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PRICE 16c. yd.
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a few KandMiTM circulars ee
... Good advertising la to ? drooping
bu>ln<M what water la to a thirsty
flower. Wa know how to print
everything from a card to a cata
logue in a way that will maka
your bualness hold up Its head
and bloom.
Pr
Fee Applae Then Bordeaux Mixture,
la a gevemnent circular by William
Scott. pathologist lo charge of orchard
H*aylng experiments and fletnouecra
Uoaa and Omit disease investigations,
k la declared that hi recent jeers bor
deaux mlxtnrw baa come Into 111 favor
atsoag the apple growers oo account
?f ka Injurious effect upon the trait
end foliage o t certain varieties. aod
there le a growing demand tor a reli
able ftmgfctfe which can be naed for
the control of apple dlasasta without
producing a?ch injury. Bordeaux mix
APTliBH MPBAtSL' WITU COM MBBn \L
LIVHMCl^HUR-?CAUDY FRUIT UN THl .
ai a in
to re 1* undoubtedly tbe be*t nil m round
fungicide known, hikI It Is unfortunate
that tbe apple growers have 10 con
sider the possibility of giving It up. bat
tbe rusaeting of tbe fruit mid tbe
burning of the foliuge cnu?ed by It are
ao objectionable tb:it It set-tos highly
desirable If not necessary to adopt a (
leaa Injurious fungicide even nt the
risk of n partial sin-rlDce of efficiency
in the control of dUcases.
During the past three years Mr.
Scott baa been working on tbe prob- 1
)em of securing a su tin far lory Hubatl- 1
rnte for bordeaux mixture and not
without some success. Tbe self boiled
lime-sulphur wash whlcb was devel- I
oped primarily for spraying peach
trees baa been fouud to be an excellent
spray for tbe control of mild cases of
apple diseases aoUfeto be entirely harm
less to fruit acri^&Uuge. Tbe concen- I
t rated Ume-eoTpbur solutions, both I
commercial and home prepared, when
dilated to contain about four ponuda of
nnlpbur to fifty gallons of u-nter hare
prored to be about as effective In the
control of apple acab and leaf apot as
bordeanx mixture and to be much leas
injurious.
Experiments conducted by the bu
reau of plant Industry during IDUO glre
further evidence of the vnlue of tbe
lime-sulphur sprays as fungicides for j
OTIPUTIO APfM.KS? MCADDT NlClT OS
THE KIOHT.
rammer use. Tbe?c- experiments cover
a wide range of conditions, baring
been conducted lo Virginia. Mk:b?~z
? ?d Arkansas. JCJp?en war*
iirored rerr mnus.t^ur.T vb?
The answer was as fotlows:
The best trellis for supporting toma
toes Is the hinged trellis shown In the
?ketch (Fig. 2?. This can be spread to
accommodate the width of a row and
(an be used to support the plants la
?oe or two rows as desired. The best
length Is ten feet and height four feet
The trellis Is quickly made of wooden
strips which are nailed together as
shown by sketch and bloged at the
top so that It can be closed together
and stored away when not In use.
A Mohamtnedsn Festival.
Ta boots Is an Indian festival In cam
section with the celebration of the ,
month of Mobarram, which begins the
year of the true Mohammedan. This |
festival commemorates the desth of I
Prince Hoeseln. the grandson of Mo
hammed, who met his death In battle
after ten days' fighting against King
Omar. The word t a boot, from which
the festival takes Ita name, means lit- I
erally a tomb, and It Is always built
In front of the homes of some rich
sod Important Mohsmznedsns and un
iar a temporary ahed built for this
purpose. The t a boots are made from
thin bamboo strips covered with high
ly colored paper, and It I a always dec
orated with Isinglass. gold and afivar
paper, glaas balls and orach ?ed and
green paint Ob the ninth day of the
Gem
Feature Program!
.1 rilA, KEELS 3,000 FEET.
CLEOPATRA ? Patlio baud-colored I
drun > scenes ure magnificently set J
and beautifully photographed.
>
A C HILD OF 1 UK CHfiTTO? A Blo
graph? Au InffrWtiug story, the
ttcens depleting points In and about
the fihetto.
A.MOX(; the BIIEAKER8 ? Another
Blugmph ? A yram of Klrrlng
character. The stor^ possesses a pecu
liar fasclnatlon And one follows ev
ery movement of the characters
>*ith Increasing interest.
Nmmn of Mjnd.
A iMtw to an tnsano i
vtlktai la the grounds whan a i
After walking about I
timet discussing topics suggested
by tha ptaca, the two art out on a tour
of Inspection, the nun. npparentlyao
official. Inviting the rUilior to go over
the aaylum. At length they reached
tha foot of a flight of steim. op which
the guide led the way. and at the top
the vlaltor found blmaelf out upou the
roof, a height of more than a hundred
feet from the ground. Aa they gaxed
below hit* companion startled him sud
denly by proposing to see who could
Jump farthest toward the grounds'.
Not until then had It dnwned npon the
Tlsltor that bla guide was mad. Mer
cifully he was a man of ready wit. and
his wit saved the madman's life. "Oh.
anybody can Jump down." said the via
ltor. "Let us go down and see who
can Jump to the top." The madman
thought It a good idea. and. retracing
their steps, the two began their Jnrnp
from the e'pjb instead of from the
roof. ?
Ths Mammoth Cava Rat.
The cavern rat found In the Mam
moth car? Is of a soft bluish color,
will. wnltOf-neck and feet. It baa
enormous eyes, black as night, but
quite unprovided with an iris. These
eyes are perfectly insensible to light,
and when the experiment has been
made of catching a cavern rat and
turning it looee In bright sunlight It
blunders about, atrlklng Itself against
everything, la unable to provide Itaelf
with food and finally falls down .and
dies. In Its native depths, however.
It la able to lead a comfortable enough
existence, as its enormously long whlalt
ers are so extremely sensitive that*
they enable it to find Its way rapidly
through the dorknesa. The principal
food of the cavern rat consists of ?
kind of large cricket of a pale yellow
color and. like moet other cave dwell
ers. itself perfectly blUxL
Tho Lilies.
Two thousand yea^s ago It was sup
posed that water lilies closed tbeh
flowers at night and retreated far un
der water, to emerge again at snnrla*.
This was Pliny's view, and it was not
Impeached until the English botanist
John Bay in 1088 first doubted Its'
veracity. The gTeat Illy of Zanzibar,
one of the grandest of U>e Illy family, '
opens Ita flowers, ten inches wide, be
tween 11 in the morning and 6 in the
afternoon. Tbey are of the richest
royal blue, with from 150 to 200 golden
stamens in the center, and they remain
open four or five days It la not gen
e rally known thai there are lilies that
have nocturnal babita ? night bloomers
aa well aa day bloomers. They are
very punctual timekeepers, too, open
ing and closing with commendable reg
ularity.
Dunyan'i wicxat Uit?.
Id the village of Elatow tliare la
abundant material that la rlalbly asso
ciated witb John Bunyan. The Isolat
ed chnrcb tower contains the very
bells In the rluplng of wblcb Bunynn
r?ii.U-ed and afterward trembled.
Above all there mnst be mentioned the
wicket calf whirl) figures curly lo the
utory of "Pilgrim'* Progress." The
wicket gate of "Pilgrim's Progress** la"
coinniouljr represented as u garden
gate or a turnpike gnte. but really the
-terui denote* a small doorway cot out
of a large door. Concealed behind i
tree at the >fest end of Elstow chnrcb
la Just such a aiusll doorway lu (he
broad wooden surface of the great
do??r. Through this lowly opening
Bunyan miwt often bare passed when
a boy.? Harper's Weekly.
Couldn't Say It.
A Wall street broker bin a boy whn
stutters badJy. Que day it netgblxu
wanted to send a note across the city
and borrowed <?eorge to carry It fot
hlm. The trip was u lung one. sod the
boy wan gone ijulte three hours. Wbeu
be returned ihe broker asked blm bow
much be had charged for his services
"F-tf-ff-tl-fl-flfteeo c-c-c-c-centa!" was
tbe ga spine reply.
"Ob. pshaw: Wby didn't yon mak?
It a quarter?"
"I-I-I-I c-c-c-e-?rokJ -wouldn't a-a-e-ssy
it" replied George sadly ? Metropolitan
UipitlK
"What nun hare yon tor thinking
that tha defendant waa badljr totoit
eatadr
"Wall, IW honor, when hla wtta
canad'flw star I ftmnd hla In tba col
lar ratting kindling wota with tho
mm ?oirrr "? CJ?r ?Uod Pl?u 9?]ar
Th? Two Occasion ?.
At a Scotch temperance meeting on
old man. scarcely celebrated for bis so
briety. sro*? and after addressing tbe
audience upon tbe desirability of mod
eration in all things, remarked:
"My friends, there's Just twa occa
sions when I tsk' whisky."
There was a chorus of "Abs!** In the
audience, when be continued. "1 only
tak* whisky when 1 bae baggls for
dinner, and tbe only other occasion
when I tak' wblaky is when I baa no
Suspicious.
It was down In th* market district.
"What this country ne?*d? is plenty
of bone and sinew." said ihf tall one.
"Tea. and pleui? of grit and sand."
echoed tbe sbon ?>?. "Mr the way.
what business are you in ?"
"Ob. I'm a botcher. And yodT*
-Wb? er-I distribute strawberries
when they arrive frpm tbe southern
wasters Are More Trtoreuf n new.
A physician at a dinner la Deoee*
sneered at certain Biblical miracles.
"Loxarua.- be said, "was raised from
tbe dend. and yec 1 don't see tray dead
folks belnc ralsfsl in our time."
"No." said a clergyman. an emlpent
Biblical scholar, with a smile. *^Slod
ern medh-nl science has progressed tog
far for that, eh?"? Washington Star.
Conciliatory.
flwd Walter idlcnlfled end pompon*
?Have yon ordered, sir? LK^imirun.
Patron? Yes. I ordered a portornon-*
steak half an hour ago. and I whu
to apologize for my rudeness. Willi
yonr permission 1 will withdraw It u?
an order and renew it aa a suggestion
?Chicago Tribune.
Comparisons.
Small Tommy? My pa's awful smart.
Little Elsie? What does he do? 8maU
Tommy? He's a mechanic and makes
locomotives. Little Elsie? Thafs noth
ing. My pa's a commuter and makes
two trains every day? Chicago New*.
, Good and Evil.
Nothing is truly goodjfro a man which
does not make him just, temperate,
courageous and free, nnd nothing can
be erii to a man which does not give
him the contrary disposition.- -Mar
Aorellus.
Prevoking s Hyaband.
A Mohammedan woman cannot of
herself separate from her husband
without his consent. He may divorce
her with a few words spoken by him
self. If she Is clever, however, she
will take him by surprise at an un
guarded moment and contrive to do or
say something which will make him
so angry that before he can exercise
sufficient self control to stop himself
he has uttered the wished for words.
UpheM.
"Has the college been of any value
to you. Mr. President?**
"Young man, where would I have
been but for the electoral college?" re
sponded the genial executive as he
swatted the ball from tee.? Phlladel
phla Ledger.
Wig Orseaiitf.
Not everybody who can dress a head
of real hair becomingly can comb a
wig with' equal success. There is a
special knack in wig dresalng. In some
shops where wax figures abound one
or two of the employees are trained la
the art of wig dressing and combine
that with their other duties at a slight
Increase of salary, but In most places
the entire buainees is Intrusted to pro
fessional wig dressers.
8uccess In a?y line Is dependent
upon perfect health, strength and vi
tality. more than upon anything else.
As Holllster's Rocky Mountain Tea
has helped so many physically and
mentally, it has surely done Its share
In putting men and women on the
road to succesa and fortune. Hardy's
Drug Store.
rOR FEVKRI8HXSS0 and ACHDV<?
Whether from Maiark>us auditions
Colds or overheating, try Hicks' Cap
udlne. It red ones the fever and re
lieves the aehlng. It's liquid 10,
ano Au ejnta. at drug stares.
CITY MARKET.
(Quotations furnished by H. B. Mayo
ft Company.)
ifffl
n?
Tallow
Chickens, grown, each 30 @ 46c
Spring chickens lfcOftia
D08*1 J??JU
Owen salt aides, lb. . . Cc
Oreen hide., lb ? 6c
15 ?if-1#ei?*?i
Wool, (re. from born, lb. . . lTc
Wool, twn, ...,. lO^Hc1
L?nb rtta. 16 010c
ShwMogs t#1#e
0??. buatisl
COUDIIM. Th. und-dar coounicilon
ta? prowl T?T popahir la looll
tin l|Al It !? prsct Ion t>l*. tad 1 bup*
I bat tbe rood* ballt In this innuner In
ibo eastern and southern portion* of
the stale\wfli d4>in* narrate that lb*
n>u<J? lu tW*e *ectk?u? ma j be *reo\lj
improved at moderate owl S v w ' ' ' A
It t* very Important that wo roe defi
nite and pOsKtre lesMatlon nboold be
taken with reference to tbs main
tenance of roads which are be Ins con
struct ed with state aid. It li > ccrtalnly
not understood by the people generally
that gravel and maendam roada have
i to be maintained.
Therefore proper attention baa ooi
been ctven to tbla subject by the eoun
ty authorities. There should be a law
requiring the board of supervisor* or
road boaMa to make special provision
I for tbe maintenance or upkeep of the
roads which hare been Improved by
stat* aid. which should be so framed
that this department can require tbe
rountlaa applying for atate aid to pro
needed Id town for food rots a few
miles oat In the country because tbe
farmer can't haul it.
WASTE OF BAD ROADS.
I
About 12SQJOOOJXX 8aid to B? Annual
?Toll of Poor Highway*, s
Two buftdred and flfty million dol
lars are waited annually on bad roods
In this country, which Is noted for Its
business sagacity sod thrift sod whlcb
baa been pronounced a great success as
s business community.
Add that waste to losses occasioned
by bad roads snd the sum leaps to s
billion a year. It la estimated that. In
short, each man. woman and child In
the United 8tates bears a tax of 912X0
because of had roe da.
If this doesn't sbow that good roads
are a national question that hoiks as
big aa the tariff, the nary, foreign rela
tions, commerce snythlng; If It doesn't
prove that the federal government
ought to nun to the roads question
with as much energy as ft expends on
snythlng else, then there Is nothing
mors to be said.
Impreveme
The amount of^pood work that can
be sccompltshed by s spilt log drag Is
astonishing and most be seen before
believed. ?
If s community can't have s "good r
road it sboQld have the best road pos
sible. An/thing is better thso s "had"
road.
The beneficent effects of good rusds
flow to **" " " " "
borne. Almost unaltered. of the time <>?
U Whji beeo then fashioned
from the canonical house of tb? Au
gustins of DuontaWc If was Just the
placo? "far from the aRddlng cro tvd"
ive.? Loodoa
like SjOOO years. first aa the capital at
? small atata. then destroy ed. again re
built and finally mo kiwi Into the
fbrm In which we now know It. with
Its Chinese. Tartar. Imperial and For
bidden cities, each with Its Inclosing
wall. Nobody has erer yet attempted
to tall the fall tale of Its intrigues. Its
cabala, plots and counterplots. Few
know anything about them. No one
person knows them alL If only the
bricks that form the walls could find
a tongue. If only the pavilions on tba
Coal Bill could produce the sights and
sounds that bare fallen to their lot to
see a nil hear, there would doubtless be
n tale to tell which might vie in Inter
est and dramatic force with anything
that aorlent Borne or Babylon has g$r
en. even through the medium of fic
tion ? Shanghai Mercury.
CONVENTION
LlMiroutn Isaacs Call for the Next]
Democratic Count*
A Democratic County Convention
of the County of Beaufort la oUled to
meet In Waahlngton. N. C., on Wed
nesday, August 10th. 1910, at 11 o'
clock A- M., for the purpoee of se
lecting and nominating candidates for |
nil county officers.
Primaries are called as follows:
Qelharen and Washington at 8 o'
clock p. M., Friday, Auguat 5th.
Pinevllle. Bearer Dam, Chocowin
Ity, Old Ford and Tranter's Creek at |
10 o'cloek Saturday. August 6 th.
All other precincts n the county at
4 o'clock P. M., Saturday. August \
lth.
The Convention Is called by rirtue
of a resolution passed at the Con
tention held on July 2nd. It has ap
peared since that time that the Board
of .Supervisors meet on August 6th.
They are requested to adjourn in time
Cor the primaries, as It is thought
beet not to chsnge the date for hold
ing the primaries at this time.
W. C. HODMAN.
Chairman.
A Woman's Great Idea
I. how to make he re It attractive.
But, without health. K U h.rdlor her
to be lovely IB face, form or temper.
4 week. alckly wom.n will be ner
roo. and Irritable. ConiUpmtlon and
Kidney poison, .how In plmpl
Jlotche., ikta eruptions and _
wretched complexion. Bat Electric
Sitter, a] way, prove a godeend to
?Omen who want health, beauty mud
'rlendj. They regulate Stomach.
Layer and Kidney., purity tbe blood;
[Ive rtronj nervee. bright ere., pure
treetb, raooth, Telretry .kin, lowly
:omplexton, goad health. Try thenl
I0o. at Dr. Hardy'. Dru, Store.
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ALABAMA
Finest United 8Utes Mail Steam
irs South of New Yorl . *,? with
'i .'ed Wireless Teleg.
> ? o c tv?nlenoe fo- 'v
? t f the traveler. j
V I' 'todays. aa follows:
'"rs-it'
5.19- F. M
. (1 1 ......... 6.10 V. M
I - ?K . . ....... T.JO P. M
ft am. -s a * !? ? Norfolk v 7.00. A. M.
Connecting with all lines South and
WeM. Ticket# .old to ill polnta,
forth, E*,t, Weet and Canada. Kor
?eeervatlon..
lire or letter
HflEKI|rtMI!PQ8l_IV
HI P. m. ( 3.58 a. m. | Lv.
1.39 Ik m. I 4.*T a.*."') Lv.
I 1-50 a. m. | Lv.
I.Jo I), m. I 7. SO a. m. | Ar.
NOTE- ? These tralna oersted duly betweun Norfolk and Naw Bern
lis Washington; and daily, aiccpt 8uri*?r. between Raleigh and New Bern.
,*<? Waahlngton. * ?
Xoft"5 and ft, "KtCHT EXPRESS," carry Pullman sleeping cart
baMveen Raleigh *m>Uol-folk. Makes colse eonneotlon at WILSON wild
*? c. !,. to and from Wilmington. Rock/ Mount. New Bern, Klnlton via
Ooldsboro Alao makes direct connection at RALEIGH with R,t- H P Hrf
to and from Fayetterjl*! with Sou Rr. to and from Durham and Greene
bora; and with 8. A. L. R? to andfrom Henderson
For full Information and r?M?-atlon of Pullman sleeping cer space
apply lo W.J. Williams. Ticket Agent. Wilson; F. W. Tatem, General Ag
ent. Goldaboro; J. L. Hkaeell. Ticket Agent, Greenville; T H Myers.
TWtet^Agent. Washington; r. H. Banned. Tieket Agent. Now B?m. .or
H C HUDGIN8. ?-J> A. W. W. CBOXTON. A. O. P. A.
I t. ' BrT. LAMB, President and Qenefal Manager.
."J", NORFOLK. VA . / ?> .
DOES LITTLE THINGS C0l)NTf P
IF THEY DO
THEN 'roil rirr your groceries where vov
CAW BUY MORS OF TJII3M FOR LE88 MOMMY . IP YOtJR
GROCERY BILL HAH RKPK TOO LARGE, 'PHONE US YOUR
OROKR8 AND THK PRICES WE BELL POM WILL EN
ABLE YOU TO HAYP. MORE GOOM FOR SAME MONEY OR
PP> SAME'GOODB FOR LKflB MOKEV. XLI. GOODS DELIVERED
PROMPTLY IN ANY PART OF TRf ClTT. YOUR PATRON
S'
AGB BOLICfTRD.
Phone 387 for Your Supplies
R. H. HUDSON
Before making your|purchase'of
Groceries
consider where you can get the best quality at the
lowest price.
A tempting array of good thingsQto eatjjwill be
foiind in our store.
Wewant you to see what ]we have; 'then you will
become our customer.
E. L. ARCHBELL
SOLID CAR LOAD OF
FLOUR JUST RECEIVED
AT THE
Union Grocery Co.
ihicrs to snr the rum.
A DOLLAR SAVED IS A DOLLAR MADK. ONE ORDER -
PLACED WITH I S VOX CONVINCE TOi: THAT WE SELL
BETTER GOODS FOR LESS MONKY THAN* ANY STORE IN
TOWN. }
NEW SUPPLY OF FRUIT JARS AND RUBBERS JUST RE
CEIVED.
WHEN 'FHONINOVB YOUR ORDERS DON'T FORGET "
BERUt.lt' 'FAMOUS CANTALOUPES.
Electric
Bitters
??wythinf el*? fcw
mhw proauatfoa and femala
It i* the bat medicine ertr aoM
worrs
M
The NORTH CAROLINA
State Normal and
Industrial College
Maintained bjr the Stat* fnr the Wom
an of North Carolina. Four regular
Couraea leading to Degree! Special
[Coufaea for Toachera Fall Seealon
begfna September 14. 1?10. Tboae
deal ring to enter ahoold apply aa
ear It aa poaalble. For catalogue and
other Information aildraae
JULIUS I. FOCST, President.
gggggM- -L ?
iiMISi
" ? 1W tra "LIFE SAVKK3" ?
ling der Jopkctnt of v.uiamt bo<$7 N'j
for women eoualx 'hem < ..ann. .1 ,1^ I : iji_
know* remedy for woman ,
beoomea a nliaeure. Bt.OO
br <lrunruu. pa hott'h rv
. Cleveland.
b-:
O. P. A