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BIB SURE YOU ARE RIGHT; THEN
VOL. 86. NO. 13
TARBORO, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1908.
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ENGINt FALLS INTO RIVER.
Thursday evening the wagon
containing a new engine for John
P. McDowell’s saw mill 8 miles
from her gained such momentum,
going down the long steep hill on
this side of Bell’s bridge that the
driver lost control or became so
frightened that he baped to the
ground. The four mules drawing
'it dashed along, till the draw on
the bridge «*as reached, then the
wa^oh struck the side and the
engine toppled over into the river.
Part of the railing to the bridge
was knocked off. the wagon tongue
was broken and a wheel or two in
jured. but the greatest ^ damage
that Mr. McDowell sustained will
be the raising of the 5,000 pound
engine, 50 horse power, from th£
bottom of the river.
After Once Tasting
no one wants an old-fash
ioned cod liver-oil prepara
tion or emulsion, because
Vinol is a much better body
builder and strength Creator
for old people, weak children,
and for coughs, colds, bron
chitis, etc. If it does no good
we will return your money.
R E. L. COOK,
Leading Druggist, Tarboro, N. C.
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Spring Cleaning
IS AT HAND
That weather-beaten door should
look now. The handsone furni
ture that has income scarred and
scratched.
Wicker furniture that shows the
dimning efiects of winter’s storms.
] he linoleums and oil cloths that
have been maired by the tramp
ol muddy feet can all be made t«
look new and often better than
when first purchased by using
KH1GH GRADE VABWiSH AMD ST AIM COMBINED
11 111 CO
l)ealers in builders Materials.
DIED.
In this county early Sat morn
ing in No. 13 township, Mrs.
Let' tia Dupree, widow lof the late
i William Dupree, of bronchitis.
Three sons, survive her, J. W., B.
L., and J. T. Dupree;
MAYOR’S'COURT.
Warren Ellis was fined $7.50
Saturday by Mayor Jas. Pender ou
the charge of drunkencss and dis
orderly conduct at the Atlantic
C ast Line station.
ROCKY MOUNT OUT.
Rocky Mount has withdrawn
from the Eastern League rather
than join the National Protective
Association. There are some level
headed baseball enthusiasts in that
town. New Bern will take its
place in the league.
Headers talk for us.
Photographers Alley & Turner
received an order t<xLy from Mrs.
W. T. Bryan, of Columbia, Ala.,
for their latest post cards, “The
Land of the Sky.n With the order
Mr. Bryan enclosed a clipping
from the Southerner, - which
printed an account of this attrac
tive souvenir.
ABptTfONAL ROLLING STOCK.
The East Carolina Railway has
added to its rolling stock six new
freight cars, Nos. 205 to 210 in
clusive. These cars were built by
the American Car Co., and arrived
here Friday. They will be placed
into service at ontte.
TO CLOSE OUT THE BUSINESS.
W. O. Howard bas taken charge
of Deans & Brown’s general mer
chandise store and will make a
final disposition of the stock either
by private or pnblic sale. The
sttfre will be closed until a sale of
the good§ is cons a mated. As told
by this paper, an. inventory of the
stock was completed Tuesday.
A PECULIAR CASE.
Dr. J. M. Baker operated upon
a five months old colored child at
the Pittman hospital Tuesday for
hydrocephalus. The case is peculiar
in that the child’s head was thrice
its normal size and since the oper
ation, the bones of the skull have
shrank to such an estent that the
child is not expected to live.
ROSEOLA IN SCHOOLS.
Miss Bandeilin, teacher of the
sixth grade of the Tarboro High
school was taken ill with roseola,
and several children of this grade
were also compelled to leave school
owing to the cuticurai effection.
A'few children in the other grades
are suffering with this disease,
which seeins to be prevalent.
Miss Lila Austin is teaching in
the absence of Miss Sauderlin.
LAND FRAUDS AGAINST THE STATE.
All the land frauds are not com
mitted against the federal domain.
North Carolina now and then is de
frauded. Near Brevard, thirteen
years ago some persons obtained
grants for about 2,000 acr«s of
land, claiming that there were only
400 within the boundary they
named. Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Clement has brought suit
xgainst them in the name of the
State - in the Superior court* of
Transylvania county to set aside
the grants.
FEWER FAILURES IN STATE.
H. L. Grant, clerk of the federal
court, Raleigh, fays there have
been very, few bankruptcy cases
d uring the past six or eight months,
in other word.* daring the panic.
As a matter ot fact North Caro
lina *has certainly dooe well, much
better than other States. Not a
bank has failed and there have
been very few business failures. Of
course there are a number of idle
people, but there is not the suffer
ing in the State that there is in
other States.
- AT THE LIMIT.
When the cotton crop is publish
ed by counties it is quite probable
that the crop of Edgecombe will
not be as short as was' expected
and predicted in November and
December. The fact that sb much
cotton had to be picked after the
new year began and even in March
indicates this. It also is a warning
tc the farmers that any increase in
acreage means that much increase
in storm damaged cotton.
For the last three years this
county has prodoced about as
much cotton as its labor cag
gather._ ^ ^
TWO VIEW POINTS.
While the farmers view with
regret the declining 'price of cot
tou and many others with them,
there are not a few who hail it
with delight, for the decliue mea* s
meat and bread to them. These are
the mill operatives. The mill men
say that there is a positive loss on
all cotton that costs over 10 cents,
that at this figure the mills may
ns y running expenses, though not
s^ed charges. At »his price, if cot
ton reaches it, many mil’s may be
.v^ected to start up or run on
longer time.
It is no wonder therefore that
somi people welcome the decline
in the staple.
MUCH FENCING BURNED.
About 500 yards of pasture
fence of Mrs. Ann Cumining®,
near Old Sparta were destroyed
by fire Thursday afternoo \ The
rail fence caught frvm grass which
some one waS burning off on < ho
adjoining farm, W. G. Web ’s.
This is a serious loss to Mrs. Cum
mings, a very industrious and most
deserving lady.
TEST FOR PURITY OF WATER.
To ascertain if water is free
from organic pollution place a
lump of sugar io a bottle nearly
full and cork it upland if after
thim excluding the gir and keep
ingthe bottle in the light for two
or three days no milky cloud is
apparent, but the water remains
clear, it may be considered free
from the phosphates with which
sewage water is impregnated.—En
gineering News.
GOOD FOR EVERYBODY.
Mr. Norman R. Coulter, a prom
inent architect, in' the Delbert
Building iSan Francisco says: “I
fully endorse all that has been
said of Electric Bitters as a ton id
medicine. It i8-g''od for every
body. It corrects stomach, liver
and kidney disorders in a prompt
and efficient manner and byilds up
the system.” .Electric Bitters is
the best spring medicine ever sold
over a druggists eouflter; as a blood
purifier it is unequaled. 50c by
all druggists.
. SPRING TIME’S FINGERS.
Every day the golden sun
Shines a little longer;
Every day the little buds
Grows a fittle stronger;
Every day the melting snow
Wideis brook and river;
Every day the sleeping rfeeds
Feel the new life quiver;
Everyday, yes every day,
Th. ugh the Winter lingers,
He can feel upon his arm
Springtime’s dainty fingers.
* t— Exchange
UNBURIED JHRtE DAYS.
On Sunday 15th, a child was
born to Ella Pi ice, and it died
soon after midnight that night. It
remained unburied until Wednes
day night three days later, but
through no fault of the mother.
Her husband Ben Price it would
seem did not do his duty. Each
morning he would get up and leave
for his work, without making any
effort to have his dead baby buried.
The mother sent for George
Cain, the colored undertaker, but
she bad no money to pay foi its
buri’l, so he did nothing.
Walter Jacks >n, colored, Wed
nesday night, took the child and
buried'it.
While the father’s conduct has
been most reprehensible and cruel, •
the authorities have found no law I
udder which he can be punished. J
OLD FIDDLERS' CONVENTION.
J. A. Kuight is getting up one
of Ye old Tyme Fiddlers’ Con
ventions for Pinetops aud Maccles
field. He expects to have one on 27h
and the other on April 3rd. It
may be that on those dates our
republican friends may have wme
of tneir old time political meetings.
OiS 27th, will be held the precinct
or township meetings to select
delegates to the county convention
to\>« held a week later, April 3rd,
Unless the colored republicans take
part both events will be tame
injdeed, but if they do under a
shrewd leader the fun may be
fast aud furious. Seemingly, at
least, everything is quiet iust now.
WISE LITIGANTS.
Job Oobb, the genial cashier of
the Pamlico, tells a good one on
hi? friend, John Cherry.
Tw o negro men claimed a steer
of the piney woods vaiiety and
instituted suit before Mr. Cherry
as justice of the peace to deter
mine the title. Each employed a
lawyer of this place, who appeared
before His Worship, hnd made
strenuous and eloquent pleas, for
for their respective clients. ’Squire
Cherry postponed a derision, say
ing Jhat his mind was not quite
clear.
The next morning, Mr. Cherry j
found the steer tied in his yard. I
He sent word to the plaintiff to
come and get the steer. The man
came, but declined to take the
steer, saying that the trial would
cost too much. Mr. Cherry then
had the defendant notified to come
and take the animal, but he de
clined, giving the same reason.
How the costs were ever ad
justed, Mr. Cobb does not state,
probably because M r. Cherry has
not been altogether frank with
him. _ _ J
NO USE TO DIE.
“I have found out that there is
no use to die of lung trouble as
long as you can get Dr. King’s
New Discovery,” says Mrs. JLP.
White, of Kuscboro, Pa. “I would
not be alive today only for that
wonderful medicine. It loosens up
a cough quicker than anything
else, aud cures lung disease even
after the case is pronounced hope
less.” this most reliable remedy
for coughs and t olds, la grippe,
asthma, bronchitis and hoarseness
is sold under guarantee by all
.druggists. 50c and 91.00. Trial
1 bottle free.
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
A contract for ithe erection of
the monument to be erected in
Weldon to the memory of the Con
federate dead of Halifax and
Northampton counties, h*s been
awarded by the Ladies’ Memorial
Association to a Suffolk, Va. firm.
BEST HEALER IN THE WORLD
Rev. F. Starbird, of East Ray
mond. Maiue, says: “I have used
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for several
years, on my old army wound, and
other obstinate sores, and find it
the best healer in the world. I use
it too with great success in my
veterinary business.’' Priee 25c.
by all druggists
EDGECOMBE IN SUPREME COURT.
Two eases on appeal from this
county were decided on 18th, by
the Supreme court: Metzger vs.
Whitehurst, affirmed in favor of
plaintiff. Suit for goods sold.
Harrell >s. Hagen, reversed. By
this decision, iiligitimate children
heir a small farm worth about
$1,500. The property wa* devised
to mother lor life and'then to her
.“lawful heirs” or having none,
then to someone else.
W. O. Howard represented the
“lawful heirs” and wiih reason,
feels a little elated over the de
cision. • _ - .
HARD TIMES STRIKE AGAIN.
The announcement elsewhere of
the referee in bankruptcy for the
meeting of the creditors of Messrs.
Deans ^ Brown marks the clilmi
nation of short £rops and poor col
lections, which forced this firm of
young men to retire from business.
Cornel time ago, Mr. Brown turned
the business over to Mr. Deans,
who .has made ffvery effort to col
lect and settle the busiuess of the
tirm. That all creditors may be
served alike and ta wind up the
business, it has been placed in the
bankrupt court. We know of few
more deserving men than Will
Deans, and do most sincerely hope
as do all who know him that these
troubles are only temporary.
OURS THE LOSS.
It will be with much regret that
the many friends of Geo. E. Pen
nington will learn of his intended
departure from Tarboro. Mr.
Penuingtou hasaceepteda position
as State manager of a Pittsburg
Insurance Co. He will either be
assigned to Tennessee or eisewhere
in this State.
Mr. Pennington has always!
taken a prominent part in the
social and musical circles of our
town. He is a young business
man of sterling qualities and al
though we sincerely regret Mr.
Penuingtou’s departure, we wish
him the fullest measure of success
in the new and broader field of
activity. _
SONG'OUT OF TOIL.
Song out of toil—let me sing it, oh
sweet, __
For it leads to the lanes at the
end of the street^
Singing and toiling—till, io there
is test,
And the looms are asleep while we
dream on love’s'breast! '
Song out of toil—oh the shuttles
may fly,
And the dust fcf the spindles bring
mist to the eye,
But the weary work ends so much
sooner dear life,
For the soog of sweet love on the
lips of love’s strife!
Song out'of toil—through the cold
and-the night,
Sing on, O my heart, through the
dark to the ligh;
For the song will be heard o’er the
gloom and the gray,
’Neath the windows of love in the
loved lauds of May!
— BaltimoreSun.
LEGGETT ITEMS.
Mrs. M. E. Fountain has re
turned from a visit to her daughter
Mrs. A. F. Peacock, near Elm
City.
Aubrey Leggett is back from
Elm City, where t he has been
visiting his sister, Mrs. T. L.
Winstead.
Miss Ella Harper is visiting Miss
Loula Fountain.
T. H. Combs is upon the sick j
list. *
Mrs. Frank Ravage is here on a
visit to relatives and friends.
Hu rick Gammou was a visitor to
our toVn Saturday.
Mrs. L. E. Fountain was in
town a few days ago.
Mrs. M. E. Fountain is quite
sick.
Thomas Lawrence and Boland
Pittman left Sunday for Northern
markets to purchase their Spring
stocks.
Miss Euth Gammon spent some
day9 here this week with her sis
ter, Mis. C. L. Fountain.
T. N. Taylor spent Sunday in
Tar-boro.
Our jovial friend, Ophie How
arcT^ was here Saturday.
Don’t forget the dance and box
party at Pittman’s Hall, Friday
night.
| E. E. S.
1 March IStb, 1908.
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THE HOOK WORM.
The February bulletiu of the
State Board of Health contains an
interesting article on t ie hool
worm disease, this paras'te being
the special bane of tue Southern
States and saps the vitali'y of th«
poor people to the extent of fort.'
•per cent. The article says that the
people usually known as poor
whites, are essentially a fine strain
of people of pure AngtoSixon
blood, are brave, independent,
patriotic and hospitable, but this
iusidious parasite affects them and
they are poor largely because they
are sick. Believed, of this hnraen
and educated, they would b come
an element of which any State
would be proud, and whole sec
tions of the South now characteri
zed by thriftlessness and poverty
would blossom as the rose. Salto
and thymol are the cure for this
parasite, and Dr. C. A. Shore of
the State laboratory at Baleigh
will make examination of suspect
ed cases. Cotton mill people are
interested in this special work.
I)r. B. H. Lewis, we believe called
this parasite the lazy germ.
BELONGS TO GRO^ER-CLEVELAND.
‘•Publicity would prevent cor
porate efforts to influence legisla
tion; the honestly conducted and
strong corporations would have
nothing to fear; the badly mana
ged and weak ought to be expos
ed.” From Grover Cleveland’s
message to the New York Legisla
ture January, 1884. ■ .
The loregoing extract trom a
message delivered 24 years ago is
taken from the Kansas City Star.
It shows that the campaign against
“predatory wealth” began a long
time ago, and suggests again that
the corporations haa warning
enough of the coming. storm. The
out and out assailants of the Pres*
ident, who insist that all he has
accomplished might have been
doue without business disturbance
who cau see nothing good in his
method of doing things, ought to
admit that exhortation, suggestion,
advice and even threats had been
given a very thorough trial. A
great many conventions and many
presidents have thiown ghus. Mr.
Roosevelt can hardly be blamed
for concluding that the time for
heaving stones had arrived; and if
in that process some glass was
shattered, it is, unfair to heap all
the blame for it on the President’s
head. —Baltimore 'Ne#s.
COAST UNI SUED. .
Of the .suits to be brought at
the next term of the court one of
the raos^ interesting will probably
be that of N. Constantine vs. A.
C. L. railroad. The greater part
of last year, Mr. Constantine ran
his merry go round in Georgia.
Late in the season he determined
to bring it back to Tarboio, so he
had the local railroad authorities
of Oordele to ascertain the freight
charges from that„plac) to this.
He was informed 58 cents on the
hundred, so he shipped the ma
chine and planked down $116.
VVh^n it arrived at tid* plaoe,
he was informed when he went t>»
receive it, that $60 more must b&
paid, that the rate was 88 cents
the hundred. *
Mr. Constantine showed ^his
prepaid,freight bill, but to no
purpose, hence the suit to recover
damages or the value of the
machine.
The railroad people contend that
the rate charged and collected at
Cordele was too low.
The Southerner suggests to Mr.
Constantine or his ^counsel, Mayor
Pender, that the rhte from Cordele
to Norfolk or some other Virginia
city be ascertained.
BRIEF STATE NEWS.
The furniture factory at Dunn
was destroyed on 18th by fire, loss
$50,000 with small insurance.
The conduct of federal officials
at the State capital has been in
vestigated by a member of the Civil
Service Commission. What he
learned he declined to state.
The Adjutant General having
been notified by the Chief' of Or
dinance that the War Department
is now ready to issue immediately
new Springfield magazine rifles for
the entire National Guard of this
State upon requisition, and that
enough will be furnished to arjn
and ■. equip the actual enlis ed
strength at any given time, plus
10 per cent, this extra issue to
meet conditions arising from new
enlistments, requisition was imme
diately made for the State’s quota.
In two or three weeks it is ex
pected that the entire State Guard,
will be thus armed.
Cardenio F.-King, the Boston
financier and native of North Car
olina, who three months ago wa*
reputed to be worth several mil
lion dollars, is a fugitive from
justice with three war ants issued
for his arrest. While his^agents
and friends were issuing state
ments that he was in New York
raising funds and in eonfiement in
a Southern sinitarium, the .finan
cier gathered up all the available
cash and negotiable papers in his
office, ^mounting to $50,000, and
sailed for Liverpool on the Cun
ard liner Etruria, February 22.
He is now in London. Steps will
be taken in Boston to bring King
back.'
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PRtSIDENT AND CONGRESS.
The New York Commercial Bul
letin, says: “While the President
may on extraordinary occasions,
convene both Houses, or either of
them, the Roosevelt idea that
Congress may. be dragooned in
measures of legislation which he
mems of public necessity, has
f-ertainly no warrant in the Con
stitution.”
SOME SPRING POETRY. .
Sinering of Spring
Is the bard.
Finds it a thing
Not so hard.
Singing of Spring
He has pat.
Birds on the wing
And all that.
Singing of Spring
With a will;
Creepers that cling
By the rill.
Singing of Spring
Getteth tame
When you've the swing
Of the same.
Verse by tl\e string
Right on wp;
Singing of Spiing
Is a snap!
—Washington Herald.
BRAINS IN WHITES AND NEGROES.
Sanford B. Hunt, surgeon of
the United States volunteers in
the civil war says that the stand
ard weight of the negro brain is
more than five, ounces less than
that of of the white. Slight inter
mixture of white blood diminishes
fche negro brain from the normal
standard, but when the infusion
of white blood amounts to onehalf,
it determines a posiftte increase in
the negro brain, which iu the
quadroon is only three ounces
below the standard. The percen
tage of exceptionally small brains
is largest among negroes having
but a small proportion of white
blood.
Secretary Taft may be ethnolo
gist enough to tell how political
equality will make up for these
five ounces.
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reader of our paper take advantage
of the following offer: If you will
send your name and address to
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and are truly remarkable in their
quick effects on all Back Ache,
Lame Back, Rheumatism, and all
Kidney and Bladder Affections. In
writing them it. will be necessary
to mentkm The Southerner. Please
do so. We hope any of our read
ers, who are suffering from any
such complaints will take advant
age of this offer, as we know the
remedy is most highly recommend
ed.
K TRUE STORY Of “THE LYMAN TWINS.”
A very funny story is told %bout
the Lyman Twin Brothers who
appear here Friday, March 27th
In the big musical hit, “The Yan
kee Djummers.-” There has be n
many stories told *■ about these
brothers who look so much alike,
but this is credited as being true.*
During their company’s visit in
Fargo, K. D. add while one of the
twins was seated in the office df the
hotel? a controversy came up be
tween three br four traveling men
and a Texas cattle man as to who
could run the fastest, the Texan
declaring he could outran any one
in the party for a new hat.
The twin to .play a joke on
the gentlemen announced he would
take the bet if they would arrange
tne race so eacn one siarteu uacx
to run around the block until
they met then back agaiu and
finish at the hotel. It was at once
agreed upon and the twin immedi
ately went up stairs stating that he
would be ready in a few moments.
He at once told his brother of the
affair and he after understanding
the arrangements left the hotel by
a back door and stationed himself
in the middle of the back block,
the other coming out stood as per
arrangements and the race staretd.
The Texan dashed around the
corner and when half way around
thS block, he fband his adversary
ahead of him. The traveling men
were by that time on u> the joke
and howled with delight, at which
the lanky gentlemen shouted, all
out of breath, “Fll bet you two
hats, you can’t do it again,” and
away they went. The Texan
found the same one quietly
smoking when he reached the back
of the block and or* retnrning to
the starting pom* found him
there also. He ne\ er said a word,
but bought the hats and dou’t
kuow now how he was beaten.
THE LUCKY QUARTER
Is the one you pay out for a box
of Dr. King’s New Life Pills.
They bring you the health that’s
more precious than jewels Try
them f6r headache, biliousness,
constipation and malaria. If they
disappoint you the price will b«
cheerfully refunded by all drug*
gists.
EnglandSays
NO ALUM ,
In Food
and strictly prohibits
the sale oi alum
baking powder—
So does France
So does Germany
* The sale of alum foods
has been made illegal in Washington and the District of Colum
bia, and alum baking powders are everywhere recognized as
mjunous. To protect yourself against alum,
^ when ordering baking powder,
Say plainly—
ROYALpowmr
and be vary sure you get Royal
Royal is the only BakinglPowder made from Royal Grape
Cream of Tartar. It adds to the digestibility and whole*
someness of the food.
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THE CONFEDERATE DEAD.
How grand a frame this marble
watches o'er!
Their Wars' behind them—God’s
great peace before.
They fought, they failed, yet, ere
the bitter end,
Them, too, did fortune wondrous
ly befriend.
They never knew, as we who mourn
them know,
How vain was all their strife, how
vast our woe;
And now the land they gave their
lives to save
Returns them all she has to give—
a Grave!
George Herbert Bass—“Barton
Grey.”
ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION.
The Edgecombe members of the
Greensboro Normal School, effected
an organization here today by
electing th^following officers:
President, Miss Emily Austin.
Vice president Mrs. R. M.
Dayis.
. Secretary, Miss Elizabeth Zo
eller.
Treasurer, Miss Mary Eridgers.
Jt was a very enthusiastic meet
ing and plans were outlined for
the securing of funds for a Mclver
memorial. The next regular
meeting will be held in Tarboro,
Saturday, April 18th.
- A MASKED BATTERY.
While all good Democrats op
pose anarchy on principle, few of
those who are well informed ^ill
sympathize with the President’s
iiusade against freedom of thought
ind Speech at this time. For back
if all this hullabaloo of the Im
perialists is the design to secure
the ratification of an unconstitu
tional treaty with England and
the strengthening ol arbitrary,
power in the United States.,It is
said by those who-profess to know,
that the treaty with England
provides for offensive and de
fensive alliance and the ^tradi
tion of persons accused unpolitical
offenses in Ireland against the
English government. lhe,*lrish
Americans have discovered the
trick, and have strongly protested
against its ratification. The anar
chist hunt looks like a masked
battery.
TWO MILLION SHORT.
The cotton crop of 1907 is two
million and more bales less than
for the years 1606 and 1901 when
13,290,677 and 13,697,310 bales
respectively were made according
to the ginners’ report published
by the Census Bureau. According
to the Bureau there have been
ginned and to be ginned including
linters and repacks 11,263,163
bales.
The figures given above are the
Census Bureau figures given out in
March of each year, before the
calculation was made, giving the
equivalent of the crops jn 600
pound bales.
The bales have t>een averaging
slightly over 500 pounds, so that
the figures for the present crop
will be increased 100,000 to 250,
000 bales.
The effect of this report on the
speculative markets was slight.
New York advanced only about
seven points and this was later
ost.
Under normal conditions the
market wonld have risen by leaps
and bounds. A year ago a short
age in the crop cf two millions
would have enhanced prices at
least two cents the pound. But
now the higher goes the raw cotton
the less is the mill consumption.
Idle mills ard daily converting a
deficiency iuto a surplus.
Barn the v?The ^‘nd Always Bo#t
WHEN MYRTLE LAUGHS.
When Myrtle laughs I sometimes
think
That human ears could never
drink
A brew so dai»*ty as one quaffs,
In one of Myrtle’s rippling laughs.
(Especially I think it fine
When echoing some jest of mine)
And yet remarkable to say,
At times it’s just the qther way,
And saddest of all things by half
I’m quite convinced is Myrtle’s
laugh.
(Especially when coupled with
Some inane jape retailed by
Smith.)
Oh, for a pair of wing* to soar
To (some remote and Smithless
shore
Where Myrtle’s changing laugh
would i ing
At every joke I chose to spring.
(A loaf of bread, some barley
bree,
Joe Miller’s book and her and
me!)
—Puck.
PRESIDENT AND SENATE.
Senator Tillman merely drew
away with his rough hand the
curtain which politeness had kept
hanging before the disagreeable
facts. What these are, everybody
who goes to Washington and keeps
his eyes ahd ears open, is fn no
doubt. The bitterest language is
used on both sides. Republican
Senators speak with an indigna
tion almost comic, so intense yet
carefully confidential is it, about
the course "and speeches and mes
sages of the President. He, on his
part,* gives them the benefit of his
unbridled tongue. His epigrams
abopt the most venerated of them,
his arraignment of them by name,
his reckless attribution of sinister
motives to them—all this is re
tailed about Washington as the
common gossip of the day. There
was an old story about a Senator
once going to President Cleveland
*o ask in a grieved tone If it were
true that he had said a certain
member of the Senate ought to be
hung. The questioft to pujb tiP
President Roosevelt would be
what members of the 8enate—or
the Supreme Court—he would
leave unhung.—New York Even
ing Post. _
• FRUIT KILLED?
If a poor fellow were to receive
i dollar for every time the ques
;ion has been asked since the snow,
‘Has the frnit been killed!” he
;ould talk in the class of John D,
Rockefeller, and have his lightest
ivords listened to with becoming
ieference. He Would not deign
to notice the one who received the
iarae for every definite answer to
this question. There are many
opinions but they vary. Probably
the burden is in favor of the fruit.
The earlincss of the season and the
only slightly advanced stage of
vegetation, are all in favor of thisj
contention.
It is quite probable that the
snow and the cold wave were as
damaging to insect life as they
were to the peach and the plum,
if not more so.
Mrs. H. H. Shuler has returned
from a visit to her people at Elm
City.
—$100.00 paid by Dr Shoop for
any recent case of Grippe or acute
Cold that a 25c box of Preventics
will not break. How is this fo* an
offer! The Doctor’s supreme confi
dence in these little Candy Cold
Cure Tablets—Preventics—is cer
tainly complete. It’s a $100 against
26c—pretty big odd3. And Pre
ventics, remember, contain no
quinine, no laxative, nothing
harsh nor sickening. Pneumonia
would never appear if early colds
were always broken. Safe and sure
for ferverish children. 48 Preven
tics 25c.