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VOL. XXVIII.
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ME
I
CakiJoi'.'a-"' JiiiiiMfait
VARNER
Meeting at Washington, D. C, ol the
North Carolina Press Association,
Before the Association Dec. 2,
1903.
Fellow Members of the North
Carolinu Press Association
Before I begin my address I desire
to acknowledge my gratitude, and
thank each of you from the bottom
of my heart for the honor you paid
me tit rightsville last any in un
unimoiisly electing mo president of
your association. I shall always
feel grateful to you for this and
other honors you have conferred up
on me in the past.
This, our first special mid-winter
meeting, was called to meet here for
the purpose of talking shop in its
most practical form. A meeting to
get our heads together and make the
North Carolina 1'ress Association
more of a business organisation than
it has ever been before. This can
be done to the profit of all news.
papers in our tvtato regardless ot
size or kind. The tone and charac
ter of the press in North Carolina is
above the average. Uur editors ur
among the best citizens in the State,
and the citizenship of North Caro
lina has no superior in this grand
union.
Out State has been unfortunate in
having no large cities, 82 per cent.
f our population being rural, there
fore, our papers daily ana weekly
ave been in the main country news
papers.
The manufacturing interests in
North Carolina is going forward at a
lipid rate our towns are growing
nto cities, and mu citizens are pros
lerinp-; in fact. North Carolina is
the "New Lnglaml of the bout li.
North Carolina manufactures
more cotton than she produces; she
the South in the manufacture
of furniture, chairs, knitting mill
roducts, tobacco, wagons and other
things too tedious to mention.
Libor troubles do not bother us,
vet labor is scarce, high priced and
contented.
North Carolina is doing more to
educate her children than any other
State in the South, lhe press of
the State is largely responsible for
this condition of affiiiis.
The prospects for successful news
aper enterprises in North Carolina
arc better to-dav than ever before.
Not for a larger number of papers,
but for fewer and better papers.
One good newspajK-r is probably the
most, valuable enterprise any town
can possess, but two poor papers
where there is only room ior one to
make a decent living, fighting and
uttiug each others throat is a nui-
ance to any community. We should
ill want to make our papers more
irofitable, and to do this we must
put more wci k ou ineiii auu wane
hem belter ami more attractive
better locally and editorially. This
is the fimndati.m of newspaper sue-
ess. After we have made our
apers hi tler it is much easier to
build ciicuhiiion, which is the basis
or the advertising man to build on.
pass the question of how to make
a L'oud newspaper, lightly, for that
is easy where a man has a "nose for
a knowledge of human
nature and is not afraid of work.
I armroaeh the question of how to
handle the advertiser and the adver-
isimr agent with fear and trembling
for this question has been discussed
bv the North Carolina Press Associa
tion at every meeting since its orgam-
ation atUohlsboro, N. C, May 14,
1873, when the following resolution
was passed: "Ilesolvetl that the
nress feel themselves in honor and
duty bound to charge published
. J i.i n i- :..t -....., i...
ales, anu me an -bjh-liui iuhi uv
liseontimied." This re s o 1 u t i o n
proves to me that the brethren start-
d out right, bin ior ine last iinrij
ears a great nioiority nave been xaii-
ng from grace and losing money.
One of the oldest advertising
agiits in the United States, said
years ago that "The most im busi
ness-hko men in tins coining i; mi
newspaper publishers." I do nol
doubt the truthfulness of what he
said, but I thing he should have ex
cepted the brethren who do job
printing, tor they will uo worn ue
low cost to keep another man from
securing it and making a small
profit.
The average country weekly is
gradually losing ground with the
foreign advertiser and the foreign
advertising is drifting to the maga
zines and large dailies.-' This is
caused from the fact that the maga
zines and large dailies advertise the
menu of their publications ana Keep
solicitors or special salaried represen
tatives on the road soliciting busi
ness and talking up their publica
tions. These large dailies and maga
zine! have a tised price for their ad
vertising space and "stick to it.
The acquaintance and friendship of
the foreign advertiser and advertis
ing agent should be cultivated by
the newspaper man an J especially
the advertising agent, as he is the
man who creates the business. I he
advertising manager for an agency
or an advertiser who sends out bust
ness direct is perfectly willing to
pay a reasonable price for space in
your pairer, but he wants to buy at
the lowest price possible that's his
business, lie is, as a rule, a high
toned educated gentleman, receiving
a salary of from $5,000 to $20,000
per year for his service, and he
makes the best trade he can for his
client. If he did not do this, be
would be unfaithful to bis employer.
I was talking to a prominent cd
Trtiaintr Hcrpnt a few weeki aeot
about wliat I am now about to urge
you to do, establish nuiform rates,
ADDRESS OP HON. H.
and he said:
'It is the only salva-1 agencies, I have decided that the fol
all daily and country lowing schedule is an equitable rate
tion for the small dailv and country
weekly, the largo metropolitan paper
can take care of itself."
Another prominent advertising
agent said: "The newspaper de-
piirtment of our agency is the most
expensive and least profitable of any
one ot the several branches, for the
reason that there are very few in-
stances where a fixed and staple
rate prevails, and the rates on by far
the majority of newspapers must be
arrived at by precedents established
by means of orders placed. Our
rate file is cpanded und perfected
in proportion to the number of news
papers with which we are doing
business, uni in new territory one
must blaze out a fresh path along
these lines by making a proposition,
counter propositions nndcairying on
a correspondence of from one to six
months duration. The agency loses
much time and is put to great ex
pense through thn unwillingness of
publishers to answer propositions.
Kcturu postage, registered letters
and telegrams must bo used in many
instances if replies are to be secured.
lhe lack of a fixed rate for space is
one of the costliest things that pub-
ishers have to meet today.
The bill posters take from pub
lishers unnually many thousands of
dollars worth of business, because
they have a perfected organization
which not only establishes rates but
maintains them. With an estimate
of six hundred million dollars paid
out for advertising last year, it is
safe to predict an increase to seven
Ini ml red million for the coming veur.
The question is, brethren, shall wc
get our share of this business or
hall we continue to dream while the
other fellow gets the business? I
HON. II. It. VAUXEI1, PRESIDENT
THE XOUTH CAHOI.IXA PRESS
ASSOCIATION.
desire to urge you to establish a Hut
rate a uniform rate per thousand
reulatioii and stick to it. When
this is done you win the respect and
confidence of the adveetiser and ad-
ertisiug agent and business is com-
arntively easy to get. It is not a
ise of establishing uniform rates
md standing by them win or lose;
f you establish a rate and stand by
t you are certain to win mi l if you
o otherwise, ninetv-nino times out
f a hundred you are sure to play a
osing game, r.very men ot ua ver
sing in your paper represents ex
pense just the same as every bushel
f wheat raised by the farmers in
North Carolina represents expense.
Some farmers say they cm raise
heat for 50 cents per bushel, n hat
ould you think if they would sell
one-hundred bushels of that for 2o
cents per bushel just because they
got 75 cents per bushel for another
ot of the same wheat.' tvery cent
per bushel th; farmer received above
he actual cost helps to pay the ni-
rest ou his investment and to give
him a prolit. Canvass the situation
carefully and determine the basis on
Inch your space may be sold then
x your rate and stick to it. 1 he
man who has no firm conviction con
cerning the question he has decided,
and who has not the confidence and
stamina suHicient to maintain his dec
ision will never gain the desired
end.
Advertising agents laugh at the
ridiculous propositions accepted by
many publishers. In conversation
with the head ot a big agency re
cently, I was informed that the
agency had sent out the most ridic
ulous propositions they could possi
bly fix up just as nn experiment to
see .how many hungry publishers
wouiti accept it witnout complaint,
aud to their amusement over forty
per cent were accepted. It is the
business of the advertiser and adver
tising agent to place their ads. in
your paper for the least money pos
sible, und it is your business and
duty to fix a reosoiiable rate and
stand by it und in the end you will
secure the business, as well us the
confidence and respect of the adver
tiser.
I recommend and urge you to
adopt a minimum fixed flat rate for
this association and suggest that the
constitution be changed so that if
any member of this association shall
take advertising for less rate than
those adopted by the North Carolina
Press that said member be expelled
and placed on the black list.
I also recommend that the annual
dues of this association be increased
to $10 per year.payabie iu advance eo
that we may have funds sufficient to
pay a competent person to handle
the foreign advertising for this asso
ciation.
It is niv opinion that this associa'
tion should meet every three or six
month 4 to discuss the business end
of our newspapers. We should be
more harmonious and stand together
as one man for the elevation and bet-
ferment ot the press oi the otate.
I After some thought and consulla
I tion with advertisers and advertising
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY DECEMBER ,10 I90J.
lowing schedule is an equitable rate
i for foreign advertising and submit
the same for your consideration,' I
am sure that these figures are bi'Sed
on good business principals, una
thai it is the lowest price you can
afford to make advertising contracts
ior anu leave you a reasonauie pront:
Tapers of 500 Cir.
3c per inch
1000
5c
" 1500 " Gc "
" 2000 " 7c "
" 2500 " 0c "
3000 " 11c "
" 3500 " 12c "
" 4000 " 133c "
" 4500 " 15c "
" 5000 " lfic "
" b'OOO " 19c "
" 7000 " 22c "
" 800O " 25c "
This schedule of rates is for ad
vertising when electors are used.
Five cents per inch extra is a reason
able price to charge for composition.
The advertising agent expects anu
should haxe 15 per cent commission
from your lowest price. These prices
are for good position run of the
papei. I imagine I hear the voice of
a brother saying, "Nonsense, it can't
bo done," and another saying, "I
am getting a better rute than that at
present.". If you are getting a better
rate stick to it, but a majority ot you
are selling your space at a lower
rate, therefore, we should get to
gether and fix a minimum rate and I
predict that if it is done the mem
bers of this association will have
thousands of dollars iu their pockets
where some lire now hard run to pav
expenses. If an advertiser or adver
tising agent comes to you and says
absolutely that he cannot and will
not pay such a price, but will give
you 7o per cent ot your rate, vou
may think you cannot afford to lose
the contract, you figure that here is
a pick-up of $25, 75 or $200 and it
would help you to pay some notes
soon to be due tor material, etc. 1 he
temptation is great and many yield.
When this is done you destroy the
confidence of the advertiser in you
and there is no end to the trouble
you will have with him afterwards.
Don t be fooled by him; stand by
vour price and the advertiser and ad-
"vorliainn- ,irr,.i,f u ill nrililn III villi mill
your rate. It may be in a month or
it may take a year, but he is sure to
come if your price is reasonable and
vou have the backbone to ftund bv
It.
The following extract from a let
ter wiitten by a big advertising
agency proves the truthfulness of my
assertions, the letter says: "Vou
must bear in mind that the advertis
ing agent stands between the publish
er und the advertiser. It is necessary
for us to accumulate a hatjh of let
ters to thoroughly convince the ad
vertiser that we are doing the best
for him that is possible for any one
to do. Whenever you receive a re
quest for us to allow your rates to be
cut, turn it down just as hard as
you wish to, und if you continue to
stick to your rates you will get the
business iu the end if it is possible
for us to obtain it for you. This is
the case with all papers that have
reasonable rates and stick to them."
The truth of this letter has been con
firmed in many ways since then. It
should be a good sermon to every
publisher today. Have a fair rate, a
reasonable one, tell vour honest cir
culation and then stick to your
prices.
I am conscious of the fact,
brethren, that I have taxed your
patience, but I felt it my duty to
talk along the line I have pursued,
and I sincerely hope you will take
some action on the question of ad
vertising, which is the bread and
butter of our business.
I again thank you most sincerely
for your many kindnesses add I hope
that this our "first mid-winter meet
ing will be, the most pleasant and
profitable in the history of our associ
ation. He'll Do.
"He'll do," said a gentleman de
cisively, speaking of an ollico boy
who had been in his employ but a
single day.
"What makes you think so'r"
"Because he gives himself up so
entirely to the tusk in hand. I
watched him while he swept the
otlice, and although a procession,
with three or four brass bands in it.
went by the office while he was at
work, he paid no attention to it, but
swept on as if the sweeping of that
room was the only thing ot any con
sequence ou this earth at that time.
Then 1 set him to adttre68ing some
envelopes, and although there were
lot of picture papers and other
apers on the tick at which he sat,
he paid do attention at all to them,
but kept right on addressing those
envelopes until the last one of them
was done, lie II do, because he is
thorough and dead in earnest about
everything.
You may be naturally a very smart
person; you may be so gifted tuat
you can do almost anything, but all
that vou do will lack perfection, if
you do not do it with all of jour
heart and -trength.
Woman vs. Man.
As an all-round proposition a wo
man can discount a man any day.
The man knows one thing maybe,
mid he sweats over that and tells now
hard he works while a woman from
early morn till dewy eve, land if the
baby bus tne cone, until alter miu-
mght, does more things than a man
could do. Her enviroment has held
her down but she is learning new
tricks right along and within three
hundred years, unless man progress
es he is going to be a back number
when compared to the brisk busy.
little business woman of today.
Fairbrother's Everything.
TALK ON FARM IMPLEMENTS.
now They Have Siowiy Been Developed
From the Most Ancient Times.
R. IlcH lit Mnrlln In (iiiHtnnlit OrurttS.
Recognizing that agriculture is the
greatest und most important of all
industries, and that of ull men t,he
farmer is the real power in this
country, we send a greeting to them
in the shape of a "special topic"
this week on farm tools. Again
have our farmers been blessed in
"basket and store." Corn yielded
bountifully. The cotton crop was
somewhat short. We are thankful
that old Gaston still holds her place
as an agricultural county.
Evolution in 1a km Implements.
Iu viewing tho history of the
world, one of the things that strikes
the mind with peculiar force is, that
for the first 6,000 years of the world's
existence, according to uccepted
chronology, little or no change was
made in the method ot cultivating
the soil or in caiingfor the products
of the ground. It is true that they
were of slow growth, hut agriculture
laggard centuries behind tho others,
with the single exceptiou, perhaps,
of the manner of reducing grain to
flour or meal. As far back as
history runs, we find that the only
method oi reuucing gram ioi me
oven was by pounding it in a motor
with a nestle. This was slow and
laborious. After many centuries,
came the method of grinding be
tween stones. Not until recently
has the roller null come into exis
tence. Take the sowing of gruiu for ex
ample: The lirst and naturul
method was by scatterii.g the seed by
hund broadcast. This method fur
nished our Savior a theme for one
of his finest, most exquisite and ef
fective parables "A sower went
forth to sow." How wc enjoy that
divine parable!
Agriculture was one of the lirst
industries that engaged the atten
tion of man, fjr we read in the
sacred volume that Cain, the son of
Adam, was a tiller of the soil, and
Abel was u shepherd.
Agriculture has been held in the
highest esteem in nil ages of the
world's history. The greatest part
of the woi Id's populutioi. has been
engaged in tilling the soil, und today
the agriculture interests of the world
arc greater than all others combined.
The ancient Egyptians were til
lers of the soil; Abraham was an
agriculturist.
What were the lirst implements
This is uncertain. Among the re
lics of prehistoric races have been
found rude stone spades. In an
cient Egypt the farmer waited for
the ovei flow of the Nile, then he
went forth and sowed broadcast on
the slime or oozy mud and waited
for the coming of the harvest.
Among the hieroglyphics found iu
Egypt is a representation resembling
a pick, which was doubtless used in
preparing the soil for sowing the
seed. The ancient ( reeks placed
agriculture among the favored in
dustries. The oldest record we have of a
plow is from llesiod, a Greek writei
who describes u plow consisting of a
here, beam ami handles, lius was
about 1,000 years before Christ.
The Greeks were the lirst to improve
agrieulturiiil implements, for they
hud hoes, rakes and harrows; ana
many eminent Greeks and Homiuis
wrote essavs on the science of agri
culture" in that day and tune.
Plinv savs that "fouj hundred stalks
of wheat grown from a single seed
were sent, to ine j.inin-iui nuguo
And again, "three hundred aud forty
stalks of wheat from a single grain
were sent to the Emperor Nero,
with the statement that "the soil
when drv was so stiff that the strong
est ox could not plow it, but after a
wet season 1 nave seen it openeu oy
a plow drawn by a wretched dun key
at one end, u "luzy wenclt at the
other." The ancient plow shares
were simply u piece of seasoned wood
with a point of iron. They were of
the rudest construction and could
penetrate only about two inches
deep. Thomas Jefferson invented
tho mouldooard plow.
Agriculturists have been slow in
adopting new inventions, so wedded
are they to the old methods that
have come down from liibie limes.
This may have arisen from the fact
that agriculture was the last indus
try to have labor saving devices.
Every other industry had received
the attention and profited by the
genius of inventors long before any
body seemed to think that any im
proved implements for the farm
could be made.
Uow prehistoric man harvested is
not known. The sickle was first
used. This crescent-shaped knife
was tor centuries ine oniy tool useu
in harvesting. We read of the sickle
the Bible, und frequently m
poems ou harvest, uray, iu nis
tfegy in a Country Churcn laru.
says:
The sweetest pastorial idvl in the
Bible is the story of Uuth, as she
followed the reapers gleaning in the
field of her nio'.her-iu-law. In theJ.
old allegories death is represented
"With a "I'-kUi, nlmrp ami keen,
KrniilliK tlui golilcii Rrain,
Ami tnc flower that lull iMtweeil."
Later came the cradle and scythe,
Man's necessities are God's oppor
tunities. Whitney and bis cotton
gin revolutionized the production of
cotton. lias iiowe oroiigm into
the world the sewing machine
Isaac Watts furnished the world
with a new power. Robert Fulton
applied the iniwer of Watts to navi
gatiou. Cyrus II. McCormick de
signed and invented the modern
reaper. Today the plant of the Mc
Cormick Manufacturing Company
embraces a town of itself, and is
subtirb of that great city of the
.1 .i r-v.: til
Buy Things al Home.
By substituting Ashoboro for Au
gusta wherecver the latter appears in
the annexed article from the Chron
icle our home people will have some
interesting rending:
The place ot the people of Au
gusta to traiWfs ju Augusta. This
is not a m w theme fur the Chronicle
to discuss, but it is .- Hiilely one. A
new business seasoi opening up.
when housekeepers buying new fur
nit ure, carpei.-, stoves, w indow cur
tains, rugs and scores of household
articles.
It would surprise readeis of the
Chronicle, perhaps to know how
many peoi 'e in Augusta do their
important shopping iu New York,
Koston or Baltimore. And it would
surprise these Aorthein shoppers
even more if they would place their
Northern purchases alongside ar
ticles of the same character and
class is the stores of Augusta and
compare goods R'ul prices. They
would imvi' tiu-ir eyes open to the
fact that many things are available
right here vt. home cheaper than
they got it u thou-.tiul miles away,
'i'here is no ecinit v iu bnving
goods in a N'irt,'-. city. The
chances are Hi .. y more, and
without the s "nee of good
material that ; iu dealing
with a ryputai)!'' i ,t ,ant at home.
You have the cost of expivssage, the
chance of loss or damage, if not ex
pressed, or the cost of railroad trans
portation if you do your shopping in
person.
Of course, vou see larger stocks
and bigger stores in New York, but
when you come to till your wants
they ure usually from standard goods
and your shopping is not at all fa
cilitated by being in a department
store covering ucies, and employing
six or eight Honrs, und several thous
and clerks. You do not want to
combine a walking match or an ex
position with your shopping, und the
chances are that you could have got
ten at home just what you finally se
lect in New Vnrk after hours and
days tramping and seeing things
that you did not want.
The stores in Augusta are now
presenting complete li;..-. of fine Fall
goods, and by con-uii ing the adver
tising columns nt tin .. Miucle you
will liii'l bai'g.iiiH ;i I, ue that make
that Northern shuppi.ig cither in
person, by a tueiiil, or by mail
orders entirely uuuecrcssurv.
You make your money in Augusta
and, where all things are anything
like epual, shmjd spend it, here.
When an 'Augusta merchant wants
anything iu your line you do not
expect him to go elsewhere and pat
ronize those in other communities.
Trade ut home is a good Octobei
aud November motto.
A WorJ for flood Roads.
America took the idea of the steam
railroad from England and expanded
that idea as the English never could
nive done. Today our country not
only leads in mileage but builds the
best locomotives ii.u.l the linest cars;
and there are several riii'.wav systems
in the United Stal.s t hut have no
superior iu point of nit'anizatiou and
equipmeut.
In the midst of this development
of the railway, however, America
has largely lost sight of the import
ance of the public road. The twin
lines of steel are depended on to carry
the load and burden of a marvelous
ly active commerce, mid but little is
thought of the branching roadways
which act as feeders to the great
arteries of trade feeders which per
meate the farmingdistrietsund furn
ish every wayside station with its
piota ot wheat, cotton, corn ami
other staple products.
In other words, the arteries ot the
nation are ficj and full, but the
capillaries ihe complex network ot
small channels re.u bing out through
the ultimate tissues arc clogged
and oftentimes usil -.-s.
Every time th :' ' '.toii loaded
with cotton stie - mud of u
id road, the n.,' . something.
The reason t'e i mil railroad
has added so l.i-.n wealth of
mankind is that, it ...is cheapened the
cost of transport inn for useful articles
Bad roads greatly increase the cost oi
runsportutiuti, and tin farmer is the
loser the tanner bfst ami tnewnoie
country at length.
It has ol ton been pointed mil mat
lerhuns the chief secret ot the great
ness of the Roman empire was found
in its niiictiitieent roads. Whorever
the Roman eagles went, they left be
hind them a hplendid highway, and
these Roman roads, built to outlast
the centuries, form today the grand
est monument left by a-y kingdom
or empire.
Governor .Montague, ol lrginia,
uttered u striking truth the other
night w nen lie saiu, .o chiumuuh
has ever outlived the common road."
The Journal has for a long time
lost no opportunity to remind the
people of the south, an 1 especially of
Georgia, that good reads are the cry-
need of tins t-.ci. oi and stale,
h better roads, t income of
tin southern farimi would be in
creased by a large percentage, aud
the national prosperity would be ue
cidedly greater. Atlanta Journal.
Bob Deal's Latest.
There's a lot of different sorts,
sizes and shades of characteis in the
world, but the latest edition of court
house characters was given in here
last week. The lawyer asked, "well
what is the defendant's character for
truth and henesty?" The witness
hesitated, but finally answered, "it
vour Honor please.
he s a none
trader." That's a new one. Wilkes-
I boro Chronicle.
'
A Message From a Great North Caro
linian nf be Pss! to the Nsrih
Carolinians of the
Present.
If it must be so, let parties und
party men continue to quarrel with
little or uo leg.ird to tho public good
They may mistify themselves a"d
others with disputatious on political
economy, proving the most opposite
doctrines to their own satisfaction
and perhaps to the conviction of no
one else on earth. They may de
serve reprobation foi theii selfishness
their violence, their errors, or their
wickedness. I hey may do our coun
try much harm. They may retard
its growth, destroy its harmony, irn
pair its character, render its iiiBtitu,
tions unstable, pervert the public
mind, and deprave the public morals.
These are indeed evils, and sore evils
but the principle ot life remains,
and will yet struggle with assured
success over these temporary mala
dies. Still.,we are great, glorious,
united, and free, still we have u
name that is revered abroad und lov
ed at home, a name which is a
tower of strength to us against for-
eigu wrong and a boud of internal
union and harmony, a mime which
no enemy pronounces but with re
speet, and wh.ch no citizen hears but
with a throb of exulation. Still we
have that blessed Constitution, which
with all its alleged violations, has
conferred more benefit ou man than
ever flowed from any other human
institution r Inch has established
justice, insured domestic tranquility,
provided for the common defense,
promoted the general welfare, and
which, under God, if we bo true to
ourselves, will insure the blessings
of liberty to us and to our posterity.
Surely such a country und such u
Constitution have claims upon you,
my friends, which) cannot be disre
garded. 1 entreat aud adjure you,
then, by all that is near and dear to
vou on earth, by till the obligations
bf patriotism, by the memory of vour
fathers who fell in the great and
glorious .struggle, tor the sake of
your sons whom you would not have
to blush tor your degeneracy, by all
your proud recollection of the past
and all your fond anticipations of
the altiturc renown of our nation,
preserve that .country, uphold that
Constitution. Resolve that they
shall not be lost while in your keep
ing, and may God A 1 m i g h t y
strengthen you to fulfill that vow!
Judge lllmm Gaston, to the .Liit
erary societies of the University ot
North Carolina, 1832
Old Red Eye, For and Against.
"1 send you some of the most
wonderful whiskey that ever drove
the skeleton from the feast or paint
ed landscapes in the brain of man.
It is the mingled souls ot w heat and
corn, in it you win mm tne sun
shine and shadow that chased each
other over billowy fields, tho breath
of the lark, the dew of the uighl.the
wealth of summer and autumn s rich
content all golden with imprisoned
light. Drink it, and you will hear
the voice of men and maiden s sing
ing tics 'Harvest Home,' mingled the
laughter of children. Drink it und
you will feel within your blood the
tarred dawns, the dreamy tawny
dusks of perfect davs. For forty
years this liquid joy has been within
slaves of oak, longing to touch the
lips of man.
Hit. .1. M. I1I.TKI.KV S KEl'LY.
"1 send you sonic of the most
wonderful whiskey that over brought
a skeleton into tho closet, or puiht:;d
scenes of lust ami bloodshed in the
brain of man It is tho ghost of
wheat and corn, ciazed by the loss of
their natural bodies. In it you will
lind a transient sunshine, chased by
a shadow cold as Arctic midnight, in
which the breath of June grows icy,
and the carol of the lark gives place
to the foreboding cry of the raven.
Drink it, ur.d yon shall have woe,
sorrow, babbling, and wounds with
out cause, your eyes shall behold
strange women, your heart shall ut
ter perverse things. Drink it deep
and you shall hear the voice of de
mons shrieking, women waning una
worse than orphaned children
moil ruing the loss of u father who
yet lives. Drink it deep and Ser
punts will hiss iu your ears, coil
themselves about your neck and seize
vou with their fangs; for 'ut last it
biteth like a seriieut and stingeth
like an adder." For fortv years this
liquid death has been within staves
of oak, harmless there us purest
water. I send it to vou that you
may put an enemy in your mouth to
steal away your brains. Anu vei i
call myself vour friend."
The Laurel Hill correspondent of
the Laurinburg Exchange gives the
following:
The joke is on the enterprising
farmer who took a tramps advice
about how to catch cows. He was
told to make 'cm drunk and then he
could catch the whole flock, so he
promptly procured a half gallou of
whiskey and soaked a lot of corn
after which he put the bait out in
the Held then went to the house to
give 'em time to find the corn and
get drunk. He didn't have long to
wait. The crows soon began to make
a terrible noise and began to fight,
so he went out the back way,
through the thicket to get close np
unobserved and this is what he saw:
The crows had been fighting to find
out who was boss and the boss crow
was standing on a stump swapping
off the whiskey soaked corn, one
grain for two of the other kind.
Foley's Honey mad Tar
lor JUidnn, safe, aori. jvoopHHe.
f 1.00 Per Tear
C24
POTTER ON THE DRUNKARD.
The "Victim" Is Always the Victim of
His Owa Maklnf.
clilcaffo.Rcoord-Herald.
Bishop Potter struck unerringly
at the weak point in many a temper
ance crusada when he said: "In John
B. Cough's pictures in his temper
ance agitation the drunkard was al
ways a victim almost a martyr.
This is a false sentiment The
drunkard is not to be regarded with
the compassion meted to the man
who committs an act under the in
fluence of temporary emotion. The
whole theory of aotign s leacning
was false and rotten."
Though the dualities of mercy and
charitableness should temper judg
ment, it may be said very positively
that the drunkard has been the re
cipient of far more sympathy than
he deserves. If be is occasionally
driven back to drink by the severity
of self-righteous critics who are ot
just perfect themselves, the dispo
sition in the time of all great "re
form" movements is to coddle him
as if he were an irresponsible child,
and to pour the vials of wrath and
vials of liquor also upon tne neaa oi
the saloon keeper. This latter per
son, moreover, is pictured as a sort
of malignant spirit whose sole pur
pose iu life is to make men drunk
ards and whose joy at the accom
plishment of his object is as the joy
of fiends.
The theory in both aspects is, as
the bishop says, utterly false. Gen
erally speaking, the drunkard is a
responsible person given over to self-
indulgence. He understands what
the consequences or drinking are,
but either he has so underminded
is will by the indulgence that he
'himperinglv concedes everything
to his appetite, or such will as he
liux is the will of a wroiicr headed
pride which makes him feel that it
18 more manly to assert, niB personal
llc.rty gVu'"g drank thn re"
fusing to drink.
If we excuse him for his defects
of will aud character we ni"st ex
cuse all the wrong-doing in the
world in 'thi mime wuv. sanction
every indulgence .of self, repudiate
nil discipline, deny the freedom or
the will. But the world is not so
morons to other faults and the fact
that Ithe drunkard is too often
coddled and his abuse is too often
coaxed into "a repetition by kind
treatment wheu he should be aban
doned to his own resources and lit
erally left alone.
As for the saloon keeper, he is un
doubtedly in a questionable business,
but he is not a fiend. And even tr
he cucourages Jrunkeness, the 'vic
tim" is always in the lost analysis a
ictim of his own making.
Encouragement.
There is nothing more helpful to
human beings than a little sincere
praise, not flattery, not fulsome com
pliment, but deserved praise tactful-
bestowed.
Many hard workers conclude that
their labors are not appreciated, and
some become discouraged because no
one gives them a word of praise to
cheer them on their way.
Many act on the principle that
praise is dangerous, and leave those
that serve them to starve for the
help that a word of praise would
bring, but it is not spoken.
Some are afraid to praise the cbu-
ren lest it spoil them. A person is
apt to live up to the estimate you pnt
upon him. This is certainly true it
he has any sense aud is any account.
raise does not hurt a boy or girl
that has brains. It inspires them to
ilo their very best, and makes them
happy while they are striving for
praise. Do not allow yours to snffer
in that wav, but praise them when
ever they deserve it.
Life is full of trials, burdens, bit
terness, pains and discouragements.
There is work enough; there is fail-
re enough; there is discouragement
enough in the world. Let us not
forget that there are lonely hearts to
r, comfort, inspire, encourage,
und lighten the burdens of others
while the days are going by."
There are many wives who would
be astonished beyond measure if
their husbands were to speak a word
of praise to them and perhaps there
are some husbands who do not re
ceive much of uch encouragement
from their wives. There are some
children that would be frightened if
ather were to stop to praise them.
Blame is very common and many
seem to think that the best way to
keep others in line is to blame them.
If you have been acting on this im
pression change your plan, and go
about dispensing kind words and
praise, and von will correct ranits,
encourage the hopeless, make heavy
hearts light, and be better ana bap
pier yourself. Be slow to blame,
quick to praise and kind at all times.
The Horse Here's to Hlfla.
The Horse "Here's to that bun-
die of sentient nerves, with the heart
of a woman, the eyes of a gaselle,
the courage of a gladiator, the docil
ity of a slave, the proud carriage or
a king, and the blind obedience of a
soldier; the companion of the desert
plain, that tarns tne moist arrows
in the spring in order that all the
world may have aounuani carreer;
that famishes the sport of kin?;
that with biasing eye and distended
nostril fear'esslr leads our grf&iesi
generals through carnage bud re
nown, wnose biooa xorms one oi iue
ingredients that go to make the ink
in which all history is (rritka, and
who finally, in blank trapping, puiis
the humblest of as to the M- 'y
godded threshold of eteinitv." 1;.. j--r
and Driver.