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ESTABLISHED 1822 kL tv!jJ *2 a v ■ "i liis popular remedy never fails to effectually cure Dv spcpsia, Constipation, Sick Headache, Biliousness And ALL DISEASES arising from • Torpid L.v er and Bad Digestion The natural result Is good appetite and solid flesh. Dose small; elegant ly su£rsr coated and easy to swallow. Taka/*' Substitute* —■ ({•III K ATE OF DISSOLU TION. t. To all to whom these Presents may come-Greeting: Whereas, It appears tofmy sat * is faction, »>y duly authenticated i lV i d of the pioceedings for the \ oi in ary dissolution thereof, by ii,o uu:miii?oiis consent of «all the stoc^l'ohl rs, deposited in niy of lic.', that Kooky Mt G ano Co., a cor■( <;; at ion ol this State, wh*se pi iiA-ipul office is situated atNo. — stmt, in the Oivu of lioi-ky Ml, v inly of EvIgeeorm*e, Mate oi \ }'J- Carolina, (II. E. bievnr; fug the agent therein and ii. chaise thereof , upon whom pro (c-s nmy lye scree ’.) hm cmupnei. waii the requireme ts of cnaptei L’ 1. ilevis.il of 11)0.3, <. »»• itled u or lunations, ” prelim in: y to the is, \ suing of this 'Cert; ar.ue ofDis alu j non. Now. Therefore, I, J. Bry;u (dimes, Secretary of State of th. Stale of North Carolina, do he»e by certify that the said corpora t ion did, on the 21 day of January, 190,s. tile iu my office a duly execu fed aud attested consent in writing to the dissolution of said corpora tion. executed by all the stock holdeas thereof, which said couseut and the recot d of the proceedings aforesaid are now qu lile in my office, as provided by law. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set mV hand and affixed my official seal at Raleigh, this 24 day of January, A. D. 1908. J. Bryan Grimes, Sed’y of State. J). D. WAGNER, Contractor and BuilJer. Brick and Heavy Work Solicited Estimates Promotlv Furnished The Finest Males We loelieve that we have just received the. FINEST MULES that we have ever receiv ed f r sale on this market. Come and see for yourself / We are also showing some very desirable riding and driving horses. Oawson k Wilson Sale and Feed Stables Next Jail. Tarhom. N. C. NOTICE TO HUNTERS. All persons are hereby notified that hunting on my lan », or land under my control with dog or gun, will be prosecuted to the full ex tent of the law. - Julian M. Baker, dairy 29,. 1908. All personsi^are hereby notified that hunting on the*right of way oftheJ . C. R. R. with dog or gnu, will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Henry Clark Bridge rs.. JanTy 29, 190S. Ah persons are here hereby no tified that hunting on my land with dog or gun wiitbe prosecuted to the fall extent of the law. W. T. Deans. .lan’rv 29, 190J. i£ .3 S;' 6,v;3<“-; G'S*.'© RECEIVING every day a fresh ship ment of good things for Christmas. Let u3 till your ordersjfor FANCY..GROCERIES..FRUITS NUTS.. AND..CAXDIES Prompt delivery. LILEi-ROfiiJ & CO I he Pure Food Store. rANOLA DAIRY I’uro Milk jnd Cream 1 Nitrons will phone their j order's to phone No. | uHLOADED gar gilt edge flour ( AR NO. 1 TIMOTHY HAY rt. B. PETERj (MiOOUUY COMPANY. Rhone 227. i OPENINGS IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. TKat boosting committee out ir Manila is still issuing little bulle tin bouquets to be laid at theshrint of the Philippines. Each of these bulletins winds up with a firm de Claration to ‘his effect: uWe misrepresent nothing! The Philippines ean stand the truth!,! Here, according to the boosting committee, are some of the truths which the Philippines can stand: In seven years one can become the possessor of an annual income of $50,000 from the cultivation oJ hemp. To achieve this income, however, the grower must be pre pared to invest a total .of about $55,000 in the first three yeaia before his accounts can show a credit balabee at all. After those three yeans the abaca, as the plant is called in the Philippines, re quires practically no further cul tivation and will yield a full crop without replanting for from teii to til teen yeais. Manila hemp is produced only | in the Philppine Islands and cou j stitutes more than two-thirds the total value of all their exports It | is declared that hemp growing is one of the safest as well as most profitable investments there. En ormous areas of the finest hemp lands are still untouched. A uotber bulletiu is devoted to the lumber busiuess. Philippine for ests are managed under a totally different system from the methods in this counti y. Less than half a million acres of them are held by private o »ners. The public forests amount to more thau 40,000,000 acres. These can not be sold, leased, or homestead ed unless it can be shown that they are more valuable for agricul tural thau for forest purposes. Licenses are granted for terms of twebty years, giving the holder the exclusive right to exploit cer tain forest products. The area cov ered by the license depends on the size of the plant to be installed. No chai-ge is made for this lieeuse but a stumpage charge, ranging from $1 to $5 a thousand feet, board measure, is imposed. Freight rates from Manila to the Pacific Coast are about $7 a ton for logs, or $12 to $14 a thousand leet. There is no export duty, and logs are admitted into this coun try free. Bat the chief markets for common native timber wonld be the Philippines, China, and Australia. Rubber plantations are a prom ising new venture in the islands. Tapioca is a common product, even the smallest farms growing a little of it. Maguey and sisal hemp are two fiber crops which are makiug rapid progress. Half a million Bisal plants were imported into the is lands year before last Sisal hemp has made Yucatan one of the richest states in Mexico. The final triumphant truth, which the Philippines can stand, is the statement that the death rate among the Americans in Manila is less than in cities in the United States itself. For the year eoded June 30, 1906, it was 9.34 per 1,000 and was much lower— though t^ie figures are not given— for the following year. Undenia bly that beats any city of thfe same size in this country. St. Joseph, Mo., had a rate, * according to the latest census reports, of V.l per 1,000, bat Manila is twice as large as St. Joseph. THE BIGGEST MAN EVER. “IJ11 betT non 3 of you folks know that the I rgest man that ever Lived was born and raised in North Carolina,” said a Tar Heel at the H oilman House the other night. ‘‘His existence and di mensions are vouched for in the American Encyclopedia, says The New York Press. “His name was Miles Darden. He was seven feet, six inches high, and in 1845 weighed 871 pounds. He was born in North Carolina in 1798 and died in Tennessee Janu ary 23rd, 1857. Until 1853 he was able to go about hi* work in au active manner, but his weight increased so fast that after that year when he wanted to move about he had to be hauled in a two horse wagon. In 1839 it is chronicled t mt his coat was buttoned around three men, each weighing more .than 20U pounds, who walked together in it down the streets of Lexingtou. N. C. At his death he is said to have weighed not . Iocs than 1,000 pouuds. His coffin was 8 feet long, 35 inches deep, 32 inches across the breast, 18 across the head, and 14 across the feet. These measurements were taken at the time and ate matters of histo. icalrecord.”—Washington Herald. W. II. Macnaii wants everyone suffering- with catarrh to call and let Ui explain how easy it is to be cured by Hyomei. Complete outlit only $1, and he will rtfund the money if it fails lor the Holidays. We wi! bake your cakes or make \ou an3 kmd to order. Tarboro bakery Cascjswcct, the well know r remedy lor babies aud children Will quiet the littiie one in a shoe time. The ingredients are priutec on the. notCe. Con la ns uo opiatts Sold by It E L Cook. EARTH AS FOOD, Iu New Caledonia, New Guinea and in the Malay archipelago the consumption of earth as a food is comparatively common. In Java and Sumatra a certain kind of clay undergoes a preliminary preparation, being mixed with water, reduced to a p;»ste, aud the sand aud other hard substances removed. The clay is then made into small tablets or cakes abont as thick as a lead pencil, and bake i in an iron saucepan. When this process is over the cake of earth resembles a piece of dried pork. The Javanese eat small figures roughly modeled from clay, made to imitate animals, birds or men.—Kansas City Journal. A FIXED™INSTTTUTIOI'C Lyman H. Howe’s perenially popular moving pictures have wou such a prestige that they, in a sense, become a iixed institution in many cities. jGiftcd with that peculiar faculty which .few travel el's possess of knowing exactly what is really interesting, his ex hibition can always be relied upon for abounding in all that is really worth while. He has won the confidence of over a million patrons because for 15 y ars he has shown his ’exhi bition merited it. It is always re plete with human interest. Each succeeding programme has proven the wisdom of his selection and judgment. Moreover every scene and incident is reproduced in a way (hat the spectator can’t for get. lie brings the most remote | nooks and corners of the world | directly to us with such fidelity to nature that you can talk about it with confidence and intelligence. You need read n■> longer about historical happen ngs. You cau see them actually enacted in the opera house o < Saturday, Feb. 15, under the auspices of the Tar boro Fire Department. The reproduction is _ easier for you, and far more graphic than could be conceived by reading. Mr. Howe’s new programme com bines pleasure and knowledge to an unusual degree and in the most fascinating way. Unlike dramatic atii actions, yo*.. will derive much substantial information from it wrhich you could not acquire from any other similar exhibition or in any other way. At the same time it is a sure source of much pure and wholesome amusement. treasur7BUYING SILVER. The Treasury Department has bought 100,000 ounces of silver for immediate delivery at the New Orleans Mint, paying 55.706 cents an ounce. Silver is just now atr about the lowest notch it has reached at any time,in the"Iast year. Five or six months ago, it was bought by the government around 72 cents an ounce. Just at present the “smelter trust,” which controls the market, is sell ing little silver abroad and is glad to dispose of its product at home at a price much beneath that de rnaoded when India and Mexico were buying the white mefcd. After the holidays, it is said, the demand-fur silver in the arts and industries falls to almost the van ishing point, i'he manufacture of tableware is not rushitfg and the making of trinkets for gifts pro ceeds only fast enough to supply the normal demand. When offensive breath is due to catarrh, the usual cause, breathe Hyomei. Kids all catarrhal germs so that the breath become* sweet as a babe’s. A Hyomei outfit costs $1 if it helps, nothing if it fails. W. H. Mace air. THE KNEELING PARALYTIC. Thou, God, whose will I cannot understand But kuow thou vexest my imper fect sense With dreams' of groping toward thy calm intents, Who mak’st me feel thy under lying hand; Thou Spirit, who dost enter and command Me to attempt what thiugs of im minence Thou touchest my eyes to know thy sacraments, Yet leav’st me weak to do what thou hast planned— With all this f oul I pray th -.t thou forgive The stagnant hours of the un troubled pool, That thou forgive the weakness of thy fool, And lend Him sweeter sirengm to live Consist *nt, temperel like thy kuigbttier men; To fail not, till thou visit him again. —Samuel McCoy in Un le Bemuses Magazine for February. Senator Jeff Davis admits that President Boosevelt in his late message to Congress has adopted ; the best of the policies prop sed in his speecfh From now on it will be a race for precedence between t Jeff ami Teddy, but Jeff will lead under the wire. Bean the Signature et oaswoslsA. _ .. .-The find Yea Haw Always Sought ^ I no r.iiiu mu narc awaya 3 NO PROPOSAL. He vainly tries To fit his chair. The floor he c\ es With vacant stare. Her maiden heart goes pit a-pat She wonders what he means by thal He eyes her l>ooks; The carpel’s grain He says it looks A bit like rain * Expectant maid! She cinnotchat, She wonders what he means by thal He’s had to roam For year’s, says he. He thinks a home Mast pleasant be. She keeps her eyes upon the mat And wonders what he mean* by that, His idle gas Doth onward flow. It comes to pa'-s ’Tis time to go. Poor little maid! The game falls flat He didn’t mean a thing by that. APPRECIATION. The good people of Tarboro have my deep, lasting aud heartfelt thanks for their kind oflices in aid ing aud comforting me during the illness of my beloved wife. Words are inadequate to express my fervent appreciation, so I can only say with my heart, I thank them. M. Heilbroner. People you know here in Tarbo ro will tell you that Miona cures all forms of stomach trouble. Ask Macuair to show you the stroug guarantee giwa with every 50c box. FIDDLERS’ CONVENTION. Under the management of Messrs. Rotan and Whitaker, tbeie will be held here a Fiddlers’ Convention. All the old time fiddlers of the county are invited to be present. Prizes will be given the best players on fiddle and banjo, and even for »old tiqae dancing. The idea is to preserve the old time music that was so familiar to our parents, “The Arkansas Trav eler,” “Old Zip Coon,” and the like. These conventions have been held in many towns of the State with unvarying success. Those, who witness these, unhesitatingly declare- that the performance is the bast entertainment, they have ever witnessed. The convention will be here on the evening of February 21st, Friday. PRODUCTION OF GOLD. The production of gold in the United States during 1906 was $91,373,800, as against $88,180,700 for 1905, a gain in 1906 of $6,193, 100. The principal gain was in Alaska which amounted to $6,439, 500. Nevada’s gain in gold was $3,919,500; Oregon’s, $75,200; Arizona’s $55,800. The greatest loss in gold production by any State was in Colorado, where there was a decrease ot $2,776,700. AN OPPONENTS VIEW OF BRYAN. The man twelve years in the limelight of public life, twice de feated and never counting a victory carrying patronage, who still cau, by his mere presence in any part of the country, stifle all semblance of opposition in his party and hold the fealty of six millions of Amer ican citizens, is no orainary man. The man who sneers at William Jennings Bi yan simpl/constitutes himself a Dogberry and writes himself down an ass.—Philadel phia North American. “Fm saddest when T have indi gestion,” say many with wtak stomach. Get rid of your stomach trouble by using Miona. Cure guaranteed or money refunded by Macnair. QUICK TRIP FRCM RALEIGH. Begiuning with March, the East Carolina aud the Norfolk & South ern will make close connection in the morning at Farmville. One caa leave Raleigh at 6 in the morning and arrived here before 11. The afternoon connection will not be so close, but one can leave here on the E. O. at 3.30 and arrive in Raleigh at 11. The long wait is at Farmville. • -The Florsheimer Shoe for the man who cares, every pair guaran teed. I. M. McCabe. PAIN Pain in the head—pain anywhere, has Its caw. Pain Is congestion, pain is blood pressure—nothing else usually. At least, so says Dr. Shoop. and to prove it he has created a little pink tablet. That tablet-called Dr. Shoop’s Headache Tablet— coaxes blood pressure away from pain centers. Its effect is charming, pleasingly delightful. Gently though Mfaly. tt surely equalises the blood circa. ^Ifyou have a headache. It’s blood pressure If ii,’s painful periods with women, same causa If you are sleepless, restless, nervous, it s bloofl congestion—blood pressure. That surely is a certainty, for Dr. Shoop s Headache Tablets stop It in 20 minutes, and the tablets simply distribute the unnatural blood pressure. Bruise your finger, and doesa t it get red, ana swell, and pain you? Of course it does. «s con festion, blood pressure.,,You 11 find it where pain Is—always. .,ItTs simply Common Sense. We sell at 25 cents, and cheerfully recommend Dr. Shoop’s Headache Tablets EDGECOMB DRUG CO. LEAP YEAR CHEATS WORKERS. Does it ever occur to peopl ;thal leap year may, and generally do*-s, | touch their pockets appreci • i>iy! Those wage earners who a? <■ paid ! every Friday or Saturday Mtifei ; j nothing, because they are t> id lot ’the extra day they have to live j during the year. But those in re ceipt ot‘ monthly or quartetly checks lor salary are riifleien', foi they lose the payment for the extra day’s work. 1 Employers are naturally target ful ot such little matter-, and employes are not so long sighted as they might be, il we may jfidge from the fact that when engage ments owe entered iuto and con tracts made for a term of years no account is taken of that extra day in leap year. A simple calculation shows that a person earning £1,000 a year, paid monthly, quarterly or aunu ! ally, finds himself out of pocket to j the extent of £2 15s as the result of leap year, and, of course, the larger the income the greater the ioss. The Chancellor of the Exche quer dealing with millions of the nation’s money is not slow to i appreciate the importance of leap year. Taking last year’s budget | figures as a basis, the extra day ■ would mean an increase of some £397,000 in gross revenue and of £382.000 iu expenditures. Interesting, too, is it to figure out what leap year means in regard ! to our foreign trade. Taking again the figures of our last financial )ear, it will be found; that one day’s extra imports amount to the huge sum of £1,544,000 and one Jay’s extr» exports to £1,202,000 Thus from the mere fact of its being leap year our total foreign trade ought to be two and three quarter millions sterling greater, this year than last.—London Mail. ! SUFFERING & DOLLARS SAVED. E. S. Loper, of Marilla, N. Y., says: “I am a carpenter and have had many severe cuts healed by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. It is by far the best Ihealing salve I have ever found.” Heals burns, sores, ulcers, fever sores, eczema and piles. 25c by all druggists. IT LANDS. There is horror full in Congress, There’s a stir throughout the Fdr Teddy spoke a little speech, While in his strong-light hand He grasped the_Big Stick firmly, As one who’s crossed the ditch, And with it thwacked exceeding bard The predatory rich. They’ve been talking about Teddy Telling people he’s the cause Of the panic, and tijcres tio real need For what he wants in laws. And they smil d, but nox the smile is With a vervT painful twitch, For they thought they’d scared our Teddy some, The predatory rch. For their feelings and opinions They were sure that the^ cou’d vouch, But when that S ick g<<t in its work, All they could say wras “Ouch!” And they said it with keen anguish In their voices’ highest pitch, While the Stick played quick cadenzas On the predatory rich. —Philadelphia North . American. FIDDLERS NOT VIOLINISTS. Fiddlers and fiddles, and not violinists and violins will be at the Fiddlers Convention here on 21st. Note the distinction. There l will be artists of the bow and cat gut, kfrat can play the old time mus/c, th‘at inspired-our dames and sirqs to trip the light fantastic toe, in the quadrille and the old Vir ginia reel. W hen Mr. Rotan was in the Southerner office, we expre sed the fear that there would be a dearth of local talent, but we were reck oning without our host, for before night he had a string of fiddlers, exceeding a score in number for a beginning. There will be fuir" and harmony on the evening of 21st. PRESERVE THEIR MEMORIES. t Jn the o'hce of the clerk of the Superior com t hangs a picture oi the late Judge Howard, clipped from a newspaper. For a man ei Judge poward’s attainments and prominence something better than this should hang there, to remind the visitor of the mao who was an ornament to his profession and an houor to his eouuty. | Not only this, she Southerns ; suggests to the local b »r that we'; | executed photographs of all de ceased members of the bar be ub J tained when possible and hung it I this office. I Strength has characterized th< Edgecombe bar since Tarboro wa; ' made the county seat. It is onlj right that the memory and tin likeness of these men should b< perpetuated. CASTOR IA. ; Bwuitha Kind Yon have A'rays BougM TO IMPNOVE THE HUMAN RACE. i! Dr. Gustave Michaud, the em inent educator of Costa Rica proposes a department of matri mony at Washington, which hi terms a Federal bureau of Selec U rn.-It will he one of the duti© i of this bureau to find the mos bri i ant bachelors of the laud ant to get for them the most briliian Wives. Parc blooded literary wo 1 men will be mated to the promis ing >outi" novelists, and seientifn geniuses will be wtdded to th< daughters of lianas and Agassizes. The organization of meetings and conferences of a literary, social and scientific nature, where meo and women of talent will gel acquainted with each other, will be another duty of the Bureau. For the la t 100 years men have artifically mated and bred the animal races and in that way some times increased their value tenfold. They have set aside the cows that gave the largest amount of milk and the bulls with mothers that yielded much milk, and in that way they evolved the milk making animals of today out of the former indifferent laces of cows. They have set aside the swiftest horses for breeding and in that way created races of hoi ses that can vie for short runs with locojnotiyes. They have bred mental and moral qualities in aogs which are affec tionate and loyal, as well as clever in keeping watch and pursuing the chase. Ditto with cats which belong to the most ferocious fam ily, the flesh eating animals. The domestic cat has the same deadly short jaws, long teeth and sharp talons as her fierce relatives, but she is gentle and tame. Indeed, as Riymond Pearl, biologist of the Maine Agricultur al Experiment Station, has noted, the time is rapidly drawing near when a person can give an order to a breeder specifying that he would like to have a plant or an animal embodying such and such charac teristic, and after a due lapse of time, receive from the breeder precisely what he ordered, just as though he were dealing with a manufacturing machinist.—Chica go Tribune. A REMEDY FOR NEURALGIA OR PAIN IN THE NERVES. For neuralgia and sciatioa Sloan’s Liniment has no equal. It has a powerfully sedative effect on lltl Vns—-pcutliutvo triiluujt: rubbing aud gives immediate relief from paim—quickens the circula tion of the blood and gives a pleas aut sensation of comfort apd warmth. “For three yeirsl suffered with neuralgia in the head and jaws,” writes' J. P. Hubbard, of Marietta, S. C., “and ha<l almost decided to have three of my teeth pulled, when a friend recommended me to Iwy a twenty five cent bottle of SI an’s LinimentS I did so and experienced immediate relief, and I kept on using it until the neu ralgia was entirely cured. I will never be without a bottle of Sloan’s Liniment in my house again. I uSe it also for insect bites and-sore throat, and I can cheerfully re commend it to anyone who suffers from any of the ills which I have mentioned ” DIED. Died Tuesday, February 4th, in the hospital iu Richmond of pneu ,n;ouia, James R. Tisdale, aged 33. Th- deceased is favorobly known here, where about 10 years ago, he was engaged in the tobacco busi ness He is a cousin of Robert and Pierre Walker of this place. Tuesday morning, February 4th, as the result of a stroke of appo plexy, Mark Bennett Atkinsqn> aged 64. He was a native of this county, widely and well known in Tiis section. Those who knew him will feel a personal loss in his demise. CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL. There are three candidates for Attorney General: Hon. B. B. Winborne, of Mur freesboro, ex-Judge of the Superior court apd a' leading member of the j present Honse of Representatives. Hon. John E. Woodard, of Wilson, funner State Senator and for Solicitor iu his district. Hon. Hayden Clemenf, of Salis bury, present Assistant Attorney tie i-.^1. Speak< r Justice is expected to be on *, as his friends trequently mention him for the position. The salary will be 13,000. In the office there is a stenographer at a salary of $900. The position of Assistant Attorney General was created only t>ll the liegiuning of the next term, and the salary attache llio the position is $1,500 a year. 1 The revenue of the government fell off during January nearly ! $6,000,000. If snch republican 1 prospedtv keeps up the same pace, there will be be a deficioncy ' of about $40,000,000 the end of ! the financial year on Jure 30. OASTOB.ZA. Bean the Signature of ^Tbe Kind You Have Always Bought Confidence Jrhen eating, that your food Is of highest wholesomeness—that It has nothing In it that can 'Injure or distress you — makes the repast doubly comfortable and ^satisfactory* * This supreme confidence you have when the food Is raised with The only baking powder With Royal Grape Cream of Tartar These can be no comforting confi dence when eating alum baking pow der food. Chemists say that more or % less of the alum powder In tmrfiang^ slum or alum salts remains |r| the food* ■mei* HELPING THE LIBRARY. Friday evening, January 31st, the ‘‘little old led bciiuol house on the hill,” only iu this case it happened to be a white ono, was the scene }Of a very merry gather ing, the occasion being a basket party given by our lilt!e teacher, Miss Nellie Miles, tor the benefit of the school’s library. Miss Miles had previously wiituuand sent oot nearly a hundred invitations, cut and drawn in the shape of miuialure baskets with the fol lowing verse written on the under side: "U. ' SPEED, N. C., JAN. 31ST, 1908. This little note shows You’re to get on your best clothes And come to our party Looking sweet as a rose Some money do bring And your nraises we’ll sing To bujf y°u ^ Ana neip out a good tiring. The proceeds of this basket party to get books lor our library. 7.30 at school houses Dancing 9.30 As stated the affair opened promptly at 7.30, and although the night was very inclement the young people began to arrive in crowds. They were met at the door by Misses Mary Simmons and Mattie Davenport who were both daintily dressed in white. Miss Miles in an attractive gown of palest blue did the honors of the occasion in the farther end of- the hall. The color scheme was blue and white, and the room was festooned' with apejfect network of crepe1 paper interlaced with garlands of ivy, through- wh ch many Japa j neseJant rustwinkled softly, lend- ' ing a dim enhauciug radiance to the whole interior. One corner was transformed into a graceful bower of evergreens, iu which the baskets were prettily arranged, and it has never been our pleasure to behold a more dainty, attractiye array to await the auctioneer, Benj. Knight. Upon every young maid who came in was pinned a ribbon bow of a different color, its duplicate to be found in one of the baskets, which would presently be sold to the highest. bidder, who would be the damsel’s beau for the rest of the evening* Of course there was much brib ing among the young men, and uncertainty as to which basket to vote on and some of the young gentlemen actually went so far as to pay |5 for his lady’s basket. I believe that was the amount, Miss Miles. But ’twas all in a good cause, however, and anyway, stinginess ne’er went with the fair After the baskets were all dis posed of and the music had ar rived, the floor, which had been waxed for the heralded affair, was soon covered with couples intent on ‘‘tripping the light fantastic toe” with feet as light as their hearts. The amount realized was $21.92 and no wohder, when lovesick youth, implicitly believing their fair one’s artlessness, fairly fell over themselves to buy what they had been led to suppose was a particular young woman’s basket, made with her own fair hands—to find upon opening it, after paying a fancy price that it contained much pop orn. Others insisted strenuously up o-i outbidding everyone else to .procure a half a dozen eggs fcr $1.50 in an exceedingly deceiving j basket! Of course the young lady to whom the basket belonged was too polite to notice the contemp tuous grunt of disgust that the disappointed gentiemao gave vent td. j We sincerely hope that such will t/FCR AND RIGHT TO DISCHARGE. Editor Southerner: I rote your comm' nt on the re cent decision of the Supreme coart relating to the discharge of an employee by a railroad officinal. Docs not that decision apply with Jike force to farm labort Can a farmer excrci&o the right to dis charge and deny the right to quitl Possibly I see matters from a jaundiced viewpoint, bat I have thought for quite a while that we needed light on this question. I know of no one thing more dele terious to agriculture than th^ accepted rales regalating employ ment of labor. An open market the year around is what we need, let the labor have an incentive, it will tend to equalize supply, check vagrancy, lead to a higher system in our agriculture. ; in, .a. Diirut Were farm labor a subject of interstate regulation the deeision would apply, bat we fail to see how Mr. Battle can discover any profit in this decision. Or it may be that we fail to comprehend hia meaning. He surely does not mean that it is best for employers and employee that there should be no stipulated time of employment. Mr. Battle himself would find farming most trying if he had to be uncertain from day to day whether he would have a man behind a plow. All business would be most un satisfactory especially fanning under such a system. If uo time is stipulated the laborer would work by the day, the week or month according to the named unit of wage. If A employes B for the year, good faith requires that both observe the agreement, and comity, the golden rale, demands that neighbors and all others respect it. The practice of advancing money to a laborer to hold him,to a bar gain and prevent him from going elsewhere is wrong and illegal, a system of peonage that oar courts have already passed upon. Let employer and employe ob serve and carry out their agree ments faithfully and let not neigh- - bors by word or apt seek to en courage any infraction, then will dawn what Mr. Battle so earnest ly desires and what the country so greatly needs higher agriculture, better neighbors, abetter tenantry and reliable, efficient labor. COMMISSIONERS SAXE. By virtue of a decree of the Superior court of Edgecombe county, made iu a special proceed ing therein pending and entitled “Dorsey Price, et alsvs Henry Pitt, et als,” I will on March 9th 1908 at 11 a. m. in front of the courthouse in the town of Tak boro, sell at public auction fbr cash, the following described land, lyipg and being in the County of Edgecombe, North Carolina in No. 14 township, known as the Miles Dawes place, adjoining the lands of Redmond and John Williams, on the West, on the East by the lands of Mrs. Fanny Proctor and on the North by A. J. Batchelor, containing 110 acres more or less and is the same tract of land where on Miles Dawes, deceased, lately resided. This February 4th 1908. T. T. Thorne, Com. occur again and tbat real soon, and we feel sure that we voice the opinion of the people o’ “Speeds.” / F. R. For Sale.—2 brood sows and 1 stotk hog. The sows are f Berk shiie and J Poland China, the hog full blooded Berkshire. Robejreon Supply Co. , dwl$17 ! —Full line of new styles ju«t teceived. !• M. McCabe.
The Tarborough Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.)
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