-? C.fT' v ..T DRESS GOODS . ; : ; . ?' ? |. We have opened this week over ffre thousand dollars worth of New Dress Goods for Spring. In this lot you will find all the New Crepes, Ratines etc. in floral designs. Also a large assortment of 1 ? '? : i* ? i ?? K& i - ? :,~V- ?" ? ?, * , / the new Shades Tango etc., all of which we have marked especially-low. -J NEW SPRING GINGHAMS. We show fifty new designs of Ginghams, all Spring Patterns at.. .. , ,10c yd Also ? nice assortment T ule Denord Ginghams, at.. t2:l-2c : i SHIRTING MADRAS. In both f aney stripes and plain white -effects. Prices" 15c to 25c yd. WOOL RATINES. AH new shadps, Tango, Brown Royal and new' Blues. - Prices from 50c to $1.50. LADIES NEW OXFORDS We have open for your inspec tion all the new style Oxfords and Pumps in Tan, Gun Metal, Suede and Pa^elit Leathers.^ Prices range from $2.50 to $4 per pair. LADIES WOOL SWEATEES We liavo a few nice Sweaters for Ladies, regular $3.00 and $3.50 Values, all of which, we offer at $2.00 and $2.50. Also a few Misses Sweaters at-e^st. NEW SPRING PERCALES. 35 pieces new Percales in me dium and light shades, colors warranted fast. " Prices 10c, 12 l-2c and 15c. MEK'S HEAVK FLEEUEL) ' UNDERWEAR. Regular 50c quality, our price 35c. ; i NEW, WALKOVER OX^ _ FORDS. Wo have received our new Spring- Oxfords in* Tan, Calf, Gun Metal and Patent Leath ers, both button anil lace ef fects, at $3.50, $4.00 and $4.50. New Spring Muslin Underwear made and as cheap as reputable goods can be sold. \ ,.\ - /? t ... ' ? ?? - Nou/ I anrl Fmk^ni/lofioc Our nfew Laces, Embroideries etc. are now open I lCYV LQLvd CXI Ivl LI I IlirUIUcriva fr r vrntr insnpntinn pftmnrisinff ?11 t.hft tipw , fcr your inspection, comprising all the new shadow effects in flouncing, Corset Covers etc-., Ne\fr Val and Teachon Laces, Hamburg Edges and Insertions. Make your selections early while all patterns can be matched. *. 1 ~~ - You will find all of our Spring lines now complete and are cordially asked to inspect. Candler-Crowell Company y. k? .Mm A Bachelor's Christmas Meditation ud Dream. For a long time Christmas has seem ed to me t suitable time to take a aort of Inventory of one's life. So on the erening of Christmas eve, aftqr ? had performed the daily chores of [eeding, etc. I felt an indescribable ihellness talcing possession of me? loneliness which makes one by him self although the room is tilled with persons, and gives one company when he Is alone. It seemed that every particle of ether la the heavens above us carried a message of Christmas. I went In and put on the back-log but before I could Bit down I heard the re port of guns In many directions. I went to the window and looked to ward the north. The skies were ablaze with fireworks whose lights were In describably beautiful In such darkness as the overhanging clouds had brought down. As I stood and gazed these ques tions came to me, "What doe? Christ mas mean to those who are shooting the guns and firing the flre-workef" "What does It meaii to the Eskimo and the Chinaman?" "How mdch of thiT true Light emanates from each one who is handling the fire-works?" Then I returneyi to the fire-place and took a seat In front of the fire. And there as I looked into the blazing, lire the scenes of my past life passed* before n?e as swiftly as the scenes In a mov ing' picture. I sat for some time' halt bewildered, sometimes filled with sor row and sometimes filled with Joy. Sorrow, because of my own failure at many points in life and Joy because of the many true friends I hare bad to help me thof far on life's iJourney Many of the most Joyful scenes were touched with ?orrow BBUaaie presented faces whose spirits now dwell on the Bterna{ Shores. As au^h g^pjyerliSiceB do not last long but pro or InaR'fatlgtM 1 soon found ' myself ready to retfre. In a abort time I was fast asleep, my body rea^w ing and gaining the strength needed for fbe duties of the next day while my mind found its way to the lfdtfbf dreams. 'Here in this strange beauti ttft land V found fh{ iLy,.t .#?< acquaintance, Utat loved her more as I knew her better.- After I had known her for^omf time 1 went to see her In her mountain bome. The last day of my stay there was a big picnic at' the top Of the mountain just a few Unties from her home/ We rode on the train* from her home to the foot of the mountain. There we joined a large crowd and began to climb themoun taln which was so steep and danger ous that we were compelled to have a guide. After we had reached the top of the mountain and were comfortably seated we began to talk of the peri lous journey just made. She said she hoped we would never again be to gether on so dangerous a journey and said we could not hare made it safely had'it not been for the confidence we had in the guide. I said, "I dont wish as you do about the journey for there lis one more I have to make, whose 'pitfalls are numerous and the enemies lurk by the wayside and I am anxious to have you with rae on this journey. The Guide of our Father shall be oar Quide. I am sure we have confidence' lb Him.' Just as 1 finished speaking I noticed that her fAce was unusually flushed. She tipoke not a word tor ?omp time but as her face gradually changed to its natoral color It was.the most beautiful one I have ever seen. Silence reigne^ supreme. After a while* I looked at my watch, it was five o'clock. We had only two hours before train time. - The guide and. crowd were far doW the mountain side. Their merry.laughter and chat-* tering voices sounded as music in the dlstanoe. We hurried to overtake the crowd beforp they reached the danger ous cliffs where we might be lftlled urfTess we had the guide with us. As we hurried on the wild flowers seem ed more beautiful than I- had ever seen them, for Itwas Easter and they were in full bloom. Before we had gone far Miss B. handed me a very beautiful flower just in full blown. Later she handed me antAher in full bloom but faded. Boftaw we overtook the crowd site h4^^Vme another whlc^had shed Its 'rJWls. My" hope ful spirit was depressed when 1 glanc -ed at the flowers and wondered Why she had given me such flowers. We : reached the foot of The mountain just itjrthe tTRtn was rrsdy to start Wten I bad found her a seat and told her g&dtyt, JrJl$oked at the flowers and asked why she &W given me the faded ones. "She said, "1 thought you might need them on life's Journey." The train moved &?ay and I stepped to the (round and leaned against the watting room where I could Me the railroad 'track. I watched the train as It curved around the mountain and 5ev V'i; - prayed that no accident might befall it. Here L must wait two hours be fore the train was due which was to carry me two hundred miles east. 1 watched the train until it vanished'Hn the distance and then thinking again of the "faded flowers" I watched the recedng twilight as it gave place? to the darkness of the night and it seem ed that my buoyancy of spirit and hope of the afternoon had gone with the light, and doubt and fear had tak en its place. 1 felt, for the moment, like my confidence had been mis placed, yet I felt somewhat relieved because my true heart's story bad been told.. My train came on time. I rode all night and half of the next day. After sleeping enough to feel well and com fortable a more pleasing Interpreta tion of the "flowers" seemed evident. I wrote her a letter in which were th? following words: "I have the 'flow ers' yet. I cannot very well carry them with me on life's journey but 1 prefer their donor Instead. I shall love you -when^ou are old." In December of the next year when the snow Was more than six inches deep a large crowd assembled in the little white church on the mountain side of which my lover was a member. Here * In the presence of' her parents and grand-parents we were joined in wedlock by her pastor. We came to my home to live, in Eastern Carolina where we were very happy. _ More than once did the angels visit our .home and baby lips did laugh us down and we were blessed with a deaxness not a bachelor's own. /' But the time c&tne for meto awakd ?for all dreamers must awake?and when I realised that'I had only been dreaming-aad-tkat-lnatMd of belnf the youthfuj man' with the happy family t am a bachelor of more than fifty sumraefs. I could not wlthold the tears. -But since the hand of time is not made to change his course nor to halt on Ijita journey because of weepng I am determined that no remorse of conscience shall becloud the remaind er of dot lite nor debar me from being hapyy, for life itaelf must seem lite a dream to one who has passed It and .has Awtked lb that gl"eat beyond OLD BACHELOR. <- ? " T * ?r, ~ Tte King ?1 all I-aistirri. for constipation, use Dr. Kings New Ufa Pill?. Pakl MathjtUta, of Buffa lo, N. r., *aysthmk"?tfe the "Mn* ot laxatives. TfceiCne a bleslng to all my family aajrl always keep a bo* It. home." j(? k box and get well McVlt Druggists or by ~ * Co., Philadel ^fsmlly Owen Introduces Child l.ubor Bill lb Senate. Senator Owen, nf Oklahoma, Intro duced on Saturday tbe same Federal chljd labor bill which Mr. Palmer, of Pennsylvania, last month presented in the House. It applies to factories pro ducing goods for Interstate commerce the 14-year age limit already In force mor? or less comprehensively In forty states. It regulates -the employment of children under 16 by limiting their working hours to eight In one daj% and by prohibiting entirely thelr eni ployment at night in mills,, factories or workshlps and at any time in mines or quarries. .. Thg Virginia State Child Labor Committee ha? unanimously endorser! the bill, and this action by citizens of the old stronghold of States' rights is considered by Owen R. Lovejoy, gen eral secretary of the National Child l^abor Committee to be an Indication of the Increasing demand by consum ers for goods that are tree from the taint of child labor, Mr. Lovejoy. says further: '? , ??The National Child T-ahor Commlt tee Is actively working for the pas sage, of this Owen-Palmer bill. It is the first time a Federal bill baa been Introduced which Is comprehensive enough to be worth while and simple enough to be enforceable; and we are advised by ^ble lawyers that the pro visions of the bill are constitutional. It has been Introduced by Democrats but we hope It will be supported, re gardless of party lines, by ail who be lieve tnat ybtttag children should l?e freed from the burden uf nage- Home say that Aronlc constipation canaot be oarMW Deal you believe it. Chamberlain's "nLbteU have cured oth ers?wky ant npdf Give them a trial. They ooat aw i\ quarter. For sale by an " The Best Cross For Poland-China GIUs. ^ A reader says he has four I>rfand China Kilts from which he otfpects to raise pigs to sell on thejrcal market for pork. He wants to^know whether he should buy a^tfure-bred Poland Ohina boar, or^duld an Essex,Duroc Jersey, or Berkshire boar give him pigs tharwould grow to a heavier weight in a shorter time?" the gilts are grade Poland-Chinas, rhich we assume is the case, then, in the minds of some people, a boar of some other breed would produce bet ter results in pork production. We do not believe that such is the crfbc. With grade Poland-China gilts we would use a pure-bred Poland-China boar. Pigs of more uniform color, type, 8ixe and feeding qualities will be obtained#/- which arc all -highly deslr able qualities in market pigs. There is, however, no serious ob jection to tlie use of a Duroc-Jers^jr or Berkahire boar, except that ' the gilts raifted from such a cross will be less valuable for breeding, unless they are bred to a boar of the same breed as their sire.?Tait Butler in The Pro gresslve Farmer. See The Vote Schedule .* j 11 t '? t 4* : y ft.- h 4 It Grows Smaller ? ?'? ' i... . ? ? i\k . : One Dollar How?Is worth Throe later-Use your own Good Judgement. . ? Louisburg Creamery Louisburg, N. C. Makes the h est Butter' and serves the best Milk to" bu had. Youjr order will be appreciated. ijWe are now prepared to fur nish Jou regularly with sweet | milk, butter milk, butter and cream. -Phone your orders to No. 245-L. Every sanitary method ,? ? applied. 1 E. L. Harris, Prop. IP- TO -DATE Livery, Sale and Feed Stable Nash St. ^ Louisburg, N. C: " Phone No. 305. Special teams and ve hicles, polite and atten tive drivers. Special At tention given the travel ing public. ;? Griffin &. Beasley NOTICE!, TO MY NUMEROUS PATB0*S._ I have moved "from The McGhee shop, to the shop' of Pr?M White.on the hill above I. H. Kearney's store uv ? fi'f ,??? Tl ' <"4 jsl > -?'?-?vat i-i J. R. COOKE, Blacksmith Ja*. ?yui,*iO?g _ k