabbit came within range. The race was hot from the start, and the dog pushed his quarry so close that bunny took refuse in the first hollow tree that he discov ered. The dog "treed" and the hunter went to the tree to "twist" Bre'r Rab bit out. Mr. Knighten, without un; cocking it, placed his gun against the tree and cast around for a switch with which to start the rabbit out. The in-, terval of quietude that followed deceiv ed the hunted animal into the belief that the hunter and the dog had gone off. He descended the hollow of the tree and made a jump for liberty. In so doing he knocked over the gun, his left hind leg slipped into the guard, pulled the U igger, and the gun went off. The load took off the hind legs of the dog and found a stopping place in the thigh of Mr, Knigaten. A physician was ctt ed in and the wounds were dressed, and man and dog are doing as well as could be ex peeled. In the meantime nothing further has been heard from the rabbit, and it is not expecte 1 that he will be indicted by the next triad jury, his case obviously being one of legitimate self-def ensa Frayed for Train t Stop. , Rev. P. G Elsom, who conducted a rsvivaj at tne baptut cnurcn nere sjveral years ago; and who 13 well known to Reidsville people, is a firm believer in prayers, and those who agree with him will not be surprised to hsar of this Incident: . Mr. Elsom went to the ticket office at Danville and called for a ticket to Franklin Junction. The agent politely t old him that all but the fast train had departed and that it woull be impossi ble for that train to stop there. Mr. Ilsom told him that ha was assisting in a revival ana naa an appointment ior 6 o'cl jck that afternoon at Franklin Junction. His persuasive powers were f ao avail to the ticket agent, but when No. 88 pulled out of Danville it contained the - Rev Mr. - Elsom as a passenger, who, when the tiain was having the city fell upon his knees ard began to pray. As soon as he completed his pray r be arose and peeped out of the window to find that Hf he train had come to a standstill just opposite the place at which he had an appointment. It was learned that the train was stopped on account of a hot box. Fraud Exposed. A few counterfeiters have lately been making and trying to sell imitations of Dr. King's New Discovery for consump tion, coughs and colds, and other medi cines, thereby defrauding the public. This is to warn you to beware of such people, who seek to profit, though steal ing the reputation of remedies which have been successfully curing diseases ior over 83 years. A f ure protection to you is our name on the wrapper. Look for it, on all Dr. King's or Bucklen's remedies, as all others are mere imita ions.H E Bucklen & Co., Chicago, I1L, and Windsor, Canada. Our reme dies are told at Allen's and Sapp's. Jut. Review is only $Oo r yr. 1 i GOOD PRGRES5 IN THE COUNTY. Heitlitvlllv. LeakitYillf. Spray ami nt worth Steadily ConiirtK to the Front, Mud Prosperous in Kver VT.O'. The Charlotte Observer has benn p i b lishing short letter from different' points in the State recently. telling of thd progress made the pait year, ard of the prospects for the future. Four points in Rockiagh im have been given space, as follows; ; v REIDSVILLE. The past year was exceedingly good to Reidsville. Only two business fail ures were recorded, while scores of new stores stai ted up during the year. The cotton mill one of the large ones of the State -nis lost but little time due to the installation of new machin ery, and the half thousand operatives have done their lull share in the amount of money spent with the merchants. The tobacco factories also have all dur ing the year worked full forces on full time, and sometimes on double time, and as much as 23 car loads of manu factured tobacco have embraced a single shipment by one of the large plants. Tlure has been no bcickward step in Reidsville, and while the town hts not experienced a "boom, " a steady increase in ail lines is noted and there nas been a gradual growth in popula tion. ' . j: ' " 1EAKSV1LLK. In the past year Lt a,?svi!le has been steadily and sur jly increasing in num bers and prosperity. At the last cen sus, the population was 688, while now it nil .nbers.. 1,026, to say nothing of her sister town, Spray, which boasts of ovtT 6,0u0 inha i.ants, makiag these twin-cities a pleasant place socially and a prosperous one industnal.y. Spray is rather the progressive sister, while Leaksville takes it more quietly,, but t le two seem necessary adjuncts. Dur i ig the last twelve moriihsGoode's Classical Institute has been erected and nas proven very successful The Bap tists of Leaksville have raised $5,500 for the purpose of establishing an assu- ciational school, wh;ch they propose to nave completed in time to open in the tall. It will be a handsome building, and an acatle ny of the highest grade, .si.h a. corps of competent teachers, chat will be a credit to any town. . Among the residences that have been erected during the past, year, Mr. R. P, Ray's handsome : residence stands out predominately, on Main street, Capt. C. N. Williamson also has a beautiful home on Monroe street. Mr. Sam ilainey has completed a pretty home on Jlain street, and Mr. John Trent has one also on Union street. Mr. and Mrs. T, Lti Millner have a new ttora tnat is commodious as well as epucous. l'nce & UarR successiully operate a new shje store, and the Mad ison Crocer,, Cj. has opened up a whole sale store. The ne.v Muthodist church is a thing of beiuty and a fitting temple of wor ship. H ia oeautiful on the interior as the tx eri,r, with its memoiial windowr, hanjorne altar, Lr.l.ijui cnandeliers, and all its rich furnish ing". . ,.::-:r..yvr- WliNTWORTH. The progress Of our town the past year haH not te(3ft phenomenal.- -"It.is just a little cjuntry village, a county site. However, we have grown som-i i t the way of - homes and offices, etc. Our merchants have- had an excellent year and some have increased--their stock considerably. Mr, I. R. Hum phreys, a prominent attorney, has just completed a handsome office on Court Home street. Mr. R. D. ReiJ has in of conslrueUonlnee o.ficeon course t le same street. Our people have added much to their homes the past year in the way of enlargiig and repairing t iem. The county nas placed new fire fil 1, proof vaults in the court houte which mn line to where the rock is extracted make the preseration of our county "m the bowels of the earth and crush records sure id into ballast. Several large engines Taking it altogether in proportion to our size we have enjoyed a prosperous year in Wentworth. Our prosperity as a'citylies in the future. We expect ereat thintrs some dav. Ours is tr uro- gressive county and we have the spirit tf progress. J ust wait for the develop ment of our railroad' in .erest until we nave one here and we will show you a tnnving little town. '-.'" SPRAY. The year 1904 marks the ninth cycle in the life cf -'Progressive Spray, 'i.d stands among the first in importance, When the lar-aiithted and ever-active mind of Mr. B. Fra ik Mebane was fa- ca ,ed on the advnu ges of the little h .mlet on mii tii river aa manufac- turmg center, lf wheels of pr.gre;B t'mo.st at once bejan to turnr and we s e the thanje from a one-mi 1 tiwn u:d lUJiahahitants to a nine-mill town md 6,0.0 inhabitants in the short pe riod of nine years. Early in the past year, the Spray Woolen Mills were equipped with a two-iet plant and 25 looms, and by the first of the present year they had increased 100 per cent, their machinery layout, and had estab lished a business and a reputation that indicates a most successful future. The R'aode Island Company's plant followed a few months later with an equipment for producing 30s cotton warp. This C jmpany has since installed looms and are now producing a cotton blanket that will rank with the best. Addi tional floor space will likely be added during the present year, and more ma chinery installed. ;:V ; The American Warehouse Company, finding their finishing capacity over taxed were compelled during the early fall to add 10,000 feet of floor space, anl build a large and commodious office fo: the use of their executive and cleri cal foices. Building and development were not onfined to the textile snhere alone. The Spray Mercantile Company com pleted their three-story addition, em oracing two long store rooms, a post- o.fice and a bank, market stalls, a cold storage, olfices and a public hall. Nu merous smaller establishments have gone up, and several handsome resi dences have been built. Internal im provement has been pushed, especially in the "good roads" line, and the pub lic schools have flourished, and been fostered by the several corporations here. Outlying farm lands have during the past year increased materially in value, and the truckers have reaped the bene fits derived from the growth of the town,' '; Freight traffic on the Danville & Western Railway has steadily increas ed, and has often over-taxed the car rying capacity of the road. A large depot is now under construction, and a o.ie-mile spur track for freight service was begun in December. During the past summer, Spray was brought in talking distance with the outside world, through the medium of the Bell telephone system, and recently the Western Union Telegraph Company has extended its line to North Spray, Other enterprises were formulated in 11)04, which will be materially developed during the present year. Ihe push, progress and success of Spray has attracted attention from all parts of the country, and the future promises more than the past has produced.- ; Dun vi He Man Temporarily Detained. Mr. John Holland Conrad, of Dan ville, well known to many Reidsville people, after being detained ior several hours by the local police in Providence, 11. I., in connection with the death of Cecil C. McKiobon, of Detroit, Mich., who died as the result of falling from the window of Conrad's room at a ho tel. there 'early Wednesday morning, hts been released from custody, the verdict of the medical examiner absolving him from all blame. The medical examiner stated as his official opinion that wlr. McKibbon's death was accidental, and that while attempting to escape by way of the window, under the impression that he was to be arrested for his conduct in Mr. Conrad's room, in his intoxicated condition," cause I him to lose his bal ance, resulting in falling to the ground, causing. almost iniUnt death. Mr. CoimU's straightforward story of th!e tragedy and the fact that he was corroborated in all of its essential de tails by other witnesses, contributed to give weight of his assertion of inno cence regarding the affair. A Bum !'!. t The-rock-quarry-operated - by-the Southern Railway five mites North of Reidsville is one of the busiest places in this section of the country. A half mile spur track has been run from the (and boilers and other machinery are vuse 1 in the quarry, and the krge force of workmen keep busy and seem to i thoroughly understand the work. The , ballast is used on the new double track, W. ich the Southern has started through the South. Quite a little village is being built up at the quarry, and the workmen spend about all of their leisure hours and money in Reidsville. It is said that this is one of the Suthern's best points for ballast, and that there is rock enough to keep the present force and machinery at work a good many years to come. Foley's Hoi e y and Tar cures the .if tif k grippe. It hoala m hma. - tieo W Bnttain. ill h 4 lbs nice Prunes, 23c. 8 lbs. best grits or hominv, 25c. 5 lbs. broken grain rice, 2."c 3 p'kages Rolled Oats, 25c. 3 p'kages Vigor 25c. 2 p 'kages Force, 2 k 2 p'kages Cream of Wheat, 25c. 3 cans Best Tomatoes, 25c. 3 cans Best Corn, 25c. Nice Salmon, 10c per can. Hulled Hominy, 10c per can. '-, Elegant Saucr Crout, 10c cart. ' Best Su?ar-cured hams, 12 l-2c. Best pickled pis feet, 6 l-4e lb, i Six p'kages Gail & Ax snuff, 25c. Best string beans, 10c per can. IN CLOTHING Boys kneo pae-ts at '20c, 25c, 40i and 50c per pair. Seventeen suits at from 75c to 52.00 per suit. Men's frock coats worth $a.00 for$2 00. Men's suits at $3.50 to $6.00 per suit. Shoes lower than ever before. Mens' and Boys' shirta at cost. Piece goods lower thm ever. And everything ct bottom fig ures for case. Come and see. Guaao for pladt beds plant -bed muslins, etc. ,: full stock. C.J. MATHEWS & CO. Schedule in effect January 22, 1905. DURHAM DIVISION t-I)AILY EX. Sl'NDAfi.0 P M A M f M A At 5:15 7:30 Lv Durhfim Ar 9:00 9:05 11:47 11:59 Ar Lynch 'g Lv 4:30 9;5 . WESTBOUND-LEAVE LY.NCUIlUKC 2:20 a m for Norton, Columbus and intermediate points. Pullman sleeper' and Cafe car to Columbus. 3:25 a m The Washington and Chat tanooga Limited, for Roanoke and Ilad ford and all points south and west. Solid vestibule train to Cnattanooga and Memphis. Pullman -sleepers to Mem phis and New Orleans, and cafe car. 2;50 p m The St. Louis express, for Bluefield, Pocahontis, Cincinniitti. lndia napolis, St Louis, Kansas City, Colum bus and Chicago. Pullman sleeper to Columbus, and Bluefield to Cincinnati. Cafe car. 7:00 a m, for Roanoke Radford, Bris tol, Bluefield, Norton; IVcahcntas, Welch. 5:40 p m, daily for Roanoke and intermediate stations. Trains anive at LjncliLurg daily from the west at 1:?& a m; 1:45 a m; 9:00 a m, 3:35 p m, and 10 p m. EAST-BOUND LEAVE LYNCHItLKO 3:50 p m., daily for Farmville, Rich- uany ior rarmvine, liicn- rsburg find Norfolk; arriving at 7:55 p m; arriving at 1 9:05 pm; arrive at Nor-- mor a, retersbur Petersburg Kicnmond at D:0o p folk at 10:30 n m, Parlor car. 1:55 am, for Petersburg, Richmond and Norfolk. Pullman sleeper between Lynchburg. Richmond and Norfolk. This car will be ready at Lynchburg at 10 p m for reception of passengers. 9:05 for Farmville;- Petersburg, Nor folk and Richmond. WINSTON-SALEM DIVISION. Daily except Sunday. ' P M AM I'M P M 2:50 8:00 Lv Winston Ar 10:00 2:00 3:28 8:43 Walnut ove 9:20 1:21 3:59 9:18 Madison 8:5112:48 7:25 1:00 Ar . Roanoke, Lv 5:Li 9:15 All enquiries as to routes, rates, etc., promptly answered. W B Bevill, G P A, M F Dbaoo,. TP A' Roanoke, Virginia. PHOTOGRAPHS . Wheu you havo photogi-aphs made why not spend your money for something that is up-to -elate and out of the usual old-tinn stuff that has had its day ? We make all the newest and up to-now stylos in platinum folders and carbons and We Hake an Exclusive Styli of Our Own Reidsville people will do well to see . our artistic portraiture before, haqing pictures made. OLIVER W. COLK, ill 7 .Main Mi ce t, 1 ;ni vilU'7" Viruiiiiii - s It should be borne in rii.d that every cold weakens tha Inn low era the vitality and pr. ; ;ir?s the system for the more s. rioi j dis eases, among which are tin two greatest destroyers of hiinun life, pneumonia and consumption. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has won its great popularity by its prompt cures of this im;.vt common ailment. It aids exp ctoi .it nu, re lieves the lungs ami opens the accretions, effecting a spredy and permanent cur?. It cujiueracta any tendency toward pn union ia. if 1 i Price 25c large SI? s 50c, 1 IWBlli'l. I Co I