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INCORRECT DATE Correct date: . Ll , Ok - Ra.E(Q)ke - -; - - t , i ANDREW J. CONNER, PUBLISHER. i - CAROLINA, CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS ATTEND HER. Volume XVX RICH SQUARE .NORTHAMPTON C, QTJfNTY N. C, THURSDAY JANUARY 3, 1906. j My Hair is Extra Long Feed your hair; nourish It; give it something to live on. Then it wiH stop falling, and will fcrov long and-' heavy. Ayer's Hair Visor is the only genuine hair -food you can buy. It gives new life to the hair-bulbs. You save what hair you have, and get more, too. And it keeps the scalp clean and healthy. The best kind of a taatixnoni! " Bold for ovmx sixty ye a J. O. Aym Oo Irfrmll. Xju. o hiiiiIWHiii.i. of yers SABSAPASIIXA. PILLS. CHEMT PECTOBAL. B.S. Gay. aB.lCdyett GAY & MIDYETTE, Attorneys & Counsellors at Jjow JACKSON, N. C Practice In all Courts. All business promptly and faithfully attended to. Brunswick County (Va.,) in Early Days. Chapter IV. a G. FaeblM. F. R. Hurl PEEBLES & HARRIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, - JACKSON. N. C. Practice in all Courts. Business promptly and faithfully attended to. W. C. BOWEN, Attorney-at-Law, jackson, n. (j Practices in all courts. All business given prompt attention A Worrell. : - . - - - c-. - T MT MiCAM . VftSON & . WORRELL, . Attorneys & Counsellors . at law, . : : JACKSON, N. c Practice is all Courts. Business - promptly and faithfully attended to. ' II. P. COFPEDGE, M. D,, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON ,, Office and residence W. Y. Gay place. . MARGAKETTSVQXE, N. C - Dr. W. J. Ward, DEIITIST. WELDOtf N;C , " J. M. JACOBS i r T T. DENTIST; WOODLAND, N. C ; Can be found in his office at all times . exeept when notice ia given in this paper. Will be in Roxobel week after each Second Sunday. -': DR. C. a POWELL . .. - DENTIST, POTECASI, N C. - Can be found at his office at all times - except when notice is given is this paper Yi. D, R0UI1TREE & CO. COTTON FACTOB8 & COMMISSION - MERCHANTS tulpaeiti Solldrca. Exchange Building, Frnt Ptr? t NORFOLK, VA. A.E.CofUud JocUh Copeland HOUSE MOVERS : .' We are now prepared to move houses of any size. Priees low. It will be to your interest to see as.' v Copeland Brothers, George, N. C WirCFehce. Just received a ear of American -. ,, wood Wire Fence. The price is right S ' V E. J. ;Gay, -: - .. Ja kson, N C iMIer Paint ! ... The great Gibraltar Paints and Roofing that resists fire, and most durable paint known, because of fire and heat resisting properties. Make them resist sun .and heat. Are on sale in all tints and colors by r Conner & Draper, Rich Square. J, J. BrownjJiijaford. Dr. B. P. ifirfehead. Lasher. C J. Vaighan, Woodland. - ' Dr. J. H. Sears, Union, ",. ' J. A. Burden, Aulander, ; J C. Jenkins, Ahoekie, Modlin & Xeggett, Lewiston. - Price cheap or cheapter than' ; other paints. - . - " " - r:!8y Giuralter Paint & BTg. Co Norfolk Vs. (From Brunswick Gazette.) It was during the administra tion of Spottswood that a notori us pirate named Edward Teach ir Thack, but better known as Blackbeard who infected the eastern coast of Virginia and North Carolina was captured, to getherwith his ship and thirteen of his men and taken to Williamsburg- and hanged. This man Blackbeard was the terror of those waters. No vessel or small craft was safe that ventured out of sight of the land it is said that he even levied tribute on the Governor of North Carolina, who ror lack of suitable vessels and nen was powerless to resist him. After enriching himself with the booty obtained by pillaging mer chant vessels and others, this, pirate would bring his iilgotten wealth to shore ' and " establish himself as an autocrat near some one of the small seaport towns, where he and his followers would pend weeks together in the 'wild est ' debauchery, compelling the peaceful citizens to yield up every thing that would contribute to iheir unhallowe i lusts. The de? tails of some of the carousfogstf these fiends in human form are too shocking to bejsiatea here. 5pttswo6d dternined to rid the countjvof-tms monster, -.accord- inglyhe fitted out an expedition er command of a certain Lieutenant Maynard and sent it against him. They met in Pam lico Sound and a bloody fight en dued in which Blackbeard himself surrounded by the slain and, bleeding from many wonnds fell on the bloody deck while in the act of cocking his pistol for al though mean and cruel he was desperately brave and fought with the ferocity of a demon. Mis surviving comrades surren dered and Maynard 'returned up the James river with the head of the Pirate hanging from the bow- sf rit. : f :, v " 'r" Benjamin Franklin then an ap prentice in a printing office, com posed "a ballad on the ' death of feach which was sold and sung through the streets of Boston. It maybe "welT to" "mention that it was Spottswood who afterwards promoted Franklin to the office of j Postmaster for the .province of Pennsylvania," for after his term as Governor of Virginia had end-1 ed (1722) Ae was appointed Dep' uty Postmaster General for all the Colonies," a position he held from 1730 to 1739, There are many romantic inci- dents connected w tn the career of Spottswood during h s long and eventful residence in Virgin ia from 1710 to 1750 a period of thirty years, but we shall have time to notice only one more and then return to our story. It was during the fall of 1716 that Gov. Spottswood being de sirous of learning more about the country to tne west, witn a chosen banaof followers com posed of gentlemen, rangers, ser vants, pioneers and some Indians (he mentions four Meherrin In dians in particular) the whole company numbering about 50, set out on an expedition of discovery and passing over the Blue Ridge Mountains discovered the Valley of Virginia. The party advanced as far as the Shenandoah River, and afterward returned to Wil liamsburg the seat of government at that time. The history of that expedition is full of romantic ad' venture, but we : have not time or space to go into detail. Un their return the Governor pre sented each of his companions with a miniature golden horse shoe in commemoration of the event on one side of which was inscribed the words Sic juvat transcendore montes. He also instituted an order of Knighthood called the "Tramon- tam" or Knights of the Golden Horseshoe, which was intended to stimulate other gentlemen to venture further west and make other discoveries rnd settlements For a turther account of this ex pedition the reader is referred to a novel called "Knights of the Horseshoe" by Dr. Wm. A. Caruthers.1 So having given my readers a glimpse of this active and enter prising old governor let us return to the- place which he founded and which appears to have been one of his favorite resorts "Fort Christanna." In the building and equipping of this fort Governor Spottswood seems to have had a two-fold motive. Just prior to his aciministration and during that of his predecessor the coun try seems to have suffered con siderably from Indian wars and massacres along the frontier borders was by no means uncom mon. To protect the settlers, those on the outskirts especially who had taken up and were cultiva ting land furthest removed from the few towns and settlements near r the Sea, the government had provided a body of armed horsemen called Rangers who were paid by the General Assem bly, and whose sole business and duty it was to ride through the country from point to point along thPse frontier settlements! and keep a watch on the Indians mak ing reports to headquarters when ever they saw .indications of hostile .spiritgps ithjem so that the Gove?nOT "rarght thus be ad vised whenever it was necessary co send out an armed orce of militia to bring them into sub jection and restore" tranquility along tne border. Learning from these reports that the Indians were often badly treated and cheated in their trades by un scrupulous white dealers who carried on a kind of clandestine trade with them7 contrary to the aw, (there being established al ready by the government a' reg ular Indian Company for that purpose) and that it was not al ways without cause that they were incensed and committed these depredations, he resolved to"tfy a humane policy by a suffi cient show of force to keep the Indians in subjection and make them respect his government. Fortunately soon after beginning of his administration, however;! a general treaty1 of peace was concluded with all the different tribes throughout the land. That was in January 1714. -(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.) Bow Oysters Are Fattened. At Lynnhaven. Va., the United States' Bureau of Fisheries has bnvTOrkmgTf or Several years bta' plaVfo esIishan artificial fattening bedr-for oysters. The dystafSves chieflyon diatoms and other mlcrVCopic "marine plants. TneselanT-equtfeJ' for their growth a large supply of inorganic ratftfriff the" water..The necessary plHoodis'pptfexiby putting commefdal fertiazers 2 into the water;-rTaie f atterdfrar bed must be in shallow water,so as to have a relatively Mgti temperature. r A "wall isniaintaihed around fattening ground, so as to retain the r&tilma and diatoms. Even after the diatoms have multiplied enormously the oysters receive no benefiimrrthem unless a cur rent is maintained in the water to carry the food to the oysters. Salt water is pumped in to pre vent the fattening beds from be coming too fresh, and a little lime is added to the water to pre vent the growth of algae and other plaats which would give a disagreeable flavor to the oysters, Too much lime, on the other hand will destroy the food plants of tne oyster, ine process seems! somewhat complicated, but is has been demonstrated to be feasible and to yield fine results in the number and quality of oysters. Country Life in America. QUACKS. our Dumb Animals, In what we publish in the JOct ober paper from Collier'fcWi skly in regard to the quacks, . w Uq not mean to be understood, hat there is no relief for-siiffe iig humanity outside of thephai ilia- cosia. Many years ago, .wheftwe were connected in the practice of. law with the Hpnorable?Ricmfd Fletcher, afterwards "judge bf our Superior Judicial CourtAhe uecame amiciea wicn pues, fijo was told by the two most enin physicians of Boston that thfere was no cure but a surgical ampu tation. Following their advice, he submitted to much suffering and loss of time and business, and very soon after his recoveigr had the same trouble again, and was again told that there, was no other relief than surgery. Just at that time a client of his, Mr. Lilley, who kept theold.umbrella store on the corner of Cornhijl and Court Street, happened to Icall, and told the Judge that he could give him a bottle of a very simple country herb preparation which would immediately cure him, and so it did. Mr. Lilley is now long deceased, but in answer to an inquiry of a friend we wrote his widow some time since, ask ing her if she could give me tne prescription, and here it is: "The remedy you asked for is 'Fire Weed, ' and can probably he obtained at any botanical store An infusion is made with this it should be rather strong about the color of black coffee. For dose a claret glass full three limes a aay tne last oetore re tiring, pref rably." Agaiif, probably fifty years, ago, there was ; called 'to our " attention 'a vegetapie remedy tor summer complaints, entitled 'Dr. Champ man's Cholera and Dysentery Syrup," which in a multitude of cases had given quick relief. We always carried a bottle with us when travelling, and in various cases found it was a sure curen It was prepared 4.y Dr. George Moore, of Great Falls, N. H., who assured us that it contain ed only a vegtable preparation that was entirely harmless. Again' we were called in as a lawyer o have the last papers signed by a good lady on the point of death, as th doctor said, it being impossible for her to recover. We told her of some of the remarkable cases which had come to our knowledge in which purgatives brought relief, and advised her to try an experi ment wnicn- could do no worse than to hasten a little her death. She accepted our advice and was down to our office a few weeks afterwards in very comfortable hea th. Again, we do not know mucn aoout unnstian science or Mental Science," but are en tirely certain that twice we saved 3 " i 1 . our gooo motner s me Dy m spiring her with the belief that she would certainly recover. Readers will find an account of these incidents under the head of "The Power of Hope." on page sixteen of our "Autobiographical Sketches." Geo. T. Angell. BAILING OF COTTON. Inefficient and Wasteful Methods Far--. tially Responsible for Scarcity 01 SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER AICHRst" NO DISJPyTE AT ALL One day, while Senator Pettus was strolling" around' the planta tion of. a-friend in Alabama,- he chanced -upon one of the -field- hands engaged in a violent alter cation wittnis wife, '-"''C ' 'Come," come ! ' ' exclaimed he, this won't do--this quarrel must cease -rign't awayi Tell - me the cause of' your'dispute; I may be able to settle it for you," The dusky husband, awkwardly doffing his cap to the Senator, re- plied: - ' 'Dis ain't no dispute, Senator. " "No dispute?'? ' reiterated Mr. Pettus, perplexed. x ' ' "No Bah," rejoined the hus band, "convincingly; ;"it ain't no dispute. It jest dis way: I'sejest been paid off an' has ten dollars, My wife heah she thinks she ain' gunner gitit,- an' I know she ain't. No dispute at all, sah." The Letter of tne Law. Saturday Evening Post. : The Honorable John Steel was a Sheriff in Missouri. A new Coun ty Judge was elected, and Steele, thinking fb pay the Judge a deli cate compliment, selected for his first panel of jurors'every fat man in the county; the Judge weighed nearly 300 pounds. The day was hot, and Steel, when' he took the jurors out to dinner, fed them so heartily that they all went to sleep during the afternoon. The Judge was furi ous. ;' - What do you mean, ' ' he roared at the Sheriff, "by bringing those sleepy-heads into court as a jury? They haven't heard any of this afternoon's evidence. I discharge the panel. Gojout now and get a panel of men who will stay awake I want men with a single eye to justice, not dolts like these!" Steel went out and rode the county that night. When the judge appeared next morning Steel had a panel of one-eyed men for him. Of two grafts, a politician is apt to grab both. " Lots of women get married be- ore they can afford to. ' ix)ts oi tools looK wise, and lots of wise men look otherwise, .He who envies the happiness 1 f others will never be happy. of Freight Cars. Mr. H.W. Macalister, chairman of the Lancahire (England) Cot ton Investigation Committee, who came to this country early in No vember to make further inquiry into methods of baling and trans porting cotton, made a statement in relation to this general matter to the New York Journal of Com merce which will be especially interesting to those engaged in the cotton industry. Referring to the scarcity of freight cars to conduct the business of the coun try, Mr. Macalister said this j scarcity was a very serious mat ter to the business interests gen erally as well as to the railroad companies. To the later it was a matter of great concern by rea son of the enormous capital that would have to be expended to supply the deficiency in cars, and it was of great concern to traders in cotton and grain because of the serious delays and losses which would be incurred, coupled with the general disorganization of their business. Mr. Macalister is of the opinion that the only cure for the present serious condition of affairs is the initiation of a scheme to effect an improvement in the baling of cot ton. The form of the bale of cot ton as at present made is so ir regular and its density so light that it occupies to much space. A standard freight car will under present conditions carry 25 plant er's bales from the gin to the point of iJischarge at the com press, and after compression the same car will carry 50 bales-to the shipping port. Mr. Macalister advocates tie establishment of presses at the gins which are capable of baling cotton to a den sity of 35 pounds per cubic foot and of making the bale into such a form of standard dimensions as wttf-enatys' 'a box freight car: to carry 100 bales of cotton instead of as above stated. The saving to the railway com- ponies in capital expenditure, up on freight cars,' in depreciation (renewal of plant), in cost of re p irs. in shorter trains, in the re duction of cost in the matter of delays in having to unship same, in the reduction in the number of "short-haul" trains and in a in crease of "long hauls," in the number of locomotives used to move standard lengths of trains Al these can only be calculated by men versed in railway man agement. COTTON CROP BADLY-TREATED. Secondly, it is admitted gener ally that there, is ho crop in the country of such value which is treated so badly in the matter of exposure to weather as the cot ton crop, and attention was drawn to this at the meeting of the cot ton spinners and planters, which took place inwashington on May and 2 last, when the members of the Southern Cotton Associa tion and others expressed their intention to ' take measures to. remedy the evil by building ware houses. If the question of sav ing of space is considered in the ight Ox the comparative space occupied in a freight, car above indicated the saving of cost in warehouse accommodation must be patent to all concerned. Mr. Macalister also argued that the same conditions apply to the owners of steamships. A vessel whose present capacity is, say, 8,000 bales of cotton, would carry 12,000. These savings in the ag gregate would amount to millions of dollars annually, and everyone connected with the trade, from the producer to the last consumer, would benefit by the change. He is persuaded that very much better presses could be adopted at the gin at a very small extra cost over the presentsystem. East Indian cotton is at present shipped to England in bales com pressed to a density of 54 pounds per cubic foot. A very moderate density advocated by Mr. Macalis ter could therefore be adopted without any injury to the staple. WORK OF BBITISH COTTON GROW ING ASSOCIATION. Mr. Macalister explained that the charter of the association, however, only authorized that association to plant cotton in Brit ish colonies. This therefore, would prevent the association planting cotton in the United States, how ever willing the association might be to uo so. The whole the British Cotton Association is not the production of cotton but the education of the native peo ple under British control, but at present growing cotton for the uset of their families, to the fact that if they grow more than is necessary for themselves a mar ket is open to them for the sale of their product, which in turn is a means of establishing new mar kets for the British manufacturer. Notwithstanding the ' reports which have been circulated with regard to the ' purchase of cotton lands in quantities varying from 100 acres to many thousands of acres, Mr. Macalister said that nothing in this direction had as yet taken definite shape.' Kh iir.UAP UltUUUrl . -.r , . .. 4t The President's Erownsrllle Message. Atlanta Constituti6n. President Roosevelt goes be- ore the tribunal of the American people in his message on the Brownsville outrage, published elsewhere in The Constitution to day. In his explanation of his action he gives ah exhibition of broad, non-sectional, non-partisan citizenship which must challenge the approving admiration of every American to whom these qualities have a meaning more definite than mere words; - - Concerning the official reports upon which he based his action in removing the - murderous troops, he says: 1 "I should put the same entire aith in these reports if it had happened that they were all made by men coming- from some one state, wnetner in tne soutn or the north, the east or the west, as I now do, when, as it happens, they were made by officers born in, different states." And that is the-keynote to the message the. spirit r of 'Ameri canism, regardless of boundary ines, breathing throughout Its entire length. - - V7 1 S - The president shows himself , preeminently, - the wcecativeof the entire nation.- He establishes his intention to do full justice to the negro; but he makes it clear that this attitude cannot condone murder or the deliberate shield ing of its perperators. His well- known position' ' ch mob violence and lawlessness is emphasized by denouncing as its worst phase the lawless ontbreak of the Brown sville atrocity. " He demonstrates, very clearly, how the integrity and usefulness of the army would be completely nullified were assassins and their protectors, without regard to color, permitted to remain with in its ranks. He exhibits ample authority and precedents for the action taken proving that any other course, under the circum stances, would have been a viola- ton of his oath of office. He brushes aside, as unworthy of more than passing disclaimer, the charge that race prejudice in fluenced his policy. His picture of the parties who are making heroes of those murderers and their silent accomplices is one that should make the sentimen talists at whom it aims ashamed of their attitude. v - It is a most notable document and it should be closely and in telligently read by every Ameri can citizen whether resident in New York, Georgia or California The Wandering Boy. "Oh where is my wandering boy to-nigntr' nas been sung thousands of times with wonder ful tenderness and pathos, but how many of the singers or hear ers, even give need to tne per tinent inquiry of the song Statisics are frequently published showing the great majority of our boys spending their nights away from better influences o: home. As they grow into youth and early manhood they seem to grow into the world and worldly ways. If the singer's plaintive question could be answered pub licly in any ordinary meeting where the song is sung, it would cause a tremendous sensation, and many a heart would bow down in sorrow and pain. For some reason it is just as well that the nightly haunts of "the boys' are not specifically mentioned in local public meetings, and yet the matter is one oi common re port. The boys are too often out of home, out of the church and Sunday school, out of organiza tions of moral character, and into tke world "for all it is worth." The Largest Store, Most Varied Line and best Stock of Goods in the Country.; ''f MLLINERY , DEPARTMENT. 1 ' Under the supervision of Miss Cora Lawrence who is too well known to need either an introduction or comment. wants a visit from all of the ladies. Ladies Drss Goods Department and Vraps. Consisting of popular -shades and textures, with latest -up-to-date Trimmings to match. In Notions why just call for what you want and we will do the rest Mens, Boys, and Children Cloth ingShoes! Hats, etc. 8 lij.rAiicir ItlJf v.M'LAVLU RICH SQUARE, N. C. i Fall -.v-.- u , r, We have increased these lines also and will certainly sus tain our reputataorr for carrying the best assortment to be, found in the three counties,: ; ' - - ; FijRNrrtJRE and" 'trunks. -1 We' always keep in touch with the nmuuf actureri and have the latest and new- est makes and designs." Hardware, Carpenters Tools, Cutlery, Tinware, Wood and Wfliow Ware; Harness, Mattings,' Carpets, Cook and Heating'Stovest in fact as" complete a stock as a full two - story nouse 44A.W can nouses - - v v .: , ' WD FENCED We seli I the Pittsburg Wire; Fence which is the prettiest,' smoothest and most durable on the" market. ' ' : ' ' ' Our Undertaking Department always stocked; from the cheapest Coffin to"the nicest ! Caskets - and "furnish' a nice neat hearse. : - - - '' - , , . ... . .. i-'t... . . .. . . ''-'' " - - We extend a hearty invitation to all and promise courte-' ous treatment, full appreciation of your favors and guaran tee satisfaction as to prices and quality. Very1 sincerely, ' BAUGHAM & WEAVER, VA1JGMAI?J, MURFREESORO, N. C. We Beg' to Annouric That Our; iStock of Fall and Winter Goods are Has been received, and we better prepared to supply your wants this season than before. ever U. VAUGHAN, Murfreesboro, - - - - North Carolina