ESTABLISHFn
VOL. 86. NO. 35
TARBORO, N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. 1908.
strengthen the digestive organs,
regulate the bowels, and are un
equaled as an
anti-bilious medicine,
In malarial districts their virtues are
widely recognized, as they possess
peculiar properties in freeing the
system from that poison. Elegantly
sugar coated.
Take No Substitute. — -
J. E. HY ATT
UNDERTAKER AND -
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
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Liinn’s Gaf«
Norfolk, : : : Virginia
Board of Trade Building
Near Postoffice.
Most popular restaurant in the
city. Quick service and
fair prices.
Pavilion Cafe Ocean View, Va.
Famous for its Fresh Fish
Eight From the Bay.
GIRLS AND BOYS WANTED.
We want Girls and Boys to work in
the Tarboro Knitting Mills at Tar
boro and in the Runnymede Mills
near Tarboro. The work is light, no
dust or dirt and the pay is good.
We can furnish you a house in the
town of Runnymede or West Tarboro.
We have good schools at Tarboro
and will have at Runnymede after
October 1st.
A FREE EDUCATION FOR YOUR
gMALL CHILDREN.
We have had steady work all the
year. Do not fear a shut down, we
will have work for you every day.
Come and see the work or write to
C. W. JEFFREYS,
Genl. Manager.
Tarboro, N. C.
UNLUCKY
CORNER
WHEN THE MILL IN OLD KEN
TUCKY GETS A SWING;
There is something worth you know
ing—
'Tis to sow and watch the growing
Of the wheat that makes a flour for
a king,
’Tis growing where beauty crowns
the maiden,
’Midst the blue grass dewy laden—
When the mill in old Kentucky gets
a swing.
There is something in this flour,
Welcomed as an April shower,
That puts fragrance of the violet on
the wing; ✓
It is sweetness pure and simple,^
That make rosey cheeks grow dimple
When the mill in old Kentucky gets
a swing.
There is a richness in this flour,
That brings gladness every hour,
And the world its praises now are
wont to sing;
And its name—“OBELISK” ringing
Far beyond the birdlets winging—
When the mill in old Kentucky gets
a swing.
You may drink in every pleasure,
And absorb each golden treasure
Glittering ‘neth the^ myriad sunlit
sprays of Spring,
But there’s naught to touch the flour
From Kentucky’s wheatlet bower,
When the mill in old Kentucky gets
a swing. '
JUST RECEIVED A CARLOAD OF
“OBELISK.”
LILES-RUFPIH & CO
The Pare Food Store.
Phone Double Three.
II. H. PHILIPS
Att’y aud Counsellor at Law
2nd Floor : : Hridgers Building.
Tarboro, North Carolina.
COMPLETE LIST OF OFFICERS.
VeteraBs Honored at Recent Annual
Meeting Lewis-Dowd-Wyatt Camp.
A complete list of the result of the
election of officers at the recent an
nual meeting of Lewls-Dowd*Wyatt
Qamp Confederate Veterans is as fol
lows: Commander. H. C. Bourne;
1st, Lieutenant, E. D. Foxhall, 2nd,
Lieutenant, Jesse Brake; 3rd, Lieu
tenant, D. H. Barlow; 4th, Lieuten
ant, E. E. Knight; Adjutant, J. A.
i Davis; Quartermaster, R. H. Gatlin;
Commissary, Dr. M.B.Pitt; Surgeon,
Dr. C. H. Barron; Assistant Sur
geon, Dr. R. H. Speight; Treasurer^
J. F. Shackelford; Sergeant Major,
James H. Johnston; Officer of the
day, Bennett P. Jenkins;Chaplain, S.
S. Nash; Color Sergeant, W. T. Gor
ham; Vidette, E. T. Felton; 1st, Color
Guard, Levi Denton; 2nd, Color Guard
W. C. Bradley; Sponsor, Miss Maud
Dudley Shackelford.
Alfalfa GroWing In The Southern
States.
me most momentous question bo
fore the American farmer today is
how to keep and increase the fer
tility of the soil. And this especial
ly aplies to Southern lands, for here
we have no rotation of crops, and our
fields are planted with_ crops that
require clean cultivation which leaves
nothing to turn under to form humus
or vegetable matter which' is lacking
in. Southern soils. In the Nor^h the
farmers practice a system of rota
tion and grow the grasses with which
connection with manure from farm
stock, they can keep their lands in
better? fertility than in the South.
We must grow more grass crops
and more stock.
Alfalfa should be grown wherever
suitable soil can be found. The value
of alfalfa as a farm crop is not gen
erally recognized by the Southern
farmer. It will yield from three to
four cuttings annually, producing
from one-half to one ton per acre
for each cutting, depending upon the
richness of the soil and how good the
stand, and normal conditions of rain
fall. In the West .many farmers ex
ceed this yield on goqd alfalfa soil.
Alfalfa as a dty feed cannot be sur
passed tor dairy cows and fattening
animals, and for horses and mules is
better than timothy. Its special val
ues lies in the large amount ofdiges
tible protein it contains. The diffi
culty in feeding on- the average farm
Is to find a feed at a reasonable price
which will contain sufficient protein.
A carbonaceous food like corn must
be fed with a hay or roughage con
taining considerable protein, as al
falfa or clover, if a balanced ration
is to be obtained. Alfalfa hay is su
perior to clover for this purpose, the
digestible protein being much high
er than in clover, and very similar to
wheat br&n in actual feeding value.
Alfalfa is not so suitable for pas
ture as some other grasses, as if is
liable to cause bloating, yet after
stock becomes accustomed to it, there
is not much danger. The effect of al
falfa growing on the soil is much the
dame as that produced by cowpeas
and clover. It has the same power
of gathering nitrogen from the air
and fixing it in the soil, increasing
the suply of this element; it also
adds humus, which is very much’ need
ed. As several cuttings are removed
annually, the crop is exhaustive on
certain mineral elements such as cal
cium, phosphorus and potassium. The
effect of the plant upon the mechani
cal condition of the soil is benefi
cial because of the deep tap root
penetrating the soU, and thus open
ing it up for air and rain. It is pro
bable that some of the benefit to
future crops is due in a measure to
this action. J
Alfalfa is not well adapted to a
short rotation; it takes' at least
three years to secure a good stand,
and should be allowed to run not less
than five or six years, if possible.—
Home and Farm. "
Why He Lost Faith.
J. C. Darlington, of South Carolina,
who ' organized the Impendence
League in that State and wab a mem
ber of its National Committee, has
written a letter to Mr. Hearst in
which his reasons for. withdrawing
from the organization are cogently
stated. He says among other forceful
things:
“The cop.vict.Ion is mevuaDie mai
the Iqjflependence party is working
in the interest of Taft. If it is done
willingly it has betrayed its trust;
if unwillingly, it is to weak to be
trusted. On fundamentals, the Inde
pendence and Democratic parties are
agreed. The placing- of electors in
the field can only have a strengthen
ing effect on Taft. The part I took
in organizing South Carolina was hot
on the understanding of any such pur
ppse. Having lost faith in your move
ment and having no desire to aid in
perpetuating a party that is not serv
ing the best interest of the people,
I beg herewith to tender my resig
nation.”
Harrls-Sevjjle.
Henry S. Harris, of Farmvilie, and
Miss Susie Seville, of Pocomoke City,
Md., were married in Norfolk Tues
day August lSth, by Rev. J H. N.
Summerell, pastor of Ghent Presby
terian church. The groom is a son
ofJohnHanris, of Faulkland, a grad'
*uate of. University of North Caro
lina. He is a young attorney at Farm
-yille.
—Four parts plaster to one' part
gum arable, with enough ' water to
make a thin paste, will mend broken
plfc3t«r casts.
A Case Of Honor.
Emily Wright, summoned to Mr.
Davis’s private office, had no pre
sentiment of ill; indeed, walking up
through the bright spring morning,'
she had been unusually happy and
full of eager plans. She knew that
she was doing good work, and her
thoughts had run upon the possi
bility of a promotion, and what she
could do then for her sister and lit
tle Donald. So she only waited,
cheerful and alert, for Mr. Davis’s
orders.
Three minutes later she walked
slowly down the corridor. Dismissed!
She never had thought of the possi
bility of such a thing, not once. One
week’s more work, and then the old
heart-sickening search again. She j
could have a good recommendation—
the best—but even with that, to find
another situation in July— '■
t Ethel Caree, pretty and careless
and meaning to be kind, looked up
as Emily walked £acK to her desk.
“Have they fired you?” she asked.
“It’s a shame! They always do lay
off the latest comers in July, but
they missed it in giving you a walk
ing-ticket. I’d like to tell Mr. Davis
30.’
“Oh, no!” Emily gasped.
“Oh, I sha’n’t, you needn’t fear,
am afraid of my life with him, bu'
I’d like to. If I were you, I would
not hurt myself with work this week
that’s all."
It was Emily’s own first impulse—
not indeed in retaliation, huh from
sheer heart-sickness; but presently
she pulled herself together.
“I am paid for the week's work.
I must give honorable service,” she
said to herself, sternly. And so, be
cause honorable service meant to
her finishing her tasks regardless of
time, she stayed beyond her hour
several nights that week.
She was tempted to drop things at
5 <5*clock, as Ethel did—Ethel, who
was to be kept on. In’ the mood of
discouragement that was upon her,
the. very dreariness of the office, emp
tied of all except one or two special
workers, oppressed her. Yet she
stayed, putting into exquisite order
each day’s work. It was Friday,
while she was wearily startled by Mr.
Davis’s voice beside her*:
“Miss Wright, what are you doing
lere ?”
“Finishing this work—it came in the
last mail,” Emily replied.
“Are you not to leave Saturday ?”
- “Yes,” the girl answered briefly.
The question seemed needlessly cruel.
“Yet you are staying overtime?”
Emily looked at him gravely. “My
work is here until Saturday night,”
she said.
Mr. Davis’s keen glance flashed
from her face to her copy, perfect in
each detail.
“Miss Wright,” he said, “I am go
ing to take the responsibil4.y.of ask
ing you for the company, to continue
your services with us. We can better
afford to lose a little in money than
to lose one who so honors her trust—
and herself.” .
Out in the summer evening, Emily
wdlked home with shining eyes. It
was good, oh, so good! to have the
place, but underneath was something
l>etter. She had not failed herBelf.
—Youth’s Companion.
Read to the End.
Editing a newspaper is a nice thing.
If we publish jokes, people say we
are rattle brained. If we don’t we are
fossils. If we publish original matter,
they say we don’t give them enough
selections. If we give them selection^,
they say we are too lazy to write. If
we do not go to church, we are heath
ens. If we go, we are hypocrites. If
we remain in the office; we ought to
go out and hustle. If we go out, then
we are not tending to our business.
If we wear old clothes, they laugh at
us. If we wear good clothes, they
say we have a pull. Now, what are
we to do? Just as likely as not, some
jne will say we stole this from an
exchange. So we did—Bremen Gate
way.
Remembered Their Lincoln.
If Abraham Lincoln were alive we
io not think he would have taken
part in the slaughter of the negroes
at Springfield, Illinois, or in setting
fire to the homes of these helpless
people. .On the contrary, we think
he would have resisted the mob be
cause, at times, he was a great stick
ler for the law. Just the same, how
ever, itr is worth remembering that
in his debate with Judge Douglas at
Ottawa, Illinois, October 1, 1858, he
said:
“I have no purpose to introduce
political and social, equality between
the white and black races. There is
a physical difference between the
two which in my judgment will prob
ably forever fdrbid their living to
gether upon a footing of perfect equal
ity."
It can be imagined that the mob
in Springfield, terribly inflamed by
their race prejudices, might readily
regard this, deliverance, of the great
Emancipator as a warranty for their
bloody work.—Charleston News aQd
Courier,
Awarded Contract For 8chool House.
J. F. Killebrew, of Fountain, has
been awarded the contract for the
erection of the new school building
in district No. 2 of township No.
9. Mr. Killebrew has begun work on
this house and will have it completed
for the. opening of the 1908-1909 ses
sioa.
—Like ostriches, crocodiles swallow
stones to help them digest their food.
MORE FREIGHT SOUTH. '
Ray road Earnings Show Larger Traf
fic Movement in This Section.
Reports of approximate gross earn
ings of nail road a in the South for the
first week of August reflect slight im
provement in freight movement in
this section. The Southern Railway,
which suffered relatively more than
most systems in the South from the
business depression, reports approxi
mate gross earnings for the first
week of August of $844,412, a de
crease-Df $244,555 compared with t^e
corresponding week a year ago. Com
pared witfi tfche proceeding, week, the
earnings show an increase of more
than $128,000.
The Central of Georgia earnings
while $26,700 less than in the cor
responding week a year ago, wer<
atiout $21,00 better than in the lasl
week of July. Still compared with the
corresponding weeks a year ago, the
earnings are not such as make rail
road managers feel particularly good
The Seaboard Air Line, the. Atlam
tic Coast Line and other ■ properties
In the South have enjoyed a heavier
tonnage thus far in August than in
any other month this year, and traf
fic officials express the opinion that
from now on business will continue t
expand till the cotton corp begins
to move in volume, when the rail
road will be taxed to their capacity.
"A Good Fighting Chance."
Colonel Watterson, the head of the
Bryan literary bureau, says in the
course of a letter to a friend: “Mr.
Bryan has a good fighting chance
now, and in*my opinion it will grow
with the progress of the campaign."
The New York Herald, an unexcep
tionable authprity, prints the fore
going and confirms Colonel Waiter
son’s diagnosis of the situation. In
dicating unmistakably a predilection
for Judge Taft( it prSSfceds that “No
one now fears that his (Mr. Bryan’s)
election would provoke an industrial,
commercial an<^ financial cataclysm.
As a matter of fact hi* speech of
acceptance has strengthened rather
than shaken public confidence. Mr.
Bryan has evidently mellowed in re
tirement. While Mr. Roosevelt has
been growing steadily more radical
In his attitude toward economic ques
tions, the Nebraskan has been stead
ily growing more conservative and
prudent.” It continues that “The
question who will win is rendered
still more difficult *io answer by the
fact that there is no ‘paramount is
sue’ in th|^ present presidential cam
paign. It the party platforms were
to be surreptitiously transpose no
body on either side would ever find
it out. It is a case of ’six of one and
half a dozen of the other.’ Mr. Taft
could stand on Mr. Bryan’s platform
and Mr. Bryan could stand on Mr.
Taft’s platform without either one or
the other feeling that he was on
strange territory.” “The personal fit
ness of Mr. Taft/’ it says further, “is
evenly balanced by the personal mag
netism of Mr. Bryan;” which is anoth
er way of saying, what has been ‘baid
many times during the campaign, that
it is after all a contest of men and
not of measures. And again—follow
ing the above declaration about the
similarity of the platforms—“It is
for this reason that the Herald as a
perfectly independent and unbiased
newspaper agrees with Colonel Wat
tereon’s assertion that Mr. Bryan
has a good fighting chance. Of course
he has.”
All of which is a good deal for The
Herald to say, for generally in the
progress of presidential campaigns it
says nothing.—Charlotte Observer.
Booming Now.
Now Wall Street is booming things
and nobody offers any reasonable ex
planation for the boom except that
Wall Street desires It. Three months
ago we predicted these very condi
tions that the holders of great
masses of stock, who were then dump
ing securities on the market and de
pressing prices would presently buy
them cheap, force them up and un
load on the public at great profit.
This was in reply to those who ar
gued gravely that owners of stocks
would not allow them to decline in
price unless compelled, to do so.
When we asserted and insisted
that the depression in securities was
artificial and forced for a purpose
we were derided and told that it
was impossible for the Wall Street
powers to bring about such results.
'Now we want to know if it impos
sible for Wall Street to force prices
up j'egaraiess oi coauawns. xuc mo
tors making for prosperity were as
many and as strong last Spring as
they are today. We were making
bountiful crops, we were at profound
peace, there was nothing more in
the policy of the government to cause
alarm than there is now. Yet the prices
were pounded in the fall and winter
and held . stationary , in the spring
and now they are being rushed up.
This country never will be safe or
at ease until its financial control is
wrested from Wall Street and from
the crazy or corrupt influences
there.—Richmond News-Leader.
The Best Pflis Ever Sold.
“After doctoring 15 years for chron
ic indigestion, and spending over two
hundred dollars, nothing has done
me as much good as Dr. King’s New
Life Pills. I consider them the best
pills ever sold.’’ Writes B. F. Ayscue,
of Ingleside, N. C. Sold under guar
antee by all druggists. 25c.
Capt. W. H. Powell, Almon Hart
and James Pender returned Thurs
day from Willoughby Beach.
Sayings Abpgt Women.
There never was in any age such
a wonder to be found as a dumb wo
man.—Plautus.
The two pleasantest days of a wo
man are her marriage day and the
day of her funeral.—Hipponax.
- Venus herself, if she were bald,
would not be Venus.—Apuleius.
A worthless girl has enslaved me—
me, whom no enemy ever did.—Epic
tetuii. ^
A man cannot possess anything that
is better than a good woman, nor
anything that is worse than a bad
one.—Simonides.
Awise man ought often to admon
ish his wife, to reprove her seldom,
but never lay hands on her.—Marcus
Aurelius.
4 Silence and inodesty are the best
ornaments of women.—Euripides..
Reading in Bed.
Though many people insist on In
dulging in it, there are serious ob
jections to the practice of reading
in bed. A writer for a health maga
zine asserts that It is often the
cause of astigmatism.
Astigmatism, which in many cases
hereditary, is a condition wherein the
refractive powers differ in different
meridians of the eye. It is caused
by irregularity in the .curvature of
the cornea. People who read in bed
to pass the time away,_during and
after-severe illness should remember
that at such times the whole System
is in a weakened condition,- and pecul
iarly susceptible to injury from over
strains of any kin-J. When reading
i» bed Is practised in a reclining pc
s'don it taxes the .muscles of the
eye and then the action of these
muscles upon the form of the organ,
endeavoring to adjust it to trying
positions is very likely to set up
trouble which may last a lifetime,
becoming more aggravated as the
victim grows older.—Milwaukee Wis
consin.
A Grand Family Medicine.
“It' gives me pleasure to speak a
good word for Electric Bitters,”
writes Mr. Frank Conlan of No. 436
Houston St., New York. “It’s a grand
family medicine for dyspepsia and
liver complications; while for lame
back and weak kidneys it cannot be
too highly recommended.” E ectric
Bitters regulate the digestive func
tions, purify the blood, and impart
renewed vigor and vitality to the
weak and debilitated of both sexes.
Sold under guarantee by all druggists
50c.
Concrete in Road Improvement.
Recognizing the fact that good roads
are absolutely essential if a state or
community is to progress, Pennsyl
vania has enacted laws designed' to
promote highway improvement by
providing appropriations for work of
that-character. In developing the good
roads movement the Highway Depart
ment found that concrete had become
an exceedingly important factor, ow
ing to its great economy and dura
bility, says Cement Age, New York.
This has been shown by practical ex
perience and observation, and matters
have reached the point, where the
state has deemed it necessary to pro
vide plans and specifications for
drains, culverts and bridges. The plan
is prepared by competent engineers
in order that contractors -may use
concrete intelligently and economi
cally. Good results are certain to fol
low this policy. It will mean the
standardization of important work
heretofore conducted on the hit or
miss plan. It. was a difficult matter
for the contractor to build concrete
bridges without previous experience
and he was forced to bid high in
order that.he might'Provide for every
contingency, the result being, in some
cases, prohibitive figures so far as
concrete was concerned. Now, how
ever, the whole matter has become
simplified, and concrete will undoubt
ly become the favorite material in
every class of road work requiring
the use of masonry or iron and terra
cotta piping. This will mean better
work and cheaper work than has
been the rule in the past.
Good Results of Panic.
The Wall Street Journal quotes
President Grant as having said in
L873 that the direct injury caused
jy the panic of that year to individ
lals would be more than compensate
9y the large public benefits; and it
idds that in a large sense this is
true of all panics. Among the bene
fits it enumerates and the check
put on the process of demoralisation,
the stoppage of immoral and dis
honest practices, the discouragement
of inflation and the placing of the
country on a more substantial basis.
To these benefits may be added the
greater care in individual expendi-.
tures that is sure to be exercised
with a panic fresh in everybody’s
mind.
It has been a common experience,
since the flurry of last autumn, to
find one’s self doing without little
luxuries of which nothing was pre
viously thought. Even if a mam’s
personal income has been in no de
gree diminished by the happenings
of a year ago, he Is inclined to be
much stricter with him|wlt than form
enly.—Providence Journal.
—DeWitt’s Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve is especially good for piles, but
it is also recommended nearly every
where for anything when a salve is
needed. It is soothing, cooling and
healing. Be sure to get DeWitt’fi
Witch Hazel Salve when you ask
for it. We sell and recommend it
Sold by R. E. L. Cook.
in i cn-COUNTY PICNIC.
Largely Attended, Thoroughly Enjoy
ed and 71 Social Success in Every
Way.
Editor Southerner:
My neighbor haled me early Thurs
day morning to ask if I would like
to go to the picnic at William’s, an
affirmative answer was given and
by 10 o’clock we were on our way
via Macnatr’s Crossing, Hartsease
and Dunbar. We called on our way to I
see our young friend, Jdr. G. L.
Wimberley, whom we fourftl with his
good wife, daughter and grandson, 'sit
ting on his front porch watchinng we
old folks hyking it to historic old
William’s to the social Inter-county
ricnic. The big souled, broad-minded
promoters of this social affair, Messrt
G. R. Gammon, J. H. Ruffin, J. K.
J^awrence and William Bulluck de
serve great credit and many thanks
as I can prove this by one thousand
or fifteen hundred witnesses in any
court of competent jurisdiction,
though some of them are very young
to be in a courting mood: The music
was furnished by the colored bands
of Tarboro.
TheyTiad two pavilions, one for the
round and one for the square dance,
and the young folks did have such a
good time as they tipped the light
fantastic toe! There was music in
the instruments, music irf^the feet
and music in the souls of all who
participated in the dance.
As sooh as my neighbor and myseil
arrived our old friend, G. R. Gammon
sized us up, he knew we didn’t have
any basket, so he immediately invited
us to dine with his family, an invita
tion we willingly and gladly accepted:
We had a dozen or more invitations
to dinner but w& reluctantly refused,
saying we thought by the time we got
through Mrs, Gammon’s bountiful
spread we would have to lay off for
repairs. . 4 ■
This Inter-County Picnic was more
like a family union in its social as
pect than any I ever attended. Every
Jody was requested to bring a basket
>f course every body didn’t, because
like me they didn’t have a basket to
bring; but no one went hungry. Those
who did bring baskets Invited their
friends and it was like setting down
to the family table with your neigh
bors. This was the social feature and
an innovation in the picnic line and a
most agreeable one. I want to say
just how by waysof parenthesis that
most of we town folks lost our bask
ets on the way out, if we ever had
one. We have no idea of “carrying
coals to Newcastle,” and we were
wise in our day and generation. For
the way we did eat, one would have
thought we didn’t have enough to fill
a basket at hope, which was my fix
A. critical observer stood by looking
on and said No. 1 from Tarboro, as
he was taking in the delicious viands
on the table ate more like an old sol
dier than any one he had ever seen,
not to be an old soldier, that his fun
nel was small but long and it took a
heap to fill it He also said No. 2
from Tarboro could store away more
provisions within a given compass
than most any old soldier of the Lost
Cause. My lawyer friend to my" left
ate barbecue untill you could hear
him grunt as though he was a pig
sty. As for myself, I ate Brunswick
stew and fried chickdn, until there
was crowding of the fowls of the barn
yard and the game of the forest.
Now, Mr. Editor you have the menu
and its effects ooa those who surren
dered judgment to apatite. After ever}
body was filled, there was enough lefi
to feed a second army.
Halifax, Martin, Wilson and Edge
combe were liberally represented, and
this is what we call an Inter-County
picnic.
A celebrated physician of the neigh
borhood being absent, and on inquiry
I was quietly informed that while
he was speeding his auto tq see some
of his sick patients, he came to the
fork of the roads when his auto di
vided, one-half going to the right
and one to the left, they met at Whit
akers about 3 p. m„ for repairs, and
le got home that night too late for
supper. He now wants to “exchange
his auto for an improved one, that
will take up the forks, or dump them
to one side.
I was very much reminded of our
old friend, the late Gen’l Gaston Lew
is, who said if any thing did worry
him, it was to be invited to two
barbecues the same day in opposite
directions.*
As this was a broad minded picnic,
I want to say in a broad minded way
that whenever the good people from
Battleboro and Whitakers to Lawrenc
want to insult me by inviting me to
their picnics I want them to dis
tinctly understand that I will pocket
their insult, accept their invitation,
and aB in the past, do full justice to
their hospitality.
We saw the finest crops of cot
ton, corn and peanu ts since the
yea? 1890. J could have written more
& detail but I am up for repairs and
short of breath.
H. C. B.
—Delay in anything is bad, but it
is postlvely dangerous when there is
something wrong with your kidneys.
Don’t wait until tomorrow. Get some
thing that is to be depended upon
to help you promptly at such times.
The one remedy above all others
that we suggest is DeWitt’s Kidney
and Bladder Pills. They are antisep'
tic and almost instantly relieve baeb
! ache, rheumatic pains and all blad
( der and kidney troubles. We sell ther
I Sold by R. E. Lb Cook.
Halifax Democrats Want Legalized
Primaries.
The Democrats of Halifax at their
receat county convention declared for
legalized primages, and adopted the
following resolutions:
“Resolved, by the Democrats of
Halifax counnty in convention assem
bled, That the legislative nominees of
this convention be, and they are here
by, instructed to use their best ef
forts in the next Legislature to pro
cure a compulsory legalized primary
for the nominees of all the elective
county officers of Halifax county, in
cluding the legislative nominees.
“2. That, in event of failure to
procure such compulsory legalized
primary, the executive committee of
the Democratic party of Halifax
count/ be, and is hereby, instructed
to hereafter hold a legalized primary
for the nominees of all elective coun
ty officers-, including the legislative
nominees, in accordance with the
present law (Acts 1907, Chap. 926)
and acts amendatory thereof.
“3. That, among other rules for
the holding of such primaries, the
following shall be one:
‘Only Democrats shall participate
in said primaries. Nor shall any
Democrat participate in said prima-i
lies who, if challenged, shall refuse
to pledge himself to vote for the
nominees of the pending primary, nor
shall any Democrat participate in
such primaries who did not vote the
Democratic ticket in the next preced
ing general elfection, unless prevented
from so voting by sickness, absence
out of the county, or thes disqualifica
tion of non-age or non-residence.’ ”
In Memoriam.
Death! Is there a sadder wond in
the English language? A word that
will wound the heart of ^ny human
being, and open the ears to its accep
tance. A word that will darken the
brightest days, and cause the rays
of the sun that lights the whole worh
to look sad and sorrowful, as they
fall around us. A word that causes
even the songs of the cheerful birds
to sound sad and lonely!
My father, John C. Lancaster, was
born August the 4th 1856, and died
August 4th 1908, making his stay on
this earth 52 years. His sickness was
acute indigestion. He bore his sick
ness without a murmur, and endured
untold suffering, he wag in bed only
two days, being taken on Sunday
night and died before Tuesday night.
We all hope that while we are left
behind to mourn his loss that he is
peacefully asleep in Jesus. It is so
hard for us to give our dear one up,
but we trust that we have given him
to our Saviour on high, where he will
never know sorrow, sickness or pain
again.
He leaves nine children to grieve
tor him and miss him, but we all
hope our loss is his eternal gain.
May we all be enabled to bear our
sorrow with patience.
He was a hard working man, try
ing to bring up his children creditabl}
and to give them a start in life. May
the Lord be a father to us children,
as our mother and three brothers
have gone! on before him. May we
remember that “A good name is
rather to be chosen than great riches,
loving favors rather than silver and
gold.”
And may we all be enabled to fol
low his footsteps in righteousness anc
duty and receive a crown of life
in the end is the fervent prayer of
Hip daughter,
MAUD.
Think it Saved His Life.
Lester M. Nelson, of Naples, Maine,
says in a recent letter: “I have used
Df. King’s New Discovery many years
for coughs and colds, and I think it
saved my life. I have found it a re
liable remedy for throat and lung
complaints, and would no more be
without a bottle than I would be with
5ut £ood.” J’or nearly forty years
New Discovery has stood at the head
of throat and lung remedies. As a
preventive of pneumonia, and a heal
er of weak lungs it has no equal. Sole
under guarantee by all druggists. 50c
and $1.00. Trial bottle free.
Think Of This.
Chloral, morphia and the poppy
must look to their laurels as aids to
“Nature’s sweet restorer,” for a re
cent invention promises to banish in
somnia. The invention is--a musical
bed. The sleepless and tired man goe
to bed, and with his foot releases
a spiting which sets a musical box in
motion The apparatus begins to
grind out lullabies and melodies, and
in a short time the patient is snoring
peacefully.—Kansas City Journal.
Tobacco Barn Burned.
William Abrams, on the J. T. Du
pree farm, lost a tobacco bam and
ita contents Friday night by fire.
He was curing out. The loss is from
$200 to $300.
—DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
the best pills made. They are the well
known, pleasant, gentle, prompt, llttl
liter pills. Insist upon Early Kisers.
We sell and recommend them. Sold
by R. E. L. Cook.
—As the natural breeding ground
o* the whitefish is on ^the north
shore of Lake Ontario, the fry plant
ed in United States waters swim ovei
to the Canadian side. The old time
Lake Ontario whitefish is becoming
exhausted, and the product of tb
American hatchery, usually Lake Eri
fry, which are distinguishable -Iron
the Ontario variety are taking theii
place in rapidly increasing numbers.
SATURDA^ NIGHT TALK8.
Beauties, Benefits and Delights of A
Friendship Such as that of Jon
athan and David.
(I Sam. 20:30-42.)
Companionship is a thing 'which is
Kreatij to be desired of aii men. To
Have some some bosom friend, some
cme to trust, an affinity, an other self
He who does not care for that is
lacking in his general makeup. Man
kind is naturally gregarious. Solitude
Is not congenial to them
And such a feeling is to be expect
[ ed in a world where nothing stands
alone. The stars swing through the
midnight heavens in groups and sys
tems, the birds fly in clouds, the
cattle roam in pastures in herds, the
fish swim the sea in schools, the
mountains are piled in ranges, the
rivers empty into other rivers, the
seas are multitudinous. And in such
a world as this for a man to stand
aloof from his fellowmen and shut
up his heart and life from friendly
intercourse is to mark him as an
anomaly or freak, a misanthrope or
a criminal. Even Jesus Christ felt the
need of human friendship and gath
ered about him a band of simple heart
sd fisherman to whom he could speak
familiarly, and on whose sympathy
he-could rely.
The old time story of David and
Jonathan, Damon and Pythias is of
universal application as it points to
that hunger in every human breast
for companionship and genuine friend
ship, which nothing but the living
person can satisfy. That was a true
saying of the ancient wise man—
“He that hath friends must show
himself friendly and there is a friend
that sticketh closeri than a broth
er.” ~ * <
It does not necessarily follow that
a man’s friends must belong to the
same rank and station in life in which
he moves. Some of the most conspic
uous friendships of the ages have ex
isted between those who seemed to
have nothing in common and yet were
as effectually bound together as the
Siamese twins.
David and Jonathan were such an
instance. David was a peasant, Jonath
an had royal blood in his veins. David
had no prospect of advancement, Jon
athan was'the heir to a throne. David
was tamiliarv with the sheepfold. Jon
athan was a warrior. Yet their friend
ship was of such an intimate char
acter that in the striking language
af Scripture their souls were “knit”
together. So great was the strength
>f their friendship that Jonathan took
Jae part of David against his own fath
Jt; saved the life of his ^friend when
n danger, of assassination, striped
aimself of his royal attire and insig
aia and bestowed it upon his friend,
rave up without hesitation, his claim
-o kingly succession that David might
•ind his way to the throne and made
a covenant of friendship with the
aon of Jesse that should not only con
tinue througIF life, but should bind
3hildren in the'generations to come.
In this world of sham and hypoc
risy a real friend is a rara avis. Prob
ably you count on the fingers of one
hand the friends who would stand
by you through thickand thin, through
good report and evil report, in fair
weather and foul, in prosperity and
adversity, when the flowers bloom
and when the snows drift, when it ia
90 in the shade and when the mer
cury registers 40 below zero. Friends
are like binds they feed in flocks, but
at the first bang of the hunter’s gun
they fly away, utterly indifferent to
the one whose wing i# broken or
whose life has been snuffed out.
Let but a breath of scandal be whis
pered and life long friendships crum
ble, and bonds that seemed indisso
luble snap like a tow string, and they
who but yesterday were bosom friends
pass each other with averted faces.
In other words, much that passes
for friendship among men is pure
selfishness. There is something about
you that makes it desirable to bask
In your presence and you have no
lack of pretended friends. It may be
your money it may be your beauty,
it may be your brains, it may be your
office, it may be your prospects, it
may be your genius, it may be your
family, it may be your profession. It
is certainly something which will be
of advantage to. your friends because
they come from every quarter. A mo
lasses barrel never has to advertise
to draw flies. But when Lazarus full
of sores, is laid at the rich man's
gate, even the servants shake the ta
ble cloth the other way.
This is the reason why the friend
ship of Jonathan' and David is the
most conspicuous thing of all the
ages. It was genuine, sincere, abso
lutely indestructible. Time /did not
weaken it, change of circumstance
did not invalidate it, contumely and
slander did not tarnish it, death itself
did not abrogate it. Long, after Jona
than was dead and turned to dust, his
crippled son was brought out in his
obseurity and given a seat at the
King's table because of this covenant
of friendship. What this weary world
is longing for is a vast increase of
the kind of friendship manifested by
David and Jonathan.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Wine. r
Tom Moore, of Rural Route 1
Cochran, Ga., writes: “I had a bid
sore come on the instep of my foot
and could find nothing that would
heal it until I applied Bucklen's And*
ca Salve. Less than half of a 26-cent
box won the day for me by affect*
lng a perfect cure." Sold under guar*
an tee by all druggists.