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DIRECTORY
Town OUcers
Muyor—Joshua L. Ewell.
Commissioners-- Dr. J. B. 8. Knight,
N. S. Heel, Dr. J. D. Higga, A. Haaaell,
P. K. Hodges.
Street Commissioner*— F. K. Hodges,
N. S. Peel.
Clerk—A. Hasaell. *
Treasurer - N. S. Peel.
Attorney—WheclerJMartin.
Chief of Police—J.JH. Page.
Skewarkee Lodge, No. 90, K. P and A.
M. Regular meeting every »nd and 4th
Tuesday nights.
Roanoke Camp, No. 107, Woodmen of
the toorld. Regular meeting every lud
last Friday nights.
Church of the Advent
Services on the aecond and fifth Sun
day* of the moath,morning and evening,
and on the Saturdays (jp.ui.) before,
and on Mondava (9 a. m.) after said Sun
days of the month. AU are cordially in
vited. B. S. I.ASSITKR. Rector.
Methodist Cnurch
Rev. B. E. Rose, the Methodist Pas
tor, haa the following appointments:
Every Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and
night at 7 o'clock respectively, except
the second Sunday. Sunday School
every Sundav morning at 9:30 o'clock.
Prayer-meeting every Wednesday even
ing at J o'clock. H£y Springs 3rd
Sunday evening at 3 o'clock; Vernon Ist
Sunday evening at 3 o'clock; Hamilton
->ud Sunday, morning and night; Hanaells
and Sunday at 3 o'clock. A cordial in
vitation to all to attend these services
Baptist Church
Preaching on the Ist, and and 4th Sun
days at 11 a. m., and 7:30 p. m. Prayer
meeting every Thursday night at 7:30
Sunday School every Sunday uioruing at
9:30. J. D. Biggs. Superintendent.
The pastor preaches at Hamilton on the
3rd Sundav tn each month, at tl a. m,
and 7:30 p. ui., and at Riddick's Grove
on Saturday before every Ist Sunday at 11
a. m.. and on the Sunday at 3 p. m.
Slade School House on the 2nd Sunday
at 3 p. in., and the Biggs' School blouse
on the 4th Sunday at 3 p. tn. Everybody
cordially invited.
R 1). CAKROM.. Pastor.
SKEWARKEE fL
LODGE Jjkr
No. 90, A. F. k A. M.
DIRECTORY FOR 1903
S. S. Brown, W. M.; W.C Manning,S.
W.; Mc. G. Taylor, J. W.; T. W. Thorn
u, S. D.; A. F. Taylor, J.D; S. R. Bigg.,
Secretary; C. I). Carstarphen, Treasurer;
A. K.Whitmore ami T.C.Cook, Stewards;
R. W. Clary, Tiler.
STANDING COMMITTEES:
CHARITY —S. S. Brown, W. C. Man
ning, Mc. G.Taylor.
PIKANCX—Jos. D. Bigga, W. 11. Har
ell, R. J. P.*l.
RKFKRKNCK -W. 11. Edwards, W. M.
Green, P. K. Hodtjea.
Asvu'M —H. W. Stubba, W; H. Rob
ertson, H. D. Cook.
MARSHALL —[. H. Hattoa.
Professional Cards.
DR.JOHN D. BIGGS
WS DKNTIST
OFFICE— MAIN STRKKT
PHONK Q
w. H HAKKF.I.L WM. 8. WARRKN
DRS. HARRELL & WARREN
PHYSICIANS
AND SURGEONS
ORPICK IN
BIGGS' DRUG STORK
'Phone No. 29
DR J. PEBBLE PROCTOR
PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEON
Office in Mobley Building
ours: 9:00 to 10:30 a. ra.; 3t05 p. m.
•PHONE 13
BURROUS A. CRITCHER,
ATTOHNBV AT LAW
Office: Wheeler Martin's oiTice.
'Phone, 23.
WLLLIAMSTON. N/ C.
Francis D. wtantaa S. jostaa Krrrrtt
WINSTON & EVERETT
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Bank Building, Williamston, N. C.
S. ATWOOD NEWELL
LAWYER
3 A OBke op stairs in New Rank Build
* Ist, ieft hand side, top of steps.
TILLIAMSTON. \ C.
WPnctlce *Wmet an rices arc desired
Wperisl attention girea to examiniag nod auk
tag Utte for purchaser* at timber sad timber
laads.
Special attention will be gi»ea to real estate
exchanges. If fom wish to bay or sell landp
.•• »oa. jg m»,„ PHONE T«
The Three Systems.
We have three systems of rail
road running through North Caro
lina, each great in its way, and each
having its different characteristics.
The Coast Line is the oldest of
them all ai4 has made more mouey
than either of the others. It has
never goue into the hands of a re
ceiver, hat has made a great deal
of money for its stockholders. It is
not broad-gauged in its policy, but
lives, moves and has its being for
itself alone. It ruus through a fine
section of the State but has never
done anything for the development
of the country along its lines. The
Atlantic Coast Line towns have
prospered because of their own
push and energy and not on ac
count of any special sympathy or
help from the railroad. There are
few, if any, public institutions ou
the Coast Line, though the section
it traverses is above the average in
intelligence. It cares little for the
comfort or convenience of passen
gers, running few local trains and
they for the most very ordinary.
It has made some effort to capture
the Florida travel and puts all its
emphasis one or two through trains
It has done a tremendous business
in fruit and vegetable hauling, and
here is where the Coast Line is seen
at its best. The Seaboard is the
peoples road It is nearer to the
average North Carolinian than any
other. It has advertised the State
widely and at Southern Pines it
has expended much of its energy
and means. The Seaboard has al
ways been accomadating and reason
able. Its Officials are extremly
courteous and keep up the beauti
ful traditious of the old South. It
gives excellent service, and, unlike
its sister, the Coast Line, it is will
ing to share its profits with its
patrons. Thiought the State there
is the kindliest feeling among the
people for the great Seal>oad sys
tem. The Southern has been more
roundly abused, but has done more
for the South than all other roads
combined. It is the great develop
er. It has built thriving cities along
its lines, and "fosters every industry
that helps to add to the wealth and
population of the towns it touches
It is not afraid to and
creates traffic by its very daring,
it runs more trains and fiuer trains
than any other road in the South.
However it ' 'oppress'' those who
complain at its policy, we are com
pelled to confess that the Southern
Railway has been by long odds
the greatest faotor in making Pied
mont North Carolina the most at
tractive and the wealtiest secton of
the State.— Charity and Children.
Graham County jail at Clifton,
A. T., is the strongest jail in the
world.
Killing Out Cut Worms.
There are six kinds of cut worms
in the South, and as soon as it is
warm enough for vegetables to grow
in the garden they will begin their
work of chewing down plants.
They will do most of this work in
the night, hence their name, agrotis
clandestine. Let every farmer pro
vide himself with a pound or two
of Paris green pr London purple,
and he can greatly check them.
Take twenty pounds of wheat bran
and mix with it one pound of Paris
green, having Paris green and bran
dry; then add enough sorghum
syrup to sweeten the bran, and
add a small quanity of water.
The bran should liavfe enough
moisture to make it adhere. Make
the poisened bran into balls with
the fingers, as there is no danger
in handling it, and drop a ball not
as large as a marble every foot or
two, near the cabbage or other
plants. The worms will come out
at night and attack the poisened
bran ai.d that will be the last of
them. Keep chickens away from
the garden when this poisoning is
goinr on, or early in the ntoruing
go over the garden and gather up
the balls to be returned to the gar
den or corn field the next evening.
—Southern Agriculturist.
The greatest sorrow may be but a
small price to pay for enlarged
sympathy.
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WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 12. 1905.
Character Building.
What is it we all have in common
no matter what our environments?
Life that glorious opportunity to
l>e, to do, and to grow, is ours.
Life, with all its possibilities, the
greatness of which we have not
dreamed, is actually slipping by
without our cognizance, because
*e are so occupied with the things
which we think make us unhappy
and which have to tremendous
Toportious, been magnified by our
own vision.
What matter it if others are rich
or famous, so long as we have the
one great chance in life which over
shadows all these things, and is the
only thing which will stand the
test of time?
, In a fe* years death will claim
the rich and they must depatt,
leaving that for which they have
labored all behind. But the cliar-
acter goes on forever.
Happiness being a condition ol
the mind, yours is the power to
place happiness there by creating
this condition, which you can do
solely by your thoughts.
Thoughts which Cause unrest
or worry, you must cast out. i his
is not easy for those who have
been accustomed to allow them
selves to be constantly annoyed
by these things.
Rr member, first to place char
acler above all else, for there is
nothing to be compared with. And
• lete mine that, no matter what else
you have in life, this you will ac
quire. This determination will al
ter your frame of mind, and when
firmly fixed, will change the appear
ance of conditions and surroundings
All thoughts which are not char
acier builders you must banish and
you must view everything in this
light. "This cannot be done al
once, and is only achieved after
many trials. ~U~:
Always see what you have to be
thankful for when depressed or un
happy. This mental inventory
will make lighter any load. Don!
worrf about anything. _for it does
no good and only lessens your op
portunity for helping yourself.
If you are character buil ing
there is nothing that can come to
you which cannot be use I as n
step onward it looked at in the
right light, and anything which
will place you a step further cannot
bring harm.
Always look on the bright side
of everything, for there is always
a bright side to everything if we
will but see it.
Cast out all thoughts of anger or
rage, and never allow yourself lo
lose your temper
School yourself in conquering
fear of all description. To him
who builds character there is noth
ing lo fear. And just in propor
tion as obtain this mental balance
you will find happiness everywhere
and lite will become u glorious
thing, instead ot a drudgery.—New
Yi.'k Weekly.
Tarrlfle Raci Wltl Death
"Death was fast approaching."
writes Ralph F. Fernandez, of
Tampa Fla., describing his tearful
tace with death, "as a result of
liver trouble and keart disease,
which had robbed me of sleep ami
of all interest in life. I had tried
many different doctors and several
medicines, but got no benefit, until
I began to use Electric Bitters.
So wonderful was their effect, that
in three days I felt like a new man
and todav I am cured of all ray
troubles." Guaranteed at S. R.
Bigg's drug store.
A mans position in the world de
pends on his purpose.
Sml If Diiiaite
Sometimes, a flaming city is
saved by dynamiting a space that
the fire can't cross. Sometimes, a
cough hangs on so long, you feel
as if nothing but dynnamite would
cure it. Z. T. Gray, of Calhoon,
Ga., writes- "My wife had a very
aggravated cough, which kept her
awake nights. Two physicians
could not help her; so she took Dr
King's New Discovery for Consum
ption, Coughs and Colds, which
eased her cough, gave her sleep,
and finally cured her." Strictly
scientific cure for bronchitis and
La Grippe. At S. R Bigg's drug
store, price 50c and J1.00; guaran
teed. Trial bottle free.
Modern Banking.
All the banking and all the res
tt ictioiis of the federal and state
governments may deem necessary to
throw around the State and nation
al banks for the protection of the
depositors and creditors seem to be
of no avail. Whenever an official
of one of these institutions wants
to steal the funds he seems to have
no trouble in doing so. Not only
can he steal and pilfer all he
wants, but he can $0 docter the
books and hoodwiuk the director
and bank examiner that they cannot
find out anything about his steal
ings until he chooses to come foward
and give them information as to
the real condition of the finances
which they are supposed to keep
watch over. It seems that there
is but otie safeguard against emliez
zlement of bank officials these days
aud that is the hone-ty and integ
rity of these officials. There is
nothing in state or federal laws
and no means in present intricate
system of book-keeping to detect
wholesale stealing of bank officals.
About the only way to make
banks perfectly safe is to keep the
funds and the books locked up in
the vaults so that none of the offic
ials can get their hands ou the one
or their erasers ou the other. The
idea of a bank official being able
to steal a million and a half of cash
without the directors' knowledge,
whose duty it is to see that he does
his duty and is honest, is incon
ceivable. The Milwaukee bank
affair reminds us of some things
which happened in bank circles in
this state in recent yeais only in
the latter cases the directors did
not come forward with money to
make good the stealings, and the
officials who were the rouges did
not stand and face the music but
they and the directors let the fall
as far as possible on the widow
ami orphans aud other uufortun
ates whose money happened to IK
entrusted to them for safe keeping.
—Wilmington Messenger.
A Crying Death
Blood jioisoii creeps up toward
the heart, causing death. J. K.
Stearns, Be Ik Pluine, Minn., writes
that a friend dreadfully his hand,
which swelled tin like blood |M>ison
ing. Buckieti's Arnica salve drew
out the poison, healed the wound,
and saved his life. Best in the
world for burns and sores. 25c at
S. R. Bigg's drug store.
The Child's Bath.
In the May Delineator Dr. Grace
Peckliam Murray gives dune sug
gestions in-regard to- the child's
hath, which will he appreciated
particularly hy young mothers;
''The ideal bath-tub for cleanli
ness is of glass hut is not practi
cal in the ordinary house. It is
very heavy, and is liable to be
chipped or cracked or broken.
For the tiny baby, afoot-tub or a
large dishpan of enamel ware,
which is not expensive answers
very well. There is a great variety
of opinion in re.ard to the giving
of a child's bath. Those who t»e
lieve in cold haths recommend a
very low temperature, aud think
(hat it toughens aud hardens the
skin, and thai even the child ol
mouths should be dipped into a cold
hath then rolled up in a blanket
\ ithout further drying Others
think that the bath should be given
very hot. C ertainly for cleanliness
this is necessary The depth of
the water is recommended by some
to come to the navel of the u.f .nt.
It is better, I think, and the chi d
is less likely to take cold, if he is
covered up to the neck with the
water, which then him about like
a garment I also think that for
a very young child the water
should be very warm-certainly nut
under 85 degrees. The washcloth
is either of soft linen or cheise
cloth and should be fresh every
day. It should be boiled and dried
in the sun after using. This ir im
portant for the adult, and much
more so for the tender skin of the
baby which is more Susceptible to
impurities. Sponges should not be
ustd, as it is impossible to keep
them perfectly cle?n. The temper
ature of the room 111 whicn the bath
is given should not be below 70
degees.
The Czar's Day of Judgment.
That the welfare of millions
should hang upon the will, whim,
and word of a single individual —
ami this individual walled away
ftom all reul knowledge of the peo
ple's condition and natural wishes,
is an anachrouism of tragic propor
tions au anchronism which leads
to deplorable asassination 011 the
one side, and 011 the other to such
hideous massacres of the confiding;
innocent as took place in St. Pet
ersburg, on Sunday, January 22,
'905.
Iu all history of man no more
pregnant opportunity was ever
offered a sovereign than was offered
to the Czar Nicholas when his peo
ple cauie to hiin, not with swords
and guns, but bearing a petition
carrying the sacred ikons, and pic
tures of the Czar,and following a
cross. The humblest Turk is
protected in presenting a petition;
but the White C/.ar, the beloved
Little Father, allows his petition
ing subjects to lie slaughtered like
mad dogs!
The psychologist and the phil
osopher can find a score of explan
ations of the conduct of the trou
bled, perplexed, and wrongly ad
vised Czar on that day of judge
ment for liiiu and foi the exploded
system of government which he
represents. Yet it remains true
that, strive as he may to undo the
awliil effects of his action, on Jan
uary iind the doom of the Russian
o igarchy was sealed Through
whatever slow or rap d processes,
by means of whatever wise con
cessions or hysterical convulsions,
Russia from now on will advance
painfully, perhaps with pitiful reac
tions toward some modern and
rational form of government. The
new government may or may not
retain imperial forms, as in Japan.
The danger is that the blind brutal,
stupid measures of repression, the
grinding system of imperial uni
foimity. may so inflame the peo
ple that fcaiful reprisals and chi
merical schemes of reform will
takethe place of wise and orderly
measures,- and that ths "man
on horseback" may, for a time,
stand iu the path of progress
Apnl Century.
Gladys—l had an ideal man
once.
Fred —And was your ideal shat
tered ?
"No ; broke !"—lllustrated Bits
Strictlf Genuine
Most of the patent medicine test
timonials are probably genuine
The following notice - recently ap
peared in the Atchison (Kan.)
Globe: "Joe Tack, a well known
engineer, running on the Missouri
Pacific between Wichita aud Kiowa
lately appeared in a big one, with
a picture, and when he was in this
office to-day, we asked him about
it. He says he had terrific [wins
in his stomach, and thought he had
cancer. His druggist recommend
ed Kodol and he says it cured him.
He recommended it to others, who
were also cured." Kodol Dyspep
sia Cure digests what you eat and
cures all stomach troubles. Just
as surely as the sun -shines your
stomach can be brought back to
its originally pure condition and
life sweetened by this lasting and
trulv the greatest digestant known.
Sold by Anderson Crawford & Co.
I'trtroleuin wells have been dis
covered in Chilmhua, J^exico.
The annual consumption of - salt
in England is forty pounds a head.
When e'er you feel impending ill,
And need a magic little pill,
X'o other one will fill the bill
Like DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
The Famous Little Pills KARLY
RISERS cure Constipation, Sick
Headache, Billiousuess, etc. They
never gripe or sicken, but impart
early rising, energy. Good for
either children or adults. J. C. P.
Jones, Chief Burgess, Milesbugb
Borough, Pa. says '"I never used
pills in my family during the forty
years of housekeeping, that gave
such satisfactory results rs De-
Witt,s LHle Kaily Lisere." Sold
by Ander-ion Crawford & Co.
Japan imports wool from many
of the European countries.
FOIJnrSHONEY«'*IAR
Aflfcdl
Public School Gardening.
A comparatively new and inter
esting extension of the work is its
introduction into public schools
where it was a prominent success
from the start Already the day of
experiment is past. nature-study
and gardening are becoming impor
tant factors in educational circles
and an effort is being made to bring
them within reach of every child.
Boys and girls are becoming more
and more interested in this attrac
tive work, which takes them out
of themselves, out of doors, and
into closer and more sympathetic
relations with one another. The
pu pose, primarily, is to teach
children how to plant and grow
•lowers and vegetables by permit
ting them to do the actual wok, so
that they may have such praciical
knowledge of farming as to be able
to make a living from it should
the need and opportunity come. In
addition, they get instruction and
exercises wh'ch help them morally
mentally and physically Each
child is given its own garden—
about nine by twelve feet—on the
condition that the ho'der must
work faithfu ly and must not tres
pass upon others. It is an inspiring
sight to see these little om s culti
vating the ground that it may bring
forth a beautiful tlower or a useful
vegetable, and. above alt, to real
ize that they are privileged to
breathe fresh air and to look 'up
to nature's God through long hour*
of glouous and health-giving sun
shine. Ihe hope is indulged that
this cultivation of the soil by the
children will instill into their hearts
such a love of outdoor life that
many will turn their feet country
ward and seek a living upon farms
rather than remain to find employ
ment m the already overcrowded
ollices, shops, and factories
Prom ' Farming Vacant-City Lots.'
by Allan Sutherland in the Ameri
iian Monthly Review of Reviews
for May.
There are 12,655 graduates of
the Yale University living.
There are 252,436 miles of ocean
cable iu operation.
Croup is |iticltly relieved, and
Whooping Cough will not "ruu its
course" if you use the original
Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar.
This Cough Syrup is different from
all others liecause it acts on the
bowels. You can not cure Croup
and Whooping Cough until you
rid the system of all congestion, by
working ou the cold through a
copious action of the bowels. Bee's
Laxative Honey and Tar does this,
and cores all Coughs, Croup,
Whooping-Cough, etc. Noopiates.
Sold bv. S. H. Kliison, & Co.
The exports of cattle from Mex
ico to Cuba is increasing.
Waiting for Something to
Turn Up.
In this twentieth century uo
habit is more reorehensible than
procrastination. But how many
young men are idling along iu their
mediocre position waiting for some
thing to turu up? Nothing ever
'•turns up" in this world. If it
does it is more likely to be damag
ing than beueficial. It is the duty
of every one of the world's work
ers to make things turn upforhim
to use every ounce of his ability and
available energy in the development
of his surrounding.
This is the difference between
the lite of the city and the life in
pastoral villages and towns, here
strenuous example is in constant
evidence, there it is peaceful, quiet
and everything invites to repose
and stagnation.
How often in the commercial
world a young man wastes his good
years in unproductive labor at
tended by comparative ease because
he was waiting for luck to turn
something up for him. At the
same time his firm was begging for
ideas and experimenting with sug
gestions that would place them in
the lead of competitors. Don't
loaf! Don't wait for anything bet
ter, seek it, and aeek it ardently!
Be strenuous!— Selected.
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