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WELSH COAL KING
Any American who la the course
of the next year wishes to Mil war
munition! to the allte* should get la
communication with David Alfred
Thomas, tor ha la the man Lloyd
George has sant over here to attend
to that business.
In England they call David Al
fred Thomas the "Welsh Coal King."
Within the past eight years he has
become the aetlve head of collieries
In South Wales at which SO,000 men
And employment and whose output
exceeds more than one-quarter t^a
production of the entire held.
Partly because he Is Welsh, but
chiefly because of bis liking, for mat
ters that have a mass of detail about
them, David Lloyd-Oeorge at once be
thought himself of "D. A." when he
began to organise the cabinet with
which he Is surrounding himself as
minister Of munitions, so he chose
"D. A," for the hardest job of the lot
?business agent of the British gov
eminent in the United State*?and sent blm over to attend to It.
David Alfred Tbomaa waa born In Monjnonthahlre, Walee, where be atlll
live*, In 11 arch, 18M. He wee educated at Manilla Hall, Clifton, and at
Caiua college, Cambridge, where be waa graduated with honor* In ma the
matic* In 1880, and where he took hi* muter'* degree tn 1883. He ha* been
a member of parliament and twice. It la aald, ha* been offered a peerage.
Agriculture 1* "D. A.'?" recreation. Newport Park, hi* home In Mon
mouthshire. I* kept always In the pink of development. Award* of a hundred
different sorts have come to him from hi* "farm," an^eome of them have
been taken 'to competition with the king. One daughter, the wlfj of Sir
Humphrey Mack worth, makes ap "D. A-'a" family.
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MAY BET RED HAT J
Three pontiff* have honored Mo?t
Rev. Thorn** P. Kennedy, rector of
the American college in Rome. Pope
Leo XIII made htm a domeitlc prelate
with the title of montlgnor and aub
?equently railed him to the titular
fclthoprtc of Adrlanopolt*: Pope Ptu*
X made him an aa*!*tant at the throne
In 1*12 on the occaaloo of the celebra
tion of hi* twentyflfth anniversary to
the priesthood; recently Pope Bene
dict XV elevated him to be titular
archbiihop of Seleucia. Thi* I*, po*
?Ibly. but a *tep from the red hat and
the right to lit In the College of Cardi
nal*.
Archbiihop Kennedy vat bora In
Marble Hall, Pa., the *on of an Iron
ore miner. He wa* aent to the Amer
ican college at Rome in 1122. and wa*
ordained a prle*t a year before he
completed hi* court*. In 1901 he
wa* appointed rector of the college.
A friend *ay* of him:
"Hi* piety I* very great, bat the
thing that lmpres*e* me moat i* hi* common aenae. good bualnes* ability
and exceptive capacity. Hla ability to keep on the main track of any work
be baa in hand and hi* power to make people work with him conatttnte big
factor* in hi* ability. He draw* people to him and work* with them
whether they want to work with him or not"
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| YOUNG'S INDIAN STORY }
Representative O. M. Young of
North Dakota, who la bow serving his
Brat term In eongreaa, belonga to the
atate of boundleaa pralrlea and bUs
xarda. The atate aleo baa under tta
wing aereral trlbea of Indiana. It la
of an Indian named Storm Cloud that
Young tells .a good story.
In the northern part of the atate
waa a tough character known to
fame?or 111 fame?aa a horaethlef.
Thia bandit one day, when puraued by
the ahertff, orertook an Indian who
had two treah horaea, and at the point
of hia gun obliged poor Lo not only to
give him one of the anlmala. bat alao
to accompany him In hla flight They
came upon a lake on whoee placid
bo torn floated a covey of ducka. The
Indian pointed at the fowl, then at
the grin In the thief* handa.
"Dock, me shoot; give me gun."
he grunted. Without thinking, the
white man handed over the weapon.
Now you my prisoner, go right
back town! Me get reward!" again granted the redskin, leveling the gun
at the man's bead.
.And In this wise one- of the worst desperadoes of North Dakota was
brought into the clutches of the law.
LEADER OF ITALY'S ARMY
When Lieut. Gen. Lulgl Cadoma,
chief of the Italian general itaff, was
ten years old he entered the military
college of Milan. Hie dleUngulahed
father. Gen. Count Raffaele Cadorna.
thought It none too young, but the eon
often recalls that one of the cells sef
apart for young offenders was so cold
that in the winter months the socp
which was the only sustenance of the
punished sometimes froze.
At the age of eighteen he was
transferred to the military academy
of Turin, which he left three yearn
later, pasalng out at the top of the
When his father, as comtnaifiler
of the Florence division, began the
historical expedition on Rome, he
was attached to his staff. In 1STS he
waa promoted captain, and from that
year dates the special work with
which he has since been Identified.
He published a series of monographs
on the geographical features of the
Italian frontier which ire still the standard works for military offlcerg work
ing for stag appointments. His promotions have been steady, and last rear
he became head of the army. He Is sixty-four years old. "
Knew What Would Happen.
Monsieur wanted the picture bang
to the right; madame wanted It on the
left But monsieur Insisted that the
servant should hang the picture ac
cording to his orders. Consequentl"
Joseph stuck a nail Ut the wall on the
right but this done, he also went and
stuck nnother on the left "What Is
that second nail for?" his master In
quired In astonishment. "It's tp save
me the trouble cf ictchlng the ladder
tuptorrow when monsieur will hate
come round to the views of madams."
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tarly Polish.
At least one lKtle girl In New York
la In line for a diplomatic position
when the government decides to ad
mit feminine aspirants to the corps.
She was sitting on a park bench the
other afternoon, In company with an
other child about her own age. .There
was evidently some disagreement be
tween them, and suddenly the dis
creet maiden turned to her obnoxious
companion, smiled sweetly, and saldt
"Weil. j? 0S5 pj as should get oS
this seat. I d have mort) room." "
I STATE SILO BE
CATTLE TICK FBEE
SECRETARY HOUSTON WRITS*
URGENT LETTER TO GOVER
NOR CRAIG ON SUBJECT.
TAR HEEL ^CAPITOL NEWS
General New* of North Carolina Col
lected and Condanaad From tha
State Capital That Will Profa of
Interoot to Ail Oar Readers.
Raleigh..
Secretary Houston, of the United
States Department of Agriculture, ha*
Just written to Governor Craig an
urgent communication Insisting that
there la the moat pressing need for
the preatest nativity possible In the
work of relieving North Carolina of
the presence of the-cattle tick, for the
eradication of which there has been
co-operation between the state and
federal authorities for seyeral -rears
now. He declares that tfits matter
la of the utmost Importance and that
reports from bis field workers show
clearly that the people of the state
are willing to co-operate with the
state and the federal authorities In
tha complete extermination of this
pest. He declares (hat such an
achievement would be of Incalculable
value to the agricultural Interests of
toe south and to the prosperity of the
entire country.
Secretary Houston wrote tbe Gov
ernor that at tbli time more titan
half of tbe etate of North Carolina ie
now freed from cattle quarantine, and
that with tbe people thoroughly In
sympathy with the movement fine'
progress Is being made, and that If
adequate funds were made available
for the co-operatlbn with the federal
government that Is possible, the state
could be readily relived from all cat
tle quarantine restriction within from
three to four years. He writes that
In order to accomplish this the cam
paign must be prosecuted with much
greater vigor than at present, ^ie
points out the comparison that while
North Carolina Is using now only 35
dipping vats In the tick eradication
work the state of Mississippi Is using
2.352. He says It Is much to be hoped
that the number of dipping vats In
use In North Carolina will be Increas
ed and that tbe progress that has al
ready resulted this year In freeing
live counties from tbe cattle quaran
tine will be maintained and extended
as greatly as possible.
In his letter Secretary Houston
calls attention to th(, fact that low
prices of beef cattle In the tick In
fested sections of the country steadily
discourages the development of the
cattle raising Industry and helps to
perpetuate the terrible custom of one
crop farming In tbe Infected sections.
It Is estimated, he said, that 12 South
ern states last year Imported 148.000,
000 worth of meat, dairy and poultry
products, whereas, the south, and es
peettally North Carolina, ought to be
shipping cattle and meat Into other
sections, as an especially profitable
Industry In connection with the farm
life of the state. He Insists that In
any sound system of agriculture live
stock Is Indispensable, but that as long
as the cattle tick remains the rais
ing of cattle must be accomplished by
more severe handicaps. He lnlsts
that adequate diversification of crops
In the south cannot be Successfully
Introduced until livestock can be
readily raised at a profit and that this
cannot be done until tbe farmers can
get the fullest returns In developed
cattle and meat that Is obtainable
only with tick-free animals.
Secretary Grants New Chatera.
Cltixens' Bank of Cleveland in Ro
wan county. Capital stock $10,000.
To begin business wben $5,000 is sub
scribed. Incorporators W. W. Rose
man, Cleveland; J. D. Norwood, Salis
bury: W. T. Busby. Salisbury.
Varlna Improvement Co., of Vali
ne. Capital stock $100,000. Sub
scribed stock $3,000. Incorporators
W. S. Adams, Varlna; James N. Judd,
Cardenas; W. L. Johnson, Cardenas. I
The Rand A Lawrence Co., of Smith
Held. To manufacture building ma
terial. Capital stock $50,000. Sub
scribed stock $10,000. r .
Reassessing ef Railroads.
The Corporation Commission has
gust completed the work of reassess
ing the railroads of the state in con
nection with this quadrennial assess
ment period and the railroad com
panies have been sent their respective
assessments. There remains In this
connection the nearing of whatever
exceptions and requests there may be
to the assessments. These will come
In the form of exceptions and requests
to be heard. As rapidly as possible
(fttee will be arranged for the officials
of the railroad companies. 4
Dr. Joyner Speaks at Knoxvllle.
Dr. J. T. Joyner, state superinten
dent of Public Instruction, has gone
to Knoxvllle, Tenn., to deliver a se
ries of lectures before the summer
school of the south. He will return
via Clay County to take a hand in a
campaign being waged by County
Superintendent Scroggs for a farm
life school to be located probably at
Hayesvllle. Mr. E. E. Sams, of the
state department of education, has
gone to Brevard and Troy, to take
part in teachers' institute work.
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Lee County Doss Own Work.
Lee county is moving Inedependent
ly of the state board of health, but
with utilisation of the liferaure that
the state board can provide without
cost in the work of vafcclnating her cit
ixenshlp against typhoid fevsr. The
county applied for the usual financial
aid from the state board, but found
that it would be September ^before the
board could Jolp In a campaign, so
the county voted the full amount of
funds necessady and the county-wide
campaign directed by n? Lynn Mc
Ivor of Sanford.
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Conference on Farm Institute.
Thsre ha? Just bean held bare *
special Institute ot conference tor
large company of farmers' institute
workers who will be encaged with
Director T. B. Parker In the holding
of the aeries of Institutes to be held
under the auspices of the Slate De
partment of Agriculture the next two
months, beginning July 21 with three
parties In,the Held.
The coherences were held In the
Raleigh High School auditorium and
the heads of the divisions of the De
partment of Agriculture are taking a
special part Every phase of farm
work and management was consider
ed by specialists and the Institute
workers are being prepared for most
effective work in presenting tp the
farmers In the series of institutes im
pending all the phases of farm life In
the light of the best methods of
handling them.
At the same time there was held
a special conference for those ladles
who are to accompany the farmers'
Institute workers ana hold special In
stitutes for wives and daughters of
farmers on household economics and
general management of farm homes.
There were more than n half hun
dred people here for the conferences,
numbers of tbem being designated to
take part In institute programs in
their own immediate sections only in
carrying out the idea of retrenchment
In pxpenee of the Institute division
tnrougb reducing the cost Of providing
Instructors and elminatlng a big part
of the costs In the way of traveling
expenses. >,
There have been arranged a' se
ries of special Institutes for boys who
are members of corn clubs under the
auspices of the state and federal ex
periment station*, T. E. Browne
director. These Institutes are to be
held In Sampson, Cabari-us, Bladen.
New Hanover, Columbus. Wilkes,
Robeson, Caldwell and- uaaton Coun
ties. the first of the series In Samp
son July 20-23 and the series to close
In Gaston August *-7. There are now
3.S53 boys corn clubs In the state,
1)06< poultry clubs and 860 pig clubs.
Many County Falro to Bo Held.
Information coming to the etate de
partment of agrlcnltnre fndlcatea that
there will be especially heavy de
mands on the etato thla fall In the
matter of the premiums that the de
partment Offers for exhibit, in the
olstrict and county lairs throughout
the state, these premiums ~
lines of exniblte being urallablaonly
in case, where the local fair to be
benefited puU up premium, at least
equal to those proylded by the sUte
department of agriculture
Inquiries are coming from every
section a. to these Joint P^lum..
The premiums for corn, ^eatoat^
peanuu. live stock and the Ilk. am
especially in the public eye with
diction, that exhibits will be exoep
tlonally line ?fts! numerous this fait
Of phenomenally wtde-spesrd
terest are the premiums and the con
dition. for the exhibits "d.p^'U?"
of canning and other houaehold Work,
canned vegetables, fruit. "d pr?
serve, and Jellies. The interest In
these contests is taken to
tne most hopeful sign, to the whole
movement as indicating the establish
ment of one of the bluest oeonnmlr
movements yet developed to end ftog
rant waste that has heretofore pre-1
vaUed. It means, department offlcto
say that great quantities of these
materials heretofore allowed to go> to
waste each season by the farmero
will be saved in splendid form for
home consumption and for the^ mar
?ets of the country at profitable
prices.
Vanes County Farm ?ch0?'- , .
Supt J. Y. Joyner Is enthpl,*l'L
over the certainty ot V?*? * ?du
cationat equipment that is. he say.
sure to come to the Kittrell and Mid
dteburg section, of Vance county
lth.ro he ha. Just spent a ?*?of
days aiding in campaigns for a farm
r school* He believes that both
localities will vote their schools, ?nd 1
then tlm section of the two th.t offersl
the be't inducements will get
farm life school. The other will also
be certain of Improved school facili
ties although falling to land the farm
me Xol Which 1. being competed
for with exceptional vigor.
Number of AumTtowease.
The number of automoblle llcen.e.
Issued already for the new fipca year
tb.t began July 1 ha. already climbed
to 16 595. compared with 16.305 tn
wer eissued for the entire previon.
fiscal year.
| Vlaitinq Teat F>rvna
Dr. R. Y. Winters and A. H. Her
mon of the Plant Breeding section of
Division of Agronomy of the depsrt
I ment of agriculture have gone to the
Edgecombe and Washington Test
Farm, to look after work In connec;
tlon with breeding and ?'h" *? t
with cowpeas. soybeans and. cotton^at
these farms. EfTorts are being made
to produce or secure stroiM <?t
different crops that will be f
adapted^) the coastal plain soils o
the statX
Grade Public ?ehool Teachers.
The state board of examiner. *"
the licensing of public ?chool teachers
in this state took In hand each mem
ber s proportionate part of the examt
Snp,;? thathave Just cometo
from all the counties of lb. W
lowing the examinations held
tST.upervl.lon of the county super
intendents of schools W
These paper, will be gradelandUhe
certificate awards issued to the teach
pra The examinations were g
through the use of question Jank.
that had been prepared by th board.
August 4, Date For Hearing.
The corporation commission set Au
gust 4 as the date for hearing a dls
pule between the Ijou.hern Power
Company and the thrrfn counties of Ca
tawha Iredell and Alexander as to
rTax assessment on the big power
plant that the Soulherm*i{a.wer Com
pany Is consructtog on the ^atowba
river at a point between Iredell and
Catawba counties and near Alexander
county. It seems thst the three coun
ties have proceeded to lory tax ae
wumsnls against this plant as thongb
M were one-third tn each Bounty.
fflESERI/E ROADS
ALREADY BUILT
ITATE ASSOCIATION WILL PUT
FORTH EVERY EFFORT IN
THIS DIRECTION.
OLD OFFICERS RE ELECTED j
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Next Year's Masting Plaes Was Re
fsrrsd to the Exsoutivs Committee.
Many Prominent Speakers.
AshevfUa.?Electing as their officers
the same officers who have served dur
ing the past year, the members of
the North Carolina Good Roads Asso
elation brought to a close the most
successful meeting in the history of 1
the organisation. The officers are I
President Henry B. Varner, of Lex
ington; Secretary Dr. Joseph Hyde
Pratt, of uhapel Hill; Treasurer Jos
eph G. Brown, of Raleigh; Director Q.
Tucker Brown, Raleigh.
The sessions were given orer prin
cipally to the discussions of plans for
a campaign looking to the mainte
nance of roads throughout the state
and In resolutions which were adopts
by the orgfianlzatlon. the city and coun
ty officials of North Carolina were
urged to put forth their very best ef
forts to keep In good condition the
highways which have been built.
Speakers of the day Included Lieuten
ant Oovernor E. L. Daughtridge, Con
gressman James J. Brltt. Dr. Joseph
Hyde Pratt, Commissioner W. A.
Graham and Highway Engineer D. H.
Winslow of the United States office of
Public Roads.
All dealt with the Importance of
maintenance and each speaker ex
pressed the belief that the association
must put forth its best efforts during
the approaching year to preserve the
highways which have been construct
ed In the various localities.
Invitations which were extended by
cities desirous of entertaining next
year's meeting were referred to the
yxecutlve committee. They came from
Andrews. Murphy, Wrlghtsvllle and
Greenville.
Will Take Cow to 8chool.
Shelby.?Virgil Garner, a farm boy
living west of Shelby will take a cow
to school with him this fall and keep
her there all during the session. No,
the cow will not attend clasres, but
furnish milk for Virgil with which to
pay his way through the instituton.
Young Gardner's parents are patrons
of the Moorssboro Creamery and from
them be got the Idea of the value of
cows. By waiting on the table In the
high school iilnlng room, mining nis
cow and selling ber milk during bis
spare moments, he will eam his high
school education. He Is a gifted young
speaker and has been on the program
at several public gatherings In the
Country this summer.
. 'Find Steamer Through New Leeks.
Wilmington.?The steamer Thelma.
drawing 3 1-2 feet of water, was the
first vessel to pass through the |pck
and dam. No. 1. at King's Bluff on the
Cape Fear river, between Wilmington
and FayettevlUe. The lock and dam
has been oompleted and the river
through this point is now open to traf
fic. The Thelma was on her way to
EUsabethtown. Just above Elizabeth
town work is In progress on another
set of .locks and dam, which when
completed will Insure an eight foot
depth all the way from Wilmington
to FayettevlUe. The work Is costing
$1,030,000 and the lock and dam at
King's Bluff cost slightly more than
half that amount.
Building and Loan at Mooreaboro.
Shelby.?Mooreaboro haa organized
a building and loan aagoolatlon which
will be put In operation aa soon at
the charter can be aecured. The offl
cers are Y. L. McCardwell, president;
'joe P. McSwaln, vice president, and
W. B. Martin, secretary and treasurer.
A charter will be asked to allow this
concern to do business In Rutherford
aa well as Cleveland county, Moorea
boro being near the county line.
Mooreaboro Is a hustling town with
good people, a big cotton seed oil mill,
one of the most successful co-opera
tive creameries In the state and up-to
date stores.
Moonlight School Campaign.
Ashevllle.?Following the recent
decision of the teachers In the ppbltc
schools of Buncombe county to con
duct moonlight schools during the
evenings of tne next term, the In
airacctors are being supplied with
copies of the pledge for carrying on
this work and the county superin
tendent ot schools Is making exten
sive preparations for making this
county take an active part In the
state-wide movement to eliminate
adult Illiteracy. All of the teachers
of the rural schools will help.
Complete Road In Year. '
Ashevllle.?That It will be possible
to complete the Ashevllle-Murphy
scenic highway within the next year
was the consensus of opinion of dele
gates of the various counties through
which links of the road will pass as
expressed at conference conducted at
this city. The meeting was presided
over by J. H. Woods of Cherokee
county, and the reports of the dele
gates from the various counties was
to the effect that only In a few In
stances are preparations for the begin
ning of construction work lacking.
Insuranoo Men Elect Officers.
Ashevllle.?With 36 of the repre
sentatives of the leading insurance i
companies of Virginia, North am
South Carolina In attendance the chief
feature of the sessions of the Caroline
Field Cluh which were held here |
few days ago was the election of the
following officers for the coming year:
President Oeorge P. Folk. Raleigh;
first vice president, J. M. Robertson,
Augusta, da.; second vice president.
W. E. Asheley, Greensboro; secretary.
D. E. Murchlson, Charlotte.
CHILDREN MET TRA6IC DEATH
Train Hito Auto Noar Hickory?Child
dren of Mr. ?. C. Shuford arc Kilt
ed and Several Othere Injured.
Hickory/?Betton C. Shuford, Diana
ter of the Brookford Cotton Mill atore
wae seriously Injured, aad hla two
children. Carl aged fire and Ruth used
three, were killed outrtsht when pa*
?engsr train No. It atruck their auto
mobile at a crossing In Loogvlew juat
went of Hickory. Mra Shuford. Mtea
Kettle Hollyard, Mlaa Lola Muaday.
other occupants of the car were sllght
ly Injured. Mr. Shuford'i lnjuriea
ware, right leg cruibed and head bruls
rd. He la now In a hospital here. The
bodies of the two children were turn
ed Over to an undertaker. The body of
the boy was found on the pilot of the
engine with one leg cut off when the
train waa brought to a atop. ,
Conductor Hanger waa In charge of
the train. Engineer W. W. Pitta waa
at the throttle and waa greatly affect
ed. The accident happened at a curve
In the road. Mr. Shuford had drlren
upon the track when he aaw the train
coming. He stopned and had got near
ly back off when the engine atruck
tbem. Two of the ladles jumped and
were slightly bruised by the car strik
lng them.
Mr. Shuford has every chance for an
ultimate recovery so physicians state.
Hla Injuries are not so serious as was
first thought. His rlgjit leg Is broken
In two places but the wound on hlJ
head Is not serious. The bodies of the
two Children, which were all Mr. and
Mrs. Shuford had. were taken to Palm
Tree church near Henry In Lincoln
county for burial. Rev. W. N. Cook,
a Baptist pastor, conducted the ser
vices.
Court Lasts Only One Day.
Ashe bo ro.?Judge H. C. Lane open
ed court here In wnat was to have
been a two-weeks' term but really is
only a one-day term. The calendar
committee made up no calendar sup
posing the election cases would con
sume the entire two weeks, but'the
election cases bogged down by the
compromise route and as the jurors
had been notified they need not come
after the election cases went up in
smoke. The only thing tor the court
to do was to hear a few motions and
sign a few orders, adjourn and go
home.
Cattle for Nash County.
Rocky Mount.?Tha first attempt at
the organisation of the planters of
Nash county for the purpose of breed
ing beef, cattle and hogs has just
been launched by Farm Demonstrator
E. P. Josey. It has been the result of
careful study on this subject that has
caused the county official to reach the
decision fhat much of the western sec
tion o fNash county Is more generally
adopted to the raising of livestock
-than to cotton, etc. The first meeting
was for the purpose of the organisa
tion.
The Chair Town.
Thomasville.?A report Is going the
rounds of the city that a gentleman
out West recently addressed a letter
-4?the Thalr Town" and It came direct
to Thomasville. Thomasville Is justly
proud of Its nick-name for no other
city In the United States excels it In
the manufacture of chairs.
WEATHER FORECAST.
South Atlantic and East Onlt
States?The week will be one
of normal temperature and gen
erally fair exceuf that local
thunder showers are probable
along the coasts and In Florida.
NORTH CAROLINA MARKET.
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Price? of Cotton, Corn, Oats, Peas,
Butter, Eggs, Etc., an North Caro
lina Markets During Past
Wook.
Charlotte?Cotton. 6 5-8c; corn, 95c bu;
re, |1.75 bu; L.rtsh potatoes. $1.50 bbl;
C. butter, S2c lb; eggs, 20c do*.
Fayette ville?Cotton, 8 He; corn, 98c bu;
I oats. 52 He bu; peas, $1.75 bu; Irish pota
[ toes. $1.60 bbl; Western butter, 27c lb;
N. Cv butter, 30c lb; eggs, 17-18c doe.
Hamlet?Cotton, BVfcC; corn, $1.05 bu;
oats, 55c bu; peas, $2 bu; Irish potatoes,
$2 bbl; Western butter. Sic lb; N. C. but
ter, Soc lb; eggs, 20c doe.
Henderson?Cotton, Sc; corn, 98c bu;
oats. 60c bu; peas, $2 bu; Irish potatoes,
$2 bbl; Western butter, 32c lb; N. C.
butter, 81c lb; eggs, 17-18c dos.
Henderson ville?Corn, $1 bu; oats. 65o
bu; N. C. butter, 32c lb; eggs, 15c do*.
Lumberton?Cotton, 8He; corn, $1.05
bu; oats, 60c bu; peas. $2 bu; N. C. butter,
15c lb; eggs, 20c dos.
Hickory-r-N. C.- butter, 10c lb; eggs, 14
17c dp*r
Maxton?Cotton, 8c; corn, $1 bu; peas,
$2 bu; Western butter, 35c lb; N. C. but
ter. 35c lb; eggs, 20c do*.
Raleigh?Cotton, 7%-8c; corn, 93c bu;
oats, 65c bu; peas, $1.75 bu; Irish pota
toes, $1.75 bbl; Western butter. Sic lb;
W. C. butter. J9c Jb; eggs, 16-I8c do*.
Salisbury?Cotton, 9c; corn ,$1.05 bu;
oats, 57He bu; peas, $2 bu; Irish potatoes,
$1.60 bbl; Western butter. 33c lb; N. C.
butter 3*c lb; eggs, 25c do*.
Scotland Neck?Cotton. 8Hc*. corn, 95c
$1 bu: oats, 67Hc bu; peas, $2 bu; Irish
petntoes. $1 bbl; eggs, 20c do*.
Statesvillc?Corn, $1 bu; oats, 60c bu;
eg?rs. 15c dos.
Vanreboro?Cotton. 7%c: com. 80c bu;
oats, 60c bu; peas, $1.75 bu; Irish pota
toes. $1.25 bbl; eggs. 15c do*.
Vanceboro?Cotton, 7\c; corn. 80c bu;
oats, 60c bu; peas, $1.76 bu; Irish potatoes, *
$1.25 bbl; Western butter, 31c lb; eggs,
15c do*
Wilmington?Cotton. 8Hc; corn, 97c bu;
peas. $2.26 bu; Irish potatoes, $1.25 bbl;
Western butter. 35c lb; N. C. butter. 35c
lb; ergs. 26c do*.
Wilson?Cotton. 8c; corn. $1 bu: oats.
65c bu: peas. $1.50 bu; Irish potatoes,
$1.50 bbt; eggs. t5-20c do*.
Winston-Salerrwh-Oorn. $1 bu; oats, 50c
bu; Irish potato#*. $1.75 bbl; N. C. but
29c lb; eggs 15r do*.
Chicago, 111?No 2 wh'te corn. 78-79Hc
(delivered In Rn'eigh Nr>. 2
yellow corn 78-79He (de'ive?-ed in Ral
eigh 92^C-94c): butter. 21-26HC (cream
er^: ecrrs. 16H-17Hc (fmtsK
New York?Putter, 27-27c (extra); eggs,
22H-25c (extra).
New Orleans?Butter, 29-80c (fancy
creamery); eggs, 19-29c (Western.)
TAR HEEL BREVITIES.
Fire st Jhe little town of Ether. ?0
miles south of Asheboro on the Nor
folk Southern Railroad, completely de
i stroyed ths roller mill, lumber mill,
j poafdfNce and storea.
Diving into 12 feet of water at the
Montford quarry pond, near Aahorille
John Molntyre of Emma., 14 years of
age. struck his hea dagainst a rock and
was killed.
Lincolnton city officials have award
ed the contract for a "white way" to
be erected within thirty dara.
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: Four Universal
I Characteristics
REV. B Br SUTCLIFFE
, , Oilil I l^irtin Hi.l W Mm. Mm*
UaMsto of Cbtcae*
TEXT?For w# must needs die. and
are as water split on the ground, which
cannot be gathered up again; neither doth
God respect any person: yet doth he de
vise meanf. that his banished be not ex
pelled frgm him.?II Sara. 11:14.
This la part of a woman's plea
to King David to have Abpalora
restored alter he
had been driv
en out (or his
crime against his
brother. It speaks
of (our universal
e h a r a 01 eristics
found la every
sinner.
1. A universal
end ? "we must
needs die." From
the day of birth
to old age each
step of the wsy is
a step toward the
grave. "It Is ap
pointed unto man
once to die" has
been true of the '
whole human
family. Various schemes and vari
ous ways have been tried to disprove
this but the grave continues to receive
Its due. However strong and howevet
great, one universal end awalta us foi
"we must needs die.''
3. A universal condition?"we are as
the water spilt on the ground whlcb
cannot be gathered up." We were
innocent when we were bora, but
alas, how quickly the innocence was
destroyed. We were helpless to re
tain It. A few days In the forgotten
time of our early childhood and then
It was as water spilled out The fresh
innocence of the morning quickly
died away and we became In deed
what we are In nature, sinners. We
could not avoid the spilling out as ,
water and we were helpless to gather
It up again. Once lost It waa lost
for good and try as we might to for
get and try as we might to turn over
the new leaf and begin again, each at
tempt Just tended to show us the
helplessness of all effort. All have
become guilty, and all are helpless to
get rid of that guilt We are as water
split which cannot be gathered up
again.
3. A universal standing?"neither
doth God respect any person."
God Judges all alike. In respect of
sin. One may be great In this world
and another may be unheard of, but
before God they stand on the same
platform as sinners. |One might be
learned and another ignorant but It
Is In respect to sin that they come
before the Lord. One may be a good
man and tell the Lord about his fast
ing and his praying without any rec
ognition of his sinfulness, and he hqa
less favor with God than the poor
publican who merely stands and ?
pleads for mercy. They are both sin
ners there, for there Is no respect of
persons with him. This would make
the case of sinners to be hopeless
were it not for the fact that that
which Is Impossible to man la possi
ble to God.
4. A -universal opportunity?"He
doth devise means that his banished
be not expelled from him." When
man sinned aad automatically put
himself away from God. the God he
had sinned against Immediately set
about devising means to have man
brought back to him. "God commend
ed bis love .towards us In that while
we were yet sinners Christ died for
us." It was God who began the work
of redemption, not man. The first
movement was from God's side. He
it was who provided the precious -
blood of the Lamb of God, the only
means for putting away sin, for
"wlth.out the shedding of blood there
Is no remission," as the Bible declares
from cover (to cover. Not only must
the sin be put away, but the sinner
must be cleansed, and*here again we
remember the word that "the blood
of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us
from all sin." The justice and the
holiness of God are upheld and vin
dicated by the blood and a way made
open for the sinner, the banished one,
to be brought back to God. The blood
meets every objection of the taw and
every objection of the devil and ad
mits the one who was banished back -v
to the Father's house. The Lord him
self does this that "His banished may
be with him." "Go so loved the world
that he gave his only begotten son,
that whosoever belleveth on him
might not perish but have everlasting
life." The redeemed sinner can sow
sing of him who "loved and gave him
self for me "
God has done all he can to have the
banished one back with him and all
that remains la for man to accept his
terms and come to him without fear.
The work Is all finished and finished
In such a way that God can be just
and yet the Justlfler of him that be
lieves in Jesus. And Christ Bays:
"Him that Cometh unto me I will In
no wise cast out"
Truat In God.
All virtue consists In having a will
ing heart. Qod will lead you as If by
the hand. If only you do not doubt,
and are filled with love for him rather
than fear for yourself.?Venelon.
The Soul on Top.
Someone haa said that education
Is learning to live with the soul on
top. Measured by this standard, per
haps there are .'eWer educated people
In the world than we are accustomed
to think. Men who live with the son!
on top are few. Most of us age satis
fled to live with our own deplres up
permost, and are never better pleated
than when our own comforts have
been gratified. It Is a great lesson to
learn In lift to put the soul on lop and
to give the spiritual In our ltres the ,
place of pre-eminence and po .or - S
change.