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ASHEBORO, N. C. THURSDAY JULY 2, 1903.
AS
EBOR
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S. Bryant. Preskleat J. I- Cole, Cashier
W.he
BA.uk of R.andlema.n.
Randlemar.1 N. C.
wpiUl paid in,
Protection to depositors,
$20,000
40.000
Dirkctohs: S. O. Ncwlin, A. N.
Bulla, W. T. Bryant, C. I- Lindsey,
N. N. Newlin, J. 11. Colo. 8. Biyanl
II O Barker and W K Harlsell.
BRITTAIN & QRHQSON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Asheboro, - North Carolina
Practice in ths courts of Randolpn
and adjoining .counties; in StaU
and Federal uourts. iromps in
tention to business of all kinds,
J. A. Spenoa
HAMMER & SPENCE,
Attorneys - at Law
Aabrbor", N. C.
, North r,f Court Hwa.)
Practice in all the courts
E. MOFFITT,
Attorney - at - Law,
ASHEBORO, N. C.
Phone No. 22.
Practice in all the courts.
Special attention given to scttleuicn
of Estates.
W-Ofpicr Nrah Court House
0. L. SAPP,
A ttorney-at- Law.
ftMlto t State aa fadaral Oearta
CamaraaWk, 0maier,il and Pra
fcaaaLaw. All b.waaaa proraptli
IV YOV WANT - a n
THE BEST LAUNDRY
Sand your Laundry to the
Ola R-allabW
CHARLOTTE STEAM
LAUNDRY.
They am better prepared to do
your work right than any laundry
in the State; and do it right, too.
Leave your bundles at Wood &
Moring's store, Bosket leaves Tues
days and returns Fridays.
W. A. COFFIN, Agent.
READ THUS
and BE WISE!
We are making a specialty of our
Grocery department aud offer you
some great bargains. Here are a few
prices:
IV -mu TtmiaUM1, I'. I IV ,
oysters. Ilk.
ruttnl tlatu, HunlilMV,
i-to. always on liantl.
Wee pe Vhiotsr. Or. Kill. IVirto Kli
Mnlasaea. . Fancy Table Kyrum lis.-.
Jellies, shred'h! Cistmnitt. nlt-e Caii'lles,
Ik-hI KliHir ami Keel. A full 1 1 "i- il other
tinicerie Uio numeriais Ut iik-mhhi.
J.
F HE1TMAN.
Trinity, N. C
Land Sale.
mm of N. C. English, administrator of Isaitsa M
iMcb. dwawil, UKl Ktun. allium- Ut
innreiaiHl, ct ala. u narto, 1 fm II kII at tin
Oiurt House diaie in Asnvlsmi, N.C.al IHoVlnek
m. an the Tth iUr ol Jul)', IVUt, IlK folluwllu;
real out, u rt. . ,
First twt An uwllvMi-d one-sUlli Interest
In mild to a tract of laiHl In HalMlolh County
tsaiiMltvl an follows. bVaiuuiiiK at a nick jiU?
fcanuerly p. Craven's conur. tlnnof west ill piles
to a stone, tlw-nee north 70 pules to a Mont In if
r Tnanlon'a line, thence east W k to a stone
In aaM Cravens line. llu-iK-e aoulh to the begln
nlng. eonlaliiliif an acres and in unlea.
Hecuwt tract. An uialivtrieilone-tliira InteruMt
In and to the traet of land Is slant of II N Burrow
by buwU Learn and known a tlie Burrow Wace.
ailjolnlnir tlie lamia of Janwa iHilin. Tyson
Tnapluu aud others, and umiiule.1 a. follows.
Hemnnlng at a blackjack sout, Tyson TnUm
oiwuer, thence vent au cha to a ntutie near a .iet
oak In aald Tmttilon'a Hue, thence aiHitb S clu to
a red oak, theuee weat Ml cha and TS llnlu m a
atake, thence anuth m cha and a UnkR to a atake
In lAiptw'a line, theuce eant on Mild line 19 uh.
aslkatothemlnlng tract abore deacrllwd, thence
north on the mining tract line 17 cha So linka to a
atake In aaid line, thence etuit 17 eha awl SO links
to IMiiwee'. line, thence uorth IS cha ami ,5 links
to the beainniliH, mHitaininK T& mtcm more or
leaa. For furtlier deacriitlou of tho above named
tracta of land aee deed ol Lewla II. Leach to Lett.
Ha H. Payne, Loulaa M. Uach and rarUwnla C.
Johnaiai, reonnleil In book to, pace 4M nf the
ofttcc of Heguaer of tfeeda of Randulih County.
Terma C'aih, and the title reeerved uuUl the
further order of the Court.
Thai tfkih day ol June, IW.
N. V. KNULUip, CoinrobKlouer.
Land Sale. '
By virtue of a tuarr of Male contained In a
deed of tm.4 executed to the undersigned by
Mulilda Burgess aud I. T. Morchead on the 7th
dav ih Ail, 1W, which deeil la duly recorded
In the Mncv of the kexMer of Iwls of Raudoli4i
tmunty. In bk 104. page 5la, I will sell at public
awtloo to tlie hiiiheat Iddtler ffr cah, at the
Ciairt HiHiae ikr In Ashelmm. V. C, on
MONDAY. JULY (7. IIUS,
at Itofhick M, llw following tract of land llo.
aid In RaiKlolph County, OiluiuMa Township,
im the wah-rs of Kan,ly Creek and btsindcd as
Hows. HtHrlnnlug at a abate In Pushs line.
Via. H. York -s comer, thrnra north X dug east 44
Tula la lUslrahle property, lying between the
armlua and autamre
acres In oultlratloti, baaauce In wood and timber.
Terns of Sals, CASH. W. J. UKKOMON.
TutaJuM lath, luut, , Trwloe.
Wt Will Buy it Back.
Yon gaaan B rlak r1o so boy
Ckaatbcrlaua'a CoHo. Cboktra and Mar
rhaa IlotaMdy. Wa iU rarand roar
oary if yam am aot rtift4 aftor
-doa; It. Itta aTtcywbanf, aimifaj to
bo taa ooa aaooaaatm rantaay m
. lev itowia caMnBiaint aad Mva aaa
tliatoevcr fwia. la pka"'. !
mtfl N'xMi. "Kiaaiiard l Oo.,
AkVvo, asd W A t'ndiwcil.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Champ Clark The 'Iowa Idea"
The
Bailey-Cleveland Interview.
HjH'Hal fTorreiiudcliee Oiurlcr.
Washington, 1). C, .June 2!lth,
liitst week I told thu readers of this
corrcsiHHideneo about tho Hon. John
Sharp William, of Mississippi, the
man who will be tlie next lloor lead
er of the Democracy in the Nutionul
House of liepreseiitatives. I will
now tell tliciii about the man who
will be bis chief opponent in the Dcm
ocnilic caucus, and who, though he
is still mi avowed candidate for the
honor, practically concedes his de
feat, anil that is the Hon. Uliauir
Clark, of Missouri. Tho must of
the iieoplc of the country know
Champ Clark, not alone because of
Ins work in tbc Uongrcss ot the na
tion, aud he has been in that body
about ten or twelve years, but be
cause of his work in the press of the
country as tho contributor of a week
ly letter anent current pontiral
events always written in a reminis
cent manner am! very entertaining,
Champ Clark is one of the most pi'-
tures'iue figures in political life to
day. He leads the Democratic anvil
chorus. Ho is the knocker-iu-cliief
of the Democratic minority in the
national House ot itcpresentatives,
and when he gets to his feet he does
hit the Kepu hi leans some of the
hardest blows ever administered to
them by any speaker on the Demo
cratic side of the House. He has a
wav of telling the truth on the Re
publican party that is very attractive
to the Democrats of the country. It
is homespun truth told in an old
fashioned home-folksy manner that
is decidedly refreshing liecause it is
so seldom we hear it. When in ac
tion Champ Clark needs more lloor
space than any man iu the House.
He thugs bis great long arms around
like Hails, and he pounds his desk
like a deep water two-gallon Baptist
preacher. The only trouble with!
Champ Clark as a leader would be
the fact that he is too uncompromis
ing. Hi! hits nara ana tens tlie
truth, but he does it in such a man
ner as to excite the animosity of the
opposition, leaves sore spots that
never heal, and does not convince
the Republicans of the righteousness
of his cause. When a man is honest
even though lie be a Republican, he
is open to conviction in many mat
ters, but if ho is insulted and his
feelings arc hurt by the man who
makes the speech, and who. other
wise would convince him of his error,
he thinks of nothing but revenge,
and he gives the man no credit for
bis unanswerable argument and his
intellectuality.
That is the trouble with Champ
Clark. He makes enemies for him
self and his party by his speeches
and does his cause no good. There
fore he would not make a good lead
er for the minority party in Con
gress, and his friends and admirers,
knowing this, huve chosen John
Sharp Williams in his stead. There
is no better man and no better Dem
ocrat in Congress than Champ Clark
but he is too indiscreet by his vehe
mence to be a suceesssul leader, and
hence he will not lie chosen by the
Democrats when they meet iu caucus
next November. There is another
reason why Champ Clark is not the
popular man for tlie leadership. He
scins to have a special antipathy to
the so-culled gold Democrats, who
left the party 111 18'JO and 1900, and
he never loses an apportutiity to
roast them to a brown turn when he
is on his feet in the House, lhat
not only docs no cood, but it antago
nizes the fitment that we want to
come back and afliliatc with the par
ty in the next campaign. I hey are
as good Democrats us anybody on the
tariff and the trust questions, wnicn
will be uppermost in the next cam
paien. and the only question on
which they are at variance with the
dominant faction of tho party is on
the money question, and all concede
that it will not be one of the issues
in the campaign next year. The bi
metallists have won their contention
that more money was needed to do
the business 'of the country on in or
der to bring prosperity to the na
tion, because there is today one
fourth more money in circulation
than there was in 1H9G, but it came
in gold on account of the gold dis
coveries in Alaska, the failure of
crops in the old countries, and an
avalanche of money aud gold placed
in circulation during the Spanish
American war. With the money
question eliminated those people will
come back and vote the Democratic
ticket next year, and we will win a
victory over corruption, monopoly
and special privilege. It would not
help to bring them dock, nowever, it
we put a man in the leadership of
the party in the House, who, upon
every occasion, line uw oi oiu,
thundering against uaitnage, sam
practically, "to the devil with the
gold Democrats." Thus it is that
Champ Clark, the sterling man and
splendid Democrat, though one of
the natural leaders in the House on
account of his intellectuality and
virile Democracy, will not be the
man who will map out the next cam
paign against the enemy of the peo
nlfl and the people's rovernmenL
The Kepu oncans ni lowa are sun
boating that the "Iowa idea" is not
dead, and that it will be incorporated
in the platform adopted by the Ke-
pnbucaa state convention.
If the Republicans whotx-licve as
does Gov Camming concerning the
revision of the tariff covering the
schedule, that shelter the trusts and
monopolies want real tariff revision
and reduction they can ret it. In
stead of howling about it in their
itjitfl nltfiirma. why not nnt it in
the platforms on which their mem
bers of Congress are nominated and
elected and compel those candidates
to stand for tariff revision ami re
duction or get out of the race.
Tariff schedules are changed by the
Congress and not by tlie state con
ventions or legislatures. If thev arc
going to put tariff revision ami re
duction in their state platform, why
not put it in the shape of positive in
structions to their delegation in Con
gress to vote for it? It is a well
known fact that the delegation iu
Congress from Iowa is bitterly op
posed to any tariff legislation that
will lower the tariff wall in any way,
If the "lowa idea is to have liny
weight or bear any fruit it inn. t be
adopted by the lowa delegation
Congress. If only sixteen Kepiilili
cans in the next House will vote
with the Democrats we will have a
bill passed by the House shortly
after Congress meets in regular ses'
sion that will take the shelter tents
off many of the worst monopolies and
trusts in tho country. Ut course
such a bill could never get through
the Republican senate, but it would
prove the sincerity or those Kepubi
cans who are howling about tariff
revision and reform.
The truth of the matter is that
they are not sincere. I hey are get
ting up this howl about the "Iowa
idea" in order to fool the people in
a state where their representatives in
Congress come here and continuously
vote to retain the schedules that will
shelter monopoly. The "Iowa idea"
is a gold brick.
Democrats and Kepuuiicans alike
have always denounced the English
ioIicv of the opium monopoly in
ndia and the opening of the Chinese
Empire to the opium trade, but our
present administration appears to
now approve it for even a worse
opium system is to be forced on the
I nilippines. xue e.uiuoivc rij;111' w
run opium joints in those islands is
to be sold at auction, a law for that
purpose having been prepared, and is
now before the Philippine Commis
sion. This bin is couteu so innr. ine
American peoplo will lie able to
swallow it. In order to prepare the
American public for the proposal,
tho War Department lately has been
giving out vague information to the
correspondents about new opium
laws designed to "restrict the use of
opium," and that the money derived
therefrom was to be used for educat
ing young Filipinos in American
schools, us prospective teachers for
the islands.
A strong protest has been made to
President Roosevelt to stop the ini
quitous traffic or ut least not make
this government a party to it by
participating in the proceeds. The
nefarious plan seems to be u pet
measure of the Secretary of War,
aud it is feared that the influence he
exerts over the President will more
than offset the protests that have
been made.
The denial of former Piesident
Grover Cleveland of an interview
with him written by Mr George M
Bai lev, the Washington correspon
dent of the Galveston-Dallas News,
has created widespread interest here,
and has been one of the chief topics
of conversation in the puplic build-
ug and the hotel lobbies. 1 have
known Mr llaily for fifteen years, und
I know he would not wilfully mis
quote or misrepresent any man, and
especially a man for whom he had
the high admiration tnat ne nau tor
Mr Cleveland. I saw the letter to
Mr lluiley written by Mr Cleveland
making "the appointment for this
interview, and in which he said he
would be glad to si Mr Uailey "in
behalf of his paper." What else,
then, could ho have thought of Mr
Bailey s visit, except that it wus to
get a letter for his paper? When
llic lormer I rcBiuent unit Jir iwirey
aneiiuivocully that he wus not a can
didate for the fourth nomination at
the hands of the Democratic party,
Mr Bailey took him seriously, and
frankly said so in his article which
he prepared here tor his paiicr. I
saw the article before it went to the
Galveston News by wire, and it was
as kindly in tone as any man on
earth could have desired. The
direct quotation of Mr Cleveland was
very short, bui it was unmistakable
aud took him out of the running as
a possible candidate. The general
consensus of opinion hcie is that Mr
Bailey told the trnth, and that Mr
Cleveland never would have denied
the interview had he not received in-J
structious from some man in his
select coterie of friends to do so, iu
order to hold all the power that a
piospective candidacy would give
him ih the next national convention.
Evidently they belie vo that his name
will carry more weight with the ele
ment that left the party in 1896 and
1900, make them more active in
participating in the conventions next
year and more potent in the selection
of some candidate' acceptable to them.
They are simply using the name oi
Cleveland to conjure with. The
simple truth as told by Mr Bailey
has forced their hand.
CHARLES A. EDWARDS.
A Million for Advice.
Sometimes repressing a client pays
a lawyer well. There is a persistent
story, which probably will never be
printed aa to names and details, that
a famous truBt magnate rwid a law
yer a million dollars in cash for
simply saying to him, "Don t light.
II you insisi uu uguuug a win mac
your case. Dut it you nght, remem
ber, all Tour hooks will be opened
anu ail jour luct-auuauiauiuoi-u. xuv
bewildering munificence of that in
stant fee of a million was . a record
j II . II t-. Wl
for wise philanthropy which showed
the genius of the philanthropist.
Never was a fee better earned, if the
tale U true. From Everybody's
Magazine.
The New Public School Building
A Letter From Professor Pearson on the
Bullbat.
Greensboro, N. C, June 25th. 1902.
According to a recent Act of the
Legislature, generally known as the
Audubon Bill, the song and insect
eating birds of the suite together
with theii nests are now protected
from destruction by law. Due of
the most valuable birds in North
Carolina is the night hawk, usually
known as the "Bullbat". this bud
feeds exclusively upon insects eating
large uuantitics ot hies, gnaw ami
grasshopers which are so troublesome
to man, but perhaps he renders us
no greater service than by eating
mnsquitoes. Since it is now known
that the malady known as malaria
is carried by mnsquitoes, and trans
mitted by tlieir bite. There certjiin
lv is stronir reason why the bullbat
should lie accorded the protection
which he so readily deseives. It
has long Veen the custom in many
sections of Noith Carolina to shout
these useful birds in great numbers
the ate summer afternoons.
Numerous cases hare been reported
to me, and I have seen the same
with my own eyes, where these biids
were shot down by tlie do.cn merely
for the practice of shooting, and the j
snort of seeing them fall. Some
shooters do not even go to pick them
up, und I have seen wounded 'Mill-,
bats lying about on the ground late I
the next day after they were shot.
The Audubon Society of North
Carolina appeals to the l'ikk! people
of the stuto to use their influence in
every possible way in behalf c.f the
bullbat, and to see to it th::t the
dreadful sufferings caused by the
thoughtless slaughter ot these birds
in the past shull not be repeated iu
the state this summer.
T. Gii.Iikkt Pkakso.n,
Secretin v.
H. T. Caviness, Chairman of Board of
Commissioners Randolph County.
Ho was born iu lWil near Cheek's
Mills in Randolph county, and was
ducated in the neighborhood schools-
He began merchandising in 1M8i;
at Cheeks. He has also owned and
opeiatod grist mills, saw mills, and
he owns aud ojierates a large farm.
On December 2:ird, 1So7 Mr.
Caviness married Miss lAd,a A.
II. T. I'AVIlitw.
Lowdcruiilk, daughter of Mr. Alfred
lAiwdernnlk, of Brower township.
He ha three children, two boys und
one girl.
Mr. Caviness was elected a county
commissioner in 1H98 und again in
1902 by a luigc majority. He is
rving as chairman of the board of
county commissioners and is a most
faithful, cflicieut, competent and
conscientious public oflicial.
What Can They Do?
"Wnll. air. what nlace have vou to
offer for the relief of those poor store
keepers and gangers who win lose
taeii jobs on July 1st?" asked on
Observer reporter of District Attor
ney Holton last evening.
Mr Holton shook his head gloom
ily, "I don't know what's to become
if all of 'cm, he replied. "Ilocent
y I have taken care of about 15."
"How?"
"Put 'cm in iail. Thev have been
assisting various distillers in rcmov-
ig whiskey on which no uu nas
been paid.
"'But of course I can t provide ior
all the poor fellows," said Mr Hol
ton, in a regretful tone of voice.
The late ol those ouu store-Keepers
id gangers is really a very serious
question. Being a store-keeper is
like running on a railroad. After
on learn the trick you are not apt to
ms lit for anything else. And a. man
vim has been supporting his family
by makiug $2 a day merely by meas-
anng-corn whiskey nas not Deen
nittlifvinir himself as a good carpen
ter, a i ii"f ul member of society or
the right sort of person to pull the
bell cord over a mule.
Why not organize a relief fund for
the poor unfortunates? Charlotte
A
Observer,
at Central Fulls, Randolph County.
Found $40,000 in Gold.
W. II. Croker, who lived at High
Point, N, C, until recently was
the city yesterday from Van Patton
ohoals. 1 lie most remarkable
cuiiist.iuces about Croker "s visit is
the story that he brought, in which
he calmly asserts to having found
the princely sum of $4'),000 in gold
and silver on Van Patton Shoals.
The money was buried in a zink
trunk, several feet below the surface.
Another startling feature of this
story is the means by which he dis
covered the money. Some time ago,
he says, he purchased an instrument,
presumably what is know n as "a
divining rod, the powers of which
enable one to become aware of the
locution of valuable minerals; not
only the exact spot, but the nature
of the ore. This was the same that
turned Croker into a rich man. By
way of information, mid not to throw
any incredulity on the story, the
writer has not seen either the money
or the remarkable instrument, but
gives the account as Cioker relates
it himself. It is said, by wav of ac
counting for the hidden fortune,
that 70 years ago, one Joe Cooper, a
miserly resident of that section,
secreted the money for fear that he
woul be robbed of it; and that being
called suddenly to his reward, left
no nurd as to the whereabouts of
his fortune, Croker "s discovery was
purely uccideiitul, w hich bears out
the adage concerning the fortunes of
one who is born under a lucky star.
Spartanburg Dispatch.
Proving Character.
What is a good character? In a
recent trial in North Carolina a
person accused of crime proved "a
gixid character" by good men when
his defense was that he was drunk
and the alibi he sought to prove
placed him in a house of ill-fame.
Can such ! man be said to be a man
of good character? The man who
gave this man "a good character"
could not have known bis true
character. It is often the case that
the best ni'-n in the community know
least about the real character of bad
men.
More good sense on this subject
has been crowded by Elder P. I.
Gold into u few paragraphs in the
following article in the Wilson
Times, than we recall ever to have
read before Mr. Gold writes:
'If a man who gets ilitink and
docs vile things while he is drunk
has u good character, except when
he is drunk, what sort of a character
does a man possess who never gels
drunk, bill .attends to his duty as
every man should? Is it not a shame
for a man to get drunk even if he
lies down asleep all the time he is
drunk? What a low standard of
morals do people have w ho excuse a
man for crime because he commits
it when drunk. What right has a
man to get drunk? From the exhi
bitions of vile conduct in our town
recently all chargeable they say to
drunkenness surely our people
should condemn that icious habit.
A man should be punished for the
evil he does while drunk because he
has no right to be drunk. What is
chaructci? It is the estimation one
is entittled to be held in by those
w ho love and abhor evil. A man to
be a judge of character should him
self be honest and sober-minded,
having s uiie intelligence. He men
are not judges of character, for they
love vile men, and hate good men.
One that docs well should be esteem
ed according to his doing one who
does evil should be rated according
to his evil deeds." News it Obser
ver. Prayer.
If two of vou shall agree on earth,
as touching anything that they shall
ask, it shall lie done for them.
Matthew xvin.
Prayer appointed to convey
The blessing God desires to give;
Long as they live should christians
py
For only while they pray they live.
Be careful for nothing; but in
everything by prayer and supplica
tion with thanksgiving let your rc
oiicsts be made known unto God.
Phil, iv, ti.
The Old Jew's Mission.
A short story altogether out of the
ordinary is "In the Mattel ut the
Mission," by Bayard V tiller, in the
July McC lu re's." It is the story of
an o'U jew, who maiiiuins a iittie
Presbytcrian mission among his peo
ple. As be makes few or no con
verts, it is at length proposes that
the funds of the church b? no long
er employed to maintain his mission.
The pathos of the situation and the
final triumph of the old Jew's seal
over considerations of economy, make
,a beautiful and powerful little
sketch.
DRAINAGE.
For Improvement of Farms and Roads,
All roads except those on pure
sand can be materially impioved by
tile drainage. In each community
this is universally the opinion of the
fanners who have hud the best sue
cess iu draining tlieir own farms,
The cost of tile drainage is not great
say about oO cents per roil, oriflGO
Iter mile, and the improvement is
permanent, wilh no expense tor
maintenance, and the lienetit is im
mediate and certain.
rurtlier, tile drainage is the very
best preparation for a gravel or stone
road. Gravel or broken stone placed
upon an undiiiiued foundation is ul
most sure to sink gradually, what
ever its thickness, whereas a thinner
laver upon un undrained roadbed
will give much better service. "Roads
tiled without gravel are better than
roads graveled without tile.
The road should be underdrained
so as to keep the wuter level well be
low the mad surface. In most lo
calities this can be accomplished
eiisonably well by laying u line of
farm tile three or three and a half
feet below tho surface along the road
urfacc ulong one side of the road
way. It is sometimes claimed tnat
there should be a tile on each side of
the road.
Sonic writers on good rouds advo
cate the use of a line of tile under
the middle of the traveled iwrtion,
and some advocate a line on each side
of the wheelway. The object sought
by these tiles is rapid drainage, and
tfierefore it is urged that they should
be laid near the surface. It is doubt
ful whether any water will reach
the tile, since the road serface when
wet is puddled by the traffic, which
prevents the water from percolating
through the soil, und it is certain
that in clay or loam the drainage
thus obtained is of no practical ad
vantage. More than one farmer has
tried to drain h i s barnyard
by laying the tile near the surface
without uppreciuble effect.
While a line of tile on one side of
the road is usually sufficient, there
is often u great difference as to the
side on which it should be laid. If
one side of the road is higher than
the other, the tile should be on the
side to intercept the ground water
that is flowing down the slope under
the surface. The tile bhould be laid
in the bottom of the side ditch below
the frost line. Of course the tile
should have a uniform giadc aud a
sudicieut fall and an adequate out
let. The size of the tile required
will depend upon the length of the
line und the grade of the ditch, but
local experience in farm drainage is
likely to be a better guide than any
general statement that can be made.
Farm drainage is almost certain to
precede road drainage in any purtic
ular locality,
The side'ditches are to receive the
water from the surface of the trav
eled way and should curry it rapidly
and entirely away form the roadside.
Thev ate useful also to intercept and
carry off the water that would other
wise How from the side hills upon
the road. Ordinarily they need not
be deep and, if possible, should have
a broad, flaring side toward the road
to prevent accident if a vehicle
should be crowded to the extreme
edge of the roadway. The outside
bank should be Hut tuiough to pre
vent caving. The piopcr form of
ditch is made by the usual road ma
chine or gradar. The side ditch
should have a free outlet into some
stream so as to carry the water en
tirely aw ay from the road. No good
road' can" be obtained with side
ditches that hold the water until it
evaporates.
Much alleged roadwork is a possi
ble advantage for this reason. Pil
ing up tho earth in the middle of
the road is perhaps in itself well
enough, but leaving undrained holes
at the side of the road probably more
than eoiintcrbalunces the benefits ot
the road embankment. A road be
tween long artilicial ponds is always
inferior and is often impassible. It is
clieiiner and better to make and work
embankment and to drain thorough-
v the holes at the side of the roads.
Often the public funds can be more
wisely used in making ditches in
adjoining private lands than in mak
ing ponds ut tlie roausiue in an ut,
tempt to improve tho road by raising
the surface. A. U. .oou uoaus jui-
-tin.
Mob Law In North and South, East aad
Wfst.
Tl, lv.,1.,u uro Vinriiinrr at, the Stake
; (i, thirrswith rune where summary
justice has been meted out to crimi
nals since January 1. The places
and dates are as follows:
Negro burned near JSew Orleans,
January 27.
Negro hanged, w rignisvnie, u.,
February 8. ...
Negro hanged, Blucfield, W. a.,
March 29. .
Negro hanged, lanipa, rla.,
March 10.
Negro shot to death, Shreveport,
La., April 12.
Jicgro burned, jopnn, .no., jipm
10.
Negro hanged, Thebes, 111., April
Of
Two neirrocs hanged, Paynes
Bluff, Miss., May 4.
White mail hanged, Madison, Fla.,
Mav 20.
White man hanged, Newcastle,
vvvo., Jiay o.
Negro beaten to death near Pitts-
1..... t'o Inn.t
Negro bnrned, Belleville, UU
I J une G.:
Negro burned near Wilnuagton,
jjcl., J une t.
Bargains at
And .the people are finding it nut from the way
PL A. Moffitt & Oo.
are selling the goods since they bought out
THE WORTH STORE CO.
We are well aware of the fact that big prices will not do in these
times, when even the wealthy cannot afford to wasto their money and the
poor require double duty of every dollar and every pcni,y. Who can tell
the waste of nionev when vou get your goods of houses that buy and sell
on long time? Compare our prices
you have been buying same goods:
Good Calico, worth 7c. for 5c. yd. Colored Lawn, worth 10c
for 5c per yd. White Lawn worth 15c for 10c yd. Bleaching
worth 10c for 8c vd. Ratter & Co's. Oil Cloth worth 25c for loc
yd. Apron Gingnuins worth 7c for 5c yd. Black DrcsB Goods
from 15c to $1.00 per yd. Open und Shut Funs worth 5c for 2c.
White Shirt Waist Goods from 8c to 15c. Ladies' Parasols from
50 to $150.
We keep in stock all kinds of Shoes, Huts, Trrfnks, Furniture, Mens
and Boys' Clothing, Hardware, First-class Groceries, and. iu fact, almost
anything usually kept in lirst-cluss General Stores. We invite an early und
repeated visit and inspec tion. Everybody invited Everybody welcome.
H. A. floffitt & Co.
"Ceeapest Store on the RJver."
Worthville, N. C. Successors to Worth Store Co
Of Moneu Saved!
BY BVYING YOVR
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, CLOTHING, GENTS
FURNISHINGS, FURNITURE, &0., &0., of
WOOD & MORTNG.
Largest stock to select from and prices that are
sure to catch those seeking bargains.
We've Got Just Stacks
of every description and of the very latest styles,
and when you want a new dress, new hat, new
suit of clothes, a new pair of shoes, or anything
else that is up to date, why just go to see
Style Originators.
New Goods!
WE ARE pleased to announce to our friends
and customers that have the latest and most
exquisite Btyles in white goods, lawns, dimities,
and dainty shades in dress goods fabrics are
now awaiting your inspection. Our large as
sortment will convince you that we are leaders
in dress goods.
Gents Department!
OUR CLOTHING counters are laden with
rare bargains, and we can fit you out epio and
span in a new suit, shoes, hat, etc. AU the
styles in shirts, collars and neckties at prices
to command a purchase. Come to see us.
TAKE
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AND PRODUCE
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HE PAYS THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICES AND IN
RETURN WILL SELL YOU GOODS RIGHT.
BE SURE TO SEE HIM WHEN IN TOWN I
D. M. OSBORNE & CO.
.5A? Largest Independent
Manufacturers of
Harvesters
In the
J. H.
WortliYille.
below with those of other houses where
of NEW GOODS
WOOD & MUKINU.
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YOUR
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OF ALL. KINDS TO
and Binders
World.
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