LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Miss Ivey Jones, of Hickory, is
visiting friends in Lenoir this
week,
" Mr. Lawrence Wakefield made
a business trip to Greensboro
Monday,
Mrs. Richmond, of Virginia, is
visiting her daughter Mrs. O. L.
Bernhardt.
Mrs. J. V. Farthing, of Boone,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W.
A.Watson. '
Eev. E. 8. Gragg, of Shull's
Mills, is assisting in a meeting at
Draco this week.
'Possums are good and ripe now,
Mr.L. IV Henkel is off on a
business trip to Watauga.
Mr. J. E. Mattocks made a bu
siness trip to Blowing Rock Wed
nesday. . '
Miss Mlna Atkinson is visiting
relatives and friends in Scranton,
Pennsylvania.
Messrs. W. C. Ervin and I, T.
Avery, of Morganton, were here
on business Tuesday.
Mr. W. 8. Miller is figuring on
building a new business house on
his vacant lot adjoining the court
house grounds.
Read the new advertisement in
this issue of Lenoir Realty & In
surance Company.
Mr. Geo. E. Moore returned
from Blowing Rock Wednesday,
where bad spent the summer.
The Board of Education of
Caldwell County was in session"
Monday transacting routine work.
The best way for you;todo when
you want to sell something is to
.i i 4V. if.
juh an nuici uacuiciit ill nuc iwws
Asheville roted on prohibition
or open saloons last Tuesday and
prohibition carried by a vote of
practically three to one.
The latest news from Judge
Council, who is suffering from an
attack of pneumonia at his home
in Hickory, is encouraging, he is
improving.
Mr. P. M. Keever gave a din
ner last Friday at which there
were four generations present. His
Grandfather, Father and Mother
and himself and family.
The school at Yallc Cruris has
opened the new session with a
strong corps of teachers, Mrs. W.
(r. Randall and Rer. Hugh A. Dob
bin having been added to the
Faculty.
We are pleased to note that Mr.
Collett Powell, who was recently
operated on for apendicits at Dr.
Long's Sanatorium at Statesville,
is improving and will soon le able
to return home.
The nice new brick Baptist
church at I'owelltown will be ded
icated next Sunday. The dedica
tory sermon will be preached by
Rev. Dr. W. H. Owaltney, of
Hickory, at 11 o'clock a. in.
Miss Henrietta Montgomery,
who ha.s been cashier at the depot,
has resigned and Mr. (). D. Ander
son, of (Jreenville, S. ('., lias been
appointed in her place. 31 r.
Anderson was checked into the
office this week.
Tuesday evening, little Carlton
Doty, while playing around the
Home Milling ('oinnanv's mill,
put his hand on some of the mov
ing machinery and had two of his
fingers badly cut. Dr. McXairy
dressed the wound.
We are requested to announce
that the churches of 'edar Valley
and Kbenezer, will be dedicated
on Sunday 2th. Rev. II. M.
Blair, editor of the Christian Ad
vocate, will preach the dedicatory
strmons at Cedar Valley at 11 a.
in. and at Ebenezcr at 3 p. m.
The author of the book to lie
published, entitled "Aaron Tonin
of the Persimmon Tree Bottom,"
mentioned in the News some time
ago, informs ns that it will soon
be ready for the press and that he
thrnks"the demand for 'this won
dorful book will be immense.
Axnemonial service in honor of
Rev. Mr. Skilcs, who for many
years was a. faithful missionary in
Watauga and Ashe, will be held
at St. Joints church on the Wa
tauga River, on Sunday the 1 3th
inst.. beeinine at 3 p. in., the 12
of October being the 100th anni
versary of Mr. Skiles1 birth.
Mr. R. C. Campbell calls our at
tention to the fact that the old
Fairfield burying ground is very
much grown ovCr with briares and
brambles and suggests that some
steps be taken to put the place in
order. He says he will start a
fund by giving $5.00 to clean off
the grounds and put the graves in
decent shape. This is a matter
tliat snould receive the hearty
support of all persons interested.
Mr. James T. Montgomery, of
Lenoir, and Miss Delia Norman, of
Charlotte. wer married on the
3rd and are now on their bridal
tour.
Mrs. R. H. Harstin and chil
dren, who have spent the summer
with Mr. J. A. Allen, have re
turned to their home in Washing
ton, D. C.
A revival is in progress at the
Methodist church this week and
is well attended especially at night.
Rev. W. M. Bagby, of Hickory,
and the local Methodist minesters
are assisting the pastor, Rev. D.
V. Price. Preaching each day at
10 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
The Bee Mountain Debating So
ciety has proposed to meet the
Bailey Camp Debating Society, in
open discussion, here on Saturday
night, October 19th, to debate the
question "Resolved that the earth
revolves around the sun once in
m i
every twenty tour Hours. ine
reply of the Bailey Camp Society
is anxiously aw aited and we hope
to give our readers definite infor
mation in our next issue.
The new rural free delivery
route Ko.o leading out from Le
noir has been established and Mr.
DcLong Little will be the earl ier.
The route will go out by way of
Gamewell and return by way of
what is known as Dulatown. a
colored settlement a few miles
south west of town. It will sup
ply a community that has not
heretofore had good mail facilities.
The service will begin Nov. ltltli.
Can Your Little
Girl Cook?
Can she make a pan of biscuits? If so, bring her
to our store at 3 o'clock on Saturday the 19th of
October.
At 3 o'clock a Buck's Junior Range-not a toy.
but a real stove in miniature-will be given to the
little cook fourteen years of age or under, who can
make the best pan of biscuit. All material will be
furnished by us.
See the stove now in our widow. Get full partic
ulars and a number at our store to-day.
Benriiardt-Seagle Mw. &
FMrmtare Compamy.
Job Printing.
The News
Notice.
boast of doing fancy
Printery does not'
printing
The pain in Ma's bend lias gone,
She's as happy as pan le.
Her deal th is right, lier temper bright
Since taking llollister's Kooky
Mountain Tea i;t night. Dr.
Kent and (iranite Falls 1). Co.
Off to The Exposition.
Last Tuesday Messrs. Joe L.
Hayes, Thomas Moore. Dennis
Kabb, Jacob Moore, C. L. IJader
and Dr. Claude Moore left for a
visit to the Jamestown Imposition.
Obstinate cases of constipation and
nasty, mean headache promptly dis
apxar when vnu take DeWitt's Lit
tie Karly Riser Till. Sol.! by .1. K
Shell, Dr. Kent Hint (irnnite Falls
Drug Co.
Real Estate Deal.
Mr. H. P. Hartley has sold his
line farm a mile and a half south
east of town to Dr. J. 11. Weaver.
The consideration being $(. ."00.
He takes in part payment the
old Newland home, near the Weav
er School building and seven acres
at a valuation of 4 .000.
DeWitt's Carbonized Witch Hazel
Salve is good for little burns and big
burns, small scratches or bruises and
big ones. It is healing and soothing.
Good for piles. Sold by J. K. Shell,
Dr. Kent anil (iranite Palls Drug Co.
The Annual Meeting of the
or Stocholdcrs of the 'Caldwell Land
of doing better work than can be ', Lumber Company will be held at
done elsewhere, but we do say we Company's OHiec. in Lenoir. X.
have the best equipped office in 1 ('.. on Wednesday. October Kith,
this part of the country. With 1007. at ten o'clock A. M., lor the
power presses and careful printers, ! transaction of all business that
we can do as neat work as can be ; may properly come before it. in
done in this vicinity and we will eluding the election of I Mrcctors to
be pleased to submit samples and serve for the ensuing year,
prices and give estimates 'on job1 Transfer books will close Octo
ber 1 at :? o'clock P. M., and re
Improvements at Graded School.
The Trustees of Lenoir Graded
School have recently bought and
had put in the clrtss rooms, new
and modern hyloplate black-boards
for the use of the pupils.
They have also bought a lire es
cape to be placed accessible to the
second and third floors. The fire
escapes will lie put up at once,
thus adding much to the safety of
the children in case of fire.
printing at any time.
Afliieted with Sore Kyes for ISIS Years.
I have been afliieted with sore eyes
for thirty-three years. Thirteen
j ears ago 1 became totally blind and
was blind for six years. My eyes
were badly Inflamed. One of my
neighbors insisted upon my trying
Chamberlain's Salve and gave me
half a box of it. To my surprise it
healed my eyes ami mv sight came
back to me. 1'. ('. Earls, ('vtliiana,
Ky. Chamberlain's Salve is for sale
by J. K. Shell, Dr. Kent and (iran
ite Falls Drug Cor
County Commissioners.
The County Commissioners were
in regular session last Monday and
transacted routine business. A
good many claims were audited
and ordered paid. The new sec
tion of public road from P.
Moore's ridge field to the foot of
the mountain was received turned
over to the supervisors of Glolie
township.
Mr. M. X. Havshaw tendered
his resignation as County Attorney
but the commissioners did not till
the vacancy.
We understand Mr. llarshaw
resigned because of some missun
derstanding between himself and
the board of commissioners in rp
gard to the matter of fees in the
case of A. A. Kent against the
County for damages.
open October 1 7, 1007.
(iKoKHK W . Lkx,
Secretary
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Millinery
Stomach troubles. Heart and Kid
ney ailments, can be quickly cor
rected with a prescription known to
druggists everywhere as Dr. Snoop's
Restorative. The prompt and sur
prising relief which this remedy im
mediately brings is entirely due to
its Restorative action upon the con
trolling nerves of the Stomach, etc.
J. E. Shell's Drag Store.
A weak Stomach, causing dvspep
sia, a week Heart with palpition or
Intermittent pulse, always means
weak Stomach nerves or weak Heart
nerves. Strengthen these inside or
controlling nerves with Dr. ShoOp's
Restorative and see howquioly these
ailments disapear. Dr. Shoop of
Racine, Wis. will mail saiuules tree.
Write for them. A test will tell.
Your health is certainlv worth this
simple trial. Sold by J. K. Shell,
druggist.
When a man announces that he is
a candidate for office it is ft sign he
isn't ashamed of his past.
Thofn' A). E dison. the great Aiuer
ican inventor, says "Fully eighty per
cent, of the illness of mankind comes
from eating improper food or too
much food; people are inclined to
over-indulge themselves." This is
where indigestion finds it beginning
in nearly every case. The stomach
can do just so much work and no
more, and when you overload it or
when you eat t tie wrong kind of
food the digestive organs, cannot
do the work demanded of them.
It is at such times that the stomach
needs help: it demands help, and
warns you by headaches, belching,
sour stomach, nausea and indiges
tion. You should attend to this at
once by taking something that will
actually do the work for the stomach
Kodol will do this. It is a combina
tion of natural digestants and veget
able acids and contains the same
juices found, in a healthy stomach
It i pleasant to take. It digests
what you eat. Sold by J. K. Shell,
Dr. Kent and (irauite Falls Drug
( 'ompany.
Intuition is the term a woman
applies to what the average man
knows as merely ''because."
They Make You Feel (iood.
The pleasant purgative effect ex
perienced by all who use Chamber
lain's Stomack and Liver Tablets,
and the healthy condition of the
body and mind which they create
makes one feel joyful. Price, 2"
cents. Samples free at J. K. Shell's,
Dr. Kent's and Wrauite Falls Drug
Co.'s Drug Stores.
A woman will forgive a man al
most anything except failing to
note audibly that she is pretty.
Bitten by a Spider.
Through blood poisoning caused
by a spider bite, John Washington
of Hosqueville, Tex., would have lost
his leg. which liecaiiie a mass of run
ning sores, had he not been persuaded
to try Ducklen's Arnica Salve. He
writes: "The first application re
lieved, and four boxes healed all the
sores." Heals everv sore. '25c. at J.
K. Shell's Drug Store.
Opening
The cbief trouble with glory is
that it takes so much work to keep
it from becoming tarnished.
If the world will approve of
what a man is doing he manages to
let himself get caught doing it.
M. M. COURTNEY'S.
Thursday and Friday 0c
tober 10th and 11th, 1907.
Our Milliner, Miss Caison. has purchased in the best
Northern Markets a splendid stock of Fall Millinery
Goods made up of the very latest and most stylish to
lie found in the markets.
We extend a cordial invitation to all the ladies to
attend our opening and see the new pattern hats and
large display of Fall Millinery Goods.
Dress Goods and Fancy Notions.
Our Fall and Winter stock sclecfotj by our buyer
in the lest Northern markets is large and complete
in the newest fabrics and weaves and latest styles
and colorings. Ladies Cloaks in the latest styles
from New York's liest manufacturers. Shawls, Sweat
ers, new style long Scarfs, newest effects in Belts,
Hnckles, lilting, Collars, Ties, Hand Bags, Umbrel
las, etc. etc. Kiblxm stock always the best is now
complete. Our "RadclifiV and ''Godman" ladies
fine shoes will interest you. See us always for the
newes and lest of everything at low est prices.
IN
RTHEY.
The News Printery is the only print,
shop in town turning out first-class
work. Try us.
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