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m t p? “ ^ ■ 'if# f..-- *■ ■i '4&; '■'i*' ’ Tiled, Neivous Motkeis M* MaKe ^^Kppy Homes—Their Condition Irritates Bcdfflffiisband and Children—How Thousands of Mothers Have Been Saved From Nervous Prostration and Made Strong and Well. timkmmmmrnx mm imm m niM * lilL——J IM - I Mrs, e/tester (Purrj g Mrs. Chas. KBrown. ii nervous, irritable mother, often on the verge of hysterics, is unfit to care for children ; it ruins n child's disposi tion and reacts upon herself. Ihe trouble between children and the■ r mothers too often is due to the fact fVif» mot her has some female w a t - didren r to ’ ii in-r • 1 't'Vc involves: it • 'ivtliiny c . men i '1 ' i ^■1.1. upon the tenths of von lesp Itt.VS.’l SS. impo- •. ■ ly. a fire ntly nint- ra 1-ion, ner- les,'’ sleep- tahility of •angeuaent Mrs. Chester Curry, Leader of the Ladies’ Symphony orchestra. 42 Sara toga Street, Hast Boston, Mass., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— “ For eight years I was trou«»!ed with ex treme nervousness and hysti i in, l<rought on • , , . u l ;11 it j t » s ’ • ’ ' 'i i ) -. r , n joy life ill .. I v ; hie. nervous - \ ('oinpound 1 i-iow li to l the only me. 1 have daily im- l am now strong and •c>.s has disnpjH ar d. !d. \ ice- i’ia si s' Club. 21 t'cdar , Ark., writes: • years of miser- h jiiiin and iut- t as though I should *' Lydia E. I was recoin nit remedy that proved in lie: well, and all Mrs. Chi dent of tl Terrace | Dear V I t. £ ; able v' VoUSli'sS. .er II uu: ii st-'-m fly. 1 then noticed n trouldcd as I was. utiiI j she tlcrived from l.vt table Compound I d*“ ami at the end of tin i • nervous u ■ . eucy, “ tii and nerve : V' n from "i. fyf ' < . 1 * * 11 : > 11). I V . ( nit *• fils of depression with restlessness, alternating with extreme irritability? Are your spirits easily affected, so that one minute you laugh, and the next minute you feel like crying? , .. . a Do you feel something like a ball ns- ( . llt unman. My r-,, ingin your throat and threatening to 1 was no longer irriiabit. choke you; all the senses perverted, in love with im all o\ei morhidly sensitive to li|rht and sound : j Women should rcu pain in the abdominal region, and i E. I’inkhams \egmt between the shoulders; bearing-down ! tlie medicine that li pains; nervous dyspepsia and almost continually cross and snappy ? If so, your nerves are in a shattered condition, and you are threatened with nervous prostration. Proof is monumental that nothing in the world is better for nervous prostra tion than Lydia E. Pinkham s V ege Mateim ut "! a woman the wonderful results hi E, I’inkham s Vege- id- I to try it. I did so, months 1 was a differ- asin-s-: w as all gone. I . and my husband fell gain. ' ■mbertliat Lydia ole Compound is !> t lie record for the greatest number of actual cures of female ills, and take no substitute. Free Advice to Women. Mrs. Pinkham. daughter in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham. Lynn, Mass., invites till sick women to write to her for advice. Mrs. Pinkham’s vast experience with female troubles enables her to ad- lion tnan i.yaia rv. iimmamr. "/“*** t , , table Compound; thousands and thou- vise you wisely, and she will charg sands of women can testify to this fact. | you nothing for her advice. Ask Mrs. Piokham’s Advice—A Woman Best Understands a Woman’s Ills. Coa i i Loai! . mm. -mmt r ana *.s»wmmi m—— ■ • Cold We \ am dcSivei log 'irst-class Jellico Black Lump, Red Ash and Blue Cem Coal direct to your house, at very low prices for this month; prices will be higher next month. No loss in weight; no dus«. Leave orders at my store. R A I O IV I A WILD DAY ON THE COAST. Wrightsville Beach Swept and Lives of 200 People Endangered. Wilmington, N. C„ Sept. 17.—Cot tage, hotel and i allroad property was damaged to the extent of eight to ten thousand dollars and for six or eight hours upwards of 200 inon, women and childr >n wore eut off from the mainland in imminent peril by a fierce northeast storm which swept Wrights- vllle Beach, nine miles east of Wil mington, toda'\ The storm earn’* Aiiiiont warning and uunureds ol coi> tngers at. the beach received th ir first Intimation of danger upon .awakening to find breakers sweeping clear across the beach to Lie sound and rolling high up on the mainland, two milts beyond. A trolley ear kept at the icach in ease of an emergency took ibout twenty-five early risers across the sound on the trestle by which it. i; roao.ied and four otln r cars resnomU I from the city to a telephone message an.’ brought others across while tl 1 swept the 11 "St ie. T.ios.' left ;it lie li aeh were fearful of mossing tli" trestle and refused to come acres , :'v structure giving away immediately after tile last ear reached Lie main land. The storm increased in fm •• until noon, when the rescue work.- was begun by a number of anxious om a w ho sent surl boats temss the chan :n i ;u gkeat risk, bringing first th 1 women and children and later lb' non, the last of the number being btought over <tt 5 o'clock. S.i ri f .Yank H. Steadman was among those caught at the beach and he at one; 'votm in a number of deputies, wl, > d the bar rooms ami are patroil- ; re " c to l)i*e\ eta 1" •: c ■ f ' 1 •UlC : 1 \t ' ; i ’.■'na Beach, fm . r do t 'a ' uui, there was ; i.mo dan ,s tages, bur the residents i i ■ tae iiay liefore upon a l;.l r. i •••meter. i bouthport. at tl;e mouth of tl, .'ear rive . tli ' harbor or; t ' row ■■cape from the storn i of t.a riassengcr boats !. i'alitly damaged. Old l.ri : - wick, betwtvn \V:i nington ii d Soutiiiioit, tlm steanu r 'Mantic. of the Kishm-ics Company, of , 'link, w a - idowji liroadsid iisbo.e : t he 1 n!.. i ui is not da,mi god ! • creat o.v nt Tim C"> io iim r X l .Cll'.oe, (ii o ere at 1 o'clock t ll' • e •tiing, has no. y •’ anived. SI ■ ittbi;- encom.t red :)i . cale off th, s • • t :• •! out out to • a ii) esoipe Cm !\ of it. Toni hi b, storai h: - •w.-ate*' mi! no lurtb'u- i eca.ge j- e •tel 'A'i m ee : i;. . ll! lica t.ioti w it.: 1 -outI.port b ivo bein np <fff sino" 1 i-.- i iiis nn ruing. THE STORM IN SPARTANBURG V. .',c! Blew Oo ar. Trees and OeJ Much Other Oamage. Spartanburg, Sept. IS. The tail ci .1 of tin West Indian storm which swe t along the South Atlantic coast Mon day was felt in Spartanburg with con- -iderable force Mouda> afternoon and nig.it. Tim wind blew down trees a d fences and the t’1« phone ami tel "in di wires arc in tmulile. The wind iec wit’,, great force at times, attain ing its highest ve unity Mondav night when it must have blown at tlm rate of thirty miles an hour. High winds prevailed all day .Mon- bty and gr at clouds of blinding du t s, .t pt tlnongh the .streets. Towards night the wind increased in force to d by six o'clock in the afternoon it. had increased considerably As night <ir< ' :>u the wind seemed to inn a • m iocit,’ and at ii o'clock o was hlowi. furiously, causing houses to creak, blinds to slim, making the night mo/ ncomf •riabli' for nervous peoi many of whom expected th roof of their homes to be blown away. Tm Costal Telegraph corapun vires suffered considerably from the form. Tliis company has no co n munication with Charleston and Wil mington. Both of these cities suffer, d considerably from the storm, t non a from what can he icani.-d no lives were iosi, the greatest damage being along the water front, of the cities j he wires of the Western I’nion T 1 pgranh company are also in trouble the line between here and Havant) h being out of commission. Tn local telephone exchange is hav eg i*troubles aiso on account of ;r f’W ppiv The- T©baa5C© Thai Piado wiI0w8n€5 s "- fesai AVyW-'-v-f. -swiA jrj? t\ f - V f I* v*> 'A .?*!».» • ^ 'Si. t *7 ' T ’i&{ / *' 'a’aA’V■; i _s • v^l 1- i *■-** . —- 4 •.y s , ‘T! r e J TVe.'-.Y.; J t r-'- - 1 • *' T* V-V L- Pi..'» • . \ -.j vVCii BfcgV AjSd-' \ * • k&*r, Pfax*' * 'tj au mac • £ - i'h 4 Ai t .. cLhcr kind - —* '/ -t-' - l - ^ 5-. ;; claiming’ to cuc'it^ trod .■>' r, ,“ ■ .i/i t- *•+ ;at ■I WO! id Sept i.H-2t : if J'/ •'*'* t *.' ■'*' ,'ir' •J ;•' . - -v» Z. A. ROBERTSON [• The Real Estate Man * Has desirable property for sale in all parts of the city. esa& All kinds of Job Work done at The Ledgti Driest commensurate with high grade work Try us. Monday night's s' the exchange * in s !’■« long 'list; 1 >ci commission earl.v ’''ll '’ ins -art' bei •is possible. Tin te vv n- ,i n . >'S ill' W .[ ijii V.| of ti e city. Scetli Ca-c ' 1 . i. i - , l'* ■ I I , con. in e of Hr. ‘ ten A s iimiat ion .m 1 I U‘ vCti' n >f tl: : i r i'i hoiding Several :>f in trouble rid s were out of .-■d .' m irnit ■uvcred as fast ■ o! f -ii 'cs a icr] ■■v c hIO!l; ;i I and eu :■ :i isas associa *en cenjs. r< tar ling Secretary CheatnaiTi, and it .itiier respec "c to or ’lliZr including, t u a big '•orporatimi , to buy weak cotton off the mark t. | committee was unpointed to fornm lUe plans to get this State t« do Hs i >s t towa'd raising the $(>0,000,000 ] i" irtcd for the purpose of financing ' e ho’-ding of weal cotton. Thl« com mittee will issue an address to the | people of the State tomorrow. Ou»- grand business life is not to I see what lies dimly at a distance, hut to do what lies clearly at hand.—Car lyle. Jftbj'.i ry*\ . T t ' 1? m the Reynolds factories, cktvn .z lob-iCsos, by clean, sanitary proces ■4, dxrect-an, sin:2 of rr; n who have made the ^ ^hev ;-c tr ; largest cud h •::! equipped fiat hi &:c situated in the verv center c:.? "vk . 4. :ted th th.. >ole:. : fen iiiiicctions. rh J, i' , W0Lb^ ''EAQtid lESt'.hiaEPSLS' .tin Has Le r* fTT -.»• 1« »•. r*- nan y : W ALMOST A RIOT. l? fficulty Bf.t'A'een Negroes end Whites H Kamlet. ■Pi "liet. N. < ’ , S»>pt. 17. V -t.enkiv d lust s.i ht >t ookiil us thong!: u il riot 1. inevitable mu*- Wbia s i ' iipicks were armed witii \\’in ad evi -1 mm o":. ill lie iiad. I and Ml upiusing was Lie trouble, earned, begun e si'O ting line tin . • ,. it ion was o pi eparalions for at made. Tile cause from till that can b several days ago, when Cap*.. Bell, a freight conductor, whose run is from .. met to Columbia, and a negro train band, John Hubb.ird. got into a d.fiiculty at Camden, S. C. Cape B li or.iered the negro to go <>n too >>I . ,e cars and release tile brakes, ben he a out un to o'ney the order 1 - of the conduetor he 1) gun to curse >e engineer and conductor and it is ated tiiat Cain. Bel! threw a roeb at 'd'bard Wbe n he lid so the negro made for him. whereupon the condm l- r drew his pistol and fired upon th" triin hand The negro ran and >oard ed a ptisscnger train. He came to :■ 1 1 reported !..<• conductor tind hud iti.n suspend' u !ro.n the S"fv.-e if the company. After a thorou^ii in vestigation, however, the conductor was reinstated. Saturday night several engineers and conductors were sitting in Gresham tL Jamison's Hotel dis cussing the episode as r kited above, when Hubbard came along and of fered some impudence, whereu|>on be was given a first-class thrashing. th who came up as on lookers were knock d down as fast as tuey came. This incensed some of the colored race and threats of burning, diouting, kiling. etc., were freely unde. These threats Licit d some of the white people of the town to make •reparation for self-defense and quite a number armed themselves for any ■ me.gency. It seems that the leader of the ne- •oes was a blind tiger artist. Bob Gordon. Me was tie one the men v m o .after late last night. They bought they had located him in the '10 iso of Li/.o Benton, and hundreds ■f shots were fired into the house, >m no sign of the man was found. This morning Benton had war- ».”ts issued for those wno shot into j : i miso. It is said tiiat a stranger as attacked in the railroad cut just hove the spot and severely whipped >y some negroes, but this report has of been verified. Everything is uiet today and no further trouble Is «• x»ected. KILLED BY EXCURSION TRAIN. Good Colored Citizen Who Had Weak riss for Liquor. Ki .- on. X. S' pt. IT. Tlm b«.d> .loan .lo'ms, a color d man who liv ed in Fit’ ing ('n ok township, uas found tiiis morning beside tlm Atluti- • i:■ A- North Carolina railroad track m ..r Wiiliams’ crossing, two miles A ,u 1 ic ci..'.. Otm ui'in was terribly ninsni-d ami mangled, and a contusion • - the had; of the bead showed the euiso of his d'-ath. He was struck iast night bv the engine of the excur sion train from Moorehead to Golds boro. t'oioner Green was notified ini tills morning made un invostiga t ion. The evidence : closed the fact Fiat n s was intoxicated and u.i ta!u n .•om the trad soon after the "shou- h.'" passed up the road, ahead of the ■ x.uirsion Sunda\ night. Jig evi dently was going home along the trad and got hack on it after lie I was taken off and in his condition did not hear tne approaching train. No autopsy was deem d necessary. The skull was probably fractured when 'ones was struck by the engine. The bed, was discovered !>,' some cyl" 1 i people early in the morning and they thought that Jones had bemi mur dered and laid on the track. Coroner Green's investigation, however, estab lished pretty certainly that death was caused by the train while Jones was on tli . track drunk. Jones was nn industrious darkey, but had a weakness for whiskey. He was on good terms with ;il] around him and no neb,' .vus 1 r v a for murder How Sh e Compromised. T .is somewhat grasping spirit,” said Senator Burrows, in the course of a rec -nt argum rit, reminds me of a i 'dy who dropped in the other day at a ccitain hank. "Going to the i»aying teller’s win dow she opened her pocketbook took out a check and pushed it under the brass grating. " Cash this, phase,' she said. 'Tii ' naying teller, after one glance at the check pushed it back to the woman again. “'There is my husband’s signature,' said tlie woman, excitedly. “'Yes, I know,’ admitted the teller, but there is no amount.’ “ Oh. never mind that,’ said the woman impatiently. ‘Give me what there is.’ ” It is better *to follow even the shad ow of the best than to remain content with the worst.—Van Dyke. HOLLISTER’S Rocky Mountain "ea Nuggoft A Busy Medicine tor Busy People. Bring* Bolden Health •nd Renewed Vigor. A specific for Constipation. Indigestion, Live! and Kidney troubles, l-imples, Eczema, Impure Blood, Bad Breath. Slupgish Bowels. Headache and Backache. Its Kocky Mountain Tea in tat> let fo"tn. 85 cents a box. Genuino made by HOIXISTBK Dkuo Compakt. J^adlson, Wis. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALIOW PEOPLE SEVEN PL OTTED TO ESCAPE. A Plot fop a Wholesale Delivery is Discovered. Durham, X. Sea. 17.—Robert Horn a. Die negro priamer who es caped ipen Die ("Hiiio road gang a i " days ago. running off from four gun 1 (is, nil of whom took shots at him, was captured easi of the city yester- bi.. ie was dres.se,| in citizen's Go!iio.-, ami was on the Durham & HauDiern road, u iw*cn here and Apex. ' He is now at the county work house, where Hie wounds he received while escaping have been dressed and he is being cared for. Doram was sent to the road gang at the recent ter.a of court for six y< ars. five being for perjury ami one f< r false representation, aast week, on Wednesday, he made a hr ;>,k for im. ity while he was being taken with otiM'r prisom rs to the works. As lie • 1 tried into Die voohs one of Hie guards fired at a in; witii his .11 cal ibre pistol and the other three ge.. ds • aened Lire with rides and shot guns. Tlie negro stumbled and fell just as im entered the woods hut was on uis feet, in an instant and made his es cape. Th guards reported that he was shot down hut got up and es- caped. Wiicu arrested yesterday it was proven that the guards were correct in their report. The negro had a .44 idsto] aa!t throng!) iiis ankje and was wounded about the hip and leg. His injuries will not prove seiious, however. It will he some time be fore he is able to return to the road forces. Since the capture of this pris on r it. is learned that there was a plot made by seven to mal e a break ini the same time. The plan for each of the seven to take different direc- tions and keep going. Robert Doram ran wh- n the designated point in the road was reached hut the hearts of the others failed them at the last mo ment. An effort is being made to find from whom Doram secured the citizen's clothes. Who comes to God an inch, through doubtings dim. In blazing light God will advance a mile to him.—Oriental Proverb. 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