v v* A
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""[‘“Tr^iy. May 7, J908.
,,10 was only one arrest
S;.'i i' '1 1> •
__M :ny imp nvimv n'-s^ have
, ull(to U> the' cvinetery at
If ( A. Zoelicr Aviil give us not
/ •!,,, ve <1 spell” t? is mouth,
aaiee t>> call his mouth,
IV, ... ,i , veil spell it Mayme, if
I... ; :■ fers It.
__ to Secretary Hester
, \ >w Orleans Colton Ex
. ill > \ ;>il) e supply of <ot
, , s o:io mi lio i l»aie< iC'S fl u
!’V. Mas this tiine, 'he ti_Mtre>
■; this year a trains'
, s ~ i ;.'; ia<t. But for the deprea
j'on n e a ly. cotton would ba
v inr lor 13 cents.
_’['lie sixteen boys and git Is
vlio will soon give a concert here,
j, l>icM'Ut :il3 children at the Ox
lot (1 Home.
—The Singing Class concert is
worth mole than the price of ad
mission. You also help a worthy
institution by patronizing the
entei tain meat.
—Judging by the character of
the concerts giveu by the Singing
( ;1ss from Oxford iu the past, you
mav expect to be highly enter
taioetl at the concert soon to be
given in our town.
—At the Agricultural Institute
io lie he’d on the Central Academy
iironmis. at Littleton, May 12tb,
Pol. John S. Cunningham, ol
IY> m county will speak on *;I)i
veisitied Agriculture” and Mr.
H. Poe. editor of the Progressive
Farm. i . will spe.k on ‘‘Three
Wa\s to build up Farming in
Warren and Halifax counties.”
— An effort w ill be made to US'
the ti-e horse for local services.
Ti e animal will be given a trial in
a i nv days to determine whether
or not the injuries are permanent.
—Tito cold spell in M >y cc n
tinues -o long tha, ic may be
called a period.
—The little upward torn that
cotton has taken should stimulate
the fanners not to plant more
cott'u butt) increase the yield
pe. aero Ou this hangs all the
s name an 1 profit of true farming.
FORBES-COBB.
(>n Wednesday evening, April
2f»th. friends and relatives gath
ered at the hospitable home of
Mr. J. E. Cobb, of St. Lewis,
Edgecombe county, to attend the
marriage of Miss Fannie Cobb and
W. B. Forbes.
In the following order came in
the attendants to the strains of
Mendelssohn's Wedding March
slaved by Miss Maggie Cobb: Miss
May Lewis with W. D. Wiggins,
'mss Mamie Cobb, with L. C.
Whitley, then came the bride,
lres>ed in white silk, carrying a
louqufct of carnations, American
leauty roses and ferns, atte ded
iv the groom. They were mar
led by Elder James S. Woodard,
vhile “Love and Devotion” was
loftly placed.
After congratulations, the
rappy couple left for Wilbanks,
the home of Mr. Forbes.
Mi" Fannie is the charming
ilaughter of J. E. Cobb, our county
treasurer, and Mr. Forbes is a
promising merchant ot Wilbanks.
May their lives be as bright and
beautiful as their wedding day is
the wish of
A Fkiend,
IN THE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. |
Governor Glenn will speak here
next Sunday morning on prohibi
tion in the Missionary Baptist
church, and not in the town hall i
a> the Southerner iuadveitently
ainiM!i!iC-d Saturday.
Saturday evening this hall will
be decorated by the Daughters of
the Confederacy for their memorial
eonexses which will take place at
o'clock,Sunday afternoon.The
Ban Miters, not being a political
0!”ani/ation, very properly will
not »arrender their hall and its
dec nations to a discussion of
r -h-v even if it is through the
o' ohihition megaphone.
IT BEACHED THE SPOT. !
Mr. E. Humphrey, who owrns a
a large general store at Omega, O.,
and is president oi the Adams
< :nty lelephone Co., as well as
tie Homo Telephone Co , of Pike
' ' nity, <)., says of Dr. King’s
NDiscovery: ‘-It §flyed my
; At least I think it did.
!’ 'fined to reach the spot—the
' ry seat of my cough,—when
everything else failed.” Dr. King’s
N‘n Discovery not only reaches
Die cough spot; it heais the sore
'■pot" and the weak spots in thr oat
mgs and chest. Sold under guar
; "t “ by all druggists. 50c and
1 00. Trial bottle free.
t or. CALDWELL TO DELI VER ADDRESS.
1Dof. J. C. Caldwell, president
; i tee Atlantic Christian College,
'V iton, will deliver the address
:i tic eommeucenient exercises of
“ -Macclesfield school Friday
-lit. There are twelve graduates
tii i - year.
H MR FOR MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMME
CHANGEDr
I he hour of the Memorial Dav
yf'igramme has beea changed
in 3 tb 3.30. p. m., to give Gov.
tlenri a breathing spell after^din
Her which will begin at 1 o’clock.
. ■* his sign is permanently attached
to {he front of the main building of
tlie Lj dia E. 1 inkliam. Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
V\ hat l>oes This Sign Mean ?
-it nieans that public inspection of
the Laboratory and methods of doing
business is honestly'desired. It means
that there is nothing about the bus
bcrvrV”^10^1 ^ UOt Wopei>an(1 ahove
It means that a permanent invita
tion is extended to anyone to come
and verify any and all statements
advertisements of Lydia
t -^ham’s Vegetable Compound.
Is it a purely vegetable compo'und
made from roots and herbs — with
out drugs ?
Come .and See.
Do the women of America continu
ally use as much of it as we are told ?
Come and See.
r ^>Vth^ever such a person as
L> dia L. Pinkham, and is there any
Mrs. I mkham now to whom sick
woman are asked to write ?
Come and See.
Is the vast private correspondence
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kept
smctly confidential ?
Come and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondents ?
Come and See.
Have they proof that Lydia E.
Pinkham’s \ egetable Compound has
cured thousands of these women ?
Come and See.
•inis advertisement is only for
doubters. The great army of women
who know from their own personal
experience that no medicine in the
world equals Lydia E. Pinkham’s
V egetable Compound for female ills
will still -go on using and,being ben
3flted by it; but the poor doubting,
suffering woman must, for her own
sake,be taught confidence,forshe also
night just as well regain her health.
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
J. P. Kifiebrew, tobacco statis
tian, spent Friday here as the
guest of Judge H. C. Bourne. Mr.
Killebrew is preparing a report for
the Department of Agriculture on
the putlook of the crop for this
season.
The Marshallburg Hunting and
Fishing Club, which was % organ
ized here last Fall, bos sef Aug. I
17th, as the date for the first en
campment. The club has elected
five new members and has awarded
the contract for the erection of a
club house ou the island preserve,
near Beaufort
Mrs. S. V. King, of Charleston,
W. Va., is visiting her mother,
Mrs. J. K. Simmons.
The 1909 convention of the
King’s Daughters of North Caro
lina will be held in Greenvile.
Dr. C E. W eeks and Leslie
Smith, of Farmville, are spending
a few days in town.
Mrs. G. T. DeBerry who had
been conhned to the Pittman hos
pital was taken to her home Fri
day.
Misses Carrie and IsTamie Gay,
of Rocky Mount, are visiting the
Misses Hyman.
Bernard Spragins has accepted a
position with the Tarboro Grocery
to.
UNSAFE BRIDGE FLOOR.
The flooring to the county
biiUge is not in the best condition.
A plank broke through Saturday
under the hoof of a horse, C J.
Austin, Jr., was driving. In ex
tricating its foot the animal tore
off its shoe, but sustained no other
injury.
It is respectfully submitted that
the tax payers would be benefitted
if all bridge lumber were treated
with some preservative before
being put into the bridge; that
the flooring should be soaked in
coal tar, m hich would preserve the
timber from decay and wear of
travel. For the tar would hole
sufficient earth to protect the
wood from hoof or tire.
By first treating the bridge floors
with coal tar and making them
water tight the understructure of
the bridge would be longer pre
served also.
NORTH CAROLINA PATENTS.
Granted this week. Reported
bvC. A. Snow & Co., patent at
torneys, Washington, D. C., Of. L.
Edgerton, Goldsboro, bag fasten
er; E. B. Hackburn, W. C. Willet
& D. F. Deppe, Newbern, fertiliz
er distributor. A.F.Hart, Hickory,
tra($c tramping implement; I. A.
Murchison, Manchester, cotton
picker. For copy of any above
patents send 10 cents in postage
stamps with date of this paper to
C. A. Snow & Co., .Washington,
D. O.
RECORD PAYMENT.
I Jas. H. Pierce, who died Satur
day, April 25th, was insured in
j the Junior Order of Ameiican
! Mechanics, oi which he was h
member, belonging to the local
council of this place. The check
f.»r $500 in payment of thi i claim
was jeceived by the jojordiug
secretary, A T. Walston,
j Few insurance companies wheth
er 1>ld line or assessment can show
payment on ninth day after death.
A Plain, Practical, Impartial
Presentation of the Ques
tion Of State Prohi
bition.
To the Voters of North Caiolina:
Having accepted from Chairman
Boyden, of the Stale Committee,
the duty of ( resenting to my frtfow
citizens the question of “State
Prohibition,” so that they may
intelligently vote upon this very
important matter on May 26th. I
i would ask of each and all to give
the following communication earn
est consideration:
1st. Let me say that I l.ave no
. “axe tp grind.” 1 am not a can ii
I dite for any political office I wane
| your attention, not) your vote. Lot
i me further say, that neither my
self no^my member of my family,
so far as I know, have ever be>-n
! known to abuse the use of liquors,
I »or have Lever been engaged in its
sale,manufacture, neither have my
views on this question ever been
influenced by any person connect
I ed with the liquor business. My
motives are as pure and my pur
poses as patriotic as any man’s can
possibly be* I have taken a glass
of whisky, wine or beer whenever
1 so desired ever since I was 16
years old—42 years ago—and 1
know its use has been beneiicial to
me. Isay this, at the outset, to
stamp as a malicious liar anyone
who would insinuate that I am
controlled by the liquor interests.
2d. Let me reproduce right here
the following section of the Con
stitutio.i of North Carolina—Art
1, Sec. 29:
“A Sequent 'recurrence to fun
damental principles is absolutely
necessary to preserve the blessings
af liberty.”
In my.opinion this question of
“State Prohibition,” as outlined
in the bill calling for this election
is one of far more importance aud
is fraught with more danger to the
liberties ol the people of North
arolina than any question of
Liquor or no Liquor could possibly
be
This is not the first time that
politicians have attempted to take
from the people of this State the
vital, all important, fundamental
principle of local self government.
Let me recite a few instances with
in the memory of I he present gen
oration. In 1803 the Legislature,
at the request of favored interests
passed laws in this county and
6thers, affecting local interest,
'without giving the people a voice
in the matter. This action by the
dominant party, as is well known,
caused thousands of whit ) men to
dissolve former political affiliations
and create a third party in North
Carolina. Selfish politicals of both
parties at once took advantage of
that condition and, by fusion,
controlled the State for four years.
The Legislature, elected by this
combination, iutoxicated witlk
*power, again attacked this clie/ish
ed principle of local self govern
meut by placing a number of our
eastern towns aud cities under a
government not of the people but
by legislative enactment. This
action on their part created such a
revulsion of public sentiment as to
result in Wilmtngtou in scenes of
riot, revolution and bloodshed.
Ag&in, the manhood of the State,
aroused by this attacV upon then
liberties, hurled from power the
politicians who were responsible
for these conditions, and reinstated
the present political party. To
guard against a repetith n of such
conditions, methods were at once
adopted to disfranchise the negroes
of North Carolina. Why? Because
they had proven themselves to be
unfit for the right of suffrage by
being, instead of reasoning, think
ing electors, mere tools in the
hands of designing politicians.
This having been done, aud the
cry of “nigger,” »“nigger” being
no longer available, a newr issue
was sought. This was found in
••iuiucation, anu peace icigm-u
for a while. In the meantime com
mercial and industrial affiafs were
adjusting themselves everywhere
to a brighter and higher civiliza
tion. Railioads, „ banks, cotton
mills, lumber plants and other
industries were demanding a higher
and better grade of labor. Men of
sobriety, industry and character
were in demand. No drunkard
need apply. Every business man
was a temperance advocate. The
liquor business had not kept pace
with the advancement of civiliza
tion. The politicians were about
out Of a job. Something had to be
dohe. This was, their chance.
Under the specious disguise of
temperance and morality they
rallied the preachers and church
influence around them in their
schemes.
Again the Legislature, without
asking the consent of the people,
pas-ed the Watts law, disfranchis
ine the entire country vote of the"
State upou the liqyor question
leaving it to the towns and gitits
to regulate their own affairs. This
is now the law of the f'tate, and is
also the law as laid down in the
platform of the dominant party.
Agaiu we see a legislature, in spite'
of the platform upon which it was
elected by the people, uiged by a
frenzied bunch of selfish politicians
jealous of each other, and all seek
ing political preferment, enacting
and passing a bill, submitting to a
vote of the people of the whole
State, both in towns and country,
a question that is not intended to'
‘apply to the whole State, but
which is ih reality a question as to
whether the citizens of quite a
number of our most progressive
t vns and cities shall continue to
le>jov thv right to govern them
i selves as always heretofore; or
shall they have tfieir local affairs
I regulated by voters, some of them
living in the country hundreds of
miles away.
Kow, my fellow countrymen,
| that is the real question you are
! called upon by your votes to de
! ciderif you^wish to utterly destroy
1 the mo3t valuable heritage ever
possessed by a free people, that of
I local self government, then vote
: for State Prohibition aud you will
■ succeed. But if you are seeking to
■————■■——I
promote temperance, morality,
obedience to law and order, good
government and desire to preserve
the civic liberty, handed down to
you by your lathers, then vote
against this piece of polit cal fana
ticism and relegate to the rear the
self seeking political pirates ttiat
would destroy your most cherished
rights for their own aggrandise
ment.
Now, let’s recapitulate alii tie.
“Should State Prohibition prevail,
your most cherished political right
would be abrogated, you would
also have converted a State'fitizeu
ship, naturally desirous of main
taiuiug law and order, into oue
filled with criminal violators of
law and order. You will not have
prohibited the continuous use of
liquors, as the transportation and
express companies will continue to
bring it to those who want it from
without the State, wrhile the
moonshiuer and the blinrt tiwer
?au always be depended
‘fill a long felt want.”
upon to
On the
contrary, snouia »iate Prohibition
be defeated, as I believe it will,
• local self government will be pie
served and each commuuiy “will,
under the Watts law, regulate their
own local affairs to suit their own
conditions, and the cause of tem
perance and morality will continue
to advance, not through the efforts
of politicians, but from an ever
inei easing desire of mankind to
better their worldly condition®.
Now, my friends, politicians and
pulpit orators will try to deceive
you, as they have in the past, with
specious pleas and arguments,
showing the evils of w hiskey and
drunkenness. Such evils are known
[ to all men. No ujen of sense,
I character or self respect will de
fend them. Certainly my most
earnest desire is to mitigate them.
\\ ould to God that wre could pre
vent them, but every fair minded
inan and woman knows, that here
in Fayetteville, under the most
stringent prohibition laws, we
have had more murders, suicides
and crime than ever before in our
history. We have the Watts law
ou our statute books, why not
enforce it! It is stronger in its
provisions than “State Prohibi
tion.” Everybody knows that in
towns where prohibition prevails
now, that the laws cannot be en
forced, and that large numbers of
otherwise good citizens are in
reality criminal violators of the
law. This being so, in the name of
common sense, that would le the
result in towns w here the large
majority is opposed to prohibition?
Would you convert the citizenship
of Wilmington, Washington, Wil
liamstoft, Tar boro, Ro-ky Mount,
Wilson, Salisbury, Winston and
other places, into a community of
Criminals and law' breakers? If so,
vote for State Prohibition and you
will surely do so. One more
thought, my friend, vote away
your birthright, aud mark my
prediction, the next political move
will be to so qualify your suffrage
that only those w ho have a certain
amount of property, or some other
undemocratic qualification will be
euacted aud then many of you will
have ceased to be aught else but h
serf, to do the bidding of others.
1 have written plainly, my fel
low countrymen, hoping that you
will reason this matter out for
yourselves.* You eau’t afford to
make a mistake. Don’t let your
prejudices and fears control yon.
Spurn the politician as you w'oubl
the plague. Listen with respect to
your spiritual adviser when he
expounds spirtual things, but
always remember that in temporal
things, your own good judgment
should be your only guide. In all
things be honest with yourself.
Maintain your self respect, do your
own thinking ana be charitable to
all men.
Respectfully,
qjlvt J. D. Mcneill.
LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMET.
The way to have good and safe
government is not to trust it all to
one; but to divide it arao"g many,
distributing to every one exactly
the functions he is competent to
perform. Let the national govern
ment be eutrusted with the defense
of the nation and its foreign and
federal relations; the State govern
ment with the civil rights, laws,
police aud administration of what
concerns the State generally; the
counties with the local concerns of
the counties, and each ward direct
the interests within itself. It is by
dividing and subdividing these
republics, from the great national
one dow'n through all its subordin
ations, until it ends in the admin
istrations < f every man’s farm and
affairs by himself; by joeing und*r
every one what his own eye may
superintend, that all will be done
r.ir host —Thomas Jefferson.
CHANCE TO HEAR KITCHIN.
W. \V. Kitchin will deliver the
commencement address at ^ the
closing of the Bethel graded schools
on Thuisday May 7th, at 11.30
a. m.
The schedule of the trains to and
from Tarboro furnishes a iiue op
portunity for the friends of Mr.
Kitehin in Edgecombe to go down
and hear him. A big crowd is
expected. <
^ THE ENGLISH SPARROW.
You leave your awning down an
hour; the sparrows build a nest
The neighborhood for straws they
scour, they never stop to rest.
You may proceed to fume and
frown and e’en the sparrows
chide,
But if you leave your awning
down they’ll have s*n egg
inside.
Your awning up you roughly take
then let it down once more,
Another nest th£ sparrows make
as quickly as before.
The spa* rows are a pest and bane
i and Lave few friends I fear;
But man might watch them to his
ga n, aud learn to persevere.
—Washington Herald.
AFTER TWENTY-NINE YEAR3.
I
I -‘For tw enty nine years I 'have
i been at intervals a great sufferer
flora rheumatism,” writes James
Hyde, of Beebe, Ark. ‘‘During
that time I used gallons of various
kiuds of liniments and oil?, but
got very little relief. The attacks
were so bad that I was often con
fined to my bed helpless for weeks
and months at a time,
•‘Not Jong ago, while suffering
from a severe attack, a sample
bottle of Sioan’s Lininnnt was
sent to me for trial. My surprise
was great when I found that it
gave me instant ,relief, and I iui-,
medilately ordered tv.o .atve bot*
ties. I have used about a half ol
one fifty cent bottle, and feel so
well that I want everybody afflict
ed as I was to know what Sloan’s
Liniment has done for me, and I
shall always have a feeling ol
gratitudo for the man who sent me
the sample bottle. ”
. 3pCond District Convention
/V Called.
Pursuant to a call heretofore
issued a meeting of the Democrat
ic Congressional Executive Com
mittee for the Second Cocgres
sional District was held on Friday
April 24th, 1908, iu the town of
Pocky Mount, if. C., and a,, major
ity of said Committee being present
in. person and by proxy, a conven
tion for the purpose of nominating
a candidate for Congress for |he.
District, and transacting such
other busiuess as may properly
come before it, was unanimously
called for Thursday .May 21st,
1908, at 1.30 o’clock, p. m., in the
city of Kinston, If% C.
J. W. Geainger, Ch’mn.
E. G. Allsbbook Sec’y.
J. POUT. PEifDEP
Surveyor. Tarboro, If. C.
Post Office Box Ifo. Fifty Four.
ABREAST WITH THE HE
L H. FOUNTAIN’S
OEPflRT MENTSTORE
L' pgetts is the only store
' selling to all comers.
J & P.G0AT3’
Spool Cotton For 4 Cents
7AA Men’s and B »y’s Tailor
\\\\\ Made Suits at 75 Cents
UUU on *he dollar.
Only 6 spools of cotton sold
to one customer at the time
L.H. FOUNTAIN
Leggetts, Forth Carolina.
That w eather beaten door should
look now. The handsoire furni
ture that has become scarred and
scratched.
Wicker furniture that shows the
(limning eliects of winter’s storms.
The linoleums and oil cloths that
have been marred by the tramp
of muddy feet can all be made to
look new and often; better than
when first purchased by using Kit
* HIGH GRADE VARN.SH AND ST/UH COMBINED
Dealer it1 Mufena’?.
We believe that we have
just receive tj 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 aud driving
horses.
Dawson k Wilson
| saie and Feed StableB Next Jail.
Tar boro. N. C.
OUR
LIAEOF
SMIRTS
NOW
COMPLETE
The Store That
Sells as it Ad'
vertisei........
The Store Where
Satisfaction Al
ways iRu)es..v.^
I
SURELY
THAT YOU
ID
That Could Come
From Our Store
New Arrivals
Merry Widow Sailors, Lenoir
White Skirts, two styles;
Ecru All Over Xet Waists,
Jap. Silk and Lingerie,
White Panama and Black
Voile Skirts, Cotton Voiles
iu colois at 25c per yard,
Dunlaps Low Quarter Shoes
for men at $5, Boardman low
Quarter Shoes for ladies ;;t
$2.50 a pair, Lisle Thread,
Tan and Black Ladies Hose
at 25c a pair, Ladies, Misses
and Childrens Hose at low
prices_.-..
We couldn’t go go on enumerating
the stock. What is to hinder
your coming and getting it? '
E. Miller, Propritor.
ml muph
With *6 worth; of Music
Free For Only
$18
Until we Sell Just Fourteen
of Them. Also all our show
case^ below cost.
NEXT TO THE
TARBORO
S U PPL Y CO.
MICe
IO CTS
A POUND
Phone 34 Phone 34
New Goods Arriving Daily.
WHAT
TO EAT
IS A VITAL QUESTION IN
EVERY HOME EACH DAY
We Can Always Supply Your
Needs With The
Purest and Freshest
and Most Varied v
Assortment of Finest Groceries.
6ST Quick Delivery and Satisfac
tiou Guaranteed.“©a
LILES-ROFFIN & CO.
The Pure Food Store.
Phone Double Three.
FRESH CORNED HERRINGS.
y
In any quantity, froih 1,000 to
100,000 at lowest prices. Better
see me.
CLIF RUFFIN.
dw.
CONTAINS HONEY AND TAR. CONFORMS TO NATIONAL PURE FOOD AND DRUQ$ LAW.
An improvement over many Cough. Lung and Bronchial Remedies, because it rids the
system of a cold by acting as a cathartic on the bowels. No opiates. Guaranteed to give
satisfaction or money refunded. Prepared by PINEULE MEDICINE CO., CHICAGO, U. S. A»
IYRUP
Sold by The Edgecombe Drug Company.
CAPUCeiuiuo. inR 9
- — — ,
i>a;mcm is an Imported French C oach
I torse of the finest type, and is not jonly a
null ion of extraordinary merit, and of
the highest quality, but is one of the best
bred ones ever foaled in France.
With his strong breeding and his extraordinary individual merit, he will be certain
to get a kind of horse ihat the breeders are always looking for. This grand horse
will make the season at the stables of Dawson & Wilson. Your patronage solicited,
Terms: $15.00 $20.00, $3.5.00
Edgecombe Breeders Association
TRADE MARK
REGISTERED
ORINOCO
TOBACCO GUANO
Grows the finest Tobacco because
it is prepared expressly for To*
bacco—from twenty-three years experience
—no guess work, but careful study of the
requirements of this particular plant
Ask your dealer for Orinoco and see that the trade
mark is on every bag.
F. S. Royster Guano Company
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.