FARM HAND
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They say that there is nothing Inew
under the sun, but the following com
munication from SpoWane state of
Washington strikes us as something
new .
Taking advantage of thie shortage
of harvest laborers in the Pacific
Northwest, where the grain crop thi
season is, estimated at more than
100,000,0Q0 bushels, several orgauiners
not affiliated with any ef the recog
nized labor bodies are working in
eastern Washington and Oregon to
form a Farm Hands' Union, tire pur
pose being to raise the minimum wage
of laborers to $3.50 for a day of S
hours. The scale for sack sewers and
forkers is fixed at $5 a day, while the
pay of machinemen will be increased
from ?6.50 to- $12 a day.
Efforts are being made by ranchers
and orchardiststo bring men into the
country from eastern, central and
southern states, and in addition to
these it is likely that students from
a dozen or more colleges in various
parts of the country can be enlisted
to assist in harvesting the grain, grass
and fruit crops.
Several attempts have been made
in Washington and Oregon to organ
ize farm laborers, but so far they
have not been successful. However,
the farmers admit that if such an or
ganization could be formed they would
at the Confederate Museum in Rich
mond is tne anchor chair of f the Cum
usuauu, a united States warship
rammed and sunk in Hampton Roads
March 2, 1862 by the MerHmac, or
Virginia a Confederate ironclad. The
cnair was recovered in the raisiagof
me Comberland dnd sent to Richmond
The shaft of the Merrimac renamed
me Virginia by the Confederates has
for years been in Jhe yard of the
museum, and the chain just received
nas just. &een placed with it
Captain Cooksey, in charge of th
floating property of the Chesapeake
ana onio Railway, with headauarters
at New York News, was instrumental
m senamg tne anchor chain to the
museum.
ACCEPTS POSITipN
WITH EEE HIVE
George Urquardt, of Suffo.k, has
accepted a position with the Bee Hive
as manager of the clothing uenart-
nient. He and his family will arrive
nere the first of the month and will
mak their home herg.
THOUGHTLESSNESS
Pepsi
MAKES t
Cola
MAN
DOCTORS SAY THAT FOOD HAS
MUCH TO DO WITH THE MAKING
OF A MAN
Progessor William James, the fam
ous Harvard psychologist, was giving
to an attentive , class remarkable in
stances of absent-mindedness.
'And let us not omit from our cat
alogue' he said, ''the well known case
of John Burdon - Sanders6n
aoun jsuraon Sanderson sat at his
desk in the University College, lost
in thought. It was nnnn Racu.
ave to pay almost any price demand ,
j 1TO , t,,ot, f&xca,i, uuc auOTUl-flJluUBU HlUUCUl lily
WHEN HE DRANK. POP AND
BOOZE
Drink has much to do with the making of a man, and we can nrov if ti,'
drank pop and booze-See him in overalls-A regular tough cLcL rl n ; Th'8 yUng man
This drink was of a tough charactar. He ccrtd no! t be an?thTng else He 'ST a
went to drinking Pepsi Cola, its results was astonishing. His tough chartar hL Q oge and
carded his overalls, and dressed up. He drinks a high class drink It has its ZJ PP t
Its a high grade drink, pureTand healthy It invigorates til sys make L hT nhim
soon show themselves in the personal appearance. x yU healthy and the effects
WE
SAY
AFTEH
SINCE HE DiRINKS PEPSI
COLA.
Frank Trader, who appears to be
the head of the organizers says it is
purposed to form a local union in
every grain district in Washington,
Oregon; Idaho and Montana. He de
clares that the present scale, rang
ing from $2.50 to $7 a day is not
high enough, especially, he adds, at
a time when the farmers will be
glad to pay more rather than leave
their crops m the field. Fifty cents
is the initiation fee and we will have
enough members at the start to see
the thing through. Our members
won't work with those n$t identified
with the organization.
PETITIONERS ASK
FOR INTERVENTION
Washington, June 28 Intervention
in the Nicaraguan situation came to
the tore again today when U. S.
Consul Sfoffatt at BWefield, telegraph
ed the State Department that a peti
tion with 700 signatures had been pre
sented to General Estrada asking that
the United Stajjes intervene.
ine suggestion that the United
States intervene is taken as a counter
move to offset the undesirable im
pression likely to resultfrom the re
fusal of General Estrada to accept
the proposal of the Cartage Court of
Justice to have the warfare, ended
by mediation.
his frugal lunch, a sandwich. Next to
the1 sandwich lay a frog, not" dead.
but motionless it had been the sub
ject of a curious experiment in the
lecture half an hourefore.
At noon the assistant left the pro
fessor meditating ibefore the sand
wich and the frog, and at l, when
the assistant returned, the professor
was -meditating still. Tie sandwich
was untasted, but the frog the frogU,,.
j: , . . i v. kii put a
uau utsaypearea . wasnmgton Post
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Elizabeht City, N. C.
MUST BEs ABOVE SUSPICION
Kidney and bladder ailments are
so serious in their consequences, and
if unchecked so often fatal that any
remedy offered for their cure must
be abpve suspicion. Foley Kidney
Pills contain no harmful drugs and
have successfully stood a long and
thorough test. Browne Pharmacy.
INTERESTING RELIC
An interesting relic just received
BIG CROWD AT
NAGS HEAD
Last Sunday was a great day for
Nags Head for a big crowd.
The LeRoy Steamboat Company
ran three excursions, one from this
city on the steamer Virginia anofHr
from East Lake on the steamer Guide
and the third from Manteo on The
steamer Hamilton. These three ex-
big crowd at Nags
Head and the people greatly enjoyed
the day down by the sea.
lnere are a1 number of excursions
planned for Nags Head in the near
future and the prospects are good for
big crowds during the entire sum
mei .
A great deal of improvement has
been made at Nags Head since last
season, and now the vicitors can
easily Vsecu re the comforts desired
PORCH
ROCKERS
HAMMOCKS
SUMMER SUGGESTIONS
FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
STRAW
MATTINGS
CREX RUGS
SPECkAF, MUSIC
Next Sunday night a special program
of music will be rendered by the choir
of Blackwell Memorial church. Miss
Rose Goodwin will take a prominent
part in the program. She is a sweet
singer and always dravs a large iu
dience.
ELECT OFFICERS
The regular Annual meeting of the
stock holders of the Farmers and
Merchants North Carolina Line was
held in this c,ity last Friday. The
election of officers resulted as fol
GREAT PRICE EXPLOSION SALE AT
RUCKEE'S
On Friday, July 1st, we inaugurate a
real July 4th., Price Explosion Sale.
Write for one of our large circulars and
you will be convinced that a bumb has been
thrown in this store and exploded pricesright
and left.
Remember we close half day Monday July
4th to enable our clerks to attend the Races,
Ball Games, Etc. so if you can't shop Friday,
Saturday and Monday Morning, wait until
Tuesday. Our special will remain the balance
of the week.
Rucker & Sheeley
REFRIGERATOR S
At 20 per cent
discount.
This bring them down to
about cost, but owing to the
unusually cool weather. We
are over stocked and offer
this reduction rather than
to take a chance of carying
them over.
The stock consists prin
cipally of
Stone Lined"
and
"Odorless
in large sizes,
strictly high
grade make.
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"RELIABLE"
BJue-flame Oil Cook
Stoves simplify summer
time housekeeping s ave
work, wory,time and money
A "Reliable" Blue Flame
can be operated cheaper
than your wood stove.
Your house is not boiled
baked or fried, when meal
is prepared there is no more
heat generated than needed
for the cooking of the meal.
WICKLESS
2 Burner $4.00
3 Burner. $5.50
WICK
2 Burner $8.00
3 Burner $10.50
They are ab
solute! y safe
and we guar
antee Satisfaction.
BASE BALL
GOODS
are acknowl
edged the best
by people who
know.
Do not accept inferior
substitutes at only small
saving in pricje.
We carry a well assorted
stock. Catalogue mailed
free.
MELICK
11-13 S, Water St.
E. Chy, N, C.
lows.
B. F. McHorney, president; D. R.
Scott, vice-president; B. B. Halstead
treasurer; N. H. , Caroon. Gerifiral
Manage? .
The officers reported that the affairs
of the company were in excellent con
dition. They reported to that two ad
ditional .sf earners had been secured to
handle the freight traffic during the
potato season in Currituck Co.
Elizabeth City's Best Store.
Kramer Building, Main St,
WHERE THE BIG TROIJT LIVED.
The Golden Pool was named that
because it is. In September when we
fish there most, the leaves around it
have turned yellow, and yellow only
for we're too far north for red foliage
and it is all in a bath of gold light.
It's -widening in he river about a
hundred yards across, and a lot of it
is shallow, so. of a bright afternoon,
the tawny colored sandbars enow
through. And a!2 around the shore are
tall birches, which lean over, and
their thin leaves are gold-shot, and the
sun glitters through them. There are
alders close to the water, and these
are frost-touched too,., and the stream
iuues in over a steep rapids at a
gorge between alder walls. It turn-
bles flashing around rocks in tier oh
tier of champagne whiteness with
cnerry colored slides of smooth
water, and in the deep, holes it is
the gold-brown of brandy. Flecks of
foam whirl all over the surface, and
under the bushes at the edge lie
feathery hunks of it like , piles of
whipped cream a foot square. As you
get to the place from the shadow" and
quiejb of the woods,you seem to have
come into a shower of glancing light
and movement and excitement. You
breathe in autumn and energy sharp
ly. Yet it's all as still and remote as
the big shadows on the mountains,
That's the Golden Pool, and that's
where we got, the afternoon of Sep
tember 15, when my brother squatted
on the rocks and put up and strung,
his rod .
The reel sang as the first line ran,
and the snells fell stiff and curly-.
but not over the hole trust Walter
not to stir up that hole till he was,
ready for business. In two or three
casts the snells were wet, and the
flies spun out on the brown, foam
spotted water. And then Walter cast
carefully at the edge of the real fish
ing ground. Along the left-hand side
of the Pool the bottom is all big rocks:
and in between are. deep, cold holes,.
and there the big trout lie never-
many, yet every years two or three
good ones are taken by the few wlo
know the secret, from a place about
twenty feet square.
Prom 'The Campaign Trout'' by
Mary K. 9. Andrews, in July Scribe
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