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VERY' person who receives an income should ask,
, "How rr.uch noney can I save?"" Once ths qufcllon
has' teen decided, the greatest fidelity should be ex
. J erciscd in carrying out the resolution. ,' Lay aside
that portion of your income that yod intend, to save and de
posit itwith the bankai interest.' Tour money willthen earn
money and become a splendid helper; providing a larger in-
come. Interest is luce an increase in your, salary
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Ik 4 Certificates; of j Deposit
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in all the region around ub 'fnrn-v
1shea the pipe lumber we Sell. We
cut 'iV take ft from ' the stump,:;
o & transport it, saw it, finish it -We-
sell direct to you, the(vcpnannierr'
5jr"'-- We savo you oioney tend give yon
"l 'the best that can be had. . Wf ,
i' "1 - aolidt your 'order. It vrttl- pay
l-1'' -' ryoutogfvefhemtouBTE.
Brdaddds '&Uves Lumber Co:
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PHONOGRAPHS AND -REGQUDS
- SOLD ON.EASY,PAYMENTS:i
IF INTERESTED. CALL ANlTJIEAR SOMErpFTHE
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VTIE SPORTING tSOODS MANT
Entire Easiness tfection Swept by
-Tlhe Flames. Origin Unknown
Estimated, ss t.0,C00. -
LaGrange, Feb. 27-Probably the
moat disastrous fire in: the history of
this town swept the city last nightancl
destroyed (GO, 000 worth of the most
valuable . business houses ' before the
flames could be . gotten under .control.
The fire originated in the frame ware
house at the rear of Dr. H. M. McDon
ald'! drug store and it ia thought that
it was of Incendiary origin as there waa
no : possible : way that it- Could hare
caught accidentally. ' The alarm of fife
was turned i(i at 6:45 and fire depart
ment was soon pn . the . scene and made
heroic attempts to extinguish the blaze
before it gained so much headway,
Only a small engine, however ia owned
by the company-, and they soon found
they were unable to cope with the eituai
tion. A telephone message waa sent to
Kinston asking aid from that towb An
engine that was on the yard at (he time
was quickly brought into "service and
the Kinston fire company Bent to assist
in extinguishing the blaze. Consider
able time was lost in getting 'J,he loco
motive steamed, bp but valuable assis
tance was rendered by them.' "
At JO. o'clock the fire fighters "had the
bl se under control, but not until the
largest block of business " houses' . in the
town.: had been burned to ; the grbwo,
The following is a list of the losers;
:: Dr, J, M.'Hoges,' 16,000, insurance,
Rouse Hanking Co. 1S.Q0O: insurance,
J. S. Wooten, f 11,600; Insurance $V
floyd Uar wick,? $3,000, Insurance
$2,600 ,
C. ,P, Barrow,; $1,000; insurance,
$400.' ".' r-" f-t
ur. p. m-, Mcuonaia, m.oju - insur
ance, $1,600. "vr:A 1 f s
Jr E. .Turnage,,' $5,600? 'Insurance,
Wenjamin . Brltt,; $1,600, insuran;e,
not learned, - .. " J ?. i- - t",7
' W. H. Burke, $800: no Insurance.- if
, Wilson's barber ahop,;;$50; no insur-ance.V'rA-
m' ;r ',?f j-6. h
Dr'. JT. O. Green, $l00Lno insurance. .
.Jesse Wood, $1,500. insurance $1,600.
W. 8. tfiEell, $100; no insurance.' V,
Simeon Wooten-$700, no insurance.:'- ?
; Electric! light plant, $5Q; no insure
Estimated -loss, $43,000; insurance
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War r.i.t To S,nd Sii
TI' J Trocjs. Infantry
CaiJry lattrle5.
Wa '.ii n, D. C. February 27-Tht
War D.'t j,rt,i . rit vill send to the canal
cone a force of about 6,000 troops, com
posed of four regiments of infantry, i
one tquadrom of cavalry, three, batter
ies of field artillery and twelve compan
ies of cos-4 artillery. The coast artillery
will be located, at Kirs (lores. The
troops must be so placed in time o war
aajo prevent a sudden dash made by a
landing party, or raiding force from a
fleet, Bay, of 2,000 or 3,000 men, whose
object would be to seize the locks at
one end of the canal and destroy them.
It is realized that without guard at
the canal tl.is would be possibility for
the teason that many wars are not pre
ceded by formal declarations of hostili
ty, and there might easily be no tinwto
aend a force to protect the canaV- v-'
The company officers quarters will
cost $5,000 per set" and fe field officers'
set will coat $,000. - r'-vfvr
Thi '.work including v the water and
sewer ay tem. for the. mobilized forcer,
will eptail an expense of $3,814,000, in
cluding about $900,000 for the buildings
for the eoastr srulieryW- .V
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Take LAXATIVE: BROMO i Quinine
Tablets-CDruggists refund money if it
fails tp cure:. . VY. GROVE'S sign
25c..-
ture is on' each box..'
BD1 for Range Ugtos at Morehead.'
Washington D. C.; Keb.. 27th.--Con-
greasman : Tbomaa, introduced in the
House, after -tellers were tailed or: to-
include In one of the large'euppl bills
the appropriation to provide range lights
at Morehead City. '. The usual provision
waa made for the biological Station at
Beaufort, and $3,000 additional was al
lowed for improvements, '-. , r ,
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;.;"91tlddlt Street j
We. have! the agency for,' Hettriclt
Bros.,' Awnings, both atore and;ref
dence.'tf you are In heerf of an Awn-,
lnjf we can furnish youtTlaceyW
order before the f ummer raih. ' v. .
.FiV Qtiality and , Pricev,,Giiaranteed.
To see aamplee. and get price," call ,
phone 172, or address P. O. Box 415j
- Tb Norfolk-Southern depot', which
waa located about' 100 feet from the
Hardy HoteX. was also threatened and
did catch fire several times but fortun
ately was not seriouslj damaged. Flying
emoers also ignited phe Baptist church
bat theftei, too,'-.' were extinguished be
fore any seiioue damage was done. ' "
wiluams' kidney .pills' !,
Have yoe - neglected your Kidoeysl
Have you overworked your nervous ays
tern and caused trouble with your kid
neys and lladder? Have ''you paina in
loins, side, back,' groins and bladder!
Have you a flabby' appearance of, the
face, especially" under the eyes! Too fre
qucnt a desire to pass urine? If so, Wil-kares'-idny
Pills will 'cure you-at
Druggist, Price 60c Williams M'f'g.
Ca, Propa.," Cleveland, O.
CARLOAD BUGK'S STOVES sir nE8
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Wcstcri Union Inaugurates New
. Banning Usreh 1st.' the Western
tTnioo Telegraph Compiny .inaiiRuratf
new form of service calkd The Diy
Letter. . The rate, charged "for day
letter of fifty wards or lots Is one and
one half tmies the elfht letur rate and
for each additions! fn woid'i or Vss
one fifth the initial chrrp. T r ihi-
pie, the nirhniond All'nta ) 'tl.it
tf-r rate Is rcut, th I y Loili-r
rati U ens and cms half 11,... 1 t! at, t
75 r ..', with 15 cents fur each ad-Ktlon-n
l1 woriln. DT letters r l. L
wrltt'-n In plain KnpVi-.h, tl.uii evoi.Iii-g
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",Atl kinds aawed "ahinglee f or sale,
Bricks laths, 2 good gentle road Ur work
horses, one ne w. bne horse .waon, all
must be sold, fi A bargain -for some one
as ratn selling out ' First come.- First
choice, also -ohe hundred thousand cull
ahinirlpi - Sea-" -V- i'' A W
UU1 HULL, the Shingle Man.
T-.p NQDcIerred Service For Postal ,T
"- New York,. Feb, 27th.mUrenee.tL
Mack ay, president of the Postal Tele
graph Cable - Co., Saturday; made te
following statement regarding his com
pane's attitude in connection with a 'd(N
ferred day letter" service, such as iti
understood the Western Union Is about
to 8tabii8h:'r:'rv?:
,' We give suoq a - fast day service
that there is no occasion for , any de
ferred serviceL besides' which, we are
not a deferred eompany.'We push our
tiraffie through to destination within a
few minutes from the tine St U banded
V us. .' We do not believe the public has
any ue fvr a df ferred day aerjrice, ' he
cause the present day service and night
lettergram aerice aeem to be: amp'y
uHkiaiit and we da not think there
sny demand lor an - Intermediate serv
ice, which would be no difTerent from
the riit.'1't lettergram service In Its prac
tical workings., A deferred day service
pou'.J gi I rriixtd with our rcjlar day
rrvics and would hamper and deliy it
Fast service in hat the public wants,
not a diu'oirid tr Uw lervko.V
r.heumaticm Pclisvel ri Sii-Kours
Dr. Di tchon's relief for Rheumatism
' r(:!vf sfivf rest eases in a few
I'a nc.'.--n npoii thf ryatem la
I i It removes
(I t' s r1" (;! ti, d'i'aii) c;' ' k
f .. , I ....t l .:eR!'y t. -,e-
All Except One DiU Seeking
Amendmenta City t.r,
N" ' Charter. '
.The call issued for a mass meeting
for the purpose of discussing the propoa
ed amendmenta to the city charter and
increased tax levy, brought out between
250 and 800 eitizena to the court house.
who gave close attention to the pro
ceeamgs. , . ,-s t
A J. McCarthy called Jas A. Bryan
to the chair, while the city editor ware
made secretaries, : Mr, McCarthy sta
ted the object of the call for the meet
ing. He read a statement showing gross
receipts of city, and expenditures, indi
eating an apparent surplus a) $10,000 a
year. .- But the purpose of the meeting
was to Consider "aeven : bills that had
been sent to Representative Kuno to
introduce and have passed, these being
15c per $100 increase general fund tax:
lOe for partial, paid HreNlebartment;
Consolidation 6th aad-6th ward.. $1,000
to Chamber Commerce for advertising,
$1,800 salaryi city, tax collector, -to
crease maximum police monthly to $70.
Ex-Judge Guion addressed the meet
ing, to get ita faense as to the several
matters in the Call, itot to inflaehca any
gne, but to get to a quicker eoncluslon,
than by lengthy discussions." Mr. Gui
on 5 then-floite clearly nresented his
viewawhich were briefly First, accor
ding to "Mayor McCarthy's' guraa. the
present tax levy of COcwaa anfficient,
In discussing 2d and Si, a glowing trib
ute' was paid the. volunteer firemen.
wno even witn tne-propoeed fire expen
ditures, would atill have to run on foot,
while:thecllemicaengme; rushed abjr.
Fourthr.ConsoIidation was not shown to
be Of advantage or benefits People had
had no chance to jdiacusalon iu&JTif th
public improvements of $250,000 .te last
3 years, with other things,; pi-centenni
al was sufflcient advertising present.
Sixth,: tx collector -waA'pntin partem,
basia ought to conUnoe. : It was" well
earnrd and profitable toftySemaeh,
present maximum salary for. policewaal
not sufficient for duties of position and
aldermen ahbujd know--whethsrn;fai
crease waa warranted.
D ; Henderson, offered amendment
and : presented one M. fonr i-petitlJns
which he said wet signed .1 eitlsens.
Hia had 100 signatures; mil favored de
feat of bills.: pisasion followed. Win.
Dunq4 fx, ihpugh?, hjlta ' jhould
be voted upon separately, -also offered a
motion that Representative r Kuhnbe
in8tfucttonffernoblllto,feg(islaturi'
that interfered'with present salaries ai
cwunty officers Mrv Ebyi Ch'mn Cham
ber -Comnrcewnvade 4 forcible ple
WlfVthefLOOO should be voted for id-
vertfaingU, J X: ryan showed Dampb
let issued 4at . N6rfolk-Sootheru; end a
hircularfametf by (ha Chamber of CttnjJ
raerce inai year,-. wnicnne .jpeciareu
were ample at prewiiJ.at.aiivatUalog
norposea..'i ,. p r' j
The folfowl resolution by P.E Heq
derojj,with amendment of Judge Quioo
was adopted and the meeting adiourjoedj
WhereaaTifttaiabillt Jiare.bw in
trodueed n the general assembly of
North Carolina to increase the rate, of
taxation 'Id ibe City,' and ,fsa tow
bonds, and also to change, the, present
wards of the city, and whereas,L the
present tsxate is sufficient' to t&ke
care 6f thelinances of flty, 'a ' Ihere"
if no general public demand., for a new
bond issue for any purposes, andavberw
as, the beat interests of the city de
mands that tUe war la In said city re
main aa- they cow sre,- therefore' be", it
the city of New' Dorn, Craw t iiy1,
N, C , in was a 'nwwtli'g " 1 1 t (
etii'.'.rBe the pi-ti'. ; s 1 .--t ; '.,
ri 'rcapertf : y t , t I
asHemb'y of Nor: 'i Ciiroilnaj to. ?' t
the, aforesaid, bills, mentioned Ja- tls
premises,- . .. . i ': .':'.' i .::
Guion amendmend-rrovlJ4 that
this rosolutlon ihall not apply to pend
ing bil'a for V c ratin.-at'-'n ef.t1 pre
sent city 1 " 'j a- i the lt levy to
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