new
ION
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ol. XXIX.
Newton, N. C, Thursday March 2l, 1907.
No. 5.
Mr. Finley's New Plan.
Charlott" Chronicle.
President Fnlev, of the South -
ern Railroad Company, has
made another move tending to
brint; about better relations be -
twpeti his roads and the public.
In an address to the general
public and patrons of the South
ern in which he says that for the
purpose of securing speedy and
satisfactory settlement of claim
against the road for Joss or
damage or overcharge in the
handling of freights, the South
ern Railway Company has
organized and placed in service a
corps of traveling agents to ex
amine and audit claims in the
premises, and it will be their
duty to travel continuuously in
the respective territories assign
ed to them. The special duties
assigned to hese officials are thus
set forth:
"First To secure the prompt
handling and settlement of all
fair and honest loss, damage and
overcharge freight claims
against the company.
"Second To give assurance of
this to the patrons of the com
pany by prompt, courteous and '
efficient attention to their rights.
Third To prevent accumn-
lations of freight claims and ever
any refused freight at stations !
and reconcile as far and promptly
as possible all over freights and 1
shortages,
"Fourth To educate local
aeents to the highest degree of
efficiency in treating with
patrons in respect to their
transactions with them, both in
respect to the handling of freight
at the stations and the prompt
payment or declinations of
freight claims."
It looks to us that this is a
pretty good ida and ought to beihandreds of People
productive
or
ecod results.
There is much for these travel
ing ageats to do along the line of
duty assigned them. Ppesident
Finley has given evidence already
that he intends to conduct the
affairs of his road on a pjogres
sive policy and with a view to the
fullest recognition of the right
cf shippers and travelers.
'lu 1?'.7 I had a stomach disease
So ue physicians said Dyspepsia, some
ConHumi tiou. Ouessid I could not live
until epiii:$r. For four years I exist d
o.i boiled milk , soda biscuits, and doc
tor's pr'-i-.crifiticiis. I could not digest
au tiling I ate; then I picked up one of
yonr Almanacs and it happened to be
my IiL-savtr; I bought a fifty-cent
bottle ol Kodol ana the benefit I received
frorn thai bottle all tne eold iu Georgia
could not buy. In two months 1 went
h w.k to my work as a machinist, and in
tnre luonths I was well and hearty,
May you liw KDg and prosper." C,- N,
C jrvvtll, Kcdiag, (a , 190i. Th"abjye
is only a sample of tae great good that
i daily doue Everywhere by Kodol For
1'jspepisia, It is sold here by T. R
Abernethy and R. P. Freeze.
Paragraphs from the Durham Heruld
Some of the sunposed leaders
can already see their holds slip-
ing.
It is perhaps just "as well that
the committee found out no more
than it did.
Everything considered the
trusts fared a little better than
the railroads-
As soon as they forget about it
they will be satisfied with all that
the Legislature .did.
We are at least no longer in
doubt as to what became of the
Populist party in this State.
When we think of the things
that the Legislature could have
dene and didn't do we should
perhaps be thankful.
The real fun will come when
they get ready to decide on the
location of the normal and indus
trial college for the east.
It t.7 be that there was noth
ing in those charges but you will
have to admit that there were
suspicious circumstances,
Heratofore, when a man did not
want to take it he was promptly
re id out of the party, but there
are nov too many of them.
You fellows who propose to
read the riot act to the next
State convention had best make
certain beforehand that you are
going to get what you want.
Worked Like a Hiaraa
Mr. T. X. Walker, editor of that
Bpicy .1 mrnal, the Enterprise. Louis, Va
'-'H-lyN:, I ra a ril in my foot last wceK
ni at ore nivn'ied BneMenn Arnica
Sii !v- Noil Humiliation follow?; th
oilve miupIy healed the vv-nnd. Heals
very s-re burn and kiu dieae.
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arjc
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A Busy Keiicir.e for Busy Peoale.
Brings Golden Health and Renewed Vigor.
A specific for Constipation. Indigestion, Uver
nnU Kidnei troubles. Pimples, Eczema, Impure
Mi)'!, bail Hreuth. Sluirtrish Bowels. Headache
una Backache. Its Rocky Mountain Tea in tab-l'-t
form, 35 cents a bcx. Genuine made by
XioLLisTEK Drug Compant. Madison, Wis.
GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE
Good Lack For Thaw.
I Charlotte Chronicle.
! Mr. Thos, W, Andrews, who
J has been sojouring in eastern
j3rta Carolina brings in a most
1 interesting story back with him
1 from Liurinburg, the old home
I of Mr. John Charles McNeiL
The story is highly intersting
because it has to do with Harry !
Thaw, dpon whom the eyes of !
the whole country are focused, 1
uu wuu a iNortn uaronna man,
a stalwart blacksmith, who is a
friend of Thaw's cause which is
now being made the center of a
great legal battle.
Harry K, Thaw will no doubt
be forcibly impressed with th9
fact that he has strong sympath-
izsrs at least in North Carolina j
when he receives a great iron J
horse-shoe from a North Carolina
man, with two little knots of blue
tied about the ends of the big
shoe. The Good luck sagnifl
cance of the horse-shoe has been
taken advantage of by Key
Ritcb, a progressi ve citizen of
r 1 1
Ljaurinourg, wno nas made a
shoe, seventeen i nches wide d
eighteen inches long, to send to
Harry Thaw in New York, with
the wishes of the sender that the
bif? shoe, large enough to encircle
a small man. will bring to the
receiver good fortune, equally
larjya as fortune goes, as the j
stloe 18 large compared with the
average-size shoe.
The big shoe was made by
Ritch with his own hands, and
shaped by him and the little bow
of blue ribbon was significant of
something too, as he had seen it
i much in evidence at the fairs and
jotner similar places that he had
i attended.
j Ritch's inventive genius has
attracted much
attention and
in North
Carolina will wait to hear how
Rich's unique present is
ed.
receiv-
Found At Last.
J. A, Harmon, of Lizemore, West Va..
says; 'At lalt I hare found the perfect
pill that never disappoints me; and for
the benefit of otLu -s afmcted with torpid
iver and chronic constipation, will say:
talre Dr. Kings New life Pill ' Quarn
teed satisfactory, at T. R. Abernethy 5
cents. Druggist.
The Stove.
Tit-Bite.
The following story is being
told of a certain celebrated Pari
sian doctor, whose domestic re
lations are said to be not alto
gether satisfactory. He was
called in one day to prescribe for
a lady who thought she had
influenza. But the doctor, after
observing her symptoms, look
ed about the room in order to
discover the cause.
Suddenly he perceived the
stove, a very beautiful work of
art, and exclaimed: My dear
madam, that stove is the cause
of your trouble; it is filling your
room with poisonous gas, and
if vou continue to use it it will
end by killing you.''
"But. Doctor, it cost me 120
francs.
"No matter; better lose your
money than your health."
But, as the lady still seemed
unconvneed. the doctor added:
1 will give one quarter the
price, and see if I cannot get rid
of the thing."
So the stove departed,
Later on the patient was chang
ing her apartments and went to
look at some others that were
being vacated. In one of the
rooms she inspected she recog
nized har former stove.
"Who is living here?" she in
quired.. "Mine. G, th(
mother-in-law of the famous Dr.
," was the reply.
With a smile of understanding
the lady left.
Where He Wortnipped.
Ladies Home Journal.
Aathft nftw minister of the
village as on his way to even
ing service he met a rsingyoung
man nf thfl nlAce whom he was
111 ' -
ai xious to have become an ac
t v member of the church.
Good evening my youog
fripnH " hi naid solemnly. 1 do
van t'VPP attend a Dlfice of wor
,4Y-f. indeed, el: regularly
every SuDday uigbt," replied th-
tpllrw with a smile. 1 m
J " - r -
on my way to neer her now "
o
Bean th
Signatva
of
i The Kind ton Haw Always
Mr. Cleveland's Host.
Wag ton Herald.
Grover Cleveland is on his
anual yisit to his o'd friend. Gen.
E, P. Alexander, in South Caro
lina. Baiween this fine old sur
vivor of the baronial days of the
1 South and the formor President
there is a bond of friendship of
long standing,former when Mr.
Cleveland first came to the
White House, more than 20years
ago, and when Gen, Alexander
was one of the few Southern
visitors who did not want an
office. The South Carolinian
owns splendid estates along the
coast, much of it island proper
ties, where the hunting and
fishing are especially good at
this season. When Mr.
land goes there he is as
Cleve-
com-
pieteiy cut on from the world as
was Robinson Crusoe, With
gun and rod he has trackles
acres to bustle in and the sea
and inlets for his own.
Gen Alexander is a West Point
honor graduate. When the civil
war broke out he was stationed
with his command on the Pacific
coast. Resigned from the armv
he made his way back to South
Carolina, where be cast his
fortunes with the Confederacy.
At the close of the war he was
Gen. Lee's chief engineer. Gen.
Alexander is no writting a series
of articles on the great battles of
the civil war, which are attract
ing the attention of military
students all over the world.
Durinag the last Cleveland ad
ministration he was appointed by
the President as arbitrator in
the boundry dispute between
Nicaragua and Costa Hica, for
which service he was paid a
large honoraium by the two
governments involved. Ho fre-
fluently visits old family friends
in that part of Washington known
as Georgetown.
You should be very careful of you
bowels when you have a cold. Nearly
all other cough syrups are constipating,
especially those containing opiates,
Kennedy s JLa-mative t-ough Syrup moves
the bowels coutains no opiates, t on.
forms to National Pure Fod and Drug
La--v. Bears the enor.emeat ;f mothers
everywhere. Children Iise its pleaaant
taste. Sold by T. K Abernethy and ft.
P, Fre we.
The average annual death rate
of all the standing armies of the
world is nine in 1,000,
Madrid lies higher than any
other Europeao capital. Its
height above the sea is 2.090 feet
The most apparent need of
Siberia and Manchuria is agri
cultural machinery. The ter
ritories are sparsely settled, and
the areas capable of cultivation
are great.
Tompkins is wondering who
was mean enough to send him an
infernal machine," "What kind
was ii?" -'Phonograph." Mil
waukee Sentinel.
Mrs. Gasser I was outspoke
in my sentiments at the club this
afternoon. Mr- Gasser I cant I
believe it. Who outspake you,
my dear? Pu k.
AVcfiefablePreparationfor As
similating iheToodandRcgula
ting th&Stojaflhs and.Bov.-ei5 of
ErOTtesTHcsfion,Chcerful
ness and KestXonfains neither
OpmmjMorpame norllmcifll.
Not Narc otic.
tionTSour Stomach, Diarrhoea,
Worms X.onvulsions,teverisa
ness and Loss OF SLEEP
facsimile Signature of
NEW "YOHK.
won
EXACT COPT OF WEAEFEBt
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How One Cost Was Laid. j
New York World.
fair. William Henrv Perkins, i
r,he inventor of many coal tar
dyes. as talking in New York
before ho saiitd for England,
about the Psychical Rsseaixh
Society.
"Crookes and some other
scientists go in for psychical
research' he said, "though I
confess that to me the subject
makes no gieat appeal,
"Personally I have come in
contact, during a fairly long car
eer, with but one ghost story.
Its hero was a man whom I'll call
Snooks.
"Snooks, visiting at a country
house was put in the haunted
chamber for the night. He said
he felt no uneasiness; neverthe
less he took to bed with him
revolver of the latest American
pattern.
"He fell asleep without difficul
ty, but as the clock was strikins
2 he awoke with a strange feeling
of oppresioa.
"Lifting his head, he peered
about hiai. The room was waniy
itlumated by the fool moon, and
in that weird, blush lizht he saw
a small hand clasping the rail at
the foot of the bed.
"Who's there?' he demanded,
tremulously.
"There was no reply. The
hand did not move.
"'Who's there?' said Snooks
again. Answer or 1 11 shoot,'
'Again there was no reply
and Satoks . sat up cautiously,
cook careful aim, and fired.
"He jun. pad from that night
on, for he shot tff two of his own
toes.''
Ho To R?m?in Yonug.
To continue voung in health and
strength, du ad Mis, (. F. Kowan, Mi-
L) !'ongh. Ua . did. she eaje: "'Three
s.rttleu of El ctric Bitters enred me o-
chronic liver and stomach :ronb!f, coaipf
cated with ench an unhealthy condi
tion o! the b'ood that my skin tamed
rl a? flannel. 1 am now practically 2o
ygara yonnger than before I took Elec
tric Bitters. I caa now do all r-y w :tk
ith eaae nd assist in my husband's
-tore." Guaranteed at T. R. Abernethy
The Golden En.
The New York Weekly is re
sponsible for the following
specimen of arithmetic as seen
through rose collored glasses;
Father Now. see here! I f
you marry that young pauper,
how on earth are you going to
live?
Sweet Girl Ob. we have figur
ed that all out You remember
that old hen my aunt gave me?
" vVell. I have been reading a
poultry circular, and I find that
a good hen will raise twenty
chicks in a season. Well, the
next season that will be twenty
hens, and as each will raise twen
ty more chicks, that will be fonr
hundred and twenty. The next
year tne nnmner will be eignt
'housand four hundred, the
following year one hundred and
sixty-eight thousand! Just
think, at only 50 cents apiece, we
will have $1,580,000. Then you.
dear old father! we'll lend you
some money to pay off the mor
tgage on this house!"
i!Jiii 11 UDuill
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
of
In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
o)
ill
The osnTAva cenMurr. new to city.
ZAP
Intensive Ftnain.
Oaarlotte Chronicle.
"The intensive system ot farm
ing i3 becoming more and more
noticeable every year," said a
well known Charlotte merchant
to-day, diseuasing the tendency
oi th tarraers of Mecklenbarg
county to iu vest i a more lertil-
izars than toormerl?, on a basis'
ol pon mis per acre.
"The farmers are coming to the
conclusion that it pays better
to put more fertilizers on the
ground and ii a uy thing the
disposition of the majority is to
get as much c -tton and corn as
possible out of each acre, and
not undertake to get large
returns simply by plantiog
greater acreage.
Fertilizer snles for the month
re snoring a decided increase
on account of the fact that cotto
plantiog time is almost here and
the farmers are mating ready to
get their cotton plmte i by the
first of April this year, ii the sea
sons aie favorable.
It is too eariy yet to estimate
th9 acreage, and whether there
will be a ureat variation from
last year's acreage, but the
members ot the Cotton Growers,
Association are disposed to the
belief that the farmers wiiil keep
down the acreage this year as
much as possible this bring one
ot tho chief tenets of the associ
ation to decrease the acreage
For weak kidnejs and lame back ose
eWitt'e Kidnty and Bladder Pills,
eet for lumbago, rheumatism bladder
nd other troubles arising from bad
blood. They cleanse the kidneys and
clear the system. Indorsed and sold by
T. B. Abernethy, and R. 1. Freer?,
Melody Choir, as he called
himself, has real name being
Melchoir, died in Seattle tecently
a bachelor, and left $150,000, all
of which is to be expended, ac
cording to a 145 page will he
left, in the erection of a mauso
leum. Hole ia the Watch key.
Minneapolis Journal.
"The queerest patent?', said
th- attorney. "Weil, the queerest
patent I know ot was the patent
ol a hole.
"An old farmer out St. Louis
way pattened a hole, and what
is morr. he made a lot of money
on it Now, thongb, it isn't worth
the paper it is written on.
"This farmer one morning in
the dim past went to wind his
bag silver turnip and found the
key, stuck full ot dirt. He tried
to dig the dirt out with a pin.
No go.
Consarsye.' he said. I'll fix
ye And he drilled a hole in the
key. and with a single breath
blew out every bit ot the dirt.
"He patented that hole. He
built a factory, bought millions
of keys and made holes for them
His patent turned out 27,500
holes a day,
"Ia tact all the world used the
farmer 'd cratch kev, which were
the only kind that would keep
clean, and the old fellow got rich.
"That, of course, was in the
dim past. The hole factory is
only running on hall time now
few persons today use any BaTe
the stemwinding or keyless
watch,"
Brattice cloth ia a manufao
of jute coated with tar or filled
.with fire proof material an used
in coal mines. Consul T, J.
Albert, of Curnswick, Germany,
understand that it is made both
on the Bhine and at Paterson,
N. J.
Immigration Commissioner
North, San Francisco, has decid
ed that a Hindoo cannot become
a citizen of the United States,
the United States statues deny
ing citizenship to all persons who
are not white or of African
desent.
The rose is the emblem
of secrecy in Greece, and was
formerly hung over the table
where guests were entertained,
in token that nothing heard there
was to be repeted. Hence he
! expression "subrosa-".
Stella Did they marry and
hye happiJy forever? BellaNo;
but they lived happily and marri
ed forever, New York Sun.
o
Beantlia
Biguitare
of
The Kind Yoa Ham Always Bosgnt
In the VaaQla or the Milk
Spartanburg Spartan,
The Charlotte Observer of the
20th instant says:
As the result oi eatinr
gelatine with whipped cream on
it last Sunday for dinner, 50 ol
the young ladies of Elizabeth
college were made sick. The
poisoning is supposed to have
come from the vanilla extract
used in liayonng the cream, i
Shortly after the meal was oyer
a number of the students com
plained. The college physiciau
was summoned post haste. Uv
the time of his arrival ot h ;rs
were ill. By nightfall there were
a hall hundred indisposed, many
of them being deathly sick.
Relief was given and in the
course of a tew boars almost all
were up and out again,
blew over as quickly as it eatnt
on and by the next day tne col
lege work was rroviog along as
nsual,4
Now we have eome doubt
about that vanilla. The cream
used was perhaps old, having
been kept long enough tor the
ptomaines to be formed, Year
ago at an entertainment ia this
county Qa score or more ot per
sons were made very sick by eat
ing ice cream. The blame was
then placed on the vanilla or
other flavoring. But the trouble
was in the milk used for making
the cream. If those Charlotte
girls had taken more ot the
w flipped cream they would have
run a great risk, On this subject
ot ptomaine poisoning, we are
sure that milk, fresh meats,
fowls and lish, when improperly
handled, furnish favorable places
for the generation of this poison
Not Lovelorn. Johnny, do
you love your teacher? ' Naw."
"Why. I'm astonished." MAw
what's the use? She's turnd
down s:x boys," Louisville
Courier Journal.
American (being polite
Every time 1 see Punch I have
to laugh. Englishman (offended)
nothing to laug at m
Punch. New York Tines.
' 'She sings with so m nch feel
ing, dosen't she?" "Yes, She's
always grabbing herself around
the heart or fussing with her
back hair," Chicago Record
Herald, "Can't you find any work at
all? ' "Plenty sir; but everybody
wants references from me last
employer." ''Can't you get
them?" No sir; he's been dead
twenty-eight years. "-Illustrated
Bits.
Thoasasds Haie Kidney
Trouble and Neier Suspect it
How To Find Out.
Fill a bottle or common glass -with your
water and let it stani twenty-four hours ;
a sed lment or set
tlingindicatesan unhealthy con
dition of the kid
neys ; if it stains
your linen it is
evidence of kid
ney trouble ; too
irequer.t desire
to pass it or pain
in the back is
also convincing proof that the kidneys
and bladder are out ot order.
What To So.
I There is comfort in the knowledge so
. liften xrjressed. that Dr. Kilmer's
SwanirRoot. the great kidney remedy
fnlfills everv wish in curing rheumatism.
pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bUdder
and every part oi cue uhhsij
It corrects inability to hold v-aier
nl srtridinw oain in cassins it, or baa
effects following use of liquor, wine o:
beer, and overcomes that uupleassrt ne
cessity -of being compelled to go .nei:
during the day, and to get up many
tiniMdurinsr the niffht. The mild ar.u
the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root
for its wonderful cures of the most ns
! tressing cases. If you need a meu:cn:i
you should have the best. Sold by dru - -gists
in fiftv-cent and one-dollar sues.
You may have a sample oou:e ana
book that tells ail
about it, both sent free
bv mail. Address Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Bing
hamton. N. Y. When
Eomeof Bwamp-Raot.
writing mention this paper zji& don't
make any mistake, but remember the
name. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Rot, and
ihe address. Binghamton, N. Y.
He Marriage without love is a
terrible thing. She (sighing
significantly) Not half so terri
ble as love without marriage-
Boston Transcript.
I
Towne 1 don't see why you J
refer to her as your "old flame.'
You're still calling on her, arn't
you? Browne Yes, and I'm
still burning money on her.
Philadelphia Press.
Tha Kind Yea Hra niwarc B:ap
4T
9
Is
Garden
S2.75.
3 feet poultry wire $2J5 per vo.
4 feet poultry wire $2.70 per roll.
5 leef poultry wire $:25
Barb wire 3 cents per pound x
Mery cotton plainer $3.7 o each.
Coles fertilizer distribater $.o0 i-aeh-
JV'o. ?' Colss cotton dlanter 7,o0.
Ho. 17 Coles combined cotton planter ami
fertilizer distributer 1750.
Ao. o Coles planter and 'distributer $12,50.
Roofing for covering Mouses, Inu'ties and
Sheds, ralio'efroni 1.00 per nouare $JiO
$2.50. Have stock on hand.
Wheal barrows ac 1.T5 each.
Oliver Annes Shovels $1,00 each.
Garden Rakes each 25, 35, 50 and 75 ctuts.
Collar Pads 30 cents each.
Pistols and pistol catridges, Cstridcres to
fit most any pistol or rifle. We have several
double barrel Shot guns which we will sell
cheap to close oitf.
SMYRE
Hardware
Co.
How Do You Spend Your Monev
Areyowdoingit ina, way to receive,
substantial benefit? Are you laying
aside som ethingfor a RAIN YDA IV
not, you will never have a better iinu 4o
begin than now. To get quickly started,
begin the easiest way; tome to The
Shu ford National Bank and open an ac
count in their Savings dtpartmtnt ' Do
not wait for a lare sun;, for it in ay
never emit; just deposit whatever vou
yovetospare, no matter how small the
amount. We will gladly assist iou in
getting started. We pay 4 vercen I u rar
est and compound it quarterly in this
department. Ca and let us tell hou how
we do it.
A. A- Shuford Pres.. J. C. Smith Vice Pres. ,rd A, II,
Crowell. Osb'nT.
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