North Carolina Newspapers

sN . ' """" "" " mm "" " " " ' Vol. xxvm. Newton, N. C Thursday January 24, 1907. No. 39 OLD FASHIONED COURTIN'. Legislation is not the Remedy for Worof Doings of the Times. Alb my Nwb. the Just at this time all the world Is clamoring for a law to remedy every evil. We are not much of an alarmist, but as we see it, this nation is drifting toward pater nalism. We teach our boys around the fireside to make money, gat it honestly if they cm but get money. Get money is ingrafted into the curriculum of our schools, and we send our boys there that their wits may be sharpened and their hands trained for the sboool of finan cial graft. And thus we send forth into the marts of trade cultured financial sharks to rob and plunder aad steal and court and marry for dollars and social prestige- They grind human flesh and woman's virtue into dollars, and make a bargain counter of wedlook's holy altar. Then the people rise up and say: "Give us a law to restrain our robber chiefs and put a checu rein upon our fashion queens." But that's not the remedy, because the American homes are turning them out faster than we can turn them down- It's like greasing a horse's tail for the lampers, we are doctoring too far away from the sore. It's not law that we need in this country, but it's willow switches and cowhide whips, rock piles, chopping wood, hoeing in the garden, pulling weeds in the bacts yard, pailing the cow?, shucking the corn down in the bim, feeding the hogs and slopping the pigs making tater hills and sticking the beans on wet days and picking cotton and shelling corn at odd times. Yes, we need more knitting needles and darning needles, patching pants and darning sox, dish washing scrubbing floors and playing Yankee Doodle with the rolling pin at home. We are raising too many society fops, parlor soldiers and cigarette suckers and street loafers. When we see a little foppish short dress silly girl, just jumping into her teens, gadding up and dowD the street, talking slang and flirting with the boys, entertaining young jobless bloods in the parlor in the night time, when she ought to be in her little trundle bed beneath mother's wings, tucked snugly in; when we see knee pant kids and beardless youths loafing up and down the streets too lazy to work and too trifling to think, and too stuck up to do odd jobs around home; w exclaim, it's not statu tory law that we need bat it's parental law. Then, with this dark picture before us, we turn our gaza and peer into the future and we see still a dark picture, Its crowded jiils, with criminals peeping through the bars, asylums, hospitals, poor houses and sq ac id nnvertv. crimhlini? den?. crowded court dockets and hells4Rev- Weaver- was Present and of prostitution. Then we hear the people cry out: "Give us a law to save our boys and girls," But the remedy is a gross error: you are administering the medicine at the wrong place on the sore, you are doctering too far away from the seat of the disease. Napoleon said: "What France needs is mothers." That is what this country needs just now: diligent and watchful mothers, pure frugal, economical homes and old fashioned daddies, who can wield a willow with r -n inu siams tVinv lltAit. DAnQ f!!Yl r ,, . . , ,i handle a billiard cu. or poker chips. We read in a newspaper the other day of a court record in the State of Texes with three hun dred divorce cases docketed thereon. We thought my God! whither are we drifting? The demagogue says: "Give us a Stringent law to regulate the great evil, "But that's another gross error, You can not en- twine around the marriage altar the garment of purity, or make the marriage vow sacred with the cold letter of the law. When you enforce its obedience with the mandates of the law, you prune away its beautiful verdure and sap the vigor of tne fragrant rose of wedlock and it withers away and dies, as it's more of a divine than a civil institution. What we've got to do to reme dv this evil is to go back to the old fashion way of courtin'. In our raising up it was fashionable for men and women to get ac- quainted with each other. A fellow would go over to his girl's house Saturnay evening and stay all night, and help his sweetheart wash the dishes and rope off the calf while she milked, go a coon hunting Sxturday night with her big brother, and stay all day Sunday and help chase the spring rooster down for dinne. tie got ac quainted with the whole house hold, sparked her daddy and mother and cultivated a famili arity with the whole business, even the dogs. He sparked his girl in the cow pen, down at the big spring, under the drooping willows, behind the kitchin door, in the big sitting room as well as the parlor. In those good old fashioned days, when a couple stood at hymen's altar, it meant a sure enuf wedding, they were not strangers to each other, and a hundred chances to one, it meant a union that death alone would sever. In those good days a divorce case in court was rarely heard of. Sherrill's Ford News, Correspondence of The Enterprise. Jan. 14. Well, we haye been having summer weather for about two weeks. This reminds us of 1889. Some haye not killed their hogs and are afraid to kill. Died at his home near this place, on January 4, Mr. Robert Cline, He was buried at Reho beth cemetery on the 5 at one o'clock. He leaves a wife and 9 children. May God bless all the relatives in this stroke of his all wise providence. Also on the 5 the death angel claiared an infant of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Moss. It was enterred at Mon day, 7. Some of the boys while hunt ing found old Beelzebub in a pasture, he had been unearthed about Christmas I suppose. They say his Capacity is about 50 gallons. One inspector diped his hat in the hole, and oh, what a head ache followed. The ower of the package is spotted out. Mr, R. S. Horwell went to Charlotte last week to put in his claim in the Lswis Fisher estate. It is 'estimated at $160,000,000, we hope it will get across the waters all o, k., for it is time some money was coming this way, as it has been all gain the other way. Eph Fisher, one of the near est heirs, will get one million. He will invest his in a railroad he says. Mr Woodbury Sherill's children were bitten by a hound pup, two months old, Tney all went to Charlotte on Wedhesday to the mad stone, but it did not adhere only to one. The dog also bit another dog and two mules, The dog died in 3 days afterwards. The first quarterly meeting for 1907, was held at Denver on January 12 and 13, Rock Springs circuit. The presiding elder, did some good preaching. Mr. John Cashion must have several cows from the sound of hells and blating Saturday night. It is reported one of the boys could not go tc see his girl Saturday night on account of a pet calf devouring some of his dry goods. Mr. Jim Huskin of Oklahoma has recently returned from a visit in the neighborhood. Oar free schools are getting along fine. Rev. N. M. Modlin gave the writer a call last week With success to the editor and all the readers of the "Enter prise ' in 1907, we close HOPE. HALF THE WORLD WONDERS. how the other halt lives. Those who nee Bncklan's arnica Salye never wonder if it will onre Cats, Woands, Burns, Sore's and all Skin eruptions; they know it wil). Mrs. Grant Shy, 1130 E. Reynolds St.. Springfield 111., says: "I regard it one of the absolutely necessities of housekeep ing." Guaranteed by T. R. Abernethy, druggist, 25c. Over $73,000 Goes Up io Ashes, Statesville Mascot, Smoking ashes, parts of heayy timbers and portions of brick walls mark the place near the Southern railway depot, this city, on which stood the largest flour mill in North Carolina. Yesterday morning about 5 o'clock fire was discovered in the eleyator of the Statesville Flonr Mill and the alarm was given by the fireman who had goae to the mill to fire up his boilers. The fire department responded promptly, but the fire had gained such headway and spread so rapidly that it was beyond their contro'. At the time there was a high wind and very soon the heavens and the entire city were brightly illumined by the leap ing flames and flying fragments of burning timbers. However, the firemen got in good work by confining the fire to the mill only, as the large warehouse to the mill and the other property is situated m close proximity. The warehouse was just slightly dam aged. A box car of the Southern railway, standing on the side track at the mill, and some lum ber belonging to the Gaither Lumber Company, estimated at the value of five hundred dollars were burned. The Gaither lum ber yard being so close to the flour mill it took heroic work to save the lumber mill, even ladies who were present joined in this work. The freight car that burned was loaded with wheat. The flour mill was totally de stroyed with the exception of the power plant and the loss is esti mated at near $75,000, iuaurance covering about two thirds of the loss. There were 20,000 bushels of wheat and about 1,000 bushels of corn in the mill at the time. The Statesville Flour Mill was by far the largest in the State, ! its capacity being 3,000 bushels : every 24 hours and employed a large force of hands. The build ing was a large three story brick building and was just recently ' equipped with new machinery at! a cost of about $30,000, The destruction of thi3 plant is not only a sevpre loss to its owners, but to the eDtire community and State. This mammoth enterprise was owned and operated by local capital, the officers and directors of which are as follows: J. C. Irvin, president, Geo. II. Brown, vice-president; F, A. Sherrill, secretary and treasurer. Direc tors: J. C. lryin, F. A- Sherrill, ! L. C. Wagner, J. E. Sherrill, A. Turner, C. L. Poston and Gee, H, Brown. How the lire originated is unknown. Cause of Sick Headache, Severe attacks of Sick Head ache are due to a torpirl, Con gested Liver and a Disordered Stomach, No one caD enjoy good health when the stomach refuses to do its necessary work. One bottle of Drake's Palmetto Wine, a purely vegetable compound, has often brought complete health to persons suffering with the above named symptoms, and in many cases pronounced incur able by some of the best physi cians ie the country, A large bottle, usual dollar siza, can be obtained at drug stores for 75 cents, bnt a trial bottle with full instructions will be sent free to every reader of this paper who needs it. Address your letter or postal card to the Drake Co., Wheeling, W. Va. Sold by R. P. Freeza, Kings tut) Horror Grows. According to information re ceiyed to-day the Kingston horror is growing. Communica tion with the island is partially restored, and every message that comes through brings fresh details . of the appalling catas trophe. The number of dead is variously placed at from five to twelve hundred and the number of injured runs into the thous ands. Ten thousand people are said to be homeless. The dan ger of famine has increased and with it stalks the spectre of pestilence. There is urgent need of supplies of all kinds, and energetic efforts are being made in this country and in England to send aid. The business section of the city has been wiped out, and the estimates of damage range from 110,000,000 to $25,000,000, Among the dead and injured are a num ber of prominent English per sons, and almost every dispatch adds a new name to this list. Eight Americans are recorded as missing, and it is said that many tourists undoubtedly were crushed by failing walls in the shopping district, The Ameri can battleships Missouri and Indiana have reached the scene and American officers and sail ors are standing by to render every assistance in their power. A new horror is added to the suitation by reports that the city seems to be slowly sinking into the sea. The contour of the bot torn of the harbor has materially changed, and two lighthouses at tne harbor entrance are said to have disappeared, The ships in the harbor are crowded with in jured people, and the death list is being increased daily. Corp" ses lie in the streets, or arc being thrown into trenches. The fearsome extent of the appalling calamity that has visit ed the capital of J amaica has not yet been recorded to the outside world, and it is doubtful if even the people of Kingston them selves are yet aware of the full extent of the disaster that over whelmed them last Monday afternoon. HORROR GREAT AS FRISCO'S. . The disaster here is as great as the calamities of San Fran cisco and calamities. Thousands of persons have been killed, and the dead bodies are being taken from the debris by hundreds. The whole town is in ruins, and the greater portion is still smouldering in ashes. The smell of burnt fl-jsh per vades the air. The cable line from Kingston is broken, and the correspon dent had to go to Holland Bay, 40 miles to the east, to file this message. The earthquake came as a sadden possession of the food stuffs. The direction, but up and down. Thousands of persons were on the stieets of Kingston at the time, and great numbers of them were crushed. Mmy Americans in Kingston were killed and haye been buri ed. Realizing the possibility of famine, the people made at tempts to loot. The military, however, at once took possession of the foodstuffs. Detachments of troops with fixed bayonets, were placed on guard. They were concentrated m a central position. No one is allowed to pass through the ruined sections of the city. Kingston is threat ened with a failure of the water supply owing to the bursting of a reservoir, before tomorrow. Tne military suffered severely. The hospitial camp, where there were several hundred soldiers, were burned, and a number of men lost their lives, Major W. H. Hardiman and Lieutenant Leader are dead. Colonel J. R. Dalrymble-Hay and Major Lawrenson are seriously injured. Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney and Bladder Trouble. Kidnev trouble prevs upon the mind. discourages and lessens ambition ; beauty, vigor and. cheerful ness soon disappear when the kidneys are out of order or dis eased. Kidney trouble lias become so prevalent that it is not uncom mon for a child to be bora afflicted -with weak kidneys. If the child urinates too often, if ihe urine scalds the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon it, the cause of the diffi cuftv is kidnev trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidnevs and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. women as well as men are maae miser able with kidnev and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamo-Root is soon realized. It is sold bv druggists, in tilty- ceut and one-dollar size bottles. Youmav have a sample bottle bv mail free, also a Home of Swamp-Sao. pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root, including many 01 the thousands 01 testi monial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad dress ''.Bingkamton, N. Y. on every bottle. The liquor fight comes up early in the gamn. The first round indicates that by the time the Legislature ahjonrns, John Barleycorn's most intimate friends will not be able to recognize him. Builds up waste tissue, promo tes appetite, improves digestion, induces refreshing sletp, gives renewed strength and health. That's what Holister's Rocky Mountain tea does. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. T,R, Aternethy. TRAINED NURSE Writes a Letter to the People. "To whom it may concern: I am a trained nurse of nine years' experience in hospitals and priv. es--, and f sr the benefit of th-i peopie of Newton 1 wish you wonld publish my ejepenen'-p with the cod liver oil preparation called Vinci. 4I was completely prostrated from overwork. I had no appe tite, could not sleep, my kidneys, liver and bowels became inactive, and as I grew weaker I could not retain either medicine or food on my stomach, and raised blood. The doctors said mv condition was critical and I would proba bly die. "As I had seen Vinol prescrib ed for my patients with such remarkable results, I decided to try it myself. After the first bottle I began to improve. 1 continued its use, and soon began to sleep and eat well; every organ in my body was strength ened and became normal, until it seemed good to be aliye and I was restored to perfect health and strength. "I believe Vinol is the most potent and delicious cod liver oil preparation and tonic rebuilder in the world, and it is such a blessing to be able to take into the system all the body building and medicinal elements of cod liver oil without the nauseating, greasy oil itself. "I advise all my patients who need strength, rich, red blood, and flesh tissue to take Vinol, as it is so far superior to old-fashioned cod liver oil, emulsions, or other tonics. Elizabeth M. Cremond, Trained Nurse, Bos ton, Mass. In Newton we sell Vinol on a positive guarantee to return money if it fails. T. R. Aber nethy, Druggist. Note While we are sole agents for Vinol in Newton, it is now for sale at the leading drug store in nearly every town and city in the country. Look for the Vinol agency'in your town. Food don't digest? Because the stomach lacks soae one of the essentia! diffMtaats or the iistivt jaices are not properij Daiancao. j.aa, io, is is iau andigwtei food that causes oornfsa and painful indigestion, Kodol For indigestion gnoaia oe usea ior renei, Kodol is a solution of yegi table acids, It 4igests what you eat, and corrects the ' deficiencies of the digestion. Kodol conf erms to the Natioaal Pare Food and f Drug Law. Sold here bj T. R, Abereethj A K. r. Freze. ScpportsFifleen on 60 Cent a Day. Chicago Examiner. fin ttto rraa nairav ioafoi than I ?a j t w t . v v 1 yesterday in superior court bv 60c a day, Bob Jennett, wholiyes.f, u nine miles from here, has sup ported his wife and fifteen chil dren. Sheriff Bryan, who be came acquainted with the case in the course of his official duties persuaded the court to strike Jennett's name from the pole-tax list. Jennett is a common laborer, with no other means of support than the work of his hands. A few weeks ago the sheriff called at Jennett's house for the pur pose of gathering taxes and later presented to the court this reason for releasing Jennett from the poll tax; "Father of triplets," The court immediately struck the name from the list, Jennett is the father of triplets two girls and a boy. They are bright eyed, rosy -cheeked babies, alike as the Siamese twins. During the sheriff's visit a photographer took pictures of the triplets,, and these pictures the father hopes to sell in order to aid m the support of the family. Little touches of back-ache should not be allowed to go untended. Rheumatism and many other things follow. A box of DeWIttf s Kidney and Bladder Fills will bring relief quickly. They driye the poison from the body. Act on the liver as well as the kidneys. A 25 cent box holds a week's treatment. Sold by T, B. Abernethy & B. P. Freeze. Barkeep Wot'll ye have? Stoodent B Got any champagne on ice? Bar keep Sure! Stood ent B Gimme a nickle's worth of ice. Cornell Widow. Patience How do yon know Peggy is alone? Patrice Be- bausel hear her singing. Bat that's no sign. Yes, it is If there was anyone with her, she'd be talking. Yonkers Statesman, Little People With The Greatest Eves, charlotte Chronicle. There is something pathetic in this paragraph from Governor Glenn's message to the Legisla ture; . "There are four hundred chil dren in the State who haye been offered admittance into this m- stuiion, (.he Deaf and Dumb Asylum), but their tarents refuse to let them enter. This is almost a crime against the child, for by education the silent ear and lip are made to hei ar d apeak, and children who other wise would be hewers of wood and drawers of water, are aught useful employment and become well-cqu'pped, self-supporting citizen," For years past it has not been possible to find enough room in the State hospitals for all the unfortunates who should be cared for there, land then the, schools for the blind aud deaf ; are continually filled, but in the institution for the deaf and dumb there is a holiowness of vacancy. No scurrying about on the part of the management to provide room for applicants, but actually its arms are thrown open invit ingly, bnt unavailingly, to four hundred children in the State, whose parents love them too well to part with them even for a time and with the full knowledge that by so doing they would do what was best for tne child. The mother's loves for a little creature which comes to her care deaf and dumb is one of the most beautiful things in the world and all those who know of it share it. There is always the yearning in her heart that the child might hear her voice and she would willingly go speechless to her grave for one sound of the voice of her child. But these little deaf and dumb people, though they hear not through the ear, nor speak through the tongue, have the wonderful eyes ..hat draw in the love of the world. It is the light of these eyes that the mother cannot part with for a time, even though it be for the benefit of the child. The mother of the blind child may loye it no less than the mother of the deaf and dumb child loves her offspring, but she finds it easier to part with it, because there does not strike into her soul the , , , ineffable glory, the mute, ap pearling, tender love of the eyes . , that know all and tell all. Ask For J40.0CO Damage io Hickory Wreck I Asheville Citizen. ! Suit for $40,000 was begun Mrs. Maitha E. Suttles mother and administratrix ot Lloyd B. Suttles. the hreman who was killed in Hickory some time ago, against the Southern Railway company and L. . Jones, the conductor of the train which was wrecked when the nnlortunate man lost his life. The accident occurred October 28.1906. darinsf the first run made by Suttles, a promiin yonng man of twenty-one years, alter his probation. The plan tiff alleges tha4". the train wa3 rnnning at a speed of from thirty to forty miles an hour with Engineer Marion Hall at the throttle, whereas the Hick ory laws forbid a speed of more than ten miles in the city limits and the Southern rules f rbid more than five in tho jardt. The plantifl allegsa that it was within both and that Eugineer Hall was running at a negligent ly high rate of speed regardless of rules. The train struck an open switch, it is alleged, and, al though the engineer endeavored to stop it, tore down the grade, and struck a switching trai just backiig awaj from a box factory. The engineer Raped to the ground and escaped with his life. It is said that witnesses saw Mr, Suttles fly from the engine, but did not know wheth-. he jumped or was already killed. ; at that instant, the collision' occurred and t he engine and cars were hurled from the track," burying the helpless man beneath the wreckage, and covering the yards with debris. Wells and Swain and Jones and Williams represent tha plantiff. Clear up the complexion, cleanse the liver and tone the sjstem. Yen ca biat do this by a dose or two of DdWitt'3 Little Early Risers. Safe, rIiable little pills with a reputation. Tie pills that ' reryone knos. Beccommendel by T, B. Abernethy & B. P. Freeze We Have Just Received Remiiiartoe Octagon Barrel Rifles, 32 and 22 Cali bre, which we will sell at $5,00 each. STEVEN'S RI FLES $2,50, $3 00 and 3.50 each. We sell almost any kind of Rifle or Pistol Otridges, Shells, Primers, Caps, Powder and Shot. We sell Shears, Scisors, Razors, Knives and Forks, Butcher Knives, Pocket Knives, Safety Razors, ATTCXNIATIC Razor Straps, Curtain Rings, Hand Bells, Cow Bells and Call Bells Pump Oil Cans that will not overflow, Well Buckets, Water Buckets, Chains. Lanterns at 5oc each. Saddles, Bridles, Hames, Traces, Hame Strings, Bach Bands,, Pads, Colaj-s, Shovels, EorJis, Spades, Scoops, Crosscut Saws, Rand Saws, Butcher Saws, Key-Hole Saws. Chopping Axes 50c each. Hand Axes, HatcJiets, Claw Hammers, Horse Slice Hammers, Black Smith Hawmevs, Buck Hammers, Sledges, Anvils 9 Bellows, Corn Shelters, Stoves, Tin Ware and almost anything you need, ai reas&nable pltlCES. S MYR H ardware J Co. How Do You Spend Your Money Are you doing it in a way to receive substantial benefit? Are you laying aside something for a RAINY DA Y? If 'not, you will never have a better time 4o begin than now- To get quickly started, begin the easiest way; come to The Shuford National Bank and open an ac count in their Savings department- Do not wait for a large sum for it may never come; fust deposit whatever you yove tOa-spar e, no matter how small the amount. We will gladly assist you in getting started. We pay ver cent inter est and compound it quarterly in this department. Ga and let us tell you how we do if. A. A. Shuford Pres.. J, C. Smith Vice Pres. and A, H, Crowell. Cashier. Implement Co., RICHMOND, VA are headquarters for V Crimp and other Galvanized or Painted. Wire F encins Grain Drills Ensilage Oitters Feed Mills Cider Mills, etc Write for prices and our full Descriptive Catalogue of all the best Farm Implements Mailed Free, on Request. 1 Among the standpatters on Ithe Brownyille negro troop? incident, President Eooseyel. and Senators Foraker and Ti!I mwi might be mentioned, "I say. D'Orsay have you ever i heard that joke about the guide in Rome who showed some 'travelers two skulls of St. Paul, one as a boy and the other as a man?" "Aw, deah toy ho aw, let me deah it." Boston Tran script. CASTOR I A, For Iriants and CMldren. ' r The KindYoa Haie Always -aB Bears the Signature of