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KISSING THE ROD.
(By James Whitcomb Riley.)
Heart of mine, we shouldn’t
Worry so! •
What we have missed of calm w<
5 couldn’t
Have, you know!
What We’ve met of stormy qain,
And of sorrow’s driving rain,
I We can better meet again,
j If it blow!
i We have erred in that dark hour
* We have known,
When our tears fell with the shower,
All alone!—
Were not shine and shadow blent
As the gracious Master meant?—
Letus temper our content
With His own.
For, we know, not every morrov/
Can be sad;
So, forgetting all the sorrow
We have had,
Let us fold away our fears,
And put by our foolish tears.
And through all the coming years
Just be glad.
Democrats Can Win.
Wrhy should any Democrat harry
?himself now about Hr. Brvan’3 vaga
ries? Granted that Mr. Bryan is not
t e ideal exponent of Democracy that
D not the question to consider. The I
issue is clear and distinct. Would you
rather the Democrats or the liepub
licans controlled the Government? If
you are for a Democratic administra
tion you will be for Bryan, and if you
are* for Republican control you will
be for Taft. The time has come to
make a choice, and there is no half
way position. And if all those who
want a Democratic President to sit in
the White House will do theif part
towards putting him there, Wiilian
J. Bryan will be inaugerated on the
fourth of next March.
We repeat that the Democrats can
elect their candidate if they want to
The Republicans have done all they
could do to further the good work anc
the Democrats must finish it.—Charles
ton Post.
Why Some Stammer.
Professor B. L. Paver says that
stammering is very often the result of
imitation sometimes intentional, som<
times unconscious, and the affliction
is much more general than might be
supposed. In one comparatively' smalt
district there are thirty five stammer
ers, and every one of them is able to
demonstrate to his own satisfaction
not only that he does not stammer
very $adly, but that some other per
son he knows stammers a great deal
worse than himself.
Sun Motor Power.
The most promising check on coal
consumption is the substitutnn * of"
oiher power. Naturalists tell us that
coal is a reservoir of solar energ\
stored up in ages past, The sun motor
still runs. Its rays render the globe
habitable and may yet be made to
produce power through solar energies
or may be concentrated in furnaces.
The sun helps to raise the tides,
which some day will be harnessed,
and, still more practically, it raises
vapor from the sea to fall as rain.
Obedient Moorish Children
Children in Morocco, says a Frencl
writer, are bi ought up to show the
greatest respect and deference to
their parents. A Moorish child nevTir
ente s his father’s presence unless
called, he kisses his father’s hand and
similarly greets any friend who ma}
be there,
Only oa rare occasions does he take
his mea’s with his parents. As si
rule, the child has hut one dish,
which i? set outside to him after the
parents’ meal.
Aithough ‘the discipline seems se
vere, Moorish parents love th ir chil
dren dearly, and it is a pretty sight
to see a swarthy Arab with ‘rugged
features playing with his children in
front of hi3 house. The girls have a
monotonous time, spent at their moth
er’s side
At tire age of five the father takes
his Ltt'e son to school. He carrier
with him a present to the master, or
; “fokih,” and some sweetmeats to
cheer up the little chap for the first
few days. At the end. of the first
week the parents give * party to
signal ire the boy’s entry 'to school,
and all the small boy’s little friends,
who have a half holiday for the occa
sion, are invited.
Ths learning from our standpoint
is hardly worthy the name, and if a
little Moor does not show aptitude foi
study the parents soon-take him aw»?
from school and put him to a trade.
Still every boy is supposed to toad
and write. Study, such as it is, is
literary rather than scientific. Moor
ish scientific ideas are not only anti
quated, but often false. Religious scru
ple3 forbid deep study in chemistry
and natural philosophy. Medicine- is
only in a most rudimentary state. The
study of anatomy is forbidden by re
ligion and the Moorish^#urgeon is
often a barber.
Value of Tears.
Dr^Romme, the well-known French
medical authority, speaks eloquently
of the usefulness of tears, in the cur
rent issue of La Revue. Tears, he
writes, are most useful in cases o.
g eat depression or deep sorrow. Cry
in" creates a kind of cerebral torpor,
a mcniT iudiferenee, which acts as
sn anesthetic. One drowns sorrow in
tsars better even than in alcohol. “We
should never jestrain our tears. They
form, e:pecialiy with children, a safe
ty ya’ife, whi-h does nothing les than
I poserve the balance of the brain.
IN RUSSIA.
Customs Which Prevail oit the Rail
roads Are Those of the Dark Ages
Russian riilways, according to a man
who has traveled much in.tbe land of
the Czar, are unique in many ways.
The customs that prevail on several
lines would be deemed grotesque in
Aby ssinia. Tens of thousands of passen
gers refuse to buy tickets, and bribe
the conductors to dispense them from
showing any. “Hares,” “blind men,”
;s the name of this numerous class of
travelers, wno generally patronize th
third class. Sometimes these ‘’hares
are so numerous that bona fide passer
gers are forced by the backsliding of
ficials to stand outside on the plat
form, while the interlopers sit anc
smoke, and take things easy. Severa
times when the company's losses be
came scandalously excessive a fevi
new brooms were sent to sweep awaj
the abuses. But they might rs well
have tried to sweep the ocean from
its bed. In such cases the conductors
used to make their proteges jump
from the train a few minutes before
the controller came along. Some pas
sengers disliked jumping, and prefer
red to take refuge on the roof. When
one of the latter was skilled hv a
bridge and one of the former broke
ids back and died, the matter became
public, and people felt sorry for the
persecuted “hares.” So the custom
continues. “Poor fellows,” I have heard
people say, “they would not be “hares’
•f they had money to buy tickets.
’ When the Russian winter sets in,
adventurers by rail are frequent £nd
the process of “roughing it” is try
ing. Often trains are snowed up at a
little spualid station on the steppe,
»vhenth9 passengers get nothing but
black bread and tea. For hours? Aye,
and for days. In fact, it depends on
the au horities how long the ill starred
travelers shall abide. This past win
ter numerous trains were caught in
the snow, almost buried there and
generally on the open steppes 50 or
60 miles from a lemon, and a hund
red miles from a beefsteak. The pas
sengers ^besought the stationmaster
and orhers to have them dug out, and
to clear the line. They evexj telegraph
ed to the minister of ways and com
munications, and received assurances.
that the order would-be given. It was j
given—and disregarded. Story telling
and card playing in the flickering
light of a candle were the most se
rious occupations' of the prisoners on
the steppe. In one case that came un
der my knowledge “he’ and “she”
met for the first time under these un
common conditions, fell in love over
a sausage, a stale roll, and a half
bottle of wine, which he happened to
have, and they married shortly after
ward. Here i3 a copy of one of the
telegrams from snowed-up passengers
that was sent last season: “This is
the second day that we are kept by
snowdrifts kere in the lonely station,
Pookhovo. In spite of the energetic
telegram of the minister of ways and
communications, the manager of tho
line has taken no efficacious measure
We are doomed1 to linger on here for
au indefinite period.” (Signed by the
passengers of the international wagon
of the Rostoff fast train). And they
lingered on for twQ days.
Best the World Affords.
“It gives me unbounded pleasure to
•ecommend Bucklen's Arnica Salve,”
says, J, W. Jenkins, of Chapel Hill, N
3. “I am convinced it's the best salve
die world affords. It cured a felon on
my thumb, and it never fails to heal
every sore, burn or wound to which
it is applied. 25c. at all drug stores.
COMMISSION COMPLETE.
tinder the recent treaty negotiated
between Canada and the ' United
3tate3, announcement is made of the
appointment of S. T. Bastedo as Can
adian commissioner who is to serve
as the representative of his country
on the commission which is to settle
the long standing fisheries dispute be
_wesn the two countries. The United
States some time since named Dr.
Davii Starr Jordan as its commission
er. The commission being complete,
it is assumed that it will get promptly
at work oa the problem.
Within six months after its appoint
ment this commission is to prepare
a system of uniform international reg
ulaticns for the protection and pres
ervation of the food fishes in file wa
ters specifically named in the con
vention, and to these regulations the
two countries have agreed to^give
or e by legislation. The disputes
which have arisen Out q£ the fisheries
industry between *the two countries
have been most annoying, and an
agreement which shall put an end to
them will be most welcome.—Boston
[ Transcript.
Just Exactly Right.
“I have used Dr. King’s New Life
Pills for several years, and find them
just exactly right.” says Mr. A. A. Fe
ton, of Harrisville, N. Y. New Life
Pills relieve without the least discom
fort. Best remedy for constipation, Bil
liousness and malaria. 25c. at all drug
stores.
—Saxony is the most densely popu
lated of the German states. In 1871
it had apopulation of 170.5 per square
ki'ometer (1 square kilometer equals
0.386 square miles), and at this the
taking of the last census in 1905 had
increased to 300.7 per square kilome
ter. The population of the largest cit
ies, Lpirslg, Dresden and Chemnitz,
were, respectively, 8,830, 7,659, and
6449 per square kilometer.
| JEWS HAVE “GOOD PHYSIQUE,"
—
Exceptions to President Eliot’s com
j ments on Racial “Defects.”
Are address of President Eliot not
long ago before the club of Jewish
Harvard students, in which he ad
vised them, on account of theic^short
stature and defective physique, to en
courage among themselves the athlet
ic and even the military spirit, brought
a storm of protest from the Jewish
pulpits. The discussion really turns
upon the definition of “a good phy
sique.”
>j The Jewish race, as a race, is shor
i ter in statue, feebler in muscular de
. velopment and less inclined towan
.ftho more energetic and adventuresom
[ pursuits, such as railroading, lumber
[ ing, mining, range riding, and war
. than the majority of the races which
surround it. On the other hand, says
: Collier’s Weekly, it has a highei
birth rate, a lower death rate, a high
: er average longevity, and a smallei
susceptibility to disease than any gen
tile competitor.
Nor is the Jew in muscular and even
martial prowess half so deficient as
is usually suposed. In spite of their
! contempt for brute force, Jews have
distinction in almost every depart
ment of athletics, even in'Such an
unlikely field as that of prize fighting
the celebrated Bendigo, for instance,
antf'the present feather-weight champ
ion of the United States both being
generally accounted Jews.
We4 have much to learn from our
Jewish bretheren, and they Lave mucl
to learn from us. Neither race really
worships money, except as money
brings power The wealthiest Jewish
banker reverences the threadbare
scholar and dreamer as genuinely as
our millionaire in his heart respects
th9 soldier, statesman, and the poet.
One of the most interesting facts
ia America to-day is the extraordinary
improvement in statue, in muscular
vigor, in physical beauty, and in cour
age and cheerfulness shown in the
first and second generation., of chil
dren born of Jewish parents upon A
merican soil. Anthropologists general
ly are inclined to look forward with
satisfaction to the breaking down of
the religious and caste barriers be
tween the two races, and to regard
the mingling not merely of ideals but
of bloods as likely to be of benefit.
There is perhaps no more valuable
‘‘out cross,” as the breeders term it,
for “The Blond Beast” of Nietzche
than the “Dreamer of the Ghetto.”
It Can't Be Beat.
The best of all teachers is experi
ence. C. M. Harden, of Silcer CRy,
North Carolina, says: “I find Electric
Bitters does all that’s claimed for it.
For Stomach, Liver and Kidney trou
bles it can’t be beat. I have tried it
and find it a most excellent medicine.
Mr. Harden is right; it’s the best of
all medicines also for weakness, lame
back, and all run down conditions.
Best too for chills and malaria. Sold
under guarantee at a}l drug stores.
60c.
The Eest in His Line.
“I can get an English coachman a
place twice as quickly as a German
or a yankee coachman,” said an em
ployment agent. “Each country, I find
Is supposed to turn out one kind of
workman of peculiar excellence. Thus
England’s specialty is the stableman.
‘‘France’s specialty is the chauffeur
The cook ,too, is a specialty of France,
f “Scotland is noted for its engin
eers and in the field of sport for
golf coaches.
“The Swiss are considered to be
the best watchmakers. It is never
any trouble to get a Swiss watchma
ker a Jon.
“The Swedes are the "best sailors.
“The Germans are at a premium as
brewery bands.
“Italians are in demand as plaster
workers, a trade wherein they wonde
fully excel.”
The Remedy That Does.
••Dt. King’s New Discovery is the
remedy that does the healing others
promise but fail to perform,’ says
Mrs. E. R. Pierson, of Auburn Centre,
Pa. It is curing me of throat and lun{
trouble of long ‘standing,that other
treatments relieved only temporarily.
New Discovery is doing me so much
good that I feel confident its continu
ed use for a reasonable length of
time will restore me to perfect
health.’This renowned cough and cole
remedy and throat and lung healer
is sold at all drug stores. 50c. and
$1.00 Trial bottle free.
—Lorai, Q., is boasting of the larg
est fresh-vy-ater drydock in the world
While there is something of a conflict
In the assertion, it appears to be am
ply borne out by the facts. The dock
is 745 feet long and 125 feet jwide,
which is within a few feet of the di
mensions of the new drydock at the
League Island navy yard.
—Criminal records kept in New |
York county for the last six years
show that a trifle more than one-half
of the persons charged with crime are
found guilty, while expert opinion is
agreed that not two out of a hun
dred are innocent.
NOT WANTED IN GREENVILLE.
The deputy sheriff of Pitt coun -
ty, came to Taiboro to identify
Roy House, colored, as one of the
convicts, who recently escaped
from the Greenville jail. House
was found not to be one of the
men wanted by the authorities aud
^vas released from jaji.
j Pins Used in Most Ancient Times.
In the most ancient remains of the
human- race yet discovered, those of
the lake dwellers in central Europe,
there have been many pins /ound,
some of bone and others of bronze.
Pinshave been found which almost
exactly resemble the modern safety
pin. Pins of wood, bone, ivory, bronze
silver and gold, more or less rudely
constructed, were in use among the
anc ert dwellers in Egypt, Rome,
Greece and Asia. The Chinese are
practically the only pinless nation,
with all their skill and inventiveness
never having made use of this device,
wmch is resarded as indispensable
by the rest of the world. Artistically
wrought pins are found in the tombs
of ancient Egypt. In Pompeii and Hei
culaneum are preserved bronze pins
and bone hairpins. There are many
references to these useful articles in
classic literature.
The modern making of pi s dates
back to the 15th century, when pins
of iron were first manufactured in Er
gland, but it is believed that these
were without heads and were practi
cally skewers. In the year 1540 pins
made from brass were introduced in
England by Queen Catherine Howard,
the fift£ of the six wives of King H^i
ry VIII.
The Two Platforms
- The contrast presented by the ele
Denver conventions is not less great
than that between the platforms of
principles enunciated by the two par
ties. In the Chicago platform is the
cautious work of a body of bureau
era s and rerre3entati. es or the Trusts
and monopolies, anxious to conciliate
the people and at the same time pre
se:ve all the privileges they have
.‘.rested from the people. This is con
spicuously betrayed by the evasive
tariff resolution, with its intent to
maintain the existing system of spo
liation and to delude the nation with
a promise of reform. The same spirit
pervades the entire Chicago pratform.
As a consequence the republican plat
form is already wellnigh dismissed
from the! public* consideration.
In constructing the Democratic plat
form the convention at Denver has
fully responded to the demands of th
country.. As a convention of the peo
ple, by the people and for the people
it could not have done less. The plat
form once'more mirrors the great car
dinal principles of the Democracy,
and thus will be acceptable to all
genuine Democrats, conservatives and
radi als alike.—Philadelphia Record.
—The limit qf coal mining opera
t'ons in England ip 4,000 feet.
—It has become known that the
three attempts made by Sir Thomas
Lipton to capture the America’s cup,
the intrinsic value of which is about
1250, have cost him $50,000 for. yachts
alone.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS’ DINNER.
The entertainment committee of
the Confederate Veterans make
the following announcement, prob
ably that all may understand
where the dinner will be served
and to whom served, as Ins been
the custom for several y ear:
A barbecue dinner will be driven
by the county to the Confederate
Veterans of the couuty at their
annual meeting, Wednesday, Aug.
5th, 1908, at the Central ware
house. Admission by ticket only,
which will be given by the com
naittee.
Jno. F. Shackelford,
Chab. M, Parks,
8. S. Nash,
Committee.
The Veteraus no doubt would
like to have the dinner for all who
chose to attend, but this wqulti be
an improper conversion of the
contributions made by the county
to the Veterans for a diftner to
them As heretofore, the admis
siou to the dinner will be by
ticket and confined to the Veterans
and the Daughters of the Confeder
asy.
CHARGED WITH PERJURY IN HIS OWN
CASE.
The Wake county graud jury is
following instructions fr< m Judge
Neal, in hi.* unique charge in the
matter of having an eye to the
prosecution of defendants who per
jure themselves when on the stand
in their own behalf. Joe Bailey,
the you' g farmer, o' New Bight
township, who was acquitted by a
petit jury of the ghargeof d-Sturfe
ing a Primitive Baptist me< ting
Judge Neal afterward dismissing
the jury from Ifurthersarv.ce on
the ground that should have con
victed Bailey—has been reindicted
by the grand jury on the charge of
perjury in that he testified in his
own behalf that he was not using
profanity at the meeting while two
members of the congregation testi
fled that he was. The warrant is
, out for Bailey on the new indict
j ment1, but it has not yet been
served. _
This extreme anxiety of the
candidates that the dear people
sha 1 know all about campaign
funds ipust delight tl e souls ol'
Mr. ltousevelt and ‘*My dear
Hardman.”
It is dollars to doughnuts that
before the campaign is over, Mr.
Koosevelt accuses some one of ly
ing and later on it will be ascer
tained that the roan accused was
not the liar.
MADE ASSIGNMENT.
The firm of Coffield & Bawls, of
Rocky Mount, have made an as
signment 'or the benefit of the
creditors. The firm’s liabilities
are $2,500, assets, $3,100. The
firm is comprised of J. A. Coffield
and C. H. Bawls, both of Boberson
ville, who opened a dry goods
store in Bocky Mount, the first,
part of this year.
REV. RARDING’S JOKE.
Kev. F. H. Harding is tilling i
joke on himself that occurred or
his return from Baltimore. Upor
receiving what appeared to be ar
an advertising circular, he was
surprised to see what appeared tc
bean “In Memoriam” card with
the inscription, “Rev. F. ' H.
Harding, Tarboro, N. C, died
May 6th, 1908.” A few days later
au agent for monuments called at
his home in au effort to interest
him. Rev. Harding stat- d that he
was not in the field for monuments
and was very much alive.
This is carrying the advertising
scheme too far. The Southerner
believes in advertising, but not
the living for the dead.
PASTIMES OF INSANE.
Some of the inventions of the
insane are of scientific value. A
patient at Yillejuiff invented a
“panideation machine’’ by com
bining a bottle, a plank and small
metallic tubes, to which he had
fitted faucets. Having set up bis
machine, he produced loaves of
bread the size of a man’s hat. The
bread was good—so good that it
was decided to make the machine
known. One day wheu it was in
action, the doctor suggested taking
a photograph of it. The inventor
watched him as if petrified for a
moment; theu he fell upon the
machine, wrenched it apart and
trampled it under foot. The in
vention—au exceedingly useful
one—was lost, because no one had
seen him make it, and no one dares
to speak of ii to him. To allude
to it is to bring on a furious at
tack. Most lunatics, no matter
how contented they may be, gen
erally cherish a furtive longing to
escape. They collect wax from
the polished floors, take the im
pressions of locks, and make keys
from empty sardine boxes, spoon
handles, or anything to be found.
Dr. Paris’s museum includes a
collection of knives of strange and
unheard of shapes. Some of them
have blades made from pieces of
glass or slate, and set in handles of
corset steels. Objects harmless in
themselves become dangerous
we tpons through the ingenuity of
mdmen.
Insane sculptors are as common
as insane painters, The insane'
sculptor hews out coarse statuettes
and fantastic animals, ferocious
little horned and grimacing devils.
A a ex mechanic carves all his soup
bones, That his oil trade is still*
in his memory is shown by the
little screws that he makes of the
smaller pieces of bones. He works
all day at his senseless and ridic
ulous task, Another lunatic, who
believes be is the incarnation of
the soql of Beelzebub, passes his
time carving toy men out of wood.
Bach pair of his creatures are
joined together, now at the necks,
now at the shoulders.—Harper’s
Weekly.
FOR MEMBER OF LEGISLATURE.
Editor Southerner:
For the House of Representa
tives, I beg to place in npmination
Mr. Charles M. Parks. Tnke him
for all iu all, aud I doubt whether
Edgecombe could have a more use
lul representative. He is a man ot_
wide experience, has many friends
in all parts of the State, and when
matters concerning the welfare of
out people should be under con
sideration, he would be more than
like’y to see that justice should be
! done, an his influence would give
I our county thtvstanding she is en
I titled to as a leading agricultural
and manufacturing centre.
Aga , he is a veteran who saw
four y*ars? fait hi a l service in
Cpike s famous fighting brigade,
and lastly, he is a personal friend
of the incoming Goyernor, and it
s a!wa\s a valuable asset to Imve
a friend at court.
One of The People.
RETURNS FROM HOUSEfARTY.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Thrash re
turned Wednesday from Wiights
ville Beach, where they were the
guests of a house party from
Asheville. They report a very
pleasant trip. The members of the
hoqse party were guests of honor
at a banquet given by the Hard
ware Dealers’ Association of North
and South Carolina. /
LEGGETT ITEMS.
Miss Mary Norman, of Littleton,
is the priest of Miss Yernon Foun
tain.
Dr. Earl Weeks, of Farmville,
is here to see his sister, Mrs.
Arthur Fountain.
T. N. Taylor and wife left this
morning to spend a few days in
Norfolk.
Miss Susie Spivey leaves today
to spend some time with her uncle,
J. T. Spivey, of Greenwood, Miss.
E. J. Hurdle and wife were
called to Mildred Satnrday to at
tend the funeral of Keuben Saund
ers. i
i Miss Eliza Pender, of Taiboro,
is visiting Miss Vernon Fountain.
Miss Emma Spivey is spending
this week at Ocean View.
Linwood Strickland and wife
spent Sunday near Epworth.
G. R. Gammon, Jr., and wife
are visiting relatives in Enfield.
Arthur DeBerry, of Tarboro,
spent a very pleasant day here
Sunday.
Wiley Leggett has returned
from Sparta with a broader smile
than he usually wears.
Mrs. L. E. Fouutaiu and little
daughter were here this week to
■ see relatives.
The dance given by the young
men here Thursday evening was
much enjoyed.
Farmers are busy curing tobac
co and laying by corn.
C. L. Fountain and wife spent
yesterday with the former’s sister,
Mrs. Frank Savage, near Law
rence. '
Thomas Lawrence and wife
were in Lawrence yesterday, en
joying an outing.
S. E. E.
Will Meet in August.
Prof. R. G. Kittrell has received
word from State Superintendent
of Instruction J, Y. Joyner that
the meeting of the county super
intendents of North Carolina will
meet * thd 'latter part of August.
This means an earlier date for ihe
teachers’ institute of Edgecombe.
TRI-WEEKLY LOCALS.
A few days ago, the Southerner
announced that the Atlantic Coast
Line would change the Plymouth
daily local freight train to tri
weekly, This change of schedule
will also effect local trains, Nos.
306 and 307 on the Norfolk divis
ion, and Nos. 308 and 309 on the
Washington branch.
This pew schedule will continue
until business picks up, as this
has been an unusually dull season
in the shipment of freight. The
new schedule goes into effect at
once and will remain unchanged
until the Fall shipments of cotton
and tobacco begin.
SENATOR FORAKER.
When a man who speaks often
and impulsively is morally certain
to ignore and run short of facts at
times, there are other occasions
when he can hardly help speaking
the truth. This much by way of
preface to Foraker’s speech on
Taft and the condition of the
country, at Cincinnatti the other
day. Mr. Foraker, in wealth, con
dition, and services, stands today,
one of the most shining examples
of a long, successful, and devoted
adherence to those economic
theories and policies which have
imposed the present grievous bur
dens upon the Amerioan. people.
He blames business depression
upon the Sherman anti-trust law
and the Hepburn railway rate law
but whether upon the enforced or
unenforced portion of this latter'
statute is not clear.
Mr. Foraker is only partly true,
if at all, in these statements, for
he wholly ignores the oppressive
conditions fostered by Republican
misrule which'have’prompted this
and other legislation so disturbing
to the special interests he has
elected to serve. Foraker’s further
statement that there is a fatal
weaknesss in the Taft candidacy
in that Taft favors a continuance
of the Roosevelt policies, of which
we have already had too mnob,
finds Foraker teUing a whole lot
of truth, hut with the not very
laudable purpose of wounding to .
the death an adversary with whom j
supposedly he had made up.
It is Republican practice this
year to furnish -• their party op
ponents with all the ammunition
needed. Which recalls the old
quotation about the house divided
against itself being sure to tumble.
Pittsburg Post.
How will Bryan and Bread
against Taft and Graft do as a
slogan!
NOISY CLOCKS.
Recently a London firm of clock
makers discovered that a rival
German company was doing a
large business in cheap clocks on
the west coast of Sooth Africa.
After examining one of the clocks
and seeing that there was profit in
the transaction, the London firm
invested a large sum of money in
the manufacture of timepieces
destined for South Africa. They
determined to give the natives a
better grade of clock than the
German one, and felt sure of suc
cess.
The clocks were shipped - to the
market where the Germans had
reaped a rich harvest. The sales
were very slow, while the German
article went off freely. At last
the puzzle was solved. The new
clocks were too qniet. Those sup
plied by the Germans had a par
ticularly aggressive tick which
satislied the savage’s love of noise.
The noiseless clock was a better
timepiece, but the savages would
have none of it.
A t the next shipment this was
changed. Worth gave place to
sound, and clocks went to Africa
which ticked, loudly enough to
satisfy the most noise loving
native. The people were delighted
and the German product became a
drug on the market.
PRESIDENTIAL HONESTY.
Grover Cleveland was reputed
to be. a vCTy rich man when he
left the White House. It was
charged by populist and other
orators that he had accumulated a
fortune of fully $5,000,1)00 while
in office. That he died compara
tively poor effectively refutes a
slander as persistent as it was
malignant. Personal integrity has
been a distinguishing trait in Pres
ident of the United States. There
have been twenty-six occupants of
the high post, butjigainst none of
them has au accusation of dis
honesty been preferred which had
a more substantial basis than wild
rumor. The charges were rung on
Grant’s alleged connection with
the gold ring, but the evidence as
sifted by historians acquits him erf
any complicity in that attack on
the nation’s credit, From Wash
ington to Roosevelt, the line of
succession in unswerving integrity
remains unbroken.—New York
World.
BIG TIMBER DEAL.
Judge Charles E. Day, of Lex
ington, Ky., announces that he
has sold to the Letch Moore Lum
ber Company, of Orange, Texas,
for Asheville parties, a tract of
virgin poplar and oak timber in
Western North Carolina, on the
Pigeon river, in Graham county,
containing 55,000 acres, at $15 an
acre, or a total of $825,O'M). Big
lumber mills will be erected at
various places in the immense
ract.
W. 0. HOWARD APPOINTED TRUSTEE.
W. O. Howard has been ap
pointed trustee to succeed W. M.
Arnheim as* receiver for I. M.
McOabe who recently made an
assignment.
SHOT IN WATERMELON PATCH.
Walter Sherrod, a young colored
lad, was shot Thursday by T. W.
Thrash, while stealing watermelons
from his patch. Mr. Thrash was
about 250 yards from Sherrod
when he fired his revolver, the
ball lodging below the ribs in the
right side of Sherrod. Dr. W. J.
Thigpen today probed for the
bullets After the shootiDg, the
boy walked to Dr. Thigpen’s
office and home again. He did
not seem to suffer any inconven
ience from carrying a ball in his
anatomy.
TO MEET A r MOREHEAD CITY.
The auuual • meeting of the
county superintendents of North
Carolina will be held at Morehead
City, August 26th, 27th, and 28th.
Prof. E. G. Kittrell ^ill attend
the meeting.
Candidate Sherman does not
seem to join in the chorus for Pub
licity, but then “Shortweighfc
Jim” always was a reactionary.
William Eandolph Hearst says
that he has lost all confidence in
MrT Bryan and 1 he Democratic
party. He has at last realized
i hat he need not expect offices
from the Democrats.
H. H. PHILIPS
Att’y and Counsellor at Law
I 2nd Floor : : Bridgers Building.
Tarboro, North Carolina.
Let me make
your tobacco
flues. Work done promptly and of
best material. Flues guaranteed
j to fit. All kinds of sheet metal
work a specialty.
A. E. BRAMBLE,
Next Telegraph office,
Pitt street
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