BIB SURE YOU ARE RIGHT; THEN GO AHEAD.—D Crockett _ • ■ • - — .. - -------- --- ---- - VOL. 86. NO. 14 TARBORO, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 2, *908. ESTABLISHED 1822 A FACT ABOUT THE “BLUES*' ~ What is known as the “Blues* is seldom occasioned by actual exist ing externJ conditions, but in the great majority of cases by a disorder ed LIVER-— THIS IS A FACT which may be demonstra ted by trying a course of They bring hope and bouyancy to the mind. They bring health and elastic* Ity to the body. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE; Funeral Directors a-d rmbafmer:. li A I’DWOO’ > MKI'AUJC CLOTH (< >vi;i:i:d axd I X Til A SIZI-: CASKETS grave aults AM) MONUMENTS Phone One Two Nine. That weather-beaten door should look now. The handsoue furni ture that has become scarred and scratched. d icker furniture that shows the dinming etiecLs of winter’s etorms. The linoleums and oil cloths that have been ma red by the tramp of mndciy fret can all be made to look new and often 1 eft°r than when lirst purchased by using « HI6H GRADE VOBHiSH MO ST/UH COMBINED Dealers in Builder? Materials. WHY BUY CHEAP : OIL? -—when you can get— T HEBE S T WHITE “Cr is guaranteed not to leave an unpleasant odor in the room after blowing out your lamp, and not to smoke ....... l or sale by the bbl or smaller quantities. Buy 1 gallon and be convinced. .Sole Agents Red “C” Mlj 1 :alto., Md. Phone or w: itfi LILES-RUPFIN & CO. The Pure Food Store. U 2M L D A D E D CAR LOAD WHITE CORN CARLOAD WHITESPRING OATS R. B. PETERS GROCERY COMPANY. Phiue 227. A GLOOMY FORECAST. Dr. L. L. Statoa states that fr >m present prospects, one of the in ills of theTarboro Cotton Factory will be closed for at least twelve months, owing to the price of raw material. HARRIS-CLARK. S. M. Harris, of Pitt county, and Miss Addie Clark, daughter of George Clark, of Rounymede, were quietly married, Wednesday evening, >at the home of the bride by Rev. Laughinghouse, of the Free Will Baptist chnrcb. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES MAY 29TH. The annual commencement ex ercises of the graduating class of the high school will be held in the opera house, Friday, May 2£tb. On the following Monday night Mrs. Hany Smith and Miss Meta Winstead will bold the annual concert of the music students. DAUGHTER ADMINISTERS. Letters of administration have beeu granted to Mrs. Columbia F. Edwards upon the estate .of her mother, Mrs Lucinda Sorg. Mrs. Edwards is the sole heir. The es ! tate has not been appraised. Mrs. oorg had about $3,500 in money, which probably is practically all of the personalty. Her realty, holdings were several times great er. A BLACK HAND DEED. When G. H. Ru'Sel, a piosper ous farmer, of near Charlotte, opened his front door a coffin, that had been leaning against the door, fell inside. Nailed to the coffin was a note signed “Black Hand,” demanding raouey. Russel’s young wife was thrown into hys terics, and a physician had to. be called. Two young men are under surveillance and their arre*t iiT expected. DEATH WASOinHIS HEELS. Jesse P. Morris, of Skippers, Va., had a close call in the Spring of 1906. he says: “An attack of pneumonia left me so weak aud y?ith such a fearful cough that my friends declared consumption had me, and death was on ray heels. Then I was persuaded to try Dr. King’s New Discovery. It helped me immediately, and after taking two and a half bottles, I was a w ell man again. I found out that New’ Discovery is the best remedy for coughs and lung disease in all the world.” Sold under guarantee by all druggists. * 50c and fl. Trial bottle free. SENATORS CLAIMED BY DEATH. ^ ithin a year deith has claimed no less than seven U. S. Senators. All save one bdng Democrats. There are seven grand old meu in this list: John Ty^er Morgan (Ala. Dem.), June 11. Edmond W. Pettus (Ala., Dem.), July 17. Stephen R. Mallory (Fla. Dem.) Decern her 22. Asbury C. Latimer (3. C. Dem.) Fehruaiy 20. Redfield Proctor (Vt. Rqp.), March 4. VVm. Piukney Whyte (ML, Dem.), Match 17. Wm. J. Brpan (Fla., Dem.), March 22. OPENING DAYS. As will be seen from the South erner advertising columns, instead of having millinery opening days, the same at all places they will be different this year. E. Miller will expose for femi nine delight, the Jatest creations in he*d ornamentation on April 2nd and 3rd, and a week later, April 8th and 91 h, Mis. R. Morris, will have a display of hats and' other feminine fancies tc excite woman’s admiration. It requires no skiil in tho pro phetic art to say that all previous openings will be-excelled on those dates. In fact, each year the artists in women’s headwear, have improved the products of their tastes and handiwork. Just keep wise on the dates and attend to see the loveliest creations in hats and their accessories ever offered here to femininity. TWO MORE REVERSALS. The State Supreme court has I handed down two more opinions in cases appealed from this county, Vick vs. Flourney and Bryaut vs. Metropolitan Insurance Co., and in both cases the lower court was reversed. . — In Vick vs. Flourney under the ruling of the judge, the plaintiff was non suited, this is held to have been an error. In Bryant vs. the Insurance Co , a new ttrial is granted for failure to submit a pertinent issue to the jury, viz: whether the representa tive of the insured that he had not been under the care of a physician was true. It is expected that the Supreme Court will file an opinion to morrow in the case of D. D. Wagner vs. Ailantic *'oast Line. Wagner was awarded $12,000 at the October term of Superior ou t iu a suit for $20,000 for i, Julies received twoyears ago. C St*■£* ?aa.n ita rrt-7 ^ iu Kind \oii iiave Always Soa^i 1.C fttUii 1 Ui* ritoiw i BOARD OF EDUCATION. The regular quarterly meeting of the County Board of Educatiot will be held here, Monday, April 6th. At this meeting a number oj important questions will l e dis cussed, including the, election ol new school buildings at Runny PLBSTY OF TROUBLE is caused by stagnation of theliver and bowels. To get rid of it and headache and biliousness and the poison that brings' jaundice, mtake Dr. King’s Kew Life Pills,* the reliable purifiers that do the work without grinding or griping. 25c at all druggists. TWIN CALVES. L D. Knight, near Lawrence, has a cow that a few days ago dropped two calves, a male and a female. Both are thrifty and healthy. This is rare, Jack Gray near old Sparta, had a cow that did this i iwice. A T WENT Y YEAR SENTE NCE. “I havej ust completed a twenty year healtu sentence, imposed by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, which cured me of bleeding piles just twenty years ago,” writes O. S. Woolever, of LeRaysville, N. Y. itucklen’s Arnica Salve heals the worst sores, boils, burns, wounds and cuts in the shortest time. 25c by ail druggists. EDGECOMBE GUARDS. Captaiu Paul Jones, received a letter from Gen. R berson, this morning, asking whether the Edge comb'- Guards would be able to attend the manoeuvres at Cbica mauga Park, Ga , and Fort Cas well, Wilmington, this Summer. At the latter place, regular coast defense tactics will be practiced. Capt Jones cannot yit say what his command will do. I. 0. 0. F. PROGRESS. The annual report of Grand Sec retary B. If. Woodell shows that the JDdepeudeut Order of Odd Fellorv is in a flourishing condition in this State. There are 227 lodges, again of 22 during the year, with a membership of 15,410 and a gaiu of 1,7 L9. The total receipts of subordinate lodges weie $124,460; expended for relief $26,069, aud for other pur poses $55,997. Investments aggre grte $142,692 and assets $215,441; net gain $41,243. ANSWERS TO CORRtSPONDENTS. A maid lived in a castle grand five hundred years ago, Her foot was small and »ke her hand; her hair was like i he sloe, So many came from far and near this maiilgn fair to wroo, That she was aye haraised by fear; she knew not what to do. There was no “lovelorn” column then, run by some lady nice, To which a girl might scribble Avhen in need of sage adv ice, Beset by sui.'ors day, by day our damsel daily cried, Aud pretty s .on she pined away; yes, pined -..way and died. The maids today need fear no fate so pitiful as this, For lots of ladies sit up late advis ing girls, I w fj. % They tell one whom to w'ed and why; they tell girls how to dres?; And every damsel, should, say I, bd thankful for the pi ess. — Washington Herald. DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS. That there has been, in the last few years, something very like a revolution in public opinion is apparent. In 1804 it looked as though the Democratic party had been wiped out of existence. With a majority of 94,000 against it in Indiana, the man w ho should have said that the Democratic party might hope for a fairly equal con test with its great adversary in 1908 would have been thought insane. And yet from every part of the country there are reports of serious republican disaffection. On the other hand, the Democrats are united as they have not been for year$, and they are becoming strongly convinced that they can. regain this year much of their lost ground and possibly(telect a President The people this year are going to insist on the nomination of the best m«-n by both parties. The past weaknees of the Democratic party makes -it necessary that it should put up the best men, while the present weakness of the repub lican party imposes the same necessity on it. The republicans in Indiana—and certainly in Mai ion county—a>e weaker than since 1892. On top of it all, it is to be said that° the Bryan scare has largely died out. Many people do not like or admire him, and very many do not trust him, but there is uone of that fe ir that wras so important a factor in Bryan’s previous campaigns. We have had au education in radicalism which has rather allayed ttic old fears.— Indianapolis 2s’ews. B~r» h* Kind Yt/J Hava Always BougM SOMEWHERE. . Somewhere a sweetness growsj. Somewhere it comes and goes Into your life and mine, • Mortal, and yet divine! Somewhere a sweetness speeds Unto onr sorest peeds; Under the gloom, the clod, Upward it grows to GodU Somewhere, in field or stream; Somewhere in deed or dream; Somewhere, a sweetness clings Round us with wardering wings! Somewhere, in darkest hour, Bird-song or bloom o’ flower, Lo, at our weary feet, Somewhere is sweetness, sweet! —Baltimore Sun. THOUSANDS LOST. There is more cottoo than usual in first hands in this county, prob ably 5,000 bales. When it is re membered and doubtless many holders do, that the market is two [ cents a pound less than last Fall, the cost of holding at present prices is close on to $ >0,000. Some times a farmer makes by holding his produc s, but prob ably ofteuer than otherwise he loses. The New York Sun, some years ago printed the results of two farmers, w hose owners for 50 years had sold, one when his products were ready for market, regardless of price, and the other held for better prices. The first was de cidedly the gainer. If a farmer would try both methods, by dividing his crop, in a few years, he could ascertain whether holding pays. THE GRADED SCHOOL Couuty Superintendent, R. G. Kittrell, announced at the begin ning of the school term last Fall, that no students would be pro moted, uuless they passed in every study. Prof. Kittrell intends to follow this policy, but will give every pupil failing to make good, a chance during the Summer months to study, so as to pass the examinations at the beginning of the next school term. In pursuing this policy, Proi. Kittrell.is determined to make the public school, a graded institution in studies as well as name. When he came to Tarboro last Fall, he found some students in three and four different grades. lie elimi uated this kind of work as fast as possible, and made untiring efforts to have a student in one grade in all subjects. BLESSINGS OF THE BLIND. The eabnity of the blind is im mense, irreparable. But it does not take away our share of the things that count—service, friend .ship, humor, imagination, wis dom. It is the seoiet inner will that controls one’s fate. We are capable of willing to be good! of loving and being loved, of think ing to the end that we may be wiser. We possess these spirit born forces equally with all God’s children. Therefore we, too, see the lightnings and hear the thun ders of Sinai. We, too, march through the wilderness and the solitary place that shall be glad f.r the wee a ending Friday, was nearly 100.000. At this rate till the end of the cotton year, there would remain a sur plus of over 2 000,000. The net -eccipts at the ports for (he same time are less by 60,000 than for the same week last year while lor the cotton year to Man h 2 i Hi, i lie receipts are 1,600,000 less. The exports for the year are 600,000 bales less. It more cotton has-been held back by the producers than usual, the outlook is for lower prices, uoless the Census Bureau’s esti mate of the cotton ginned has enabled the mill men to take notice of it. The Census Bureau is now send ing a letter to every ginner in the country, asking for the number of bales gioned or to be ginned for the present year, io order to make the final estimate of the crop as Confidence . *hen eating that your food is of highest wholesomeness—that it has nothing in it that can injure or disbess you — makes the repast comfortable and satisfactory* This supreme confidence you have when the food is raised with ROYAL Baking iWdei> AbnoIdTel^ Pure The only baking powder made 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 unchanged alum or alum salts remains in the food* JAMES I, BARNHILL. James I Barnhill died Thursday evening alput 9 o’clock, at his hpme in this place, corner of Main street and Park Avenue, of tuber - cilosis, and stomach complications, in 62nd year of his age. A wife, mother, three sisters, Mrs. Harris, of this place; Mrs. Roebpek and Mrs Everett, of Pitt; and two brothers, Siduey and Gray, survive him. For nearly fifteen years he has been a citizen of this place, coming here from Bethel. Moving here, h6 acquired the Tar River Mills and made a pronounced success out of them, and accumu lated a goodly estate. In one of his novels E. P. Roe has a character, Dad Tugger, “a well meaning man” of whom Jim Barnhill reminds the writer. He was a well meaning man, and often proved it by his acts. Once a neighbor lost his house by fire. The next morning, neighbors and friends had assembled at the scene, and one and all were expressing to the loser of his home tbeir sympathy. Mr. Barnhill offered his condolence too. *‘I am sorry for you,” he said, “sorry 10,000 feet of lumber to rebuild your home, send to my mill and get it. Friends, how sorry are you for him!” That man’s loss was cut down more than half by the prac tical testimonials cf sympathy of generous neighbors. — V ith those he liked* he was generous and liberal to a fault. The greater the service a friend needed, the better Mr. Barnhill was pleased. He was charitable without pretense. The aid and comfort lie bestowed, he never thought of as being charity, merely that it was a pleasure to do it. That was his compensation. On the Ledger of Life, there is many an item on the credit side, to oflfeet errors of the head which were many, but there were few of the heart. WORK BEGUN ON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. J. R. Bailey, of Smitbfield, and a force of workmen began cutting the heavy girders for the new Presbyterian church today. The first carload of pressed brick was shipped from Washington Monday and is expected here by tomorrow. The granite stone trimmings for this new building will be secured from Warren couuty. Mr. Bailey represents the Lee County Construction Co., which has the contract for the erection of this new sanctuary, the Howard Memorial Presbyterian church. Mr. Bailey states that under favorable conditions, the building should be completed not later than Jan. 1, 1909, that is if the work men are not delayed by the ship ping of material. This new house of God will be of pressed brick with granite trimmings, and will be so arranged as to convert the Sunday School Department into the main auditor ium, when occasions demand. An other feature will be the arrange ment for perfect acoustics. — Dalzell says that republican principles are consistent with each other. A robber tariff, a rubber currency, imperialism, a monopo listic policy, are, indeed, all con sistent enough, but they are ail the more infamous and rascally on that account. All in all, and all in one, they constitute a system of plunder. y Congress has ordered the motto “In God we trust” reinstated on the coinage of the United States, Roosevelt to the contrary not withstanding. ! accurate as possible and to ascer tain the reliability of the special 1 agents for collecting the statistisc from time to time. REBUILDING SAN FRANCISCO. Mr. Charles IT. Taylor, of the j Boston Globe, gives in that paper ; a striking review of what has been J ; accomplished in San Francisco ! within the last two years. Especial - i ly impressive are his figures as to j rebuilding. I Something more than 28, I 000 buildings were destroyed in the spring of 1906, almost wholly * by fire, their total value being estimated at $105,000,000. There : are now completed, or in course of construction, 10,000 new buildings and these, though only 40 per cent j iu number of those destroyed,have j a value of $llx,000,000. Mr. Tay ! lor adds that of this very large sum invested in construction, only j “$5,000,000 came from outside of San Francisco.” The cubic space moreover, of the new buildings is actually greater than was that of ; those burned, “showing the larger ; and better lines on which the new j city has been and is being re built.” Toe same observer is of the opinion that the improved system of water supply, with its reservoirs and auxiliary draught on the bay, will be adequate for any future emergency, and that “the city will be in the front rank of protected municipalities and assured of aieduc ion in insurance rates of at least 33 1-3 per cent— New York Times.” MR. BRYAN’S PROGRESS. From that bitter note of awak ening worldliness to the develop ment of Mr. Bryan in a well cut frock coat, unbagged trousers, four in hand cravat and an income estimated at something like $60, 000 or #$70,000 a year, with a political prestige that rises super ior to consequences and compels even his enemies to fawn like spaniels, his growth has been large ly a c