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STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
The State Board of Equalization,
created by the Legislature of 1907,
held its first meeting on 20th. The
members of the board are the gov
ernor, lieutenant governor,. State “au
d.tor, secretary of State, attorney gen
eral, and chairman of the Corporation
Commission. The act requires the
Board of Equalization to convene in
the office of the State auditor on
the third-Monday in July jyf each
year next succeeding the year when
real estate is assessed, for the pur
pose of equalizing the assessment of
real estate assessed for the previous
year, and which is subject to. taxa-,
t on in the several counties.
All the members of the board were
present except the governor and the
attorney general. In the absence of
the governor, Lieutenant Governor
Francis D. Winston, of Windsor, was
elected president, and the chief clerk
in the office of the auditor, Mr. E. H.
Baker, was appointed secretary.
The board examined, all the reports
made by the various boards of county
commissioners,- but decided not to
take any action until the governor
shall return. August 4th was fixed
as the time for the next meting. At
that time the board will make recom
mendations which will be submitted
to the governor for transmittal tc
the next General Assembly in his
.iennial message.
The board ascertained that there
axis ed unusual inequalities of assess
ments throughout the State in every
section. Lands which would bring on
the market from $5d to $6Q an acre
have been assessed at $9, $10 and
$11 an acre.
DRESS FOR BUSINESS WOMEN.
Anna Steese Richardson tv Iks to
business girls in the August-Woman’^
Elome Companion on the importance
af good taste in dress.
Said a Frenchman to Mrs. Richard- 1
Jon not long ago, as they sauntered 1
through a model department store:
“Your working girls—they are von
ierful. See, they are ladies: Such *
wall-kept hands, Such beautifully coif 1
le heads, such smart shoes! The; 1
nust spend much time to make then. !
selves ready for work. Nowhere else
In the world will you see such girls J
earning their living.”
“The self-supporting woman in
America has-won an enviable reputa
:ion for good taste in dress,” says <
the writer. “Not even in Paris, where
avery woman is supposed to be chic !
and to have an ‘air*, do the self-sup
porting,. girls bear the stafhp of j
gentility in clothes that you can '
note in any large city or factory towi '<
in the United States.”
WISDOM’S WHISPERS.
The man with a will is not always
allowed to exercise it in home ;
circles.
Women rarely place the true' value
on the money received which they
do not earn.
Men and women find a vast amount
of sport in the game of mutual de
ception.
A young girl can’t imagine how
she possibly can become old and
wrinkled.
The young man college graduate
carries his blushing' honors with be
coming pride and a feeling that he
is destined to do great things.
Girl college graduates hold in as
high esteem the marriage license as
they do t~e coveted diploma.
Men turn to sport because it takes
less mind labor than does the daily
business grind.
Gi-.ls have a fondness for dreaming
of-the splendid household’Over which
they will one day preside.
Every man sees a strong reflex
of his own early life hi &e doings of
his son, no matter how wi d they
may be.
The love of a mother is made to
cover many an act of injustice.
foraker a factor.
The New York National -Review
ooiats fo the influence Senator Fora
Ivsr may be expected to exert in Ohio.
It says;.
“Senaior Foraker is making no
noise in bluffs and idle toasts as tc
h's return to the United States Sen
ate. If he does not return Ohio will
lose great power and influence and the
3e :ate wi 1 be deprived of its ablest
nnmler; the country will miss the
counsel of it3 greatest statesman.
“Private overtures have teen made
to the Senator promising him re elec
tion if he wilf^espouse the election
of Mr. Taft. Senator Foraker is no
ch Id. He was atta.ked in the o:>en;
whatever overatures are made to him
should be made in the open. Tney
should hurriedly be made. If the
Senator goes fishing this summer
Ohio goes Democratic this fall. It
Senator Foraker is denied the sup
po t of the Taft forefts, _ the Taft
forces must reckon on the electoral
college with Ohio in the other col
umn.”
TAPS SOUNDEP.
Joseph Veil, formerly of this coun
ty, hut lato years of Nash, died or
20th of acute indigestion. He wet
a Confederate soldier and a brave,
true one; a member of 38rd regiment,
Co., B, "Clark’s Guards."
There may have been some con
nection between his death and his
appetite. He, when he lived in this
^ county was possessed of a raverous
i appetite and had the reputation of be
| ing probably the largest eater in the
•I county. Eight or ten years ago he
told the reporter that he had ceased
\ to eat so much.
SNAKES' EGGS HATCHING.
Because of the popular aversion
to the serpent family, there is a
surpiMng amount of igrorance
about even the simplest of s.oake
habits. It’is doubtful it many c r
rect answrffs could be given to the
question whether snakes lay eggs
oi’bear their young, alive. As a
matter of fact, some specie* are
viviparous and others oviparous.
Most of the poisonous snakes, as
well as many of our harmless va
rieties, belong to the former class.
The Euiopean ling snake is
closely allied to our common water
snake and goes by the scientific
nameTropidonotus natrix Curious
| ly enough all other members of the
genus Tropidouotus are viviparous,
and this species alone lays eggs.
Furthermore, according to Gadow’^s
‘‘Amphibia aud Reptiles,” the
uew laid eggs usually show not the
slightest visible sign of an embryo
unless ovipos'ition is delayed when j
the embryos are more or less de|
velop^d.
The'eggs .arc laid in July pr
August iu a soft bed of loam or de j
crying vegetation, or iu a heap of
manure. The older snake some!
tim<s lay as many as a dozen eggs
ot more And they’ nsual y stick '
together so that the entire cluster
cm be picked up at once 'Some
times, however, if the process of i
laying is slow, they will be separa 1
ted. The eggs a.e about au inch:
long and 1 f a whitish yellow color,
l’he shell is thin and flexib’e like
parchment.
The young hatch in late su c mer j
Dr autnmu. Before hatching they!
develop a sba' p calc • reqjus growth j
on the tip of the snout known as'
the egg tooth, with which the1
shell is slit open. Unlike ha ehing
chicks, are suddenly dispossessed
by the breaking of their brittle
shells, the foung snakes may make
many incisions in the parchment
envelopes and take many peeps at
the outside world before ventur
ing forth into themew environ
tnent. Sboitiy after hatching the
egg tooth is lost.
At litst the young live ou in
■sects and worms, but witliiu a few
weeks they are strong enough to
attack and devour young frogs.
Strangely enough, although the
adult* are stroug swimmers, aud
spend much time in pouds and
streams hunting the fish and frogs
on which they subsist, the young
are uuable to swim, and they, will
soon drown if they fail into the
water. The European ring sn ke
as well as the Ameiic-m watei
snake, makes au excellent pet; it
is perfectly harm ess, becomes
very tame and learns to know the ,
difference between friends and
strangers. Gadow tells of a pet
riug snake rhat would eat fr m
his haud, crawl up his coat sleeve
and coil itself eODtentedly ou his
arm.—Scientific American.
A BLUSTERING BULLY.
With his trdia flying south at the
rate of fifty miles an hour, Conductor
\V. B. Sblithers of the Southern Rail
way, twice looked into the barrel of
a six shooter in the hands of Baxter
Shemwell of Lexington, the second
t'me two revolvers instead of one
being levelled at Captain Smilhers
Shemwell purchased a ticket at
Charlottesville, Va. for Lexingtoa but
th s did not insure his getting off as
the Southern’s fast flyer makes few
stops, and had orders to4 fLss Lexing
ton. Shemwell declared that the
train must be stopped, and when toh
of the conductor's orders, became an
gry and pulled his pistpl on Captain
Smilhers who it is held, had his fist
in Shemwell’s face and told ,bim to
shoot. Later Shemwell came back
with two weapons, and a similar scene
was enacted. "Captain Smithers, upon
rdifching^ Lexington, had the train
stopped, in order, it is said, to turn
his passenger over to the officers,
but Shenuvell emerged from the train
weapons itr hand, and •called out to
Smithers that he wpuld have a reck
oning later. There was no officei
in sight who desired to take cltargc
of the well armed passenger. It is un
known what action the railroad maj
f k? i 1 the matter. Shemwell figured
in one of the most sensational mur
ler trials in the State's history ten
years ago for shooting Dr. John )
Payne on the streets of Lexington,
.ut was acquitted. Conductor Smithers
hid no weapon. The meeting occurrec
in the aisle of a P.ullman and created
excitement among those who witness
ed it. Shemwell's murd«rous energy
should be employed in road making.
STANDING THE HEAT.
r The mental action of a man Is bet
ter able to control his temperature in
summer than in winter. Cold is death
heat is life. The man does not fret in
summer can always keep cool. The
mind controls the body more easily
ix July than in January, unless the
brain gets overheated and incapable
of reasoning power. Every hasty, fool
ish, childish act causes a rush of hoi
blood to |he head, and sunstroke is
likely to occur at any time. The. wise
farmer working in the field wears £
moistened cabbage leaf in his hat
and the latter is well punctured fo
veltilatlon. The horse in our street
wears a straw hat with a wet spong<
in it.—New York Press.
THE VALUE OF SHADE TREES.
One of the most p'casing features
of the older southern towns is the
beautifu1 shade trees which line
1 many of their streets. The mag
niticeut oaks, espeeial'y of the
to\yus near the coast, have for
decades been their pride, just as
the elms and maples have been of
the Is'ew England villages. Im
mauy of the newer towns of the
South especially the manufactu -
iug to w ns, the absence of shade
trees is one of the most noticeable
defects, though one which in time
can be remedied. There is scarcely
a town or even-a home iu the
: South where shade trees are not
only beautiful, but healthful aud
necessary as well.
Iu uo other city of the world are
shade trees so rxte< sively as in
Paris, for they not only line the
residentials streets and boulevards,
frequently to the extent of five or
six rows, bat they eover the busi
ness tberfoughfares so that there is
not a street of importance in Paris
without its verdure— arches which
add more to the city’s beau y and
-go faither toward making it the
playground of the world t an the
arches of marble which commemo
rate the victories of the armies of
France.
We can make the trees equally
as useful in oor cities - casting
their grateful shade, filtering the
air' of dust, as well as objects of
beauty—and in mariy tow us which
cater to the tourist and health
seeker, there is by no means an
uuimportaut consideration.
recent bulletin. No. Id, of the :
of the North Carolina Geological!
Surrey on Shade Trees for N**r.h
Carolina discusses this subject in
some detail iu relation to this state
The best methods and time for
planting and piuuiDg are taken
up, aud the methods of pro.ect
ing and caring"for old trees, trim
ming them, aud caring for tlieir^
wounds aud hollows. There is a ,
chapter with diagrams showing
t he ditferi ut me. hods of arranging
shade trees ou streets wki h when 1
br oad are capable of being greatly
beautified by rneaus of parsing
strips and several rows of trees.
1 he question of trees along the
roads is discussed with the con '
elusion that shade trees are bene- (
ficial to macadarq, crushed stone, <
or very sandy roads iu keeping ,
them moist and thus compact, but
that clay roads should not be
shaded since it tends to add to '
their wetness and nmdoiuess. The i
value of different kinds of trees for j
different uses is discussed, especial j
ly.the great opportunity which -is
offered iu the South for the use of
flowering trees which have been ]
entirely neglected in street and
roadside planting. The paper ends l
with a description of forty epecits ,
of trees which are to be recom
mended for shade trees iu differ
ent portious of the State, whether (
in the mountains, the midlaud 1
counties or the eastern section. <
-This book will be helpful to the
man who wishes to plant his lawn
or yard, for superintendents of
parks, cemeteries aud public
grounds uo les£ than to road., and
street commissioners or like officer s
of tow ns who are charged with the -
care of its shade trees, its can be
secured upon appliealiou to Joseph 1
Hyde Pratt, State_ Geologist,
Chapel Hill, by gfcuding 10 cents
t • cover postage and packings
COEXY, OLD BOY!
It is now stated pn what is
claimed to be to be good authority
that J. Flwood Cox, o' High
Point, a successful business man,
has intimated that he might re
consider his decision nononneed
some time ago that he would, un
der no circumstances, accept the
republican nomination He would
want the republicans to declare
for a nou-partisan educational de
partment, and on the ground that
State Superintendent Joyner has
made such a good record to indorse
him for re-elect oq, pledging the
party to take the department en
tirely out of politics. '• •
A WAY TO SAVE.
It is suggested fcy a correspondent
of the New York Evening Post that!
before railroad rates are raised the
higher officials of the companies
should have theif salaries reduced
and reduced radically on a graduated
scale, the higher salaries being sub
jected to a higher percentage of de
duction. He fails, however, to give to
any specific information regarding
the salaries commonly paid high rail
road officials. The assumption is that
some of them are getting over $60,
000 a year and many of them from
$25,000 to $50,000. He thinks $25,000
is plenty enough as a maximum, and
makes this the basis of his graduated
scale of reduction, which would bring
all salaries of $60,000 or over down
to $25,000 salaries of from $50,000 t
$60,000 down to $21,000, of $20,000 to
$25,000 down to $10,000, and so on
It is probably true that, on the whole
higher salaries are paid in the rail
road than' in any ether business ex
ceptirg o! course, life insurance; anc
if any good reason exists for this i
has not been made clear. Certainly i
1 heavy reduction of the higher salarie
j should precede a reduction in wages
,1 and in all fairness also should prece<
, a reduction in dividends to maintah
which the high salaries are paid
Springfield Republican.
MORAL OF THE SWORD.
! Officers of the German army ari
to b^ ordered to resume thei]
, swords, discarded after the Bom
war. The fact is of interest as
showing a recognition 'of th<
moral value of a wea. on now be
come purely ornamental. With
| the enemy’s! tiring line miles
; awiy. the nvord lias come to be
regarded as a military toy merely.
One of the minor lesssons of the
Japanese war was the demonstra
tion of its usefulness as a distin
tinguishing mark of the officer.
To do away with the sword
would be to effect a milit ry econ
omy a1 the expense of the suirit of
theservice of a kind similar with
the silencing of the drum in the
French army. In the sw’ord lies
half the poetry of war. Where
else on canvas is martial g ory so
vivified as in Meissoniers’s “Fried
land,” with the cuirassiers gallop
ing before Napoleon, their swords
rosed 01 high? Sober fact makes
it true that the long rang- rifle no
less than the pen is mightier than
the** word. States can 1 e saved
wi hoot it and peaceful nations
w ill continue to beat their swords
into plow shares.—New York
World.
THE LIGHT PLANT.
Comment on Dr Staton qs offer
to buy or lease the lght plant has
b»-eu geuefal. Ou the proposition
published there serin* to be a
genera! willingness to ae* epfe, but
nearly all wh« have Ihjcu heard
iiscuss the matter s <id that it was
le^irable to have tbe offer in de
tail, to know all conditions, before
reaching a conclusion.
HAPPY LITTLE REPUBLIC.
Recently the United States Sen
ite ralilied a treaty with the Re
public of Saji Marino, which
jlairns to be the oldest State of
Eu:ope. If this claim is correct,
lie republic is small for its age.
Its territory comprises but thirty
sight square miles, which is only
lix square miles larger than the
;ity of Baltimore. But it is a hap
>y little country, lying near the
Adriatic Sea in the t mbrace of the.
tingdom of Italy. Its capital city
s built upon a mouutaiu and is
irotected by walls. It has a popu
atnn of 11,00, many of w hom
ire office holders. It has a little
irmy of 950 men and 38 officers.
Tut there is no public debt, and
he office holders and soldiers seem
sontent with modera'epay, for the
jublic revenues are ouly $60,000, j
nit of which must be paid an army
if a thousand men, including 38
ifficers, 60 legislators and twro
-eigning captains. San Marino has
or sale cattle, wine and marble.
L hcy seem to tea frugal folk. By
he treaty with the United States,
(vhich they have just concluded,
hey ^igree to deliver op to’u9 any
fugitive from justice who may take
refuge among them, and we upon
>ur part agree to return the com
pliment.
HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH.
Bahrein Island, in the Persian
Gulf, is said, to be the hottest
place on the globe^ far hotter than
Tophet. The average temperature
is about 141 degrees. On the coast,
where tbe people live, there is no
fresh water, bu there and there
in the harbor’s bottom are strong
free flowing springs of purest
water, rivaling that which flows
dqwn the sides of the mouniaius oi
LebinoD, flavored by the sap ol
he lthy cedars. Divers equip them
selve* with bags made of skius and
descend to the springs, where
they fill t ie inverted receptacles
w ith aqua pura. This wafer is cold
enough [to drink without tbe aid
of ice, of which the islanders know
nothing.—New York-Press.
GET MORE THAN THEY GIVE.
State Auditor B. F. Dixon expects j
to vistt within the next few we3bs ■.
i number of the countie3 ttfat for yeau
past have been receiving from the
State in pensions, school funds dffl
for other purposes more money thai
they have ~paid in State tlaxes. There
were forty-five such counties last
year and it seems now that there
will be nearly as many this year, a.
though the tax valuations as sent i
from the counties indicate that value
Wave been considerably raised, tL
whole State valuation in fact having
more than doubled within eight years.
The purpose of these visitation^ v.il
be to personally look into the situs
tiooe-as to the assessments of prop
erty for taxation and report to the
State beard of equalisation at its ad
journed meeting August 4th.
—DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the
! famous little liver pills, are sold by
R. E. L. Cook.
—DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladdei
Pills are prompt and -thorough anc
- will in a very short time strengthei
the kidneys. Sold byR. E. L. Cook.
WHEN WHALE’S EARACHES
i It was a story told by a whalei
who retired from the sea wheD thi
! fallen off that there was no longei
any profit-in a captain’s lay, even
{ with the added earnings from the
che>t. But as it has been con
firmed by the zoologists of the fish
commission, the truth of the story
is not *o be assailed.
When the whales were still fie
quent along the lanes of passenger
travel across the western ocean
nothing was more common than 1o
see the great beasts hurli' g their
to os of bulk clean out of the waves
and after a Sight through the air
falling back into the sea with an
enormons splash and jets of foam,
a spectacle never failing of interest
to the oceau tourist, bat not due to
anygleesome sportive disposition
on the part of the leviathan of the
deep.
cjuite tne contrary, the breacn
ing of the whale is no fun for the
beaSl; it is a frantic effort to rid
himself of the torment of the eai
ache. There is a marine crustacean
whose aim as a maritime is tc
pester wha!es to the verge of en
sdurance, and,there seems reason
to believe that some whales have
been-driven insane by their tiny
parasites. It is a crab about the
size of that which is found in the
oyster. When it lodges on the
whale it iufesfs the inner surface
of the eyelids and the ear. ' By
swift rushes on the surface the
wb de is able to clear his eyes,
but the crab in the inner ear can
not be dislodge» by any such
means. One can only imagine the
90-foot anguish of a whale when
or more of these tiny foes walk
with needle pointed claws up aud
down the drum of his ear- Hence,
in the effort to dislodge the pest
the br. achiugg which seem so
picturesque Jo the voyager.
HIS FIRM CONVJCTIONS.
The most remarkable instance of
a Presidential candidate disre
regarding the vieWs of his politi
cal adyisers and manager was that
of the late Grover Cleveland when
he sept in bis tariff message to
Congress in 1887, This message
helped to beat him, as did also the
tactics of Tammany. Col. A. K.
McClure, referring to this cam
paign, once said;
““Cleveland lost the election
in 1888 by his message making the
tariff questiou the sole issue before
the country. I saw him on Satur
day night before the meeting of
Cougress, and, wi h Speaker
Carlisle, earnestly urged him |to
modify the message. Carlisle was
quite as positive as I was in assur
ing him that it would result in
disaster to himself and his admin
istration. His answer was that
possibly we were right, but that
it wbg a duty that should be per
formed; apd while he might fail,
he believed that the country
would vindicate him at an early
day.”
During the campaign Mr. Cleve
land would not not recede from
the step he had taken. He was de
feated but was right in his opinion
that the country would vindicate
him, for four years later he was
again elected President.— Boston
Globe.
A SUNFLOWER OF UNUSUAL SIZE,
H. B. Sledge has on exhibition
at Macnair’s drug store a sunflow
er, measuring fourteen inches in
diameter and weighing seven
pounds. Undoubtedly it is the
largest flower of Us kind ever seen
in Tarboto. The seed for this
wonderful specimen was purchased
at W. H. Macnair’s.
Will Make Better Shoeing,
—Mr. Weddell says that the an
nnal statement of the water plant
will soon be completed and that
notwithstanding the reduction to
rates, the showing will be much
more favorable »than the previous
one. ,
NO PUBLICITY FOR THEM.
The Buffalo Times points oat
that—
j ‘Mr. B yan Ins ben a persis
t !it hUv cale of publicity of eam
’aign ■■contributions for years.'It
va^ his agitation of the subject
hat put i he matter up to Presi
eut Jvco e' eit and inflt^nced him
o i c. n.mnd appropriate publi
51\ I;tivf--, a recommendation that
vi* igi ored by Congress. It ap
> ats that Mr. Talt has declared
i'imse’f in favor < f publicity, but
his o. inion on the matter fias had
is lilt e effect on the Republican
. f ’oiu ress as the recommendation
o MK ltoosevflt. The Bepuhliean
party \does not want publicity.”
A. H. HELLER, CHAIRMAN.
The 8tate Democratic Executive
committee Jibs' elected A. H.
Heller, of Winston Salem, chaii
• man. A. J. Field was reelec tec
1 secretary. Mr. Heller is regardec
i as a most suitable man for th<
| position,
BRYAN’S AVAILABILITY.
In marked contrast to Taft ii
every way is Mr. Bryan. N<
public man in America has eve:
had a wider or more intimah
acquaintance with all sorts ant
conditions of men that he nov
enjoys. And Mr. Bryan haf
traveled widely at_ home anc
abroad, on his own merits, his owl
time, and at his own expense. Anc
even abroad in an*unofficial capac
ity, Mr. Bryan’s reception was
such as few of his most eminenl
countryman have enjoyed. Foi
twelve years he has been before
the public eye in the trying posi
tion of a defeated candidate, back
ing a series of propositions which
the people were not ready to ac
cept. With a large faith in his
own conviction and a confidence
that the people would do the right
as they saw it, Mr. Bryan has per
sisted, and today rejoices in the
approval of and.is more closely in
touch with the masses of the
people than any man of his time,
lie has shown splendid business
and political ability. He has
risen to his present importance
solely by his own efforts and by
svays that are wholly commend
ible. He made a good record for
aimself in Congress,
He has enlightened and instruct
ed and inspired from the lecture
Dlaiform all sorts and conditions
>f men. He is fearless ayd of in
h xible determination where his
onviclions are placed. In what
>artieulars is he likely to be lack
ng as an administrator? In
*hat particulars is he not superior
o Judge Taft?—Pittsburg Post.
THE LUMBER TRUST.
A lumber trust, with an entire
ly new plan of campaign, is bulle
tined from St. Louis. The new
company is to have a capital stock
of $300,000,000, and is backed by
Weyerhauser, the lumber king,
who has taken the novel position
of offering"the service of the new
combine to the government in aid
ing the movement to preserve the
country’s forests. Heretofore the
inmber combines have apparently
had but the one thought in view,
and that was to denude the timber
tracts of the nation as rapidly as
possible and get the lumber turned
into cash. The new combine, pro
poses to place a limit o%the out
put, prohibit the cutting of timber
of small size,and to provide for a
systematic replatting of forest
grounds that have been cut over.
The- lumber barons realize that
there will be little lumber in the
country in the next twenty years
unless something is done, a*id
done promptly, to protect the
forest reserves and the other
sources of lumber supply. Accord
ingly, these men have volunteered
their expert assistance in the work
of forest preservation.—Omaha
Bee.
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
The oldest astrologers and the
youngest astronomers are unable
to account for the amazing scarcity
of thunder and_ lightning this
season. Thus far—and it is near
ly midsummer—we have had only,
two good old time thunderstorms,
accompanied and egged on by
chain lightning. The grandest!
sound known to man is that of the
artillery of the heaven, cut loose
on the afternoon of a white hot
day when life is a burden and all
lope oi reuet is dead. I like to
aear the rotten roll as of fat beer
kegs, bouneiDg over the clouds. I
like the fierce flash of forked
ligntuing, resembling the tongue
af a rattlesnake giving warning; I
rejoice at the terrific^ explosion, so
clean cut, so sharp, so unerring.
We used to count our pulses" be
tween the flash andt the shock,
each beat meaning that the bolt
struck a mile away. Six beats,
six miles.
Many persons are afraid of light
ning. I have known highly in
telligent men and women to seek
safety in the feather beds during
a storm, or sit in the centre of the
room on blankets. But there is
always one consolation -you will
never see the bolt that kills you.—
New York Press.
THANKS,
We wish to express to our
friends in Tarboro and Farrar, our
thauks and appreciation for so
mady acts of kindness, for their
deep, heartfelt sympathy, in our
hour of trial and bereavement,
and' to those who so cheerfully
loaned u3 carriages, and 'especially
to those who sent us so many
beautiful flowers, with which to
padorn the grave of our loved one.
We wish to especially remember
kindly and lovingly, those of our
immediate neighborhood, who so
so loviugly and tendeily minis
tered daily at the bedside of our
daughter, as - well as other be
reaved ones of the family.
Me. and Mrs. 0„ B. Lipscomb.
—During the last \Z months there
were 186 children injured by vehi
cles, in the streets of New York city
and 97 of them were killed.
—DeWitt’s Witch Haael Salve. II
is especially good for piles. Be sun
tq get DeWitt’s. Sold by R, E, L
Coqk.
RADICALISM AS AN ISSUE.
Among those who oppose Mr.
Bryan’s etfndidacy for tho Presi
dency, the fear oftenest heard
expressed as to his unfitness for th
office is that h« is inclined to be
too radical. It is not a new fear or
a new cry. It has been heard in
connection with Mr. Bryan’s name
J ever since he beeame a public man,
j we are of the opinion that it
has ceased to be effective. And
this, not because Mr. Brjan has
changed greatly since be was first
the Democtatic candidate for Pres
ident—though this is true, too—
because of some recognition by
the intelligent people of this coun
try that .radicalism, after all, is
but another term for the truest
American spirit.
Radicalism means in itself going
to the root of things, and we haye
had now for about seven years a
President who has believed strong
ly in this doctrine. Some of the
theories of governmental activity
which Mr. Bryan advocated at the
time of his first appearance in pub
lie life, and which were held to be ~
rather widely radical then, have
been tested since and have turned
out fto be beneficent and much
needed; and we are coming
to see as a people that radicalism
in its best sense is absolutely neces
sary to our growth; that without
rddicalism there would be no
pi ogress; that it takes radical
shange to put us—our government,
aur industries, our laws on a hi?h
er plane than that of our father's
before us.
When we use radicalism as a
term of reproach, it would not be
amiss for us to remember that, had
it not been for the radical thought
of our ancestors, this continent
might still be a colony of Great
Britain; that had it not been for
the radicalism of brave men who
denied emphatically the divine
right of slave holding, the mar
velous progress of the last fifty
years would have been impossible.
Every step forward that this na
tion has made has been a radical
step; and it is because as it people,
we have been willing at the right
time to trust the radical leaders
that we stand where we stand to
day.
Against excessive radicalism,
against fads and freak legislation
or freak government, people have
always been found competent to
protect themselves and they al
ways will be.—Washington Her
ald.
NEW A. & M. PRESIDENT.
Professor D. M. Hill of the
"acuity of the State Agricultural
College, was Thursday elected
president of the institute for one
pear to succeed Dr. George T.
Winston resigned. He was a son
)f the late General D. H. Hill of
the Confederate army, and is one
jf the leading educators of the
State.
—In the General Synod of the Lu
theran church 124 congregations have
increased the salaries of their pas
tors this year. '
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To Our Friends and Patrons.
It has been generally reported In
Tarboro and vicjUiity that we were go
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1st., 1909. We wish to emphatically
deny any and all such reports, and
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