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BE BURK YOU ARK RIGHT; THEN (JO AHEAD.-D Crockett VOL. 86. NO. 32 TARBORO, N. C. THURSDAY, AUOUST 6, 1908. ESTABLISHED 1822 AN OLD ADAGE SAYS —a *• A light purse Is a heavy curse*' Sickness makes a light purse. The LIVER is the seat of nine tenths of all disease. go to the root of the whole mat- | ter, thoroughly, quickly safely and restore the action of the LIVER to normal condition. Give tone to the system and solid flesh to the body. Take No Substitute. Jti} fiDest Males. Wo Mieve that we have j u>r received the. FINEST MULES that we have ever receiv ed t r sale on this market. Come and see for yourself We are also showing some very de-irable riding and driving horses. haw son & Wilson Sale aud Feed Stables Next Jail. Tax boro N. C. A SPECIALTY IN CANNED FRUITS AT THE UNLUCKY CORNER Gondola Peaches, 35c Helmet “ 40c Ranroaa “ 30c Nile “ 20c Solar 25c Golden Pacific, 35c Gondola Apricots, 39c ‘; Pears, 35c “ Cherries, 40c Standard Tomatoes, 15c can 25c “ 29c “ 20c “ 16c “ 18e “ 23c “ 22c “ 24c “ 29c “ 10c daily: Delicious Country Butter Mrs. E. P. Hyman, W. H. An drews, Staton & Howell and T. P. Jeukius. YTe are delighted to serve you, satisfaction guaranteed. LILES-RUFFIN & GO The Pure Food Store. Phone Double Three. Cards of Candidates FOE COUNTV TEEASURER Subject to the decision of the Democratic County ConveDt on I am a candidate for the office of County Treasurer. J. E. Cobb.. FOE REGISTER OF DEEDS Subject to the approval of the Edgecoinlte Democracy I am a candidate of the office of Register of Deeds. H. S. Bunu. FOE SHERIFF Subject to the decision of the Edgecombe Democracy I am a candidate for the office of Sheriff. B. F. Dawson. FOR SHERIFF Subject to the wishes of the Democratic Convention I am a candidate for sheriff of Edgecombe county. J. D. Jenkins. P ian o Tuning A SPECIALTY. The Cable Company Tuner. W. J. BURLEIGIT. 1’. O. Box 136, Wilson, N. C^ Fne business of this banh has increased in the pa^t year The unusual growth of this ba#h is based on Safe and Sure Standards, and is indicative of the Service we have to offer. We intend to continue growing and Do Not Hesi tate to solicit your aid, as we are able to assure you of as Many Advantages as you can secure at any other banh In the county or State. CAKK OF UF.BORO ' A ]’ IT A f.$25,000 st i;ru . ..16,000' .1. F. Shaokelford, Pres. J. T. Howard, V. Pres. L. V. Hart, Cashier. E. B. Hussey, A. Cash. Safety lock boxes for lent" His Creed. He found his work, but far behind Lay something that he could not find Deep springs of passion that cai make A life sublime for others’ sake, And lend to work the living glow That saints and bards and heroes know, The power lay there—unfolded pow er— A bud that never bloomed a flower; Ifor half beliefs and jaded moods Lay round his path, and dimmed and Of worldlings, critics, cynics prudes, chilled Illusions past. High hopes were killed But duty lived. He sought not far The “might be” in the things that are; His ear caught no celestial strain i He dreamt of no millennial reign, Brave, true, unhoping, calm, austere, He labored in a narrow sphere, And found in work his spirit needs— The last, if not the best, of-creeds. --W. H. E. Lecky. DISEASE OF OLD AGE. “Macrophagocytosis,” Dr. Metchnikoff Says, Is Treatable and Curable. A special to tte Washington Post from Paris says, Dr. Metchnikoff, of the Pasteur Institute, the noted speci alist and student of the human organ ■srh, has discovered a new disease, which he has named “iAacrophagocyt jsis.” It is, in popular language, the disease of old age, which, the scient ist asserts, is curable. He says that, i hundred years hence, the disease will be treated like bronchitis and diphtheria are treated and cured at :he present time. Old age, according to Dr. Metchni ioff,is an “ancient law”which presses >n mankind. His recent researches md studies prove that it is the dis eases of the intestines and the stom ich which shorten man's life, We eat too much meat; and he points to :hose who eat vegetables, fruits, dair; products—in short, those wfio partake if a cooling diet—and have grown ild in years. However, in spite of the savant’s issertions, we cannot prevent old age ’rom getting aa hold on us. The only hing to do is not to grow old before >ur time. In order to stay young we, ;herefore, must observe a careful and nethodical hygiene, regulate the life, work moderately, both physically and mentally, avoid violent emotions and jxcitement, live in the country, eat sparingly, and let your diet be veget irian rather than meat; sleep suffi ciently, abstain fi'om alcohol, tea, cof ree, and tobacco and avoid as much as possible contagious diseases. But, asks the Parisian, is the game worth the candle? How can one live these days without the excitement of attending the Automobile Grand Prix, 3r without playing an occasional gam< at “petits chevaux?’ And, again,one must live in the country, even in the winter, and throw away the pipe and forswear tea and coffee! How to Use the Hand. “Pale hands, pink tipped like lotus flowery,” are seldom realized. As a rule, too, people do not know how to use the hand gracefully. Keeping the hand closed when in repose is awkward, for it accentuates the breadth. A vpretty pose of the hand is ob • uined by bending it at the knuckle joints- and curving in the little ane. fourth fingers. Crooking the little finger and let ting it stick out is one of the most unbecoming poses of the hand. In this posture a long hand looks as though it had a tail and the width of a short one is emphasised. The best way is to bend do wn the litt'e finger’from the knuckle joint and let the fourth have a similar an gle. By this attitude the breadth of tne hand Is materially decreased and the ■whole hand made attractive. Observation will show that actors and actresses use only the thumb and the first two ringeis. By this method the hand is made to look more slender, and the act of picking up a handkerchief becomes a rhythmic' movement. ; A supple wrist is desired for beaut; and may be attended by lettir.g the hands hang losely and shaking from the wrist. ... This movement after a time so Um bers the cords and musclesthe hand is more gracefully used. When the hand is to be lifted, the arm from"-the wrist to the elbow should com£ up first. During this motion the hand should hang free, and not until the wii3t is on a line with the object should it be raised to a level with it. Residence Sold. W. L. & J- E. Simmons have pur chased of C, C. Biggerstaff his dwell in front of Baseball Park. The price siAted in the deed i3 $2,200. - Thinks It Saved His Life. Lester M. Nelson, of Naples, Maine, siys in a recendetter: “I have used Dr. King’s New Discovery many years, for coughs and colds, and I think it eaved my life. I have found it a re liable remedy for throat and lung conplaints, and would no more b« without a bottle than I would be with out food.” For nearly forty year? Ne .v Di3 0very has stood at the heat ! of throat and lung remedies. As £ I preventive of pneumonia, and a heal ’ er of weak lungs it has no eiual. Sole ! under guarantee by all druggists. and $100. T |?l bottle free. THE FARMERS’ INSTITUTE. A Record Breaker In Attendance anc Interest. In point of attendance and interest the Farmers’ Institute held on 29 at the Test Farm In this county was a record breaker. T^ro years ago a dinner was giver at the farm when an institute was held and this drew a large crowd As many as were present Wednes day, about 200, hut many were there for the flesh pots and not how tc fill those pots. The Institute of 1908 offered no in ducements to attend except to dis cuss farming, which was done with an earnestness and an intelligence that showed that the farmers of the county are not lagging behind in agri cultural knowledge. One or two of the speakers from the Federal Department of Agriculture could not be present, causing their subjects to be omitted. The Institute opened wdth jr lucid lecture on Soil Improvements by T. B Parker, of the State Agricultural De partment. It was listened to with pro fit by many and unabating interest by all. - T. E. Brown, a practical s uccess ful farmer of Bertie county discuss ed peanut culture. It was an instruc tive talk, very. Then followed a gen eral discussion of farm* problems, questions and answers. The Institute closed with a talk by Mr. Parker made by request on al falfa growing. He told his hearers much about this plant', * but he was not enthusiastic in urging that it -could be grown in Edgecombe -with as great a profit as in some other sections of the United States. It did best he told his hearers, in regions where the rainfall was from 25 to 55 in inches, here it is between 50 and 60. The same County Institute Execu tive committe, one from each town ship wras reelected with the exception of Geo. A. HoldeVness, who declined because of business to serve again. G T. DeBerry was chosen from this township in his stead and subse quently elected chairman of the com mittee. * «• All present voted the Institute the best held and were greatly pleased at the large, attendance. One Wioe Negro. Deal Jackson is a negro farmer wTho lives in Dougherty County, Ga. His home is located a few miles from pretty little city of Albany, and no man in the community stknds higher than he. He is respected by all, and is especially well thought of by hie white fellow-citizens. Jackson has just marketed the first bale of cotton in his State, and the first in his entire section of the country, for that matter. This is the seventh time he has performed this feat. He takes a pride in his farm; he-hustles to get that first bale or; tie market—and he gets it there, reg ularly. Jackson has relied entirely on his own efforts all of his life. He is in dependent, and asks no man odds. His credit is good for whatever he wants at any store or bank in Al bany. He has never been known to want more tfian he might reasona bly be expected to pay for; that is the keynote of his character. He does not concern himself at all wTith poli cies or politicians. He hasn’t any pail anywuere, save sucu «*» egltimately due him as a reward 'or his honest endeavor. Ke has re iuced cotton-raising to an exact jcience; he knows just what the plant will do under given conditions He has generally managed to get his f.rst bale in a little ahead of his white competitors in spite of all their efforts—indeed, he broke all of his own previous records this year. Jackson's great card is attending to his own business and doing it well. Nobody ever heard of Jackson’s be ing mixed up in trouble of any varie ty. Business..men value his opinions on thinga-agfieultural. It is a pi y there are not more col ored mei^ like Deal Jackson, if there were, there would be jio race prob lem, real or imaginary. His example is uplifting. It is worthy the study and emulation of any man, no matter what the color of his skin. The negro race needs more Deal Jacksons. Washington Herald. Speed Sunday School Picnic. The Sunday School children of the with their parents, teachers, and in vited guests to the number of about 200 assembled Wednesday 29tli, in an inviting grove near Speed to en joy a picnic and they did. * The dinner was all that would be desired from barbecue to the cakes and Ices. Soon after dinner began a heavy rain fell but this was only a temporary interruption, which only added zest to already healthy appe tites, A feature of the occasion was a brief but interesting and eloquent ad dress on “the Sunday school ’ by Rev. G. P. Harrill, of this -place. Notwithstanding the rainfall all had a "good time/’ voted the occasion a most decided success, one to be re peated next- year if not sooner. _Will Lynwood, colored, was fined $2.50, charged with disorderly con duct. * —The earnings of India railways during the fiscal year, April l.to 000 compared with $120,330,000 last year. —During 1907 the Chinese govern ment sfrent nearly $100,000 for stu j dents studying in foreign countries :! Japan got nearly half the money anc 1 the United States about one-fourth. PAUL’S PRAYER FOR THE EPHE SIANS. Rev. R. W. Alexander Tells of the True Friend, True Through Good And III Reputes.—Eph. iii:14-T9,_ Paul was a master reasoner He could meet in successful debate the Doctors of Philosophy, the shrewd and astute lawyers, the learned teach ers and interpreters of Hebrew scrip tures, fortifying and making absolu tely impregnable- his position with arguments which they could neither gainsay nor contradict. He could stand before crowned heads reason ing upon righteousness, temperance, judgment and by the majesty of his eloquence and the power of his logic make them tremble. But not only was he a great reasoner he stands without a peer as a pleader. Not only could he approach man by way of his in tellect, he knew how to approach him by the Way Royal of his heart. Upon one occasion as this old apos tle was bound for Jerusalem friends at Cesarea Philippi gathered about him and with earnestness of soul and eloquence of tongue importuned him to abandon his purpose, a prophet, even, taking his girdle bound him with \it and declared that he should be so bound by the Jews at Jerusa lem and be delivered into the hand of the Romans. Then Paul, rising in the greatness and majesty of his Christian manhood, answered: “What mean ye to weep and break mine heart?’ I know that ye mean it all for good, but I am ready not to be boudd only but also to die if need be for the name of the Lord Jesus. Then do not gather about me weep ing; do not *plead with me so; you are simply piling sorrow upon sorrow fbr me, you make my heart bleed, but you' cannot turn .me from my purpose. But not only was Paul a great reasoner and an eloquent pleader, perhaps no man was a closer student and a more correct Interpreter of human nature than was he. He understood thoroughly well that when the cause of religion -was in a pros perous and flourishing condition many would embrace it who would turn from it when the sky should become overcast with clouds. He was now a prisoner at Rome. This the Ephe sians knew, and many were growing apprehensive and restless and“were in danger of turning from the faith through fear of persecution.” The purest lives have their blots, the most generous hearts their shortcom ings It is nothing strange that the Christians at Ephesus should have become discouraged for not only was the Christian sect being everywhere spokeu against, but persecutions most crflel were beginning to fall thick and fast upon all who professed the name of Jesus. Then, again, they were living “un der the very shadow of the great and magnificent temple of Diana, daily witnessing its outward splen dor and grandeur, hearing constant ly of its gorgeous and pompous rit ualism and beholding the ease and comfort, the peace and safety of those who worshipped there.” These things were not without their influence, so hat it is not a strange thing that many of the Ephesians wavered in their minds and, when they learned what had befallen Paul, almost deter mined to quit the faith of the des pised Galilean and join again the gay and happy throngs that crowd ed the splendid temple of Diana. When Paul was apprised of their wavering condition, I think his heart Wed with a deeper and keener sor row than it had ever knovrn before. This church he had planted, had con secrated it with his prayers, had bap tised it with his tears. He was bbund to it by many and precious ties. No wonder the old apostle prays so j earnestly and fervently “unto the Father of our Lord Jesus' Christ” in their behalf. I want to commend this prayer to you. It is worthy of your serious meditation. He prayed. (1) That they might be strength ened by the Holy Spirit. He did not pray that they might be prospered In the:'r-materirl affairs, nor thet they might enjoy rest and comfort, these were not the things they needed. Paul knew full well that “The path of sorrow and that path alone Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.” in Our WedK.IltJS» ailu Uimuu^o, often think that what we most need is to have our trials removed and our temptations tempered away. Paul one 3 thought this, and earnestly be sought the Lord thrice to take away his affliction. He received in answer to those petitions not only what he needed, but what you and I and every child of grace needs, strength. The Holy Spirit testified to Paul that "in every city bonds' and afflictions- await Od him.” That surely was discourag ing, but Paul was given the further assurance, "My grace is sufficient for thee/ The master bears a like testi mony to every one who enlists under His banner: "In the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheei I Wave overcome the world. Lo, I am with you always.” We sometimes wonder how it it and why it is that some people’* very presence in time of trouble ant 1 sorrow is a benediction and blessing how it is that they can say alyray: just the sweetest and best things just the very words that bruised an< bleeding hearts need. And in-our i® norance we sometimes say, It is gift. But it isn’t. They have learne it in the school of sorrow. Says I Jb. Meyer, “They have watched th slow untwisting of some sliver chou on_whick the lamp of life hung. The,, have seen the golden bowl cf jo. dashed to their feet, and us con tents spilt. 'They have stood Ly eb bing tides and drooping gourds ane noon sunsets; but all this has been necessary to fnake them the nurses, the physicians, the priests of men.’ God" has a graciouh purpose in every trial we bear, and in every temp tation we have to meet, and we have the assurance that He will strength en us by His Spirit ’‘according to the riches of His own glory.” (2) He prays for them an abiding sense of Christ’s .presence. How many hearts to da. are heavy *ttnd sad, crying out in the bitterness of their experience, “Where is the blessedness I knew When first I found the Lord?” • Is not this petition of the apostle an appropriate one for - us to offer in behalf of ourselves and those we call “friend?” As Ryle most beauti fully says, “He never tires of doing us good. He knows that we are a weak and feeble* people in the midst of a weary and troublous world. No heart can feel for us so much as the heart of Christ. Nohand can do sc muclj for us as the hand of Christ.” (3) He prays, for them a more en larged experience of His love. He very well knew that if the “love of Christ which passeth knowledge” should possess their hearts they would turn no longing eyes to the temple of Diana, hence this petition of his prayer that they might “be ablp to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length and dep?h and height., and to knew the love of Christ which passeth knowl edge.” What i3 it to know the love of Christ ?% —• In an adjoining State there once lived twft brothers. One was a gen erous, noble Christian gentleman. The other was a gambler, a drunkard, al most everything that is low and mean and v,as everlasting’y in trouble. Time and again his brohter hiad paid out large sums of money for him, had begged and entreated him to quit Lhe life he was living and live to some high and noble purpose. But ill was in vain. In a drunken brawl, ie took the life of a fellow crimi nal and was sentenced by the court x> hard labor in the State priosn tor 99 years. All through that trial sis -brother sat 'with him in the prisoner's box. The community re joiced in the decree of the court that relieved them forever of a nusiance ind a terror. Tne brother wept over i brother’s sin and a biother’s doom, ind followed him to the great door pf the prison and there embraced iim and kissed him and bade him i loving but sad farewell. “There is a Friend that sticketh closer than i brother, ‘He saw me ruined in the fall, Vet loved me notwithstanding all; He saved me from my lost estate; His loving kindness, Oh! how great.” GAVE IT BACK. William Barr, for many years a Leading merchant in St. Louis, died recently in the East. He made a large fortune, and made it all in that city. By his will he returns nearly all of it to St* Louis, the larger part to the Washington University, with handsome gifts to various charities. Benjamin Rose, one of the richest merchants of Cleveland, died recently. He, too. made a large fortune and made it all in that city. By his will he leaves five millions of that fortune to help crippled persons and to better the condition of those who have been unfortunate in that city. The example set by these men ought to be followed by other rich men. This munificeut disposition of their fortune shows {that they were possessed of strong local pride, and that they felt theii careers were part of the history of the cities whefe they were pass'd. They recognized that the people of the cities helped them to amass their great wealth, and that it was their duty, „and a grateful duty, to return a handsome share of that I wealth for the general good. Mr. Barr and Mr. Rose did not look upon St. Louis and Cleveland merely as places to do business, but as communities which had given them the opportunities and had done alaige part of the work in piling up their possessions They proved themselves loya* and devoted c ti.ea*, and acknowledge ed what their cities had done for them by doing something in re I urn. They had helped to make cities, but the cities had helped to make them—a view of municipal obligations not often taken by wealthy men.—Chicago Tribune. Old Magazines. \ Old Magazines will b * foui d useful in the kitchen. Place rn ' old magazine on the frhelf of Ihe * stove or on the kitchen table and use it for standing hot pans add kettles on.' When one sheet is soiled it can be torn off, leaving a fresh one on top. Ou ironing days p’ace au old magazine handy and 1 use it for wiping aod testing the t irons on. As soon as one sbeel i becomes scorched1 and soiled it cat . be torn off, leaving a fresh one oi J top. ONLY GIRL IN NINETY MILES. Miss May Ferrington, now at tending the Girls’ Collegiate School in ,Los Augeles, lives a part of each year on her father’s great ranch- near Crater, in Mono county on the border of the Yosemite Park and she is the only girl within a ratlins of uioety miles. Hither every summer Uncle Sam sends a squadron of cavalry to guard the park and the khaki clad scouts have voted this slim little maid the queen of ;the wide coun tjyside. She has yellow hat cords, buttons and trophies galore. She has a splendid chain of tiuy gold nuggets for beads, and the men of the squadron presented' to her a uniform of their companies—blue, with yellow cavalry strips on the jaunty skirt. Her gentle rway over her soldier subjects inclnded inspection at st ited intervals, when the young commander by brevet rode her prancing steed up and down the lines (of mounted soldiers.—Los Angles Times. NERVOUSNESS. Nervousness is often due to some poison formed in the blood by the decomposison of undigested food— in other words often arises primar ily from indigestion. Nervousness when due to this cause may sometimes continue through many years without caus ingdangerous conditions. On the O'her hand, neavous disturbances due to this auto intoxication or self poisoning may be immediate. Many people, however’ suffer from “nervous ipdieestion,” as they call it, for twenty years or more without fatal termination. In these cases there is of course, a gradual weakening of the general system which predisposes to many diseases and death is always pre mature, usually being traceable to what is called “heart failure. SPIDER'S PREY, Far up in the mountains of Cey Ion there is a spider that spins a web like bright yellowish silk, the central net of which is live feet in diameter, while the supporting lines or guys as they are called, measure sometimes ten or twelve feet. The spider seldom bites or stings, but should any one try to catch him, bite he will and though not venomous, his jaws are as pow erful as a bird’s beak. The bodies of these spiders are very handsomely decorated, being bright golcLor scarlet underneath, while the upper part is covered with the mos,t delicate slate col orerd fur. So strong are the webs that birds the size of larks, are frequently caught therein, and even the small but powerful scalp lizard falls a victim. A writer says that he has often sat and watched the yellow monster— measuring, when waiting for his prey, with his legs stretched out, fully six inches—striding across the middle of the net, at\d noted the rapid manner in which he winds his stout threads round the unfortunate captive. He usually throws the coils about the head until the wretched victim is first blinded and then choked. In many unfrequented dark nooks of the jungle you come across skele tons erf Small birds caught in these terrible snares.—Dundee Ad. vertiser. ABOUT ADVERTISING. There is nothing on earth so mysteriously funny as an adver tisement. The prime, first and last, and all the time object of an advertisement iB to draw custom. It is not and never will be de signed for any other purpose. There are times when you can’t stop people from buying. It makes light work for advertising for a chalk sign on the sidewalk could do all that is needed and a half holiday six days in the week, but who wants to favor an adver tisement? They are built to do hard work, and should be sent out on dull days when a customer has to be knocked down with hard facts before he will spend a cent. ; That’s the end and aim of adver tising. Don’t try to get cus tomers to come when. they are already sticking out of the win j d jv s, but give them your adver tist men‘ right between the eyes in I a dull season.—Trade Review. USE OF VINEGAR. Vinegar will take out ink spots. Wash the stain in vinegar, chang ing it every time it becomes dis i colored. If any stain remains in j the cloth, it will be removed bj 11 washing in the ordinary way. 11 Vinegar added - to the water it t which lavender or purple garment | are rinsed will brighten their colo; * wonderfully. NAMING OF FLOWERS. It is interesting to know how certain flowers got their names. Many were named after individ uals. For instance, Fucbias were so called because they discovered by Leonard Fuchs. Dahlias were named for Andrew Dahl, who brought them from Peru. The camelia was so called lor a mission ary named Kamel, who brought some magnificent specimens of the flower to France from Japan. He called it the rose ot Japan, but his friends changed it to camelia. ' Magnolias were named in honor of Prof. Magnold de Montpelier, who first brought the beautiful tree to France from America and Asia. Because they trembled with the wind is the meaning of Ancmqnes. The Latin word to wash is lavare and lavender received its name because the Boman put the flower into the water when they washed to perfume their hands.— New Orleans Times• Democrat. SNUFF. Snuff taking disappeared from society and from literatnre about half icentnry ago. Who now ex cept the collector is “of his amber suuff box Jjustly proud”! What hero of contemporary fiction takes a pinch of maccaboy orrapee! Yet the extent to which the habit persists in humbler life is shown by the]$2,890,586 of earnings of the American Snuff jCompauy last year. In the eight years of the company’s existence it has earned 116,380,139 applicable for divF dends on its capital stock of $21, 000,000. Snuff came to Europe from Ameri ca in the sixteenth century by way [>f Spain. Martinique supplying a favorite brand. Its use became a social rite and the proffer ofasnnff box a drawing room civiliy. Kings *nd statesmen and dowagers, dan iie3 and diplomats took snuff. Certain gentlemen of the old school io still. But the demand for snuff is chiefly from the lower walks of life—from the plantations of the South, the mills of the North and from Western farms. The large profits from its manufacture are lerrved from the utilization of the stem# of the tobacco leaf along with 5ther waste material in making the cheaper grades.—New York World. A LOAD OF WEALTH. An ocean steamship is now carrying about twenty-five of America’s richest men to Europe. The significant thing about that voyage is that if noi one of those men should return to America, the business and financial operations of the country would. not be at all disturbed. Some speculative values in Wall Street only would show a temporary fluctuation. In truth, the influence of per sonality in this country is vastly over estimated. Mr. John D. Rockefeller recently testified—and corroborated—that for twelve years preceding the late Missouri and Federal prosecutions he had not been near 27 Broadway and knew nothing, personally, of the management of Standard Oil. The physical breakdown of Henry H. Rogers did not in the least affect that vast business* So, Mr. Rocke feller does not draw his $40,000,000 or so' a year as a recompense for work. He confessedly is not a worker. Most of the great busi ness of the United States has al ready passed the stage of “in fancy” experiment or risk, and the theory that protection for dustries is still needld or that individual magnates and captains of industry are entitlecfto annual ly swollen incomes because of their daring and experimentation to ad vance the industrial sciences is a theory wholly without foundation in fact.—Kansas City Star. MEXICAN PROVERBS. He who never ventures will never cross the sea. There’s no gain without pain. Flies cannot enter a closed month. '< Behind the cross is the devil. A cat in gloves will never catch rats. To the hungry no bread is dry. A book that is shut makes no scholar. A good laundress washes the shirt first. No evil will endure a hundred years. When the river is passed, the saint is forgotten, says the family doctor. H. H. PHILIPS i Att’y and Counsellor at Law } 2nd Floor : : Bridgers Building r ‘ Tarboro, North Carolina. CAN BULK SHIPMENTS. According to a decision by the inter State commerce commission, shippers may combine small quantities of freight of various ownership, either by arrangements among themselves or through the medium of a forwarding agency, and ship the combined lot at the relatively lower rates applicable to large shipments. The commission decided in favor the smallshippers upon the ground that the ownership of property tendered for shipment cannot be made a test as to the applicability of a carrier's rates. The inter state Commerce law forbids dis crimination between shippers, and the fact that one shipper tenders a “bulked shipment” made up of property fof various ownership consolidated before delivery to the carrier will not justify the carrier in making a different charge than for a shipment of similar oharacter tendered by a shipper who is also the owner. ' THOSE ELECTION BETS. The Republican organs in their grind turn out a lot of chaff these days about the oddsjoffered against Mr. Bryan’s election by Lloyd’s Insurance Company. They have tried to make it appear that this company, which, as is well known, insures against nearly every sort of loss imaginable, was offering odds, ranging from 7 to 5, to 1 against Mr. Bryan’s election. Asa matter of fact, says the im partial Washington Herald, in vestigation shows that Lloyd’s Agency is offering nothing like the stated odds on the election. Alt the company is doing, or has )ftered to do, is to insure any ousiness man ’against a possible oss resulting from the election of VIr. Bryan—a very different thing. On this isubject, the Philadel phia Record has this to say: ‘‘The company which gets in formation .from New York papeis, <aw the chance of getting hold of some American money by selling insurance against commercial dis aster resulting from the election )f Mr. Bryan. It began with rates )f 10 to 1, and no sooner than the information of this got abroad the Mew York Agency of Lloyd’s of London, was swamped by offers from the West and Middle West bo underwrite all that insnrance that could be had. For the Amer ican people are not imbeciles, and Mr. Bryan would not have been nominated! if his election would mean danger to the business of the country.” This statement of the real pur pose of Lloyd’s makes it plain that the insurance offered provides for two- contingencies. One is the election of Mr. Bryan, and the other is against loss caused by Mr. Bryan’s election. Both of these facts would have to be established before any money could be col lected on be half of the premium paid. We have, happily, just passed through a period of busi ness depression, caused by a dis astrous panic. Undoubtedly this lepression has eaused {various in lustrial enterprises large sums of noney, and yet we imagine it vould be difficult |for those who .ave lost those sums to prove that ;he political party in power was responsible for the losses. And this in spite of the fact that such newspapers as the Rochester Union and Advertiser declare “the Republican party has made its bed politically, and must lie in it, butfit has also made a very un comfortable bed for the American people by the wicked extravagance in public expenditure.’' The thought of the country seems to be agreed that it is folly to assert that the election of Mr. Bryan would bring about any bus iness troubles or depression. It seems to be thoroughly understood that the panic is over; tbat a par ticularly bountiful crop in all parts of the country is bound to make times good again, and to set this country once more on the high road to prosperity. The mere fact that this man or that, is to be placed at the head of affairs for the next four years will not suffice, we think, to defeat the ends of Providence, which has worked so beneficiently in our i behalf. E/B. SLDEGE TINNER Expert in Ail Lines Also Sheet Iron Work. Tobacco Flues a Specialty. Odd Fellows Building (First Floor.)
The Tarborough Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.)
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Aug. 6, 1908, edition 1
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