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VOL. XXVUl.
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 1903.
1J.
BE
S. Bryant, President J. U. Cole, Cashier
UAe
Bank of Randlemo.n,
Randleman N C
Ca al paid in,'
Protection to depositors,
$20,000
40.000
Directors: S. G. Newlin, A. N,
Bulla, W. T. Bryant, C. L. Lindsay,
N. N. Newlin, J. H. Cole, S. Bryant
II O Barker and W K. Hartsell.
BRITTAIN & GREGSON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Asheboro, - North Carolina.
Wm. C. "Hammer,
(Civil pracUw only).
HAMMER & 8PENCE,
Attorneys - at Law
E. MOFFITT,
Attorney at Law,
ASHEBORO, N. C.
0. L. 8APP,
Attorney-at-Law.
ritlM i Stat as Federal Ooarta.
Oorsorsttoe, Oeatararaial and Pie
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We cordially invite everyone espe
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Supplies besore buying. The most
up to date line in town.
Yours for business,
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Main St Trinity, N. C.
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Call in and see the latest and best in
men's wearables,
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special Correxpondence Courier.
Washington, D. C, September 24
The lightning in the Post office
Department investigation is begin
ning t strike about in places close
to the throne. Beavers, who has
given himself tip voluntarily after
the police seemed to be unable to get
him, has had Postmaster General
Payne subpoenaed to appear as a
witness in nis case, ana tne r. m. li.
promptly repudiates the subpoena
and refuses to appear. He says he
is sick, and must perforce spend a
lew weeks down at Virginia Hot
Springs to recuperate his health.
He probably knows too much of the
uoings 01 ins private secretary, Mr.
11. 11. Raud, in connection with
Beavers and Machen's industry in
the grafting game in the Post Office
Department, and does not desire to
be questioned under oath. In fact,
he is doing all in his power to stop
the publicity of details of the Post
Office Department scandal, and now
he gives it oat that the end is in
sight and that then- will be nothing
more doing after the first of October. I
lie knows full well that there are
too many members of Congress and
republican leaders mixed up in the
matter woo mnst protect tne looters.
and some of them too much dread
an investigation to allow the matter
to proceed further, auch a compe
tent machine politician as the P. M.
li. knows that tne republican part;
cannot receive any more such hari
knocks as it has received by even a
small part of the scandal thus ex
posed to public view, and survive
tne treatment. How the republican
party leaders are proving that some
thing will turn up to distract the
miuus oi i ne puuuc iroin tniB nasty
mess. See how the Beirut incident
was seized upon to take the minds of
the people from the scandals crop
ping out in the administration of
tlie affairs of govcrument. The
Panama Canal affair is also being
used to get the minds of the people
from tne rottenness of the depart
ments as administered by the repub
lican party, but all in vain. Those
little incidents are but the wonder
of an hour, and the minds of the
people wander back to their mut
tons, the scandals in the departments
at Washington. Lake Banquos
ghost, they will not down, but re
turn with perplexing persistency to
plague an administration that is rot
ten to the core. The people have a
specific for this cancer on the body
politic if they will go to the polls
and administer it. It is up to them,
The trusts are still in the saddle.
The anthracite coal trust is advanc
ing the price of coal again, though
it is reported to have mined and
stored some millions of tons more
than cau be sold this year, and yet
this trust has such a monopoly that
it cau put up prices as it pleases.
The meat trust also hies notice that
it intends to raise the price of its
products to a level more in accord
with the times and permissive of the
garnering of larger profits. Con
gress, last winter, when the coal trust
was a live issue, appropriated a spec
ial fund of $500,000 for the Depart
ment of Justice to use to prosecute
trusts. Congress also provided for
number of assistant Attorneys
General to prepare cases against the
trusts. Many months have elapsed
since this money and those attorneys
were placed at the disposal of the
administration, bat no action has
been begun. There is on hie with
the Attorney General more than one
case against trusts, prepared by pri
vate enterprise, such as the case
against the coal trust prepared by
William li. Hearst, and the case
against the tobacco trust has been
on file for aver two yean, but it has
reposed in a pegieon-hoie in the de
partment, and even the extra money
and the extra help have been unable
to drag it into court.
There seems to be nothing that
can stop this insatiable greed of
bloated trusts, except business de
pression. That with its resultant
reduction in the people's purchasing
power, will prove the only effective
means to bring prices down again to
reasonable limit, so long as the re-
Sublican party remains in the sad
le. So far as legislatures and
courts are concerned, they are, ap-
p&rentlv. unable or unwilling
to do
anything to protect the consumers,
Ana-trust laws passed by tne law
givers ate, as a rule, promptly and
neatly knocked out by the judges,
who seem to be exceedingly anxious
to protect what they consider the
constitutional rights of corporations.
Did you ever near of tne constitu
tional rights of an individual? Never
in your life. Some months ago,
newspapers were full of statements
to the effect that the Federal Govern
ment wouldn't do a thing to tho per
nicious, rapacious coal tmst after
Mr. William ltandolpb Hearst naa
put it in a hole, soaped the sides and
pulled up the Udder. Well, what
has been the result r Nothing. The
coal trust is still doing business at
the old staad and determined to give
prices another boost this winter.
Venly, the consumer is an un
happy lot. 1I pays double prices
for the things he needs, and at the
same time looks in vain lor redress
for trrievances innumerable.
He boasts of constitutions which
do not protect him, and of courts
which consider it great sport to set
at naught laws designed to safeguard
the rights of the people. Extortion
is the watchword all over this broad
land of our. There is none among
consumers who can escape its ano
yance and tyranny. noe who can
devise means to brinir it to an end.
Oh, prosperity, what sins and injus
tices ar committed in thy name! And
these will never stop until the re-
publican party is kicked off the face
of the earth, the unholy alliance be
tween that party and the cormorants
of tne country is pulverized, and the
democratic party allowed to rip the
rocks oi tne tana wan tnat grants
special privileges to the favored few.
When will the people act?
There is considerable criticism
here among democrats who visit the
national capital anent the methods
being used by a man who has long
been prominent in democratic circles
in one of the bie eastern states, and
who has posed as one of its bosses, in i
his warfare on a most diatincrunliod
democrat of his own state. Those
methods are considered to be nothing
less than baseless calumny and vi
cious slander.
It is predicted that not only will
such methods fail of their purpose,
which is to kill off the further men
tion of the name of this most dis
tinguished democrat for the demo
cratic presidential nomination, but
that the so-called democratic boss
will soon find that be has some with
whom to deal who is his master, and
that he will hear something drop
that will not have a very pleasing
sound to his ears. A word to the
wise should be sufficient. If I have
occasion to refer to this matter again
1 will call Lames and give details.
Charles A. Edwards,
Rowan Granite.
A San Francisco concern has con
tracted for a large amount of Rowan
granite to be cut aud shipped to that
city for use in large engine beds, this
granite having been pronounced su
perior to any to be found nearer the
great western city. 1 his 'fact is
strong testimony to the high grade
of North Carolina granite. The
granite is now being prepared at tbu
Wyatt quarry, about six miles from
Salisbury. The supply is said to be
almost without limit.
Sues An Insane Man.
J. T. Miller, of Union County.
administrator of Nancy Prcssley, has
through his attorneys, Messrs" Mc
Call and Nixon, oi Chja r 1 o 1 1 e,
uiuuLit suit. Bgaiusi ah xiugern
who is now confined in the insane
department of the State penitentiary,
for $20,000 damages.
Nancy 1'ressley, a fourteen-year-
old girl, was shot and instantly kill-
by by Hill Kogers on the 26th day of
last January. Kogers claimed that
the girl was his sweetheart and,
hearing that she had made slighting
remarks about him, went to her home
and shot her through the window of
the residence. He was placed oit
trial for murder at the August term
of court and, the question of his in
sanity being settled to the satisfac
tion of the judge and jury, he was
ordered confined in the department
of the criminal-insane at the State's
prison.
lhe damage suit comes because of
this murder and when the trial takes
place it trill be watched with inter
est. Dragged His Wife From Mourners'
Bench.
The Newton Enterprise tells of
the brutal act of one John Hefner,
white, in Catawba county last week,
because he objected to his wife s
being a mourner at ar protracted
meeting. The facts are briefly;
.Last Minday the wife of John
Hefner was one of the penitents
during the forenoon services of the
revival meeting at Smith s chapel in
Middlcbrook. Hefner objected to
this and entered the chapel, and -in
the presence of the large congrega
tion, dragged his wife out of the
house and used profane language.
He was arrested and taken before
Justice of the Peace Fleming and
required to give bond for his appear
ance before him to answer the
charge of disturbing religious wor
ship. The Newspapers and flood Roads
One of the most hopeful signs for
the future of Good Roads in North
Carolina is the attitude of the news
papers all over the State toward this
publio question. Editors, like poli
ticians, live with one ear on the
ground to hear the first rumblings
of an approaching popular uprising;
and are the first to detect the quali
ties that insure permanency and pop
ular favor to the movements affect
ing the masses of our population.
Tne good roads proposition has
been agitated long enough to enable
our people to determine whether or
not it is a gooa wing, anu toe iuut
that our newspapers constantly ad
vocate a progressive policy along this
line is a jjood indication of its per
manency as a public question.
Several of our leading papers de
vote each week considerable space to'
the subject, and upon any public oc
casion when good roads are to be
discussed, special representatives of
the press are sent, sometimes long
distances, in order to secure complete
and accurate reports of the proceed
ings. A few days ago such a meet
ing was held at Lakeview, in Moore
county, N. C, and the leading dail
ies on the following morning con
tained a fall account of what was
done there.
Unon the publicity afforded by an
intelligent press must the advocates
of good roads depend for the educa
tion and inspiration of our citizens:
and it is believed that through this
medium more than any other-
will be brought about the ultimate
reform in our publio road sytteni at
present advocated by our rapidly in
creating minority.
OUR RALEIGH LETTER.
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 21. 1903.
One of the moHt iuijiortant events
of the current week will be the meet
ing next Thursday, Sept. 24, of the
directors of the Atlantic & N. U.
Ruilroad, to consider a new protio-
si lion lor the lease of that property,
in which the State owns a two-thirds
interest.
Tho new offer, which has been
filed with the governor, is mado ly
Messrs W, W. Mills and associates,
representing "a railroad company
the same parties whose former prop-
.-;tiuii was recently declined. The
full terms of the new offer will
not be in Mile public in advance of
the meeting, but Mr. Mills states
that instead of a flat rate of 21 per
cent, for the entire term of the lease
(50 years), they now offer 3 1-10 per
cent. two per cent, for tho first 15
years, three per cent, for the second
lo years and four per cent, for the
last 25 years. Also, that the lessee
company shall construct at least
lifty miles of additional road west of
uoldsboro, which shall become the
property of the State at the eud of
the lease the holders of private
stock sharing proportionately there
in, as at present, 1 presume.
1 his is a much better offer than
the first one, and there are those who
think it ought to be accepted- The
directors representing the private
share holders of one-third of (he
stock of the company are said to
share this view. Hut tho result will
depend upon the opinion and action
of the btate s directors, and they will
probably be influenced considerably
by the report which l'res J. A. bry
an will make to them next Tliurs
day, which is to be a full presen
tation of the condition and needs of
the road.
Four weeks hence and the great
State Fair, in which so many of our
people all over the State are inter
ested, will be in full blast. The
newly appointed Chief Marshal,
Hon. George Moflou of Wilmington,
spent sometime hero last week in
consultation with other officials of
the Fair, and will announce his list
of assistants sooti. In the mean time
Secretary 1'ogue continues to book
attractions and exhibits at a rapid
rate, in addition to the usual mid
way shows aud the free shows paid
bv the Fair inamiiri'iiu-iit. he muv
also secure one of the longest carni
val companies. In point of charac
ter aud volume of exhibits, races.
attractions of all kinds ami crowds
of visitors, he expects this Fair to
break all records.
The big Masonic Fair, which be
ins Oct. 12 and lasts all through
tate Fair week, is also materializ
ing rapidly and will be the biggest
thing of the kind ever held in North
Carolina. Grand Secretary Drewry
particularly requests that all Masons,
to whom he mailed donation pledge
cards sometime ago will please fill
them out and return to him, or let
him heat from them on the subject
at once. This is important and
there is no time to lose. All Masons
should give something.
It developes that many people, es
pecially in the country, are under
the impression that the new game
law, passed by the legislature last
winter, prohibits the selling of par
tridges by farmers and others. This
is not so, provided the birds are sold
in this State.
The election on the dispensary
iiipstion in Raleigh occurs two
weeks hence, Oct. 5. Recent devel
opments indicate that the question
is getting mixed up with municipal
politics Democratic factional poli
tics and if this Bort of thing keeps
up the real issue will be so becloud
ed on election day that there will be
no telling how it will go, until after
the votes are counted.
A dispensary election has been
ordered by the aldermen of Hender
son, to be held Uct. s0.
The first of the campaign buttons
for 1904 has made its appearance.
It represents 1 resident Kooseveltand
Booker Washington dining together
and on the table at which they are
seated appears the word, "Equality."
uen. John 1. tiordon, of (.reorgia,
commander of the United Confed
erate Veterans, will be here at the
big reunion of Confederate soldiers
fair week. On Wednesday, Oct.
21, he and Gen Julien S Carr, State
commander will lead the parade,
assisted by Gen Malt Ransom, Uen
W It Uox aud uen W r lumerts.
Gen Gordon will review the veterans
on the Fair grounds and make an
address to them, and at night he
wilt deliver his famous address,
The Last Days of the Confederacy."
The enrollment of students at
Trinity College and Trinity Park
High School is now the largest in
its history, over 400. There is an
increase of 25 per cent, of new stu
dents at Trininity College, aud last
year's students have returned in
larger numbers than ever before
and this increase is maintained not
withstanding the fact that the
graduating class last Juue was the
largest in the history of the college.
The third observance of "Benefact
ors' day" will take place Oct. 3, and
bishop lloss, of lenn., will deliver
the address.
Tell your cotton growing farmer
readers that the best informed farm
ers, like Mr. Ashley lloone, of Clay
ton, advises them not to be too pre
cipitate in rushing their cotton to
market. 1 hat it is probably all
right to sell as long as they can get
teu cents or more, but when the
market dros below ten cents they
should call a halt at once and wait
until it again takes an upward ten
dency, which it. will be sure t) do.
It is already pretty well ascertained
that the crop this yetr will not ex
ceed and may fall short of eleven
million bales. The production will
therefore fall short of the demand
the consumption calling for eleven
and a half to twelve million bui-.-s
and the cotton growei w ho sells a
fiound of good cotton this year for
ess than ten cents will cheat him
self by the innovation.
Ll.EWXAM.
Recovery ot Stolen Bonds.
There was a story recently printed
in tho Raleigh papers coucernening
the recovery of two one-thousaud-dol-lar
bonds stolen from the safe ot
Watson & Godfrey in Jouesboro last
November. It seems that the parties
in Raleigh connected with their re
turn are not "talking for publica
tion, and consequently the manner
iu which they were returned seems to
be a mystery so far as the public is
informed. The bonds were Uortli
Carolina 4 per cents., and were the
property of Mrs. J. L. Godfrey, of
Jouesboro. They, together with
about $1,500 iu cash belonging to
Watson & uodfiey, were stolen the
night before last Ihauksgiving day
All efforts to trace the perpetrators
of the theft were futile, and Mrs,
Godfrey had about given up all hope
of recovering her property. A few
days ago, so the story current in this
community goes, Mr. J. L. Godfrey,
husband of the lady who owned the
bonds, received inf irnution from an
attorney in Raleigh that he could
secure the return of the bonds upoii
payment to him of $1,000 in cash.
The attorney subsequently refused to
divulge the name of the party in
possession of the bonds, merely stat
ing that a client of his had come in
to iiossession of them and had learn
ed that they were stolen. Mr. God
frey accepted tho proposition, paid
the money and received the bonds,
and so far as I know has no idei as
to who stole them or how they turii-i
ed uv.
The matter was kept quiet and
out of the papers for some reason
and their return was not generally
known until the coupons were pre
sented to the State Treasurer for
payment.
As there is considerable interest in
the matter your correspondent has
endeavored to give tha best informa
tion obtainable from-the reports, aud
while the above is correct in the
main, there may be some inaccura
cies. Charlotte Observer.
Elizabeth City Goes Dry,
After a stubornlv contested elec
tion held here today, Elizabeth City
went dry by 170.
The women prayed in the church
es while the men worked at the poll.
lhe church bells were rung every
half-hour to remind the voters that
the bid-sing of God was being invok-
on the battle against the sale of
whiskey. Everything passed
off
quietly. Elizabeth Dispatch.
In the Same Predicament.
It is told on a certain young man
iu town that lie recently accompa
nied his best girl to church which
was nothing unusual. When the
collection was being taken up the
aforesaid young man explored his
pockets and whispered to the young
lady: "1 haven't a cunt; 1 changed
my pants." Iu the mean time the
young lady hud been searching in
her pockets and finding nothing,
blushed a rosy red us she stammered:
"I I'm in the same predicament."
Henderson Gold Leaf.
A Large Order.
Piobablv the largest order ever
given for paint in the State of North
Carolina, was received by the Odell
Hardware Co., of Greensboro, JS. L.,
from W. A. It win, Esq., of Durham.
The order was for o,000 gallons
of Devoe lead-uud-zinc paint, to be
used on the large Irwin Mills and
their cottages now Wing built iu
Harnett Count v.
Many of the leading paint liianu
f:u;turers were eager to secure this
order, and it speaks volumes that
the preference was given to Pevoe
lead-and-zinc, which is undoubtedly
the foremost paint in this country
today. Greensboro (N. C.) Record.
When to Plow Under Weeds.
I thiuk bv all -means the best time
to turn under the weeds is at once
before thev fully nrntnre and re-seed
the land. At this season of the year
the weeds can be plowed under by
using a heavy chain attached to the
furrow handle and the furrow horse,
leaving the chain draging in the fur
row, thus pulling the weeds under
and thoroughly covering them by
the furrow slide.
If this 1 ind is to be followed by
corn or cotton, or some other spring
crop, I would suggest the seeding of
the lands as soon as.plowed to crim
son clover, using about ten or twelve
pouuds per acre. 1 he crimson clover
can cither be cut for hay or it can be
plowed under in green state, thus
adding a great deal of vegetable mat
ter to the soil.
(21 I do not believe it advisable to
burn off the boughs of the trees.
Our correspondent is sure to injure
some of the trees, and I believe more
harm may be done than good. I,
W. Buikett in l'rogressive farmer.
Pender Chronicle: Deer tongue
is making trade quite lively now
gathering, curing and marketing
their product of the woods is a source
of industry aud remuneration to
many, especially among the colored
people. It is a long, ways ahead of
tobacco this season. Some of our
local buyers are paying as high as 3
cents a pound for it.
BILL ARPS LIFE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
The following sketch of the birth,
youth and manhood of the late Ma
jor Charles H. Smith, "Bill Arp,"
was written by himself and appears
in ins last book, "f rom the uncivil
War to Date 1861-1903:"
And now a brief mention of my
wifo and myself my birth and youth
and manhood. On the 15th day of
June, 1826, half a million children
were horned into the world and I
was one of them. In the pleasant
village of I.awrenceville, Gwinnett
'oimty, Georgia, I first saw the light
My iufancv was not unlike that of
other u.iMnn, except that sometimes
J had little tits of passion and threw
myself upon the floor or bumped my
head against the wall, at which my
mother smiled and sometimes said I
couldn't help it, for it was South
Carolina lighting Massachusetts.
My childlnwd was happy, and so i
were my school days. 1 still have
fond recollections of my teachers.
Miss Cooley, an aunt of Mrs. Geo.
iiinper, was the first one. bhe was
good mill kind to us all. Then came
Dr. Yt'ilson and Mr. Saye, John Nor
ton and Dr. 1 utterson and Mr. Mc
Alnhin in succession. I was a Mis-
cliiev-xis lad, and Mr. Nortou whipp
ed lm- on my boil aud burst it, and
nearly broke my mother's heart, but
a x -. r.;ui. :or tho boil. My teach
en n'e ail -lead. A lew years ago
1 1 iMher ijuv. culled to sec me in
'Jhek: N.urh Carolina, and he
rasp' -1 i..v h ind and said:"Yea, you
t in to s'-booi to me; I never whipp
ed yon bV. once. Perhaps if I had
whipped you more you would have
been u better man, but I am proud
of you my boy. Yes, I am proud of
you." Iu course of time I was sent
to this manual labor institute, two
miles away, where I mingled with
the boys of the state. The Gould
ings, Holt, Allans, Alexanders,
Liutons and Cruwfords, and others.
They are nil dead but two that I
know of. Mv father was a mer
chant, and when I was nearly grown
he gave mc- a clerk's place in his
store, mid I sold goods for two or
three yen'. About this time of
course, I fell in love, and dressed
better and brushed my hair a cow
lick touch and wore boots and smil
ed sweetly ou my sweethearts as they
passed. V hen 1 was nineteen 1 was
sent to college at Atheus, and found
a new sweetheart there. She played
and toyed with me while she was secretly-engaged
to another fellow.
When I was senior my father was
taken sei iouly ill, and called me
homo to take charge of his business.
So I we-it to selling goods again. Iu
the meantime a pretty, hazel-eyed
la-s!c 1 hud only known as a child
had grown out of her pantalets and
into iuni; dresses, and was casting sly
glantv m '!; boys about town. I
imngiued she r:ast some at me, for
she liked to trade at my store and
was in no hurry to go, and was pleas
ed to l"y hat I advised her and
never asked the prine. She was a
bashful brunette, with hair as black
as il. it of Pocahontas, and it is yet,
and her n..me was Mary Octavia, the
lest, daughter of Judge Hutcluns.
Of course it didn't take me long to
fall dcspcraHy in love, nor did it
take a long seige for me to take that
fort, J'cr 1 was a right handsome
youth myself, and was smart and do
wel I. V hat better does a pretty
girl want?
Yes, I found that pearl, and did
not throw it uay like Othello. I've
got it yet. i'lorn beginning I knew
that di.i- loved me, and 1 never had
to plead ir g't on my knees, nor did
I ever asU her to marry mc, but one
moonlight night as we were walking,
1 said, "Octavia, when shall we get
married?" and, as she pressed my
hand, she whispered, "Whenever
you think best."
ll wi.s like the murmur of a dream,
but I heard it. Now she will deny
all this, but nevertheless it is the
truth, and so within three months
we were wedded. I knew very well
that with her parents I was an ac
ceptable lover, for my mother had
found it out from her mother, aud
everything was calm and serene.
Slit! vis sweet sixteen aud I was
tweiitv-one. I took her young,
thinking 1 could train her to suit my
notion, t. .it t'.ic soon trained me to
suit her. Now, my young friend,
that was nearly fifty-four years ago.
1 was one of ten children; my w ife
was one of ten. We have ten, all liv
ing, mid they have twenty, and just
keep multiplying ynd replenishing
according to the Scripture. My
brothers are dead. I have three sis
ters living, who are very dear to me.
Well, I built a I'ttle cottage in a
pretty grove and we moved there.
Judge lliitchins bad a large planta
tion ou t!.e river, and over a hundred
slaves. He did not offer us any
money, for he knew we did not need
it, but sent up two of the favorite
family servants, and Tip, the same
faithful Tip of whom I have written,
was ouc of them. They begged old
master to give them to Miss Tavy
and he l'd -. A few months after
our marriage Judge Hutching insist
ed that I should study law, for he
needed a young man to help him in
his offiice. So I placed my mercan
tile interests in other hands and be
gan to pursue Blackstone- In two or
three mouths I was admitted to the
bar on promise of continuing my
studies which promise I kept, and in
dnetime I began to ride the circuit at
the tail of the procession. And
what a profession it was, Judge Jun
ius lli'Ucr, Judge Jackson, the
Doughertys, Hope Hull, Howell
Cobb and his brother Tom Cobb,
Cincinnatus Tee-pies, Basil Overby,
aud lueeiing occasionally Robert
Toouij au3 Alex Stephens. All great
lawyers and eloquent; both in the for
um and on the platform. They are
all dead, and I, only I, am left.
Then there were the judges of the
supreme court, Lumpkin, Warner
and Nisbrt, whom I well knew, and
somehow all of these noble men
made a pet of me, and from them I
drew inspiration and knowledge. In I
leal, 1 took the western fever, and.
moved to Home to grow up with the
town and the country. 1 was soon
associated with Judge Underwood in
practice of the law, und for thirteen
years we were as intimate as brothers,
'ni - i a
ter the war I became associated with
Judge Joel Bran ham, another most
delightful partnership, which was
only severed by his elevation to the
bench. And now in my old age I
cannot say as Jacob said to Pharaoh,
"few and even have been the days of
the year of my pilgrimage." We
have had more than our share of
blessings. We have been blessed
with health and comforts of life. Of
course the war made an inroad upon
our peace and happiness for a time,
but the gooel Lord preserved us and
we suffered no dire calamity or afflic
tion. My motto is that of the Latin
poet, enjoy the day, enjoy every day
as far as possible. We have been
blessed in our children, for they have
been good to us. Our boys are all
iu good form and feature not a sin
gle deformity to marr their manhood.
Our girls are modest und well favor
ed, not a Leach among them. All arc
Rachels. All are frugal and indus
trious and love their paternal home, j
It le their Mecca and will be until
we die. For twenty-seven years we
lived in Rome and prospered. Then
we retired to a beautiful little farm
near Cartersville, where there were
springs and branches, a meadow
and a creek near by, with a cane-
brake mordsr. Not far away was
a null aud pond, and there was a
mountain in the background where
small game abounded.
There we raised Jersey cows aud
colts and sheep and chickens and
peafowls, and lived well by day and
feasted ou music by night, for every
member of the family is a musician'
which art they inherit from their
mother. It was a lovely home, and
all the children grew up there to
manhood and womanhood, and were
happy. Their schooling was not
neglected, though I could not send
but one boy and one girl to college.
It was on the farm' that the boys
learned what a dollar was worth
when they earned it. But by and
by and one by one the boys left us
for other vocations, and five of the
six now live in five different states
from New York to Mexico. As I
had to be away a good portion of my
time, my wife and daughters were
left without a protector so I moved
to this town of Cartersville and
bought this pleasant home, which
we call The Shadows, because it is
empowered by the shade of many
beautiful trees. This is all. We arc
still in the land of the living, where
mercy may bo sought and pardon
found. Enough of this. It savors
of self-conceit and vanity to write so
much about myself, and I feel that
w hat I have done should be told by
another.
ITEMS OF NEWS
The next annual session of the
North Carolina M P Conference
convenes at Winston-Salem Nov.
18th.
Lust year cabbage sold at Mt Airy
for 26 cents per hundred pounds.
This year they sell for $1.10 to $1.25
per hundred.
The Enterprise is the name of a
new paper just started at Siler City.
W. T. Dorsett is editor and pro
prietor and is to be independent in
politics.
W. II. Odom, an uiisuccesful ap
plicant for the Wadesboro postoflice
twice assaulted his successful op
ponent lust week, says the Mess
enger and Intellengcncer.
Mrs. Orr, widow of Eugineer A.
Orr. of Charlotte, who was killed in
a wreck uear Belmont, N. C, last
May, has entered suit against the
Southern for $40,000 damages.
Judge Shaw has been commiss
ioned by Gov. Aycock, to hold the
special term of Buncombe Superior
Court which is to convene October
2Gth.
At the cotton gin of W. O. French
at Millbrook, Wake county, last
week, the lioiler exploded, and
crushing through the roof was laud
ed in a cottou field 200 yards away.
The wreck was caused by negligence.
No one was hurt, strange to say.
Fire September 17th, at Eliza
beth Citv destroved the Bteamer
Alma and the freight depot of the
Norfolk and southern xuulroad,
entailing a loss of $100,000. An
immense amount of freight was de
stroyed. The flames barely missed
a half ton of gun powder stored in
the ware house.
Two tramps, sign painters, were
killed by a train in Greensboro on
night of Sept 17th. They had
crawled up under box car that
was standing on a side track to
spend the night. During the night
a freight train backed in on the sid
ing and threw them off their perch
with the above results.
RecentlV a cow beloncrinir to Mr.
U. J. Wail, of Walltown, gave birth
to a calf, in pasture and Mr. Wall
not knowing that the calf had been
born, had the cow driven to his lot
aud confined. Ten days later the
calf was found in the pasture alive,
but very weak. It was brought to
the cows when it went to sucking at
once and is now, or was at last ac
counts, doing well. Wadesboro K
senger and lt.tellungcncor.
Wood's Seeds
FOR FALLSOWiNJ.
Farmers and Gardeners who le
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tion about
; Vegetable and Farm Sends
nhould write for Wood's) New
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the fall planting of Lettuce, Cab.
bage and other Vegetable crops
which are proving so profitable to
southern growers. Also about
Crimson Clover, Vetches,
Grasses and Clovers,
Seed Oats, What,
Rye, Barley, etc
Wood's New Fall Catalogue mailed
free on request. Write for it.
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Seedsmen, Richmond, Va.
NEW
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Fancy and Green Groceries,
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Always Kept on Hand by
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TRJNITY
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Opens Next Term September 2nd.
Offers full courses in art, music,
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thorough preparation for
college. Faculty of 7
experienced teach
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und
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Individual instruction to each pupil.
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Inir gyttem, Uloarr ,lO roluniM. mil term,
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H-.-ptmnber 7th lull. A tire II.MABLl.
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l " Working Overtime.
Eight hoar leva are Ifc-nor"! by -boas
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Lit Pilia. U iUions are al way. at w--rk ,
Bigbt and d.y, earing iDti'V .biit
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and brer end bowel Iroubk. ,
glesiaBt safe, avr. Only SM at tiue
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