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DIRECTORY
T«wa OfOcers
Mayor—B. P. Godwin
C—iaainnrn—A. Anderson, N. &
Peel, W. A. Ellison, J. D. LtggeU. tH
Godwin.
Street Commissioner—J. D. Unß.
Clerk—C. U. Godwin.
Traratr —N. & Peel.
Attorney—Wheeler Martin
Chief of Police—J. H. Fa**.
Ltftcs
Skewarkee Lodge, Mo. 90, A. F and A.
M. Regular meeting every nd ami 4th
Tneaday nights.
Roanoke Camp, No. 107, Woodmen o(
the World. Regular meeting every wl
laat Friday nights.
Church «f the Adveit
Services on the second and filth Sun
days of the raoath.momm* and even inn.
and oh the Satonlaya (5 p.m.) beforr,
and on Mondays (9a. m.) after'inid Sun
days of the month. AU are cordially in
vited. B. S. U-Viiru. Rector.
Methodist Caarcfc
Rev. E. E. Rose, the Methodist Fas
tor, haa the following appointments
Every Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and
night at 7 o'clock respectively, except
the aecood Sunday. Sunday School
every Sunday morning at 9.-30 o'clock.
Prayer-meeting every Wedacaday even
ing at > o'clock. I lolly Springs 3rd
Sunday evening at 3 o'clock; Vernon lit
Sunday evening at 3 o'clock; HamilUm
md Sunday, morning and night; HasaeU.-
and Sunday at J o'ctock. A cordial in
vitaliou to all to attend these aervices
Baptist Church
Preaching on the Ist, and and 4th Sun
days at II a. m., and /'jo p. m. Prayci
meeting every Thursday night at 730
Sunday School every Sunday murving at
9:30. J. D. Biggs, Superintendent.
The paator preaches at Hamilton on the
3rd Sunday in each month, at ll a. m.
and 7:30 p. m . and at Riddkk'a Grmc
•n Saturday before every Ist Sunday at 11
"a. in., and on the Ist Sunday at 3 p. 01.
Slade School House on the 2nd Sunday
at 3 p. m . and the Biggs' School HUUH
on the 4th Sunday at 3 p. m. Everybody
cordially invited. 4
R. 0. CAKBOLL. Paator.
SKEWARKEE tL
N«. 90, A. F. fc A. M. /sJA
OIRRCTOBV FOB 1905.
8. S. Brown, W. M.; W.C.Manning.S
W.; Mc. G. Taylor. J. W.; T. W. Thorn
as. S. ©.; A. F. Taylor. J.D; S. R. Biggs.
Secretary; C. I>. Caraarphen, Treasurer.
A. B. Whitoiore and T.C.Cook, Steward*
R. W. Clary, Tiler.
STANDING COMMITTEES:
CHARITY —S. S. Brown, W. C. Man
ning, Mc. G.Taylor.
FINANCR— JOB. D. Biggs, W. 11. Hat
ell, R. J. P*l.
RWUIMU-W. H. Edwards, W. II
Green. P. K. Hodves.
ASYU'M—H. W. Stnbtw, W. H. Rob
ertaon, 11. D. Cook.
MAIMiUr-l. H. Hattoa.
Professional Cards.
DR. J. A. WHITE.
Jgft DENTIST
OMEN—MAI* STBKKT
PHONR Q
I will be in Plymouth the first week in
each month.
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'Phone, 23.
W ILLIAMSTON, N. C.
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Special attention itiren ta ezawiaiag aad ml
mg title for purchaser* of Uaaber aad Umber
laaSa
Special attention will be gtaea ta raal estate
eackaaces. It m wisk ta bay or acß lead I
caa aalppaai ■ HIBWW
Tke Ate of Wisdom.
When Reginald and I went oat
This morning for a walk,
We bad most confidentially
Am interesting talk.
We talked of thing* we used t«
think.
Then most forgot again:
For Reginald is over nine,
And I, yon know, am ten.
Why. I letnetnlier how last year.
When we weie rather small,
We thought that wars were ovei
with
And couldn't come at all.
We read of battles in the books.
And thought 4hem very fine;
But Reginald was only eight,
And I was only nine.
Policeman really stand around
To clear away the track,
And help the ladies crows the street
And bring loot children back ;
We thought they hunted Indians
And bays who stay out late,
Whea Reginald was only seven
And I was only eight.
We thought that Santa Clans cam*
down
Right through the chimney flue.
And that his reindeers pawed out
side.
As in the play they do.
While, if a boy had been to bad,
To him no toys were given;
But Reginald was only six,
And I was only seven.
I'm really quite ashamed to tell
How once we used to try
To see what very little things
Could make the baby cry.
We thought it quite a famous jokt
To play those silly tricks;
When Reginald was only five,
And I was only six.
And, oh, the foolish, foolish thing?
We fancied before that ?
We thought that hills could toucl
the sky,
And that the earth was flat,
That fairy stories might come true,
And dragons be alive,
When Reginald was only four,
And I was only five.
It's such a comfort now to think
Those baby days are past,
And ignorance so terrible
Is all outgrown attlast.
And now, of course, we'll never be
Such simpletons again;
For Reginald is over nine,
And I, you know, ain ten.
—Emma Bndicott Mareati, in St.
Nicholas.
A Small boys Diary.
There is a certain nine-year old
kid in this city who is keeping a
diary. The book was given him
last Christmas by a relative, and
his father bad forgotten all about
it until he accidentally found the
volume the other day. Curious to
aee what his small son had written
in it, he opened the book and fouud
that the diiry had been faithfully
kept. Here are a few of the ent
ries.
"I am nine years old to-day.
Looked in the glass, but whisker*
aint sproutinv yet."
"Sassed a boy. Got lickt."
"Pop borrid ten cents for cai
fair, that makes $1.15 he owes me
Wonder if lie ever get it."
Jimmy stole my bal I
lickt him for it.
"Ast Pop for some of my money
and he giv me a nickil. I want
that doler."
"We feloes got up a baseball
club Fine pitcher. If I had the
doler 15 I could get a uniform.
"Pop got paid today and giv me
my money.
"Mamma borrid a doler. A fel
oe cant save nothing."
"Ast Pop about banks. I want
to put my money where car fair
aint so scan*."
"Got lick again."
There was more of this, but Pop
had read enough. As a result
there was a conference, and now
the arrangement is to pay five per
cent, a week interest, and .settleev
er day. The kid gdt his uniform.
—Philadelphia Telegragh.
It is a pity that the closer some
poets live to nature the farther
away from publishers they are apt
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WILLIAMSTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER i. 1905.
Export of British
Art Treasures.
The recent acquisition by au
American 'collector of four first
folios of Shakespeare's plays for
the remarkable sum of 10,000
pounds has strengthened the de
mand for legislation in the matter
of the exportation of art treasures.
The amount spent by the gov
ernment annually on pictures and
other works of art is as nothing
when compared with the unlimi
ted purses of American millionaires
and it is therefore evident that the
only course that remains open, if
private literary and art treasures
are to be retained in this country,
is legislation.
Itlay protects her art treasures
bv prohibiting the exportation of
any work of Italian origin without
the permission of the government,
and it was owing to this law that
the attempted sale of the Borgbese
Titian. "Sacred and Profane Love, 1
to America, for an enormous sum
of money—by some said to be
300,000 pounds—was prevented
Why, therefore should not the
British government make a similar
law*
During the past season many of
the finest canvasses have crossed
the Atlantic. Of receut times the
most notable instance is the sale to
Mr. Aittuan of New York of Hopp
ner's Lady Louisa Manners sold at
Christie's for 14,050 guineas. 111
fact, the high prices paid for uiauy
of the pictures sold under the ham
mer are undoubtedly caused by the
unlimited commissions from
America. The famous Titian
"Ariosto," purchased last year for
30,000 pounds by the British na
tion, would in all probability have
found a place in some American
collection, had not Mr. Alitor, Mi.
Beit, and a few other* generously
subscribed 18,300 pounds of the
purchase monev.
' Our most valuable books are als
leaving us. Of the seven Shakes
peare quartos sold during the sea
son for an aggregate of nearly 5,-
000 pounds, six have !>een acquir
ed ou lielialf of the American col
lectors.
Germany, too, is in the field.
■ The famous Peel Van Dyck's, soli
a few years ago for 24,250, now
hangs upon the wall of the Berlu.
Museum. —London Mail.
A Faithless Lawyer.
A lawyer telU how lie ouce play
ed a client false. "I shall have t«
I make a lawyer out of that boy 01
1 mine. { dou't see any other way
1 out of it," declared the well-knowi
I attorney with a laugh. "He cain
t into my office 011 his way 110111
f from school and laid a nickt
> down ou the desk before me 'Wha
1 is this for, son !' I asked. 'Retain
er,' he answered, soberly. 'Very
well,' said 1 entering iuto the joki;
'what have I been retaiued upon ?'
My boy dug down into his pockci
and produced a note from hi
teacher and placed it before nn
without comment It was to th
effect that he had been 'cutting
up,' and advised a whipping. 'Now,
what would you advise ?' be asked
in a business like voice, after I had
read the note, and saw the tra|
that young rascal-led me into. 1
think that our first move should Ik
to apply for a change of venue,'
said I. 'Very well,' he answered,
'you're handling the case.' 'Tneti
we will turn the note over to j-otii
mother,' said I. I saw the yotrtij;
imp's face fall at this, but he brae
ed up and said. 'See here, pop,
you're bound to see me through 011
this, 'cause youVe accepted my re
tainer, you know!' 'l'll argui
your case before the court,' 1 an
swered, 'but you'll have to accept
the decision. I would not dare t
influence thecourt.' Well, I plead
ed the boy's case, promptly had it
thrown out of court, and the hoy
got what he deserved—a good
whipping. It was the first time I
ever played false to a client..'-
Detroit Free Press.
What a delightful world this
would be to live in if our neigliliors
knew half as well as we what is
good for them.
Along the North Shore Drive.
To begin .with, there was a
heavy mist which had been rolling
inland all evening across the stone
es]danade which lies between I.m
coln Park wtwl the Lake. By ten
o'clock the last pedestrian had dis
appeared and all was still except
for the swish-wash of the water as
it lapped against the wooden piles.
Suddenly. f:twn somewhere near
the water's edge came a wall
long drawn and piercing— a
woman's scream. Hardly had it
died away wben it was followed by
another and another in quick suc
cession.
Then for a moment everything
was quiet, but jnst as the troubled
atmosphere had settled down, once
more the high-pitched shriek came
in through the fog.
Soon there was a sound of men's
feet and from different ways cauie
two park policemen, one with a
bull's eye lantern held out ii front
of him. »
They were both headed for the
same point and came to & stop to
compare notes.
"Did you hear it ?"
'"Yes! Just al«out here was—'J,
At this juncture another scream
rang out and both men made a
plunge through the mist to the
spot. A second later there was a
scuffle, a rustle of silk skirts, and
the hurried tapping of little feet,
followed by the big heavy ones oi
the officers and them all came to a
standstill under an urch light.
Holding his lantern high above
his head, the policeman examined
two girls who stood close togethei.
They both looked thoroughly
frightened.
"Was it you two girls who were
screaming t" he asked, looking
cautiously back of him into th>.
mist for possible causes.
"Yes, it was." stammered one
of the young women, panting,
"but, oh, dear—we didn't think
you ever would come "
"Well, what's the matter, tiowi
we are here?" asked the other ofli
eer impatiently, wiping the pcrspi
ratiou from his face.
"You,see, we were out walking,
and Mary said it was dangerous
out here, and I said that then
were lots of policemen, and she
said they were never here when
they were wanted, and I said let's
scream and see if they will come 01
not, and Mary said all right, ano
so we sat down and screamed and
—you did coiue, didn't you ?"
With that they turned and ran.
leaving the two big chaps staring
after them into the mist.
"By gosh, We should have run
'em in for disturbing the peace,"
said the one with the laiiteru.
"Well,', returned the Other.
"I'll bet they heard theui scream:
at the Chicago avenue station. 1
geues the joke's on us, Bill."
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Way to do Things.
If there is that in your nature
which demands the liest and will
take nothing less, and you do not
demoralize this standard by the
habit of deterioration in everything
you do you will achieve distinction
in some line if yon have the persis
tence and determination to follow
your ideal.
But if you are satisfied with the
cheap and shoddy, the blotched
and slovenly, if you are not par
ticular about quality in your work,
or in your environment, or in your
personal habits, then you mast ex
pect to take second place, to fall
back into the rear of the proces
sion. "'.. ■ -
People who have accomplished
work worth while have had very
high sense of the way to do things.
They have not been content with
mediocrity. They have not con
fined themselves to the lieaten
tracks; tliey have nrver been satis
fied to do things just as others do
them, but always a little better.
They always push things that
come to their hands a little higher
up a little further on. It is this
higher up, this little further on,
that toutits in the quality of life's
1 work. It is the constant effort to
1 be first-class in everything one at
-1 tempts that conquors the heights
of excellence. —Success.
Salt From Utah's Lake.
The Great Salt Lake as a salt
p oducer has always been a theme
ttiat enlists interest. Edwin 0.
Kckel, of the. Geological Survey,
has passed some time there in the
study of the industry. He fin>ls
that salt manufacture from the
waters of the lake began with the
arrival of the Morman's in 1847.
The only salt harvested at 61st
was that obtained from the evapo
ration in Ktininx-r of the water in
little lagoons, or natural Itasiits.
along the shore of the lake. About
the year 1869 dams were built to
hold large quantities of water in
low places for evaporation. These
ponds were flooded in the spring
and the salt deposited iu the sum
mer by solar evaporation was
gathered into pits along the banks
and carried over from one year to
another. About this time the
chlorinatioti process for the reduc
tion of silver ores was discovered,
and the demand for milling salt in
creased very rapidly. The ontput
reached a total of 50,000 tons in
1890, whereas not more than 500
or 1,000 tons were gathered in
1848. At present Utah rauks sixth
among the States as a Halt producer,
so far as quanity is concerned. The
fifth in the value of the product.
The production has increased from
96,760 barrels iu 1880 to 417,501
barrels in 1902.
mistaken Idenity.
I hear no sound. Can it be that
she is not here?.
As I came into the hall I did not
hear the rustle of a skirt. But
the maid said she was downstairs.
Why does she not come put to
greet me. I will enter the draw
ing room. Ah, the light is quite
dim. Now I can see I tetter, as ni>
eyes grow accustomed to the light.
What is that on the couch? It
is she.
Sh! She sleeps. I will walkover
and look at her.
How beautiful she is! Her
cheeks are slightly flushed. Hei
hair! Heaven! I never knew sh
had such hair before.
She must have dropped dowif
there and fallen asleep. Shall I
awaken her?
I always knew that she was a
pretty girl, but somehow I nevti
realized how beautiful she was Ih
fore.
My heart is going like a trip
hammer. We are alone. I must
kiss her. I cannot help myself.
Now I am leaning over—closer,
closer. It is wrong of me? Well
I will answer for it if it is. Thcie
is no time to argue. I love lu r
and I must have that kiss.
There! I did it. It was the fin
est kiss I ever took. I faint with
bliss. _
She still sleeps. Thank heavin
I can take auother.
Here goes! On her lips this time
How soundly she sleeps! That
last one was a hummer! It should
surely have waked her. Can any
thing lie wrong.
Once more! And again! And
igain! What! Not awake yet
"Dailing, speak to me! It is 1
Jack. Why did you sleep so
soundly."
"Oh, Jack, I was not asleep, and
I didn't know it was—you."—Lip
piucott's Magazine.
Pointed Paragraphs.
Never judge a dogs bite by his
bark.
• Lots of men after telling tilt
truth try to lie out of it.
There is always hope lor the
fool who minds his own business.
It is easier to make a new quar
rel than it is to patch up an old
Many a man who thinks he
thinks has a wife who dies all his
thinking.
A man may not be too old to
learn but he may be too old to re
alize it. 1 .
It's the most difficult thing in
the world to forget what you want
to forget.
If a tnari is no earthly good he is
always asserting that he's as good
as anybody.
Stated the facts.
The Editor of an Indiana paper
became tired of being called a liar
so be announced that he would tell
the truth in the future. The first
issue thereafter contained the fol- 1
Id wings.
• John Bonin, the laziest mer
chant in town, made a trip to Bell
ville yesterday.
"John Coyle, our grocervman,
is doing a poor business. His store
K dirtv. and noxiously odoriferous.
How can he expect to do much?
"Rev. Styx preached last Satur
day on "charily.' The sermon
was punk.
•"Dave Sonkey died at his home
in this place. The doctor gave it
out as heart failure. The fact is
he was drunk and whiskey is what
killed him.
"Married. Miss Silvia Rhodes
and James Conhan, last Saturday
evening at the Baptist parsonage.
The bride is a very ordinary town
girl who doesn't lcn w any more
than a jack-rabbit about cooking,
and never helped her mother three
days in her life. She is not a
beauty by any means, and has a
gait like a fat duck. The groom
is well known as an up to date loaf
er. He's been living off" the
old folks all his life and don't
amount to shucks. They will have
a haul life.
The paper had no sooner reached
the public than a committee was
s'*nt to him bearing a petition ask
ing him to continue in the good old
way. and stated that they believed
hint to he a truthful and honest
man.—Burlington Ns.
Do not doubt that the sclf-iiiade
man will be a good thing—if he ev
er gets himself fiuished.
Suliscrilier —Say why dou't you
society intelligence in your
|>i|ier?
Village Editor s-Society intel
ligence? Why, I heard of
such a thing—Chicago News.
Had Her Picked Out—Whistler,
(•inline a gold ring.
Jeweler —Filled?
Whistler—Naw. empty, I'll have
it fillet! to suit myself.—Cleveland
Leader.
Ways of a Thieving Dog.
John Huyck, a well known citi
zen of Sioux 1"alls, is the owner of
a bird dog which has a mania for
stealing, and. so far as tile range of
the articles stolen is concerned, the
dog holds the canine record for
thefts.
The animal was raised from a
puppy by Huyck. His degener
acy commenced to manifest itself
some time ago, when members of
the family would find upon the
porch of the Huyck domicile such
things as rubbers, shoes, pieces of
rope and the like. ham
mocks auJ pillows were added to
the collection. In fact, everything
of a portable nature that could IK
carried by the dog found its way
to the Huyck home.
As these things were taken from
the residents of the immediatt
neighborhood, it was not a difficult
■natter to restore the accumula
tions to the rightful owners.
But the limit was reached the
oilier day when the dog brought
up to the back door a kettle con
taining a pot roast, which was
-.teaming hot. It is supposed the
kettle was placed outdoors so the
meat could cool oil, aud that the
dog, attracted by the soeut of meat
was drawn to the spot. After pro
ceeding to investigate, the dog evi
dently fouud the meat too hot to
remove from the kettle, so decided
lo carry off kettle as well as its con
tents.
The owner of the kettle could
uot be located, aud rather thau run
the risk of further trouble the
owner of the dog decided to sent!
the auimal into the country for a
time, in hope that it can be broken
of the stealing proclivities.
The dog is smart, is a good rang
er and hunter, and is valuable, ex
cepting for his habit of stealing
everything he can carry.—St. Paul
Dispatch.
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