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REIDSVILLE, N. C, FEB. 16, I9C0
ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
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of a (Uiiuu is ''very much like
the choice of friends.
The mure care exercised in
the Helection, the more certain
we ar of lasting friendship;
and the greater one's refine
ment and education, the more
judgment is displayed in the
'choice of frienln.
The bHectiou uud exclusive
use of fctieff 1'ianon in n.any
of he greatest educational in
stitntions in the United Hutea
is a source of gratification to
us, and we feel justly proud
of the fact that in about two
hundred colleges we have
more than one thousand Stieff
Pianos. There must lie a rea
son. INVESTIGATE!
Manufacturer of the Artistic
Stieff, Shaw and Stieff
Self-Playing Planoa.
Southern Wareroomi
6 West Trade St, Charlotte,N.C
O. H. WILMOTH
MANAGER.
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FOR,
PURITY
PERFECTION
ACCURACY
PROMPTNESS
AND
ABSOLUTE
SAFETY in
PRESCRIPTIONS
Fetzer & Tucker
The Dependable
Druggists
Is the Place
A Big Stock of
Hesters
and Stoves
We do Plumbing of
all kinds.
Martin & White,
Plumbing, Roofing, Stoves.
nn ii iiriinmn t
t
a clearance sale of a dozen or
more new 1'JOU Bicycles, some
high grade 'inns und all kinds
of supplies at greatly reduced
prices. "
Come early and select one
of our I ver Johnston or Read
ing Standard Bicycles, bo
tioap in price only.
Our Repair Department is
more complete than ever.
Give us a cull.
J. H. Laster
King of Repairers.
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fiAOAN'5
Bryan is Never
To Run Again
It Determined That Democratic Nomi
nee In 1912 Shall Be One Who Wat
Loyal to Him Last November Hi
Inctn.e $60,000 to 180,000 Year.
New Ye i k, Feb. 15. "I have not Been
ny account of the way Bryan takes
his defeat, bis present position, his
lew of the election and the Ideas his
friends have of bis future," said a per
sonal friend of William 3. Bryan, one
who took a very active part In last
year's Democratic national campaign.
"Mr. Bryan," said his friend, "will
not be a candidate for the presidential
nomination again, but he is determin
ed that the Democratic nominee la
1912 shall bs a man who was loyal to
blm last November, and who Is known
to hold what Mr. Bryaa calls 'advanced
and progressive Democratic views.'
"During the next fotnyears new men
and Issues are expected to make their
appearance, and an entirely new politi
cal alignment may be expected within
the Democratic party. At present Mr.
Bryan does not look with favor upon
the presidential aspirations of Gov
ernor John &. Johnson, of Minnesota,
or Governor Harmon, of Ohio, al
though, reduced to a choice of the last
two, the Nebraskan prefers the Ohio
executive.
"Bryan regards Senator Elect Shive
ly, of Indiana, as a 'progressive' Dem
ocrat; also Senator Chamberlain, of
Oregon; Governor John Burke and
Representative Champ Clark, of Mis
souri, who Is to be Democratic leader
of the house of representatives at
Washington after March 4.
"The friends of Bryan don't yet re
gard Governor ShallenberKer, of Ne
braska, or Governor Marshall, of In
diana, as progressive,' although there
Is hope that their work will receive
the approval of Bryan and that their
names may he added to his favored
class. Bryan will continue to write for
his newspaper and lecture constantly
for four years.
"His Income ranges from $00,000 to
$80,000 a year. He was badly broken
up and bitterly disappointed over his
defeat, for which he was unprepared.
He has taken the third defeat much
harder than any provlous reverse In
politics.
"To friends he has revealed his be
lief that the chief cause of the heavy
vote for Taft In large cities was the
defection of Catholic voters, and hla
friends among that persuasion are try
ing to argue blm out of the notion."
FOUND DEAD IN CANAL
Enlisted Man's Companion Held to
Await Action of Coroner.
Wilmington, Del., Feb. 15. The body
of Mont West, trumpeter In the Fourth
company of the Forty fifth Coast ar
tillery, was found In the Chesapeake
ft Delaware canal near Fort Dupont.
William McCracken, of Chester, Pa.,
a private In the same company, who
was last seen in West's company, is
held at the fort to await the Investi
gation of the coroner.
There were no marks of violence on
the body.
SUICIDE WHEN SOLD OUT
Blows Himself to Atoms With Dyna
mite as Sheriff Comes.
Tltusville. Pa., Feb. 15 Charles F.
Hull, a well-known fanner, residing
near Grand Valley, Pa., committed sui
cide by blowing himself to atoms with
dynamite. Hull was In financial rtifll
cultles, the sheriff having advertised
the sale of his property. He left a
note, saying: "On the day of the sale
my troubles will be over."
LOST EYE BY STRANGE TURN
Young Man Looks Up Just as Chest
nut Burr Falls.
Newton, N. J., Feb. 15. Floyd Ben
nett, a young man, was passing under
a chestnut tree In a windstorm, when
he was moved to look up. As he did
so a chustnut burr fell, struck htm in
the eye and stuck there. The force of
the blow sent the eye back Into his
bead.
Aged Minister Sued by Girl Wife.
Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 15. Mrs. Ag
riPS H. Gaylord, a wife of twenty years,
is suing her husband, Rev. Willis C.
Gaylord, aged seventy yeads. for a sep
aration. She admits that she did not
love him when she married him, but
took hlai for his money. She believes
he has mcr-j than $100,000, but says
he refuses ! i-pend any of It on her.
Carried Into Lake on Ice Floe.
BufTalo, N. Y., Feb. 15. A score of
fishermen and their dogs were carried
out Into Lake Brie when the ice field
was set In motion by a shift of the
wind. All were rescued except Joseph
Catusky. T' 3 man and his dog team
are missing and are no doubt lost.
$5000 In Liquor Seized In Maine.
Portland. Me., Feb. 15. Eight dep
uty sheriffs made a simultaneous raid,
on seven express companies and con
flscated $5000 worth of liquor, the larg
est seizure ever made In this city or iti
the state.
Washington Once Cnve l'v'
to three doctors; was kppt in bed for
five weeks. Blood poison from a spid
er's bite caused large, deep sores to
cover his leg. Mee doctors tailed, then
BucklenB Arnlcar Salve comptetely
cured me," writes John Washington.of
Bogqueviile, Tex. For ecema, boils,
burns and pils its supreme. 25c. at
W . Allen's and Fetzer & Tucker's
drug stores.
FLORIDA HOTEL BURNED
Night Clerk Sounded Alarm and AH
the Guests Escaped.
Daytona, Fla., Feb. 15. Tho Hctel
Clarendon, at Sea Breeze, one of the
largest resort hotels on the east coast,
together with ten cottages adjoining
the house, was totally destroyed by
Dre. The 215 guests, who were asleep
at the time, were saved without in
Jury, and many were able to gather
up most of their belongings.
When the blase was first dovered
the night clerk rushed the help to
each room notifying guests, who made
their way1 huf rledly to the streets.
The ten cottages, owned by H. R.
Kochersperger, caught from Bparks
and ail were burned at the same time.
The hotel help was panic stricken
and the clerks could do nothing with
them, one woman biting the clerk
badly on the hand. The hotel was a
wooden structure, valued at $200,000.
AID ASKED FOR
HELPLESS CHILDREN
Presldentlal Message
on De-
pendent Little Ones.
Washington, Feb. 15. President
Roosevelt transmlted to the two hous
es of congress a special message rec
ommending legislation requested by
the conference on the care of depend
ent children held in Washington Jan.
26 and 20.
The aim of the friends of the de
pendent children is the enactment of
legislation providing for their care.
This aim Is heartily endorsed' by the
president. He is thoroughly in favor
of bills pending in the senate and
house of representatives providing
such care for the dependent children
in the District of Columbia and the
territories, the only sections of tho
country for which congress may enact
such laws. These bills will serve as ex
amples for the rest of the country, it is
hoped.
Before the conference at its meeting
in the White House on Jan. 25 and
subsequently the president expressed
the greatest Interest In its work. The
conference, which was composed of
well known philanthropists and sociol
ogists from all parts of the United
States, assembled in Washington at
bis invitation, and its sessions were
formally opened by him In a long ad
dress. The president gave his opinion that
there could be no more Important sub
Ject, itwst the standpoint of thft na
tion, than the care of "the Interests of
those children whom cruel misfortune
has handicapped at the very outset of
their lives." He referred to the orphan,
the crippled child, the child worker
and the child temporarily parted from
its parents by circumstances.
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Kmsm GARMENTS
CHINA
Niagara Falls :
Is Ice Bound
A Great Walt of Ice Runt From Goat
Island to American Mainland The
Gorge Below the Falls Is Choked and
the Whirlpool Is Barely In Motion.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., Feb 15. Only
a tiny rivulet, not deep nor swift
enough to carry a pulp log over tho
brink la flowing over the American
side of Niagara Falls. A strong north
east wind, which baa blown since Fri
day, has held back the water and al
lowed the ice to gain a foothold. Two
employes of the American reservation
walked from Prospect point nearly to
Bath Island. They desisted from com
pleting the trip merely because they
did not care to get their feet wet, a
stream at one point being a few inches
above the tops of their boots,
A great wall of ice runs from tho
head of Goat island to the American
mainland, through which only tiny
streams are able to trickle. This wall
has even encroached on the Canadian
channel, extending out Bome 200 feet
beyond the third Sister island and
greatly diminishing the flow over tho
Horseshoe. Only the very apex of the
Canadian fall Is left and that Is robbed
of half its flow. The gorge below Is
choked and the rapids have lost their
fury, while tho whirlpool is barely In
motion.
This is only the third time that this
combination of wind and Ice has thus
affected the falls since the white man
carno here. The other occasions were
on March 29, 1848, and March 22, 1903.
Storm Wrecks Church; Two Killed.
Learned,. Miss., . Feb. 15. A storm
struck this place from the northwest
with terrific force, blowing down a
negro church, killing a woman and one
child and injuring eight or ten others.
About seventy-five persons were in the
building at the time. If it had not been
for the arched ceiling they would all
probably have been killed.
Oldest Man In the World Is 139.
Mexico City, Fob. 15. Jose Gauila
loup. alcada of Jalostitian, state of
Jali.so. i:; said to be the oldest man In
the world. The record of his b;rth in
the archives of the perish church
shows that he was born in 177'), which
makes him 1.13 years oi l. lie is in good
physical condition.
Killed by Sister He Tried to Frighten.
Huntington, Va., Feb. 15. Pre
tending to be a burglar in order to
frighten his younger sister, Tony Blair
started a commotion iu their chicken
coop, near Nolan. The little girl se-
f Wired a Ehfils'.li-and'firad, killin;: him.
Menelik In Best of Health.
Berlin, Feb. 13. A dispatch to a
German news agency from Adill.
Abeba says that King Menelik his re
turned from his pilgrimage and is in
the best of health.
You need Mothors'Joy every day.
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PLANS FIENDISH REVENGE
Discharged Man Gives Horse Apples
Filled With Needles.
Bayonne. N. J., Feb. 15. Alarmed
at the evidently increasing pain of a
horse for which he had recently paid
so", Lewis . acainnt, a truckman, sum -
monod a veterinary surgeon, who re
moved several apples stuffed with
needles from the horse's throat
A warrant was issued for the arrest
of Lewis Sealfinl, a cousin of the own
er of the house, and of the 6ame name,
who had formerly been employed by
him as a stableman, and the police are
sicking him.
The veterinary surgeon declared tho
agony of the horse must have been
intense, and began another operation
to remove, if possible, a deadly mass
from the stomach.
JACKSON'STREE BLOWN DOWN
Famous Maple of the White House
Grounds Perishes In Storm.
Washington, Feb. 15. An historic
silver-leaf maple in the White House
grounds, which, tradition says, was
planted by Andrew Jackson during
the strenuous days of his administra
tion, and which stood within fifteen
feet of the ouk planted In 1S98 by
I President McKlnley, was blown down
I by a heavy windstorm. The tree, hoi
I low for some years,, was the home of
I a pair of gray squirrels.
KILLED BY POISONED CANDY
"Peanut Sucker" Deadly to Little Pitts
burg Girl.
Pittsburg, Feb. 15. The "peanut
sucker", lias been terniod deadly by
Dr. J. F. 1 laggcirty, who attended Cath
erine l.y,!c:u. aged seven years, during
her fata! iiln-ss. The child died after
a two "ay' illness, and the coroner is
!nvef,li;;ai!n;;.
At school the Kirl ate two "peanut
suckers." Sin' was taken ill, and Dr.
Haegerty diagnosed her illness at pto
main? p i.-jonlng. Au examination of
the "si.tckers" In the store where Cath
erine had purchaned showed all were
Impure.
Dead Lawmakers Eulogized.
Washington, Feb. 15. Three mem
bers of congress who died during the
first session erf the present congress
were eulol.ed In a special session of
the house of representatives Sunday.
They were Senator I'inkney Whyte, of
Maryland; Uerji-cscntntive William H.
Parker, of f-outh Dakota, and Repre
sentative Abraham I... Brick, of In
diana.
Pony Kills Owner; Chews Body.
Bristol. T. nn.. Feb. 15. Samuel
Shipley, a veteran of the Civil War,
and tornier resilient or uristoi, was
found dead in his stable, near Kings-
port, Tenn., with a Mexican pony
standing over his body. The animal, a
family pet. had kicked Its owner In
the head, fracturing his skull, follow
ing which it knawed off one arm and
an ear.
THE Special Representative
, sent here by W.S.PECK
& CO., of Syracuse, N. Y., to
take measurements for Custom
Made Suits, Rain Coats and
Odd Trousers will he here to
serve you
Thursday, Friday
and Saturday,
FEBRUARY 25, 26,
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You will find here among:
these sample fabrics in all
the latest patterns and ef
fects. Come and LOOK THEM
OVER. It is a pleasure to
show them to you whether
you buy or not.
ICE-&-CLARK
STORE,
Short Items of
General News
The taking of testimony in the Car-
mack, murder trial 'began-. At '..Nashville
.today.
A bill is being drawn for introduction
in the North Carolina General Assembly
ror the issuance of $7,u00,0U0 bonds for
the erection of a splendid fireproof
State olhce building,
Marble monuments, about 30 feet
high, with suitable inscriptions, are to
be erected by the Government to the
t'onredcrate soldiers buried in the cem
et'tes in Alton, III., and Indianapolis, i
Iud.
A sensation was created in New Or
leans Saturday when indictments were
returned in the Circuit Court against
the mayor and several prominent citi
zens of Kcnner, charging them with
conspiracy.
Tomorrow Bear Admiral Arnold's
sUuuron will meet uie returning uauie
ship fleet a thousand miles oil' shore,
and by the end of the week the com
bined licet will be moving toward llami !
ton Uoads.
Kentucky, second producing liquor
State in the Union, and up to this time
unscathed by a State-wide prohibition
light, will be the battlciield for the
declaration of total prohibition, from
Tuesday, February lti, forward.
Five firemen were killed in Milwaukee
Saturday by the toppling over of a brick
wall, while making elicits to save ad
joining property. An employe oi me
concern received burns which resulted in
his death, and the lire loss is estimated
at $250,000.
C. S. Hanks, of Mt Airy, has in his
possession a book very valuable from
tho fact that it was probably the lirst
law book ever used by Abraham Lin
coln. The book came down to Mr.
Hanks from his ancestors, who were
closely related to Nancy Hanks, the
mother of Lincoln.
President-elect Taft on his return to
Ohio from New Orleans, made a speak
ing tour through Louisiana, Mississippi
and Alabama, and was given a hearty
welcome at the many places he spoke.
He spoke strongly in defense of the
Panama canal workers and showed his
utter contempt for the hurtful criti
cisms. Near-beer scored something of a vic
tory Saturday in the Superior Court
when the case against J. Danuenberg,
member of a large near-beer concern,
was dismissed. The case was a test one,
originating iu the recorder's court, the
charge being that the defendant was
Violating the prohibition law iu selling
the "almost" liquid.
Ik ware the Drug Habit.
Danville Kegister.
The Beidsville lltviKW suggests that
the Ijiw and Order League oi that place
might accomplish desirable results by
waging war on the cocaiue habit, which
is said to be rapidly growing in that
town. Our contemporary says that
"dope," as cocaine is colloquially called,
is coming iulo too general use as a sub
stitute for whiskey, and tiuilil'ully adds
thai it is a more dangerous u.unace' to
health and morals than is liquor. "It
does not betray its victim, as whiskey
does, but when the betraycl liually
comes the victim is a wreck and Ire.
qitently a criminal also," adds Tim 1k
vikw. What is true of Keidsvillc is
doubtless both tiue aud tiuu ly of Dan
ville also, since the conditions in the
two cities are similar. Persons accus
tomed by long habit to the use of stim
ulants and narcotic drugs, if deprived of
one, are liable to resort to another.
Cpium, morphine, cocaine all arc w orse
in their enslaving power and their ulti
degrading tendencies than whiskey.
Our contemporary states that the habit
in that place is not confined to negroes,
as many suppose. It is true that Vir
ginia has a stringent statute against the
sale of the drug but it will be hardly dif
ficult to smuggle it across the State line
so near Danville. I i is even more diffi
cult to delect thd trallle iu drugs than
in whiskey, since its devotees are secre
tive add the bulk of the package is so
insignificant as to make it easily capable
of concealment. Of the two habits
drugs and liquor the chug habit is in
finately more dangerous, enslaving and
degrading.
It might be timely for theLaw and
Order League and the police depart
ment to he especially vigilant just now
to avoid tho adoption of the drug habit in
Danville. The drug wrecks the system
physically,' mentally and morally and
quickly begets a condition verging upon
insanity. Danville Kegister. .
Soldier llalkt Death Plot.
It seemed to J. A Stone, a civil war
veteran, of Kemp, Tex., that a plot ex
isted between a desperate lung trouble
and the grave to cause his deatn. i
contracted a stubborn cold," he writes,
"that developed a cough that stuck to
me, in spite of all remedies, for years.
My weight ran down to 130 pounds.
Then I began to use Dr. King's New
Discovery, which reseored my healt
completely. I now weigh 170 pounds."
For severe Colds, obstinate Coughs,
Hemorrhages, Asthma, and to prevent
.pneumonia it's unrivaled.'Sold under a
guarantee at Wi SrAllen's aniT Fetzer
& Tucker's drug stores, 60 c, and $1.00
a bottle. Trial bottle free.
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