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LADIES COATS, DRESSES
and CHILDREN'S COATS
that has been arriving daily since
our return from New York.
It will pay you to shop early
for your Christmas needs.
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Visit Tonkers store before buy
ing your fall goods.
Yours to serve,
A. TONKEL
j LOUIS BUBO, . NOBTH OABOLINA
THE AMKK1CAN BAH ABBOAD
By W. M. Person
Everybody seen s to drink, mostly
beer and wine. Little heavy drinking
o< whisky and brandy as we saw in
London and Edinbo rough. We k.w
?ery few men between 25 and 40. They
had all been deotroyed in the war. A
great many widows, that you could
tell by their dress.
On Sunday morning the 3rd of Au
gust, we started for Fontainebleau, 37
miles south east of the city. Over a
beautiful good road that h^s been in
use since Casear marched his legions
over It about 2,000 years ago when he
^defeated the Parisli, whose mud huts
covered the islands of the Seine where
Paris now stands. .One of the famous
roads of Europe, hard surfaced, some
parts built of granite blocks and ce>
ment. We passed through Brablscon,
once the home of Fontaine, who wrote
Aesop's Fables. Passed the field, the
scene of Millets Angelus, one of the
famous paintings of the world. Passed
Essennes with radio iowe*s 900 feet
high that can send its messages to
the uttermost parts of the world. We
stopped at Millets cottage and took
lunch at the Stevenson Palais where
he lived and wrote some of his books.
We then passe J through the forest
of Fontainebleau. containing 40,500
acres and is still the fore9t primeval
made famous by Victor, Hugo in his
Mi^rral)les. After passing through the
town celebrated for its wines, we came
to the Pleasure Palace of the Kings
of France. An imposing structure, full
of painting and relics that tell of the
favorites of the Kings of Maintenon
and Pompadour. We saw the table on
which .Mainienon signed the Revocn
tionTof the edict of Nantes, which be
gan the persecution of the Protestants
by the Catholics, which sent thousand
of the Hugenots to our states to be
come leaders in the making of our
country.. Fontainebleau means the fou
tain of the Dog because one of the
noblemen, hufiti'ng in the forest, got
lost and almost famished, was led by
a dog to a spring where his life was
saved. When he built a lodge In the
forest he called it Fontainebleau. We
saw the lake, about two acres, and
the feeding of the fish. When a piece
of bread was thrown in about a hun
dred carp would make for It. Many
of them were three feet long. We were
told some of the fish were known to
be three hundred years old. Jn the
middle of this lake was a marble col
umned canopy, where Napoleon would
go and do his work undisturbed. After
seeing the many sights and relics of
this wonderful palace, we returned
by adifferent route to Paris. Then
some of the finest crops I ever saw,
with the farmers working, cutting the!
wheat and oats with reapers and bind-'
ers and hauling it in two-wheeled ?
wagons pulled b ytwo horses, tandem
style. Their grain fields looked like
some I have seen in Alberta. As we
were in the suburbs of the city we saw
the statue of Kouget de Lisle, the
author of Marseillaise, the national
air.
The next day we went to Ceme
tery la Chase which cover 200 acres
filled with monuments and memorials
to their dead. Here we saw the monu.
ment and grave of Adalina Patti and
1 Oscar Wilde. No city of the dead can
be more beautiful than this great
I God's acre.
We went to the Lourxe, a great
; building 450 by 438. containing the
greatest collection of painting and
sculpture in France. Here we can walk
.miles and miles in their halls, the
I walls of which are covered with the
I masterpieces of the past. Napoleon
took and brought to Paris all the
works of art that he could lay his
hands on and we saw the collection
captured in Spain.
I often thought what the Kaiser
would have done had he captured
Paris, how he vrould have transferred
these treasures to the Halls of Hohen
zollern. We were so impressed with
the wonderful beauty of this great col
lection that we spent two days there,
enjoying every moment.
? Paris has the finest opera house
hi the world, costing $5 >00.000. We
'attended and heard Hugo's Rigolettl.
with an orchestra of nearly a hun
dred pieces.
j No visit would be complete without
a visit to the Pantheon. It was first
?built and used as a church, then chang
i ed to a place of burial for the noted
dead, then made a church again and
Jon the death of Victor Hugo in 1885
.made a Pantheon. Here are some of
I the finest statues and painting* in
[the world. One we noticed was the
: martyrdom of St. Denis, who tradition
, says when he was beheaded picked
up his head and walked flv*
iw'th it in his arms. Dozens of paint
lings portraying event* iu the life of
j St. Geneview the patron saint of Paris
I and many of Joan of Arc. The French
. do not intend that their great men
and women shall be forgotten, they
embalm their memories in marble,
^bronze and painting.
We visited the tomb of Napoleon.
We shall never forget the awe created
by this wonderful Mausoleum to that 1
great man. The lid to his coffin is
covered by a piece of Naples marble 1
weighing 35 tons. When the sun is
shining the reflection Is in some way
thrown aroujid the chapel that holds
his remains at all times of the day.
There we saw the collection of battle
flags captured by the French armies,
about 900 of them. We passed through
the courts of law and the room where
Dreyfus wns tried and convictcd. The
city is divided by the river Seine and
is crossed by thirty bridges, many of
them wide and imposing structures.
The last place seen was the Troche
dero with the largest dome in the
world facing the Eiffel tower.
This nearly ends our stay in the
great city, the wonder of th? world.
One might live here a year and then
not have time to see all the Interest
ing sights anJ views of the city. There
is no city like Perls and no people
like the French. Their uational char
acteristics are different from the Er.g- j
lish speaking races. They have pro
duced some of the greatest men of the
vnorld. Irreligoua but cultured their |
generals, their statesmen, poets, writ
ers. and thinkers stand in the front
ranks. Their sy&tem of Jurisprudence
is well nigh perfect, with no rules of ,
evidence, but everything is admitted,
the presumption of guilt follows the
defendant, the judge canprosecute in
his charge, thus very few guilty es- ;
cape and few innocent tire convicted. |
Our visit to Notre Dame, the famous i
cathedral, reminiscent of Quasimodo. I
Hugo's bell ringer, with chapels dedi
cated to all the saints, were hlstori- !
cal and Interesting.
We saw the great war pictures, typi
fying the generals and leaders of the
Allies, containing the pointings J of
6.500 men in circular canvas nearly
pivOO i'eet in circumference.
1 One morning we took the train for
Rlielms, the city destroyed by the
Germans, containing 40.000 hour's,
only twenty remained after the Ger
mans finished. We saw the famous
' cathedral riddled by thousands of de
structive shells, with its root destroy
ed "by fire. The Palais de Justice level
? d. They are slowly rebuilding on
the ruins with pretty stately buildings
but it will take years and millions of
Measure to replace. There is a wine
cellar here eleven miles long with
galleries, in which a great many took
nfuue during the bombardment. The
city contained a population of 240.UU0
a' the beginning of (he war. now it has
4?;.000. We took a carhobanc here for
the battlefields. We passed over a re
built road to Berry.au-Bac. Then a
country literally desolated by the cruel
crime of war ? no houses exoept a few
newly built, no living trees, few fields
In cultivation. At Berry-au-Bac we
walked over the battlefield, saw the
jvire entanglement standing as they
[ were when the war ended. Saw the
:eemetery near Soissons where many
of our foys are buried. Across the
Marne we saw a stretch of country
1 literally desolate and covered with
trenches and barbed wire entangle
ments. We passed Pontanent, Bateur
eux, Oellley. At Fismes we saw the
icins of a small city destroyed by the
American troops, who then charged
and drove the Germans out. We pass
ed Cohen, Cantignes and Chamburg
and Quentin Roosevelt's grave. Then
visited the great battlefields of Bel
leau Wood and Chateau Therry. Saw
the American cemetery there, in which
20,000 Americans were burled, though ?
many of the bodies have been remov
ed and shipped home. No one can see
the wreck and ruin of the relentless
hand of German savagery but what re
grets that the armistice might have
bten postponed until Berlin could meet
the fate of Rheims. We saw hundreds
of houses destroyed for no reason ex
cept for the lust of war and destruc. I
t.on and the women and children turn- i
ed loose to live or die as fate should i
decree. No one can see all this with
out becoming a believer in the League
of Nations and Woodrow Wilson.
Near night we took the train for
Paris, After spending a day shopping,
we took the train, next-morning, Au
gust 7th, for Brussels, the capital of
Belgium.
We sav many of the battlefields and
trenches by the wayside on this trip.
We saw no destruction by war in Bel
gium as the German armies captured
it in the early part of the war.
Brussels might be called a minia
ture Paris in the beauty of its city
and buildings. We arrived late in the
evening and next day put in full time
seeing the historical sights of the city.
We visited the Palais de Justice, which
Is the Becond largest building in Eu
rope. Here we saw the Supreme
Court in session with nine judges all
robed but without wigs. Heard a case
argued ? lawyer used French. I never
saw a more distinguished court, dig
nified and every judge taking notes
of the urguments. One made a very
old man and one by a very young man.
We visited the art galleries filled wlUi
paintings galore. Then to the cathe
dral. We were beginning to be fed up
on cathedrals and old churches and
we were getting tired of them. We
saw the American Embassy on Brand
Whitlock Avenue. Then saw the place
where Edith Cavell and thirtyfive men
were shot by the Oermans She was
placed in a chair to be shot when she
fainted and was given twenty minutes
to regain consciousness but the time
expired and she was shot in that con
dition. One of the Oerman soldiers
refused to shoot a woman and was
Immediately placed In the chair and
shot.
We then went to Welvti's Museum,
one of the finest collections of paint,
ings In the world. He never sold or
gave one of them away but 120 are
just as be left them to the public In
stitutions. Said to be the best and
weirdest paintings In the world. We
were struck with "Napoleon In Hell"
portraying the great general wrapt
In red flames whilst a woman held
up her dead husband before him, "The
Precipitate Inhumanattlre" of a man
who was placed In his coffin alive
breaking the lid and trying to escapo,
while "Hunger, Madness, Crime" was
a famished woman who had cut ott
the leg of her child and placed It in
a cooking vessel. In Brussels Gallery
we were shown many of Rubens mas
terpieces, "The Dead Christ in the
Lap of Virgin," "Thee Holy Fami
ly," "Ventis and Her Attendants" and
?any others. Among the great monu
ments we saw was the tomb of the
nnknown soldier, with huge lions on
etch side and a statue of Edith Cavell.
We went to the Kings Palace and
enjoyed seeing the wonders of this
treat mansion. The Belglums are Just
the finest people we met on the con
tinent, cultured and polite, lovers of
Americans and American Institutions.
After two strenuous days took the
train for Amsterdam. En route, we
paused several splendid cities. Rotter
dam and Antwerp. The country -was
just one continuous ponorama of Im
proved farms, .the best we sfcur In Eu
rope. Amsterdam is a beautiful city
of 700.000 population, capital of Hol
land. the race from which Roosevelt
came. The Dutch are ^ wonderful
people ? the greatest workers In Eu.
rope. Here we saw a woman and a
dog hitched to a dump cart pulling a
heavy load. Amsterdam has 64 canals
running through the city with 263
bridges. Fine public buildings, wide
clean streets except In the Jew's
| quarter. We went through a diamond
'factory one of thirty seven in the city,
Where we saw the workmen cutting
land polishing the sparkling gems.
Also the lace factories where the finest
lace in the world is made. These dia
mond and lace workers families have
been doing the same work for ages.
(We were driven out several miles to
; the Kings Country Palace and through
I the halls and rooms that were open
| to the public, with a magniflcient
! garden full of blooming flowers that
rivaled Southerp California.
We -went through the RejkB Museum
lilled with the masterpieces of Ru
bens. Franz Hols. Ruysdale and many
others. The painting of "Cimon and
Pera" by Rubens attracted our at
tention. On Sunday morning we took
a steamer that carried us through the
heart of Holland on our way to Volen
dam where the noted Edam cheese is
inu*Ie. This \. as a very picturesque
li ip with a landscape clotted with
| windmills and thousands of the fin
est Rattle in the world.? all fat and
I stand tn grass that covered the ground
as far as the eye could see. The farms
| in many cases, are so far below the
llivel of the sea that we could see
jihe house tops only as we passed for
| several hours. About noon we arrived
at VolentUm and were shown the
cheese factoriese, also the cheese tttsf
had been made from the mornings
milk. Here we drank some of the
i'Uttermilk from which the cheese had
been made that morning.
We saw the peasants with their
<_t!aint native costumes and wooden
shoes which they wear winter and
summer. We were now in the Zuyder
Zee and after several miles, stopped
r.t Marken, where we again saw the
quaint natives and their costumes.
We returned to Amsterdam late in
the evening and after dinner went
over to tht? holiday section of the city
where the whole city, it seems, gath
ers in the beer garden to sip their
ale and wine. We went in a cabaret
that covered at least an acre with
thousands of well dressed people and
two bands and stages for the dancers.
Holland is the richest country in Eu
rope. She was neutral in the World
War and profited by fb ?uii.g th?<ier
mans. They were sympathizers with
their kinsmen . On Monday wo lilt
Amsterdam forHhe- Hague a great city
on the borders of the .North Sea with
[ 4* population of 200.000 and where the
great Peace Palace is located. We
spent two days here seeing the sights
and they were many. Went to the
beach and saw thousands in the surf
of the North Sea. Between the city
and the beach are miles of forest that
ha\e never been cut or denuded. On
the way to the Hague we passed hun
dreds oi windmills. Every farm had
one and sometimes several. They did
all their grinding fim1 pumped tn?
w.iier fio:n the land to iha canr.le.
The great Peace Palace will soon,
I believe, become the Police Court of
the world, where the differences and
quarrels of the nation will be Bettled
peaceably. Europe has realized that
Sherman's definition of war is too
true. After spending two pleasant days
we took train for Antwerp, the last
lap of our trip in Europe. Antwerp is
in Belgium Schelt. It was cap
tured by I^HHrnans after a severe
bombardm^^BBns of which could
still be -Seen.
Antwerp Is one of the great ship
ping points. It has one of the most
noted cathedrals in the world, In which
RubenB "Ascension of Christ" is
shown ? said to be the most valuable
painting on earth and is worth mil
' lions At the bertnnliiK of th^ World
War It wu taken to England and hid
In a recess- of a tunnel where the
trains would pass by every few min
utes. After peace It was restored to
the cathedral. The Belgians knew
that the Germans would steal It and
carry It to the Hall of Hohensollern.
On the X3th of August we boarded the
Zeeland for our homeward trip back
to the country where God Uvea after
,the most delightful experiences of our
lives. Not only seeing all that Europe
had to show us on account of the love
she had for us for saving them from
the Boches but because they knew we
were from America, where liberty Is
exalted, and Democracy is enthroned.
Long will we cherish and remember
the charming friends and the acquain
tances we met troro all parts of the
world, even from the Antipodes, Aus
tralia and Tasmania. But no langu
age we heard sounded as sweet as
our own Southern accent ? no flag
with the beauty and character of our
stars and stripes. And as we?teatned
down the lovely Schelt with its miles
and miles of shipping from every land
and clime, and saw the evening sun
slowly sink behind the waves of the
North Sea we knew it was shining in
our beloved country, where the op
pressed In every land Is yearning to
come and enjoy the blessings in store
i for those who cease to be slaves to
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kingly and autocratic persons.
Cotton dusted with calcium arse
nate on the farm of B. B. Prlvett, near
Palmyra, has yielded 515 pounds more
of seed cotton per acre than the un
dusted cotton. The net profit from
dusting; was 142.68 per acre, , reports
county agent C. E. Llttlejohn.
Three farmers In Beaufort county
recently Bold a carload of hogs co
operatively receiving 10 1.4 cents per
pound for the top hogs. This Is some
of the results of better feeding.
THE TIMES should be
tn jour home. U you are not a sub
ecrlber, be ?"? *?nd in your sub
scription and help 09 to boost for ?
bolter community.
Regardless of Price
I am going to sell my stock of Shoes regardless of
f rice, so be sure to look them over before you buy.
Every pair is guaranteed to be as represented. If
Miey don't fit will exchange them for you. If you
don't want them will take them back.
A big lot of Overalls, Work Shirts, Overall Coats,
Hosiery and Men's Underwear. A full line of feed
and groceries all tlir time.
Yours truly,
J. w. PERRY
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The multitude of articles suitable for gifts will
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