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Successful Arethe ones who sit dov They ut this and that toge don't bite at all "Bargain A pair, etc. "We give su They know that they save r article they buy from us. IP pared or financially able to; money than we are. It act a double-seated carriage an all the goods that a farmer We have thousands of barg only mention here a very fE 500 pairs Pants not a sing '$1.50, our price 92c. pal 300 pairs Knee Pants, evel 250 Men's Suits, not a Sul our price $4.98. 100 Boys' Suits, not a suit our price 89c. DRESS GOODS.-Here's back. Don't buy a single y Worsteds, Woolens Outing. Come, if you don't Iuy it will post 1,0 0 yards Outing going at 'Ie yal SHoES! SHoES!---We have the Sl money, you want the Shoes-Goii Come before you buy We have the lime to dispose of goods for le. o. 1 PECIAL-10 3ds. 40 in. heavy Wt rescrpti Which we usr are with We believe in PURl' W- constantly preact We always practice I ci:ies. PURITY counts, and Ask your doctor. * MAYES' E 7j, \1 u where Good 'I Diamonds, \cVat sales wil take TIHE S. Yes, we have the best I shown in Prosperity. We Post Cards and Toilet Arti We sell other goods aisc Yours for m< TH AtIallIic Coo G oodServil ules, Thrc and Pullme tween East For full in Pass House Keseners in and consider things carefull ther and draw conclus'ons. Th( " Pins at Ic paper, Towels 5 ::h things away." Ackits, dimes and dollars on evej Jo other, merchant is better pr give you "greater values" for yot ually required a two-horse wagoi d a one-horse buggy to carry c bought from us last week for $101 ains in every department. We cs w. le pair in the lot worth less thg r. -y pair worth 50c, our price 23c. p in the lot worth less than $7.51 in the lot worth less than $2.51 where we. rip competition up tt ard of your Brilliantines, Henrietta i. etc., until you have seen our lin you and save you many dollars. ioes, you've got the money, we want t ig at half price. little time to write advertisements, but i s than all the rest. KL"'TTNER, 'The Fair and Square Dealer ite lomespun at only 59c. oli Materia|s Dut exception the purest grade. FY. i PURITI. IURITY when preparing medi counts for much, in medicines. )RUG STORE. WE LRtY tits(oC1 is the cen fion i a enali i c st or -~ . Cloks. C a etc. for d Look? This done, th .'are of themnselIves. S.DIRGE GO. ine of Jewelry and Watche~s ev have all the novelties in this lhr cles as well. re business, E S. S BIRGE Co. Ist Line Railroa ce,Quick Schec >Ugh Coache m. Sleepers be and Florida. formation write to ~. J. CRAIG, enger Traffic Manager, WiImington, N. C NEGRO SOLDIERS IN CONSPIRACY DISOHARGE TROOPS ANTERED COMPACT TO PRESERVE SEC REY. Opinion of Maj Blocksom--Great Pres y sure Brought to Bear to Have A Rehearing of the Case. ir 1, Washiiton. Nov. 21.-The war de If partiment issued the following state 1ment today conecriiig the negro I'ops ordered dlimmlissed at Fort Rtenlo: In the matter of the order dis cluirm ithe enlisted men of three COMpalies of tle Twenty-fifth inifa r. try issiued by the president, applica ), tion was presented to the secretary of war by a 111nmber of persons of stallnd 3 ing asking a relearig by the presi de toil (lie gIroindi oi which tile ae tion was taken. The secretary fele ie -rapied tlie president of the apylica S, tion and delaved the proceedings of le diselarge iitil (lie presideit could indicate his wishes. h'lie secretary was meanitimlie ealled out of, town. No an e swer was r-eeeived from lthe president. tl The seeretary on his rettrii didn't feel justified in furtther delaying tle exe ention1 (if the order of disehiarge. espe cially in view of the fact that the see retary thien learned that the presidenit had fully and exhaustively considered the argument against the order, of the persons who now applied for a re hearing. Aceordingly. tile secretary di reected1 yester'uday,Tedf,ta h 'l~' nili ,'I'lesdaN%. that til! proe-dinus f6r distcha.11-re he eontinm ed wilhiout delay." The m i-i-at*in f' the cont1it (IF I. T w4-11Y- 11 ,t IIy Inf IanI tr , a S repIort - ed Iu i mn by Ij. lit-cksi, inIspItII I eini. Iouirthi iintantry ac.:tinug in1p-11 -ur genera I and Ii:g. en. Ga li n ton, inspector eneral of the army, was made public at tlhe war delart ment today ill a vohlume entitled "The A ff'ray at Ilrownsville. Tex. Mathat lithe af far was preelncerted anld bothi he and1, (en.11 arln ex-enerate the oficers from blame. Gen. Garlington says it was evident from the first that the -three companies had entered into a compact to give no information about, tle affair. Secretary Taft said to dIy that nw stelps will I takein to make a furtller' investiganii.In otf the vM1ndu4. -df thle olffiver . In hlis sonmar1,1.V of the rI.mrt ma11de by le t other 'Ilivelrs andu4 of, his own ef forts to discover the guiilty soldiers, llri.-. Cen. (;ariiAmn 'deelares that ev(ry IIeaIIns ff geltinx evidence coil cenlIilnz the slhoutin-, was exhausted. .\U thw men) 4f ilhe 11hree companmiies w ere talk vl w ithi induivid1ua lly oI di, 'rl )en(ionl , e114. sayS. and the dlire con4i'-'rfiwnee'( of t heir lailure to give up thle nihy sohldiers~. were poin ted out. All thie soldi'rs avoided ques j t ionis an1d e'venii refsed4 to' is icuss thle jeuvenits at Brownisville, which wei-e knwnt have enriatged thle negroes "T'he secret ie at' ure i of' thle rae, of~ theiri color', is well known.'' Gen. Garlington's Report. G'ein. Gallingtdon says: '' Uder such ciricuimst ane(es sel f-prot eel ion or' self' inter'est is thle onily leveir by which (lie hist oriy and record oif (lie regiment to which they belong, the pairt played by re ilhese' old( soldiera ini t his ire'or'd, were le polinted out anld enlarged upon. The odiiiu t of ischargLe to the battalion and its indl4ividua(l mnembeirs by this fort upon)1 I le individunals mnd upjonl theii b)a ttalion as a whole was~ refeirred to; and, fi nally, (lie concern of (lie prlesident o (f the Uinit ed St ateCs in the matter,. his desiire and thie dlesir'e oIf the war dtelparit ment tou sepainato thie ini d nocent fro thaile iruiIt y w"ere e'xplin l ed. butI withInout eff'eet.' Coiinini g (en. (hail inugon 's re porit says: ''No ab)soluitely accur'at.e verifica tion of the irifles and the men of the battalion wa's made on the night of Aug. 13' in time to account for the s rifles mnd meni at the beginning of the firing or immediately on its conclu sion. The failure is explIained as fol lows: Tfhe commanding ofmier and his h- associates, when the alarm was sound ed and they heard the firing assumed that it came from the City of Browvns ville and that the guns were in the hands of civilians; in other words, that the garrison was being fired. into from the outside civilians. It does not appear to have occnrred to any of them that certain enlisted men of the Twenty-fifth infan triy had piosses sion1 of their arms~ and were commit tng the crime of firimie into 'the lious es and uiponi the citizeans'of Browvns. yille, until the.mayor' of .the city came to the grarrison and informed the om. m (anding olileer, Maj. Penlrose, that Mne Man had beeni killed and another Wounid1(ed by his soldiers." Maj Blockso:n's Report. MIaj Blocksomli inl his report, recoin mended that if satisfactory evidence coicerilin"g the identity of tile crimli inals who '"shdt up'' Brownsville, did not come froim memibers of the battalion all enlisted men of the three Companies present on the night of Aug. 13 be discliarged ,from the ser vice and debarred from reenlistement in the army, navy or marine corps. Maj. Blocksom regards it particular ly unfortunate for the reputation of the battalion that the officers 41id not discover a single clue to the "terrible preconcerted crime' ini the investiga tioi that was conducted by the com manders of the colored force. Brig. (en. McSackey, coimianding the department of Texas, in a dispatet to the war (l department explains the discharge of 25 IeIbers of the Twen ty-fifth infantry on Monday. after Secretary Taft had ordered the tem porary silpenlsiol or tle soliers dib missed by statin- that tle dispatch selit to Fort Hello aninitciiling Secre tary Taft 's action did Iot reach that post Ilitiil nloo on INonday. whicl was aft'er tlie iell had beein dischavred. Awaiting Orders. Olkhilionia City, Oklo.. Nov. 21. Maj Clark al Fort Heno today said: "We have received nio word to pro Ceed with the discharge of the colored troops, and 'noie has been discharged today. We will not proceed uitil or tiered to (o so from Washimton.' Fruit Used as Medicine. That fruit is it whw.les"lle :rlice fit divi is. ot voill-Se. a generaly ae repwlt I -'t. but eI im1ortantl place wihit "-,ks o" :(l h thev wedicinll L-f'e'v t it (.N:, 1 m ll n he nt SYsteml as vny r y heImle w%ell knonvil. ThIe ImediciIal vt*Pt is I(I11 divet, but th1e Irumit eloulal's the aItural fiulle tiois by v which tile severaii reiedial prlesses which they aid are brought albout. The fruits which come under the head of laxatives are the orange, fi,xs. taiarinds, priues. mulberries, daes. nectarines and plims. The as trinlents, pomilegranlates. (ran111berries, blaekberries, sumiach berries, dewber rics, rasherrieerries, rriCs, quinces pears, wild cherries and mediates. Th diuretics are gooseberries, red and white currants, piumirpkiis and melous Lemolls, limes and apples are stomael 'eatI'ives. Tl"akein in tlie morning.early anll P ran e acs very decilefl as 2 I;xnlive, Sometimes amonnting_ to1 purig ative. ald may be gCeIvrally relie( 11n). Poimegraates ae very string elit and releive sore throat And\ uvula Tie bark of tihe root, in the form o a decoetion, is a good anthelmintfic. F..i-s. split opel, fromil 111 excellenl polthice for bhoils and small absesses Strawblries and lemons, locally a1p plied. aire o some service in tlie re miovral of tartatr froim thle teeth nun0e andi 11 even seaiiSclkness. The' ined iat ely relieve thle nan due0 (111 ,imo(kingi. Bitter ahlnonds 'onitain lby doeyani acid210( anad arec use ful in siimph- cough~, lint they frequently pr1o duc al('2 sort of' net tle rash. The per1 simon1 'is 15ala21tabl)1e wihen ripe, but thb igreenu fruit is highly aist ringent, ('(n OPEN EVERY NIGHT THE SKATING RINK Admission-Ladies 'FREE; Gentle men, 10 Cents; Skates or Use o Floor, 15 Cents. FUN FOR EVERYBODY. An Organ that will last a life time is what yo want. Our Os gans have a pure fori and lovely cases We can suppi you with an Organ that wilt plcasei every particular for only $65 and $' delivered. Write us for our specia terms of payment, and for illustratiou of the beautiful Organs referred to. 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