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4 v'" \ -. . ; X . i - r'. ' * A BELIEF IN GHOSTS. , Find* Lodgrftant In Many Minda Da- \ I apita Scientific Denial*. Arc there such things us ghosts? ' The incredulity with which the i question is often asked is paralleled v by the passionate belief with which , a the affirmative answer is often stat- i t * ' ? granted even by the most skeptical -d investigators. But vfhereus the im- I - pressionable seer of ghosts believes k they are supernatural the colder c scientist says they are nothing but Ihallucinations. Frank Fodmore, the t English "ghost hunter," has" much-1 c to say of the attendant eircuin- | 1 stances in most ghost seeing, cir- 11 cnmstances which do much to Weak- 1 [ _en the value of the testimony of the I t seer. Almost invariably there are j s mysterious noises, by which the wit- d liess is put in a state of nervous T~t alarm. Then comes the vision, which 1 e often takes terrifying form. Is the t ghost seer viewing something objec- ii tive and external or is he mbrelv 1 contemplating an image created by fi his. own imagination? Of the good r faith of many people who say they d have seen ghosts .there can be no a question, but, Mr. Pod more shakes v: liis head tis to their credibility. w And yet when-the- testiuuiny^-of | g people who believe they have seen b ghosts has been attenuated to the I I] utmost people will still believe. Sci- ' ence may discredit evidence, but it J ct cannot prove that ghosts do. not ex~; al ist. Throughout the ages there is a ' w cumulative map of testimony i ir which, though it does not amount to pi , proof, yet commands shuddering re- j ti spect. The sternest materialism 01 will not eliminate from people's tl minds that credence in the un- pi known and the . undemonstrable tl which has been banded down to them from the beginnings of time, bi Plato himself accepted the exist- fa ence of ghosts, and he'makes Socra- j si i tes explain their frequeuting of I hi graveyards. These ghosts, says the sb great Athenian, long to re-enter the I'm body in which they could gratify I th their desires. It is hopeless, but tn memory tortures them with vain af- sn fection for the fleshly abode in th which they formerly dwelt. Shake- ! it syeare is full of allusions to the j ki dwellers in the realm of shadows j af But he, too, knows the meaning of ; bt ' -philosophic doubt," for he makes wwi Hamlet wonder whether the image j of of his father may not be some coin- I w! age of his fancy. He hesitates be- p< tween contrary opinions, but inclines toward belief in the superbatural. He says to his friend: . There are more thins* In heaven and earth. ] BIHoratio, th 'Tbaa ara dreamt of In thy philosophy. j From Shakespeare's day to now j jjj we have advanced in one particular. g0 We know more of the composition 0f -of the brain and the susceptibilities cc of nervous tissue. We-are assured y today that a man may honestly be- th lieve he sees s ghost and yet see (ii nothing but the projection of ah ^ image within his own brain. But as I to the existence or nonexistent o ?f ^ ghosts we Are as ignorant as the an- , cient Egyptian or the modern red- ] skin. Reason learnedly as we may, ]j] we cannot eradicate from our mind tfyrt* vague feeling, half fear, half | hope, Hhat ghosts may be. Sir I Thomas Browne touches on this: mattef with characteristic quaint- I nesa. Some people, he says, hope to ' yy see a ghost that they may be per- ! - - suaded of the immortality of the j g soul. But he adds that the devil | \ wi|l never let them see one, for that I would be to turn them away from *?himself.?Rochester Puat-Hipram.?(-55 ./ 1 , I ol Colonial Mail Routes. j tl The first record contained in our ic colonial history of any kind of mail! Iv sr service dates from 1J17G. when the] m w court in Boston appointed Mr. John Jii Hayward to "'take in and convey let- fl .ere according to their direction.^ ol In December, 171G. arrangements c< were made to receive letters in Bos- s? ton from Williamsburg, Va.. during tl ^ four weeks of the summer time and b -ejgh^ weekB in winter. In 1738 si postmaSte^*' for all the routes be- 01 tween Philadelphia and Newport, si ?.> Va., to set outtmjthe beginning of ei each month and return. in twenty- p. -??1 four days. Postage stamps were ci first introduced into the United 01 _ States in 1847.?New York Ameri- ci , . ' 7 Contrasts In Populations. The population of the known w earth at the death of the Boman si emperor Augustus, about the time of the beginning of the Christian h era, was estimated by Bodio, an e: Italian stathrvician, at 57,000,000. _ Tlis ItomsM Imew nothing of Asia n of'Africa save the Maditmuaen r< etates. In 1AM, at the time of the t< discovery of America by Columbus, h aSrr* 1 |r -. -s - v -v | - ,*. ' r*o ' k.' , i ORRIS ROOT. low It Is Grown and Gathered on the Hills Near Florence. "Most people know that orris root s one of the ehidf ihgreliients of iolet powder; many others are well cquainted with the strangely shapd pieces of white root that seem' ike driod ginger which give out the lelicate and subtle scent of the vioet, and perhaps the- privileged few ;now that it is made from the roots if a kind of iris. -"Xevcr have 1 seen the eultiva"IdiToI the iris ar.d the preparation! if orris root to such perfection as j sst summer in the Tuscan Apculines. where Vallombrosa lifts its line ent ered head." savs a writer in . he London Queen. "Ua the sunny, ide of the mountain lies the whole istrict of the Val d'Xrno7~and be-j ween Sallino and I'ian di Sco the1 ntire neighborhood is givtfb up to he cultivation of Vines, olives and us. "Indian corn, wheat and millet nd a place, but wine, oil and orris oot are the three commercial inustrics. Tergolas of vines stretch long as far as the eye can see? incs with clusters of purple or lute graphs, olives laden with reen -berries and under them and ; etween them little plantations ofq rie.dalmatica. "The iris, or giaggolo^ as it is j tiled in Italy, is planted thinly and i iiov.-.-u to grow tor ttvtee years, I hen rtie roots are rug up and tidd i hi : bundles. These are then pre- j ired. T? early the whole of the ibero-jp root is cut off, leaving' fl lly a vinv bit with fibers in order la't tha plant may grow when reanted, as it is at once for another! . tree yca.es of peace. "The tubers are then thrown into I g basins of water, and the whole ] mily of the contadine, or peasant, tting on the doorstep of their rase or "?nder the pergolas in the i1 iade of tie vines, begin the busi- j ;ss of palling them previous to icir being dried in the sun for the arket. Everybody is biisv with the I aall sickle . baped knives trimming le iris roo?. In its fresh condition is sold fo? about 20 centimes the lo, about i cents a pound. But ter a few days' exposure- to the illiant III.an sunshine on large ickerwork mays it loses two-thirds ! its weight aud is sold to the holesale merchants at 9 cents a rand." . * The Only Original. George Washington was very nail, very black and very new to le life of the public school which ! had just entered. His familyid emigrated to the city from ime unknown wilderness, and the ficials of the school board had disivered little George and brought m into line with the prospects of le higher education. It was his st day. anil the loai-bcr was tryg to make him at home. And so your name is George rashiu~t?n?" said the teacher. "Yassum. Jorge Washin'ton." "And I supposa you try to be as ke him as a little Boy can, don't >ur "Lak who, mam?" "T.i (vPnrffo WoaliiniTr+AT? " The youngster looked puzzled. "Ah kain't help bein' lak Jorge 'ash in'ton," he replied stoutly, o? that's who Ah am."?Youth's ompanion. Bad Handwriting. Every man who has his tiring to irn or any work tn the world'to do ight to be made to understand lat if he does not write legibly at ast, if not beautifully, it is entirehis own fault and that if he is . tade to suffer for it he has only imself !- blame. The pestilent teory that bad writing is the sign I a great mind ought to receive no luntenaucc from men of common mse._ It is sometimes, no doubt, tc result of extreme pressure of nsiness, but in most cases it is the gn either of bad training or of a r of a careless and unstable dispotion which will display itself soonr or later in things mnch more imortant than handwriting. In no tse ia it to be commended. In j ily few cases is it to be even ex-j j ised.?London Times. I 8?v?d His Lifs. ' A story is told of an Englishman ho had occasion for a doctor while laying in Pekin._ "Sing Loo, glenitst doctor," said is servant. "Ha tavee my lifee j oca." , "Really?" queried the Englishtan. * "Yes- mt tellible awful " waa the y ww^ vvmswiv wwaw^ wav vmv sply. "Me callee in iinother docrr. He give* me medicine; ma velr, relly Md. Me callee In another octor. Ha come and gira me more. ledicine, make me rellr, TeUybader. Me callee in Sing Loo. He no . mne. He -aavee my "life."?Bir-t lingham (England) P<w. - -I i* * ,; . V. . ' - -? r -*d . . L . " . . Pale-Taced You ladies, who\iave pal dark circles under eyre, draw out expressions, you need a t( The tonic you need is Cai It is the best tonic Ipr wo are specifically adapted Vor w the womanly organs and help vitality to the worn-out wemar Cardui is a vegetable \me erals, no iron, no potassiunl / QTArO HQ rvr KoKif fnrm i r\ n rlrnJt gCluua, tn rratftt?n>tttiitlfe~AJI UBj It is perfectly harmless aJd Take ?A ~ T The Womi "After my doctor had done writes Mrs. Wm. Hilliardj of Moi dui, on the advice of ai friend, "Before taking Csduf, 1 troubles for fiye years, biit since "I think there is some of t that I ever saw.". Your drugg Writ* to: Ladle** Advisory Dept.. Chatti lor Special Instructions, and 64-oat e book, "H SALE AN[ I Irnve decided to run agahva SaleJ erve the public with " ^ First Class letur Vill be glad to haro a liberal-shart/f pat earns and polite and accommodating <lri' R. F. FL r SRATE THE - CITIZE HEN D?R*5f j MarcY 29t' BESOT'1 Loans and discounts Vj Overdrafts ..U Stocks and bonds ....- 1 Banking bouse and fixtures 1 Insurance Department I, Cash on hand and in other banc Tptal I. LIABILi Capita] stock paid in 1 Surplus and undivided profitd Accrued interest due depositors, Eashiers checks outstanding Due to banks Deposits I.,. Total .1.... We want you f< INCREASE] \ Mea , INCREASED For Top ; Oafs, Cora, Cotton, Truck and Gi CERE/ TOP DR^ Bearing oar trade mark. Don't be 1 LITE" at lea* coat per ton than soda per acre, giyes equally as good, if nJl CEREI is packed in 200 pound bag*, in |J>* itiffem the land, and does not * *?>! ; Oreatite and full information react Or Home Fertilizer Sole Owner* and > . ' " ? " < ' " < "* i *' ** w ?" 1 ' . / I Woijten I e faces, /allow complexions, I m features and tired, worn- H >nic. / rdui, lhe woman's tonic. menI because its ingredients B omen's needs. They act on tor give needed strength and I \tj frame. jfifcine. It contains no min- H o litne,_no glycerin, no dan- I of any kind. safe, for young and old to use. HM RDUll in's\ Tonic all he skid he could for me," I untainbufg, Ark., "I took Car- H , and it helped me so much. I had suffered from female I taking it, I ark in good health. H he best advicK in your book I is* sells Cardubs, Try it H D LIVERY y Stable and am prepared to is At All Timet8! rortuge and guarantee satisfaction. Safe ItlM J lVer MENT ^ N6 - BANK >r^' N. C. hj 1910 fa =?*k*,?, I.. 3,31g:8ti- J : 30.151 25 - / L . 10,782 13 / \ 8,643 11 / A.-. 205,12914 ,.\ 8733.222 28 TIH6 ...A. 9100,000 00 ...A.. 71,527 74 \ 449 77 \ 346,58 A, 4,387 10 A. 566,561 09 ? 9733,222 28 or a customer. D YIELDS - X US I PROFITS I ~ f v Dressing 1 b aral Cjrops, ubo only genuine J k\lTE bsmoV ~ nibsed by \mitations. "CKREA using the sLne number of pounds i better, resutts than soda. CVLITB d mechanical ccVditionX.does not it*. The crop I tt it |?UI. Kor Ling it, dpply to | BROTHERS and Chemical Co Manufacturers. ' _ T * / / ' ?' \. * ' % I vj > _ riant Wood's Seeds ? For Superior ?rops Wood's 30th Annual Seed Book is one olthe. most useful and complete BeA'i oat&Josnee issued. It pi Tea practical ioJormation About the beet aid moa profitable seeds - - tn pltyrif; far . J The wet Grower Thefrwate Gardener U The Farmer 1 Wood J Soeds are grown and - I?aclootod Jitli spoolal rpfdronnc to Y the Boilafcd di'mate of the Houth, and ev??y| southern planter should hare Wood's Seed Book bo aa to be (uff pitted aa to the beat needs for af uthesi growing. Mailed free on AqueatA Writs for It. W. WOOD ft SONS, peedtm?n,\ Richmond, Va. [ I We ara hea^f quarters for Qfaaa and Clover Seoda. Send PoJ tatoam. Seed Onte, Cow Poaa, f SoJaBaans. and all Farm -S and Qardan Saods. I 1 S'orld's reatest sin tilerlame Back, Stiff at. Colds, Strains, , Cramps, Indlgts?Bone and Muscle ehas Noah's Ark i # i.ocby al Idealmplc by mailf ree. lOSTONfMAta , U.S.A. NOTICE. The place for hungry men will b. WHITE'S BffiSTAUHANT ha/in? roceutls moved i? oj^b new builcknff. A etl can and will h* .orccd 'r^.-h I And hot, witb tl? '-?-i ?ti? market 'affords. Come lo see him. Yonrs ta please \?. 8. WHITE. [The Choices My stock of Heavy and^Far choice and select lot I could j lines i carry. When in nel s'e me before buying. Re| burg steel plows, the best!) M. cI ' * New Opening t ing Store, wW r?^ WholeaL New and up-to-date slock f>f Cloth Ladies and Gents furnishing (raids. We store and marry bargains we oner at this from 20 to 30 jm r cent. All Mode mark We Guarante^You Y or Aour M Bear in mind thatJthia disposition this vicinity and eaoh add every enatotm retail meronant can bu# a thousand. El marked in plain figuraa, not a single exp W i?r / Yours to PEOPLE'S CLO _L ' Lodsbuit J - iST-Jr **- %i* * Savb Dootors' Bills/ by hr vine 4 hand ifh.n th. ?m?r?nc. itImi boftli oil 60 Pure. Slronjrknd Penetrating, tlu. r- -f- ? '"I- 'r llnH i^fc ^ matlon. clnzestlek, aches and paiasd^P V the Nervis. BoneA Cord* and Muscle*. For Rheomfttism, SciAlca, Lame Back, bu Joints, and iluscles, Sor \Throat, Colds, Strinj Sprains, Cdta. Bruises, \<>Uc, Cramp Itidigc. ' tion, TooUAchc, and all NVre. Bone and Muscl Aches and Fains. The feini&afeas Noah's Ar on every package. 15c., Joc%ad #1.00 by all de* ' ers in medicine everywhere, wemple by mail free noah Niatov co.7*TW?tmo,va;f*oeToa,tsua^^ " tf| ftfcfl I ft "topped in 20 minute* l! R lift IP unuur ra&t tro&a. A tm'e uu<yEfeasinaayrap?fiOeTDruggists. / > ^ > foARNELLS THOMAS V MUS|Sl HOUSE II Ral< II tho Mat pi^ysros ? On V^f' Easy Terms Ianil a/ pri pes below which no deolent mai ufaeturer or mail order Ijbuse pan go, quality considered. V c are an Old estabI lislied houi ? with many years of I ref/itation or square dealing to 01* credit s id when w? tell you w/ ean met all kinds of com| Petition pri 'es we will do it. I /Send today foV Catalogue, Terms and / Prices and y?i will cerulnly agree W with as. ? ' 'J '? ;t Groceries 1 1 ?cF (irecerips is the most A 1 get, as are all the other A Wot anything in m) line A tnmnbar I carry the Lyneh A EIASANTS i '* 7 "" ; ' I yyyy i he People's Cloth ell Retail at i Le Prices. kg, Shoes, Hats, "Skirts, Shirt Waist, mvite you to come and inspect our new fltening, it means a Baying: for you el in plain figures. (*ir Money's Worth^^ ohey Back . , . ' la 4 revelation to the b.aa <-* - thing store N C, ... 'i .1" _ . ' I
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