THE ASHEBRO COURIER. Issued Weekly. $1.00 Per Year PRIN(LES, NOT MEN. VOL XXVIII. 21. ASHEBORO, N. CHURSDAY NOVEMBER 19, 190?. S. Bryant, President J. H. Cole, Cashier 13he Ba.uk of R.andlemvn. Randleman N C Ca al paid in, Protection to depositors, $20,000 40.000 Dihectohs: S. G. Newlin, A. N, Bulla. W. T. Bryant C. L. Lindsey, N. N. Newlin, J. II. Colo, S. Bryant II O Barker und W K llartscll. BRITTAIN & GRBQSON, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Asheboro, - North Carolina. PRACTICE In the (-.mils of H,m,l.il.h nn.l nl Joiuhijr enmities, 111 Stute nii,l Ke-lernl Court. PronitulU-ntlou U iMsiiiessof all kind. HAMMER & SPENCE, Attorneys - at - Law , A-slicljorn, N. C E. MOFFITT, Attorney - at Law, ASHEBORO, N. C. PKACTICK In nil the Court, civen to Hflt Irint-nl of i-m OlMec neitr Court H4111.sc. 'P R-rial attention 0. L. SAPP, Attorney-at-Law. t raetioa In BMe and Federal OoorU. Oerporetioa, Oemmeroial and Pro bii Law. All badaaa preaaptl? ittondad to. O. B. Cox, Pretldenl, W. 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Farmers and Gardeners who (lo rn re the latest and fullest informa tion about Vegetable and Farm Seeris hould write for Wood'- New Fall Catalogue. It tella all about the fall planting of Lettuce, Cab bage and othrr VeneUble cropa which are proving eo profitable to southern grower. Also about Crimson Clover, Vetches, Grasses and Clovers, Seed Oats, Wheat, Rye, Barley, etc Wood'a New Fall Catalogue mailed free on request. Write fur it. T.W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, Richmond, Va. CAPUDINE ,nMA alio M li-kntM rJ CURES Tr.(4r. )- ALLKEADACKESi MtoakmawkM , loe.lMu4wobetlK 1 1 free re in rt on mtentnt.lllty. Kr free bco, ma a a WASHINGTON LETTER. Sohn Sharp Williams, the Democratic Leader in House a Brilliant and Brainy Man Choosing Seats Too Early to Predict what Congress Will Do. Siwlnl CnnvxiKiiulcnii! courier. Washington, D. C. Nov. 16th. i lie special session of tlio 58th Congress, called by the President for the purpose of working through the Cuban reciprocity proposition is now in session. The opening of Congress was very mucii uku tiie opening or any uon gress that has preceded it. There publican programme went throucl; as stilted. "Uncle Joe" Cannon was elected Bpeaker according to schedule and lion. John Sharp Williams, ot Mississippi, was the nominee of the democratic party for Speaker as pie dictetl in this correspondence away last spring. As the defeated candi date for Speaker, Mr. Williams was placed on the committee to escort in the new Speaker and his speech in troducing the new Speaker to the uouse ot ltepresentntives was the most graceful thing that has bceu neard on the floor of the House for many years. The daily papers all over the country have commented on it as such. Mr. Williams has already made good the predictions of his friends that ho is the man for the position of floor leader of the House on the democratic side. He has had the good sense, as his friends knew he would have, to give his chief op ponent, the Hon. Champ Clark, of Missouri, the appointment on the Ways and Means Committee, one of the highest honors that can come to a democrat. Mr. Williams not only showed his generosity by this action, hut his good sense as well, for Mr. Clark is one of the ablest democrats 111 the Congress, and can do effective work against the republican party in that position, Mr. Williams not only has done this; lie also hat placed lion. David A. Do Armond. of Missouri, one of the ablest men in public life to-dav, on the committee on rules with himself. That is the most important committee in the House, for it controls all legislation emanating from the House, and con trols all debutes. He will be ubso- utely invaluable to the partv und to Mr. Williams in the debates that will come oil this wiutei. Mr. Will- inns has also placed the Hon. James I'. Lloyd, of Missouri, back in his old place as the democratic "whip" of the House. That is an honorable and lvsponsi le position. For the "whin" of the House has to see to it that a majority of the members in the c-itv are. in mioo (OIU tULIIIg UII MM, piUpW- ition in which is involved the party policy, ilr. ijloytl was lor Jir. Clark against Mr.'Willianis, and this action of Mr. Williams not only was just ami good sense, but it was generous as well, lie 1ns thus justi- lied the prediction ot Ins friends that he was big enough to lead the minor ity to things thev can boast of in the next campaign. As I have previous ly remarked 111 this correspondence. I he democracy can be congratulated in the leadership it possesses in the House for the next two years. Look out for John Sharp Williams. J here is one little piece of red tape that each new House goes through with that gives the spectators in the gallery and the members on the lloor an opportunity to give vent to their enthusiasm for any particular man they believe 111 or w hom they think is a popular hero. That is the time honored function of draw ing seats for the session. A pace is blindfolded and he pulls out of a box a marble with a number on it, and there is a number's name oppo site this number. Both are called out and the member then goes down and selects his seat, there was much applause when certain men were called out. For instance, there was a resolution adopted that gave 1 ne lloor leauer 01 tnc republican side, the Hon. Sereuo Payne, of New lork,und the oldest member on that side of the House, the Hon. Harry lSingham, of Pennsylvania, the lloor leader of the democratic side, tho Hon. John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, the light to choose their seats without drawing tor them. There was much applause when they went foiward and chose their seats. Then the names of prominet men on both sides of the House were culled out, and as they went down the aieles to get their seats there went up the plaudits of their menus. Anions the number on the demo cratic side who were recognized in this manlier were Hon. Ueorgc is. McClellan, lately elected the demo cratic Mayor of Greater New York, and the Hon. William Randolph Hearst, of New York, who has done so much for the cause of democracy and the common peoplo of the country. Ho received an ovation that must have warmed tho cockles in his heart, for it is the universal opinion here that he and his papers, with himself as the directing demo cratic head, won the recent election iu the city of New York. The democrats all feel very kindly to him for his work for the party, and they improved the opportunity to show him their market! appreciation of his brilliant work in behalf of democracy. He has received marked attention from democrats here since the as sembling of Congress. Some of the party leaders here are beginning to tind out that he is a much bigger man than they thought; that he was not merely a newspaper man who had made a phenomenal success of the business, but that the reason he made the suocesa was because he was an able executive, a single-minded patriot, and a lover of the common people. As a consequence his stock us the nominee of tho democracy for the presidency has gone up several points. It is too early to predict what the big tighta will be in this Congress, but the tight on the Cuban reciproc ity proposition is coins: to be a bit ter one. There will not be us uianv republican recalcitrants in this Con gress as there was in the last 011 that proposition, for the reason, as stated 111 this correspondence not long ago, mat, 1110 oiicar irust nas boiicnt out tne beet sugar interests and that has cloed the mouths of many re publicuns who othei wise would be opposed to Cuban reciprocity. There are some, however, who still hold out against it, und they will line up with the democrats and fight it un less they will allow the democratic amendment to go through removing the uitiercntiul Irom reuncd sugar. The democrats are perfectly willinc to give Cuba all the reciprocity she asks for or give her free trade with this country, provided they can re move the differential from relincd ugar which will oivethe consumers of this country a chur.ee. This is exactly what the Sugar Trust does not want. With reciprocity with Cuba on raw sugar to the extent of twenty-five per cent, reduction on the present tariff, and retaining the differentia) 011 refined suour, the riiBt makes not less than eight millions a year out of the game. That is the milk in the coconut. It a straight light between the people and tho Sugar Trust. Watch the game. lo the intense delight of the eniocratic leuders here, the republi can administration has actually tied. p in a nice puckuge and handed to the dun 10c racy another and a cork ing and a good campaign issin in this dirty mess in the Panama country. It is the belief here not only nmo lg democrats, but among many good republicans, that the recent revolution in the United Sfates of Colombia in Cen tral America, was hatched in this country und at the instigation of this republican administration in order to get control of the Panama canal. In other words, the game put up in the Semite to get the usufruct out of those Panama canal bonds has got to go thiough at any cost. This republicans administra tion plays into their hands and in cites revolution down there and robs that little country of a slice of its territory in order to give the sena torial cabal its rakcoff. How arc they going to get away from the im putation that they arc responsible L.tui?.IFioli1Ai8u? Jf ste"pvVt 1 mind-readers in the Navy Depart ment, for no sooner had the lust rumblings of this trouble between Colombia and one of its states been wafted over the earth than this country had several naval vessels at the proper point 111 a jilly m order to put backbone into the revolution ists and to intimidate the Colombian forces. Then this government makes haste to "recognize" the new Republic of Panama. It is an in fernal outrage and a national dis grace. 1 will explain it all in my next letter. CIIAS. A. EDWAKDS. 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The prisoners declined to escape, and that fact should lie considered when application is made for their pardon, These boys are not the most guilty and the application fur pardon should be successful. Xadkin Uippie CONGRESSMEN WEBB AND 11. Two New, Young and Promls intern bers of the North Carolina Delejpn. In the old North State youmeii are at tho front beyond a douUnd judging from the good appence and bearing of a couple of tug Congressmen seen in tho Biggs )by that that old Commouwealtllias just sent to the national conihiHn. - i voters have wiselv deterniineili.it. youMi occoiiTpanied by abili is I worthy of honor. j 'Hiey were Messrs. K. Y. Wejof , the ninth district, and Ito hurt ton Page, of the seventh. Mr.jbb is a talented young lawyer, lose services in the State Legislaturoere so satisfactory that his constitnts were glad to promote him. Heep resents a district us famous iniis tory as any in America, the glottis old Mecklenburg district, wre sturdy patriots met and adoptedjm the 1 20th of May, 1775, resolulm of independence more than a venni advance of the adoption of tit great declaration which made a in "anon. ' Mr. Page laughingly remarkai:..1.. i...' ... n . n i.,ff f that he occupied a lonesome pos.tionthl8 k" uml tllL.re-a ,xtweek that w "M,p nir 10"' "1"sml,,;h " Kiu'tbeen touched at all." was the only business member of it uiga pl.ctty good idea for these -all the rest b,lt him being ' awvers. , Jrto R.aljzc the truth Mi. I age is idcntilied with the lum- ol(l conductor's expression. 1 ber ., dustry and with the building kn,w j am fL,llow t,lttfs llln.ricd of railroads. He is . type of the u,Mmlch. 1 a,n trying to slow down progressive spirit of the new South, . ( u in a (,.. i wish j und occupies a leading position ....!? i,. .; ,i among the solid and influential men of North Carolina. Washington Post. h Young Man, Be Sober. The Danville Register in discuss ing the question of temperance as applied to business, quotes from the Raleigh Post a statement that "bus- ness requirements are most effect iv agencies in promoting temperance so tar as liquor indulgence is concern ed," and continues in an able dis cussion of tho qiiestioa, although it is an anti-prohibition purer. Jt says: The young mm who looks for ward to a business career in any ca pacity whatever exposes himself to a momentous peril if he takes the risk of forming the liquor habit. In most cases this habit fastens itself upon its victims unawares. The man who so often remarks that he can quit at any time, very frequently tines not tpiit. The time never comes when he admits to himself that he wants to quit until he is en slaved und is no longer his own mas ter. V lieu that time comes, the victim is worthless (except as a sick ening example to others). It is then that he becomes like a l"i"tr.)iinge. ftfef ttf Air, mm Vne aslies are won h more than the wood. For business purposes lie is not worth his room in any sort of an establishment. He could not be trusted to drive an ox cart. If onv of our renders tind this statement inconsistent with our opposition to prohibition, they are welcome to any satisfaction tney may get out of that impression. In both cases our convictions are strong. Wo say, without the least reserva tion, that it is better not to touch, taste or handle alcoholic drinks. No self-respecting young ni:tn with a laudable ambition to make something of himself can afford to tamper with intoxicating liquors. Even sordid considerations, the grade of motives, should restrain him. lo become addicted to sucn a habit is to doom himself in the bus iness world. Nobody wants such a man. Indeed, nobody can afford to have him about, lie does more harm than good. Is more of a hindrance than a help. No matter where he is, outside of a prison, In is in the way. 1 he sense of worth incss which it should be the aim of every rational being to preserve where'no higher claim is recognized, should constitute a loftier motive yet. No man can become a slave to a debasing habit and preserve this sense of worthiness and a commend able degree of self-respect. hen self-respect is gone, all is gone. There is no foundation in the man on which to build a hope. There would be iust as little in him, perhaps, if the world could be so remodeled as to destroy the application of scripture linunctions to res ponaioie oeiugs, or, in other words, to leave men without responsibility for their conduct by taking away every possiuiuiy oi em. V hut the railroads are doing is lor business reasons, but as the Post says, it is in the interest of reason able temperance, and it teds to em phasize one of the common sense motives tor soonetv. it a uruiiKen man is not responsible, a sober man must be responsible lor getting drunk. He does not have to make a fool of himself. Correctly savs an exchange: The columns of a newspaper is tho edi tor's farm his shop his trace, his trade, his grocery, iiis law office or profession, and when he donates spucc for which ho gets no return, he is out, just as the farmer that gives away his pigs and butter and eggs, or the professional man who gives uuvtce gratis. Best Sale of the Season. Mr. W D Palmer, of IavuI Cross, in Randolph county, sold on th Greensboro market Friday a singl load of tobacco for $157. It aver- aced a fraction under 17 cents ne pound. Some of it sold as high as 35 cents pur pound, while a good deal of it brought such prices as 29, 20, 18 and lfil cents. The tobacco was sold at the Planters warehouse. Keiixodle, Gamble & Co. Greensboro, N. C. Sam Jones Writes of Crops, Politics and Things. I returned from mv ten duys' tour of Oklahoma and Indian Territories, Texas, Ixiuisiana, Mississippi and A abam on last J esdav, bettered by the trip, though it was a hard one as to constant travel. I was through a great deal of the cotton belt, and in the language ot the BKy propnet, i still "cherish the opinion" that the cotton crop will not exceed the crop of 1902. I am a bull on the cotton crop, and I am sorry for tho bears this lime. Mv immense crop of eight bales is comfortably housed in a shed on my place, and my creditors are perfectly willing to wait, know ing I have this cotton, and 1 don't know but what I will make them wait until I get 15 cents for it. Of course 1 would not put my crop on the market m one day now, because the spot receipts sometimes bears the market and runs it down. In selling my cotton 1 am like the old conductor when one of his pas sengers complained that hewasinak- iil' no headway wnn ins train, ne ,-,. , , iu,:,, nev'r get mad again. Niiitiines 1 feel like joining Tol fo non-resistance theory, then ugai I feel like God knows best, for He :ild us that if we would resist the .evil he would flee from lis. Lst Tuesday was election day. Nev York, Maryland, Kentucky, Misissippi and liiiode Island, again Denocratic, and now they are talk ing Gorman for president in 1904. Tlw balance of the states overwhelm ing)' and safely Republican. The I cnocrats seem to have risen from thddead and appeared again on earth vicorioiis, but loin donnson, oi Oho, I suppose, is snowed under for goal. Hiiiina will remain in the into, and no doubt remain as nafonul chairman and, gentlemen. lie is hard to beat. I mean as a rider of a candidate. The truth of the biifiness is he never has been beat. Mid if he sits steady in the saddle he vill ride Roosevelt into victory aim Of course it is gratifying to us southern people to know that Missis sippi is still sately I'cmocraiie, una that ii-ginia, with the exception oi two candidates in the legislative wj, is also safely Democratic, and frit'hbfrnv 'tilieasf "in 'rier satefv: tin!, by the way, the counties of astern Kentucky have not been tuny icartl from vet! I doubt if old Breathitt county hasshowed up with her RUmis in full. It is no longer which is the best party, or which will serve alie coun try 'best, but it is which gang has t machine in the best working trder. Machine politics means cor ruption as well as victory. Tam many's forces had the best organized machine in New York, seventy thousand votes the best. MattOjuvy's machine in I'ennsyivania can give my majorities ho may wish, or Re publicans desire. Whether lnrmui has a machine or not, we are salisiied would be an expert in handling one. I have no tears to shed over the ilefeat of Low, nor have I 'iny shouts give forth for the victory ot lani- niaiiy. 1 had rather De a rroniDi tionist and gang by myself, than to be a Democrat or Republican w ith the spoils of ollicc and know I had to pray one way and vote another in o get the victory. A man just can't afford to run with the ma jority in this country, for if helocs and runs with them until he dies, if he don't go to hell it will be because that shebang burned out before he lied; but 1 am perfectly candid when I say that whatever the superiority f the Democratic party may be over the Republican party in the south, that same superiority obtains in the ranks of the Republican party of the north us compared with the Demo cratic party. I care a great deal more about the price of cotton than I do about who was eiecieti in acw jttritiiiy, nun more fur the morals of our country than I do for the victories of either party in any state. It goes without saving tliat there are perhaps millions of good men belonging to tile Uemo cratic and Republican parties, but the machine forces that inn these parties are as corrupt as the devil wants them to be. l nave no uonoi the devil was as much pleased over Tanimanv'8 victory in New York as Rossevelt was pleased with llanna s victory in Ohio. 1 suppose MeClel- lan is as good a man personally us Iiow, but persons do not count where machines control. If you ride with the machine vou rule as snugly u you ride on a Pullman car, but whei the machine runs over a iuiiow it will grind him to powdei. Of course tho tug of war comes on later. The great national campaign next year will make the fur My. What it will do with the commercial manufacturing and financial interests of this country, a prophet can only say. The era of prosperity w hich has blessed this country for six or seven yeais is gradually passing away. The roseate hue on things has already gone, and many a fellow is now run ning for cover. We never have two panics alike, on the same principle that lightning never strikes the same place twice, because the same place stint there next time. I don't look for an avalanche or a crash or an earthquake like we have seen, even when stringencies come, but I think we will gradually work down to a level-headed, conservative basie. and while we may be strained, or bent, we may not be broke. In the meanwhile I am holding my cotton, with the assurance that my creditors will wait as long as I have such assets to meet demands. When a fellow's assets are more than his liabilities he is that much ahead of the grave, for we Iwught nothing into this world, and it is very sure we w ill curry nothing out with us. A gentle hand nursed us in infancy anil a gentle hand will lower us into the grave, and we will be as helpless at one end of the line as at the other and money-less at both ends of the line. Yours trulv, . SAM P. JONES. Education Averse te Work. It's a pity that most people thiuk education and work do not take up their abode together. I reckon we might as well say, in this connection it's a pity there is so much truth in this almost universal opinion. It is true there are a few kinds of work the college boy does not dodge, but for the most part, he is not calculat- ng on taking up ordinary out-door occupations. Ibis, by the way, is not confined to any class or people. It is iust as true of white as colored. Thev all think that education brings is one of its rewards immunity from manual labor. There are, however, too sources to which we may look for correction of this tendency: First, the Agricultural uonege win correct in the minds of the students, this hubit of avoiding work. These young men will be an exumpie to others who may not have enjoyed college training, but who, seeing the college student engage in work, will become better satished to follow incse persuits themselves. So one of the special blessings of the industrial college is that it will add uigniiy to labor as well as prepare the boy for t higher class of service. Tlien ugaiii, the rapid introduction of machinery will exercise a whole some influence in favor of putting young men itito the active persuits of agriculture and other kindred per suits. Plenty of young men would mu a sulky plow, who will not walk after the one followed lv tneir miners. They will And pleasure in mounting it McCorniick reaper, when they would not at ail reuse tne use oi me old fashioned grain cradle So the presence of the educated man in the harvest field and, at the plow. aiid.;i lr,Ui.l ; ;.,.. '., the forces which will finally clothe out door work, with its ju'st and legitimate dignity. Raleigh Times. Eight Great Secrets of Success. A certain fellow w ho answered ad vertisements in cheap story papers has had some interesting experiences. Ik learned that by sending one dol lar he could get a cure for drunk ness. And he did. It was to "take a pledge and keep it." Then he sent fifty two-cent stamps to tind out how to raise turnips suc cessfully. He found out "Just take hold of the tops and pull." The next advertisement he answer ed read: "How to double your mon ey in six months." He was told to convert his money into ouis, ioki I hem, and he would Bee Ins money doubled. Next he sent for twelve useful household articles, and he got a pack e of needles. He was slow to learn, so he sent one dollar to und out -now to gei h." "Work like the devil and never spend a cent," and that stopped bun. But his brother wrote to find how to write with pen or ink. He was told to use a lead pencil. He paid one dollar to learn how to live with oul work, and was told on a postal card: "1-isli for suckers as we do, London, (Ky.) Echo. As They do in London. In the dining room of nearly every hotel in London one finds a round table filled with cold fowl, cold hum. roast beef, tongue and mutton, col lobster and salmon, with mayonnaise and many "chaufroids" so masked with iellv ami so attractively garnish ed that one knows lcf ore tasting that they must lie good. At breakfast and lunch time, and even when iu need of a bite befon going to bed, the true Englishman makes a tour of inspection around this table in order to inspect the particular palate tickler of his own fancv. But the usual breakfast of the ordinary mortal is tea, toast. muffins or very hard cold rolls with eccs or bacon and the inevitable jam. This jam is always obtainable at any English table, and it is of many varieties, orange, plum or staw berry predominating, When the un spoiled American comes along, how ever, lie is served w ith boiled cottec, warmed-over rolls, ice water and ull tlie different kinds of jam at once He swallows this with eggs or bacon, and then he wonders why his diges- tion doesn't digest. The boiled egg is the true test of patriotism. The Englishman eats his in the prope manner, of couisc; he sets it up in tiny cup, breaks the end, adds dash of salt and proceeds to absorb it most daintily witb a tiny spoon But the American asks for two, and he wants them broken into a glass ttunhlcr or goblet, and he then choi them furiously, adding salt, pepper and butter until thoroughly mixed into a delicious mess which tastes better than it looks. Linda Hull Lamed in Good Housekeeping. MONTGOMERY NEWS. Messrs. G S and C G Beaiiian hav bought out the interest of D E Pein- berton of the linn of Hurley & Pein- bertoii. Mr. R O Fry has been elected County Surveyor to till out the term of Mr J T Wade who has resigued. Miss Flora Sugg, ufter making more than friends here, has returned to her beautiful home at Mt. Olivet, in Randolph county. We miss her now but may not long. Her sister, Miss Fstelle is here to loin our school. She is a prodigy m music for one of her age. Mar item. Col. John F. Cotton, a prominent citizen of Flagtown section died last week. After living tu be an old man, he died leaving many friends throughout the county. Miss Noia Bruton of Wadeville, who for several months was a clerk for W W Mills at this place, left for Oak Kidge Institute a few days ago, where she has entered school. Mr B F Shannon of Mecklenburg county has recently purchased a farm of Mr W M Atkins, two or three miles north-west of Troy, and is go ing to stockraisiug. Dr M P Blair has recently bought the James house and lot here at this place. He is going to remodel the house and have nun a nice uweinng there in a short time. The Factory School. When one rcnienibeis that so many phases of factory life have been dis cussed during the past few months, it is strange that so little prominence has been given the factory school. An enterprising company, several years ago, selected wiinin aiewmnes of Atlanta a location for their fac tory. Their choice was indeed a happy one, for the spot naturally pretty, has been made to look very ultractive. un enner sine oi a wiue reet us far as one can see, arc neat cottages, many having a very liome- ke (appearance. ISesules a very pretty little lake, und at the end of the village street, is the school, and thither every morning the "wee bit, ;uls and lassies" wnd their way ith perhaps greater enthusiasm han many children whose school lavs are not so limited. These little people realize that in a short time they will have to lay aside their books to tight in the battle for exist- nee. Happv-hearted, dear little icople they are too, some of them .diidcrfullv bright, eager to Kuril one realizes how they are shifted from pillar to post by the wandering life their parents lead. Like the majority of children, they are fond f ni'ture and one rarely sees tne iris w ithout flowers, or the boys hen their pockets are not overflow in with hickorv nuts, all gathered on long walks thiough the woods. ll is certainly impracticable if not niDossible, to follow in laclorv scnooi work the splendid, course of study ulopted bv our wcii-graueu cnv schools. With the knowledge that in a few years these children must o out prepared for ale s battle one nds it imperative to spend I lus pre cious time in giving them as firm a oiindation as possible, lo do this t is necessary to lav aside many of those studies which make the school room so fascinating to the child of today. "The spirit of youth That means to be of note, begins betimes," And it is not hard to discover diir g the few years allowed him whether a child shows determination to rise above the average in factory ife. The inherent love of a story is n bond which unites the children of men the world over and here m the factory school it manifests itself as elsewhere. They are great readers, hese little mill people, and when one remembers that a child's first impulse is to imitate, the question suggests itselt w hy not lead mem upward by means ot tneir iavome heroes and heroines? They have time and inclination to read, but the material is sadly lacking. Let the sweet influence of our old masters come into their lives, bringing with it a purer, higher atmosphere; lead them into a hitherto undiscovered country and the harvest will indeed be great. Help the children and sooner or later you w ill be unbound ed. Somewhere Uuskin says "bo till the mind with good, that the evil will ull be crowded out," and cer tainly that should be the motto in all work with mill children. There may be other ways of helping the factory situation, but one certain way is by helping the children to grow up with higher, nobler ideals and w ith the moral courage to iiiinu them. Atlanta Journal. Success Without Money. The brisk attack on snobbery that was a lauding feature of the October Everybody s has been followed up in flip November issue bv a significant article on "Successful Men who are not Kich." Success without money seems anomalous to the modern American; yet, on reflection, the most eager devotee of plutocracy cannot deny that such men as Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, Pres. Eliot of Har vard. Dr. Rainsford and General Joe Wheeler are, in the best senBe of the term, successful. And the privutc income of the most succes.ful man in the United States to-dny Theo dore Koosevelt is said to be well under $7,500 yearly. It is good to be reminded of these triumphs that are not mean u red in dollars. Good Things to Eat. Apple Lemon Pie. Grate tho yellow rind of one lemon, add the juice, one egg, and one cup of sugar. Beat all well together, then stir in two medium sized apples gruted. Bake between two crusts. Chocolate Frosting. Melt one square of chocolate, three table spoons of sugar and one tablespoon of water together until smooth and glossy. Beat the white of an egg enough 80 that it can be taken p on a spoon, but not until frothy, add one-half cup of powdered sugar and stir until smooth and light, then add the chocolate mixture and one half teaspoon of vanilla. Beat smooth and spread on the cake. Chocolate Ijayer Cake, Cream one-half cup of butter, and ono and one-half cups of sugar, add the beaten yolks of four eggs, one-half cup of sour milk in which ouc-half level teaspoon of soda is dissolved. Add four squares of chocolate melt ed over hot water and beat well. Sift another half level teaspoon of soda in two cups of flour and add to the first mixture with one-half tea spoon of vanilla lla.-oring. Beat all well together then fold in the whites of the four eggs beaten stiff. Bake in shallow round pans and spread with lemon icing. Plain Doughnuts. Beat two eggs, add one cup of sugar, one teaspoon of melted butter, ono cup of milk and three level teaspoons of baking powder sifted in two cups of flour and as much more flour as needed to make a dough as soft as can be handled. Cut out iu shapes and fry in hot lard. Molasses Candy. Cook together one and one-half cups of molasses and one-half cup of brown sugar un til it will harden when a little is dropped in water. Then sprinkle with one-quarter teaspoon of soda and beat. Cool enough to handle, then work until light colored or al most white and cut apart with scis sors when pulled out in long strips. rrench nous. ocam one pins oi milk and a rounding tablespoou of butter, the same of sugar, one level teaspoon of salt and when cooled sufficiently add one-half yeast cake. Mix with enough Hour to make a dough that will knead and then knead a long time. Set in a warm place to rise; knead again and make up in small rolls. Let rise until light and bake. Cheup Loaf Cake. When eggs are scarce und high a very good cake is made by the following rule: Cream one-half cup of butter, add one and one-half cups of sugar, and bt:l w'trAi.insmvw tfrnr rrfifr fevn teaspoons of baking powder, one cup of milk, one egg beaten light and last a cup of seeded und cut raisins floured lightly. Use any flavoring liked and bake in a long narrow pan which will make slices nearly square. Cake made light with baking powder will not keep moist as long as wnen more eggs are used, lor uaKiug powder always has a tendency to dryness m bread or cake. Sour Milk Cookies. Cream one cup of butter, add two cups of sugar aud one egg; beat well agaiu, add one cup of sour milk and then live cups of flour in which one level teaspoon ot soda nas ueen biiccu twice. Use a teaspoon of mixed spice, or a teaspoon of any flavoring preferred, with no more nour u n. is tossible to roll out tlm tiongn. vut in rounds and bake. Lemon Layer Cake. Cream one third cup of butter, add one ct p of granulated sugar, two beaten eggs, one-half cup of sugar, one-ha'.f cup of sweet milk and one and ore-half cups of flour sifted with two level teaspoons of baking powder. Bake in layer cake pans and spread with a lemon filling. Lemon Filling. Grate the yellow rind of one lemon, add the juice, one tablespoon of water, one-half cup of sugar, one egg, and a level table spoon of butter. Boil two minutes and spread on cake after it is cooled. Indian Toust. Make a toast grayy with four cups of milk scalded, and thickened with four level Uible spoous of fl"ur, and cooked ten minutes to take out the raw starchy taste. Add four level tablespoons of butter, one-quarter teaspoon of salt and a teaspoon ot sugar, loast slices ef brown bread on both sides and lay in a deep ditch; pour over the toast gravy and serve not. vo not let it stand and become sou bqu mushy. Pocketbook Rolls. Scald two cups of milk and add a slightly rounding tablespoon of butter, a rounding tablespoon of sugar, and one-quarter level teaspoon of salt. When cool add one-half yeast cake dissolved in one-half cup of luke warm water and two quarts of flout . Knead well and let rise. At night kuead again, using as little flour as possible. In the morning roll out without kneading aooui nan au inch thick, cut in squares and spread a little butter on one side, fold oyer, put few ut in a buttered pan and let rise minutes and take. Higb Poiat Man Injured. While on its way to the fire Sat urday evening about 6 o'clock the hose "wagon of the Steamer company struck John Wells, a white machin ist of High Point, and knocked mm down, one af the horses stepping in his face and on his right arm. lie rneeived a. number of painful cuts and bruises and several teeth were knocked out The accident occurr ed on South Elm Street near the Southern depot After receiring surgical attention Wells was sent to his home in High Point His con dition though panful is not oonsid ered particularly serious. The firs proved to be a flue burning oat in a cottage on Bain street, and no dan age reaultetL C reeuaboro Patriot.