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PITT COUNTY, FEBRUARY d
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GROCER.
TREATED
AT THE S M K Ill V V H U I IT
I'll to right
RELIABLE
Ed. H.
STATE NEWS-
in North Carolina.
I- oaths old child Mr.
illicit of South
Point, palled a j.
of boiling meat over on itself awl
was no badly that it died.
The live-year-aid daughter of
White, f Durham,
urned death
day. Her from an
grate.
We of I mm-.
day, between o'clock, in
near Pleasant Hill.
supposed to have by, General Merchandise
sparks from the chimney. Loss
about Kin-
inn Press.
To Amend the Ix
x.
crop can
grow with
TO PEOPLE, a
PITT AND ADJOINING o
or
UNTIES.
We are in the of the
the line of
race after your
THE
Tin- following i amendment
lo articled of the State
adopted by As-
and to submit-
lo voters for ratification
next
Section 1- That article T of
constitution of North Carolina
same is hereby abrogated
in lieu thereof shall he
the following article of said
constitution
ARTICLE VI.
st i;
an
Si i. Ever male person
iii Stales,
male person who has been
twenty-. years of
age, possessing tin-
set out in this article, shall
be entitled to vote at election
the people in the Slate, except
as herein otherwise provided.
Sic lie shall have resided in
the State of North Carolina
in the county mouths,
and in the precinct, ward or other
election district in which be offers
to vote, four months next proceed-
lug the election; Provided, That
removal from one precinct, ard
or other election district to another
In the same county, shall not ope-
rate to deprive person of die
right to vole in tin- precinct, ward
or other election district from
which he has removed, until four
months after such removal. No
person has been convicted, or
who has bis guilt in open
court upon Indictment of any crime
the punishment of which is. or may
hereafter be, Imprisonment in the
state prison, shall in- permitted to
vote, the said person shall
be first restored to citizenship in
the manner prescribed by law.
Ever person altering to
vole shall lie at the lime a legally
registered herein
in manner
provided law the
Assembly of North Carolina shall
enact general registration laws to
earn into effect the provisions of
this article.
Sic. Every person presenting
himself for registration shall be
able to nail any section
of the in English
language; before he shall he
entitled to vote, have paid on or
before the day of March of the
in which he poses to
his poll tux as prescribed law,
for the previous year. Poll taxes
shall lie a lien mi
properly , no process shall issue
lo enforce the collection of the same
except against
No male
on I. oral any time
prior thereto, entitled to vole
the laws of in the
I Stales wherein he then re-
sided, and no lineal of
x such person, shall denied
the light in register vole at
I any election in this State bx person
his failure to possess tin-
proscribed in
section I of this article Provided,
In- -hall have registered in accord-
with of this section
prior to December 1908. The
General Assembly shall provide for
a permanent record all persons
who register under this section on
or before November I.
all such persons shall entitled
to vote at all elections
by the people in Mate, unless
disqualified under section of this
Provided, such persons
shall have paid poll
i I law.
Sec All elections by the pen
pie shall lie ballet, all
Assembly
shall lie x
Sec Every voter in North
Carolina, except as in this article
disqualified, shall lie eligible lo of-
tint before entering upon the
duties of the office be shall take
subscribe following oath
do swear
affirm I will support
maintain tin- laws
of the United states, con-
laws of North Caro
Una not inconsistent therewith,
that I will faithfully discharge the
duties of my office
So help me,
Sec. S. The following of
persons shall In- disqualified for
office First, all persons shall
deny the being of Almighty
Second, all persons who shall have
been convicted or confessed their
guilt mi indictment pending, and
whether sentenced or mil.
I judgment suspended, treason
or felony, or any other crime for
which punishment may
in penitentiary,
since becoming of the
I or corruption
malpractice In office, unless such
person shall In- restored to the
rights citizenship in a manner
prescribed by law.
This act Shall lie in force
from after its ratification.
Rev. former rec-
tor of St. Mary's, has returned to
it lie Slate i- now located at;
, lie has many mi;
friends in
, Press.
Mr. W. T. Blackwell, one of
Durham's leading citizens,
sch
van
sell
all.
if
found in any store in County. Well bought
the creations of the best manufacturers of America
Europe. Seasonable all the year Spring, Summer
Winter. We arc at work for yours and our mutual ad-
It is our pleasure to yon what you and lo
you if we can. MY offer you the very best service, polite
the must liberal terms consistent with a
business-built up strictly on Its own merits.
you come to market you xx ill ii do yourself justice
do not see our stock elsewhere.
n-nil us and the following lines of general
newspaper is one of the great j , ,
levers to build up a business Dry and
a town. Where would Durham ,, , . , , , ,
. . Satins, Inches
have been today had it not been Jackets and Capes, Carpets. and Oil Cloths.
printer's Ink Site would b
right here, an old Held, holding
the earth and of no other
Men's, Women's Children's Shoes. and
North is presenting Harness. Horse Blankets Duster.
front to the smallpox.
The disease hasn't appeared there ;
and the town authorities
Keep it out if possible, iii
lion to a compulsory vaccination id. Sugar, Lard, scad ts,
ordinance Hie town has
points
is admitted unless hi has
health
Costings and Plow
the printers in the Char
at his
work Thursday night.
Last Wednesday, while cutting
a tree his place in Black
ship, Mr. John B. William-
son a planter was killed.
for and everything in line.
buy strictly for Ca-h, but for lather ash Approved
on which he was at lodged
against another tree. As it broke
away it shifted and fell
Mr. William striking him in
hack of the neck, killing him.
Wilson News.
An Anxious Mother Watching-
for Her Hoy.
or fifty
county with in the
Philippines, of course that
means that there are many anxious
mothers left behind; me of these
Mrs. M. L. Clarke, whose oldest
II months ago. has
almost her reason through
anxiety. Her husband says that
she docs not sleep at and
that she spends most of her time
going to the for
that never come, watching the
trains, thinking, pi
her ix ha-
Credit. Our motto is Honesty, Merit Dealing
I ii
h. i- Potash.
of opinion of . . .
that .
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its .
add tn Hi.
word- ;. I J
possible as to the s.
; that I
a full crop
gel that the will . L
make a change by a pi. , ; growth v, ill be
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Hie as . .
amendment, lie d cLue
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Daniel II
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Mary I ;. . ,,
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and using I
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Ada Sin. is,
e and ire ill-
.
STOVES
Charlotte
P. S. tells Hie
News that Mr. Thomas
SOU Of the late Senator
Vance, is being prominently spoil
en the next gubernatorial can
the Washington.
Mr Vance has been at
general tor some mouths,
has efficient attended
duties attendant upon the
lice, and will push
him for Ibo governorship. North
Carolina is interested in Vance
not only because he is a Tarheel, but
because In-is Vance's son,
will rejoice at good
fortune or max
him.
There is nothing harder for D
young mother than lo find herself
so placed I lull she is
able go freely, as was
her w out early married days
before III.- ball came, while the
and goes as ever, and
is not lied all. The
be very patient and -v In
pathetic while mother adjusts
herself to life of hers, as
a sweet woman lo
for if lie is here he
is planting seed of failure which
will grow iii gigantic proportions.
keep in touch with
mother iii these days, that
may walk together later, all
through even to the end.
my Home Join mil-
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set prepared by a
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Rev. W. Davis, is. in
a month.
Tom William- and Ales Italic
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OBSERVATIONS. .
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ls the Va. n-. i
Tom William- Alex tr. i Hi., i M
had Small . Stolen ,
day night In which freely , u ,
each other. When Agent J. II. the
,, ,. lane. ,
men. I were .
their for lb. ,,,,.,.,,,,. be.
mil
the dining hi The .
Fountain r
Bookstore. never wrote ., A,
than the to one die
The , during day . .
worked by Standard Oil r,. . ,. ,.,,,, ,,, , w,.;.
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on today. I;,.,,,, i.-l.
.
the sale ., ,,
lie he price i in- had been I. ., i
than any it open with iron, ,
ill.
III .
with iron.
in iii.- .- i . .,. ,. , , . . .
Mumps are no .-I ,,
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Tin. Ill. work in , ,, . .
m here else.
i in. in .-.-
j, little bud shape nut ,. u y, , ,. . , ., .
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we gel i here somehow.
The weather as
Sunday night la ever
little after nightfall the
in and the
.- blowing a gale. A
later the moon and
were brightly.
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LAND SALE,
u except
Entered at
Mail
Post at
as Second
1900,
THE WAY OF
BOX PAP- R
Pens, Pencil.
need lo bare Nikola
for in his
Hear cams to one
. ; work, and
him to I ho for
latter took
the r. on condition that
n did. For
and b never closed
hi the end of the first fort-
he not bad Bleep all
tho foreman,
i rent De said
young man that on account of
n they been under
ave a good
the foreman and tho
Went to a well known
on i of boulevards and got one
of the biggest and steaks
tide, it was a and
to I for two.
ll liberal, and there
b id Inc. Between them.
bow p to make
.; disappear, and then Fulton,
h lo IN sin. asked bin if
was as would like.
V with me, yen know, and
for a ; want Just order
looked vaguely around for a
n n as r mind, and
said, f
you . I would like another
-an Argonaut
received or
Oil
III. ii. In
A lie t who was recently
young English
ll .- same mill. ti fact.
In i me with her fur two
sill German for pro-
I. meet Europeans, be
Idea, the
of country-, In of
foreigner, are rather
creatures, who smoke and hare
rails,
r r one day in early
the the
I Louisville girl a
relic, up her refining it
y. though nil tho In the
. Stolen
s the girl
net tics, pipes. If you will
gel of In the
s I lie charmed to
with
in-- i. . the
and it. it not until be
tin Hi.- u i face, hi, friend made In
all pi lo carry the Joke that
lie situation. He
telling American In a
loin r surprise that just like
girl, i In In England, and her
re.
don't yon think a lady
By of the decree mode
Pin Safari i Court In I la-
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The a I
rape to pill i
the Court dour is lo lb,
highest Udder for n
day tin
I'm lull in
land but Burton Me-
and other, containing
ma r h m,
a-
belonging lo an I Julia
and fully in In Book
in
more or fully in
a deed and Cherry t.-
Skinner, Book page
tract known Council
land in adjoining
the land, i f K M. John and
acre
more or km, in a deed
front J. U. Unit
C page, and
i Hi, r tract in
ship known as Burton hind
hundred or
era,
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Ian hi i Id,
in re or U--
alto-
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a, in. Burton J line, lands. the
land and the land h
a-
all
To those
malarial districts
.
t in in order a
absolute cure
r headache,
. torpid liver,
n and all bilious diseases.
Liver Pills
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general and
repair of wagons
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SOUTH.
Line In all Points.
Texas
California,
Florida,
Cuba and
SERVICE
That i
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Hilly
all
Pullman Sleep
ii- mi all Nil In
an Sain Schedules,
I'm Time
. General
or address.
leave Washing
ton daily A. M. for Green-
villa, leave Greenville daily
M. for
Steamer leaves
Greenville Mondays,
and Fridays m. for Tar-
leave for Greenville
ti A. M. carries freight only.
Washington with
Baltimore,
New York
ton, for all points for
railroads
Shippers should order freight by
the Old Dominion Co. from
Sew Clyde Line from .
Hay Line from Baltimore; I
Line
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Also a nice Line of Hardware.
I can hum found in the
brick store formerly
occupied by J.
W. Brown,
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THE B ST CHILLS
and Is a bottle of
Chill Tonie. It la simply
Iron in a t
pay. Prior, nth.
Whichard, N. C.
The Sim; in
prices low m Hie
Highest market price
aid for country
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BOOK ON
QUART BOTTLES.
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or J . i . all who from
Of skin of any to try it at once. I a deal at , , a,
dOWn
The blood is if keep it pure
It for sale a,
FOB
HIP.
The Eastern Reflector
D. J. EDITOR
TRUTH TO
PER
VOL. XIX.
PITT COUNTY, H. C. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY
NO
IRE I ID
-AT-
THE AMENDMENT.
following is the
to article of the State
adopted by the General As
and to be
to the voters for ratification
next
1- That article VI of
of North Carolina
the same is hereby abrogated
lieu thereof shall be
the following article of said
VI.
AND ELIGIBILITY TO
OFFICE-QUALIFICATIONS
OF AN
Eve y male person
born United and
every male person who has
naturalized, years of
age, possessing the
sot nut in this article, shall
be to vote at
by the people in the Slate, except
as herein otherwise provided.
See. He shall hare resided in
the State of North Carolina for two
years, in the county six mouths,
and precinct, ward or
election district in which he offers
to vote, four months next proceed-
the election ; Provided, That
from one precinct, ward
or other election district
in the same county, shall not ope-
rate to deprive person of the
right to vote the precinct, ward
or other election district from
which he has removed, until four
mouths after such removal. No
person who has been convicted, or
who has confessed his guilt
court upon indictment of any crime
of which is, or may
hereafter lie, imprisonment in the
Mate prison, shall be permitted to
vote, unless the said person shall
be first restored to in
the manner prescribed by law.
Sec. Every person offering to
vote shall lie at the time a legally
registered voter as herein
ed and the manner
provided by law, and General
Assembly of North Carolina shall
enact general registration laws to
carry into effect the provisions of
this article.
Sec. Every person presenting
himself for registration shall be
able to read and write any section
of constitution in
language; and, before be shall be
entitled to vote, have paid on or
before the first day of March of the
year in which he proposes to vote,
his as prescribed by law,
for the previous year. Poll taxes
shall be a lien only on assessed
property, and no process shall issue
to enforce the collection of same
except against property.
Sec. 5- No male person was,
on January or at any time
thereto, entitled to vote
the laws of State in the
United States wherein he then re-
sided, and no descendant of
sty such parson, shall be denied
the right to register vote at
any election this Slate by person
of his failure to possess tho
qualifications prescribed in
section of this Provided,
ho shall have registered in accord-
with the terms of this section
prior to December 1908. The
General Assembly shall provide for
a permanent record persons
who register under this
or before November
all such be entitled
to register and vote all elections
by the people in this State, unless
disqualified section of this
Provided, such persons
shall have paid their poll tax as re-
quired by law.
See. All elections by the
shall he ballot, and all
elections by General
shall
See Every voter in North
Carolina, except as in this article
disqualified, shall lie eligible to of-
but baton entering upon the
duties of the office lie take
and subscribe the following oath i
do swear
i I will support and
the and laws
of the United and the con-
and laws of North Caro
inconsistent therewith, and
that I will Ii
duties of my
So help me,
Sec. The following classes of
persons shall be disqualified for
First, all persons who shall
deny being of Almighty God.
Second, all persons who shall have
been convicted or confessed their
guilt on indictment and
whether or
judgment suspended, any treason
or felony, or any other crime for
which the punishment may
in the penitentiary,
becoming citizens of the
United of corruption and
malpractice in unless such
person shall be restored to the
rights in a
prescribed by law.
See. This act shall be in force
from and after its ratification.
Let Congress Take Warning
To Cotton
The past ginning season again
the incomparable
superiority of The American Cot-
ton Company's bale.
Not only was benefited
had their cotton put up in
bales, but even the pat-
of old style gins profited by
the presence of
Although last year The Amer-
Company largely in-
creased the number of its presses
in the all that it
was able to build the demand in
New England and abroad for cot-
ton hailed by this process greatly
exceeded the supply.
is preparing this year to add
largely to the number of its presses.
The Company's works are running
day night building presses,
which will be leased to responsible
who own or are prepared
to build modern gin houses good
cotton districts, on a rental which
is repaid by the cotton
buyer the premium for cotton in
It is Great
has waived all privileges batter the
treaty, has
Consented to the of
the Nicaragua Can by the United
Stales. If this is true,
had take warning. Great
Britain is not in the habit of con-
ceding any thing that is of value.
The fact is, England never at-
slightest value to a canal
across Nicaragua. Some years ago
when the defunct canal company
team agents to London to arouse
interest
declined to enthuse, and
British denounced it as
a chimera, as I hey did a
ago when it was first survey-
ed. Not a single European
of note has ever endorsed it
and same may be said of
engineers in this country.
England would lie more than
willing for United Stales to
waste untold millions of dollars
upon this impracticable scheme.
If it were built she would lie able
with her Immense navy to com-
it, just as she has done
Suez, she is always willing to
have her chest nuts pulled out of
the fire. U it British, Belgium.
Germany French engineers
know very well that no canal suit-
able to commerce can be construct-
ed over tho Nicaragua route by
any system of engineering known
to the profession.
exit are insuperable for
the removal of which not a single
suggestion has yet made which
will the attention of a
first class engineer. The winds
and waves fiats can be con-
trolled for a certain distance, but
not when they extend miles nut
to sea. A rampart costing
would disappear a
mouth, and sandbanks would pop
up in the channel dug out for com-
No navigation company
after one such experience, would
again risk its vessels. It would as
soon of sending them to the
stars.
THE PEOPLE, AND CUSTOM
PITT AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.
arc ill in the forefront of the race alter your patronage
We otter best selected line of
General Merchandise
THE COTTONSEED Oil. IN.
The oil industry Ii
an Important In
he development of the cotton
States of the Sou ii. The growing
y of the cotton
i is in no small
measure due to ability to sell
a substantial price a large pan
their product which a few
ago had no market value. II is
estimated that lo every pounds
of cotton there, is about ion
pounds of seed, which Is worth, at
the present market price, ti
per price depending
nearness lo a market. The
value seed is. therefore,
equivalent to nearly two cents per
.- the price of the
and at best market quota-
lions it practically brings
staple up to nearly cents per
l i p-i
to las found in any store in County. Wall
selections, creations of the manufacturers of America
Europe. Seasonable all the year round. Spring, Summer
and Winter. We arc work for and our mutual ad
vantage. It is OUT pleasure lo show you what you want and to
you if we can. We otter you the very best service, There appears to an
attention, and the most liberal terms consistent with a well j unlimited demand for
established business up strictly on its own merits. j.
When you come to market you will not do yourself . .,
if you do not see our immense before buying elsewhere.
us and the following lines of general merchandise.
Dry Goods and Notions,
Caps. Silks Satins, Dress Trimmings Ladies
and Carpets, Mattings and Oil
Shoes.
Men's, Women's Children's Shoes.
Harness, Horse
and
To vote millions for such -an en-
looks as if then-was more
money in the Treasury than Con-
knew what to do with, and
that congress was anxious to gel
rid of it. The route itself, if cure-
fully examined ought to convince
prudent men of its
Why try to go one hundred
land in expensive
bales.
Information concerning leases j trip can made
will be supplied by Messrs. E. is
Johnson N. C.
THE AMERICAN COTTON
Groceries.
Flour, Meal, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Lard, Scad ts,
Hardware,
Plows, Castings and Plow Fixtures, Nails and Pope.
Furniture.
STATE
Happening, la North
widow of the Hon.
William N. II. Smith, chief justice
of this State, died at her home in
Raleigh Tuesday morning.
The State Superintendent o
Public Instruction, who is also
Secretary of the North Carolina
Assembly, says a great
many of the teachers desire that
this year's session, the seventeenth
be held at Wilmington, for a
change.
John of Concord
township, lost a good horse last
week. It was running around
barnyard and struck its
against the stable door so hard as
to kill Landmark.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Proceedings Meet
Inc.
The Board of County
bail two days at
their February meeting and trans-
acted a large volume of business.
The aggregate amounts drawn
the treasury were us follows
For paupers
supply, and the sea on County Home
either side is too shallow to bridges, ferries and bun
jury tickets Court
ill ; Clerk Superior
cotton d
Being a vegetable product, ii
over lard for
purposes many house-
holds, its uses are multiplying
other directions. Cottonseed
met. from which the oil baa been
extracted, is a rich food for form
lock, and is extensively taking
the place of Western grain, which
in former was the Southern
planter's almost sole dependence
I'm stock feeding. The
of cottonseed oil has generally
large profits, and the build-
of mills forward active-
all parts of the grow
sections. manufacture of
the oil is becoming one of the lead-
industries in that part of the
I country, and-ll will be long
every in South
will have good market for the
Bead as for the col ton itself.
there is a in
the building of cotton mills in
many of the cotton States, and ho
sanguine Southern-
confidently believe that ii will
continue so long there shall
ii bale of raw cotton lo ship out of
With la nine
of cotton on ground, and a
ready remunerative market for
their waste product, ii looks as
though the long period of hardship
for Southern ended,
and that turn for profit and
to remove Matilda had come
insane, from the jail of this We in good fortune
crop can
grow with-
out Potash.
Every blade
Grass, every grain
of Corn, all Fruits
and Vegetables
must have it. If
enough is supplied
you can count on a full crop
if too little, the growth will
telling all atom
renders f. all crops,
n i
Doubtless it Will lie a surprise
to many to read statement that
then country in the world in
which is a crime to smoke. Hut
casein Abyssinia. The
Penny Magazine tells in a para-
graph that the law forbidding the
use of tobacco their dales from
was merely Intended lo
I in toe churches, but
ii as taken and now
even foreigners who smoke I here
at all have to do so as if
wen still
land Neck Commonwealth.
Headquarters for Furniture and everything in line.
We buy strictly for Cash, sell for Either Cash or on Approved
Credit. Our motto is Honesty, Merit and Square Dealing.
Four Friends,
What s Cents and a Dozen
Goose
Years Afro.
Mr. II. A. Cathay, of
Creek township was in yes-
brandishing a friendly
way razor that his father bought
years ago. The razor has
scraping beards ever since and is
good condition. Mr.
father paid for
it. Mr. Cathey also showed a
buckskin which his
rather bought at the same lime
got the razor. Be traded a
dozen goose eggs for the
old buckskin like the
razor still dues good service.
Charlotte Observer.
HOW'S THIS
O. W.- Harrington and I
. In store for our South- for
forty
depth for
ton ship.- The San Juan, which is
to furnish of the supply, is
two feet deep at some points, and
much less at others. Lake
is a shallow concern, which
holds out no promise whatever of I
I Davis were appointed a
lo after bridge.
I Israel Moore presented bis
I nation as Constable of Swift Creek
township which was accepted.
Tip- following were released from
poll tax 1800 s. F.
,,. ,,. ,.,,,. ,
, Tart King, II. Lawrence ,. , .
Barrett, J. It. B. F.
j for, sentiment
aside, we of the North have good
to wish them the largest
measure of prosperity. Their in
creasing demands for all kinds
products will stimulate Northern
Industry, and will insure steady
We oiler One Hundred is
Reward for any ease of Catarrh
that can not be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. Co.; Props.,
Toledo, O.
Wet have known
the fifteen
Mar.-, and him perfectly
in all business
financially able to carry
any obligations made by their
firm.
water a mile from the entrance.
If Congress passes the Nicaragua
bill it will involve
Lawhorn, W. II.
Stokes, H.
J. T, F- Nelson, Biggs
Cox, W. M. Manning.
Horton, was released
ax, wholesale drug-
Toledo,
wholesale druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken
become safely it upon the
people production shall I
Stales the most scandal j I Solicitor
of all the ages, it will do it
defiance of the fuel that a
created by itself, is now en-
gaged in seeking accurate
A Boom In unions.
t . from payment of taxes on per-
am property erroneously
,. i, j, . . ., a. W . II. was released limn
Mayor Polios jail 9186.- . .
a.,. I taxes M personal
conveying prisoners
148.70; boarding Jurors
Justices and
will tend wonderfully to round out
am prosper-
of the whole
Record.
properly erroneously charged.
Laura Bobbins was released from
land I
An Indispensable Power.
Advertising makes wheels of
business go It helps lo
supply the motive of emu
activity, and keeps, the
machinery of barter trade
moving. It has become
sable in affairs, is a
boon to the purchasing public
Philadelphia Record.
It Has suggested Hint on
j ions are a good thing to prevent the
taking of smallpox, with the result
that about every man or two
meets be is with
Sometimes a fellow adds little
corn liquor to bis bait of onions
and then it is a line odor.
this mixture ought lo
vent any disease from taking bold
of a man. It ought to have more
to lie caught in
such Rec-
IS; conveying prisoners 910.10
Coroner Register of Deed-
910.20;
indigent pupils ; printing, ad-
and record books
Swift Creek Block
Law
Law 1198.03.
The following were added to
r list to receive monthly pay
Ann
Win. Willis Argent Smith lo retail to June
30th granted F. Jolly Co.
Cos as released from
Tho town of in the
Indian Territory, says New
fork Tribune, a population
Dr. D. L. James,
DENTIST,
X. c.
if more than seven Office over While
upon
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Price Toe. per bottle.
Sold by nil Druggists.
freer.
Hall s family Is arc
payment of lazes on acre
erroneously charged.
Valuation of laud of W. T. liar
was reduced from to
land ill Creel, b-i
ed J. II Cox. for
was reduced In
lent
93.00, daisy Maria
91.00.
Winnie Chapman. George Bay-
Belcher were stricken from
pauper list.
II. A. was released
from bin of Joe Wilson,
Clerk of Hoard was ordered to.
wood, convict.
Sheriff made report of the
laying of a public in
Dam township.
Twenty one delinquents wen-
Commissioners ISM.
squatters, who hope that
eventually the Federal
I will ratify their title to
of which have taken
p. They have Mayor,
no Tow Marshal, no Aldermen, no
police. There wits a survey
of the ground made for
poses. nave up Hue
resilience., for a -1
t the houses are In rows
that leave wide a fairly regular
people lead moral
lives and arc law-abiding In spirit,
though I an no particular law,
for them to abide by. A stranger
in I lie would never
the was not fully organ-
and furnished with all
modern
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