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SB.- TB BORO COURIE Issued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. AS H EBO RO, "n .TH'lJRS DAY OCTOBER 8, 1903. $1.00 Per Year VOL XXVIII. 15. AS LIE -i j S. Bryant, President J. U. Cole, Cashier J Uhe Ba.uk of R.andlema.n. I Randlemar N C I Ca al paid in, I Protection to depositors, $20,000 40.000 Dikector8: S. Q. Newlin, A. N. Bulla, W. T. Bryant, C. L. Liiidsey, N. N. Newlin, J. II. Colo, S. Bryaut II 0 Barker and W K Hartsell. J BRITTAIN & QREQSON, I ; ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, I Asheboro, - North Carolina. ! onArTICK In tlir mrt of ltiiiulilli 111 1 r. k.l.,1,... ....iintl... III MlnU mill Kim i Court. Promi attention u luiiicfC ull kltnla. HAMMER & 8PENCE, Attorneys - at - Law - E. MOFFITT, Attorney - at - Law, ASHEBORO, N. C. Office near Court Hnuw. 'Phone !. 10. L. 8APP, 1 Attorney-at-Law. I PtmUm r 8UN kBi rdinl Oonrta. Ottpmttefe, Oomroll and. Pro I bU Law. All basis praaapll' too4 to. I THE BEST IGhildrerT J Shoes 1 On Earth for the Money, made by The H. C. Goodman Shoe Co., will keep the Lit tle ones' feet Dry and Save Many a Doctor Bill. ; Yours, I W. D. STEDMAN (SL CO Dealers in Good Shoes. a fDrugs And Drug Sun I dries, Stationery, Etc. i a. t Wo have u complete lino and would like to have a call trom yon when in need of such. t Wo handle Dr. King's Family Medicines which have been used ami udorsed, for the past 25 years, and -hich we positively oi'araxtkk ti - cuke, or the money Refunded. lice's Headache Koutedy, Nranie's Magio Liniment, Wearn's Dyspepsia Care,' and Chill Pills, and Flyut's ; Tine Tnr Halsitm, will not fool yon. 1 Also n complete and well selected stock of Staple Drugs, Diamond l)ves, l'ratts Food, Toilet Soaps, Toilet Vowder, Tooth Brushes and Tooth Powder, Shaving Soap, Per fumery, Shaving Brushes, Combs and Brashes, Pipes, fine Cigars and Tobacco, cc. I We cordially invito everyone espe cially the students to take a look at ior line of Stationery and School J '! besore buying. Tho most p to date line in town. 1 Yours for business, J. F. HKITMAN, kaittSt Trinity, N. C. NEW THINGS IN CLOTHING! f Those cuts represent some of the I new things that wo aro now opening I np direct from the manufacturers. 1 Call in and tee tho latest and best in I men's wearables, I THE .MERITT-J0HN50N CO. 1 808 8. Elm St, Gr.-cnsloio,N. C. Noiiecl, . Havlne nititlifl.il n wtinlnl lrolor of Thi Kini, .1. '. I. nil pwon holillng -laimiuraiui4 MU.t feltf nil- IkffVftV iHrtin.'.i 4. pr, M'Ol or nrfom-Uie HOi "lav ul Anifiit, HUM. or llim tnl will to i.ImmU) In Imr of tli.-ir n All praui.mir-iieiii" aai i.imur.i ami ke inwrrtllab- Inwni' Till Ilia lUh llOT Ol Aii::M-l. IM. A s. HI hH, AilinluJitrator. Bnjah MoBU, Ally. I 1 (acnvitv) WASHINGTON LETTER. Hjk.'-Iii1 Corri'fi'OiHli-iiu' Coiirli-r. Washington, D. C, Oct. 5. There is considerable discussion hero over tlld fact that the plutocratic press of the country is especially enamored of tho remark made by Oov. Dnrbiii, of Indiana, tho other (lay, that "the uian who violently assails, by word or deed, tho laws of the country such as ours commits a crime not only of infamy but of insanity." The opinion exists hero that the above comes with rather poor grace from (iov. Dnrbiii, who has refused to honor the requisition of the state of Kentucky for one of the men accused of the murder of (iov. Goebel, when the law ami the con stitution requires tho perpetrators of such crimes to be delivered up to justice. Is ho hardly a lit man to read lectures on what is light and wrong? It is admitted that to vio lently assail a law that is robbin the people of the United Slates, such as the Dingley tnrifl law, is a crime to the trust magnates who prolit by it. To denounce the laws in several states that tux the small home and the little personal properly of the poor man on its full alue, ami let the corporations and the millionaires oil witn only paying xu or .so per cent., s insanity according to llaiiua and the republican leaders in Ohio. io all such the law ot their own making it too sacred to be tampered with, and boy. Durum only echoes the cry of the trusts and corpora tions, who, 111 most cases, have paid for the unrighteous laws they hold so sacred. The most of the laws passed recently have been passed by republicans, and the shoe is begin ning to pinch when the people are ciying out against them, ami-hence the bowl by the governor of 1 milium, who stands for everything the trusts demand. If the people of Indiana like that sort of thing and that sort of governor, they may continue to worship their own fetish, ami the thinking people of this country will draw their own conclusions concern ing the mental condition of Indi ana's population. There is considerable adverse com ment going on here uncut the at tempt of prominent republican poli tician to select the democratic nomi nee for tho presidency next year. hot lon; ago the Jlou. Miclhy Al. Cullom, of Illinois, United States Senator, came out in an interview and proclaimed that Senator (!nr- mau was the id 'al democrat to nominate for the presidency bv the democrats. There is no shrevvdei or more admit politician in the L'oii gross of the Lulled Stales than .Mr. (Jul loin. lie said in that interview that "1 am convince'1 that (.ionium has the real welfare of the nation deeply at hears. 1 learned that at the time the Wilson tariff measure was up for passage. It was he who saved oui; hiiielidmeuts to that bill." The democrats w ho have been in this city in the past few days are iiiliieiiliiiLr mi iiiis statement by tho leading republican from the state of Illinois, and saying thai il is pretty good democratic policy to do the things those kind of republi cans repudiate and not do the things they advocate. hen the demo crats of the country have to bike their nomiiiiH'S from among tho men the republicans want to see nomi nated, then the democracy is in a pretty bad row for si u nips, and would do Well to either repudiate republican suggestions or else go into tho hands of a receiver. The nomination of a democrat with the above indorsement from one of the leading republicans of the country would place the democracy on the explaining bench from stait to linisu of the campaign. If the trusts aud tho tariff questions are to bo uppermost in the coming cam paign, then the ubovo suggestion may give the democrat of the coun try some food for thought. Will you nominate a man whose whole life ami action in tho past, have been a protest against trusts and corporation greed, or nomiualo a man who stands for all tho trusts want and who must bu nominated in order to get the intliuneo of the trusts as well as their money? Tho democrats of the country may answer the question. There seems to be a gradually in tensifying desire on tho part of many people in the country, and especially the men of prominence who visit this city, to know exactly w hat it was that happened to Air. Magelsscn, our vice consul to Beirut. Thus far not a morsel of information has been vouchsafed from any quarter. Our tleet was ordered to the eyiian port on tho strength of a report by Minis ter ijeishman, at Constantinople, to the effect that Mr. Megalssen had been assassinated. Admiral l.otton reached Beirut some days later, only to tind that Megalssen was alive and well. It has transpired, moreover, that, up to tho time the assassination roorback was sent by Minister Leish man, there had been no hostile de monatrations by the Mohammedan population of the city or its immedi ate neighborhood. There have been some since, we arc told, but that is intelligible enough. e all know what would occur in any of our sea port, tori ns were a ioreigu govern ment to send a blustering tleet there on a Jalse report, and without stop ping to ask for explanations. What bothers folk, however, is the fact that alter nH this time not a singh ray of light has been shed upon th mystery. Here we are jumping on tho collar of a nation with w Inch we are supposed to be on amicable terms, yet no one seems to know why the demonstration was made, still less why it is persisted in. There seems I to be a "hen on" some place, but no man can locate it. Vou can cut the silence of the ad ministration with a knife at this time, but there was no hesitation, on statecraft, no deep, dark, wily reti cence when it came to giving out the "news" of the assassination, or mak ing public the prompt and vigorous action of the government in ordering the Meet to tho scene of this tragedy in I .lick nun. Can it be pos.-ible thai our administration of the govern ment is garrulous for effect upon the public, mind, and that it bc'jomcs majestically reserved only when there blunders to concealr 1 liink it over. The recent action of the prominent lieiiublicaiis of tho country make it clear '.hat all the bilk indulged in by some of their leaders intent tariff reform and revision is the merest "guff." The "Iowa idea" was rani pant some lime ago, aud (iovernoi ('uuimiiis of that State was standing upon his bind legs anil wildy waving his curs and bowling for some meas ure of relief from the exactions of the tariff wall, ami demanding it tit once, lie now is cooing Iiko a suck iug dove, as mild as a May morn, uid lie says that the revision should not be made in tho face of a uutionul campaign, but that we should wait until l'.iOo betoro attempting any thing like a tariff revision. This should make it as gross to the sense as the sun tit noonday that unless the people ot the country unhorse the Kopublicau piuty they will wait until the trumpet ot tho angel (iabriel blows before they will obtain relief from the clutch of the corpora tions. It is up to the people to do a little thinking. The idea has just begun to perco late through the hair of the Republi cans that there is going to be an in vestigation by Congress of the misti ness in the l'ostollice Department, or lit least it will be np to them to re fuse to have one. The Democrats ire determined to press the matter mil the responsible party for the re fusal will be the Republicans. If they refuse nil will know the reason why. If they do not, then there will be mi attempt to whitewash some body and something, hut the Demo cratic members of the committee will come out with some powerful good campaign material. The Republican party is between tho devil mid the deep sea. (. HAuU-.S A. r.UW AKl'H. MONTGOMERY NEWS. mi Troy Kxnmlm-r Miss May Dickens, of Sawver Mine, is visiting relatives i l town. Mr W II Reynolds, of Queen, has ieen very low with fever, but we are lad to learn he is improving. Mr and Mrs Charles l'ritchard, of Asheboro, have been visiting rela tive? and friends in town. A R Morris bought the liist bale of new col ton sold on this market ist Wednesday week. The cotton was made by a colored man in the lower part of this county. The l'onrd of Education met in extra session Monday, and made sev- ral orders for repairing school houses The school property at l'ckin and ilso at Star will be turned into public school properly. F.maiiucl Russell, father of our postmasb-r L M Russell, had two broken last wocK. A noise which he was holding became fright ened and threw him against a door facing. He struck n bolt in the fac- from which he received the pain ful injury. Ho is getting on very- well at this writing. We are sorrv to announce the ser ious illness of Mr liriintly Russell, a prominent citizen living near Troy, who is lying at the point of death at ibis writing. Wednesday morning, a font was amputated last Friday r.cccssitatcd by a gangrene trouble. but tbid failed to give relief, and there seems to be no hope of bis re covery. The class of HUM! of the Univer sity of North Carolina has conferred au honor upon Mr Claude A Cock- ran, who was local editor of the r.x- aminer during the summer, by elect ing bun president of the class, lins is the highest honor a class can con fer upon one of its members, and is evidence of Mr Cockran's popularity with his classmates. It is said te be a fact that the "sanctilicationists" aro to elect a tent in the edgo of town for the purpose of conducting a series of meetings. This should not bo allowed, as no good will result from it, A religion that preys upon the weak element of the human race, frequently Bending some unfortunate subject to the lunatic asylum, is worse than no religion, and should not be encour aged. About one-tenth of the human family docs tho thinking not only for itself but tor tho remaining nine- tenths, and the thinkers who con stitute this small fraction should lie men and women who are capable of leading their fellow-creatures into a higher slate of civilization, and not men and women whose influence would tend to establish a misleading and unreasonable creed. Troy will do well for her self and the county to keep these so-called holy people Iwyond her borders. There is civilization, enlighten ment and economy in good roads, (iood roads lead-to prompt and steady attendance upon church ser vices, school room duties, neighborly intercourse and social advancement, Had roads lead to profanity, worry. trials ami tribulations and the loss of teams, vehicles, patience, oppoj (unities for good markets and lots of time. RURAL SCHOOL LIBRARIES IN N. C. By Clun-liui II. 1W.) Mr. Clarence II. Toe, of Raleigh, editor of The Progressive Farmer has the following in the Septeinbt Review of Reviews: Just now, when tho princely do nations of .Mr. Andrew (.'arm have given a new stimulus to li brary-building in American cities, it luav be well to turn our eves to the "other half," -the rurah half, of our population, fur although, until pule recently, no one thought of the public library as a possible rural institution, it has now made iiuspiei ous entry into this new Held, and is destined to play tin important part among the tweiitietli-centtiry foiee, rural mail delivery, good roads, rural telephones, etc., that make for the uplift of American country life. The need of the rural library must be apparent to all w ho are familiar with country school methods. Read ing is the magic key to all our store houses of intellectual wealth; it is the basis of nil education. "The true university of these days," savs Carl vie, "is a collection of books," and it is here, of all points in its curriculum, that the country school has failed most griviouslv, it has not taught the child to rend, to use books. Do not understand me to charge that the rural school is literally and avowedly disloyal to the first immortal three R's, for it is not. Hut only in the narrowest sense does it reach reading, reading is tho mere pronunciation of words and the observance of punctuation marks; the unlovely, mechanical side of reading. The brighter side of reading the country pupil does not get; the cily pupil does. Aided by the piesonhod supplemental lit erature, and guided by tho teacher, child of the townsman learns to tind joy in reading, learns not only how to read, but ticutuiilly learns to read, to use books. If you know the country school as the writer does. you know the other side ot this picture, ion know children who live out a long school career with out learning anything of literature beyond tho momentous rehearsal of dry text-book matter. Cold, haul facts about the boundaries of foreign states, the dates of ancient batlles, the rules of the Stock Kxchange, ire regarded as inalters of import nice, but the teacher does not see that it is better to foster a love of reading than to teach hi!orv or geography. Or if he sees the duty, tml longs to direct the child to the beauties of literature, he is shackled by the lack of facilities for such work. Year ufter year, there is the ameold drill in the same old read rs, no classics are studied, and there is no supplemental reading to give the spice of variety. It is inevitable that children reared m such schools come to iv- ard rending not as a luxury, bill us drudgery, and grow up potentially,! it not in the strictest sense, Hitler ite. "I confess," savs Thoivau, somewhere in his "Wtildcn," "that I lo nut make any broad distinction between the illiternteiieKs of my townsman who cannot read at all and the llliterateiie-ss of him who has learned only to read what is for children and feeble intellects." How much narrower, then, should bo tin- distinction between the "llliterate- ness of him w ho cannot read at all" and the illiterateness of him whose training has been such that he re gards reading only as a ta,sk to be shunned: 1 cople everywhere are now beginning to see the mistake pointed out, ten years ago, by Presi dent F.lliot in his essay 'Wherein Popular Kd neat ion Has failed": We have heretolore put too much onlideiice in the mere acquisition of the arts of reading and writing. Af ter these tuts ate acquired, there is much to be done to make them effect ive for the development of the child's intelligence. If his reasoning power is to be developed through reading. lie must bo guided to tho right sort of reading. The school must teach not only how to read, but w hat to read, and it must develop a taste for wholesome leading. It is to remedy just this defect that the rural school library h:u been introduced into twenty-nine American States. And though widely varying plans have been adopted, in no other State, I dare say, has more rapid progress been made or greater results accomplished in proportion to capital expended than in North Carolina. For this reason I may be pardoned for refer ring at some length to this' North Carolina plan, which seems to be the one best adapted to Mates hav ing a largo rural population and a small revenue. The law as passed by the General Assembly of l'.tOl provides, in substance, That wher ever the friends or patrons of, any rural public school contribute SIO or more for starting a library in connection with tho school, 110 ot the district school fund shall also be set apart for the same purpose. while another S10 will be given from the State appropriation, thus insuring at the outset at least $30 for eich school library; in many eases, of course, the patrons con tribute more than the minimum sum. $10, needed to secure the iS-Mi from other sources. The county boaid of education then names some competent person to manage the prospective lihiary and buys the books for it, these to be chosen from a reti arknbly well-selected list of standard woiks recently prepared by a committee of distinguished edu cators. The same committee, bv the way, obtained competitive bids from protn incut publishing houses, tli n 8 forcing price to strikingly low ligures, even for classics. The smallest libraries seventy-live or eighty nwtt and substantially bound volumes. By the earnest, efforts of the North Carolina Literary and Historical As sociation, an appropriation of live thousand dollars was obtained for the payment of the Stale's part on the experimental plan, just outlined, and in September, lfuil, the appro priation became available, and the li rut North Carolina rural school library was established. The entire stun would have been speedily ex hausted by the more progressive sec tions hud not the Legislature pro vided that Slate aid should be avail able for not more than six school listncts in tiny one of the ninety--even counties. Within lie months, it third of the counties reached this limit, and applications from olln-ri cumiuuiiities within their borders hail to be rejected. 1 So fore the General Assembly of i !:: met, in lanuary, four hundred ami thirtv- ono, of a possible live hundred li braries bail been helped. In the face of such success there wits noth ing for the Legislature to do but make nil appropriation of ifo.OOO more for the ensuing two years, while $2,500 was added to maintain nil enlarge the libraries already stablislicd, the same (.'arncgie-like principle of co-operation to be ob served: each gift from tho Statu to be duplicated by tin appropriation from the school fund, and again litplicated by private subscription. Already many applications lor uid from the new appropriation have been received, and Siipeiintemleiit Juyncr confidently predicts that la bile thu next Legislature meets North Carolina will have 1,000 taieitideil rural school libraries. Then there lire others, established ulirely by private gifts. In one on li t y (Durham), udioii.ing that in which the writer lives, a wealthy itizen continued the good work begun bv the Stale. He offered to luplicutc amounts raised uftel the State-aid limit had been reached, uid now every one of the forty white schools in the counly has a library. (ii other fact deserves mention. ' Not only does the rural school li brary develop the reading habit, it develops it along right lines. Since, l-.lnersoii sins, "the ancestor ot every action is a thought," how im portant it is that thu literature that is Id provoke thought be wholesome and well balanced! J it our city li- iraries, lietion has mtii'li too large a ice, many women and young people read nothing else. Hut while these rural libraries contain a few great novels, the chief effoi t is lo develop proper appreciation of choice works of science, travel, nature- studv, jioetrv, history, biography, uid mvtludogv. F.vcii if the child formed the "reading habit" outside the school, it would slill be worth lii It- for the Slate to have these irtiries for the sole purpose of turning his new-found love of litei- ttille into light channels of liulli mid beauty. Nor have the bovs and girls been the only beneliciaries of the new movement. It lias opined up a new world for many of the parents, and has done incalculable good in con tinuing the education of persons too old or too poor lo longer attend :chool. The superintendent of for Durham couutvsavs that the books aie used almost as much the parents as bv the children themselves, and the Pitt county uperiiitenileiit savs that the libraries have caused hitherto indifferent pa rents to become deeply interested in reading and m I In- education of their children. "The peculiar value of the school library," as the New lork Lvemng l ost rightly observes, in the fact that it educates the ounger general imi as well as uie ilder." All in all tin- North Carolina plan has proved a strikingly succos ful innovation, ami we are moved lo wonder that our educational leaders lid not long ago perceive the value of rural library work, or, realizing it, did not think of the ease with vv li it may be conducted ill con nection with the public school. We ire now not far from the tune when no house where children meet for study, whether in town or country, will be regarded as even tolerably equipped without a small collection of the best books. The "Do Anything" Man. My lirst visit to the bank is a most vivid memory. "Well, my boy," begun my uncle, w hat do you want to do?" "Oh, anything," I blurted with the cheerful stupidity of boyhood. Al v boy, he said slowly, "let me tell you that the hardest man in the world to lihd work tor is the man who says ho can do 'anything.' or is willing to do 'anything.' Usually he is the man who can't do a thing." My uncle was mildly profane at times. "Now, you ought to have sense enough to know that you can't do anything.' I don't believe, either, that you are as stupid as your father thinks, and 1 am going to give you a chanee to prove that 1 am right. If yvju Hie good for anything, we shall soon tin. I it, out; ai.il it you are good for nothing, we shall soon tind that out, too." 1 have never forgotten that brief conversation. The "old man" has long since passed away, but even nowadays when the "do anything" chap presents himself with a letter of introduction, 1 think of my unci. long enough to bear witness to the truth and force of ni3 view. AS DYSPEPTIC SAM SEES IT. He Has Another Severe Attack of Viru lent Philosophy. Some persons are too truthful to really enjoy lishing. Most of us believe in eternal pun ishment for our eneiniis Cheerfulness must be cultivated, but the seeds of discontent will grow in any soil. Some men are too l.usy to make friend and some are too lazy to make enemies. If all women tire riddles the plain er they are the more readily men give them up. It's generally the lazy chap who feels that be is too good for his job. When the baseball umpire feels that nil the world is against him, he ought to be thankful he isn't, a judge at a prize baby show. It is inonotomoiis to be poor. You never have any change. liven an clastic conscience will some nines 11 v back and sling. The frllow w ho likes to hear him self lalk regards deafness as the very worst iilllielion. .Itist because a mail suffers from boils is no idicatiou that he is a lob sler. F.veii the devil never puts off till tomorrow the things In- can do to day. Some fellows are like a plugged nickel you can't pass them without raising a row. Many a barefaced lie is old enough to have w hiskers on it. Love is largely a question of capac ity. The actor prefers a short run to a long walk. The weather prophet never bets on his own predictions. True happiness consists of not' wauling the things you can't get. It is never u good plan to open a jackpot with a corkscrew. He is a wise man who iodizes the uncertainty of a sure thing. Some poi-Mins are so busy saving the pennies that they let the dollars go by. When a married woman elopes' with another man it's hard to tell just where the sympathy belongs. Win n a man who boasts of keep ing on I he narrow path happens to stump bis toes he gets an awful bump. Put your trust in Providence, but hu.-lle for a job. A woman always judges another woman by her clothes. A badly tailored woman is found guilty every time. Never gii.-h ovir a man when he's tired or hungry. A man who boasts of his morality heeds vatchillg. What, sort of prices would matri monial uiislits bring at a bargain sale. I.nve is often a door paying hot air investment. Il does not take a fiO-nulc gale to blow in a 7:.'io dinner. Kseott Stin son in the Morning Telegraph. The Posibilities of Pears. As this is the season for pears and there are so many in ibis part of the country we publish the following receipts: i;isii:ii I'K.ut. Four pounds of common tears, peeled, halved and cored; three pounds of granulated sugar, three ounces of v. hole ginger one pint ol Wi.'.r. -iiiuner from two to three hourr, or until the tears are quite tender. I'.ottle while hot. I llM.KII I'K.Vll.-. Seven pounds of common pears, pooled, halved Mid cored; throe pounds of granulated sugar, one pint of vinegar, one dozen whole cloves and one stick of cinnamon. Make a svrup of the sugar, vinegar and a cup of 'water. When clear, put the fruit in it and boil until the peart, aro tender. Remove the tears and boil the -vrup down until thick. Pour it ov. r the fruit when cooled. ri:u; mmim.m.adk. Light pounds of common tears, eight pounds of granulated sugar and four lemons and three oranges. Peel and core the pears. Cut them into small pieces. Add the rinds of the lemons and oranges peeled off thin. Remove the white inner skin and slice the lemons and oranges. P.oil the fruit for two hours, then add the sugar, which bus been pre viously heated. Boil for an hour or two longer, and then pour into jolly glasses. Cover w hen cold. u.vkep rents. Take some large pours, cut off the stents and remove the cores with an apple corer. but do not peel them. Place the pears m a baking-dish with throe cups of water and two cups of sugar, tind three or four cloves or a little ginger. Cover the dish and bake until the pears are tender. Re move thcin, pour the syrup into a saucepan, boil it fifteen minutes, tour it over the tears and set them aside to cool. MTAVKK I'KAUS, Peel, core and quarter one dozen common pears. nil inein in a saucepan, cover well with water and boil gently half an hour, adding more water if needed. Then add one large cup of granulated sugar and a two-inch stick of cinnamon. Continue cooking until quite tender. When cold they aro ready to sorje. $145 From Less Than One Acre. Mr L F Clodfeltcr, of Wallbtirg. Davidson county, sold $80 worth of water melons from one-quarter of an aero this year. His entire crop from less than an acre brought him the snug little sum of $113.00. Union llepuuncau, NORTH CAROIJW (i! U.'S SUCCESS. Miss Caroline Piil'nim of Guldsboro as An lllustralor i Books. A new book is now on the market in which the illu-lni;;oii aie by a talenled young woman of this Stale, whose work is verv hi,, lily commend ed. This is Miss Caddie Fulghiim, of Goldshoro, connect -d with tin- glad ed schools of thai t il v. She has illustrated "The Misrule of Three", by Miss Florence Weed. II, published by Wvlif i Co., New York. Copies of the book have been ordered by Messrs. Alfred Williams i Company, and these will soon be on sale in Raleigh. Is all Wrong. The proposition of the Secretary of the Treasury to take large sums of money out of the treasury for deposit in the national banks is all wrong. It is it step not only to embark the government in the bunking business, but means permitting the national banks to run the government. The money does not belong to the banks but to the people. Gov. Gates, of Alabama. Look Up, Not Down. A boy was climbing a very high ladder to leach a scaffold upon which some men were working. When he had almost reached the top of the ladder, he turned and looked down. Seeing the great distance to the ground, he "icgan to grow pale, and perhaps would have fal'di, had not a mail on the scaffold seen him and called to him in a friendly way, "Look up, Johnny, look up! and keep climbing!" " When we grow faint and dizzy, and are ready lo fall back into old,' sinful ways, let us take as our watchword, "Look up and keep on climbing." Kxchange. Likes the Watts Law. The editor of the News, like til most till the rest of the good folks of Catawba did not think much of the bill Hissed by the last Legislature, commonly known us the "Watts liill", but time troves many things, and time has proved the Watts Law to be it w ise measure. Four incidents trove this conclusively: The good order at the reunion in Newton vv here seven thousand people assi in bled; the good behavior til Rock Springs camp ground; the scarcity of the toughs ill Balls Creek, and last but by no means least, no lighls al McKcnzicf, the negro camp-meeting place. The Walts law is all right. -( ataw ba I oituty .News. Dynamite Blows Out Life. Samuel T. Ferguson of the Fer uson Constitution Company, ol Pittsburg, IVnn., and his secretary, Chillies L. Martin, of Cincinnati, wore driving along the road in a bug- ;v, mar Washington Peiiiin., Sept. ::th carrying -i.t'.uo in cash with i Inch to pay oil' some of their men ntploved on con-tiuclion work along the line of the Wabash Railroad, w hen suddenly an explosion of dyna mite in the roadway literally tore the rig to pieces, killing Ferguson outright ami threw Martin a buii- livd feet, tearing his left arm almost from the socket, Il has been learn- I that two men, supposed to be Polos, placed the dvnainitc in tile road for the i iiruoso of killing Pay master Ferguson, ami had arranged In ext. lode it bv means of an electric battery, Tl money is mi -atchel containing t hi Substitute for Sugar. The Agricultural Department is iiioitiling int. i lite statement of (on sul general Richard Gueittber that u new plant has boon discovered South America which promises lo supplant the sugar cane and thi sugar beet. Sciciitilioally the plant is known as the Kupatoriuiu lcban- diiun and it contains a large amount of saccharine niatlei and a high per centage of natural sugar properties which are easy to extract. According to Mr. Giicnthor, a lump the size of a tea will sufficient ly sweeten it cup ot coitee, as in product made from the plant is from twenty to thirty times sweeter than cane or beet sugar, It is said to be easily cultivated in countries having climatic conditions similar to tho: of the southern portion of the United States. Washington telegram to the New Y'oik Times. Can the Lord Make Everything? The head of the family, with his beloved sweetbriur and his favorite magazine, had settled back in tin rocker for a quiet, comfortable even ing. On the other side of tin interveii ing table was the minatuie counter part of himself, the wrinkling of whose eight-vear-old forehead indi cated that be was mentally wrestling with some perplexing problem. After a w hile he looked inwards his 'omfort loving parent, and, with a hopeless iullection, asked, Pa? ' "Yes, my son." "Can the Iord make everything?" "Yes, my boy." "Kvorvtbine."' "There is nothing, my sou. that Ho cannot do? "l'a pa, eouhl Do make a clock that would Btriko less than one?" "Now, .lohnny, go right up stairs to your mis and don fc stop down here to annoy mo wnen i ni rent ing." Johnny went and wouderod still August Lippincott)s. Wood's Scf-ls FOR FALL SOW: u. l-':inners mid ( iarih-ner:; w!u do re Hie latest and fullest inorniii. tion about Vegetable and Farm Ses should write for Wood's Now l oll Catalogue. It tells till uliottt the fall pluming of Lettuce, Cab. iiage and other Vegetable crops which aro proving so profitable to southern growers. Also about Crimson Clover, Vetches, Grasses and Clovers, Seed Oats, Wheat, Rye, Barley, etc. Wood's New Fall Catalogue mailed free on request. WriU) fur it. T. W. WOOD & SONS, I Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. NUW GROCERY STOR.E. 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