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I BLOTTED OUT 1 I | j: I B> CAR01 WlgR^V They were a rough lot of men under the shadow of Diamond hill miners, teamsters prospectors, traders aud eat tlen on but when old John i>yer, one of the mine bosses, brought his ilaugh ter Knte from civilisation to live with him there and keep bis humble cabin be had faith in that chivalry that has always made the western man renpect the other sex. He knew that alio would have many admirers and that there would lie quarrels on her account, but be was a widower and she motherless, and be hoped he was doing what was best The cabin, like the rude and strng gllng village, was bucked by the grim mountain, while along its front as fur as human eye could reach there glit tered the white sands of the Mojave desert. Here and then- out on that dreary waste were patches of ugly cacti, and Intuition told the girl as her eyes searched the desert for the first time that out there under the blazing sun the rattlesnake basked and the lizard glided swiftly over the tones of men and animals. The desert was not always at peace. Its surface resembling a placid lake. Now and then s wind, born up In the gulches of the mountain, came down and went sweeping across the sands, and then the spectator saw great clouds of dust as the flinty particles were caught up and driven hero and there to cut and gash and wound whatever lived. The sands never swept tn from the desert, but always were driven the other way. Had It not been so Diamond mine and the town around It could not have been. The coming of the girt among the thousand men was an event. There were a few old women there?cooks and laundresses-but here was a girl, a handsome young girl. Her Influence was felt almost Immediately. The mine manager said that more eoap, combs, handkerchiefs and looking glasses were called for from the com pany store In n week than were bought during the preceding three months. At least NIO of the thousand men determined on au Introduction at once, but when It came to the point, and even after three months had passed, tliore were not a dozen callers at the cabin. A month er two later It was said that only two of the dozen stood n chance. By "chance" they meant marriage. It never oc curred to any of them that a girl might have come among them without fall ing In love and marrying one of Mielr number. It was strange that among Kate's earliest and most persistent admirers was Pedro Diaz. : full blooded Mex ican He had charge of the company's transportation,and be managed through the father to force au Introduction. He was kindly rwelvcd by the girl, but no more. He was tolerated by the father, hut there was no welcome for lilm. Pedro v as a swaggerer. He was an egotist. lie thought he was In love, and once having made up his mind to this lie was ready to maintain what he called his right by fair means or foul. The thousand men said that Pedro's rival was Tommy Brltt, the keeper of the company's store, lie was uu .Vuier Ican, young, fair looking, and down on the books to be promoted for his en ergy. ambition and Integrity. Perhaps he admired, as all others did, but ho had never asked himself If he was in love. He found both fattier and da ugh ter congenial company, and that would have been his excuse had any one asked him why he paid two visits a week to the cabin. There came a day when Pedro Diaz made up his mind to know his fate. He chose an hour when he knew the glri would be alone, and he divwsed In his best and knocked on the cabin door. He believed himself Irresist ible, and he smiled and smirked and offered his love. There was a moment of astonishment, und he found himself rejected. The girl tempered lier re fusal as much as possible. It was her first offer, but womanly instinct told her to soften the blow even though ttie man was obnoxious to her. "What: You refuse Pedro Diaz!" ex claimed the man In reply. "You re fuse me?me, who am worth $o.000 and could marry any senorlta In my own country! Do yofl quite understand me';" ? v'^ have no love for you," replied the girl. "But that makes no difference. You shall love me later on. I am Pedro Diaz. It is the first time I ever did a wonuD the honor of asking her to marry me." The girl's reply v.-as r. firm one. and Pedro flung himself out of the cabin with anger raging tn his heart He had been snubbed, humiliated, made a fool of. There was u man In the case, of course, and It could tie none other than the storekeeper Whoever opjwis ed Pedro Lflaz In any gf his cherished schemes must die. He was not five minutes deriding on the death of Brltt. That morning the jgipig ridden away acroas Qgttrl. a stretch of twenty long, hot miles, to strike the railroad on the other side and order further supplies by telegraph. The ride was twenty miles over end twenty miles back H? would cover tho d!$ tancc lu a day, but It would be late In the evening when he returned. "I will meet and kill him as be re turns," decided Pedro, and when dark noes fell be oludsd otieerva lion as much as possible and rode out on the desert There was no trail across the sands. He who would bold a straight course must depend ujion tbe compass. and he must consult It often. There u us fair starlight light enough tu see bla rival I muuy rod* away. The sky waa clear 1 of those scudding clouds which might 1 lar taken as warnings that the whirl-I win Is were h i.g bom iu the ooUl ulr - of tin- gulches. ami no noise cntno from 1 the iiioutilalu except the whisper* of the pines to the cedar*. When I'edro hud made flveVillea straight out from the base be pulled In hia horse aud sat and waited, his : face to the west and bia ear.* alert for i tbe slightest sound. For ail hour he ' waited, and then of a sudden a cold i chill Ktruck the hack of his neck. He 1 whirled his horse aliout with au oath | on his lips. "It Is the saud storm!" he muttered J I as lie Juui|ied to the ground. He liud u blanket for himself und one for his home. The aultnul lay down at j the word and suffered his head to be J wrapped, aud Just as tbe first sharp grains begun to fiy the man snuggled j down beside the animal and muffled bis I head and uwore. He had seen a hundred saud storms on that desert. They came with s puff | aud went the sume way. In five min utes he would be up and watching 1 again, hut when five minutes had passed the gusts were stronger. At the end of ten they began circling and running across the sands like wraiths. Tliey also dug deep Into the sands, and when they met with an obstruc Hon they covered It In. Man and horse | were soon In danger of suffocation and | had to struggle up to throw off the weight. They were Just In time to be caught by a circling breese and spun around as If they were straws, and when the man was flung on his face at last and covered a foot deep In an Instant tbe horse uttered a neigh of terror and galloped heavily away, "It will pass, It will pass, and I will have my revenge!" muttered I'edro as lie stood up wtth bla back to ths blast, but It dkl not pass He was flung this way and that, car ried along or left half senaeleaa on the sands, and not for a full hour dkl the wind scraam out Its goodby to the (lesert and return to Its sleep. Then the surface of the desert waa ainooth again, and the man who came riding from the weat could not tell that under bla home's feet lay a human body burled two feet deep. There had been a Pedro Diss. The annils of the Mojave had blotted him out. Thr Right Bower. Itefore Millard Fillmore was elected to the vice presidency of the I'nlted mates he was bead of the law Arm of Fillmore, Hall & Havens of Ruffalo. It was one of the lauding law firms of the state. He was the defendant's at torney In a certain actlou In Ruffnlo. At the opening of the trial of the case the plulutiff?* uttorney stated to the Jury that he would have to depend en tirely u{H)i) the Justice of his client's esse, as the defendant had sought aud obtained the aid aud counsel of one of the ablest firms of lawyers In western New York, and he might say he had opposed to him the right bower of the legal profession. "What doeR he mean l>y that?" said Mr. Fillmore. Mr. Ha vens replied. "He menus you." "Yes. i I kuow," replied Mr. Fillmore, "but I what dis-s he mean by that particular | expression?" "Did you never play eu dire?" said Havens. "No," said Mr. Fillmore. "Well," said Havens, "in the game of euchre the right bower Is the biggest knave In the pack." Table Manners of Ve Olden liars. Can any one still prate of the good old times after reading the following extract from u sixteenth century book entitled "The Accomplished Ijidy's Itlcb Closet; or. Ingenious Gentleman's Delightful Companion?" "A gentlewoman, being at tuble. must observe to keep her laxly straight and uot lean by any means with her elbows, nor by ravenous gesture dis cover a voracious appetite. Talk uot when you have meat In your mouth, aud do not smack like a pig uor ven ture to eat spoon meat so hot that the tears stand in your eyes, which la as unseemly as the gentlewoman who pretended to have as little a stomach as she had a mouth, and therefore would not swallow her peas by spoon ful, hut took them oue by one and cut them In two before she would eat them. It Is very unseemly to drink so large a draft thst your breath Is almost goue and . ou arc forced to blow strongly to reco v r you <elf." At liquify of Wire. The manufacture of wire la of very ancient origin. It has been traced back to the earliest Egyptian history. Sped mens are In existence which can be provisl to date to 1700 B. C. The Keu slngton museum haa a specimen which waa made In Mlnera fluO years R. C. Ancient literature contain* many refer ences to wire. From the rnlns of Her cuUineum metal heads have been ex hum:sl on which the hair la represented by wire. There la no question that this ancient wire waa made by hammering out the metal, which waa always bron*> or of the precious group. This held true of all made previous to the fourteenth century, during which the process of forming wire by dm wing or elongating the metal by forcing It through a conical orifice, made io some substance harder than the metal treat ed, waa Invented, -t'asster's Magnxlne. niftr.ll Wars of Polllna It. This Is a scientific way: "If a man falls asleep In the sitting posture wtth bis mouth open his Jaw drops. The tongue not l>elng In contact with the hard isilate, the succotorlAl spate la obliterated, the soft palate no longer adheres to the roof of the tongue, and If respiration be carried on through the mouth the muscular curtain bog's* to vibrate" And this la the popular form: "If a man doesn't keep his mouth shut when asleep ha will mora." AO Aoirnal Story For Little Folks The "No Good" Gat Ouce tlitre wan a "no good" cat. Just a plain, thin, dirty looking cut wlio spent most Of bis time asleep in the coal bin In the (lay time and dodging the bootjacks and coal that vera thrown at blm at night as be sat and sang on the back fence. He didn't belong to any one in par ticular, but be usually slept in Mr. Clip per Stopper's coal bin. So the neigh bors all came to Mr. Slipper Stopper and said bis cat was "stealing their chickens!" ills cat was "stealing their milk!" So Mr. Slipper Stopper made up bis mind that as the cat was a "no good'' cut and bad no friends be better be drowued. Ho told tbls to the cat, and at once the cat got his back up. "I won't go," said the cat. "You will go," said Mr. S. "But I catch rats and mice for you." pleaded the cut. "You steal others' food," said Mr. Slipper Stopper shortly. "I might do you some good some day," whined the cat "You're no good." said his master, and, taking his water pail on bta arm DbAOOXD HIM, SORATCHINCJ AKD UOWLINU. and seizing the cat by the tail, he dragged hiin, scratching and bowling, to the river. "What are you going to do?" cried the cat. "Walt and see," said Mr. Slipper Slopper. He took a long cord from his pocket nnd tied it about the cat's neck and then bent down over the bank to get a big stone. But his foot slipped and in he went, splashing and bowling Into the deep water. Mr. Slipper Slopper when a boy had never learned to swlin. "It's all up with me," he moaned. But the "no good" cat made for home. As he cnrne alone Mrs. Slipper Slopper grew anxious and ran to the shore just in time to pull her husband out. "How did you know?" he gasped. "It was the cat," she replied. "He was some good, then, after all," said Mr. S. So be was.?I'ittsburg Dis patch. Airirnal 5tory Por Little Polks Mr.Camel InTrouble Were you ever warned to avoid debt! If not, I warn you now, and I will tell you the story of the poor old camel who got in debt. Perhaps he had been care less, perhaps misfortune had chosen him for her prey. At any rate, he be came involved in debt to the kangaroo ami was hauled before Judge Ape to give an account of himself. "How much money do you owe the kangaroo?" asked the Judge as he frowned at the prisoner before him. "Four dollars and twenty-nine cants." WHY DOlTr YOU PAY IT?" "Why don't you pay It?" growled the Judge. "I haven't got It," replied the ramel. "Why don't you get It?" "It la Impossible." "Do you mean to tell me you can't get It from aotiie of your friends?" "Yea." "Well, I have iny oplntou of any reputable citizen who can't raise M 'JD.'" aald the Judge. "Go to Jail." Then they dragged poor Mr. Camel away, gave him a sound beating and put him In prison. And why do you suppose the camel could not raise the money? 8lmply be cause he had Just been compelled to raise a great deal more money to pay ether debts. Bewate of debt.?Atlanta Constitution. God's Masterprlece. A cultured Christian womau is God's masterpiece; aud if she is a Southern lady she is the liu^t thing in the universe. She is tne Marshal Xeill of the roses. Other roses may be more gorgeous in their beautv, but there is about Southern womanhood a delicacy, a retiuement, an indescribable quality of womanliness that marks her as a distinct type, i and the highest type o> her sex. If I were asked to explain this peculiarity, and what it is that produces this exquisite beauty of female character, in a cultured Southern woman, I would say that it is our ideal of woman hood. For generations past the South has trained her woman hood. Sue was made as an help meet for man. Her kingdom was the home. Her mission was to be a wife and mother. Her virtues were those that grow to perfection amid the holy environ ment of domestic life. The hus band was the house-band, all ex ternal duties belonged to him. He was to reverence hie wife and love her as Christ loved the church. And she was to be sub ject to him, and love, honor and obey him. Under the influence of this divine order of society, the Southern woman grew into a matchless beauty. It was a beauty as strong as it was lovely. We saw in the war what South ern womanhood could endure aud dare. She shrank with ex quisite grace from the glare of public notice, but moved like an angel of mercy amid the storm of war, and nerved the fainting courage of the soldiers at the front.?Dr. S. A. Steel in Kaleigh Advocate. When indigent Ian becomes chronic it is dangerous. Kodol Dyspepnia cure will cure indigeston and all troubles result ing therefrom, thus preventing Ca tarrh of the Stomach. Sold by Hood Bros. Benson Drug Co. J. K. Ledbetter. DO NOT WAIT. The Ladies' Home Journal is considered by many to be the greatest woman's magazine pub lished in the world. For many years the price has been only $ 1.00 per year. After October 1, the price win bo $1 25 per year Every reader nt i tiis notice who will send ine $1 00 before Octo ber 1st. will get the Journal one year. Now is the time to sub scribe and get this great maga zine before the price is increased 1 also take subscriptions for The Saturday Evening Post at$L 25 per year, regular price $2.00. Address, T. J. Lassitek, Smitbfield, N. O. REPORT OF THE CONDITION of The COMMERCIAL |& SAVINGS BANK AT THE Close of Business on Aug. 25th, 1905 KESOURCES. Loans uud Discounts 24.438 74 Ov trdrafts 393 29 Stocks, Bonds, Mortgages.. 800 00 Banking Htmse, Furniture and Fixtures 3,847 60 Due from Hanks 5.98513 Case Items 55 It} (iold coin 937 50 Silver coin 437 85 National bank notes 2,470 00 Total..., 39,364 77 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in 10,100 00 Undivided profit^ 390 90 Notes and bills sediacouuted 3,00000 Deposits subject to check.. 25,08131 Cashier's Checks outstanding 292 50 Total 89,864 77 Statk os' North Carolina, Johnston County. I, Jas. H. Abell, Cashier of the above named hank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the liest of my knowledge and belief. Jan. H. Ahkli., Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 8th day of September, 1905. F. H. Brooks. Notary Public. Correct?Attest: W. L. Woodall, W. D. Hooa. ATLANTIC AND NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. __ From Goldsboro to Morehead City. Carolina's Great Summer Resort. Train No. 5 leaves Goldsboro dally at 8 a. rn.. arriving at Morehead City at 11:25 a. m. Train No. 8 leaves Goldsboro dally at 3:45 p. in., arriving at Morehead City at 7:1ft p. ra. Train No. 4 leaves Morebead at 7:45 a. ra. and arrives at Goldsboro at 11:10 a m. Train No. 6 leaves Morehead at 4:35 p. m. and arrives at Goldsboro at 8:05 p. m. Trains No's. 5 and 6 connect at Ooldsl?oro with Atlantic Coast Line Trains as follows: No. 41 Southbound and No. 42 Northbound. Trains No's. 3 and 4 handles Parlor Car (Vance) between Goldstioro and Morehead 1 City (Peat fare 90.50). and connect at Golds boro with Southern Hallway Trains as follows: ' No. 108 F.astbound: No. 134 Westbound, and i Atlantic Coast Line trains as follows; N*o. 40 , Southbound; No. 48 Northbound. ?? V V T W * V ft ft ft TH? ft T V ftf ^ > ? 3 ? This it- simply to remind * you that I am still at \ Princeton, N. C. 3 ? with a complete line of 4; > j General Merchandise t 3 tl fully appreciate the gen- 4 erous patronage the public *| ? has given tue for the past 3 ? twenty-tivt years, and it f" gives lue pleasure to be ^ ? able to tell you that I am ^ in a I tetter position to J ? serve you than ever before. 4 ? To those of you who are ? not already patrons of my 3 ? store, I ask that you give me a chance at your Fall ? business and I will exert 5* every effort to make your -4 visit both pleasant and 4 ? profitable to you 2 ? ^ 3 is -4 tMy store is being rapidly filled 4 with the most attractive goods i ? of the season; and I might ^ j? add tiiat in the selection of -4 ? these goods Quality lr was the first consideration, as ^ s- that is absolutely necessary in ??: ? ' rder to sustain the reputation W p. I have made 4 ? All the staple Dry J =<? Goods at prices that J ? are sure to make for me 3 ? a host of new customers. 4 ? Hardware, The famous ? Clipper Guaranteed 3 ? Table and Pocket Cut- 4 ? lery, American Field 4 ? Fence and Barbed i | Wire, Men's and < ? Children's Clothing, 3 ? Hats, Gents' Furnish- 3 ? lngs. Men's, Women's 4 ? and Children's Fine, 4 Medium and Coarse 4 ? Shoes. In fact every- 4 > thing you want is here 5 f ?i ? Single and Double 4 Guns c ** F Harness & Saddles 4 b- -H !? * ?f Bring your produce to 5 ? me and I will pay you ? the very highest cash 4 ?- price for it. HPut your 5 ? horse in my large Free ^ ? Hitching Lot and make 4 i* my store Headquarters. +: L Yours for business 5 D. E. I McKINNE i t 3 A>t? A A?.t. & litJk AAA.t. A STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE Clayton Banking Co, AT THE Close of Business on Aug. 25th, 1905. RESOURCES: Loans and discounts #47,S3.") ?8 Overdrafts (secured and un secured) 1,361(56 Ranking House Furniture and fixtures 3.873 02 Due from Banks and Bankers 20.474 75 Cash items 191 ?}0 (fold coin 1,005 00 Silver coin, including all mi nor coin currency 780 95 National B?uk notes and ott er 15. S. notes 2,73(5 00 Total 177,758 86 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in ?10,000 00 Undivided profits, less cur. exps. and taxes paid. 3,071 75 Dividends unpaid 15 00 Bills payable 10,000 00 Deposits subject to Check. 54,669 23 Cashier's checks outstanding 2 38 Total 177,758 36 State ok Nokth Carolina, Johnston County. I, C. M. Thomas, Cashier, of the Clayton Banking Co., do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge anil belief. C M. THOMAS, Cashier. Subscrilted and sworn to before me, this 2nd, day of September, 1905. J Esau 3lI.Ll.tRD, Notary Public. Correct? Attest.: L. F. At stin, I). H. McCci.I.KKS, R. B Whiti.KV, 0. W. Horn mo. Directors. The A. & N. C. ii. It. gives notice that the Parlor Car "VANCE" which has been opera ted on their trains No's. 3 and 4 between Goidsboro and More head City, will be discontinued for the present season after Sept. 17th, 1905. W. G. Yelvington is closing out his stock of men's, ladies, misses' and children's low cut shoes at cost for cash. Everything i? in tlis name v1.hu it rumen to Wilcli Hazrl Salve. E C. IV Witt A Co. of Chicago discovered tome y?ar? ago how to make a >a!ve trnm Witcb Hazel that is a speclfle for Piles. For blind, bleeding:, itching aud protruding Piles, eczema, cuts, burns, bruises god all >kin diseases Hewitt's Salve lias no equal. This lias given rise to numerous worthless counterfeits. Ask fot Hewitt's?the genuine. Sold by Hood Bros. Benson Drug C> . J. K. Led I >etter. FARM Ft?R SALE. About ninety acres of land ad joining the place on which I live i for sale. Farm is on a public I road; about 55 acres cleared and has two dwelling houses, (iood corn, cotton and tobacco land. Some good pasture. John R. Denning, R. F. D. No. 1. Benson, N. C. farm for sale. I offer for sale a farm of 270 acres, 2% miles from Smithheld. ! Suitable for corn, cotton, tobac j co. oats, etc. Good pasturage. I Will sell for cash or on time, o. R. Rand, Smithfield, N. C. LOTS FOR SALE. Several lots making 5% acres for sale. Would prefer to sell the land in a body to one person. ; Land lies in the forks of the roads ! near Mr. James W. Wellons and is known as the John L. Jones land. J. M. Beaty, Smithfield, N. C. For dry goods and groceries it will pay you to see Cotter Underwood Co. LAND FOR SALE. I have for sale 25% acres of land partly cleared with one dwelling bouse on it. The land is in Ingrams townshjp on the Smithfield road near Mr. D. W. Adams and is known as the Ceasar Gusbuhler place. I want to sell for cash. T. V. Bakek, Smithfield, N. C. ~af1ne fabm for sale. 320 acres located in .Johnston county, on public road between Clayton and Smithfield. One mile from Southern Railroad; 100 acres fine cotton or tobacco land; 150 acres in cultivation; 150 acres in woods. Timber enough to saw seven hundred thousand feet of lumber. A fine I location for truck or stock farm. Six good mules. Gin outfit; engine and boiler; all necessary tarn ing tools; also store with new stock of $3000.00. The store alone will pay 10 per cent, on the whole investment. Six nice dwelling houses all nicely painted. This farm must be sold by October 1st, or it will not be for sale. Reason for sell ing my time is all taken up with other business. 1 also have for sale a small farm of 37 acres with a good 4 room house on it. Address, J as A. Sandeks, a2G to 1st. Raleigh, N. C. the "boss" cotton presst SIMPLEST. STRORGEST. BEST Thi Murray Cinnimo System Bint. Fetters. Caateaaars. Etc. C1BBU MACHINERY CO. Columbia, S. C. - HOLLISTCR'S Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Busy Medicine for Busy People. Brlngf Golden Health and Renewed Vigor. A specific for Constipation, Indigestion. L'w and Kidney Troubles. Pimples, Emems Impure Blood, Bad Hreath. Sluggish Bowels. Headach* and backache. It's Rocky Mountain Tea in tab let form, 3.1 cents a box Genuine made by Holi.ibtkr dim Company, Madison. Wis. GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE DeWITT'S WITCH HAZEL SALVE. TBI OBIOINAL. A W?U Known Cur* for Pile*. Cures obetlnite Mnc. chipped hinds, eo ?oma, sklndiaoaees. Mekes burns end scalds pslnlsss. We could net Improve the quality M paid double tha price. The best sslve thet experience can preduoe or that money can buy. Cures Piles Permanently DeWltt's Is (he original mU only pure end ff nulne Wlich Haiti Salve made. Look for tho nemo DeWITT on ovary bo*. All otheee arc counterfeit. rasMnso av i b. 0. dowitt a co.. chicaoo.
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