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H. C. MARTIN, Editor and Proprietor. An Independent Family Newspaper. . ' Subscription Price One Dollar a Year.
VOLUMBVIIL;-. v , ltH0IR, NORTH CAROLINA', FRIDAY, 13 APRIL , 1908. NO. 40.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
P. K.ANDERSON
V LEADING BARBER.
Commercial Hotel Building, Le-
noir. N. C.
, :You can get your " suits
cleaned, pressed and repaired.
jhone 67, ; 1 v.. '
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!L G. Reid, D. D. S. 1
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Denirtry In all its Branches. J
Office, Shell Building, X
Lenoir, N. C. Phone 85. .
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C. Banks McNairy,
M. D..
Lenoir, North Carolina.
Office at Residence on W.
Main Street. 'Phone 110.
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Mark Squires!
LAWYER:-:-:
LENOIR, N C,
OFFICE OVER KENT'S
$?DUG STORE.
Jpi Sell Surety Bonds at
" Reasonable Bates.
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E. W. MOOSE,
D.D. S.
. I have moved my office to
rooms over the Postoffice,
where I do all kindsof Pen
Ul work. I will be absent
from my office one week be
ginning with the first Mon
day, in'each month.
' Respectfully,
E. W. MOOSE.
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Brown and WAie Leg
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oer loo. Satisfaction
t. guaranteed.
J. C Coffey,
RISDEN, N. C.
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J. H. COFFEY
Wagon Co.
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Amon; Our Great Lake Cities.
We now in stock a
, big lot of Honest Home
made One-IIorsc Wa
gons finished in extra
style.
Just finishing a lot of
twenty-five piggies.
Prices right. Call
and inspect our stock
.before buying.
All,; Work Guaranteed;.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
; DiiiosU what you eat. '
To Rd. Newi:
Perhaps" yor readers would
glad to read touiethlng of Interest m
toeu by a tar beel In some or our
busiest eitlea. Assuiulug this I shall
write a short skeoh of my visit to the
cities of Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago,
Dubuque, Minneappolis and 8t. Paul.
At the oloee of my previous letter
was in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Erie is Pennsylvania's lake port
and lying, as it doesnear the oil and
coal region of the state is quite a
manufacturing town. Stoves, En
gines and other hardware and im
plements form the greater part of
the manufactures.
Erie is of Interest as the place
where Lieutenant or Commodore Per-
bullded and launched the fleet
that defeated the British during the
war of 1811. It has wide streets, a
nice "Soldier's and Sallors's monu
ment and pretty parks but is not so
busy a oity as theothers. The imp
utation is about 00,000
From Erie I took the street car for
ride along the lake for more than
inety miles to Cleveland Ohio, The
fare is cheaper than by rail and the
trip is more eniovable. Ohio and
Pennsylvania are both lined by Eleo
trie Railways.
At Couneant we entered the state
of Ohio. The fine vineyards orchards
and farmhouses well befitted that
great commonwealth which now
ranks fourth in population in the
anion. Ashtabula, a thriving lake
part is reached and after a ride of
four hours we arrived in Cleveland,
a oity of an estimated population of
460,000 and seventh in the union in
aizo.
1 spent two days here visiting the
great ship building docks and also
ore docks. Iron and copper ore from
Lake Superior ports Is sent here lu
great quantities and Cleveland has
become our greatest iron Mfg. city
and one of the greatest in the world.
The Cuyhoga county monument
attracted my attention. The lower
portion of the large structure Is a
room some by 30 feet, the walls of
which contain the names of the sol
diers who served from that county
during the slvil war. There were rel
icsofall kinds and everything was
arranged most tastily.
In one of the parks there is a splen
did bronie statue of Perry.
1 made several trips up aud down
Euclid avenue on which are builded
some of the finest residences of our
eountry.
In a beautiful cemetery near Lake
Erie there is the splendid tomb of our
martyr president, James A. (Jarfleld.
It is builded of marble and is a
credit to the state of which the pres
ident was a native.
On the second night after my ar
rival in Cleveland I went down to the
wharvM and boarded the excellent
steamer "City Of Detroit" for Detroit
Mich. I retired early and when 1 was
awakened on the following morning
I beheld Detroit for the second time
on my tour.
Detroit is a city of some 280,000 peo
ple and is a quiet city of oompact
buildings, It is one of the oldest cit
ies on the Ureat Lakes aud is now
celebrated as the home of a large
number of automobile factories.
Steamers are built and repaired and
withal Detrrolt is a very good city.
The monument to the Soldiers and
Sailors stands on the public square
and Fort Wayne is only a mile from
the square. The D. V. Ferrys seed
house is prominent.
After a day spent in visiting Wind
sor on the Cauadian side of the De
troit river and other places of interest
in Detroit. I took the M Ich Igan cen
tral train for the greatest of Lake
ParU and one of the world's busiest
cities, Chicago. We passed then ,the
beautiful farm land of Southern
Michigan, through the cities of Ann
Arbor, Jackson and other smaller
ones and then entered the State of
Indiana at Michigan City. Here
farming seemed at a discount iut the
highways were all maoademiied.
The Sand Dunes on the shores of
Lake Michigan were visible every-
here. Now, we enter Chloago. First
oomos Soutli Chicago but still we go
oi For more than half an hour we
fly past streets, factories and whole
sale houses before we pull up at the
Union Depot.
I went out at once and boarded a
car which took me out on Mlllwaukee
avenue.
Here 1 registered at a hotel and set
about seeing Chicago. -
First I went to the Montgomery
Ward building which is the tallest in
Chicago and one of the tallest in the
world. The tower stands 894 feet
above the street and the building is
ii stories high. By two elevator
was carried with an eager crowd of
spectarors to the highest available
point,
Hera two excellent telescopes ,ot
large site were tendered, to tb visit
or. They were tnoUnted and the titw
finder was stamped sd that one" might
find tke point wished for.
All of Chicago was visible to the
naked eye. 1 Mlllwaukee, 85 miles
north was plainly seen by telescope,
at were Grand Rapids, Raeine, Zlon
-City and a score of other elties in ad
joining states.
The steamer on the lake which lies
on the east of Michigan avenue with
in a stones throw of this bailding, af
forded a good view.
We remained at this height until
we were dizzy. Men, carriages ana
ears seemed to belong to Fairy land
when seen on the street below; and
then we descended to the lower visit
ors parlor where we were welcomed
by Mrs. Howard.
We were tendered souvenir post
eards which we addressed and drop
ped into the' box without postage
even. Montgomery Ward pays the
postage. After going through every
department of' this great store we
walked into the street again walking
for other places of interest. When
in Chicago be sure and visit Mont
gomery Ward. They will treat you
royally aud you are not asked to
spend one cent.
We next visited Sears Roebuck and
Co's new plant. This is a little out
of the way but is worth peeing. It
is the largest mercantile house in the
world. One of the buildings is fourth
of a'mlle in length.
We next visited John M. Smith's
store, the Boston store the Hub and
and others. You are made welcome
at every one of these.
I next visited the'Stock yards the
largest iu the world, a veritable city
of animals. Miles in length by one
in breadth, they are immense. Thous
ands of cattle are daily slaughtered
by the great firms of Armour and Co.,
Swift apd Co., Drummond aud others.
Visitors are shown over the yards
and one can see a large part of work
ings of the yards.
I next went to Lincoln Park. This
is one of the prettiest Parks in our
country. It contains animals and
flowers and a number of statutes
among: them a splendid one of Lin
coln. 1 visited many other places
of interest among them the Chrytal
Palace, the Masonic Tenipio and the
new Post Office.
I wanted to see our Caldwell boys
but after looking up the Coonley Mfg.
Co. in the Directory I found that
they were at Cyde, a suburb and so
I had to give that up for lack of time.
Chicago is a famous for her thrift
It was orisrlually a swamp but was
raised by hauling in dirt and build
Ing it up to a height of eight
or ten feet. After the great fire of
1870. In order that larger buildings
might be reared, foundation of Rail
road Iron and Cement, often seven
thicknesses were laid upon piles drlv
en in the ground to a depth of twenty
feet.
The Mayor of Chicago, Edward F
Dune, gives the population at pres
out as 2,000,000.
It is said to be a busier city than
New York
Automobiles flirure in elty traffic
both freight and passenger. The oat-
dlogue houses do an immense busi
ness. Though they are reliable in the
strictest sense of the word I should
always patronize home merchants.
It pays in the long rn.
But farewell to busy skyscraping
Chicago.
We ride due west in the palatial
ears of the "Millwaukee railway
through praries of northern Illinois
until we eross the Mississippi River
into Iowa at Savanna, Illinois and
Sabula, Iowa. Here we follow the
rivor to Dubuque, Iowa.
Dubuaue is an important lumber
market and is a port on the Missis
sippi. The population is about 40,
000. It is the third city of the State
and was the home of I). H. Hender
son, ex-sueaker of the U. S. House of
Represenatives.
Now we go on Northward through
the corn lands of Iowa, then the
wheat lands of Minnesota. Fine farm
ing land, all till we come to the twin
oitics, Minneapolis an St. Paul
These Cities are opposite oaoh otli
er on either bank of the Mississippi
just below St. Anthony's Falls.
Minneapolis is a city of some 250,
000 people, while St. Panl, the State
Capital, has about 180,000.
Mimpeappolis is the greatest flour
city-at present in our country. St.
Paul has large Ry. shops.
After looking ver the city of St,
Paul generally, I visited the new
State Capitol. It has just beeu tin.
ished at a cost of 12,000,000. aud while
not the most expensive, is said to be
thejnont symmetrical and beautiful
of all the SUte Capitol. It is a cred
it to the Oopher State.
Guides are furnished and strictly
prohibited from receiving fees of any
kinds. They are on salary.
The visitor has the use jf elevator
and other conveniences free of charge
Every particular is nanled by the
punctilious guide as we completely
"do the Cahitol."
There are 44 kinds of marble used
id the construction. Many very rare
and costly patterns. The chambers
of the Supreme Conrt, Sonata and
House are luxurious in the highest
I The Governor's office ' Is heavily
trimmed with pure gold.
After half a days sight seeing here
14etoook myself toseeanothei piece
of nature's work, having seen one of
man's artificial masterpieces. It was
Minnehaha Falls, made famous by
Henry W. Longfellow's poem "Hla,
watha."
The Falls and surroundings are beau
tlful Indeed. A regular miniature
Niagara.
From this place I went over to Fort
Snelllng, famous in Minnesota's his
tory, and from there I took my de
parture Via "2000- for the "Land of
the Dakotahs."
H. W. GoroRTH.
There is more catarrh iu this see.
tion of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and nntil the last
few years was supposed to be ineu
rable. For a great many years doo
tors pronounced it a local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by con
stantly failing to cure it with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable,
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio,
is the only constitutional cure on the
market. It is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful
It acts directly on the blood and luu
cous surfaces of the system. Thev
offer one hundred dollars for any case
it fails to cure.
Address: F, J. Cheney A Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti
patiou.
Frightened Foreigners.
ED
UST RECEIT
Cotton Seed Feed and Meal, Timothy and country
Hay, Baled Straw and Shucks--at right prices.
1 carload White Corn, 1 carload Yellow Corn and
Woods & Son's Seed Oats,
Cloyd and Johnson Co.
Every Bif Ru;-.'
High Point, April 7. Another band
of Italians, four in number, arrived
here this afternoon, walking. Word
has been sent ahead from Thomas
ville that the dagoes were bound this
way. Arriving here they were sur
rounded by a crowd of union men
who thought the Italians bad come
to work in the factories. The for
eigners were severely frightened by
their presence. The officers took
them in charge and are giving them
rooms at the mayor's office for pro
tection. The men had been subsist
ing on grass for the past three days
and bad a plentiful supply iu their
pockets. Some of the Frenchmen
and one Italian working in the glass
factories here befriended them, fur
nishing them with substantial things
to'eat and making up money to pay
the fare ol one of the number to New
York city. He, in turn, will send
money back for the others. They
are part of the squad working on the
railroad near Marion, large numbers
of whom are returning daily to the
North. Some of them are due their
employers money advanced for transportation.
The greatest excitement here since
the so-called lockout resulted when
the 16 Italian labors lauded here yes
terday, as told in tills correspondence.
It was first thought by some of the
men that they had been sent to take
the places vacated by union laborers
n the furniture and glass factories
It was later ascertained that they
topped here simply because they did
not have money with which to pay
railroad fare further.
It was learned today that these
Italians are wanted at Marion, this
information being; conveyed by the
chief of police of this place.
It seems they were furnished trans
portation by a railroad contractor to
Marion and they left there before the
obligation was met and only had
enough money to pay their way to
High Point, where they were put off
by tho conductor, who was probably
under the erroneous impression that
this was a tcood place to land them
at the present time. However, such
was not the case, and the people of
High Point are glad that they de
parted as soon as they did. They
left here, eoine in the direction of
of Greensboro. Charlotte Observer
Durham, N. C, A,
a move on foot in this
an act passed by the next U-g.
authorizing the county to iisuo
bonds sufficient to grade aud inaoad
amlze at onee every important
thoroughfare in the county. There
was a meeting of prominent farmers,
business men and lawyers this after
noon, the objeet being to get the
sentiment of the people from differ
cut sections in order to frame this
matter and get it lu shape.
There is a strong sentiment in all
parts of the country for just this
thing and there is no doubt that if
the question is submitted to the peo
pie it will carry. The county has
now completed between nity and
ixty miles of good roads and it will
take seventy-five additional wiles of
good roads to complete every impor
tant thoroughfare to the county
limits. It is estimated that this will
eost iu the neighborhood of $32&,000.
The work can be Idone at once, the
people getting the beuefit of the
good roads at once, or a soon as the
ork can be done by contract aud
convict labor and the eost will not be
nythlng additioual to the tax-pay
ers. 1 he road tax iu this county Is
now $27,000 each year. This will I
pay interest on the bonds proposed
and create a sinking fond sufficient
to retire the bonds at the end of
wttnty years without additioual tax.
Once the main thoroughfares are
graded and macadamized the convict
force of the county will be sufficient
to keep all the roads in good repair.
At the meeting tills afternoon the
move was started and the question
ill be submitted at the approaching
lection. News and Observer.
Blood Poisoning
results from chronic constipation
which is quickly cured by Dr. Kings
New life Pills. They remove ail pois
onous germs from the system and in
fuse new life aud rigor; oure sour
stomach, nausea, headache, dizziness
and colic, without griping or discom
fort. 25c. Guaranteed by J. E. Shell
druggist.
There are some things in this world
that one cannot understand. One is
that you can catch a cold without
trying; If you let it run on it stays
with you, and if you stop it goes
away.
Chamberlain's Salve.
This salve is intended especially for
sore nipples, burns, frost bites, chap
ped hands, itching piles, chronic sore
eyes, granulated eye lids, old chronic
sores and for diseases of the skin
such as tetter, salt rheum, ring
worm, scald head, herpes, barber's
Itch, scabies or Itch and eczema. It
hat met with unparalleled suooees In
the treatment of these diseases. Price
88 cents per box. Try It For sale by
J. E. Shell, Dr. Kent and Granite
Falls Drug Co. - -
A Young Mother at 70.
My mother has suddenly been
made young at 70. Twenty years of
uteuse suffering from dyttpepeta had
entirely disabled her, until six
months ago, when Bhe began taking
Electric Bitters, which have com
pletely cured her and restored the
treogth and activity she had in the
prime of life,'- writes Mrs. W. L. Oil
patrick, of Dauforth, Me. Ureatest
restorative medicine on the globe.
Sets Stomach, Liver and Kidneys
right, purifies the blood, aud cures
Malaria, Biliousness and Weaknesses.
Wonderfnl N erve Tonic. Price Wc,
Guaranteed by J. K. Hhulls drug
store.
To The Trade:
In undertaking the Wagon,
Vehicle, Harness and Machinery
department of Bernhardt-Seagle
Hardware&Furniture Co, Idoso
with the aim to give the best
value for the least money pos
sible. I wish to thank all of my
oldcustomeis for past patron
age and feel confident I am bet
ter prepared to serve them in
the future. We most cordially
invite one anJ all when in need
of any of theabove named goods
to call and inspect our line and
get our prices. We mean to
keep only an up-to-date and first
class line.
Yours for business,
JOE POWELL, JR.
This is Corn Planter
week with us.
The man who t-
in one night throu;!t .
death of his wif.
black hair in less i
tec the other day. M .
preparatory to renewing
In love affairs.
Dauger From The Plague.
There's grave danger from the
plague of Coughs and colds that are
so prevalent, unless you vas.e ur.
King's New Discovery for Consump
tion, Coughs and Colds. Mrs. George
Walls' of Forest City, Me., writes:
It's a Oodiseud to people living In
climates where coughs and colds pre
vail. 1 find it quickly euds them. It
prevents Pneumonia, cures Lagrlppe.
gives wonderful relief In Asthma and
Hay fever, and makes weak lungs
strong enough to ward off Consump
tion, Coughs and Colds. 50c and $1.00.
Guaranteed by J. E. Shell drug store.
Trial bottle freee.
YOU ARE INVITED.
To call and see our Stock of General Mer
chandise, which is now complete. We are
doing more business than we expected to
do and if vou have not given us a chance
to serve you call let us show you our stoek.
All Goods New and Fresh,
Kespectively.
Munday & Gash.
The man who has never lived Id
the eountry when a boy and made
elder, milked the cows, kissed the
girls at the husking bees, staked bay
In a high wind, swallowed quinine
la a scratched apple,' castor oil in
cold coffee, ate molassec and sulphur
nd drank sassfras for three months
Spring to purify his blood, has
lived in vain.
COFFINS AND CASKETS.
I am adding; a line of nice Coffins and Caskets to my
business next to the News Office. Prices Low.
Respectfully,
P.M. KEEVER.
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