VOL. 86. NO. 40
TARBORO, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER I. (908.
ESTABLISHED 1822
So Tired
It may be from overwork, bat
the chances are its from an in
active LIVER |r
With a well conducted LIVER
one can do mountains of labor
without fatigue.
It adds a hundred per cent to
ones earning capacity.
It can be kept in healthful action
by, and only by
itt's Pills
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE.
Notice to Creditors!
Having qualified as administrate
of the estate of JOHN BARRETT,
late of Edgecombe county, notice is
hereby given to all persons holding
claims against said estate to pre
sent them for payment duly proven
on or before August 15, 1909, or this
notice will be plead in bar of recov
ery.
All persons indebted to the estate
must make immediate payment.
This 15th of August 1908.
GEORGE C. CAIN. Admr.
Notice. *
Having qualified as administrate
of the estate of S. R. MORGAN, late
I of the County of Edgecombe, this is
to notify all persons holding claims
against said estate to present same
to me, duly verified on «r before the
1st day of Sfept. 1909, or this no
tice will be plead in bar of their re
covery; and all persons indebted to
said estate will please make imme
diate payment to me.
This 17th of August 1908.
J. W. WARD,
l Admr. of S. Ijt. Morgan, deceased.
I T. T. Thorne, Atty.
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
l 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
b« plead in bar of their rec very. All
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment.
JOHN D. ODOM, Admr.
f Rocky Mount August, 24th, 1908.
Farm for Rent.
I will on Saturday, the 3rd day of
i October, 1908, between the hours of
10 o’clock a. m. and 2 p. m. , rent
to highest bidder in middling cotton
per annum, the Hargrove dower farm,
for a period of three years, should
the widow live so long. The farm is
situate in No. 5 township, about 5
' miles from Tarboro, is good farming
land, about 5 or 6 crops cleared,
has a good residence and tenant
houses; sufficient for labor on the
farm.
Rents payable on 1st day of Decem
ber of each year.
This September 11, 1908.
G. M. T. FOUNTAIN.
Guardian of N. I*. Hargrove.
Nonce to Creditors.
Having qualified as Executor of the
last will a«d testament of W. J Cor
bett, late <rf Edgecombe county, Nort
Carolina, notice is hereby given to
all persons holding claims against my
testator to present them to the under
signed, duly proven on or before the
38th day of Oct. 1909, or this notice
will be plead in bar of their recovery.
All person* Indebted to the estate
of my testator must make immediate
payment.
This the 22nd day of September,
1908.
W, W. CORBETT, Executor.
Tt. G. ALLSBROOK, Attorney.
Notice to Creditors.
Having qualifed as administrator
of 'he estate of F. E. Cobb, late of
Edgecombe county, w'ith th* wM an
nexed, notice is hereby given to all
persons holding claims against my
testator to present them duly pio
ven on or before September 24 1909
or this notice will be plead in bar
of recovery.
Ail persons indebtedto the estate
m »!. make immediate payment.
This September 21sta1908.
K.« C. EDWARDS, Admr.
Jas. R. Gaskill, Atty.
V vU'lBLEREAL AND PER
SONAE PROPERTY FOR
SALE AND RENT.
On .Saturday, Oct. 3rd, 1908, at 12
r/. lock, M., at'the Court House door
•i Tart mo, the undersigned, Annie
..S. Knight, Administratrix, viU offer
for rent for J&e years 1909 and 1910
U> the highest bidder for good mid
dling cotton, to be delivered at Tar
on or before Nov. 15th of
each of said years, the foll*ylng real
W'h".-ny: The farm belonging t# the
laic Sheriff W. T. Knight, situated,
in No. i township, known as the
Creek Farm, adjoining the
ia,1<ls of Mark Parker, #jpse Du
J,r- r‘, Jno. Y. Savage, and <k;Jjers^
"ivnijiirig 336 acres, more or less. ,
bKHHOXAL property FOR SALE.
k Said time and place the follow
Personal property wUl be offer*
”■-1 r‘" sale: One black mule named
, ■ one SOyrei mule nomed %£l*
Gal, one biack mule named Eob,
0!le u’arrk mule named Logan, one
• (k mare, known as the Owen’s
, mare. .
September 1st, 1908.
ANNIE S. KNIGHT,
Admistratpr.
DEMOCRATIC FRANCE.
Some Contrasts With Social Condi
tions in This Country.
France sems to be a good deal of
a real democracy, and for her Presi
ident she has a real democrat. Mn.
Fallieres’ daughter has just been mar
ried and when we remember the
paroxysms of flunkeyism indulged in
by certain people in this country upon
a corresponding occasion we can the
more admire the simplicity and re
straint of the celebration in Paris.
When the worthy President was ask
ed by the press to suply a description
of his daughter’s trousseau, he flat
ly refused and practically told the of
ficious scribes to mind their own bus
iness. “Anna,” he said, “was neither
born nor bred a princess, nor has she
become one. She is the daughter of
a simple French citizen, who for a
short time is discharging a great
public function and who, when his
course of office is run will be prepared
to retire into private life and attend
to his vintages.” As a result we have
only the most meager information as
to Miss Fallieres’ dress, and when
we turij to the French pewspapers
for particulars of an event that must
we would have supposed, have thril
led the nation to its core, we find
nothing more than a few lines record
ing the fact in the usual stereotyped
way. No one in France has called
Miss Fallieres^ the “Princess Anna.’:
No swarms of reporters have dogged
her footsteps to find out what she
had for dinner, to intercept scraps
of her private conversation, or to
induce her maids to betray domestic
privacies. It may almost be said
that since Mr. Fallieres w’as called
to the Presidency neither his wife
nor his daughter has ever been re
ferred to in the public press in con
nection with a newrs item, and that
is one of the signs f of a real
democracy.—San Francisco Argonaut.
What We Eat.
The Hollander eats decayed shark,
but turns with disgust from bread
and butter.
The Chinese are fond of stewed
dog, but consider beef unhealthy.
The Turk deems dried grasshop
pers a delicay, but an oyster fills
him with abhorrence.
The English eat periwinkles, kind
of sea snail, but will have none of
the French escorgota— land snail
fattened on vine leaves and straw
berries.
The. West India native adores a sup
per of baked snake and palm worms
fried in their own fat, but the very
thought of stewed rabbit makes him
shudder.
The African bushman eats cater
pillars, but scorns limburger cheese.
Savages eat all eggs, barring none.
They eat lizards’ eggs, alligators’
eggs, turtles’ eggs, ants’ eggs, snakes
eggs. But savages consider crab meat
unholy—Philadelphia Bulletin.
Wife No. 2 Drove the Hearse.
When Gustave Mosko was killed by
a railroad train here on Tuesday, two
wives and a family of children tried
to claim his body and his estate. The
feud culminated this afternoon when
the heirs started for the grave. Three
sets of claimants each had .a grave
ready«4ii as many different cemeter
ies.
The procession was held up for an
hour and then Mrs. Mosko No.
who is a large woman, pulled the
driver from his seat on the hearse
and "herself drove to the Pine Island
Cemetery where she had a gra\
ready, and there the body was buried
The successful wife keeps watch over
the grave to prevent the body being
stolen.—South Norwalk Dispatch to
New York World.
Rip Van Winkle.
Rip Van Winkle returned from his
long sleep looking fresh as a daisy
and made hjs way to the village bar
ber shop, not only because he needed
a haircut and a shave, but also be
cause he wished to catch up with the
news.
“Let’s see,” said he to the barber
after he was safely tucked up in the
chair.“J[’ve been asleep twenty years,
haven’t I?” v
“Yep/ replied the tonsonuu&L.
“Have I missed much?’’
“l£ops, we bin standing pat.”
“Has Congress done anything yet?,”
“Not a thing/'
“Jerome done anything?*’
“Nope.” \ ^
“Platt resigned?” *
“Nope.” <
“Panama Canal built?"
“Nope.”
“Bryan been elected?”
“Nope/,
“Carnegie poor?”
“Noge”
“Well Bay',7 faid Riff, rising up in
the chair, “never flaff?d shaving the
other side of my face. I’r» ^ing back
to sleep again.”—Success Magazi’nf.
Popvig.r Young Man Seriously IH-_
Percy Sheriff,of Rocky Mount, broth
er o{ W. E. Sheriff and one of the
best known young men iff the coun
ty was taken to Memorial hospital,
Richmond, Tuesday night, suffer
ing with appendicitis. He has been
ill for sometime with typhoid fever
and his condition is considered pre
ca,irou3.
Smiles.
Dyer—Well I see tfais on his
feet again.
Ryer—Yes; he was obliged to sell
auto!!—Puck.
CHILDREN AS HUMORISTS.
Our Chief Mirthmakers Are Our Own
Offspring.
The world has always been grate
ful to its makers of clean mirth. Not
only the jester with his dap and bells
—not merely the top-liner of vaude
ville foolery—not simply the whole
sale purveyed to the gayety of nation
whose works pile high the books
talls and swell the circulation of mag
azines. The professional fun-maker
has his place and wins his due
need of gratitude. Buf all around
us, people that we know—big and lit
tle—old and young—are the sun
shine of the houses that they live
in. Children are the chief humorists.
The things they think and say and do
are funnier than the wit retailed to
us over the footlights. They are un
studied, spontaneous authors and ac
tors, demanding no pay Horn the
family circle. “As if his whole vaca
tion were'endless imitation” the cliild
quick sense of the ridiculous reduces
all life to the terms of exquisite bur
lesque,. delicious pantomime. If only
the grown-ups might assume the
fern-seed cap of the fairy tale, that
conferred .invisibility, and be present
unseen in the nursery to see and hea
how children play when nobody is
looking—they would spend their
lives between the doll house and the
rocking horse, asprawl upon the car
pet. The man who has no heart, no
time to think of a child at play—the
man who would walk across a boy’s
game of marbles instead of around
it—is #“fit for treasons, strategems,
and spoils.” He must—he has been
told and he should believe it—be
come a child again if he would en
ter the kingdom of heaven.—Phil
adelphia Public Leader.
Her Vacation.
A married woman of limited in
come, who was o£f-*with her husband
for a month’s vacation by thhe sea,
says it was the first holiday that she
had found for years. “Think of it!”
she exclaimed. “For four whole week
I shall sit down to the table ands'not
know wrhat I am goingto eat.” That
was where her “holiday” came in
and there are many more “little
housekeeping women” who will sym
pathize with her idea of what a vaca
tion means.—Boston Herald.
For Sunday Freight Trains.
The State is prosecutor in two case
against railroad companies to be
heard on appeal by the State Su
preme court when the calendar for
the Fourth District is called. One
is State vs. Seaboard Air Line Rail
road Company, from Franklin coun
ty, and the other State vs. Atlan
tic Coast Line, the latter being from
Wilson county—the offense in both
cases operating freight trains on
Sunday, the alleged act not being
necessary because of perishable
freight in transit. The State" stat
ute fixes a penalty of $500 for each
offense of this character, and this
wras imposed in both cases in the
trial below. It is from judgments
for this penalty, that the appeals are
brought up by the railroad in each
case.
Scales Jail Wat).
Leaving a note to the jailer to the
effect that he could not earn money
with which to pay his board bill, for
failure to pay which he was serving
a sentence of six months in the Wak
jail, J. W. Parham, a white man.of
respectable appearance, scaled the
twenty-foot board enclosure of the
jail yard there and left for “parts un
known.” In a note to the jailer he
assured him that it was his~ intention
to earn the money just as soon as he
possibly could to clear up the board
bill, and that he would write to the
jailer personally, as he appreciated
greatly the jcindnegs with which he
had been treated during his term pf
imprisonment, which began at the
July term of Superior Court.
Wear Satin This Winter.
“Indeed, it is to be a satin season,”
says Grace Margaret Gould in Octo
ber Woman’s Home Companion. “Not
the satin of our grandmothers, so stifl
and heavy, but a light, soft, suple
material, with wonderful luster ol
its own, which adapts itself marvel
ously to the new clinging type ol
gown.
“Paris is wfhj with eniDusaismuvci
the satin gilet. A gilet, you know,
is a little vest. One of the smartest
Of these imported small garments,
and one which American women are
I sure to like, is made of black satin
bands shaped to the figure apdeach
finished in a point. This gilet is sin
gle breasted and buttons in the front.
Combined with the satin is a band
of Persian embroidery forming the
top. This i3 a peculiarly Frenchy
touch ahd is sure to be much the
vogue. The contrast of the beauti
ful Persian colors with the shining
black satin is most effective and
©he yf those little things which the
French matte {fQ important. Such a
vest as this will 'prove mw^t service
able to the woman with a limited
wardrobe. It will give a new look
to a last year’s suit, and an attrac
tive 190k, too.
“A vest yf this sort is generally
worn with a cutaway 4;oat but I sug
gest that it be made so that U can
take the place of an overbloube
and be worn with a guimpe of filet
net.”
—We handle all kind of sash,
dfyre, blinds and mouldings. Tar Riv
1
EARTH SEEN MOVING.
“Foucault Experiment'' Intended tc
Prove and Make Evident to the
Naked Eye the Hourly Move
ment of the Earth.
It is claimed that the Rev. Fath
er Guicheteau, the priest astronomer
and scientist of the French Catholic
church of St. Vincent de Paul, at 120
West Twenty-third street, New York,
recently performed for the firgt tim*e
in this country, the “Foucault experi
ment,” which is intended to prove
and make evident to the naked eye
the hourly movement of the earth
while revolving on its axis.
The experiment consisted in sus
pending a fine piano wire, eighty feet
long, with a ten-pound plummet at
the end, from the cupola of the
Church of our Lady of Lourdes, in
Brooklyn, and setting it in motion.
The huge pendulum was seen to mov
in a straight line from north to south.
But at the end of one hour it had var
ied from this line a distance of 9
minutes 47 seconds, and was swing
ing northeast and southwest.
It is also claimed that Father Guiche
teau has just completed elaborate cal
culations, carefully verified, based
on the fact that there is a tunnel in
one of the large pyramids which was
built on an exact line with the polar
star; and on the further fact that thi
stan has been proved to move at the
rate of one degree in every two hun
dred years. From these calculations
he draws the conclusion that the pyra
mid was built 3,324 years B. C.
In his amazement at his discoveries
he exclaims: “The more deeply I
have gone into the study of astrono
my, the more deeply I have been im
pressed with the magnitude of God’s
wonders. What is revealed to man by
the telescope is almost beyond compre
hension. No further demonstration
need be given the unbeliever than a
view through the telescope on a clear
and starry night. It* brings to mind
that line from the “Night Thoughts”
of Edward Young: ‘By night the ath
eist half believes in God.’ ”
How W. J. Bryan Asked Wife’s Fa
ther For Her.
The time came when it seemed
proper to have a little conversation
with my father, and this was some
thing of an ordteal, as father is rathei
a reserved man. In his dilemma
William sought refuge ‘ in the Scrip
tures, and began: “Mr. Baird, I
have been reading proverbs a good
deal lately, and find that Solomon
says, ‘Whoso findeth a wife, findetfc
a good thing and obtajneth favor of
the Lord.’ ” Father, being something
of a Bible scholar himself, replied:
“Yes, I believe Solomon did say that,
but Paul suggests that while he that
marrieth doeth well, he that marrieth
not doeth better.” This was disheart
ening, but the young man saw his
way through. “Solomon would be the
best authority upon this point,” he
rejoined, ‘because Paul was never
married, while Solomon had a num
ber of wives.” After this friendly tilt
the matter was satisfactorily arrang
ed.—From a sketch of the Life of W.
J. Bryan by Mary Baird Bryan.
The Joy of Being Out of Debt.
King Edward of England has al
ways been a man of gracious man
ners, but this season, it is said, he
exhibits extraordinary geniality to
everyone with whom he comes in
contact, and the reason assigned for
it is interesting. It is that for the
first time since he came to the
throne the King is out of debt. The
burden which has been lifted from
him, if this report be true, is ene
that he has carried for many years
more than he has borne the responsi
bilities of the crown.
He has always been a generous
liVfer, but his scale of expenditure as
' Prince of Wales was not entirely due
■ to extravagance. His mother was not
; ed among the, Boyerejgns of Europe
for prudence in financial matters
She was not mean, but was economi
cal, appreciating the value of mon
, ey and never wasting it. Upon occas
ion she would give her private purse,
" as she did when her heart was touch
j ed by the calamity of the Chicago
fire, blit ghe never lavished. After the
f death of her consort she withdrew
herself to a large extent from pijbhc
f functions, and this threw responubil
ities upon the Prince of Wales, in
the direction of expenditures for the
entertainment of foreign visitors and
for many other public functions, he
never shirked. He incurred debt af:
ter debt, and though Parliament did
something for his relief its grants
fell short of setting him free—Mil:
Nyaijkee Wisconsin.
Mrs. W. L, Stallings.
Died at her home Thursday after
a protracted illness, blood poisoning
attended with intense suffering
and Christian fortitude, Emma Jen
kins, the beloved wife of Wright L
‘Stallings, aged 40.
She leaves besides her devoted
and grief stricken husband nine child
ren, two of whom are twins only a
fvW weeks old.
jUlrsl' Stallings wm a lvvtfl?
both in person and disposition. St^
was both wife and companion j to
her .husband, his helpmate in very
truth. The palid Reaper gathered
a rich harvest when He took this
loving w}fe and mother.
The funeral took place this m«rn;
ing at Davistown. It was very large*
ly attended, for “none knew her, but
to love her.”
—Wanted to Buy logs in large or
^pxall quantities. Tar River Mills. _
TO CONTEST WILL.
Legal Heirs of Mrs. Charlotte A.
Knight Will sue to set Aside Will.
In view of the fact that the will of
the late Mrs. Charlotte A. Knight
is to be contested and in answer to
many questions asked of the South
erner concerning the estate the
will and codicil are published below.
The property mentioned in the will
is the residue or remainder of her
estate, the major part having in 1902
been conveyed by deed to Henry
Johnson and Dr: L. L. Staton for a
stipulated life anmity and certain
other conditions.
North Carolina,
Edgecombe county.
I, .Charlotte A. Knight, of said coun
ty anci State, being of sound and
disposing mind and memory do make,
publish and declare this my last will
and testament, in. manner and form
following, that is to say:
Item. I direct my executors, here
inafter hamed, to pay my just debts.
Item. I wish to be buried by the
side of my mother, Sallie Knight, if
there is space; if there is not such
space, then by the side of my broth
er-in-law, A. D. Trumbro, in the fam
ily burying ground on the farm
which once belonged to my grandfath
er Jesse C. Knight and . which now be
longs to the devises of the late 0.
C. Farrar, and I wish head and foot
stones placed over my grave with
the Ascription (hereon, which will
be found in the .'ami'y Bible.
Item. I wish a plai# suitable stone
placed in the centre of the grave of
my father, T. H. Knight, and my broth
er’, Charles W. Knight, John F
Knight and Henry C. Knight, with
the date of the birth and death of
each of them inscribed thereon, and
their graves, and alf the graves in
the family grave yard, which l reser
ved in the sale of my shape of the
land, left me by my father, to W.
H. Weathersbee, inclosed in the
same manner as prescribed by me fori
the graves in toe preceeamg uein ui
this my will.
Item. To my friend, Martha Fel
ton, daughter of Thomas and Victoria
Felton, residents of Wilson county, I
give and bequeath, six silver table
spoons, six silver tea spaons, six sil
ver forks, none of which has any
name engraved thereon, and a silver
castor.
Item. To Bettie S. Sumner, during
her life and her death, to her daugh
ter, Charlotte Knight Sumner, I give
and begueath my silver spoons en
graved with the napae of my father
and mother.
Item. To Bettie S. Sumner, I
give and bequeath my pictures of
the members of the family and also
my wearing apperal, bed clothes, lin
en, towels and carpets.'
Item. The remainder of my fur
niture, and articles of domestic use in
my house, I direct to be sold by my
executors. -
Item, fo Bettie S. Sumner, during
her life, and her death to her daugh
ter, Charlotte Knight Summer, in fee,
I give and devise a piece on parcel
of land in said county and State,
known by me as my Bennett Jenk
ins place, and I direct my execu
tors, hereinafter named to erect on
said realty, a house containing three
rooms with hallway, and with kitchin
and dining room attached, to cost sev
en hundred and fifty Hollars to be held
by said Bettie S. Sumner, during her
life and at heri death by her dau^"
ter, Charlotte Knight Sumner ip ffo.
Item. All the residue Qf my prop
erty, real and personal, I give de
vise and bequeath te my two friends,
Dr. L. L. Staton and Henry John
ston, their heirs and assigns, share
and share alike.
Item. I hereby nominate, constitute
and appoint Henry Johnson and Dr.
L. L. Staton executors of this my
last will and testament, hereby, re
yoking and declaring all Qtbtjr wills
heretofore made by me void. It Is
my wish and desire that my said exec
utorsutors perform their duties with
out compensation. ■<
la witness whereof I the said
Charlotte A. Knight have hereunto
set«my hand and seal, this the 16tb,
of March, 1901,
Charlqtte A. Knight (Seal.)
Signed sealed, published and de
clared by the said Charlotte A.
Knight to be her last will and testa
ment In the presence of us who in
her presence and in the presence
each qther and at hep Truest, do sub
scribe oup names as witness there
to. March 16th 1904.
Job cqod,
¥\b.
I heyefey add to my will above writ
ten the following item fey way ©I
codicil to wit; I dee ire my executors
in my will above named shell keep
the graves enclosed in iron fences
in good condition so long as they she)
live. In wittness whereof I do there
to set my h^xd and affix seal,
this March 16th, 1904.
Charlotte A. Knight (Seal.)
Signed sealed, published and de
clared by the said Charlotte A.
Knight, to be ' an addition to n,«d
a part qf her wjl) as fey way Of'ft ct&f
icil, in the presence of us, who in her
presence and in the presence of each
other, and at her request do sub
scribe ouri names as witnesses here
to. March 16th 1904.
Fj L. Dancy,
jfqb pqbfeT
Codicil.
Tarboro Edgecombe County.
I, Charlotte A. Knight do, make
publish and declare the following
as and for an additional codicil to
SATURDAY NIGHT TALK.
. The Reward of Unselfish Ambition.
Will Insure Immortality. “The
More Excellent Way." 1
Cor. XII:31.
(By Rev. R. W. Alexander.)
Every rational creature of God is
inspired by an ambition, born of his
nature, to live in the memory and af
fection of his survivors. It is the
prayer of a diseased and insane brain
that says, “Let the day perish where
in I was born. Let that day be dark
ness; let not God regard it from a-j
bove, neither let the light shine up
on it. Let darkness and the shadow
of death stain it; let a cloud dwell
upou it." I say the thought of pass
ing out of the memory and affection
of those we love, but leave, strikes
a deeper terror to the heart than
the fear and dread of life and return
ing to speechless dust.
And so in all ages men have toiled
and struggled and suffered to achieve
that which would insure their immor
tality. And because of what tfiey did
the names of Caesar, Hannibal, Na
poleon and many, many others will
l live forever in histoory, in song,in the
heart of a devoted people. Because
of what they thought the names of
Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Darwin,
Spencer, Tyndall, and many others
shall never die. They have given to
the world a system <)f thought match
lessss and peerless, and by it have
emphasized the truth that the world
by searching cannot find out the
Almighty to perfection. Because of
the names of Peabody, Vanderbilt,
Carnegie, and many others shall
live forever in the heart of a grate
ful people.
Now, we altogether misunderstand
and misinterpt the apostle if we im
agine that he was lacking in appre
ciation of the heroic in man; that he
decried or undervalued mental or
spiritual gifts, or would by word or
act chill any burst of generous affec
tion, or discourage an^ impulse to
active goodness and kindness.
On the contrary, he says, “Covet
earnestly the best gifts.” Paul did
not despise nor did he undervalue
the importance of wisdom, faith, lib
erality and zeal; yet says he, These
are not the most important things,
my last will and testament made
March 16 1904.
Whereas in said will I gave and
bequeathed to Bettie S, Summer
during her life and at her death to
her daughter, Charlqtte Knight Sum
mer, my silver spoons, * engraved
with the name of my mother and
father and also to Bettie S. Sum
mer, my pictures of the members of
a family and all my wearing apparel,
bed clothes, linen, towels and car
pets and also gave and devised to
Bettie S. Summer during her life
and at her death tq her daughter,
Charlotte Knight Summer, in fee a
piece or parcel of land Edgecombe
Co., State qf North Carolina, known
by me aq Bennett Jenkins place,
with eertain directions to my exe
cutors to erect thereon a house to
be held by Bettie S. Summer during
her*life and at her death to her
daughter, Charlotte Knight Summer
in fee.
And whereas I directed the the
remainder of my furniture and ar
ticles of domestic use in my house
be sold.
Nqw by this codicil 1 do rqvoke
each and every one of the above
recited items in my will Of March 16
19Q4 and instead thereof l give and
begueatfe to my uteen Edith Louise
Byo^n, horn Edith Louise Weathers
bee, my silver spoons engraved with
name of my mother and father, and
also my pictures of the members ef
the family, together with all my
wearing apparal, clothes, linen, tow
els, carpets and all my furniture
and articles of domestic use i^my
house, except tye silver table and
teaspoons, folks and casters given to
Martha Felton in my will March 16
1904.
And I do give and devise that cer
tain piece or parcel of land in Edge
combe Co., North Carolina known by
me as my Bennett place,
and being 10d acres more or less
new rented by Stephen Morgan and
lying on Cokey Swamp, unto Sallie
Baker Staton her heirs and assigns
in fee, free and clear from gll
claims or liens of any q&rt.
And whejea# m my said will i
gave, devised and bequeathed unto
Dr. L. L. Staton and Henry John
son thein heirs and assigns share
and shares alike aU thn v^sid^e of
my property said Of March
lQtfc by thiq eodtoil I do
hereby revoke said gift, devise and be
queath as to Henry Johnson and his
heirs and assigns and do give, devise
and bequeath unto t)r. Lycyrgus L.
Statqn hig heirs’and assigns aU the
residue of property real, person
al or mixed.
In all other respects I hereby con
firm and ratify said will.
In witness whereof I have hereun
to set my hand and seal- this 25th
day of September 1906.
£|a$$tq KtB^ht (Seal.)
Signed, sealed, published and de
clared by Charlotte A. Knight to be
and as and for an additional codicil
to her last will and testament in
the presence of us, who in her pres-1
ence do now subscribe our names
as witnesses thereto ^h^ September
ssitfc m ~ /;
r i i Job Cobb.
M. A. Curtis.
Henry Johnson when the will was
probated renounced all right as execu
, tor of the estate. Dr. L. L. §*taton
qualified under ti^s, ^1$.
Ch., 13:2-3. He does not call In
question the high worth of eloquence,
but he says that it is.not the thing
of highest worth, for he, “were my
lips touched so that I could speak
words of surpassing beauty with
flowing and bewitching eloquence I
may yet be only as sounding brass
and thinking cymbal."
And so, without denying the high
importance and eminent worth of
any gift he declares in pla in and
unequivocal words that there is some
thing that is of greater worth and
importance than any gift when he
says, “And yet shew I unto you a
more excellent way.”
What then, is the more excellent
way of which he speaks, and in
what does its superior excellence con
sist?
It is not simple benevolence. There
are those who are prodigal in their
gifts, abundant in good works, but
running through all and vitiating all
is the motive to exact, promote, ad
vance self. There is no real re
gard for the interest of our fellows,
no Sincere and dominant desine to
honor God, to promote His truth and
glory. In this connection, I love to
think of the life and work of Jesus
Christ. He has, as a man, attained a
greatness in comparison with which
tne achievements of all the warriors,
statesmen, philosophers and phil
anthropists of all the ages pale into
utter insignificance. He was great as
a lad twelve summers. He stood in
His father’s house and, by His su
perior wisdom and sublime candor,
made the blush of shame and con
fusion crimson the faces of the Doc
tors of the Law. He was great as He
stood upon the brow of the Mount
and gave to the world a new and
higher conception of the tender and
loving heart of the Great God. He
■was great as His own all embracing
heart of love melted into compassion
for the wandering, shepherdless mul
titude and the multiplied the loaves
and fishes into a sufficiency for
their needs and commanded His disci
ples to give them. But His greatness
rises to sublimer heights and shines,
with brighter and more pleasing ra
dience as He, the Lord and Master,
girds Himself and washes His disci
ples feet. And the reason men loved
Him, the reason men worshiped Him
was not because He healed the lepers
walked upon the sea and raised the
dead, but because His life "was one
tissue of good deeds from the time
He slept a child in a borrowed crad
le till He slept at mid manhood in a
borrowed grave.*’ Men loved Him
not for His power, but for Jiis gen
tleness, for His thoughtful sympa
thy and unselfish ministry to want
and need. In all that He taught and
did there was an utter absence of sell
seeking: “I seek not mine own glory,
but the glory of Him that sent me. I
came not to be ministered unto, but
to minister.”
I will now indicate, merely, a few
particulars wherein the excellency of
this way is apparent, and, first, for
our personal profit. Eloquence is a
gift, and one that should not b« des
pised. Eloquence is power. By it De
mosthenes mqved ' the citizens of
Athens tQ dare and to do. By it Ci
cero directed the policy of the Cae
sars. Eloquence is power, a great
and important gift. Bqt it cannot
renew the heart. It cannot cleanse
the life, It cannot give peace. Who
more eloquent than was Rob- G.
Ingersoil Yet, what life more barren
of peace? His own words are: “Life
is a narrow vale between the cold
barren bleaks of two eternities. It is
in vain to look bejgpnd the heights.”
How gloriously differently speaks our
apostle; “For we know that if qur
earthly house of this tabernacle were
dissolved, we have a budding of God,
a house not ma,dq with hands, eter
| nal ijU thq heavens," 1
It is more excellent than learning.
I believe that in this age, ignorance
is a crime. I believe that the man
who does not /cultivate his mental
faculties sins, not only against God
and his fellow m%n but, against his
own soul, learning enlarges and en
riches the mind. It enables us more
perfectly to comprehend and more
thoroughly to discharge the duties
and obligations of life, Put it can
not renew the wfU nor transform
us into thq image of our God. How
often, rather, are mere intellectual
gifts only engines of unrighteousness;
Where would you hope tQ discover
stronger powers o| intellect than in
a Thorny pain? Keeener and more
subtle forces than in a David Hume?
Yet, in each every endowment was
devoted to the destruction of the
truth of God! But 'Christian Love
disarms us of all motive to unrighte
ousness, because it “rejoiceth not in
iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth.
It thinketh no evil.”
The Rev. Russell H. Conwell says;
“I think it is Tennyson who writes of
a case of the great transfiguring pow
er of love. He said that there -sfaa a
woman in some position of England,
I very beautiful, belonging to the titled
-class,. £»h% had a reception one night.
The parties who were invited came
with their diamonds in evening attire
They all came to pay their vows to
her as a social queen. She was admit-,
ed by all. Her very form waq that of
pride; her eyes 'were, expressive of
force and w^l and determination to
havq her own way. Do you think that
that woman can ever choose to stand
on the street corner, choose to do it
in a ragged .dress? Do you belie.v% ah
would stand there by a ^a*ern dress
ed in rags? I s^opid have said that
it was \$t*fly impossible. But love
came in. She loved a man and he
loved her. After their union, he fel
iris.r
1 into drink and went on downward.
! **er friends tried to persuade her
to leave him, but she would follow
him and try to reform him and help
him. They at length took two rooms.
She was obliged to pawn her goods,
yet she clung to the poor beggar un
til one night, there she stood—there
in rags waiting for this drunken
man to come forth from the saloon
that she might help him to their
humble home of two rooms. There
was this queen of beauty, a ragged
beggar on the street corner; made
so by love.”
It is more profitable for the world.
Eloquence and knowledge have accom
plished much for the good of man
kind. They have also been the chan
nels of unmeasured evil. Each has
served as the vehicle of infidelity
and all unrighteousness. Some of oun
most eminent historians, renowned
poets and distinguished philosophers
have put forth every effort of which,
they were capable to extinguish rath
er than establishs the truth of Godt
But Christian Love is the vehicle on
ly of that which is good for mankind.
It seeks to eliminate and extirpate
only that which is inimical to the
glory of God and the highest good of
man.
Finally: it is most conducive to>
and promotive of the honor and glory
of G9d. The exaltation of self is
the first law of ftie carnal mind. Eve
the disciples contended for the “chief
place.” And the world, today, congrat
ulates and applauds those who suc
ceed in gaining an ascendency over
their fellows. But this is not accord
ing to this more excellent way of
which the apostle speaks. He teache
us that we should measure our hon
ors not by worldly triumphs, not by
occupying high places but by the
degree to which we stoop for the
good of others, and by the effort we
make to serve our fellow men. “And
now abideth faith, hope, love, these
three; but the greatest at these is •
love.”
Henry Drummond writes, “In the
heart of Africa, among the great lake
I have come across black men and
women who remembered the only
white man they ever saw before, Da
vid Livingstone; and as you cross
his footsteps in that dark continent,
mens’faces light up asthey speak of
men’s faces who passed there years
the kind doctor who passed there year
ago. They could not understand him; .
but they felt the love that heat in
his heart.” Love bears the image an
superscription of its author. It is an
epistle of Christ known and read of
all men.
Trials and Tribulations.
Will Jones, colored, was seht to
the roads for 20 days by Justice of
Peace C. H. Spivey, of No. 5 town
ship, charged with false pretense.
Simpson Hart, colored, who knock
ed Frank Batts from a wagon thus
breaking his collar bone, was fined
$2.50 and costs today by Justice of
Peace F. H. Pender.
LOST.
LOST.—A GOLD WATCH CHAIN
with very small links, Sunday. Suit
able reward will be paid for its re
turn, this office.
LOST.—GOLD CHAIN AND LOCK:
et, set with diamond with iniftfiuis,.
A. E. J. and two hearts, ono with,
inscription “Rob” and the other with
turquoise set. Reward will be paid
for its return. ld&w
4 FOR SALE.
DWELLINGS FOR SALE.—THREE
sbwJU dwellings in Princeville Opo
site ofice of Tar River Mills on main
county road. Cheap and on easy terms
Apply to R. B. Hyatt. 10dw2w
WE SELL SHINGLES. CHEAP
Tar Riven Mills. 86t.
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 bebuilt for now. For
further Information, see E. E. Liv
erman. 16dwtf
’FOR SALE—A FARM CONTAIN
ing about 295 acres, 4 horse farm
cleared. Sufficient timber and wood.
Near Hartease farm. Terras easy
to right party. Apply or write.
R. G. HART, (Iiarteaa*>
Rocky Mount, R. F. D. 5.
FOR RENT.
GOOD FARM FOR RENT FOR 19«9„
Full 6 horse’ good buildings el all
kinds, and a fine pasture, adjoins the
State Experiment farm. The Very;
place for the right man. F.L. Wigginsu
d&wlmo.
FOR RENT.—STORE OCCUPIED
by R. H, Denton. Possession Jan
uary 1st., 1909. James Pender* ,
WANTED*
WANTED.—A GOOD NICE SMART
white woman that 1b able to do house
work. Want her to live as one of the
family ox willpay her wages. Come*
to sea me or write at once. Only a
L small family, a wife and three chil
dren. B. F. HOUSE, Care Shelton
House, Speed, N. CL
iHlSCELI,ANEOV8.
RENT, LEASE, OR FARM*—WILD
rent, lease, or farm on commission*
a number of farms in Edgecombe,
upon such terms as may be agreed
upon by owner and lessee. Will take*
over or furnish the personal pro
perty required to operate the farm1
For further particulars apply to B
B* Howell. d&wiw