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VOL. XIX.
AIJJEMAltLE, N. C, SEPTEMBER 21. 1911.
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OPPPORTUNITY.
MR. VANHOY REMOVED.
NEGROES CRIME IN WARREN.
PLENTY OF MONEY IN SIGHT. ORPHANS DELIGHT THE TOWN.
PELLAGRA CASE AT NORWOOD.
MYRTLE HAWKINS MYSTERY.
STAN!
UP
INVITED TO COME BACK HOME.
North Carolina Throws Down the
Gauntlet.
News and Observer.
Cune "back home" is the slogan
of the Tar Heel State. At Charlotte
last Tuesday representative men
and leaders of popular thought and
action in all parts of North Caro
lina organized the first body in the
world of its kind. - The name given
the organization the North Caro
lina Home-Makers' Association, like
the "Back Home" movement, strikeB
directly into the depths of whole
some-minded men and women. Un
like some immigration plans, unlike
the dragnet of the foreign Bteam
ship companies which pours its foul
"catch" into the No'rthern, Middle,
and Western States, this organiza.
, tion seeks for all worthy North Car-
.olinians wherever they are and bids
them home. But there is no exclu
siveness about it They are to be
asked to bring all their friends with
them and by word of mouth to pub
lish to home-seekers the fact that
North Carolina is where homes are
niade;that here is not alone the pos
sibility of making a home and live
lihood, but friendly hands and
sympathy to help them. But hold!
the founders of the "Back Home"
movement and the North Carolina
Home-Makers' Association will not
leave the ninety and nine at the
mercy of the wolves while seeking
the strayed lamb in the wilderness.
Henceforth the ravages of Western
and Canadian railroads in drawing
away the people of North Carolina
will be resisted. The claims made in
behalf of the West and Canada will
be met by statements of facts about
North Carolina. If there are people
who really lack opportunity in their
home county or section, they will be
shown and helped to find it1n some
other county or section of their own
State, and that it is unnecessary and
. generally unwise to leave the boun
daries of North Carolina.
Charles Lamb said, "The Dearest
hope of every exile is that he Is re
membered and wished for back
home." It is this which has brought
forth the thousands of responses
from former citizens of the State.
Coupled with this perfectly natural
wish is the keen interest in the de-
' velopment and material progress of
their home country. They like to
brag about the old country they
came from, and the North Carolina
Home-Makers' Association will sup
ply facts to furnish forth all their
arguments.
Cut off Graft.
Richmond Dispatch.
Two hundred and twenty thousand
dollars were saved to the public
freasury by the Democrats in the
last Congress in the House of Rep
resentatives alone. That saving
amounted to twenty-five per cent of
the total expenses of the operation
of the House. It resulted from elim
inating nothing that was necessary,
abolishing the places which were for
petty grafting purposes by the Re
publicans when they were in full
x dominion over the lower branch.
The Democrats this year abolish
ed a place in the House organiza
tion which had been held for years
by a sixteen-year old girl who never
went to the CapitoL They abolish
ed the positions of two telegraph op
erators who had not used their in
struments in years. The Democrats
discharged twenty policemen who
never could be found around the
Capitol. The Democrats struck out
a number of places supposed to be
held by men in the Capitol, drawing
$!M)0 and 1,000 a year, but who
were really working in real estate
. offices in Washington.
Farmer Snspa His False Teeth at
Taxes.
New Castle, Conn. A . farmer
near here has filed a claim for ex
emption from personal and poll tax
on the plea that he has false teeth.
In support of his contention he has
dug up a blue law of civil war days
which provided that a man with
false teeth was not liable to military
duty. - Inasmuch as the personal
and poll tax is levied in Connecticut
in lieu of military duty, the farmer
in question asserts it a plain case
no teeth, no tax.
The problem has been referred to
the courts, but meantime the public
officials are considering the feasi
bility of a new census of the State
to ascertain how many human nut
megs have got in the non-taxable
class by parting with their teeth.
Since the news of the kink in the
law began to circulate the dentists,
so it is reported, have been doing a
land office business, and the tool
works are running overtime turning
out nippers.
The fear now is that scarcely any
body In some localities will have any
teeth left by the time the tax gather
ers reach them.
Wise Farmers.
Lenoir News.
The farmers of Caldwell are sow
ing more rye than usual this fall
which is a good sign as it not only
makea a good cover crop but comes
In . handy for early pring forage,
which will be needed owing to the
dry summer of this year cuttingoff
the forage crop.
Chlldran Cry
. FOR FtETCHER'S
C ASTORIA
They do me wrong who say I come
no more
When once I knock and fail to find
you in;
For every day I stand outside your
door.
And bid you wake and rise to fight
and win.
Wail not for precious chances pass
ed away,
Weep not for golden ages on the
wane;
Each night I burn the records of the
day,
At sunrise every soul is born strain.
Laugh like a boy at splendors that
have sped.
To vanished joys be blind and deaf
and dumb;
My judgments seal the dead with its
dead,
But never bind a moment yet to
come.
Though deep in mire, wring not
your hand and weep,
I lend my arm to all who say:
"I can."
No shamefaced outcast ever sank so
deep
But he might rise and be again a
man.
Walter Malone.
Small Farms vs. Tenant -Handled
Plantations.
I made a trip down in Green
county, Alabama, lately where the
land is rich and level; great fields of
fine, rich land, and the little tenant
hut dotted here and there. Only a
spot now and then in corn, and wide
acres of cotton, and along the rail
road right-of-way the alfalfa was
over knee-high. Through the coun
try now and then you came to a
farm with as fine alfalfa as grows
in Colorado. To think the Creator
gave our people a land that would
abound in all the clovers, grass,
wheat, oats, and corn, then see the
big cotton plantation that has no in
viting look about it; poverty, eter
nal drudgery, year in and year out;
disappointment at every harvest, to
say nothing of bleeding the soil until
it refuses to yield at all. And to
think we have seen this very condi
tion all our lives! It's an old, old
story. Still there are people who
actually don't want to live any other
way. Certainly strange to me. And
right in the heart of this land it can
be bought (not all of it) for $15 to $20
an acre.
Contrast this with a section I
passed through the other day on a
fast L. & N. train between Nash
ville and Decatur, Ala. Through
this valley as far as the eye could
see were beautiful farm homes
lots of them. The pastures had
blooded red cattle and pure-bred
hogs, sheep, and fine mules and
horses, jacks and jennets, all fat
and sleek at the coming of spring
time. Along the roads you saw peo
ple that had a happy contented look
on their faces driving first-class
roadsters that could move.
asked a citizen who got on the
train at a little station what the
the land sold for. He replied, $100
to $200 an acre; not because it's
better land than Green county,
Alabama, but because it's a country
of small farms and the owners live
on them. And all along you could ;
see substantial church and school
buildings. But not so in the negro
tenant section, and never will be un-1
til all these old big farms are cut !
up and sold out in 40 to 160 acre i
farms. When this is done Green j
county will blossom like a rose and j
not before. Mark Ramsay, in I he
Progressive Farmer.
Miss Mary Wolfe Weds.
Spencer. Sept. 13. A beautiful
wedding was solemnized at the home
of the bride's parents, when Miss
Mary Wolfe was led to the hyme
neal altar by A. G. BlaloekTuesday
morning at 8 o'clock. The wedding
march was played by Miss Lola
Long, of Greensboro. There were
only a few intimate friends of the
contracting parties present. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
R. E. Steel, the retiring pastor of
the Spencer Presbyterian church, of
which the bride is a devoted member,
having been organist for the past
two years.
The bride is the charming daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Wolfe, of
Spencer, and is exceedngly popular.
The bridegroom is an employee of
the Southern Railway, and is held
in high regard by all who know him.
The couple left for Hendersonville
on their honeymoon after which they
will reside in Spencer.
Among the out-of-town guests at
the wedding were Misses Eunice
and Lola Long, of Greensboro; Rev.
W. D. Wolfe, and Miss Cora Jenkins,
of Locust, and J. C. Wolfe, of Wax-
haw.
. fThe bride formerly lived in Albe
marle, where she was quite popular.
Her many friends here extend her
best wishes. Enterprise.
Forced to Leave Home.
Every year a large number of poor
iflfrra. whose lungs are sore and
racked with coughs, are urged to go to
another climate. But this is costly
and not always sure. There's a bet
ter wav. Let Dr. King's New Dis
covery cure you at home. "It curedj
me of lung trouble," writes W. It.
Nelson, of Calamine, Aric., -wnen
all else failed and I gained 47 pounds
in weitrht. It's surley the king of all
cough and lung cures." Thousands
owe their lives ana neaun vo i. i.
positively guaranteed for Coughs,
Colds, LaGrippe, Asthma, Croup all
Throat and Lung troubles. 6te and
$1.00. Trial bouie free si Aioemarie
Drjf Co.
Albemarle Post Office Secures New
Assistant Postmaster.
On Saturday evening. Postmaster
A. R. Kirk, at the city post office,
dismissed Joseph M. Vanhoy as as
sistant postmaster, and gave the va
cancy to Clarence Ritchie, who has
been a bookkeeper for the Albe
marie Grocery Company, and who
formerly held the position of assist
ant postmaster under Mrs. Zeb. B,
Sanders. Mr. Ritchie is a clever and
competent young man.
So far as we are able to learn, the
charges against Mr. Vanhoy are
somewhat personal in nature and
not a reflection on his official record
He has been rather assiduous in his
duties, and it is general talk that he
would not object to a promotion to
the position of postmaster, and that
he has really aspired to this end.
A rumor, which seems to bear the
earmarks of truth, has it that in
vestigations recently made by Post
al Inspector Bulla called forth an
swers from Mr.-Vanhoy which reflect
ed upon Postmaster Kirk in his work
as postmaster, and that the latter
has been called upon to answer the
charges preferred against him.
The post office in Albemarle is
about the biggest piece of political
pie which local aspirants hope to get
from the Federal pie counter, and it
is quite evident that local Republi
cans are to be busy from now on.
Recently, Mr. Vanhoy presented a
card to the daily press endorsing
Chairman J. I. Campbell for the
nomination as Congressman from
this district on the Republican tick
et. But Dr. Campbell is known to
entertain a friendship for Mr. Kirk
which is not easily to be transferred
for bait of this kind, and if there is
to be a contest for the position, Mr.
Kirk will make a strong fight to re
tain it.
Furthermore, if there is to be a
contest, which seems most probable,
there will be other candidates in the
field, and the whole machinery of the
Republican party in Stanly will be
brought into play.
Having recently enlarged its ca
pacity and moved into quarters
equipped with new ana modern fur
nishings, the post office is fully
abreast of the progress of our little
city and compares with that of any
other town of the State of like size
in its appoointments.
Democrats have no hand in the
squabble, and the outcome will be
watched with no little interest by
friends of the several factions.
A Cotton Hustle.
Charlotte Chronicle.
Between Matthews and Rocking
ham, along the line of the old K. S.,
cotton has opened like pop corn on a
hot skillet. The gins are running
full blast and everything indicates
the biggest bef jre-frost crop that
has been known in that part of the
State in years. At Matthews, In
dian Trail, Stouts, Monroe, Wingate,
1 Vach land, Polkton, W adesboro,
Lilesville, and Pee Dee, newly baled
cotton is piled around as if a circus
were due in town on the morrow. At
the depot in Rockingham, yesterday
morning, a Chronicle man counted
fourteen wagons of cotton going to a
gin, durng a brief wait for the train.
And that was just one gin. In the
midst of it all, too Colonel H. C.
Dockery sped by on his automobile
going to one of his farms toward
the river, to see that his niggers
were on the jump. Whatever the
cotton crop situation may be in
other carts of the State, in Anson
Pand Richmond counties it is a hum
mer. The first picking is a fine one.
As a mater of fact, the cotton is
opening faster than it can be pick
ed. There is plenty of occupation in
those counties right now for Mr.
Price and his cotton picking ma-
hine.
How much of this cotton is be
ing held for 15 cents, we do not
know.
Home Money Safest.
Charlotte Chronicle.
The onlv thine we do not like
about the plan to get 15 cents for
cotton, adopted by the farmers'
meeting in Montgomery, yesterday,
is the announcement that a French-
English syndicate, has guaranteed
the oioney to finance the deal.
Therein lies danger of entangling
alliance for the farmers who go into
this deal for the foreign money.
There is plenty of available money
in United States money that could
be secured and would be willingly
furnished on home terms for home
people. When it comes to getting
money of these French and English
philanthropists, it will be discovered
that there is something back of the
deal that will not prove very pleas
ant. Cotton should be worth 15
cents right straight along everyday
the vear and the farmers ought to
have that price. They should be
ware, however, of getting mixed
with these foreign syndicates. They
might find in the end that the
French-English 15 cent cotton
means in the net something like 10
cents. There is an abundance of
available home money for ware
housing cotton. Better stick to
home plans and home money.
Not a Word ofScandla
marred the call of a neighbor on Mrs.
W. P. Spangh, of Manyille, Wyo.,
who said: 'She told roe Dr. King
New Life Pills had cured her of
obstinate kidney trouble, and made
her feel like a new woman." r-asy,
Hut sure remedy for stomach, liver
and kidney troubles. Only 25c at
Albemarle Drug Co.
Assaults Young Wife of a Farmer
and Shoots Several Men.
Henderson, Sept. 17. Consider
able excitement has prevailed in this
town all day, over the news which
reached Henderson last night from
the vicinity of Coley's Cross Roads
in Warren county. It appears that
Mrs. J. E. Chaplan, daughter of J.W.
Abbott, aged 22 years, on going to
the spring near the dwelling about
11 o clock yesterday, was held up by
Norman Marshall, a negro, who with
gun in hand, criminally assaulted
her. Returning to the house she re
lated to her husband and father
what had occurred. Mr. Chaplan
immediately left for the sheriff, and
while Abbott armed himself with
gun and with others began the hunt.
Arriving at the negro's father's
house the negro opened fire, shooting
Abbott in the face and breast, and
the second time in the back. Sheriff
Davis, with others, was soon on the
spot, and surrounded the house and
firing commenced. The sheriff was
wounded in the arm and he return
ed to Warrenton for assistance and
medical treatment. This morning he
returned to the scene of the trouble,
captured the negro, took him to
Warrenton and landed him in jail.
At last report Abbott is improving.
Court is in session, and Judge
Justice promises speedy trial for
the negro, and the verdict will prob
ably have been reached before this
item appears in print. Enterprise.
Very Simple.
A rather simple looking lad halt
ed before a blacksmith's shop on his
way home from school and eyed the
doings of the proprietor with much
interest."
The brawny smith, dissatisfied by
the boy's curiosity, lieid a piece of
red-hot iron suddenly under the
youngster's nose, hoping to make
him beat a hasty retreat.
"If you'll give me half a dollar
I'll lick it," said the lad.
The smith took from his pocket
half, a dollar and held it out.
The simple looking youngster took
the coin, licked it, dropped it in his
pocket and walked slowly away
whistling. Ladies Home Journal.
Cutting Teeth at 92.
Gastonia Gazette.
Hfr f rii' nil will rfrot. t lfarn
that the condition of Mrs. Catherine
McLean, who fell and hurt herself
some two or three weeks ago, is not
improving. She is confined to her
bed at her home, corner ofMillow
Qtriipt nml Ksit. Third avenue. Mrs.
McLean is in her 92d year and retains
her faculties to a very marked de
gree. Her memory is really wonder
fully clear, her hearing is good and
nlna htr evnsii'ht. She is now cut
ting her third set of teeth, something
very remarkable.
For bowel comnlaints In children
alwavs viva t 'haiuherlain's Colic,
Cholera and diarrhoea Remedy and
castor nil. His certain to effect a
cure and reduced with water and
sweetened is pleasant to take. No
physician can prescribe a letter
remedy. For sale by all dealers.
Both had Ability.
A man left his umbrella In the
stand in a hotel, with a card bearing
the following inscription attached to
it: "This umbrella belongs to a
man who can deal a blow of two
hundred and fifty pounds weight. I
shall be back in ten minutes."
On returning to seek his property
he found in its place a card thus in
scribed: "This card was left here
by a man who can run twelve miles
an hour. I shall not be back."
Digestior. and Assimilation.
It is ot the quantity of food taken
but the amount digested and assimi
lated that gives strength and vitality
to the s v stein. h amberl ai n 's Stomach
and Liver Tablets invigorate the
stomach and liver and enable them
to perfonr. their function naturally.
For sale uy all dealers.
NATURE TELLS YOU.
As .Many . an . Albemarle Reader
Knows too Hell.
When the kidneys are sick.
The urine is nature's calendar.
Nature tells you about it.
Infrequent or too frequent action;
Any urinary trouble tells of kid
ney ills.
Doan s Kidney Pills are fur kid
ney ills.
Albemarle people testify to their
merit.
Mrs. Florence Forrest, First St,
Albemarle, N. C, says: "I used
Doan's Kidney Pills, g, ttmg them at
Hall's Pharmtcy and they were the
first remedy that ever brought me
relief. My back was lame, as the re
sult of disordered kidneys asd fre
quent headaches and dizzy spells
also helped to make me miserable.
Learning about Do an s Kidney Pills,
I decided to try them to see if they
would remove these troubles and
since their use, I have enjoyed
much better health. The lameness
in my back has been entirely re
moved and my kidneys have been so
greatly strengthened that they no
longer cause me any annoyance.
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buf
falo, New York, sole agents for the
United State.
Remember the name Doan's
and take no other.
Newbern, Sept. 4. Indications at
present are that there will be more
money in circulation in this section
this fall and winter than there has
been before in several years and the
local merchants and manufacturers
are makirig preparation for large
sales of their goods in all lines. All
of the crops this year have proven to
be complete successes and the farm
ers have received good prices for
their produce. At the first of the
season there was some doubt as to
the outcome of the cotton crop, but
this, too, turned out to b? sue s f I
and with the present prico of 1 1 4
cents a pound there is much m icy
being made.
Last year there was a small mon
ey panic here and during the en
tire fall and winter t here was but
little of the coin in circulation and
several local firms had a tight
squeeze to weather the financial
storm. They did this, however, but
this year it will be different.
The prospects, too, are good for a
large yield of fish and oysters and
this, of course, means thousands of
dollars will be brought here that
would not otherwise be. Already
good-sized shipments of fish are be
ing made each day by the local deal
ers and the price that they pay to
the fishermen is within a few cents
of that which they receive for their
commission. Taken as a whole, the
people of eastern North Carolina
have a great deal to be thankful for
this year. j
Decrease of the Nejiro Population in
the South.
Charlotte Observer.
Recalling that .'10 years ago John
T. Milner, one of the must scholarly
Alabamians of his day, expected the
increase of white population and a
decrease of the negro population to
wipe out the so-called race problem
within 30 years, the Montgomery
Advertiser finds cause for astonish
ment in the vital statistics of the re
cent census on racial lines. While
the negro popultion still increases,
the increase is smaller every year,
and removal to Northern States
makes the increase in the South
smaller than elsewhere.
Twenty years ago, as the Adver
tiser notes, there were four South
ern States which contained more ne
groes than whites, us against only
two South Carolina and Mississippi
to-day. Louisiana and Florida
have become white. 'Hoth Louisi
ana and Florida," remarks our con
temporary, "are enterprising States
in which energetic and successf j1 ef
forts have been made to secure
white immigrants from other States.
In 1890 Florida had a large excess
of negroes over whites. In 1000 the
white population had so increased
that it was 07,000 in excess of the
negro population. In HMO its excess
of white amounted to 1 10,000.
Louisiana, which also had a negro
majority in population in 1X!0,
showed an excess of 07,400 in l&M),
which has increased to 150,000 or
100,000 by the count which has just
been completed. The New Orleans
Times-Democrat says that the ne
gro popultion in Louisiana has been
decreased by the ravages of the boll
weevil, and the inability of the ne
groes to meet the new agricultural
conditions. The Times-Democrat
thinks that when the census figures
relating to Mississippi are made
public there will be shown a large
proportionate increase or the white
population of Mississippi and a
probable decrease of the negro pop
ulation which showed the large ex
cess of 200,000 in 1000."
"WOOD'S CROP SPECIAL" for
September, says "It is always ad
visable, in our opinion, for farmers
to put in as much of their land as
they can in the fall. We nearly al
ways get seasonable growing weath
er during the fall and the early
spring, and crops sown in the fall
not only furnish a cover crop for the
soil, but are growing and thriving at
seasons which in rcent years have
proved most advantageous in our
southern soils and climate. We
would therefore urge our farmers to
sow all the land possible in suitable
crops this fall, so as to provide
against the repetition of short feed
crops another year."
"Wood's Crop Special" is issued
monthly and gives timely and sea
sonable information about seeds
that can be planted to advantage
and profit each month throughout
the year.
Write for sample cony to T. W.
WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, Rich
mond, Va.
.Local Union Buys a Shredder.
Waxhaw Enterprise.
The College Hill Farmers Union
met last Saturday night and decided
to buy a shredder. And instead of
pulling fodder this year they will
have their corn shredded and there
by save much rough feed for the
stock. The local requests that all
farmers in that section do not pull
their fodder but wait for the ma
chine. Common Colds Must be Taken
Seriously.
For unless cured they sap the vitality
and lower the vital resistance to more
serious infection. Protwt your chil
dren and yourself by the prompt uw
of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
and note its quic and decisive re
sults, ror coughs, coins, croup,
whoonlntr oouirh. bronchitis and af
fections of the throat, chet and lungs
it is an ever ready and valuable rem
edy. For sale by all dealers.
Class from Children's Home at Win
ston Visits Albemarle.
Superintendent Hayes, of the Chil
dren's Home at Winston-Salem,
brought a class of orphans with him
Saturday upon a visit to Central
Methodist church.
The class was composed of 17
bright and sweet little girls between
the ages of 4 and 14, and the homes
that opened to the little tots felt re
paid in the joy each child gave in re
sponse to all overtures in their be
half.
Miss Bray, the lady teacher, drew
m ich honor to herself in the de
lightful way in which the children
sang in concert at the opera house
Saturday night. The voices were al
most perfectly trained, and the
choir of childish voices filled the hall
with music and melody such as only
the skilled can produce.
On Sunday morning, Mr. Hayes
spoke in the Methodist church of
the work of the Home, of the charges
that come under its care from condi
tions of distress and poverty, and
the effort called forth to meet the
current expenses of the institution.
It has been exemplified that a
great work is being done at the
Home, and that Mr. Hayes is the
man for the placehe has his head,
heart, and hands all devoted to the
work.
The visit was nothing short of an
inspiration to our people, who fell in
love with the children who were
their guests, and whose presence and
history gave forth such strong evi
dence of the character of the work
being done at the Children's Home
at Winston-Salem.
The town will want the class to
c ime again later, and it may be
safely stated that the Methodists of
Stanly will manifest their loyalty to
the institution.
Death of Mr. Armfield's Brother.
Our townsman, Horace Armfield,
was called to Monroe on Wednesday
of last week by the sad intelligence
of the death of his brother Davis,
which occurred in a hospital in Char
lotte, following an operation for ap
pendicitis. The deceased was about
'.IH years of age, and was one of
Monroe's most prominent and suc
cessful business men. Of Mr. Arm
ileld, the Enquirer says: He was "a
man whose friendship was prized
by all who knew him.... the heart of
Davis Armfield was pure as gold."
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. A. Armfield of Monroe, and is
survived by a wife and baby, father
and mother, four brothers, and four
sisters. This community sympa
thizes with Mr. Armfield in the sad
ness that is visited upon him.
Death of Verdie A. Ritchie.
New London, R. F. D. No. 2. Sept.
18. Verdie A. Ritchie, son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. A. Ritchie, died Septem
ber 4. About two weeks before his
death he confessed his Savior and
was happy in a Savior's love. On
Monday afternoon at one o'clock,
while the thunder was rolling and
the rain was falling fast, he was
bidding farewell to his dear wife,
child, father, and mother, and a host
of friends. His life ebbed out into
the great beyond, and though he
could not speak above a whisper his
countenance said "Come on, come
on!". He was buried at Prospect
Baptist church by the Junior Order,
September 6. The entire family
have our heartfelt sympathy. Their
loss is Verdie's eternal gain.
Miss Effie Moss entered school at
New London Monday.
People will soon be through with
their fodder pulling.
MEETING LIFE'S TEST.
There's only one method of meeting
life's test;
Jes' keep on a-strivin an' hope for
the best;
Don't give up the ship and retire in
dismay
'Cause hammers are thrown witen
you'd like a bouquet.
This world would be tiresome, we'd
all get the blues,
If all the folks in it held the same
views;
So finish your work, show the best of
your skill,
Some people won't like it, but other
folks will.
If you're leadin' an army, or build
in a fence.
Do the most that you kin with your
own common-sense.
One i-mall word of praise in this
journey of tears
Outweighs in the balance 'gainst
cartloads of sneers.
The plants that we're passin as
commonplace weeds
Oft proves to be jes what some suf
ferer needs.
So keep on a-goin'; don stay stand
in still;
Some people won't like you, but
other folks will.
PHILANDER JOHNSON,
in "The Washington Star."
No Need to Stop Work.
When vour doctor orders you to
stop work, it staggers you. 'l can t
you say. You know you are weak,
run-down and failing in health, da
by day, but you must work as long
a you can stand. What you need is
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New Building Going Up Orphans
Greeted by Large Crowd Post
master Lilly to attend Convention.
Norwood, Sept. IK. John Mar
quard has taken charge of the city
barber shop.
Mrs. Hatcher, who has been with
her daughter here for several weeks,
returned to Lilesville Saturday.
Harris & McAuiay are placinir
down brick for a large warehouse in
the rear of their store.
Sam A. Poplin has purchased a
lot at bhankle post office, near th.
Fork Academy and will merchandise
in the future.
A large crowd from the town and
country greeted the class of orphan
at , the Methodist church Sunday
night. Collection amounted to aiout
twenty dollars.
The mail brought to Norwood on
the Southbound trains is proving to
be a great convenience. Railroads
are great things and the only way
.me ever hurts a town is when it
fails to come to it.
Postmaster F, H. Lilly expects to
attend the Postmasters' State Con
vention this week at Asheville.
It is said that there is a true case
of pellagra in town. This is out
first.
Misses Anna Belle Dunlap and
Mary Emmett Parker will attend
school at Bristol, Tenn., next session.
Contractor Moody of Albemarle
was here Monday looking after some
buildings under construction. Our
local contractors are also busy. So
Norwood is growing some, we are
glad to note.
Richfield, Route 1, Sept. IS.
Mrs. J. L. Fisher of Salisbury and
Mrs. P. E. Kimball of China Grove
are visiting Mrs. P. R. Misenheimer.
Misses Madie and Dale Barrier en
tered school at the Mitchel Home in
Misenheimer last week; Mae Dutton
to Mt. Amoena, Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs. V. O. Dutton of Salisbury is
visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs.
G. H. Piyler.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Barrier spent
Sunday with their daughter Mrs. Cal
Deal in Faith.
George Walker of Cabarrus spent
Sunday at Mrs. D. A. Lefler's.
Miss Maude Underwood of New
London spent Sunday with her aunt
Miss Joe Underwood.
.Mrs. N. V. Fisher of GraniU
Quarry is visiting at D. H. Riden
hour's. R. J. Holmes of Salisbury spent
part of last week at Misenheimer
Springs.
V. L. Norman and family returned
to Concord last week.
J. B. Kidenhour of Salisbury
spent Monday with his father 1). II.
Kidenhour,
Millingport, Sept. 1H. Dr. and
M.s. Griffin of Concord spent Fri
day with C. D. Robbins.
A. E. Pinson and little child are or
the sick list this week.
There will be a special missionary
service at Salem church Sunday
The public is cordially invited.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Lowder atten
ded the funeral of Mrs. Barrier at
Bear Creek Saturday.
Rev. Steele returned from his va
cation Saturday and preached an ex
cellent sermon Sunday from the gos
pel of St. John, the 12th chaptet
and the 32nd verse: "And if I bt
lifted up from the earth, I will draw
all men unto me."
Mr. and Mrs. Macon Efird of AIIkv
mule spent Sunday with Dr. Whit
ley. Geo. D. Troutman has commenced
ginning cotton and is doing good
work.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bost from neai
Mt. Pleasant spent Saturday with
Lhtir daughter Mrs. Berry Lowder
Dr. Whitley is having a new well
drilled.
Locust, Sept. 11. Mr. and Mrs
Gc o.Dry spent Sunday here with
..heir brother John Dry.
Mrs. 1). W. Turner and Glenn art
spending the week in Albemarle.
Rev. W. D. Wolfe has gone U
Spencer to be present at the marri
Agj of Ms sister Mary.
Miss Carrie Eudy of Albemarle
and Laura Curlee of Charlotte wei
quests a few days last week of then
cousin Miss Effie Turner.
Mrs. R. W. Simpson and son and
mother Mrs. R. E. Treece visited rei
atives near Plyler Saturday and
Sunday, Mrs. Treece remaining
through the week with her sistei
Mrs. M. M. Efird.
Allen Huneytutt and fvmlvfron
upper Cabarrus has leen visiting ir.
this vicinity.
On last Sunday Mrs. I. J. Liltlt
died after months of suffering from
the effects of a tumor. The inte
ment took place Monday in th
cemetery at Love's Grove church.
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The Hendersonville Tragedy Yet
I nsolvfd.
On Sunday of last week, the body
of Myrtle Hawkins, a 17-year old
firl of Hendersonville, was foundon
one of the pleasure lakes near her
home.
A coroner's jury first gave a ver
ilift of ilt.t'h from unknown causes,
death having resulted before the
body v.as committed the waters
of the lako.
A physical examination was made,
in which it was revealed that the
younir woman had undergone a crim
inal operation, and this produced
death.
Newspaper reporters on the
scene hei aided the news forth that a
prominent physician was involved,
and the i-ivestigation to lie made by
the coroner would make startling
revelations, and prominent persons
of the town were referred to in in
uetido. The phy.sn-ian theory was abandon
ed, and Mrs. Bessie Clark Guiee, a
midwife, wa- ehurirod with having
performed the operation upon the
girl, and it i stated that an officer
has gone to Columbia or Atlanta in
o,uest of the woman, who has not yet
teen loeated.
Letters of the deceased girl were
found, in which she i.- albved to have
.'cf erred to her delicate condition,
but gave no hint of suicide and im
plicated no one.
Ralph Bradley, a young married
man, is said to have kept company
with the girl, and suspicion rests
upon him as the responsible party.
Sensational stories have been giv
en the papers by some of the several
reporters who were called upon the
icene, and many of these were dis
gusting in an amateurish attempt to
go into harrowing and needless de
tail, and to irresponsible and amni
tious youths belongs much blame for
a vaunting of a newsless, shameful,
and questionable variety of matU"
iefore the reading public.
Out of the chaos, it seems that the
use is involving a condition at Hen
lersonville not of a savory nature,
and people of more or less promi
nence are in some manner connected
with the Hawkins tragedy.
As yet no arrests have been made.
The case looks bad for Mrs. Guice,
the family of Mcfall's, at whose
home the tragedy is thought to have
occurred, and to young Bradley, and
public interest is centered on the
findings of the coroner's investiga
tion now going on.
Round lo be a (iood Price.
Charlotte Chronicle.
Nothing as yet has occurred to
hake The Chronicle's belief in a
otton crop around fourteen million
mles and a price around 15 cents
.'or the bulk of it. The New Orleans
Picayune, always a good authority,
tnalyzes the government crop report
md saws that of course ginnings be
fore September 1 arc not reliable in-
lications of the size of the crop, but
ather represent early maturity; but
to g re a t an i nc re a se in such S ta tes
is Texas and Georgia is certainly
uiggestive and cannot be fully ex
plained away on the score of early
naturity. In fact, the big ginnings
.n some measure confirm the earlier
ielief in a large crop which has
een so seriously shaken recently
'iy reports of rapid deterioration.
Whether the crop is 1:1,000,000 bales
)r 11,000,000 bales, it is certain to
ie all needed. With the certainty
Lhat there is to be no war in Europe
ver the Moroccan difficulty, there is
jvery reason to believe that there
will be a big demand for manufac
tured cotton goods and the improve
ment going on in the dry gods
trade in this country foreshadows
greater activity among our own
mills. As mill stocks everywhere
are believed to he low, there will not
nly be a bri.-.k demand for actual
reijuiremeuts, but likewise a gjod
demand for stock replenishing pur
poses. Oncer-ted acti;i among
)roducers to keep up prices may or
nay not produce 'vsults. Common
y it does not, but judicious market
n with a careful avoidance of
ver.rowding the market so as to
;reate a glut of cotton at any one
time is sure to keep prices on a pay
ing basis, and yet aif- id the mills a
li. ltig margin between the cost of
the raw mater'al and the price at
which t!ie manufactured article is
sold.
Wood's Fall
Seed Catalogue
just issued tells what crops
you can put in to make the
quickest grazir.?, or Kay, to
help out the short feed crops.
Also tells about both
Vegetable and
Farm Seeds
that can be planted in the fall
to advantage and profit
Every Fanner, Market Grower
and Gardener should have a
copy of this catalog.
It is the best and most com
plete fall seed catalog issued.
Mailed free. Write for it.
T. W. WOOD Ct SONS,
i Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va.
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