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G. K. GRAN I'll AM. Editor.
Render Unto Caesar, the Things that are Caesar's, Unto God, God's.
$1.00 Per Year. In Ad ranee.
VOL. III.
DUNN, HARNETT CO;, THURSDAY," JULY 6, 1893,
NO. 20.
AUNT MARTHA'S VISIT TO up in Way Back, an I I hope ther
THE vJITYi ' wont-iujike fools f us by bating 'em.
She said no more until, a ...school
Aunt Martha had never been be girl going into Boston came in .and
vnd twenty mile from home, altho umk-lhe seat beside aunt Martha, she
fcbe was nearly seventy 3'ears old, hut
bavins a Min living in Boston she
.teriniued .to make him a visit and
made picparaiions to that efloct.
In the Count' Record, a weekly
pnper printed in the county in which
he liyed, appearel an advertisement
somewhat like the following:
"VVATEI. A roo capaMc j?!rl to tftko'
care (if a farm hou; for two mouths, do all
th house work and wh'u th meti are busy
jireiiare wood for the tov.
- Martha Derby."
This. was answered by a strong,
bard working Irish girl who was in
stalled in. the kitchen a week later.
I m mud lately preparations for her
journey wa made. All the best
crocker) and silver were packed in a
chest, and stored away in the attic,
for yu never know what them Irish
ials will. do.' said she.
The nrxt day aunt Martha began
to pack her valuables in a green
bandbox. "Well lets rae see. I shall
take my caliker dress for I should
ruin ray alpacy if I wore it common;
I suppose I ought to take my silk
dress ami I do hate to spile it so I
won't take it,"
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After her wearing app -rel was in
t:ie box came a box of buttons, need
les and, thread. Mien some bottles of
medicine-, three .pair of glasses and a
bag of ppppermin's.
The morning tor her departure ar
Tired, she wa. conveyed to the sta
tion by her hired man, who., bought
her ticket, helped hsr n the train
'ajid she was soon on her way to Bos
ton. ' ,
She look the seat behind a woman
with two children, .who soon became
rentier, and aunt Martha thought of
her peppermints, so .untying, her
bandbox took one by one the various
article therein till the peppermints
were reached, she gave each of the
children two a peice. then returned
the goods to their places.
As they neared a large town she
thought it must be Boiton, so taking
the bandbox went to the door and
stepped on the platform, to ! anil be
hold the train did not stop, sunt
Martha was nearly frantic. "Whoa,
whoa., the cried, "I tell yon I want
to stop here at Boston, whoa," just
then the conductor passed
through the cars and came upon her
and explained that they were yet
many mile trom Boston and she had
belter go back to her seat in the cars.
Well now Mr Conductor don't you
go to playing any jokes on an old
lady like ae. if you do I shall
tell my on of you and he is a lawyer
I guess you hadn't dare to now.
She then returned to the car where
hhe questioned every one about the
distance from Boston, the time of day
if their folks were well, where they
vere going, who invented the rail
road, and at last declared ftbe had
rheumatism awful, and was a perfect
nuisance to every one there.
An elderly gentleman apparantly
absorbed in deep thought 6 at in the
seat opposite of her; she had tried
every on e else in the car and at last
attacked the man. "Where be you
going?' no reply, "bo 3011 deaf I
add where be you going V No I
am t deaf, but I wish I was if you J
are to keep up this racket the rest of
the way." he answered.
Aunt Martha thought a minute
then said, ,I belong to the Way
Back Methodist Episcopal church and
I never in all ray life was told I was
a racket and I heard a girl tellabut
a racquet arid I thought it was some
thing 30U used in playing tennis
allhu' I don't know what tennis ia
had a. morning paper which was filled
with newa of the coming election.
Thus they spoke of politics : -'Now
auntie when I'm as old as you are I
shall have voted for more than, one
presidential elector
"Well now I should have said you
were a child of iuore sense than that,
talk of women trot'ing orf to the
polls to vote with a pack of men,
wou'du't I look nice a going up there
and casting my ballot Ten to one
I should vote wrong, i'e got seven
pair of glasses and if I didn't happen
to have the right pair I couldn't see
to fill out my ballo ." Just then the
train arrived at Boston, the girl help
ed aunt Martha to the wailing room
and went awn. Aunt Martha
bought some crackers and cheese and
sat down to eat, jut then she hap
peucd to think that she had'nt writ
ten to her son of her intended visit,
so she sallied forth but had gone but
a few steps when a banana skin lying
on the side walk caused aunt Martha
to sit down ra her abruptly, the cover
came fr:m off her bandbox and the
contents of the box lay in the street,
she picked them up one by one and
again replaced them, some of the
peppermints and buttons rolled to
the car track and aunt Martha , not
daring to cross the trck went on her
way mourning t he loss of them. She
knowing the number of her son's of
fice finally got there and . found it
closed,, upon inquiry learned that her
son was absent at New York to be
gone several weeks.
The lawyer in the oftic next to
that of her son's gave her the infor
mation, she told him hhe knew no
one in the city and he kindly offered
to take her to his home to remain
that night and advised her to go
home the next da'.
She accented his invitation and
found herself well provided for. .The
next morning he escorted her to the
train and she again turned toward
home. , , .
Her maid in the meanwhile 1 had
ransacked the closets and cup boards
and got 8mre silver, etc.. she packed
her t. unk and oy noon was on her.
way back to ther home.
Aunt Martha finally reached Way
Back and wai obliged to walk from
the station' to her home. Upon
reaching there found everything in
disorder, fires all out. maid gone no
wood, end everything out of place;
on the table she found a note td the
hired man sayicg that the girl was
tired of slaving herself for them and
the' might do , the work themselves
or send for the old lady.
Aunt Martha was indignant and
declared that never again would she
visit the city. Carrie F. KnowUon.
Marlboro, N. H. 1 '
The difficulty which occurred be
tween young Stronach and young
Whittaker, son of Judge .' Wbiteaker.
both 01 Ualeigh, on Tuesday the 56tk
of June was a sad arfair. Stronach
stabbed Whiteaker with a knife. ' The
boys were only 15 or 16 years: old.
When such fellows get to using their
knives in fi-hts the men ought to be
disgusted and quit.
When Mr. Cleveland went in office
there were 60,000 places in the U, S.
to fill with Democrats and as many
Republicans to move out, What a
job !
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THE STATE NORMAL AND
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL-
At the'meeting of the Directors of
the State Normal and Industrial
School Preidnnt M elver made hi9
report of the' first year's operation
of the Normal and Industrial School,
and 'recommendations for the coming
ycar.'whieh will begin the third of
October. Among other interesting
facts shown by the reort were the
! following
1. The total, enrollment for the
year was 223, of whom 188 expect to
become -teachers.
2. The average age of the students
was 19 J years.
3. Seventy counties were repre
J sented among the students 1
4. More than 42.7 per cent, of the
students are del raying their own ex
penses for fees, board, etc.. by their
own earnings, or by money they had
borrowed.. ;
5 The boarding department seems
to have been well managed After
the close of the session all proviso
ions-deft oyer were sold and when
the bursar closed his books they
showed that the remainder of the
board money paid by stu lenis at $8
a month a balance of $235.61. which
amount wilf be equally distributed
to those who luve boarded in the
dormitories during the year.
, After receiving Precedent Mclyer's
report the board took important steps
to enlarge the boarding accommoda
tions for the coming year, and for in
creasing and strengthing the faculty.
The board accepted the resignation
of Prof. E A Alderman, who takes
the new chair of normal instruction
in the University, and of Miss Miri
am Bitting who is to be married dur
ing this month, and will make her
home in New York city.
With the exception of Prof. Alder
man and Dr. Bitting, all the present
faculty will remain at the institution
for another year. In addition, the
board of directors have elected to po
sitions in the faculty, Prof. P. P.
Claxton, Prof. J. Y. Joyner. Mrs.
Lucy H, Robertson. Miss Marry
Petty,. Miss Maude F. Broadaway.
and Dr. Anna M. Gove. All these
except Dr. Gove were North Caroli
nians of high standing in their pro
fession. Dr, Gove, is about twerity8even
Aears of age. She is a graduate of
the New York Medical College fur
women. Before entering the 4 med
ical cohere she had fine educational
training at the Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology,
Miss Broadawa is a graduate of
baleen Female Academy and of the
State Normal and Industrial School.
She has also attended schools of
phytical culture in New York, and
will spend a part of her vacaVin in
similar work in Chicago. She has
had several 3'ears experience as a
teacher in the Winston graded school,
and during the past year, her con
nection with her work in the institu
tion, she assisted Dr. Bitting in the
physical culture work.
Miss Mar' Petl is a natiye of Guil
ford count and a graduate of Guil
ford College, North Carolina, and of
Wellcsly College, Massachusetts,
from which institution ske has the
degree of Bachelor of Science. She
is a teacher of recognized ability and
experience, having taught in the
StatQSville Female College and in
Gniltord College since her gradua
tion, Mrs. Lucy H. Robertson is a na
tive of Hillsboro and graduated at
Misses Kollock's school. Has for
year 8 been in charge of the depart
ment of English Language and Lit
erature in the. Gteensbjro Female
College. Mrs. Robertson will help
Prof. Joyner in the wark of the dc
partraent of English and History.
ProlT. loyner is one of the best
known and most popular members of
the teaching profession in the Stale.
He graduated with honor at the Unl
versilv in 1S81 with the decree ot
Ph. B. He and President Mclver
were members of the 6ame class.
Immediately after his graduation he
took charge of the Collegiate lnsli
tue at La Grange. He next accepted
a position in the graded schools of
Winston. In 1886 he was a mem
ber of the faculty of the Normal
schools of Washington and Franklin.
In lfi89 Mr. Joyner was elected
superintendent of the Goldsbnro
graded wchools,
He has held the position for four
ears and the schools of Goldsboro
have prospered under his manage
ment. During the summer vacations
Prof. Jo3'ner has conducted a large
number of institutions under the
dircc ion of the State Supeiintendent
of Public Instruction,
Prof. Claxton is a native of Ten
nessee. He graduated from the Uni
versity ot this State, with the degree
ofA. B.. in 1882. Immediately up
on his graduation he accepted a posi
tion in the Goldsbopo gra-led schools,
where he remained for one year,
the next year he became superinten
dent of the graded school of Kinston.
In 1884 he went to Johns Hopkins
University, where spent aear stud3'
ing pedagogics and the teutonic lan
guages. The. following 'ea hespent
in Europe, where he made a special
study of German and the public
school system of Germany. On his
return from Europe he accepted the
position us superintendent of the
Wilson graded school. Five years
ago he was called to the superinden
cy of the Aheyille city graded
schools, and is now paid the laigest
salary that is paid tjo any graded
school superintendent in North Caro
lina. The people of the State are to be
congratulated on the success of the
State Normal and Industrial School.
The board of directors appear to be
preparing for better work and enlarg
ed usefulness during the coming year.
Greensboro Patriot.
How to Lengthen Life-
The are two ways of adding to our
3'ears. There is the arithmetical way
merely adding. The former is
known to be biologioally impossible.
No drug, no surgeon, will add 10
years to our axistence. But we may
widen deepen, our days by adding
to their contents. If we can now ac
complish a journey in one hour that
formerly took 12, have we rot added
11 hours to the life of each one who
has to perform that journey? 'Na
tures 1 owers are not bridled, and ac
complish work for man in a fraction
of the time man's unaided .strength
would require. Marely lengthening
our days to Methuselah's term would
not adequately represent what all
men have economized in time in this
sense.
We may broaden our lives by love
and truth, by benevolence and sin
cerity. Abraham was the first bene
factor we knew of. While wo may
not all be Abrahams, interceding fur
cities full of malefactors and sinners,
we all see enough of cities full of suf
fering and sin to convince us that
life is given to 1 us to do something
more with than to pass its days in
selfishness. i
Activ.e'Tand scientific or systematic
benevolence i ft becoming the
practical rVart of religion today, and
there i shrew I religious earnestness
in the new movements to improve
men's morals by baths, clean dwell
ings. But thest thing are bard.
Discouragement is plenteous.
We all experience disappointments
in our own charitv work. Unworthy
recipients, ingratitude sheer laziness
and improvidence dishearten us.
All things fail occasionally. Ed
ucation fails not every pupil be
comes a scholar. Home training
falls the best parente may have the
worst children. Medicine fail.-. S'Jil
we must keen on. We may not "ac
complish" the work, hut we iiiu-:l not
withdruw from it. MLove must not
forsake thee." So with truth. Wo
grow discouraged when we ,6ce how
nontruth flourishes. Insincerity is
rampant and firor trtumphat. Nev
ertheless let'.iis.for our part say what
we mean, do as we profess, be what
we are and what we seem. Tiuth in
the end picvails. Happy, they who
have held fast to it. Love and truth
shall deepen our days f they do not
add to them arithmetically. Let us
prize such life elixir and so "find fa
vor and good , repute in the eyes of
God and man." N, C. Gazette.
Mrs. Frapps, wife of the well
known A. W. Frapps. of Raleigh,
committed suicide at her residence
the 29th of June by cutting berown
throat with a razor. i
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Seven persons were killed by
lighteni ng ia a circus tent in Wis
con sin last wet-k.
FrOnounrtd Hopeless, Tet
Saved. :
From a letter written by! Mrs. Ada
E. Hurd, of Groton, S. D., we quote :
4 Was taken with a bad pold, which
settled on my Lungs, cough set in
and finally terminated in Consump
tion. Four doctors gave me u, say
ing I could live but a short time. I
gave myself up to my Saviour, deter
mined if I could not stay with my
friends on earth, I would meet my
absent ones above. My husband was
advised to get Dr. King's New dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs an4
Colds. I gave ita trial, took in aU
eight bottles; it has cured me, and
thank God I am now a well and
hearty woman." Trial bottles free
Harper & Hood's Drugstore, regular
size. 5oc. and $1.00.
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Will Practice in all the surround
ing counties.
JONESBORO, N, C.
Ajril-U-tt.
A NEW LAW FIRM.
D. H. McLoan and J. A. Farmer
have this day associated themelvea
together in the practice sf law in all
the courts of the State.
Collections and general practice
solicited.
D, H. McLean, of LllUngtoa, N.j C.
J. A. Faumeb, of Dunn, N, C.
Mayll'93.
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