FRANKLINTON
Our Regular (
Items of Interest '<
and Near Our Sistc
CLOSES ON
?To praise the "cook' helps
some.
? Many a man with a "Ued"
nose has been wrongly accused.
, ' ?Most men are rated either
above or below their true valne.
?James C. Warmonth coutinu<s
*erv ill at bis home pn Oreen street.
?The S. A. I., sold 150 tickets to
the Haag Shows at Louishurg Monday.
?We leatn llatt the Farmers
Union cotton gin is about ready to
gin cotton. _ ?Being
in society is a good deal
like being in "jail," it isn't so bad
after you get U6e to it.
?Lots- of people are good tod at
because they are afrsid their aetioio
of yesterday may get in the "spot
light."
?The Downey and Wheelers big
shows will exhibit at Franklinton
October 5th and the little boys are
happy.
?From indications now, there is
a %
likely to be a wedding in town be
tore the S. A. Li. "floating gang"
leave.
?The Ladies Missionary Socieiy
will meet at the Methodist churoli
tonight (Friday) at 8 o'clock p. in.
A full attendance is desired.
?Almost everybody went to the
show at Louisburg Monday There
were only a few lett in town. "Sv"
Holmes eyen went. All returned
alright.
?Only one case before SquirtMorris
last week. _ Norman Baa*
and I.ucious Johnson for a sc'rap ai
Kinch's Chapel last Sunday. The\
were bound over to court under
bond. , ,
?J. B. Cheatham, who formerly
held the positson of train dispatcher 1
for the S. A. L. at At.aula, ban
been promoted to District Manager i
for South Carolina, Georgia and Al- <
.abama.
?Our Postmaster, W.P.Ed words,
has gone to ~ Kuorville, Tenn., on '
several days^ vacation. While ?w.t\ j
the assistant postmaster, Miss Flor- ,
enc. Pernell, will be asssisted by
Reuben Wilder.
?Mr.W elch of Virginia^ first class
iron and stell worker, has accepted
a forge in I. H. Kearney's large repair
shops, where be has installed all
the up to date machinery usually
found in a first class shop.
Personal
Miss Grace Ward spent Monday
in Raleigh.
Miss Mary Kearney spent Tuesday
in Raleigh.
Miss Marfha Harris spent Monday
in Raleigh.
Miss Sue Cheatham spent Toes
day in Raleigh.
Thomas Blair, ot Oxford, is visiting
bis daughter here.
T. H. Whitaker has gone on a
business trip to Knoxville, Tenn.
Miss Louise Rod well, of Macon,
is viatting atF. M. Drakes'on Main
street
Shelton Wilson and wife went to
\f. Louisbarg Monday to attend the
circus.
.Miss Mrllie Whitaker left Mon
day tor Winston-Salem to attend
School. _
Miss Ethel. Holmes returned to
Bennehao Tuesday, where she is attending
school.
Miss Mamie Dent, who baa been
visiting relatives in towo, returned
t6 Raleigh Monday.
f ' Mies Lena Parker spent Tuesday
in our city while on her way to Raleigh
to resume her work et the Deaf,
MSm- Dumb and Blind Aeylom.
' Henry May, of Lynchburg, Va^
uncle Of Henry May, Jr., of the
Btarliug Store, ie visiting hie sister,
Mrs. Julia MoGbee and other rela_|?vee
in to*?. = j
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NEWi iTEMgl,
lot-respondent I
Gathered From in j
t Town Each Week
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Water Situation.
The Sterling Cotton Mills were |
compelled to shot down last Satur- \
I day on acconnt of no water. This I
is another instance in favor of water
works of some kind for our town.
Such things may not s. uud serious I
with k great many, luit if they will '
only think how it effects t'te en - ,
i-lovees iu this mill ?ku are the '
bread winners of their hiuiiliea, !
then you will see that only one day
out of work outs the "larder" that I
much tow, r. T^is is no fault of the
management at l|te mills, hut the |
water supply is insufficient and it is
sadlv realized st a time wheu a "full ,
run" sti odd be made. The tning j
w e io? .1 is an at lesiau well. Th< re '
are several good sites f.?r the lorn- t
tion. A well 4oU or 60t> feet i
deep would UHlplv Sttptlly lite toil I
aud the i..? ii Wi.ter is 1
- i
tic re i.se niisl tl.uu li.hr aiul we ;
should turn o--r attention to : sup- i
plv of wnier. A? lo lights we can j
make out any old v.t if we itave j
aiio'l water. Think ol it in roanf
a hijj %*? I ?i\> i ituve * '
bucket I'Hgvlc and 25 l?uek*-?H ??f
wnu-r wonu) drum f^rv \ve?l in <
tOlli. Nil* \nl| tllitH|'licili^ (*U3l
n? * men ? !" l'i)inkii!>uiit tunic >? (
t' is *u3*t?-i in a fecriou*. *i^hi ami !?? J
s-aiciiuiiv.
TROUBLE FOWA SALESMAN
looms up if hi* fcpalth run* ?lown. 1
That's wnv E. fiuunsra B. Berk- *
shir*-, Vt] alwaNJ'owr * D". King') ?
always carries DpsTKing's New Life c
Fll s'm his grip. I J^Ldtbem excel- i
lent f??r indigestion an<r\?onstipation," |
he writes. "Thiy havtK. helped me t
greadv." Best lifer aiid stomach Pills .
made. 25c at Aycik D:u*? Co.
"'How's This? j j,i
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re- c
ward for any case of Guarrh that | *
cannot he cored by Haifa Catarrh I
Cure. ? t /
F. J. CHKNK^A Cqt Toledo, O.
TVe, the undersigned. lLa#s known F. J. ; c
Cheney for the last 15 ye#*, and believe , ,
Wm perfectly honorable la all business c
transactions and financially ablo to carry I i
Dut any obligations madfc by ids Arm.
NATIONAL. BANK OF COMBOCE. | 1
T ToSfa O. i \
Hall's Catarrh Cur? J a taken IntentaRy, !
acting directly upon Aho blood and mil' i II
?ua surfaces of the System. Testimonials r
lent free. Price 15 dfcnts per bottle. Sold 1 1
t?y all T)ruggfsts. / ; b
Take Hall's Family PiDa for constipation.
Rheunuicide
v
r IX CIJlLEfS H
The cause of rheumatism Is excess 1 C
nrlr in tha mmsi ta -w
matism this acid must be expelled from
the system. Rheumatism is an inter- i
nal disease and requires an internal
remedy. Rubbing with oils and llni- n
men is may ease the p?fn, but they will f
no more cure rheumatism than paint 11
will change the fiber o4 rotten wood.
Cares Rhumattns Has Stay Cared.
Science hassdlscoveref a perfect and ti
complete cure balled Rhkumacide. Test- i,
ed In himdreds u casern It has effected
marvelous cures.XRheumaclde removes 0
the cause, gets afythe lolnts from the
inside, sweeps the>poisftns ogt of the
system, tones up theVtomach. regulates fi
the bowels and kidneys. \Sold by drug- .1
gists at 60c. and $1; Wvtle tablet form .
at Sc. and 60c.. by milYA Booklet free. 1
Bobbitt Chemical Co.. Mtlmoro. Md. (,
GtU At The J.lata Frna Ihr In.ldc. e
AMERICAN BEAUTY :
CORSI IS a
the product i f j
tntaUftfenLend - VJ
hcoeat and 1 R nkljl. J I
reault. could i 4 be 4jl\ AI
different than they B|VV
proportions. .
Not a battsr o not
can be maris fo the ^ *
mooay. We oar r ka atocR an of
ths latest, atom* (.modteh effects.
hbxur buett ootssn
ONI DOLLAR Uf
Fob Sal. By
MR8. A. M HALL.
ORIGIN
OF "MARK TWAIN."
Bamusl L. CUmini Quoted at Saying
Ha Inharitad tha Name.
Tba familiar story of tbe origin of
Samuel L. Clemens' use of the name
Hark Twain Is now declared to bo
Incorrect. It pirtairt Clemens. Missistfppl
river pilot, listening to tlie men
heaving the lead st tbe bow of a river
boat uud singing out. "By the mark,
three; by the mark, twain" Tableau!.
Clemeus smites bis brow and soliloquises.
"There la my oom de plume."
It la true rhat the name originated
with the picturesque cry of tbe mun
with tbe lead, but u awn other than
Mr. Clemens tlrst discovered the pleturestiueness.
That uiau was Captain ?
Isalali Sellers, who furwtsbed rtvac ]
news for tbe New Orleans Plcuyuno* .
To Professor William Lyon Phelps of ,
Yale Mr. Clemens confessed thai It
was from Sellers be got tbe name.
Pro feasor ?Phelps" story Is quoted in
Professor Henderson's "Mark- TwaHt."r 1
According t<^ this book. Mr. Clemen* j
laid to Professor Phelps: "Captain Sellers
used to sign bis articles iu the*
Picayune "Mark Twain." Oe died la
lStid. 1 liked tbe uuuie?and stole It.
I think I have done him no wrong, for
( seem to have made this uame somewhat
generally knowu."
Professor Henderson records u number
of interesting incidents connected
with the use of this uume. For awhile,
when he was a miner in Nevada,
Mr Clemeus sent to the Virginia City
Enterprise humorous letters signed not
'Mark Twain.** but '\losh.'*
When he tannine u regular reporter
>n that paper uud reported the legislature
he signed his reports "Mark
Twain ** When questioned as to bis
use of this name Mr. Clemeus declared:
"1 chose iny pseudonym because to
most person* It laid no meaning and
rLso because it was short. 1 was a
reporter lu the legislature and wished
lo save the legislature time. It was
uneb shorter to say in their debutes
Mark Twain' than to say "The unprincipled
?ud lying parliamentary reporter
of the Territorial Enterpriser **
Mr. Clemeus made tbe -name known
?n tfte Pacttic coast, but tbe tforld at
arge dUl iwrt bear tt for years after
he "Jumping Frog." reprinted Id bunlreds
ef excliaoges wit boat credit, bad
uinped into socb notoriety as la rarely
iccorded well mannered frog^. Id fact,
ts first use to a ay eastern magazine
iras n fiasco
Mr. Clem^na made a great seoef> 00
he Hornet disaster when he was wrttng
up the Hawaiian Islands in 1866.
ays Professor Henderson His account
of the disaster Marl: sent to
inrper's STagazine. where It ap[>eeired
n December. 18CU. Hot. .alas. It was
tot as "Mark. Twain." hot as a drawing.
lovable river pilot sort of person
hat the world beheld the new author,
or he had: not written his pseudonym
?laInly on Ms* copy, and Harper's
heerfully introduced him to fume as
Mike Swaini"
Not Pwrely Currosfty.
Among the- passengers In one of the
ars of a train runain;? between
Springfield and Boston was a nervous
Ittle old mnn- who evinced a keen Inerest
In a sinister looking person who
ook u sear beside him.
"How do*you do?" said the nervous
Ittle old man* to the siniste^ioofcini;
erson. "Now. what might your name
ie? Do you* live in Boston or beyond?"
"What business is it of yours where j
live or who I am?" growled the
ther.
"Strictly speaking, tt ain't none ot
By business;" admitted the old gentleann
mildly, "hot it's Jest like this:
've got n cousin in this part of the
tnte that rve never see*, and l*Te alrnys
thought J might come upon bim
ome time- Jest by asking folk their j
ame andaooo."? Harper's. r j
The HournTasa.
Instead of being obaolete and aim-!
ly an interesting reiki* the hourglass
a various forms Is n twentieth cen- 1
ry necessity. For such purposes asj
lining, hardening nmt tempering beats '
a twist drill mnnufn' tnre. where sec- 1
nds or minute* most be ganged ac- '
urately. nothing serrea tike the hour- 1
lass with tbe right amount of sand. *
accuracy to fractions of a second can '
t obtained mocb more easily by an '
lonrglaae than by watching the bamlsJ I
if a watch.?London Graphic. I '
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Just Suited. I I
"There's only one objection to these I
partynents." said the agent of tbe '
mlldlng. "From tbeae two windows.1
ron can't belp seeing everything In I
be' dining rooms of the neighbors on
?tl? sides of you."
"What's the rental?" smilingly asked <
he portly dame who was looking for <
i Sat.?Chicago Tribune. ^ I
The Mandrake
There la an old legend connected with 1
the mandrake which amies that when
the plant la uprooted It utters a pierc- '
lag cry. Tbe forked tabers bear a
Psntastlc resemblance to tbe body and 1
legs of a man. end from this fancied
likeness there grew the belief wblch
was widespread during the middle
??ea
Heine and Hugo.
Heine bad a preconceived Idea that
Victor Hugo, cnlled by him "tbt
French poet In whom all Is false." had
> bamp on bte back. Hp was delighted
when be was told that one ol Hugo'hips
protruded owing to malfoimatlon.
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Ceuetle.
Delighted Mamma - On ? professor.
What do you think of little Arthur as
p violinist? Professor?1 like tba way
he puts the fiddle back Into tbe case?
Chlesgn News.
Happiness Is tbe natural leva of
(sty.?PblUlpa Brooks . _
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WHIM OF A WOMAN
It Cost Her Her Life In the Wreck
of a Submarine.
Drowned with her fiance.
Story of a Pothotio Epioodo That Woo
Intertwined With tho Traglo Loop
With All on Board of tho Fronoh
Torpodo Boat Pluviess.
Underlying tho tragedy of the low
of the French HUbmarlne torpedo boat
Tluvkwe with twenty-seven Urea
when she was sunk In the bottom of
Ihe English channel by a collision
with u surface steamship on May 25,
1010, was u piteous episode. Involving
I be death of a beautiful and brilliant
roung Frenchwoman.
The French government suppressed
he story so thoroughly that to this
lay the name of the young woman is
sot known save to those lm paramount
tuthorlty In the navy, but American
lavnl officers say the fact of the happening
has become known to ether
nival men all over the world.
The Plurlose and a slater submarine
lad goue out from the hnrj yard at
Calais about 1 o'clock In tba afternoon
[or a series of maneuvers. Sbe was
bout two miles from shore and' wis
llsportlug in a series of dives and' rlonga
to the surface. The feat knowni
is "porpoising" was being accomplished
with great skill, the submarineMing
entirely responsive to every turn>f
a directing wheel in her machinery.
The act of "porpoising" la an Imitationif
the action of the porpoise In its leaps
ibove water and prompt disappeartnce
lmmnfht.lv afterward In Tim
submarine the maneuver is made for
:be purpose of scouting, the boat beng
brought toward the surface sufflrientlj
for it? periscope to protrude out
?f water, when the officer below Is enibled
to make a general circular surrey
of the writer above him. Then the
>oat dives out of sight. In case of war
the would hare sighted ber enemy and
>e enabled to- proceed closely to a batleshlp
or cruiser and discharge tor>edoes
directly at her foe.
In the act of thus coming to the surface
the Huviose came up directly un!er
the channel* steamship Pas de Call
s. The keel' ef the Calais struck the
submarine and1 tore a huge hole In her
ipper casement, a rent fifteen feet
ong and two feet wide. Into this the
ivnter rushed. The submarine staggered
along with her hull Jnst showing
ibove the surface, her engines disabled,
her crew unable to do anything
o check the inrush of water. And she
vent down.
She had a crew of twenty-seven men.
Commandant Ptns was the senior officer.
There we're two other officers.
Vblch one of these three-it was whose
weetheart was aboard fc* not deflnitey
known to the American no vol o filers,
but they declare there is no doubt
if the fact.
One of the-three officers listened to
he pleadings of his ffcrnree that she be
tllowed to moke a trip' In the subnarine
with lifm and share with him
he peril that* bds duty se?often required
dm to bravo: He must harp had n
ousultntlon with his Brother officers
ind got their mnsent ts* wink nt It.
or the regulations of the French navy
itrlctl.v forbid women- to make any
rips In submarine hsafs. Perhaps
he very fner that If r,-w forbidden,
hat if she- snercdwC fc* making a
ourney to.tie button* the sea in a
ul'irnnriaesfce would have enjoyed an
xperlenee Die like which no other
Yeneb^oitrifii mk'iu trti'm. ac-fua'i-d
icr. Butt. whulevec-fh^erortfrTloos that
irought it about, the Voting offi-er
i:<J **/'?>it!f her sccret^r afcortni the i 'in
'iiMe ' 1
She wore a Ion* oilskin /-oat and
;ou'westirt- hat l.eluirglng ?> her sweetH-.irl,
v.-alr ll sniH-bvttlr di-crnl-ied her
ex to.ntfmlt of her going aboard with
>ut boifeg 'ballenged lir any of the
icntrip* patrolling the no where the
?luvloee- lay tethered on the day that
the was to make her total trip. Andhe
girl, smiling orer her triumph,
limbed down the ladder Into the little
tnsetfne fllied room and heard the orlees
given for the battening down of
ill/ tb? batches, the Arm screwing luto
places of these coreringa and then,
ysrbape fascinatedly, watched the dial
Indicator as tt told how the Plortose
was sinking deeper and deepen heto
the sea.
Divers who went, down after the
Phrrloee Was sank, carrying below
rteel cable* with which Ineffectual attempts
were made with bnge- derricks
shove to bring the Plavlose- to the surface,
reported that they beard tappings
In the Interior of the submarine. In
tiny event, when, days later, the Pluvtose
was raised and tagged Into shallow
water, none that had been aboard
of her was'alive. She bad dlled completely
with water. As abe was raised
the wafer ponred from the great gaab
that had been cot hi her steel caSe aent
by the Channel steamship. Once
In shallow water tt wae the
work of only, a little while to remove
the covering of the conning tower. Ia
that tower fhey found the young officer.
And dead hi his arms, with bei
own arms tightly clasped around his
neck and her young face resting
gainst his braost, they fonnd the
young woman.?New York World.
Diplomatic.
She (coldly)?I hardly know hew to
recetvo your proposal. Ton know I am
worth a million, of eoorao! Jack (dip
lodiatleally)?Toe?worth a million other
girls. She (rapturously)?Oh, Jack I
It is a miserable thing to live la sas
prase; tt is the llft nf a sptder-Swlft
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Fatare Reference
It will remii d you that we want to fill your prescriptions
(>ur drugs ind medicines are fresh and
pure and our service is the best.
Buy School Stationery for the
Children From Us. We
Have the \Best For
the F^ice.
We have the lighest class oif fashionable stationery ?
for ladies ant gentlemen. Also a full line of day
books and le Igers. \ .
S . - \ ' We
have anything you want
in the Itoilet Articlexline, if not
we will get it for you;
We handle the highest grade of lDEy^ Glasses
and spectacles and our Mr. G. L. Aycoat is the only
expert spectacle fitter in town. |
If you want an up-to-date |
FOUNTAIN PEN see ours be- *
fore buying. Waterman make |
at about half price. j 1
We have a Ifew bushels of clover seed which
1 we will sell cheap. F,
We have everything usually
kept in A drug store and of the
verv best nnnli+vr ?
? T. J' 5 ucuaust! lb
is all new and fresh. I
Telephone us y iut wants if you cannot come your- a
self. We deliv sr anywhere in the county and in V
town by swift1 ycle service. We will appreciate j
your patronage and invite you to make our store I
your headquart irs when in town and to the town
people as well. JJP I
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