vol. xxiy.
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10. 1893.
KG. 19
VALUE OF CONFIDENCE.
i
fit FORCE IN TIIECOMMEKCIAL WOULD.
.( , t Baltimore Sun.
;. The agreeable and enlivening effect of
tl? quality of cheerfulness in the case of
jsial coiupanionship perhaps, is tlior
jU jbly understood by every one, but its
t oluto value as a moral and mental
J-t Jc in practical life and business affairs
I h jcarcely appreciated as it should be.
r Cynics and dysdeptic philosophers are in
kthh habit of sneering at the golden dreams
and enthusiasms of optimists, but what
ji optimism, after all, but tho spirit of
ctiecrfulness, the latter being optimism
iauced to practice and applied to every
jdair life. Cheerfulness is the habit of
Ioniing at everything from the best and
fmwt hopeful point of view of seeing
K.8J sunshine and the pleasant side of the
I world, instead of only the storm clouds
jjiini the portents of danger. Even the
j; worst situation has its bright and encour-
aging features, and it is the part of ra
$ tioDal cheerfulness to point this out and
emphasize it in moments of melancholy
and gloom. The spirit of optimism is
really the spirit of faith, and faith, as
eyyn the doubters and fearful must ad
I tuit, is one of the mightiest agencies which
cerate in the spiritual or business world,
s Toe eloquent apostle, did not exaggerate
hcn, centuries ago, he described the
possibilities of faith. By faith the He
ll brews passed through the Red Sea as by
I dry land, when the (doubling) Egyptians
i essaying to do wero drowned. By faith
the walls of Jericho fell down, and by
"the sauie inspiration strong kingdoms
i have been subdued by the weak and
wonders of all sorts accomplished in every
age and quarter of the e:irth.
There is a practical moral in this ser
mon which might be applied with advan
tage to the business situation in this
country iust now. Cheerfulness, oiti-
I lutein, faith, are but other terms for con-
I fidence, which is what all business men
agree is the necessary foundation of
t .financial prosperity and tho certain pre
ventive of disaster and panic. Confidence
ia more needed than an increase of tho
currency. If the depositors and creditors
I, of the Western banks which have betn
if tsppiiag down recently had had more
j eoufidence, they would probubly have
i been better off in the end, and the insti
''.. tutioos which have been pulled down
r would have been able to tide over their
troubles. Confidence is a great moral
force and it has led more people than the
; Hebrews safely through Red seas of dif
. Xjficulty. The world is what it seems to
,y you, and in general it seems what you
i make it. Suppose every man in the
." United States should get up tomorrow
'morning with the determination
to take a cheerful and hopeful view of
' business conditions, should begin the day
with confidence in himself, in the gov
r. eminent and in the resources of the
country, what an immense influence for
good that spirit of cheerfulness would
exertl The financial and businoss outlook
I would become clearer, the clouds of dis-
trust would roll by, the disturbing effects
of the present alarm would settle earnestly
. .,' down to its work, contented to wait for
lugici! asd ea!ifrj' nolutiou of the
v currency problem.
ff ', There is every reason why we should
have this confidence. Our natural and
T: developed wealth and resources are al
most infinite and practically inexhaustible.
Years of reckless legislation and wildcat
' methods of all aorta have been powerless
to impede our growth and progress. It
' will require more than a little silver squall
,' to do us any serious injury unless we lose
nur courage and our confidence. By
V " faith Columbus discovered the Western
. World four centuries ago; by faith tho
early settlers ventured into its daogcrous
' forests, subdued the savage and created
the conditions of civilization; by faith in
ourselves, in our future we havo become
the greatest country in the world. AH
we need just now is a little of our old
time faith, the quality that is called con
fidence by our business men. It is worth
; more than act of Congress, especially
such acts as the Sherman bill, and will
work a speedier cure than all the political
nostrums oo the market.
i "I'm so nervouV before taking
, Hood's Sarsaparilla. I'm so well"
after taking Hood's. Moral ''Be 'sure
, to get Hood's.
HARD TIMES.
IF YOU HAVE MONEY, l'AT YOUR DEBTS
AND QUIT TALKING IIABD TIMES.
Charlotte Observer.
These are "hard times" and no body
is ever allowed to luso sight of the fact.
Something happens to cause u stringency
in money and everybody forthwith cries
"hard times." Then they get harder.
The bank begins to hesitate about dis
counting paper and next the gentlemanly
cashier siys he is sorry but really he will
have to decline to give up any money to
the importunate customer all because
the times are so hard. The clerk and
the wage worker, whose pay is running
right along at the same old figures, wag
their heads aud dec are they never saw
such hard titties. Shylock puts on his
glasses, looks over his notes and tells his
hapless debtors that in consequence of
hard times he must have his money. The
rich man, with cash in the bank aud no
poor kin, stands off tho dry goods mer
chant and the grocer, telliogthem to call
again. The man who is "good but slow"
(you all know him) is in his very ele
ment, for what better excuse could ho
have for being slower still than the
excuse that "times are hand and nobody
seems to have any money." Incidentally
a rotten bank here and there, the heart
of which whs cateu out years ago and
which was but a shell when times were at
the best, avails itself of the opportunity
to let itself down easy, and tacks on its
door a litt'e notice stating thatowiog to
the stringency of the times and inability
to realize on assets, fcc.
And so we go. The rich and the poor,
the boud and the free, the white and the
black "and those of neutral tints" all
howl calamity until it looks as if every
body had joined tho Farmers' Alliance.
The man wiih his stomach full, with
clothes on his back and a good balance
in bank, is making more fuss than any
body. The man who is able and rather
disposed to help his neighbor over the
summer is rattled by the talk he hears
aud tukes a fresh hold on his dollars.
The farmer has old cot n in his crib, bacon
in his smoke house and has threshed out
the biggest wheat crop he has had in
years, and bank vaults are bursting with
money, hut everybody says "hard times."
The times arc hard with those who do
business on credit made so by fright of
those who have the cih but they
would become vastly uasier if those who
havo niouey would pay their debts, if
those who can help their neighbors would
do so, and if all hands would quit talking
so much.
LOOK OUT FOR STORMS.
TUB PINE CONE OIL.
Messrs. Hanson & Smith, who have
done so much towards developing the
many medicinal qualities of the pine, are
now manufacturing from the pine cone a
liquid disinfectant which is destined, we
thiuk, to come into pretty general use.
Only the yellow pine, or pitch pino, cono
is used. It is plucked when fully ripe
and beforo it is dry and the oil it con
tains is carefully evaporated. It ia then
purified and prepared fir use by a process
known only to those gentlemen and is
placed in a perforated jar from which it
evaporates, but dues not. leak. A quart
jar of the oil lasts about one iunuth and
the atmosphere surruuudiug it is thor
oughly impregnated with the pungent
odor, which is decidedly pleasing. Mr.
Hansen tells us that it is coming into
pretty general use as a deodorizer. A
number of largo hotels having already
eutered orders for it. Wilmington Review.
Summer W eakness And that tired
feeling, loss of appetite and nervous pros
tration are driven away by Hood's Sarsa
parilla, like mist before the morning sun.
To realize the benefit of this great med
icine, give it a trial and you will join the
army of enthusiastic admirers of Hood's
sarsaparilla.
8uro, efficient, easy H md's Pills.
They should be in every traveller's grip
aud every family uiediciue chest. 25c
a box.
HICKS SAYS THERE IS REASON TO AP
PREHEND VIOLENCE IN TnE ELE
MENTS BETWEEN THE 8tH AND
12TII ANOTHER TERIOD OP HEAT
AND STORMS FROM THE 18TII TO
22m
On the 2nd and 3rd of August will
centre a reactionary wave of great warmth,
resulting in severe storms within the
period embraced between the 2nd and
the night of the 4th. The stoim peiiod,
8th to 12th, promises themost active and
dangerous storms of the month. There
is reason to apprehend violence in the
elements between the 18th and 12th.
The heat will become intense before the
storm appears, the barometer will be de
pressed generally, reaching phenomenal
"lows" at eome points, and cloud forma
tions will be black and ominous. Heavy
hail, thunder and wind may bo expected
and "cloudbursts, are sure to result here
and there. About tho 15th reactionary
temperatr.ro with southerly winds will
most likely result in another spell of
storminess, and be followed by another
northwesterly inrush of cold air.
From the 18th to 22nd falls another
period of heat and storms. We name the
19tb, 20th and 21st as days on which the
chief disturbances will be at their crisis.
The moon's first quarter on the morning
of the lllth, in connection with the pre
vailing Venus electric strain, is very apt
to produce gales and thunder squalls
within twenty-four hours of G p. in. on
that date. After these disturbances there
will be a close approach to the frost line in
tho North. Pleasant day and very cold
nights will follow up to reactionary
changes aud storms on and touching the
20th and 27th. The full moon on the
27th will lend to centralize the disturb
ances ou and around that date, and will
help to parcipitate any tendency to seismic
throes that may exist, such beiug more
than probable at the time, if electrical
storms should not hav been frequent
aud hard during the mouth, August
euds with the first stages of a storm period
coming into action that is, barometer
will be falling in the west, with tempera,
ture risiug in advance of it, fed by the
southerly air currents that transport
uiuisture, heat and electric force from the
equatorial regions.
A SETTING GOHLA.U.
Mr J. C. Dixou of Black Jack was in
town Saturday and told us of a pccular
notion a turkey goblcr belonging to him
had taken. One of his turkey hens had
been laying in the woods not far from
the house but for fear tho foxes would
get the eggs he took them out as fast as
laid and kept some white marl shells in
the nest. When the hen was ready to set
he made her a new nest in the yard. A
few days after setting the hen he missed
the gobler. In the eveuiug the goblcr
came up fur food and disappeared again.
The next evening tho same thing recur
red and the third day, Friday, Mr Dixou
followed the goblcr to see what it was up
to. The goblcr wrnt stright to the uest
in the woods where the hen bad been
laying, and getting on it with all due
ceremony weut industriously to setting.
As it is not probable that the gobler can
get anything out of the marl shells, Mr
Dixon says he is going to give him a few
eggs and watch the result. Greenville
Reflector.
Walk one way, look Another
You often see persons doing it, and many
a poor fellow has stumped his toes or
cracked his shins falhug over some object
You call them fools, but it may be their
brains are bemuddled by a torpid liver.
People suffering with indigestion and
dyspepsia get oonfused the bruiu ia in
active. You muit wake up the liver by
taking Simmons Liver Kecnlntwr, iUi
euro for this disorder and fir Biliousness
and Sick Headache.
TWO HUNDRED BULLIONS.
WHAT THE COTTON CROP WILL DO FOR
THE SOUTH THERE WILL BE PLEN
TY OF MONEY TO MOVE IT.
It does one good to read an article
like the annexed from the Augusta Chron
icle.
The cotton crop of the South will
bring into the United States, during the
season beginning September, two hundred
million dollars in gold.
There will be plenty of money, too, to
move the cotton crop. Wall street un
derstands the situation. As soon as cot
ton begins to move actively the balance
of trade, as between this country and
Europe, will rapidly turn in our favor.
Gold will pour in for our cotton and the
financial situation will be greatly improved.
We make the prediction that there
will be no scarcity of currency to move
the cotton crop this season as soon as it
is ready to market.
The cotton crop saved this country,
principally the North, from a financial
panic when the Barings were embarrassed
on account of their "South sea bubbles"
in South America. It will come to the
rescue of the country again before the
year is out.
The South stands up admirably under
the pressure that has produced apprehen
sion and panics -in other sections. The
South will weather the storm and will
como out of it with flying colors. She
will make the growing crop with less bor
rowed money than any since the war.
Cotton is one cent a pound higher than
one year ago, and it will not bo worth
any less than it is to-day for sometime to
coe. It ought to be worth a great deal
more.
AN OLD HOAD MADE NEW,
(1REAT IMPROVEMENT IN B. 0. EQUIP
MENT. NEW ROUTE TO THE WEST.
A man livintr in Buncombe countyi
North Caroliua, is said in have more relies
of the Revolutionary war than any man
living.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has
prepared to haudle a large business while
the World's Fair is open at Chicago. The
terminals at Chicago are capable of ac
commodating a very heavy traffic Im
portant changes have been made for the
handling of a large freight and passengor
business to the West from Now York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore. New equip
ment fur largely increased passenger bus
iness and an extensive stock of freight
cirs have been added. The vaiious roat's
of the system are being improved by
btraigthened lines, reduced grades, extra
side Hacks, and interlocking switches.
I he new line between Chicago Junctiou
and Akron has shortened the distance
betwecu Chicago and tide water twenty
live miles, and between Pittsburg and
Chicago fifty-eight miles.
The distance between Chicago and
Pilisburgh and Chicago and Cleveland
by thu construction of the Akron line,
and the aiquisition of the Pittsburg and
Western Hue and tho Valley railroad of
Ohio, is about tbesume as via the Lake
Shore fruiu Cleveland to Chicago. The
aliguiuciit is to be changed aud grades
reduced to a minimum of twenty six feet.
It is expected that within twelve months
the old lUtiuiore and Ohio through line
between Chicago and the Allatitie Oeeuu
will have paused away und the new line
via PittsburL'h will be established, with
uo greater grades or curvature than un
any id the trunk linos.
Work is pri greying rapidly east of
Pilti-liutgh to meet improvement making
west of Pittsburgh. 'llnse improve
ments consist of additional second and
third tiacks, a general correction of the
alignment, and coiupicti "ii ol the double
Hack ou the Metropolitan Branch. Au
other important enterprise of the B:ilti
more aud Ohio Company is the coiuu..o
ti in of the Belt Line tunnel under the
tii y of Baltimore, winch is intended to
unite the Washington Branch with the
Philadelphia Division, and do away with
the present line via Locust Point. Forty
uew and powerful locomotive endues
have been recently added to the iqnip
ment. and others in orocess of c.wnue-
tiou. The periuauent impiovemenis i.ok
under way and iu contemplation invo've
the expenditure of sutue five miliiuus of
dollars.
Hall's Hair Renewcr enjoys tho con
fi.Li.e oc psiiuuago orpeople all ever
theii.iliztd wr!d whoutei- to restore
and keep the hair a natural color.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
The Board of County Commissioners
met in regular session Monday, all the
members being present.
The following accounts were allowed:
L D Browning, supt poor house and
labor 8-1U CI).
Chas D Froelich & Co., goods, 3 82.
J A Ilarrcll, printing, 15 75
J Frank Brinkley, recording orders
for July and clerk to Board 2 days 12 50
J Frank Briukly, recording purchase
returns 21 30.
G S Alford, removing rafts from bridge
and repairs 7 00
John Fenner, work at courthouse, 75c
Emry & Daniel, goods, 4 09
K E Kilpatriek, conveying prisoners,
2 75
J J Williams, coveying prisoners 7 50
M V Barnhill, lumber and labor ou
bridge, 4 12
Emry & Pierce, goods county, 50 25
R W Pittman, arresting lunatic 1 20
Sam Trucblood, corn for county 24 0"
Excelsior Printing Co., printing 5 5o
J A Harrcll, printing, 8 05
J F Hancock, for whole fees State v-
George Harper 1 91
R II Walker, burying pauper, 2 00
John G Powell, conveying prisoners,
2 75
A S Allen, half fee due Washington
Mabry 1 70
W M Cohen, diugs, 15 60.
II B Furgerson, professional services
at poor house, 25 00.
John T Gregory, copying names of J
P's 2 35.
S Goode, lumber for county 4 50
R G Reid, jail account, July 102 30
B I Alsbrook, ace't rendered to date,
548 00.
Roanoke News, printing 2 00.
Dallas Alston, work at jail, 4 00
The following amounts were allowed
for taking the tax lists:
W S Biggs, Conoconara, 25 00.
W T Whitehead, Roscneath, 25 00.
W E Spruill, Littleton, 30 00.
T F Maguire, Buttcrwood 25 00.
I II Dickens, Faucetts 30 00.
J R H'hitakcr, Enfield, 35 00.
B A Pope, Weldon, 30 00.
W W Jones, Scotland Neck 30 00.
G T DeBerry, Palmyrn, 30 00.
M Whitehead, Halifax, 30 00.
S P Hunter, Briukleyville, 30 00.
Burton & Travis accoutit for services in
railroad ensa ullowed aud payable as fol
lows: 8100, 1st Monday in September;
S200 1st Monday in January 1894; 8200
1st Monday in March 1S94.
Sarah Griffith allowed 82 per month
for 4 months; C A Dickens, William
Rodgers, $4 per month fir fi months.
Betsy Simmons, Mary Tyler aud Liz
zie Perry were allowed to go to the coun
ty home.
Following persons allowed to list: An
na Alston, Briukleyville; W E Whitmore,
Scotland Neck; I C Jenkins, A T Jack
son, Halifax, George E. Brown, Palmyra;
E Staton, Scotland Neek;Eitoa Johnson
Weldon; Berry W Bn.wu, B F Moss, W
II Bohbitt, Littleton.
Supervisors of Enfield township allow
ed to let out bridge across Fishing Creek,
uear uullaiiiy's factory, for repnirs to the
lowest bidder.
It wan ordered that tax on $2500
worth of property listed by W C AlUn
used exclusively for school purpose be
remitted and that the value of his real
estate subject to taxation be listed at
81,000.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Is Life
Worth Living?
That depends upon tho
Liver. If tho Liver is
inactive tho wholo sys
tem is out of order tho
breath is bad, digestion
poor, head dull cr aching,
energy and hopefulness
gone, tho spirit is de
pressed, a heavy weight
exists after eating, with
general despondency and
the blues. The Liver is
the housekeeper of tho
health; and a harmless,
simple remedy that acts
like Nature, docs not
constipate afterwards or
lequire constant taking,
does not interfere with
business or pleasure dur
ing its use, makes Sim
mons Liver Regulator a
medical perfection.
" I hsve tested it personally, and know that for
Dyspepsia, biliousness and Throbbing Headache,
(t ii the best medicine the world ever saw." H.
H. Jonbs, Macon, Ga.
Take only the Genuine,
Which has on the Wrapper the red QQ Trade.
nark and Signature of
J. H. ZEI1IH & CO,
TO THE LADIES OF
WESTEKN HALF OF HALIFAX CO.
I know Dr. J. A. JcGill's QRftNGE
BLOSSOM t0 be 8 very SIC!lt blessing to
our sex. We have long needed some
thing which we could use ourselves and'
which could conquer the stubborn forms
of chronic inflammation and congestion
which lie at the foundation nf all female
troubles. That Dr. jlcGill's treatment
meets the demand of this long felt want
is shown by the fact that many cases
which have baffled the skill or our best
physicians, are being cured by it. I havo
pledged myself to let my sufl'cring sisters
in the above Counties know of this simple,,
entirely safe, yet wonderful cure. To
accomplish this I must havo tho help of
some good Christian lady iu each township.
There nre not less than one thousand ladies
iu each of the ahove Counties to whom this
cure would beof inestimable value, many
of them mothers who need strength thai
they may train their little oiiph; then there
aic so many young (ti'U whose trouble is
not considered serious, but nevertheless
need attention, as only a little time will
be required for it take the color from the
cheeks aud all the joy from their glad
young lives as it has done in thousands ot
cases. Write for information. I answer
all questions. I will also send Township's
Agent s Terms to thos who will ns.ist me.
MISS LIZZIK K. DAVIS,
Areola, Warren Co., N. C
i-yo-iy
A PROMINENT LADY ARRESTFD
much attention at r Washington ball by
her remarkable appearance of health. The
glow of health aud the charm of beauty
need not depart from so many women,
when a eenuiu remedy exists in Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription for their
funetiini.il and orzunio di.-eiiM's. I' prop
erly cur-." nausea, iudiir.siion. bleating
weak bat!;, navuus jrostraiion, debili-y
and sleephif tneso. P'nth is renewed
' energy iciuin, au i jjauty again bloom1
It is purely vegetable and perfectly haiui
I less. Drui-ia have it.
B" THE TALK OF -t
Sfir THE TOWN -a
sot now is m
Have YOU Seen
The pretty goods at
lillern Store ?
Dress Goods of all Kiuds;
And tiimmings to match,
EVERYBODY
says they are the prettiest in town. A
nohhy lineot Ucnts r urnisliings A hrge
lioe of sample goods to be sold at
KEV YORK WHOLESALE PRICES.
and if you can't get a suit of clothes is
stock you can select a pattern and the
fit is guaranteed; it takes only five d;i8
to make a suit.
TT A rPQ. A big line of the
XlXJL. -L 0 Newest styles straw
and felt lints just opened.
I am always glad to i-l.ov. goi.ds, and
prices shall compile with the lowest that
good goods eaii be sold at.
Respeotfullv.
W. B. TILLERY,
eidou, N. Ci
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