I i ! M i 111 if :. ; !. f,. ..VOL UME-a 71 W NJA " Many persons' have their good day and their bad day. Otnepa rebout half tick all the time. TOey have headache, backache. (- and -are restleaa and nervous, Food doea pot taste good, Mud the' digestion la poor; the skla Ik itliB mnA .alliM maA jf LRmi mi4 sleep bring no rat and work la a burden. '-,;.. What hi the cause of slf th is ? , tmirara blood. - - ; iyy af r. 'fit IW"f ' - It , cleat .out the , channels through "which .poisons are carried from the body. - When - ail impurWM are removed from the blood nature take right hold and completes the cure. - If there is constipation, take ' AVer's Pius. They awakeu the drewsy-actloff of the liver; they " curs biliousness, s $' awnww amMof ttMfno u. IM United gui . mrtloulAn to JmT f t1 oft iot'iy nil the 4 I aina, ft prompt r vuu wul r.. OUt COHt, , il 1,111 , . HOUSE MO VING, ! it you want at housd moved it o , w done : reasonable, Tiave moved over two hundred. '' Heavy -houses a specialty i in' writing tome please igtve tae 'flimensioiis of the house, distauceand condition of the way; u t- (m, tyi - ' ' E.'S. Elliott,' ' '.ttv.V'; K Rich Square, N. 0 7.B. JOHNSON. ; t - ATTORSlElf AX LAW .! WtNDSOK,. C. -Practices in all Courts.' ' All- tosiaeaEh intrusted to him will receive hfjt AtfemtfdhJIHP 4 Jop Printing, r Ji H. Parkej & Co., Wood laitfd.lr.C.? are now preiiar ed to do your Jot) Printing at 16w rates. Batabllsbcd WM. .. .", tQ'JTr - j. e. :, biiitton; i 1 " ) (CpMJI138lOX.. SIBUrfllST.; i J. l,rV, f "L,, 9lelaltles. f , , ,f ,t i -A KKg l Hldes;-. " I Peas, Pieanuts "" V?.,-poultry, iWwe Stook; 4 iod Potatoes ' Be(ereiv'-apk olCommerae . - SStSeed rwantocLi' - Having , oonlectefsell! ! on . salary, with the CsoWsboro OilCtom . pany -f am prepared to offer mil -. " prtcea Jpr fjotton. -Seed 4p f lpta. ' Mv territpry tli ltoanoke and ; Chowari seotiou.' "Write me' before , .Belling." - '. ;; ' ' " ' : ; - ,.laa.fr.-2....B. W. Bawls, , . .ijewiston, is. ur 1, 'i" ?T7anted-j,; v At Onoe . O Ten active young ' men capable and honest" to whomfemployment ' will ba ' givea-'in" Northamfetoa Bertie ai.d Hertford countiesj Call or Write to OU ' ', . .1 W.,Baker & Ca, Jr w: Beaton &. Son 217 County Street. Spksialtus! Hams, Eggs, thick ens, Lambs, and all kinds of Stock PORTSMOUTH. v VIRGINIA. Eeferenoe People's Bank.'!'v VALUABLE t " LAND FOlt SALE? . I oCfer for sale at Daw sons' X Roads, Halifax County, 250 acres of land well covered )n pine vooU oforisital growth, lumber road runnieg'tbrough (in; ( ,. 'X, K , , -i ' ' y, CaOOhaM; ' ' . Rich bquate, N. U. iIIEFCaACTICJ The Fertiliser . Trust About Wuke a Levy ut FUteen Mil- to Honk of Dollar Upon Far'., ' ' luers of the South. ! " TUttriie frieud oftbe'Sdulb erb farmer, the AOaotaCooatitu lion, warns the farmers of the Squtb of approacbiogdaug6r,aDd gives them excellent ad vice. The RoanoIje- Chowan 'Times some lime agop' wbeo the Fertilizer Trust was formed, predicted that the price of fertilizer would -' be advanced, and urged "farmers id prepare to resist it,"- Just 'as we predicted, there haS beeu a great advance iu the price of com tuer ciaf fertilizer, and of the mated' als of which it' is made, alt Of wbicb is controlled by the fertill tit trust.- - Will ihe farmers In tbeRoacoke and Chowan ; section consent to b robbed by the gigantic Fertill zer ,Tru8lr - we tbinb uot ' If necessary we can let cotton "alone and raise other crops that will pay equally as well, and thai re quire less ' fertilizer. ' ' By the spring we may expect still great er advances In "price of goods controlled by the truBts. Follow! ok ' is the article from the Constitution? f" . " 1 ' 'ANOTHER1 BOti)-OP OP THE . ' ' ' .' ' FARMER' '' The fertiliser companies of the country having organized a trust. propose to, levy ao annual con-tri-buliop od Georgia of $1,548.300. " Extended to tbeother southern states; the .agxregate of this nn- consciouable game r of hold np against the farmer will aggregate not less than f 15,000.000. : ' 1 HelplssS' asdt too-uiercy of giant corporatiolis, r whiott levy these extortions upon the people with an audacity which even the government itself, dare . not, as sume; the farmer ' elands in dag ger of losing to the fertilizer com panies the advanced price receive ed Ofor his cotton. Bound by a tradition which has made him the slave of other men'gJngflnnUy, fie wal6sTu$li7eTTike'a man who in V nrf I - - ' knows not wha; to do and whose only duty la to throw up his bands n surrender whenever some new form of extortion ordors him to stand anddeliver. The nseof commerciul fartltt" zors hashed 19 jnpstf the. evils which now afflict tne farmer. It was an unfortunate day for him wheif he aliundoncd bis manure pile aud placed his reliauce .upuu tbe mao who proposed ,:,1q supply him with a better article, Tbe promise' was delusive,' becaase the price of the substitute ate' up the extra yield caused by it and changed the farmbr' from hipo si tion Of inde peudenc'i to bue of mortgaged slavery. J " ' '' we have fetters from all parts of 'Mhe' south which pa to prove that the fertilizer com panies, hav ag -formed a trust, have made tucha raise In price as will justi (y the statement made bjvtbe new levy, -yus ttriuuiv Auf luamuve, , .. - a jjL-f : sends usv hiB bill for last year. with the price quoted to bim for the next " , "J In' the winter of 1898 there was delivered to him' at his sta tion as fo(lows: ' ;,. t i, ', German kanit, ..112.00 per ton ; Acid. phost)bate..lO 00 per ton - Guano....; 15. B0, pee ton For the coming season tbe trqst bas quoted to bim prices thus: , German kanit., .$15.98 per ton Acid phosphate. ,13.97 per toa Guano...... 19. ?6 per ton ,i1bes9 advanced prices, based ufiffo the average use of guano tor the past few years, means a levy upon Georgia of an addition al million and a half .of dollars, sod upon, the south of $16,000,000 In time, before the buying sea son begins, ' The Constitution woald call ' upon. Us farming friends to halt and consider the situation. If they must have gu ano, it is worth no mor tban li bas been in years pasf. -The ad-' ditional figure charged is nothing mora or r less thaa a deliberate hold-jupof ; tlii people? '46 which they should never, never consent; never, if every field io .be cotton belt should go witbout'cultivation next year.. There is only one way . to resist injustice, Bud that Is by union. Farmers of the south, do you con U t be taxed and bel J up iu this manner? Now is ioa. r RICH SQUARE, tioie-'-to'',showr the 'virlt' Ult1s id you, and to bisulr tb lack of toe couibioaiioif which has tLiis'beeo formed lojob you of the bepens of your Ikbor'.'1-' V ' iTbert'itrti -tboe' wboVl(11aJk Of JgUlttoa to tlut1 the evjl,,,but.- tba'i method w slow, and uocer t iin. The sbort'and o Iff ec live way ii T ewiu aiu w vui Ou tJlB gUb aob bill and turo to lha home ma. nqrepile. The time for action Is right Dow'OrgaWz a'tfd tefbse toi buy attlwuoted pa-ices PJbn your. CQttOQ without tortili- zersox-tbis soct., if need be.W nun crop ue not aa tange, at least uuue vi it w.ji oe aue to tne iertt l,izer trust The farmer by, holding out has orottep tne back of Neillism. Is be now equal to breaking the buck oi.tne fertilizer trustr ;.--. ; Will Become Generar '- I Scotland Neck Commonwealth. " ( dispensaries will no doubt be made almost general by the next General Assembly of North Carolina, Wherever' they have been tried they have met with the approval of their first ad vocates apd in some places by those who at; first opposed thorn. We heard a gentleman who hvs in a town which bas no bar-rooms,;and who was not too strongly in raver of running them' out at' first, say a few days ago that he did hot want them in his town any more. Still apotber gentleman wholives to a town that has no bar-rooms said that pome at first thought' the moving of the saloons from the town would bnrt tl.e b'jsines of the place: but his observation, he saiu, vyau mat oustoess Das peen just as good since the saloons were moved out as it had 'been before. He aid that he is cot vine ed now that the only persons who re ever financially benefited by saloons- in a community are; those tfho Sell. the liquor. " As toother basiness the presence of saloons has pothing todo with it And he Is ucouestlonable right. The ihjs truth, ' and - whan the nex l General Assembly meets there wtli. be a demand for more legis lation against the. liquor traffic than has been, known in North Casblina before'.t .... . ' i , . - - - . 1 Convict Labor. , ' !A railroad pom pany has r just applied' 6 ' the peniten tiary "tor three hundred convicts to be used in Constructing 'its line. ' If tbe State charged the same price for convicts as is paid outside labor, the proceeds derived' fromtbj? source would help In a great measure to make that insthn tion self suppotting-Durham Herald.' If the State of North Carolina is gving Into t'he business of fur' nishing ..laborers for constf uct tog ''railroads,'1 Why A-noi laborers lor alP' other "pur" poses? North Carolina Is adver tising for immigrants, but it will be- slow in getfiug lm migrants if it advertises the fact that l'aOn victare competing with laborers who bave'to earn their own liv ing, 'T i- There is " neither sense ngr justice) in keeping convicts idle Nor Is there any sense in estab lishing a shoe factory, a cotton mill a shirt factory, a millinery store or a department store in the penitentiary. North Carolina needs several thousand miles of of good road s.7. The preparation of road material aid the building of roads is proper work for con victs ; who; are .not', engaged, in workon the Sate farms. , It would be far better toeaaploy the-coD-viots in tbe making. of material for ahd the consu ruction of good roads - for the Slate,' better to employ them in building State and county trollejflines, than' in occupations that.compeie with laborers who have to earn their Hving.-A8hevdle Citizen ; ,"A Eeut as Sturdy ss an Oakr ' . But what aboiii the blood which the heart must- pump at the -rate of 70 times a minute? Jf the heart is to be sturdy ana the nerves string this blood must be rich and pure. Hood's Sarsaparilla makes sturdy hearts because it makes good blood. It gives to men and women strength confidence, courage and endurance. Hood's Pills so non-irritating and the 'only -cathartic to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, N. 0, I1 .L.'.I.U... .JU L- ! lyoof Ot tbe Increase of Sobriety itndQootl Alurultt The Biud; (new Kern Journa .) v j;,Tby oKen expressed feaf from the pulfltaud religious press that ibe .world js "growing each year more demoralized, in the morals and habits of the majority of man- Kind, is. no doubt an honest ex pression, yet itis.unquestionably caused more, by the wish for a greater ano more increased and visible christiaoily on tbe part of th6 eo pie, than .by actual facts of !an increasing moral degener .The columns of . tbe Dress. while 1t seems lo Jeetu, with accounts of crime aodjvarious depravities of ihe human race, cannot be accept-, ed as the only arbiter in tbe mat te h for . if the good deeds of man ard , womankind were placed on daily record hey, would far offset the' bad 'deeds1. -" No stronger sign of tbeincrease oi; sobriety sod good morals, and the appreciation for the man of good habits, can ba fousd that is to-day1 demanded In the business world f "s vtl ' Jjook at the' advertisements of those1 who' want help and those who want work, iWhat' Is the most prominent feature of these "Want Ads',? Is i t hot the'de'uiacd for sobriety and good habits on the ptrtof thae'ii plpyen( and the certiticatioo by thle seekerota job thattels sober and of good babitsri . Take the. great jrailways and 'msiness .bouses of the country aqd how impossible it Is for the d Binning man to get work, when a jfew years ago,, sobriety while flrtlllltl, BIBB nnln .aiiiInmI i-. .-- V A recent order.of the Southern Railway Company to its train em ploys, is. a significant sign of the advancement of good habits- v This order is that eoiDloves while f n duty shalf not use to- hnc.r.n in ftnu tirm , . eotnerjftn poriwab$srir the j direction , or better habits and manners is t,he brdiuance passed inimany cities against spitting on the public sidewalks. -These two Illustrations, appar ently ttiflmg, are nevertheless movements towards good morals, for' nothing tends more towards increased morality io life, than cleanliness of speech and habit of living. It is this public demand for men whoie characters; are good, whose ( lives are sober whose habits are industrious, lhattends to ejevate mankind. . w,-,.., .. ' There maybe legislative enact men ts of prohibitatioo. against drinking; against disorderly con dhc,s&gainst unclean living, yet tbesy laws will never be effective unless the public shall thoroughly endorse them . . Far better and more efficacious iq .this cause of sobriety and good morals, is the demand, for, men.of such characters, than all thepro- bibltory laws than can be placed upon the statute booka!;vfw:' ! And: if this premium Is placed on', sobiiety and good morals. who think otherwise '.but that itj means the advancementof the world towards a better and high er plane? ' - Thoughts For Meditation The grace of the Spirit comes only -from heaven and lights' np the whole bodily presence Spur geon. ' 'C '-' i. A I Let ! us be 6f good cbeer, 're member that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come. Lowell.';' ' 1 ? .v'.' 1 Mtke but a few explanations. The character that cannot defend itself is not , worth vindicating F. W. Robertson. t " ' ) Wieo a man has been guilty of any vice or folly, the best atone ment he can make forjt isto warn others not to fall into the like. Idjdisou., . ;,, ,. . - ' .They slumber sweetly whom faitb rocks, to Steep. No pillow so soft as a . promise; no coverlid so sure as an assured interest in Christ Spurgeon4 " Tbe meanest most contempti ble kindof praise is that which first speaks .well of a man and then.qualifles it with a "but" Ben ry Ward Beecher. THURSDAY, DECEMBER K - , Typboid Fever and Its. " ' ' Cause, ;,;';";-,: The epidemic of fever at tbe State .Normal College calls some unusual instances of sueb unfortunate epidemics at other places,' Que ef-tht most notable was that of Yale College. After baffling the best efforts of the best - phy sblans, the fever still continued without abatement The authorities then sent for the late George E, Warren, Jr, sanl itary engineer, who pat two of bis brightest young mon in the college , with instructions that tbey should ' gather full data in connection with every case that existed and every one that might occurv He impressed upon them that the greatest accuracy must be attained ; and that looking to this end all doubtful information must be rejected. -He required them to find out and' tabulate the sources of all the foodstuTIs con sifmed by those who were or had beeasick, the" milk used, the wa terMpply, and all other facts that could possibly have a bearing on the fever. After getting the data an examination showed that eve ry thing ; varied except "the milk supply. Going to the farm house 'whence the milk had come that Was used by.all prior to sickness, it was found that the farmer bad a herd of milk cows in a barn and well in the middle of the barn for convenience in watering them The milk was examined and found to be contaminated. The well was filled up and a new water upply obtained, - after ' which there was no more trouble. Most people Will remember the case of the little town near Scran ton, Pa. i It was nearly depopu lated by lever. All wells were finally abandoned and water from a mountain stream was the only source of supply. It never ocour rod to any body, that the mountain stream could-be contaminated, but in the end it Was found that In the previous winter there had been a rase of fever fn the moua tains near the bead ollhe stream AH refuse S matter had .been thrown out into the snow and the germs bad lived In the Show and ice all winter . and created the havoc i n the early spring and summer, v it was not tbe weu water at alL Clemson College, S. 0., a year or two ago, suffered an epidemic of typhoid fever. The cause was never exactly - located. Some think it was the drainage of a near-by swamp; others that the location of the dairy was at fault and that contamination was pos sijble. At " any rate when the swamp dried up and the dairy was moved the trouble ended. In ' each case tbe trouble has seemed to be due, either directly or indirectly, to the water. The Yale farmer's barn was clean and well, kept; ! his pails and oth er vessels were looked after. The seepage of refuse or decomposing animal matter into the well was never suspected. j The sources of typhoid fever would seem to be due in almost all cases to contamination of the water supply from' decomposing animal matter. The - engineer and the bacteriologists are the Ibctors for the trouble. Char lotte Observer. . Must Bring Three Cents. (porno oor. Murfreeeboro Index,) ,i, ' Our farmers are surely making bay while the bright days are with tbem,. and the fast disap pearing pea stacks demonstrate that the pistachios, wilt soon be safely' barned and stored away.. Buyers and consumers may lay this flattering unction ; to tbe.r souls, that the nuts must bring hree cents a pound, orelse there will be a famiue in the market It is a settled fact that planters as a rule are to bold for that price. Our merchants have wisely learo ed that to bull the market is to their advantage, as it disposes their customers to buy generous ly and to have the ability to pay squarely. Peasxan be bought at Oomo for three cents,' and those who have not that much to Invest might as well bo elsewhere with their guilability linguo. -. 'Sf eking is believing." ' You can see what Hood s Sarsaparilla bas done for others, and oust believe it will do the some for you. ' .Wflfi., r y a zx u o wwv IS4es the food more Mrs, Martha W4 Stephen! on. How true it is that death has no terror for a Christ-like spirit, one who has the -spirit of Christ in ; him is i new creature; old things have passed away and all things have become new. Tbe thing that stings In death is sin, but that is one of the old things .tut passes away when a soul is oonverted. The soul converted exclaim,. O! , death wrere is thy sting, O! grave where is thy vic tory? The power of the Chris tian religion was beautifully ex emplified not only in the life but in the death of sister Martha W, Stephenson, who departed this life November lL 18991 aged 64 years. She was the daughter of Thomas Maddrey, of Northamp ton Co., N. O. At the age of 12 ihe made a public profession of aith in Christ choosing Him as her personal Saviour and from that day to the hour of bar death she was a consistent ' earnest, and useful christian. 3he was faith ful in t the performance of her christian duties in season and out of season. The glory of God and tbe good of those she knew was her guiding star through life. To name her was to praise her, to kuow her was to love her. The world is made better and brighter because of her life; she will be remembered and missed because of tbe good she did. The odor of her name and deeds are like pre cious ointment pot) red forth, .j In her dying hour she was perfectly conscious and called. her loved to ber bedside and spoke to them words of comfort and wisdom; she told Jthose present : that her her journey was almost ran. With fltnet iiiii wmmm mlmlml heart f nil of love for souls she exorted kindred and friends to spend their days and hours on earth so as to meet her by and by in that fair land beyond the stars. She leaves a husband and son together with six grandebifdyn to mourn the death of a lattbiui wife and loving mother and grand mother. Sleep on beloved, sleep and take thy rest; . Lay down thy head before thy Sav iour s breast We love thee well, but Jesus loves the best. Good nigbtl Good nightl Good night) Calm is thy slumber as are infants sleep. But thou shall wake no more to toil and weep. Thins is a perfect rest seouie and deep Good nightl Good nightl Good, nightl Only "good night 'beloved nof'fare well" A little while and all the saints shall . dwell, In hallowed union indivisable Good nightl Good nightl Good nightl Until we meet again before His j Throne, Clothed in the spotless robe He gives his room Until we , know even as we are known , Good nightl Good nightl Good nightl ( B. SO CUKK-XO PAY. That 1 the way all drogglatt aall Gacvaa .Tata mm CaiU. Tonic lor ChlUa and Ms arlm. . It ia almply Iron sad Quinlna In s taaalaaa form. Children lova it. Adnltf eMtsr it to bitter neaaaeating tonics. Fo Hlla and lever and all iorm oi nalaria rloaUeenta. Genu ot Thought. -Only what we bave wrought In oor character during life can we take away with us Hum bo'd t One ot tbe strongest delusions . the Idea that tbe widening of life : can bi ing us happiness or goodnesaRev. Dr. W. H. P. Faunce. .'-:i'-'-,.'i- For truth it is evjr the fitting time; who waits till circumstan ces completely favor his under taking will never accomplish any thing. Martin Luther, The simple gospel of the Son of God, preached by twelve fish ermen, has survived thecentu ries and outlived all the other j-bUoso-bie of ejhuea Lundu 5 NUMBER 49 V -S-w' dcHcious and whoSesome years Deptw. '. ':C;'l': , , ' ;, J1 the figures of speeo'i that are true, make life a Conflict cf : strenuous endurance. Sooner ov later :avsryj man tnd-.-wotrs ''. comes to know that all around are foes and; perils., .We learn, the fact in overwhelming sorrow that -we Vara ' not able labour own Strength to make pur way in the world. ' Happy is the person who begins life with the knowledge of ' the fact; but most of us only learn , ihis when we are in the heart of ' the conflict Rev. G. Campbell Morgan. ' ' ' Teachers sow iu young minds " seeds wbos j fullness of bessings " , an never be known nor ever esri - mated. What a n oble calling. ; Beinrich Byron. The Jackson and Rich ' - Squre Telephone - il INCORPORATED UNDER TUB UWS OF ' NORTH CAROLINA. Splendid servioe. ' ' Polite agents. , . I , Has connection with Jackson. Bica t Square, Bryantowo, Leaker, Bote l casi and Woodland. Messages sent to any point on the line for 10 cents. . Connects with Western Union Tel graph Company at Rich Square. ' . T. HICKS, PsMist, - -, : ' - j. M. WEAVER, Sacty. sad Trans. General offices: Jsckso , TALK IS CHEAP. ; Provided yon do mot talk by the use of Printers Ink; in that case it comes high unless yon have something worth, saying. What aToenarls (o fie reader and my- ' self. . To the point: I now have ' a " fairly? well selected stock, of , Dry Goods and Notions, ' Hard- " , ware ; Crockeryware, iTinwarei Field Seed, Groceries, Drugs. " " &c., Ac., and my prices are mark ed way down. I am at small ex pense, comparatively, and dont have to add to the price of my goods to make up for bad ac- counts as I sell for cash or bar- ' ' ter only. Here are a few prices: Meat 6c; best Granulated Sugar1 ' 6c; choice coffee 10c; best cooking soda Be; starch 5 to 10c; white fish small size kegs $2.50, stan- dard size $2-70; best pure lard 8o; Ivory soap 5c; good assortment in other toilet soaps' at low prices, good laundry soap at 8c; Flour and all other groceries at lowes r market prices. -.- DRUGS AND MEDICINES. --' I keep a good line of Drags, . Medicines and Druggist Sun-! dries. ' Plenty, of bine vitriol : (bluestone) for wheat growers, '.. "' so spices, borax, slum, salts, oop - 'i- eras, pepper, sulphur, nutmegs -oils, turpentine, flavoring exract camphor gum,linimelits,Porter's I Healing oil (best in the world for . t burns etc.) Chamberlain's mod cines, Bromo Seltzer, Dr. Kings, ' ; ' David's, Warner's and Pierce's : medicines, Laxative Bromo Qui-' nine, Grove's Chill Tonic and half a hundred other articles in this . line, all marked way down. " . , , DRY GOODS. , ' : Good yard wide cotton cloth 5c; heavy quality 5 to 6c; bleach cotton cheap Many1 styles and ,i grades of ladies dress goods at 5, 6, 7, 10, 12J, 15, 18, 20, 25 oenta per yard and up, Men's shirts at from 25 cents to $1.0a Big value at 80c; big lot of handker-. chiefs at stunningly low prices. ' " ' pants. . ' A large tot of new Pants, bought . very close, but my space is all . used and will have to wait till another week to tell you about them." Dont forget' that I keep Bran, Middlings, Meal, Corn sr. i . pay the highest market rrica f . r Eggs, Hides, Cotton, Ac. ' ' mills u. con:.: i, . Atr ; ' . Rich Bqc j , I,' cvrr-T i