lSII:iaTl MM77M ANDREW X CONNER; PUBLISHER. ' Iv" : :. i !:., 'CAROLINA, CAROLINA. HEAVEli'S BLESSINGS ATTEND HFR." ' ' SUBSCRIPTION PER ANNUM $.u0 VoltraiaXXlI. SQUAJIE, yORTHAMPTO-Nj jT. ft, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1913. Number 48. . : ,r. rmo 1 VWOTII v1 "Plans, Specifications Aim germ atss fvmaktb bif Apkjcatiok v - :; t: E. C. SMITH, General Contractor and Builder r FRANKLIN, VA. I. Mam. . J. A. WomO. MASON & WORRELL. rrOKKBTB & COUNSELLORS AT LAW, JACKSON, N. C. Practice ie , all Conrta. Business uromptlv and faithfully attended to.. Office 2nd floor bank building. RAYMOND G. PARKER, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Jackson, N. C Practices in all courts. All business crvqn prompt and faithful attention. Office 2nd Floor Bank Building. . aPMbiMk r. r.huti. PEEBLES & HARRIS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. JACKSON. N. C. t-ractice in all Court. Business fromptlv and faithfully attended to. DR. C. G. POWELL DENTIST. POTECASI N. C. Can be found at his office at all timea xeeot when notice is Riven in this paper.' J. N. SELDEN CONTRACTOR & BUILDER . JACKSON, N. C. Estimates on all classes of build ing cheerfully given. IfAgent for Edwards Metal Shingles. ... Write me for styles and delivered piuces. m. R. Wmom Btuui Wnaoma, NVINBORNE t WINBORNE, Attorneys at Law, IffURFREESBORO. N. C. Pbone Nos. 17 and 21. e.B.Qar a. e. hutch. GAY & MIDYETTE Anorners A Counsellor at Tjaw JACKSON. N. C Practice in all Court. All business romptlv.and faithfully attended to. Office 2nd floor. New Bank bnilding. DR. J. M. JACOBS DENTIST, ROXOBEL, N. C. cxtraetinir from children at same orlce aa adult. Dr. W. J. Ward, DENTIST WELDON N.C Dr. E. Ehringhaus DKNTI8T Jacluon, . - v ; N. C. - 'Dentistry in all of it branche. Crown and Bridge Work a specialty. Office -a in New Flytte Bmldins; overPoatoffice. . A. WL CoB.liaH it- . 'A CeouA' HOUSE MOVERS : We are now prepared to move boose (if any sixe. Priw low. It will be to our interest to e us. I OPEL AND Bs&iHBEM. George. N. C. W.H.S.BURGWYNJR. ATTORN KT AT LAW. Woodland, - North Carolina. Office in Farmer's Bank Building:. " Practice in all Courts. Business prompt ly and faithfully attended. V - Contractor and Builder. For all Brick and Plastering Construction Work communicate with A. T. Vick, Contractor and Builder, Franklin,! ,Va. before letting contract. . i . '-i S. M. DICKENS 1 r . . PRIVATE (DETECTIVE ry I have two fine English Blood - hounds for running i down crimi nals. Wi re or 'phone me night or - ' We offer th N6w"'York World three times a week and tlfe Roan-oke-Chow an Times all one year for $L65, - old or' : rrpw Bubscrf p- tion. L . v UPORTASft OF THE COlVi Rer. Forbes PUlIllps Cites Disastrous Resolts of Misplacing It. The Rev. Forbes Phillips, in Answers Early in the world's history, philosophers urged upon their generation the necessity for con sidering small things. The comma is about the smallest; thing in practical life, but it is far away from bsing the least important In a domestic difficulty, where a husband and wife quarreled and sought separation, a legal gen tleman wa3 kind enough to try and patch up a peace. He rec ommended overtures from the husband, and suggested that he should write to his spouse the simple and touching , message: "May Heaven cherish and keep you, from your affectionate bus band John. " This John duly dis patched on a picture-postcard. but he omitted the comma, and the message ran: "May Heaven cherish and keep you from your affectionate husband John. " The misplacing of a comma in volved two big commercial houses in a lawsuit. A memorandum was sent: "Can let you have the hundred pieces at sixteen and nine, thousand mire at same rate " When the message ar rived it read: "Can let you have the hundred pieces: at sixteen, and nine thousand more at same rate.", A careless clerk had transposed a comma.uncoascious of the part it was desired to play. Clerics are fond of quoting the proverb "For one point Rayn hard lost his priory.". The story goes, that in pre-reformation days, a good and holy prior. Cle ment, ruled over his religious house with great wisdom and lib eralitv. Over the entrance to the priory he caused to be writ ten up: ce open evermore, u tnou my door, To none, be shut, to honest or to poor." This free invitation was gener ously interpreted by the mendi cants, and people came far and wide to honor it. When the good Clement died, a very different man was appoint ed as his successor, a priest' of the name of Raynhard, who was1 as niggardly as his predecessor had been lavish. The sign; oarer the entrance of the priory' id not interpret his sentiments or his outlook on life. His mean ness could not tolerate it. nor would it permit him to go to the expense of a fresh motto. He simply changed the meaning by altering the position of a comma, which made the couplet read: Be open evermore, 0 thou my door, -:'.'. ',yv.vv:- To none, be shut to honest or to pqor." At a dinner in New York a well known man gave the toast. Woman without her, man is a brute." A paper reported, Mr. A- as saying, "Woman with out her man is a brute." Most people have heard of the message ' Don't come too late, ", which by the insertion of a com' ma became, I'Don't come, tool late." Then there was the barber wno aaveruBeuoB wa sign- ooara : "What do you thinV-V'': ":'V 7 I'll shave jou for notmht 4 ' ' And 'give you a drink.'V; ;,Qf( course, there wa9 a rush of customers at once, but the ' bar hers renderipg'was: , ,, v Vhatr 'rll shave you for nothing . ; ' And give you a drink r' - , ' Care has to be exercised in no ticing the comma when reading. There, Is (be case of ; the .orate who had to give out the , notice. "A Bailor, going to sea, his wife desires the" prayers .of the con gregation." But when the ner vous curate gave out the notice, the congregation was startled by being informed that "A sailor going to see his wife, desires the prayers of the congregation " Intemperate Temperance Leaders. Greensboro News. The national Anti-Saloon lea gue in session in Ohio, took oc casion to pass resolutions con cerning a political fight in Ala bama, for no better reason than that one of the candidates'-has been charged by his opponent wiih being a tool of the liquor inCTesta. The fact that the man thus condemned is one of the lar gest figures in American states manship today, that there is no blemish on his record of 20 years' service, and that he is conceded to have one of the biggest brains and one of the strongest chame ters to back it in the country, had not the weight of a feather a gainst the fact that his opponent had made prohibition speeches Hobson was endorsed, and the Anti-Saloon league struck a stag gering blow at its own reputa tion. . We have no hesitation in say ing that one of the great obsta cles to the cause of temperance in America is the intemperance of some of the socalled leaders of the movement. Temperance consists in far more than mere abstinence v from intoxicating liquors. Intemperance in the use of the tongue, for instance, has done the world much more hurt than intemperance in the use of alcohol. Moreover, a cynical world will be slow to believe that the nat ional leaders of the Anti Saloon league had studied the political situation in Alabama closely en oujrh to be able to render an un biased verdict. The endorsement savors more of political manipu lation by the henchmen of Hob son than anything else, and the suspicion that it can be manipu lated in favor of any political candidate will do a great deal more damage to the influence of the league than all the attacks of the liquor men. Running tUe lallroads. From the Pittaburg Press, ' "Where's the president of this railroad?" asked the man who called at the general offices. He's down in Washington, attendin' th' session 0' some kind uv an investigatin' committee." replied the office boy. "Where is the general mana ger?",- 7, He s appearin' before th' In terstate Commerce Commission. " Well, where's the general superintendent?" He's at th' meetin' of th' legislature, fightin' some bum new law." Vfhen is the head of the le gal department?" 'He's in court, trvin' a suit." Then where is the general passenger agent?" He's explain' t' th' commer cial travelers why we' can't-re- duce th' fare.T ;'; v:. "Whereja the' general freight KentT" . ; H'a' gone oot in 7th; conntry i attend a meeting 6' th' grange an' tell th farmers why we ain't got no freight cars.'" !:'! 7;';:'7 : Who'r: running ;tbe; blame railroad, 'any way ?" ; ';. 7; ;7 "Th' newBDapers and th' lea islatures.'' - , H " The Roai:oee-Chowan Ithes ana Krvan'x Cammonev ZLCS. HOI BABY TALI BEGINS.' lam'MnstloctlTe Soood, Inlcb Pa I? rem Translates Into "Mother." "rom the Pall Mall Gazette. I Baby language was discoursed upon in an interesting way by Prof. Rippmann before the Child Study Society, Buckingham Pal ace Road. The child first uses its voice, he said, ro express hunger, temper, and feeling? of pleasure. Noises alone suffi -e for such expression. Then the baby utilizes its voice ap a plavthing, and afterward as a:reco?n''z'?d mode of expression. .' The child makes sounds of its own before any opportunity has occurred to imitate. Trilling of lips takes place only at teething time. Gradually there is less va riety of sound:-, as the child learns definite associations with definite sounds Some iitcle people can hum tun&i perfectly, yet are too young to pronounce the accom panying words. On the other hand, they are often credited with words they never say. "Mum" is an instinc tive sound, not an intentional call. Doubtless fond pothers will protest, but Prof. Rippmann laid it down that the child of any na tionality when in need cries "Mum." The mother comes. Af ter a time the infant associates "mum" with the arrival of moth er and the cessation of distress. Then it expresses the word in telligently, but not before this association has occurred. Definite words, it was explain ed, are comprehended between the twelfth and fifteenth months. Often one word forms the entire vocabulary for a long time. Com prehension of words takes place earlier than the power to speak. There was a great difference between boys and girls. The for mer were slower than the latter. Girls were more receptive and imitative.and spoke correcdy ac cording to the conventional way earlier than boys; boys, however, seemed to be cleverer and more ingenious in making use of the limited means at their disposal. Toe Negro Nurse. Charlotte Observer. Of peculiar interest to South ern readers should be the story which comFs from Chicago of a Southern white boy taken sud denly'' and desperately ill with pneumonia who was hurried by the doctors to a negro hospital as the one most convenient. His mother telegraphed urging his removal to some other hospital. It was too late for that For 36 hours continuously the nurse as signed him fought for his life and won. The mother while doubtless not affected in just the way some Northern people might expect her to be, pays heart-felt tribute to the qualities exempli fled by this negro trained nurse. She had probably known before, as Southern people generally know, that the negro 'woman household nurse is the best and most faithful in the world. She could not have expected less of a negro nurse professionally trained for the care of the sick. Very, very few ; of us who had negro nurses in our childhood can ever forget the debt of kind ness we owe the negro race; - , "I hear your daughter married against vojir wishes. Why didn't you Btop the match?". : Well, it wasn't seriously a gainst my wishes. 1 just want to be able to say I told her so ii anything goes . wrong."?-Wasi ington Herald, i "SUCH AS I HAVE." The little maid sat in the high ..; v banked pew. And raised to the pulpit her eyes of blue; And the prayers were long, and the sermon grand, And oh. it was hard to under- stand! But the beautiful text sank deep 7' in her heart, Which the preacher made jf his sermon a part; "Silver and gold have 1 none," read he; "But such as I have g;ve I to thee." And the good old pastor looked down and smiled At the earnest gaze of the little child. The dear little maid carried home the word. Determined to use it as chance might afford, She saw her mother unceasinglv Toil for the needs of the family, So she cheerfully helped, the long day through, And did with her might what her hands found to do. " 'Silver and gold have I none.' " said she, " 'But such as I have give I to thee.' " And the joyful mother tenderly smiled, As she bent to kiss her little child On her way to school at early morn She plucked the blooms wayside born; by the "My teacher is often tired, I know. For we're sometimes naughty, and sometimes slow; Perhaps these may help to light en her task." And she laid the flowers on her teacher's desk. " 'Silver and gold have I none,' " said she, " 'But such as I have give I to thee.'" And the weary teacher looked up and smiled As she took the gift of the little child. As she played- wth her sisters on the grass. She saw a dusty traveler pass roor roan," she said. He is tired; I think. I'll go and get him a nice cool -drink.' And She hastened to fetch her little cup, And dip the sparkling nectar up. " 'Silver and gold have I none.' " said she. But such as I have give I to thee,'" And the thirsty, dusty traveler smiled As he took the cup from the little child. Sweet and innocent.clad in white She knelt by her little bed at night. With a childish trust she longed to' bring Some gift to her Savior and her King. So much from thee every day I receive; But my heart is all that I have to ": give. ' " 'Silver and gold have I none.' " said she, "'But such as I have give I to thee.'" And our Father looked down and tenderly smiled As he took the gift from the little child. Elizabeth Rosser in The Watch man. ',-. ' . In Doubt. ' From the Ladies Home Journal. ' An insurance agent was filling out an application, blank. Have you ever had appendi citis be asked. y ; v - .7 :7.7 :-. ; ' "Well;?, answered the appli cant, "I was operated on. but I have never felt quite sore wheth er it was! appendicitis or prof es atonal curiosity." t v lv' , VI 4m where ' an Ohio Villam is kept awake nights by fish , that "Yea.-I've seen the me sort of fish hanging over a bar at 11 p. m.M Indianapolis Star. 7 . Subscribe to he Twsa. v;: :;7':;r --H-'iiy Vi777:' THE MODERN NEWSPAPER. No Regard tor the Feelings ol Even toe Nan Who "Never Scratched the Ticket." From Charity and Children. The time was, and it has not been so long ago, when it was considered high treason for a newspaper to say a word that could ba construed as a criticism of party p jlicy or a party leader, The political bo .ses were lam basted only by the opposition pa pers, and they were discredited of course, by the faithful follow ers whose chief claim to political distinction was thac they had never scratched a ticket. Now all this hascnaned,and those news papers are the modt popular and the most influential that speak the plain truth about men and things and bend before no party pressure. The party organ that at one time was looked upon as the proper and necessary expon ent of party policy has fallen in to disrepute. Its day is over. The independent journal has come in to its own, and the more inde pendent and fair and truthful it is in its editorial expressions the larger the place it holds in public favor. This is a good omen of the better day ahead. We were little better than slaves under the old regime. We are freemen now, and our newspaper voice the day of the new freemen which has come. We are beginning to look back with horror to that dark time in our history when it seemed necessary to bow our heads to the yoke, and submit to whatever our political bosses iav fit to put upon us. Party loyalty is none the less binding because the members of the party are free to exercise their own judg mentit is more so, because free dom inspires loyalty where slav ery represses it. The newspa pers that bring us the ti dings from the great world bey oml. tell us the truth about our own party politics as well as about those of our opponents, and thus put us in possession of the facts from all sides, and make us more in telligent voters. It is a great mistake for a party or Church to cover up the truth. If a cause can not stand white light of truth it ought to go down. The edito rial pages of the modern daily paper have become reliable and valuable and therefore the in creasing power and influence of these independent journals. Conditions of Egyptian Cotton Crop. Consul Arthur Garrels, Alexandria, No vember 1, A bulletin issued by the Egyp tian Department of Agriculture states: 7.7 The first and second pickings of cotton in Lower Egypt are completed in all except the out lying northern districts ;they are satisfactory and above the aver age; the third picking promises to be very bad. The cotton in Upper Egypt is all picked The Minia crop is poor in quality and yield. The late bolls have been severally attacked by the com mon boll worm and the pink boll -worm (cottonseed worm) every-r where, 7 Hence there wSl be no third .picking; '.or. very; inferior cotton, will be thereaultr- '::-77' 1,7 ' , ,....,' 1 Once upon a time a manager asked George Ade If he had ever been taken for a minister. "Np."ireplied Ade'but I have been tresited like one." "How was that?" . : "I have been kept waiting for; my salary six or seven months.'' Ladies' Home JoumiL . - i