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aook Qtowan ANDREW J. CONNER, PUBLISHER. CAROLINA, CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS ATTENE HER." SUBSCRIPTION S1.00 PER ANNUM 4r VOLUME xni. RICH SQ U AHE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, N. C, AUGUST 4, 1P04. NUMBER 31 R TlonieSo Aiders Wliat Have You Done? I You aie going to do great things, you say- But what have you done? You are going to win in a splendid way, As others nave won; l You have- plans that when they are put in force . Will make you sublime; You have mapped out a glorious upwaiu . course - . . " But why don't you climb? You're not quite ready-to start, you say; If you hope to win, The time to be starting is now to-day Don't delay, begin! No man has ever been ready as yet, Nor ever will be; You may fall ere you reach where your hopes are set -But try it and see. I You are going to do great things, you say, You have splendid plans; - Your dreams are of heights that are far away; They're a hopeful man's- But the world, when it judges the case for you At the end, my son, Correct any tendency to constioa- wal not whatyou were going to tion with small doses of Ayer's Pills. " 111 v . , Don't try cheap cough medi cines. Get the best,Ayer's Cherrv Pectoral. what a trecord it has, sixty years of Cherry Pectoral cures! Ask your doctor if he doesn't use it for coughs, colds,'bronchitis, and all throat and lung troubles. I hTe found tnat Ayert Cherty Pectoral in the best medicine I can prescribe tor bron chitis. lnAueiica. eonjrhs. and hard colds." M. LodskaH, US)., Ithaca. N. T. droesri'ts. for' 3. C. ATKR CC Lowell. Maw. Bronchitis II. P. COPPEDGE, CL. D. But of what you've done. E. Riser, in Escondido Times. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Office at residence of " , " M. J. Panto a. Near Dr. StancelT s ' MARGARETTSVILLE, N. G. Some of Freedom's Bless ings. A recently published report of the Alabama commissioner of State- institutions shows a re- HOT E L BU RGWYN. markatte ; ' increase of insanity jackson, N. c. . - . - among negroes in t hat btatejand JAMES SCULL, PROPB. following it is a paper by Dr. v.. Bates $2.00 per day- 50c perinea j F. Drewry, superintendent of the asylum for the colored insane at - C. G. Pmblm. y: ' F. B, Hrsis Peebles iz, Harris ATTORNEYS ANtt jCOUNSELLEKS AT LAW , Jackson, N. C. ' Practice in all courts. Busi- Petersburg, Va., read before the American Medico-Phycologic As sociation, in session at St. Louis, in which, as we see. in a contem porary, he ; states that at the close of the civil war there were tended. JO. ness promptly and faithfully at-j onjv -twenty seven colored luna tics in the public institutions of his State.- but that at present there are more than 1,200 insane colored people in the one asylum of which he has charge, while half as many more are confined in county jails and asylums through State. Speaking: for THE BLUE SPELLING BOOK- Webster's Masterpiece Still in Popular Demand in Country ScliOols. It may strike some persons as a rather remarkable fact that the Webster spelling book, with its familiar blue cover, has sold up to date about seventy millions copies l ne spelling boon is no more in vogue iu this section, where we have taken over all of the many fads of modern peda gogy along with some that are vital and measurable permanent The spelling book n6 longer has the place in the eurripulu m" it once naa. mere are no more spelling bees, no more spell down in the class. ; In its place children write out laboriously the words selected from their les son, whether they spell better than this generation we do not know, but if our own experience is of any value they do not. is tnere a man or woman o forty in the country who does not remember the : thrill which followed in turning over the last page of monosyllables, ending, we think, with "Ax," and begin ning the new entry into learning with the magic word "Baker." That, indeed, was an event in millions of lives, and though we must admit that teachersof that age had no conception of the re- ation between the infantile '"per cept" and its collateral "concept" they produced a race of young men and women who could spell and cipher and read. We do not claim that it was all of education J&iaca A. Worrell ATTCS.NEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW Jackson, N. 0. . ; Przdice in aU courts. Business promptly and faithfully attended to out the North Carolina, it may belaid n ; fl.fi POWELL that the increase of insanity in v . i uulii rtu.es Biiice iucvivu nai uao DLNllbl - been extraordinary,, though far ' '.'.' 1 . . . ... . . . L, POTECAGI N C. more - maruea in tne Diacs xnan is given in this paper... . - itArVrfloRtiital atrGoldsboro. with a capacity for about 250, is crowded to ' the limit, - and it would perhaps be difficult to reckon how many insane negroes are confined in - jails and poor houses and at their homes or are " DP. J- 1L JACOBS wandering: at large. Before the warj too, tuberculosis was prac tically unknown among the ne groes; now it is tne scourge q the r'. race Likewise, forty-five years ''ago and anterior thereto. Dr. W. J. Ward DEIITIOT. CTi.lt l) ; Dentist . Can be found in his office at all -: times except wden notice is given in this paper. WiU le n JSoxobel week after 2nd J they all had good teeth; cow the teetto of -the majority are bad r - .. ' Causes teed tot be discussed here ! but the facts stated are sugges tive. Iosaratv, cot sumption ai d I bad teeth are some of the bless- i!-gs tnat yireeaom nas orougnt; the black man. Charlotte Obser ver. Snnday in each month ; . WOODLAND, N. C House Moving . Over 20 Years Experience E. S. ELLIOTT Rich Square, N, C. A. E. COPBL1.SD. ' J . JOSIAB COPBLAHD HOUSE HOVERS Our President, friend complains that hf J A. Inend complams tnat w VTe are now prepared., to moye j sometimes disagreeably mention - i TlissAAn IrtTlt I Oil . Jl ot any size. rruw. 80me 0I XD.e pasn opinions ana acts of the President of the Unit ed States. Tne tact is we are trying to educate him humanely against wars against foot-ball ill be to your interest to see us. .. COPEIi AND BROTHERS, r Georpe. N. C. figrhts--ajrainst shootinsranimai that have never done him harm harm, simply for. the fun wojinding and killing them uth of On S. Git " GABLASTJ-Jii. JMIDIBTTM Gay & Ilidyette ATTORNEYS' ANB CuUNSELORS AT LAW . . acrmnar. TMpniTicr r,np to r i; ; w nnrti Kn9in(Bsr6"-""v O J ' rnwuw sxi " i , . ill .t . v y 1 prl7.fl fip-htra and savages. j want them to be moie like A bra Vil Di ROUiiTnEt ft LUii ham Lincoln, whose greatshear went out. to every uarmiess crent v COTTON -FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS CoMlgamevis Solldrtd. Hxcliang 8 Building, JTrort Stree KOKFOL.K. YA. MULK FOR. SALE. " - For tlie balance of this season, I can -'spare one Mule. For sale cheap. . T - " E. S. ELLIOTT, - Rich Squ are, N. C to learn these th ree th ings. We do not deny that the modern curricula have inanv more and perhaps more advantageous items than the older generation was favored with. We do not think that there is a lack of in terest in orhographv which ought not to exist in these days of typewriting m aehines. Many a man has? escaped censure by writing Obscurely with his pen, but with the machines, which are destined to do away with pen manship, there is no? recourse except to practice and the old spelling book. So far there have been issued over 70,000,000 of the Webster's spelling book, and its popularity is still on the increase. It is true that most of the circulation is in the South, where they are glad to get anything that is cheap and good, but the fact that the elemental in education survives has instructive value. Noah Webster never made a cent, we are told, on his dictionary, but his family have made fortunes on the spelling book. That ought to give some iood tor .tnougnt to the philosophers who think that education began about tea years ago. Philadelphia Inquirer. Shingles! Cypress Shingles in all widths , ' and grades. We have them on hand, and are offering them for v sale at Bull Hill Mill, 'Northampton County. - - We will be pleased to quote - ' prices to any one wishing Shingli s or fence boards. OOCOXEIXHEB LtJilBER to, ure like Grant, who' would no attend a horse race like Shen man," who declared that "wa was hell" like General Miles,who j has recently told his countrv men how immensely they could gain by appropriating the cost of defending the Philippine Is lands to the improvement of our country. We are trying to hufuanely ed ucate our President, and if we succeed it may save our nation tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands of human and animal lives and hundreds of millions of dollars. Geo. T. Axgell, No Pity Show i. "For years fate was after me continuously' I writes F. A. Gulledge, Veabena, Ala. "I had a errible case of Piles causing 24 tumors. When all failed Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me Equally good for burns and all aches and pains. Only 25c at Rich Square Drugstore, I. I- fliitlaml. Woodland; M. H. FutrelL Con- Jackson, N.C way; t. h. Nicholsor Murfreesboro Clorist in tlie St. Louis )' Conveiitioii. (Presbyterian Standard.) The Standard ia rigid iaexclud ing political themes from its col umns save as they uiay become matters afi'eet ing moral and reli. gious principles. In the present instance we are earefulto explain that the speech of Mr. Bryan in answer to the address of Govern or Black, of New York, is not used m any partisan sens.'. But the first was an eulogy of war, as the second was of peace. The first two paragraphs are intro duced by way of explanation: Said Governor Black, hi nominating Theodore Roose velt to thfi Presidency: "The fate of nations is still decided by their wars. You may sing in your schools tlie gentle praises of the quiet lite. "You may strike from your books the last ;note of every martial anthem, and yet out in the smoke and thunder will also bo the tramp of horses and the silent, rigid, unt urn ed face. Men may prophesy and women pray, but peace will come here to abide forev er on tli is earth only when the dreams of childhood are the accepted charts to guide the destinies of men. "Events are numerous and mighty, and no man can tell which wire runs around the world. The nation basking today in the quiet of content ment and repose may still be on a deadly circuit, and to morrow writhing in the toils of war. This is the time when great figures must be in front." ; :--:-, wrongs to be rigntaa on eartn, the righting of them being resist ed - until there is no help for the letting of blood in the appeal to arms. But the ridicule of the very hope of peace was what Mr. Bryan opposed in the following striking paragraph: I - "This is a eulogy of war. This is a declaration that the time hoped for, prayed for, of perpetual peace, will never come. This is eulogizing the doctrine of brute force and giving denial to the hopes of the race And this President a candidate for reelection, is presented as an embodiment of that ideal, the granite and the iron, to represent the new idea of militarism. Do you say you want to defeat the military idea? Friends of the South, are you trying to de feat the military idea? Let me tell you that not one of you, North, East or South, more fears the triumph of that idea than I do. B: this is the doctrine that our na tion is to stand for, it is re trogression, not progression; ; it is the lowering of the ideals of the nation; it is turning backward to the age of force.; More than that, it is a chal lenge to the Christian civiliza tion of the "world and nothing else." And this is what we are writing to call attention to, the para graph that follows. It was an immense gathering of all sorts and conditions of men, brave men and weaklings, politicians and statesmen, great men and small men, Christians and those of the world. There were men there of conflicting interests and aims and ambitions. But here was something that no man could quarrel with, . and that touched the heart of every man. The silence grew to a great still ness, broken only by the speak er's marvellous voice, quivering itself ; with the intensity of his emotions as he said: "Twenty-seven hundred years ago a prophet foretold .. the coming of one who was to be called the Prince of Peace. Two thousand years ago he came upon the earth, and the song that was sung at his birth was 'peace - on earth, good will toward nieK' For two - thousand years this doctrine if peace has been growing. It has been taking hold upon the hearts of men. For this doc trine of peace millions have given their lives. For this doctrine of peace thousands have crossed oceans and giv en their lives among savage t ribes and among foreign na tions. This doctrine of peace, the foundation of Christian civilization, has been the growing hope of the world." Strong men stood with bowed heads and heard that message from the midnight sky of far away Bethlehem. Eyes unused to tears filled up and overflowed. There were eloquent tributes paid athat great gathering to the men of their choice by the diiferent advocates of their claims But there vas one supremacy that none disputed. And if out of the turmoil of that political convention this claim of the King hood of Jesus was so freely sur rendered, can the day be so far distant when he shall rule in all hearts, and claim the kingdom of this world for his own? Jiow truth , OI COUls:' in. 'this. t here is sotnei Pointed Paragraphs. " When a man argues with his wife about all he does is listen. A woman says it is easier to get a husband than to support him.; Nature sometimes saves a wo man the trouble of making a fool of a man. Some business nien go away to rest, and some- others to avoid arrest. A woman tells fairy tales to her children and a man tells them to his wife. The girl who jimagines she is good looking thinks that is all that's necessary. .. . It is human nature to dislike those who are smarter than we are also to despise those who are not.;' Most women would worry them selves to death if they knew what their next door neighbors really thought of them. Fortunate is the young man who gets badly defeated in a po litical contest. lie gets discour aged and settles down to busi- There are still ness.-Chicago News. Control of tlie Kansas Biver Floods. The Kansas River floods have called new attention to the meth ods recently advocated by the Bureau of Forestry for controll ing the course of the stream and for repairing the damage to in undated farm lands. The high- water mark this summer is 10 feet lower than that of last sea son, nor is the property loss com parable to that of a year ago, when, the damage wrought ex ceeded $20,000,000 and when over 100 lives were sacrificed. But in permanent injury to the pro ductile capacity of the region it may well be that the river has de liverea a second blow as serious as was the first. The flood of 1903 was the greatest since 1844 Until a year ago the valley of the Kaw was as fertile as any on this continent. For centuries the strips of woodland .along the banks of the river bed impeded the rush of overflows, and the silt that built up the rich land had been precipitated. But un der agri3ulture the trees were gradually cut down, in many cases ' right to the water' sledge. The result was inevitable. In its natural course the river runs rather slowly and with many windings through its flat mead ows. But when it overflowed, the water . swept straight down the valley. Unimpeded by trees, it increased its velocity, in some places cutting for itself new chan nels, ; and for almost the whole 120 miles of the valley not only deeply eroded the river banks but played havoc with the valuable farm lands. In some places the rich soil was cut away to the bar ren sands or gravels; in others coarse sand was laid 6 and 8 feet deep over the fields; in still other places great holes were gouged out and lakes formed acres in ex. tent Qf the 250,000 acres of re markably ' fertile lands, worth from . '8100 to 8250 an acre, which the valley contained, 10,- 000 "-acres were completely de stroyed for agricultural purposes 10,000 acres more were damaged 50 per cent of their val ue, and the whole area was greatly de preciated in value owing to the general sense of uncertainty as to the future. That these fears for the future were well founded the repetition of the disaster makes sufficiently plain. But the condition of the valley is. far from hopeless if they will put mto active and general oper ation plans for the protection and reclamation of their lands. The Bureau of Forestry has de vised systems of tree planting for the river banks, the sand-covered lands, and the deeply eroded lands. The object of the first is to prevent washing of the banks, to protect the whole area from the full force of floods, and in time of oVerflo w to check the ten dency to gully and cut new chan nels. The last two system of planting ' are for ultimately re claiming the now destroyed lands and making them produce, iu the meantime, a valuable wood pro duct while the work of reclaim ing ia going on. " The sanded lands are now use less for crops, but will grow cot- tonwood, which twenty years hence will make valuable savvlogs In the meantime the trees will be reclaiming the land for field crops. This they will do partly by the fertilizing Jeffect of the de caying forest litter. But should the flood waters return again, the timber would very likely be in a position to render much greater service. Examination ol the area affected a year ago shows strikingly that where pro tective growths of cottonwood checked the rash of the current the land beyond was generally covered not .with sand but with silt, and is often if any thing more fertile than before. V- ith exten five planting of forest trees an other flood would undoubtedly bring back at once to fertility much of the land which has now been made barren. The lower part of the Kansas Valley was devoted chiefly to the production of potatoes. Crops of 300 to 400 bushels per acre were not uncommon before the flood". Thousands of acres of po tato fields were buried 2 to G feet beneath coarse river sand, causing the farmers to abandon much of this land. Of 1,000 acres of once Jvaluable .sweet po tato land in one body near Wa- mego, Kan., ouly 35 acres were cultivated last year" after the SHINGLES & BRICK If' in noed of Shingles or Brick call on or .write, J. S. TURNER. - Weldon, N- 0. MACHINERY' flood, and this is probably all that will be fit to cultivate for many years tp come. The Bureau of Forestry is now sending to the citizeus of the Kaw Valley a mimeographed cir cular of recommendations for guidance i-i forest planting on their damaged lauds, in which it is said: "Wherever the liverhas chan;? ed its course and straightened its channel, everv possible effort should bj put forth to keep it straight. Much of the damage that was caused in the great flood of 1903 is directly trace able to crooks in the stream. The soft, bare banks should be covered with willows at the ear liest possible moment to prevent the stream from again becoming crooked. In addition to the pro tection of the .caving river banks and the reclamation of the sand ed and eroded lands, the land owners of the Kansas Iliver Val ley should immediately cooper. ate to secure continuous belts of timher 250 fpet wid on hnth banks of the stream. Such pro- TUC QCMIDITV I ICr Inn AwutllTV PnviniljV fooi. 1 k HiIU rill ii U I i I UUUirMill viceable than dikes of earth or guaranty Capital, l,esnl Reserve masonry in mithratin": the de-l 15100,000 struction that may occur from overflows. The future wealth Engines and Boilers, one to 2000 H. P. "Vance," Saw Mills, with Log Beam. "Queen," Shingle and Lathe Mills. - : Planers. Moulders, Edgere, Resaws. Gins and Presses, Modern System. Traction Engines, and Threshers. For Safety and Economy, get a "Foos" Gasoline Engine. Hon. Walter Clark, Raleigh, writes: "Well pleased, no possibility of exploding or firing Gin Honse, runs -: -with less expense. Will drive the Steam Engine out of business." - - SECOND HAND ENGINES. In great variety, at low prices. Try us. ;.. . CAROLINA MAC H INERY COMPA NY, GHEEXSBOBO, NORTH CAROLINA. tective belts will be far more ser- .Home Office , Greensboro, N. O - .v ,, ; . v . THE IDEAL LIFE POLICY takes the place of the Wad-winner Our Annuitv. Disability and Endna-mont. PrJiir nmxririna o A -..,t.... . K i .V-O Fy"vV""U000 v' LUC ,ajlcJ' anteed annual income for the widow and nrnU fnr t.ha ,w v.L. .;h J . . -V " .m.. no a uuK in uC inft.)r ucpcu- or Iatner and for the insured in old age. UKUb uuu- me - uruuLict; ui lures i . r I I I sjsrr Trrsi . y v-. . . t -r , . try for protection against devas J Hw VY 11 V Ulvlvb tation by floods." Wisstos, X. C, Jan. 30, 1904. The Conditions are Oeculiarlv Received from the Security Life and Annuity Companv SI25.00 in Da rment of v favorable for the success of tree :ll..LT.Dll ,ot 6o; nder w oa th8 sus, late mv. uuwn juraest oaJO weu, oi VVtnsiOU, ti. u. ' (Signed) Nannie Weatherly CaldweU. ' ' The income begins immediately upon receipt of satisfactory proof 'of death. Dr t-aldwell died Jan. 3, 19o4, and the first installment was waid Jan. 80th. J. VAN LlNDLEY, R. E. FORSTER, GeO.'A. GrTMSLEY.' President. Actuary. Secretary planting in the flooded regions. I The flood prepared an excellent seed bed for trees, and willow and cottonwood seedlings are grow ing thick on ground,that was too wet to plow last year. The young cottonwoods can be taken up and set out on sandy ridges I which the flood has damaged. Thus the nursery stock will cost nothing but a little labor. Unit ed States Bureau of Forestry, Washington, D. C. Litt i eton High School FOB BOYS AND GIRLS Opens' August 23, 1904. - ' : ! The Eager Appointive Of fice Seeker. Just why the average man of ability, and fair business equip ment, will become an anxious and eager pursuer of a iob under municipal, State or government, PQR in preference to following an inde penpent business or trade Gf his PH own, has never been explained There seems to be a glamor EXT about an appointive office which makes it fascinating. The sala-mQ rv is not usually a consideration for the majority of appointive! DAYS. positions pay small wages. The talk of the unhealthy situ ation at the Panama Canal, m krlit be thought to offer obsta cles to securing men by the Isth mian Canal Commission, but al ready the Commission has a hun dred applicants for every posi tion it has to fill. The salaries on these jobs are not much as to warrant a rush for them, for few of them pay over J 1200 a year. And the chances of promotion are very slim, though the civil service tenure may assure those securing positions'some safety iu keeping them Take it in everv city where there is some appoiutive office, either under the mimicip Uity, or where the 'government ma have one, and if a vacancy occurs, there will be a rush of men seek ing the place who are willing to ive up other business, where their chances of advancement are greater if industriously worked, but the appointive office is too attractive, and they " niter the contestfor it with an eagerness 4- l Q 1 kJ 431 1 1TA 11 iJt llit' It may be that the idea of com parative certainty of pa y with .i prescribed routine f work and hours of labor, makes this desh-e for appointive offices..: If this is the reason, it is a lazy inau'.s Excellent location, moderate expenses, teachers of ex perience, home life for pupils, moral training. Prepares for for eollege or ordinary duties of life. Address, L.W. LAGLEY, Littleton, N.C. reason, the satisfied desire of get ting a specified wage within a defined range of hours, instead of an ambition which seeks to make of : wiy opportunity in life of value and the individual advance- something chance of mcnt. f there tread will is a certainty of a existence, it is some appointive office, and not merely a tread mill to follow but the complete parting with ever3r jxt sonal ambition for advancement, for once iu an appointive office, the average man would nearly as soon part with life, as to sur render his job. New BeYn Journal. All Summer Ooods at and below. Cost. Shoes, Dress Ooods Clothing and every thing. Come before every -thing is picked over. Goods here must move at some price, yours to serve, MiniS C. PUBYIS, PROPRIETOR NEW YORK RACKET STORE, " . WOODLAND, X. C. New Firm Having bought the en- Buggies Harness Carts " 9 General Repair Work, - If you are in need of a first class Buggy : and Harness, Wagon, Cart and Wheels or anything in that line you will not make any , mistake to see our stock before you purchase We are putting up a nice lot of wagons and cart wheels that we intend to sell at reasona ble prices; in fact we guarantee our goods not to be excelled by anyone and our prices as low, and will prove it if you will givj us a chance, For further information call on or write us and we will gladly explain every question you may want to ask. We are pre pared to do any kind of repair work atshor notice; to give us a trial will convince you that we can save you money. Respectfully, " FUTRELL & ODOM, woodland, N. C tire interest of the old firm of Baugham fe Liv ermon, I announce to my patrons and the public" generally -that I am still located a t the old stand of Baugham & Liveruion and carry a stock of GE5ER4L MERCHANDISE which I am selling at re duced prices. Give me a trial. I am anxious to buy Chickens and Eggs, paying full market prices for them. Thifhking you for past patronage, Yours truly, M.G. LIVERMON, Rich Square, X. C. Groceries. Housekeepers Helps. Some thing different for dinner and good clear through. Sold to giv pleasure to our patrons. Bryant & Lassiteb. Cigars E3A Cigar that suits the idea of every smoker at Bkyaat & Lassitek's ft &i J" !i T-C MB). A And every, article Is tfiiaran teed. Come in take a look at beautiful display of JEWELRY On the counter you will also zma catalog lllus- tratintf thousands of useful and practical Gems If you want the verybestvalues for your money BUY HERB THAT8 ALL Vi Mi C06GINS &C0. BOYKINS,-VA.i &
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