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CAMEL RACING IN ALGERIA.
A Popular sport for Which Expert
cnced Riders Are Required

Camel racing is one of the most popular
sports OF Algeria, and every year big
meetings are held at Biskra. The races
which are held on the desert, are at
various distances, extending up to fifty
miles, for the camel is more remarkable
for endurance than speed.
Yet high bred camel can go a short
distance faster than an ordinary sprinter.
Like a thoroughbred horse, the we'll bred
camel is constantly improving in speed,
ana few more years OF scientific breed
ing will doubtless develop animals far
faster than those now the champions OF
Algeria.
The saddle camel is a very different
breed from the commoner kind used for
carrying baggage. II is the Mehori the
high-bred racing camel with its deep
chest, good shoulders and strong hind
quarters, which lends itself TO swift rid
ing A record OF 10 miles in eleven hours
has been established by saddle cameIs
and eight or nine miles an hour may be
regarded as an only average performan 10 e
for a good beast Another famous camel
record is 40 miles in twenty-four hours
Saddle camels. destined for forced
marches. should not carry more than $50
pounds, including the rider. The com
mon baggage camel cheerfully carries be
tween 400 and 500 pounds
Camels have been called from time i'm
memorial Ships of the Desert" and In
one respect they give novice a strong
reminder of the sea in rough weather.
When running the saddle camel moves
both legs on the same side together, and
this imparts that curious sensation of
sea ea-sickHess so distressing to the unac-
custcmed.-New York Journal
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The New York Cotton Market.
THAT FRENCH FURNITURE.
Bought in Paris, But 1t HEd the
American Trademark.

There is one woman in Michigan who
will never spend any more money in
Paris said a travelling man who had
been guest at the house of which the
woman is mistress. she and her good
husband are entitled to the best the
earth can produce. They have labored
together and had variety of experiences
in their forty years of married life.
Less than a year ago they thought
they had reached me long desired but
usually receding time which men and
women hope to reach when they can sit
down and take their ease. So they went
journeying beyond the sea.
when they got to Paris the good wife
began lamenting. The splendor OF the
shops along the boulevards burst upon
her vision like an unexpected dream of
beauty. Why had they not visited Paris
long ago?
Now her crochet was furniture. and
you know that French furniture simply
makes a woman stand still. This good
woman talked about the furniture she saw
until her fine old husband told her to go
and order what she wanted and they
would have il to enjoy in the evening Of
their lives.
when they got home they told their
neighbors. and the town paper printed
pieces about the Partisan purchase and
the whole village was standing tiptoe
awaiting the coming importation. Only
ten years before they had re:urnished
their home out of the factories at Grand
Rapids. All this had to be sacrificed.
Some of it was sold and some was par
celed out as gifts. Finally the French
outfit reached its destination.
Il was in town while it was being set
up. As an old friend ! was invited 10 see
the imported goods and eat dinner
One Of the articles was a handsome
dresser My friends were not content
with having me look at the article, but
must inspect IT. So far as my friends are
concerned | shall always regret that
consented, but the inspection also caused
me TO think better OF my mechanical
friends in this country, for | made the
discovery by q trade mark on the bottom
Of one of the drawers that the furniture
had been turned out in Grand Rapids,
shipped TO France and there sold as
Farision handicraft.
"As an American | laughed from my
cuff buttons up to my shoulder. But as
Michigan is "a pretty big State, and lots
OF its people go abroad and buy on the
other side have no hesitation in telling
the story. ! quite agree with my host.
who said, between the cuteness Of those
chaps IN Grand Rapids and the glibness of
a Paris dealer The mlddleman is sure
to go up against it, New York Sun.
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FOR FRIENDSHIPS SAKE.
Fifteen Young Girls Bear Torture
to Restore n Comrades Beauty.

Fifteen young women faced and sue
/ cessfully withstood an ordeal yesterday
/ which would produce collapse in many
strong man. They calmly smiled
/ through tears and white faces while a
/ surgeon coolly sliced off bits of cuticle
from their limbs to patch up the beauty
OF a girl friend. No more charming Illus
tration of the Golden Rule was ever pre-
sented.
The young women who stood up before
the aproned surgeon and the glittering
knife are warm friends of Helen Peck the
afflicted one. The unfaltering fifteen did
not faint or squirm, or even tell the doc
tor to desist, but the torture was told in
their eyes
Helen Peck's face was literally scorch-
ed away by fire. 1t was, as the doctors
say, a burn of the second or third degree.
DIR. DOrsay Hecht, before a clinic at the
Postgraduate Hospital, set a new mark
for such operations, ana in sixty minutes
had shown the students what wonders in
physical rehabilitation can be performed
BY a master hand
Miss Peck is eighteen years old. She
was beautiful girl before the accident,
a few weeks ago. Her kind and unselfsh
disposition had won for her true and
lasting friends. She gave up a position
as stenographer to nurse her sick mother.
While in her mothers room one day
cleaning shirt waist with gasoline there
was an explosion and Miss Peck was
frightfully burned.
About a square inch of epidermis was
taken from each girl yesterday.
Doctor, take it off my Leg was the
usual request. and the calf was the ia
vorite spot Three Ssquested it to be
taken off the under s4de of the arm.
DR.. Hecht had half a dozen assistants
who made the girls ready for the blade
that carved the cuticle and laid it down
on the neck, face and forehead Of Miss
Peck.
The girl friends OF the patient were
willing sufferers. and if twice or thrice
the number had been needed for the sac
rifce the surgeon had recruits at hand.
Numerous young men who know Miss
Peck and admire her were present and
anxious to be of service. DR.. Hecht
declared that he could have had 100 per-
sons who would be willing to feel his
knife In the sufferers interest.
Miss Peck's chances for recovering
her good looks are bright said Dr.
Hecht. 'The operation seems to have
been fully successful. Chicago despatch
to New York World
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are tho quotations
u HEAT.
THE COTTON MARKET.
Little Trading Done. But the Prices
Hold Firm.

NEW YORK. Feb. lit was a mere
apology for cotton market today, but
what there was of il was firm. owing to
lighter receipts. There was considerable
talk in the trade as to the reports that
Mr.. Hyde's methods as a statistician
were being Investigated by the Govern
ment, and dispatches came from Liver
pool enquiring into the matter.
The truth is that the complaints are
political, not commercial. 1t is claimed
that an employe of Mr.. Hydes Office has
coached applicants for positions in that
department who were undergoing civil
service examination. Not a few in the
trade are disgusted that a matter of this
kind should be tortured into seeming re-
hection upon Mr.. Hyde's integrity as
statistician. though there is 10 doubt
that some complaints have arisen owing
to an apparent leak in his Office in re-
gard to monthly reports, and IL Is also
said that he refused to answer reasonable
questions as to the manner in which he
compiled his reports.
The chief complaint comes from New
Orleans, and the truth seems to be that
some have never forgiven Mr.. Hyde for
estimating the crop at 9,674. 900 bales.
The market closed quiet and steady,
with quotations 2 to 6 higher as COM
pared with yesterdays closing prices.
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THE CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
Corn M"nopoiizes the Principal
Trading of tae Day.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-Trsde was light in
wheat and mostly all of the local profes-
sional kind. Tho market, after declin-
ing early, later reacted. purely on cover
ing by shorts. and close was steady. Nc
higher than last night. Foreign markets
were generally quiet. Continental mar
kets we're all quiet Visible supply in
this country is expected TO show a large
decrease. Receipts at Chicago and the
Northwest are 32o cars, against 443 cars
last week. Cash demand was very quiet
here.
There was a fairly large trade in corn
fcday. ana the market, after declining
early, in sympathy with wheat. later rail-
lied on covering by shorts and good cash
demand. Close was arm, &c higher than
last night. Foreign markets were steady.
There was only light trade in oats to-
day, and the market ruled quiet, within
narrow range and no especial feature
closing hc higher than yesterday. Coun-
try offerings were light; cash demand
quiet.
Provisions opened firm, but Soon be-
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Government Bonds.

Total sales OF Stocks, $50 sha
Advance. Decline.
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MONEY TO LOAN ON APPROVED CoLI.Ar-
ERAL-No delay CHARLES A. PAKER, Rooms
90 and A. Eetzerott Building lII0 st.
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FINANCIAL.
PERPETUAL
Building Association.

1EAR.
ASSETS ........... S2,I7p.O67 20
SURPLUS. JOG, ,324 20
Pay $4,000 every month to members as in
teTest on deposits.
You may receive part Of this dividend by
becoming a subscriber.
You may pay IS 5000
You will get per cent per annuu-
You will get your interest every three months.
Our shares are $ls5. advanced for 81 per month
interest the advance.
s. interest loan Of S925
so interest loan of 81 $50.
Sl5 interest loan of g, 175.
$40 interest on loan Of So, 100.
Payments the deb; made to suit the borrower.
On building loans charge interest only on
the amount used while building, and not the
whole until it Is all drawn. Settlement Of half
shares made at any time and interest saved by
the borrower on the half share. The greatest and
n ost flexible Building Association in the District.
OFFICE: sos I1rH ST.
JOHN COOK ANDREW GLASS,
Secretary. President.
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dominion nnd Mexicnn Issue!

Dominion securities sold at s3d93S.
ami Mexican National issues we're strong
at yesterdays advance to II and Al for
the common and preferred respectively
A sale of 100 Havana Commercial Pre-
ferred at 50 was reported.
All the Copper stocks moved in sym
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strutted up in front OF him and remarked,
in n conversational tone of voice:
"Ah, Hadge:haircut!"
That was the end of the poultry con-
signment. About noon that day the nose
of the agent informed hin. hat the whole
village was having stewed chicken for
dinner. BY little judicious enquiry he
found out that that was all the fowls
were good for when family discipline had
been established. Then he went nome and
wrote to headquarters that he did not
think that particular tribe would take
kindly to poultry raising just then.
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THE LOCAL AND GENERAL MARKETS.

came dull and closed weak for everything,
in spite of persistent buling by pit trad
ers. Early weakness in grain and pro-
spective heavier run of hogs combined with
the better quality are scme of the weak
ening features. January hogs were
941, GOO against $4,000 last year, and
average weight 705 pounds. against 176
last year. There is some support to lard
and ribs on weak spots. but pork seems
defenceless. with an overloaded country
and city account
The following are tho quotations:
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Subscriptions sent In this week
will share In the regular Tebru-
ary dividend of 9 per cent.
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States Suit Different.

The application Of the State of Mime
sofa to the Supreme Court OF the United
States for permission to file a complaint
against The Northern Securities Company
is a different matter That tribunal is
certain 10 give the request OF a sovereign
commonwealth the utSost consideration
While the court gave no intima ticn as
TO when its decision will be rendered. the
prevailing impression is that owing to
tbs importance OF the matter and the
comparative simplicity OF the points
raiAd, decision will be handed down
neXf Monday
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EN interest.
Washington stock Exchange.

Sales-Regular call. at u O'Clock m.-.U.
s Coupon IS. $40 at 102A. Washington
Traction Receipts. $1,000 at So. Capital
Traction, 10 at 1094. Mergenthaler Limo
type, 10 at 171$4. Lanston Monotype, 100
at 1875, 100 at 10ss. Greene Copper, 100
at 81. After call-Columbia Title Ins.
Co, 100 at 4%. Capital Traction. 10 at
1aq1L
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SELLING CHECKED
IN CLOSING HOUR
New York stock Exchange. Feb. 1.

pathy with the further advance in
on the stock exchange.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-02

10 pieces Al inch French Wool Pop
lins-Royal Blue, Navy, Tan, Cardinal,
Heliotrope, Light Grey and Black. Reg
ular price 75c. Special price ..59c.
10 Pieces Fine All-Wool Albatross-
Black, Blue, Pink, Cream and Light
Geographically adapted for waists,
Regular soc Special price :. =. $50
25 pieces Granite Cloth and Pebble Chew
lots and Brocades Sc inches wide Red,
Blue, Green, Purple, Brown, Garnet,
Navy. Tan, Mode and Black. Regular
price 25c. Special price 3. =. -. ..l0c
10 pieces Granite Cloth, 40 inches wide
Navy, Green, Royal, Red, Old Rose,
Grey and Black. 6Oc quality. Special
sale price .. ..45c.
/ z pieces AllWool Fine Wove and Storm
Serges. extra good values Medium
Light and Dark Grey Mix Royal Red,
French Blue, Tan, Navy, Brown and
Blacks. 6Oc qualities. Special sale
price zoe.
8 pieces Hudson Venetian Cloth-RoyaI
Blue, Tan. Cardinal, Grey and Black
no competition here. 60c. qualities.
Special sale price =. .. =. 49,. .45c.
10 pieces Wool Bunting, Al inches wide,
running the whole gamut of colors--
Crepe Weave and Close Woven-Tan.
Castor, Linen, Heliotrope. Navy, Cream,
Pearl Gray and Black. Special
value :. :. =. -. :. -. =. E. 81. 90
16 pieces Silk Finish Cashmeres, yard
wide all colors Light and Medium Tan,
Light and Dark Grey, Red, Navy. Brown
Pink, Old Rose, Garnet. Baby Blue, Seal
Brown and Black. Special value .23c,
Is pieces Ga Jackquards and Serges,
all shades and colors. Plain and illum
mated. Special value o.. e. e. .. .1212c.
Sd inch Repellant Cloth. excellent for
pedestrian skirts, grey mix, navy blue
and black. Special value =. =. .. SOC.
44-inCh Wool Buntng-fine close woven
and crash weave3, sponged ready for
wear-rhe new things for dress skirts
Navy, Black and Royal Blue. Specia
value zoe
/ piece Black Lansdowne. Special value
fOC
| Colored Lansdowne-Old Rose, French
Grey, Reseda, White, Cream and Black
| Special value =. =. =. e. e. ..9212c
Black Crepe De Chine. Special value ST
| Black Crepe De Chine. Special value So
so inch Cheviots with white hair line
on black and navy grounds, especially
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PERSONALS.

Mr.. /. j. Cox's condition is better.
Dr. L. P. Sorrel, of Flint, was here yes
terday.
Mr.. w B. Hartsell, of Burlington, is
in the city.
the city yesterday.
Maj. H. A. London, of Pittsboro, was i'll
the city yesterday.
Mr.. A. c. Patterson, of Asheville, is
visitor to the city.
Mr. George Morgan, of Wilson, was
here yesterday or business.
DIR. " E. Turner has returned to the
city from q visit to Florida.
Mr.. R. Spencer Plummer arrived from
Durham yesterday afternoon.
Rev. G. T. Adams returned yesterday
from a visit to Little River
Mr.. w. T. Cation, of Charlotte, was a
visitor to Raleigh yesterday.
Rev. Jno. Huske left yesterday for
Louisburg, where he will preach today.
Rev. J. w. Stephenson left yesterday
for Clayton, where he will preach today.
Mr. B. o. Guthrie, of Burlington, is
in the city, the guest of Rev. ]. o. Guth-
RE.
Mr.. A. ]. McKelway, of Charlotte, was
registered at the Marlborough House yes
terday.
Mr.. T. T. Hay returned yesterday from
a business trip to the western part of
the State.
Mr.. E. l.. Travis, of Halifax, member OF
the States Prison Board of Directors, is
| in the city.
Mr.. j. c. Caddell, Jr. returned to Wake
Forest College yesterday after several
days visit here
Rev. ]. B. Hurley left yesterday for
Rocky Mount and Spring Hope, where he
will hold services.
Mr.. J. H. Mitchell. of Rolesville, re
turned home yesterday after visit oil
several days in the city.
DR.. Thomas Hume arrived yesterday
from the University and is the guest OF
Rev. T. ID. Bratton at st. Mary's.
Gen. w. R. Cox was here yesterday er
route to his home in Edgecombe, after
visit to his son at the University.
Prof. j. B. Carlyle arrived yesterday
! afternoon from Wake Forest and was
| entertained at the Baptist Female Uni
versity.
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<*%*AA%AYl<<*%<<%%
SPECIAL DRESS GOODS SALE.
THIS WILL BEDREsS GOODS WEEK.

March came in like lamb The people pent up by
the storms swarmed the stores crowds yesterday. he
wtsandng the fact that the dress goods section bore the brun
of the attack the determination to to clear out all
spring wooens within the next thirty days. So reprced
the whole stock Sufficient price concessions will move
anything We ask you to take survey, make the eXal-
nation with your eyes, and what are doing for
you. If you want dress goods now is the time.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

S. e d. BERWANGER-Mar
ACADEMY OF MUSIC-King John.
RALEIGH SAVINGS BANK-Statement.
A. b. STRONACH CO.-New Goods Every
Day
HOWELL COBB-The North Carolina
Hot Springs.
DOBBIN & FERRALL-The Very Newest
Spring Effects.
SHERWOOD HIGGS & CO.-Special EN-
broidery Sale Monday.
BOYLAN. PEARCE & CO.-Spring Expo
siton of Charming Goods.
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THE WEATHER TODAY.

Local forecast for Raleigh and vicinity
to p. M: Sunday, fair weather.
Local data for Raleigh: Maximum ten-
perature, 20; minimum temperature, As;
mean temperature, 60; rainfall .06 inch.
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NEW SPRING SUITS
For Ladies and Misses. Styles
the very newest-workmanship the
best-prices very reasonable-Trim-
1nings extremely stylish and har-
nonious.
CoIors, Black, Blue, Castor and
Browns.
ELEGANT NEW SILKS.
Broad ranges of the very Silks in
greatest demand. Great display of
Printed Satin Foulards, Liberties
and Peau De Sole 63c., Use, $l.OO.
TAFFETA SILK SPECIAL.
Excellent Quality, all shades, soc.
per yard.
New Crepe De Chimes, New Peau
De Crepe, Black and ColOrs.
WOMEN'S WAISTS.
New Spring Styles. Silks,
choicest Spring Shades and effects.
ToRalu and Peau De Sole in Black
and ColOrs.
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IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.

Hiram Lodge meets tomorrow night at
730 in Masonic hall
Mrs. I. Rosenthal left this morning for
New York to buy spring and summer
stock.
The Clerks Union meet promptly at
O'Clock Monday night to meet visiting
ladies and gentlemen.
Rev. Forest Smith of Louisburg, will
preach in the First Baptist church this
morning and tonight.
Presiding Elder j. T. Gibbs will con-
duct both services at Edenton Street
Methodist church today
Cotton went up again yesterday and is
on the edge of cents pound. 1.-The
planters were happy when they sold for
SK cents.
Mr.. W. L. Stanley, General Claim Agent
of the Seaboard Air Line, who has been
attending the Superior court here this
week, has returned to Hamlet.
The Raleigh Savings Bank has steadily
grown in business as the statement pub
lished elsewhere will plainly show. The
deposits of the bank are now $4,000
Tonight Rev r. S. Stephenson will cele-
brate the first anniversary of his pas
torate of the West Raleigh Baptist church,
and number of speakers will partici-
pate.
Mr. John w. Brown is back from
Greensboro, the happy possessor of a
beautiful iron grey horse which he pu"
chased there and which he says is fine
traveller.
Mr. j. P. Harris, the advance represen-
tative of ''The Casino Girl which ap-
pears here next Saturday night, is in the
city, telling of the attractions of the per-
Torrance.
The appeared posted here yesterday no
tice of reward of $25 for the arrest of
John Matten, an Assyrian, who stole a
horse and spring wagon from Tatem
Bros, Henderson, N. c.
The members and friends of the Brook
lyn Methodist church pounded" their pas
tor, Rev M. NJ Mcfarland. during the
PAST week, and left as mementos of their
visit many acceptable gifts.
John r. Brady, a member of the Pow
haitian tribe of Indians, on the Pamun-
key Indian reservation in King Williams
county, Virginia, was in Raleigh yester-
day and went to Richmond
The change in the Seaboard Air Line
schedule, which takes effect today at
noon, puts the northbound fast train here
at 11:30 a. M, in place of 1915 a. m.
The other changes are slight.
Mr.. w. H. Rand returned from Sanford
yesterday morning He reports the condi-
ton of his little granddaughter, Mildred
Williams. worse. DR.. James A. Sexton
was again telegraphed for Just after Mr..
Rand's return to Raleigh.
Barrett & Thompson, who drew the plans
for the two-story pressed brick business
block which DR.. r. H. Lewis. of Raj
eigh will build in Tarboro, have let the
( contract for the erection of the building
to Mr.. D. l. Rose contractor, of Rocky
Mount. Work will begin at once.
Barrett &c Thompson, who drew the plans
Lumberton Robesonian says: The many
friends of Prof. John Duckett will be glad
to learn that he will be retained in the
office of the State Superintendent as chlei
clerk. His faithful and, efficient services
in the past are sufficient proof of his
fitness to fill the place ably"
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Young Men Wanted.

To attend the meeting at the Baptist
Tabernacle this afternoon at 4:30 O'Clock.
Bright talks, good music. A cordial well
come awaits you.
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The Clerks Union meet promptly at
O'Clock Monday night to meet visiting
ladies and gentlemen.
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Rev. Forest Smith, of Louisburg, viii
preach in the First Baptist church TINS
morning and tonight.
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for separate skirts. Special value Use.
10 pieces MerveilleuX, the new double
twilled broadcloth, all new spring
shades. Special value .. =. 81 90
Sd inch French Broadcloth and Fancy
Dress Novelties in dress lengths. Spe-
cial value =. =. :. :. :. $50
5S-incn Wool Crashes. Metallic effects.
Special value =. ..$ .OU
A inch Sharkskin, hard finish and wear
resisting. Navy Royal, Red and Black
Special value ..SOc
so inch Hop Sack. Dollar qualities. Navy
Blue, Black and Brown Mixtures. Spe-
cial value Use
60c. Wide Vale Scrges. Forty inches
wide e. e.. e.. =. .. .45c
Csc. Majestic Cream White "A incl
Mohair Lustre e. e. e. e. -. .5Oc
$1O0 Cream White Al inch Granite
clOtn .tOc
$125 Ballard Vale, so inch, Cream
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March came in like waterspout and
not like lion this year.
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Boy|an, Pearce { Co.
Spring Exposition
of Charming Goods.
Our store is fast filling with the very newest creations
to please the most astidouS which will interest hundreds OF
women Goods for every purpose YOU can wish.
NEW WHITE WAISTS.

NEW WHITE WAISTS.
Best fitting, best made, newer
styles than ever before; plain
tucked, hemstitched and inserting,
fancy embroidered; prices 81. to
$3.50. All sizes to select from
now.
NEW WASH GOODS.
Plain cottons and mcrcerized
stuffs. Many lines are clever. Du-
pIicates Of Wash Silks, particular
ly in the Madras and Zephyrs, you
will find them all here from the
small stripe to the broad widths.
Prices, z 1-3c. to zoe. per yard.
KABO CORSET-19O2 STYLES.
Newest Spring Models have ar
rived and are now on sale. Best
fitting, most comfortable. RUB
BIER EYLETS. MEANS NO RUST.
Se1f-Reducing Corset. Positively
Reduces the Abdomen. Sizes ID to
80. $3.50.
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Presiding Elder j. T. Gibbs will con-
duct both services at Edenton Stree
Methodist church today