NORTH CAROLINA LEADS.
Consumes Mure Cotton In Manufactor
ies Than Any Other Southern state.
It is gratifying to Dote the posi
tion that Noith Carolina takes in
tb.fi uiutiufacture of cotton as will
te seen in II. O. Hester's cotton re
port of New Orleaus, issued Septeui
ber IT, 1907.
The number of Jbalea consumed
by each Southern State ate as fol
lows:
North Carolina, 733,008; South
Carolina, Jtl(!,i-,.i7; Georgia, 53i,16?
Alabama, ,:'.i,i!il: Virginia, 70,i0S,
Tennessee, iil,"J7t; Texas, 4,01t!;
MississiiuM, 37,'Jlil; Kentucky, 25,
5ti4; Louisiana, 17,177; Missouri,
S.40; Arkansas, o,t14; Oklahoma
1,100.
It will be observe,! that North
Carolina consumes 2v(,'J84 bales
more than Alabama, Arkansas, Keu-
tuckv, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ten
nessee, Missouri, Texas Virginia,
and Oklahoma all combined. It
will also be observed that North
Carolina, for the first time tak
first place in the consumption of
cotton, as this report shows North
Carolina cousutueu during the past
ear Gt,011 bal.'s more than South
Carolina. The latter state hereto
fore has held the tirst place, Georgia
ranking third, and consuming 532,
109 bales, or X'01,439 bales less than
North Carolina.
This report shews that North
Carolina increased its consumption
ot cotton .,. 10 bales, and the pre
sent indications point to a greater
increase caning the coming year,
with new cotton mills being erected
and old ones enlarged, the coming
year will show a greater increase
than the year just closed.
How Mr. Itusli Called Down the Com
mittee.
Our Il.n,e Manlivillc:
The death of Hev. Z. Rush which
is reported in auother place recalls
an early incident that is related as
having occurred in his early life as
a minister. He was assigned a
charge that consisted principally of
school house appointments and one
strong aristocratic church. His
first attempt to preach at this
church whose congregation felt
proud of themselves, was not a bril
liant success. In fact, the members
were 60 greatly disappointed that
they selected a committee to wait on
the young preacher at the next ap
pointment, provided he didn't make
a better effort at preaching. The
next appointment came and his elToit
was, if possible, not as good as the
tirst. After services were over the
committee escorted him out into the
grove and the spokesman said:
"Well, Brother Hush, we have been
appointed a committee to consult
with you and we want to say that
we like you very much, and you
are eloquent in prayer, but you can't
preach, and we advise you to try
some other calling." The youug
minister with bowed head and when
it came his time to speak he replied:
"Well, brethren, you say 1 can't
preach, and I guess that's so. But
you say I can pray pretty well, and
I don't know anybody that needs
praying for more than you people.
So let's try it again I'll be here at
the next regular appointment."
Later on in the year he had great
revivals and those people learned to
love and admire him.
In Death He stayed the Sentence.
Joshua Harrison, who was sen
tenced to 20 years in the penitenti
ary id Currituck county for abduc
ing Penton Beasley, son of Senator
M. Beaslev, and who was denied a
new trial Wednesday by the Supreme
"Court, committed suicide in Norfolk
"Wednesday afternoon to evade the
execution of the sentence,
The police located him at the
iotel and when the bell boy called
him to the phone, he laughed, locked
his door and shot himself after de
claring he could not be trapped that
way.
New Hank Organized.
The People's Savings Loan &
Trust Co., of T?andleman, recently
organized with tlu? following officers:
J. J. Newlin, President; E. M.
Armfield, Vice President; W. II.
l'ickard, Cashier; L. A. Spencer,
Geo. T. Penny, L. D. Meudenhall,
Thos. Farlow, W. A. Underwood,
W. M. Coble, A. N. Bulla, J. B.
Ward, CD. Hardin, O. C. Marsh,
L. M. Caudle and E. M. Armlield,
directors. They expect to begin
business at an early date.
Notice.
The School Committee of Three
Forks District, Providence Town
ship, will meet Saturday, Sept. 29,
at 2 o'clock P. M., at the school
honse for the purpose of employing
a teacher for the following winter.
Application should be made to the
undersigned at Plesant Garden,
R. F. D. No. 1.
W. W. HoCKET,
Sec. Com.
Men who will not think anything
profitable that is dishonest.
A New Aid Fable.
This is not a George Ado fable, though it may sling some
slang. It is a Home Aid fable.
Once there was a Geezer, who sat around and cut Kindlinj
too small for Cook Stove purposes. He Whittled against Tints
and Flabbergasted against his Town. The town was No Good,
he said strictly on the Blink. Yes, it wa. N. U. Why,
hadn't he lived Here since '84 and found thnt the Place was
Funky? Sure, Mike!
Look at that town over in the next County. Grovn like
Jonah's Gourd. Must be a Jonah hero. We've grown some,
but I don't see that we're knocking nny tRriicular!y Big Per
simmons. That's the way this Gnaboo knocked his town.
One day a Sarcastic 8trn.tr Moated Into tho Town that
was Knocked Irom the burg that hud Blossomed llkt Jonah'l
Gourd. Hi" Heard sums
Jg1
Q
rvWH J
Srl X-A Jr.
Hvl
" N4
have Just Hlown In w
got over all this mint Business years ago. We passed Resolutions
that we would trade at home and help our own town to Spread
out so that you could Sight It on the map without using Opera
Glasses. But you and a Hunch of other folks In this town have
wasted your Substance In Riotous Expenditures In Chicago by
mall and let the sheriff hang out the 'Nothing Doing' sign In
front of some of your own town's mercantile Kmporlums. Ixtok
at our Town and then look at jours. What makes the Differ
ence?" Whereupon the Whittling" Gazaboo throw a few well cho
sen Thoughts into his mental makeup and went down to the
village store to Annex n linen collar in place of the Paper
Circles which he had bought from Chicago at Two Bits a Box.
MORAL: If you want your town to
grow, patronize home enterprises.
IS HARRISON GUILTY?
'(ioil knows I Am .n Innocent Man"
fays kidnapper Harrison.
"I am an innocent man. God
kuows it and my family knows it.
I am about to end my life. No one
is in any way responsible save the
cruel judge who imposed that awful
sentence.''
Thus read a note left by Joshua
Ilmrison, who committed suicide at
Norfolk, Va., when the police at
tempted to arrest him to bring him
to the North Carolina Penitentiary
to begin a seutence of 20 years, the
Supreme Uouit having refused to
grant a new trial in the case charg
ing him with kidnapping Keuneth
Beasley, eon of Senator Beasley, of
Currituck County. While some be
lieve Harrison innocent, because of
his dying statement, many believe
him guilty, and that suicide was
due to his inability to deliver the
young man to his parents.
STORY OP THE CHIME.
The crime for which Harrison
was convicted was the kidnapping
of the Jt-year-old son of State Sen
ator S. M. Beasley, of Poplar
Branch, Currituck County. On the
afternoon of March 19th, 1905, dur
ing recess of the school he was at
tending near his home,, the boy
mysteriously disappeared. The
woods and swamps near by were
searched systematically many weeks
after the boy disappeared, but not
the least trace of the boy was ever
found. Skilled detectives were em
ployed by Mr. Beasley, but they met
with uo more success than the faith
ful friends and neighbors of the
Currituck Senator. Streams were
even dragged with hope of findbg
in them the body of the dead boy,
but the efforts were fruitless. To
this day not the least tiace of Ken
neth has been found. Mrs. Beasley
was prostrated by the tragedy and
has been in a critical state of health
ever since.
Suspicion was at once centered on
Joshua Harrison, he having been
seen in a buggy that afternoon driv
ing rapidly with a child covered up
with blankets, which was recognized
by its voice as the missing Kenneth.
The mule and buggy were also re
cognized as Harrison's. The child
was crying and Harrison was talking
to hi oi in a soothing manner. Har
rison waa seen in Norfolk at 2
o'clock the following Tuesday morn
ing. Harrison was arrested charged
with the crime of kidnapping the
uf the Flabbergasting
and Dropped to the sit
uation. "Look here, you." h
remarked to the citizen
who wan Handing Out
the Knocks. "What do
you do for thin townT
Are you doing your part
to put this Hurg on the
I'pgrade? What's that
hefty Hunch of litera
ture sticking out of
your i'lothes1"'
"That s a Mall Order
1 Catalogue rrom till-
I oa town that Is a
1 town," replied th Oee-
VI "So I thought." said
the Impertinent Arriv
al. "Now let m hand
you out a nice little
Wad of common sense.
For tbe past ten yean
you have been Rending
your money to the Chi
cago Mall Order houses
Instead of spending It
among your home mer
chants. What would
huvo happened to Chi
cago llfty years ago It
nil the First Settlers
had shipped their Loose
Coin to New York on
catalogue Inducements!
Why. you'd have to use
a sand dredger now to
Had the Original Bit
of Chicago. Now, In the
Hurg from which I
Beasley boy. The case was p.. lied
in Pasquotank Superior Court,
Judge W li. Allen presiding, .Mar.,
; 14th, last, it being alleged that the
I defendaut could not get a f ,ir trial
, in Currituck county. The trial was
' atteude! by thousands of people of
; the two counties, Currituck and
i Pasijuotank, the court room being
j packed each day during the trial,
j The case waa given to the jury at
noon Wednesday, March 20th, and
I at 10 o'clock that night the verdict
of guilty was returned.
The sentiment of the people of
the community was aliawu by the
applbuse which was given as Soli
citor Ward closed his masterly plea
to the jury. The verdict of the
twelve met with universal approval.
A motion was made by the attorneys
of tbe defense that the verdict of
the jury be set aside on account of
this feeling, but same was refused
and J udge Allen sentenced Harrison
to 20 years in the penitentiary.
Motion for an appeal was then
made and it was granted, the de
fendant being let out on a bond of
$3,000. The Superior Court, as
told above affirmed the lower court's
dtcision.
Harrison had the reputation of
being a bad man in his community.
He was tried twice for murder and
both times set free. He is a brother
of Mrs. T. J. Jarvis.
There are a preat many peop'e who hnvs
slight attacks of inilijestion and dyspepsia
nearly all the timo. Their food may satisfy
the apiictite, but it fails to nourish "tho body
simply because the stomach is not in fit
cm li'.ion to do the work it is supposed to
do. It ain't digest the food you eat. The
sto ,iac!i should lie given help. You ought
to lake something that will do the work your
sto nacli can't do. Kodol for Indigestion
and Dyspepsia, a combination of natural
dig -slants and vegetable acids, digests the
fuo.l itself and gives strength and i ealth to
the stomach. Pleasant to take. Sold by
Standard Drug Co.
They are tioing Hack.
People who were anxious to leave
the farm a few years ago are now
going back. We refer to that class
of people who try to accumulate
property for their families and edu
cate their children. The farm of
fers more for them than the town
does, with the present prices of sup
plies. Pe Witt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is
good for boils, burns, cuts, scalds and skid
diseases. It is especially good for piles.
Sold by Standard Drug Co.
j CONVINCING A ROAD KNOCKER
, Wood Hauler's Eyes Opened to the
Value of Hard Highways.
1 Wlille Samuel C. Lnnuister, a gov
ernment ol roads expvrt, was lee-
iritis? at Spokane on Improved high
ways, he siiid, according to the Spo
Ui'ie Kovlew:
"There lire wmier excuses made for
not having roudx. While engaged In
the construction of the roads In u cer
tain community I heard one day, while
we wire Hilling under the shade of
mune trees and talking with the men
who were working on these roads,
one tuna say lie didn't tallive in that
hard road proposition anyhow.' And
I knew that he was eimih'i: $,",s a
week hi the construction of M s road,
that lie was n poor man and had u
small farm and was earning more
than he could In nny other way, and
I said to hliu:
" 'Smith, what Is the matter? Why
are you nguinst this proposition?'
"lie mild, "Mr. Lancaster, I own a
little farm, and I have some wood on
that farm, nod during the winter
months, when I can't do anything else,
I haul the wood to town. Now, you
build these roads and anybody can
get to town ut any time of the year,
: and everybody will be hauling wood,
: and my wood won't be worth so much.'
j "I didn't pursue tbe argument there.
; I simply left. And the nest winter,
j when the roads were real bad, I went
out with my camera to get some pho
tographs to illustrate something I
j wanted to say about good roads, and
I I met Smith with his team and a load
I of wood coming Into town. He bad
on that wagon a cord and a quarter
j with an ordinary team of mules, and
I begun to laugh when I saw tbe man,
1 localise I remembered his statement.
and he begnn to smile. I said to him,
'Smith, how much wood have you on
that wagon?'
"He said, 'About a cord and a quar
ter.' " 'And how much did you used to get
for your wood?' I asked him.
" 'Three dollars,' he said.
"'And what do you get for that?'
" Three and a half.'
"He had never got more than $2.75
or $3 before. He was making enough
to pay his taxes on that road for about
three years In one day's time, for he
was then able to haul three loads of
wood a day where before he was able
to haul but one.
"Roads eon he built in almost any
eommunity which will not be a burden
to that community. In fact, I have seen
it several times over where the town
had Issued bonds, sometimes large
sums, before the roads were completed
enough revenue had come In In the
shape of investment and Increased cit
izenship to pay the Increased taxes
which were made necessary on ac
count of the bonds necessary for the
roads."
COST OF BAD ROADS.
Celery Men Tell of Money They Could
Have Saved.
Perhaps the (strongest argument for
good roads offered at a meeting in the
Interest of a bond Issue to build high
ways In the Huntington Beach dis
trict held nt Huntington the other
night was presented by II. S. Hazel
tine, manager of the Celery Growers'
association, says the Los Angeles
Times.
IlazelUne said that had celery grow
ers had macadam roads such as It Is
proposed to build with the money ob
tained from the bond Issue they would
have saved $40,000 In hauling expenses.
He said that the celery men shipped
417,71m) crates of celery this last sea
son, and the actual cost of hauling tbe
celery from the fields over muddy
roads to the railroad stations was $50,
400. Had tbe roads been good the
hauling expenses would have been
$10,409.
W. T. Newland and C. W. Warner
were appointed a committee to circu
late the good roads petition In the
Huntington Beach district.
Work For Improved Roads.
Tbe American Motor league has be
gun to subdivide its membership Into
state divisions, and this work la now
under wny in thirty-four states, says
the Motor News. Each state has been
divided Into a convenient number of
districts, and prominent automoblllsts
are being selected to represent these
districts on the several Btate boards
and to serve the state organization
committees until the beginning of the
next official year. The state boards will
elect delegates to tbe national assem
bly, the first meeting of which will be
held In October next at a place to be
announced by the executive committee.
The national assembly will elect offi
cers for the ensuing year and will take
up actively tho work for Improved
roads, better road laws and the more
equitable regulation of automobile trav
el on the streets and roads.
King Drag Adopted.
D. Ward King's scheme for obtain
ing good roads cheap Is being pushed
In Canada. One hundred dollars In
prizes is being offered by the Frtrmers
Advocate of London, Ont, for the
best ronds made with n King drag.
Tho editor in a personal letter says:
"A widespread Interest hns been
aroused and many drags constructed in
addition to those used by our contest
ants. Po far we are more thun de
lighted w'th what we have seen and
heard of the results."
Beautifying the Roadsides of Ceylon.
Eighteen years ngo or more an offi
cial of Colombo proposed thot the gov
ernment of Ceylon should plant trees
and shrubs and flowering vines along
Its highways. By this It would furnish
shade that would be grateful to man
and beast, aa such shade would be
wherever and whenever the mercury
rises above 80 or 00 degrees F.
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MONTGOMERY NOTES.
Death of Mrs. Jordan, of Texas Mis
roe Schools--Xew London's firuw III.
Montgomrian.
Mrs J. T. Jordan, of Troy, Tex.,
died in a Hospital in Waco Tex.
about three weeks ago. She visited
relatives in Montgomery county last
summer with her husband. She
was about 30 years old and a sister
to Mrs. O. B. Ueaton of Troy.
Biscoe Graded School opened
Monday with an attendence of oo.
The school is in charge of Mr. Hoy
Taylor, priueijal and Miss Kiiza
leth Liles and Mrs. George G. I'aue
assistant teachers. The teacher
and patrons are very much giatilied
at the opening and ate predicting a
good school this year. The assess
ed taes for school put poses in 'bis
district are something over $1400
from the Slate and Count v.
S. II. Free, of Cedar Falls, sp-nt
Sunday with his son J. V. Fne, at
Troy.
New London has six stoits.
Mauney & Ritchie, Ct If. hi II. r. J.
II. Ilearne & Company, J. Bur
lyson, A. J. Napier, one mucin tie
shop, one black-smith shop, one
livery stable run by John L. Culp
& son, one up to dale hotel run by
Mrs. John L. Culp and a 'urge
Cordage Mill in full operaiion by
some northern capitalists with A.
J. Napier as superintendent.
l rot . J. I). Uankin, principal of
the High School here, has a full
corps of competent teachers and are
very solicitous of patrouage.
Of Interest to School Teachers.
Superintendent Joyuer is having
mailed from his oflice detailed dir
ections regarding the next examina
tion for State licenses for teaching
in the public high schools. In ad
dition to the usual high school sub
jects the applicant must stand ex
amination successfully on either
Latin, GreeL, French or German.
Men who will make no comprom
ise with questionable things.
Cancer Cured by lilood HalmAll Skin
and Blood Diseases Also Cured.
Blood Balm, which elluetuully cured an eutniK
cancer of the nose an 1 fuue. The sores healed
up ivrfectiy. Many doctors had given up her
eatiiiR sores, supMinitlng swelling, etc.,' have
chnrKu from the eating sore. Iks-torn advised
w.iiu, mi, i. luuru. Diimii nann neaied the
sores, and Mrs. Querney is as well as ever. Ho
mo, seal and scales, Isine isiins, ulcers, olleu .
slve pimples, lilood poison, carbuncles, scrofula,
III, 1 1 "u ." OIIU Ull lllo(KI
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me
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Your sewing machine runs hard,
Your clock can't be depended on.
These will be made as cood as
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I Dav exoress or rpo-istprpd
mail charges one way.
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Randleman, N. C.
THE mOSTra
Acii-ptahlH tiift thiit can 1k l--tow-el
iiMiii a i-hili"iit any tinio. 'lnone
whirl) carries with it every Messing
contained in a token of love ami
fi-iemUlii) is miinrst iimulilv a M". W
scai.k j?iimi i.rnnr.N a-' atks
PIAXO to cliili tni-tnlieis at 'J-.'SV.
Tlii iift docs urn only confer i,mi a
cliild its own hcm-lii. hut the pleas
ure ami liapi 'mess of ilie whole f.iinily
from having iiniic in the home. Our
eitflit hundred dull memters who
joined miri'lu's, unite in nrai-e. f the
IXDDKX .V ATE PIAXO, and
npprecinle their snvi-jj nf rrnrly n
hundred nnd twenty-live f.i;t i - each,
the cliih price of sis7 c.;:i I e paid
in cash or on monthly, unrterly or
yearly terms, I'onkht No. -PJ will
explain our club plan, at d we will
write toii fullv nliout our "Cl' A KAN
TEE I-'OH A LIFETIME." and our
FHEK LIFE IX.srUAS'L,E"-we
'0 ot collect from i lo,v , nnd or
jhins. jjive them a rep ipt in lull in
ese of death of parent joinii.i; the
clul), now fnriiiinir. VV riiu imiav for
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