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V J7 M i 7 111 I . '11 I aSI' 1 m l fl I a i m w . Ill (11 I I This Aegtjs o'er the people's rlgntb. Doth an eternal vigil keep Xo soothing strains of Mala's sons Can lull its hundred eves to sleep. Vol. XV GOX.DSBORO. N. C THURSDAY, JULY 16. 1908. NQ2 W6 LIFE DESCRIPTION OF OLD-TIME DINNER. The Visit to the Sideboard Before Discussing the Solids, "Which was Customary Among the Planters Formerly The Abundance of the Southern Housekeeper's Table Compared With That of the Yan kee Hostess. C. S. Wooten in Charlotte Observer. A distinguished lawyer and an ex cellent friend of mine remarked to me not long agO: "You ought to be a happy and contented man. You take life quietly on your plantation, among your books, and you receive invitations to big country dinners, and, blessed by a kind Providence, with a good appetite and good di gestion, you ought to enjoy life." I replied that I reckoned I did get as much out of life as most men. When my neighbors say that I will not work and am always seeking shady places, I do not become insulted, for ever since the Creator placed upon man the sentence "that by the sweat of his brow he should earn his bread" for violating the law in the Garden of Eden work' has been a punishment and not a pleasure. Well, it is said that everybody is good for some thing, and I think I have learned that I am good at eating fine dinners when somebody else iurnishes the dinner. My neighbor, A. T. Uzzell, who lives about six miles in Wayne county, knowing my proclivity in this respect, invited me over to his house last Saturday, the 20th of June, to a barbecue. He lives on the same plantation that his father, Thomas Uzzell. owned, ana who was a wealthy slave-holder before the war, whom I have already mentioned in a previous aiticle when describing the old plantation scenes of those days. There are seven of the Uzzell brothers and all except one will weigh over 200 pounds. They are as fine looking set of men as you will find anywhere, and are thrifty, enterprising farmers. One of the brothers is J. R. Uzzell, of Wilson, a distinguished lawyer, who is em ployed to prosecute in the Wilson cases for the murder of Jones. The Uzzells are among our best people. Their only sister married a Mr. Woodard, oi Wilson, a brother of Governor Aycock's wife. Like her brothers, she is remarkably hand some. A. T. Uzzell was a member of the last Legislature, from Wayne county, and has been treasurer of the county. He has 600 ajcres of land. It is stiff clay land and when im- troved will make a bale of cotton per acre. His neighbor, J. M. Wood, joins his land on the north and he has about the same number of acres of the same quality of land. Mr. Wood was a member of the Legisla ture in 1898. I know of no two men who are better fixed as farmers than they are. They are a little over forty, with nice families, and in a ffaV1a - nnnrtiiion. Mr. Wood and his wife were at the dinner, and j also W. S. Uzzell, who lives near me in Lenoir county He has ten chil-' dren and his oldest son is cashier of the bank at Beaufort and is only j about 23 years old, being the young- : ; est cashier in the State. W. S. Uzzell is one of the most generous-hearted men I know. Let me come to the dinner. At 12 o'clock the host said: "Step this way." I knew what was com ing, so I readily obeyed. We went into a room, and on the table was ice, sugar, water and a fine quality of old rye. I filled a glass with crushed ice, put in some sugar and some whiskey, and I told the boys PLEfiSURESOF COUNTRY that I should take a half-hour to sip that toddy. I remember hearing Governor Morehead say, in taking a drink at my father's, that that was the way to take it. While 1 am in favor of the temperance people doing all the good they can, and shall throw no obstacle in their way, I ex pect I shall take a little a few days before the funeral if they will let me have"it. It looks now like the way they are going that by that time they will have it so hedged in that we can't get any. If they do I suppose I can j ust do without it. Old men who came along when I did, in those old times when it was on every body's side-board, and got accustom ed to their toddy, can't reconcile themselves to the new order of things ! that are now about to be inaugurated. Well, there is one consolation. There are not many more years for me, and I have had a pretty good time in this life, so far, "and I am trusting to the mercy of God. lor a better life in. the future. Dinner was soon announced and we all obeyed the summons. There w as an abundance of everything on the table barbecue, ham, fried spring chicken, cabbage, cucumbers, beets, ice cream and cakes of differ ent kinds. All was so good I did not know on which to begin eating first. I told Mrs. Uzzell that she still kept up the old Southern style of living, by having a great variety of different dishes on the table. Either one ot the meats would have been sufficient, for the ham was very tempting, and 1 have never tasted any meat more delicious than a coun try cured North Carolina ham. Our Southern house wives were raised too extravagant, for a Yankee would have only had one kind of meat. I ate the barbecue and the spring chicken, and as a woodman is judged by his pile of chips, if you had seen the bones on my plate you would havB thought that I had eaten a hearty meal. I generally select the rib pieces of the barbecue, and there is not much meat on them, so you may have a big pile of bones and not eat much meat. A rib piece from a young tender pig, not too fat and large and the skin cooked to a brown crisp, well seasoned with salt and pepper and vinegar while cooking, is too good for a millionaire to eat, for thej can't appreciate it. After dinner we were feeling good and we went down to the fish pond, a few hundred yards from the house. On the edge of the pond was a neat little summer house, with seats in it and open on all sides. The air as it swept over the field of golden grain, and laden with the sweet perfume of the ripening harvest, was refresh ing and invigorating and made you feel as fresh as "morning roses new ly washed in dew." . The fish were spawning in the shallow waters of this sequestered pool, with a green slope of velvet turf on its border re flecting the "quivering trees," with the "yellow leaf sleeping on its bosom" and fish roaming fearlessly about its limpid waters, while on every side are sunny landscapes which in the summer time, under the magic touch of the hurbandman, are transformed into fields of waving corn and blooming cotton. The bor ders of this glassy lake were embel lished with cedars, willows and rose bushes in full bloom. As I cast my eyes over those j broad, fertile acres I said to A. T. uzzeii ana i. jml. wooa: "Your i . ii. n iana is worm $iuu an acre ana you both have fine houses and nice wives i and"ehildren, and you ought to be happy." I never knew them to do but one foolish thing, and that was to go to the Legislature, and what two men, situated as they are, want to go there for is a mystery to me. I have tried it myself and I am per fedtly satisfied. They are both gen tlemen of fine physical forms, and will weigh about 200 pounds each. They are stately and dignified their bearing, jaffable and courteous n their manners and polished and agreeable in their conversation. In deed there is in them the happy blending f the romantic ehivalry of the old-time Southern country gen tleman and the lofty dignity of an English nobleman of the old school. Living in the country they do not possess the softness and effeminacy that characterizes men of rank liv ing in the city, but they exhibit a union of elegance and strength, a robustness of frame and freshness of complexion which is attributed to their being so much in the open air and pursuing so eagerly the invigor ating recreation of rural life. Under the regime of slavery they would have been ideal Southern planters. I knew their fathers well. They were both large planters and glave-hold-ers and were larger men than their sons and were among the noblest men of the community. Like pro duces like; so these young men, springing from such worthy ances tors, could not help partaking of their noble qualities and being men of mark themselves. Every neighborhood should have social gatherings of this kind at a very small cost, which would con tribute largely to the enjoyment and refinement of the people. I hope others may follow Mr. Uzzell's ex ample, and long may he live lustily on his lordly domains, in the vigor ous enjoyment of prosperity and sun shine, and flourish on to a hearty and "florid old age," and have many such reunions around his hospitable board. LaGrange, June 26, 1903. CAUSES OF HAY FEVER. Hyomei the Only Cure Gives Change of Climate in Your Own Home. Fifty years ago, hay fever had not been named, but undoubtedly peo ple suffered then as they do now with storms of sneezing, profuse wa tering of the eyes, excessive run ning at the nose, intense smarting and itching and stuffed up feeling in the head. The direct causes appear to be heat, dust and the pollen oi flowers. Although hay fever may occur at any season of the year, it is most common and severe in August, and prentive treatment should be adopt ed some weeks before the time the disease is due. Prior to the discovery of the re markable effects following the use of IJyomei, the only treatment that gave relief to hay lever sufferers, was change of climate. The use of Hyomei enables any one to breathe air at home which is like that of the Adirondacks the White 1 Mountains or other health resorts where heal ing balsams fill the air with nature's germ destroyer, ozone. Tose who are subject to hay fever should begin the use of hyomei at once and thus prevent the disease An ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure in the treatment of hay fever. J. H. Hill & Son have seen the good effects following the use of Hy omei in all diseases of the respiratory organs and are wiling to sell Hy omei to any hay fever sufferer, with the understanding that if it does not give satisfaction, the treatment will cost nothing. FIREBUG CONFESSES BOLDLY Williamston, N. C, July 13. At the trial of Josephus Williams to-day for burning the store of Anderson Hassell & Company yesterday, he confessed to the burninsr and told how he slept all night in the store intending to burn it during the night, but slept late. He gives no reason, but is bold in his confession and ap pears unconcerned. The loss of goods amounts to ten thousand dollars; in surance six thousand. Greenwich, Conn., July 8. Cap tain Harry Hansom, who was acting as chaffeur of Harry Harkness' big 40-horse power automobile, was in stantly killed by being hurled from his seat into rocks at Putnam's Hill, about 1 o'clock to-day. I POPE LIVES. SUNDAY COMES AGAIN AND FINDS THE POPE BETTER. If the Improvement Last Until 21st the General Health of the Pontiff May be Such As to Relieve Anxiety. the Rome, July 12. Pope Leo has lived to see another Sunday, and with the Sabbath quiet which fell upon Rome, came also peace and even progress to the Pontiff. Beginning this morning with dis tinct signs oi improvement, the Pon tiff maintained this throughout the day. To-night Dr. Lapponi made the following statement: "I believe that if the improvement lasts until July 21, we may not perhaps achieve an .absolute cure, but we will secure such a general state of health in the patient as will allay our anxiety." Rome, July 13, 6:45 a. m. The condition of the Pope was stationary during the night. POPE LEO'S POEM ON DEATH. In 1897 the pope felt the shadow of death beginning to fall upon him, and in splendid defiance of its power wrote the follow lines, which are considered among his strongest Wrjrkf -...v . . .-. DEATH. The westering sun draws near his cloudy bed, Leo, and gradual darkness veils thy head: The sluggish life-blood in thy with ered veins More slowly runs its course what then remains? Lo! Death is brandishing his fatal dart, And the grave yearns to shroud thy mortal part: But from its prison freed, the soul expands Exalting pinions to the enfranchised lands. My weary race is run I touch the goal: Hear, Lord, the feeble pantings of my soul.1 ' If it be worthy, Lord, thy pitying breast Welcome it unto everlasting rest ! May I behold thee, Queen of earth and sky, Whose love enchained the demons lurking nigh. The path to heaven; and freely shall I own 'Twas thy sweet care that gained my blissful crown ! New York, July 9. There were six deaths from heat to-day in New York, six in Brooklyn, and fully two score of prostrations. It was the hot test day in two years, or since July 2, 1901, which was the hottest day in the hottest month since the local weather bureau opened in 1871. The official record of that day, two years ago was 99 degrees. To-day it was 94 degrees at 4 o'clock in the after noon. Down in the streets humanity suffered terribly. Wilmington, N. C, July 9. -The bdard of directors of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company have declared a dividend of 2 J per cent on the common capital stock of the compauy, the same due and payable on and after July 10, 1903. Durham. N. C.July 10. About 9 o'clock this morning Louis Edmond son, a white carpenter, 32 years of age, was instantly killed by falling from one ot the new tobacco ware houses. He fell fourteen feet, break inghis neck. MP .OnOEIBA ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM DIVERS SOURCES, i The Latest Telegraphic News of the Day Boiled Down to a Focus For Busy Readers. The postoffice department is do ing a land-office business at Oyster Bay. Seattle is 1,450 miles nearer to China and Japan than San Fran cisco. Educators rushing towards Bos ton is like carrying coals to New castle. The last hours ol Pope Leo com mand the silence and respect of the world. You can nearly always tell when a woman i3 not thinking by the rate of speed of her talk. Woodland, N. C, July 8. Ty phoid fever is raging in this sec tion again this summer. Asheville, July 8. The Inspectors have abohl decided on Asheville for First Regiment encampment. New York, July 10. All grades of refined sugar were advanced ten cents a hundred pounds to-day. Memphis, Tenn., July 8. Two deaths occcurred in the city to-day as a direct result of the severe heat. l New York, July 10. The new pier of the. Scandinavian-American Line, was burned to-uay. Loss $500-, 000. Savanna, July 10. A. Copen, a negro who killed Susan Rogers, a colored woman, two years ago, was hanged to-day. New York, July 10. Thirty-six death and 83 prostrations in and around New York and Brookly "tell the story of to-days's heat. Macon, Ga., July 8. A Gainsville dispatch to-day says that General James Longstreet is dangerously ill at his home here. London, July 10. Lord Mayor Samuel gave a luncheon in honor of Rear Admiral Cotton, of the United States European squadron, here to day. Valparaiso, Ind., July 9. The plant of the Aetna Powder Co., at Millesi Station, was demolished by an explosion from unknown cause. The loss was $1 0,000. Nobody hurt. Baltimore, July 10. Dreaming according to his own statement, that burglars were after him, Frank B. Manoly, at 1:30 this morning, shot and killed his wife. He was arrested. Major T. L. Emery has sold the famous Weldon fair grounds toGen'l Mat W. Ransom, the consideration being $7,500. The grounds will be put in fine condition and a big fair will be held there this fall. Atlanta, Ga., July 8. The Legis lature to-day by a vote of 89 to 75 killed the child labor bill-which prevented the employing of. chil dren in cotton mills under a certain age limit. Winston-Salem, July 8. Lucy Cole, a 9-year-old girl, was fatally burned here to-day by her clothing cathing fire. She was using kero sene oil to start a fire when the blaze flashed in the can, causing it to explode. Greensboro, N. C, July 9. The new Vestal Hotel at Graham was discovered on fire at 1 o'clock this morning and was totally destroyed, j It had been open but six months, and was owned by Mr. Sherman Vestal, and run by Mr. Horace Foushee. The building cost $10,000 and was insured for $5,000. The con tents of a drug store and dry goods store on the ground floor were saved, with slight damage. The fire broke out in the kitchen. 1P1D JHD AYCOGK. TO LEAD THE PARTY A NEW DEMOCRATIC BANNER BEFORE US. Old Alliance of the Solid South and the Empire State Former Objection Out of Date. Washington, July 9. The Wash ington Times this afternoon, dis cusses at length the possibility of Shepard and Aycock as the nomi nees for the Democratic party next year. The Times says, among other things: "A new Democratic banner has been flung to the breeze. It bears the names of Shepard and Aycock. For president, Edward M. Shepard, prominent citizen of Brooklyn bor ough, N. Y., and former candidate for mayor; for vice-president, Chas. B. Aycock, governor of North Caro lina. This suggestion for a renewal of the old alliance of the solid South and New York ought to cause Dem ocrats to stop and consider. "Of the Hon. Edward M. Shepard the general public knows much; it knows of his opposition to the regu lar Democratic ticket in 1896 because of the silver plank in the platform, of his return to the fold four years later, and his support of Bryan on the issue of anti-imperialism, of his unsuccessful canvass for mayor two two years ago on the Tammany tic ket, and of his recent efforts to har monize the divided factions of Dem ocracy, and with it there is a suspic ion that Mr. Shepard, who had never avowed himself one way or the other, is willing to be consider ed a candidate for president. "Of Governor Aycock probably not so much is known, although he is certainly entitled to careful con-; sideration. He is regarded, by those who know him and his record, as one ot the ablest men in public of fice in the South to-day. He is bril liant and an orator of ability, and has given North Carolina a clean ad ministration. "The old objection of a candidate from a secession State should not hold against him, for he is so young aa scarce to remember even in a va gue sort of a way any of the stirring events of the early sixties. He is greatly beloved by the people of the State; scholarly, conservative, earn est and conscientious, and if a South ern man is to be chosen by the Dem ocracy he is entitled to first consid eration." THE NIGHT REDDENED. Blaze at One Time Threatened New bern's Whole Business Section. Newbern, N. C, July 8. A fire broke out here at about half past ten o'clock to-night, which for a time threatened the whole business section of the city with destruction. The flames spread with great rapidity and in a short while the Planters tobacco warehouse, Mitch ell's livery stable and several smaller houses were ablaze. The firemen fought desperately to subdue the flames, but at first it seemed that their efforts would prove unavailing. At last, however, short ly after midnight the fire was gotten under control. An estimate of the losses puts them at $50,000 or more, with the amount of insurance unknown. Lexington, Ky., July 8. A jury, in County Judge Turpin's court to day at Richmond adjudged General Ca8sius M. Clay of unsound mind, on the testimony of several of his i children and a physician from Rich mond, none of whom hiyi seen Gen eral Clay for months.
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