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ADVERTISING Your nonet back Judicious advertis ing h the kiad that paya lack ID TOO the money TOO HVOL Space in this paper assures you prompt returns . . VOL. VI. - NO 33. DIRECTORY Towi Officers Mayor—Joshua L. Kwell. Commissioners—A. Aadcrsoa, N. & Peel, W. A. Ellison, J. D. Leggett, C. H. Godwin. Street Commissioner—J. D. Leggtt. Clerk—C. H. Godwin. Treasurer — N. S. Peel. Attorney—Wheeler Martin. Chief of Police—J. H. Page. Ledges Skewarkee Lodge, No. 9a, A. F and A. M. Regular meeting every tnd and 4th Tuesday nights. Roanoke Camp, No. 107, Woodmen of the World. Regular meeting every 2nd last Friday nights. Church of the Advent Services on the second fifth.Sun days of the moath,morning and evening, and on the Saturdays (5 p.m.) before, and on Monday s (9 a. m.) after said Sun days of the month. All are cordially.in vited. B. S. Us»TU. Rector. Methodist Cnnrch Rev. E. E. Rose, the Methodist Pas tor, has the following appointments: Every Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and night at 7 c'clock respectively, except the second Sunday. Sunday School every Sunday morning at f:jo o'clock. Prayer-meeting every Wednesday even ing at 7 o'clock. Holly Springs 3rd Sunday evening at j o'clock; Vernon Ist Sunday evemug at 3 o'clock; Hamilton ?nd Sunday, morning and night; Hassells 2nd Sunday at 5 o'clock. A cordial in vitation to all to attend these services* Baptist Church Preaching on the Ist, 2ml and 4th Sun days at 11 a. m., and ;:y> p. m. Prsyer meeting every Thursday night at 7:30 Sunday School every Sunday morning a t 9:30. J. D. Biggs, Superintendent The pastor preaches at Hamilton on the 3rd Sunday in each month, at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.. and at Kuldick's Grove en Saturdsy before every Ist Sunday at 11 a. m., and ou the Ist Sunday at 3p. m. Slade School House on the 2nd Sunday at J p. m , and the Biggs' School House on the 4th Sunday at 3 p. m. Everybody cordially invited. R. D. CARROLL. Pastor. SKEWARKEE IL LODGE No. 90, A.F.I A.E AsJA DIRKCTOK v FOR 1905. 8. S. Brown, W. M.; W.C.Manning,S. W.; Mc. G. Taylor, J. W.; T. W. Thorn as, S. D.; A. P. Taylor, J.D; S. R. Biggs, Secretary; C. D. Carstarphen, Treasurer; A. R.Whitmore and T.C.Cook, Stewards; R. W. Clary, Tiler. STANDING COMMITTEES: CHARITY —S. S. Brown. W. C. Man ning, Mc. G.Taylor. PLMANCB— Joa. D. Bigg*. W. H. Har cll, R. J. Peel. RKFRRRNCK— W. H. Edwards, W. M. Green, F. K. Horives. ASYLUM—H. W. Stubbs, W. H. Rob ertson, H. D. Co >k. MARSH A 1.1. —]. H. Hat ton Professional Cards. DR.JOHN D. BIGGS SFM DENTIST OPFICR—MAIN STRKKT PUONK Q W. H. MAIIKA *>. K. WARRBN DRS. HARRELL & WARREN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OFFICE IN BIGGS' DRUG STORK 'Phone No. 2q DR. J. PEEBLE PROCTOR PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON OCce in Mobley Building oars: 9xlo to 10:30 a. m.; 3 to's p. m. 'PHONE IL BURROUS A. CRITTTLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW Ori&ce: Wheeler Martin's office. 'Phone, 23. WILLIAMSTON, N. C. Frauds D. win .ton a. Jaatas Rverett WINSTON & EVERETT ATTORNEYS AT LAW Bank Bnikling, Williamstou, N. C. S. ATWOOD NEWELL - LAWYER SSf P®*? *•» "ask Ball*. '««. left band side, lop of steps. VILLI AMSTON. N C. «VPtact«ce shnm services art Special stteatioa gives la esamisia* aad Mk '« tltla for psrefcasers at Umber asd llabn ITSII. •pedal lUmtiofl will W given to tral estate *s7hc??^s" Wi * fcu> bsjrar sen Isadl APoem by Joseph Jefferson. Through the kindness of the comedian's old friend, E C. Bene dict. the New York Tribune pub lished these lines by Jefferson, on •'lmmortality." Read at thistime the fable will seem to many persons like a veritablemessage trom beyond the grave. Fanciful invention and quaint humor are the obvious char acteristics of this unpretentious bit of verse, and it expresses a convic tion that its author cherished, with steadfast faith, all his days. Mr. Benedict writes: '•One day last summer, when Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Cleveland were taking luncheon on board the Oneida, in Buzzard's Bay, the con versation d-ifted to the subject of a future life. Mr. Jefferson ex pressed himself as very grateful for having had more than his share of the joys of this life, and as be ing prepared to meet at any mo- went, the common fate of all. He said he had lately been 'scribbling some doggerel' on the subject, aud be recited his lines to us. I asked him for a copy of them, which he said he did not possess, but he promised to send me. In Feb ruary I reminded him of his prom ise, and received a signet! copy of the verses, which he entitled 'lm mortality.' It seems as though these lines construct a beautiful bridge between.faith and reason." Immortality. (By losrpb Jefleriwn.) Two caterpillars crawling on a leaf By some strange accident in con tact came; Their conversation, passing all be lief. Was that same argument, the very same, That has been "proed and conned" from man to man, Yea, ever since this wonderous world began The ugly creatures. Deaf and dumb and blind. Devoid of features That adorn mankind. Were vain enough, iu dull and wordy strife, 1 To speculate upon a future life. The first was optimistic, full of hope; The second, quite dyspeptic, seemed to mope. Said number one, "I'm sure of our salvation." Said number two. "I'm sure of our damnation; Our ugly forms alone would seal our fates And bar our entrance through the golden gates. Suppose that death should take us unawares. , How could we climb the golden stairs? If maidens shun as they pass us bv, Would angels bid us welcome iu the sky? I wonder what great crimes w£ have committed, That leaves us so forlorn and so unpitied. Perhaps we've been ungrateful, unforgiving; 'Tis plain to me that life's not worth the living." "Coine, come, cheer up," the jo vial ftorm replied, "Let's take a look upon the oth er side; Suppose we cannot fly like moths or millers, Are we to blame for being cater pillars? Will that same God that doomed us to crawl the earth, A prey to every bird that's given birth " ' \ i Forgive onr captor as-h* eats and sings, And damu poor us because we haw notwiwga? - *■ 1 If we can't skim the air like owl or —hut, I —" A worm will turn 'for a' that.' " They argued throngh th: summer; autumn nigh, The ugly things composed them- selves to die; And so to make their funeral quite complete, Each wrapped him in bis little winding-sheet, The tangled web encompassed them full soon, ffijf (Enterprise. WILLIAMSTON, N. C„ FRIDAY, JtJTSIE 2. 1905. Each for his coffin made him a cocoon, AH through the winter's chilling blast they lay Dead to the world, aye, dead as human clay. Lo, spring conies forth with all her warmth and low; She brings sweet justice from the realms above; She breaks the crysalis, she resur rects the dead; Two butterflies ascend encircling her head, And so this emblni shall forever be A sign of immortality. —News and Observer. The Rothschild Family. "The king Is dead; long live the king." The p-ess dispatches yes terday announced the death in Patis of Baron Alphonse deßoths child, the real heir of the great banking institution of that family which has representatives all over Europe. The same dispatch an nounced that he would lie succeed ed as head of the fntuily aud bank ing houses by Baron Alliert deßoths child, of Brussels. Thus the most iinportaut man iu the financial cir cles of Europe passes away land another of the same family takes his place and there is not a ripple or a second's hitch in the conduct of the magnitude of business con ducted by these financiers. It may be said that this family controls the finances of the governments as wfell as of the people of Europe; yet, the head of the svstem dies with out creating the slightest distur bance on any exchange or bourse in the world. Such would not be the case in America. The death of any one of the most prominent financiers of this country would furnish an excuse to bears aud bulls on the stock exchanges to start wild rumors as to the effect of his death on this or that line of stocks and efforts would be made to depress some and advance others. The founder of this bankin bouse was Anselm Mayer Roths child, l>orn in Fraukfort-011-tlie Main in 1743. He becomes a ban ker at Frankfort and in 1801 was appointed agent for the elector ot Ilesse-Cassel. During the invasion of the French in 1806 the elector's private fortuue was intrusted to him for safe keeping. He per formed his trust so faithfully that out of gratitude he was allowed the free use of the funds for a cer tain length of time. At the expi ration of the term he returned the principal. What he had made by the use of the money laid the foun dation of the present immense for tune of the family. The two chief foundation stones of this gigantic banking house are gratitude to a Tew for faithful performance of a trust to which there was nothing but honor to bind him and the integrity and honesty of that Jew iu his dealing with the man who trusted iu his honor, —Wilming ton Messenger. 9 Dying of Faildt is in its torments, like dying of consumption. The progress ol consumption, from the liegitining to the very end, is a long torture, lx»th to victim and friends. "When I had consumption in its first stage writes Wm. Myers of Cearfoss, Md "after trying different medicine and a good doctor, in vain, I vat. last took Dr. King's New Discoven which quickly cured me. ' Prompt relief and sure cure foi coughs, colds, sore throat, bronchi tis & c. Positively prevents pneu monia. Guaranteed at S. K. Biggs's drug store, 50c. and #I.OO a bottle. Trial bottle free. »*■»• 1 Violin-I am completely unstrung. Tlftl base Vforiiis slbTen rify benti Mandolip-Its infamous! He's al ways ptcklng otl me too.—Chicago Journal. -• > A Bid Scire Souif day you will get a bad •care, when you feci a pain in your bowels, and fear appendicitis Safety lies in Dr. King's New Life Pills, a sure cure, for all bowel and stomach diseases, such as head ache, biliousnewl, costiveness, etc Guaranteed at S. R. Big K s drug store only 25c. Try them. THE SUiaDE THEORY. Strawberries Said to be the Pill of Destruction. Th is is the season of strawberries and suicide the first thought it strikes one as rather in congruous to mention the two things together in one sentence aud one breath. The one calls up memories most pleasant, while the other suggests associations repug nant, aud yet there are those in Washington who declare, and who produce argument iu support of their declaration, that strawberries aud suicide are closely allied in the relations of cause and effect. 111 other words, the luscious, red berry that has caused so many delight ful sensations to millions of appe tites and to which apostrophes of rapture have been indited, is, after all, only the pill of self-destruction. Perish the suggestion ! There are several persons in Washington who testify with more or less earnestness that the eating of strawberries produces in thetn pronounced symtotus of despon dency and melancholia. After having filled apt heft system with strawberries, they declare that,they become depressed in spirits and that the cares anil burdens of the world seem to be rolled down upon them in a flood, making them "brothers to the ox" qmd creating in them a feeling of utter disregard as to whether the government con tinues to exist or not. They de clare they are filled with an incli nation to let the worst come with out interposing a hand to prevent it, and these feelings are attributed to the effects of the beautiful and inuoceat-looking strawberry. Then again, those people who trace a connection between straw lierries and suicide, point to the statistics, which they show 1 hat with the placing of strawber ries 011 the market the number ot cases of self-destruction increases, retching the maximum when tTrfc berry season is at its height. An instance is also sighted of a young nan with apparently bright pros jicets aud seemingly no cares beset ling him, who delighted his appe tite with a large dish of strawlwr -1 ies and one hour later went to his room, turned oiji the gas and sliuf fled off his mortal coil. What a rude shock would the universal acceptance of the straw berry-suicide theory give to the inner man, that, figuratively speak ing, shrieks with delight when, after wading through various courses of the dinner he finally emerges to behold at hand tilt (electable dish of strawberries and cream, which from behind the soup jilate at the beginning of the meal ap|eared afar off, like a pleasant dream to be realized possibly in the lim, distant future. According to the advocates of the theory under discussion, the plate l>efore you, heaped high, with large, red, deli cious berries, each crowned with a miniature mound of white powder ed sugar that melts into the de lightful fruit, and the whole entire urrounded with rich dairy cream, conceals some strange influence jx>- tent to drive men aud women to end the unequal fight with the world aud its annoyances. the spectre of self -destruction lurking within the strawberry patch and watching for 11 chance to inoculate each individ ual berry with the germs of suicide. Consider the strawberries in the patch, how they grow; tiiey toil not, neither do they spin; yet theirs must be the busy life, dodging hither and thither in the vain effort »V) CSCiIW t1 " - ' lr '' : 'dful'»kTftlMß. Joyless would be the result were the guvei limcnt scientists filially t> decide that the strawberry is amen able to the pure food law and sub ject to a license. No more would the stridentsand disturbing cry of "Strawberries ! Strawberries ! Sice Strawberries !" be injected into the fantastic and pleasant dreams of the Washing ton resident along about 6 o'clock every summer morning, when sleep is the sweetest but, under the cir cumstances, well impossible. Pos- sibly, however, the Wasliingtonian would consent after a struggle to dispense with the resonant cry of the early morning strawberry huks ter. There might lie drastic laws enactid requiring that strawberries be sold only 011 the preemption of a reputable physician, aud stipulat ing th.it each be tabled with the dreadful skull and cross-bones in dicating poison. The agitation might lie carried so far that kind and Ix-nevolent men and women would organize " \nti-Strawberry Leagues," which would permit the assembling of conventions, the making of long, "talky" speeches, and, besides, create a few offices for those who might have rtmbi tions to upjH'ar in the public lime light. Sjieculations as to the changes that might result from the general acceptance of the strawlierry-sui cide theory might go 011 without limitation. But, notwithstanding the effort to put the palatable pro duct of the patch in disrepute, the Washington citi/.en doubtless will continue in the future, as in the past, to provide for his table straw - berries and creaiu, strawlierry short cake and other delightful dishes containing the fruit, and give nary a thought to horrid theories or stig gestiotis.—Washington Star. Pointed Paragraphs. It takes a fast man to lieat a board bill. Two can play a game of love, but three make it hard work. A man whose wife calls him dear in public usually looks cheap. If adversity does not crush a man prosper ty will not spoil him. The gossip is never so happy as when she is« relating a tale of woe. Love is a great help to the girl who wants to make herself misera ble. If a woman really hives a man she doesn't ask him to give up any thing for her sake. One woman dislikes calling on another almost as bad as the other dislikes to have her do it. A man occasionally takes his pen ill hand but the umbrella he takes in hand, usualy belongs to another. If you see a 1 l of women coining out of church crying, it indicates that a wedding has just been pulled off. When a young man finally gets married the girls who also ran are unanimous in condemning his choice. Girls are now pirtuig their hair on one side so its not to be mistaken fir those misfit men who part theirs in the middle. The trouble with the average man who poses as the architect of his own forttn e is that lie revises the plans too often.-Chicagh News. Reflections of a Bachelor. The kind of raiment a woman Speaks of in the plural she seldom speaks of in public. When a man lets kiss him against her will sue always calls him brave and strong. Whether a girl is fat or not de pends 011 whether she is describing herself or somebody else. No woman can ever really love another unless she believes she is a better housekeeper than the other. It fakes a pretty hot lie to blister a woman's tongue if she is brag ging about the smart things her children say, i A woman's idea of a nice, quiet 'est from business for her husband is a chance for him to mow the lawn all day. It makes a woman quiver with joy to think thatif she were a duch ess she could be haughty even to the Cook. When a man asks a girl to go to the theater with him she goes a round telling everybody she has had another proposal. Its queer how much more a r raid a woman is that her dress may trail in the dust when she has on low s-hoes and Kay stockings than when she has on regulation boots. —New York Press. TO CURE A OOLD IN ONE DAY Take XAXATIVK BROMO QUININE Tablets. All druggist* refund the mon ey if it fails to cure. P.. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25 cents. 1 yr The Apron String. Once upotf a time a b >y played about t'ie house, running by his mother's side: and as he was Ut ile his mother tier! him to the strings of her apron. "Now", she said, "when you stumble you can pull yourself up by the apron string .->0 you will not fall. The hoy cM that and a,l went well, and the mother sang at her work. By and by the boy grew so tall that his head caine above the window, he Saw far away gteen tr e» w.tviug, and a (listing river th.it flashed i>i the sun. and rising above all hluepe.iks of in itmtain*. 'Oh mother'*, he said ''u tie the apron-string ami Ift nut go." Hut the 1110 her said, "Not now my child! Only yesterday inu stumbled, and would have fallen, hut for the apron-string. Wait yet "a little, till you are stronger. So the boy waited, and all went as before and the mother sang at tier work. But one day the boy tound the door of the house standing open, for it was spring weather; and he stood on the threshold and looked across tlw valley, and saw the green trees waving, and the swift tlowiug river with the sun Hashing on it,and the blue mountain? rising beyond; aud this time he heard a voice of the river calling, and it said "Come!" Then the boy started foward, and »s he started, the string of the apron broke. •'Oh. how weak my mother's apron string is cried the boy, he ran out into the world with the iiroken string hanging beside hun. The mother gathered up the other end of the string and put it in her bosom and went about her work again; bid she sang no more The boy ran on and on rejoicing in his freedom, and in the fresh air anil morning sun. He crossed the valley, and began 10 climb th. foothills among which the river llowed swiftly, among the rocks .nid cliffs. Now it was easy cl mb iug, aud again it was steep ami craggy, but always lie looke 1 up ward at the blue peaks beyond, and always the voice of the -river was in his ears, saying, "Conye!" By and by he came to the brink of a precipice, over which the river dashed in a cataract, foaming and Hashing and sending up clouds of sil ver spray. The spray filled his eyes, so that he could not see his I mting clearly, he grew dizzy, stumbled and fell. But as he fell, something above him caught on a point of rock at the precipice edge, .nid held him, so that he hung dangling over the abyss; and when lie put up his hand to see what held him, he found it was thebrok-"" •■n string of the aprbn* which still hung by his side. "Oh how strong my mother's apron-string is!' - said the boy, and he drew himself up by it, and stood iirm on his feet, and went climb ing toward the blue peaks of the mountains.—Laura E. Richardson in The Golden Window Huge Task It was a huge task, to under take the cure of sucli a had case of kidney disease, as that of C. F. Collier, of Cherokee, fa?, but Elec tric bitters did it. Hfe writes: "My kidneys were so far gone. I could could not sit on a chair without a cushion; and suffered from dread ful backache, headache, and de pression. In Electric Bitters, how ever, I found a cure, and by them was restored to perfect health. I recommend this great tonic med icine to all with weak kidneys, liv er or stomach, Guaranteed by S. R. Biggs druggist: price 50c. Judge—Raise your hand to take the oath. (The witness puts up the left one). Judge—Not that one. Witness—Which one?—Lus tige Blatter. No Secrit About It It is no secret, that for Cuts, Burns, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Sore eves. Boils, etc.. nothing is so eff ective as Bucklens Arnica Salve "It didn't take long to cure a bad sore I had, and it is all O. K for sor eeyes," writes D. L. Greg ory of Hope, Tex. 25c. at S. R. 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AGENTS I HUITOTIT £ AGENTS Til K URIATMT lM)OK OF TBI DAY • CHRIST IN THE CAMP" BY Da. J. WILLIAM JONSS AUBTni BSrOBTBI N. G—"Worked on* day. receded 10 IIIIIMS " Ala.—"R«*l*ed Pros. 1 o'clock. sold T by n%kt* Vs.-"Sold Min 12 hours." U P. Ssadees. TOM ' Worked one day. cot U arises." tmr *T ONCK TO THK MAKTIM « BOTT CO.. Atlaata, 6a. to write for oar confidential letter before ap plying tor patent; it mar be worth money. We promptly obtain U. ». Mid Foreign PATENTS or phot** and we eend an IMMEDIATE FREE report on patentaßflEr. We (ire the best legal ieiwite and advice, and our ehargee are moderate. Try oa. SWjIT ACQ., Opf. U.S. Rabat Oeoe,WaakiaftM, D.C.