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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-08-07

week, and is still in serious condi-
ton.
Miss Nora Anderson has returned
from trip to Boston, she came by
steamer to Norfolk and thence home.
She was away several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. John g. Evans. after
spending some days guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. John B. Hoge, haze returned to
their home in Cheraw, 5. G.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex f. Robertson and
children have returned from Orkney
Springs, having spent some weeks
there.
Prof. J. F. Tapscott of Churchville,
is spending the summer with his broth
er, Mr.. Fl. l.. TapscOtt at Warren, AL
bemarle county.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Houtf, who have
been spending some weeks with rela
Jives here and in The county, have re
turned to their home in Henderson,
N. G.
MIR. and Mrs. j. Harry Bryan, Miss
Lucie Bryan and Mr.. Chas. Lewis are
spending several weeks at Niagara
Falls and other points of interest on
the st. Lawrence river.
Capt. J. N. Mcfarland and wife, and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. King drove down
the valley this week by Messy Greek
and Bridgewater to Mt. Jackson. They
had a most delightful trip.
MessIs. F. r. Webb, JOS. A. elias
cow, FL. II. Kerr, Herbert j. Taylor
and Charles Rock are on a ten days
outing which they will spend near Fit
Lewis, Bath county.
Mr.. R NJ. Ayres. for many years a
prominent merchant here, but now re.
siding in Washington, Is visiting his
old home here He is a guest at the
Palmer House.
E. Butter Burke, of BurketOWn, re
| turned to his work in Washington
| Thursday aftera vacation of six weeks
Mr.. Burke is one of the engineers a.
TIE United States Capitol Building
| Mrs =. J Orebaugh of Mt. Sidney
ia VISITING, her siater Mrs s. A CraOill
at InwoOd, W Va. She will also visi
hec brothers, Mcssrs. VIM. IL. and Ern
est E. Landes of Martinsburg, befOr
returning home.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

The forthcoming report Of State
Commissioner Warner VIII
show that there are 20 cotton,
wooden and knitting mills IN the
State, more than two or more mills
under n management, OF which
there are several, counted as only
one in the estimate. Two hundred
and twenty are cotton, IA WOODEN,
46 knitting mills. Spindles opera
ted, 1,743,431; looms. 38,5Ol knit
ting machines, 1921. Number OF
employees, 1850; OF these there are
23,Ol1 males over IL years of age,
22,629 females. Ninety-eight mills
operating -533,612 spindles, It'll
looms aud 917 knitting machines,
failed to report the number OF chill
dren under IL years employed gut
of their 1886 operatives. One hun
dred and seventy-eight mills report
ed 929 children under IL employed
The highest average daily wage paid
pis, males 81 80, females 81 cents
lowest wage, males So cents. females
As cents average childreh's wage
| daily IS cents. Number of hours o
labor range from 10 to II per day
The number dependent on the mill
for a living is 109,781. Percentag'
of adult operatives who a rea'
aud write is "a, of children II.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29
"FEWER GALLONS; WEARS
LONGER"

The secret is out and Hiilsboro
can go on living just as if the riddle
had never been asked.
No it can't, either, Hil.sboro is not
going to be what it was before. Its.
houses are g ing to be brighter ; It's
people a little more prosperous
they are going to have some OF their
money left to buy other things with.
The answer to the riddle is this /:
you can pant a building with fewer
gallons Of Devoe Lead and Zinc
paint than with mixed paints, and it
will wear several times as long az 2
building painted with lead and oil
mixed by hand. ~,
There's proof abundant OF it all
over the United States. There will
soon be proof abundant of it in Hills
boro.
What will people do with the rest
of their money?
Parks e Hedgpeth sell this paint
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

-cThe incest and ~plessantest
medicine I have used for indigestion
and constipation is Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets" says
Melard F. Craig, of Middlegrove,
N. Y. "They work like a charm
and do not grippe or have any IN
pleasant effect" For sale by W A.
A. Hayes, Druggist:
A motion to set aside a judg
ment tor $3.50, obtained by S. G.
Pepper, former agent Of the South.
ern Railway at Hillsboro, against
W. F. Clegg. a hotel man at Greens.
boro, vas argued at the last years
August term of Orange Superior
Court. before Judge McNeill, who
took the papers. Judge MoNeil
has rendered his decision in which
he sets aside the judgment. Plaintiff
will appeal to the Supreme Court.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29
A MARVELLOUS INVENTION.

Wonders never cease. A machine
has been invented that will cut,
paste aud hang wall paper. The
field of inventions and discoveries
seems to be unlimited. Notable
among great discoveries is DR..
Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption. Il has done a world of
good for weak Lungs and saved many
a life. Thousands have used it and
conquered Grip, Bronchitis, Pneu-
MONA and Consumption. Their gen.
eral verdict is: Its the best aud
most reliable medicine for throat
aud lung troubles. Every SOC and
ST. bottle is guaranteed by W. A.
Hayes, Druggist. Trial bottles free.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29
For the Observer.
Very Old Dress.

Mr.. Editor It may interest some
Of your readers to know that Annie
Elizabeth, the little daughter of MIR.
aud Mrs. H. p. Woods, Of Cedar
Grove township, has in her posses
sion a dress that, as far as we can
learn, must be quite il not more than
a hundred years old.
It was given to the present owner
by her great aunt, Mrs. Fannie Dam.
eron, and was originally owned and
worn by her great-great-aunt. It is
made of white jaoonet, embroidered
by baud with cotton, carded and
spun at home.
It has been handed down from
generation TO generation until, now
quaint, aud old-fashioned and yellow
with time and age, it is treasured as
an heirloom in the Woods family
M.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

Murder in End Degree.
After being out twenty hours, the
Jury in the Wilcox murder case at
HEREFORD. Perquimr rs county, n. =.
at 2 o'clock p. NJ, ia 81, returned
a verdict OF, murder in the second
degree, and James Wilcox, the de-
;endant was sentenced by Judge
Council to the penitentiary for ~
years, the full limit of law.
Wiloox's attorneys gave notice
that an appeal would be taken to the
Supreme Court.
The prisoner will be returned to
Jail at Elizabeth City, where his al.
legged crime was committed, to await
the orders of the court.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

Married at the home Of the
bride in Lite River township on
"Wednesday, Jan. 7, by Rev. Rufus
Bradley, pastor Of the Hillsboro
Circuit or the Methodist Church,
Mr.. VIM. T. Roberts aud Miss Vir-
gia F. Laws, both of Orange county.
The many friends OF g. H.. Hao-
san. Engineer. L. E. & w. R. r., at
present living in Lima, o., will be
pleased to know Of his recovery
from threatened kidney disease He
writes, II was cured by using Fo-
ley's Kidney Cure, which l recon-
mended to all, especially trainmen
who are Usually similarly afflicted .
w. A. Hayes.
DIR. J. T. Gibbs, who for four
years was the popular Presiding Ell.
der of the Raleigh. District, has en-
tered upon his duties as Presiding
Elder of the Durham District. The
District Stewards have made pro.
vision for paying his house rent in
Raleigh and general travelling ex-
penses until the completion Of the
District parsonage.-Raleigh Chris
tian Advocate. -.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29
DIsLoCATED HEB SHOULDER.

Mrs. Johanna Soderholm, of Fer.
gus Falls, MIMI, fell and d~islocated
her shoulder. She had a surgeon
get it back in place as soon as posi-
BILE, but it was quite sore and panied
her very much. Her 0 mentioned
that he had seen Cbamberlain's Pain
BALM advertised for sprains aud
soreness, and she asked him to buy
her a bottle OF it, which he did. 1t
quickly. relieved her and euabled her
TO sleep which she had not done for
several days. The 500 was so much
pleased with the relief it gave bis
mother that he has since recon-
mended it to many others. For sale
by w. A. Hayes, Druggist,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29
The treaty between the United
States and Colombia for the con-
-struction of the Panama Canal has
been signed.

W. have received copies of the
following reports made to Governor
Aycock The Sixth Biennial Report
of the Board Of Directors of the
North Carolina School tor the Deaf
and Dumb, Morganton, N. c.; Re-
port and Recommendations of the
State Superintendent of Public In
struclion, j. Y. Joyner, and the Re-
port of the Board Of Directors of
the State Hospital for Insane at
Morganton. All furnish interesting
reading.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29
TRIED To CONCEAL IT.

It's the old story Of "murder will
out" only in this case there's no
crime. A woman feels rundown,
has backache aud dyspepsia and
thinks it's nothing and tries to hide
it until she finally breaks down.
Dor't deceive yourself. Take Elec.
trio Bitters at once. 1t has a repu.
tation for curing Stomach, Liver and
Kidney troubles and will revivify
your whole system. The worst
forms Of those maladies will quickly
yield to the curative power OF Elec-
trio Bitters. Only SOC, and guaran-
teed by w. A. Hayes, Druggist.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

The Confederate Veteran" a
monthly magazine, published at
Nashville, Tenn, S. A. Cunningham,
Proprietor, is we'll worth 81 90 per
year, tie price of subscription, and
every old veteran in Orange county
ought to take it. If you want to be
reliably informed about the great
war, send S100 and receive the
"Coufederate Veteran for a whole
year. A sample copy will be sent
TO any person who requests it. A
request on a postal card will bring
you a sample copy.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29
GROUP.

The peculiar cough which indi-.
Gates Group, is usually well known
to the mothers Of croupy children.
No time should be lost in the treat
ment of it, and for this purpose no
medicine has received more univer.
sal approval than Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. Do not waste val
liable time in experimenting with
untried remedies, no matter how
highly they may be recommended,
but give this medicine as directed
aud all symptoms of Group will
quickly disappear. For sale by w.
A. Hayes, Druggist.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29
Harrington NeWs,1

Mr.. II. V. Simpson killed mis- pig
last week and it weighed $50
pounds, gross, 66l pounds net. This
is n of the largest pigs that we
have heard of this winter. We wish
that more Of our people would raise
large hogs, and they could do SC if
they would only take some pains.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29
+ Washington Gazette.

In looking over ur.exchauges we
notice the proposed liquor law, a
gis, of which We published several
DAYS ago, is generally being ap.
proved by the papers Of the State.
In fact, we fail to recall any question
agitating the public mind for years
in which greater changes has oc
Cured. The opinion generally ex.
pressed is that the law is n OF
merit.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29
TROUBLES.

It is exceptional to find a family
where there are no domestic rup.
lures occasionally, but these a be
lessened by having DR.. Kings New
Life Pills around. Much trouble
they save by their great work in
Stomach and Liver troubles. They
not only relieve you, but cure. 25c,
at w. A. Hayes drug tore.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

EVERY BOTTLE OF CHAMBERLAIN's
Couch REMEDY WARRANTED.
We guarantee every bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
will refund tho money to anyone
who is not satisfied after using two
thirds of the contents. This is the
best remedy in the world tor Ia
grippe, coughs, colds, Group and
whooping cough and is pleasant and
safe to take, 1t prevents any tend
enoy OF a cold to result in pneumonia.
For sale by w. A. Hayes, Druggist
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29
In BED Four WEEKS WITH LA
GRIPPE.

We have received the following
letter from Mr.. Rey Kemp, Of An.
COLA, Ind. Il was in bed four weeks
with la grippe aud | tried many
remedies and spent considerable for
treatment with physicians, but I re-
e-lved no relief until | tried Foley's
Honey and Tar. Two small bottles
OF this medicine cured me and I now
use it exclusively in my family.
lake no substitutes w. A. HAYES
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29
POISONED.

Ma, children are poisoned aud
made nervous and weak, if not kill
ed outright, by mothers giving them
cough syrups containing opiates.
F'oley's Honey and Tar is a safe aud
certain remedy for coughs, Group
anti lung troubles, and Is the only
prominent cough medicine that con
tains no opiates or other poisons.
w. A. Hayes.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

Mr.. Alex. A. Springs, who has
been running the Arlington Hotel at
Charlotte for the past three years,
will give up the management OF that
hotel March LIST and will run the
Louise, a new hotel at Washington,
n. G. Mr.. Springs is a former
citizen of Hillsboro and married
Miss Fannie Phillips Of this place.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

President Roosevelt's opposition
TO the election of Reed Smoot to
the Senate by the Utah Republicans
did not have much weight. HIS
nomination by the Republican eau.
GUS was unanimous and be will, of
course, receive the full vote OF the
party at the Observation-Disclosures
Messenger.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

Tobacco continues to roll in and
our stemmeries are kept busy day
and night Several hundred more
steinuieIs could get employment
mere. All OF the prlzehouses are full
up with tobacco. aud the buyers
would renI several more if They
were here.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29
WONDERFUL NERVE

is displayed by many a man en-
during pains Of accidental Cuts,
Wounds, Bruises, Burns, Scalds,
Sore feet or stiff joints. But there's
no need for it. Bucklen's Arnica
Salve will kill the pain and cure the
trouble. It's the best Salve on earth
for Piles, too. 25o al w. A. Hayes
drug store.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29
Wilmington Start

The population Of Hawaii is pretty
we'll mixed. Ofthe 100000 popula-
ton $4,000 are Japanese, 10000
Chinese, aud $4,000 imports from
other countries. In this, combina.
ton the native seems TO be given
a back seat.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

The editors of the Youths Com
panion have written Mr.. J. Y. JOY
ner, our State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, that North Caro-
lima is ahead O! all other States in
the work of improving and beautify-
ing school houses and grounds.
Let the good work continue.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29
Winston Sentine1,1

The $50 disappointed negroes who
are walking South from New Eng
land will do more to end the ilisimed
flocking of unskilled labor north
ward than a hundred columns Of
newspaper editorials advising the
race to stay in the Sunny South. q
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29
A LIFE AT STAKE,

IF you but knew the splendid
merit Of Foley's Honey aud Tar you
would never be without it. A dose
or two will prevent an stack of
pneumonia or la grippe. 1t may
save your life. w. A. Hayes,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29
Wilmington Start

Somebody has been telling a mar
velous story about a Kentuckian
who had a bottle Of whiskey ~
years old. The bottle may have
been that old.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

According to the report of the
Directors, there are now PAT chill
dren 10 the Oxford Orphan Asylum,
an increase of 26 over last year.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

The Catholics will erect a 100000
hospital in Greensboro to be op.
Grated by the Sisters of Charity.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

PNEUMONIA AND LA GRIPPE
Coughs cured quickly by Foley's
Honey and Tar. Refuse substitutes.
W. A. Hayes.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

The total Sunday-school enroll
ment OF the United States is Ii,
092,703.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

WEEKLY HILLsBoao MARKET RE.
POET.
Wheat, per bushel of 80 lbs, 80 to
IS cts.
Corn, pei bushel of Sc lbs, IS cts.
Oats, per bushel of 80 lbs., 60 cts.
Meal, per bushel of 46 lbs, 80 OTIS.
Pork, 7 IL cts per pound.
Bacon-hog round-12 IL to Is cts.
Flour, per barrel $500 to $3.50.
Tallow, per pound. 4 to cts.
Beeswax, per pound, 20 cts.
Butter, per pound, 20 cts.
Eggs, per dozen, II 1-22 cts.
Peas, per bushel, S1.25 to S1.75.
Beaos, per bushel, So 0G to $780,.
Hides, dry, 4 to 10 cents per pound.
Chickens, each. 10 to rs cts.
Feathers-Live Geese-40 cts. Del
pound.
Wool-washed-25 to IS cts. pei
pound.
Unwashed Wool, Is to 20 cts pc,
pound.
Coffee, 8 l 8 to 20 cts. per pound.
Sugar. 5 20 6 cts. per pound.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

You KNOW WHAT You ARE
TAKING
When you take Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula is
plainly printed on every bottle
showing that it is simply Iron and
Qoinine in a tasteless form. No
Cure, No Pay. SOC.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

Will practice in the Courts OF Oranoo
Person, Durham and Granville, and in
the Supreme Court.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-01-29

Office next door to DR.. Strp.w;o,,.
Office, near the hotel.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-04-20
Involuntary Guilt.

The prisoner who had been found
guilty Of lee ma esty, protested vi r.
ously and struggled with all his peas
ant strength, as he was borne to prison
where he was to pay the penal y f his
crime.
1t was realized thai h case was hope
less when 1t was proved Ivy unimpcach-
able evidence that he laI sat down in
the presence of his royal hghness the
king.
OF course there were simple minded
persons who suggested that the off end
er's lack of premedita ion, his hob
nailed shoes and the smooth sheet of
ice on which the crime had been com
mitted were eXtenuative,. But what
would justice ever accomplish were she
to be hindered by such tlivialities as
these ?-Smart Set.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-04-20
Trtumphaut in One Field

That girl cannot throw stone,
drive nail or spin top as success
fully AZ boy is pardoned, by writer
In the Washington Post. because she
can accomplish one marvellous feat
which, he declares, no man or boy can
ever equal.
There is one thing no man could
ever accomplish, even if he We're Il
noted contortionist, and that is but
toning a waist that has the buttons
sewed on the back!
A man doesn't live who could but
ton shirt up the back without going
mad. l have watched my wife, and
every time she accomplshes this feat
Of buttoning her waist in the back the
feeling comes over me that, after all,
compared with women, men are a lot
of impatient and worthless beings.
Why. l can't button it standing behind
her with both hands free. tried one
evening, when we were in hurry.
won't say that there were a million
buttons, each about as big as Il piu-
head, but there were good many of
them.
Look here" said l, "let me fasten
that dress" and began. In five min
utes | had buttoned three buttons, ana
my wife remarked that l was not MAX
ing much progress. and in two minutes
she had fastened every one of them.
A wOman's arms must be pat in
very free in their sockets tO Dprnit Of
her reaching back that way, and slip
ping those tiny buttons into the but
tonhoes without ever getting red in
the face or trying to kick the cat or
doing anything like that.
Women may not be deft in Il few
little things that there's no Occa sion
for them to be deft in. but for patience
and selfcontrol men cannot compete
with them.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-04-20

banbury. but just as he had settled his
tired head against the back of Il loung-
Ing chair, he heard a distant boom.
whats that?" he demanded, start
ing up.
"Oh. that's the sunset gun, Uncle
Ezra" said his nephew's wife, in Il
soothing tone. ut goes Off just as the
sun rises and sets"
Mr.. Bascomb's mild face took on a
look that approached hostility.
i've seen your talking machines
and electric bell-pulls and underground
rails and overhead TRUSTEES and kerr
ridges kiting here and there with no
boss nor other signs o drawering pow
err" he said, resentfully, "and I've
set myself to believe all you've told
me. But I've seen the sun all my days
in Banbury, and l know there amt
stren'th enough In 1t when it's setting
or when it's rising to fetch off Il gun,
without there's works going on In this
place that amt Scriptural nor fitting"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-04-20

Simon Newton Dexter North, who
has accepted President Roosevelt's ten
der Of the office Of head of the census
bureau. was head Of the manufa ct,ires
department Of the twelfth census, and
Is most capable statistician. For
many years he had been engaged In
newspaper work and had served as
president Of the New York State AS
ISOLATED Press and editor Of the Albany
Express. In 1883 he became secretary
of the National Association of Wool
Manufacturers, and In 1893 was ap-
pointed member of the Industrial
commission. From this post he resign
ed to become chief statistician of man.
ufactures in the last census. He Is n
resident of Boston.