nroBt ACT FOit KAmNc sev-
iBNUEit.
Ck«iites ReceBMwM fa Pnc>
0k Act Tkat Will lacr«aM TksM—
Mariac Pktare SlMira Hay Etaw
M htetetae of Ffty Pw Ceat^—
Peat H«n> to Diet.
Rala%l^ F^. 9.—flhitjmwn Douglit-
«t), ^ com^tt^e 7v>iterday
mdntinir re^rt^ u> tiw kenae the
jwvm act for t)>i» tb« gen-
•nl MsesnUy.
Some of the most iitiporta)rt ctuuig«g
in. tlM pwions act are. here pvimi
. ■«» ^ on ^yiiiK p^ure show?^
«al TMtievilie in iiie^t^
.50 p» cent. iPbr instance, in citiM
. of . mow ttan i6,0W tlio jpresent tax
provides for a tax of $160.
To ^sctioh 31, wljldi covers at-
tcmoys, physicians,.otc* Jia*
hocn -added pharniacists—-hith^i^ ftx-
«nipt.
It is going to cost a little more to
die under the new revenue act, because
the license fee for undertobers has
been iMreased 100 per cent. It is
BOW $25 in cities of over 15,000. It
will be $5i).
Sewbig- machines ought to be a lit^
tie bit cheaper when the act b^omes
•ffactive. Section 12 reads:
“Every person, ■ firm or corporation
iwiSiiHjy machines in this state shall
pay an annual license tax to the treas-
«rer of IIOO (instead of $150). In
.addition to the license tax above re
quired' every person, firm or corpor
ation selling sewing machines shall
pay a ttjx of 80 cents (instead of 40
cents) on every hundred dollars receiv
ed from the sale thereof.”
"nie licerise tax on mercantilH agen
cies is reduced from $350 to $250.
Soctlon 46 is amended to include
pJmLsts to the list for Gypsies or for
tune tellers. The ta.^: is $?,5.
On cotton compresses the State tax
b»s been reduced 20 per cent, the
coiuitjr tax pedwed 60 per cent.
Soft drinks will bo more in demand
•when Jjoote goes out. 3o the new act
prtvides for an increa.se of 50 per
cent in the license for bottling works.
“Elvery person, corporation or asso
ciation that conducts contests and of
fers a pri7.o or pristes to obtain sub-
acriptiotis to newspapers, an annual
iicenae tas of fSO (instead of $iO.) for
..-Tjvaifiy nwwspap&rs and S150 (.instead
of $26) for each daily newspaper in
whidi said contest is advertised."
The tax on -soda fountains is reduc-
ad one third. A new tax of S‘i i?-r.!nc-
ea on «11 parsons -selling: bottled
This does not apply to soda
fountains.
An act iufttice is done autoir>0'
bile Mnufacturers and agents by the
addition of the foliowng; pnraKr»p* ^
section 72: “Provided, further, that
it the expiration of ;i stat« license U
issued under this section to any man-
ufacttirer or person ^lliiiff automo
biles in the state, such license shaH
have been in force for less than six
montiis, theii upon a renewal of such
license for the follO'Trinp year the
nuinufa!turer or person shall t>eal-
lowed by the state treasurer a rebate
of $250 on the new license.”
The frajichise tax on corporations
is reduced from $7,50 to $5.00.
Section S7, coyerimr miaapproprie-
ti.cn of taxes, is amended by consti
tuting the crime a misdemeanor in
stead of embcizlcment.
These changes cover practically all
the dififerenciis between the present
aad the prospective revenue nets.
O
YOUNG ATLANTA GIRL WANTS
MODEL YOUTH.
“Hello, is this Chief Beavers? Yes?
Wttll, I called up to get the name and
address of that model youth from Cin-
annati who wrote you Saturday ask
ing for a wife," trilled a sweet young
feiyunin- vci-e over Main 49 Mon^y
afternoon.
She wouldn’t give her name to the
dhisf, bat was emphatic in her desire
to marry the Cincinnati man who
wrote a letter to Oiief Beavers Satur-
4ay recommending himself highly as
a “model youth,” and afiking for a
bride.
“I never saw a model youth in my
life," the sweet voice continued, “and
I’d like to see this one and tnarry
hitc.”
Chief Beavers gave her the “laod-
tiV nttme asid addi«es: Charles Bow-
«PT, Clifton StAtlon, Ctoeijmati, O.—
Sim
No voman wimts to be fccom
s«it-mMde.
All signs fail after tl>e groimdhog
has seen bis ishadii>w.
Before taldBjr a bull by the bonui
yov sho^d be sure tliat he isn’t a-
muley.
The shipping bill and th$ oew
gmtdBM are keeping the prt^deitt
up late o* nights.
Soosevdt ssyi he couldn't tallc free-;
ly while he was president. Blit ireally
we hadivt noticed it. r
TRAHOKe
ftRTATCBi c
;
ntBAYi
UVISI^
cmuHutN.
Any umbrella in a st«r»L
Consistencjr. da^t buy Jewels.
Wedlock is paved with good inten
tions.
When the eat is away the night is
quiet
I “Vou'll • nev« miu the water till
the stock goes down,
I it’«-a wise son that kiiows when to
jstrike his fatiter ;«r issaey. '
I Evm pMpte who dp not live in glass
. . houses shc^d not throw stones.
One thoi^ht she knew wlutt mn^ be | A little le«mitiii; is a dangerooa
doae jtfainc, biit the same ai^nt of ignoK
WlA wmry fhiid faen^ van— ,ane« beats it.
She BOB& ' I '..I. •. p- —
Alice Crowell HoAiwa.
They all sat round ia friendly dltat
Discizsaisig' most this and 0«t,
And a hat.
Until a neighbor’s wayw!Ud lad
Wa« BM to act in wy quite bad;
Oh, s»d.
And ere I^r'yarh had been qnita ^un
Aaotb^^ t^ories |
She had one.
fa&mers appeal in behalf ]
fteient time for tbe huntm to ex>
terminate pra«tieally the tribe of
bii^ Fortitermore, they aay law
is: violated during the period it is ii;
foKe. Therefore they make the tag-
ge«tion t]iat tiiere be a game warden
in every township. At present tiey
say t'ae e^oreement cf the law by
the constituted authorities ia a phys
ical impoesibility. Xliey bcUeve tlut
if their su^estions are put info forcti
» more effertive law will be sccurad,
^ th« neeessa^ machinery to en
force it.
It i* bop^ ttot the fanners
thiwrtout the counuy vll) taka up
thif m«tt«r and c^muaicate irith
the farj^ eay tut thb ]»«*es srf-1 »'SUOT STBKET JH. B. CHOSGV^
SOOTH.
Rev. )>. H. Tuttle Pastor.
or quail
I Iheir legislate^ m that tlu bird* may
^ 'MvZnbsrs'of'tijiiisii-el-
Oerita s^king a law that will pro-
Whed you- cemi»re ta. Toilette*. „.e third was not so sure d« kne.v, l‘“^^' quaU in this cW all
and Bryan's weekly papoi-s it’s hatd thought d»e’d do- Wednes-
She had two.
be saved.—Charlotte Observer..
to tell whicii is the commoner.
Home is the dearest place on earth | The next one added, “Let me see;
—if you are disposed to be extrava- j These things work out so differ^tly.”
gant in house furr^hings. | She had three.
Luther Burbank got his idea of
the Spinele.ss c-actus froitt th^ spine
less man, but of course he improved
on tha model.
Colonel Bryan does not seem to
have a very high opinioii of newspaper
alwayss excepting, of course, the Com
moner.
Tlie returning- good time may in
duce Buffalo Bill and Sarah Bernhardt
to make their usual annual farewell
tours this year.
Order is said to prevail in Mexico
City. This is the first intimation tha
world has had yet thai. Mexico City
is without inhabitants.
A Chicago thief stoic an aeroplane
and fi«w away with it. To make tha
punishment fit the crime he should
be made to stay up in it.
According to the Springfield Repub
lican, the best spcech of tha season
hjid but forty-two words in it. But
almost «ny speech of thirty-two words
Wnid b«*8t it.
Efficiency, Hard
Sense are triplets.
Work and Good
Hi." tJie groudhog, some folks arc
always looking for shadows.
Kou can always nnu synipathy and
lovp and friend.ihip ia the dictionary.
viThuii yu'u pic&are for 3J* ericrgCDcy
it seems to slip by you on a back
street.
This 33 an uncertain woritl. The
man you vote for today yon may want
to thrtw bricks at tomorrow.
Some men think that a dollar saved
is a pood time lost. And they are
not willing to lo.se any good times.
If you make yourself too much at
home in ">ther people’s homes, other
people will wish yon were there.
Rockefeller got $5 tbe other day a*
witness fee, so it may not be neces
sary to raise the price of ga-soline for
several days.
“A married man, a folding oed, and
and umbrella are in the .same fix,"
says I:ke lIcLuke. "Life is one long
round of put up and shut up.”
The fifth drew on her wisdom ^re
And said, “I’d have to think it o’er.”
She had four.
And then one sighed, "1 don’t contrive
Fixt rules for boys, they’re too alive.”
She had five.
“I know it leaves one in a fix.
This straightening of crooked rticks. ’
She had six.
And one declared, “There's no rule
giv’n,
But do your best and trust to hev'n!"
She had seven.
RUB-IMY-TISM
Will cure Rheumatum, Neu*
A%tUS-TWCUl«
zema, etc. AntiMptie Amdyae,
uaed interaally orextemsiily. 2Sc
day afternoon. at the. hom« of Mr,
Rufus M. Person the following petition
was agreed on:
“We, the undersipied citizens of
Mcclilenburg County, respectfully pe
tition our representatives at Raleigh
for the protection of quail in this
county by closing the season entirely
until the law is rapesded.
“We request-that the constable of
c.ich township be fippoiiited a game
warden for his township, the Warden
t.2 fce ]>aid h«.lf of the fines imposed,
the other half to be paid into thi;
county school fund. We recommend
also that the warden receive 10 per
cent of all doff taxes and thai the
warden be made collector of the dog
tax.”
The petition iij sigrned by Messrs.
A. F. Long, Joseph H. Robinson, M.
A, Galloway, T. W. Garrison, John P.
Hunter, R. M. Person, iMuie P. Hunt
er, Fred L. Gibbon, R. B. Caldwell,
F- L. Gibbon, N. J. Sherrill and G.
S. 'Welch.
SAY lAW IS VIOLATED.
At present tho law ia suspended
for a, period of about 40 days, and
CATARRH OF IQONEYS
ANO BiiDBER
Peruna Saved Me
whoj'o fldJrortK is glycn holow
her ^rtraJt, ia an ardent filond of Peruna.
She Baya.
“I am thankful to lell y:>u thit my oi.l
trouble has never bothered mjj any since you
vay tertiin>yi)itU. Any nre v.Mshini?
t» know the ifacU'in my oasQ,_lf they will
write me i «*« J.r /tir. Yt»«r
medtclne has saved .me. arul gave me jies -
F -frr-rr‘*r—r‘>v ’
knew mo ^heti i was in h*-*aiih. i n*
;isU me what ha.^ made sijfli a chan«-«' Ifi
pr^ M-Tve remodj'i 2»enina. i -HJiull praJ.se
R..> .. J i's lony a* I-Uve/’
Catarrh of the Internal Organs
SCHOOL TEACHER KILED.
Jasper, Pla,, Pd>. 3.-*-‘rte whippir.g
of a pupil by a Khool teacher at Mel
rose, Fla., near here, resulted in a
fight late yesterday: in vfaidi-Wiiliairt
Yates, the teacher, was shot aiid kill
ed and Claude Holtzcndorff, lather of
the pupil, probably was fatally wound
ed. .4.ccording to the aiithoritie'3
Uoltzei^orf and two sons attacked
Yates on the iiighvray. after scbool
closed. In the fight it is alleged that
Yate.s and Wilber Holtzebdorfif used
revolvers. The latter isl in jail Kerp
charged with the killing of Yates, and
the eider Holtzedrofif is under guard
at his home.
:
Wonmn's suffrage rimy fins!iy come
but not before the country is prepared
for it.
{ CHURCH DIRECTORY
REFORMED CHURCH,
Corner FroM and Anderson Streets.
Rev. D. C. Cox.
Sunday School every Sabbath at
9:45 A. M.
Preaching every First and Third Sab-
Iwth at 1X:00 A. M. and 7.-30 P. M.
Mid-Week Service every Wednesday,
7:30 P. M.
Everyone Welcome,
Parsonage Corner Front and Tral-
HOCUTT MEMORIAL BAPTIST
CnUKCH,
Peace to t&OM wIm «ntar.
Blessing* to thoM who go.
Preoehliig every Snndity, ll;00 A^
M, a»d 7:80 P. M.
Saerament pi the IioH’a Sup^ witk
olfeifng for Onirdi cbaritiea, Fnt
Sunday in Mich
Sunday Sdwri, trmj Sanday, 8:M
\ A . M.
Pv„yer Mwtin*, WMmaday, 3:00 p.
H.
Board uf Stewards ibmi on Monday
S;00 P. .\I., after. Fonrtii Sunday ia
. eaw iuuiitih"
Woman’s Mi..,-iona^ .Society
4:00 P. M., Mon^y, after .
and 3rd Sundays.
Parsonage, corncr W. Davis and Hoke
Streets.
Pastoi^s Telephone, No. 168.
King-r-Talk—Hang Up—“Busy.**
WEBB AVENDE M. E. CHURCH
SOUTH.
. Rev. E. C. Durham, Pastor.
Preaching every first Sunday at ll:Oj)
A. M., and 7:30 P, M. Second Sob-
doy at 7:30 P. M.
Sunday ^hoo! every Sunday at 10:00
A. H.
A. M. H. F. Uoore, Superintendent.
Everybody Welcome.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. Donald Mclver, Pastor.
Services every Sunday at 11:00 A. M.
aiid 7:30 P. M.
Sunday School at 9:4S A, M. B. R.
Sellars, Superintsndent.
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday at 7M
P. M.
Tha Public is cordially invited to all
services.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. M> ,W. Buck, Paatw.
M, a>d
Adstns Avenue and Haii ,Sureei.
Hpv. James W. Rose. Pastor.
Mrs. A. T. Vowera. it. R. 7, I3oi i:i,
t.ondon. Olito, writes: “I write to
thanit you for tl:ft wor.derfnl ^ood
your Peruna. has rtone for me. I was
a sulTeror from kidney and bladder
trouble for twenty-t-ft-e yeara. Two
ycar.s ago T b^g&n to take Ponina,
r.Ttl I on I S' took about three bottles
J :nl tiiil.iy 1 can say I am .i well
ri'-r.'snn."
'.’jfjirrh j.“ liable to affect any of
^1.’, ii.if-niril Tlits is especially
in " bladder, which la vety
f:-)-.inontly the seat of catarrh. Thto
id sameUmes called cysUtla.
Sir. James M. No,
Walnut at., Ro.sedalo. Kansa.'. writes;
"About four' yecra apo I suffere.l
v.-lth a severe catarrh of the hladdr^r.
which caused continued irritation a^iil
pain. I was mlsprable iind could not
Stand up or walk for any length oc
lime without cxtr^ni.^ ivo.Trlness ;in.t
pain. 1 began tokln^ IVriivia anti It
jrreatiy yellowed m** and in eleven
'weeks I was completely cured, and
felt like a new man."
These who object to liquid medi
cine c»n «9W p«M!itn» Peruna in
Tablet form.
The merchant that deserves your
patronage is the one that operates -un
der the law of mutual beneiil, by
which both the buyer and seller mafco
a profit.
Hard times and a hundred other rea-
H003 are given for the decrease in
liquor drinking as shown by lie in
terna! revenue collections. But say,
didn’t good ss.is have anything to do
with it?
A Michigan paper contains the fol
lowing notice, which is, we think, the
last word in cards of thanks: “Wo
wish to thank the frierdfl and lady
lodge measber* for staying; a«y and
lettinff Mrs. DoWJilne rest,—Mr. and
Mn. K. Qtnfniac.'’
Something foT Nothing.
To get started with you we make yon the following
olfer: Send us $1.50 for 1,000 Frost Proof Cabbage Plants,
rrown in the open air and will stand freezing; srrown from
the Celebrated Seed of Bolgina & Son and Thorbom & Co.,
and I will liend you 1,000 Cabbage Plants additional FREE,
and you can repeat the order as many times as you like. I
vrill give you special prices on Potato Seed and Potato Plants
later. We v;ant the accounts of close buyers, large and
small. We can supply all.
ATLANTIC COAST PLANT CO..
YOUNGS ISLAND, S. C.
•: BRING
Those old chairs, beds, tables, dressers etc
to BITRUNGTON, N. C., at the Corner
Da via & Worth Street have them repaired
a stich in*time saves nine.
MASK & FISHER
at
ery Fourth Sunday
11:00 A. Sf. and 7:30 P. M.
Sunday bchooi every Sufida; at s.30
A. M
Prayor Meeting Wednesday, 7:30 P.
M.
I,sdics‘ Aid Society First Sunda? Af
ternoon.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Church of The Holy Comforicr.
The Rev, John Benners Gibble, Rector.
Services every Sunday, S1;0D A. M.
and 7:80 P. M.
Huly Cc=:”-nicn! Sunday. 11:00
A. M., Third Sunday, 7:30 A. M.
Holy and Saint’s Days, 10:00 A. M.
Sunday School 8:30 A. M.
¥he public is cordially invited.
All Pews Free. Fine Vested Choir.
CHRISTIAN CBVRCH.
Comer Church and Davis Streets.
VICK'SSALVE
Rev. A. B. Kendall, Pastor.
Preaching «?very Sunday 11:00 A. M.
and 7:30 P. M.
Snnday School, 9:46 A. M. John R.
Foster, Superintendent
Christian Endeavor services Sunday
Evenings at 6:45.
Mid-Week Prayer Service, every
Wednesday at 7:30 P. M.
lAdies’ Aid and Missionary Society
meets on Monday, after tbe Second
Sandey in each month.
A itordial invitation extended to all.
A Ctaidi Hosns for Visitors tad for
Stran|[«r*.
Sunday Werthip, 11:00 A.
7:30 P. M.
Sunday School at 9:30 A. M. J.
Sesilt, Sopsrintctsisst
Praise and Prayer Services, Wednes
day at 7:30 P. M.
Christian Culture Class, Saturday at
r 5*.
Chnnh Conference. Wednesday b»-
7:30 P. M.
Sunday in each month.
Woman’s Uiiidn, First noriday of caea
Month, 3:30 P. M.
THE METHODIST PHOTESTANT
CHURCH.
East Davis Street.
Rev. George L. Curry, Pastor.
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday 7:30 T.
M.
Ladies’ Aid and Missionary Societies
every Monday afternoon after Fir«t
Sunday in each montJ:.
Christian Endeavor Society meet* M.
• w!®? SuTidsy
Sunday Scfacol, 9:30 A. M. J. ti. Rog
ers, Superintendent.
Good Baraca and Phi'.athea Ciasnes.
You Bfe Invited to attend all thera
services.
MACEDOVIA lUTHESAN
CHURCH.
Front Street.
Rev. T. S. Brown, Pastor.
Morning Service 11:00 A. M,
Vespers 7:30 P. M.
Services every Sunday except the
tnoming of Third Sunday.
Sunday Schooi, 9:45 A. H. Prof, J, B,
Robertson, SiQit.
Teachers^ Meeting Wednesday 7:W
P. M. (Pastor’s Study).
Woman’s Missionary Society, Fir^
Tharsday, Monthly, 3:30 P. M.
1.. C. B, Society, Second Thursdaf.
Monthly, 7:S0 P. M.
Yonng PMpie’a MeatiBe, Second
day at S P. M
POOR P