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Advertising Brings Success I to the Gold iLcaI i. by iU well filled As an Advertising Medium The Gold Leaf stands at tbe lioad of iv, rli.iii columns. 4 Sensible Business Men I ii i to jend good 0 a Newspaper lu this section, the 4 If onyiu luuacco UlSinci. i where no appreciable urns are een. me most wiae-awafce ami ue-JL ceaelul men use its column nith tbe highest i That is Proof That it Pays, i Satisfaction to Themselves.

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HI- III l-l I The Henderson Baptist Church. Henderson Knights of Pythias. A Word About the Colored The Medical Profession of Henderson. YELLOW FEVER SLOWLY SREAD1NG rotal Cases in New Orleans Numbers 283, With 57 Deaths. HARD FIGHTING ON SAKHALIN Japanese Forces Killed Over 200 and Captured 500 Russians.

1 ACHE People of Henderson. BY. J. T. EATOX.

The colored people of Henderson are sober, law-abiding, industrious people who believe'more in doing than in talking. In educational advance men they are unsurpassed by those of any town with equal school facilities in the State and will compare favorably with those of many places where they have long enjoyed superior advantages. It may be true that the colored people of some other places are more talked of than those oUIen-derson, but I hardly think that this is due to any superior merit on their Sart, but ratherto the fact thattbey more booming and advertising than we do. Our people, imbibing the dominant spirit of Henderson, believe in exemplifying the maxim "always strive to be rather than to seem to be," hence we are not great advertisers. Measured by results, which is after all, the true standard by which educational advancement is determined, we are doing well.

The masses are learning more and more the gospel of economy and the benefits of hygienic living. They are also rapidty learning the importanca of applying business methods in the administration of their affairs. Financially.they make a fair showing; a large per cent, of them own their homes and a number of business enterprises are owned and operated by tlrem. The mechanics and skilled workmen of the race rank with the best in town. Our young people who have had opportunities in High Schools and Colleges also give a good account of themselves.

Among them are grad uates from our best institutions. many of whom, in different parts of the country, are doing: creditable work in various teachers, preachers, doctors, dentists, and one is principal instructor in harness-making and upholstery at Tuskegee Institute, (Booker Wash" ington's school.) In school facilities our town has been backward as compared with many towns of its rank in the State, but happily the end of that condi tion is in sight, as the Board of Graded School Trustees have recent- purchased for the colored Central School building a splendid and spacious three-story brick building, well ocated and surrounded by a fouf acre campus. Th's building when ar ranged and furnished will equal any Graded School building for colored children in North Carolina and it will stand as a monument to the interest which the people of Henderson have shown In the education of the masses as well as a crowning honor to the wisdom and business udgment of the Trustees. The faculty of our Graded School as at present constituted consists of the writer for Principal with Misses Sallie P. Eaton, Laura J.

Merrimon and Mrs. A. M. Miles, assistants for the Central School: Miss Lucy A. Eaton for Graystone school; Mrs.

N. W. Durham for Nutbush school, all of whom have been in service here for some time except Mrs. Miles who comes to us well recommended. Besides the Graded School, we have located here the Henderson Normal and Industrial Institute, a school owned and supported by the Mission Board of the Lnited Presbyterian Church, with Rev.

J. T. Cotton as principal. In church facilities the colored peo ple here are well provided, having three Baptist churches and one each of Methodist.Presbvtenan and Chris tian churches, as follows: Baptist Shiloh, Rev. R.

I. Walden, pastor; Union Temple, Rev. S. G. Gregg, pastor; Vaughan Street, Rev.

B. Alston, pastor. Methodist Chesler's Temple, Rev. A. M.

Miles, pastor; Presbyterian church, Rev. J. T. Cotton, pns-tor; Christian "church, Rev. G.

W. Drake, pastor. All have very good houses of worship and their services are well attended. Dangerous and Uncertain. For sunburn, tetter and all akin and twalp diseases, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve has no equal.

It is a certain cure for blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles. It will draw the fire out of a burn and heal without tearing a scar. Boils, old sores, xarbuncles, are quickly cured by the use of the genuine De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. Accept no substitute as tbey are often dangerous and uncertain. Sold at Parker's Two Drne Stores.

Be of Good Cheer. Baltimore San. We believe that many a man aud many a woman iu life's struggle have gone down in despair for the lack of a timely work or good cheer; nay, we believe that some men and some wo men have in their desperation destroyed themselves because there was none to give them a seasonable suggestion of comfort and hope. To most oi us there comes a time when all things seem against us to drive us to despair; when hope is gone, when we feel that life is not worth livinjr and when we would fain lay down the burden and be at rest. At such a time we need the help of sym- athy and friendly encouragement.

need a word ol comforting assur ance that there is a light beyond the clouds and that the darkest clouds by and by pass away and reveal the light beyond. Such svmpathy and optimism gen erously bestowea are the sweetest sort of charity, far better than a dime or a dollar cast thoughtlessly into" the outstretched hand of the besrgar. Withhold them not. A timely word spoken in kindness may- put new life into a downcast man and pilot him out of the maze of despond into the glorious light of hope and happiness Ladies' and gentlemen's lace stipe hos iery good Tainea and low-price. II.

THOMASON. BJ HE5BT T. POWELL. Henderson Lodge Knights of Pythias, No. 85, was instituted May 5th, 1896, with 12 members which hare steadily increased to 50 active members.

R. S. McCoin is Chancellor Commander, J. H. Brodie Vice-Chancellor, W.

A. Hunt, Keeper of Records and Seal, W. K. Sturges, Lodge Deputy. Pythian kuighthood had its conception in the exemplification of the life test of true friendship existing between Damon and Pythias, senators of Syracuse.

Friendship of mutual confidence being the strongest bond of union between man and man, and only existing where honor has an abiding place, is adopted as a foundation principle. As the ideal night of the olden time was the personification of all the higher and nobler attributes of man's nature, the candidate for knighthood had to prove himself worthy of acceptance by those who valued friendship, bravery, honor, justice and loyalty. The Order, Knights of Pythias-founded in Friendship, Charity and Benevolence, which it proclaims as its cardinal principles strives to gather into one mighty fraternity worthy men who appreciate the true meaning of friendship; who are cautious in word and act; who love truth; who are brave in defending right; whose honor is untarnished; whose sense of justice. will prevent, to the best of their ability, a personal act or word injurious to the worthy; whose loyalty to principle, to family, to friends, to their country, and to the constituted authority under which they enjoy citizenship is un doubted, and who at all times, are prepared to do unto others as they would that others should do unto them. The Order was founded February 19th, 1864, at Washington, D.

when "war was in the heart of man and sorrow in his home" when from oceou to ocean, from lake to gulf.our glorious land was engaged in scenes of carnage and death. Its founder, Justus H. Rathbone, saw in Grecian listory the germ of an Order that should prove a power in dispelling the warmth of sectional strife, and restoring the hearts of man to a basis or universal brotherhood. Being a part of such an Order; bunded upon such principles, and or such hiffh and noble oumoses. it is nothing but natural that Henderson Lodge No.

85, composed of some fifty of the best men of Henderson, should be in fine shape and enjoying an era af good feeling. The Lodge is in fine condition; has a complete set of paraphernalia for either short of amplified degree work, and has money in the treasury. Com pulsory sick benefits were abolished some years ago, it being the desire of the Lodge to be ever in readiness to respond to the call of its worthy unfortunate members, regardless of any regulation oi tne compulsory ind. The Order is thoroughly alive in Henderson, as it is in tbe entire nation. It lives and will continue to ive as long as friendship warms the leart of man.

The Vance County Bar. BV ANPHEW J. HARRIS. Before Vance county was formed the bar of Henderson enjoyed an en viable reputation. William Hamilton Young aud George Badger Harris were the peers of the great lawyers racticing in the large towns of the tate.

They were broad meu limited by locality, in one sense, yet practic- a a 1 1 1 1 ing in warren, ran vine, rrannun and Wake, they came in contact with the best of the legal profession and easily held their own. When Vance county was lormed there was an influx of young men that made the bar of Henderson one readily admitted by the Judges of the Superior Court as one of the strongest in the State. Henry T. Jordan, A. C.

Zollicoffer, T. T. Hicks, Henry T. Watkins, W. R.

Henry, A. R. Wortham, T. M. Pittman and A.

J. Harris all came to the bar here within a few years after the forma tion of the county. Hon. M. V.

Lanier, Col. L. C. Edwards, J. S.

Amis, J.W. Ha vs. Col. Geo. Wortham, Attorney General Tazewell Hargrove andT.

B. Venable. of Oxford, and Col. 1 nomas C. Fuller, Judge Fowle and Hon.

Jos, B. Batchelor.of Raleigh, udge Cooke, of Louisburg, and Associate Justice C. A. Cooke and W. A.

Montgomery, of Warrenton, and Capt. W. H. Day, of Weldon. were all regular attend ants on the Vance courts for several years.

This gave the local attorneys the experience so necessary ior men in the profession and gave them a broader view than generally obtains in small towns. Somewhat later came W. B. Shaw. J.

H. Brideers. R. S. Mc Coin, Henry T.

Powell, J. C. Kittrell, -ii i ail Dngnt young men, iun oi amui tion and laudably anxious to succeed James Y. Eaton, colored, also prac ticed for several years here, his clients being some of tbe most respectable colored DeoDle oi the county. rri a1 a.

t- J. nereis mucn mat ummu ue eaiu of the lawyers of Henderson to their credit. No breath of scandal has ever touched a practicing attorney of the Vance county bar. They are willing to settle cases whenever the real substantial rights of litigants can be preserved in this way, regardless of the question which way will bring most fees to them. Every public Suestion passes the scrutiny of the enderson bar and the result bas been that Vance county enjoys the cheapest tax rate and the most economical county government of any county ol equal wealth in tbe btate A conservative bar bas aided in matin er a conservative business pop ulation and litigation among the cit izens ol Vance is tbe exception instead of tbe rule.

BY T. M. PITTMAX. The Henderson Baptist churchy commonly called the First Baptist church, was constituted about 1856 by Prof. W.

T. Brooks, D. of Wake orest College. It was admitted to the Tar River Association at Poplar Springs church, Franklin county, in 1858, arid the fact noted as evidence of its progressiveness, that it had a Sunday-school. Dr.

Brooks was pastor for some twenty odd years, until forced to retire by declining health, and is still held in loving and warm remembrance by older members of the church. Rev. R. H. Marsh, D.

Rev. M. V. McDuffie, D. Rev.

R. Van Deventer, D. Rev. J. W.

Millard, D. Rev. J. D. Hufham, Di have been the pastors succeeding Dr.

Brooks, all still living and held in high regard. Rev. J. D. Larkins, the present pastor, has served the church since 1903.

The present brick meeting house was erected during the pastorate of Dr. McDuffie at a cost of some if 7,000. With the accession of Dr. Van De-venter May 2, 1887, was first inaugurated in Henderson every Sunday preaching, a policy which was soon adopted by all the other churches in town. His pastorate was an active and progressive one.

The work at Carey Chapel, some four miles from town was begun and the house of worship erected. The membership of the church grew to something over two hundred, and its contributions to various objects reached a point where they amounted to some $27 per capita. The short administration of Dr. Millard was signalized by the organization of Carey church from the membership of this church, which has since grown into a self-supporting and prosperous work. During Dr.

Hufham's administration the North and South Henderson churches were constituted, a house of worship completed at South Henderson and one begun at North Henderson. An excellent parsonage bought at the beginning of pastorate was fully paid for as the closing feature of his work. That property is worth probably $2,500 or $3,000. Dr. Hufham's ministry here was hampered by physical weakness and ill health, which finally compelled his retirement.

This was the occasion of a most unusual demonstration. The other churches of the town held a service at the Methodist Protestant cliurch and gave many expression nf affection and good will. Rev. Livingston Johnson, corresponding secretary of the Baptist State convention, and Gov. C.

B. Aycock, came to Henderson and took part in the service. There has been a steady advance in all departments of the church under the present pastorate. This church has given hearty support to all the enterprises of the denomination, particularly ta Wake Forest College, the Baptist Orphanage and the Baptist University for Women, the largest and best equipped woman's college in the State, whiph was organized in this church during the session of the State convention in 1889. A woman's missionary society and a Sunday-school are in active operation in the church.

Aud it has recently co-operated with the other Baptist churches of the county in organizing the Vance Baptist Union. Two ministers went out from the church during tbe Van Deventer pastorate, Rev. A. Cree and Rev. A.

G. Cree, both highly regarded as preachers, and able, scholarly men. Henderson Masonic Lodge. BY PROF. J.

T. ALDERMAN. Henderson Masonic Lodge, No. 229, was chartered Dec. 6, 1865.

It began its existence in a stormy period, just after the Civil War, It has numbered in its membership a large per cent, of the strongest men who nave lived in Henderson since that time. The policy of the Masonic Fraternity has never been to parade what it is trying, to accomplish; but quietly to pursue the even tenor of its wav. I The Past Masters of the Lodge are: Dr. W. T.

Cheatham, W. F. Davis, G. B. Harris, Dr.

J. H. Tucker, W. D. Mitchell, G.

B. Hams, L. K. Gooch, A.J. Harris, J.

L. Currin and J. T. Alderman. The present officers are: Dr.

F. R. Harris, Master; J. B. Owen, S.

Dr. A. S. Pendleton, J. L.

R. Gooch, treasurer; D. W. Hardee, secretary; R. J.

Corbitt, S. J. J. D. Cooper and G.

B. Harris, stewards; J. W. Beck, Tiler. The present membership is 78.

Henderson Royal Arch Chapter, No. 54, was chartered May 11,1894. The Past High Priests are A. J. Harris, J.

L. Currin and J. T. Alderman. The present officers are: R.

H. Hood, H. Dr. A. S.

Pendleton, W. A. Hunt, J.B. Owen, treasurer; D. W.

Hardee, secretary. The membership is 47. Henderson Commandery, No. 15, Knights Templar, was chartered Jurife 8th, 1905. The officers are: J.

T. Alderman, E. A. J. Harris, J.

L. Currin, C. Rev. L. M.

Chaffin, W. E. Moss, S. H. Hood, J.

J. B. Owen, Treas urer, D. W. Hardee, Recorder; K.

Corbitt, St. Dr. J. H. Tucker, Sw Dr.

A. S. Pendleton, J. W. Beck, R.

S. McCoin, Guard; L. R. Gooch, Guard. The present membership is 30.

The Sir Knurhts have all eauiDoed themselves with handsome Templar uniforms which will compare well with any in the Pleasantly Effective. Never in the way, no trouble to carry to take, pleasant and never failing ia results are DeWitt'a Little Early Bieers. Th famous little pills are a certain guarantee against Headache, Biliousness, Torpid liver and aU of the ills resulting from constipation. They tonic and strengthen the liver. Core Jaundice.

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Henderson may well be proud of her phj-sicians, for there nre few towns in North Carolina of the size of Henderson where the general ability of the medical profession ra tes higher in professional skill and in ability. There exists also among the physicians of Henderson what is too rarely found elsewhere a feeling of generous good will toward one another unmarred by strifes and petty jealousies. The physicians composing the medical faculty of Henderson are seven in number, as follows: Dr. Wm. Judd, Dr.

R. J. Gill, Dr. G. A.

Cogges-hall, Dr. F. It. Harris, Dr. A.

S. Pendleton, Dr. H. H. Bass and Dr.

J. H. Tucker. Dr. Judd is the senior physician in point of graduation.

He made his studies at the St. Louis Medical College and graduated in 1861. Dr. Judd, though now in' feeble health, and unable to continue active practice, has enjoyed a large practice in Vance and Franklin counties, and has a host of devoted clients who wish for his speedy recovery. Dr.

R. J. Gill graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 18G7. He has a large practice in the Southern part of Vance county and his name is a household word in many families. Dr.

Gill is ever active and ready night and day and has furnished his office with one of the best electrical equipments to be found in the State. Dr. G. A. Coggeshall is a graduate of Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York, of the date of 1879.

After graduation he was made House Surgeon to St. Vincent's Hospital, New York. Dr. Coggeshall enjoys an extensive town practice and is now President of the Vance County Medical Society aud Health Physician to the town of Henderson. Dr.

F. R. Harris is a native of Henderson and graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Virginia in 1881. He has a large family connection in Henderson and has a very large practice both in the town and country. Dr.

Harris has various business interests in the manufacturing establishments of the town; is now Worshipful Master of the Henderson Masonic Lodge, and is everj'where highly esteemed for his skill as a physician and for his un varying araabihty and courtes.y. Dr. A. S. Pendleton, a native of Warrenton, is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1895.

Dr. Pendleton moved from Warrenton to Henderson in the fall of 1902. Previously to his coming to Hender son he was widely and most favorably known here and elsewhere in Vance county as a most skillful sur geon and excellent physician. After his graduation Dr. Pendleton tilled with distinction tbe posts of llesident Phvsician to the Poivclinic Hosrjital of Philadelphia and Resident Surgeon of the Emergency Hospital of Boston, Mass.

He has a large and constant ly increasing practice both in Vance and Warren counties. Dr. Pendleton is now Junior Warden of the Henderson Masonic Lodge, and is also a member of the Commandery of Knights Templars recentlv establish ed in this city. Dr. H.

Hartwell Bass is a graduate of the University College of Medicine, Richmond, of the year 1899. Shortly after graduation he came to Henderson when he at once became a popular physician and has built up a large ana lucrative practice through out the town and county, i or sev eral years he was county Health Of ficer and most skillfully served the town and county through an extensive and dangerous epidemic of small pox. By his untiring efforts the epidemic was controlled and the county saved much expense. Dr. Bass is a member' of the Commandery of Knights Templars of Henderson.

last in the list though Dy no means least, Dr. John Hill Tucker is the youngest graduate in medicine, hav ing pursued his studies in the Medical Department of the Universitj" of Virginia and graduating in 1901. After graduation he served as Jiouse Surgeon to Brooklyn City Hospital whence he came to take up practice in Henderson. Like his father before him, who was one of nature's noble men in all that pertains to true courtesy, high honor and gentle dig nity, Dr. Tucker has established a large ancTlucrative practice and is greatly beloved by hosts of clients and mends.

He ranks among the foremost of skillful surgeons and is able not only with the scalpel but with his pen. The Only Way. There is no way to maintain the health and strength of mind and body except by nourishment. There is no way to nourish except through the stomach. The stomach must be kept healthy, pure and sweet or the strength will let down and disease will set up.

No appetite, loss of strength, nervousness, headache, constipation, bad breath, sour risings, rifting, indigestion, dyspepsia and all Btom-ach troubles that are curable are quickly by the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Kodol digests what you eat and strengthens the whole digestive apparatus. Sold at Parker's Two Drug Stores. Challenge to Sw Niagara Rapiis. Norfolk.

July 28. John W.Glen-Ister, of New York and Norfolk, issued a challenge to "William J. Glover, of Baltimore, to swim the lower Niagara Falls rapids from Flat Rock to Lewiston Lewiston, N. ths race to take place the first or second week in September. Glenister claims to.

be the only athlete ever to swim the upper whirlpool rapids at Niagara. Seized With Cramps and Drowned. Lancaster. July 31. Jacob Bhenk.

a vouna: son of Harry Shenk. residing on the Lampaster farm, near this city, was seized with cramps while bathing In the Conestoga creek at pngh's raille and drowned. QUARANTINES ARE SEVERE New Orleans, July SI. In spit of every effort of tht local to stamp out the yellow fever Jlaue. It steadily increases and Is Bpreadlng over the city with unexpected rapidity.

New cases reported up to last night, 27; total cases to date, 283; deaths, deaths to date, 57; new foci, total foci, 45. The work of fumigating, oiling and screening goes on and will continue daily until the city has been thoroughly screened and made mosquito proof. The record for yesterday shows little change from that of Saturday except in the reduction of the number of deaths. The decreased number of new foci is also again a source of encouragement. The success of physicians In preventing serious outbreaks In new neighborhoods in which the disease has appeared is, of course, taken to mean that practical results are obtained from the thorough system of screening which is now in vogue.

So thoroughly has the work been systematized that as soon as a case is reported representatives of the board, armed with screens and disinfectants, are hurried to the house of the sufferer, and every precaution is thereafter taken to make him or her immune to the attacks of mosquitoes. Railroads continue to be seriously hampered by quarantines which are constantly becoming more onerous as the disquietude increases in the south. A panicky feeling exists in many places outside of New Orleans, and promises still further to burden the railroads. Every day a half doeen villages are scratched off the list ofopen towns, and very often the embargo is clapped on so suddenly that passengers are caught with tickets already purchased to leave. Suspects at New York.

New York. July 31. Health Officer Doty visited the quarantine Islands in the lower bay, and shortly afterward three passengers of the steamer Se-gurance, namely. Miss Hfckler, Henry Boyd and Miss Wempe, were released, together with the two members of the crew of the steamer El Dorado, which arrived Saturday from New Orleans and were held for observation owing to high temperatures. The 10 members of the crew of the Seguranca are pleasantly situated at Swinburne Island in the two new wards recently erected on the Island.

Of this number only two are seriously III. They are Thomas McGill. one of the Segu-ranca's stewards, and Vincent Novo, a fireman. McGill is resting comfortably and somewhat better. Vincent Novo, however, is quite ill.

Dr. Doty said he could not definitely state whether these men are suffering from yellow fever. It was announced later that of the 10 members of the crew of the Seguranca under detention eight were suffering from malarial fever only. SCHLEY'S SISTER SEEKS DIVORCE Mrs. Marie A.

Schley Fisher Alleges That Husband Deserted Her. Baltimore. July 28. Mrs. Marie Antoinette Schley Fisher, sister of Admiral Winfleld Scott Schley, and socially prominent, has her bus-band.

Parks Fisher, for absolute divorce in circuit court No. 2. The bill of complaint was filed by Senator Isi-dor Rayner, her attorney The grounds on which the divorce is asked is abandonment for at least three years! Mr. Fisher is also charged with refusing tc provide for his wife. APPOINTED BY PENNYPACKER Robert McAfee Named Secretary ol Commonwealth.

Harrisburg, July 28. Robert McAfee, of Allegheny, was appointed secretary of the' commonwealth to succeed the late Frank M. Fuller, of Un-iontown, by Governor Pennypacker. John A. Berkey.

of Somerset, was at the same time appointed commissioner of banking to take the place of Mr. McAfee. Both of the appointees have accepted and will take charge of their respective departments as soon as the necessary transfer can be made. Take Kodol After Eating. After n.

heartv meal a doee of Kodol Dys- Pure -will Drevent an attack of lnd- irestion. Kodol is a thorough digeetant ana a guaranteed cure for Indigestion, Dyspep sia, Gas on the Stomach, VN eak Heart, ur Risings, Bad Breath and all Stomach troubles. Sold at Tarker's Two Drug Stores. Landed a 1400-Pound Billfish. Roston.

Julv 29. A 1400-pound bill- fish, which was harpooned and captured after a four-hours' battle by two men of the fishing schooner Ida Silva, was landed at Wharf. The fish was 13 feet 7 inches long and its exact weight was 1409 pounds. The fishermen har pooned it from a dory, at the southern edee of the Georges. Befori the fish became exhausted it hauled the dory at high speed back and forth over a course of nine miles, endangering the lives of the men by Its quick turns in the sea.

Taft Sails For Nagasaki. Kobe, July 31. Secretary Taft and his party arrired here yesterday after noon from Kioto. They were the reel nients of an enthusiastic welcome frnm the erovernor and the mayor and city officials and assembled thousands. Amid a display of day fireworks the party proceeded to the water front, where a short reception was held.

Secretary Taft and Miss Roosevelt were frfven a number of presents. The steamer Manchurj sailed at o'clock last night for Nagasaki. GUESSING JIT PEACE TERMS Tokio. July 31. The following dia-t patch haa been received from the Japanese army headquarters: "Our independent cavalry which entered Rykoff (on Sakhalin Island, 45 miles northeaat of Port Due) July 27 withdrew on finding order in the city unfavorable to its occupation.

Our army, intending to 'crush the enemy's forces before they retreated from the eminences west of Rykoff, commenced to advance at 3 a. in. of July 28. The van, together with an independent body of cavalry, advanced by forced march, attacking and dislodging the enemy holding the northern extremity of Rykoff and. rushed into the town.

Confused street fighting ensued, but the town was completely taken at 8.30 o'clock in the morning. "The enemy's. main strength, which opposed our right column, fled in disorder southward, taking the short route leading to Pareono. "On July 28 a detachment which was Bent south in pursuit of the enemy met the enemy's 'infantry, some 800 strong, at a point six milea south of Rykoff and killed over 200 and captured 500. "The enemy's strength opposed to our right column waa of some 3000 Infantry and four guns and four machine guns, and that opposed to our left column some 2000 infantry and four guns.

"The enemy's loss in trophies is under England Stands By Japan. Washington, July 31. Japan comes to the Washington conference assured that whatever her peace terms, they will have the sympathetic approval of Great Britain. Several suggestions from Washington to London that the. cause of peace would be served by an expression to Japan from her ally favoring moderation in her demands upon Russia have not availed to change the British government in its apparently inalterable determination to stand by Japan however severe she makes her conditions of peace.

Nor has the British government seen Its way clear it rndp assistance to Washington in the efforts which rajs government is making to obtain an armistice. Advices reaching here show that London is opposed to an armistice until Japan has beeen satisfied that Russia's plenipotentiaries are prepared to do more than discuss means of ending the if Russia is ready to conclude peace 'and has so empowered her plenipotentiaries, Great Britain, it is believed, might favor an armistice, but even In such event it Is said she would not be willing to offer Japan Md vice upon 'the subject. It is known that Japan will demand an indemnity that approximately cover the cost of the war to date. This was communicated to Russia early In the preliminary negotiations. The amount is still a secret, but It is based upon the most careful estimates of the cost of the war, and will be accompanied by a more or less detailed stateintrt showing the method by which the final figures were computed.

It will not fall far short of according to advices reaching here from well Informed sources. Besides the Indemnity, It Is believed, Japan's other essentials to the continuance of the negotiations are the cession to Japan of Sakbalien. of the Liao Tung peninsula and of the railway as far as Harbin; the recognition of Japan's predominating influence In Korea, and the return of Manchuria to China. If the Russian plenipotentiaries are prepared to accept these essentials, tbe officials here are confident that the bases will be Jald for negotiations sure to lead to the signing of the treaty of Washington, bringing peace In the Far East. i Russian Peace Ptrty Sails.

i Cherbourg, July 28. The North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilbelm der Grosse, with M. Wltte and his party on board, sailed for New York from here. M. Wltte's family accom- panied him on board the steamer, where he was greeted by Captain Cup-hers.

and received his mall and several telegrams. After affectionately taking Jeave of his family, M. Wltte said, smiling: "I hope to return soon." A Touching Story is the savins: from death, of tbe baby girl of Geo. A. Eyler, Cumberland, Md.

He writes: "At tbe aire of 11 months, our little girl was in declining1 health, with serious Throat Trouble, and two physicians gare her op. We were almost in desvair. when we re solved to try Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, toughs and ibe nrsx bottle gave relief; after taking four bottles she was cured, and is now in perfect health." Never fails to relieve and cure ja coogn or cold. At Melville Dorsey'e drug store; 50c Secretary Root Labrador.

TJtica, N. July SL Secretary of Btate Root and Colonel William Cary Sanger, former assistant secretary of war, accompanied by Mr. Hoat's sons, and Edward, UUca for MontreaL Tbenca they io to St Johns. N. and from thare will sail for Labrador.

They xpci to absent a month. 5ootblns and Coolbiz. The salve that heals without a scar ia De-Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. No remedy effects such speedy relief. It draws out Inflammation and soothes, cools and heals all cut, burns hrniaM.

A sure cure for Piles and skin diseases. DeWitfs is the only genuine Witch iTmuJ Salve. Beware of counterfeits, they are dangerous. 8old at Parker's Two Drug Stores. American Girl.

WHAT MAKES HER POPULAR. Tht American girl is admired and liked it home and abroad because she is the hapi'it. usually the healthiest and friendliest of She is fond of life and is alive i everything beautiful and good in xistence Mrs. Langftry has said that the American woman has little to learn from her K.nsr'.ih sifters. Dr.

l'ieTct. the specialist in women's diseases, of N. advises simple exercises for women, preferably in the outdoor air. But many women are confined to tht and their household duties or their business confines them to poorly If a woman suffers from a headache, a backache, a sensation of irritability or twitching and uncontrollable nervousness, something must be wronjr with the head or back, she naturally says, but all the time the real trouble very often centers in the womanly organs. In 9S per cent, of cases the si at of the difficulty is here, and a woman shimld take rational treatment for its cur- -The local disorder and inflammation of the delicate special organs of the w.v Mioiiid be treated steadily and system Hat ked up by over a third of a century of remarkable and uniform cures, a record such ii other remedy for the diseases and weaknesses peculiar to women ever attaint (1.

the proprietors and makers of Dr. Pierre'. 1 1'avorite Prescription now feel fully warranted in offering to pay $500 for any case of I.eucorrhea, Female Weakness, Pro-lapvu. or Falling of Womb which they cannot cure. All they ask is a fair and reasonable trial of their means of cUre.

DR. F. S. HARRIS, DENTIST, Henderson. N.

C. Mr OFFICE: Over E. (1. Davis Store. FRANCIS A.

MACQN, DENTAL SURGEON. Office in toung Block. Oilice hours: 9 a. ui. to 1 p.

3 6 p. ru. Residence Phone 88; Office Phone 25. Estimates furnished when desired. No eharne lor examination.

DR. E. B. TUCKER, DENTIST, HENDERSON, N.C. OFFICE: Over Thomas Drug Store.

HENRY PERRY. 1NSURANE. A line of both LIFE AND FIRE i )1 ES represented. Policies issued and risks placed to best advantage. Office: In Court House.

VIRGINIA COLLEGE, For YOUNG LADIES, Roanoke, Va us S. j.t. 2." th. One of the leading Sounds for Ycting Ladies in the South. New buildings, pianos and equipment.

Campus ten ('. rand mountain scenery in Valley of Virginia, famed for health. European -and Ain.Tiean teachers. Full course. Con-M-rvatorv advantages in Art, Fullic and Elo-euiioii.

ertifieates W'ellesley. Students from States. For catalogue address Ma fife P. Harris, President, Roanoke, Ya. CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL 5MLLS tor CHICHESTJH'S JiULlSM in KED nd Uold MtiUe Soim mle4 with Minricbon.

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HJtmfiveFsfitiy Of North Carolina 1789-1905. Head of tbe State's Educational System. DEPARTMENTS. Collegiate, Graduate, Medicine, Kngiueering, Law, rharmacy. Library contains 43,000 volumes.

New water works, electric lights, central heating system. New dormitories, gymnasium and Y. M. C. A.

Huilding. 667 STVOtNTS. 6B INSTRVVTORS. The Fall Terms begins Sept. 11.

1904. Address FILYXCIS P. VENABLT'. President, Chapell Hill, X. C.

Trinity Park School. aj First-class preparatory school Certificates of graduation ac- cepted for entrance to leading Southern colleges. Beat Equipped Preparatory School In the South. 9 Faculty 10 officers and teach- ere. Campus of 75 acres.

Li- brary containing 30,000 vol- umes. Well equipped gymna-J sium. High standards and o) modern methods of instruc- tion. Frequent lectures by prominent lectures. Expenses exceedingly moderate.

Seven years ol phenomenal success. For catalogue and other in-9 formation, address A. BIVINS, Headmaster, PS GREATEST REMEDY OnEairth. Sold by dose, and iu 10c, lfic, and 35c bottles. Wandered About, Her Mind Blank.

Cleveland, July 31. With three days of her life a total blank to her, Annie Baldwin, aged 48, returned to her home at SO Broadway, from which she disappeared on Wednesday morning. Mystery shrouds both her disappearance and her return. She is unable to give any account of her wanderings. Her dress was wet, soiled and torn, and her fnce showed inexpressible wcarinesa.

and bespoke a pitiful story of Biiierinlt A WOMAN'S ORDEAL DREADS DOCTOR'S OUESTI0NS Thousands Write to Mra.Plnlr.ham, Lynn, Maae, and Receive Valuable advice Absolutely Confidential and Free There can be no more terrible ordeal to a delicate, sensitive, refined woman than to be obliged to answer certain questions in regard to her private ills, ven when those questions are asked by her family physician, and many continue to suffer rather than submit to examinations which so many pliysi--cians propose in order to intelligently treat the disease and this ia the reason why so many physicians fail to cure female disease. This is also the reason why thousands upon thousands of women are corresponding with Mrs. Ilnkham. at Lynn, Mass. To her they can confide every detail of their illness, and from her great knowledge, obtained from years of experience in treating female ills, Mrs.

I'inkham can advUe women more wisely than the local physician. Read how Mrs. Pinkharu helped Mrs. T. C.

Willadsen, of Manning, la, Bha writes Dear Mit. Pinkham: "I can truly say that you have saved my life, and I cannot express my gratitude in words. Before 1 wrote to you tolUng you how I felt, I had doctored for over two years steady, and spent lots of money in uiedurince besides, bat it all failed to do me any good. I bad female trouble and would daily nave faint ing (pells, backache, bearing-down pains, and my monthly periods were very irregular and finally -seasoif. I wrote to you for your advice received a letter full of Instructions uxt what to do, and also commenced to take K.

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, aixi I have been restored to perfect health. Had it not been for you I would have been in my grave to-day." Mountains of proof establish the fact that no medicine in the world equals Lydia ET. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring women's health. WE DON'T SELL Or other goods at cost, nor do we cut the price on patent medicines and then make it up on the price ot some other goods you buy. But we do sell you what you want at a reasonable living profit and your prescriptions are filled by men who are legally qualified to do the work with only the purest drugs.

All popular, seasonable and refreshing drinks dispensed at OUR SODA FOUNTAIN. Thanking the general public for past patronage, we solicit ycur business in the luture with the assurance of a square deal to all. UDODIKSEV A. G. Daniel, Wbelesale and Retail Dealer la Shingles, Laths, Lumber; Brick.

Sash, Doors and Blinds. Full stock at Lowest Prices. Opposite Southern Grocery Company. Henderson. N.

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