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STrfKET IMPROVKMKiiTS
Our reader^should not forget'that.
there is to bo an election heM-4n the
City of Washington on Tuesday, the
14th of Sqpte&ber. for the pin-pose
of deciding, whether- or not Washing
ton shall issue $25,000 worth of
bonds 1 6 Improve and better our
thorough fa res.. ?
One ran- hardly read a paper pub
lished In North Carolina .today with
out noticing articles favorable to
road, betterment, both as to town?
and country. There seems, to be a
popular wave a II*" over the State ' in
this direction^ Our people have- it
?. last wakened, to the necessity of good
roads. The citizens reaWze one fact,
that gocd- loads and Streets play a
.conspicuous .part towards growth
Good streets in Washington Is a
question every citizen should favor: I
all can rally around this measure, irj i
respective of party affiliations. No
creed or faction should creep In, but
all political bitterness and dissension
ean -be eliminated and all personal',
animosities 'shelved in promoting
this necessity. No. citizen otf Wash
I net on, who ha* the- welfare and fu
ture of -the. city at heart can oppose
' ?treet imjirovements. * If Washing
ton is to be abreast of the times. If
her reputation for progress Is to con
tinue in the outside world, the elec
tion TTi.mt rai ried~-nOt only bv -i
small margin,' but by a good, saf<
majority. a community can
L. to stab {f.is measure. O'.ir
record is at stake, our future totters
- and KTayyers: ? how can we say to
the other towftg of North Carolina,
you do what you please as to ci^lc
betterment, r.s fu~ u*. we propose to
remain in the'Jr.me old rut as we
have for the la^t quarter of a cen
tury. Are ;ve bo:1 k to do this, are
we going to allow a. fttvv ,?j?ffoulc
.grumhiers to stop pa In. our _oilward
mar'.-:*? The "News don't believe the ,
;rv;si will. : We. nrThe [inn* . ha \Trr a-!" i
? wavf.- measn'.^l up wrthcTine when!
" tlie tin* ;>r?-j?*nted itself and this pa-J
per anticipate!* no turning away ftorn |
, pftst history on .Septenib-ii* .4.
Suppose it does, will not'* these lm- !
provements be the means through
which more capital will come to tu*.
? renre p-;u>.p;ih of -.vealth anxious to
share the'r lot" v'ith..ua^-wMi tt no*
be tne _av-,'iiue rm whirh can be seen
energy, push and ~progress? Th?4
?benefits we shall derive from good
streets will far outweigh the small
additional tax entailed. XwaJ" Wllfl j
sur.h arm:i?ftut . and let ua don ? iulutJ
blood in 'our veins, dress In a new <
Ifmlnatlnn h?- ?omn thing 'not only |
as private individuals but as a com- .
tnunUy. Wo cannot afford to be be-|
hind the times. Every taxpayer]
should not ohly voje for street im- 1
? prorement?, but shwwld |.et out' uild
work among those asleep oh the
fence. ?rQet those to register and!
Uiciv vote for a measure that . will he |
-to them a la sling monument.
A strip of land 39,000 square miles I
I In extent,' Inhabited only by polar jrfi
Imals. ha* been added to th?^area of
I the United States. ? *
For the first tlioe in the history gt
the world an accurate chart of -the
globe may now be mnd?. Dr. Cook'?
I discovery will finally settle the tfieln
. tlon . , of the . eirth'a elHptlclty- -
Whether or n<?t there U a flattening
of the surface at the poles. ,
* flit field for meteoroloff.cal,
tidal, and magnetic research la open
ed bythe discover* the pole. Oh
serratlon* wuy be made theiw before
a full comprehension of nature's law*
And processes can be had.
The prevalent view amQtUL**??r?
' phers had been that was do
,fc*td at the pole. Dr. CooW effort
. ^ggrcMOjr ft? ' disproved this theory.
1 ?*> 4frU uau
WHAT DR. fOOK'K DISCOVERY
OP THK XORTH POI.B WKAN.M.
And, ?n*ll?. that tk? ftr?at (oal
which ha* d.flwl th? Effort, of ?
^Iorer? through the centuries and
whose pathway waa strewn with the
el 'the'moet UlrepM bmreW
of all tho py ?Ifaniii Un anii i
should be flrat reached by an Amer
ican lg a triumph that will be patriot
ically acneijBed rrom the 8t. Law
rence to the Rio Grande, and from
ocean to ocean:
THK BOV AX I) THIS CilRI>.V
One of the most, touching sights
tn the world Is to see a fdther and.
mother laboriously and patiently and
with great sacrifice sending a son or'
daughter through, school or college,
while they deny themselves of thei
comforts and pleasures jof life to dis
charge the obligation which they feel
xhmselves-owlng to llm child. How
often tire great unselfishness of Jhe
parents la unappreciated by the boy
or girl. John frequently cornea home
a siaVe to cigarettes or "baseball, and
In no jCqndltlon to either make a.llv
ing for himself or pay the father
bafk advancements. Maltuda,
while possessing some vague ideas
about botany and well-defined con
Tlctions touching basketball and frills j
and fineries of dreBS, Is short on
practical know4*dge'of life and duty
toward parents.
TJiut Is a splendid and pathetic .at
tribute of.the_hpn>an aourwhich^lfiada
a parent to observe: r*y have noth
ing to leave my Bdn blit an education
?this I mean to give him." He may
Ie&s heritage. "It Bhould he more tKffir
gold to htm. If he tall to take ad
vantage of Its value, ine^Iouii la hlir
own: The parents obligation Is dis
charged ki affording him the chance
to equip himself -tw-llfe's (Stem bat
tle. where tuen'TOn-orer and trafhpie*
each other lr. the melee.
The way Is broad, o some for
tunate souls the path is lined with
roaes. while totiihers tTnr trail must
be blazed out with one's own axe.
through the wpod.
~ TVe all ha|^ power within onr
sejves to attain what we would. There3
Is no such thing as luck or fate In
these days of pluck, determination,
perseverance. In' the will we can
work- and accdmpllito, chaining the
very wheels of chance.
youth. ? Danbury Reporter.
ODDITIES IX THE DAY'SXEWS.
A pine stump <T fe.et 7 Inches
through is a curiosjty on .a piece of
land In Phillips, Maine. Augustus
Vining says that his father and uncle
felled the tree, sawed and hotted the
butt of it and shaved 25)000 shingles
and 1,000 feet of boards from It.
Because, the fish are biting good
the Inhabitants of Venice, Madison,
ffnd Ganlce City, ill., are so" wrapped
up fn the gentle pastime tha^ they
refuse to be lured from the cool
banks of the streams to the heat of
the furnaces. Offers of $6 a day
each do not tempt tljp ^workmen. Con
^ mtlln nr? nl r| Rfflnil
Still. ,
Bee owners muet keep their hees
pedple is the purport of a decision by
Justice of the Peart? C- B. At wood* of
Watertown. Conn. . ?
MrCK IX LITTLE.
Smoking was a penal offense at |
one time In Turkey.
; Last year aEot ? persons~vis
iied the- biTthpJace^ot SfiaKeapfeare. J
I Ms said there are 1,000.000 Egyp
tians wlio can neitner reaa nor write.
Only 30 per cent of the inhabi
tants of Sicily are able. to rend and
write.
Danfarcus has an. electric tramway
the dnllv receipts of which average
Si 76.
Sketching in public ptSces is pro
hibited by the police reflations of
1,'oirdon.
-"TW Marconi-^ sTcm has lieen
stalled on more than -00 mercantile
i?aeln.
? There are "blind ajitotfr'" on the ton
gue which are insensible lo certain
a'arori. ?
? Tim- AmI peafcet ? timepiece* 'were
called "Nuremberg eggs'" after the
jdULfttilirlr origin. ?j=. ? ?
Whiteboards, ar<* .being substitut
ed /or blackboards In some of the
English schools.
.Spanish women have the smallest
feet. but Mjiji-m of l!ig.|.|iHM Kta<e*
are the frest shod.
English agricultural societies have
started a sparrow crusade*. Bounties
are 9a Id for birds and eggs.
The t'dngsten incandescent lamp Is
.the first artificial light by which all
""colors can be dlsttn gu^ghed.^ ^ j
ford. Pa.. Is said to be the first negro
girl to become a dentist in the Bast
er? States. ? ? ; .= I
France, has followed the lead of.
the United 8tates in the establish
jnent of a laboratory for the investi
gation of mine accident*. It has been
placed at Llevln.
, Ifce fystem of building erabauk
menu \)j running trains of loaded
cars on rails -bung from a suspension
< able above the
ment Is being tWfcd \VfflTl8teat am
oeai.* 1 - ?- ?
- wiuuJlw IS eb China au* wHwt ft M
to the United State- corn Is to Hex:
co. Good prices for hemp and &&>'?
crope of com mean much to Yucatan,
snd the .American merchants an ?
importers who deal wfth Yucatan ft
msaarf that rsrjr soon in
come, the horse stopped at a word of]
command.
So exhausted and chilled was he ]
by this tlmo that with the upper por
UiM of bod vre'gtl lift over the edge
of the solid Ice and his hands bOT&!ffff~
to the wbeeT, he would scarcely hare
had power to draw himself out of the
water. But taking as firm a grasp of
the wheel as possible, "tie chirruped
the animal responded, and father" waa
dragged from his icy bath.
Summoning all his strength. and wlll
?gflWcf. aa mit'CMium m gaiuing lib
feet Knowing that he must get home
at once, and that If possible he must
walk' rather than ride,' in order to |
avoid being utterly chilled and seri
homeward and staggered along as
best he couHL I wa*_nt home, and
happened to be anxiously peeling ont
of the window In the^ hope of seeing ,
father. *>
Up the street a block' or two was
Old Prank, coming borne with the
dray, and on the sidewalk ficame a man
ognfzed as father. His clothing was
froten stiff. whil^Jrom all over- him
haas Icicles, literally by the hundred.
He reached the houae, and soon made
a change 'of apparel. Remarkable as
Ai may seem* be was not aor lowly
fro* en any vh*e, nor did he-suffer any
particular lnc#pven!ence afterward as
a result of hOf involuntary and jeome*
JKh prolong ffatgifrhaih,? B. IT.
McKEfN, ? , ? < ? ?? ?;
The adtftV was January, Mid tfte
wlater waa a Mitarly cold ooa. Wa
w^re living in Waterloo, low*, then,
and father was dtfvlfl| a Hray. Hia
only foar years Qld at the time, yet
to relate taeteiied themselves Indeli
bly on my memory, and furnish a set
tlng*of remembrance round which the
story of father's adventure, aa I hate
often heard him describe It. fathered
until ?it became c*?> distinct whoje.
Father's draV Jt as one of those two
wheeled vehicles still to ^e seen in the
Eastern cities of odr coontry, but now
very rare In the West "Old Frank,"
father's trusty dray-horse, was alarge
bay, Intelligent, faithful and obedieftL
The day was one of'' the .ooldest of
that ?winter. The sky was cloud leu.
and a strong gale blew from the north
west. 80 piercingly cold. waa the day
Father was kept very busy through
out the forenoon. Finally hut a single
Job remained to be done before Old
Frank could be put In the barn and
father go to a belated dinner. Some
one wanted a loau of ice.
The place where lather ^ient*for hi*
BB WEB assarted b^the ice-harvest
ers. The river here stretfched away
for a mile or two to the. northwest,
and down this stretch th^ wind, un
hfnderedseemed sjffi?t to double Its
speed and keenness, ~ ? ;
The bank sloped gently down to the
edge of the water. Here father tiCck
of the ice, and left his horse standing,
while he prepared to cut and load the
was hut? a- lew inches jhiak,
?" where he began ?plrttlng Oir etas or
it with his axe.
He was making rapid headway '
with his work, and had secured and
loaded nearly aa much as Be JPlhted, ;
when a considerably larger piece split
off than be had anticipated, including
the portion on which be stood. Taken
by surprise, he was precipitated Into
the water.-which at this point was ten
feet or more In depth, with; a strong
current. -- ? <d.
He was clothed to the point of clum
siness. He wore a heavy overooat.
with a strap or belt tied round It, a
heavy cap. and a pair of thick Bheep
skin mittens.
He came up somewhat 'f&rther out
In the Btream than where he had gone
down, and near thinner Ice. He soon
time he was fortunate enough to get
a new hold before being drawn under.
While working thus he drew nearer,
partly by design, to the river-bank,
where, the faithful old dray-horse was \
standing.
At last an Inspiration seized him,
and knowing how well the horse obey
his least wuTfr tie eallad to OU
Frank to back" np. Tile old horse
backed a few steps In a slow and de
liberate mwnpr Father watch
him with keen anxiety, leat he back
too far, and dray, horse and all .be'
precip'tated into the icy stream. But
hia fears were groundless, for when
the dray was a a neqf the edge of the
ice as father dared risk having It
the edge of the thin ice, his mittens,
freezing 'f&st lUUBOyr
Then he foun4 that he could maln
'???? ywmuu mi' Ml In
definite period, although the strength
of the current constantly drew? his
legs down-stream and up under the
Ice to which he waa clinging.
To have clung thus until help could
arrive would have leen a comparative
ly easy matter under- ordinary circum
stances. \m. ^ .
But althougb-he was_ln plain sight
of the flouring mills on- each side of
the river, and within possible hailing
distance of the bridge which spanned
the river below the dam, and in sight
of perhapB a dozen horses, no person
was visible. The. small chance of any
one appearing on this bitterly cold
day was even smaller at this particu
lar tlmp nn Pfwln generally
their midday meal.
Better build in Washington Park,- where 'tis -
LOOKOUT! LOOK OUT!
LOOKOUT!
r , The entire wharf property between the Bu'oy-jard and the ex
treme East end of towir Is pwne by 14 people or companies; and
excepting that I hare (or sale ybu can't buy an inch of it.
This I hate to sell is in the c4nt?r of business; its moat de- '
sirably located, IPs very valuabl and you in any business, who
'in any way-can utilise this property ~Bhould .grasp . and grasp
qnick. .If you don't you will hare to every few years- nay more
rent, or look put for another property. ? '
Look to the future. "If you- study you will-decide that the free
4^ Inland water route will be granted us. and 'twill make eyery_
plece of water-front propery In Washington worth double ^nd _
? trlpple the price of today.
Fortune 'goes _to the man who looks and Invests In real esttte *
JtSr IU ruTur?: ? ? 1 . " ' " -
See me at ohCe and secure a piece of this valuable water front.
Will sell from 20 to 80 feet fronting otTWater street.
Come, get a piece now while you cawr or later you'll regret. ~
Only a little CSSh and long time notos required.
EASTERN CAROLINA REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE,
~ A. C HATHAWAY, 116 Market~8t.
??B|
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?m ? ? ?'? . .
FOR SALE. ,
FOR hALK ? TWO pool, TAULHH.
good conditio^* term, to stilt pur
-.chaaer; one" Gary safe. >00 pounds.
A. U Draughan. 14
PUBUO STKMKHUI'HHK, AK lis
^J**rket^streel^Charge? moderate
-SfcHEDyLE f!AN boat VICTOR.
l-eare Hunter's Bridge 6 a. m; ar
rJvrTir BMh. 'e.30. WaaHSit55^j.J
Leave Washington 2.80 p. m., arrive
Batk-i. l>- m , _!iunter's Bridge 5.20.
Fare 50c. round trip. 3SC. one way.
WILLIAM BOVI), Maw^r
FOJl SALE ? CASH REGISTER.
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MHW LINK MKJTH XKCK WEAR,
? ?5-ap4-K'caata,_a^j. K.^ayt'1. .
? * .J1 1 _ ???
FRKHU PALL HKEI1 ? CLOyKR.
Hye. Rape.' Vetch. Cabbage aHff
Tnrnlp. DK "Hardy's Drug Store.
IXtfiT? CHECK NO. 405S TO MRS.
' L. Tt Mayo, fir I15.46. dated Sep
- iaaiw? i, -U<n>, fcamn *sr
Truat Co.. Washington. N. C. -This
la ta>jiotlfy all persona not to cash
same If presented. Ftnder return
to H. E. Harding & Son. Septem
ber 7. 1909. L
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FOR SALS ? FOUR six 'OM i-H a N 1 ,
rubber tire bngglea, good as new;
su tfon tire .buggies, win -sell
' heap for cash, or'on Hide. iv&fih
Ington Horse Ekcbange (A
IXIHT ? LADV8 GOLD WAT<?H. IN
Dlite Theater or between Brown'*
Drug Store. Main street or Gladden
.street. Finder return to thla ^Jffce
' T i ?w
35 CANARY' yntDH FOR SALE I
have on band 15 line canary birds,
good aongstefy, beautiful plumage,
guaranteed to- sing. Price per pair.
LOST AND FOUND.
Chapfaln ? What, my poor', fellow,
waa the firat step that lad to exnbea
oti commuters' shoulder.
Hour*: t-13 A. M.
moNt": "] w.
Dr. I. M.
TRACT*
PHYSICIAN
" UMl
DR. H.SNi
Dentist.
Office corner of I
tteapnas Streets. B
Washington,
H. S. WARD JUNIUS D.
WARD * GRI1V
AITQRNE YS-AT-L i
V^logton.'N. t.
John H. Small. -? A. D.'l
Harry McMullan.
SMALL, MAC LEA
McMULLAN
ATTORWCV3.AT-UI
Washington, North Car*
W.IL BOND. Edencon, N7C
NORWOOD L. SO
BOND & SIMMO'
A TI t>HNfeV?-AT4JP
Washington. North Carol
Practice in all Coy its.
W. L. VAUGHAN
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
tt.C. CARTER,
A.TTORNEY.AT-;
Washington, N.
Office Market Sti
Win. B. Hodman. ?Wiley C?
RODMAN & ROD
Attorney g-at-La
Washingiori^N.
R. I RTFWAI
iHHroMsfehrr
We are ?tfl! doing bi
old?tand. In this period
your
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