KICH SQUARE, SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, I6&i.
NUMHKU33
Pil M
fFngcr $1 :
You feel the blood rushing
along.
But what kind of blood?
That is th question.
Is it pure blood or Impure
blood?
If the blood is impure then
you are weak and languid;
your appetite is poor and your
digestion is weak. You can
not sleep well and the morn
ing finds you unprepared for
the work of the day. Your
cheeks are pale and your com
plexion is sallow. You are
troubled with pimples, bolls,
or some eruption of the skin.
Why not purify yourblood?
0
will do ft. Take it a few days
and then put your finger on
your pulse again. You can
feel the difference. It is
stronger and your circulation
better,. Send for our book on
Impure Blood.
If you are bilious, take
Ayer's Pills. They greatly
aid the Sarsaparilla, They
cure constipation also.,
WrNo to our Doctors.
Write them freely all tbe particular!
In your care. You vMi receive a
prompt reply, without jo8t.
Addie3, DR. JC. AYER.
Lowell, Mas.
Wall Paijer
1 have severe I styles of Wall
Paper on hi r.'. "hich I will
sell cheap. -
I. H. Conner,
. Rich Square, N. C
Job Printing.
J. H. Parker & Co., Wood
land, N. C, are now prepar
ed to do your Job Printing
at low rales.
Horses and Mules,
If you want a good Horse or Mule
it would be well to examine our
stock bo'cre buying. We try 1
please our customers
Edwards & Bealk
- Pendleton, N C
For Sale.
1 otTer for sale a No, 1 portable
Grist Mill solid white Esopas stone
and makes first class meal. Als
one 4 ton platform scales with -brass
beam and standard weights.
J. T. Elliott,
Eagle town, N. C.
Molasses n
I have a lot of very
ne home made Mo
lasses for sale cheap. Give itatri;.
and you will be pleased.
M. H. CONNER,
Rich bquare, N. C
J. W. Beaton & Son.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
1217 County Street.
SrKciAiriKs. Hams, Eggs, Chick
ens. Lambs, and all kinds of StocK
PORTSMOUTH- - - VIRGINIA
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Squrs Telephone
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS 01
NORTH CAROLINA.
Splendid service.
Polite uganis.
Has correction with Jackson, Rich
Square,. Bryatitown, La.sk er, Pote
casi and Woodland.
?vlessages sent to any pomt on tht
line for 10 cents.
Connects with Western Union Tel
egraph Company at Rich Square.
DR. W. P. MOORE. President.
J. M. WEAVER, Secfy. aad Trea. ,
General offices: J i kso
FOR BUGGIES
CARRIAGES
HANDMADE HARNESS
BRIDLES
SADDLES &C-
at reasonable prices go to
W T. riCAHD'S
Jackson, N. C, -fflt,
Handmade Harness at about
the price you .ave to pay for ma"
chine made.
Agent for Wrenn's Buggies.
1 1
PERSONAL AND NEWS NOTES
Air. C. G. Couuer returned from
Iiaurel Hill last weok.
ir. A. S. Webb has moved to
j Mt. Tirzab, N. C, where he has
charge of an academy.
Air. J. F. Boyce formerly of this
county came up from Portsmouth
Jastlnday on business.
Mrs. U. 1, Boyce, of Behoboth,
and Mrs. J. F. Boyce, ,f Ports
mouth, spent last Friday her.-, the
guests of Mia. M H. Conner.
Mr. Joshua Conwell, oufotclest
citizeu, has passed his 82 mile
post, being now in his 83 year,
lie is sill able to work and bids
fail to live with us many years to
come.
We failed to mention last week
that Mrs. W. E. Clifton and little
daughter Willia had returned from
Littleton. Bat she is such a hard
worker in good wcrksthe does not
have to be home loi'g before our
peopl find-it out.
The Baptist Sunday School pc
nic at Peele's mill last Thursday
was largely attended and much en
joyed by those present. As stat
ed before, the Aiethodist and
Friends Sunday schools weie in
vited. We were glad to receive a call
fr. m our friend, O. Hampton
Bames, of B;rtie, biother ot our
foreign coi respondent, a few days
ago. Mr. Barnes has been suffer
mg with rheumatism for several
months and consequently have
been unable to leave home much.
There is one woman in Hich
Square whose name is rarely seen
or heard in pu lie but who is like
a ministering angel in the homes
of those needing her attention, al
ways doing her duty as she sees it.
That woman is Mrs. Albert Vann,
and no one in our midst would be
more sadly missed if away.
The wi iter attended the Child
reus' day exercises and missionary
meeting at Pinners church first
Sunday in August. There was a
large congregation, but to us the
scenes soemed unnatural- The pil
lows of that old church of only a
few brief years ago have nearly all
passed to that bourne from whence
no traveler ever returns. The
once familiar faces of William
Brown, Jere Carter, Wiley Bryan,
Noah Brown, Nat Baugham, Ex
um (Jutland and "Aunt Patia" Oui
land, Sallie Bryant, Nancy
Baugham and some others are no
longer seen. Mrs. Thos Boyce, and
Mrs. Sallie J. Baugham, of the q.
ler, members alone were present.
They and Mr. Thorn is Boyce Mr.
and Mrs. John W Gay, of the reg
ular attendants, are the connect
ing links of a glorious past for old
Piuufirs. The love and fidelity of
Mrs. S:illie Baugham and Mr. and
Mrs. Gay for that old church is
ntrong and touching, and should
inspire the youuger members to
greater exertions to keep the fires
on the alb 'i of the church burning
brightly. Let not the exhortation.
of the good old people who weiv
once such familiar figures in the
k'atnen corners" bo forgotten.
' Fine Pecan Trees.
Mr. W. E.-. Clifton, S. A. Liu.
agent at Rich Square, has some of
the finest young pecaurees grow
iug on tho raiboad laud we havr
seen. A year at-o the Seaboard
mauagers sent each station agent
a lot of pecans with instruction.
fo plant them on railroad laud at
tbe stations. Mr. CLt'tou prepar
ed the ground ell for his tree
ai d now, one year later, bt bp -trees
four and a half feet high. H
has one row of twelve trees plant
ed 50 fe-t apart, that are growing
nicely. He has given them good
attention. What other station can
beet this? ,
Did Not Apply For License.
ivsi week in August petitiont
were circulated in this vicinity foi
iiuof against liquor license. Whei.
the party who wanted licence
found that the sentiment Was over
whelmingly against a licensed bai
room here he withdrew his peti
tion, thereby showing that he wa
willing for the majority to ruie.
We have not heard ot haif a doze
people who declined to sign tht
petition against license, and of nt
hard feelings engendered on ac
count of the petition. This is h
good showing for the people ol
Kich' Squaie tiud, vicinity.
THE PHILLPPHE QUESTION
Great Principles InvolveI la'i
Kern of Adopting the Guupow
. tier (iospel The right
Course.
The New York Independent re
cently published an article on
the Philippine question from the
pen of W. J. Bryau. in which
Mr. liryno says:
"The Philippine question is im
porlant because fundamental
principles are involved in its dis
cussion. There are two sources
of ovtirnment, force and con
sent Monarchies are founded
upon force, republics upon con
sent. -
"The declaration of indepen
dence asserts that governments
derive their just powers f rom
the consent of the governed and
the exact doctrines to which we
have adheied for more than a
century. It is the doctrine which
has distinguished us from Euro
pean countries and has made our
nation the hope of humanity. The
statue in New York harbor typ
ifies tbe cation's mission,
If-the doctrine set. forth in
the declaration of independence
is sourd, tiow can we rightfully
acquire sovereignty over the Pil
i: inos by a war of conquest. If
the doctrine Sep forth in the dec
laration of independence is sound
how can we rightfully purchase
sovereignties from a opanish
sovereign whose title was disput
ed in Cuba, and whose rebellious
subjects were armed in the Phil
ippines. "In the revolution of interven
tionrcongress declared that the
Cubans were and of right ought
to be free, Why? Because gov
ernment derives their just pow
ers from the consent of the gov
erned, and Spain had refused to
respect the wishes of the Cubans
If the Cubans were and of right
ought to be free, why not the Pil
lip:nos? "In the beginning of the Span
ish war congress denied ihat our
nation had any thought of extend
ing its territory by war. If we
then ha I no thought of securing
by conquest new territory, in tho
western hemisphere, why should
we now talk of secariDgin the
eastern hemisphere new-races
for subjugation?
"An individual may live a
double life when only one life is
When both lives are known we
can lead only one life and that the
worst A republic cannot enter
upon a colonial policy : It cannot
advocate government by consent
at home and government, by
force abroad . The declaration of
independence will lose its value
when we proclaim the doctrine
familiar to Europe, but detesta -ble
here, that governments are
round in shape, about thirteen
inches in diameter and fired out
of cannon.
"Pc r more than a century this
country has been traveling along
the pathway which leads from
low domain of might to the lofty
realms of right and its history
has been without a parallel in tho
annals of recorded time. Whai
will be our fate if we turn back
ward and begin. the descent to v
ards force and conquest?
"It is not sufficient to say tha!.
the forcible acquisition of tho
Philippines is abenevolent ac:
undertaken ror the good of th
Filipinos. Lincoln pointed ou
tl.at this has always been the ar
gument of kings. To use hi
words 'they always bestrode th
necks of the people, not that the
wanted to do it, but because th
people were better off for bein
ridden. ,
"Itis surprising thatanybe
liever in self government should
favor forcible action, but stir
more surprising that any one who
beiieves in the Christian religion
should favor the substitution ol
force for reason in the extensio
of our nation's influence.
"If we adopt the gunpowder
gospel in the Philippines Low
oug will it ba before that prin
ciple will be trausplaalod i..
American soil? So long as our ar
guments are addressed to reasor;
jnd tha neartour provressissutv
but can we. without danger t
Christitnity. resort to theanciec
p au of injecting reiigioc into th
body through bullet holes?
"The question is frequently as
ied, what can we? Nearly two
months elapsed between the sign-,
ing of the treaty and lhe.beginn
ing of hostilities ia the Phillip
pines During that tim the
president and coDgress might
have given to the Filipinos th
same assurances of independence
that was given to the Cubans
Such assurances would have pre
vented bloodshed. If the doc
trine of self-government is sound
the Fdipinos are entitled to gov
ern, themselves, and the presi
dent can now promise them inde
pendence as soon as a stable
government can be secured
It the president is not willing
to take the responsibility of eu
forcing the doctrine set forth in
the declaration of indendence, he
lean call congress together and let
them take the responsibility. A
special secsion woul be less ex
pensive than -the war, not to
speak of the principles involved.
"Our nation is protecting the
republics of South America
from outward iterference while
they workout theirdestiny. We
can extend the same doctrine to
the Philippines, and, having re
scued the inhabitants from a for
eignyoke, we can guarantee ihem
from molestation, while may de
velop a republic in the orient
They -will be our friends instead
of our enemies; we can send our
teachers to Manila instead o;
soldiers, and they would know
that there is a reality in the
theory of govenment promulga
ted at Independence Hall and de.
fended by the blood of the revo
lutionary fathers.'' -
Capt. Day Takls ot the Fris
on.
Captain Day, the superinten
dent of the prison, yesterday
said in the course of an interview
relative to this matter:
"Yes, I amapposed to the pen
itentiary purchasing any land at
all, and I think a mistake will be
made if tire Caledonia farm "is
purchased by the board. I am
opposed to the purchase of this
farm.
"First, because the convicts
can be moreprotitai ly employed
in other business,
"Second, because there is no
wood on the-Caledonia farm and
the State would have to buy all
the fuel used at the farm
"We have offers from railroad
contractors to take 300 convicts
regularly. Under -our present
contract we have got to work 100
convicts at" the Tillery farm
Sixty convicts ar reported in'the
brick ; ard, 30 in the mattress
factory, 65 iu the shirt factory
and 65 in the machine and shoe
departments and the kitchen at
the Central Prison. This makes
necessary the emyloyment of 620
convicts.
"There are about 900 State con
victs in the peni'ehiiary and the
number is decreasing yearly,
because the counties are usinj:
more and more every year in
buildingand improving the roads
With regular employment for 620
convicts there would be few abh
bodied men left out of a total o:
900, men Women many of whom
are in the hospitals and incapaci
tated for work. Th iSute woul i
be unable toopjrato a 7,000 acn
farm like the Caledonia
"The State ought not to raise
one dollar's worth of products
Farming is not profitable at the
best All the peniteniary needs
is to raise wieat, corn, vegeU
bios and hogs. In other word s,
meat and bread for the institution.
"There are about 1,000 con
victs at work on the pubHc roadf
in the State and the number is
continually increasing. Very
few convicts are received now
from the large counties, such as
Wake, Mecklenburg, Buncombe
and New Hanover. These con
ties work their con victs improv
ing the public roads."
LASKER
HIGH SCHOOL
Fall term begins ; Monday
September Instructions gi ven
iu all branches usually taught in
schools of like grade. New and
convenient building. Healthful
location. Charges very moder
ate. Good board in private fam
nies at reasonable rates. For
f urther information apply to
L. L. Lassitei!. Principal,
Lasker, N. C.
! Fair Play.
Wilmintjn MesstJtiger.
Thy A. a nt! M. c'otsegM a l!.i - j
eigb has don three prujer ihinir
thus far uuderthe new imh r
j The abolition of the preparatoi i
(department, the ioittatory s-j ?
in ierfectiug the now texu! d !
partment, and the upH.)iutnji-- j
of our townsman Bradie;. i
Wooten as military instructor
He is well qualified and willprovt
faithful a;:d ofticient. Then i
another thing that might be con
sidered. To get rid of the atten
dance of females as soon as possi
ble. If the Raleigh state school
is open to them give the boys a
chance and open the Greensboro
school to them. Turn about i
fair play.
- -
Road Work With Jail Bird
A Success.
(Srotland xeck Commonwealtb.)
For some weaks Mr. W. F.
Parker, chairman of the Board
of county commissioners, has
had a squad of eight jail birds
working the roads near Enfield.
It is an experiment with Mr
Parker and whose utility some
doubted; but Mr. Parker thought
that if they could be put to work
on the roads with about the same
cost to the county, it would be au
economy that ourht to be regard
ed. He says now that Enfield
oflers$80 for them for one mor th;
and they will be hired to that
town for that time.
Mr- Parker says they hav
done some good work and thinks
it the very best solution of tho
question about what to do with
criminals sentenced to jail as a
punishment forcrime.
The Commonwealth has all the
while thought that strong men
ought not to lie in jail, grow sleek
and fat at the county's expense
and do nothing.
We believe this is a step in tbe
right direction, and we hope to
see it encouraged by tho peoph
of the county generally.
The Most Vital Question.
(From Windsor Ledger)
Iu almost every county s and
town in North Carolina the people
are making an effort to improve
their" county roads, and are in
vesting their capitaL in manufact
uries that will keep their mone
at home, payiug them safe anri
sure incomes, and givingemploy
rent to their young people W
cannot understand whyourrvo
pie do not ai inifest some interes i
in this subject. It seems to us
the most vital question of th
present time. We have in our
midst a number of young men ol
good moral habits, with agpoc
practical education, willing anc
anxious to invest their younj:
blood and energy in any enter
jjrise that will in the future giv
fair prospects of a living. Wih
you give them an opportunity o
will you drive them away to some
more enterprising town when
their abilities vvii I be appreciated
There is idle mouey enough ii
Bertie county to give every citi
zen employ ment and make ever;
home happy There is no reasoi
why Windsor ctiould not becom
the most important town in ea
tern North Carolina, if ourpeop
will only interest themselves i.
their own interest. The businesr
men of Norfolk who control th
trade of Bertie county today a r.
men driven awav from home fo
want of encouragement. Two o
Bertie county bos are now in
vesting tfj"U sands of dp! ars in a
opera -house and hotel at Pt rt
mouth Va., while the people v
Windsor must be content with
ten cent show in a hail the et.
tranoe of which is the rear ol a
bar-rtx)m and lighted witha lau
tern hung on a pot at the corner
of a pig y n.
Hard JLuck
Here are some of tbe terriblv
things which according to coun
try exchange, are hkely'to befil
a definquent: L ist week a deli n
quent subscriber said tha' h
wauld pay up Saturday if he liv
ed. He's deadU Another T1
see you tomorroivJ' He's blind
Still another ooe sxiid: ;I hoie tt
pay you tots week or go to the
devil v He's gonf1. There arc
hundreds who ouglit to take warn
ing by these p roc rasti ration sand
py up their subscriptions now.
ery Sirapsou's UavoLet.
Makes the food more
i
- In Memory of 3Iis Jatiie
, Oriran.
"Oh, God, it is ever a fe&rful thing
To see a human soul take wing;
Dut what a dark shadow o'er the head i
when peals tthe rvquicni of the Loved and
young"
Ja-jie has left us, gone in the
glorious promise of her young
womanhood, flown like a beau ti
ous vision of the dawn, robed iu
the sunshine's glorious beams.
All that skilled physicians and
loving hauds could da was done
but could not stay the summon
of that messenger, whoclaimsali
seasons for his own, for as a stai
beam she faded away from earth
While the earth was wrapped in
slumber, her spirit more beau
tiful still winged its way tobrigh
ter lands, and where . she now i.
singing with the redeemed tb
sweet hymns she loved so much
to sing. ' -
When we thinlTof the light fad
ing from her beautious eyes anu
the cheek losing its bloom, fron;
Intense pain and the dews o!
death gathering on the marbl
like brows, and the last parting
breath escaping the bloodless
lips, we can but ask in the an
guish of our souls, "Why shouhi
she die."
How valuable is that religion
which enables the relatives and
friends to raise the vail of the
tomb and look iuto the great be
yond and behold Janie, happy
among the white winged Seraphs
that surround the thrown of God.
Its sad to think that we have
seen her for the last time, no
more to hear the silvery cadenc
of her sweet voice, never to be
with her this side of the blessed
homes of the pure and good
Janie has left us, yet she will live
in the sorrowing hearts of those
who loved her. t
Calmly and peacefully sh
passed away in lifes morning bid
ding each one present good bye
and asking them to meet her at
the Cross.
Years will roll silently on, sea
sons will come and go. yet the in
fluence of her gentle spirit will
hover around us warning us t
be always ready "for in such an
hour as ye think not the fina'
summons cometh."
"Oh, the glad reunions there!
Oh the songs that never cease
Happy saints are gathering where
Naught can mar the perfect peace"
N. L B
Guilford College. N. C.
A Mother Tells How She Saved
Her Little Daughter's Lile.
I am the mother of eight childien
and have had a great deal of experi
ence with medicine. Last summer
my little daughter had the dysente
ry in the.worst form. We thought
she would die. I tried everything
I could think of. but nothing seem
ed to do her any good. I saw by an
advertisement in our paper what
0hamberlin's Colic, Cholera anr"
Diarrhoea Remedy was highly rc
ommended and sent and got a bottle
at once, it proved to he ODe of the,
very best medicines we ever bad in
the house. It saved my little daugh
ters life, i am anxious for every
mother to know what an excellent
medicine it is. Had I known it at
first it would have saved a grea'
deal of anxiety and my little daugh
ter much suffering. Youts truly,
Mrs. Geo. F. Burdick. Liberty. R. 1
For sale by JohnJ2augbam.
It Telia in Time.
- People often say this man ha
drink whiskey, that man ha
smoked, and the other man h:t
chewed tobacco forty or fift
years, and he is well and hale ard s
hearty. But they do not tell hov j
many others have done t e san
thing and are dead and buriv
lorg ago; cor do :hey tell tow
many of the man's children ha v
been laid in untimely graves, as a
result of his evil and vicious bab
its "Unto thtr third and foorU
gtsneratioa," is the descend its g
curse extended, and no; till fou
generations are fxissed are wi
able to estimate tha full cons -
quecces of parental iniquity
"We learnol the other dav. '
says the Herald aud Presoytur,
delicious and wholesome
of a man who hosted that he had
laken a bottle of wine every day
hfty years, and had never been
Kjund by it. Hut of hi twclvo
ehWdreu six il'unl in in fane . tiro
wis idiotic, iio hwami' in;u-c,
and e other fotir gtew up to b3
i"'V''Us iuvalitis. Mert llul it
.ini'osihta' to away fnm tho
Ul d-v thotis;nds of
' ; S HXtK "that tJ.H visUs tho.
iniquity of Hu' f ithers ujxi the
chiiuren.' It is. a trnblo thing
for ib fat hot- to commit sins for
which their children will havo to
the .penalty, but men are
doinLf soon overy hand. "Selec
ted. , . -
Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Dromo Quiniuc Tablet
All druggist rcfuud money it it fails to
ore. 25c. The" genuine has U II. on
UTTLETON
FEMALE
COLLEGE.
Board, laundry, fulllitorary tu
Ition and library foe 1112. for tho
entire scholastic year.
To those applyiug in timo tho
above charges may be reduced lo
1 12 by one hou r's work nsr day
in Industrial Deiiartment Tho
17th annual session begins Sept
20tb. 18U9. For catalouo da
dress Hev. J. M. Rhodes, A. M.
President.
Littleton. NO
THE STATE NORMAL
AND INDUSTRIAL COL
LEGE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Offers to young women thorough
literary, classical, scientific, and in.
dustrial education and special ped
agogical training. Annual expenses
$90 to $130; for non residents out of
the State $1 50. Faculty of 30 mem bers.
More than 400 regular students. Has
mat r icu lated a bou 1 1 , 700s tu d c n ts , rep
resenting every county in the State
except one. Practice and Observa
tion school of ,b jut 2 0 pupils,
sejure board in drirmatories,uil free
tuiton applications should be made
before August 1.
Correspondence invited from those
desiring com petent trained teachers.
For catalogue and other informa
tion, address
PBESIDENT McIVEK,
(Jrcensboro, N. C
THE DNIYERSITY
OF
NORTH CAROLINA-
Widest patronage aud fullest
equipment in its history. Facul
ty 38; students, 495; 3 Academic
courses; 3 Elective courses; 3 pra
fessional schoolt, in Law, in Med
icine and h; Pharmacy. Now
buildings.. water works, splendid
libr tries, laboratories, &c.
Advanced" classes open to wo
men. Tuitiun $G0. a year; board
$8. a montn. Ample opportunity
loans for the nt?edy. Free tui
tion for t acbers. Summer scbtol
for teachers. 21 instructors, 147
students. Total enrollment G44.
For catalogue ad dress, H
PllEblOKNT AlJJFKMAN,
Chape: Hill. N. C
THE NORTH
CAROLINA COLLEGE
OF AGRICULTURE
AND MECHANIC ARTS-
Term begins Wednesday, Sept. IJ.
- Gives an extraordinary co"urse of
instuction at an extraordinarily low
cost to the student. ,
It not only educates but prepares
its students to bexxxne intelligent
directors of agricultural and me
chanical enterprises.
There are compleU; spechd and
short courses in the various Agri
cultural, Industrial, Mechanical,
Texitileand Civic Arts.
Students will be allowed to "stand
county-seat of the counties which
they reside, thussaving the expense
of i trip to lialeigh. 5
Efitrance examiuation ill be held
cm the HUh of August, in the court-h-jUM',
under the supervision of
C!icty Suerin,teudenU
For furthrr information, catalogue
iu.. .apply to
Presidext Gto.T. Wixsto.n,
West Italeigb, N. C