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An Humble Hero.
SELLARS
& SON
j (Seattle Po8t‘Iute)ligcMK-er.)
1 ileroism of a rare sort. sliinr>=? in the
I conduct of Emil Utz, the Kansas line-
I man, who, plunging into a mesh of
j wires to s:ive a fellow in Jistrtss, lost'
I his own life. j
j There are pessimists who lhi'\k: we j
' no longer have heroes. And there are j
j others, less pessimistic, hut not less j
j just, in the firal analysis, who t>ecm to j
i think that the horoic quallLics arc to
j be found only in characters who play in
I some great decisive role, in generals
i who win groat buttles, a ad in other
men who do something which immodia-
♦^ely challenges the attention of the
world.
But the world has its ample quota of
hun^b'e heroes, heroes no less heroic
becjtu^^e they are humble, heroes who
offer and give all they have, their lives
ill an effort Uj do something fora fel
low in distress.
Emil Utz was a humble hero; he lost
his life in an eiiort to savoi the life of
a fellow.
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carried out just as it
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Coat Suits $10, to $35.
Ladies Coat $5, to
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Coats $2, to $8.50.
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Burlington N. G. I
An Irish Marvel
A traveler who was “peeing Ireland”
in a small cart berated the Irish driver
for missing a sight in a part of Dublin
A few yards further and the cart
I came to a sudden stop, which almost
threw the passenger out.
“Why did you stop so suddenly?”
asked the man.
“Well, an’ there’s a millstone.”
came the answer from Pat,
“But what is there strange about
a millstone?” again questioned tie
sightseer.
“Shure. ” spoke out Pat, “an’ ye
seldom see two o’ them together”—
Philadelphia Times.
The Girl in the Ca
Macon Nows.
“It often happens that the impecu
nious young man takes the initative,
the girl institutes the referendum and
her stern parents inaugurate the re
call, ” says The Albany Herald. Not
without the advice and consent of the
girl, however. Sometimes she recon
siders.
The Nashville Agony
Chattanooga Times.
The agony will be over at Nashville
on Thursday, at which time we are to
know whether that city is to be ac
tually transformed at once from a mo
dern Gomorrah into a “home of the
blest” or whether it shall remain as a
normal American community, working
his way slowly toward its higher des
tiny.
May Repent For Not Re
turning Thanks.
The Union Republican in an editorial
says:
“And now that rain has came
and refreshed the parched earth, w’e
soe no notices of gatherings by those
who hfld public prayer for rain to re
turn thanks for the blessing received.
How soon we forget our blessings or
take them for granted.”
No one in the whole country was
prospering more than the farmers be
fore the last election. They did not
vote to continue the “ble!>sing8’' which
they were receiving. We know many
who already regret that they voted
for what they did not want.—The Cau
casian.
Just so foolish, can you not get an
a little away from such fool stuff,
or do you think you hnve a lot of im-
liecile readers that will swallow it.
i)iscus8 politics, but on higher lines, be
a Republican if you will, but do not ap
to a mans, senseless predudice on
such clap tiap.
Great-Grandson of Jetfer-
son Davis Born at Den
ver, Col.
^ The name of Jefferson Davis, Presi
de it of the Confederacy, will be per
petuated hy a great-grandson born
there Thursday. The father was Jeff-
^I'SonDavia Hayes, son of Winnie Davis
daughter of Jefferson Davis who
iij Colorado Springs this year. After
>8 mother’s death young Hayes, whose
■ither la a Colorado Springs banker,
spcurt'd from the Colorado Legislature
"ght to change his name to Jefferson
Jefferson Davis bom
ay is vigorous. The mother was
198 Dora DeWitt, daughter of Theo-
ore Dt-w wealthy physician of
Colorado ISprings.
Along The Way.
By Viv’ian Mordaunt.
My path is lost, is lost to sight.
My way is gone;
Grant me. O God, strength yet to light
To struggle on;
Although no more I see the light
That guided long.
For its own sake to do the right—
To hate the wrong!
Special on Butterflies.
Boston Transcript:—“I woke up last
night and found a burglar in my room”
“Catch him?”
“Certainly not, I am not making a
c Election of burglars.”
6tort«« of Predtrlek the Qr«at.
Ill the course ol some military evohi*
lions Frederick the Great of I’russla
Irritated by some mistake of a captain,
ran after him with ULs stick iu urdec
to strike him. The captain ran away.
Tlie next morning the commanding of
ficer reported to the king that the olfl-
j-er in question, one of the most effl-
oient in the regiment, had sent In his
l>apers. “Tell him to come to me,”
said the king. The officer, in great
perturbation, came. “Good morning,
major,” he apostrophized the offlcer,
who was speechless with surprise. “I
wanted to tell you of your promotion,
but you ran so fast 1 could not eatcb
you up. Good morning,”
Another time an otllcer attempted to
get a comrade Into bad odor with t]»e
king by telling his majesty that he
was a drunkard. In a subsequent bat
tle the latter*8 fitness was conspicu
ous, whereas his slanderer played a
very poor part When afterward he
defiled past the king at the head of
his regiment his majesty called out to
him in a voice of thunder, “The sooner
you take to drink the better!”
Burlington, N, C.
John H. VERNON
*nORNEY AND CCUNSLOR AT
law
Telephone Office No. 65 J.
R-sidence No. 337
Jiuil jgton N. C.
Sand=Clay Roads
The building of sand-clay roads
throughout the State is being exten
sively and very wisely advocated. The
modern macadam thorougefare, mak
ing the first triumph over almost im
passable roads in this section, seems
to be losing its popularity. There is
no feassible form of permanent road-
building to rely upon except the sand-
clay tvpe of construction, for the in
dividual counties can not, of course,
afford that species of permanent mat
erial that the cities are employing- By
the use of a binder with the maca
dam, a road can be secured that is a
vast improvement over the smoothness
of the macadam and the sand-clay road
as ivell as greatly more durable but
it is necessary, in effecting this re
form, to educate the people and the
authorities to the vital valne of addmg
a temporary expense to road-Duilding
jn order to secure results that will con
tinue for years.—Charlotte Observer.
deerat BttMball Signals. |
“Perhaps you never realized that
there is an exact soieuce in coaching
and signaling,” says Hugh S. b'uller-
tou, writing on the secret tricks of
baseball coaching in the American
Magazine; ••ihfi: the two men out there
near tirst and third bases, who seem
to be making fools of themselves or
trying to annoy the majestic man in
blue serge, are the wigwag men sig
naling to runners or batters just what
the general sitting on the bench wants
them to try to do. Sometimes the gen
eral is on the lines himself, looking
Just as foolish as the wigwag men or
more so, but somewhtre, hidden in his
meaningless or hackneyed phrases or
his wild gestures, there is a meaning.
He is telling the batter not to hit the
next ball or to bunt it or informing
him that the next will be a straight
fast ball and at the same yme Inform
ing the base runner that the batter in
tends to hit and that he must start
at top speed when the pitcher starts to
wind up.”
The Old Time Surgeon.
Before anaesthetics were known the
surgeon’s only expedient was to abridge
his patient’s sufferings by working
rapidly. In this the old time surgeons
did wonders. They had a control and
a surety In their hands that are now
seldom found. One day the celebrated
surgeon Malsonneure had to amputate
the leg of a poor devil, who began to
howl in advance. “I’ll give you my
watch,” said the surgeon, “If the oper
ation lasts more than a minute.” The
man accepted the ofTer, but was oblig
ed to forego the handsome watch, as j Indigestion,
the operation took less time than It re
quires to describe. To amputate an
arm at the shoulder Is a most difficult
operation. Dr. Langenbeck of Ger
many did It In two minutes. A young
physician who came to see him per
form the operation adjusted his spec
tacles to his nose so as not to lose a
f?ingle movement, but when the spec
tacles were in place the operation was
over and the severed arm lay on the
floor. Times have changed much since
then.
Dr. Johnson's Church.
SL Clement Danes has never forgot
ten the fact that Johnson worshiped
within its walls. The pew In which
ho sat (It is In the north gallery, close
to the pulpit) Is marked by a brass
plate which was erected by the parish
ioners in 1851. In December, 18^, the
centenary of Dr. Johnson’s death was
observed by a memorial service, when
a special address was delivered by the
Rev. Dr. Lindsay, at that time rector
of St Clement Danes. Johnson’s pew
was on that occasion draped In violet.
Johnson was always constant In his
attendance at church on Good Friday
and Easter day. On April 9. 1773, he
went with Boswell. “His behavior,”
writes Boswell, “w^as, as I had Imagin
ed to myself, solemnly devout. I shall
never forget the tremulous earnestness
with which he pronounced the awful
petition in the litany. ‘In the hour of
death and in the day of Judgment, good
Lord, deliver us!’ ”—London News.
Salt Water Bathing.
Dr. Copeman of Brighton, England,
writing In the Practitioner, London,
gives some advice on sea bathing.
“The best time to bathe Is about two
hours after breakfast, the period of
greatest vital activity,” says Dr. Cope
man. “The one time which must be
avoided by all is after a full meal.
During the process of digestion the
vessels of the Internal organs are al
ready engorged with blood, and the
shock of the cold water is apt to pro
duce a very dangerous condition of
congestion, the least of many penalties
that may accrue being an acute attack
With many keen bath
ers it Is an article of faith to bathe
before breakfast. But business men,
after months of unremitting toll, those
who are below par or who are getting
on In years, should avoid taxing their
system by bathing at such a time.
Even the most robust would be wise
to partake of a cup of hot milk before
leaving the house.”
Fine Art of Letter Opening.
In Russia one letter In every ten
passing through the post is opened by
the authorities as a matter of course.
Indeed, the postal authorities of every
country have experts who have raised
letter opening to a fine art Some
kinds of paper can be steamed open
without leaving any traces, and this
simple operation is finished by re-
buruishing the flap with a bone Instru
ment. In the case of a seal a matrix
is taken by means of new bread be
fore breaking the wax. When other
methods fall the envelope Is placed be
tween pieces of wood with edge pro
jecting one-twentieth of an Inch. The
edge of the envelope is flrst flattened,
then roughened and finally slit open.
Later a hair line of strong white gum
Is applied and the edges united under
pressure.—London Chronicle.
Salt.
Salt production is about the oldest
Industry In the world. In Italy, the
cradle of the salt Industry, it has been
manufactured commercially for 2,500
years. Salt is so necessary to ex
istence that in some parts of the world
tribes will sell the members of their
families in exchange for salt. Salt has
been the cause of wars, and so Im
portant has It always been considered
that In some places the passing of
salt is established as a token of friend
ship, and women throw salt on a vis
itor as a friendly greeting. In some
countries salt Is so scarce that it is
obtained through the ashes of grasses
and a species of palm and other plants.
While salt is produced in almost every
counti'y in the world, it is stated that
nowhere can - salt of such purity be
obtained at anything like the cost for
mining as in Louisiana.—Manufactur
ers’ Record.
Wright’s Newest Machine
Arrives at Kill [)evil
Hill.
Orville Wright’s newest flying ma
chine arrived at Manteo last PViday
afternoon at the combination hangar
and cottage on the sands of Kill De vil
in which Mr. Wright and his guests
are spending what the former declares
is merely a vacation
The machine was landed from a
steamer at Collington bay, near Kitty
Hawk station, and was brought on to
the Wright camp in a box car. About
six hours’ work will assemble and put
it in shape tor operation.
You Will Want
Notice to Cotton Growers
My Gin at Cheeks Crossing is now
ready for work. Will gin Fridays and
Saturdays of each week. Cotton may
be brought in any day of week and
stow'cd in separate garners untill gin
day.
Walter S. Crawford.
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Soon-to-l>e Sure
It is a good time right now
to begin looking into the
matter.
We are ready to show
you.
MORROW-BASON
Burlington
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Growing ^5ome.
It is interesting to note that by the
latest census the State of New York
has a population more than double that
creditei to the American colonies by
the enumeration taken just after the
revolution. Also the State contains
more white people than did the South
ern Confederacy in 1860.
Charity and Prudence.
Tlie contradictions of life are many.
An observant man remarked recently
that he was prowling about a certain
city square when he came upon a
drinking fountain which bore two con-
fiictlng Inscriptions.
One, the original inscription on the
fountain, was from the Bible, “And
whosoever will, let him take the water
of life freely.”
Above this hung a placard. “Please
do not waste the water.” — Youth’s
Comijanlon.
A Real Gas Plant.
There are two varieties of gas plant
One is a manufacturing establishment
where coal is converted into g>is for il
luminating and heating purposes. The
other variety is a real growing plant
called the fraxinella. Few know why
the fraxinella is called the “gas plant.”
This is because at certain times it re
leases a volatile oil that actually ig
nites if allowed to come In contact
with a lighted match. The fraxinella
Is also noted for its fragrance and
longevity if not disturbed. One plant
In a New England garden Is doing
its best to outlive a third generation,
and elsewhere a clump Is still flourish
ing after no less than thirty-seven
years on a grave—one of the most dif
ficult of places for a perennial to keep
up a long struggle for existence, let
alone a normal life.—New York World.
Stick to Them Jake
Some of the North Carolina Repub
licans will line up with the insurgent
Republicans of the North and West,
who are supporting Senator LaFollette,
of Wisconsin, for the Republican pre
sidential nomination. The movement
has been started in Charlotte and is in
charge of Mr. Jake F. Newell.—
Statesville Landmark.
If we are to have a Republican for
President, it will be all right to take
LaFollette.
Stewed Deers’ Horns.
Deers’ horns when young may form
a dish for human consumption. Sir S.
W. Baker writes, “When the large
horns of the sambur, or wapiti, are
growing they make an excellent dish,
flrst scalded to divest them of down
and then gently stewed with a good
sauce and a few vegetables.”* London
Mail
Her Description,
Muggins—Women have such queer
ways of expressing themselves! Bug-
gins—Such as? Muggins—Well, my
wife was telling me about Miss Yel-
Jowleaf and said she was a sight to
behold and in the very next breath
said she wasn’t fit to be seen.—Phila
delphia Record.
Gifted.
"I don’t know w'hat I'm ever going
to make of that sou of mine,” com
plained a prominent Cleveland busi
ness man the other day. The old chap
is self made, a graduate of the univer
sity of hard knocks and all that, and
It naturally grieves him to have a son
who is not aggressive.
“Maybe your son hasn’t found him
self yet,” we consoled. “Isn’t he gift
ed In any way?”
“Gifted! 1 should say he is! He
ain’t got a darned thing that wasn’t
given to him.”—Cleveland Plain Deal
er.
Big William Penn.
The statue of William Penn at the
city hall In Philadelphia weighs thirty
tons and is thirty-seven feet high.
Some other dimensions are: Hat rim,
twenty-three feet In circumference;
nose, thirteen inches long; eyes, twelve
inches long and four inches wide; hair,
four feet long; arms, twelve feet six
inches long; waist, twenty-four feet
In circumference; legs, from ankle to
knee, ten feet; ca’f, eight feet eight
inches In circumference.
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Rural Amenities.
Fair Passenger—But, good gracious,
why didn’t the train stop here? It la
supposed to. Porter—Yes, miss, but
the engine driver has quarreled with
tne station master.—Pele Mele.
Beats a Qood Wife.
An orator holding forth In favor of
woman—dear, divine womau—conclud
ed thus:
“Oh, my friends, depend upon it,
nothing beats a good wife."
“1 beg your pardon,” replied a wom
an. “Sure, a bad husband always
does.”—London Telegraph.
Baptist Church Services
Preaching the first Sunday at 11 A.
M., and 8 P. M., by Rev. B. V.
Ferguson Pastor. Sunday School every
Sunday morning at 10 o’clock the
public is cordialy invited to attend each
service.
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A Conclusion.
“Her husband doesn’t smoke, drink,
chew, swear or play cards.”
“Introduce me. Widows are my
clalty.”- -Houston Post
Hankow, one of the most important
cities in China was reported by the
American charge d’affairs to be in
flames the Sxechuen province south of
the Min river is in the hands of the
rebels, Wu Chang and Hanyang sre
held by the revolutionists, and 15,000
soldiers of the Imperial army have
mutinied, and gone over to the revolu
tionary party.
Early Rising.
The difference between rising In the
morning at 5 and 7 o’clock in the
space of forty years—supposing a nuuL
to go to bed at the same hour at i
night—Is nearly equivalent to the ad
dition of ten years to a life of three
score years and ten.
Where is the man who has the power i
and skill to stem the torrent of a wo* !
tnan’s will?—Old English Proverb.
^raig
is Candidate.
Mr. Locke Craig, Democratic candi
date for the gubernatorial nomination
m 1908. has announced his candidacy
for the same race next year. Mr,
Craig opposed the present Governor. W
W. Kitchen, in the Democratic State
convention over three years ago when
Governor Kitchen won the nomination
after the convention had been dead
locged for four days.
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