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be In Lenoir Saturday Miy 12th.
Rev. Johu S. Moody will preacli at
the Epiioopal Ohuroh thli evening at
7:45. .
V Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Boul
wara last Monday a ton. ; . .
Gen. K. P. Hoke, of Linooln, ipent
a few dayi In Lenoli last week.
Mr. 'George Wilson, of Gastonla,
pent last Sonday with hii parents
, here. . ; 7 - ' ' "
Rev. M. JL Tattle will preaoh at
Oakwood sohool house next Sunday
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. The Daughters of the Confederacy
will meet at the home of Mrs. H. C.
Martifi next Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. L. P, Henkel and two of her
daughters, r Misses Allie and Mary
went to Norkfolk last Tuesday for a
few days visit.
Little Miss Elizabeth Jane Crad
dock was at home to fourteen little
friends in honor of her second birth
day last Tuesday.
Mr. J. O.- Seagle returned home
Wednesday from Salisbury where he
had been with his mother who was
operated on for cataract
We ae printing this w,eek an in
teresting letter froin H. W. Goforth
giving an account of his visit to
many of the cities of the Great Lake
Region. '
Messrs. Geo. A. andThos. M. Pru
ne r and their wires, of Marion, Va.,
are spending some time in Lenoir.
They represent the Davis Sewing Ma
chine Co.
The Kent Furniture & Coffin Co.,
reoel red last week by one mall orders
for Sear loads of furnituueto go to
San Francisco, 8 to St. Louis, and a
half to New York City.
Rev. D. Vance Prioe assisted in the
dedication servioes of the Methodist
church at Granite Falls last Sunday
and there was no preaching at the
Methodist ohuroh here.
MieaJSinily Bartholomew, of Semi
nary, Pa., who is a teacher iu the
Mitchell Institute, seven miles south
east of town, was called home last
Tues. by a telegram announcing tho
serious illness of her father at a hos
pital in Pennsylvania.
The Lenoir Postofflce receipts for
the year ending March 31st, 1005,
were $4467.89 and for the year ending
March lst, 1000, they were $5263.02,
an increase of 18 per cent. The post
office rectepta have increased 70 per
yent. in the past four years.
Mr. J. M.Moretx came down from
Boone last week to meet his wife aud
little boy who had been at Salisbury
for some time, where the boys foot
was amputated. He had been suffer
ing with his foot for a year or so and
the physicians found amputation
necessary.
Quite an interesting entertainment
was given at the Lenoir Academy
last Friday night. The program
consisted of a number of musical se
lections, choruses and quartetts and
three act drama. The whole per
formance was very good some of the
parts belug particularly well taken.
Mr. J. M. Plummer, an Inspector
f Rural Free delivery Routes has
birieq working in Caldwell for several
days and he says the people along
the llrtes do not have enough mail
boxes. In many Instances several
families will use one box and this has
a tendency to make the government
annul the service. One of the means
6f judging the value of the routes is
by the number of boxes used, and
each patron should have a box. If
the people want this valuable service
continued they must Bhow their ap
preciation by putting up more boxes
add patronizing the service.
Miss Lois Herman, of Hickory, Is
spending some time with Mrs. J. W.
Self. . j
Mrs: J. W, Fletcher, 'of Chestor'
spent a few days this week with
friends here.
Mrs. J. G. Hall's physician tells her
she can leave for home with safety
on the lfUb.
Mrs. J. P. Taylor, of Hickory has
been spending a few days with Mrs.
B. A. Folk.
rrann unurcu still lingers in a
oritioal condition. Yesterday ho
showed signs of being weaker.
Mr. J. M. Powell is preparing to
build a cottage for rent near his
dwelling in the western part of town.
Mr. John Bean and Miss Ida I'n
derdown were married last Tuesday
evening, Rev. H. C. Marley officiat
ing. Louis Harris was before Mayor Poe
yesterday charged with an assault
on Rev. W. N. Cook. He was fined
(2.50 and costs.
Mr. W. H. Craddocklost his bal
ance one day last week and fell down
the steps at his residence severely
straining his left arm.
Mrs. Mary Sigmon 6hows uk a pe
culiar thing in the way of a small
white bean. It has the letters "I. N."
on it In pink white, the remainder of
the bean is white.
Mrs. W. S. Covington who has
been at the Stokes-Whitehead Sani
torium at Salisbury for treatment, is
Improving rapidly aud is expected
home next Monday.
Mr. L. H. Tuttle, who recently
sold his stock of goods at Uamewell
to Mr. Thompson, says he is now a
farmer and miller. He lias been in
the mercantile business for twenty
four years.
A destructive forest fire occurred a
few miles Northeast of town lant
week. The fire started from a saw
mill belongiug to Mr. H. C. Markie
aud destroyed a good deal of cord
wood belonging to his son-in-law,
Prof. A. E. Woltz.
New Advertisements'.
Read the new ads of Lenoir Realty
& Insurance Co.. J. W. Self, M. M.
Courtney, H. T. 'ewland, W. A. Wat
ion and J. . Shell.' '
Marriages.
The following marriage llscences
have been issued by Register Miller
since the 6th: John Hood to Mattle
Hamby, Arthur McRary to Mittie
Downs, J. W. Haas to Mamie White.
Special Recital.
There will be a recital at Davenport
college on Monday evening 23rd in
which a contest for positions on the
commencement program will be
held. There will also be selections rcn
dered by the new Orchestra ld by
Miss Crocker and composed of some
members of the Faculty aud other
musicians of the town.
Electric Lights.
The Citizens Llht and Power
turned on the electric lights last
Co.
Fri
day night and they were very satis
factory. !
They shone with a steady brilliancy '
and power that was highly gratify
ing to the members of the company
aud woll pleasing to the community.
Mr. Ivy, the manager, tells us the
machinery is all of the very best that
money can buy, which, being so, in
sures for J.enoir a light system sec
ond to none in the country. The
people of the town and The Light
and Power Co. are to be congratula
ted on the prompt installing of this
splendid plant.
Tickets.
The following good tickets for town
officers have been suggested to the
Nbws:
Mayor 1'. J. Johnson.
Commissioners: J. H. Atkinson, J.
V. McCall. J. A. Allen, A. N. Todd.
Another Mayor-M. K. Shell.
Commissioners (t. C. Earnhardt,
J. T. Montgomery. J. J. Hall aud W.
J. Palmer.
We have heard other names men
tinned but these are tho only two
complete tickets so far handed in.
The Taylorsville Scout has been
assured tha local support needed for
its continuance and will be continued.
Graded School Honor Roll.
First (A)Ohauk.
Martha McCalL Bryan Bush, Lee
Price.
First (B) Gradk.
Annie Bess Palmer, Louise Todd,
Eugene Allen, James Andrews.
Sicooxd Gradk.
Julia Deal, Jennie Day, Kvn Mun-
day, Wraeie Smith, Lizzie Seehoru,
Dolly Tolbert, Laurie Parks.
Third Oiiauk.
Clyde Sudderth, Lillie Healan,-Edna
Smith, Alice Wrist, Rosa Mus-
grave, Robert Munday, James Saf
ford, Johnsie Underdown, Claude
Andrews, Katie Lindsay, Wyatt
McXairv, Avery Craig, Ross Hols-
claw, Hemdon Clarke.
Fourth Ohadk.
Lillian Wakefield, Lucile Abern
ethy, Cora Alley, Ethel Munday,
Lily Tuttle, (iermide Hoke, Carrie
(Joforth. Carringtou Harris, Wade
Smith. Lee Spencer.
Fifth Gradk.
Pattie Bean, Bessie Dula, Lucy
Earnhardt, . Lizzie Fuller, Tressie
HefTner, Annie Lindsay, Cornelia
Miller, Alice Kobbius, (Mem Goforth
Sixth Grakk.
Irene Bobbins, Mamie Hoover,
Mabel Goforth, Fauuie Martin, Lucy
Abernethy, Jennie Dysart. Charley
Dysart, Russell HefTner, Floyd Black
well. Skvknth Gradk.
( 'larence Hoke.
Met Tragic Death.
Asbeville, April 11. News of the
tragic death of Tom Southern, of Ar
ilen, last night, has been received
here. Mouthers was returning to his
home at Anion, eight miles from
Asbeville, after a visit to this city
yesterday. As tho unfortunate man
stepped off the train on which he
was a passenger, be walked delibera
tely in front of an approaching car
and was run over and instantly killed
It is said that Southern' own careless
ness cost him his life. He evidently
did not see the approach of the mov
ing car, or else misjudged Its nearness
The body was terribly mangled and
literally cut in two. Charlotte Observer.
A good dear wife feared that her
husband would go to ruin because
he occasionally played poker. She
read a story in a magazine which
told of a woman who broke her hus
band of going out at night by play
ing with him herself. She decided
to try the experiment and borrowed
thirty dollars from a neighboring
woman, and then got her husband
In a game. He won her money In
half an hour and then went out to
hunt a real game.
Easter Offerings
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If You Want The Best
Suits at reasonable prices, don't fail to look over our
splendidly comprehensive selections of
"EFF-EFF" Fashionable Clothes for Men and Vounj Men.
The designs are by designers who know every little
detail of this season's smart fashions, from "A to Z" the
cut and finish of every garment shows the master-hand
you will find that your "size" fits you as if made-to-measure
and the fabrics include quiet and distinctive effects
of latest pattern, weave and shade. Lower prices wouldn't
be possible without sacrificing qualitv.
The kind of sack suits you want in single and double
breasted models. Fashionably long coats with lapels
beautifully shaped; trousers that hang free, and set grace
fully over the instep. Imported and domestic clothes of
refined character. From $5 to $20.
Our Haberdashery Department is a liberal education
in correct fashions for-Spring and Summer. There's
much that's truly exquisite there's nothingthat's not
"right" and values are remarkable.
H. T. Newland.
Cast
of Star Brand
Shoes.
They are the finest we ever saw and we want
you to come and look at them. We know the
shoe business and can conscientiously say
that we have never placed on our shelves a
better lot of footwear. "Star Brand Shoea"
are made in St. Louis, by
Roberts, Johnson & Rand Co.
a firm which has but one aim and that is to
Make the best Shoes on Earth at the lowest
possible cost. This concern operates Five
Big Specialty Factories and in each factory
only one grade of shoes is made. This in
sures absolute uniformity and the best pos
sible workmanship. Buying leather by the
train load, secures the lowest prices, and it is
turned into shi.es at the rate of 30,000, pairs
a dav.
The Star Trade Mark is on the Heel.
of every shoe and it means "honesty "noth
ing but the best leather and other material
can enter into a Star Brand Shoe. 'Ladies,
Misses and childrens stylish Oxford, Ties
and Sandals in the well known brands, Quak
er, Satin. Silk, May Day, Mascot and Vacation--Patent
Colt, Gun Metal, Vici Kid and
White Canvass. Selz and Keith & Pratt
High Grade, Stylish Oxfords for men.
Your
Eyes
Over the remarkable collection
of Jauntv, Clever Spring Hat
Styles we are now exhibiting and
you will find not only the partic
ular new style and color most be
coming to you but a rare treat in
matter of price.
Panamas $5 to $6.50.
Straws 5c to $3.00.
There is not a single new style
missing from our collection.
Complete line of Derbys, $1.50
to $3.00. Let us show vou.
More
Glasses
Are Worn
Now-a-days than ever before. No doubt
of it. People used to think that the wear
ing of glasses should be put off as long
as possible.
We know better now. We apply every
known agency for the relief and cure of
eye weakness, and there are methods in
common use to-day which weren't heard
of even ten years ago.
Now we commence to right eyesight just
as soon as it begins to go wrong. Now
school children by the hundred wear
glasses. And it's wise and proper, too.
Let us tell you what shape your eyes are
in.
WO If 7Tff fO HTTT The Jeweler and Optician.
. o. Miller and oon. UULA- Unoir North c--
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OO.ce Phon. 106, Mom. Phon 78.
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QUALITY THAT MAZES T HI B SALB.
A Few Questions: 1 Do you appreciate real bargains? 2 Do you believe in economy? 3 Is not
your money-as good as your friends? 4 Is it right for you to pay more for goods than some one else?
Answer the above questions for yourself. We do not believe in a half dozen different prices. 01,00
' of your money is as good as the other mans, it is purely a matter of business and right, to treat
all alike. .We not only have the reputation of selling good goods for less money than our competi
tors but we do it, That's all.
See us for any and everything to wear. Just received 3000 yards of Ginghams, worth 8 1-2 cents
will sell for 6 cents the yard.
Yours very truly.
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