RucKy Mourn
fftRBERT.
St»bscrl^pt4on ,Trice:^
out Year.
' Six lionths...
l>'(MirMoDtha .
. f L(
Voters in selectit g your ^noice
town officials don’t ask as the primarj
consideration what interests each
diate will support but ask what
do for paved streets and for the gener
al good and advancement of the com
munity.
In Rocky Mount politics it is not
party but banks. w\t least this is the
situation as conceived by a large num
ber of our people. Gentleman, go slow
a >d above ail let not your feelings be
come so intensified that when Rocky
Mount as a community needs the solid
pull of all its substantia! citizens it shall
suffer because of old sores unhealed or
jealously of the other fellow. After all
the« tin r fcl ow is a pretty good sortof
aptrsottlt one will look for the good
qua'ltl'‘s I.e posseses and not the bad.
pr^t of
3ej|jiild \
tne^jen
crops'an SLof
'don’t kno^
along the rme vi j
DO less than the write
the name of Weller^
Halifax county, sometimei
He came from New York
out capital and earned hi3
as a school teacher.
enough capital to buy a 11^ land and
started what is now kno# as Medoc
vineyard, near Kingwoo* He raised
and gave the means for to
a large family and at ^ death the
vineyard sold for $20,00^d ac u idei-
stand now is worth sev^ times ihat.
'1 He p* ssimists who look at the
world askance and sees nothing hut the
bad should turn to the exemplicalion of
what good there is in this old world as
evidenced by the q nek and ready re-
s|>oi se made to the call f«>r ai I from the
afflicted cityoTSan Frnncisc**. And by
the way there is another exemplication
alToided as to what go(>d newbpapers
are to all the pmple. The rnormity
of the horrible catastrophe was re
al zed by the whole communi y within
a few hours after it occurred a!id made
it Dossiblg for them to resp >nd with aid
he time it wOuld be most
,th
^ther
:c. V e
pictu. e
wriU#
luccess i
^ being,
Lher by
moved to
the 1840V.
tate with-
ing at first i
^cumulated;
Sore NippiW
A cure may be effedi
Chamberlain’s Salve*
child is done nursmg ”
a soft cloth before
nurse. Many train*
salve with the best
cents per box.^^M
I the New England Cot-
ffs association was held
VOGUE
d SerTlcea
'lren 'In
Materials for chll
seen upon the co^
chnrmliig variety
The jii
ix>puhu-/in
by applymg
it oft with
the child to
Price
ruggists.
YHe OalUihAL LAXA . .. £ ;,YKI.'r
i;E}IHEDY’SLAXAT!YcH3HEY^^TAK‘
ied CIoTW BUcsom sod Bo9C7 Bf? co Evory no(Ur
•'■OLErS!IONEy«»'l^
cou^H And keals
__ jN Pricc !
^iGHSand 50c ^$i.00
Fret Trial.
aua yuickoet Our© tor
tOAT p.nd LUNG TKCUL
MONrY BACK.
J
lala For
Days.
. garments are
Id a most
lid fair to be
bn in mohair,
cotton and
Ju their own
Ll^on. Then
“ yi’v silk,
some-
hke up
^natural
|>f>l. and
tftffrta
yr with
_ i'j.uid
Plk ill a
This,
^•hiie rn-
|iost IdiMl-
^ingham,
firoelvs for
Both
m wearing
crashes
ifiujable. inak-
for
nd-
Lndert^ a
t>oy^ire
u'u are
ttkinff.
^ind
ints
‘ come
^es.
^nple
to
Uto
«‘n to
1 slept all throuj^h the sermon, so when they passetl the plate
1 made a dreadful blunder and noticed It too late.
I'll surely try to stay awake la church another time,
For, oh. Instead of papa's cent, I gave my silver dime!
—Youth's CompauioD.
ilized
GAe Ma^ic Mirrors
With the aid of two pieces of ordi
nary looking ghiBs you can perform a
nunjber of tricks whi‘h will greatly
puzzle people who do not kuow how
they ore done and wiiit^ even you
who are in the secret will probably find
hartl to “get through your head.”
Jiowever. j-ou cnu do the tricks even if
you lo not entirely understaiid them,
I o here they are:
\V)iat oouJd be more puzzling, for In
stance, than an innocent looking mir
ror In whU-h you tind it quite Impossi
ble to your face? Yet it Is only an
oixlinary mirror tippeil imckwaiil so
that all yon see hi It is a i-ertection of
the celling. But in order (o conceal the
fo-t that ti>e mirror is tipped back
you must Inclose It in rt dtK'p frame
like a box and cover the front of
liie IkjX either wUii a pane of glass
or a piece of line gauze. The mirror,
you luulerstand. Is put slanting in the
box. which is fastened tiat against the
wail.
Or you can put two pieces of looking
glass side by side in the box. raisiuK
the edg:es that come to;;ether. ondhang
the 1k)x up with these joined edges
vertical. A person standing l>efore
this magic mirror sees objects to the
right and left, but his own face Is not
to be seen.
Now take or make a deei>er box and
put your mirrors in it so that tliey are
at rl;jrht angles to eacli other, witli tlie
joined otK'es at tin? bottom of
WHERE RAIN
COMES FROM
./
senate t
$50,000 to the Jamc^To^n
tion. The senate amended it to
i that the governor of Massachuetts
’I first be satisfied that citizens of
>achnetts will be as well treated as
„ .heir own State. The leaders of the
house say they will never give theiren-
iorsement to the amendment. It was
openly charged tha'. but for the negro
^contingent in the wards where Senator
and Representalive Faber are in-
•«terested. no such rider would have been
p’a'ed on the bill. Representative
Hayt'S, of Lowell, said that rather than
hav»‘ such an amendment adopted he
wou'dsee that the bill was killed be
cause the vote of the senate evidenced
a lack of confidence in the citizens o/
Virginia.”
Such as this is calculaj^L to arouse
- the ire of a southerner, llo^ e do not
btJ^ve such feeling as evidenced by
/ thl^ct will find much backing among
the masses of Massachusetts or any
otlier northern State.
.
.PROFITS liySCUPPERNOKGS.
We clip the following from The Wil
mington Messeneer: “It is surprising
mat the people of eastern North Car
olina have not paid more attention to the
raising of scuppernong grapes. Here-
lofo.-e there has been little mirket for'
,^his fruit, but now there is s home de-!
nmn 1 for all that can be raised and at i
remunerative prices. The soil of this j
«tion of the state is the very kind for ^
th s grape. It is tlie least expensive
«i.»p that can l>e raised. After the
v iirs arx* put out about the only exj,enses
a:c the pofta, the wiring and the'
^• ••hering. There ia no danger of loss
I f on p by frost. Until the vines are '
liirgo tnt ugh to begin producing the
1 «n»l can i)e ^'«cd for growing vegtables.
n he’^uliiyation of the scuppernong is
*;isy. W hen the vines once be., in b»ar-
iiiif there is a certain annual crop at
li tU'Cosl and prcducing a net income
I rr acre which i>o other crop \sill sup«‘
I hf vmes should Ik? set out twenty
f er apurt in rows the same distance
( oM> each t)ther. This will give one
)i /mJreiJ and ten vine-* to the. acre. AI
the owest estimate, thi-se vines at five
yi'His of a^e will pnxiuce four bushels
each. This of course will increase wun
the urowth of the vines. There is a
stai.ding otTer from home market for
th se graiH's at seventy five cents a
bU'h'’l. .\!l that can be produced can
lie hold at that price to trw wineries.
•’An acre id proiiuc«- five years after
•*ettujrf, at the least"^ t-slimale, four
h mdred arnl forty b.isihels, which will
oriniT three humir^tl and thirty dollars,
with V. rv hu e to be d--*duct*^ for ex-
l>t*nst'>. 0.’ course there will be returrs
f ■» m the vint s they are fiv«-
y ur *»!d. nn»l uf Icr ihat ;igv rocejpts
p t >»*•:♦• i'Mu* nr»'«lly inc:e4el. wjth
V rv little add?'!un.»l « xjxnse.
• \ ri»u.> vvi;h >* f. acr\‘»in these k;ra|>« s
ut • K-.V i*‘> Mt*! and i'd*'jxn!cnt
In . wi h i-‘* »» y of! wp.' .'Jt h>> ha* I’s
!««r .♦rmiriL' a d tiuok tmwing.
.or sci pjH imn g gr-’'p>'s
i4 t.4i ibe supt>*v, iVrvH
id-it ''ii5^ineS.s I . txl n f ««■ «r
t. NS U* \ f*e r 4pi4c
A0.CTAU f^K'
'a good Tnvestmonft as every-
iKxly knows, a ptXKl (|ualltl of dotted
swisK will 9tand the laun^ perhaps
Ixntor tlian any othtH* 8lK*ercoiton ma
terial. and while a dainty f;torlo a child
will never look ovenlrr«.:e^wertriug a
froik of this material. 1* dimities
are perhaps more charmlngthau ever,
tiny bunches of buttercup>^ouU rose-
liuds l»eln>c scatler\*d ojjir ivory
Kroitiids and siujrle n^hud.s lis-
phiying themselves ovcr--
surface. Tale yellow dlmi,
brown llowers Is most
Ing and will bo the color Jk
for the brown eyel girl.
Organdies showing Ihe bJder have
not yet appeare«l among thaftlTertngs
f->r eliildren’s wear, but the^rnay l>e
expectetl. so closely do the toilets of
little ones follow those of th»^r elden*.
lK)th as to mater’al and mod'|-.
llie coat seen in the pb^re Is a
sffinrt affair carried out In green
rajah silk. An empire efftnH J' p;Tlned
with a fancy colorel braM »^rtlinlng
the sliort walsftM bi>dioe. Tb« same
braid trims the plalteil skirt, deep col
lar and «*uflTs. w!ii!i are further elabo-
rate^l with plait«\l frills of tl.*'
lust For Pol»ten«»»-
**1$ Mr. Jobnsim i >
•‘No. sir.”
“But he Invlt.'d me to call |t this
lH>ur.‘
•Yes,” replied the frank otB.-^? boy.
’That N the rc:i**on be !«n‘t In ”
no tf^ere'nt from nti ^dtiiarj' m.rror
except that It has a crack down the
middle* which certainly is no improve
ment. Yon see a single image of your
self as you do In an ordinary mirror,
but !t Is a different sort of imnge.
An ordinary mirror turns right into
left and left Into right. If your hair
is parted on the left sltle you see a l>oy
with his hoir parted on the right side,
and If you wink your rigid eye at 1dm
he winks back Avith his le t. But tiic
n^agio mirror gives you a true picture
of yourself with your hair partel on
the proper side, and the r^'llectlon
winks its right eye when you wink
yours. I'rinted or written words are
reversed In an ordinary mirror, while
in the magic mirror they appear as
they are.
Next place the mirrors so that they
make a little less than a right angle.
You find that your face, especially
your nose, has broadened. As you eou-
tJniie to bring the mirrors together
your nose splits Into two nosee and a
third eye appears ln*tween them. You
can go on until you have two complete
i faces, but the face with three eyes and
two noses is the prettiest, so we Will
stop at that. /
Fasten your mirrors securely, cover
the front or top of the box with gause
and Invite your friends to admire
themselves In the magic mirror.
Yon can protluce the same effect by
mounting the mirrors In a shallow box
as In the tlrst niaglc mirror described,
but l)cuding them forward Instead of
back at the outside edgres.
t,th tiny
xrelleitce
To Attract Rtrd*.
During the past year a novel and In
teresting experiment has t>een tried
with considerable success In the parks
which are under the control of the
I/ondon county council. In ordor to In
duce small meat eating birds, such as
: wrens, titmice and robins, to frequent
i the parks there have t>een hung In the
i trees muslin bags filled with suet, and
; thesi' have been the means of attract
ing birds which previously were sel
dom If ever seen In the metropolis.
—
Where, does all tlie rain come from?
From tlie clouds, you say? Yes, but
that doesn’t g.) vtM-y far. What are
clouds? Think a bit. Have you ever
Been auytliing close at lianil which
looks like a cloui? Of course you have.
There Is the steam that comes
the spout of the kettle or oui of
funnel of a locomotive. Yes. Is
eloud, and it Is exactly the same thing
mat you see up in ti»e skyon a rainy
ilay.
It uu\y seem a I'unny tiling to say.
but a cloud is simply water dust.
W^atch the pufts of steam coming out
of the engine, and yoft will notice that
quite close to the funnel you see noth
ing at all. It is only a few inches
away from the mouth that it begins to
look cloudy.
The steam or water vapor wliich Is
made in the boiler of the icK'ornotlve
i^uVannot see. U is as clear and in
visible as air Itself. But the moment
the steam gets outskle into the cold
air it begins to cool. The tiny little
invisible particles of winch it is com-
poseil Join together into larger ones,
which are still very small. b\it large
enough for you to see, and so you get
the milky white looking thing we call
cloud.
Now, I want you to notice another
thing. When the cloud from the kettle
has tloatwl a little way it begins to dis
api>ear again. That is I'oennse the
heat of the kitcho5i changcs \hv water
dust back into true slenni or
T'h*‘ vni'or l.s still tllori*, bot .V'
ry bot'j .
went on boiling kettles all day lon^
the air would get very moist indeed,
but you would not see the moisture ex
cept on the walls. luit if you suddenly
opened the window an»l let in the cold
air tlie kitchen would get quite cloudy.
There Is one way in which we boil
wntcr aJl day long, and that Is in our
own bmlies. Have you ever noticed on
a cold winter’s day the cloud that your
breath makes right in front of your
nose? That is becauso our breath has
so much water vapor or steam In It.
This st(‘am i.>» made by the healing of
our blood, which is chletiy water. In
our hollies.—Fhiiailelpliia I.eilger.
[For sale b\ (>viffins Drug Siore.
the wealth of J. Pierpont
.lofgan or of John D. Rockefel-
lei, but several lai'ge fortunes
aye been spent in bringing to a
^oint of perfection and deve p-
>ng the ifboduot known as “Bro-
^Thoni^;”
j^-T-fie present company, after a
Jong and ledioi.s litigation, have
inquired all right and title to the
tra'otmark “Bromonia,” a sets
and 103 1 will, &e.
In a comparatively short t me
omonia” will be known
where—even to the ro-
st parts of the civilized
orld.
.he proof of the pudding is iij
ating. The mere statement
"Bromonia” is of such tre-
icacv and so bene-
ial 1 h it it should be in the
tne of every citizen in the
world is not enough
days to convince the scepti-
publlc. deluded as it has been
Siiihe past by the myriads of
inkers and heartless charlatans,
have taken the public's
money in exchange for danger
ous, insidious and habit-forming
?ffugs. The invalid in these en
lightened days wants some evi-
lence of sincerity on the part of
the owner of a proprietary reme-
t^before investing money.
irHl>i>POse to sfee that every
IfviflfeU human adult who de-
out of,fsires to try our remedy at our ex-
ense can do so without one cent
r cost. We are capitalized at
'our Millions of dollars, this
imount being thought necessary
in order to carry out our plans.
Read the following carefully:
you have consumption or some
■jjpe cbntagious forms of blood
IBisoning we cannot cure you.
|e don’t pretend to cure you.
Vou need the individual treat-
ient of some skilled specialist;
if you are run down in gen-
e)al heil'h, if you have dyspep-
ai o subject to fainting spells
avictim to insomnia, biliousness,
Wlney or liver trouble, catch
^d ea ily, if your system is in
may be-
disease
^coiiditi n t
^an easy p^
' of pne,
, Liie vario’
bothered
of
ivita*
. ,tSi
^Sicknoss.
;:,can be cured by the
CbarleH KlnifNley'N Klnctneaa.
Charles Kingsloy was a very kind
hearted man and could not bear to see
anytliing in pain. One Sunday as he
was preaching his sermon in church he
stopped in the middle of it, stooped
down, picked up something and went
Into the vestry. He soon returned and
went on with his sermon. After the
servi'e was over some one asked him
why he had stopped In the middle of
his sermon. . He answered that he had
seen a butterfly lying on the floor, and
he was afraid that he might tread
upon It and kill Ir,‘so he picked It up
and let It fly out of the vestry window.
m grippe
ddemisf, if you
nt head-
enerally
can help
ollow our di-
immune
is-
^ood’s
£,'vcrsrcen
&rass.
The best of I.Awn Grasses for
the South; specially prepared
to withstand our sunmiers
and to give a nice green sward
the yei'-round.
Special Lawn Circular telling
how to pr pare and care for
lawns, mailed free on request.
Plant "Wood’s
Gardes« &eeds
for superior Vegetables
and Flowers.
Our Descriptive Catalogue tells
vou how and when to plant for
best success. Mailed free. Write
for it,
T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen,
RICHMOND. - VA.
If you want the sweetest and best Water
Malons and Cantatoupes grown, plant
Wood’s Southern-grown seed. Our
DeftO'-iptive Catalogue tells all
about the best kinds to plant.
WA 4re Belter tquipped To 3erve
^ Than Ever.
We‘h8 ve recently pdded to our business several rice Horse and Bug
gies. Traps and Runabouts, ladies and Gentlemans Driving Horses.
We Do Hauling Also.
If you want a dray at once phone us.
Our Stabl»s Never Close.
Can serve you at short notice at a reasonable price. Thanking you
kindly for past favors. Respectfully,
ROCKY MOUNT LIVERY COMPANY.
Phons 46. UYNN ADAMS, Msnatf.
WasHin^'ton Street.
THE CORRECT FASHIONS
IN MENS WEAR
From Hat to Shoes
The spring is now on us and to be in line you will
mjeda spring suit or trousers, or both. For a
very moderate price I can furnish you with ex
actly what you want. In taking measurements
a POSITIVE GUARANTEE is given to fit or no
money required.
J. H. CUTHRELL,
Scents ,'^urriis/i
115 NORTH
urnisner, main street
The Goowe That Grew Bl|c.
Polly Poppett wont a-walking
On u Bummer'8 day.
Close upon her little he^’ls
Came her little goose on wheels
All the way.
Two more goosles came a-runnlng
After Polly’s goo.se so cunning—
Thougl>t they saw a friend, you know—
»oo*»l«*s nlU bf cheated so'
Rabr Wlllte.
Baby wmie. dressed so warrn,
WhsI cares he for wind and storm?
81«lghbelU Jingling as we go
Skimming o'er the Ire and snow.
Baby Wlllte laughs In glee
.\s we glide so merrily.
Jolly fun. he thinks, to ride
With hlP sister by his side '
Prtferr«d Seclusion.
“Give me the address of your tailor.”
"TMI do It If you Tvlll promise not to
give him mine.'*
Blanks to Burn-
•*n • «:ii N|>iviklni; ^-f th( >lank.
blank. hlnnUetr blank hi*n»e r
"\>s; 1 heard him."
did h*' ntoiin ;" *
»*It N ;il) n I'lank t.> |.
Ho n
li n » »
t I ~ \ I ri-- winerii'' h"*-
i- t. r e : ;»»i
111 ■-I will N- (Ulnr
\ , . ,• iy to
..;-h ti*4-m a- s on :i-sui
1*4. ; n.it can l «* M'c:;r*tl it'-
(O make it worth
Irr-» I ’ -ni up.
lI'H .•
J' r; 1-
Ki Aid
 >! i)i«t
,.:V.^vn*
puf>
Th«y Chip In For Tun.
.i, ask the h.nnks to
Oji rvjbllc fvin«l> that - ■-‘i th«
to m«* I-.1.1011, pr
of thefr . .in- * *: ■ - ^
Doubtful Hooor-
Tie )nst pot out of jsi) lu.^‘
InT-’*
h« feo^ ** "
he rlaln^s to 1“ ttx» Ute^
■■
tK'-
The Annual Surprise.
Look out for It.
'Twill flit
Pefor« your sight
bright
Uomlng when you're not
KxpccUng a dark plot.
In all Its splendor
And Jy»t too tender
And cuts for anything
Flr^t you will want to ring
fp the police.
Put soon >>11 will cease
To he annoyiMl with the gent
And win be CO It
To jeer pleasnntly at
The ftrsl straw hat
So Cheap Too.
WUftt lint* d*^ he tnvel on?**
The bot air Hue."
“That’s creflt. ITo can travel
tij home At the same flme.^
Polly Poppett out a-walklng.
Peaceful as could be.
Heard a funny. aQuaw'klng sound. |
Turned her little head around— I
Mercy me! •
W ho d suppose that ’normous thing
From a tiny toy could spring’ i
Thought It was her goose, you know— '
I Goosles will be cheatetl so' i
j —St. Nicholas.
I , PERT PARAGRAPHS.
Boasting lf> not an unmlxerl evil,
, often sounds so flue in the boaster’s
ttw'u ears that he Is cdfetralned to !
make good. i
“ 4i|
Real |K>etry and rt*«l money rarely j
txchange courtesies. .
If tiie doctor's hill were always a bill i
»r health It wouldn’t t>e so ^d !
Hard work is almost as bav-
ing nothlni? to do. . i
Sotue thick that they are be
ing dead swell when they buy a nlckv.
! el’s ^ orth for a let]ar.
There’s a hit of dltTor^nce betwe*
bavtsc^othtng to do aod having to
Qothlog.
6mt)nia’'is to the human
§ys)fem what tlie scrubbing brush
jincT 5oap are to'the dirty wash
bowl It aids Nature to resume
lormal action. It increases the
trength, the fighting ability of
tVt’ phaurocytes of the blood; it
IJimote.s the healthy flow of the
irns y and gastric secretions.
.t,your stoinfijh is in good con-
lyon, you are well. The Chi-
aese are a wise people. They
aoccst each other with, “How is
your stomach?”
|We don’t ask you to invest a
-■esit until you have tried “Bro
monia at our expense. A single
bottle oftentimes works wonders.
Git out the Coupon at the bot-
taii of this column.
,Write name and address plain
ly Be careful to address
BROMONIA CO.,
NEW YORK.
FREE BROMONIA COUPON.
I hereby declare that I have
never before had a free bottle
of "Bromonia.” Kindly send
me one without any cost to me
! whatever.
^ Xame
City
Street Address
Mv nearest Druggist is
25 and 50 cts.
For sale by all first-class Drug
gists’.
Special sale now being held by
may & GORHAM,
Rocky Mount, N. C.
.Ino. M. Scott & Co., wholesale
agents for the State of North
Carolina, Charlotte, N. C.
FITNEPS
rx»4,\*
EXPORT BEER
15 A P'JRE LIQUID FOOD
CON LE55 ALCOHOL
'HAiN O^'HER BEVERAGES.
4% Alcohol
C/DEn...^ ......6 •
CLARBT 9*
CHAM^^.GhC 12 .
23 ■
6/N.. 45 •
\NHISKEY 5/ -
12-
T
DrW.H. y/i/ey, 'ChieffO! fnc bu^u cfCl^smi. •' y of the U. ,5.
Department^ of.Ac^ ri 'uHure, ^rees' \,iith f^j-Jauc that Beer
i5 a '\ieritable^fooc'f. •'oducf". Hz d.Mclh parficufariy on
tfie. fact that^h& sm^ .'t qusniiiy of alcohol contained
therein muity-)e re^% ■J‘id iood i -grcdienf saying:
"’ft has been dear'y de,v)5t/^ed tha.' \ jhcn given in
moder3tefquantiiii 'c.'(
into the 'stomach'j3 co^,- f/
cess of digestion c^nd
FOOD VALUE OF B j.ER
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B, Kupp«nh«im*r & Co.. CW.
A GEN
walked into ourstore a few
and inquired if we were agents for
KUPPENHEIMER
CLOTHES?
We replied that we were and asked if
we could show him somethiug. The
result was that we sold him a perfect
fitting, stylish sack suit bearing a,
KUPPENHEIMER
LABEL.
After he had made his purcha^ he said:
“This is the first ready-made St it 1 have
bought in ten years. I never thought
it possible to get a well madg suit un
less I went to a custom-tailo| until a
friend of mine whose clothes! have al
ways admired told me he al^f .ys wore Kuppemieimor Clothes and
bought them at your stOTe^There are a great many men who
le dressers who are wearing our
ing this fact every day
STEIN,
Temple Buildi
enjoy the reputation of be
clothes and many more a