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THAD R. MANNING Pnbiislifir. Oh-olixnT-a., CROLiisr, HCea.-vtekt's Blessings -A-TTeuntzd Her." SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 Cash. VOL. XXIT. HENDERSON, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903. NO. 39. The Siart 01 Iu married life is generally iade on an equal footing of health in man and wife. But how soon, in many cases, the wife loses the start and fades in face and fails in flesh, .while her husband grows even more rugged and robust. There is one chief cause for this wifely failure and that is, the failure of the womanly health. When there is irregularity or an unhealthy drain, inflam mation, ulceration or female weakness, the gen eral health is soon im paired. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures woman ly diseases. It establishes regularity, dris unhealthy drains, heals inflammation and ulceration and cures female weakness. It makes weak women strong and sick women well. " K little over a year ajco I wrote to you for advice," says Mrs. f-.izabctli J. Usher, or Diana, W Va. "You advised me to use Dr. I'iercc's Favorite Prescription ami ' Golden Medical Dis covery,' which I did. and with the most hnppy result. I was troubled with female weakness and bearinff down pains. Had a very bad puiii nearly all the time in my left side, nervousness and fieadache. Was so weak I could hardly walk across my room. Could not sit up only just a little while at a time. My husband got ie some of Dr. I'ierce' medicine and I began its use Itefore I had taken two bottles I was able to help do my work. I used three bottles in all and it cured me. Now I do all my house work. It is the best medicine 1 ever used." The Common Sense Medical Adviser, in paper covers, is sent free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay expense of mailing )'. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N.Y. THE IStiSI Fountain Fen Made is Waterman's Idea! Fountain Pen -ir is- Reaoiy When You Are. IJtiickrr find cleaner tlmn ;l r'f;ul-ir pj'ii. hi-cjiiiMt' yon do lii-cjiiiMt' von do not have to it and it docs not spil! ink. V have them in ;i of styles, sizes ai'.d and urna mental. Teat variety prices, plain YV. W. PARKEPv, Druggist and Stationer. FREY'S VERMIFUGE CHICHESTER'S CV.tyj.i ENNYROYM. Orlzlnnl fend 'i itim-. SAFE. A!wftTS!UHc I.Hi;. lTl'iL'it r.r ciiiciiKn.iK''- J'.n;;i.:sjj In HI.I Uil Uoltl LMUui with blue ribbon. Ta!f uu uilis.'. UftNfcroyt titlft.tUti.'oK :Ktl Ir "'.u tlona. Buy o! your irui:i.:. or . stant for I"artlulu'.. ti:".'w n.l -KHIer for l.aillr ' i....-, r. Ian Mull. lO.OOOT .-'.inca..l. .. 11 lruln,. hl.hf:- .ir.lr;.! Sill Mi!l.oa ,k , 'MLA.. I-.v. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM ClruiM'B fttHl beanttfivs the hair. Promote, luxuriant growth. Never Folia to tore Qray Hmr to Ita Youthful Color. Curt' "":P diiMi h hir ttUiug. '-,tnJllil PnigKiBti FEMALE WEAKNESS 642 1-2 Congrosi St. Portlash, AlAivii. Oct. 17, 1902. I consitU-r Wine of CarJui eupcrior to an .' dix-tor' im-tlicine I ever used ami I k-.iov whereof I r peak. I guf. ferl for nine months villi suppressed urtustruatiitu v. h.eh completely pros tr.it -il me. 1-ains w-jul.l shoot through my hai-lt ami si.U and 1 would have blinding head:u'h.;.4. My limb3 would swell u; and I would fi-1 so v.eak I c.Mild not xtaiiu up. I naturally felt UiS'.-ouraged for I f-emed to be beyond tt-. j hHp of phy-iiclsn.-i, but Wiue cf Curdui ca:ii9 as a God-send Ui me. I felt a change for the beit?r within a w eek. After nineteen days treatment I inenatrust.-d without suffering the agonies I usually did and soon became regular and without pain. Wine of t':irdtii is sniijuy wonderful end 1 wish that all suffering women knew of ita Kod qualities. Treii9urcr, Portland E.-ononiic League lYricdiird headaches tell of fc niale weakness. Wine of Cardui viirts i.tTnianently nineteen out of every t'.vontv ca.-es of irregular i:ienis. l.earitior down pains cr ;:::y ft-inale weakness. It vou are iibi-ourate'.l and Uixtors have uiiit-d. that is the let reason in the v. urld vou should trv Witie of I'urdui i.o-.v. Ueiaember that s mean female weakness. Secure a 51.00 bottle of Wiue of t ardui todav. DeWitt's Salve For Piles, Burns, Sores. 13 tUT"l tMMr. i i H I A S. P t. 41 e.M,i 1 E hea-Uwh. THE SIAMESE TWINS A Visit to the Home of These Famous People. Born in Siam, May n, 1811, They Died January 17, 1873, Aged 62 Years, 8 Months and 6 Days Their Dust Re posing in the Soil of Surry County, N. C, Where They Bought Land and Settled Down to Agricultural Life After Touring the World Married Sisters end Both Have Numerous Descendants Living. J. A. Crews in Wilmington Met-sengcr. Having made a brief hut very en- I juiii)i; visit to mi. .wry, .. t ie- came strongly imbued with a desire to visit the spot wliere, nearly half a century ago, those physical wonders of their age, the Siamese Twins, for saking the traveling museum, put the savings ot an exhibition tour through the world into many broad and 'ertile acres of North Carolina soil, and settled down ton farmer's calling, with the ties of married and domest ic life. From in v childhood I had heard of! these wonderful people, but had had no opportunity of seeing them; and now, when J was in the vicinity or the homestead wliere they had lived and toiled, married- and reared fami lies and passed a wa v. a pilLLrimane to the scene was well worth a stay of half a day more. (apt. .Samuel (i. 1'nce, proprietor of the Inn, soon had a horse and buggy at my service, kindly sending his little son with the conveyance to direct and assist me. In less than an hour we had surmounted the suc cession ot wooded hills, lorded the Ararat river, and were at our jour ney's end st anding on tin; American possessions of this strange pair from the far away Orient, on the door steps of the root that sheltered them in sight of t lie grave where rests one in 1 he shelter of the beautiful hills of Surrv countv. The home consists of a large tract of land more than live hundred acres and ;i comfortable, commo dious wooden ouilding, with a onck chimnev at each end. I was told that the house is fifty years old, or more, and in the rear is a walled up well of tine water. On the homestead there live now only two survivors of the family, Mrs. Chang Hunker and her unmarried son, Albert Bunker. The lat ter only was at home, and 1 was thus deprived of the pleasure, much desired, of seeing the mother, who was a short distance away at church. Her son informed me that, although nearly NO years of age, she was well preserved, active, and in sisted on still performing many of t he household duties which had been her habit through many years. On reaching the gate Mr. Albert Hunker courteoush' invited me to enter the house, but I asked permis sion to visit first the grave of his father, fifty or more yards away. It is enclosed by wooden frame work, and at the head is a tombstone, per haps six feet high, on which is plainly inscribed the following: In Memory of Our Father, niANO IM'NKKIt, Born in Si.im May 11, A. 1., lsl 1, Ii.vl Jan. 17. A. 1).. lST.t. Ajre.l H Years. H Months and ( Days. There are numerous descendants of these two world renowned men chil dren, grand-children, and I think Mr. Bunker informed me, great grand childrenliving mostly in Surry county. Feeling grateful for the nrivileireof making even a short visit to what 1 t'lt to he a noted spot ol earth, I returned to the hotel with tlie pleasing consciousness ol having added something to my store of in farmatiou worth preserving. For the lienefit of the vounger eaders of the Mcusojiixor a closing descriptive paragraph will not ie ; amiss. lhe Maniese 1 wins were known as Fng and Chang, their bodies united by a band of flesh stretching from the ends of their , breasthoiu s, and enabling them to stand side by side. They were bought ' of their mot her at Mekong, a city of Siam. when they were fifteen years of age. ami were brought to America by j Captain Coffin and Mr. Hunter, after , making a tour of Europe m 182'.). After realizing a competence by their , exhibitions, they married sisters and ; purchased separate estates, on which ' they erected dwellings, passing a cer- tain time ch ty agreement, which they were always scrupulous ; m observing. Ihey were comlort-; "...c able livers and good managers, and ; c ii.. r i i were uei ueiiin lotiiio uy imum o threshing wheat in th barn and do- ing other farm work. j Their lands were productive, but the devastation of the Civil War,' paralyzing farming as well as every other industry, straitened them in circumstances, and in thesixties they made a last exhibition tour of Europe. When the fatal illness of one occurred an effort was made to save the life of the other by severing the ligament binding them together, but they died within an hour of each other. A Purgative Pleasure. If you ever took DeAVitt's Little Early His. rw for MlioiiHuess or constipation you know what a purgative pleamire is. These famous litt lo pills cleanse the liver and rid the system of all hile without producing unpleasant effects. They do not gripe, sicken or weaken, hut give tone and strength to the tissues and organs involved. V. H. Howell, of Houston, Tex., says: "No better pill can lie used than Little Early Risers forconstipa tioti. sick headache, etc." Sold at Parker's Two Priig Stores. If that Raleigh congregation is satisfied with its minister, why that is all right, but it should not have tried to make it appear that there was no truth in the report and that he had been misrepresented. Dur ham llcrahl. TWO RELIGIONS. The Ram's Horn. I. A woman Bat by the hearthside place Heading a book with a pleasant face. Till a child came up with a childish frown And pushed the book, saying, "Putit down." Then the mother, (dapping his curly head. Said. "Troublesome child, go off to bed; A great deal of Christ's life I must know To train you up as a child should go." And the child went off to bed to cry And denounce religion by and by. II. Another woman leut o'er a book With a smile of joy and an intent look. Till a child came up and jogged her knee, And said of the book, '-l'tit it down take me." Then the mother sighed as she stroked his head. Saying softly, ''I never shall get it rendN But I'll try by loving to learn His will, And His love into my child instill." That child went to bed without a sigh And will love religion by and by. Bucklen's Arnica Salve Has world-wide fame for marvelous cures. It surpasses any other salve, lotion, oint ment or balm for Cuts, Corns, Burns, Boils, Sores, Felons, Ulcers, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Clin pped Hands, Skin Eruptions. Infallible for Piles. Cure guaranteed. Only 2.1c. at Melville Horsey 'h drug store. Sets a Good Example. Chiirlot te Jbserver. In passing a resolution condemn ing the bringing of unjust suits Hid in other ways harrowing cor porations, the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce has set a good example We talk about equality before the law, and yet it has reached the point in North Carolina when one does not expect a large corporation, especially if it happens to be a railroad, to get justice in the courts. A sharp lawyer can get a verdict in almost any kind of a case, but 'suppose he should have as he lias often no ground whatever to stand on, still the cor poration is put to tlie expense of de- t ... ir :i....ie t t - attorney urmgs nutM for a cllt on condition that ne ger a portion 01 tne damages se cured. The suit is often instituted in forma pauperis, and no matter how trivial the case of the plaintiff the defendant is forced to the neces sity of defending it, while plaintiff and his contingent fee lawyer are at no expense whatever. It is time this matter were being looked at in its true light, and the condemnation by the Wilmington Chamber of Com merce of the "unprofessional practice of attornvrt KnoVinir such litiiration and accepting same on contingent fees" is well deserved. What is Life? In the last analysis nobody knows, but we do know it is under strict law. Abuse that law even slightly, ain results. Irregular living means derangement of the organs, re sulting in Constipation, Headache or Liver trouble. Dr. King's New Life Fills quickly re-adjusts this. It's gentle, yet thorough. Only cents at Melville Dorsey's drug store MORE -HOG AND HOMINY." How Tobacco Farmers May Avert the Calamity of Low Prices. Itocky Mount Motor. The Rood business judgment of the ! country is that the tobacco growing i belt will not .suffer absolute bank I ruptcy because of the exactions of ;the American Tobacco Co. The I public is coming to believe (and what ' better tonic than a belief, that a , brighter day is coming?) that tobac co will rise to a price above the cost of production, so that when at the close of the year our farmer friends come to add up profit and loss, they ; will find the former to much exceed the bitter mi tlie wlinle transaction. lt is believed, also, that some good ami Verv valuable lessons will be ieu rued from the experiences of this year. 11 ne snail learn enougn irom trust methods to distrust the sup port and aid they give, to not depend on Chicago meat packers to furnish the meat, or raisers of timothy, etc., in different parts of the country to SUpUiy feed, along with the great (.,)rn jarmg of the West and Middle WeHt for om. teams, in a word raise on ti,e farm what is .needed there, we iau profit immenselv by the severe 8Care we jlilve l,aa t Ills vear. This is 0i,j joctrine many times preached by tll0 wise Iuen of tjie country, and those men wno nave practiced it are in no fear cf ti,e sllerjff at this time, tie poor tobacco crop, the trust and manv ()ther things to the contrary notwithstanding. We have no love for tj10 trust ye reacily credit them witn Tilft mnAt norfect and single n.:niipii nnrnnse tn wt nil thev can I r " " . for tne least money, in fact others kOWn as "trust busters" are of the . . r., mf rtiiiu " in imshipsjm m.-inno-e- ment of the country some time ago adopted in practice the well worn rule, "each man for himself and the devil take the hindmost." The soon er farmers, mechanics, carpenters and all the professions learn this and act accordingly the better it will be for them. The way to do this is to have the means of subsistence, aye for a long siege, at our command, and our farmer friends are in a posi tion to do this better than any other class. We sympathize with them; we hope great and good results from the organization they have perfected, but have not hesitated to say much present trouble might have been saved by a closer adherance to Dos sey Battle's old rule: "More hog and hominv." The Genuine vs. Counterfeits. The genuine is always better than a coun terfeit, but the truth of this statement is never more forcibly realized or more thor oughly appreciated than when you compare the genuine DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve with the many counterfeits and worthless substi tutes that are on the market. W. S. Led better, of Shreveport, La., says: -'After using numerous other remedies without benefit, one box of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured me." For blind, bleeding, itching and pro truding piles no remedy is equal to DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Sold at Tarker's Two Drug Stores. Building and Loan Associations. Some of the Great Benefits to be Derived From Them. Mr. Samuel Wittkowsky, President of the Mechanics' Per petual Building and Loan Association, of Charlotte, Talks to Asheville Business Men on the Subject and Gives Some In teresting Facts and Figures There is No Institution, Asso- .: tj j. ri t; , cidiiuu, muuiiry or nan i ec rar Reaching in its Benefits, so Equitable in its Dealings, so Just and Profitable to all Parties Concerned as a Proper ly Conducted Local Building and Loan Association. Special to the Charlotte News. Ashkville, N. V., Sept. 10. At a special meeting of business men held in this city hist night for the purpose of organizing a home building and loan association. Mr. Samuel Witt kowsky, the well known capitalist and business man of Charlatte, ad dressed the meeting on the great ben efits to be derived from properly con ducted associations of this kind. Mr. Wittkowsy's address was pa tiently listened to and elicited inter est and enthusiasm. He said: It gives me unfeigned pleasure to meet with the good people of this fa mous city of the West, perched like a beautiful setting on the heights as it were among the many jewels in the untarnished diadem of the good Old North State, and this pleasure is greatly enhanced by the fact that 1 am here in the interest of a cause which is near and dear to my heart, to which I have for a quarter of a century devoted my best efforts, but tor the past twenty years entirely so, to the upbuilding of the Mechanics' in what is now a suburb of Philadel J'erpetual Building and Loan Asso- phia, called Frankfort, in 1H31, and ciation, of which 1 have the honor to be President from its very inception in March, 1883, to this date, lhave labored in the cause without fee or reward, excepting only such as is de rived from the consciousness of a duty well performed, and of having to some extent been helpful to my fellow man and leaving to my pos terity tlie heritage Of the --ndh,; ot my fellow citizens, "Thou wert a good and faithful servant." This institution is today one of the largest and most successful of its kind in the South; and it has today in force in round numbers 13,500 shares equal in value in matured stock to 1.300,000, and it has 4,500 stockholders, lt has handled during this time over $3,000,000 gathered together in weekly stipends of 25 cents per share. This vast sum of money came chiefly from the wage earning classes and every cent of which was consecrated by drops of sweat from honest toil this vast sum of money was handled by us without the loss of a single cent and at the nominal expense of about of one per cent, (exclusive of taxes) and of 2 per cent, including taxes. Now, my friends, if Charlotte can do this, and it is but the history of every other local liuilding and Loan Association, then surely Asheville can and ought to do the same. We have at this time loaned out 500,000, of which 75 per cent, is to a class of our people whose combined financial strength could perhaps not have secured a loan from a bank or source other than a Building and Loan Association the sum of $10,000. Where else in the whole economic system of affairs can there be shown such marvelous results? This will give vou food for thought for the present, and later on in my remarks 1 will go more into details as to the practical working of local Building and Loan Associations. My friends, would that I could in voke some power, if for this occasion only, to give me the magnetic and oratorical gift of him who was North Carolina's best beloved son, your for mer citizen, the late lamented, inim itable Zebulon Baird Vance; then, and then only, could I hope to present to you the subject with such force and such hues as its importance deserves; then only could 1 hope to inspire and enthuse you with the same zeal in the cause which my close observa tion and long experience has given me and my directorate working with me. I have for over half a century leen l more or less intimately luentineu with commercial, financial, benevo lent and social institutions, which, while each and all have their sphere of usefulness, and in the main are more or less beneficial to their re spective communities, yet I have found no institution, association, industry or plan yet devised by man which is so far reaching in its bene fits, so equitable in its dealings, so just and profitable to all parties concerned as a local Building and Loan Association; as there can be neither the dotting ofanl nor the crossing of a T in its affairs but that every share fares alike. In every other corporation the stockholders thereof derive all of the profit and the rest of the community I pay that profit, but in the Building anu iaiuii association eci suare receives its pro rata of the profits. There has as yet no other scheme been devised by man which has such immediate ancl direct effect, not only in the permanent upbuilding of a community, but also the uplift ing to a higher plane of morals and self respect and of good and loyal citi zenship of that large and worthy class of every thriving community, the "wage earning class." I have often been inclined to believe that the first originators of a Building and Loan Association must have had their inspiration from above. Now, my friends, as some of you -4.. n j i nr i ' Ljev isea Dy man Wliicn is so may think that the subject under dis cussion is a new and untried specula tive scheme I will, before proceeding further, give you a succinct state ment of the origin, scope and aims of Building and Loan Associations. It is not easy to assign a given date when and where these societies originated, but some writers assert that they existed in a crude form as far back as the Greeks, during their Republican form of government, and also later among the Anglo-Saxons of GreatBritain; but the earliest authentic information that we have is that when a society for the pur chasing of dwellings was formed in Birmingham, England, in 1781, and so beneficial and in such favor have they become that England has today perhaps no less than 75,000 such in stitutions, with a capital perhaps of a billion dollars, rind a membership of two million stockholders. In this country Pennsylvania was the original home for them. The first of these societies was organized today over 100.000 homes in Phila delphia and suburbs is the result in that State. In this country there were in exist ence in the year of 1902 in the 21 States forming the National League of Building and Loan Associations 5,302 associations with a member ship of . l,roo.33.-s ana tne matured varue of the shares was 505,000, 000; and if the value of the shares of all of the associations in the United States be considered they will exceed in amount by far the paid up capital of all of the National Banks in the United States (which according" to the Comptroller's report up to Sep tember 15, 1902, amounted to GG5, 000,000.) The State of Ohio alone increased 14,000,000; Pennsylvania, 33, 000,000; New Jersey and Massachu setts each 17,000,000; and I might go on and name many other States throughout this Union, but will de sist for fear of tiring you; but I pre sume I have said sufficient to show the importance and magnitude of these institutions. We now come to our own State. North Carolina, has over 40 such in stitutions, and as most of them are new, I will assume they average only 2,000 shares each, making an .aggre gate of 80,000 shares, equal in par value to 8,000,000, which is one fourth more than all of the banking c.ipital of the State. And as statis tics show that about one-third of the amount of the par value of the stock is generally paid in and loaned out, it follows that in North Carolina to- I day there must be loaned out nearly 3,000,000, and it is further shown by statistics that the average loan in the South is about 900 each, it follow.; that nearly 33,000 heads of families in this State alone are at this time obtaining homes through the Building and Loan Associations, and as the average American home consists of five persons to the family it follows that there are at this time 165,500 people in North Carolina made happier and are benefited through the instrumentality of these institutions, to say nothing of the thousands of others which derive benefits from them in an indirect way. The great aim of Building and Loan Associations is one which chal lenges the admiration of the most philanthropic. Their aim is to enable men of moderate means to acquire! and who, by no other system vet devised, can so readily, so cheaply, and so surely, acquire their own homes. Nay, "more; it teaches, and to some extent, forces him to save his hard earnings little by little. See the toiling workman as he goes with resolute step and proud mien to the secretary's office and there with hands begrimed with soot (a far more honorable covering than the gloved hand of the spendthrift) .and his tin bucket on Ins arm a shield entitled to far more respect than the coat-of-arms of idle nobility," deposit his honestly earned money on the counter, its metallic ring making sweet music to his ears, for he knows it has nailed more planks on to what will soon le his own home. Now, my friends, once again follow ine to the secretary's office at the end of a matured series and see the stockholder, (as I have repeatedly seen him) in the knowledge that his home is all paid for and is all his own, and see him with proud and happy feelings carrying the cancelled mortgage to his wife with the, to them, ever memorable sentence, "This is now our own home," and your hearts would swell in unison, as does mine swell with pleasure at the sight. What word painter could fittingly give expression to the hallowing, ele vating and ennobling feeling which must pervade that home on such an occasion? But this is not all the good that is accomplished by these institutions. They make better and more law abiding citizens, for the very moment one becomes a property holder from that moment also, and in the very nature of things he is converted from : what might have been a latent spark j of anarchism and communism into a ! conservator of. the peace and a con-' servative in his votes and actions. IIa.ncock'T"lqulI Snlphnr should be in every home. It cures eczema, pimples, tet ter, ringworms, dandruff, cuts, burnsY open sores, dyphtheria, sore throat, and all blood and skin diseases. No home should be with- j out it. Ask your drug-gists lor a book on ' Liquid Snlpbur. Pharmacy. For sale nt The Eagle The negroes are going to remain in 1 "e oouui anu me i mug 10 uo is tor both races to make up their minds to get along as best they can to gether. And but for outside inter ference this would be easy. Durham Herald. Distress After Eating Cured. Judge W. T. Holland, of Greensburg, Lu., who is well and favorably known, says: "Two years ago I suffered greatly from iuAigestion. After eating great distress would invariably result, lasting for an hour or so and my night were restless. I concluded to try Kodol Dysjiepsia Cure and it cured me entirely. Now my sleep is refreshing and digestion perfect." Sold at Parker's Two Drug Stores. Railroads and Taxation. Tittsboro Record. The railroad companies will pay a large part of the taxes in this State this year. The total valuation of this property,- as recently assessed by our Corporation Commission, is the large sum of $70,710,273.32. Robeson county litis the largest valuation of railroads of all the counties in the State, being $2,825, 53G.G3, besides being tlie largest county in the State. The Seaboard Air Line traverses the entire length of llobeson and the Atlantic Coast Line runs across it from North to South. There are several local rail roads in Robeson. In several counties the valuation of the railroads is almost as much as all the real and personal property, and in five counties tlie valuation of the railroads is more than all the real and personal property. There is no railroad in only seven of our ninety-seven counties. a'I tbpv iir Alleghany, Ashe, Clay, Graham, Tyr rell, Watauga and Yadkin. BEST Ki:rIKDY t'OIt BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. For eczema, pimples, dandruff and all skin diseases, use Hancock's Liquid Sulphur In such cases as scale eczema and sores of any nature, when the skin becomes dry and harsh, you should use Hancock's Sulpliur Ointment in connection with the Liquid. A few applications of Hancock's Liquid Sulphur will cure the worst cases of prickly heat. For sale nt The Eagle Pharmacy. NEW HOPE IN THE SOUTH. In the Immensity of Her Resources and Ability to Use it. Baltimore Herald. Recently we have heard considera ble of the progress farming is mak ing in the South. Still more recently we have had renewed assurances of the Soutlfs abundant prosperity. That the latter report should follow closely upon the former is obvious. The Sou th's great gain, commercial and otherwise, in the past decade is due primarily to the fact that her agricultural pursuits are being con ducted on a scientific plan. Her land-owners and soil-t illers are work ing iifter improved methods. The industrious, up-to-date Southern farmer regards farming as a business and attends to it as assiduously as if he were managing a grocery store or a manufacturing plant, lliere is no idling or trusting to luck. Every thing connected with it is put on a practical scale. The result is the av erage Southern farm is a market the year around. The indications are that the South will eventually outrank iu agricul ture tlie .North and the West. It is an ideal country for farming, com billing as it does a climate and soil favorable not only to theproduction of all fruits and cereals indigenous to north temperate latitudes, but to most of those of the tropic lelt This diversity of production places the Southern farmer at the head of the market. He is invincible. Prosperity the like of which she has never dreamed of awaits the South Already statistics show that the jkt cent, of increase of her population is greater than that of any other part of the Lnited tafs. iier sons tire becoming expert agriculturists which is the wedge that cleaves to commercial greatness. It has happened to the Raleigh preacher just as it always happens to a preacher when he dabbles iu things which do not come within the scoih? of his calling. When a preacher goes off after matters which cause the community to lose confidence in him he makes a mistake which is hard for him to overcome. Unless the pews are filled by those who have faith in the preacher, the sermon falls upon deaf ears. lexington Jh.spntcli. Stomach Trouble. 'I have been troubled with my stomach fo the past four years," says I). L. Beach, o! Clover Nook Farm, Greenfield, Mass. "A few days ago I was induced to buy a ltox of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. I have taken part of them ancl fe:l a great deal better." If you have any trouble with your stomach try a box of these Tablets. You are certain to te pleased with the result. Price 25 cents. For le at Parker's Two Drug Stores. The action of that Raleigh congre gation in rushing to the defense of its minister makes one tired. It de nies everything and disproves noth ing. Durham eraJ. DAVIS AND MILES. incident of Thirty-Eight Years . ' r Ago Recalled. Jefferson Davis Now Sleeps Peace fully With the Love and Reverence of His Own People and the Growing Respect of the World for His Char. acter. and Principles, While Gen. fllles Retires to Private Life Wound ed Deeply la His Vanity, Doomed to Obscurity, rlortlficatlon and Humil iation Is it Retribution? Richmond News-Leader Aug. 15. Thirty years ago tomorrow two men were walking side by side on the ramparts of Fortress Monroe. One of them was Jefferson Davis. 57 years old, the defeated, crushed and captive leader of a government over thrown, a country desolate and beaten, the representative of a ieo- ple's bright dreams vanished and blotted out in their bout blood. He was feeble, wasted, stooping and helpless, barely able to walk, com pelled to pause now aud then for est, gasping at the free air which lie was permitted to breathe as a spec- al favor and after loner denial. 1 he other of the two men was Nelson An neton Miles, stalwart and sturdy, 25 years old. in the very flush and mine of vigorous young manhood, laving risen from the ranks to bre vet major-general, commander of an irmv corps, one of the favorite he roes of a triumphant country and a conquering armv. At the order of General Miles, about three months before, on May 23, 18G5, Mr. Davis had been shack ed. The former President of the Confederate States of America was ihysieally a weak, worn and sick man. lie was connneu in a iort with great thicknesses of stone wall, with many locked iron doors, trebled lines of armed sentinels and a deep moat with high walls between him and the ossibilities of escane or rescue. Yet le wus inruwii to me stone iioor 01 At A J 1 . n , r his cell by four strong 3oung soldiers while guards stood by with cocked and loaded muskets, and shackles were fastened on his emaciated ankles. Thus degraded and tortured, le was kept day after day in a hot, slimv and fetid cell, denied a moment of solitude or peace, with a light ilji7itwrin liiu hvac sill nio-lif. nn1 arinecT soldier standing guard over liuj. every moment of every hour. He was denied the commonest com forts and necessities allowed to the vilest convicts in our penitentiary. Private soldiers were given the right to insult him, and it was part of their duty to offend his natural human instincts and tastes in small and large details of life. All this was done by the order of General Nelson V. .Miles. IS ow alter t hese tlnrty-eight years Mr. Davis sleeps peacefully in Holly wood, with the rushing waters of the James river singing endless requiem near by, with the love and reverence of his own people for his memory ex pressed daily in a thousand ways, with the growing resieet of the world for his character and pnnci pies demonstrated daily. General Miles, after a career 01 .apparent brilliant success, after years in which, to do him right, he did good and valiant service for his country, is dis missed from the command of the army of the Union, with scant cour tesv, with curt words from his com manding officer, which must sting and rankle in his soul and which will stand to belitt le his record all through history. He is wounded deeply in his vanity, a sensitive part of every man, but in him abnormally devel oped and peculiarly sensitive. There is for the moment some outburst of sympathy for him or rather simu lated sympathy from those anxious to find cause for quarrel with the President. I5ut he is doomed to ob scurity, to mortification, to humilia tion. We wonder if the memory of those davs at Fortress Monroe comes to him in these times of his own di I aster and suffering in his old and if he thinks now and then t perhaps it mav be retribution remembered, as he knows well, that the torture of the prisoner wasMilon' own act and will. Ib'-i.id his friends attempted to throw the shame on the secretary of war, but t he docu ments stand to show that the com mander at Fortress Monroe was left free to follow his own judgment and feeling in the treatment of his pris oner. Tlie ProgWHsivi; Farmer, long in disrepute as 11 political org;Tn, is now 111 the hands of its gated editor, Mr. Clarenee H. I'oe, an ideal home and farm taper! It oeeupie a elans by itself in this .State and improves wit li every issue. It should Ik? in the hmids of every -North Carolina f tinner. Lunilerton Jlabi'soriimi. CANCER CURED BY BALM. BLOOD All Skin and Blood Diseases also Cured. Mrs. M. L. AiImuih, Fredonia, Ala., took Botanic Blood Balm wbi.-b ff.taally cured an patinp cuncr of the now aud face. Th Korea Lfalcd up j-rfi-ct ly . Many dot-torn bad given up hor -ae om 1iom-1kh. Hundred of ca.es of nncer, eatitijr Foreo, Hupjcirating swelling, etc., have been cured ly Blood Bii'tn. Amoiifj othera, Mrx. B. M. Ouertiey, amor Maml, Ala. Her none ami lip were raw u lieef, with offenmve diwbare from the eating nore. Doctors, advised cutting, but it failed. Blood Balm healed the nomt. and Mrs. Gueroey in as well as ever. Botanic Blood Balm alno cures eczema, itching humors, scabs and scah-s, boric pains, ukwrs. offennive pimples, blood poinon, carbuncles, scrofula, riwinH and bumps on the skin and all blood troubles. Improves the digestion, strengthens the kidneys. Druggists, fl I"''" large bottle, with complete directions for home cure. Sample free and prepaid by writing Biood Balm Co., Atlanta, Georgia. Dicrioe trouble and special medical advice sent in sealed letter. Sold at Parker's Two Drug Stores. Poorly For two years I suffered ter ribly from dyspepsia, vith great depression, and was always feeling poorly. I then tried Ayer "s Sarsa parilla, and in one week I was a new man." John McDonald, Philadelphia, Pa. Don't forget that it's "Ayer's" Sarsaparilla that will make you strong and hopeful. Don't waste your time and money by trying some other kind. Use the old, tested, tried, and true Ayer's Sarsapa rilla. JI M a bodlc. All onntat- Ask your doctor wliat he tliliik of Ayor't Samparllla. Ho know nil abuuttbta grand old family modlrinr. Follow ad tic and will bo aatlflet. J. C Arm Co.. I.owotl. Mata. G. A. Coggeshall, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, MENDEKSON, N. C. OffiYe over W. S. Parker Co's., oppoMte Dorsey's Drui; Store. Office Phone, 74-3 Res. Phone, 70. 1 1 If A I'lVY'llI IVTlirV J Physician and Surgeon, Henderson, N. C. Office: feiTOver W. S. Parker & Co's. Phone, No. 74. Residence, Massenburz Hotel. II I iv. K IV I III IV K . I ' DENTIST, HENDERSON, N.C. OFFICE: Over Thomas' Drug Store. TOTTAT 1TTTT TITPTn?! JllJilJ IUVJIYIjU, riiysician and Suraeon. Henderson, N. C. Ofliee (the kite Pr. Tucker's) in Vounj; Tucker 1 5u i 1 J i 11 ii . Muin street. Phone 92. Dr. H. H. BASS, Physician & Surgeon, Henderson, N. C. OFFICE: Over Dorsey's Drug Store. DR. F. S. HARRIS, DENTIST, Henderson, N. C. OFFICE: Over E. U. Davis' Store. FRANCIS A. MACON DENTAL SURGEON. Office: Vou 11 if A Tucker Itiilldlntr. irnder Tclrphono i:xrlinn(o. Ofliee hours: a. 111. to 1 p. in.. 3 to 0 p. in. Residence IMiotie 88; Ollice l'liono 25. Estimates furnished when desired. No Cliarce lor examination. HENRY PERRY, Insurance. A stroiltllllneof lHti t.ife and Tire im pan U-w represented Policies issued nd risks placed fo oost advantage. Clce in Court House. De Witt DeVi:t Is tha mme to look for when ft you go to buy Witch Hazel SJre. DeViU's Vitch Hazel Sahra Is tb original and only genuine. In fact DeWitfsIs the only Witch Hrel Salre that Is made from the unadulterated Witch-Hazel All others are counterfeits base Imi tations, cheap ar4 worthless eren dangersus. DeWltfs Witch Hazel Sahre Is a specific for Pllei: Blind, b.eedinc. Itching and Protruding Piles. AlsoCuts. Burns. Bruises, Sprains. Lacerations. Contusions. Boils. Carbuncles. Eczema. Tetter, Salt Rheum, and ail other Skin Diseases, PHEPAS.KD BY E.C. DeWilt Co., Chicago Knr -ale at Fatkei's Two Drug Mores. EH TONIC A REAL CUftE FOR It has recently been discovered that the germs that produce Malaria, breed and multiply in the intestines and Irom there spread throughout the system by means of the blood. This fact ex plains why M.tlr.ria is hnrd to cure by the old method of treatment. Quinine, Iron, etc., sthr.nl.ite the nerves and build up the b'ood, tut -do not destroy the germs that cause; tlie disease. Rydale's Tonic has a specific effect upon the intestines and bowels, freeing them from all disease breeding mi crobes. It also kil-s the germs that infest the veins ar.d arteries. It drives from the blood all poisonous matter and makes it rich and healthy. RYDALE'S TONIC is a blood builder, a nerve n-sti.rer, and a Malaria destroyer. Try it, it will not disap point you. For sale at The Eagle Pharmacy. One ftinuto Cough Cure For Coughs, Colds and Croup.
Henderson Gold Leaf (Henderson, N.C.)
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