WoHb Matter ki&fcfc. Apply W. a Dit dley, City Market. UlMwe. WANTED: HALBSWAN TO . MfaLL lubricating oiU and speclaltle Big profit*. Champion Refining Co., Cleveland, Ohio. l-MUMfil*. t Under and by ylftna of a D-ed o' Aaatgameat mada by the Jeiferaor Puraltar? Company, a corporation, to the nnderslgaed Trustee. dated January 4th, It li. and of record 1 ? Boa ?fort County Records, tha ,un dersigned Trustee. will on Monday, February 14th. If 1#. at tba boar of IS M. at tha stord of ttfe Irffifwr Furnltul-e Company, a corporation on Ma'n Btraat In tha City of Wasfe '.ngtou. N. C.. offer at pnbtfc aala. tr the highest bidder for caah. the fol lowing property: AH of that stock of furniture etorea, merchandiae. fixtures, sup pllea. and all stook of said corpora tlon located in eald store building and also all atawk of aald corpora tloa Ideated In (be warehouse on thr Sot*0 side of Third street, In thr City of Washington, N. 0.. together with all team, accessories, and fix turee. together with all book to connts, notee, chose* Id actions and title retatalag contract* of the aald corno ration. The right Is reserved to fix a first 1 bid. aid to reject any and all bid? made, and to eell the stock la part and la bulk, and to accept that bid aggregating the moat, whether it b' In parcel or In bullr. / '? I The purchaser will- be required tc deposit 10 per eent of bid at time ef sale, in cash, or bid will be re jected, and next hlgbeet bid accept i ed. Balance will be payshle apor delivery of bill of aale. ^ Time af sale Monday. /February 14th. at Twelve M. at thV store of file Jefferson Furniture Company, or Mala Street. Washington. N. C.. terms of sals caaft. ??.. .-'J.. Thin January fist. ltlft. NORWOOD L. SIMMON?. . Trusts, 1 jefferson furniture oo < A corporMMi. NOTE A complete and detailed inventory of all stook la store and wehoase of all aeeeseorlee and II* tnreg. and s complete detailed state* ment of all book aeoopfets. contracts. 9 * ;?? _ VulliffcD, Ju IS. ? la Mhh or th? Muni Foal Road bill thick was brought up Id tin Houh tkie ?Mk, Representative Aawall of WeftMaoa. put* forth a itfoBI kTfv^ ?eat and urged th. pu?|? of I he bill it tb? earfleat >oa*tbl< date. Ha MM la part: Mr. Chairman, Is ao other war can our Ooraraamt add ao rapidly to the proaparltr si Ufa Nation than kr contribution to rokd building, thui aarleg million* la trene^orta tion and making oar avarsklr kettled ? actions ao dealrkble that the Inbab. Itanta will not Wlak to leare them. If tt la wlaa aad beneficial for the State to ralee a ianaral fund. A dkaa the State of Louisiana, out of vbtch a portion of tha "coat of' con structing our rood* li to b? paid. It would Mem equally Just and equi table for the Federal" Government to cotftrfbutrf a" portion toward the coat of constructing highways .In each aad arory State. It is a fundamen tal principle of -democratic gor?rn ment that for thecomasoa gpod and la their own iatoroat the atrong sec tions shall cintribute their Just part In aphalldiac the weak. It la a fsct that nearly all larg* appropriations made by the Federal Government la the past have been expended In aad near great cities, while but little, aad generally nothing, has been ex pended la oar rural sections. "" Tie time has oome to right this wrong. In the past for their taxes otfr fa* | mars hare received from the Federal Government a f?? itrdu im4. a (limited number of rural mail routes, and an occasional prom 1m, not yet fu tilled by l he Government. Thfs bill. proVMhig that th? Federal Gov ernment aha n pay not leaa than SO >er ??? aor mora than to par cent or road construction aid road main tenance. U the flrat direct proposi tion to give tha farthers of the coun try a square deal. Roads aVe local concern., and pri marily It is the duty of the States K> provide them for their people. On the other hand, it shoald "be noted that no' syettm of permanent high ways was ever built or maintained lp any country without tha subetan. 1 tial aid of the general 'government of that country. Onr great rural population 1 pro duces this wealth that makes our cities great and perpetuates the pow er of the Federal Government. They bear the burden of the Government In tltaH of paftce, and in times of war the country boy and the bby from tW smaller town fsarlossly follow the flag where "thickest falls the red rain or human slaughter." He re ceives little of the bfetetags of Gov ernment beyond the post office and the rural carrier, but in tlmea of need he forgets all this and gives htm self TreeTy, if need be. In tha csiuse of his country. This bill is I tor him. You are for him. The Na tion shov!d be fbr him; for the Gov ernment depends upoahtm. Pfcwe giv* m# th? ruU ?f few to flntf y 1^4^ r 8uiidsye Eaater day la alwaya th* ant Budday attar the full moon which bappeu% npon or nut ?fur the Zlat of Mirch. and if the full moon happeuii en ? Son 4*7 Mar (1*7 U the Sunday after. There la alao an old taylnc by which Eaatar day mar be found: "Kirat cornea Candlemas {Feb. J) and then the tew moon; that teooh ottt and the nut the Sunday aft* la If Kin? Menellk ie really d?d. 1 ? hi UUstl of any pert not to4u&t4r to be re peated to xnAke the air complete. Haw do? tha government issue poet aga ate ne pa? ie there a value beelder t ha paper and labor in making them before they are put in circulation? Poetage stamps are nrpparal in tbt fcwr?an of printing anil engraving li Washington, and that bureau Is tbt only one prepared to furnish detntls con oernlng the cost of production of post age stamps Genera lly speaking the money value Indicated by the-denomi nation of a stamp Is an ebtlrety arbi trary value, since in itself a stamp it worth only the value of thspapfcr and tha coat of labor enterisg into its pro dnctiou. . Pleeee tali ma eomething about the) ialand of Portd Woo, 1ti Sc4a, popula tion, distance from ?oma points in the United ttatee, reeouroea, etc. Haw ||iag hae it belonged to the United Potto Hlco become a possession o? tha United States following the wni with Spain Oct. 18* 1808. It contain*, about 3,000 miles. A census taken ir 1900 Showed a population of 053?48, oi whom 680,420 were white and MS,Jn" were colored. The popniHttou in 191< liraportMlaal.118.012. Tha Island la nn usually fertile, and Its principal indux tries are agriculture and luittberldg There are more than 500 varieties ot trees fotind tn the forests, and- tbt plains are full of palm, orange and oth ?r trees. The principal crops are sugar, coffee tobacco and corn, but oranges, hann nas, rice, pineapples end many othei fruits are Important products. The tar < fast expbrt'is sugar and the next la to flacca Other ** ports tn ordsr of i mount are coffee, fruits, molasses, cat tie, timber and hides. San Juan. th? capital of the island, is 1411 miles frmr New Yovk, 1,20 0 roDea from Chariea ton, 8._0.. and 1.060 miles from Ksj To The of the JeffeewOti * Oorponuhn. wnrsonos Ih* '???Mon Kiirnltor# Company a corporation, oti January 4th 19IS* , . *? creditor, of |?, 'iZu-^lC Zl?"6 10 'Mr ??< n't bit a fellow -when he's 1 down. Ahybow, we're sU In the same elddg. Thfee fakes. I'D keep mom if y?u do." Oh, money, money] ' . ' So much for the $10,000. The $2,800 Wde no seerer. as wsi presently to apreer. when Bllery Clsrti stuck his hand In the door, grinning, and asked I to see Rodhey a moment Peale could 1 hot help itettelng the change that kad come over the countenance of Bllery. ? Too seem very beeatiy pleased, Bl- 1 lery," he aaAd. "Is ererythlng all right about blhfrr . "Oh. ft*. ao to K>Mk; tn ? mEI*' SDar r, .till trlnalst. "Whit do JO* mmo to d there at a desk sat Rodney, talklnrtbrougblbe telephone. Hla f*. U?er caught something about "not con sideling it," and "not having any stock for sale"? "quite out of the question." ?jLceters, et cetera, aa he took a ebalr. | "Well. thought Mr. Martin, rather pleased and proud. "What's thtor Rodney In a moment dropped the tele PtaRfe and v