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DIRECTORY
Town Officers
Mayor—B. P. Godwin.
C—»mi«iooeT»—A. A u demon, N. S.
Pfeel, W. A. Ellison. I. D. Leggett, C. H.
Godwin.
Street Commissioner —J. D. Legxtt.
Clerk—C. H. Godwin.
Tnuuitt -N. S. I*eel.
Attorney— Wheeler Martin.
Chief of Police—J. H. Page.
Lodges
Skewarkee Lodge, No. 90, A. P and A.
M. Regular meeting every and and 4th
Tuesday nights.
Roanoke Camp. No. 107. Woodmen of
the World. Regular meeting every and
last Friday nights.
Church of the Advent
Services on the second and fifth Sun
day* of the moath,morning and evening,
and on the Saturdays (5 p. nt.) before,
and on Mondays (9 a. m.) after said Sun
days of the month. All are cordially in
vited. B. S. LASSITKB, Rector.
Methodist Caurcli
Rev. E. B. Rose, the Methodist Pas
tor, has the following appointments
Every Sunday aioruing at tl o'clock and
night at 7 t.'clock respectively, except
the second Sunday. Sunday School
every Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock.
Prayer-meeting every Wednesday even
ing at */ o'clock. Holly Springs 3rd
Sunday evening at J o'clock; Vernon Ist
Sunday evening st 3 o'clock; Hamilton
»nd Sunday, morning and night; Haaaells
anil Sunday at 5 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. tn., and ;:.jo p. m. Prayer
meeting everv Thursday night at 7:30
Sunday School every Sunday morning at
9:30. J. D. Biggs, Superintendent.
The pastor preaches at Hamilton on the
3rd Sunday in each month, at 11 a. ui.
and 7:30 p. 111.. and at Riddick'a Grove
on Saturday Hefore every Ist Sunday at 11
a. in., and"on the Ist Sunday at tp. m.
Slade School House on the and Sunday
at 3p. m.. ami the Higgs' School House
on the 4th Sunday at 3 p. tn. Everybody
cordially iflvited.
R 1). Carroll. Pa*tor.
SKEWARKEE IL
LODGE X
No. 90, A. F. fc A. M. /N^A
DIRHCTOBV FOR 1905.
S. S. Brown, W. M.; W.C.Manning,S.
W.; Mc. G. Taylor. J. W.; T. \V. Thorn
as, S. D.; A. F. Taylor, j.D; S. R. Biggs,
Secretary; C. D. Carstarphen, Treasurer,
A. K. Whitmore and T.C-Cook, Stewards,
R. W.CUry, Tiler.
STANDING COMMITTEES:
CHARITY — S. S. Brown, W. C. Man
ning, Mc. G.Taylor.
PINANCB— Jos. D. Biggs. W. 11. llar
ell, U. J. Prel.
KKPKRKNCK — W. H. Edwards. W. M.
Green, P. K. Hodges.
ASYLUM — H. W. Stubbs, W. H. Rob
ertson, H. D. Cook.
MARSHALL— I. H. Hattoa.
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'Phone; 23.
WILLI A MSTON, N. C.
Fraacis D. wiaatoa a Jastas Everett
WINSTON & EVERETT
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Bank Building, Williamston, N. C.
S. ATWOOD NEWELL
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Jo> Ofct Bp Hairs ta New Baak Build,
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'¥ ILLIAMSTON. N C.
aV-Practice rtrnnr rnilm are Mni
•pedal attentioa (iin to examiatag and auk
a« title for paicfcaseni of timber aad timber
*4Mia
Special aUeatiaa will be to real estate
exchanges. If jam wiah in bay or aen laad 11
aa Help you. ram HIOWT*-1
Dealing In Futures.
I'd been readin' 'boul some fellers
that were dealin' in New York
In a brand o' wheat called " fu
tures" an' a "fancy" breed o'
pork; '
An' they bought it on the "mar-
Kins" of a place they called "the
pit."
So one day I traveled down there
just to take a look at it;
An' I said to Sary Ellen tbet per
haps, fer all 1 knew,
I'd bring borne some wheat to seed
with an' a "fancy" pig or two.
Well I hunted an' ast question, an*
I had the blamed est chase.
An' I shore was disapp'inted when
at last I found the place;
For they wan't no hogs a runnin'
in thet lane they called the
."street,"
An' you can't make bread ner flip
jacks from thet "future" brand |
o' wheat.
Why, they ain't no wheat 'bout it
ner no pork as I cu'd see —
les a lot 'o dudes thet acted more
like lunytics to me;
Fer they'd hoi' ther breath a min
ute, sorter waitin' an' excuse;
Then they'd swing their arms an'
holler like all bedlam lied broke
loose.
An' I stood right ther an' watched
'em fer 'bout an hour erso
An' I never so no "margins" wher
thet "future" wheat cu'd grow;
An' they wan't no sort o' pastures
fer thet "fancy" pork to range;
An' I didn't see no cattle herding
'round the Stock Exchange.
Ef you went there fer pervisions
you'd come short 'o winter's
meat,
An' you'd get no bread ner flip
jacks from thet "future" brand
'o wheat.
So I went away disgusted—them
maneuvers made me chafe —
An' the balance of the day I
watched some fellers move a
safe;
An' I bought a bag 'o peanuts as I
stood a watchin' it,
An' the peddler give me by mis
take a quarter comity feit.
An' I tuk the train thet evenin' an
I went back home, an' then
I announced to Sary Ellen thet I'tf
not go there again, ■*
\n' I told her 'bout "the street,"
an' bout them doin's in "the
pit,"
Sut I think I failed to mention
bout thet silver countyfeit.
The Declaration of Peace
"At the close of the last war
with Great Britain," says Doctor
Wayland, "I was in the city of
New York, It happened that on
1 Saturday afternoon in February
a ship was discovered in the offing,
which was supposed to be bringing
home our commissioners at Ghent
from their unsuccessful mission.
The sun had set gloomily before
any intelligence from the vessel
reached the city. Expectation be
came painfully intense as the hours
of darkness drew on At lengths
boat reached the wharf, announcing
that a treaty of peace had been sign
ed.
The men who first heard the news
rushed into the city, shouting as
they ran through the streets peace!
peace! peace!
From house to house, from street
to street, the news spread. The
whole city was in a commotion
Men bearing torches rushing
to and fro, shouting peace! peace!
peace!
Few men slept that night. They
were assembled in groups in the
streets and in the houses, telling
each other that the long agqny
of war was over, and the distraeted
nation about to enter upon a career
of prosperity.
Let us strive to carry into all our
schools an education which, when
ever wars shall treaten between our
own and other nations, shall cry
peace! peace! peace!—no war except
at the ballot-box, are to be settled
by arbitration.—Geo. T. Angell.
Boston like Japan, announces
tbat It wouldn't have the Philip
pines as a gracious gift. That set-
I ties it. .
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ffije (ffnterprise.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11. 1905.
SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
Resolutions Were Unanimous
ly Adopted.
The following resolutions were
adopted at the Louisville 1905 con
vention :
Whereas, at oar Reunion of 1904
oar federation turned over to the
Sons, the sacred duty of raising
the funds for the Memorial to the
Women ot the Confederacy, and
Whereas, in so doing we never
relinquish our deep and abiding
love for the cause, or our intention
to aid and assist it by everv means
in our power, and
Whereas, we have clearly shown
this, by our appointment of a com
mittee to co operas and by the
work, which this committee and
many other veterans in all parts of
the South, have done during the
past year; and
Whereas, it will ever be our
most earnest desire to see this
tribute paid to our glorious Wo
men and we are most auxious to
further co-operate with aud give
substantial aid to our Sons in the
performance of of this sacred duty;
THKRKVOKE. BE IT RHSOI.VRD;
Ist. Tbat each Camp of the
United Confederate Veterans, im
mediately after the adjournment of
this Convention and the return
of its delegates, shall appoint a
Committee to actively canvass its
respective community to raise
funds fnr this Memorial to the
Women of the Confederacy, to
tthich noble, worthy and just oh
jec.* this lederation has repeatedly
and solemnly pledged itself and its
comrades. . .
2nd. That in case any Camp
does not take action within one
month by appointing this Coinmit
tee, it shall then become the dut >
of its Commander to make appoint
ment of'such Committee.
If no action is then taken by the
Commander, any meuitier of the
Camp who is enthused with that
, tiigh sense of his duty to this holy
cause, and desires to honor oui
Go llike Women, is urged to per
sonally lake charge of the matter,
Secure the endorsement of his local
Camp or its officeis aud make such
ollections as be can from his com
munity
jpd. That all funds collected
under Resolutions one and two,
■hall be deposited in some llonn
tank it interest—to the credit ol
'he Chairman of the I'nited Con
'ederate Veterans Committee ol
Cooperation, (Gen'l C. Irvine
Walker. Charleston. S C- ) and
that be shall lie promptly advised
>f such deposit.
4th. That the above resolutions
are not intended to lie obligator}
upon such Camps as have already
taken similar action or have al
ready contributed to this fund SSO
—or more. t .
sth. That each camp is urged
to enJeavor to raise from its com
munity, as its quota, at the very
least the sum of SSO.
6th. That all camps shall com
plete this work by January Ist,
1906, aud on that date make a re
port of the results achieved, to the
Chaitman of our Committee of Co
operation. (Gen'lC. Irvine Walk
er, Charleston, S. C.)
An Unpopular Trust.
The American Tobacco Com
pany is becoming thoroughly un
popular with the retail trade. It
has often been said by those who
study such matters that the power
of the retailer in commercial affairs
Is alxsolu e
If such is the case the American
Tobacco Company is riding to its
fall. The time is not far distant
when every retailer in the land will
be thoroughly familiar with the
methods of the great tobacco trust
and when that day arrives we may
rest assured that the fight will be
on. It bids fair to be a merry war
and the result will tell whether it
is possible for a great combination
of capital to down the retail trade
of the country in any line- of
business.— Publishers' Commercial
Union.
The Aoon is Inhabited.
The moon being the much near
*st to 11s of all the heavenly bodies
we can pronounce more definitely
in its case than in any other. We
know that neither air nor water
exists on the moon in quantities
sufficient to be ptecieved by the
most delicate tests at onr command
It is certain that the aoon's atmos
phere, if any exists. Is less than
the thousandth part of the density
of that around us.
The vacum is greater than any
ordinary air pump is capable of
producing. We can hardly sup
pose that so small a quantity of air
could be of any benefit whatever
in sustaining life; an animal that
could get along on no little could
get along on none at all.
But the proof of the absence of
life is yet stronger when we con
sider the results of actnal tele-scop
ic olwervation. An object such -as]
an ordinard city block could be de
tected on the moon. If anything
like vegetation were present on it
surface, we should see the changes
which it should undergo, in the
course of a month, dnring one por
tion of which it wonkl lie exposed
to the rays of the unclouded sun.
Mid during another to the intense
cold of space.—Prof. Simon New
come in Harper's Maga/mc.
Sad Accidents.
The Winston Sentinel gives an
account of a little child being
drowned iu a tub of water and the
Greensboro Telegram tells of a
year old iutant in Guilford couiity
breaking its neck while trying to
look into a box under a bed in the
room in which the child had been
left alone for a short while
Such accidents show how care
-1 til those having charge of infants
diould lie in watching them. They
how that it is dangerous ever to
eave alone a child of such age-
It would seem mi|>o>«»ihlc that harm
•ould come to the little fellow
vhose death is recounted by the
Telegram and. n«> doulit Ins uiotli
■r thought him perfectly safe.
There was nothing in the room
vith which he could hurt himself
vhile she was alwent for a shoit
vhile. were her thoughts; bnt
vhen she returned she found hint
lead.—Ex
tow is the Time to Subscribe
A man who was too economical
o subscribe for his home pa|iei
■ent his little boy to borrow the
'opy taken by his neighbor. In
lis haste the bov ran over a $4
tand of bees and in ten minutes
;>oked like a warty summer
qpasli.
His cries readied his father alio
au to his assistance and failing to
totice a barbed wire fence, ran in :
oit breaking it down, cutting a
iatulful of flesh from his anatomy
nd ruining a $5 pair of pants. The
•Id cow took advantage of the gap
IL the fence antl got into the corn*
ield and killed herm it eating green
orn. Hearing the racket, the
vile ran, upset a four-gallon churn
if rich cream into a basket of kit
ens, drowning the whole flock. In
her hurry she dropped a $25 s»-t ol
false teeth. The baby, left alone,
crawled through the spilled cream
and into the parlor, ruining a s2l
carpet. During the excitement
the oldest daughter ran away with
the hired man. the dog broke up
eleven setting hens, and the calves
got out and chewed the tails off
lour fide shirts.—The Kansas City
Star.
If some of these sewing machine
telfows don't hold up, the itinerant
business will be a thing of the past
aud wholesalers will have to do the
selling at headquarters. Every few
days there is something doing in
the newspaper headlines from all
over the state in connection with
some sewing machine agent. Had
two cases in Greensboro in the
past twelve months, Raleigh.
Goldslioro, Concord. Wadesboro,
Sinithfield and now Tarboro, and
now the returns are not all in You
never bear such about the much
abused lightning rod agents. -
Greensboro Record.
WIDOW BEATS TRUST
Tobacco Combination Tries to
run her out of Business
With no capital except her own
pluck,-Mrs Fannie Saqui, of No.
>69 Tremont avenue, a widow, ha*
beaten the great American Tob.ic
co Company and its capital of
SIBO 000,000, 111 its eff jits to
drive her out of the cigar busi
ness.
Wheu Mrs. Saqui's husbaud died
more than two years ago. he left
her little except the bills for his
funeral expenses. He had con
ducted a sin ill cigar store for a year
or two. but the business had never
prospered. His widow took it up
immediately af'er his death, and
within a few months had trans
formed the profitless business into
one of the best paying in the Bronx
TThen the American Tobacco Com
pany attempted to obtaiu possess
ion of it. The agents of the trust
were selling to Mrs. Saqui the
goods she was retailing. The trust's
agents made her offers.
"I will uot :ell," Mis. Saqui
told them. "It is all I have, and
it is making me a good living and
will always do this. What you
might pay me would lie stolen. I
do not wish to risk a certainty for
.111 uncertainty.''
"The trust will drive you out of
business unless you sell to it," she
was told.
"They will have to make a light
then." was Mrs. Saqm's plucky
reply.
Within two days preparations
for Ofieiiiiig it begun. Mrs. Saqui
viw that it was to be a tobacco
store and was greatly worried. 111
mother day she saw that frightful
red borders going up 011 the show
vindows, and she knew that war
lad been declared by the American
Toltacoo Company with its siKo,-
.100,000,
1 'ndauuted Mrs. Saqui entered
1 the fight. To her customers she
explained the o|>cniug of the new
-tore and told of the offers and
threats the trust had maile to get
i«sses.sum of her place. The cus
tomers spread the news quickly.
tVithiu two weeks the trust stoie
vas o|tencd, with standard goods
ticketed at rumerous pricer, but
Ihe customers ignoring the bait of
she trust, made purchases at Mrs.
Saqui's store.
Within a month Mrs. Saqui's
•usiness had doubled. Not only
lid her old customers stand by hei
iu her days of trial, but brought
tew customers. Men who had lieen
■living tobacco and cigars down
town stop|ied and bought their
lay's supply in the morning.
The trust undertook to retuse to
sell its goods to Mis. Saqui, who
then stopped buying the trst* 'made
Men who had been smoking cer
tain brands of e.gars, tobacco and
cigarettes for years stopped them
.ehen they found why Mrs. Saqui
iad quit handling the trust goods
tnd began smoking the kind .she
sold.
Mrs. Saxui lives just around the
u-oruer from her store at No. 4220
Thiid avenue and 011 last Saturday
oui glars entered her a|Kirtment and
stole dresses, furs, silver and jew
elry valued at SSOO.
The Tremont avenue Station
looked wise aud did not catch the
burglars. On Sunday on her re
turn from her store, she was sur
prised to find that the apartment
had again been entered. It had
been ransacked as before, but the
burglars, instead of taking any
thing, had returned a valuable set
ol furs, together with some silver
plated articles. —The New York
World.
The philanthropist who offers
$25,000. as suggested by comman
der Peary, as a reward to be divid
ed among the crew of the explo
rer's ship in case the pole is discov
ered, would probably be in less
danger of parting with the monev
than is the philanthropist who has
a habit of offering fahuleus con
ditioned on a like amount being
raised by popular subscription.—
Atlanta Constitution.
Can FUrt the Boys.
The most pi table sight I ever
witnessed tn my life is a little t6,
18 or, 20 year old girl running
arontid ami saying. "Oil, I can
flirt the boys so easy." llt tell
you, .1 girl like this is one who
scarcely ever lias a fellow, and
when she does have one he is not
worth pulling out of a mini hole.
Some girls think it smart to flirt
the boys. But I want to say
young girl, you had better be sit
ting on the stool of damnation than
to conduct yourself any such way.
For it is not ladylike nor honora
ble. The girl who is guilty of
any such had better watch nut if
she doesn't want to be at
ing sale of her father sitting up in
some corner of the house as if she
were some of the old plunder for
disposal.—Farmer Boy, in Chero
kee News.
Useful Facts to Know.
Here are a few suggestions ill re
gard to the things which a careful
housewife may fiud it wise to teach
the new maid:
Teach her to put as ifiuch furni
ture as possible outside the room
before beginning to sweep, to brush
the rest aud cover it with dust cloth.
Teacti her to soak newspapers in
cold water, squeeze them, tear
them into bits, aud spriukle on the
tloot to prevent dust tiyiug.
Teach her to rub the carpet well
after sweeping with a cloth wrung
out of clean ammonia water— one
tablespoon!ul to two quarts ot
water.
Teach her to wipe the polished
floor with a damp cloth and then
rul> with a dry one.
Teach her to cover a soft broom
.villi a clean cloth, and brush the
filing and walls.
Teach her to clean the windows
while the dust is settling.
Teach her to use a flat brush foi
\ indow I rallies and latches.
Teach her to remove the spots 01
linger marks on white woodwork
with a cloth wrung out of warm
water aud dipped ill prepare chalk.
—American Cultivator.
A Warning to Mothers
Too much care cannot be used
.vitli small children during the hot
weather of the summer months to
_;uard against bowel troubles. As
1 rule it is only necessary to give
the cliill a dose of castor oil to
correct any disorder of the bowels
I >«» not use any'subslitute, but give
he old-fashioned castor oil, and
>ee that it is fresh, as rancid oil
lauseates and has a tendency to
irijie. If this does not check the
•owels give Chamberlain's Colic,
Jholera aud Diarrhoea Remedy
md then a dose of castor oil, and
he disease may be checked 111 its
ncipiency and all danger avoided
I'he castor oil and this reined\
hould be procured at once ami
.ept ready lor instant use as soon
is the first indication of any bowel
rouble appears. This is tile most
tuccessful treatment known aud
nay lie relied upon with implicit
onfidence even in cases of cholera
nfantum. For sale by S. R. Biggs.
Home Requisites.
A home may be fitted out in lux
urious style, and yet if lacking in
small conveniences, be destitute of
comfort.
No mere artist or furnisher can
supply these. The mothers or
laughters must attend to tliein,
the little things needed in daily ex
perience. •
From the want of them may re
sult innumerable slight embarrass-'
uieuts or even serious trouble.
Anyoue who has felt in the dark
for a match-box, only to find it
gone from its place, knows the dis
appointment that ensues.
One who has required a string
in a hurry understands the perplex
ity that tnay arise from the want
of a ball of twine or a box or a bag
filled with short cords.
It is troublesome when one wish
es to write a memorandum and has
jtP lead pencil at hand. If the
pencil be accessible but pointless,
matters seem all the worse.
How easy it is to take a stitch
in time when everything necessary
is at hand, and how difficult when
the case is vice versa.
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