North Carolina Newspapers

THE CONGO HO TIMES. HN B. Shsrri. Editor and Publish PUBLI8HCD TWICE A WKKX. VOLUME XXXIV. CONCORD, N. O- FRIDAY. JULY 31. 1908 X !j I; TiUMOER U r : a 4 4 f v I HE Citizens Bank and Company : RUST Some Wisest conducting a legitimate commercial banking InjHinesi in the city of Concord, North Carolina, knows that it can meet tlie re quirements of a most discriminating public. I 1U strong Hoard of Directors gives to it standing second to no bank in the country,' and its courteous and " obliging officers makes, business transacted with it a pleasure. a I FAEIERS' COLTJM2ST. I If If TTf TTVf lTTTITTf TTfTTItTTTTf If TTTTTT1TTTf fTTf f It LAYING BY CORN. vision for watering the animal as ! often as be waters himself. ! The experienced! trainer will be patient and not require too much of a rolt at the start, hut will gradually bring it in contact with all imaginary dangers until it learns from ex perience that they are harmless. No thoughtful or intelligent person will ever abuse a colt for being afraid of anything for it simply intensifies its fear and makes matter! worse. ' ' .J A IUVS $11105, llttl - . : .. 1 II 1W tu i f. man ta l.wl m m 1 I Wt All Bt DEMOCRATS. -flOWCOMr RUNAWAY BOYS. ip of A. JONHS YORKK, l'rcside ut M L. MARSH, ; Vice Picbident.! CHAS. B. WAGONpR, Cashier. IOHM FOX, ! Assistant Cashier. Suggestions About the Methods of Cultivation. Progressive Farmer. ! Messrs. Editors: Prof, W. F. Mas- sey advises banishing the turning plow from the held alter the corn is planted. People in this community are accustomed to laying by the crop with the turning plow. Please suggest the best methods cultivating and laying it by. 1 am very much pleased with your paper. 1J. E, SPAIN. Editorial Answer. All those who have been reading this paper carefully for some months back will recall that it has been manv times explained that deep than twenty Door one s and the troodlTho noai nf the nmrurati. nartv I nlanation for the irrowing tendency plowing when corn is small is not a hens will not eat any more than the jn tma county, and in the State, de- to run away on the part of Young poor onereither. i pends absolutely upon the votes of America is that the cause lies in me nrohibitionists and anti-orohibi- moving picture snows, nere, tney Poultry Notes. Farm and Fireside. Clean out the nest boxes You would not like to have to a' nasty chair a good while day. - j ; Five good hens are-worth often, sit in very more The Messenger I and Intelligencer hears that there are persons IX uw crata in the county w ho are making declarations of this sort: "If so and so is nominated in the primary I will not vote for him at the election." "1 will not vote for any one for any office, even if he is nominated in the primary, who voted the wet ticket," VI i will not vote for a prohibition ist under any circumstances. though he has received the approval in the primary! Now each amlevery person who is making declarations like those quotedabo've is in the wrohg. Every nnabntx?a that Ihara ari in the wuv' auv . a wist M7 .-i-"""c , , . I 4 ft , , ervnntu mno crnml mpn whh re nro- I home discipline there Should be. hibitionists and many good men who j A rather peculiar but nevertheless dm nit- nmhihit ionistft and neither I interesting theory which , has been side can afford to proscribe the other. I advanced by some persons as an tbanuite ittHrr "I'd almost wager that more boys run away from home from Charlotte than from any other Wn of ciua! sire in the country." said a cittxen resident- "It lias always been bad and seems to tie getting wor. of the trouble lie with the -Parents, Some of course are aUigether blame less and da all iiMheir power to keep their TOving-cfuidren at borne, but there rethers. usually of a lower cJasa who seem to care little where their children are so long as tney are not in the way. Thoee in touch with the situation know of many a boy who has slept around in dark and unsanitary alleys, who? relative! seemed to care not whether he was livim? or dead. There u not the a iM-Jvj; Mt. ail thW wi!ti vAitt of sur mtv One of the bk1 trstr( features ex )(o. L. Fat'ersoo C. (). Dillon Haul F. Stallings N. ! Yorke M. I.. Marhh W. W. Morrison V. D. riiiiK-rt)n DIRECTORS. Chas. McDonald Y. A. Boat B. L. Umberger A N. James A. Jones Yorke Clias. B. Wagoner I. L. Crowell.Att'y, We-try to get our chicks to mar ketbefere we are compelled to feed tmnita nliko nd no mani who is a Uav. the youngsters see such beauti t 'ti IV fWS a. A.I . . m i i lH rui ana auunng views oi w.-co-ry m the world ; which lies beyond their own more resiricieu anu common place sphere that they.metliUting on these things, are impelled to sally forth and see the world for them- j WE WANT TOBUY YOUR PRODUCE very serious objection, since at that time the roots have not spread out far from the ! center of the drill Even then, however, it is a question them much mill stuffs. That costs Democrat, it makes no difference whether deep plowing wiuaiways more than the feed which they can I what his views on the liquor ques- pay; dui mere are umeawnen aeep pie up aDour, me xarm. tion are. should imperil the success plowing at that earlyperiod will be) When you are selling the roosters. 0f the party by such rash utter preierame, to uirn grass unuer wen. save out some ior your own use. lances A laree narr of the roots- of corn mean one or two for leaders of the it- chrmM ho rpmpmUrpd that it ia run oujt-near the top of the ground flock and a few for dinner now and just as easy for one side as it is the selves. That-1s problematical, but between the rows a little later, then when you want a good chicken other to knife the nominees they do is more or less far-fetched, The Since the roots are snread across notnie. . nn i;w Th nmhihir'mniqta whn ft. whatever its explanation, at the middles and are near the top Not half the farmer folk give their Jmay be nominated in the county any rate remains and challenges con of the eround. deep plowing cuts hen3 enough to drink. J hey suffer nrimarv fnr nfR will nppd thp votes auieration. them off ; but a side harrow, a sweep a lot for the lack of water. . No Lf the anti-prohibitionists to elect There is practically nothing in the I that ooes not go aeep into tne ground matter u you give tnem ... . 1 m l L -111 .- . .. or any other implement. : mat win sour milk or buttermilk stir the surface of the crround about out the water. Nothincr is so eood I lMt thom thpro- thfl fact that bv beating the trains in hirh he can make hiimrif iof the 4.t tHitlwT mv ixKcxijc in him. he many f their alrrelA. tonrf for an rjwnlng whU-b ncent e-rrria;y i-M quicker and turrr repone to al the facuHk- than "modern1 farming. ny the rbtor of Farm and FiirtrsiJe in the July Imh num her. !! ; "It me cite a ea directly in ;n)tnt, ) jkTy in life the only an of a Cmrajro mHUnaire hor4 a oV cidM; I talent fir painting. He rtudied irthe Kurtan art centen and had the Mtifaction of tnghi the hWh lm of the towns rar the cal, nv lT oole teo tbe4r rrvJe.- )ut a th rJma and mapie have, torn cf ' the New vglar4 rlaffe; - In maay ct the ieer ton uf the South. en,fi,'Jr the mriafaturtng town. If at -nee of atvaJe tree t re f the mot nuticra! defect, theh one hk-h in time can t remrdeJ i r ere u earceiy a town or orn a hme In the Smth here H.le tree painting given place tf honor in the jarrfHt nly beautiful bvil healthful WE WILL GIVE YOU THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICES FOR IT. V w ill buy your Butter all summer. Pack it up in . i.. kr or some other vessel. This savea printing, and i just as good for us to handle. Ye will pay you 12 i-nts a pound for it. .3 Highest prices paid for Chickens, Eggs and Beeswax. The D. J. Bost Co. THE CASH GROCERS. I two or jtwo and one-half inches deep l will be a practical implement to use. A two-horse cultivator will clean both sides of the row at once. Some of the simple one-horse cultivators that have been advertised in these columns work all the soil in one mid die at each trip across the field and leave the eround level and loose enough to let the rains soak in quick I Iv and to prevent the water in thi1 soil beine carried off by the air and sunshine. When a crop is cultivated in rid ires, more soil surface is ex posed to the drying action of the sun ' i t 1j a ,u i; Kt ;a weather auu air, ann wiic-11 lutn 13 10m ujr o a time it is in jrreat risk of. suffering from a drouth, so that if the surface of the field is left levl less soil mois ture will be lost and the injury from the drouth will be decreased for them. Take it one year with another. hens will bring in more clean money, according to the amount of the in vestment, than the cows will. You don't believe that? That is because vou have riot, kept an account of either the hens or the cows. Be f&i about it and test the matter for yourselves. one violates the law. ; mises character, there fore it is worse than folly for either aidp to talk about not sunDortine the nnminaaa nt tha Ttnrtv 1 1 inir arrested if not hurt in an acci iiuuiiijvvo vw r "J I " ' a . - Let us all go into the primaries m dent. I here is me oare utiSMiomiy g?od faith and do what we can for that in remote instances self-conh-our favorites, and, if our favorites dence and resourcefulness might be are defeated, then let us roll up our developed, but the odds are 1,000 to nd do what wa can for the 1 that the boy will be icoarsened by of the other fellow's fa f ARMERS' co-operative demonstra tion WORK. ISEiSWT KPJLRTHEHT'Bffice of Comptroller of lis Currency, " - '.. Washington, D.C.. May 26, 1908. Wl.ereai, by atisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it I.- Iu made to appear that Tbe (Joncord National Bank, In the city of Mohcord, and State o North Carolina, has cra.p ied with all be provia .oirt ot the -Art of t'onKrenn to enable Natioual Banking Associations to ttec.d their corporate existence and for other purposes ; approved July ii, i.m::. Now, i ' . i i .ti n i therefore. I. Thomas I . Kane, Uf pury ana acuuk wmuuuun i.l tl,e Currency, do hereby ccrlify that The Concord Rational Mans, in i he II y of Concord, couniy of CaWrua, and State of North Carolina, is ,ulhori.d to have oucceHhion for the period specified in its amended ar- : : ..,.,.lr until elnup n( hUHinftAS Oil M&V D. lu triuiuony whereof witness my '- j , (Seal) T.P.KANE, Deputy and Acting Comptroller cf the Currency. SOUTHERN RAlhWAY 4 Operating over 7,000 Miles of Railway. uiek Route to all Points, North, South, East and West rhrougb Trains between Principal Cities and Resorts. Affording Firs t-clas Accommodations. , I levant Sleeping Cars on all Through Trains, Dining, Club and Observation Cars. 1 ..r Speed, Comfort and Courteous ISrapl6yees, travel via the Southern Railway. Kte Schedules, and other Information furnished by addressing the undersigned. 3! a Htrdwlck, Pu. Traffic Manager, W. H. Taylo, G. P. A., Washington, D. C. R. L. Vernon, T. P. A , Charlotte, H. C. At an earlv period it was found necessary to evolve from the mass of ethical teaching, a few general rules for living, called "The Ten Command ments," by which a man could he moral without going through -a course in theology. Just so, in order to instruct the average farmer how to successfully conduct his farm' operations so as to secure a greater net gain from the farm, it is neces sary to first deduce from the mass of agricultural teachings a few general rules of procedure. "They are called "The Ten Commandments of Agriculture." by the practice of which a man mav be a good farmer in any State without being a gradu ate from a college of Agriculture. THETEN COMMANDMENTS OF AGRICUL- - ; j.-," ' ture. . i 1. Prepare a deep and thoroughly nu venze seed Ded, wen araineu; hrpak in the fall to the depth of 8, 10 or 12 inches. according"to the soil. with imnlements that will not Dnng the subsoil to the surface; (the fore- wnini?' denths should be reached eraduallv.) 9 TIm sped of the best variety intelligently selected tnd carefully stnrpd. .1 In cultivated crops, give the rows and the plants in the rows nnnpp snifpd to the plant, the. soi and the climate. " 7 . 4. Use intensive tillage during the crowinc Deriod of the crops. 4. Secure a high content of humus in the soil by the use of legumes! barnyard manure, farm refuse, and commercial fertilizers. 6. Carry out a systematic crop rotation with a winter cover crop on Southern farms. ' 7. Accomplish more work in a day by using more horse power and bet ter implements. 8. Increase the farm stock to the extent of utlizing alll the waste pro- Hnta and idle, lands of the farm 9 Produce all the food required fnr t h men and animals on the farm. - :' 10. Keep an account or eacn larm nroduct. in order to know from which the gain or loss arises." . '' v . S. A. Knapp Washington, D. C. July, 'OS. A Story of the Sea. Anchored amid the soft breezes of Ceylon lay the East India fleet. The was faint and sultry, and scarcely anyone stirred on board. Suddenly a forecastle boy sang out, in clear treble, his childhood shymn: "I think when I read that story of old!" Before the second verse was reached all the ship's company was joining in, in pleasant harmony. Above the bulwarks of the other -frhipa the men were seen congregat ing in the attitude of intense listen ers. After the, last line of the hymn had been sung there was a silence or a brief space, and then the hills caught up and sounded back the echo, "And crowd to His arms and e blest. Ship after ship louowed with old familiar hymns, one after election vorite. -.: Cotton Mill Men as Bad as farmers. Charlotte Observer. "You ask me what are the condi tions in the cotton mill business and I say that they are worse than they have been at all," remarkedn prom inent mill man to an Observer report er yesterday. "The mill men will not stick to their agreements as to curtailing and we are Just now be ginning to feel the effects of a panicky market in earnest. Talk about the farmors not living - up to their contracts as to reducing acre age, etc. I believe the cotton mill men are equally as bad. j They all want the other man to curtail and the result is confusion worse con founded. The situation now is in that shape where a manufacturer will have to curtail whether he wants to or not. There is no longer contact witb the world in the capae ity of a youthful adventurer. The problem is a serious one of nature that The Canning Year. Charlotte Chrouk-le. It is against the law the abundant yield of drchard, vine yard and field, such as the State is this year blessed with,! could be dis tributed over a great length of of time. The fruit mOst all come in as it ripens and the markets over flow with itr yet there need be no cause for waste. What cannot be connumtHl now ran be preserved for th time when the! markets are irreat aalon ff the continent. At length.' however, he rvturnd home, and niarrwd. I!h father wa the owner of thuand of chkvt farm land In the Middle West. The young man visited thene farm and tiecame intereUd in them, lie had imagination enough to ee the poi bilitun of farming conducted to the highest state of practical and profit able development. Art is aUitfht,' he aakl, "but dealing with the forces t Nature and making Uiem produce for the good of mankind laoka at tractive to me. , "That young man is now one of the biggest, farmer in tin State of Illinois. His farm i about nine thousand acres in extent and in one of thi-famous places of the Slate. He has built a beautiful farmhouse which has all the luxuries of the city, with a thousand delights with which h" could not le surrounded in a city. He is proof again t my. temptation to return to the city -it holds no at traction for him; no attraction. and eompro-1 within human reason, could be otTcr- Is danger of I ed which would induce him to , re turn to the; city, tl is a power hot only in his country, but in the great est industry of his State ; he make his farms yield him. a snug fortune in profits every year, and is steadily developing them into a higher state of productiveness. Progressive farmers from remote parts of his own "tate, as well as from other states, visit the great farm to atudy his methods. His work is making all who come in contact with it real ize that there is such a thing as hig farming ; that here is a career giv ing full scope to the ablest energies of the ablest men ; that to le this kind of farmer is to play a thinking part" .!. . Bees Cause a Death. Klehert Curtis, a young man at Oxford. N. Y. is dead, as the results of Injuries received a few days ago of life or death. The cotton mill business in a bad way' ? the other: all but the admiral's ship any choice about it. It is a matter that was silent. Would the flaeship follow suit be bre the sun sank into the waters, and what would be its choice, every one wondered. . - .. ; Then suddenly there was a mighty burst of marry voices, as if trained in a cathedral choir, and the warm air vibrated with the grand old Te Deum: "We praise 'lhee, O Uod; 1 1 Til A- - I we acknowledge inee io ue Lord." J bare and when it will taste as as, if not better than in the season of t he tree and the vine. The art of canning has been reduced to simplici ty and perfection, and now while the market wagons roll in with their ahundant loads, the household cannery should be working full time. The thrifty housewife can do much bv.her own endeavors. If she has a daughter to aid her, ao much the better. The fruit jar and the preserving can are comparatively inexpensive, and every pantry in the State ought to be wen stocked wniie or! na peculiar chain of accident. A Strange Reptile Killed at Lenoir. Lenoir News. - - , . . I UUglll' fcv. 'v. ...... 'Squire George Kaylor showed us th t ODOrtunity is at hand a curiosity Monday in the shape of a F it doe8 not come Qf ten in such While working in a hay held he sprained his ankle, lie. was invited to ride home by a farmer, leading a cow i behind the wagon. A amall dog accompanied the team. Trie dog, playing in the field, ran into a bees-eets, and sought the shelter of the wagon. The bees followed the dog and stung the cow. The cow tolted and overturned the wagon. Curtis was thrown out, sustaining a fractured skull. Result of Delay. UDon moving into a new neighbor hood the small boy of the family was cautioned not to fight with his new acquaintances. One day Willie came home with a black eye and very much spattered with dirt. I "Why, Willie," said mamma, "I thought I told you to tount 100 b- fnra vml fontrht.." i . " .. u.JjInnaaHnn la I did mamma," said wune, ana ""- pair of snake feet. At least the rep- . . . . ,t M tile belonged to tne snane iamuy, but seemed to be about half lizzard. It was about two feet long and had a long neck about the size of a man's forefinger, then a body the size of a man's wrist about six or eight inches long, then a tail like that of a snake. The two feet were near the fore part and looked very much like the feet of a lizzard or frog. The rep tile was killed by two little colored girls near Gamewell and they so mutilated the body that it could not be preserved or skinned. The What was tne ining, Negro Democrats to Work. Announcement was made Friday down by Chairman James A. itoss inai me officers and memters oi the isaiionai Democratic League general commit tee and presidents of Democratic League Clubs will meet in Chicago Thursday, August. G, at the Key stone Hoiel, to further the plans of and his wife have occupied the same the campaign, issue a proclamation house tken their meals at the same to the colored voters of the country abundance and this should go in history aa the canning year. A Silent Household. Danbury. Ooun.. Ulspatcn. . James L. Wilhans, a hatmaker. and neoeary a well. In no othrrrtjr of th moH.t are fthade tree used Tfcitfn5y a in l'ax, for I hey tt ny lirw the re. dential atrrcl and boulevard, fre quently to tbe rilmt of fne urni rows, put thy eorer 'he bu.reaa thoroughfarra that thrtv te rn t a atreet of lmji rtanee'tn Pari with-v out its rerdurt -arctes which add '. more U th city'a tauty anl gw farther toward making it the play ground of tlw world than the art-he of marble hkh commemorate th tictoriea of th armies of Kranoc. We can make the tree ejuaJly as uelul hi our nliea -caillhg llteir grateful hAle.. fUtering the air of dust, as ell as object tof Iwauty and in many towns which cater to the tourut tul health mt-ker, tteir beauty Is by no means an unttnpr tant consideration. ' A recent biilletin. Na P.. of the North Carolina iJeologieal Survey' on Shade Tree for North Carolina, diseu-ssea this subject in tome detail in relation to thia state. The U st imkthini and time for planting and pruning are taken un. and Ue nwth- hs of pntecting and caring for old trees, trimming them, and earing for their wound ami hollows. There is a chapter with diagrams ahowing the different methods of arranging hhade tree on atrret which w hen broad are capable of Iwirtg greatly . beautified by means of parking strip and several rows of t re. Tlie ijue tlon of tree along roadi Is disrusatd with the conclusion that shade tree' are beneficial to macadam, crushed stone, or very sandy roada in keep ing them moist and thus compact. but that, clay roads should not be shaded since It tends to add to their wetness and muddinena. The value of different kinds of tree for differ ent use I diseussed ejvially tho great opportunity which is offered in the south for the ue ox flowering tree which have ien rntirely neg lected in street and roadside plant ing. The paper ends with a deserii tion of forty different siecica of tree which are to U ieiinmeried for shaile tmi in different portiotia of the State, whether in the moun tains, the midland counties or the eastern section. This book will 1 helpful to the man who wishes tn plant his lawn or yard, for sujierintendent of parks, cemeteries and public grounds no less than to road and school commis sioners or like officer of towns who are charged with the care of its shade trees. It can lie secured uji application to Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist, Chapel Ihll.'N. C. by sending 10 cenla to cover Kt.tagc and packing. llr what Tommv Smith did while I anyway was counting!" "In 1902 I had a very severe attack 0r iinrrhnfta." savs R. N. Farrar, of Oat Island. La. "For several weeks finable to do anything. On I was March 18 table together and been in eacn other's company almost continually for five years without speaking a word to each other Five vears aero thev quarreled and Williams made a vow that he would never again speak to his wife. He has kept it religiously, and so com nletelv was their affection for each ot her severed in the auarrel that the wife has not once begged for a word from her 'husband. Their eldest daughter. Alice. 19 years old, took ana a u ring Buttermilk for the Blues. Durham Sua. The best cure for the "blues" is huttermilk. When everything-goes tbroncr and nothincr eces right, your sides with her mother. wmbu xyj . a , . . ... 1 J .,.a t k.ii a oimikr ttt nrt toon lemuer Kivpo a,,K me ovc jcom Ohamberlain's Oolio Cholera and your ever-patient dog can abide with ed her father, although she is a DtotoSfemewb gave me you, be sure that you have that de- member of the household, i it one of the I pressing compiaon. ruwwu o ; AuC cuupic aic j ""e choly. It is a microDe mat causea aren ana nave carneu on wum iuiu these periodical fits of gloom, and munication was necessary ; through huttermilk is fatal to this particular these. Even this means was used bacillus. It drowns it out of para- only in cases of extreme necessity;. lyzes it with its pungent acias. ro when the "blues" come on the obvious course is to quaff this tluid as f reely-as possible. Drop coffee, tea, all kinds of intoxicants and drink buttermilk. oromnt relief. I consider best medicines of its kind in the world, and had I used it in 1902 believe jit in 1903 believe it wonld have saved me hundred dollar doctor'B bill." Sold by all druggists. j THE DAYIS WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS Hiddenite, N. C. NOW OPKM. We are Utter prepared than ever to serve you. HavioK added an Annex of 30 more met Single Rooms and Electric l ights with sundry smaller improvements. We now have all modern conveniences, such as Sewerage, Hot and t ,l.l Buthn. ' ' Klectric Lights, plenty of nice rooms, nicely furnished. Bell and . lade Kudent Phone connections Two daily mail trains each way and all tor a Mudrrate Ptue. c..r nr, mH north of Hiddenite, N. C fr,.. l u.inH. t,. 'ravlnmille: cnanue trom Kates for July and August, $7 to $9 per week ; $22 to $33 per mouth. For fur ther information write for Illustrated Booklet to j DAVIS BROS, Owners and Proprietors, HlQQ8nUe, N. U. on Southern Railroad Salisbury af Statesville. .y ' Notes on the Horse. Farm and Fireside. Colts should be kept together while beine weaned because the compan- in hplna them sooner to foreret luiium rheir dams, and keeps them from frt liner. Unless a horse lies down regularly hio nit iA never comDlete. and nis inints and sinews will stiffen. While it is true that some horses will sleep in a standing position and continue to work. for manv years, it is equally true that they would wear much better if they rested naturally. Three times a day, in not summer thee nrohablv Dullinsr on a dead strain all the time, is not often enough for the work horse to be watered. The average man finds it necessary under such conditions to drink much oftener. The man who works the horse ought to make pro- Eminent Advocate "Well, mV lit tle man what are VOU eomg to pe when you grow up: Little Man V rawer winits should herome a lawver.' Eminent Advocate (highly natter ed WWhv does he think thatr lis it because vou are so clever?" 1 T.iftle Man "Uh. no. it s pecause I ask so many silly questions.' Bryan Can Win. Roanoke Evening World. Brvan is the candidate and name the place and date of hold ing the,quadrennial national c nven A Calitornlan's Luck, y The lQckieht day of my life was when Iboutfht a boi of lockln s Ar nica Salre ;" writes Charles P. Bundahn r,f Tnpf. Cahfoniia " "Two 'On: boies cured me of an annoying cas uf itching piles, which had troubled me for years and that yielded to nootneT rreaimeui. Solp uUder goaranteeat all druggists. - . .Ml-t-.V, .. JA-SJ Mr Rrvan retires as editor of the Commoner, a signed letter in the . i a. t i : .1 paper announcing mat nis cunuioai-y for the presidency makes it neces sary for htm to take such action. Coupled with it, is the interesting statement that as a personal cam paign contribution the profits of the Commoner, over and above expenses will be turned over to the. Demo cratic national committee. The State Farmers Union ofjvuth Carolina convention ha adopted re solution opposing immigration to the South and demanding the aboli tion of the State Immigration Ie partment. Another resolution rails for the establishment of a Stat fertilizer factory to tie grated by convict labor. "You know, Sam; it is no disgrace to have to work for a living." "No, sah; I knows it. sah! Uat s wat 1 alius tell my wife, aah!" stronger platform by far on a I than that Naw is the timi to tak- a vactio get out into the woodglid 1 and moan- I Srhool Teacher--What les- enn do we learn from the busy bee? Tommy ! Tuffnut Not to get stunir. "" i Wille's Mamma Willie, you are a htv hov. Don't vou want to go to heaven when you die? j Willie Yes, but I ain't in no par ticular hurry about it? I 'Why don't you get married? said X to a friend of his. ! "Because in the first place, I detest women on principle; secondly iwd chiefly, because marriage would in terfere with my literary wors. "What class of work?" t "I am writing love stories." Nell Would you marry a mart reform him? Belle Would you try to make omlette out of a bad egg? Now the Engagement is Broken. Edna "Stop flattering me' or I'll put my hands over my ears. Edward (trying to be complimen tary) "Your lovely hands are too small." S. J. Smitherman and J. C. Hur ley, of Trov. will build a dam to develon from 1.000 to 2.000 horse power for electricity for operating cotton mills. They will first furnish power to we omunerman Mills, of which Mr. Smitherman is president, and next year build an other mill. Construction of the dam has begun, and it will, be 22 feet 40-foot head. It i3 located on little River, five miles from troy. The Smitherman Cotton MiH has '5.000 soindlea and 216 looms, producing ginghams, dometa, varns. etc. j " Nan That's a beautiful solitaire tovp von. . I wonder u you Know to lwhat a fickle young man be is? r an woeea i uo ; uii a w.mj an made him eive me sucn anexpenaive one. . ' t r i a ... I K S7w wu S" " ' - upon which iait is pusmng; s can- , - , u thssborbut do not didacy. Bryan can win and Demo- f t to uka a of chamberlain's cracy can rule in its purest form if QoJO Cholerm an1 Diarrhoea Kmedy the Democrats win rauy rounu uw . . h fm it u imo,t crtin to Democratic banner, Bryan is a broader man in many respects than Taft.' He is possibly more radical than Taft in some wavs.'i but this radicalism means life and energy in the administration. It is character istic of the real AmeVicah spirit. Bryan is in the race to win, and Bryan and Democracy can win if the voters of the nation stand by the standards that are for the govern ment of the people, by the people and for the people. A Chump. Tess - M r. Dumley 's just the mean est man. He told me last evening he'd teach me how to whistle if I'd nn?Jcer od my lips - Jess Oh! that eld scheme. Then he kissed you. eh? I Tess No, the stupid thing! He didn't kiss me at all. i b needed and cannot be obtained on railroad trains or i-terahips. It is too much of a rit-k for anyone to i-ve home on a journey without it.. For sale by all druggists. X jThe Rev. O. G. Frazier, of Cleve land, Tenn., is receiving congratula tions on the birth of histwenty-eignw child. Mr. Frazier is a Baptist min ister and resides near that city. The vouneest chitd was born on Sunday, and on that day tne aged iatner preached a sermon as he said, "with more vigor than usual." Mr. Frazier has been married four times. The Story of a Medlrlnft. Its name "GUleii Mlkl Insurer? was RiigKcMMi br oim f Its tn lm'TV ant ami valuaUa linrmdU-i.U liutlo root. . N. io!jf frt7 years ao. I". I'Wr 4is eovereil that be could, by the ue ot pura, trlple-reflfiwt glrcerloe, aided by a rr talu degree of cotitUnily ma!i;Ulbl beat aYtd with th aid of apparatus aud appllatoesdMiliMd fur that purv",s tract from our muet valuaMa ustiva nie- dtclnal rooU tbe.Ir curatlira prn-ri4r uiurh better than br tha u of alcohol. so grenerally eoi ployed. Bo tba now-wrUl- :nl "(jlden IellcaJ linrjvery.- xr tbe cure ot weak stomach, !id!(retiim. cir dTpfpla. torpid liver, or Witoures ami kindred dsrangemr nis was Crt mmdm, as It ever tlnSe has iVn. without a panic ! of aleobol Ih lu tnatfs-up. A glance VJCiu 'lit of 'w ,"fT,3 eott, prlnuT cvivnt boule-wrpijerf will show that It Is laV from tba mosl valaabia medicinal roNtAfoond rrowlnc In mip American fore Ow A M tl.- The Landmark has heard of hen hatching partridge eggs but here comes a Caldwell county man and tells the Lenoir Topic of a partridge which -set on two" hen eggs and well-developed chic hatched out a c.mn men hurst their aafetv valve en. The story is unaccompanied Dy .. I a- ... .;. I . in onHoQunrmor totei oower in ine i an aiuuavu. uui w world. Statesville Landmark. IVC -V"' r" 1 "Vlil beti compiled by Itr. IL V. Herr. ot BolTalo, N. Y.. aud will Im m!id rr b any uixi akln m by card, or it wr addreand to the IkrV aa atavsw n-ra Ueee endrwmuu. cpled tr na . standard DMdical taioksof all tbedtSr act srbools of practice. It will ba IwiA that the Inf rdinUramp(irM( th(iol ea MlleT Dlsrovry" are adflMl tnt only for tbetref tnelrra B-liM-d dla, but alo for tbm core of all ca torrhal, bronchlsl and tbntat affectlotis, aecofnpalDed with eaUrrbsl dirhr . boarsKoeaa. sorw throat, Umpxing. or han-oa-eoafhs. and all thoe WMUrt ton affections properly Is consul ikh. pnmptiy imptloa. Take lr. PWee s Ui covery in ume ana pwTt " o until you five It a fair trial and it Is not hkeiy to disappoint. Too much must no be eipeeVed of it It will Not prrform gilrrW. It will rttil cure cofuttrti 4n lu adranced tUfi io tnniiri mCi. It uSil cor the alictions that lead op to cuswujBptksa, 4f taken tn Umu.