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FBA tT3C POWELL. Editor.
Piat^ttad Every Thiraday,
Suoscription RatesSl.OO peryear
Eiicrcd hi Po^tortlc^ as secoud cl*** matter
Thursday, November 5, 1908.
I lost my dollar, did you!
- It must be admitted that the
carnival bear displayed far more
taste than £he jaguar.
Labor seems to have been truer
to Mr. Bryan than the business
man.
Congress will be republican so
the tariff will be revised up and
the producer will have to pay the
bill.
EDGECOMBE DOES WELL.
The county candidates, of course
did their part in upholding the
cause of Democracy in the county
but in chronicling the result, his
tory would not be complete were
not mention made of the efforts of
Chairman Allsbrook, Col. John L.
Bridgers Henry A. ^Gilliam, W.
O. Howard and G. M. T Fountain.
These gentlemen have preached
Democracy.
The republican vote in the coun
ty has increased, but so has the
Democratic. Probably one half
of the Republican increase is due
to the prohibition election, visit
ingthe blame for prohibition on
the Democrats.
Had this measure been enacted
into a law without submitting the
question to a vote of the people
the party could very properly
have been charged with it, but
having left it for the people to de
cide, sound Democracy required
an acquiescence in that verdict. It
is hoped that most of those whoso
voted against their party will see
matters in a clearer light next
time. For with prohibition or
without it the fundamental princi
pie of Democracy is equal justice
to all and special privilege to none
still guides the party and inspires
its adherents.
TAFT WINS.
The election is over and we are
glad of it though not over the gen
eral result. Predatory wealth
seems to have the Republican
' party on the string and the ability
to intimidate enough business men
together with the purchasable to
vote to elect a yellow dog.
Not that Mr. Taft is the y. d.^
but he was named to carry out
the Roosevelt policies and was
elected because he would not. He
is a decided and welcome improve
ment over the present executive.
W e are glad that the contest is
at an end, that business which is
more or less suspended during a
campaign may proceed. But it is
not only business that suffers dur
ing such contests, but the temper
and nerves of the people, these are
set on edge, and in the heat of
partisan contention, unkind feel
ings are engendered, which though
they should not, survive the battle
and many a scar remains.
As the Southerner views matters
a majority of the voters have dis
played poor judgment, but each
man had a right to vote as he
pleased and so long as this vote
was free and prompted by the hon
est judgment of the voter, we sub
mit most gracefully to the verdict,
hoping that the majority was
right. No country is in danger
as long as the verdict of its peo
pie is honestly arrived at and
carried out. *
A. & M. Scrub Defeat Warrenton.
There was a very interesting game
of foot-bail here Saturday afternoon.
The score was very uneven being 4
to 2, but the Warrenton High school
boys deserve a lot of credit for
holding their oppornents as well as
they did. The first half the W. H. S.
boys put up a stubborn contest, their
score being 1 to 2. The college play
ers played a slow game as they did
not have very much wind. The way
old W. H. S. scored was that Capt.
Cherry pushed one of A. & M.’s men
over the line. Cherry had to do a
good piece of running to get the
man, but as usual he is always or
time. Average of A. & M. 195 lbs.,
and W. H. S. 145 lbs. -
Line up as follows:
A. & M. W. H. S
Neal,
Hewlett,
Collins,
Witherspoon,
Allbright,
Stafford,
Hanes-Brunner,
C.
R. G.
L. G.
R. T.
L. T.
R. E.
L. E.
Hall, capt.,
Deans,
Parks,
Sherman,
Lassiter,
Griffit
Parkei
Vani
Cobl
Cherry, capt
Howel
Manning
Younj
Grjihan
Hughei
Fleminj
Sarrat
Quarter
R. H. Back
F. B.
L. H. B.
L. H. B.
Referee, Dunlap; Umpire, Payne.
Time of halves, 30 minutes.
Stars for A. & M. Parks, and Hall.
Stars for W. H. S., Manning, Parke
and Cherry.
Warrenton, Nov. 2nd.
An Inspiring Instrument.
Great display of Stieff pianos ii
colonial designs and choicest woods
to be seen at R. M. Rawls’s Toj
store.
Stieff pianos are living beings
with hearts and souls. They inspire
and share your pleasures and sor
rows.
• Visit our display. Chas M. Stieff.
./ 39tf.
—The average cost for fuel for a
Toad train, is 10 cents a mile, and the
average fireman bums $2,500 worth a
year.
—The deepest hole in the world,
in Silesia, hag reached a depth of
7,000 feet, penetrating eighty-three
strata of coaL
—The highest telephone station in
the world will soon be in pperation
15,217 feet up on Mount Rqea, in Italy
—No receptacle has ever been mad<
strong enough to resist the freez
ing power of water.
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FACTORY LIFE AND SUICIDE.
The Latter a By-Product of AAodern
Civilization.
“Suicide among civilized people,'
says* a writer in McClure’s is largely
due to morbid introspection! and long
brooding over real or imaginary trou
ble and anything that takes a man’s
mind away from his own unhappiness
and gives him weakness his suicidal
Impulse. An unhappy man might re
solve! to end his life and- might load
a revolver with the intention of shoot
ing himself, Oiufc if he should happen
to see a couple of his neighbors fight
ing in his frontdoor yard he would
probably lay down the revolver for a
time and watch the combat. The caus
of his unhappiness would still remain,
but the current of his thoughts would
suddenly be diverted into a new
channel and his despondency would
give way to the excitement of a fresh
and vivid interest War acts upon men
in the same: way, but with greater
force.
“Statistics show *that war re
strains suicide by strengthening the
bonds of social sympathy and draw
ing large masses of people more close
ly together.: The unhappy man always
thinks of himself as lonely, isolated
and out of harmony with his envir
onment; but when, as a result of the
victories on defeats of war, he finds
jparticipating in the triumph or shar
ing the grief: of thousands of other
persons the mere consciousness of syn
pathetic association with his fellow
men becomes: a sourse of comfort.
“The generalization that seems te
harmonize and explain the greatest
number of facts is that suicide is
most prevalent in countries where edu
cation goes hand in hand with highly
developed manufacturing industry. In
Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Russia the
people have" little education, manufac
turing industries are feebly develop
ed and the suicide rate: is low. In
Saxony the percentage *of illiteracy is
very small, more than half the popu
lation: work in factories, and the sui
cide rate is the highest in Europe. I
do not dare to assert that even this
rude generalization is warranted by
the facts, but, if it were sustained,
it would seem to show that suicide
is a by-product of the great, com
plicated machine that we call modeVn
civilization.”
Delegates to Cotton Conference
Atlanta, Ga., November 2nd., Com
missioner of Agriculture W. Braham
of North Carolina,, has written Har
vie Jordan, of Atlanta, that he has
appointed 36 delegates to the Cot
ton Conference which will be in
Memphis November 10, 11 and 12th
and has sent their names to Mr. Jor
dan. Commissioner Graham state
that this appointment does not pre
vent. others from attending the Con
ference and if they will send their
names they will be added to the list
of delegates,
The appointment of these delegates
follows closely the Appointment of 80
from Alabama and a delegation from
the Cottonseed Crushers’ Association
Indications now point to a tremen
dous attendance at the Conference.
Commissioner Graham says he will
endeavor to be present. Several Gov
ernors and public men will be present
and the gathering will be a notable
one. The following is the list of North
Carolina delegates together with the
call from Commissioner Graham: In
attendance with the request of Mr.
Harvie Jordan, president of the South
era Cotton Growere’ Association I ap
point the following delegates to this
Convention. This does not prevent
others who wish from attending, and
if they will send their names to this
office, they will be added to the list
of delegates. Neither are these ap
pointees intended to interfere with
the appointment by township or coun
ty meetings. They are just the ap
pointment of the Commissioner at the
request of Mr. Jordan: A. J. McKin
non, J. P. Rinehardt, H. J. Mayo, J
B. Davis, P. L. Carr, J. J. Laughing
house, C. W. Mitchell, J. P. McRae,
A. T. McCallum, William Dunn, J.
B. Coffield, Ashley Home, W. L.
Kennedy, J. P. Allison, S. B. Alex
ander, J. A. Brown, Ransom Hinton,
A. C. Green, Wall Robbins, W. S.
Pharr, Geo. Parro, J. B. Peterson,
E. L. Daughtridge, J. M. Wood, J.
A. Shine, S. H. Hooks, H. E. Thomp
son, A. J. Moye M. C. Wilson,, H. D.
Edgerton, H. C. Dockery, T. J. Broom
Dr. ,W. J. McLeadon, Hector Mc
Lean, Vick Caldwell, and A. A. Hart
ness.
On Tuesday, the third of Novem
ber, at a quarter to ten o’clock, Miss
Rebecca Calvert Clark was married
to Dr Thurman Delna itchin, oKf Luir
berton. Theceremony which tookplac
at Trinety church was performed by
Rev. L. M. Hanff, of Duke, assisted
' by Rev. W. J. Smith, of Charoltte.
While the guests were assembling
’ and during the ceremony seeral well
known selections were played by
Miss Lizzie Hyman. The procession
al was the Tannhauser march, while
’ the wedding hymn “The Voice that
breathed o’er Edeon” Bung by a full
choir served as a recessional. The
ushers were: Messrs. Hugh McAllis
ton, of Lumberton; Leland Kitchin,
1 Teddie Kitchin and Henry Clark.
Preceded by her sister, Miss Anna
Clark as maid-of-honor, the bride en
tered the church with her fatherv Dr.
H. l. Clark, and was met at the Chan
cel rail by the groom with his best
man, Mr. J. D. Proctor, of Lumber
ton
1 The day selected for the wedding
being the twenty-third anniversary
of the wedding of the bride’s par
ents the details, as nearly as possi
ble, resembled those of the former oc
casion. The-bride wore a travelling
dress of brownjwith brown bat, glove*
and shoes and trimmings from her
mothers’ wedding dress, and carried
I a shower bouquet of lilies-of-the-val
ley. The maid-of-honor wore a cream
voile dress and a picture hat and
carried an armful of Marechal Neil
roses. The church was beautifully de
corated in yellow chrysanthemums
and ferns.
The night before the wedding a pub
lic reception was held at the home .
of the bride’s parents where a large '
number of the friends of both bride
jood wishes and see the lovely pres
Kitchin-Clark.
PLAYGROUND OF ENGLISH RICH.
Twenty 8pecial'Trains From London
For Scotland in a Day. 1
The great playing ground of the
British aristocracy and of the sport
ing rich is Scotland. There is no coun
try in the world which depends so
much for its living on sport.
Millions of acres that fifty years
ago were let at a peppercorn rent
now bring in vast sums as moors
and deer forests, and the time is
not far off when all Scotchmen will
be gillies, caddies, or beaters or will
serve in some other capacity in the
vast and expanding organization tha
ministers to sport.
Personally, as a man of very mod
erate means, I would rather go any
where for a holiday than to Scotland.
To be invited as a guest to some
great Scottish mansion, with its pri
vate golf links, its brawling trout
and salmon streams, it3 unequaled ap
paratus for grouse shooting and deer
stalking, and its intoxicating scedery
is, of course, another matter, al
though even under Buch circumstan
ces the expense of the Journey and
the prodigality of the tips expected
from one make the acceptance of hos
pitality anything but a cheap under
taking
But to £0 to Scotland as a non
mill ionaire is to go herd with peri
patetic tourists in the trains, coaches,
and steamers that make the tour of
the Highlands. To be out of things
in Great Britain is to be enormojusly
out of them, to belong in fact to a
totally different world, with differ
ent standards, possibilities, and pur
suits.
The number of those who are in
them, however, seeu.s to be always
increasing. On August 1, the day be
fore grouse shooting 6pened, twenty
special trains left a single London
station for Scotland and the North,
bearing a regularly army of sports
men and their families, valets, maids,
chaffeurs, and grooms, pointers and
setters.—Harper’s Weekly.
I A Post Card ranic.
The pest card business is seriously
depressed at present, while some of
the great foreign markets are border
ing on panic. Overproduction and wil
speculation in the commodity are the
cause. The public has watched the
gradual encroachment of the souven
ir post card with surprise perhaps,
b\it without realizing the enormous
proportions of the industry. In order
to supply the little stands in every
store, at .every cross roads the coun
try over, an Immense industry has
been developed in practically all civ
ilized lands. Incidentally the United
States Imported form Germany in a
single year more than $6,000,000 wort
of the bite of cardboard.
The post card panic is most acute
at present in Germany. A year ago
the great post card firms there, an
ticipating a great boom in the busi
ness, especially in England and Amer
ica, used every facility to increase
their stock in those countries, but
speculation and overproduction have
brought the situation to a crisis. The
dealers could not afford to hold
these supplies and were forced to get
rid of them at any price. The card in
dustry lost heavily, as much as $25,
000 on a single customer,.
A Trust Method.
The democrats wound up the coun
ty campaign here Monday night with
two excellent and powerful speeches
by Col. John L. Bridgers and Hon
Frank S. Spruill. Mr. r-ddgers’theme
was “eternal vigilance the price of
liberty.” He urged every man to vote
held that a person endowed with this
great sovereign right had better vote
if he sometimes voted wrong.
M. Spruill is a fluent, elouent speak
er.: A trust method witnessed by him
is worth repeating. It occurred on the
tobacco market in Rocky Mount.
One day he said there were big
“breaks,” the weed was selling high
and the satisfaction of the farmers
was reflected in smiling faces. The
auctioneer was crying prices and as
pile after pile was knocked off, cheers
would go up from the sellers; While
this was going on two men drove up
in a carriage, one shook hands wi t
the American. Tobacco Co., buyer
and whispered a few words, the other
similarly greeted the buyer for
the Imperial Co., and presto! Wher.
the next pile was knocked off it
was $5 a hundred less than it was
before. The last independent buyei
months ago had been forced to aban
don the market, leaving only these
two buyers, representing two com
panies, which are different only in
name, for both kre managed by the
same officers. The whispered: talk o'
these two representatives of the
trust meant a loss to tobacco grow
ers of Nash of half a million dollars.
Mr. • Spruill was warmly find fre
quently applauded throughout his
speech. :
Annual Visit to County Home.
Rev. D. H. Tuttle, prtstor of the
Methodist church of Rocky Mount,
and formerly pastor of St. James Meth
odist church, Tarboro, made his an
nual visit to^the County Home today.
ents.
After a short wedding trip Dp. and
Mrs. Kitchin will be at home in
Lumberton where Dr. Kitchin Is sue
cessfully engaged in the practice of
medicine, having taken a high stand
at the Jefferson Medical College and
before the Medical Board of North
Carolina. The bride is the daughter,
of Dr. and Mrs. H. I. Clark, and
both she and the grogm are' well
known throughout the social and po
litical circles of the State.
The out-of-town guests were: Mr
and Mrs. Haywood Clark, Mr. and
I Mrs. Kenneth Barrowe and Miss May
Weaver Banrowe, of Port Norfolk, Va.
Misses Kate Cheshire,Reba Bridgers
Katherine Bourne and Mrs. Jno. L.
Bridgers, of Tarboro; Miss Louise
Moore, of Bdeoton; Misses Leath
Barrowe and Minnie Burgwyn, of
Jackson; Mr. P. C, Jordan, of Ports
mouth, Va.; Rev. L. M. Hanff, of
Duke; Rev. W. J. Smith, of Charlotte;
Messrs. A. H. McLean, and J. D.
Proctor, of Lumberton, and Mr Ben
Pinny, of Savannah, Ga.
y and artistically illustrated. Wm
:°st you nothing to look at them. Drop
n as you pass. C. P. Clayton. 43tf
Special Invitations From Business Houses In
Norfolk, Va. Soliciting Your Trade
Through Your Own Local Paper,
Which Paper Please Mention
When Writing These
Advertisers.
Remember The Lorraine Hotel
when you go to Norfolk. It is sit
n^tedon Granby street, convenient
to the stores and near the theatres.
The 35c luuches in the grill room
grow in popularity. The music is a
great feature. Norfolk people love
to go there to hear the free con
certs. Both'‘American and luro
pean placs.
Tucker, Hall & Co. the opticians
are maktug new customers almost
daily. The faot that they are es
tablished permanently in Norfolk
where people can always find
them is a great consideration. It is
not well to deal with opticians
that go from place to place for you
might be deceived, but ao estab
lished tirm must treat you right to
build up aud hold trade.
Ouo of Norfolk’s papers said
last '*eek: “Samuel C. Phillips,
proprietor of the long established
and popular, Phillips furniture
house, 3;sl 337 Church street, is
one ol the pioneer furniture deal
ers in Norfolk. He has built up an
extensive trade through this sec
tion aud his business continues to
grow. Mr. Phillips is personally
popular with the trade and enjoys
a wide acquaintance. He is intei
ested in quite a number of local
enterprises and is prominent in
Building & Lc^n affairs.”
You should have the new cata
logne of the Paul, Gale, Green
wood .Co. Inc. It is a handsome,
publication, and will be mailed
free to all who ask for it, so drop
them a postal card today asking
for it. You may not wish anything
iu iewelrv. but there are lots of
othef goods iu this great store
that you mi.-ht want sometime, so
write for the catalogue; they waut
you to have it. One thing it will
do for you if nothing else—it will
help you to decide what to give
for Christmas. One of the greatest
sellers is the P. G. G. Watch; it
gaius iu popularity daily, and is
the best watch for the money. Vis
it this store when iu Norfolk.
The Hub’s M. O. Department is
doing a big busiuess these days.
Almost every mail brings them
orders from ail parts of Va. and
N. C. lor men’s and boys' suits,
overcoats, etc. These orders are
immediately selected and shipped
—the express charges prepaid, for
The Hub delivers all purchases
t® any any point iu Va. or N. C.,
giving toe out of town customer
the same advautage as thorc who
live in Norfolk. The Hub is by far
the largest clothing store iu Nor
folk, and is the only store that
marks all goods in plain figures
a d sells at one price. You are
sure to get to get your money's
worth when you buy at this great
store. v\ rite and you’ll get a
pi ompt reply.
Can You Answer Them?
The editor of the Children’s Ency
clopedia hit on a happy idea recent
ly when he invited young readers to
send him questions that they would
lice answered. The questions sent
in have proved a veritable revelation
of the strange paths Into which the
juvenile mird wanders.
“What color was Adam?” is a prob
lem that will puzle the anthropologist
while the Psychical Research Society
may bo Interested in the question,
“Where do our spirits go when we
go to sleep?” In the latter connec
tion comes the starting query. Why
have I dreamed the same thing every
night for two years?”
Among genuine puzzlers, which will
be read sympathetically by every wor
ried father, we mention, “Why does
time never stop?” “What is the cor
rect age of the skies?” “W’hy don’t
spiders get caught in their own
webs?” Why does white smoke make
the funnels black?” “Wrhat is the
use of fleas?’
As a final query for our readers to
puzzle over come the questions,”
“Why have Manx cats .no tails?” and
“Why do the hens cackle when they
nave laid an egg?”
Phenomenal Music.
Have you ever heard the Stieff and
Auto player-pianos?. You should hear
them and you will find solace in
>our troubled hours. These combina
tion pianos are wonderful inventions,
I when played automatically every soul
and character of expression can be
produced while the key board remain
unobstructed and no change has to
be made when used in the ordinary
way. These pianos are used aboard
the Men of War of the American and
British Navies and are recognized
as the highest standard of perfection.
Daily recitals at R. M. Rawls’s toy
store. Come and listen to these
wonderful instruments. Chas. M.
HARDWOOD
METALLIC CLOTH
COVERED AND
EXTRA SIZE CASKETS
STEEL GRAVE VAULTS
AND MONUMENTS
Plionn One Two Nine.
Jfivery 1Ron-{Progressive HWcrcbant
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V 0 U R C O A\ P E T i f O R
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WHEN a meichant ““slows up” in his adver
tising, and concludes to ‘‘save a little money”
in that direction, then the merchant who
never had the couiage and foresight to
advertise adequately BECOMES A BEAL COMPETI
TOB. Even the merchant who never advertises at all
reaps a certain amount of profit from the “slowing
up” process of the live store.
Not many merchants, of course, who have at any
time set the pace for progressive advertising, will be
content to take a backward plunge into the company
of non progressives, of the LITTLE MEBCHANTS,
the easily satisfied ones, the unawakes! But that is
just what the “live oae” does when he imagines that
his advertising is costing too much, and that its
curtailment means “saving.”
If business conditions ever suggest retrenchment in
advertising, the wise merchant knows that this should
be interpreted a<* a signal for “full speed ahead,” for
redoubled efforts to WIN the business that does not
come so easily as usual.
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ivvery tninKing citizen is now paying strict at
tention to public and local business conditions,
and especially to the condition of local bank)
as reflected by their frequently published state
ments. The light of this investigation has
resulted in bringing THE FIRST NATIONAL
to the front STRONGER than ever, and
jour dollar does its duty only when deposited
with us on interest or subject to check.
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THE
FIRST
NAT. BANK
OF TARBORO'
IF OUR STORE
WAS TWICE AS LARGE
—and our stock correspondingly increased—
f %
me CUouldn’t be more -Helpful to you
than we can be now, as we carry all the lines
that rightly belong to a
Jewelry Store
I \ e been in Tarboro about thirty seven years
and if you are not already a regular customer
oi mine it will pay you to drop in at once and
join the list of satisfied thousands. Remember
I handle the best goods only, and make the
puce as low as first class articles can be sold.
5>rop in (The flext crime
you’re in town. We’ll be glad to have you
BELL
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100 SHOULD OWN A ROBERSON SUPPLY CO.
,.r 6 o ar 4 jniD Bn oiiY
hStUeteUelferaofthe^oTlSf haveh"r3eonr ve'
buytrouble when you w “‘°“n ,had‘ Yon won’t
you the many advantages V velucles. Let us show
erybody. Leave vour horse Q^e carry everything for ev
and let us show you ours£U°Ur. ^blea free °f charge
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Colton - Pickers’ - Books
For 3008 JSlow itcacjy
Would be Glad for 0U3,
to Call and
What They i\eed. . . , t
Howard Hardware £«,
LADIES’ TAILOR
SUITS
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An Elegant
Line of Ladies'
i aiiored Sails
iii the Pop.
ulai* Styles
and
Cn* now on dis
play. We Cordial
I) Invite an In- ^
suection.
W. fry ARM1EIM
F-R1DAY MORNING
OCTOBER THIRTIETH
MY COMPLETE LINE OF
TOYS, NOVELTIES AND
nr "t G- o o o
—WILL BE BEADY FOB YOUB IXSPECI'ION
Next to W. H. .MacNair’s Drugstore.
ROBT. M. RAWL8
Tarboro, North Carolina.
The Store That
Sells as it Ad~
vertises....
IE CYCLONE DEPART. SIRE
| The Store Vi hi re
| Satisfaction a\"
wavs Ruler..
4C LADIES' TAILORED
SUITS
Strictly Che 'newest Ideas
JUST RECEIVED FROM NEWYCTiK
-Conae and Inspect Them.-_
PRICES FROM $12.50 TO $30
Its Cyclone Department Stir
E. Miller, Proprietor.
Tarboro, X. C.
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LO CAL WEATHER.
yesterday : (
Highest Temperature. 66 .leg. j
Lowest Temperature 38 “ j
Precipitation, Q..OO ,u.-b. I
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I General Forecast:
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Good drugs mean more than fresh
drugs it means drugs that are
both HIGH GRADE and FRESH.
We are particular about the j
kind of drugs we OFFER our cus- i
tomers, so PARTICULAR that I
our STOCK is aa EXCEPION
AL ONE in EVERY RESPEC l\
If you are particular about a
QUALITY, we should get along
well together. S
STATOK 8 ZOEllER - - - DRUGGISTS
Cornei Opposite Court House, Phone liTo. Four Two. ^