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VOL XVII, NO. 104.
REIDSVILLE, N. C, FEBRUARY 28. 1905
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One night, Wednsday, March 1st
3RD SUCCESSFUL SEASON 3RD
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FUNNIEST ( )F ALL
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ILLIE
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Rrimfu! of Catchy Music, Pretty Girls, New Songs
Clever Comedians,
SEE WEARY THE FUNNY TRAMP
ONE LONG MERRY LAUGH.
PRICES 25c 50c 75c
To have a home is gratifying,
To have it insured is satisfying.
Francis Womack,
The Insurance Mnn.
A Fitting Opportunity
For Every Good Dresseri in Rockingham.
T get perfect satisfaction as to Fabric, Fit aud Fashion, at no
greater cost than that of the ordinary kind, will be offered during
the next few days at our
HAND OPENING OF SPRING AND SUMMER TFXTURES ON THE
13TII AND 14TII OF MARCH.
We will show the largest array of smart fabrics" for Gentleman's
Apparel ever displayed here, constituting over 500 styles from the
' great Tailoring House of Schloss Bros. & Co., of Baltimore, wuhse
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.1'
Williams, Hopkins & Co.
HERE YOU CAN GET IT!
W-i4- preuate I - to Hell . y mi . anything you wish. 'n tt hardware
linw at fxnemely low price We keep the celebr ed Mnjet c fcioH
Hange-, l" tbe Jewel r.nd C'oluuob'a Ranges, Iron King, Monumental
an I J v li C k St-.res, Oil and Ga& Stoves and Kauges.
All kindi Plows Hoer, Watron Material, Belting Machine Oi',-iLmie-M
(V Hrtrri-on s Tnn and Country; Pain's, test on the market,
f"loii S aim and Vrni-hes. Liquid Granite fer fl lors. Flo ir Wax
Toruau cutters Tise and Smith V1 Fixtures, Linked 01. White
J o.i l I'm ho ' S!Hrt R v.ao, B-irb an V Smooth Wire Ameri. an Fild
fen.? WieSirtD tors ant BltO'fe, Dis -.Harrows, Iu fact any bio
, ou o loth- Hrd ar liu at 'b o- price
on us an I gl pries nefor buying W nell tn best Axen,
: icks-oi Ma'tooHs, ao l many othsr things we cau't loumerate.
Hodnett-Vass -Watson Co.,
222 Lower Main Street
house,
THE
COM EPY DRAMAS.
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Danville, Virginia.
II1B SUFFERS
LOSS BY FIRE MAY
EXCEED $5,000,000
The C'Hy'it lmmeiisp Ei txn-t Trurir Mt Leant
Temporarily Crippled. Kspceially In th
Mattvr of Orln Shipment.
New Orleans, Feb. 26. Fire involv
ing millions of dollars loss in physical
property and that strikes a serious, if
temporary, blow at the immense export
trado.of New Orleans, swept the rivir
front tonight an J wiped put the vast
f reight terminals '.of the Illinois Central
Railroad, known as the Stu.yvcs.tnt
dcks.: Nearly a dozen squares of mod
ern wharves and freight sheds, two
magnificent grain elevators, hundred
of loaded cars and vast quantities of
freight, including 20,01)0 bales of c ttton
were destroyed, together with a large
number of small residence?. Tha fire
was still raging furiously at midnight,
at which time it had almost reached the
upper end of the Illinois Central prop
erty. It has not been dertrmined
whether there has been any loss in life.
The os.ean-going'shipping seems to have
escaped serious damage. A number of
dremen and employes of the docks were
injured. Actual estimates of the losses
are impossible, tonight, though they
nay exceed 35,000,000.
The Stuyvesant docks exteni f ro n
Louisana avenue almost to Napoleon
avenue, a distance ot twelve squares.
The wharves between those two points
were covered with miles of trackage,
and steel and non sheds ran the whole
diatace The two grain elevators were
of the most modern construction; the
upper one having a capacity of a millicn
busnels. Th 'Usands of bushels of corn,
several hundred thousand packages of
sugar, great quantities of cotton-seed
oil and oil cake, lumber and every con
ceivable variety of freight filled the
warehouses and sheds. Practically all
the export business handled by the Ill
inois Central was put aboard ships at
these docks. " The docks and; improve
ments have been under 'cbns.tuc.tion. for
ana immense investments, naving-iwri
made. . " . .';. ;; ;. , ' .'
The lire was discovered shortly, after.
7 o'clock; It was said to have resulted
from a journal that had not : 'been Mifli
ciently (tiled. The whole plant was
equipped with gigantic water tanks and
uru-exting ashing. -. appartu.-,. but the
M'ize.'srhail at the begirii-lig, almost ii
tv .-.n, i.-o i 1 cjUvi'ol, eoniinunic..;-
'.nig ni;''.i Jjii Liii co.iVey-.'tS u .iie 1 1 A'er
elevator and aoiiid of the sheUi;. ilie
response of the tire department . was
prompt, Lut because of the fact that
the terminals wore inaccess, owing to
track;:, the engines found . diificuity in
reaching the flames. In half an hour
the tire covered two squares and . the
lower elevotof was practically conun.
ed, the fire sweeping up and down the
river. As soon as it became known
that the scene of the lire was the Maj
Vesant docks, harbor tugs hastened to
the wharves, and vessels that were
moored there were pulled out into tl e
river,. .
At the same time switch engines were
rushed to the wharves and hundreds of
box cars loaded with freight were draw n
to points above the upper end of the
terminals before the (ire reached them.
Many hundreds -more, however, were
consumed.
'lhe wind was blowing down the rivi r
and the blaze spread with great spetd
in that direction. By 9 o'clock the
lower elevator and sheds and wharves
from Amelia street to Louisana avenue,
a distace of six squares, had fallen in.
Foitunately, Lousiana aveiive is a very
broad tiioroughfareTd tTiefuli.er
spread of the fire beyond that point 11.
to a residence section was checkod. Be
tween those points, however, the Haines
swept to complete destruction many
cottages of the poorer classed the oc
cupants in a great many instances los
ing all they possessed. With the wind
in a favorable direction.the river boats,
i the ployes of the road and the fire de-
I partment concentrated all their c'ner
i gies in an effort to save the upper el
evator betwe.in Austerlitz end (,'onstan
tinoplo streets and to check the lire at
that point. The fire, however;.. gradual
ly-worked passed the point occupied by
tne elevator. Heroically, the. forces
kept at work, but, ultimately they werd
beaten, and the big steel structure,
covered with corrugated iron, suddenly
burst into flames at 10:30 an 1 in a half
hour was complete wreck.
At midnight more than nine i uroi
of the terminals had been cofnpjeily de
stroyed, and it seemed unlikely that the
fire would be cdecked unlil it reached
Napoleon avenue, winch also is a very
broad street. During the fire a heavy
; wind blew, and the blaze was of inde
scribable fury, carrying brands to great
distances, driving back the crowds of
sight-seers. Immense pieces of cor
rugated iron, torn from the sides of the
upper levator, were carried through
the air as if hey were feathers, and,
dropping in every direction, constantly
endarg r.'d the lives of firemen and
spectators.
The weather was brfght and warm,
50,000 people visited the scene during
the progress of the fire. Aside from
the big loss involved in the destruc
cion of property, the fire is a calamity
to New Orleans in the temporary ab
atement of the immense export business
of the Illinois Central, party in the mat
ter of grain shipments.
: llot Spring After Tlie Fire. .
Hot Springs. Ark, , Feb. 26. -Sunday
has been a day of gloOTi in Hot Springs.
The first estimates of the damage done
by the great conflagration were not ex
aggerated. More than forty blocks
were eaten away by the flames and the
most conservative estimates place the
loss at a million and a half dollars, and
several insurance men state that the
figures will reach two million. The
three unknown bodies recovered are
the only known fatalities. The citizens
relief committee has the situation well
in hand. Mayor B elding is at the head
of this body and Charles N. Rix, presi
of the Arkansas National Bank, is act
ing treasurer. The amount subscribed
for relief work totals $12,000 and the
sum is being steadly increased. Mayor
Belding ordered all saloons closed ar.d
it was a "tight" Sunday in Hot Spring.".
Stonvlll TopU'S.
. As Miss Sallie says, I think Hicks a
very good prognosticaU)r, as he pred cts
all this bad weather. I do wish we
could have some good weather; so many
people are put of wood. . F.om the way
tie country people are hauling in wood
you would suppose that winter would
last all the year.
Mr. Jim Roberts, of Spray, buried
another child at the old family burial
ground near Providence church a few
days agothe : third one since Christ
mas. I was sorry to hear of Mr. Will
Brown's death. He leaves a wife and
three children.
". regret to hear that Mrs. CharKe
Mitchell keeps so feeble. I hope she
will soon be well again- .
Miss Cora Claybrook has gone to
Madison to remain several weeks. I '
knew when she left that there wjuldle
great sorrow in our town.
Buck is all right; he sets great store
by the widows and orphans.
There must be more a':trac hn in oar
town for Mr. Jimmy Grogan than rail-
il badeii. He was he.e again on
Sunday. '
Miss Minnie Thomas has gone to
Walkertown to visit her cousin, Mrs.
Forest Ray. ; ;-
Miss; Maud Wall has gone , to Balti
more to buy spring millinery.
I see Mr. Buford Stone on our streets
again after several days' absence.
Mr. Tom Mars mil, one of our most
popular drammers, was on our stre.; s
Saturday.
I wonder what took Mr. Charlie No
lan to Madison Sunday. I thought the
banks were closed on Sundays.
Dr. Dix went to Walkertown Sunday.
guess he went to sea his gi 1, too.
I am glad to see Dr. Pitched, cf ML
Airy, in our town again. He has lots
of friends here.
Prof. Royal went to (ioldsboro l ist
Saturday.
The citizens of our town are vory
much workel up in regard to a graded
:chool here. We are all anxious to
have, good school ;, but why not let
those who are so anxious to have a
school of that kind' tie taxed tj build it?
I think we had better pay the tax that
is now hanging over us before voting
another7bjt if tHe7elanyliiewho can't
pey their taxei tell them . to call on
Stcnevdle. She is all right, and if you
don't believe it ask Bob Hutcherson.
He knows wi can. Wouldn't the law
require us to have a building of that
kind for the colored as well as the
whites?
Since Sheriff Pinnix has been 1 ere
collecting taxes I don't reckon Stooe-
ville is so anxious to
graded school.
vote a tax for a
Simple Simon.
Urate Trouble Foreseen,.'
It needs but little foresight to tell
that when your stomach and liver are
badly attected grave trouble is aneaa
unless you take the proper medicine for
your disease, as Mrs John A Young, of
Clay, N Y, did. iShe says; "I had neu
ralgia of the liver and stomach, my
heart was weakened, and I could not
eat. I was very bad for a long time,
nut in Electric Bitters I found just what
I needed, for they quickly relieved and
cured me." Best medicine for weak
women. Sold under guarantee by W S
Allen and L L Sapp, druggists at 50c a
bottle.
Jf it i a billing aU.ickuUkK,. dhanij
berlain's Stomach and Li . er Tablets
and a quick cure is certain, r- For sale
by Geo. W. Brittain..
JUDGE COOK TALKS
OF AWARDING PRIZES
Several Vuuue Society People Will Tell
: tV hat They Know About Prize Glvlu
at Soi lnl Funetiont.
As a result of the charge of Judge
Cook to the grand jury yesterday, in
the course of which gambling kin high
and low places were touched upon,
Messrs. R. L. Watt, Russell Tucker, C.
A. Penn, Fred Ford and several other
of the most prominent society gentle
men of the place have been summoned
to appear bef jre the grand jury tomor
row to testify, it is supposed, about nu
merous card parties and other parties
in which prizes have been given.
Among the Reidsville gentlemen
serving on the grand jury are Messrs.
E. M. Redd, foreman; Josef Lindsey
and S. H. Bushnell. It is said that if
there are indictments drawn against
every one guilty under the law as laid
down by his honor yesterday most of
the men, women and children of Reids
ville will be summoned to court.
Church choirs and societies have been
giving contests here at which prizes
were offered and it is a rare thing that
prizes are not awarded at the social
functions in the town. The construc
tion Judge Cook places upon the law
will cause many people to be indicted
who have never before considered them
selves violators of the statutes.
Walking for a Wager. .
Mr. Walter A. Retlau, of Buffalo, N.
Y., who is engaged in a walking tour
from that city to Jacksonville, Fla.,
arrived in Reidsville Sunday night from
Danville. During the recent guberna
torial campaign in New York State he
made a wager with William J. Shan
non, of Buffalo, as to who would be the
next Governor of that State. The terms
of the bet were that the loser would
forfeit $1,000, or walk from Buffalo to
Jacksonville, his expenses to be limited
to 25 cents per day. Mr. R tlau bet
that Herflck, the Democratic nominee,
would be elected, and consequently lost
the bet. He started out on his trip the
2nd of January and claims to have cov
ered over half of the distance he has
to travel, exclusively on foot. . Mr.
Retlau says that he found it impossible
to live on a quarter a day, and has al
ready spent his entire allowance, now
beinir dependent on the hospitality of
the citizens for his meals and lodgings.
While here he was a guest at the Pied
mont Hotel and spoke in high praise of
the hospitality accorded him by Reids-
villian3. Mr. Retlau left home in the
heart of winter, and has traveled miles
and miles on foot in the roughest
weather. In West Virginia he says
that he , was advised to go from one
town to another by a short cut, and was
lost in the woods. The snow knee
deep, he spent an entire night under
some pine trees, sleeping while stand
ing on his feet, the ground being too
wet for him to lie down.
Mr. Retlau left yesterday for Greens'
boro. He makes about 18 or 20 miles a
elay and enjoys the best of health. Mr.
Retlau has until the first of June to
complete his journey, and the rest of
his trip will likely prove pleasant as
compared with the time when he start
ed, caused by the great moderation of
the weather. He expects to reach
Jacksonville about the first of April.-
1 M r. ItejrnoldK ami Hrll.
Mr. R. J. Reyno.ds, the millionaire
tobacco manufacturer of Winston, and
his bride, passed through here yester
day on their way to New York to sail
fur Europe to spend their honeymoon.
The bride was Mr. Reynolds' steno
grapherMiss Katherine Smith, of Mt
Airy. The marriage was quietly sol
emnized in Mt. Airy yesterday morning
at 8 o'clock at the residence of the
briae's father, Mr. Z. T. Smith. Rev.
D. C. Lilly, pastor of the Firt Presby
terian church of Winston, was tho offi
ciating minister, The bride was attired
in a very becoming blue traveling dress
with hat of the same make.
lwitli 1!r In X-w York and Chicago.
During November and December,
1903, one fifth of the deaths in New
York and Chicago were from pneumonia
Foley's llon andTar not only stops the
cough I ut b : Is and strengthens the
lungs in,.; pi vtuts pneumonia, so do
not tiiliK t 'liiii. i . i,m a fold wen ring away,
when Foley's Honey nnd Tar will cure
you quickly and prevent serious results.
For sale by LlnUain's Drug Store. I
n
OMH
Portable and Semi
Portable Engine and
Boilers, Stationery,
Traction and Vertical
Engines and Boilers,
Ajah Threshing Eng
ines, The Vibrator
Seperators.'Rske Sep
rators, VVindstackers,
Pea Seperators, Saw
Hills, etc.
F or catalogue, terms, prices, etc
call on
J R SHRENE,
Adelaide, N C
The Spach hand-made Waugh-town .
wagon, given up by experienced wag
oners to be the best wagon ever made.
For prices call on me at Redis villa,
FERTILIZERS
I am offering for sale this season
the same old and Reliable Brands,
Capital Tobacco Fertilizer, analyiss,
4, 8, 3. National Special Tob-cco .
Fertilizer, analysis, 2, 8, 2. Pa
cific Guano, analysis, 3, 8j, 2f
Paccific Standard, analysis, 2,8, v
2. Beef Blood and Bone, and other
Brands for Tobacco and grain.
These Fertilizer are made by t o of
the largest manufactures in the
world, at Richmond nd Baltimore,
and are the oldest brands of Fertil
izers, which have proved true to
the Farmers for 40 years while
hundreds of the so called try -urns
have sprung up end gone do wn,
These old fertilizers have stood the
test and have proved superior in
every respect , These fertilizers are
sold for canh, and on time, When
sold on time a good note is taken
and when the notes become due
they are collected, just the same as
bank notes, and you do not have to
pay for those that do not pay, Don't
listen to the agent, telling you that
he bus the kind that suit your land.
That is all bosh, all manufacture .
use the same chemicals, some use
more and some use less, but the
brand that I am offering, iu fully
up to analysis, sold at the very
closest prices, cutting off middle
mans profit. Now is t he time to sow
your clover and grass. I have the
fertilizers that makes grass and
clover grow. Call on me at zieida-
ville or Adelaide N. C. and let me
show you that I can save you
money and help your 1 nd.
Yours Respt.
ill:
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Bad-weather
ins. . .
4 lbs nice Prunes, 25c.
' 8 lbs. best grits or hominv, 25c, .
5 lbs. broken grain rice, 25c.
3 p'kages Rolled Oats, 25c.
3 p'kages Vigor 25c.
2 p'kages Force, 25c.
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 Sauer Crout, 10c can.
Rest Sujrar-cured hams, 12 l-2c
Best pickled pigs feet, 6 l-4c lb.
Six p'kages Gail & Ax snuff, 25c.
Best string beans, 10c per can.
IN CLOTHING
Boys knee paets at 20c, 25c, 40c
and 50c per pair. Seventeen suits at
from 75c to $2.00 per suit. Men's frock
coats worth $6.00 for$2.00. -Men's suits
at $3.50 to $6.00 per suit. Shoes lower
than ever before. Mens and Bovh'
shirts at cost. Piece troods lower than
ever. And everything at bottom fig
ures for case. Come and see. Guaao
for pladt beds - plant bed muslins, etc;
full stock.
Telephone 124-1.
C. J. MATHEWS & CO.
GOLE,
The Photo;;;' Aj-hsr.
Is making some fine j hotographs,
some of the best ever ,ten in Dan
ville. Our work is strictly "up-to-date."
We are making a sjecial
"in on enlarged work, a $6.00
portrait for $3.00. Call and m it.
YOU DON'T
HA VI: TO
Go to a cln;ip uallery to get a
good picture a t a small price. We
make all grades, from the cheapest
to the best to lie found in Nirginia,
If you want a good cheap picture
come to us. If you want the best
that is made come to us. We
make 'em at
-COLES-STUDIO,
:1T Slain Hreet.
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