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idtown Saturday.'■IhCHlnc town Monday.

Mr John K Wood went to lotto laat week on business.

Mr r w NMfajl was in town Monday.

Mr SB Cox, of Brown, was in town one day laat week.

Dir S A Henly was ont on the Uwhlrris hunting laat week.

Mr WD Stedman has a of new embroidery.

MissSaUie Henly Greeusboro to spend «

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MrRCYow, of Erect, was ini | town Friday.

Mr J H Vettel went op to Ran- | dleman Tuesday.

The new residence of Mr ShubelisburyandRowanoonnty. Recentl W Laughlin is nearing completion. " ‘ *

Mrs Wrenn, of Worthville, is vis-1

— ~SnaO Pox.

The two week’swhich was to have commenced at I suspended, we can’t get to town to Salisbury on laat Monday was bro- pay for our county paper. I hope ken up by.the small pox scare in Sal-(somebody will inaiot Randolph

* County at the next term of court for ' _ he public hi[‘

in snoh an infernal com are certain sections of

term of court Bad roads; travel almost entirely

- -wbs --1—„ r _there was developed a case of small- allowing the

x in the oonntv jail at Salisbnr nber ofcaiting her daughter, Mrs M C Spoon. There are a of osros io

nry.the

Hpttor

ighways to get ndition. There

to my

Proceedings of the County Com missioners.

Tho Rnop.1 Mnn.ia« o.i I ^AND POSTERS—ut 10 cents a Tt?“ %J.d’ dozen at Courier Office.

BUSINESS NOTICES.

_ .pest house near Salisbury, Compul* knowledge that the overseer has not,„ •.DrM F Fox, of Guilford CoHege, I aory vaccination has been enforced, worked in two years. They arenbso- ^,)^ ^”^er 1,,df,e

T2 to “® his broth' IOne d^S finn »lone hafl wld 2000 lately almost impassable. Years ago I /.A.^’ding feedvaccine pointe in the last ten days. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..ei, Mr 0 R Fox.

I' W1*? °.f High FrN Teaehen' A«oelation. in Asheboro Monday on ban- _

Mr “Ju[wasness.

when the judges from High Poir

and 'oint to

and transacted business as follows. Claims allowed:

COUNTY HOME.

Wm Jarrell wood $ 4 50A L Delk mdse 7 30Pattie Delk qnilts 7 50

BLANKS.—All kinds of blanks I for niagristrates nt Courier Office. 'Send for prices.

WANTED.—500 cords of cord I wood. Apply to II. I). Caudle, |

“Money Saved is Money Made.”

DON’T READ THIS!—(0).

9 floo r1 1 KWtuing teed ro§e W F McCrary mdselawyersAsheboro by I koai> fokce.

never Worth Co nry ns to Thos Williams peas

public high- Il H Kennedy snptThe Randolph county Teachers’

Association will hold Its next regu- . .....Subscriptions to Thb Courier liar session in Asheboro on Saturday, ways, but now they ride on the W M Check ast sup

are increasing rapidly in this and Februaiy 21st. It will be an impor- “bars and the dirt road is forgotten. B M Kearns guard1 joining counties. tant session of the association and I Something must be done, it is a tar- L A Vnucanon guardu».M w v j m matters of importance to the teach- nation shape. A little bunch of 8 E Kearns guard

nWw£ «' 7® •« will be considered. A full at. convicts can’t keep all the roads in June Pearce guaidWorth wont to Greensboro Monday tendance is desired. All teachers 88 ® county as Randolph in or-1W .J Baldwin mdse

nice lot | morning. . * - - - * • ■Miss Bertha Pearce, who irattend

largeand friends of education are invited Ider* “ the law. was enforced, there IA G Murdock mdse to be present. The citizens of w°nld be but littls room for com-1 Elias Luck feed

*“ requested to plaint. At least'twenty overseers. To.on. il enacted Pn& 8011001 here« 8P«at Saturday and Asheboro are especially requested to P)aint. At least ' twenty overst " ^^Soil.TX“l8u“d,J*‘lle'1““'lattC"*«J- |*«A Thereliui ..aiening *'■?“'

to have Lowe’s creek brid_ road crossing near Fanner.Mr Wm Stotts, of Seagrove,

'IwMiitwas

Mr and M rsT HBeddingreturn <®3^wllnijoS pity Tuesday.

Mr A E Poston, of Florence, S. C., passed through Asheboro last week

' en rente to 8ophia to visit relatives.

educational matters and every who can Is cordially invited.

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Several persons I received invitations to

in Asheboro have a Valentine

Raleigh le Western.Mr. 0. P. Hess, who is in charge |

This isa public necessity and should have been done yean ago.

Since the beginning of the New tn I n

Asheboro Roller mills mdse Wood & Moring mdse

ig an effort Morris & Scarboro mdse the | J R Steed smithing

Miller & Wood mdse

J W JollJAIL.

iv repairsWood A Moring mdseig

iloiUn 1 OPickud and little aw.llMtyatUKhomof Mrand Mm J of Coq» No. 1, Mrigh 4 J® Iw Ate A jailor for MehLof Randleman, ytottd Mn^hg... BiTO.teno™,.ight MnmuxBovs.

We call the attention of our read- Winston-Salem have Inst been croa8ed into that country from whose I ante t chance i. the adacf .W, I computed. This corp, will go in,011™™ n° traveler retarna.

•uuwuwu - -- -- -- -- - — n n ® and tbe ®tandard camp at once and begin the final lo­in place of Mr E A Wiles resigned. J Dru& ®°* cation.

Mr. C.C. Cranford, secretary and! The location' from Cumnock to

E G Morris this week. mem*

Farmer is now a moneI office. This is a great help

Li™ o/MiZM < on™, rf on

ty last Friday on legal business, w 2 jmriiuwMi h*™ Imutinir tion, N. C., who accepted I' ] hont Tuesday retaining yesterday.

downcast Thursday^tobe1praentatl The Pearl Roller Mill at Randle-lningof'oonstenotion are very good

the Walker-Redding marriage. wWn’* D-*-”-- -- -man which was burned several months ago is being rebuilt and will

Mr OditiB Rich lias purchased the soon be completed aud in operation.Peel place, known isohuro

P>3I1 parsonage.

the Christian

Mr Sam Teague spent Sunday inGreensboro, retnrnin’g to Ashe Monday morning. ,

iv in boro

By order post- help to its

Gibson Sta- the posi-

Farmer I

S W Laughlin 3 days her Bd Elections.

Brown & Leonard lnmber etc for public road

C H Lewis holding inquest Jno Reynolds

Sam’l Dunn juror CII Bowman “

The prepeett for .0 enily begin- •» P>«« »f M>“ »*> “ A ““be"T “ingofcoMtractionar. mt good. .lUndleman, Jan. 10,1903.

Roht. Smith Drowned in RichlandGeek.About sundown Feb. 4th Robert

Smith started to his saw mill, whioh is on the opposite side of the creek from his dwelling, to let the steam

Deputy Sheriff J R Marley, of out of the boiler. At this

Mr 0 G Pepper, agent of the Sea­board at Aberdeen, passed through Monday . moruing returning from Trinity where he had spent Snn< day with K5s family.

- Miss Lanra Woollen, of Randle?man, attended the Walker-Redding I Liberty township, was here last week, | usually known as Mendenhall marriage last Thursday night (and lodged in jai ■MMMHIRSPll7

1 Cland Stout, a there is a considerable full in

work and the Farmer folks, and to J L Lassiter love and respect Miss Gibson, ope has W B Fields “ only to meet and make her acquaint- F W Andrews him pub road

,ance. ft L Coltrane poll holderOn acconpt of rain and Tom’s J E Cole registrar eek again past crossing, no services J G Kindley bialiff

or Sunday school at Concord church J B Humble poll holder [yesterday. Three Sundays in tive Courier printing for.C S that stream could not be crossed. We | office must have it bridged. E C Lassiter jioll holder

For we have just received a nice line line of Clothing for men and boys at prices so low that yon will be surprised.

We are receiving a new lot of shoes, home made shoes at $1.65, factory made for $1.00 und up

We are ulso receiving the most complete line of Dress Goods, Waist- produce for which the highest cash I ings, Trimmings and Notions of all kinds at prices that are astonishingly prices will be paid. W. D. Spoon, | low. We will save you moneyif you will look over onr stock before buy­

ing elsewhere._ We have just a few Overcoats that will sell at bargains for the next 20

drv’and green, foVSiTthTSg'hes’t I dtt>'8’ “l8° °’u‘1 heavy dre8S 6°°d8» n,en8 hcavy over ttnd under ®birt8 and lotcash prices will be paid. W7 D. Pf Ot^‘\rtlc^ to°

1 ‘ - I serOur Grocery line is up to date.Yours to please,

Phone 42. RIDGE, DICKENS & COMPANY.

27 49 Asheboro, N. C.2 25

23 75

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33 50 18 00 15 00 15 00 12 40 12 40 14 55

WANTED.—All kinds of country

Spoon, Depot Street, Asheboro,spoonIn.c.

BLANK DEEDS AND MORT- I GAGES.—Blank deeds and mortga-

202 58 ®tfS nt 28 cents 11 dozen’ cliattel mort- „ 1Q gages 10 cents a dozen, at Courier 3 131 Office.

FARM FOR SALE!Good farm containing 100 acres,

2 75130 acres in cultivation, good orchard, I 20 20 good water, live out houses, conveni­

ent to three factory villages, for sale. For further information address or call oil W. B. Webster, Control Falls, [ N. C. 2-2 tf.

TO THE PUBLIC.-Ilidge Dick-1 ens & Co. have only new aud up-to-1 date goods in/lieir 6tore. The im­pression that some have to the effect | that their stock consists in part of I goods purchased from the old Ashe­boro Supply Co. is false. This stock I of goods was sold as a whole to a I

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10 491 oo I Montgomery county saw mill store 1 00 orer n ye,iv af?°’ und we te fitete 1 00 Mat our stock consists only of fresh 1 00 and up-to-date goods. Call and we

| will convince you.Riimie Dickens & Co.

South Asheboro.

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» Onr neighbor boy, Sherrill T Las- W J Teague 3 days settling * xl ’ niter, preached an interesting sermon with treasurer1 Vu6 11na A fltm/lAvr ml- fiitliiAAia I £ A Untiltr fill lit knaltkirame iaii in tne haltgnn^By at Concord. Subject: S A Henly snpt health

waters, swollen by ,1»pjle Temptgtjon of Christ;” text, Jno Rich janitor and cleaning ring the daj, were Muth. 4 I court houce

'FIia am floniaiv nV «inotorious character who has been stream, and the w»w P Mr« G terrorizing the people of that seotion heavy rains daringGHendrick?T?X UriroJn. «f the county for some time. I rushing so wer the ro^ids " J H^nVhivViis whiskey and bet-Ijn^KTutting wood

Mrs Elijah Moffitt, who has been visiting relatives in Virginia, is ex-| pected home Saturday.

to was

foot-log whichter reads.

fbe crowned beads of every nation; The rioh men; pow men and u.i*er»

All join In paying tribute to DeWitt's Little Early Risers.

with him, was nnable to rescue him, IH. Williams; Ban Antonio; Tax; writes Mr. Will Coffin has again taken I andnot»“tilabont twenty men .had Uttle Early fiber Pills are the tost I

Ti , A,ll|l”r°i broke, and falling pa hla left. „„±^1 MJ*: -“a kepttto water

t armMoara Bidge and Makena are attaetat HighPoint and will build. Hiebrother, Vha

getting in their new spring goods, handsome residence thereon. ■ bZ^^bS1 di,PUl'WC| bfr. Will Coffin baa antti

Messrs EB Leonard and OlydejJlyUeiLanUQCapcl, of Ramseur, passed through resigned- Basket leaves every-- -- -- -- --here Monday going to HighJPoint. day afternoon and returns Saturday from Lexington

I morning. Leave yonr laundry at “’'**Mr Eugene Moffitt left Monday Wood / Morning’s Ze.for Carter, Florida, whew he bw1 -

He leaves a wiand four children. His remains were | sent to Lexington Thursday.

Headaobe. Tortfd Liver; malaria and all othera liver

Janndioetrrnbles.

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Our Suits andl Overcoats are of the

VERY BESTand at Reasonable prices*

If it don’t suit you to come and see us, send us your order by mail, same shall have prompt attention, values and prices guaranteed. We ship Suits and Overcoats on ap­proval to be returned to us when not satisfactory.

Chisholm, Stroud, Crawford & Rees,300 South Elm St. Greensbro, N. C.

TO THE PUBLIC:—I have es­tablished a meat market in Asheboro wd will keep on hand ut all times fresh meats and will treat my cus-

6 001 turners right. I will buy and sell all 2 00 kinds of county produce. Try me

and be convinced. I will pay the 0 00 j highest price for all kinds of fur and

hides. I keep in stock a line of gro­ceries as well as frosh meats. Oysters and fish will be kept in season. 11 pay cash and sell for cash and uin satisfied with short profits.

Yours for trade,W. D. SPOON.

Depot Street, Asheboro, N. C.

12 50

1 50 1 80

M Brewer conv prisoner From Alamance

WD Clark conv prisoners fiom Troy

B L Holmes wood E Moffitt 5 dys settling with

treasurerHugh Parks lumber roads L T Branson same

Usnal allowances were made to out side poor and members of board.

10 00

7 75 2 45

We are reducing our stock of Hardware, Cutlery, Ect. preparatory to moving into our new building the first of the year and we are offering some

Real Bargains in all Shelf Hardware.If in "ted of anything in the Hardware line, we advise

you io call and see us while this reduction sale is on. Many articles are being disposed of at less than cost.

HEADACHESCured While You We.il. By

McCrary -I'HEEASY PILE.

Riierd do not system. They

DeW}ti'n Little Earl, gripe nor wenton tbe _ cure bi lousne'8, j,.nndlce, eonstlpsii h andins t ve liv-r , by arousing tbe Mcreton*, moving t'e bowels gently,

gving such tone glends' f the atom-

and brWbl< that tbe c*«*e<>f Three

ded 'on-up n tbr orgsns involved an I

if ihu r uhb is continued f><r a I* w liaye there will b" i o 'Pturn of the ir-uble. W A Under* uod, Itsudlema'i

Trogdon Items.Willie Stewart, of Moore

connty, has been spending a few days I wereton’, movingj with & mater MrSo Pfiotlio.

dead in I Mrs M T Sugg and daughter, Miss wh, li v 8»ud b ,wc___________

bed on the iofniog o( Fob. Ttt. Flo-, apoot» oight with Mr. Pierce abo G .WoSomaoooImdgone there the oight "•««£• lbZ * ™oXb«“before mid killed hioi with ao aio.' Sugg are glad to know ahe ib able to

«« tb. oiool^^

secured a jwsition as a cleric in aw- Mr J W Birkhead, who moved to Killed With an Axe.■•• • 'hiaf.nn in Ced« Grore towMhip, ub(rt H> c._Ate Hralh „

' ^hei0'?> ■“¥, "2 old ooloiJi mao who lived .boot 21in Asheboro to Mr W of jjere> ju|k 0Ter jn

lirnSlf ^i.0^ .Taberaacle mance county, ’was found 5". 4 H?ghe> W,U m°Ve t0'hed the

Matthew | Wwm March.,,M , „ , There ia much irregularity in the

townshipTywe-" “ " . -Thursday of last week,

The business men of High Point|^w2i^.'^^^^7~^'uu"<^land was asleep when he~ wml killed. IJJ®8® meosurea 40 inci

con onbe sent to reach ns Wednesday

tail store.Mr Rnfua Bette hu htottil M

ijiift fMhihu g pod-,tion.

Messrs HC Chisholm,Edwards and J C Hammer, of Col­umbia township, were in

sti

Mr

•oto awita.odnwl,.llof onr «orreo-|H«™ n~-^71 Mia < J Moffitt and Mr. G WInondeats’ letters now reach ns on «d “S skull broken in. It JPPJJ 0 n ht hawk in 0 iMt

moroiog, aome of tboml^l Ike old nianjiad^ gone^ to jbal J

wood ____ _Elwood Cox, who owns the‘’Elwood” on Feb. 12th. Gov Aycock and other |ttopinent men will be present

women! Why Not, neighbor-1

Mr E Moffitt has purchased the honse and lot occupied by Mr EC ^^^Vdwill bnild a dwdiin|l9K1 honse to rent on the east end of the Oyster Supper To-night, lot I The Ladies’Aid Society of the I

Mr J M Uaaiter baa porolmaed an ? ch"re.h ,il1 “7‘ ?“£', a”™. . “Iwiches, coffee, candy, etc. at theinterest in the lumber business of a^n:»ii4 I

over Wt would prefer letters waa a honest old man, and hir “r ttQt“8 .ce’,or w*? |ooottiaiaibwfaZte,»^b..l7ordwMhiab.od. Ho Imd mog ,"‘he ne,i

ooToadaya. InMwtat.OMiilamaJf™"daamonghi. white MI«klo».|kowjecwMy.be sent to reach manLlHebaitalwgi been a free negro. Mr Drlendo Ghrisco, of big uax, |Lg wwmnwif nwnk|^.te * nni3er of Liberty people hw purchased the faim of Mr

»• lz._a a___ a.___ Lf_ I Lowdermilk and moved there.

been a free negro.people

went down to Bee him last Snnoay and they say he was the most pitiful light they nave ever seen. He had a negro man and his wife living in the house with him and they had some words the morning before and the

Quite a number of Liberty people I purchased the farm of Mr* W W

Franklinville Items. WS Russell, of Gulf, herewas

last week.Abe Hndson is assistant in the I

Franlinville Roller Mills.Mrs 0 T Leonard, of Ramsenr, is I

CAPUDINE!NO EFFECT ON THE HEART.

Sold at all Drugstores.*MsSMM*«IMM«ISSmSSHNNWWMMM*SW

THE LAUREL WREATH in ancient times wus bestowed upon

HARDWARE COMPANY.

NEW THING8 IN

Lowdermilk and moved there. ... ... Mr Franklin Lowdermilk, of |

Richmond connty, visited his father, Mr Alfred Lowdermilk, last week.

DEWITT'S WITCH|HAZBL SALVE.

Toe only positive core for blind bleeding, Itching and protrudlui lli-S

visiting her mother, Mrs Graven, at the victorious general who took many

after aW S Btirke is out again 1 protracted illness.

John Brower is also quite ill. Haywood and Marrv Parks chil­

dren of the late Mrs Maude Parks, accompanied Mrs T J Fraley

the shipment of Lnmber from ABhe- boro.

John Wood went down to Biscoe again Saturday afternoon returning SE Barker, ft W -j Monday morning. Wonder , if he Pounds, Willis Boling, contemplates starting a turpentine John B South, R mill, or what is the ~on.

Subscriptions Paid.R OYow, A SPugh, EF Vestel,

Kenros, J M gjWT Hughes,

____ C Yow, R HBrown, WI Sheffield, J T Jenkins, CW Fields, CF Siler, W C Ham-

BBT "

distant He was away from the honse two hours of more and suspi­cion was so strong he was put under arrest

| lives and returned a conqueror.Now the highest form of approval

I is bestowed upon ourCOUGH AND COLD CURES

because they are victorious over dis­ease. They have saved many lives,

the quickest, safest undcats, barns, biuses, eai^ma and all | Chapel Hill last week, where thev | They are the quickest,best cures for colds in the head andabrasions of tbe skin. Da wit’s Is the

only Witch Hasel Salve that is made from the pare, noadnlierated witch bnzel-a'i others are conn t-rfel t-. De­Witt's W itch Hasel Salve is made toiL Lt R_ _ Ak.Al vYlhVO ”1WU HMD J MU VC ID IU«uu uthave thought for some time that I oareMeo,||l|erfe|tl are made to sell W A Underwo *d, Randleman.

will make their future home.Rev W M Cards left Friday for | chest, coughs, etc. Pleasant to take

harmless. Price 25

Mr H M Williams, of Cedar Grove?wn,hiP’ ‘T’o1?? J*®"- H 0 barker, jTioidaa.' day, and sold Mr T B McPherson six pink skins and the skins skins of three musk rate, ail were fine specimens and brought good prices.3;. %'• ,

Peeler, Bob Hammer,

Notice.Having qnalllled as executor on the

estate of Mind E. Parke, deceased, be­fore W. C. Hammond, * lerk of tbe Sn- p rhr Court of Randolph connty, I shall -eh nt pub'lc auction, to the high­est bidder for Cash, on the premises, on the 11th day of Alnroh 1B0B. the fol­low ing perrons! property, to wli: noe piano, household and kitchen farr iture, plc ures, cooking ntonslls, carpets, 1 sewing machine and other articles too t- dioas io mention.

All persons having claims against said estate are notified to present them to the undersigned, dnly verified, on or before tbe 10th day of February 1804, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their reeoverv; and e'l persons owing •vid esta'e will come forward and make Immediate settlement.

This 4tli day of Feb 1908.W. M.CURTI8. Exr.

"Drixtoa*Sack Suit.

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NOTICE.

Having taken out letters of adminis­tration on the estate of Mary L 8aanders deceasrd. before W. C. Hammond Clerk of tbe Snprrior Conn of Randoph Connty, st the residence of laid de­ceased on the 31st day of Pnbffcaiy,' 1003,1 will veil nt public auction, to the niahert bidder, for cash, the per- * sonal property of mid deceased, con- siatiuv; of booiehol I a- d kitchen furni­ture, a lot of lumber and oilier njtlelei too numerous to mention.

All per-onv Indebted to Mid estate are hereby notified to make immediate pay­ment and settlement. And all persons holding claims against eaid estate will present thrm on <>r before the 1st day of February 1904. or this notice will be olevd In bar of their recovery.

This tbe 36th day of Janney 1008.C. T. LUCK, Admr. of

Mmy L Sannders, deo'd.

Land Sale.By virtue of a decree and order of re­

sale made by the Superior court of Randolph county In the. special pro­ceeding siitilled W. F. Reading aunt, et nl. vs. Marsnret Welborn et al. I shall sell at public anoiIon for oash to the hiphest bidder on Saturday Februay31st. 1908, at 18 o'clock m. at the court _

> — •» a*, v. tow io'-lowing described real eclats via: A _ trad of land lying and being In R«n-

uccoin-|and perfectly and 50 cents.

his home at Hendersonville panied by his mother.

John Glass, of near this place, died Sunday and was buried at Cedar Falk Tuesday.

Charlie Fox, of Randleman, visit

Standard Drug Co. r;-the meanest man on earth was the one who wrote letters and signed no name to them and slipped them un­der doors at night with the purpose of causing hard feelings amongnMghhon.Twk IMkon thenan,«b.. -- -- -- -- - -- -- -- - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - „killed Alex Heath was just a little I otaiey. I n.v .Tames .Tnnlnn Run-1meaner,andif we had therightman The 6thof February wasappoint- d i hy StOCk Of GOOdSI flunk he ought to be beheaded aud ed for an entertainment to be given 0 ? 8 ' IQIUUKUI UUUUo

Providence Academy,

I Staley. Cox, a daughter of Geo Cox, were

Depot St. Asheboro, N. C

WANTED!TO SELL

These cuts represent some of the new things that we are now opening up direct from the manufacturers. Call in und sec the latest and best in men’s wearables,

THE MERITT-JOHNSON CO. 308 S. Elm St. Greensboro, N. C.

I Bam Burned.The barn belon

I in-Trinity towns!

let the devil get him before his feet | by the children of onr school.Pre- getcold.

I have always heard that broke alore in Georgia,” bnt I it was North Carolina this ti~ last Sunday morning some who were catting wood for 1 Matthews got into a free-for-all fight and one negro struck another on the head with a skillet, planting the legs of the skillet in his head and then made for Greensboro. Deputy Sheiiff Marley is after him and you

iv expect another boarder in Ashe- ro soon.—Liberty correspondent.

consisting of General line of merchandise.

No old or hard stock on hand. Good location, good trade.

For information writeP. 0. BOX, 339,

Randleman, N. C.

A WEAKSI'OMAOH csuwM a weak body and invites dln-ase I

uuoBiuu iudu write*l Dyspepsia Cure currg and strengtlir s tbe vtomsoh. and w«rds off

'ghboring schools an(j overcomes disuse. J U Taylor a

id Union Grove to prominent uorebant of Obiiesmnn, and be with us. Trx.. says* *'l mmld not eat because

After dinner the children assembled of • W8,k atomacb. I >ort all strength

on the spacious playground for a ball money c„ai,j d0 was done, bnt all hope

Sme and other amusements. The of leooverv vanished. Hearing of eome 11 rang and all gathered in the wonderful

nicely decorated room to listen to the hildren deliver their speeches andl

vious to this our teacher had invited Prof T G Amick, of Liberty, to ad drees ns on the occasion, also the teachers of the nei(

e, Bethel an<the children and be with us.

nging to ihip, nes

Dock Goss near Fairview

Moffitt & Co. and Morris & Scar-1 Park, waa burned last Sunday night, boro have been taking stock the past Three horses, two milch cows, <0 week preparatory to consolidating bushels of corn, two buggies, har- the two stores. They will shortly ness, fanning implements etc., were

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begin the erection of a handsome new brisk store building on the lot now occupied by the store of Mof­fitt A Co. on corner of Depot SL i

M r H A RnsseH,bfFranklinriUe, howas.rooen

treasurer of Co. at Coleridge, hassnoooeded by Mr J Ed _ ___the late Jas A Cole> and formerly superintendent of the Columbia Mfg. Co.atftamsenr.r

■D- 1 :MBSiA inbsoriber in Alabama In renew- g bis subscription says, “ThbCou- kr is the best weekly I know of.”

Iher subscriber in another State that the paper is worth twice

'and still another pviathe best lo­

in the State.

horned. Goes is a bard working ooloredman. He was offered $125 for one of the bones oolv the day before the burning. The three bones were worth more than 1250 and the cows $75. The loss sustain­ed amoanta to more than $SOO.

Tomato Raizing.Now that an opportunity is afford-

ed the formers to put on the market large anantities of tomatoes for cash, thev should investigate the matter

i pash it to the nonL There is perhaps no crop that will pay betterthan tomatoes.

By sowing the seed in boxes or lot .beds from tire middle to the last of this month yon can gatffifo tiie fruit for tiie early market and oontinne to gather it until the vines are killed by nWbe

Oueoonceof seed should grow about 4500 plants, which is the prop­er number per aore in avenge soil.

The market value of tomatoes on <me acre varies from

to noil and be well to select

medium size tomatoes of nice red color as there always find ready sale.

Gray’s Chapel Items.children

ig at

“hell

Married.On Fob. 1st, 1903, Mr J A Owens

and Miss Amanda Lucas, of Little River township, Rev Jesse Brown, officiating.

On Jan 28, Mr John Stricklin, and Miss Leanna Bean, 8 Cox, J ?

Notice-Notice is hereby given to adminis­

trators, guardians and executors who have not made titeir annual settle­ments to come forward at once and make same as nMtpd by law.

000, lor Court.

cal we

OABnoinThis knot a gentle word—bat when

you think bow liable yon gre not to

any modldna to the

JUS lamx now uaow puohaaa the only remedy on! known and a woody (bat has laigesirels of any medlolM worlds

The and young chi!enjoyed another old time ipellin]

stof , teeabtea

liiMiln”ita

von ttonto

wm, gentlemen, for yonr too

pltoante i the

was Mr Homy M , j» son of onr townsman, S Robins. He to a graduate “ * of the eWof

i Genian Bynip. There are so osdinaiyooo^remediMmadehV iatoand nfosre that are cheap

oo?ds perbans. hot fimcbttia,Craap-

wonderful carta effected by use of Kodol, I concluded to trv it. Tbe first bottle bencilited me, aud after taking

„ . (onr bottles 1 am fullv natored io myrecitations and songs prepared for u*uhI'strength weight and health.'* Che uumwbni. It auffiAoth In aay thoy | W a ir«a-«-—a. n—«.»•<< all did welt After this we weregiven a recess to examine the work of the children iu the form of writ­ten examinations on their studies, map drawing, letter writing, etc. whioh was spread on two lurge ta-

Pinson Items.W 8 Davis had the misftrtune to

break his leg recently.Several of our people attended the

Watson Jsale of the latehies. By tins time onr speaker fori"*?01 the day had arrived and we listened u A to him for an hoar and a half with „ o,,,,,!--much interest. He was at his besL|M , f, and Providence peopleto pure-minded, solid

Mason Sat-

Hill and family visited at L

le like to listenThen

J C Russell is preparing a new dwelling.

J C Russell and Mrs J W

to buildmen.

wewere dismissed and went home,. feeling that this was an evening well ™lted ,n MecklcnburSPatron.

brant, causing tbe oongb, and at thi same time clean tbe pblegm, drawe oat tbe inflammation sol h«al« and ■ootbs tin affected pnrte. One Miocto Cough Caw stnogcbims the lunge, wards off pnenmon’a asdic a harmlan and never failing oaro in all cnraUe cases of Oooghs, Voids and Cronp.One Minute Cough Cue u pionsamto . tor

W A Underwood,

noently.A C Griffin made a

to Troy last week. WH Hill and wife

C Birk head’s Sunday.

ond

ToamOriBSifeAny person

Livery stables in the boro, shall be fined one dollar“ V''

Cran-

business trio

All the goodness crowded into

i__wc

that can be underwearti> lutw 4>l*vWV

sell.Ladies Union Suits,

L&dies Vest and PantsMen and Ihiys undershirts and

drawers, neck ties, collars and shirts.

Our store is the guide-post that ! directs Shoe buyers the right way.

We lead in right prices; we sell the closest buyers; we snve our cus­tomers money on nearly everything. Call and see for yourself.

Respectfully,W.D. STEDMAN CO.

AFFIDAVIT’ OF PUBLICATION OF

visited at A| CERTIFICATE OF DI'SODUTION Of Dakota Lumber & Mfg. Co,

STATE OF NORTH CAR0LIN A,County of Randolph-

.. , E. 0. Lassiter, the secretary of tbe tbe Desota Lwnbnr A Mfg. Co., b* ing duly

conwnsw yw psyw,w were » any gwwn hi, oath gay a that the board person who baa need Green a Augoat oj directors of ib® said company have Flower for the cure of Indigo*tl°n, Dje- c.ng.d the certificate o

WANTED.WewonldUketo ask, throogb

ooliunni of your paper, If there ie

Sydnor& Hundley,

Richmond, Va.Headquarters for

Virginia’s Leading Furniture House begs to extend a happy New Year’s greeting to our many friends and patrons in North Carolina, and to assure them that onr stock of Fur­niture and kindred branches will, in the future as in the past, he STRICTLY UP TO THE TIMES.

Sydnor fr Hundley708-7U f. MOM tr.

frrRICHMOND, VA

Smlib, Alfred Staley and « teer, and containing 85j acre- more or tecs. Also another tenet adjoinlnj the a’mve and containing ion ariea more or leas. Tbre-are ibe unde of tbe late John M. Clark dec'd. end ere well watered, in good neighborhood, having some timber on them, and very deal property, and will be sold in lotf milt purchaser or Ui whole.

Terms of iale:-Caek. Tbi-Jsn.lolflOB. W. F. RttOlf

0. L. Sapp, Atty. Admr.and

MORTGAGE SALE.By virtue of the power of sate con­

tained In a certain mortgage end eircu- ted end d'llrered by R L White and wife Mertitla White, to W T85th day of April 1M|^ to___

ayment of a eeriain bond therein robed, which uid mort|

office of the 1 doli

Imok 99 j

- j ■>m___v. -.l . t i oauead the certificate of dusolution ofpeprie, end Liver Trenblee that has not Dewva Lumber & Mtg- Co., a copy been enred—and we also mean their re- wheW0| i, heret0 annexed, issued by "alto, wah a? my ahommoh. fermenta- [ tha s^ary of State of ibe State of txw of food- babitual oy tlvenets, ner- jfortb Carolina, dated the 8rd dev of-------------------a. -------a.-. p i8j)g (0 be pubBaned in tbe Aebe-

boroOon-ler, a newepaper pnbliebed at the city of Asheboro and olrcnlated in tbe county of Randolph, being the ponntyin which said company haa been located and oon luf tin# <ta bnai-

for tbe period of four weeks ano ely, at least onoe In eaok week,

jendng on the 13th day of Feb- aireqined bv act entl'led “An — tbn Corporation Law of

_ Samoa 1M1. drabeorlbnd before mn

FefcA.D. 1301. YARBOROUGH, J. P. ■

Tone dyep<p«a,headaches, devpondent feellnge, «eepl«mneM- In foot, any troubliMutttod with the stomach or liverV This medicine baa been sold (or many yean In nil oMlised oonwriee, •ad wetwlih to^Mnd w.th you and mad yon one of onr booki free of note. If foe never triad Angqat flew, try a tt °® t bottle first. «•

not ite filling. If ie, erlone to the aatUN

81 e at »ln has Jute

Dr. W. A. Woollen,Will be in his office

from 8 a.m. until 6 p. m. eaoh day to exam­ine and preaoribe for any one who may de- gfre hit asaiatanoe.

Ohronic diseases a specialty.

W. A. WOOLLEN, M.D.,RANOLEMAN, N.C.

providedtor In MIS acrti I wiU sell at publio aaetion1 the highest bidder, at 11 o’etoekSaturday February Ila.............court houM door m A the land described a»d<

mgHtot t»wn*bip no oax, theuce i '