VOLUME 7.
RICH SQUARE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, N. O, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1898.
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Jackson, N. C.
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TrespassersTake Notice.
All persons ate hereby forbidden to
cut, u niove or damage or in any way
Injure, any timber or property of any
dicription which we own in Xorthamp-
ton or in anuf!ier county in North Car
oinnt, witnont our sppciru enms?ion,
uritU-r paii.s ami penalties prescribsj by
la.. Thk Cummer Company.
This .Vnxnbrr 20, 1894.
FUoWtR. P JTS.
I have a nice as
sortment of Flower
Pots which I am sell
ing cheap.
M. H. Conner,
Rich Squaie, N. G.
MATTRESSES.
reuses oT all grades. I want the pa
tronage of the trade. I think I can
please in quality 'aud price. Give
me a trial order aud see if I can't
please you. Address,
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WAUL ; PAPERS,
: OVKlt 500 NEW - PATTERNS
to show you in ny sample books
whieia are the.same paper which you
will receive.
New Floral, Silk, cretonne, chint
Delft, Denim and stripe effects foa
Parlors and 1 Bedrooms at He to 10c
per roll. Beautiful aud hirh class
T paest ry , Damask, colon ial , Em boss
ed Leather,' Loui XI V, Empire,
looristu licKHK'O. Ilvzantir.p. Miirip
Antoinette Gripes, Rich Floral and
Satin effects for Parlors, Dining
Ilomis and Halls nt 10 9l 1? 1R
V
and up to 40 cents per roll. Orders
taken for a siLgle room or your whole
house.
I am agent for the well known Hack-,-iH-y
UfiKiiij's, CHriiass carts ami Wag
ons. This biiry i ackno lodged by
an who have iMel it tn Im the bet on .
the umrkrt. I also si H Toinbstones.rro.
leucine for e'mHiM'i and all orna-
nitMitfU fences.) Estimates ami
puce
Mrnij-hed on Replication.
James H. Baugham,
Rich Square, N. C.
Ripang Tabiiles cure headache.
Ripaus Tabules: pleasant laxative.
the Qmnmf school.
The Teacher Replies to the Kick.
i,ngr Patrons,
Mr. Editor: I did not intend
saying any tiling in regard to the
dissatisfaction about the school I
taught in Gumberry through the
columns of your naner: but as
there has been so much said and
published in regard to this mat
ter, I feel it a' matter of duty to
say a efew words, not in defuse,
but to give ari explanation to
those who do not understand the
natuof this case.
Two weeks before I began
teaching this school, I had no idea
of teaching. The ehool was of
fered to a friend of mine who re
fused it: being informed of tinsel
applied i to the same committee
man, who readily gave his con
sent, and said he was sure the
other committeemen jwould also
be perfectly willing-for me to
teach. I remarked to him that I
did not want the school if the pa
trons were opposed to me, and
made a special request of him to
consult all the patrons whom he
could conveniently-see; and learn
their wishes, which he certainly
did. "--!
I was appointed to teach this
school Saturday the :6th of Nov.;
the following Friday I was exam
ined, and MoooTay the 15th I com
menced . teaching, i I wasn't
aware of any one being opposed
to me, as teacher, the day I be
gan teaching. I will admit I re
ceived a second grade certificate,
but in justice to myself, will say,
I left school about six years ago
and of course was somewhat de
ficient on some of my studies, as
I had scarcely any time for re
iwing. Had Dot m;y. time been
so limited, think I can safely say,
I would have received a first
ide certificate. Although I
have not attended college yet it
is not because I have not had the
opportunity or doing so. About
the time my father intended send
ing me to college, I was offered a
crrtrtrl nnsi lion Ht7 iri j .nnnln as
book keeper in Richmond, Va.,
which I accepted instead of at
tending school and remained
there nearly four years
These patrons claim that I was
not competent to teach the school.
How do they know this? for not
one oi them came in my scnool
room uuring the school term. Jf
they had taken up less time writ-
ng letters to the PXtron and
Gleaner, and spent aiittie more
time in trying to investigate the
matter as the committee and my
self advised them to do perhaps
they could have judged more
correctly.
When they came tn me com
plaining I suggested to them, (as
the committee didj) to bring or
send any pupil or pupils they
thought I couldn't teach, and
come themselves, and see wheth
er or not I was competent to
i -ill
the place. They refused this
proposition, and I expect if the
reader would exercise a little
t I. U 17.! 1.3.1 ,
tliUUUllt Slid VVUUiU liUUVV
whX they refused. Thqy said Mr
Stepheusou's sou quit
the school
as compe
and remarked he "was
wnl to teach as 1 Y?s-'i TdIs
young man attended Air. faui J.
Load's school at Garysburg,and
toa I am glad to say, Mr. Ljong
visited' my schhool while he (Mr.
Stephenson's son) was in school
so will simply refer you to Mr.
Long in regard to what he said.
And if any one has any doubt
about my being "competent to
teach this school, and the certifi
cate Mr. Loag gave me is hot suf
ficient evidence to prove that I
was , I will refer you to hitaf (Mr,
Long) iKsrsonally, who exanained
the highest scholars in school.
All who know M r. Long are will-
I . .a A .ft
inS to take his word lor any thing
These patrons said, ("knowing
rrraAa rf hie nptifipvtA' WPrfi sat-
isfied that he wasn't competent
to teach" I doa't knowNvhat they
meat by saying '"knowing meas
they do" Although Idon'tlive
far from these patrons yet there
has never existed any intimacy
at all between us. I have only
been to one of their homes (Mr.
J no W. Taylor's) and there only
ouce. If the ha vo reference to
my character or social standin
rr
my
record (is well as that ot my
family) is behind me; and I am
Wl Hi rl fr "fni anir nnn tr toct if tn tVia I
fullest extent. Isimply say this
for the benefit of those who do
not know me personally.
These five or six patrons claim
to- be placed in a posotion ;. to
know the facts in regard to the
management of this school.
Now le ts use b little com mon
sense in! this case and see if they
do. Would the position of these
few patrons, whose literary at
tainments are indeed limited; and
who have not patronized this
school, give them the chance to
know as much about the manage
ment of this school, as the pa
trons who did patronize it. And
again ought they to place their
judgment against five committee
men, . and the county Spervisor,
and say the teacher is not compe
tent to teach" the school? t
There are other things which
I might ! refer to, yet, I don't
hink it necessary. I wish to say
that, the letter Mr. D. M. Ste
phenson 1 wrote to your paper a
few weeks ago gave the true facts
in regard to this matter
.Mr,. Editor, I do not write this
to begin an argument through the
columns of your paper. If these
patrons will confine themselves
to the truth, and lay aside all
prejudice, I don't think they will
have .any just ground for com
plaint. I will simply say, this for
myself: Ij have a clear conscience
in - everything that 1 have done
in connection with this shooL
'-; ..: ' B. L. S.
Handsome New Train.- Seaboard
Air L.iue "Atlanta Special.'
The magnificent train of the
Seaboard Air.Line, known as the
Atlanta Special," which runs
solid from Washington to Atlanta,
Ga., and which equipment was
originally built by the Pull man
Pala-.-e Car Company, is now un
dergoing a thorough overhauling
and rebuilding at the Portsmoutti
Shops. There is sufficient equip
ment for five trains. "The first
train "was turned out of the shops
to day and will leave to-night on
No 403 . to go. in the li ne between
Washington and Atlanta, when
another train will be-takenoff and
run in the shops. Thus in a
short while the entire five trains
will be reouilt, and one train will
be always in the shops being over
hauled, repainted and varnished;
hence . the equipment will be al.
ways fresh and new. This train,
up o the present time has been
considered one of the finest trains
that has ever entered the depot
at Atlanta j or Washington. : The
new train, which comes from the
s hops is v to be by fa r the hand
somest train, ever seen in the
State of Virginia. This train, com
plete, -is composed of mail ex
press, baggage, second- class
coach, first-class coach and two
Pullmans. The day coach of this
palaceon wheels from outside
appearances is exactly like a Pull-
mau sleeper, .and seats seventy
four people. It is equipped with
standard Pullman trucks from
the mail car to the last sleeper
and vestibuled from end to end.
The new color is dark olive green
with silver; trimmings, with the
name of the train in script letters
on the side 01 each coach. The
train is equipped with pintch
iight gas, f-having a sufficient
uumber of.chandeiiers to enable
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the passengers to read in any
part of tne train. -The train is
heated by i steam and the day
coaches equipped like unto Pull
tatin sleepers with lavatories and
other cooviencies. This train
will be backed down to the Union
Station to-morrow, and it will be
a grand opportunity for the pa
trons of the lin and the citizens
generally to see one of the hand
somest trains that has ever gone
over the rails of any railroad.
vice-President Mr. St. John is do
ing everything he can to make
the Seaboard Air Line a model
road in every possible way and
he is being ably assisted by ener
getic and hustling General Pas
senger Agent, Mr. Anderson, in
looking after the patrons of the
line. Virginian and Pilot, Nor
folk.
7. JiO CUKE NO PAY.
That is the way all druggists sell G bote's
Tastkj rs Chill Toxic for Chilis and Ma
ria, it is simply Iron and Quinine in a
asteless form. . Children lore it. Adults
m. aad fey3P aad aI1 form3 of
ice, 50 cents.
LESSORS OF THE FLOWERS.
They are the Great Teachers, and
Speak a Universal Language.
"Nothing teaches as so much
in this world as flowers if we will
only watch them, understand the
messages they exhale, and profit
by them," writes Edward W. Bok
i n Apxi i Lad ies Ho me Jou rnal.
"I wish everybody on this earth
might love flowers. Flowers can
do so much for a man or a woman.
No one can raise " flowers, live
among them, love them, and not
be better for their influence, by
their birth they show us how, out
of things hard, out of disappoint
ment and failure, by overcoming
of obstacles and the bending to
difficult tasks, creep forth the
most beautiful results. By their
cultivation they show how differ
ent ': natures heed different
treatments. By the manner in
whieh they refuse to thrive
neat weeds they teach the clear
est lesson of human association,
and! show that sin is an intrusion
in this world. We learn the great
esspn that while the most gorge-
ous flowers appeal to our admira
tions we love the fragrant ones
the best. - Eve ry lesson every
pleasure, we can learn and derive
rom these silent messengers of
he earth. The flowers speak a
universal language: they adapt
hem selves to grave or gay. r A
flower is never misunderstood.
We associate flowers with all the
oyous seasons of , oar lives as
well. Fowers often speak to us
when our own words seem power-
ess to express what we really
mean. They are the daintesst bits
of God's handiwork. They call
to us to care for them: toloveJ
them, rewarding us with prodi
gality when we respond to their
beckoning. Their message isJDi
vine. Like an April day, 'shad
ow and sunshine is life.' But so
he flowers grow, "and we come
to June by the way of March. ' "
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Politeness iu Children.
Henry Ward Beecher said, ,'Po;
itene6S is a religious duty, and
should be part of a religious
raining.". The law of politeness
applies' to men and women quite
as much as to children; and if
courtesy and kindness are the
natural expressions of parents
the children will naturally adopt
good manners. A writer in the
Union Signal tells of a visit to a
home in which the mother very
properly classed good manners
among the cardinal virtues 01
ife. Her method of inculcating
them; however, was astonishing,
and not to be commended.
No sooner were we seated at
the table than she began to in
struct the children in thiswise;
"Edith sit up straight It is
vulgar flto lounge at the table,
above
all places. Henry, take
elbows from the table.
your
How often have I told you that it
was . rude to put your elbows on
the table? Is it possible, Harold,
hat you are eating mashed pota
toes with a spoon I 1 have tola
you over ana over again just
I M
what was the proper use of the
spoon at the table. "
In the parlor it was "Editlv
sit erect! Harry, don't pass in
front of Mr. H-. without an apolo
gy. iMara ma wants her uttie
boys and girls to be polite "
One ic reminded by these ill-
bred suggestions of the discour
aged women who said to her chili
dren, "You aint got no manners,
and I declare J caat beat none
into you." Youth's Companion.
The Future of 44 Lady"
Mexico now has lady bullfight.
ers, Brooklyn has lady football
players and . Middletown, N. Y.,
has a lady streetcar motoman
If this thing keeps op we
shall ultimateli have lady every
thing except lady women.
Journal. v
The Danger o Spring
Which arise from impurities in the
bfood and a depleted condition of
this vital fluid may be entirely avert
ed by Hood's Sarsaparilly, This
great medicine cures all spring hu
mers, boils, . eruptions and sores,
and by enriching and vitalizing the
blood, it overcomes that tired feel
ing and gives vitality and vigor.
Ilood's Pills cure nausea, sick
headache, billiousness and all liver
ills'
The University.
We have received a copy of the
tatalogue of the University, and
the following letter from Dean
Gore, acting President in Dr. Al
derman's absence in Europe,
which we earnestly commend to
our readers:
We send yon by today's mail a
copyof tho latest catalogue of the
University. Upon examination of
the same you will find the teach
ing force to consist of 38 instruct
tors; 377 Academic students;
professional 143; Summer School
for teachers 185. making a total
enrollment of 605, exclusive of all
duplicates.
' The attendance, not-counting
the Summer School exceeds the
highest number ever reached (in
1857 58) by 47, and includes for
the first , time women among the
list of students, one of whom, it
will be noticed, is a member of
the Senior Class, a graduate of
Guilford College. ,
A new department, that of
Pharmacy, has been added.which
en rolls 17 studen ts the first year.
This issue of the catalogue was
printed entirely by students, and
in typography, appearance and
quality of work is excellent Any
one desiring a copy should send
his name to President Alderman
at Chapel Hill-
We wish very much to obtain
the correct address of every Al
umnus of the University in order
to supply them with all the publi
cations of the University,' and
thus keep in touch with them.
Convalescence.
Only those who have had the
the good fortune to pass through
a really serious illness will be
able to realize the charm of the
word "convalescent."! We use
the phrase "good fortune" ad
visedly; for; as it is necessary to
endure sickness before we can
prize the blessings of health at
its true value," so we must be rei
ally ill before we can rightly ap
preciate the pleasure of getting
well. The time of convalescence
has been the date of a fresh de
parture in many a life; and often
the good resolutions which are
nearly always made in the happy
days of convalescence are carried
put faithfully. But, alas! for the
frailty of human nature it too
often happens that in contact with
the world, we quickly forget, and
become more and more callous,
so that, when at last our time
comes, and we go each to "our
own place," we have profited ve
ry little-by that regeneration of
body and spirit from which we
promised such brave things in
the good days when we were con
valescent. Sel.
When a Stranger Goes to
Rhode Island..
In Rhode Island, when one be
gins to tell a story, if one is on a
train, the story is likely to be fint
ished in another State, when
a woman puts out a clothes line
she has to be careful lest one end
of it is tied in another county.
When a man says he lives in
Rhode Islaad he is not often askf
ed where. There are only a few
towns where he could live, and. if
he doesn't live in town he must
live close to one. 1 f i
Some of the railroad towns are
so close together that sometimes
the locomotive will oe at one sta
tion while the rear car of the train
will be at the other. 1
If the atmosphere is clear and
can get op a few hundred feet one
can see most of the State in what
ever direction one looks.
If a baby runs away he is apt
to get into another county before
he stops, if he is a good runner.
If one goes from Providence,
for instance, to Boston, one gets
to Boston almost before one gets
out of Providence. ; -
You can stand m your own
yard in any town in the State, and
throw rocks at your neighbor in
another county, and. if you are a
good thrower, you can hit a man
in Massachusetts or Connecticut
This is the way it seems to
a man when he makes his first trip
into Rhode Island. Ex.
Xo Extra Charge.
A father recently wrote to Ox
ford University: "What are
your terms for ayear? And does
it cost anything extra if my son
wants to learn to read and write
as well as row a boat?!' -Tid-Bits.
EEFOET OF CirECTOES.
To the Board of Commissioners
as to the Condition of the Pub
lie Roads.
Below will be found report of
road inspectors submitted to the
County Commissioners, sitting
as a Board of Road Supervisors,
at meetings held in the Court
house in Jackson March 31, and
April 1, 1898, including descrip
tion of the roads, names of con
tractors and amount to be paid
on each during the year. In cases
where roads were reported as
worked and in good condition one i
fourth the contract price was paid j
Those not worked were not paid j
for-
Wiocacanee Township, W. P.
Vick, Inspector.
No. 1. Prom Turner's X Roads
to Diamond Grove, Bridge rs &
jGarris contractors, $14. 95
I Examined 30th 1898, road has
been wo rked ve ry well and is
in fair condition.;
No. 2. Prom j Calvert's Gate to
Britts Hili, Bridge rs & Garris
contractors, $19.95.
Examined 25th of March, 1898.
This road is well worked.
No. 3. Britts Hill to Early's Fork
Bridgers & Garris contractors,
$14.95
Examined 25th of Iklarch, 1898
This road ts in faicondition
No. 4. Britts Hill to State line, J
T. Harrell contractor.
Examined 25th of March, 1898.
.This road has not been worked
at all. ! ,
No. 5. From Kirby line to
Branch's 'Bridge Road. B. P.
Long contractor, $14.75.
Examined March 25th, 1898.
This road has not been worked;
one dangerous ground bridge
near Rogers rotten. .....
$p. 6. High Bridge to State line,
L, L. Taylor Jr., contractor,
$19.00. '
Examined March 30th, 1898.
This road has had a little work
done on it, yet in bad condition;
side ditches neglected " and
needs cleaning out .
No. 7. John Valentine's to Ella
Hayley's, John D. Bottoms con
tractor, $12.00.
Examined March 31st, 1898.
This road has been worked and
in fair condition.
No. 8. From Diamond Grove to
Galatia Church, Bridgers &
Garris contractors. $19.95
Examined March 25th, 189a
This road found n fair condi
tion; side ditching.needed badly
No. 9. J.' B. Johnson's Fork to
Ivey's gate, N. K Allen con
tractor, $14.75.
Examined March 29th, 189a
Some work done on this road
but j much more needed being
done on it to make it a good
road.
No. 10. Ivey's gate to N. T. Cal-
verts gate, Bridgers & Garris
contractors, $14.95.
Examined March 24th, 1898.
more real work done on this
road than on any twenty miles
that I have examined.
No. H. IFrom Pruden's Fork to
Stancelis old place, N. E, Allen
contractor, $10.00.
Examined March 29th, 1898.
This road is in bad condition,
no work of any consequence done
on it; it is full of stumps which
make it dangerous to drive
over.
No. 12. Stancelis old place to
Drew FlvtheV N. E. Allen
contractor, $17.70.
Some work done on this road.
but much more needed to make
it in fair condition.
No. 13. From Sharon church to
Jesse Pilands, J. D. Bottoms
contractor, $9.50.
Examined March 25th, 189a
Road in fair condition; very lit
tie worn done on it
No, 13. MtTCarmel church to R.
D. Madreys, L. Ix Taylor Jr..
$7.00.
This road is in good order al
though there seems to have
;been very little work done on
it.
No. 15. From YL D. Maddrey's
to Faisons Old Tavern, L. L.
Taylor Jr., 123.00.
Examined March 24th, 189a
It has been worked, but is in
bad condition at this time.
No. 16. From Faisons Old Tavern
(continued on 4tii page.)
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SEED CORN.
Few j people seem to realize that
there is as much difference in vari-.
ties of Corn as there is in wheat,
oats or any other field or garden
crop. A corn grower who does not
procure the best and most nroduct-
ive varieties of corn is simply throw
ing away chances to make money .
ueueving that our farmers would
plant the best seed corn if they
could . orocure it at
. " www f j
price, I have purchased of the well
known seed house of T. W. Wood &
Sons, Richmond, Va., a lot of seed
corn specially adapted to Southern
soils and climate, grown in the best
grain districts of Virginia. I glvo
the following description of two va
rieties I sell, as furnished by Wood
& Sons.
Carys Klondyke Com.
This White Corn is the result of
several years careful selection and
growing by Col. W, Miles Carey,
formerly of Sublett & Carey, com
mission merchants of Richmond, Va
but now of Charlotte county, Va.,
There is probably no man in this
State who has had a larger cxpcrU
ence in handling corn than Col. Ca
ry, and he states that this is un-
uouDteaiy tee nest and most satis
faetory corn he has ever seen or
grown. The description as given
by him is as follows: ; It is a white
dent corn, remarkable for depth of
its grain and size of ears, frequently
having; as many " as 26 rows, and
sometimes 30, and 1200 to HOOgrains
to the ear; whereas, the ordinary
varieties rarely reach 18 rows. It
matures its crop in 100 days from
planting, has much less stalk than
ordinary varieties, and far exceeds'
them in yield. It is a prodigious
yielder. Generally the cron is readv
- ... - r
to be housed early In September,
Another, advantage of -this corn is
that it has a loose shuck of very fine
texture, and stock eat readily.
There is less danger of causing sore
mouths to cattle than by feeding tho
the , ordinary coarse corn shucks.
We have some of the stalks of this
corn on exhibition in our store the
past season, andevery one who saw
it was very much pleased with same
For an early, larire-yieldinir white
field corn, we believe that Cary's
Klondyke has no superior. ;
Cocke's Prolific Corn.
This i is a valuable variety of
White Corn, first produced by the
late General cocke on his plantation
on the James river. Since that time
it has been very irreatly improved
by careful selection and cultivation.
On land of good fertility, and espec
ially on river low grounds, it may
be relied upon to produce from two
to four ears to the stalk, we have
seen growing as high as eleven good
ears to the stalk. This prolificacy
makes it a heavy yielding corn. One
farmer in Huvanna county, Va., has
last year produced ICO bushels of
. . . . . .
corn 01 tnis variety on one acre or
land, and 1,575 bushels on 15 acres
or an average over tne 10 acres or
105 bushels per acre. Had the sea
son been a more propitious one, he
believes the yield would have been
still greater. Scarcely any rain fell
on the crops from the time of plant
ing to harvesting; never sufficient
to thoroughly wet the ground, Tho
ears are of good average size, the
grain being of a white, flinty nature
making an excellent meal or hominy
Improved Southern White
1 Snowllake.
This is a most valuable white field
variety: one that makes a large yield
and, when ground, makes meal of
the finest quality. It also makes a
splendid roast ng-ear- enrn, being a
deep-grained, producing large-sized
ears, of a shape that is most salable
for green corn in our markets. It
is an ear anu quicK-growing vari
ety, maturing its crop in about ooo
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feet in height; ears sets four to five
feet from the ground. Nearly al
ways produces two ears to the stalk
Does not blow down easily, and is
valuable for replanting,- Will make
good corn on poor land where other
sorts with large stalks would fall.
Our market garden customers will
find this a particularly valuable field
sort for their use. Per quart 10c
peck 50c.
: MILLS n. CONNER,
Rich Square, N. C.