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' " ' " ' ' " 11 "' " ' ' ' '"I ' " ' '- ' j' ' " isiiiiMsaisatssaisMi..as rmiJ' uji urn I ' ' I ''.'!-' :'; "vi'V'- :.A''':iH, '.::"r' ".; H:; ' . ' ' -). ;, , . y V" : - ' ?;, - yy . -'vP . j; - ''. w '- i ". V '"-4 - -v' ' ir-tv t.-.v-.: v'fSAV"' Hmv"'' 5"'' " ? P ' Iv". 'V v -i 7 i. TEEBAPTiST GROVE FREE (COr.ON) SCHOOL ... VVhcro trq iho Snovi of -Ycsterday'f 99 DyrAD. STRONACH. Vhere are- the boys of yesterday i who attended the Baptist Grove Free with a drawer and his split bottom; School? Moore Square, before the hickory chair, $it on a form (plat var (t-lvll), was called Uaptlit Grove form) two steps rise In the middle of on account of a Free Will or Ironside the east wall From this vantage ftapttat church that stood An the around he overlooked the school and square near the northeast corner, and from time to time cast his ruler to the magnlflcent grove of old oak trees ome offender who returning; It re thajt shaded, the entire square except celved his due reward. .: The seato a? small upace.. to the west that was were longt wood benches, without any used by circuses and travelling show backs. ThJ boys who wrote uaj at for exhibition curooses. The Baotlst desks, so-called.. These were made Grove during the Federal occupation of the city pf Raleigh waa used as a 'corrall for the army wagon train anl the mules and horses gnawed the! bark from the trees, causing their 1 death. ""How arejrou, mine friend?" Theo. ' Joseph '- wu wagon master of the Corrall.; Writing jof Mr Joseph reminds me of a story of brother V. the steps. If there had ever been any, C fetronach's. Mr. Joseph waa quite had disappeared in my day. You en Ill and my brother; enquired of ,r Mr. . tered by stepping (sticking your toes Joseph's son, Theodore, as to his eon-j dltlon.f i Theodore replied (Theodore was a little weak in the upper story), t 'Ye oldt man vas roin to die, andt . of the side of the door, and swung i. vp vlll haf a big funeral, te . Masons yourself In. A Uttle experience jim ) ; tey vill turn oudt, und te-Oddt Fel- pressed the height of the door, from lows tey viil turn oudt, und te Knights the ground on my memory. "During I of P-thias tey vlll turn oudt, andt Mr. W. T. Womble's administration, :-i te-.. Raleigh Rifles tey vlll turn oudt the last lesson of the day was ithe ehdt ve vlll haf Itufe SUnley'u Bandt speller and defirier. Those qualified and tere vill pe a long string of car- stood in a line lengthwise of the riages: andt I vlll ride In te front von house. For some time A. D. (Ark.) j i andt ve 111 barade un Favetteville Roj-ster had held the head of Ithe fctreet iand ven ve reach te Capitol I , j! vill poke mine headt out of te vlnder 'und call out Strike up Rufe." Like the snows of yesterday, the liaptist Grove school house, the tree ! and the boys who attended the school have disappeared, except a few of us who Uke lingering patches, of snow, await I the sun ! of summer to cause them itoo to disappear. Of the boy with- Whom I attended , the Baptist Grove; Free scnooi older than myself, there are living today John and Louis AVorobJe, John J3ashford. Burt Roys ter. Tt J. Bashford. N. B. Broughton and John ; King.. John King was veiry' quiet; good boy, fond of reading, which i habit still holds with him. I have quite often seen his gray head bent over a book in the Raney Ll brary. ' .. . : :" ' i The! Baptist Grove School House, a weather-boarded, frame ? structure, j neither lathed and plastered nor cell ed. 25 or SO by 50 or 60 feet, running lengthwise north and south, eat exact ly in the centre of the souare. There were jwo ot three windows In the , east and west sides' and a door In tho; north land south ends. , f I Llr. Chas. B. Cnnningham, Ugr.; The V- pear Sixteen years Then The Keeley Treatment in ITorth Carolina was in its experimental state; I did not know what it would do for me; but I hnow now that the efficacy of the Cure is . certain, as l frequently meet people who have been cured at Tho Keeley Institute at Greensboro. Any one can be cured who will go there and give himself up to the treatment. I have just taken my fourth patient to you, and I shall continue to try to send you all of my friends who are in need of the treatment. You have the best equipped place now I have ever seen for the treatment of the diseases your treatment for Write iTHE copy 1 X k ! I. '! The teacher's deck, a flat top table, of plank with desk-shaped tops, Wlthj ehelf underneath tor books. The stove, box-shaped, and not a Very large one either, sat in Ue middle of jthe room, and it was no idle request when a boy asked, "Please, may I go and warm .The school house was raised jj about three feet on! the ground and through the cracks) on the plank that' was nailed' around the house to keep the pigs from underneath, caught bold class, I next: Missing a word I leut him down and Ark promptly pushed me out or tne aoor. uke the country man who fell In W. C. I & : A i B. Stronach's cellar, who, when asked if he were hurt, replied: "I ain't to eaj hurt, but rm jarred as hell." So Was I. A few days afterward Ark cut jme down and I as promptly pushed him out of the door. We were both piin- fished. btJt the sting of the ruler in my hand did not take the sweet of the revenge out of my mouth. iThe school house door was not unlocked until the teacher came -and on a cold winter morning the only at all wajrm place was on the south end of ithe building. The small boys fared baldly as the big boys often crowded them out of the, sunshine. A new boy com ing to school was promptly matched against some boy of his size and must fight to make good bis footing, It was arough, unruly crowd that tended the Baptist torove; i . , at- The games played included baseball this with a paddle instead of a bat. and a rubber. haU.' The ; ball Was thrown at those running between bases,- and given a cold winter day UiiVf'tiKi: I'm Tim ltcraa Eeehy Institute Greensboro, H. C. ago I was completely relieved of the drinli addiction which you cure. The nervous patients, KEELE l7" INSTITUTE, of their Handsomely Illustrated Booklet the strike of -a ball on a tender meant bruise or blister. "Stick him," was. another game In which they, "stuck it to you" with the rubber ball. Hail over, another game in which, with the cry, "Hail Over, the ball waa thrown over-: the school house to be caught by a boy on: the other side. Of course in the summer time marbles, mumble-peg and knucks. In the game of knucka three hoks were hollowed In the ground about three feet apart. Tou rolled your marble to fall in these holes up and back. The laxt boy had to hold his knucks In the last hole while! the others shot at them with their taws I One st! be- (marbles). Maybe it didn't hurt! other game was after the leaves gan to fall, of which there were 1 im mense quantities, to rake up a huge pile, then for several days boys to caicn a Doy, uixe mm oy tne legi-ana arms and toss- him In the pile, cover him quickly and then fall on top of him. j School hours were $ to 12 a. ni.. 1 to 5 p m. The only holidays were Christmas. 4th of July, . and I think Thanksgiving Day. At Christmas, we had a short vacation, if I remember correctly. My first school experience was under, the rule of Mr. Jordan Womble, called Young Jordan, in con tradistinction to his father. The nov elty of attending school lasted two days with me. On the third day, seat ed on a bench with . my toes , just touching the floor, I received threo raps on my hand for scraping limy feet on the floor. For several days thereafter my brothers, GeOrge land Will, had to tear me loose, screaming, by main force, from the fence pickets then run tin front of our yard, and they : were noways gentle about; It. either. A Mr, Brown, a Scotchman, through my father's Influence, who was a good teacher, but a man of violent temper. My brother George hearing my father telling how that in Scotland the t boys - would take ithe teacher's rod ' made of ratan, bore holes in it at Intervals and fill the holes with horse hair, then when Ithe teacher undertook to use it the rod would split In two. George worked the scheme on Mr. Brown's ratan. The ratan split at the first call and George received an unmerciful thrashing. This -ended George's school days at the Baptist Grove. George was sent to Mr. Love joy (old Jeff), where he I attended the summer ses sion. After the winter session my father called en Mr. Lovejoy to bay George's tuition. Mr. Lovejoy said, ("By heavens, man. the boy has (not been to school.-. Questioned, George acknowledged that he, Silar Whitaker, and John Carter had snapped the en tire session, making the headquarters in one of the caves the boys had In those davs In the deep ravines that were .in those days between what Is how North Person and East streets. This ended George's school days, and he was put in the marble yard to learn lettering. . j ! Mr. Brown and his temper depart ed at the end of the session, air. Henry Utley, I think, taught next; lie was a good teacher, not overly strict; popular with the boys, entering Int't and playing their games with them. Mr, Utley taught for one session. ' Af ter him came. I think, Mr. . Elisha Toung, quite a young man. ' X only remember of him that recognizing In' me, , a like love for reading; he gavo me a copy of Riense rather strong food for a . ter-year-old. although the descripuon of the Plagrue I never forgot. It - seems to me that a j Mr. Judd also taught . It -he did. In my memory, it is a case of "also ran." Aim orsEirviai. sxj'dait febiid aky 123 Hemseur, use of electricity by r - and I cetainly wish Mr. W. TWomble, Billy Womble, as the boys called , him, was j the last: ruler whom I served ' In the Baptist: Orove, and Mr. Womble in his halj; old age still teaches the "young Idea how to ahoot still hauls In! the chub and white perch, for he is ja mighty fisherman, and I hope to go fishing with him thia summer. ) Mr. Wombte . opened school by reading a chapter from tlie Bible. This was an Innovation, bit i ran the school on the principle jof "spare the rod and spoil the child. I do not remember that he ever) punished me but twiceonce for forgett'ng my slate pencil, and once, as li have al ways said and still stand to, ibeuse I did not writ better one day than I did the day before, anyway, ho did not punish me the day t&fot e for not Improving three licks each time. Oh, Lord, thoe writing copies! "A man "today in bright array tomorrow may be laid in clay." etc Mr. Womble was a strict but good teach er and ruled the Bai-tift Ore! vt lietier than any teacher In my day I- think under Mr. Womble. Aftrwafdi I at tended a private school lauuht by a Mr. McKoy. a Virginian, in the Pres byterian Session House - or- Hunday school room At the BapiUt Grove our school books were Wbter s spelling-book, speller and"rlefiner. Mur i a-. A. Smith's grammate. Davis: Emerson's arithmetic and I think Mc Guffys readers. In the time of Mr. Jordan Womble, N. L. (Nat) Brown kept a store. At recess, in one corner of the school room Nata stock in trade waa horsecakes; the j currency was pins. So many pins for the tail, so many for a leg, etc. What use he made of the pins is like the problem of what becomes of all i the I pins, for Nat, "rest his soul," no better fellow nor ' braver soldier ever j c trod our streets. Is dead. We buried him in his' uniform In a coffin covered with Confederate grey cloth, the! cross of the Confederacy on the lid, and to me there was nothing of the horrors of death, only j . ; "A warrior taking his rest" Gus Lougee was the typical' tat boy Of the Pickwick Papers. He wan strong, lazy and good natured, espe cially with the smalt boys but ho and Jake Rogers got Into a . fight, Jake was tall and bony, Gus; Was the stronger, but he simply lay down with Jake on top of him. but Gus lay down with Jake's thumb j In his mouth and held on to it like a bull dog. No efforts of ,. Jake loosened his hold; he just lay and j placidly chewed and finally it was Jake who cried, "take him from, under," not Gus "take him off." j The three R. Tt. R.'s reading, (wi riting and (a) rithmetic of j the old common schools gave a boy : a firm foundation on which to build It he wished to push his education;; further; otherwise he could certainly spell, one thing. In my experience, iin. which the bos and girls of today are lack ing. Today In the schools ljt Is ever something new under the fun. A short time ago my youngest k came home from school (graded) and said. "Father, the teacher says I must at tend singing class and I can't sing." I replied.. "As the old darkey, 'an' dat's the rrd's trufe there never was a Stronach that could sing any. thing but the Long Metre Doxology.", Any boy who attended the Presbyte rian schoot In the old days can solve that problem A-la-bam-a. I have been tired and imrsiy mm wot : wccis. , a Dpitie -o Budwelscr seems to me to be th IT. C, R. F. February 20, 1908. your physician is you great success. . Tours very G. Grefetisboro, i 'J medicine. ;'!! Jim afraid this Prohibl- tlon business will not be. good for my ; "suggestion"' ( digestion ) as one oi my! drivers used to j term It. -I P. S. If my letters and reminis cences, for which I receive no pay, are of any interest to the readers of The Xews add Observer, a line to the writer will be appreciated. A clod of earth flung at me now Is worth more to me than 'a wagon load of flowers at my funeral I T1IK S.VTIOXAIj GATEWAY. . f. : i. .-. if TIm New Unloni Passenger Station at I j Washington City. 1 I i (By Arthur G. Lewis.) I The opening of the new Union Sta tion, at Washington on October 1 7th by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was a matter of unusual importance. The great white granite structure whose classic columns and arches ac cord with the dignity of a great na- (uun, urao ue THUDuie uiroujrn whose portals ail must pass who enter Iine! -apuai ?uuy; uie nign ana tow. rich, the President or citixen, embassador or diplomat. Sen ator or Congressman, friend or foe, alike will tread Its marble! floors. Who can read the horoscope of the future and say What comedies or trag edies are to be recorded in the annals of its history? iT i I From a viewpoint of sentiment, it was fitting that the Baltimore and Ohio, the nation's first railway and the first to enter Washington, should be the first to . open the doors of the new terminal to be followed a few weeks later by all the: lines entering Wash ington, v" --.b--"l----:''- :' - ! Although the great granite building with its huge concourse and high curved roof is practically finished ex teriorally, the interior nnish remains to be completed. The mammoth roof of olive green and rectangles of com position terra cotta, harmonize with the granite of the exterior and give a pleasing architectural " effect. Some idea of the immensity - of the station may be obtained from the fact' that it 1 less In size than the capltol in one dimenston only, that of height. In length and breadth It exceeds the di mensions of the CapltoL From east to west the station proper is 70 feet as against the Capitol's 74 1 , feet 1-2 inches. The breadth of - the station from north to south is 341 feet 9 Inches against the Capitol's 270 feet 10 Inches, .k $ iV'i r-: .r .' !-: ; The great plaza facing the ' station when finished will be 940 feet wide with 640 feet from the main en trance to the fartherest . edge of the plaza circle lit Delaware avenue. " From the entrance to the plaza and the nearest end j of the train shed is 833 feet, and the train platform ex tends 1.200 feet beyond this. Froin the entrance to the plaza; to the farth erest end of the train shed is 3,033 feet, or nearly half 'a mile. Some idea of the size of the con course may be conceived from the fact that the entire fenny , of the United States can be' congregated therein; It is in fact the largest room under sin gle roof In the ' world.' containing 97. 500 square feet Of floor space. Lead ing directly from It are the 33 pas senger tracks which may be used . In case of congestion, such as inaugura tion.' to accommodate a total of 6 6 trains. . I , The general waiting room when fin ished will be 230 feet long by 128 feet wide, ; The finest and most com modious in the country; the center of its roof is 120 feet from the floor and is beautifully!! decorated "with sunken panels or coffers. The light is sup plied ; through1 a r circular window at each end 76 feet In diameter. The Imain dining room Is 80 feet by 100 feeti and will be neautiruiiy decorat ed with marble columns and mural D. Ho. 2, a. at your Institute. a grert adjunct to truly, . F. 1IARLEY. N. C. for a pnoposED pnoiiiuiTion lav Vhzt it ViU crJ Whit it Will Ucl Do. ' By STATE ORGANIZER OF 1. What !t Win Do. It will abolish every Ucenaed whis key and brandy distillery In the State. It will abolish every saloon and dis pensary In the State.' It will stop the wine trafflo-within the State. For wine can be sold only at the place of manufacture In quan tities of two and one-half gallons or more and not shipped anywhere In the - state. ;-S"l ; v ' r . ; )yy ! .' It will stop the sale of all those chemical mixtures by whatever name known that will produce intoxication. It will place under, the most strin gent and binding regulations pharma cists and physicians, who may handle intoxicating liquors for medical : pur poses, only. y:rV;-'i;'''."v)::v, It will allow the offlciala of any county or town to regulate or prohibit the sale of Intoxicating liquors by pharmacists In the drug stores.. . 2. What It Will Not Do. decorations,- and can accomodate -1,-000 people at one time. - Attached to It Is a commodious lunch room. . The ticket lobby will be 105 feet long by 51 feet wide, with ticket of fices on one side, and the baggage room on the other. The portion of the station now In actual use Is that which will event ually be devoted to the reception room of the President and distinguished visitors to Washington; the entrance to which will be through what will be known as the State Entrance, .re served exclusively for the- President and representatives of foreign gov ernments. ' As has been stated, the station Is not: completed, and it may be several months before it can be enjoyed as an entirety. The Baltimore and Ohio abandoned its station at New Jersey avenue and C streets to make way for the great plaza. In Jike manner the other Washington " station on trst street south of Pennsylvania avenue was abandoned, and now all of the Southern lines; Southern - Railway, Chesapeake and Ohio. Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air : Line, and Rich mond. Fredericksburg and Potom w Itailroad enter the new Union Station, bringing ai: of the ... railways which tntet Wan'nston together unler ne nti, giving the connectio te th- 1',; timore and Ohio Itailroad both form erly enjoyed. s v-;-;1 Washington, D. C . . ; ; ( ' Whose Boy Is in Dailfeer?" 5- (Epworth Herald.) 'X''x'X1 Dr. Cortland Myers, of ; Brooklyn, relates the following story; as told by a ship's surgeon: : ;-;:Wt -.:., -. "On our last trip a boy fell over board from the deck. I didn't know who .he was, and the crew hastened out to save him. w They brought him J on board the ship; took off his outer ' garments, turned him over a few times and worked his hands and his feet. . When they had. done all that they knew how to do, I came up to be of assistance, and they said he was dead and beyond help. I turned 'avvay. as I ieald to them, 'I think you I have done all you could.' but just then 'a sudden Impulse told me I ought to go oyer and see what I could do. I I went ove'd looked down into the G : a i i i- i i THE ANTX-SALOOtf LE.VGUE. It will nbt prohibit the farmer from making cider from fruits grown on his own land and selling the same at honv or In his market town. ' . It will hot stop - the manufacturer from making his wine and shipping it outside of the State. , It will hot stop the sale of those medical preparations and essences that may have alcohol in them to preserve them or to hold the medicinal agents m solution, such as camphor, vanilla, etc. ', - . : . . - It will hot repeal existing prohibi tion laws. . It will not prohibit the sale of wine to ministers or. church officials for sacramental purposes. . It this Jaw falls to be ratified by the peopli at the polls on May 26 th. 1008, it will not affect the present status of any existing prohibition law In the State. In other words, the dry territory will not be changed. boy's face j and discovered that It waa my own boV. Well, you may believe I didnt think the last thing had been done. I palled on! my coat andT bent over that boy; I blew in his nostrils and breathed into his mouth; I turned him over ind oven and eimpjy begged God to bring him back to life, and for four long- hours I worked, until, just at sunset, I began to see the least flutter Of breath that tnM ma 1lv4 Oh, I will never -i see another boy drown without taking off my coat in tne.nrst instance and going to him and trying' to save him as if I knew he were my own boy." , ' "For Snort." The np.ihes bestowed UDon some of the smal! 'Souther a . negroes remind one of those of the old Roundhead days- Hoiie-above-Williams, i Have-lalth-to-bfe-Baved-John-Mltchell, and so on. Not long ago a visitor In Rich mond was . having his shoes polished by a llttl'v coal bla k soecimen about eighteen Inches in height, but possess ed of gleaming white teeth and rolling : eyes. . ' j , - . ; j-:. c.-. :- ; Idly askedt "Geoi sah." was the reply, i accompanied by a grin of startling proportions. - t , " 'Gen. l I suppose that is an ab- breviatl-n'of Gene al?" the visitor. who had some idea of the fondness of negroes for titles, inquired. . "NO, tah,. don't know as 'tis." was v the reply, abbreviation" evidently be ing t5A much for him. "Mah rTiti, 'nougrh' rime am "Genes is-XXX-3S-So-shallnty-rIghteouness -answer-f or rre-ln-tln"e-to-ome Washington Car ter, an day de.s calls me Gen"for ,shortl"--From the March Bohemian. ; ' NOTICE. Having qualified as administrator of Fetney Terrell, deceased, ot Wake county, this is to notify all person having claims against said estate to present them to the underslneO : tor payment on or before the ISth day f f January 1909, or this notice will la" plead In tar of their -rcyivery.' N. stiat ;ii,rz:i. l-19-law-6w-
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