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DIRECTORY POR THE CH'fRCHES
OP COLUMBUS.
eeds
PBESBYTERIAN T. CiCaoKM, pastor
Preaohing every third Sunday, 11 A.M.,
and at nlght.V(rr -X ' . ,L 'i'k:-1' '
BAPTIST Preaching by appointment
Sunday school every Sunday at 10 A M.
IfBTHODIST ; EPISCdPALPreaching
by appointment. ' v.- - '" '.. ' :"v
Sabbath school at 10 A. M, 1 , .; ;
BEST FOR THE SOUTH.
SEED POTATOES
ONE OF'OUR LEADING SPICIALTIES.
' We hav b" thousands of barrels in
etock; the best fl alne-grown
and Virginia Second Crop Seed.
W o 6 d 1902 ;Q k t a 1 o gu e gives
comparative crop results, both as
to earlinejs and yield, with Maine-
grown and Second-crop seed, it
also contains much other useful
and valuable information about
Potatoes. dVVrite for Catalogue and'
8pecial Potato Price List.
Wood's Descriptive Catalogue
for 1902 gives rel lable, practioal, up-to-date
information about all Seeds, giving
not only desert ptions, but the best crops
to grow, most successful ways of grow
ing different crops, and much other in
formation of special interest to every
Trucker, Gar dener and Fanner. -Mailed
free upon request.
T. 7. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen,
ncijaoiiDrviRaiMiAr
Truckers and farmers requiring large
quantities of seeds are requested -
ta write for special prices.
Smith
i
Several articles for publication
will n o t appear iri this weeks iss ue
of The News, ha vino reach edits' too
late. ' - N . i - ' ' 1 ,
The Old Shop bat a New-
Having purchased the entire out-:
fit of -blacksmith implements .-bf-Mr.
S. 'E.1 Gray, I have oponed shop at
the Griffin old stand in Columbus
add prepared to do .blacksmith
work and general repairing. . Horse
shoeing, cheaper than 'ever, Will
furnish shoes and' nails and do you
a first class 39b for only SO ,centsi '
. Bring along .you r work.
Yoiirk to serve, . 1 -
1 w: M. COVIL. .
Stops the Cough
v and Works off the Cold.
Laxative,. Brprno-Quinine. Tablets
cure a cold in one day. No Cure no
ray. Trice 25c
EDITORIAL,
.
All taxes
NOTICE.
due in the town of
Columbus, NL , C, must be settled
during the lhonth of -. Jan. 1902.
PAY YOUR POLL TAX,
A subscriber to: the Gazette
After the limit of this notice the
writes torknow if Hhere is any obli- Collr hf ..proceed to collect
Nation on the part of tax collectors ttCcording to law. r y
0 furnish to tax payers tax receipts
By order ;of
that V specify the payment of f the
poll .tax." There is, and further
ithan this the law provides that " if
a sheriff or i tax- coUectbf -wOfully
fails to give a tax .receipt to any
person paying his poll tax,, or giv-
ng a iaiseaatene 8nan db guuiy
of, a misdemeanor1 The law' also
requires the -tear collector between
tne nrsc ana lenui aay 01 uay, xvva,
the board
F. M. BuRQEss, Collector.
ROUND TRIE REDUCED RAtMs
Offered by the Southern Rail-
;: :;;wayo.;fir ; the following
V v special occasions:
On account Mardi Gras
to certify under : oath a , true r and Orleans, La., and Mobile Ala.1 Voh
correct iisu oi.au .persons wno nave in-iitn. Tickets will be on sale
paid poll tai.for the'-previous year, Feb. 4th to 10th, inclusive with
oa or before the:, first ;M-Vt
to the clerk' of the Siipenor court,
and make him guilty of amisde-
meanor for failing to comply with
this provision.
I iCOLLINSVlLLE.
;4I2lMTOB TH NBTrW: v"'-
. Dear ir-Ihave heen thinking, fqr
tome time of the conditions of the farmers
in Polk County, N. C, and of course that
means all the people of the county, for that
Cf vhat they follow in the main -.farming.
It doeasem to me that we have had ex-
rjjerienco enough the past, year raising
-. cotton to satisfy the people thai Poli
; county :ig not especially adapted to the
r : Growth of cotton, and any farmer that
its largely 01 cotton to tne exclusion of
te other crops that are better adapted to
il and climate and are generally needed
tot home consumption ongnt to be drilled
lor the simples
-? fl hope for a change and that neighbor
-x3 not follow neighbor buying guano and
vr-phmting cotton, and baying farm products
. from the west that can be grown easiergand
vath less expense than , the cotton crop
from which we get the money to buy' them
withJ : u. ,v, . - :, 7 , w;-'
Thfe farmer ia-not tha only one that is
Injured by this irregular and improvident
' . business way of doing. All enterprise are
affected and their, progress impeded by the
drain brought about y the Titaeven balance
. in trade in thi exjbhangex of the products.
AVe pay freighf both ays, which is quite
-ss ijm. : And alio wing that all other things
..arere ual (and by, experience we find they
xe-not), -we are the, loser any way you jp.ut
'--it We,d not nieau that we should ;vnot
' . prow cotton at all but let us growihe crops
; 'lyre need and let the cotton be the surplus
.: r jcrop. Of course what we ayin regard , to
Crowing cotton in bulk is not intended for
' our wealthy farmers who must have some
tf thing in the nature of luxuries, but iorjthe
common upland farmers and tenants who ;
; have neither money'-or means to work with
' ;jvho must begin the crop in debt and con-'
( rqueatly in oujod ctnd.'it ik deb
' withot-oiibt. ' ;--t " v'i
- bt $ltcaflJier ignorano ithat cause
t 3ria extensiyelyjlnto cotton;
;;iafilcey or imitative -nature. We
. . tevezSiffho has the means to raise cotton
' ceting (gfctjoU i of money and we con
clude - he- is growing rich ' raising cotton,
?hen in reality he is not gaining cent but
fa only getting the money back he put in
-J the crop in the ahap of guano, hired help,'
Honing, tto. Hisowh iabor goes' in as an
. item to pass a way his time. :
" In ioiuausifwittfjdi a iW
donfs ihatwiir li'V??v.v.;
Pon'$JT'tmove(4&de' more
attention to your cottc ihrtlt Von do,other
copg. J5orn. whMU02i& -one
' cf them can be grown1 tt Ietexpenfle than
eottoiK:'
Dont goto .iOitf-fatBtbre
, cad sit .down but VRi;ftj?or.,- 'the
will Iixe'you betteriadalpCwife will
tink- there is no one; better than yo'd.
Don't It t your children miss getting the
benefit of the pubh school. They are
carried on at your expense and your child
rfcn nead to know some of what the teachers
-fcnow . ..When your children are older they
rill blefis yot tpt the; care you1 bestowed
nnal limit to return Feb. 15th, ex
cept that by payment of 60" cents
and;'deposit of ticket with joint
Agent No. 707 Cravir Street, New
iea XrtLi'oad 51 South Loyall
Ala:; on or before
extension of limit
to Ff d. 28th Tl.iu
of one first class li
fare for the rbund trip. Itoiiud
Ashevilio S22.I0 to
La., uud $18.55 jlo
Street, Mobile
Jbeb. 15th, an
will be granted
trip rate from
New Orleans,
Mobile. f -
Account AhDuai Convention
Communication!
Kaleigh,- N. C.
Tickets will be
14, final limit
Grand Lodge 2of
North Carolini, A. F: & L M.,
Jan. 14th, 1902.
on salo Jan. 12. 13.
IJan. 31st. Round
trip rate from Asheville fill Oft
Account 5th Annual Poultry
7-v;.( vuwiw,,!,, neKets on
sale Jan. 6th-th; inclusive, with
final limit Jan.f. 11, 1902. Round
trip rate from Asheville via Spart
anburg $5.25 via Statesville $5.55
and va Salisbury $&20.
Caljjon ticket
information or address,
fr;dabW, ap.&T.A.
Asheu!lp,N. c.
MORTGAGE SALE. 4
By ;virtue of a certain mortgage
executed "on the 1st day of Dec,
1807, by S. M. Davis, and wife, N.
J. Davis, to J. T. Walker, to secure
I certain indebtedness therein, named
and assigned by ( the said J. T.
Walker, to K F. Cooley,' which
mortgage is duly recorded in the
office of the Registrar of Deeds for
Polk County, in book 14 at page
271 and default having; been made
in the payment of the sanie, I will,
on Monday, February 3d, 1902,
at 12 o'clock, offer for sale at the
court house door in Columbus, at
public outcry, for cash, to the high
est bidder, to satisfy balance due
on said mortgage, to wit : $297.00
with , interest, cost and expenses
added, the following . described
land, to wit :
Lying and beingin Polk County,
North Carolina, on the waters of
Jieedy Fork of Hensons Greek, ad
joining the lands of. T. : C Sinith,
John Davis, Page and others, and
bounded as follows : " , ' -. V' ..;
Beginniug on a pine on the south
west corner of the field and runs
thence with Rice Lancestor's line
south 79, west 80 poles to a stone,
thence north 13, cast 60 poles' to a
stone, thence north 79, east 80 poles
to a 8 tone and pointers on the line
of the first ! Walker tract, thence
north 13, east 47 poles to a pine on
lino of T. C. Page s 118 acre tract,
thence with said lino north 80, east
3G poles to a stone below, the old
saw mill place a corner of said
tract, and also n corner of "Page's
54 acre survey, thencesouth 70,
oast 59 poles to a pine a corucr of
J. K. Deckland's and T. C. Smiths
li-nds, thence with Smith's line
south 13, west 76 poles to a : stake'
ind pointers on said line, thence to
che beiuuiug, ootitaiuing eighty
tour aud one-half acres, more or
less. ; . v
This Jan. 3rd, 1902. L
J. f. Walker, Morttrajree.
J. E. Shipmau, Att y.
, WlU not Hide my Light under
a Bushel.
vcucit;uiexj.- x win noL iiirifi mr
light under a bushel, for I want the
people to know, what your GoocVs
Mexican by r up has done for me.
For four years I have been afilictrd
with Asthma, and could -not get
anything to do me any good until I
got your, liooch's Mexican Syrup.
I took three bottles and it cured me
entirely. I give you this hoping it
may De the means ; of savin er some
oue irom a horrible- and premature
ieatn. lours under obligations,
Rev. Thos. B. Warwich,
i Scott Town. O.
Consumptives rry it. It cures a
simple cough as if by magic, and is
tne Dest . remedy . for whooping
HamDtoiT to J wl.r10 x: .l . Moor's Worm Sjrup never fails
MORTQAQB SALE.
By virtue of a 'certain mnrf
executed on the' lot A- t -t..i
of Polk and Statb of ;Nortk rf
to.T; ? Hampton, to i ure
rtS dnW ;? -i0?' .I0 dwtroy and remove worms in
" A'fd-" the 'children. It is cruel not to admin-
XS?(B ffiw' Polk OrunVy.
m bdokon ! pae 26, and default
T?8 H6n in the navnn
of tnA - -r payment
offer; for- salo at
thn
for cash, to the hiVWt :
atisfyjthe:
wrest, cost and nrJV-jj.i .r
NnXr r61D ln the -State - of
orth Carolina, ntv T-n.
the Juha AWls lot in Tryon, N.-O.
v, -T , : : more fullv
described to the ulia Mills , deed!
o iwo aria one half
acres, more or lesi -
Thia Jan. 7th, 1002. V: :
S T. J. Wa1i.Aht.i: '
ister it to them! whenever there is
Plle-lne Cures Piles!
Money refunded if it fails.
Our ClubbingR
ates
Try
on
FJlarke
JL
Li
. : FRESH
Beef, Pork; Fish, Oysters, Poult-
. v .ry and Eggs. - -'
JULES BAUMBERGER,
Tryon, ; .... , . N. 0.'
1-
(Gpposite freight depot).
PLEASE REMEMBER.
All mattor for. advertiaing and
changing of "adds?' should reach
us not later than Monday noon.
Thl f iffnataro ia on everybox of th. pmuUit
Laxative Bromo-Quinine wiu
the remedy that cores n cold ta oi
MELVIN HILL M'FG. & SUPPLY CO.
:DEALERS IN:-
General Merchandise,
;ALSO:
Buyers of Corn, Cotton, Cotton Seed, Wheat, Fodder and all
kinds of Country Produce; highest prices paid in trade or caah.
Patronage of the entire surrounding country solicited at v
HILL, N. O.
THE POLK COUNTY
DRUG STORE.
. Drags, Paints, Oils, Brnsbes, Pertimes, Eitrads,
" School Books.
A full line, of StationeriesJ .
Fresh candies overy week.
Prescriptionscarefully compounded. -
E. E. MlSSILDINE, Tryon, A. C.
Successor to MISILDINE . & GfHADY, 7 ' . .
WHA TYQ.U HEED IS
,. -
S3C H j
WILL
lo this end we jare endeavoring to supply a long
felt want in the hardware trade. W
iibenU share of patr6iiage extended to us during the
past year and shall put forth our , best eflorts to merit
a continuance of the same during the present year.
If in heed of hardware, buggies, -wagons, saddles,
harness, paints, etc., jwe can make it to your interest
to see us before placing your order, that is, if prices
interest you. : - : j: s" : . . .
A large shipment of plows, hoes and farming tools
soon to arrive, and soon to g0 at low prices, i : :
I . w -
Co
Tit YON, JV. o.
Central ImdmirMf
We nave made arrangements
whereby we can offer the. following
clubbing rates: . ,
The Thtice-a-yeek World and The . , v
jnewb, one year f .$1.50
The Atlanta Constitntion, (The great
Southern weekly) and The Nkw'. .$1.50
The Sunny South and Thi Nirvre. . . ..$1.50
The Commoner, (Bryan's fcaper) and. '
Sendm your subscription and
get two papers almost at the price
of one. Send all subscrinti
: ' The News, .
i . Columbus N. C.
COLUMBUS, POLK COUNTY, fl C.
. - VP61" September, 2nd, 1901, -
This school is thorouihlv Anninr - . , .
best of work in wu" prepared to do the Terr v
Primary, Intermediate,
(?oe Preparatory, fJuGic.
A temperance community withjgoqd moral and social suwoundaW
Two well arranged dormitories under good management ' ' :
Good attention given to all classes of students entrusted to ou erc
Good Literacy Societies. " p-x .
,A rge. BeadIne RHm Pen tndt3 without cijo
Write, for any information desired to. . r '
C3 tc?a
fflSS
MAY- E. McMAHM, Pfiacff
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