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VOL. XXVIII. HENDERSON, 1ST. C, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 14, 1909. -
20 Years
VithHeartTrouble
"Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy has
cured me of heart disease of
over 20 years' standing. I was
so Lad that I could not do my
woik, and could scarcely draw
a lull breath without fainting or
;-mothering. The doctor told me
he could do no more for me;
tlif-n I commenced taking the
I h art Remedy. I shall never
forget that night. I slept better
tlian I bad before in months. I
kept rigbt on getting better, un
til I was perfectly well."
MRS. LAURA RUSSELL,
Logan, Iowa.
When the heart action is
weak, it fails to pump the blood
through the lungs with sufficient
rapidity. Then the lungs do not
absorb the proper amount of
oxvgen, although they may be
tak in;
in a normal amount of
air.
The result is shortness of
brtatli. smothering spells, diffi
cult breathing, oppressed feeling
in chest. Dr. Miles' Heart Rem
(iv vtrengthens the heart nerves
and muscles, and in this way
increases the circulation.
iet a bottle from your drug-gi-.t
l ake it according to direc
tions, and if it does not benefit
he will return your money.
Administrator's Notice.
HWIV; ijCAMFlKDAS ADMINISTRA
t.ir of tin- Klnte of J. T. Fletninjr, 1e-(.-;.-.
-1 I .-1 1 . - nf V:iiic" county, North Carolina,
tlii- i notify nil pprnorm lirtvillH claims
Hjiii'iist t In' stiitt! of nail riecenaed to exhibit
Hum to tin- iiinl'Tninn(l nt li in office, on or
l,.f. .r.. ill.- L'xtli ilny of September, 1910,
or tin it. .t ! will lit- l':ili'l in bar of their
rt-covrv All persons indebted 1o paid
ifttiir." will pli-iisi ninlvP immediate pflvmcnt.
Tlii- tin- L'stli il.iv of September. 1!K)0.
It. S. MeCOIX,
.imiiii!i 1:1 tor of J . T. Flemming:, deceased.
TOWN TAXES.
oi i n i: ok Town Tax Collector, 1
III M.i itso.v. X. C, Skpt. 1, 1S)0). f
rnm: tax lists foh the towx of
1 lli:Hi:itSON for tbe yenr 1909, nave
tfii nni.li" nut iind the amounts placed in
my IkiihU for collection. All persons liable
tnrtnuu tiixeH for tbe curreut year nre liere
Li - rofiii-Nted to come forward and pay the
nam."
,"f iitlii'e in Mien-Moss llnrdwnre Com
f.iiny s More. W II. WESTER,
Town Tax Collector.
SALE OF LAND.
1 II UsiANT TO THE POWER OF SALE
I i 'oiiferrrd upon me in a Deed of Trust
t v. i iit.-.l to me by CInirles Taylor and wife,
mi tin- 1st day of February, 190-1, and duly
r". . .i .It'll in Hook .'IS, pages 1 .'II. etc., of the
')!!,. of the Register of Deeds of Vance
('minty. I !- 1 1 1 II on
Monday, November 1st, 1909,
sell t.i thr hmhest bidder, for cash, by public
:ui. turn, :it the t ourt House door in llender
Miii.ilii' tr.i t of I it ti 1 1 referred to in said Deed
nt I'ni-t ii-; Third t met," which is described
hi foll.iu i:
Tli.' Hutiw tract of Charles Taylor, ndioin-
' " tin- lands of Y. I. Tavlor and others,
oiitaiiiiiit; i.o ai tes. more or less, and lieinK
the land bought bv said Charles Taylor of
' "I W lihiim I. Tavlor.
Tlllle nt Sale 1 o'clock P M.
This September -''sth. 1909.
15. S. R0YSTER,
Truste
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I IMPORT BULBS
Are Now Arriving.
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We have jv fine assortment,
''l int early for the best results,
t'tui for new price list.
lieiiu tnlier we are headquarters
xuce tut I lowers. ending
'"iiiiucts. Floral Designs
and
i lowers for nil occasions.
Mail. Telegraph, and Telephone
orders promptly filled.
J.L.O'QUINN&CO.,
f Florists,
Phone ,4Q RALEIGH, N. C.
Stop and Think
One Minute !
h.-it is your Dwelling worth at
'' i't-r-sent price of buildingmaterial
a rv iinn-h Insurance
'" .V"U carry? !
1' iving a total amount
!nt insured,
-i blaze in your house will
to your house and furniture
!l minutes.
Protect Your Home with Plenty of Insurance
It's Good, Safe, and Cheap, at
he Citizens Bank;
Manager Intur-
A- G. Daniel,
W holesale and Retail
Shingles. Lath L,n.
er Brick. Sad. n-
"usii mrt'M o
?ntl Bli"ds. Full stock at
"M rices. Opposite South
D,jrocy Company.
"enderaon.N. C.
Paralysis of Selfishness
We Must Get Away from Our
self, or We Cannot Grow
No Man Can Develop to
Any Largeness of Life
While His Mind is Focused
on Self Warmth of Heart,
Tenderness,rCindness,a Sym
pathetic Nature, Love for
Our Fellowman, are Really
the Qualities that Make Us
Human Power to Relieve
Distress One of the Greatest
Advantages of Wealth.
Success Magazine.
"God has made felfishness unlova
ble, and shaped the human heart to
deapise it, nnd inad unselfishness so
lovable that we can not withhold from
it our admiration."
No man can develop to any large
ness of life while his mind is focused
on self. We must get out of self, or
we can not grow. To constantly
think of our own interests, our own
work, our own plans, our own wel
fare, is to paralyze growth. The
nobler, the diviner, impulses can not
be touched by the selfish attitude.
We must look out, not in.
No man who in centered in self can
grow large, strong and beautiful.
The selfish mnn may get the thing he
i.s after; he may get a little more
money, but he has paid for it at a
price which staggers his manhood,
which murders the best thing in him.
Jt is the very nature of selfishness
to defeat its own ends. Th.i practise
of selfishness contracts, limits; stran
gles expansion, arrests development,
essons a man s ability, cuts down
his efficiency. It dries up one's sym
patic, makes the nature hard and
cold, and marbleizes the affections.
It is fatal to every quality of nobility
and grandeur; tearing down and de
structive to all character building:.
There are rich men in New York
who are conspicuously noted for the
absence of their names from among
those connected with all worthy ob
jectsmen who never give to the
poor, who never lend a hand to any
just cause. They take no interest in
politics, have no public spirit, belong
to no organizations whose object 19
to help humanity.
I hey are entirely and completely
wrapped up in themselves. They do
not see why they should spend their
money tor other than their pleasure
or that of their families. The result
is that they become so hardened and
greedy that they are not missed when
they have passed away. Not long
ago one of these men worth millions
died in New York, and scarcely a
half dozen people outside or his fami
ly went to his funeral.
v hat good are such people to a
community? They are like noxious
weeds or plants which sap nourish
ment from the soil, and so poison the
ground about them that nothing else
can grow in their vicinity. They
give out nothing. Their money is
like the tracks of the smaller and
more innocent animals which go into
the uens oi the lions ana tigers in
Africa. Their toes ore always to
ward the dens; nothing that is eata
ble ever comes back from them
The time will come when such men
will be looked upon as scourges of the
race and will die disgraced
No matter how much money you
may manage to get together, or what
position you may gain, you will be a
monster if your sympathies, your
heart qualities, have not been devel
oped; and this is impossible while
your mind is centered on yourself
No man can be human while he is
thoroughly selfish. Warmth of heart,
tenderness, kindness, a sympathetic
nature, love for one's kind are really
the qualities that make us human.
ithout these we are brutes, no mat
ter how cronreous our apparel or how
palatial our homes, bvery man is
wQf.i, riw o owi
Ti,Q nna:., f roiiin ictr ia
Q r.f tha rrrtn
wealth; the trouble with most people
is, however, that when they have ac
quired the money and are able to re
lieve distress, they usually lose the
inclination to do so. Selfishness,
which is often a minor failing of the
very poor, in the rich develops into a
dangerous beast. It feeds and thrives
upon greed, and often assumes the
proportions of a monster in the self
absorbed millionaire.
A person who constantly thinks of
himself, how he can advance his own
interests, never develops his manlier
qualities, his finer sentiments. The
self-centering thought never reaches
out, into thelarger, nobler part of our
nature. The better qualities of a self
ish person are dwarfed, undeveloped.
The colder, more barren qualities so
predominate in his make-upr that be
thinks of others only as possible helps
to himself.
Get away from yourself; interest
yourself in others; love them, help
them, or you will become as cold,
barren and heartless as an icicle.
There is only one way to develop
sympathy without which man is
but a beast and that is by loving,
taking an interest in, and trying to
help others.
Real happiness was born a twin,
and must be shared or lost.
Bill toters are said to meet with
more promising persons than any
other class of workers known among
men.
One of the largest rattlesnakes on
record, in this part of tbe country,
was killed near Blount 8 creek, in
Beaufort county, a few days ago. It
measured a little over six feet in
length, was nearly 12 inches in cir
cumference and had 19 rattles and a
button, which means, it is said, that
tbe snake was 20 years old.
It is noted in Tbe Manufacturers'
Record that Director MartiaV. Cal
vin, of the Georeia Experiment Sta
tion, Experiment, Ga., has issued a
pamphlet concerning corn produc
tion ia the. eotton-CTOwinir Scates
and in certain Eastern and Western
States. Among his interesting facts
is one that in 1907, in addition to
growing an immense cotton crop,
nine Southern States the Carol inae,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Lou-1
isiana, Texas. Oklahoma and Arkan
sas grew 158,475,000 more bushels
of corn than did Pennsylvania, Mich
igan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas,
North Dokota, South Dokota, Colo
rado and rsevr Mexico.
Peary gave further indications of
his smallness when he refused to let
Cook's records and instruments be
brought back to America on the
Roosevelt. Greenville Reflector. '
NORTH AND SOUTH.
Sections Once Divided by Warring
Strife Again' United in Bonds of
Fraternal Feeling New England
Paper Pays High Tribute to Jefferson
Davif, the South' Sacrifice.
Lexiogton Dispatch.
No Southern newspaper is more
Southern in spirit than this one.
Noue loves the South more, believes
more in the righteousness of the
South's cause in the sixties, vener
ates more freely the men who wore
the gray. We confess to any amount
of sectional prejudice, as we do to
any amount of dislike for Yankees.
There was a time when we bated
with unspeakable hatred everything
on yon side of the line which Messrs.
Mason and Dixon made. But we've
softened. The South has undergone
a change. Even the Confederate sol-
dier.loval unto death and if nossiblp.
afterward, no longer harbors in his
. ' . I ' I
bors in his
breast those herce passions which
marked his earlier years. Sectional
ism is passing, prejudice , is giving
way to nationalism, and while there
will always be certain natural differ
ences between the North and the
South, a larger day will sometime
usher in a reunited country in fact
as well as in name.
We are persuaded that the North
has changed and is changing. The
New Haven (Conn.) Register gives
surprising evidence that it is. Speak-
S T e TTt . T -.
ing oi jenerson uavis, tne XNew ning-
and paper, with a breadth of mind
that will make any Southerner open
his eyes, says: . " , . .-. -
"It is a century and a year since
Jefferson Davis was born. It is near
half a century since his cause was
lost. It is twenty years since his
death. WThat better time could there
be to signify, by the placing of his
statue in the nation's capitol, that
tne wounds oi that war are healed,
that in the blood of brothers shed
the Union is forever cemented on a
foundation that standeth sure?
There let his presentiment stand
erect, noble, commanding, impress
ive, as be stood in the days when he
was master of half a nation.
"It is high time that the mist
which for half a century has distort
ed the North's view of this son of the
South was cleared away. It is in
justice time that the man who in his
day suffered more than any other
Southerner for the cause in which' he
believed, should cease to be reckoned
as a traitor and coward, and be es
teemed for what he was a brave,
true Southern gentleman. Of that
host of true men who gave their best
and their all for the Confederacy be
cause in their deepest hearts they be
lieved they were doing right,, none
was more sincere than he. Of that
multitude who lined up for the strug
gle against their brothers of the
North, none was braver and none
nobler. His sacrifice was as extreme
us it was sincere, and his treatment
by the victors after the crash came
was sore medicine for a heart that
was breaking." .
- The South will welcome that utter
ance and will impulsively reach out a
band to JNew England in token oi its
appreciation. It is high time to
It is high
bridge the chasm. It will be bridged.
Let us hasten the day. Neither sec-
uou neeu lose us Jove ior me nero-
their worthiness as heirs of the heroi'
years by meeting on common ground
and standing first as Americans. The
South has already come to look on
Lincoln in a new light; the North is
beginning to see Davis as he was. A
monument showing these twoleaders,
hand clasped in hand, whould appear
well in our national capital.
The best people North and South
have ceased to wave the bloody shirt
and reprobate its waving by others.
Idleness the Worst Thin
Boy or Girl.
for a
This from the Virginia Citizen is
every
mother and every boy and girl: "The
worst start in life a boy or girl can
make is to cultivate idleness. Far
better for a community, as well as
for youth's future, if every girl would
find something: to do housework,
sewing, office work, - stenography,
bookkeeping, anything honorable
and every boy, rather than loar, idle
and gossip, would do something,
even if he earned but twenty-five
cent 8 a day. To see young men klll-
incr time stamps them back Tor
future preferment."
Money Comes In Bunches
to A. A. Chisbolm. of Treadwell, N. T., now.
His reason ia well worth reading: "For a
lone time I suffered from indication, torpid
liver, constipation, nerTonsnetM, and general
debility," he writes. "I couldn't sleep, bad
no appetite, nor ambition, grew weaker
every day in spite of all medical treatment.
Then used Electric Bitten. Twelve bottles
restored all my old-time health and rigor.
Now I can attend to btudneM every day. It's
a wonderful medicine." Infallible for Stom
ach. Liver, Kidneys, Blood and Nerves. 50c.
at Melville Dorsey'a.
Read and advertise In Gold Leaf.l
Ajfim Missies fbe6s!twl'ide!i- " : ; J 0
fpJvX clous blscolt, cabe end lit V -xjtv
pastpy;ccnveystafdod jjf $ j
V itcvV fheinosthealtlhlnlcl Ar
JIhNV fruit properties IjMrs
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SPECIAL RATES
Account STATE FAIR,
18th-23rd, 1009.
The. SEABOARD announces SPECIAL RATES TO RALEIGH, and in
addition, to their excellent regular train service, will operate special trains
irom riAAiii, w suuvvn, Lum,
lJly' 11 u, " rj&isn. i nuu inunouAi, KJjJDiua z
I.1 T " II H' I.TA VT7OT 4 V j mniTnoniv AfimAtinn o
The "SHOO FLY." Nos. 29 and 30.
day ana Thursday, will BTAKT from
Raleigh, 10:35 A. M.; returning leave Raleigh for Weldon 6:15 P. M. This
train will have extra coaches from Oxford leaving Oxford at 8:15 A. M.
SPECIAL TRAIN on Wednesday
will leave LOUI8BURG 7:30 A. M., arrivincr in Raleigh 9:05 A. M.': returning
leave Kaleigli o:o0 1VM.
SPECIAL TRAIN will leave HAMLET on Wednesday and Thursday,
October 20th and 2lst at 6:30 A. M.,
turning. leave Kaieigh 5:o0 P. M.
SPECIAL TRAIN will leave DUNN
Oct 20th and 21st, via. Durham & Southern Rvl, and Apex, arriving in Ral
eigh 9:00 A. M.; returning lea ve Raleigh 5:00 P. M.
All these trains will be provided with sufficient extra coaches to accom
modate the public. In addition' to.
will be provided with sufficient number
Tickets will be sold at very low
Urounds, October 16th to 23rd, with
ROUND TRIP RATES FROM 7
Henderson, $1.95; Oxford, $2.40; IVarreri
Plains, $2.65; tttiiren, $1.80. ""
For further detailed information
nearest SEABOARD AGENT or address
$ 1 2y0 O
- ir ' - Taf.
f
TO BE AWARDED AT THE
GREAT STATE FAIR,
Oct.
49th Annual Fair
EXHIBITS.
Break the
FREE ATTRACTIONS.
Beat the
RACING.
Outdo
CLEAN
Cap the
BIGGEST MIDWAY IN THE SOUTH.
No Dtist
Additions to Grand Stand Nearly Double Seat-
ing Capacity.
5 c Fare on Street Cars.
More Special trains than ever. Rate Round
Trip for One Fare.
For Premium List and other information, apply to
. ' -
JOSEPH E. POGUE.
Eon
Phone No. 8o
AND SPECIAL TRAINS
-VIA
Raleigh, N. C, October
MJUISUUtUi and UAJfUKlKtO KAL-
21st and 22nd:
on October 20th and 21st. Wednes
WELD ON at 7:00 A. M.. arr vine- n
and Thursday. October 20th and 21st,
,
arriving in Raleigh at 9:50 A. M.; re
7:00 A: M. Wednesday and Thursday.
this all regular trains during the week
of extra coaches to accommodate ALL.
rates, including one admission to Fair
final return limit October 25th.
relative to rates, schedules, etc., call on
the undersigned.
: OH. GATTIS,
District Passenger Agent,
Raleigh, N. G.
IKT PR IS IE
18-25, 1900.
Will Top the List in
Record in
Best in
Itself in
SHOWS.
Climax in
CROWDS. .
this Year.
Secretary. Raleigh, N. C
A JEWEt IS FOUND IN FUEL
that is bought from PoythW
coal yard. If you knew the ex
nf - r fri r
Celient qualities Or the Na-
nawha coal you would never
. r i .i
minx or oraenng any otner
Irinrl it VirlfortbemanwhocaJiirivetbesethings,
, . , - ,
you kci Diacic diamonds, snin-
J ..11 r
Vi
the all-coal coal is what you set
from Poythress.
J. S. POYTHRESS,
When the thoughtful men of Wake
county come to realize- just how
much tbe highway commission did
to build tbe roads of this county,
and how much it did to inspire the
people with a desire for yet better
roads than what they now have,
there will be few, if any, in the county
who will not be glad that such a com
mission existed. Men who are honest
and fearless are often abused and
misunderstood; but if they are really
honest and candid . and true to the
trust reposed yj the people, tUeir
vindication will never fail to appear
in due time. Raleigh State Demo
crat, i
-
Kodol ia for Djppepsia, . Indigestion, aonr
stomach, or for any stomach trouble. Kodol
ia rerj pleasant to take and it acts prompt
ly. It digests all the food yon eat, for it is
composed of the very sam digestive juice
that are fovnd in a healtr stomach. It is
guaranteed to relieve you and is sold here by
all Druggie ts. - - ...
PLAYING LOSING GAM.
Frequent Changes In Our Represents
tlves In Congress One Res son the
South Does Not Take a More Prom
lnent Psrt In Notlonsl Affairs A
Condition to be Deplored.
Correspondence News and Observer.
" To the Editor: Why is it that we,
as a people in the South, do not use
the same good judgment in our po
litical affairs that we do in other
circles of life? Frequent changes in
our Congressmen and State repre
sentatives are to be deplored. To be
a Congressman, such as the people
need, means much. His work is diffi
cult, requiring wisdom, tact intelli
gence, experience, grit and good com
mon sense. We have no school spe
cially set apart to fib men for such
places, and if we did there is no as
surance that they would be elected.
However, if he is to be efficient and
really represent the people he must
be familiar with these things and be
able at a moment's notice to weigh
the merits of a proposition that may
be sprung upon him unexpectedly.
The only way in which he can get
this knowledgeis by actual experience
asa member of that body; this takes
from two to four years. There must
be a beginning, but no community,
if they have stopped to think at all.
wants continually to be represented
by a beginner. Tbe new man, be he
ever so intelligent, labors at a great
disadvantage; the placa is new, the
work is new, his fellow Congressmen
are strangers, some of whom hail
from that part of our country whose
interests are the opposite to those he
represents, he must measure dollars
by the millions, and learn that be is
face to face with world problems. A
new man cannot find a public docu
ment without a guide.
The most important work of Con
gress is done in the committee room
The speaker, regardless or party,
elected from the ranks of those who
have been in office for a long term of
years. In appointing committees the
Speaker naturally does not give the
most important places- to the new
ana uncriea out to inose or espen
ence, whose ability is recognized oy
the assembly and the nation as well
New England and the Middle West
find efficient men and keep them there
regardless of the number of terms of
service, ouch men are always heard
when they speak, and to a large ex
tent thev shape the policy of our
government.
A sober thought will at once re
veal tbe disadvantage of a new man
A number of our stroncr men who
have established a good record, and
shown themselves to be men of abil
ity, and are beginning to be recog
mzed as such by tbe nation, bave
been lost to tbe government by the
popular delusion of rotation in oi
nee." It Deems to be whispered
abroad that someone else ought to
share the honors and draw tbe salary
for a few years; the unsuspecting peo
ple are caught with this false philoso
phy, tbe result is the efficient man is
asked to step aside and give place to
another new man; this means a loss
of another term or two so far as ser
vice to the people is concerned, while
the new man is learning bis work.
now HDDusiness nicei
I am not concerned about who gets
the salary, or who wears the honors,
. -v . - &
wnai i want is tne. man in our iiauon
and legislative assembly who can
honorably representourcountry ana
be tbe greatest benefit to his constit
uents. Suppose our railroads were
to dismisstheir conductors, engineers
and train dispatchers, men of experi
ence, efficient men, and employ a lot
of new men in their places simply be
cause they applied and just for the
sake of dividing honors and salary,
1 wbat would be tne resuiiT w
wnat wonia oe tne result: nrecits
.XXX
put untrained men in important po
sitions unless there are no others
available. Tbe same is true of our
fraternities and our institutions of
Ti&?232K
helps no one except the new man to
I tbe amount of salary and a few years'
! experience at tbe expense of the pub
I lie A seat in Congress is more than
a pension for tbe man who occupies
it. If he is to be a mere pensioner it
is best to leave him at home. What
need I care who represents ns in Con
! gress so long as be is an honest man,
capable, intelligent, a consecrated
Christian gentleman who does nis
-g' ""g-
swamp lands drained, propositions
too much for our local government,
hniMin hettr mail fnHlities
1 for the rural sections, the farmer,
iwno is xue country a uurueu hwmwi
i nee&t a higher considereration. I am
1 1 care not whether be has served nve
or twenty terras in Coneress. H a
I man has bad a fair trial and found
Lrf him .ttr at hnm and
I send some one in his place, but let txs
DO sensiuie ana stop mis cuduowu
stream of new men. winch means
1toa tr tViA fwnntrv-
' parker.
Teacher and
Some Observations for the
Consideration of Parents
Who Have Children in
School Teach Your Ghild
Respect for Lav"and Order,
that He Must Obey Because
it's Right to Obey, at School
- as Well as m the Home and
Elsewhere Get Away from
ihe Idea that the . Public
School is to Relieve You of
a Parent's Responsibility in
Training Your Children.
Brace Craven in Charlotte Observer.
Once upon a time a little girl was
in ecstacies over a dog and pony
show she had just seen, and tbe fond
mother thought the occasion appro
priate for the impressing of a great
moral lesson. So she said to the
child: "If a poor dumb brute like a
pony or a dog can do such smart
things, just think wbat a girl "Se
you ought to do." The cniia pon
dered on this for a moment and then
answered, "Well, mama, I reckon I
.would be as smart if I had been
trained as well."
I had just related this old anecdole
one day when a father of nine chil
dren intimated that it was presum-
tious in me to be giving ad vice about
training children. 1 asked him if his
nine were better or worse than when
they first came under his charge, and
he said be supposed they were a little
worse; and I then told him that
while he had charge of nine, I had
charge of 900; that I hod studied
them and profited by experience while
be bad not: that tbe average cbild
who came under my care was better
when he left it, while he acknowledged
that his were worse; that all people
assisted him in exercising his author
ity, while 1,800 parents and 3.500
brothers and sisters were working
against me more or lew; that I bad
charge of the children five hours and
their parents and the streets bad
them IV; and that finally a school
teacher s life was of few days and ml
bf trouble.
The gentleman was prevailed upon
to admit that I was at least entitled
to my opinion as well as he was to
his; whereupon I set down the fol
lowing observations in the nature of
an open letter to parents on the oc
casion of tbe opening of school:
IN'ever tell any one that your child
is not bad but just full of mischief.
The only difference between mischief
and meanness is that one is your
child and the other is your neighbor's.
Never brag about tbe truthfulness
of your boy. I once walked np sud
denly to a boy smoking a cigarette
and he clinched the thing in bis
closed fist and looked me square in
the eyes and declared without blink
ing (while the cigarette was burning
. a .a .a a
a blister in bis band) that be nau
never smoked one in his life. The
next morning the father brought the
son to see me, and said in his pres
ence that he knew he was full of mis
chief but that one thing he could
count on wus that be would never tell
a lie.
It is generally true that tbe chil
dren in school show plainly the char
acter of their parents. I know a man
who is a constant jester to tbe extent
that no one ever knows whether or
not he means what he says. II is boy
has no regard whatever for the truth.
Lack of reverence for truth in one
generation produces a chronic liar
in the next, as asthma in one may
produce tuberculosis in the next.
I claim to be a pure Democrat in
believing tbnt all men are created
equal and must depend upon them
selves only for success, but the longer
I teach school the more 1 am con
vinced that there is something in he
redity. Strong arguments are made
against corporal punishment in tbe
school room, but the strongest oi all
is that it is punishing the child for
the sins of the parents. When yon
hear of a parent trying to shift to
, the teacher the responsibility for bis
child s misconduct, you may kuow
that it is the moving of a guilty con
science. Ilefrain from frightening the child
at home with stories of what will
happen to him when be starts to
school. This practice is largely re
sponsible for the spirit of antago
nism that often exists between teacher
and pupil. The right thing is to cul
tivate the spirit of friendliness by
telling the children that tbey will tie
treated kindly and justly.
Get away from tbe idea that the
fmblic school's chief duty is to re
ieve you of parent's repponHibility.
It is true that tbe greatest thing
school can do is to reform character.
but it has a very poor chance to do
t without your aid.
A criminal is presumed innocent
until proren guilty beyond a reason
able doubt. Will you not give the
same consideration to tlte teacher
who is honestly and earnestly trying
to make tbe most and beat rf the
children in her care?
Do not claim to be a friend of tbe
school if yon are capable of allowing
to go unresisted an luie rumor or
slander that will impair the school's'
usefulne.
Visit the school and learn the
teacher's side of the question, and
know something of tier burdens and
responsibilities.
Persistently discourage the child
from being idle and loafing on tbe
streets and being away from home
any evening of tbe school week.
Assist tbe teacher in tbe effort to
teach the child to really study in
stead of the too common practice of
setting aside a few minutes for care
lei reading of the lessons.
Talk to the teacher and find out
wbat she wants yon to do and then
do it.' There is only one teacher and
(Continued on fourth page.)
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LAND SALE.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF THE
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on the 22nd dAv of Dwmber. 11MI0, and
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Monday. October 18th, 1909.
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at a stone. Man Clarke's and Wbittod's eor
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E. 11.25 chains to stake on W. side of New
Road and E. side of Old Road and aer
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along aaid Road N. 84 Vt E. 5 Oo rbains N.
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8. W E. of Htons on Northern side of said
Road; tbenca K. W. 22 IKI chains to a
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