North Carolina Newspapers

VOL 8. RICH SQUARE. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. N. C THURSDAY. MARCH 16, 1899. NUMBER 11 J V;' ,-n.wm mj ' : j.-.tf. ,,n. yrja r, 0 Do not think for a single moment that co-r.unipion ever strike you v:. cn blov. It 'does not come r way. It creeps its way along. First, you think it is a little cold; nothing but a little hack ing cough; then a little loss in weight: then a harder cough; then the fever and the night sweats. The suddenness comes when you have a hemorrhage. Better stoo the disease while it is yet creeping. You can do it witn You first notice that you cough less. The pressure on the chest is lifted. That feeling of suffocation is removed. A cure is hastened byplacingoneof Dr.Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Plaster over the Chest. A Book Frccm It is on the Diseases of the Throat and Luns. Writ a urn Freely, If y.ii liavo mi complaint whatever and tleiire tho be -.f medical ! vice von ran bsll1v receive, write tlm Uitor Sf-'A f rely. V i i i will receive a pruiaut reply, fiiiil without cunt. Ait'lrss. . UK. J. C. AVLK, Lowell, Mats. gti Job Printing, J. H. Parker & Co , Wood land, N. C, are now prepar ed to do your Job Printing at low rates. Yuiao&ca lilu. hume umdc Mo lasses for sale cheaj). Give ita trial and you will be pleased. M. II. CONNER, Rich Square, N. C. For Sale Cheap. A jood house and over an acre 1 with f j uFt trees and grapevines, situated in the village, of l'otecasi. For further information apply to II. Haudy, , 8.U county St,, Portsmouth, Va. CofFee-Goodand Cheap I ti'irn 1 1 1 c vwiirml 1'irrra Int. f Uood ColTeo wliieh I am selling at very low prices: Come and examine. same. Al so constantly re ceiving other Goods in the Grocery line, and invite an examination of my goods and prices, believing 1 can sell you. J0SEP" EJOhNSON, The Confectioner and Grocer, Rich Square, N. C Still 4 Arriving. We aro c. nstantly rooeiv i n ; N'e w G ood sin o u r . iino, and m r prices are always low. Wo pay highest prices for Corn, m Kirirs and other product1 Lot us have the pleasure .of ,i caii from you. T. lAt XSHAK k BlIO., Rich Square, N 0. FOR BUGGIES CARRIAGES HANDMADE HARNESS BRIDLES SADDLES &C at reasonable prices go to W. T. l'ICARD'S Jackson, N.C., 5iX Handmade Harness at about the price you have to pay for ma chine made. Agent for Wrenn's Uuggies. Tho Jcksor. J j Square Telephone INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA. Splendid serv ce. Polite airbus. Has connection with Jackson, Rich Square, Bryantowu, Lasker, Pote easi and Woodland. Messages sent to any point on th line for 10 cents. Connects with Western Union Tel grkph Company at Rich Square ly. W. P. MOORE, President. J. M. WEAVER, Stcty. and Treas. Gaeral otticas: Jackson, N. C- iCleiTfl f mm mill COHPULSORY VACCIHATIOH Bertie Commissioners Issue an Order to That Effect1. At i s regular meeting tirst Monday in March the Bo.ird of sJommissioners issued the fol ow iug order: 1 That each aud every per son in Bertie county, who, iu the pinion of the Superintendent of Health, or his authorized deputy, should be vaccinated, and who shall willfully refuse to submit to the same, shall be guilty of a luisdenjeanor. aud upon convic tion, be fined not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisoned 30 days 2 AH parents, guardians and others who fhall fail upon appli cation of the "Superintendent of Health," or his deputy ?o have said ward, child or other infant living with them vaccinated shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as -in the preceeding section, Report of Dr. H. V. Duns tan, Superintendent of Health as fol lows: 14 prisoners confined in house of correction; 4 inmates in the home. No serious cases of sickness among prisoners or in mates. I have reports of cases of mall pox near Aulanderand Kelford. A Shame The Norf lk Virginian and Pi lot well and fittingly says: "All over the State many part ridges have already been starved and frozen to death; but the sur vivors are so hard pressed that ihey come eagerly, if not fearless ly, about dwellings, barns and stables in the couutry. seeking food, Although it is out of sea son and against the law to do so. some people actually take ad van tage of the poor birds as they thus come seeking charity, and shoot them down as the' h ddle in the snow. What a s ame! Feed them aud Heaven wiil bless your store." Leaving aside all ideas of sen ument in the matter and appea1. ing to the baser instincts, we must acknowledge our surprise that our people do not realize the importance of protecting the birds as a matter of personal in' tore st. Every person, who knows any thing about fio matter, knows that birds are great insect de stroyers, and that a birdless land is bound to suffer terribly from i lie ravages of insects. Tnis fact alone, without any appeal to the finer feelings, should stand as a shield between the feathered denizens of the field and forest against their prowling destroy ers In the old days, when but few gentlemeu had guns there was out little need to pass, or enforce aws on this matter, but when nearly every worthless white or trifling negro has a gun of some sort it behooves those who have ihe welfare of the country at heart to see that suitable laws are passed and strictly enforced, to prevent this indiscriminate slaughter. It is shameful how birds have been. slaughtered during the late severe weather. Poor starving things have been virtually knock ed on the head by so-called sports men. For shame's sake, for de cency's sake, for humanity's sake, let it occur oeveragain; but if u does let such example be nade as will serve as a warning for all lime to cu :;e. Rocky Mount Argonaut. The Era of Independence Partisan prejudice today is wtak ir than ever before in the history )f the Uuited States. . A party aame at lht head of the tic xefno longer carries with it the latency that it used to have to comuund rhe votes of citizens, ivgtrd es f any other consideration This is one of the recent developments iu politics that counts n favor of better government, of clearer preceptions, of sounder judgment on the part of, the peopled 'li e breaking up of party ties in Con gress has been fruitful of good results. The discussions during the present session have been on a higher plane; have been more suggestive of ral statesmanship than those of any other session in many years. The great questions now before the r.atioral law mnk- ers, the future policy respecting th islands which have passed under the care of the United states, the reform of the eurren cy. even the problem of govern ment revenues, are outside the pale of stiijtly party lines, "ihe Democrats and Republicans are mi both idt & of ail these ques tions. The party name counts .'or almost nothing in the consid eration of them. This breaking away from the party ties, this independence of thought, is bound to have be e ficiai offects m.i only in the right solution of the problems of the day, but also in the character of the candidates. A convention either of Republicans or Demon crates which no longer cau count on a solid party' vote merely on account of the party name, will be more careful ia the selection of men to run for office, and the voter will be more free tt) scratch bad candidates and vote for good men on the oposing ticket than ever before. Verily is the era of independ ence in politics at hand. Kapsas City Star. Benjamiti Franklin' Legacy Tie good that wise and rare lien Fronklin did in his day lives after iiim in a large and practical way in the shape of the fund which the philosopher and states man created in 1790 for the pub lic benefit, The amount set aside oy Franklin was $5000, but one hundred and eight years of inter est accumulations nave increas. ed this amount to about $500,000i Various objects were intimated or designated by the donor to which his gift should be applied. One of those that he had in con templation was that it should eventually be used to afford aid to apprentices in Boston, and ac co; ding to his direction; the fund was to be under the management of "the selecmen ol tho town and the ministers of the oldest Epis copal, Congregational and Pres bytenan churches" The Su preme Court of Massachusetts has recently rendered a decision to (he effect that the gift to the town passed to the city on its in corporation, and that a munici pality may ba a trustee for a pub i lie charity. There was consider j able talk in Boston a few years ago of using this fund for the purpose of ouilding trade school thus coming as near as possible; under the changed conditions of this age, to the idea of the giverj but the decision noted leaves the disposal of the present large ac camu ation of half a million dol lars entirely opan. Christian Work. . I Cigarette Smoker?, i A prominent railroad man is the latest to throw dow n tho gage of battle to the cigarette. He is a general freight agent on a large -rai I road, and -em ploy s many y ou ng men as clerks. He has announc ed that in the future he will not employ any young men who are addicted to the cigarette habit, and futher than this, he express- s his intention of getting rid of all cigarette fiends now working on his department He gives ti e following as hs reasons for this decision: "Among the 200 in my service 32 are cigar, tte fiendsj Eighty five perceutof the mis takes occurring in he office art traceable to the 32 smokers. They fall behind with their work and when transferred to other desks, which men who do not smoke handle easily, they immediately get along just as badly, showing that it is not the amount of work, but the inability or indolence of ihe performer The smokers avi .'iaae 'two days off' from work pr mouth, while the non-iiriokers iverage only one half of a day in h' sur e iMiie. To natural con elusion is that 32 young men are holding iO!tions deserved by oetter men." Michigan School Moderator. : Disappointment will make vis conversant with the noble part of our nature. It will chasten us and prepare us to meet accident ou higher ground the cext time. As Hannibal taught the Romans the art of war, so is ail misfortute only a stepping-stone to fortune. H. D. Thoreau. Agitate ior Good ltoad. Now that the weather is dry ing up our country roads, and m iking it possible for farmers to ;ret to town, let the:u not forgets the recent long of raiu foi- iowed by suow aud ice, acd tho consequett shutting them off from all commufiication with their nearest town or tnding place. Let not the farmers Jmjthis vi cinity forget how many of them were prevented from attending the New Hern Mid Winter Fair, and because of bad roads How many farmers ic Eastern Carolina have been prevented from marketing their produce. and gettiug good prices for it, when now the demaud has fallen off, and spring work claims their time and attention, so that they cannot market" their, product? All because of bad roads. Compare the money-that has been lost by the farmers be cause of bad roads during Feb ruary, with what it would have cost to have kept in good order all the country roads. With the coming of Spring and Summer, and dried up roadways let not the past winter be forgot ten, but let there be a movement which shall result in the building of good roads, so that anotner rainy season will not find an em passable barrier between coun try and town, which no farmer can surmount. The time for beginning the work is now. Prepare for the bad times when it is possible aud there will be no season of regret Agitate for good roads at once and all the time until they become realities. New Bern Journal. Advertising That Pays. When a man says his buisness is loo well known to need adver tisiuer he proves that he has a good deal to learn. The late A. T. Stewart the merchant prince of New York, was pretty generally known, and yet he continued a very extensive system of advertising up ,to the day of his death, paying an al most fabulous sum in the aggre gate during the year, and was often heard to declare that he owed his success to the newspa Ders. He was the author of the saying that the duller the times the more persistent the merchant should be in exploiting his wa es. as he would thus gain a great ad vantage over his less enterpris ing rivals." - John Wanamaker's remarkable success has been an even more striking evidence of the profit of advertising. He started buisness on a limited scale i j Philidephia, and mainly, he confesses, through the instrur entality of the news papers, has become the leading merchant of the Union. His busi ness reached such gigantic pro portions that he established large branches in New York and Paris. A short time ago he paid the Youth's Companion $5,000 for one page for a single insertion. He pays anually more than 100,- 000 for advertising and has an agent engaged at $5,000 a year whose only duty is to write his advertisements. How many merchants in Augus ta are better known than John Wanamaker, and yet the great merchant prince advertises with out ceasing. - mere is anotner thing to be learred from the ex ample of great advertisers. They put their advertisements only in the best available newspapers. Papers. that fill up column after column with dead stuff do not ap peal to live advertisers. It is not only quantity, but quality that iouuts When you have any thing to ad vertise tirid but the leading newspaper in thecoai m unity yOM want to rach, and do your advertising where it j do you the most god. It v.Uij cist money, but it will pay bigger results, AugustaChrooide We understood thatthe election ; puscles which enable itto carry law as agreed upon in Democrat-1 nourishments to the Dervei and oth ic caucus, puts our State election jer organs Therefore you feel weak in August. We like that, ltis a j tired and listless and are troubled leisure time, days are long, wa-1 witisPfDS humor8;. ,Relieuf. isive.n - .1 htr Hiwi KnrnrmrtIJ;v whirin ruin- termelons, peaches and spring chickens are ripe, and candidates can hold the calves while milking is being done without freezing. Burlington News. u s Makes the food more delicious end whoJescma A Success That Counts 'I may nut have achieved any- j thing great in ipy life," faid a wo- i man, the other day; "but I have : brought up two daughters who nev er talk about their pains aud aches." "May be they havn't anv," ven tured a worn in who enjoys poor health , "Ob, I fancy they have their share," resume'd tj.e first woman, placidly. "One has an cuormons deri'ists's bill, and they are docn meatary evidence of a certain- amount of suffering, don't you think? The othet is anything bat robust, constitutionally; bat she is seldom ill, because she takes good cire of her health, instead of talk ing about it. I don't think I have been an. unsympathetic mother, and I fear I'm not mad of Spar tan material; but when my girls get old enough to talk about head aches and tookaches and ailments raal, exaggerated, r imaginary I made up my mind to discour age it at once. I refused to listen to accounts of mysteriousacaes and sensations, whec I had reason to believe they were the' outcome of too little exercise. Fresh air and occupation were the prascript tiou for headaches and bad tern per, and a beead and milk supper and early to bed was the treat nient for other ailments Ileal ill ness seldom comes unheralded, and when eyes keep bright, pulses regular, and appetites good, there is scarcely anything that cannot be cared - by witch-hnzoi or a good siep, We are a busy family, and there was seldom an honr of dream ing for the girls, 'ihey had plen ty of pleasure, but it was active and j)lly, rather than leisurely They never got into the summer- piazza complaining habit, i because they were always playing tennis, or sailing boats, or reading books. I suppose their education has been sadfy neglected as far as fancy work is concerned, hut the hours that 'most women Spend over fan cy work are, in my idea, like those hours after dinner which Thacker ay says women always spend in discussing their diseases." i Be in Earnest i We have a firm conviction that a lack of seriousness of mind is undermining the' manhlood of hundreds of voung men who apart from this.. ha Ve the lmateri al in them ior making istrong good, useful men. There are any number of young men who will spend a whole evening id frivol ous, shadow talk, who appear to think it an unmanly thing tc give five minutes to serious,! sober. thoughtful conversation concern iug the weiga'ty things of life. Who knows what possibilities are looked "up in the life! of the 1 vounsr man who remembers that ne has brains to be cultivated. and who form the habit of thoughtf ulness? Watt tells us hat the team-engine worked in es mind long efore it was giv a to the world. H hai ;va-3 3l in his liead." but not the k'v d that characterize the young man who likes a serious disposition It is said Napo!eon fought bi ba tie in his head befpre he fought them ou the field j of bat In. The thoughtful man sees things that other men do not see. and ha.s A tremendous advantage in every walk of life over the man who facks sriousu jss and thougfit fulness Selected. The Spring Months. Are most likelv to find your blood impure and lacking in the red cor- - tr.. 1 ' i j Hood's Pills cure bitliousness. j Mailed for 25 cents by C i. Hood & C., Lowell, Mas. rhu Lantern on Spnctauie Reef. "Tn Hibio hasm itiy dif m-ui uuies for G a. each witiiiNowu tu .iiuni' iuu us own beaut v. and t,i of the best s that givei by James.-'The Father of Jig'uta. with whom i is no variableness nviiher shadow of turning." O it in Lake Huron, miles aw from the nearest land, lies Spec- tanie Ueef. and outof tin blue wa- tvr that hides it riss th U!l siorm towers of a-liirht-bjust As you sail to the eastward through the north channel of the Straits of Mackinac, on a sum mcr evening, you will see ahead a light that glimmers ror a mo ment low down on the horizor, and disappears. For a few sec onds there is nothing to-be seen but the dark sky bending over the dark water. Then comes a red flash; thenfew more sec onds jof darkness, and the white light appears again. I is the great lantern of Spec tacle Reef, red on oue side, white on the: other, siowiy turning round and round all night, and throwing its beams far out over the lake. Here is a light that is variable, and we see. the shadow of its turning; yt surely it is a friend to the sailor, and its very changeableess helps him to dis tinguish it from any other. But what is its message? It is always "Go" and never ,4Come " It is a warning-not n invitation. The red and white flashes may be a welcome s,gh to the pilot of the big steamer Oplowing her way to Lake Superior, but he never hn- gers near them. And even if there was no danger lurking there, who would want to live in a light that is constantly flasbinj fading, and shifting. There is a light to live by, and to die by, but it is one that knows "no variableness, neither shadow of turning. "Selected. To Keep Love Secure in the Home. In the first months of married life, love is so sufficient, and lov ing so simple, that there seems nooth r need in life," writes Hel en Watterson Moody in the March Ladies' Home Journal. "But by and by when care begins to shad ow them, when duties present themselves,and, strangely enougl j conflict with each other, 'when convictions clash and tastesdiffer, then both husband and wife be gin to realize that back of love must stand what I have called steady and sturdy moral quali ties'justice, patience, boaesty. sincerity and magnanimity. In deed, on these depends the Vwiy continuince of love in marriage, for it is not possible to go on lov ing unless that is found which is worthy of love. I say this ad vis edly. I know the world is full of men and women who think, either because they like to think so. or sadly, because they must, that one can love where one does not respect. It seems to me that this does not ennoble one's ideal of love. One may pity, may have an infinite yearning tenderness over what one concot respecr, but love is of roval birth and recogn ize t nly what is as royal The way, then, to ke cure in married li ure in married lif. is not so auchtobe anxiously watching nd guarding lest it should es- pe. or crying th'at love has m a c spread its wings because the first holiday romance is ieplac?d b graver feeiing. but by livingalo g simply aijd-hon .-stiv aud franxiy .ogtber. ou a nigh pia e lo ii g most and always toward 'whats' ever tilings ae true, what sojver thinjr are just, waaso evt?r things are honest, wha's ver things are pure, whatsoever things i.re lovely, whatsoever things are of good report. Tnen Love will be not i captivt?. bui a most willing guest" Spring tireness is due to an im- poverished condition of the blood and is cured by Hood's Sarsaparilb wfcloh oariche th blood. 606 na an 'aaonmva 'nog saiiiH Gniran ft 7TL SnD pnuui xtxy U S2-E1S r if XV " ' L rif. r rleiotu u m lull Htm qt jaq mm no.C c3iioq) .?tuoirt O . . - At i f w3rp irx ioq Sun mj'n.- Y n ni sa uiojj SinXnq m pat"9l'fuotj aov J9 nSo(3 aSwtoot mud 9 tpart iha m a New Garden Seed. My store istill head quarters for Feld and . Garden Seed. Just received a let of New Cabbage and other Garden Seed. Mills II. Conner. Rich Square, N. C. NOTICE, we the undersigned, have haa our land posted for some time, and eeing that the violators haven't ob- surved the notice in the past, no tice is hereby given that our lands .ire situated on and near Ahoskie swamp, a part being in Rich Square township Northampton countv and the larger part ben in St John.a township, Hertford Cc.aro posted and all persons arc forbidden to fish or hunt on same in any way, night or day with or without guns or dos- All violators of the law wm De prosecuted to tne fullest ex- " T,' , T'T . Deans WaUer white, Arthur White, John white Charlio Whitc BenjamiQ white, Miss L. A. Odom, J. It. Powell, Mrs. E C. Watson, M. E.S. Odom, C. R. Odorn. Matt. Hill. I Sell Buggies One and two Horse Wagons, Cart;Wheels, Cart Wheel Timber, Tires Harness Buggy blanket and;robes; All kinds of Buggy and Wagon Material, Iron FenciLg Tombstonen, WallPaper, Paper Roofing, Windows, Doors, Blinds, etc. I also guarantee quality andpricejcu c:7e.jtning i;seD. Askforjj estimates. JAME SIH. IB A UGH hU Rich Square, N. C mm AS FAT a' ' V4 piLS ' . V 'Svi j V: y& !fl f - TASTELESS K1DLL I' JUST AS COO D FOR ADULTS. .-..-.riAriTED. PRICE SOcU. CLATlA.llXa.,KOT.13,la leirfa Co., H. Lakhs, Mo. t-. ra?i: We kl last yer, 00 bottl V i ' A. TCLKbd CHILL. TOXIC and h i u-w rr-jM alntatfy ibia femr. Ia ailort3fr .uv. i 1 )---rs. tn tho drug busioea. bar f'lm J - nrt'-ic ih&tk-nra ancfa Ubivereai tQl'f .'un w rur lutil). Vouratralf, 1 6 8SJ