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H - 1 SALARY X FEES 1 H 0 rTTXiTi;rx"T;n:!x:rrT3"xi:*sxs*j: Organize Against the Fee System. At the recent convention of the Clerks of Courts, Senator Martin urg ed upon them the necessity of or- ( ganizatlon for the accomplishment of { the purposes they have in view. : There is great virtue in organization, ! unquestionably. In the present con ditions It is absolutely necessary to the success of any movement. and In the settlement of questions of large public importance it is neces- ! sary to meet organization with or- | g&nization. This is perfectly plain to the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, which will be "much surprised if the ef fect of this movement (the organiza tion of the Clerks of Courts) is not reflected very palpably in the next ' legislative elections, unless the peo ple take similar steps to make ef- , fective their choice of representa tives. The fee system will not be abolished if the nomination of mem bers of the General Assembly is left . to be engineered by the officials most concerned in perpetuating it." j That covers the case. The tee) sys tem will be continued unless men are I elected to the Legislature who are ' opposed to it. It costs the people of the State tens of thousands of dollars they rould keep in their own pockets If the Legislature would pass a law putting all the State and county offi cers on a straight salary basis. There ! are men in the State to-day who are making more than $20,000 the year out of the places tney 1111 ana me people are "paying the freight." We would give every man who fills a pub lic cffice a living salary, but we would make his compensation con tingent upon the value of his service?,1 and would not fatten him at the ex 1 ense of the people with fees which he has not fairly earned. The only way that the organization of the office-holders can be sucecssfully: met Is by the organization of the people who elect them, and this should be uade a vital issue in the election of members of the General Assembly.? Richmond Times-Dispatch. o i Destroys Individual Opportunities. A few months ago, a county treas urer in Virginia, charged with being short in his accounts something like $23,000, commited suicide. He had been a trusted officer for nearly thir ty years?so thoroughly trusted, in deed, that an examination of his^ books, although required by law, would have been considered a person al reflection. It is significant that no evidence of any shortage was discovered until after he had been in office over eight years. The peo ple of Virginia will make a serious blunder if they do not vote overwhel mingly against the amendment to the Constitution allowing indefinite ten ure of office to county and city treas urers. An officeholding trust, like all other trusts, destroys individual opportunities and proves not infre quently a very expensive incubus up on a community.?Charlottesville (Va.) Progress. Against Fee System. The fee system of paying coun ty officers is doomed and mainly so because it is indefensible from a bu siness point of view. The only sen sible method is the salary and it is coming, too, Just as soon as our poople wake up to a business way of doing things. Would a merchant hire a clerk and pay him a certain com mission on the goods sold? Well, hardly so, and for the same reason the fee system will have to go. Of course nothing ?will be done until the present nominees have served out their terms, but it is to be hoped that by. that time the modern meth ods will be ready for actual use.? Wadesboro Anson ian. o Abolition of the fee system for county officers and substitution of salaries is coming in for a big reviv al Just about now, especially in view of the nearness of the next legisla ture, and It is likely tha he law makers at their coming session will handle the matter. It looks at pres ent as If a general law will be made, and that county officers hereafter in North Carolina, that is at least after present terms, will be placed on a salary basis, which will be something definite and will be more business like. The county commissioners, In annual session last week at Char lotte, evidently heartily favored the ?alary system, as those who spoke upon the subject strongly expressed approval.?Wilmington Evening Dis patch. Tobacco growing In Hawaii is very promising, although it was started I but two years ago. THE LENGTHENING OF LIFE. The General Effect of Sanitary Pro- | gress?Increased Efficiency. From an economic standpoint, the average American child is a liability until its seventeenth . year, after which time it becomes an asset. That is to say, it is necessary for the in dividual and the public to contribute to the physical, mental, and moral de velopment of a child until it reaches its seventeenth year. After the sev enteenth year the average American | child becomes self-supporting, and, in addition to its own support, becomes a source of revenue for other in dividuals and for the government or public. Death before seventeen means a financial loss of all that the in dividual and public have invested in the child; after seventeen, the long er death is delayed the greater the returns on the investment. Anything, therefore that diminishes the probab ility of death before seventeen and increases the probability of life after seventeen is financially an individual and public blessing. Such a blessing is sanitary progress from a busines standpoint. | Going back to the oldest reliable statistics on the duration of life in existence, we find that In the six teenth century the average duration of life was 21.2 years; at the begin ning of the nineteenth century about 30 years; at the present the average duration of life is 44 years. During .the last quarter of the nineteenth [century?the most active period in ,the growth of natural science?the average duration of life increased at | the rate of 25 years per century, and between 1890 and 1900 the increase in Massachusetts was at the rate of 40 years per century. The following table summarizes present progress in the lengthening of life: Present rate in Massachusetts 14 years. Present rate in Europe 17 years. Present rate in Prussia; 27 years. In India, where sanitation is un known, the average duration of life is 23 years, or what it was about 40 years ago. Just as the light of sanitary sci ence rises nearer the meridian of perfection, so the shadow of death shortens.?Health Bulletin. Vacation. Sae old ten days, Same old train; Same old country, Same old rain. i Same old farmhouse, Same old trunk; Same old back room, Same old bunk. I Same old brooklet, Same old trees; Same old fishes, Same old fleas. Same old tackle, Same old flies; Same old bottles, Same old lies. ?Memphis News-Scimitar. ^ The Country Paper. I am glad to commend the work j of the country newspaper. It can be 1 owned by the editor who edits it and, j therefore, has behind it a conscience ' and character which can be identi- ! fied, which is close to the people and can give voice to the sentiments of its readers. We have to depend ; more and more upon the country pa- 1 pers for an educational work that is j necessary to a correct understanding of public questions. There is a lot of difference between a man who writes what he is told to write and the man who writes what he believes 13 a message to his readers. At this time, when the great dailies are becoming more and more business enterpriss rather than exponents of opinions, and especially when a number of them have become the property of predatory interests, the country newspaper increases in importance. ?William Jennings Bryan. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is to-day the best known medicine in use for the relief and cure of bowel complaints. It cures griping, diarrhoea, dysentery, and should be taken at the first un natural looseness of the bowels. It is equally valuable for chidren and adults. It always cures. Sold by Hood Bros. Michigan has a population of 2,810, 173, an increase of 389,191, or 16.1 per cent., compared with 2,420,982 in 1900. "How did you make Miss Passay think that you were the finest fel low on earth?" "I sent her twenty beautiful roses on her thirtieth birth day."?Cleveland Leader. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought, Stgnature^of |l j1 | GOOD ROADS jj Roads and Land Values. Discussing the effect of good roads on land values, a correspondent of the Kansas City Star makes some interesting comparisons. As an ex ample he cites the fact that two roads run In a western and south wet tern direction of Washington, Mo. One is an ordinary dirt road and the cthei is a turnpike. There is no material difference in the land lying along the two highways. So far as productiveness Is concerned it is about a stand-off, but "the land on the earth road sells at from $60 to $80 per acre, while at an equal distance from town on the gravel road land is worth from $80 to $100 per acre." The correspondent adds: "The construction of good roads i near Springfield, Mo., is Increasing1 the laud valuation along these roads 25 per cent and upward. In Boone j County, where the gravel roac's have existed almost since pioneer ' times, the lands along these roads j sell for 20 per cent more thau lands on the ordinary dirt roads and yield an income greater in the same pro portion. The same Is true in lMke, In Kalis, In St. Louis county, in Cape Girardeau, in Jackson, everywhere throughout Missouri, where are the rock or gravel roads to afford the comparison. "These enhanced values are per manent and not temporary and fluc tuating." The results are the same every where. Good roads unquestionably increase land values, but there are land owners, it is regrettable to say, who balk at road improvement on the score of increased taxation. Any sensible man should welcome any im provement which adds to the value of his land. And in pondering the road question the farmer who fears taxation should sit down and figure a bit on the indirect tax he is pay ing because of the lack of good roads.?Louisville Courier-Journal. Good Roads. No more important movement has ever been started in Stanly county than the one that is now being set in motion for good roads. Every two years our citizenship array themselves for a struggle for a political victory, and both sides are represented by the very best of men. Strong men opposo each other and fight for the right as they are given to see the right. Fur thermore, our citizenship is divided on religious questions. In fact, al most any issue that may come up, the people align themselves, part on one side and part on the other side. But there is one question now spring ing up which should have as its ex ponent every true citizen of the county; a question upon which men of every religious sect, upon which men of every calling of life, upon which men of political belief may be come united. That question is good roads. Stanly county boasts of re sources and its splendidv pure Saxon citizenship, and rightfully may do so. Stanly county is advancing along many lines as rapidly as any coun ty in North Carolina and is fast forging herself toward the front. Her progress should in no way be retard ed. An eminent speaker was heard to say the other day that the best, stan dard by which to judge a community was its schools, its churches, and its roads. Stanly county has schools and school facilities right along with the best. Stanly county has churches that may well call forth the pride of the citizenship of our community. What about the Roads? No better road-bed can be found in North Car olina; no greater possibility for mak ing the very best of roads are wrap ped up in the soil of any county than In Stanly's soil. But they are yet diamonds in the rough. You may be a Republican, you may be a Democrat, what does that matter? We are all neighbors when It comes to local questions and it Is to be hoped that every loyal citizen who loves his country will from this time on agitate this great question of Good Roads until the roads of Stanly county rival those of any County of North Carolina.?Albemarle Enterprise. It Saved His Leg. "All thought I'd lose my leg," writes J. A. Swensen, of Watertown, Wis. "Ten years of eczema, that 15 doctors could not cure, had at last laid me up. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured it, sound and well." In fallible for Skin Eruptions, Eczema, Salt Rheum, Boils, Fever Sores, Burns, Scalds, Cuts and Piles. 25c. at Hood Bros. There are about 200 births annual ly on ships trading to or from Brit- j isli ports. COWN FOUR OAKS WAY. The New* of the Week Reported by Our Regular Correspondent. Four Oaks, Aug. 31.?Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hollowell, ot Rocky Mount, formerly of this place, arrived last night to spend some time with rela tives and friends. Capt. T. F. Watkins and family, of Wilson, were visiting relatives in and around town last week. Mr. D. C. Lassiter, of Western, Un ion Telegraph Company, In South I Carolina, was home Sunday for a short while. Mr. Walton Johnson left this morn ing for the State University to com plete his course. | Miss Nan Hollowell. of Goldsboro, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. C. R. Adams. Mr. Ira W. Keene has moved his 31oik of neral a evhundise across | tlio rai'road to tlie c?\v building com . plated by J, E. Parker. I C. C. Lee Is one fcappy man. It's a boy. Mr. J. T. Cole's two sons, Chester and Victor, left Tuesday for Buies' Creek Academy to enter school. Miss Floy Johrt-on and Kate Cum mlngs passed through Tuesday en route for Sniithfield and Raleigh. W. K. Barbour spent the past week in Princeton and Goldsboro. Mr. Rufus Austin, of Benson, con ducted services at M. E. church here Sunday morning during absence of Rev. Mr. Sa'ton. Messrs. I. M. and W. A. Massen gill left this morning for Norfolk, I Va , where they go to buy hardware, etc., and for a short vacation at Ocean View, Va. The farmers of this community are bewailing their fate during this con tinuous rain. There is lots of fod der lost. Mr. Hubert B. Coats, formerly Pro fessor of Latin at Union College, Kentucky, will open a school known fas the Four Oaks Academy. The school will be located in the hall of r.ew brick building of Mr. D. H. Sanders and will open Sept. 26th. "Can be depended upon'' is an expression we all like to hear, and when it is used in connection with Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy it means that it never fails to cure diarrhoea, dysen tery or bowel complaints. It is pleas ant to take and equally valuable for children and adults. Sold by Hood Bros. Young Sparker?"Bobby, tell me (handing him sixpence) how many fellows have been to see Ethel this week?" Bobby (aged 6)?"Let's see | ?four." "That doesn't include me, does it?" "No; I heard Sis say I you don't count."?Scraps. 5 or 6 doses "666" will cure any case of chills and fever. Price 25c. sty L0SE MONEY OO^when you allow any of your Sstock or poultry to remain sick \ a day. They give you less results in beef, pork, work, or eggs, when they are j| not in perfect health. Take a little I interest in your own pocket book H and doctor them up with ' I Slack-Draught I Stock and Poultry j Medicine j It will pay you to do this. It has paid thousands of other successful farmers and stock and poultry raisers. This famous remedy is not a food, but a genuine, scientific med icine prepared from medicinal herbs and roots, acting on the liver, kid neys, bowels and digestive organs. Sold by all druggists, price 25 cents, 50 cents and $1. per can. ?TfWrite for valuable book : "Success with Stock and Poultry.'' Sent free for a postal. Address Black-Draught Stock Medicine Co.. Chattanooga, Tenn. TRINITY PARK SCHOOL A .irst-CIass Preparatory School. Certificates of Graduation Accepted For Entrance !o Leading Southern Colleges. Faculty of ten officer? and teacher*. Campus of seventy-five acres. Library containing more than forty thousand bound volumes. Well equipped gym naaium. High standards and modem methods of instruction. Frequent lectures by prominent lecturer?. Ex I penses exceedingly moderate. Twelve years of phenomenal success. For catalogue and other information address F. S. ALDRIDGE, Bursar DURHAM, N. C. ) |V THE CLAYTON J I Graded School I I WILL OPEN AT 8:30 O'CLOCK, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH I ! ? With a qualified corps of teachers. Tuition will M : 3 be free to every child of school age in this dis- J | \ trict. Let your boy and girl use this opportunity \ j 9 to better prepare themselves for Life's Work. sj 1 For those scholars outside of this district, tuition j iL charges will range from $1.50 for the lower ? grades to $3.00 for the higher grades. Tuition v jb also for music. For further information address fo jl G. T. WHITLEY, M. A., Supt. | CLAYTON, N. C. .A 0 EAST CAROLINA 9 M TEACHERS' TRAINING SCHOOL 8 ? A State School organized and maintained for one Q definite purpose:?training young men and women 0 9 for teaching. The regular session opens Tuesday, 2 September 13, 1910. For catalogue and information, Q Address Q J ROBT. H. WRIGHT, - PRESIDENT ? {J Greenville, N. C. ASK ANYONE WHO KNOWS And They Will Tell You FOUR Things About The SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE AND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC FIRST. Best possible location and an up-to-date*plant SECOND. Fine faculty and most thorough work THIRD. Splendid body of students and delightful home atmosphere FOURTH. Terms so reasonable that they will astonish you Drop a postal to G. C. VARDELL, President,' Red Springs, N. C., for a catalogue. ^)F=H=: IBBC =3L==3t^ Times a Year You Eat Bread. That is P =J if you eat three meals a day and are j well and healthy. If You Eat J CRYSTAL FLOUR |_ n you will be well and healthy and will [~ eat it 1095 times. TRY a sack. IT's guaranteed. Mr. Troy Henry is with me now and will be glad to have his friends call to see him. W. H. ETHER EDGE selma. n. c. jn \$H=1 i==i E1E1[=^=1 [=11^ . ?#?#####*** I NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT <L A. R. | | ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. I ??? - ROUND TRIP JL^_ ^ _ _ * I $I7.?2 $17.211 ! WITH CORRESPONDING RATES FROM OTHER POINTS | ??V'l tt | ATLANTIC COAST LINE j : : DATES OF SALE?September 15 to 19, 1910, inclusive. 2 : : STOP OVERS?10 days not to exceed final limit will be 8 ; allowed on both the going and return trips at Richmond S ; ; or Norfolk and Washington, Baltimore and Philadelp^n, g ij; by depositing tickets on arrival at stop-over point w. 't 8 ; ; Depot Ticket Agent. Tickets limited to return not later than midnight Sept. 29, but may g |i| be extended to October 28, by depositing ticket and payment of fl. S * Make arrangements for Tickets, Pullman Reservations : i: Well ia Advance with 5 I J. A. CAMPBELL, . Ticket Agent, : SMITHFIELD, N. C. | * W. J. CRAIG, Pas. Traf. Mgr. T. C. WHITE. Gen. Pas. Agt. I*| WILMINGTON. N. C.
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