BID SURE YOU AKK RIGHT; TJ-AJSSf GO AHEAD.-D Crockett, —-—-1---• 1 1. ■" — 1 >■-:-T VOL. 8<5y NO. .17 TARBORO, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. <908. ESTABLISHED 1822 will save the dyspeptic from many days of misery, and enable him to eat whatever he wishes. They prevent SICK HEADACHE, cause the food to assimilate and nour* Ish the body, give keen appetite, DEVELOP FLESH and solid muscle. Elegantly sngar coated._,rrt Take No Substitute. another tarborian promoted. In Friday's issue of the South cnier, mention of the promotion of Hugh Bryan as manager of the Greenville, S. <\, Bell exchange made. Today the Southerner is able to make another announce inent of a well earned promotion. Tito Beil Telephone Co., h ;s made Paul \V. L iles, son of Raiford Liles, mauager of the exchange of Norfolk, l he many friends of Mr. Liles will learn of this promotion vi;h gladness, and hope for his continued Nudvancement in the future. Mr. Liles is a young man of sterling nunlitie; and, has made good in Iti" field of endeavor. —A minister in Muskogee, Okla., declares that if the “Merry Widow” hats continue to be worn his congre gations will be so reduced that his salary will be affected, as but one p rson tan sit in a seat formerly occupied by three. Horn? Made Lard What kind do you buy? is it the real home lard, th^ kind that mother used to make? (>r do you bny the white, pasty, lifeless, chalky kind? We sell the kind that “mother male,'’ maybe more carefully prepared, it has the same delicate taste and appetizing flavor. Try it in all home ways, then we won’t need to explain. Just teceived a fresh lot of “Keekers.” oat flakes, buckwheat, etc. Country made butter a specialty. LILES-ROFFiN 4 CO (Unlucky Corner.) The Pare Food Store. Phone Double Three. Che IBank of Carboro If you are con tern plating a change in your banking relations, oruf you are thinking of opening a new account, we will be pleased to ha\ e you call at this bank and confer with us. Modern equipment Unexcelled Facilities. BANK PF TARBORO CAPITAL.. §25,000 .SURPLUS..15,000 J. F. Shackelford, I’res. J. T. ITowai d, V. Pres., L. V. Ilart, Cashier, >L B. Hussey, A. Cash. Safety lock boxes for lent. . ^ FuneralDirectsrs an Embalmers. g 4ft *v 1 2 A ■ f. HARDWOOD METALLIC CLOTH COVERED AXD EXTRA SIZE CASKETI STEEL GRAVE VAULTS AXD MONUMENTS b lUlUOU I’iione One T»vo Nine. « ARE YOU GOING TO BUY •1ASOMXE OR STEAM ENGINE T COTTON C7N OR PEEKS f • •KA I T PICKER OE THRESHERt MOWING MACHINE OR RAKE 1 DISC or SMOOTHING HARROW I ■WAGONS, BUGGIES OR HARNESS ! I f ho call and get our prices PETERS IMPLEMENT COMPfifi' R. II Peters, Manager. Lewis Building. Phone 35 REAL FARM UPLIFTER. s Pennsylvania Has a Man Who Knov How {o Raise Wheat. A very small item in yesterday’s papers related the fact that John When it is noted that the average production of winter wheat in the Uni1 ed States for 1907 was 14 bushels per acre, the 80 1-2 result secured by John Smith begins to loom large. His product' is almost six times the aver | age. He is a veritable Marathon race ! winner. For Pennsylvania the average per acre was less than than 19 busheis last year. The State of Washington which had the highest average, got but 29 1-2 bushels to the »acre. Mr. fjmith comes ip with two and two ihirds times that high average. It is a higher jutnb than w'as made by the Olympic competitors. John L. Smith, using more brains and less braw'n in his farming, makes an acre yield more than eighty bush els of grain. If the man who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew’ before is a benefactor to his race, how about the man who makes three bushels of wheat grow where but one grew' before? All honor to John L. Smith! He is as deserving of a laurel crown as Hayes, the w-inner of the Marathon. —Pittsburg Dispatch. To Make Meat Tender. I wonder how many cooks know that when boiling riK^it—corned beef, chicken, in fact, meat of any kind— a tablespodnful of vinegar to a large piece, a smaller spoonful to a smaller piece, placed in the water when first put over the fire will make it deli ctously tender. There will be posi tively no flavor of the vinegar in the meat when cooked.—Harper’s Bazar. A Sure-Enough Knocker. J. C. Goodwin, of Reidsville, N. C., says: “Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is a sure-enough knocker for ulcers. A bad one came on my leg last summer, but that wonderful salve knocked it out in a few rounds. Not even a scar remained.”Guaranteed for piles, sores, burns, etc., 25c by all drug gists. Quarters Grow Into Hundreds. On Saturday October 3rd., the first Saturday, the Tarboro Building & Loan Association, headquarters in the Bank of Tarboro will open its third series. In taking stock the subscrib er help his fellow and his commun ity as well as himself. A share isonly 25 cents a week, this paid in for six years and a small fraction over becomes $100 for the stockholder. In this tway he can con vert his quarters into hundred dol lar bills. In doing thishe also assists his fel low to build and own home which is of prime importance if good citi zenship is consideration. The Tarboro Building & Loan la a*home builder and a money saver. Now is the time to prepare to take out stock. * Arrested on Peculiar Charge? Starling Dancy, colored was arrest ed in Macclesfield Wednesday charg ed with “writing seduction letters and trying to arrange clandestine meeting with Charlie Dawes’ wife,” colored. The charge was brought against Dancy, after he had engaged in a fight with Dawes. The former was given-a hearing before Mayor C. B. Walton, and in default of $100' bond, was committed to the county jail at this place. 100 Freight Cars Tied Up. The recent storm which delay ed traffic on the Atlantic Coast Line resulted in the congestion of one hundred cars of freight at Rocky Mount, Southward bound. The rail road began moving these cars Wed nesday, many of which contained per ishable -vgoods. The A. C. L. will suffer severe loss, not only from washouts, but also on delayed freight. A Paying Investment. Mr. Jqjin White, of 33 Highland Ave., Houlton, Maine, says: “Have been troubled with a cough every iwinter spring. Last winter I tried | many advertised remedies, but the cough continued until I bought a 50c. j bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery; j before that was half gone, the cough i was all gone. This winter the same happy result has followed; a few hoses once more banished the annual cough. I am now* convinced that Dr. King’s New Discovery is the best of , all cough and lung remedies.” Sold | under guarantee by all druggists ! 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Mrs. Morris’ Gift to Masonic Or phanage. ! jjrs. R. Morris hos contributed a box of dress goods and furnishings fop girls to the Masonic Orphanage at Oxford. The box was prepared to day by Prof. R. G. Kittrell, a prom ; in out Mason. I The contribution is a most accept orphans, and many thanks will be extended to the giver for the box. * able gift towards assisting the many REGULAR PASSENGER TRAIN ON E. C. RY. Additional Train If -State Railroad i - -Commission Grants Privilege. * ! An additional passenger train nay be placed on the East Carolina Rail way between Tarboro and Hookerton, about September 15, if the State «-allroad commission giants the con cession that the same inay be dis continued if it does not pay. A train may be discontinued if it is run at a financial loss, but the E. C. wants this concession, which is only just and fair.- ' For sometime President Henry Clark Bridgers has been considering the advisibility of adding another train, strictly for passengers. It would give better service between Tarboro and points along the E. C. for passengers and freight. Henry Clark Bridgers is a most progressive citizen and is always try ing to improve the service on the E. C. as justifies such improvements. Items of Interest to Farm Folk. A tract of cedar consisting of fifty four acres was sold at*public auction in Tennessee recently to the Eagle Pencil Company for $9,96. This was said to be the finest tract of cedar in Tennessee. It was the largest ce dar deal that has been made for years. One reason why you should prac tise a well-planned rotation of crops is that it results in ecapomy of labor. It properly arranged the work on one crop will partially prepare the soil for the next crop; apd too, the work is more evenly distributed throughout the year by having a variety of croups.: Many truck farmers and fruit grow-1 ers succeed in producing good crops, 1 but fail to get a satisfactory price for; their products because they do not use the bestr methods in selling them, i Several of the state experiment sta-j tions have been devoting some atten-1 lion to a study of this problem and j can give you some valuable infor- j mation concerning grading, packing and marketing your valuable crops. By aplying to the United States! Department of Agriculture, W ashing-, ton, D. C. you can have your name | placed q;i the list ofthose receiving j the monthly announcement ot me | government publications that are! ready for distribution. From this list j you can select and write for any pub- j licatiou which you desire. Are you planning to build a new j barn or remodel the old one? If so,! make ample provision for thje en- j trance of sunlight and fresh air. J Eliminate all the dark, damp corners, j and you will have provided against j many of the ills that are liable to j come to your live stock.—August Farm and Fireside. Building House f*r New Dynamos. Workmen have begun the erection of an addition to the present building of t^e' electric power plant, to be used for the new engine and dyna mos. The new duplicate svstem should be in operation by October 1st. Pinetops School To Open October 1st. The public school at Pinetops will open, Thursday, October 1st. S. T. Thorne, of Littleton, will be in charge of the school, assisted by Miss Kate Moore. A large enrollment is expect ed. Died. George Powell, a prominent farm er on Mrs. Bridges-’ place at Shiloh, died Saturday morning, 10 o'clock of pneumonia, aged about 55 years. Surviving are his wife, three chil dren, two ^brothers, and two sisters. A Unique Lawyer. A decided freak in the way of an applicant for license to practice law in this State appearing for the ex amination before our Supreme court was a deaf and dumb negro, Roger Kelly. He is about 22 years old and was educated in the State schdols for thhe colored deaf and dumb, and blindinRaleigh, having read law sub sequently under the direction of Dave Larie, a negro lawyer of that city. Tarborian Earns Marked Promotion. In the recent reorgination of the Southern Bell Telephone Co., Hugh Bryan, manager of the Greenville, S. C. system was made Commercial District Manager ,with headquarters in Greenville. Mr.' fcryan will be in charge of the system of which he is at present manager, and those of An derson, Belton and Honea Path, S. C. Mr, Bryan has many friends in Greenville who will'be delighted to learn of his well earned promotion. 1 Hevrill assume the duties in a few days.—Greenville Record. P Hugh Bryan *is a Tarboro boy and his many friends here and in Edge combe county will be glad to learn of his rapid advancement with the i Southern Bell. They Take The Kinks Out. “I have used Dr. King’s New Life Pills for many years, with increas ing satisfaction. They take the kinks out of stomach, liyer, and bowels, j without fuss or friction,” says N. IL i Brown, of Pittsfield, Vt. Guaranteed satisfactory by all druggists. 25c. j - ——— - —One political club in New York, city has 387 members in the fire de partment, 184 in the dock department 28Tin the street cleaning department, and 39 affiliated y<*ung women who are public school teachers. —An oak tree sixty feet high con tains about six million leaves, j —The atmosphere is frde from ml crobes at an elevation of 2,000 feet. DAMAGE FROM FLOODS Deep Plowing, Intensive Cultivation the Surest Remedies. State Forester Vv. W/ Ashe in dis cussing the recent heavy rains and the enormous damage done to crops, | bridges, railroads and country roads, said the upland farming lands have been washed to the extent of more than a million dollars. Estimates are based on the amount of soil in the water of the rivers 'as shown ly pre vious records of freshets of some where aboout the same height and indicate that raoye than a million, five hundred thousands tons of soil were washed from the Piedmont re gion of North Carolina during the past week; more than live hundred [ thousand tons from thhe farms .of northern Georgia, and seven hundred thousand tons from uper South Car olina, and four hhundred thousand tons from the hills of Virginia. The humus in this last quantity of lost soil chiefly from the farms he es timates at $$1 per ton to be worth not less than $1,200,000, a loss which is largely overlooked and underes timated by the farmers, because it is a loss' that tak^s -place so con stant!}'. Mr. Ashe declares, on' the other hand that it is a lpss that is so enormous and vital that 4t is the chief reason for the poverty of so many southern soils, a loss to which northern soils are not so subject, because of the lighter rainfall and their more gentle character. -■ Such rainfalls as were experienc ed' the past week—12 inches in some j parts of middle North Carolina, in I four days, fifteen inches in three days in parts of South Carolina— are tropical in character, Forecaster Ashe says, but are not uncommon in the South. To counteract these flood rainfalls, he urges deep plowing, plen ty of humus, and where slopes are at all steep, by raising- to lev el by terracing. Leave off hillside ditches, have smaller cleared areas, cultivate more intensely allowing no lands to lie idle without some crop covering to hold the soil. There are, he says, over 2,000,000 acres pf idle lands-from Virginia* to Georgia that should be planted in timber. A VOICE THAT WAS. “That’s the most pathetic thing I ecer read,”’ said Frances Cowan, lay ing down her hook and lifting her eyes, full of tears, to her father. “It’8 about a man that wrote a won derful book, and IOST his power tt> write any more. Oh, he could write, but not in the same way. The divine fire had gone out, and he got so that he couldn’t enjoy anything— not a beautiful sunset, even, because of a yearning sadness that he wasn’t able to make it his own, as he had done in the past, to give it to others in his own words, on his own pages. It drov him to melancholy. I don’t know when I’ve cried over a book, but this has just made my heart ache.” “Yet you laughed last night becausi Aunt Millie’s voice cracked when you asked her to show you how that little song went.” “But, papa, that’s so different! A cracked voice is funny.” “Frances, at your age your aunt Mil derd was a beauty—popular, admired, sought after. She had a voice—I’ve never heard one like it. Its sweetness thrilled your heart, and singing was the joy of her life. Then ill health come—a throat trouble—years of in validism. She lost the power to sing. You never hear her speak of it, but I know, child that she never listens j to a beautiful voice nor reads the mu ic of an exquisite song without that same yearning sadness your writer felt when he looked on the sunset and knew that he had lost his divine gift. " “She never murmurs; she lives here in my home; to my children she Is a delicate, elderly aunt—beloved, to be sure, but one who spends herself free ly for their comfort and happiness, day after day, as a matter of course. “Frances, you_.needn’t go to that ! book for a heartache. Your aunt Mil dred can remember how people used to hold their breath and listen in ecastasy when she sang, and now her younger brother’s children ask her to help them recall a forgot j ten air, and when she hums it for | them her voice cracks—and they laugh.” « | “O father, father!” said Frances, softly. “They never will again. I difllft dream it was like that.” i Youth’s Companion. How To Get Strong. P. J. Daly, of 1217 VvY Congress St., Chicago, tells of- a way tc be come strong: He says: “My mother, who is old and was very feeb>, is deriving so much benefit from Elec tric Bitters, that I feel it’s my duty to tell those who need a tonic and strengthening medicine about it. In my mother’s case a marked gain in flesh has resulted, insomnia has been overcome, and she is steadily grow ing stronger.” Electric Bitters quick ly remedy stomach, liver and kid ney complaints. Sold under guarantee by all druggists. 50c. I _ ,■ - 1— I —Russia -has a famine every ten or twelve years. ' —During a revival at Bernard, Kan., a gambler who had been keep ing away from the police a'year surrendered to the preacher all his gambling devices, and they were pub i licly destroyed. A race man sold his horses at the same time, j —A ready speaker will utter about 7,500 words an hour in making an ! address. the” magazine club. First Meeting After Summer Vaca tion Tarboro's Most Literary -and Select Club. With Mrs. John L. Bridgers as | hostess, assisted by her charming daughter, Miss Mary Irwin, the 1 first meeting of the Magazine Club ! Thursday afternoon after <6e sum ! mer vacation, was - an assured sue | cess. Hilma, the magnificient ances tral estate of Mrs. Bridgers, look edi particularly attractive since , the recent rains that enhaned the green of the,beautiful lawn and the beauty of the playful fountain. Welcome greeted the guests without and within. Miss Kate Cheshire, lately return ed from Europe, contributed more than her usual good share to the interest of the roll call by reading the ''steamer letters the Club wrote j her in May, when she sailed for the Pan-Anglican Congress. The old wrords and the old sentiment, . the Ciub entertains for her, one of its brightest 'charter members, lost none of their sincerity by the revi val- and re-reading. The usual routine of business was transacted with the tisual serenity after which Miss Loulie Bridgers, with ease and familiarity, acquainted her apreciative hearers with thhe do ings of men, as reported by the Press duriifg the Summer, discreetly avoiding the timeworn subjects of the. flood and politics. Mrs. Norfleet evidenced ingenuity and talent in the reading of a paper on Tennyson’s Idyil, Balin and Balan. A neat delectable menu wras served over which the company lingered in pleasant conservation, loath to leave. A distinguishing pleasure of the afternoon was the guessts, Mrs. Cul len and Miss Pasteur, of Ocala,Fla.; Mrs. Harvey Lewis, of Edenton, and Mrs. John Woodward, of Norfolk. ACT QUICKLY. Delay Has Been Dangerous in Tar boro. Do the right thing at the right time.,. Act quickly in times of danger. Backache is kidney danger. Doan's Kidney Pills act quickly. Cures all distressing dangerous kidney ills. Plenty of evidence to prove this. Jackson Baxter, living at 424 Bon ner St., Washington, N. C., says: “I suffered from kidney and bladder ipouble for a long time. The secre tions from my kidneys were very scanty at times, while at others too profuse and attended with pain in passages. I also suffered from back aches, and constant gnawing pains through my kidneys and was feeling miserably. I received such great relfef after a short use that 1 con tinued taking them until the pains across my back almost entirely dis apeared, and thy kidneys acted is- a normal manner. I can coscientionsly recommend Doan’s Kidney Pills to anyone troubled with kidney com plaint.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan’s—and take no other. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Mrs. Lee Cohen is here from New York, to spend the winter with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Goldsmith. Mrs. J. J. Philips and children have returned from Panacea Springs.' Rev... Nathaniel Harding, of Wash ington, spent Thursday with his son, Rev. F. H. Hardin. Mrs. W. E. Fenner, of Rocky Mt. is visiting Dr. and Mrs. J, M. Baker. Miss Mary Twombly Johnson is back from Battleboro, and is the guest of Miss Pauline Powell. Miss Virginia Shivers, of Rocky Mount, is the guest of the Misses Browm. Miss Nannie Parker, of Snow Hill, is visiting Mrs. J. W. Martin. D. W. Cobb is very ill at his home. Mis$ lone Williamson is spending a few days in Norfolk. Mrs. L. I. Whichard has returned to her home in Whichard, after a visit to Mrs. J. W. Martin. Miss Estelle Arquer, of Rocky Mount is the guest of Miss Lena Alls brook. Misses Cora Cobb, of Hill; Cora Jqnkins, of Lancaster, and Rolan Jenkins, of Greenville, are the guests of Miss Laura Cobb. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cobb, of Portsmouth, are visiting relatives here. The World Wide Baraca Conven tton of 1909 will be held in Ashe ville. Aphorisms. Every pleasure that stops with its consummation is a vice. It’s a wise city that knows its own fathers. Character is an accumulation. It takes time to acquire bad habits. Nowadays we think in headlines. The egotist is the most dependent of creatures; he has only himself to fall back on. Twins never come singly. There would be no weather if it never changed. Our enemies often understand us better than our friends. They are farther off. - A good office boy is a miniature great man.—Thomas L. Masson, ir | The Century. SATURDAY NIGHT TALKS. The cost of War Versus Spread Eagle Nonsense Called Patriotism. v (1. Sam. 31.) Our lesson today leads us to a battlefield. It is the plain of Esdrael on—the battlefield of the nations. It is a great plain in Palestine, 30 miles long and 20 miles wide. On this plain has encamped every conqueror or invader from the King of Assyria to Napoleon Bonaparte. Jews and Gen tiles, Christians and Crusaders and anti-Christian Frenchmen, Egyptians, Persians, Druses Turks and Arabs, warriors out of every nation under heaven have pitched their tents in the plain Esdraelon and have had their 1;mnners wet with the dews of Tabor and Mount Hermon. Here on this world renowned battlefield King Saul met the Philistine host and was defeated, after a day of slaugh ter. Here, Jonathan, the friend of David fell fighting by his royal father’s side, and here hemmed in on every side and about to be cap tured by the enemy, Saul fell upon his own sword rather than deliver it to his foes. Thus in one single battle the Kingdom of Israel lost its king, its army and the flower and strength of the nation. This is a phase of war which is often ignored. We rear monuments all over thhe planet in honor of the brave at Marathon, at Waterloo, at Bunker Hill, at Gettysburg, at Ben nington, at Port Arthur—and we over look the startling fact that war is the destroyer, not the creator of he roes. Every man whose bones lie crumbling in a soldier’s grave is so much manhood subtracted from the sum total of the world’s development. And when we consider that on earth’s battlefield since time began 15 mil lion human beings at the lowest es timate have been blotted out, and that these men have been the picked men, the choice men, the bone and sinew of the race—not the froth, the scum, the dregs, of society, we be gin to realize what the human fam ily would have been by this time if the strength of the nations had been allowed to survive. There is ah immense amount , of spread eagle nonsense perpetrated in the name of patiotrism. Martial music stirs the blood, the smell of gunpow der arouses the sleeping tiger with in us, rhetqricai oratory upsets our mental balance, hurrah begets htirrah, stampede accelerates stampede and hitherto peaceful companionable na tions spring at each other’s throats like bloodhounds, wade in gore, and openly boast of the number slain, and too often the whole source and foundation of the gory campaign is located in the breasts of pothouse politicians, or ambitious rulers. Na tions have been drenched in blood, trampled and depopulated hy warring forces, over the most trivial, sense less, selfish, inconsequential matters and the very flower of their citizen ship has been sacrificed^in heca tombs to plant the flag on alien ter ritory, or to rob a neighboring coun try of a poTtion of its possessions. Talk about war ^creating heroes; the most of such heroes are underground. And they are a dead loss to every nation under heaven. The men who invented the plough, the cotton gin, the loom, the wheat harvester, did more for the happiness of^the world than the whole race of conquerors and warriors who have drenched the earth with tears, soaked it with blood and reared monuments of stone and granite to immortalize their victories. In the good time coming, screaming eagle will be supplanted by the dove, the olive branch will be hung above the sword, the clasped hands will take the place of the mailed fist, the battleships will be transformed into vessels of commerce and all the death dealing weapons of strife will be hung upon the walls of a mu seum to horrify the beholder with the infernal ingenuity of an age when brother exterminated brother like savage beasts cn land and sea. It is doubtless true that an eter nal principle has been sometimes at stake, and the dying eyes of the pri vate soldier has looked upon an un stained flag with love as he gave up his life for its defense, but put ting out of account those wars which seem to have been born in the heart of God of Battles, General Sher man’s characterization of strife has never been equalled in its all-embrac ing significence; “war is hell.” Who can estimate its cost. The whole cre ation groaneth under the awful weight, burden and incubus of war. Famine and pestilence are in j its rain. It is the perennial fountain of disease and plague. Let an army march through a country and they cut a swath of desolation like a reap er through a harvest field, leaving nothing but stubble. If any green thkig springs up in the wake of an army, it is rooted in dead men’s flesh and nourished with human gore, On every side rises the smoke of ancestral homes, widows and orphans rend the heavens with unavailing cries. It would be well for the world to be spared the misery thus wrought. It would be well for its his tory if war’s memory could perish. That is a good proposition on which to stand. God speed the day of the abolition of war. —Do not forget that DeWitt’s Lit tie Early Risers are the best' pills made, 'they are pleasant ‘little pills that are easy to take and are proinp and gentle. We sell and recommem them. Sold by R. E. L. Cook. Woman Shaped Our Talk. There is good reason to suspect that gender in language, a feature common to almost all the tongues ever used by the human race, origin ated from the practice among primi j tjve peoples in capturing women for wives from an alien tribe. The 'womatf would in many cases—especially if there were others from her own tribe around her—cling to her native tongue and impart it to her children, and there would thus arise in the very next generation a mixed speech, in which the tribe would recognize some words as of masculine and others of feminine origin. It is well known that in many tribes the family to this day uses different sets of words for the same idea, one set being employed by the males and the other by the females. It is true, that even should this largely diffused custpm of primitive races prove on investigation to be one of the origins of grammatical gender, it must not be concluded to be the only origin. Undoubtedly the tendency among wild races to per sonify all nature must have led ir resistibly to the formation of classes of words the termination and the plan of inflection of which differentiated them as masculine, feminine or neu ter, Thus among the early Romans the indwelling spirit of a river was conceived of as a male dpity; that of a fruit-bearing tree, as a female. Still if it should ever be establishhed that the feminine words in language are largely due to the influence of woman, it is obvious that her influ ence upon language has been vast. —Charles Woodward Hutson, in Un cle Remus’s Magazine for September. Alaska’s Forest Wealth. “Although the hardwood men of the United States may have to witness with alarm the depreciation of the area of oak and walnut in the Appla chian ranges and the other sort left on the continent,” says one who has visited there, the world has no idea of the resoutees from a timb^man’s viewpoint of the great untouched Alaskan forests." “Up from Valdez and stretching on above the ’ Tanana river the forest growth of Alaska—mainly pine, it is truj, but the biggest^ finest pine in the land—is prodigious. The interior of Alaska is given over to much stunted growth, owing to the severe winters, but along the softer climated coast the forests are simply indes cribable in their uncut luxuriance. It will be many years before the woodman’s axe is heard over the thousands of square miles included in this domain. Christen Your Umbrellas, Name plates op the handle sel dom assist in the recovery of even borrowed, to say nothing of lost, um brellas. But there is a way by which you may so mark your umbrellas that the finders and borrowers there of will be reminded of your name and address every time they stealth ily sally forth with your umbrella over their heads. Make a paste of cornstarch with water; brush over the inner surface of the umbrella where you wish to have your ini tials, or your name in full, either with or without street address. When this paste is dry, paint your name on the cornstarch, using pure white lead. Let the paint dry thoroughly; rub a stiffish brush over the whiten ed surface until the cornstarah is re moved. You will thereupon find the white letters of your name standing forth immaculately against the black back ground of your umbrella cover. The cornstarch paste is applied to keep the oils of the paint from penetrating the umbrella cover, and showing on the outer side. As it is, no unsight ly grease spots come through. Your name is fixed, and if painted near the tip it will be unobtrusive to you, though a constant reminder to the borrower or finder.—Scientific Amer ican. In Loving Remembrance. Mr. Reuben Saunders died at his home in Mildred, of Bright’s disease, July 11th. His death was not unex pected, but there is nevertheless a pang of sincere regret that he is with us no more in the flesh0. He was in his 76th year of age. He was a member of the M. P. church. He is survived by a wife, three daughters, fourten grandchildren and two great grand children. He is sadly missed, in the home by his loved ones. His remains wer6 taken to Plymouth and laid to rest by the side of his firstwife. | May God comfort and bless the bereaved ones left behind and as they, one by one, shal pass away, may they again be united with him in Heaven, where al is joy and peace. BY A FRIEND. W, F. Dancy THE HORSE 8H0ER Every Job and Every Part of It GUARANTEED Cor St. Andrews and Gran ville Streets. | H. H. PHILIPS , ; I Att’y and Counsellor at Law - 2nd Floor : : Bridgers Building. li Tar boro, North Carolina. * How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. We, the undersigned, have known P J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and fin ancially able to carry out any obliga tions made by his firm. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucus surfaces of the sys tem. Testimonials sent free. Price 76c pen bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall’s Family Pills for con stipation. items Local and Otherwise. —Pollard Jones, of Bethel, was fined $5 Friday evening for fast driv ing —Joe Webb was fined $2.50 Friday charged with disorderly conduct. A salve good fop anything where a salve can be used—that’s DeWitt’s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve. It cleanses thoroughly, keeps the pores open and heals quickly. It is good for anything where a salve is needed. It cools and soothes and is especially good for piles. We sell and recom mend it. Sold by R. E. L. Cook. —The dominion of Canada, contains nearly 3,746,000 square miles. For prompt relief in cases of weak back, backache, inflammation of the bladder, urinary disorders, kidney troubles and rheumatic pains, there is nothing as good as DeWitt's Kid ney and Bladder Pills. The effect of these pills is shown in a very little while. In fact, you will feel bet ter the next morning, as they act promptly. They are antiseptic. Be sure you get DeWitt’s. We sell and recommend them. Sold by R. E. L. Cook. FOR RENT. GOOD FARM FOR RENT FOR 1909. Full 6 horse, good huildings of all kinds, and a fine pasture, adjoins the State Experiment farm. The very place for the right man. F. L. Wiggins, d&wlmo. WANTED. teachers wanted.—the COM mittee of No. 13 township will meet at School House No. 2, white Mon day, Sept. 7th at 2 o’clock p. m. for the purpose of employing teachen for both white and colored races in the township. Walter Brown, Chm’n. W. J. Lancaster, Sec’y. FOR SALE] for sale.—GOOD pair of work horses. Tar River Mills. 4d6wtf. FOR SALE—A FARM CONTAIN ing about 225 acres, 4 horse farm cleared. Sufficient timber and wood. Near Hartease farm. Terms easy to right party. Apply or write. R. G. HART, (Hartease) Rocky Mount, R. F. D. 5. FOR SALE.—ONE TWO STORY six room house and two lots with good smoke house, out stables all in good condition, situated on the Deans property, Tarboro. Want to sell to buy farm. Will sell all for less than the house could be built now. For further information, see E. E^ Liver Administrators Notice. Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Kathryn R. Avera deceased, late of Edgecombe county. North Carolina, this is to. notify all persons having claims against the es tate of said deceased to present them to me duly proven on or before Sept. 1st, 1909, or this notice will be ple^d in bar of their reo very. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. JOHN D. ODOM, Admr. Rocky Mount August, 24th, 1908. 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 • SMALL 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. ian o Tun ing A SPECIALTY. The Cable Company Tuner. W. J. BUELEIGH, P. O. Box 136, Wilson, N. C. E. B. SLEDGE TINNER Expert in All Lines Also Sheet Iron Work. Tobacco Flues a Specialty. Odd Fellows Building (First Floor.)