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I "Wl'llf i 11 iP' ii T urn wit i n v 1 V 1 OLUMfi 10. RICH SQUARE; NORTHAMFi UTYN.U,"'' C7RSDAY, DECEMBER 19,, 1901 ViMtJMBBtt"5i - r - -.- ' V. "', .I n ,. i. i iM 'v,, ,1 .,, ,--,' , ,, , ,'; ;'" '';":', ,-" '-. .-, if- h 4, Y an M Hai) ,ong IT "About yew ago my hair waa coming out very fast, so I bought boltfe of Aver' Hair Vigor. It topped the falling and made my hair grow very rapidly, until now It is 45 Inches In length." Mr. A. Boydston, Atchison, Kana. There's another hunger an that of the stomach, air hunger, for instance. Hunervhalrncedsfood. 8 needs hair viatAyer's. This is why-we siy that Ayer's Hair Vigor always restores color, and makes fUh'e hair grow' long arid neavy. .n a mu. aii innus. . 'IK your aruft(Cl!i uuriiiii wmij juu end qi one dollar and will wtprtJM you a Dottle, oe enrcuna (five wis name of your nearest xirpi oflic?. Address, ' , v A V K tu,, iO weiii sua Dare. Bait ' , " . -(' A JL-j-.- - - : O. A. and Fine Salt oonatantly on hand. Prioea m low is any one. ' ; M. H. Comrita. . ; Bioh Square, N. 0 Hides Wanted. I am atill -m the market for Hidei, either green or dry : T , f-. ' M. H. Cohitkb, Biob Square. N. C. ' 'HOUSE MOVING,;,-, We are now prepared to move ' houses of any kind. Prices to uit the times. COPELAND & JESSUP '? , George, N- 0 . HOUSE MOVINGif We move houses of any size. Have moved 244 Charges rea sonable. "1, - , ELIAS 8 ELLIOTT, ' - 1 Rich Square, N . C Bm 8, Qat. ; Gabihd B. Midtitti , Gav & Ilidyette, ; ATTORNEYS AND CuUNSBLOHS AT I AW. tJACKS6N. N. C ' ' Ftaotioe )n all courts, j Business promptly and futofolly attended to COPllBLBB. ' F. E. Habbib Peebles & Harris, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSBLLERS AT LAW Jackson, N. 0. - ' Practice in all courts. , Busi nes promptly and faithfully at v tended to. " -, :dr.w; j.'WARD 'DENTIST, JOB PRINTING. - Send me yon r order for Job Printing . I make & specialty ot -J' v : . Note Head, totter Heads, r" KnVelopes,StatemeQts, '- ... Clrcnlars, and do most any kind of Job Printing.' My prices are low. Wrjta for,getlmates. , J J. a PARKER, , - , i Q1 COOK STOVES, W handle the celebrated Bibb Stoves and can' furnish any. repairs any one should need ; v.We guarantee, quftlity. of goods and that our prices can not be beaten V ' 1 - Ghiffin & Odom, j - v ' - Woodland, N. 0 COOK STOVES. : 7 . . If you are in the market for ' cook Stove oome to tee me. : I (ell a good itove at a low prioe. : I have no room to keep Furniture in stock but I order furniture . for my oustomers direct from' the factory, oharging a very small per a nt for my t o. , M. H. OONKBB,. . " " at Depot, ; , , i Eiltlvrquare, N, CANDV CATHARTIC . . ' 1 Lvt ' iorf d CCC K'rvtr t'd la baX l.vwi ct I' dftro thrstcatl ' IlTIlXIElBlCOr The Vorth Oarolina Pabllshlng 8oaiety,i 160. PrissBketoh. ; : . Br Clabbro H:Po, ' ; v i. Editor ProsreastTe Farmer. , (Continued frooalast week) B MACON S CHARACTER AND PO- Having given tbia brief sketch of his life, I shall now say some thing of ' Macon's character and political principles, : In politics, he was a member of the original Repoblican-Iater known as the I6mooratlo-party, Honesty, in dependence, faith in the ability of the people to settle . properly all political qoestlons, andopposi lion to all unnecessary, (and per baps some necessary) appropria tions, were his strong points po litically. . ' :'c-tJ--- :r; He was democratic in the broad est and deepest sens of that word He opposed the adoption of (he United States Constitution because . he did not consider it democratic enough, and refused to endorse the work' of the State Constitutional Convention of 1885 chiefly because" the new Constitu tion did not 'provide for annual elections, which be considered a fundamental principle of repub lican liberty.". -The People," said he, - "should , pass upon the acts of their representatives - at least; once a year. I prefer the tempest of liberty to the calm of despotism "' ' " Macon wished to keep all politi cal power directly in the hands of the people. i, More than once he complained of the constantly in creasing power of the ezecntive department of the government- He would accept no office "not the gift of the people or of their im mediate representatives the Leg isiature. ' Twice be refused a position in Jefferson's cab' net but the insignificantoffice. Justice of the peace, to which the people of his county directly called him, was not too small for him to ac cept- - ' ' , - . ; One of his Congressional col- leagtte..who-4fcaew'him . as a friend afftPas a statesman, says that ' Macon would '-trust the people f u rtber than J eff erson would have ventured, far beyond Washington,' and to an extent that Hamilton ' would have pro nounced anarchical " tScorning the arts of the dema gogue, however, he made no dis play of his devotion to the people andlto their cause: never made popular harangues, ' never, can vassed his distrk t to ask for the votes of bis constituents. An un compromising champion of de mocracy he was, but he was no time server, and did not cringe before public opinion. "Though all the people should declare a measure, proper, ! should still have my own opinion," he said; If he favored popular measures he would vote for them; if be did oct favor popular measures, the people should select some one elBe to ' represent them. ' It has been said that "in the nearly forty years of , his' - Congressional ser vice no other ten members gave as many negative: votes1' This gave rise to the saying that if Macon were drowned, his body wonld be found up stream,' - '.-i As an example of. a vote that does credit to his courage if not to bis judgment, I give this: . In 1796, Washington sent his annual message to Congress, and the House of Representatives, in ac cordance with the custom of that time,, prepared a replyj In his message Washington had van nounced his intention to retire from public life and the proposed epty of the House Macon- consid ered too flattering to Washington and his .administration. The House, however, accepted U by a vote of 6? to 12. ' Macon and An drew , Jackson being two of twelve who-voted against it ' Among Macbu's political prio ciples his never falling devotio to demooracy is undoubtedly en titled to first place. v The second, I am sure, must be given to his continual demand for : , public economy. I shall not say that he did not carry 'his opposition to Congression appropriations j too far. - For icsunoe, . speaking of Presidential csudtdates (1824) le said: "Wben I go . home my peo plfa will ask me wbom I regard as the best man, or rather who Will tax them the least, - which is the mm thing." ;; u ' ''.'y On pensions he waged con tlnual warfare. . As he bad refused pay for his service in the Revolution, he now refused all pension money Jbe people who stayed at borne. furnished supplies and supported the old a"nd, disabled were, h said, as much entitled to pensions as those who served in the army For an affirmative vote on a pen sioo bill I have searched- his Con gressional record in vain. An ardent admire rof Lafayette, he was one of seven Senators who, In 1834, voted against thB bill giv log that General land and money as a reward for bis services in the Revolution. .ki-V " But though, as has been said, 'the austerest advocate of public economy, "' Macon believed that we should defend our ; national rights, ;k"Fbr If we do not, said he, we shall - soon have tone to ueieuu. yav oi ni . aoiest speeches was lp .defense of the bill to authorize Jne President to borrow money to carry on the war oz loia. But to all increase of the mili tary force in time of peace he was opposed, ; ''When peopie are pre pared for war they are sure fo to fight,', be said. . "I do not wish to parry this imitation of England too far. To support her army and. navy, her people are kept poor. .Our people pay- enough taxes. The navy js intended for conquest and we have enough ter ritory. I am for standing Bolely on American ground and on no other. .First,' Louisiana: then Florida, and now'we want Cuba." In the North Carolina Constitu tional Convention of 1835 Macon championed annual ' election and as vigorously "attacked a land qualification foe voters and the clause' in the old - constitu tion which allowed Protestants only to serve In the Legislature. In regard to the latter he said: "Who (hade man a judge that he should presume to interfere in the sacred rights of conscience? Man is responsibly to. Gp,d; alone for his religious betief and liberty of thought in his inalienable birth right" For bis own part. he was of the Baptist persuasion," as he expressed it. - In the Congressional debates we learn Macon's1 views regard ing slavery. As early as 1797 he said it was a curse and that he wished there were no negroes in this country, .This statement he often repeated. Opposing the bill to tax imported slaves (1814) he said it wonld virtually legalize the traffic a thing he did not wish to do. .Emancipation how ever, he considered impracticable and exclusion of slaves from new States, unjust and unwise. He himself held slaves, and in his dealings with them was firm, kind and considerate. A writer of that time j who was - at Macon's funeral , speaks of the deep sor row of the blacks, and adds that "slaves never had a kinder mas ter." Macon has been - called he Cincinnatus , of America." A farmer, not rich, but "well to do" he worked in - the fields at the head of hts slaves until age ren dered him unable to do so. He is said to have topped all his tobacco when at Qhome. He had all te pioneer's love for7 the -forest and said that 'no man should be able to hear his - nearest neighbor's dog bark-" To a city bred Con gressman he once said; ''What a pltyyou were raised IdJowo; else : you might ? have come to something!" " 'in-' Macon's home, however, floe linen, old wine, silverand cut glass abounded. He was a horse lover, and, like Washington, very fond of fox hunting. . Ones a President of the TJa'ted States and several members of his cabi net . visited Macon in his Warren county home. ' The second morn ing be suggested -, si horseback ride, which was agreed to. But the sedate statesmen almost re gretted , : their decision . when, stepping out, they found a half dosen grooms . stripping ; tbo re quisite number . ot fiery and Im patient race horses, v "Neverthe ess," says the old chronicler, "they took a parting look at the ground ' and mounted. .While they sweptalong, as if on wings, their host held forth on his hoi set IT which; ;bad a pedigree as J anstocratloas attermaa tb P Ph M trU- He.. Ban reni ! ; Tbal.rf'' '.exploit's '- and ancestors' exploits he reoounted,;;V.'-'';",' ikotcb would., not be com itbout i some . mention of i attachment to the eccen tj Randolph, of Boanoka i drew a ? knife to defend a, but, as a public , dutjr, 1 him from the chairman an .Important ; Congress ioua persi cal' o never i mi t tee a few days later. i a&airs t Macon knew hb friend, snd Ig" "his politi p ua uikji; seveu years, commended ; any of his family i public office 2m Hia speeches, as given in the . s "AbrlJ 9ment of . Congressional Bebtesi." from some of which I have quoted, are almost invaria bly shrl and to"' the point He was nd eloquent; but bis courage honesty; ;and -ability made bis speeches-y more powerful than mere ;etCie1iee could possibly have inaie them. V4 CONCLDSION. Such's'a'brjef outline of the career Of Walhanlel Macon, the upright madt and , true patriot in the best sense of that much abus ed term. V "There were giants in those day ',' when the foundations of the republic were being laid, ani the fafct that Macon was for years one of the most influential members Of the lawmaking brat cb of the national govern ment, holding' successively the highest b&ce in the gift of the House and- -Senate, speaks elo quently. enough as to bis state tnanshipi 'XBut'though to every trust so faithful as to have almost deserved fce title, 'last of the Romans,'' that , Jefferson gave him, how fetf North Carolinians can uow givajpff hand an accurate outline of ps career! If my sketch shall eujuse any that read it to- study more carefully the biography anil' teachings of this modern Cincnnnatus I shall feel that I have est labored in vain Some GorW tvlce onuKeepi; ing positions You can hold your position if you fit yourself to its mold so as to fill every crevioeBe like a cake At first it is a soft, spongy dough and is poured into a mold which it but half fills As it bakes, it rises, and crowds every dent in the mold. Not contented, it bulg es over the top; it makes a cake larger than the mold will hold So, young man and young woman be larger than your mold. After you have filled every crease and crevice of your position, work outatthetop. It is the largest cake that brings the most money Always keep your promise's Your employer will never, ask you to do more than is possible. Remember that an unfulfilled promise is as bad as an untruth. Live within your means. Never let a month pass that you do not put something in the bank. Sav ing is the first great basic prinoi pie In the foundation of success. Dress neatly and plainly, for an employer marks a man as fool who apparels himself with extrav agance and glai ing colors. Never try to Win the favor of your em ployer by slandering your fellow worker?. Slander always sticks. Show kind ness to your fellow em ployees, but do not let It be fore ed kindness, for thatdeserves no thanks. Resolve slowly and act quickly. Reiriember it is better to be alone than in bad company. that you cannot give your employ er ot; yourself full value, if you try to work after a night of dissi patlon; that silence. , like cleanll ness, is akin to Godliness, and that a clean conscience gives sound sleep and good digestion, and clothes one in an impregna ble coat of' mail. '-From "How to Got land Keep' a . Position, " by Janes J. . Hill, ? In December "Success." . ' " v " . - i' No-onS can treasonably' hope for good health unless his bowels move onoe eajh day. When tbia Is not attended to, disorders' of the stom ach arisen biliousness,. headaohe dyspepsia andpiles soon follow. If you wish to avoid 'these': ailments -keep your bowels regular by taking Chamberlain's Stomach and . Liver Tablets wneo, required. "..They are so easy to talcs and mild and gentle in effect For sale by' Rich Square Drug Co. '; : -. ',M, Dnrelued - Ambition. ' There is perhaps as m uch die appointment (ndunh'appiness in tne wona as ine xesuit or unrcas onable ambition ' as from :aoy other causerrthat works for hu man mlsfery,'",', . ' The doctrine that is. preached lnt5 American beys that the office of the presidency of this nation is open to the hum ilest citizen provided he fits himself to dis charge with credit the vast and bu idensome duties of this res poo sible office, -is acaurd. Such preaching may be a source of in spi ration to some struggling us pirant, but it cannot be accepted. as entirely true. No more is it s fact that any man may attain :b highest positions in political, in dustrial or professional life, if hu determines to do so. The prere quisites for such offices are by yond the ability of the ordinary Individual. The presidency, uo der our customs, may be bestow ed upon but a few men in the course of a generation, and to in still into a boy's mind the spec bus hope thai be may one day oc cupy the highest office within the gift of the people may lay the foundation, not for the highest acbievment, butforyearsof heart bnrning and keenest disappoint ment Tnis declaration' of fact is not made from the standpoint of icon oclasm, but is a statementof true principle. It is not made to dis hearten the struggling genius who cherishes in his secret heart grand dreams of future great ness; but to state our conviction that the better doctrine is to teach the youth of the country that all may not be great men, but it is the duty ofeveryoneto be a good man; although we ac knowledge It is as diffioult to maintain a high standard of mor als as to attain a high standard of achievement In this connection we call atten tion to an article published In The New York Evening Post of recent date, in which a correspon, .dent of that paper, in the course of a foreign letted narrates an in cident that occurred on board ship.. The principal character is a negro, a Hay Men, who is de scribed as being "a young man of about thirty four years of age, of polished speech and of good presence." He talks of the state of his national affairs freely, in'el ligently, liberally, in excellent En glish; and is clearly a man of some means. Conversation event ually discovers the fact that he is a grad uate of one of the great En glish universities and has stud ied in those of France and Ger many. "But what has it done forme?' he suddenly blazes out. Jama black. It is in my- blood, in my soul! All that I know, all that I have seen, is a curse to me. What are my widened horizons but a mockery and the bitterness of death! I envy with all my heart the ignorant naked, happy semi beasts upon those hills there, who lie in the sunshine all day long, all their lives long, knowing nothing, doing nothing, wanting nothing, at peace. There they should have left me-or killed me!' "He pulls himself together af terwards and tries to rehabilitate the mood of the moment; but the memory of his ghastly speech will not soon fade from the minds of its hearers." This seems rather a shocking picture when looked at perse, and wearealmost tempted to sym pathlze with the educated but sur ly negro, who is repressed by conditions under which be is fore ed to live, and which be is power less to alter. Tne mark that stamps him us a negro, it must be remenj bend is placed upon him, not by a y human agency, but as the result of divine interference. . Itis ti ue that as a uegio his iife is eircum scribed and his Held of usefulness is embraced betweea Insurmoun table barriers which he is power less to remove. 'But he blames ,the dominant race for his suppos ed degradation, whereas- he is what be is br divine authority. -- As much reason it there in his bitter complaint as In the petu lant cry of the child . who longs for the moon or the senseless murmurof some senseless fel' Thousands Have Kidney Trotihio ' and Don't Know It. s- How To Find Out. . Fill a. bottle or common flaat with your water and kt It stand twenty-four hours; s sediment or set tling indicates an unhealthy condi tion of the kid neys; If it stains your linen It Is evidence of kid ney trouble! too frequent desire to , pass H or pain In the back Is also convincing proof that the kidneys and blad der are out of order. Wht to Do. There- it comfort In the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swampi Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism, pain In the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects Inability to hold water and scalding pita In passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day,, and to get up many times aunng tne nigm. inemudand the extra ordinary effect of Swamp-Root Is soon realized. It stands the highest for Its won- cwnui cures or tne most distressing i If you need a medicine you should have the hS3t. Sold by druggists in 50c andll. sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful discovery and a book that .tells more about It. both sent t&&tW; absolutely free by mall. address Dr. Kilmer & Rum. ct Bwuod.roo. Co., Binghamton, N. Y. when writing men tion reading this generous otter in wis paper, low who finds fault that he was not born a prince of the realm. The first principal of success and the indispensable requisite of happiness is a recognition of one's limitations. Otherwise one's life will be wasted in repin ing or he will dash his brains out against the rock wall of foolish spair. Contentment is a dearer poses sion than wisdom or wealth or po iiion. The first is an inherent quality and without it one would be miserable with all the others. We have heard the story of the king who sought the shirt of a contented man who would sell bis shirt and when he found the ob ject of his search, behold the man bad no shirt. To come back to the case of the negro under discussion who ac hnowledges that his hated color extends not only to bis blood, but fcto his is-jul. If he took the 'prop- er view or nts surroundings u would be to realize that his poses sion of wealth and education might be used to t advantage pv, semi beafts"fOB thehlti who bask all day long in the sunshine. Although the doors of white civilization might not be open to receive this black man, instead of spending bis time in vain re pining he might employ both wealth and education in helping the members of his own race whoare both poor and ignorant Many a man who has not the in spiration to employ his talents in his own behalf may nnd pleasure and profit in working for others. Away with useless grunt' Ming and vain reproaches, and wel come the nobler pnuaotnropy that lifts a fellow creature up. The salvation of the black man lies not so much iu closer ah.-.ocia tion with the white race as in in dividual progress on sererate lines in which the '.wo racoa will notconflict Atlanta Constitu lion InsurancE W.T.TOYNER, GARYSBURG, i.'C The- only (exclusive) Insurance Agency in Northampton County. Fire, Life, Accident aud Bond Insurance placed in best Companies - Policies written on Dwellings.Furniture, Barns, Stables, Gin house Stores and Merchandise, Hotels, Churches, Halls, Cotton, Peanuts, &p. Ac,, at lowest legitimate rates. I amDistrict Agent for Eastern North Carolina for the Old Reliable PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA. ' The premiu.n rates are 15 to 20 per cent lower, and dividends to pe icy holders larger, than in other old line companies. Policies written on all approved plans, includ'.ng anaual dividends, deferred dividends, ordi nary life, -limited payment lifeand endowments. Also low rate convert ble term &,o , , - -. Correspondence solicited and information furnished. t. - W, T. JOYNER, General Insurance" Agent, ' Post Office Box 5 . GARYSBURG, N. C. . FARtlERS Can Save Llonoy BY DUYING . MONEY'SAVING TOOLS, .t ..,nni to send catalogues of l6 VYcMl of the following W to send catalogues of each vary State. . WRITE A POSTAL CARD. FOKONfc! The CORH CROP esa fce donMcdby using a HCSCER and SHREDDER. It husks the corn and delivers tno wagon or crrb '-' and shreds or cuts the stalk and fodder . the same time tnto splendid feed nd delivers Into barn pr stack, p . ," 4 " ' PZET HILLS, which grind corn and cob or shelled grain Into meal. , - ; HiKD er POWER FEEB CCTTEES, - with travelling feed table. v. '. 'bKWD FOR CATALOODEB T H Er I M PLEM ENT CO I : T 1302-1304 East Main Street, . i r.:CH:,:c , Warness . ... . v. -1 ' c f Wjire Fencing Coffins & Caskets. v HsfBsy 1'iiHDtm vunuuuuuw vucau we are now better prepared to r serve our patrons than ever be. fore We are selling six differ ent buggies as follows: Wrenn, Oxford, Goldsboro, Harper,, , Lynchburg and Parker and can suit you in quality and price. We also keep in stock, Harness, W hips, Robes, Buggy Blankets, ect A o d assortment of Cook Moves and Healers in stock. - CoffiiDBiitid aakets a specialty do h covered and wood caskets and Burial' Robes We keep a Hearse. ;;. "f We are agentsjfor the Ameri-' ' can Steel Wire Fence- . jf I do a genera', repair work and fe Shoeing ( , : '.' M. D. L. HARRIS SON 11.6 6m. Seaboard, F.C. nana nl Au an A a mm AnnAa A- BUGQIES 1 We are sellin? Agents for three well known Buggy and Carriage 5 Manufacturers A. . Wrenn & Son., Corbett Buggy Co., and Hughes Buggy Co. From ' the . goods manufactured by these concerns all can "be suited in quality and price. v ' UNDERTAKERS. In addition to nice line of Bug gies and Harness we keep a nice line of Coffins and- caskets. . .' J. B-. Cooke ft oo. 1 - Sackson, N. a If you are in the market for a Buggy, Wagon or any kind of a vehicle please call on me before purchasing. I buy the goods in such quantities as enables me to sell at the lowest possible price at which good goods of this kind can be offered. J. B GRIFFIN, Woodland. N. C Insuran HORSE POWERS witb FEED KILLS t attached, and (or running Feed Cut ; ten. Wood Saws, etc F1NNISO SILLS for grain and seed. GRAIN DRILLS, both disc and hoev Bngirles, Carriages, WagtMS and Hsr - nmM. from the finest to the humblest, ' We have the largest stock In the South. SORGHUM HILLS and Evaporators. . WIRE rEKCIXe of alt kinds. The best and cheapest and will last a lifetime, Wood Patent SWI3G fKTJRSS ky - far the best. OP ANY OF 1 H AI'OVH, eE! 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