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The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-03
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1 winter at
tenth winter

leulu WlIltcl
I've wintered in
Louisiana, Florida, Georgia and
Texas and can truthfullT say that
Southern Pines is the 'idtal winter
climate-not too hot, not too cold.
no dampness, no malaria. Just
enough nipping 1rosts and a real
good snow once or twice du'ln2
the winter to kill out all the dis
ease germs that we find further
South where there is little or no
frost but considerable moisture
This with your good New England
board and hotel accommodation
the bright side Of Southern ines
to the visitors, but Mr.. Editor you
offer nothing to keep us amused
we have to kill fourteen hour. Out
OF every twenty lour--l am no'
writing to complain but to com
mend Not to blame the manage
ment of Southern Pines and its
h, tells and boarding house own
ers, its livery stable men. its mer
chants and its property owners fol
a lack OF enterprise in furnishing
swe visitors with amusements [,
keep our time from being heavy
upon US. 1t is true that they are
short sighted in not planning to IT,
terest US 50 as to keep us here and
make us feel like returning from
winter to winter; 1T 1T. !, repeat did
not start out 10 enter complaint
against the people for the lick OF
interest, for their short sightedness
but to offer you a word of praise.
to commend you for doing some
thing to interest us | have no.
ticed through the fall and winter
how mucn interest You and few
others have shown in the clay pig
con shooting contests and it is the
only redeeming feature for South
ern Pines in the way of an anus
ing line; and now that you are add
ing interest to this sport bv offer
ing at your own expense cham
plon cup, | feel like throwing up
my hat and saying hurrah for the
FREE Press! and my dear SIT the
Wing up is not all | ought to
% show you | am in real
and want to help you in
furnishing amuse.
n and visitors
per with one
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-03
rade with P.;rto Rico
u good thing for Porto

SOOu tIliIS III 4 WV
,lone, according to the Pen
Ia, (FIa.) Press. Those rep
esenting the fruit interests of that
state, though, are outspoken in
their demand tor q tariff, not for
revenue only, but for protection to
their products. 1t seems that ex
pansion and prote clion 90 not mix
naturally, and if this country gets
so large that we canlot put tax
on imports we may have to have
an inter State tax and then Kill II
pauper labor. We disagree with
our esteemed contemporary the
Washington 2 'st, that "plotection
placed some Of our great lDslltu-
tons above and beyon' any neces-
Sity f)rits assistance" for the great
institutions of this country still
cherish the protectionist policy
which the ''logic If events" is turn
ing in another direction.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-03
FOR s AL-EI

One of the most desirable
cottages iii Southern Pines :
ten rooms. Cash or easy
terms. Inquire OF
A. 8. & |. P. RUGGLES.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-03

w. S. Philpot, Albany, Ca, says,
"DeWi.t Little Early Risers did me
me more good than any pills ever
took. y The ,mous little pills for
constipation, biliousness and liver
and bowel troubles. johnson IS Phar-
macy.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-03
FOR SALE!
PROSPECT HOUSE!

TO close estate will offer
Prospect House at a sacrifice
price.
Mrs. A. RHODES.
Apply to Junge & Beck or
p. Pond.
Southern Pines, n. c.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-06-03
CLARKSBURG.

CLARKSBURG, w. Va. June DIR
d. P. Morgan and family left THURSDAY
night for Atlantic City to spend two
weeks.
DR.. Percy Golf and wife are in Allan
tic City.
Hiss Cornelia Russell is expected
home from Wilson College next week.
Frank Crouser and wife were before
the Mayor twice last week. He claims
to come from Parkershurg, and is on
his way OF the oil fields. Both were
arrested drunk last Tuesday. and dis
charged on the promise that they
would get out of the city that day.
Friday morning Crouser was found by
the police in a state of drunkenness
lying in the street near the Traders
hotel. Later his wife was found at
the B. & 0. depot peacefully sleeping
in the arms of a stranger. Both were
drunk. The stranger, who gave his
name as Joseph Wallace, was dis
cLarged. She was held. and the old
man was put to work for five days.
E. s. Boggess, C. F. Parr and F. Fow-
Ter attended the meeting of the Con-
catenated Order Of Hoo Hoes, al Park
ersburg this past week
Mrs. William II. Lewis entertained
the Debuntante Club Thursday after
noon.
TAere will be a lot sale in Point
Comfort addition June 21st. This Is a
beautiful part Of the city and the sale
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families next Saturday night. Light
| refreshments will be served, and the
members will try to make it an enjoy.
| able event.
The ]. o. u. Cooking Club enter
tanned a number of their friends last
| evening at the home of Miss. Ethel
Darrah, on Fifth street.
DR.. Wightman Frazier, who has been
| visiting friends In the city for several
| days, will return to his home at Sc
| wickley, Pa, to-day.
Howard Smith returned home yes
terday from West Virginia, to spend a
| few days.
Geo. Webb, accommodating milk
man, has a snake story that so far
holds the record for this season. Some
of his immediate friends will make an
investigation.
The Stanton Heater Company is
cleaning out the old well at their plant,
which was used by the Martins Ferry
Stove Company a number of years ago.
1t is said the Martins Ferry key and
barrel works will become incorporated,
and that the required amount of stock
is being rapidly taken.
The Laughlin nail mill was closed
down yesterday, but will resume to-
morrow morning.
Marion Peters, of Empire, who has
been the guest of the family of R..
CARRIER, returned to his home yester-
day.
Joseph Anthony came down from
Pittsburg yesterday to spend Sunday
at his home.
Miss Alice Morris returned home
from Pittsburg yesterday.
Mrs. Chas. Wells, a highly respected
lady of Pennington, died Friday morn
ing at eight o'clock. Mrs. Wells for
merly lived in this city and was a helf
sister to Anon Paxton. She mad many
friends her, who will be sorry to learn
of her death.
Clarence Reynard, who has been
confined to his home in Flushing with
typhoid fever, returned to the city yes
terday and will resume his work in
the mill.
biggest outing of the year. Biggest
attractions. U. II. X. of p, Fair
Grounds, Thursday.
The personal property of the late
Richard F. Stewart was sold yesterday
at auction by Administrator E. E. Nc
Combs, the amount realized being
about SITS.
The Independent Hose Company
have received an invitation from the
Butler, Pa, fire department, request
ing their presence On Firemen's Day,
June 14th. A number of prizes are Of
fered, the largest being for a hub to
hub race, the prize being $3.50. The
Independents would like to accommo-
date the Butler firemen, but as they
have a tournament at home, beginning
on the Fourth. Of July, they cannot
spare the time; also, it is so heal the
time that it would allow but little
time for training.
Anon Paxton yesterday purchased
the grocery store of. Mrs. Evans, on
Main street. Mr.. Paxton will take
charge of the business in about ten
days.
Bert Montgomery, of Broadway, was
taken suddenly i'll Friday night and is
threatened with appendicitis.
The Street Car Company have COM
menced paving between their tracks on
South Broadway.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-06-03
BRIDGEPORT
Chronicle of Daily events from the
Town Across the Way.

Chronicle of Daily Events from the
Town Across the Way.
The Democrats of the town met in
mass convention at the City Hall last
evening, and elected the following dele
gates and alternates to the county and
Congressional conventions, also central
committeeman for each ward: First
ward, delegates to county convention,
John Ditch, j. NJ. Fogle; a~lternates, A.
B. Mitchell, Geo. Mckee. Congress
sional convention, R. B. Mitchell; alter
nate, j. NJ. Fogel. Central Committee
man, a. J.. Grouse.
Second ward-Delegates to County
Convention, Geo. Stevenson, John Muir
ply; ~alternates, r. H. Mcdonald, Jack
Baugh. Congressional Convention,
Jack Baugh; alternate, N. H. Coss.
Central Committeeman, Grove Steven
son.
Third ward-Delegate to County Con-
v%ention, c. Flaherty; alternate, August
Cook. Congressional Convention, Will
liam Miller; alternate, Dan Healey.
Central Committeeman, John Hanson.
Bridgeport precinct-Delegates to
County Convention, VIM. Kidd, Louis
Cook, Carlos Leatherwood; alternates,
A. Cancelle, L. T. Springer, Jos. Nc
Daniel. Congressional Convention, l..
T. Springer; alternate, A. ]. Blackford.
Central Committeeman, L. T. Springer.
The County Convention will be held at
st. Clairsville June 7th, and the Con-
gr~essional Convention at Steubenville
June 10Th.
Biggest outing of the year. Biggest
attractions. U. r.. X. of p, Fair
Grounds, Thursday.
A lodge of the A. o. U. w. will be
instituted here Thursday evening. The
installation will take place at the Mac
cabees' Hall. Thirty-four applications
have been received and about this num-
Der will be admitted, which is consid-
cred a splendid start for a new lodge.
Grand Master Workman Fred Dhonan,
of Cincinnati, and Grand Recorder,
Walter Pickens, of Toledo, will be in
attendance. Wheeling and other sis
ter lodges will be invited.
Contractor Kinney expects to COM
plete the retaining wall at the bridge
in about ten days.
The new pavement around the City
Building will be laid this week, and
after it is completed the building will
be repaired in many ways, and also will
be given a new coat of paint, which it
needs very much.
c. A. Branum, who his been serious
ly i'll with a carbuncle, is much improy-
ed and is now able to be about his
room.
Harry Wise, the principal of the
Brookside school, will leave to-mor-
row for Valparaiso, Ind, to attend tue
summer curse of the college at that
city.
O. Howells has returned from
Youngstown. .
The street car company have their
new rails laid between the Crystal
glass works and the c. & P. crossing,
in Kirkwood. The new track is quite
an improvement.
Thomas l.. Lewis, vice president of
the United Mine Workers, returned
home last evening from a trip through
the central part of the State.
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should be well attended, and some
beautiful building lots lay in this vi
cinity.
Mrs. 7. NJ. Jackson entertained
Thursday in honor of Mrs. Winfield s.
Price, of Baltimore, who is the guest
of friends in the city.
Clarksburg and Enterprise base ball
teams fought a draw game here Dec
Grafton day. The game was called az
ter five innings. in order 10 allow the
Enterprise team to catch the train
home.
The cannon in depot park has been
re-mounted. II will be remembered
that the cannon was dismantled In
April by an explosion directed at the
Dowd resort
Earl, the small son OF II. N. Thomp-
son, was bitten by a dog very severely
Thursday morning. The tooth print
on his arm was quite deep. That same
afternoon he swallowed a penny. The
family are very uneasy. but are as
sured by their physician that there
is no danger in either instance.
Decoration Day was observed here as
usual. The local post @. A. r. turned
out and read their ritual services at
the cemetery. After the graves were
strewn with flowers. the body return
ed to the hall. where addresses were
made by A. c. Moore. Henry Raymond,
ID. 0. Carpenter and others. Enoch
Yerkey. Of Good Hope, was here with
his famous fife and made music for
the occasion.
The county Republican convention
will be held next Wednesday. The
fight between the ring and anti-ring-
sters will be warm here as 1t was al
the primaries.
Several very fine catfish have been
caught at the Old Ferry, south OF the
city. Two were landed last week
weighing over six pounds.
Geo. Fl. Cam was In Parkers5urg
this week.
Roy Alexander. Harry Fordyce, Geo.
10. Ownes, III. B. Curkendall. r.. j.
WEIGH. Mamie Nusbaum, Aber Z.
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FAIRMONT.

FAIRMONT, w. Va, June 1.-The
n. L. o. G. Club and their friends were
pleasantly entertained by Miss Lucy
Raymond at her home Wednesday ev-
ening. Delightful refreshments were
served and a peasant evening enjoyed.
The entertainment given by Miss
Bussing's Evolutionary class, entitled
Juvenile Actors" was a perfect sue
cess. There was quite a large crowd
present.
lie following marriage licenses have
been issued by Clerk Charles o. Manley
during the week: George Friche and
Mary Tonko; Edward Horston and
Luyena Harris; Stephen A. Weekley
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Furniture and Carpets of All Kinds.
Palace Furniture Company.
lis WRIN STREET.

City, and Miss Nellie D. Showacre, of
MoundsFllle, are guests at the home of
Mrs. j. V. Jackson, on Jamison street.
U. A. Clayton has returned home
from a visit with friends at New York
City.
Attorney Fred T. Martin has return
ed home from Baltimore and Washing
ton, where he was attending the
Shriners convention at the latter place.
Misses Maggie and Hannah Morrow
were recently the guests of friends at
Grafton.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. z.
". Rouss died May 27, and was buried
the following day.
Rev. W. J. Eddy, pastor Of the First
Baptist church, of Fairmont, will
preach the b~accaiaureate sermon to the
graduates of Broaddus College in
Clarksburg Sunday, June 8.
Hon. John T. McGraw, of Grafton,
was in the city Tuesday.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Nixon and son, Blaine,
are visiting C. L. D~avidsons family at
Grafton.
Miss Jennie McGarvey, of Glover's
Gap, was recently the guest of Miss
Joe Hough.
Mrs. Maggie Roger and son are the
guests of friends in Washington City.
Percy Lazier, who has been en-
ployed at painting at Allegheny, Pa.
for some time. has returned home.
Rev. G. B. Hickman will preach in
the First Baptist church this morning.
A special program has been prepared
for the evening service nv the Young
people of the Baptist church this ev-
ening. The public is cordially in
yited.
Decoration Day in Fairmont was a
very quiet one, owing to the inclem-
ency Of the weather. Quite a number
of our people went to Grafton, over
seven hundred tickets being sold at this
place.
Mr.. John r. Baker, who has for sew
eral years conducted the Little Ba-
Ear, in the A. g. Hall building. sold
his stock Of goods to E. E. Hoult, who
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will still continue the business.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs
Hugh Bowles died last Thursday ev-
ening OF a complication of diseases
The funeral took place Saturday morn
ing. lnterment in Woodlawn GENE,
terry. Rev. w. j. Eddy conducted the
services.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Clark have re.
turned from a visit to Philadelphia.
Miss Laura Jacobs has returned &c
her home at Morgantown, after a visit
to friends here.
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Smith and Edward G. Basel attended
the fair at P~arkersburg this week.
Albert Waite. OF Petersburg. was IN
the city a few hours Thursday night.
Next week will be commencement
week at Broaddus Institute. An ele-
CANT program has been arranged. The
ba~ccaiaureate sermon will be preached
to-day by Rev. J. w. Eddy. Of Fair
mont, at the Baptist church. The
graduating class is as follows. Rob-
erta Lee Allen. Amy Gertrude Basel.
Duncan ID. Boughner, Addie Mae Cur.
ry, Judson II. Findley. 4. Paul Hertz
zog. Lewis G. Hylzert. Nary Cecil
Joline. Eiivira Grace Joline, ]. Hold
ridge Kidwell and Lulu Leona Leiniey.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-06-03
MARTINS
Budget of News From Ia City oil
Mills and Factories.

Mills ana tAcIOEIeb.
Thomas Green, who was appointed
NV Council to inspect the brick that Is
to be furnished for the paving on South
Broadway, after inspecting them,
found they we're not up to the standard
that Council had contracted for. The
brick are all on the ground and as to
what the Brick Company will do is yet
to be learned. Council is wise in TAX
dng such precaution.
The Democratic primaries held here
Yesterday were quite holly contested
in four wards, the party showing more
activity than for many years. The
fight was a good, friendly contest and
fully shows that the party is awake.
The result is as follows:
Second ward-Deiegates to county
convention. w. H. H~elfenbine, ri; Geo.
Clifford. %; John Kreusch, 5; James
Conaway, 6; alternates, VIM. Cow. %;
Hal MeHenry, %; Chas. Keller, 5; Rob-
ert McCleary, 5. Congressional, Geo.
Becker. 81; VIM. Otte, 6; a~lternates,
w. H. Helfenbine, %; Fred White, 5.
Central Committeeman, Robert Bags,
%; Albert Graham, 5.
Third ward-Delegates to county
convention, w. B. Francis, So; F. Helm
rick. SO; Baggs, %; Krim, %; alter
mates, Horcher, So; Frazier, So; Spring
er, %; Gwent, %. Congressional,
Krim. 81; Lupton, %; alternates, La
dure, "a; Maloney, %. Central Com
mitteeman, Heinrich, Sd; Hildebrand,
%.
Fourth ward-Delegates to county
convention, Selby, IS; R~othermund, 49,:
alternates, Keller, 8; He'll, IS; Camp
bell, 8; He'll, IS. Congressional con-
vention, Boyd, IS; alternate, Lewis, Is.
Central Committeeman, Campbell, s;
Paxton, 10.
Fifth ward-Delegates to county con-
vention, McNichol, AZ; Laase, AZ; With
ers, 33; Fitzsimmons, 49,; a~lternates,
Blinco, 40; Maloney, Az; Padden, 33;
Dobbins, 33. Congressional conven-
ton. Kelley. AZ; Shrodes, 80; alter
mates, Weidltz, 43; Faust. 80. Central
Committeeman, White. 43; Shrodes, 80.
The county convention will be held
at ST. Clairsville June 7th. The Con-
gressional convention at S~teubenville
June 10Th.
Martins Ferry Precinct-Delegates
to county convention, A. r. Jordan, H.
r. Gibbons, S. A. G. Pickens; alter
mates, Louis Sommers, John Smith,
Robert Apologize. Central Committee
man, A. R. Jordan. Delegate to Con-
gressional convention. VIM. Finney; al
~ternate, R. j. Vermillion.
meeting to its members and immediate
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W
DR.. and Mrs. w. H. Kunst attended
the funeral of Mrs. John Coombs,
which occurred in Monongalia county,
Tuesday. Mrs. P. B. Agden and Mrs.
Mary Crow were also in attendance.
They returned home Wednesday.
B. w. Cloninger and Harry knight,
painters, while at work painting the
Crane building Wednesday, the scat
fold gave way, letting them fall a dis
lance of several feet. Knight received
severe injuries about the back. Clon-
niger escaped uninjured.
Hon. John w. Mason, T. n. Swisher,
veterans, and Attorney U. S. Kendall
delivered memorial addresses at Lo-
transport Decoration Day.
Mr.. NJ. A. Ammons and family have
moved to New Salem, Ohio, and Mr..
! Neill. OF Mount Morris, Pa, purchased
MIR. Ammons' house and moved into it.
Mr.. Nj. NJ. Comerford, who has been
seriously i'll for several days, is a little
improved.
DR.. Cyrus Boyers, Sr., Clark Kinkaid
| and ]. n. Crowl are preparing to build
brick business houses on their lots in
the First ward.
Mrs. Adam Nye, who has been Hon.
/ and Mrs. John w. Mason's guest for
| several days, returned TO her home at
Morgantown Tuesday morning.
Mr.. Fred Merriield and Miss Beatrice
Bertha Work were united in marriage
by Rev. w. H. Wiley Sunday, May q.
About fifty people attended the recep-
ton given by Prof. Ira Atkins dancing
| class last Friday evening, and an ex>
cellent time was enjoyed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Baton, of Sa-
lem, Pa, are visiting e. A. Bell and
family, of the East End.
| Mrs. Lester E. Boyles, q Kew York
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-08

eral of its temples. its stored walls and
it's Nilometer, its coonnades, its Roman
quays. will disappear beneath the waters.
An island will be lost, but continent
viii be saved! For my part, would rath-
er they had mad Wilcock's cyclopean
granite barrier Of about hundred and
fifty feet (where the wall crossed the
Bah 81 Kebir), and that the whole island
had been sacrificed. The fragments left
will only serve TO reopen the sad affair
in peoples minds However. We must
make the best OF it, Even with the sixty
five feet of water in the reservoir great
advantages will be gained for Upper
Egypt If we lose Philae for the tourist
and the artist ana the archaeologist, we
will gain millions Of acres more for the
fellaheen's agriculture and the revenue
from the irrigation it will afford will dou-
Bile the return of annual income to the
finances of the gOYernment-sO much so
that if the British were allowed a free
hand, this increased revenue could be
made in a short time to clear Egypt from
debt.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-08
LEWIS WILL HAVE NARROWER
That Is the Way 1t Looks in Third
Congressional District.

Americas, Ca, March THE congress
sional situation here continues to attract
some little attention, though the belief OBJ
tains that there will be no contest.
Judge Allen Fort, who for several
months has been considering the question
of entering the race against Hon T. b.
Lewis, the present incumbent still declines
10 say whether or not he will be a candi-
date though the opinion here is that he
will not
At meeting last night of the Young
Mems Democratic League of this city
which was organized last Friday, resolu-
tions indorsng the candidacy Of Judge
Fort were adopted.
The publication in an Atlanta paper of
the probable candidacy Of Senator william
a. Dodson for Congress from the Third
district is characterized by that gentle
man as the merest bosh as he is out of
politics for the time. The consensus of
opinion here is that the congressional cam
paign will be tame affair, with Mr.
Lewis as the only candidate to succeed
himself
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-08
THE NEW NILE.
Greatest Engineering Feat the
World Has Ever Seen.


World Has Ever Seen.
John Ward. f. s. A, in Ainslee's Maya
zine)
When the Nile reservoirs planned by
the great Willcocks were first made
known to the world. and it was found
that he, although offering six or seven
sites for his cyclopean designs, really
only highly recommended one, the con
struction Of which would wipe out the is
land Of Philae the loVeliest spot on the
Nile, there was a universal howl of op-
position This got to such hight that Sir
W. Garstin and his engineers may have
felt a grim kind of relief when they
found that the French would allow them
no money from the Caisse to realize
their schemes for storing the blessed wa
ter and they had for a time to abandon
the whole affair So when one fine morn.
ing. Mr. John Arid, Sir Benjamin Baker.
and their friends. Unexpectedly called at
the office Of works in Cairo, and offered
TO make any amount of dams, canals and
locks. wherever they pleased, for no pres
ent cash payment. in accepting their won
derfQl offer the government cut down the
level Of the great reservoir by nearly
one-half Willcocks wanted to store up 40
feet of water, Sir Benjamin Baker was
told to content himself with twenty me
tiers (about siXty-five fceU of Nile stor-
age
And so the artists and the tourists and
the general opponents to the drowning
Of Philae were appeased or at least 81
lenccd and the greatest engineering work
that the world has ever seen was quietly
started, aud within year 2J,O-O men were
employed at Assouan and at the supple
mental dam Of Assout.
When the dam is completed and at its
high level. Philae will have its temple
pylons, and few OF the higher ruins
standing out Of the water just TO mari,
where its ancient beauties were; but all
its loneliness its verdure. its palms. sew