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. tie fT Ii FOR III XIX. . -AT-- PITT COUNTY, FEBRUARY d NO l i 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 . I, I I 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 II. -.- tin , Hie as . . amendment, lie d cLue . . N Should and i. It i-1. I. r .,,.,. . mm-. one single the I- hold. But . ,. l If, loll lid for u . own whit, m of the I.,,, . . hit. I j ., . ,, , letter. he lie, . , mi ell-en .,. I -n so plain th b nil it ion hi Ml.- tin , ;.;. all the world ii t. mi ii I . Court. l New . M Daniel II i ion II . I III . e , . Hull's Julia Hi i Mat . . Mary I ;. . ,, I .;,. .,,. know and using I . mm I I . id a I line I I'm i-mi e drug- . to ; . 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- . A HE Ml CAN K I'll WORLDS . I . s-., Mi- A . needs no id veil i- . lump . I Now little ii make ad I In . i- . a ii- , i, . p 1--111 it be i-i . I ill . hut In- ism. . a I he ill lent ion of hundreds I i.- Mill -I , . , 01.1, . . ; bottle. best P CO. Hi . N. J III . I , . . I ll . . renewal I lie oilier. I ill THE

B; PM I ,., . i i I . in II . to. largest Sale off Any SPECIAL IN THE WORLD. manufactured by NORFOLK, VA is the Moil sf I; a necessity for an blood purifier hat brought into . . h set prepared by a combination, and r . peculiar to itself and giving Hood's Sarsaparilla curative power. I . v hi r A- Rosy u-t good I. .- check.-. Hunks to r- , . i. Rosy Te ; . M. ;.,. K.- ,,. A. R.-U. ,. . H,. . . fa. ,, . ,. ., It. . . , . j. ;. ;. .,. . I. near . I. ,, Pearson. K , Hooker V elected. the . . . i-the tiling pat in. r In. . . ., m. The if i . . to ,,. practical i insured. bi-l IV. E. An l. . .- J. . . . A ill i . defeat. I . Mi. . I. . ll K W In Mr. . i Mr. , i . ,. ii I ;.,. ,. a I I lie n Ii . . . i . . . I paper i Upon thallium , . . for ,. II ,. kill . . II. V, mi ll M . l . .-. . -hi. ,. . W . .;., M.,;.,. . I. , , ., -J. Huh l Value. , , i. up S, automatically, Will lie it- i. Hands to yearn low n , , , hi I-; ; v,,,.,.,,,,,,,. an hi- to . each Cm,,,. the current year . , H. i , . I. To or TM , , ; To Make Policy an . . i. .- for ll- ,. of I named. ll . , . I . i I. iii 1-. here . . ill.-.-i k ,;,, . Kan., . I a . ,. I Hail for , . . ,; ll . m , . bI ll i . . . . J. L. SUGG, II I B, N. manner r- I . lie imp . I l. mi; ,;.,. . II lien i., lorn are lira i in I II;. ill . i i ii main i I i White, . ban i ii , I mil mill bis crow. II i Ii resolution i . . nettle la lucking. ll trap I. ; ii Win. f Have Hides, f . . cash a in -i- , . baud, produce M. old. A trial mi baa good- kepi . . . i ii I i I i In l-n . . id . . . ii. kt-i I pi D. W. ii hilt, ; . . fl.- . . . .,,. II i n . Hull nu , ,. . it . , . i value Practical, . pi , . Illustrated. ., HOOK . M . i work, BOOK . i i mi l I. BOOK . In . i i mi . r t ti i , ; BOOK t . hilt- I M i, y. . . . . mi Ty . i i We. North ad Cow, or to . Ill Ml I ; , . t. . i u , i, . Mai I i i , . JOURNAL . ., mi ii i-. . . . . n 1.1 . . . Any . . II, A I . mm Ir U no. . . I . Fail inter Clot . . ; , . -i . Special I i A I . . Good Suit mm hi i n . it FRANK WILSON m. i ; . fl l. .,. I nil. kin. v . EASTERN REFLECTOR . . i., i;, . will nm- tin . ,;, in. . i- ii. sum- n , , . favor- ml If there MAIM. , . lb. . of this I I am very trill; M. II M- . . . . and we x early i I. ,. v . I Hie , . owe us and you wilt paper LOCAL . . , ., , ready l . in . K . , mine lb. . . i Book Store. Pork l in l-.-i in I . i ; . . ;, i. . .-., i . . I .- in a- here n i I.- Till t v I I.-.,. i . I . i,.,.,,., I . r . ii I-,,., . . likely ii ,,, .,,,. . a.-.- tin- yen I , . , . if ail i There la do telling a even . and Harry I an Hie t land .,., . it . . . . ll .,. . .,.,. . w . . II V . P . . Saturday . . U. -1-1 Mi, M . ,.,. . Mail, I P Mi, mil in lull i ii Ku n t.,,. i in. a-, i in . . i, i . in. i . l I .- II l . tile Mil i , arc wan reported was- ,, mil. here an i. I--1 v nun nave an ,,,., , , . ,. ; . . .,.,., ., . , , Booth will preach . U, death . r b ; j Home on She a- m m ;.,,. ,,,. . i.,., n M Burned to death. 1.1.1 I Hi. , i i ., , and exploded. here again. Rev. W. Davis, is. in a month. Tom William- and Ales Italic had .-. , . ,, , lire Tale were . IT,,, i, . . OBSERVATIONS. . ;. lie 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,.;. j,, ,,. .,,., pi, 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 ,, -nil-, and . . Tin. Ill. work in , ,, . . m here else. i in. in .-.- j, little bud shape nut ,. u y, , ,. . , ., . I. .,. 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. hi i l . one bu be in- i i- . B. could i an There arc . i . . hi. ., , miles . i I , . I . i , I HI. I , If . Haul a a re, fact -in. k. i . ii i. I I SI . . i an all ill , in i hours. i,. l . GO. in in of house i ii- . better have Ml -11, . . Haiti I u i . h. ii . ii i. ii . i t t ii,. i. ville who somebody a Hi roB w yon ii you way to make it bolter, not help ., . ii, ill pill man , ,, ill . fl Kill whom be baa borrowed a m , ,, . i i ., . health Up hi ,,, hi i alien Mr. m,. awoke lier hurt . M i in. i -i Puerto i ;. i . i-i-u . a In ., full

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- Bi and mi I an . 11.11 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, ;. One I lathe land, , lad the Ian hi i Id, in re or U-- alto- I.--, kn. 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 AM COAST LINK DIRECTORY i Mile r tn Mini. Ian ii r- the -N to -l l- Joke . i nun all i i under U . t r . i. Ar , A M I, I M i a t an f V. T ; M P M AM St X M AM C Oil c n . . . I, . l v. W I -11 Ml if. tile i a re- plied you lint do. a d manager. speak r-t give you s-l a rigid raid Dan Atlanta Journal If mm a- . cut, peril I often named I, Ii ,, f a II In . I, I I and land, trill, 1.1.1, tin in. hi I, one nil- I-11 mid hail it I ml t In -e II. s. ; ;. ii hip, known n-iii, la lining inn .,,. log he I in. ml II . I'll I I like till II I . f IV sf mile MM IO t up . the Si . he lite . tie. I., lie Arr U H PM m. iii-aver j M. at A Rev. I. A. Minister in Ban- morning and I'M,,. X. Booth, pastor. m. D. i, It son Ar I., . Lr It. Tarboro r m ii . so an on a so as n ii. up and carry II in . Ii . . ml . u. k the If inn an ill mill the the land, tin . I and others mi acre, more from J A in Ina I'm r t l. formerly as LL Is n the world Com Ii r at . mi . A- V C r I-; Is not a con- m lull a communicable ills- I T pi r Ind not convoy ; .-. it la now well known It In mainly d and to the main danger of It ans prevent or In only In Is. of I during c now also me i;. , . . . I lite ii. I IV set Poster The Eastern , n . el that a If lie s ll not fellow 111.11 I- . . . an at .-. the I. that In nil. Is a than A Knopf in hare all ,, , ., I T 1.11.1 b ft . . . in 1- a. J. us n i.-s. ., -id. d,,,., Ham page------ Hi., -1 III III ll U . J, ii Ii o nit in two . and runs North Hi i a-j a I W Weal t,, ,, ,., . N W. f p. r. ad of the J. hi I. runs road s. j . K pol ii with hi. to the brining containing One tract of laud in Content- w A. Mr the I mil an I hen, containing w, a. r. mm from J a. Hook and A , . son, II One. tract situate in Hardy Jr. an In . 1811 . in Book -l I page and A Ii One tin, land m ,,. the lands of Lite Hi urn Me Porter's place. J. A p. others, live hundred and more or lea. PROPERTY, in Wist .- 1.11 I.- lull at X. w. strict it, No. with tin- line of lot No , i;. ,.,.,, ,,, ,, v. Ii Ward cast with Ward feet lo the U I-1 No. IS in West s. K. and 1-. ii,., III With I lo lot No. thence n. I-An HI and P. Ha mi in ,,, Third shut west feel ll- beginning, . m the corner and l in a from -I W m Book I. I lie tern an Tin , K. n 1-. hi S. M. HAS mi t.,. , SOU Mixed Citron. Pales. TOSS. Al. Ar Train leaves Ion Ii p ill, ; leans p in. San I lord Mil in. i p in. arrive S p in leave pin. arrives C p in Beat. g it a m, v an. a at, Red Springs in. Hope Mills a rive Returning leave, pill. II p . lied It p p in X. the Carolina Central the with Air Line Southern with lb, Railroad. Train, on th, Road ,, ,. . s. Neck S t . m. Bin. . J ill,., on Washington Branch Wash lea mat, I-.-1- i. m. arrive Lo e in. leave p, arrive It no a and . Knotty It . . m. m ,,,. ii in. i. leaves n fan am. and sun Hay. moraine evening. Rev. A. M W F. nu- I thin I Ii Rev. J. H. . PM A M a so am pm Morton, If A- a. It. Lotto, n. meats Orel third Monday evening;, i; hams. W. M. ,. M. s,.,. Meets ever evening. H. K. K. of P. Tar River Lodge. X. id W, meets every R. M. More, C. T. M. Hooker, K. R. and ,., -i.,,,. , .,, N C h, dally, t an mi Tr lean . .,.,, , . m in, c, Bail way. STANDARD A a Branch -a a m. p arrive pm. I. II an am p. p. ., , arrive ll. ii in. o.,, Warsaw ,., m all, , , Train Wei i in II. M. EMERSON, Agent It. T. H. OLD DOMINION LINE It. x,,. every even- W. B. Wilson. . Lang. See, V. A. .--Moots night in I. ti u. ,.,,. A. O. Council, Ho. meets even- and third nights in Fellows Hall. Worthy D. s. Smith, Bee, LO, So. Monday nights in Odd W. Ii. Arch,.; I. Smith -in. t, House to ages P. ii for i- II man. in ii i; III I, . MAGAZINE iii Kl , SALE ,, , I'm sale. Shun for nil kinds of i -1-11 and sawing, general and repair of wagons horse unit B Inc. Good paying large W, TUB------ SOUTH. Line In all Points. Texas California, Florida, Cuba and SERVICE That i r laud 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 MY Washington, X. c J. J. X. -A OP Also a nice Line of Hardware. I can hum found in the brick store formerly occupied by J. W. Brown, TO MB, J. It. PATENTS iS P to AMI r i . t S. C. lie- W, I If. I. T. p. I . U. T A ti. V, f, i SALT RHEUM CURED BY Johnston's Sarsaparilla am in a., fur On . ill. m. oil. i cm,, a. a FOB SALE AT BOOK 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 yon Invert or v a h n i f.-i r,, fr nil m BOOK ON QUART BOTTLES. ST IN IS haps or . Marshall, Mich., far live years. Tho an I ., u. the, cum., on mi- . v raw with it. I i- I. I ,, f. sure It. I money ii e when I hail M , I , I , I have never had a touch of it 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 I h You Like Good Printing Then You Will Like Ours. THE