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It Tats to Otvf THE PEOPLE an invitation to trade with you. Tho boat Way to invito thorn la to ad vertise in THE TIMES. ICC1! 0 ssid . Will i a i 1 7. . mmim ! votnmcrctai I'rintln g Letter Heads, Bill 'Heads, Noto Heads. Statements, --Business Cards, Envelopes, - eto., . Exeonted Neatly and Promptly. VOL. V. - VALTEft B. SELL, Sditsr. ELKIN, N, C, THURSDAY, APltlL 8, 1897. BVB8AU ft ROTE, hUiita. NO. 25. FLEEING III THE WATERS. Not Much Change In Flooded Dis tricts Along the Mississippi. FOUR FEET UNDER WATER. No Pen Can Describe tbe Desolation i Greenville Under Water Tre mendous Kalns. NEWS ITEMS CONDENSED) A Jack Hon, Miss., special, dated April lnt, pays there is nothing encouraging in the (situation along the river front, but the unbridled waters are frolicking along on their march to the sea. and the people of the greatest cotton pro ducing valley in the world are fleeing for their lives. Several refugees have arrived in Jackson, and report that tbe half has not been told; that no pen can describe the desolation, the devastation. and ruin -made by the water in the cotintios of Bolivar, Bharken, Issequona and others. Greenville is still dry, but the waters irom orcaks aoove ana below are baoK- into the citv. . liosedale. a town of 1.000 inhabitants. is four feet under water, according to private aayices received, uther small towns are in the same condition, and fctill others will be in a day or two, but no loss of life is yet reported. Fortu nately the waters travel slowly and the denizens of tnis swamp have bad abun a ant time to get out. A special from Alton, 111., of April 1. says: One of the most tremendous rain storum record swept over this city last night and the Mississippi is rising again at the rate of an men hour. It stands 1!H feet above low water mark. and only 9 inches below the disastrous flood of 1893. The highest levees are being encroached upon and alarm is ' great throughout the farming regions or tue .Missouri ana Illinois bottoms. Aianuiacturing institutions here are fighting the waters back from fires with immense pumps. A special from Jackson, Aliss. , dated April 2d, says: The only change in the situation in the delta is for the worse. The water is still pouring through the breaks and encroaching upon places heretofore thought to be above the danger line. Plantations never before submerged are under water. The streets of Greenville are now navigable only by boats. The flood from above having met and joined forces with the flood from below, nearly one thousand fami lies in Greenville are surrounded by water, although some portions of the little city are still dry. The levees there still hold. Citizens of Huntington telegraphed the Governor tnis morning to send 00 tents at once. They were forwarded on the first train but will have to make se"eral miles of the lournev by skiff. The Htato is do ing all in its power to assist its delta people, but from the depleted condition oi uer Jreasury can offer little else than the labor of her H00 able-bodied con victs. Thousands of delta negroes are now nomeiess and will remain so until me lioous subside, but planters are feeding and caring for their hands as far as possible. At New Orleans the water is less than in 181)3, and the city can stand a rise of a toot and a half and yet escape a flood. The situation is very discouraging at ueiena, ATI. . A special from Cairo, 111. , to the Hcripps-McRae Press Association, states information was brought to Cairo, by a commercial traveler, that a relief boat found the bodies of a young eu l. an aired woman and a child in a flooded house, on the Missouri side of the river, at a point about 80 miles south of New Madrid. The people had enner starved to death or died of fright The water was at the eaves of the house, and the victims were in the attio. A negro and a white man are also report ed as having been starved to death on tbe platform of a temporary .refuge in ine same locality. Southern Pencil Pointers. The banking firm of John C. Tandy kjO., or Aiorgain lex., closed its doors Saturday, Eighteen of the vouns ladies atten ing the Lucy Cobb Institute at Athens. Ga., will be sent home on account of an All I'uoIb Day escapade. At Huntington, W. Va., a riot be tween Democrats and Republicans oo curred over city politics, and fifty people fought with knives and clubs, it is not believed that any of the in jured will die. B. N. and J. B. Duke, of Durham. N. O. , have given $10,1X10 fora science nan and auditorium atliuiliord College, The Georgia Electrio Medical Associ ation met at Atlanta in its twenty-third annual convention. A special from Durham, N. C, says J'.. U. .Lin e burr, bookkeeper of the Morehcad Bank, has loft town as a de faulter to the bank for about $3,000. Fifty tinners went on a strike in At lanta, Ga., six firms having refused to sign a scale which had been proposed to them by the union. The tinners want r2 a day for nine hours' work. They have been working ten hours a day. The employers who have not sitrnedthe scale say thev can fill the places. All but three firms employing tinners have signed the union scale, and the men have returned to work. April 1st a severe storm of wind and hail prevailed throughout Missouri. At some points stones weighing ton and twelve ounces fell with such force aud rapidity that not a house escaped with out broken window glass. Stock of all kinds surlered intensely. Ao loss of life is reported. No doubt is entertained in Bich- mond, Va., that the man giving his name as Wilson Williams, who com mitted suicide in a cheap hotel in New Orleans, is Frank D. Hteeer. the de faulting secretary of the Mutual Assur ance Society of Bichmond. Heavy frosts throughout California have caused extensive damage to fruit crops. At Elverton, Ga. , W. A. Lynch was caught in the shafting of his own plan ing miu ana Kiuea. The Tennessee House has passed, in concurrence with the Senate, a bill de claring the conduct of "white caps a felonv, and fixing the imprisonment at from three to twenty years. At Chattanooga. Tenn. , C. N. Budd. in a tit of temporary insanity shot him self through the head, producing in stant death. He had quarrelad with his wife on Tuesday and on returning home found a note saying she had ceased to love him and had returned to her father. At New Orleans, a man who regis tered as Wilson Williams, of Washing ton, D. C, killed himself in a cheap hotel, lie bad erased his name from his spectacle case, destroyed all his let ters and papers. His coat bore the mark of the Globe Clothing House, of Richmond. Va. He said while here that he had lost $75,000, and was des perate. W llson V llliams was evident ly on assumed name. AtAmericns. Ga.. two negroes were Killed by lightning. The Comptroller of the Currency has declared a second dividend of 10 per cent, to the creditors of the Chattahoo chee National Bank, of Columbus, Ga. Thomas Blue, aged 23. born blind. of Hoffman, N.' C, was restored to sight at the. Maryland General Hospi- ai, Baltimore. According to the Riohmond (Va. State, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, ex-Governor oi Virginia, will be home from Havana. Cuba, about the middle of April, and 'tte governorship of the "Old Domin ion will be offered him. ONE TUU8T 8UH RENDERS. ine American Tobacco Company uives up its Kxeluiilve Contracts. As an eBect of the decision of the United States bupreme Court in the Bailroad Trafflo Association case and the anti-trust laws of the South, the American Tobacco Company has adopted new contracts with its agents. Heretofore this corporation would not sell their goods outright, but sent them out on consignment. The condition mey repuirod was that the customer snouia not sell the products of any oiucr iactory. I hey have sent out a cncuiar withdrawing these conditions ana oiienng lo sell their goods outright. J bey intimate that they niil give i-ioocuv u nuerai customers. FREb! TO MAKE WAR. Tbe BUI Restraining the Seaboard and Southern from Cutting Kates. Last fall Judge Hughes, of the United States Dirstnct Court, setting at Nor folk, Va , granted upon application of the Mercantile Trust Company of Bal timore, an order restraining the Sea board Air Line and Southern Bail way from cutting rates. AgainBt that order a number oi demurrers were entered and the case has been argued several times. Friday Judge Roches aimtain. ed all the demurrers and dismissed the bills and petitions, saying: "I must confess an inclination to the opinion that on proper bill, with proper par ties, a court may put a stop to a mia ous rate war, but as this ease goes off on a question of jurisdiction. I make no ruling on that point" The sales of loose leaf tobacco on the uanviile market in March were unusu ally large, amounting to 6.447.884 founds. The sales from October 1st to March 31st inclusive were 38,029,473 pouuus. mis is 0,950,681 pounds more than were sold during the same period vi we iasi tooacco year. All About the North. The Legislature of New Hampshire has passed a law providing for the in spection of all ice sold within the State. . - a r .J. ' to guora against disease. Over 600,000 bicycle tires have been made this season by one Arm at Akron. O., about 2,400 people being employed in ine work. I friFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Iteport of the Proceeding from Day to Day; SENATE. Monday. The Senate spentabou two hour in open session and about tan hours add a half in secret session dur ing the arbitration treaty. A joint reso lution appropriating 83od;000 ltd be made immediately available) for the im provement of the Mississippi river was passed. Pettigrew (Silver) Of South, uakota, ottered a resolution which was agreed to, calling on the civil service commission for a statement of tile reas ons why laborers and workmen in the1 government printing office and in other departments of the government are re quired to submit themselves to compet itive examination contrary to the pro visions of the civil service law. Berry (Dem. ) of Arkansas from the commit tee on pubiio lands reported, aud the Sen ate passed a bill to approve a comprom ise and settlement between the United States .and the State of Arkansas. Tuesday. -The open sessioil of the Senate lasted until 2 p.m., and thon the Senate resumed, behiud closed doors, the consideration of the arbitra- lon treaty, spending two and a half hours in the discussion. To the 1,404 bins that had been introduced up to the close of Monday's session, there were enough added todoy to bring the wnoie number above the figure of 1.S00. the vast majority of them being pension bills. The house amendments to the joint resolution passed Monday by the Senate, to appropriate $200, 000 to aid In protecting life and property ip the Mississippi floods, were concurred in by the Senate, and the joint resolution was sent to tbe 1 'resident. Wednesday. In the Senate Mills (Dem.) of Texas, offered the iollowing resolution, which . went over until Thursday: "Besolved. That the com mittee on foreign relations be instruct ed to inquire what, if ony, obligation the United States has assumed toward the people of Cuba, by asserting and maintaining the right to prevent the acquisition of that island by ony Euro pean power, and compelling l to remain subject to the powet and to report by bill, or otherwise. Pettigrew gave notice of an amendment to the tarifl bill which will remove from the dutiable, and place on the free list, all articles of like character of domestic production, or manufacture that are made, or controlled by a trust, or combination for the purpose of pre venting competition. In secret session the Senate remained this afternoon for three hours and a half, during which time it disposed of all the important amendments to the general treaty of ar Duration ana iauea utterly to agree as to a time when the final vote shall be taken. Thursday. In the Senate after the journal wai read the tariff bill was received from the House and referred to the committee on finance. Hale, (Rep. ) of Maine, reported a joint reso lution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to transport contributions for the relief of the euflering poor in India, ana askeu its immediate consideration It was read and passed. The Senate still further emasculated the general treaty of arbitration with Great Britain, by striking out the eighth sec tion eutirely, and adopting an amend ment offered by Bacon, which is inten ded to protect the Southern States from any olaim baed upon securities issued during the reconstruction period. There was quite a lively debate about freedom in Cuba, which was brought anout Dy a resolution oi Allen, foo.1 of Nebraska, in the case of the Cuban general, Bivera, who is to be tried by oouri maruai ana snot, ihe resolution declared that "in the judgment of the Senate it is the duty of the United States government to protest to the Spanish government against; such a vio lation of the rules of civilized warfare. The resolution offered by Morgan in re lation to the letters from tho Cuban general, Maximo Gomez, to President leveutna and President McKinley, was taken up and agreed to. So like wise was the resolution offered by Mills. (Dem.) of lexas, instructing the com mittee on foreign relations to inquire wnai. ii any. obligations, the I nited States has assumed toward the people oi uoa, by asserting and maintaining the right to prevent the acquisition of that island by any European power, ana compelling us people to remain subject to the dominion of Spain. Senate, after being in executive see sion from 1 to 5:15 p.m., adjourned un- with answering "presont." It wai agreed by a vot6 of M0 to 120 makiflg the duties in the bill effective April IsC llamas adjourned until next Saturdary. Saturday. The House passed th ioint resolution authorizing the Secre tary of the Navy to transport in suitabU American vessels, wnicu ue suau onar ter. contributions of the . people of the United States for the famine stricken iii Iridlrt, after which, the House ad journed until Wednesday next CAN'T STOP BREAKS. A Column Devoted to Current News throughout the State. GOV. f RUSSELL RESTRAINED. They Ar6 Beyond Human Control--the Worst is Yet to Come. The latest from Jackson, Miss., dated March 81; says: "The condition of affairs ih the Mississippi valley grows daily more exciting, dnd it is probable the worst has not been experi enced. One or two more big breaks, one of them 1,000 feet wide, ooourred in Bolivar county last night, and the wa ters from the last joining forces with three other streams are uow rushing to wards the south, carrying destruction to houses, barns, gins, fencing, live stock, eto. Fortunately, the people of the delta had taken time by the fore lock and had either secured their horses in high places, or had driven them out to the foothills, where they will remain till the waters subside. No efforts are being made to stop the breaks, they hoviug gotten beyond human control, and work in that direction is fruitless, but every possible energy is directed towards the preservation and strength ening of miles and miles of niusy banks still standing. STEAMBOATS SAVING LIFE AND PROPERTY. A Sorippe-MoEae telegram from Helena, Ark., ays: Telephone mes sages say that Westover levee is still standing, but there are slender hopes of saving it. Bumor has it that the La conia Circle levee has broknn. or is about to break. The government reit cue steamboat, Titian, due East last night, is not vet in. Jt is rumored sha it, rSnni auohored Ave barges of refugees oil Old nt SnaVn Town and then t,lr Laconia uLZu! ' to save llf nd property at that point. Ihe steamer Kate Adams saved nearly 800 souls from the relentless flood at Bosedale and Laconia. The break at Dennis, several miles above Bosedale, has sent water down that way and threatened everybody in town.- The water is now within a short distance of ltosedale. No power on earth can save it and homes, stores and mills will be swept away within twenty-four hours. Men by hundreds fought the river as long as possible, but the river was too strong. Breaks above have relieved the pressure at Arkansas City. Water from Eaton is now rushing with fright ful velocity through the country. The people of Arkansas City say they will uoiu me levees. To Awaken an Interest in Southern lnsuraiice-Covcrcd With Soow Convlcted of Murder. Ah order ftlgriod by Judge Simonton, of the United States circuit eourt sit ting at Charleston, S. C, has been filed restf aiding Governor BusboII of North Carolina from eflforiug the law recent ly enacted iu regard to the management of the Atlantic and North Carolina rail road. This pa uer, it is expected, will create a sensation iu railroad and ad ministration circles. The restraining order is made returnable before Judge Simonton at Greensboro, April 6. The law which Governor Bilssell will be en joined against forcing seeks to entirely revise the plans by whi'-h tho road has been operated. The State of North Carolina owns a majority of stock iu the road and by a graduated vote has 350 votes, while private stockholders have about 700. The new law would make the State dominant and would give the Governor great power in att'airs of the road. It would also give the Governor power to direct a circuit i'udge to appoint a receiver, when iu lis opinion this was necessary or ad visable. The restraining order was ob tained at the suit of W. B. Tucker, a Stockholder to the amount of $135,000. A GREAT SiVOW IS THE WEST. Capital "rnishment ished in Colorado. baa been abol- HOUSE. Monday. In the House there were some dissatisfaction among the Kepub- been nominated by the President D arm,B1"'.. AlcLa iand io Printer I L""."11" UI uassacuusews, protesien mo uiu rates oi amy imposeu Frank W. Palmer, of Illinois, has Pubiio At Detroit Mich., Trains Stalled and Trafflo Almost Completely Abandoned. A special from Omaha, Neb., of March 81, says: Because of heavy snowi for the past twenty-four Lours, hardly a wheel has been turning on any rcilroad in wfcitrn Nebraska; anf She same condition applies to districljil Colora do, Wyoming aud the Black Hills of South Dakota. The Southern Pacific experienced the greatest trouble on its main line between Sidney and Lara mie. est-bound express trains were stalled at Hillsdale, Wyoming, until this moring and tho fast mail did not succeed in getting away from Sydney until to-night, a day late. The east bound flyer got as far as Bed Butte, JNebraska, yesterday, and then was run back to Laramie, where it was side-tracked until today noon. The Bock Island's east bound limited train was tied up at Limon. Colorado. Tues day night, and has not reached Omaha yet. ihe west-bound faRt train was also stalled at Limon, tohether with the limited trains from Kansas Citv and Kt Joe. It is expected that the rotarv plows will get through the drifts some time tomorrow. On the Burlington, the conditions were very much the same. - The limited, which left Denver Tuesday night, got as far as MoCook, Nebraska, where it stuck in a drift. The west-bound train was stalled at Holdredge, Nebraska, and the local trains were tied up all along the road. Not a train is running on the Black Hills, Wyoming A Montana division of tneroad. llie tlkboru only suffered on its Black Hills lines, and trains be ing abandoned west of Chandron, Ne braska. Most of the telegraph lines were down. A call has been issued for the "South ern Inter-State Insurance Conference, " which is to assemble in Southern PI nee on the 28th of April. The call is issued by tbe Souther: Inter-State Immigration and Industrial Association, and its purpose is stated to be as follows: "The purpose of the Conference is to awukeu an interest in Southern Insur ance. A large part of the money now going out of the South for life aud fir insurance, should be loaned within our State. The State of North Carolin alone, sends out 2,000,000 annually pay for insurance. In turn she get back on policies paid. 1,000,000 or in other words, we send out $1 and get 4u return for it 50 cents. This is too groat a drain upon our people, bvery mau be he a Southerner or au adopted citi zen, should unite in keeping at home the millions of dollars that are now being invested outside of our section. It is to the interest of every one to do this, and as Southern investments are just us safe, and the interest on the moueyns just as much if not moro, there is no reason why the money can t be securod if a united peiitiou is sent up by the Southern people. We can get the co-operation of the general and local agents down South, for it is to their interest, as the more money they can loan the more business they cuu do. " What is Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants find Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing' Syrups, and Castor OH. It is Plcasmit. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by DliUlons of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays feverishncss. Castoria prevents vomiting1 Spur Curd, cures Diarrhoea aud Wind Colic. Castoria relieves teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural ywep. Cas toria is the Children's Panacea tho Mother's Friend. Castoria. Castoria. The State bonrd of education has de posed Gen. lluam Oaston Lewis is surveyor to tho State board of agricul ture, it is said nonator .ionn itamsoy, of Salisbury Will succeed him. The sal ary is $1,000. Gen. Lewis has survey ed several hundred thousand acred of the "swamp lands" held by the board. M. Lowrio. a Croatan Indian, a na tive of Bobeson county, and at on time a member of the noted Henry Berry Lowrie band of outlaws, has been con victed of murder in Glenn oounty, Ga. He is a first cousin of the noted outlaw loader und lived a few miles below Max- ton, in Shoe Heel swamp. 'Ihi Marion correspondent of the Charlotte. Observer, under date of March2Uth, savs: "The mountains a few miles from town are covered with enow, and the wind is blowing a gale. It is fearfully cold, and there are no prospects of abatement soon. " In Wilmington, on May 12th, the Grand Chapter of North Carolina, Boy- al Arch Masons, and the Grand Com mandory of North Carolina, Knights Templar, will hold their annual con claves. J. T. Lumpkin, of Pittiy'.vania, has been placed in the Lynchburg jail to await trial at the Danville term of the United States Court, on the charge of making false returns as assistant post master at Neva postoffioe in Pittsyl T&ift .. Wm. Hslz. aa-ail 21, was slain by his father, owinir to a misunderstanding. A cyclone destroyed the town of Chand ler, Okla., east of Guthrie. A dozen or more people were killed and probably 150 were Injured, Two thousand workmen in the bit? tanneries at unioago, ill,, have gone on a strike, to remain out a year in order to prevent the changing of the hours in day's work from nine to ten. The companies affected have decided to close down their plants for an indefinite period. Mil T P...lnn Kit.. t: ' -' - .UHntV ... A 1MWU. ,110 iui' mosa of Southern literature, died at her home in Baltimore, Md., on the 20th of March. Miscellaneous. London has this season taken 667.61.1 barrels of American apples, against 181.874 last season, and Glascrow has received 400,117 barrels, against 122,022 oi tne previous crop. The old bank of Weymouth. Eno- i 3 i . ..... . . p- lana, nas suspended wun liabilities of 500,000. Io three weeks Postmaster General Gary has received 93.000 letters about appointments to omce. It is unofficially announced that on April 20 the Southern Koilwar and the Florida Central and Peninsular system win take on their rew lork and Flori estibuled trains which have been in operation all winter. Corbett says that he will keep after FitZRimmons until the champion will afford him another opportunity to either win back his laurels or go down a whipped man for the second and last time. A cyclone struck Austin. Texas. . An. ing much damage to property. in the woolen and cotton rlin,lulA The provisions of the bill were defended by Grosvenor. of Ohio: Russell, of Counecticut,andDingley,of Maine. The changes made by the waya and means committee were generally of slight im portance. The Senate joint resolution. making immediately available 2o0,000 lor tue protection of the lower Missis sippi, and carrying some of the more pressing items in the deficiency bill, panned. TUESDAY. The House nccuniiul nrar. ly all day in disposing of amendments offered by the committee on ways and means, most of which went to jerfect- lng ine pnraseoiogy, or making classi fication clearer. An amendment put ting books, maps and charts imported for the use of schools, colleges and pub lic libraries on the free list was arreed to, as was also one restoring the Mo ri miey rates on horses and mules. Twenty paragraphs of the tariff bill have now been passed over. Wednesday. Ihe obiect for xchinh President McKinley called the Fiftv- uuiu vuiigress in eiiraoruinary session a fortnight ago was accomplished, so far as the House of Bepresentatives was concerned, when- the vote on the Dingley tariff bill was announced hv U 1 1 1 mi . J i-i-er neeu. ine vote was. yeas 205: nays, 121; answering present and not voting, 21. The affirmative vote was composed of 199 Bepublicans and 8 Democrats Messrs. Broussard. Dovev . .4 Xf t i- ' S uu r. ui uuuiBiaiia: rv u nprr inn niauen, oi lexas ana one 1'opulist, Mr. Howward, cf Alabama. Mr. Reed. in tbe Speaker a chair, directed the clerk to call bis name inst before the announcement of the vote, to which he responaea aye, amid applause. The negative vote oomDrised 117 Dnnmu and four ropnlmts and fnsiunista. M. srs. Baker, of Illinois; Marshall, Simp son and 'Todd. According to a con clusion reached last Monday night the great number of Populists, Silverites and fusionUts contented themselves TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL. of A Circular for the Information Military Troops. The following circular has been is sued by the military committee of the Tennessee Cetennial Exposition, for the information of troops desiring to attend the reunion, June 21. 22. 28. 24. 1897: 'ihe military camp will be pitched inside the exposition grounds. Floored tents will be provided free for all troops attending tho the re-union, also bedsacks, traw, fuel, lights and water. Thore will be a mess house where ra tions will be served at very reasonable rates, probably not more than 00 cents a day per man. Bathme houses for troops free. The military to pay one entrance fee of 60 cents to the grounds and to have free entrance afterwards. Commands can be provided to do their own cooking and messing if preferred. A military detail till meet troops on arrival and escort them to camp. " Signed by the President. The President has signed the Missis sippi flood joint resolution, making an appropriation of $250,000 for the im provement of the Mississippi river. from the head of the passes of the gulf to tne mouth of the Ohio river, and to supply deficiencies in the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 11597. Consul General Lee's Successor. It is stated that Judge John R. Day. of Canton, Ohio, will go to Cuba aa the duly accredited representative of this government His especial mission will be aa an nvoy of the President to ax. amine into and report tbe true state of anans on the island. Every one Is the object of aome- body's tuflptctoa, and should regulate bU conduct .with Jit UVKnt la mind. Dr. James Atkins, of Nashville, Tenn., Sunday school editor of the Methodist I'piscopal Church, South, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at Trinity College at tho approaching commencement in June. Charles Bobo, the negro who mur dered James Washington, colored, at Newberne during the February races. Las been found Kuilty of murder and sentenced to be hanged May 14th. Dr. Reed i'arker is to be paid ?120 a month for holding the farmers' insti tutes; his expenses are to be paid ioint ly by the agricultural college and the agricultural department. Grand Secretary B. H. Wodell. of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows, says there are now 115 lodges in the State. Tae membership is nearly 5.000. The grand lodge meets at Charlotte in May. At Wake Forest the Virginia Univer sity School nine defeated the Wake Forest boys by a score of 7 to 6, the be ginning of a series of games between the two above named colleges. In Davidson county revenue officers recently destroyed 2, 500 gallons of beer and 100 gallons of whiskey. They also found a blockade distillery of 2ou gal Ion capacity. ' Governor Russell has sent to the governors of the other States copies of Governor Carr's last message to the legislature and also his own jnaugnral address. Col. A. K. McClure. editor of The Philadelphia Times, will deliver the lit erary address a the Salem Female com mencement this year. It is learned that Colonel Julian S. Carr's well known farm, "Oooonee chee," near Hillsboro, has been sold tc j wealthy Northern men. ! "Castoria Iran excellent medicine fbr chil dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its good efieet upon their children." Da. O. C. Osoood, Lowell, Mais. "Castoria la the beat remedy for children of which I am acquainted. I hope the day la not far distant when mothers will consider the real interest of their children, and use Castoria instead of the various quack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to premature graves." Pa. J. P. Kjncheloe, Conway, Ark. " Castoria Is so well adapted to children thai I recif imctid it as superior to any prescription known to me," R. A. Akchbk, M. P., tn So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, If. Y. " Our physicians In the children's depart ment have spoken highly of their axpttir ence in their outside practice with Castoria and although we only have among our medical supplies what Is known as regular products, yet we are free to confess that tka merits of Castoria nas won us to look with favor upon it." United Hospital aud Dibpbnat, Boston, Mass. Aixbh C. 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Leave Mt Airy 8 40 a. m. Leave Rural Hall , 10 04 " Leave Walnut Cove 10 83 " Leave Btokesdale 11 07 " Arrive Greensboro 11 65 " Leave Arennsboro 1215 p. m. Leave Climax 12 43 tLeave Bantord 2 55 " Arrive Fayettevllle Junction .... 412 " Arrive Fayettevllle 418 " Leave Fayettevllle..... 4 35 " Arrive Wilmington 7 45 " NOBTO BOUND. No. 4. Dally. Leave BennettaviUe. 8 20 a. m. Arrive Maiton 925 " Leave Maxton 9 88 " Leave Red Springs 10 02 " Leave Hope Mills 101 Arrive Fayetteville 1108 " SOUTH BOUHD. No. 8. Dallyw Leave Fayettevllle 4 28 p. in. Leave Hope Hills 4 49 " Leave Red Springs 6 36 " Arrive Maxton 6 09 " Leave Maxton 6 17 Arrive iUeunottsvllle 720 HOBTH BOUND. (Dally Except Sunday.) No. 1, Mixed. Leave Ramseur 6 45 a.m. Leave Climax 835 " Arrive Oreensboro 20 " Leave Gro)nsboro 9 85 " Leave Btokesdale.... 1107 " Arrive Madison 11 65 " SOUTH BOUND. (Daily Except Sunday.) No. 15, Mixed. Leave Madison 12 80 p. m, Leave Btokeiwlale 1 28 " Arrive Greensboro 2 40 " Leave Greensboro 8 25 M Leave Climax 4 20 " Arrive Ramseur 6 05 " tMeals. HOBTH BOUND CONNIPTIONS at Fayettevllle with Atlantic Coast Lloe for all points North and East, at Sanford with the Seaboard Air Line, at Greensboro with the Southern Railway Company, at Walnut Cove with the Norfolk A Western Railroad for Winston-Salem. SOUTHBOUND CONNECTIONS at Walnut Oove with the Norfolk A West ern Railroad for Roanoke and points North and West, at Greensboro with the Southern Railway Company for Raleigh, Richmond and all points north and eaatg at Fayettevllle with the Atlantlo 0.:ast Line for all point South; at Maxton with the Seaboard Air Line for Charlotte, Atlanta and all points soutls and southwest . W. E. KYLE, J. W. FRY, Gen'l rasa. Agent Gen'l Manager. The Charlotte Observer DAILY & WEEKLY OaUWBIX a TaoarpHTjrs, poblUaan. J. P. Ciujvsii, MHor VBSOKIPTION PBICC j 6 Months fflBaXT OfcIVBB, Ii ESS U.M. 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