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GOLiDSBORO. N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 19G2.
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TERRIBLE
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THE ATLANTIC COAST
LINE RAILWAY AT
ELM CITY.
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Brave Engineer Currie, of the Vesti
bule Loses His Life. His Re
mains Were Taken to Flor
ence, His Home, On the
Same Train He Should
Have Pulled Into
That City.
The Atlantic Coast Line suffered
a very expensive wreck on Saturday
night. The brave engineer who
stuck to his post until the tremen
nbus crash came lost his life.
His name was Currie and he lived
in Florence, S. C. There was no
other loss of life or serious injury,
which fact is considered almost mir
aculous. Box cars were torn into
splinters and iron rods were twisted
into all shapes.
It is difficult to imagine greater
opposing forces than two trains com
ing together when moving in oppo
site directions. A gigantic mass of
iron and steel comes thundering
along the dismal darkness, breath
ing fire and exhausting clouds of
smoke. The ponderous wheels are
rolling their grinding weight over
the groaning steel rails at the rate of
0 miles an hour. Back in the ele
. gantly appointed Pullman cars the
idle passengers are comfortably re
clining on velvet cushions, with
never a thought of danger. Up in
the cab is the engineer with his hand
on the throttle and his "alert eye
peering through the darkness by the
aid of a search ligh t. Suddenly there
appears before his horrified vision
the dim outline of a train on the
track ahead. Who but those that
have had such an awful experience
can imagine the direful thoughts
that pass through the excited brain
of the heroic engineer. Then comes
the tearful crash, with its dull deaf
ening roar. As the sombre echo dies
away on the stillness of the night the
shrieks and wails of the dying and
wounded fill the air and freeze the
Iblood of the survivors. These thoughts
are not at all pleasant and wfr cast
them off when such disasters occur
at a distance, but when they occur at
our very doors,as was the case Satur
day night, we cannot so easily turn
them away.
The wreck Saturday night occur
red about 11:30 o'clock at Elm City.
A heavy freight train was approach
iug from the South and had taken
the side track. The engine and a
frio-hi pars had gotten on the
side track and the balance 01 ine j
i 1 4;n roin line when 1
Lrillll wan mix '11 i
the southbound vestibuled fast train
hove into sight a few yards away.
This trpin does not stop at Elm City
and was making between 50 and 60
miles an hour under full steam when
the freight train was discovered by
the engineer. He told his fireman
to jump, but the engineer remained
at his post arid was killed. He lived
only a few moments after being
taken out of the debris. His last
words were: "Tell my wife good
bye." He then pulled out his watch
and looked at a picture of his young
boy on the inside of the lid. He
placed his watch in his pocket and
expired at once. .
The remains were taken to Flor
ence yesterday afternoon on the
same train that he should have pull
ed into Florence on the night before.
Instead of the affectionate husband
whom she had welcomed home with
sincere gladness so many times be
k.vrrken wife had to
foro xne ijcai v
meet the pallid face of a lifeless form
cold in the embrace-of death. .
IL ffiinrvi vou have a child Mbo
BOH8 -SE? sleep Cures old and
W8t'r Jf8 Ife aWests the trouble
young alike. " M. E Robm-
COST OF LIVING
Bradstreet's index numbers show
that the tariff-made trusts are still
advancing staple prices, although
food crops were never larger. In Sep
tember 36 prices were advanced,
while 25 were lessened, and 44 re
mained unchanged. The prices of ;
sheep, hogs, bacon, cheese, sugar, tea,
potatoes, apples, quinine and tobac- j
co and 2$ more staples were increas- j
ed. It is estimated that the cost of ;
living has been or will be advanced
by the trusts this year fully 10 per
cent over that of last yehr. The pres
ent index number of Bradstreet is
the highest reached since October 1,
1900.
Since 1896 the cost of living has '
been increased fully 40 per cent, and j
the Dingley organs are claiming ;
that they have advanced wages pro- '
portionately. The hollowness of
this claim is apparent to any wage
earner, and no argument is needed. j
Low prices, say the organs, mark :
hard times, but the trouble is, they
or their associates in the Dingley ;
robbery scheme want high prices for
products and low salaries for wage
earners, especially in the hard coal
districts. Wages, in short, have not
been advanced 40 per cent since 1896,
although products have been. Wages,
in other words, are lower than they !
were in 1896, because Dingleyiem
on products outpaces them. Dull as
times were in 1896 the wage earners
were getting higher wages than they
do now, simply because the greed of
tariff-created trusts has advanced
prices of articles, and is holding
them firmly up despite the great
harvests of the present year.
VALUE OF CORNSTALKS.
The by-products of cotton have be
come immensely important, and
now constitute one-fourth the total
value of the cotton crop.
The value of the corn crop bids
fair to increase very largely by rea
son of the utilization of cornstalks.
These have been regarded up to a
recent date by the average Southern
farmer as absolutely worthless, but
it has not been very long since cot
ton seed were esteemed of very
little value.
During the last few years there
has been much experimentation with
cornstalks, with the result of discov-
ering that properly used they are
worth a great deal.
Dr. Hunnicutt, former Assistant
State Commissioner of Agriculture
and a successful farmer, is deeply
impressed by cornstalk possibilities,
and is urging that due attention be
given to them.
He said on this subject recently:
"There is one crop quite abundant
evc,y mim. n a wc
best foods we can raise. We refer to
the cornstalk crop. After thorough
investigation we find no good reason
to take back or modify anything
thist we have said on the subject of
shredding or making hay from corn
stalks. The hay is as good as any
we can make, and cattle do as well
when fed upon it. Every man who
has pulled fodder has made a great
mistake. He has lost time and money
and injured his corn. But it is not
too late to use the stalks. The hay
will be about as good without the
fodder. You have only lost time and
labor. If the stalks are . cut and
shredded the stalk and shuck will
make good feed. On every farm
there are tons of stalks. , They have
a money value and a food value.'.'
It will cost very little for any
farmer in this State to test this prop
osition for himself. The number of
those who are doing so is increasing
every year, and all the ; reports that
we hear from them are highly satis
factory. "You bear it like a little
man,"
said the dentist, after he had pulled
the tooth; ? : - ' -
"Huh!", exclaimed Tommy, "I'm
a heap grittier than that. .1 bpar it
like a little woman."
For Tommy was an observant boy.
A NATIONAL VICE.
The greatest vice of the American
people is extravagance. It is con
fined to no particular class of society.
Its insidious poison permeates every
stratum.
Every now and then particular at
tention is called to it by some piece
of folly by the Four Hundred or by
the story of the downfall of a young
clerk who has betrayed a trust that
he might satisfy his love of pleasure,
or by the filing of a bankruptcy peti
tion by a man whu had been regard
ed as wealthy, or by the act of some
despairing creature who takes his
life rather than face the consequences
of some wrong-doing committed in
vain endeavor to keep the pace.
There Is no amount of sermoniz
ing which will correct this evil. The
Ameiican people must learn in the
school of experience that waste
brings want and tht extravagance
bankrupts the pocketbook and often
the character.
The people of this country are the
greatest wealth -producers the world
has ever seen, but they are also the
greatest expenders. Croesus, whose
name became a synonym for wealth,
if he lived to-day, would be consid
ered in plutocratic circles a man of
moderate means. And Lucullus,
whose reputation for dining has sur-
vived the passing of centuries, would
be deemed a cheap lunch fiend by
some of the gourmands of to-day.
There is a school of thinkers who tell
us that there is safety in the wanton
expenditure of wealth; it dissipates
all danger of a permanent plutocratic
class, and that it is a form of com
munism which finally results in the
equal distribution of possessions.
The extravagances of the very rich,
it is true'are most harmful to them
selves. The example, however, is
pernicious. In America neither a
man nor woman understands why
he or she may not live as well as
their neighbor. Extravagance is an
infectious disease and spreads from J
class to class. It is most hurtful when
and they, of all the victims, are
most to be pitied. The hopeless strug
gle to maintain appearance and the
final day of settlement and woe for
him who lives beyond his means
present a spectacle menacing to na
tional welfare when too often multi-
j plied. In the individual case it is
i most inducive of pity.
Pay as you go is a maxim which
the American people must learn to
observe. It is harder to do in times
of prosperity than in adversity.
When skies are bright it is natural
to roam far afield, never thinking of
the nightfall. So when times are
good and when it seems that every
venture must have successful termi
nation and optimism gilds every un
dertaking, it is human nature to let
hope lead j udgment astray and to
spend to-day that which is the ex
pectation of to-morrowr. Indeed, as
Lord Bacon says, "the virtue of
prosperity is temperance."
The man who thinks must some
times ask, "When will the Amer
ican people learn to practice true
economy?"
JIM CROWE STREET CARS.
The New Rules Cause Much Dis
turbance Negroes Boycotte
the Street Cars.
New Orleans, Nov. 3 The new
Jim Crow car law separating the
whites and negroes in the street cars
went into effect in Mobile yesterday
and in. New Orleans and throughout
Louisiana today.
In Mobile the negroea boycotted
the cars. In New Orleans a much
smaller number of negroes took the
cars, the better class of negroes
avoiding them.
The law produced much confusion
and discontent, maiLly -among the
whites, and it was made quite evi
dent that it could not be put into
practical operation under present
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for a great many years, and al
though I am past eighty years of
. e, yet I have not a gray hair in
my head."
Geo. Yellott, Towson, Md.
' We mean all that rich,
dark color your hair used
to have. If it's gray now,
no matter; for Ayer's
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stores color to gray hair.
Sometimes it makes the
hair grow very heavy and
long; and it stops falling
of the hair, too.
SI.00 a bottle. All druggists.
If your drngjnst cannot supply you,
send us one dollar and wo 'will ex Dress
you a bottle. Be sure and give the name
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THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS.
Portsmouth, Va., Nov. 3 The
battleship Texas again went into
commission today. The ship re
turned to the yard of her birth two
years ago after having borne a glori
ous part in the naval battle of Santi
ago. The Texas has been remodeled
thoroughly. There have been many
changes made.
Intelligence supports more families
than intellect.
The gangway seems to be the path
that leads to political glory.
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in Postoffice, Golds
horo, Wayne County, N. C,
Nov. 1, 1002.
MEN'S LIST.
A Howard Alston.
B -Chapen Best, Ben Borden.
C Jesse Coltrane.
G John M Grant, Blount Gorham.
J Thomas Preston Johnson.
M E D Massey.
P W H Pugher.
S A W Stites.
LADIES LIST.
A Dora Anams.
B Maggie Boather.
C Eva Cobb.
G Mrs Rinda Grant, Alice Gorham
HChas Heath, Minnelli Hill.
L Tabbie Lee.
M Learh Mathi.
S Charity Shaw, Maggie Sutton.
W John Watkins, Lucindy Whit
field. Persons calling for above letters
will please say advertised. Rules and
regulations require that one cent be
paid for each letter adyertised.
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shifting pains, difficulty in moving
fingers, toes or legs, bone pains,
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matism, or the foul breath, hawking,
spitting, droppings in throat, bad
hearing, specks flying before the
eyes, all played out feeling of ca
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1 GATHERER.
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SELECTED WITH CARE
FROM THE SCOPE
OF A DAY'S
READING.
Ii You are Gay or Grave; In Joy
or in Sorrow; In doubt or abid
ing in faith; In haste or with
Time to Spare, It is Hoped
That You will Fiud Some
thing' Here to Repay you
For the Perusal ot
This Column.
A little stream had lost its way
. Amid the grass and fern;
A passing stranger scooped a well,
Where weary men might turn;
He walled it in, and hung with care
A ladle at the brink;
He thought not of the deed he did,
But judged that all might drink.
He passed again, and lo ! the well,
By summer never dried,
Had cooled ten thousand parching
tongues
And saved a life beside.
A nameless man, amid a crowd
That thronged the daily mart,
Let fall a word of hope and love,
Unstudied, from the heart;
A whisper on the tumult thrown,
A transitory breath
It raised a brother from the dust,
It saved a soul from death.
O germ! O fount: O word of love!
O thought at random cast!
Ye were but little at the first,
But mighty at the last.
"So you regard trusts as positively
beneficial?" .
"I do, ' 'answered Senator Sorghum.
"I speak with positive knowledge
on the subject. They have benefited J
nie immensely.
Wife Now, you dear old fellow,
I want $30 for a new evening dress.
Don't say no, for you know I took
you for better or worse, and of course
you wouldnt have it appear the lat
ter, would you? (tickling him under
the chin.)
Husband No, I think you are
mistaken. I once thought you took
me for better or worse, but I've long
since come to the conclusion you took
m2 for a sucker.
Angry Banker Look here, Celeste,
what's this I hear about your infatu
ation for that numbskull foreigner?
Ambitious Celeste It's true, fath
er, I'm engaged to Lord Arthur
Lancelot Wellington Bolingbroke
Dreadlingtoncourt Farmwishtonham
Amoro "
Angry Banker For heaven's sake,
that will do. And I hear he's abso
lutely worthless. Explain your con
duct. Ambitious Celeste You bankers
call it foreign exchange, I believe.
"Do you think you will like me
just as well," she asked, "when I tell
you my hair is dyed?"
"Yes, dear," answered her elderly
lover. "I have known it all the
time. 'Will you think any the less
of me when I confess that my hair is
a wig?"
"Not at all, I knew it was the
first time I ever saw you."
After which the billing and cooing
went on wTith even greater tender
ness than before.
The curbstone orator was churning
into a high state of perspiration and
wrath over the suffering caused by
the coal strike.
"Do you ever have to buy any
hard coal?" asked a man on the out
skirts of the crowd.
"No, sir," said the orator, "but
i"
' "Do you ever have to buy coal of
any kind?"
I "No, sir, but" .
I "Then you'd better turn over your
job of kicking to somebody who
does, said the other, passing on.
SOURCES OF TYPHOID FEVER
Recent investigations have shed a
flood of light upon ihe sources of
that dread and deadly disease, ty
phoid fever.
It was formerly believed that im
pure drinking water was the
chief and almost the sole cause of
this malady, but it has been demon
strated that there are other preg
nant sources of it. The British Med
ical Journal, in its latest issue gives
the results of the investigations made
by two medical officrs of the British
army as to the part played by soil,
fabrics and flies in the dissemination
of typhoid fever.
These investigations reached the
conclusion that, while drinking wa
ter does cause much of this disease,
it has other causes whose importance
is underestimated.
It is certain that many wells and
springs are contaminated by the
soil, for it has been proved that ty
phoid germs will live 67 days under
ground. It requires only a very
slight current to carry this infection
into a water supply. The germ will
live in wet soil 67 days and in the
dust of the soil 25 days. It is very
dangerous in the latter form, as the
impregnated dust is blown about in
all directions, contaminating food as
well as water
Flies are great distributors of ty
phoid fever, caarying its germs to
milk, flesh and other foodstuffs.
Clothing is readily infected with
the germs of this disease, and will
hold them under ordinary conditions
for 90 days.
These three sources dust, flies and
soiled clothes contribute enormous
ly to the dissemination of typhoid
fever.
The British Medical Magazine in
sists that the plan of burying enteric
material should be given up because
in that way the soil is infected, and
this il turns to dust in dry weather
or is traversed by flies, or else the
germs in it are carried into wells or
springs or other water supplies in
wet weather. All enteric matter
should be disinfected by means of a
solution of bluestone or sulphate of
copper. After disinfection it is not
important what disposition is made
of it. The investigations prove that
typhoid is not by any means a
drinking-water disease pure and sim
ple. The dust of the streets and the
flies are also deadly agents. Drink
ing water may be the most potent
causv, but soil contamination is un
doubtedly a good second.
Farmer Hoefast There's as many
miracles now as there ever was.
There's whole columns about mira
cles every week in the Bungtown
Bugle.
Mrs. Hoefast If you'd read the
paper, 'stead of jus' tskimmin' over
it, you'd see them articles is all about
people gittin' cured by Dr. Dosem's
Bilious Pills the same you tried.
Farmer Hoefast Eh! Did those
pills c-ver do' anybody any good?
Well, that's a miracle."
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Dr. Ormond of the Princeton uni
versity faculty is as noted in local
circles for his metaphysical profun
dity. Some time ago, on entering
the nursery at his home, he surprised
his offspring a half dozen young
boys and a small girl in ardent dis
cussion of the "Absolute." One
young philosopher turned to him in
appeal:
"Father, can a man be absolutely
good?"
"No," the professor replied, "a
man can't be absolutely good."
"Father," another young sage de
manded, "can a man be absolutely
bad?"
And the little daughter, aged four,
piped up. f
"Father, can a man be absolutely
fat?"
But the philosopher's equilibrium
was too embarrassed to reply.
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