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Schedule of Trains.
OlThefollai of
trains went into effect January
6,0907: .
' - Southbound.
: No. 73.03 P. M.
V rilJ-7.45 A. M.
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29-9.51 P. M.
312.54 A, M.
338.04 A. M,
357.15 P. M.
879.02 A. M. (
39 1.54 A. M.
43-6.27 P. M:
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Northbound. ,
No.' 85.45 A. M.
30-1.10 P. M.
32 X20 A. M.
34- 8.42 P. M.
36 -12.33 P. M.
38-ll;05 P. M.
403.23 A. M.
447.23 A. M.
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i COUNTY DIRECTORY. ,
Clerk Superior Court C. E. Godwin.
Register of Deeds S. L. Owen.
.Sheriff-rA. T. Delap. ,
Treasurer E. A. Rothrock.
County Commissioners J. A. Green,
J i,C. RiDDle. C. A. Davis.
County 'Superintendent Prof. P.
Ledford. 4
CPnty Board of Education W.
Am Vh'tn'n S. W. Finch, J.
L.
S.
c.
- CITY DIRECTORY.
Mayor Hon. Jno. H. Moyer.
X Aldermen G. W-'Montcastle, J. W.
Hoell, L. F. Weaver. B. G. Robbins,
Zenobianl. Walser. Meetings third
Monday night in each month.
Treasurer J, W. Noell.
Cierk-Z. 1. Walser,
Policemen D. E. Heplef, Chief;
B. Hayworth, Qv C, Ford.
J.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Me(lodist-Kev. J. N. Huggins. pastor. Ser
V , -Tices Sunday mornins at li:00 and Sunday
, ,veningat8.00. Prayer meeting Wednesday
. . 1 Mght at 780, Sunday School Sunday morning
- V fttlO.00: Mr. H. D. Scarboro. Sup't.
1 Bftntist-Bev. J. T. Riddick, pastor. Ser-
ti -i. : wv
-JzZ wflBv nirt Mi 3Q and Sunday
V- veiling at 8; prayer meeting Wednesday
- night at S o'clock; Sunday sehool Sunday
' ''"afternoon at 3 o'clock ; Mr. Otis Mendenhall ;
Superintendent,
S Lutheran-Bev. E. Fulenwider. pastor;
? rServlces Runday morning at 11 and Sunday
- vening at 8; Sunday school Sunday aftrnoon
at 3 o'clock ;Mr.HL Propst superintendent.
FirstReformed-Rer.-J. C. Eeonard.D.D.
f-i " - o!.aa Snndav morning at 11
o'clock and Sunday evening at 7. Sunday
, .gchocl Sunday morning at 9:30: J TlHeariok.
;- superintendent.
Methodist Protestant-Eev. Edward Suits
paator. Services on first, third and fourth
o...jiri: -at-1 1 a. m and Sunday evening at 7
-O'clock. Prayer meetin Monday night
i n Rnnriav school in the morning at
at
10
o'clock.
V'- Episcopalian-Rev J C Davis, B V. rector;
service secon and fourth Sundays. Morning
service at il and afternoon service at 4
p. m. Sunday school Sunday morning at
- .5: 0. A. Hunt. Jr.. superintendent.
"West End. Methodiet-Rev. 8. 8. Higgins.
pastor. Services second and fourth Sunday
.' m onfinndav evening at 7 o'clock.
a w i ' -
PvAr meeting Thursday night
at 7:80.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. S.
Superinten ent.
J. Coley.
Wade H. Phillips,
Attorney at Law.
Lexington. - . - ,
Pratices in the Courts, State and
Federal. Office in Henderson Block.
ZeD-V Walser.
Zenobianl. Walser
Walser a Walser,
;g Attorneys at Law,
r-ftxinetbn. - -
N.C.
Practice in all the Courts, State and
Federal. Money to loan in any amounts.
Dr. C. M. Clodfelter,
Physician and Surgeon
Lexington.
OfflC in Hotel March.
NC.
H. S. Radcliffe,
General Insurance.
Fire. Life, Accident, Employers Lia-
ility,
etc. We insure laoies same
. t
iWaa male risks. Office xn Dispatcn
Building.
T Office Phone No. ----- 115
t ToiMflnflo Phnne No. - - - 155
lOOlfiWW
Welborn's Model Barber Shop.
We have added a" bath room to our up-to-date
barber shop and are prepared
. . , -T . J luiflin r - amir
to furnisn not ana coiu . v
a A nuick shave, fashionable hair
prompt and polite
service, w e
Electric mas-
coucit yourr- paxron-gw.
:age a spee WELBORN, V .p.
LOCAL SELF-GOVtRNMENT.
Captain Swift Galloway, of
Greene, can always be depended
upon to liven up any debate in
which he takes a hand. In the
debate on the bill to allow Scot
land Neck to vote on the ques
tion of dispensary or prohibition
he submitted the following- Ire
marks: 1 "The people have inheritent
rights and the denial of them is
resented.
"Now you propose to deny the
people of historic, glorious old
Halifax, the right to be heard
through their legal representa
tives, to express themselves upon
a local question. There is an era
of fanactism upon this country,
that came here along with the
epizootic, the grippe and hog
cholera. It came here from the
Puritans who landed at Plymouth
Rock, who first got on their
knees an$ then on the aborigi
nees. I sometimes feel like
wishing that instead of their
landing on . Plymouth Rock,
Plymouth Rock had landed on
them. They tell me that in some i
.
sections of the State you have
laws which make a man a crim
inal if a certain amount of liquor
is found in his home and that an
upstart policeman has a right to
break into that sacred home, to
find out if he can find it. I do
riot hesitate tpsay that if I lived
in a community of free men who
would submit to such tyranny, I
should want to get an occasional
furlong and get relief from out
raged feelings by briet visits to
hell. An ant knows when to
quit crawling, a flea' when to
quit hopping, but some enthusi
astic fanatics never know when
If they do; not stop
somewhere' 4we; .will soon have, to
passing laws tb: protect them
from tnemselves, for this will be
a despotism pure and- simple un
less we return to the grand old
doctrine of local self-government."
A Nugget of Wisdom.
' 'There is more profit in a cow
than a bale of cotton," is the as-
sertion
W. D.
friends
court.
of county commissioner
Ruffin made to several
here while attending
"Beef cattle per head,"
he went on to explain, "could be
raised till ready for market for
less than it cost to make the cot
ton, with not one-half the attend
ant annoyance and difficulty of
gathering."
Mr. Ruffin says that he has
now 60 cows which he intends to
increase to 100, and that with
them and their increase he can
make abundant feed on the land
that would be required to make
100 bales of cotton and will de
rive annually a greater profit
than he could from the cotton.
The demand for food products in
this county is steadily growing,
and there is not one chance in
ten of an over-stocked food mar
ket there is for a cotton one.
If more farmers raised cattle
Ion a larger scale the scarcity of
f . .
labor would not exist in Hidge
combe;besides it would attract
more white immigration in a de
cade than cotton cultivation.
Tarboro Southerner.
Happy Hill School.
There was a very large attend
ance at the Happy Hill school
last Saturday. Prof. James
Leonard was the. teacher. The
exercises were of a high order
and showed the teacher had done
splendid work. The exercises
were the very best. Zeb V.
Walser, Esq., delivered the ad
dress. The day was beautiful.
A Visitor.
THE RALEIGH DISPENSARY.
The Durham Herald emo
cratic) thinks it is strange that
dur ing the whole session of the
legislature there was no Jegis
.. . 1. il nil1.!
lation in regard to r-ne jrvaieign
dispensary, and it adds that, "in
this day of moral reform by the
aid of law, it is curious to mote
how easy it is to make a - bad
thing god in one place wheyeas
it is hell in another." It it
strange at all. when you sto
consider the crowd that bave
made the laws. If a dispensary
can be used to political advan
tage, then they think it a good
thing. Where the dispensary
managers or saloon managers
are not in harmony with the j ma
chine, then that dispensary, or
saloon, is a "hell, hole" and
should be closed. The local
Democratic politicians do not ob
ject to the Raleigh dispensary.
In fact they rather like it, it
helps to pay them good salaries
and act as a recruiting station
for their par' y. And, instead of
the legislature enacting any laws
against the dispensary, many of
.1 -a - . . - 11 '.
them helped to greatly swell its
receipts while they were in Ral
eigh. It is all wrong for Wades
boro, Marion and many other
towns to sell whiskey in any
shape or form. But in Raltigh
the politicians want it that
makes it right. Exchange.
Democratic Self-GoYemment.
The Durham Herald says the
Democrats are strong advocates
of local self-government where
they happen to be ir the major
ity. Yes, they have tried to de
stroy local self-government in
Stokes, Surry, Wkei&Sai!
publican county iri the State.
They have taken Surry county,
one of the largest Republican
counties -in the State, and have
placed in the Fifth so as to make
the Eighth district surely Demo
cratic in the future. The legis
lature was sent here to enact
laws for the gcod of the State,
but instead they have enacted
partisan laws to punish Republi
can counties and to give Demo
cratic office-seekers jobs in those
counties, and these Democrats
did not have any more self-respect
than to acce the jobs to
which they could not be elected
by the people who knew them.
Caucasian.
The Man Who Sneers.
The sneer is an arrested bite.
It is a mark of the savage. The
man who sneers is that much
less of a gentleman. The sneerer
would bite if he was not afraid
to do so. He is a coward. The
sneerer is a savage whether he
sneers in print or not. If he
writes down his sneers he has
not removed himself from the
ranks of savagery. He yet re
mains one of the worst savages,
however his English be polished
and his style sparkling. The
sneer turns into a bite whenever
the savage who indulges in it ac
quires courage. While he is a
coward it remains an arrested
bite. Exchange.
A Great Contest.
Our readers are requested to
watch out for the announcement
of a great voting contest. We
will give notice in a few weeks.
No coupons in this contest. The
prizes will be the best ever of
fered. Watch out for the notice.
According to our way of look
ing at it the dirtiest work of the
legislature was in saddling a
Democratic beard of county com
missioners on Sampson, a Re
publican county. Durham
Herald.
WORK IS SUSPENDED.
5 Mi."
inston-Salem, March 15.
Wq&C on the Southbound Rail-
been suspended, not
abandoned, as has been reported.
Innhteryiew this , morning
witfr Mr. H. E. Fries, president
pi ihi? company, it was learned
that; the chief engineer's office in
this" city will be maintained. Mr.
3PVies expressed the opinion that
(the ' suspension of the work
Wiild pnly; be temporary. This
action, it is held, is the result of
adverse railway legislation in
North Carolina and xther South
ern States, which has seriously
affected Southern railroad stocks',
making it more difficult-to get
financiers to put their money in
new goods. The large amount
of money already expended on
the Southbound, however, leads
those who are interested to be
lieve that the road swill be built
as soon as decent railroad legis
lation can be analyzed and the
money market becomes more
elastic.
NOTICE!
The North State will within a
a few weeks inaugurate another
contest. The prizes will be at
tractive. Our friends are re
quested to watch out for it. The
terms will be stated later on.
Tell your friends about it.
Hole in the Watch Key.
"The queerest patent?" said
the attorney. "Well, the queer
est patent I know of was the
patent of a hole.
"An old farmer out St. Louis
ja patented hole, and-wbatia
SE SoWthotigh, it isn't worth
the paper it is written on.
'This farmer one morning in
the dim past went to wind his
big silver turnip and found the
key stuck full of dirt. He tried
to dig the dirt out with a pin.
No go.
" 'Consarn ye,' he said, Til
fix ye.'
"And he drilled a hole in the
key, and with a single breath
blew out every bit of the dirt.
"He patented that hole. He
built a factory, bought millions
of keys and made holes for them.
His patent turned out 27,500
holes a day.
"In fact all the world used the
farmer's watch keys, which were
the only kind that would keep
clean and the old fellow got rich.
"That, of course, was in the
dim past The hole factory is
only running on half time now,
for few persons today use any
save the stem-winding or keyless
watch."
New and Observer in a Trust.
When the anti-trust bill
was
being discussed a few days ago
in the House, Mr. Grant, Repub
lican, from Davie, offered an
amendment to include the As
sociated Press, but the House
voted it down. They were afraid
of the editor of the News and
Observer. Mr. Grant showed
that the News and Observer had
contaact with the Associated
Press that it should not furnish
news service-to any other morn
ing Tpaper within fifty miles of
Raleigh. Mr. Grant told the
House that the Morning Post
had to suspend business on ac
count of this trust and proved
conclusively that the Observer
was in a trust, but the Demo
crats of the House, though great
trust busters, voted down Mr.
Grant's amendment,
do not look alike to
Caucasian. .
All trusts
Democrats.
GOOD ROADS.
We are for good roads. We
don't care whether they are built
by taxation or bonds; Anything'
suits us. We all want them f
want them quick and bad. We
simply want an "opportunity
vote for them. We don't care
whether they are all over the
county or iust a part of it. If
the county won't vote f or g(
roads, let each township have an
opportunity to do so. The .pres
ent roads are simply an abom
nation and a disgrace. Decent
and civilized people ought not to
stand it. Let us have better
roads. We are at least one
thousand years behind the times.
These roads ought to be built by
contract. All railroads are built
by contract. The money nec
essary to build good roads in this
county will hardly be acceptable
to the people. If the people will
arouse themselvee, get down to
business, and go to thinking and
talking something will be done.
Shall we eternally pull through
the present rivers of red mud?
The Solicitor of this district ought
to indict every man who drives
his horse or male not over but
through and under the present
mud canals. The punishment in
flicted on the beasts of burden in
this county because of the pres
ent ocean of mud is nothing short
of cruel and heartless punish
ment. We saw a horse the other
day that had pulled a vehicle
through the mud until it was en
tirely exhausted. Let. us quit
talking about our Christianity
until we are willing to provide
decent highways along which we
may drive our mules and horses.:
It is simplyva-f raudo.patf ;ad
long as we remain ' m the state
Of Barbain fit for the South Sea
Islands. These are plai-i words.
Once in a while it-becomes nec
essarry to call a spade a spado
and a saw a saw. Let us be up
or shut up. We want better
roads and better schools. We
cannot get the schools until we
get the roads. Children can't
wade two miles through the red
mud to the school house. Let us
hear less about the Glorious
Fourth of July. It is all "bosh"
and "rot." We will have faith
in the people. Let us suund the
trumpet, hoist the banner of
progress and march to the front.
It is high time. Now or never.
Mr. J. W. Noel, one of the
trustees of the Orphanage, and a
very valuable and intelligent cit
izen of the county, made before
the committee on temperance,
Wednesday of last week, a speech
of great clearness and foJce
acainst the establishment oi a
dispensary in Lexington. To
him, more than any other man in
the county, we owe our gratitude
for the unfavorable report by
that committee on the bill grant
ing an election on this question.
The town of Lexington is fortu
nate, indeed, in having so fine a
citizen. Charity and Children.
Henry Watterson says that the
oddest and most humorous trans
position of the type that ever
came within his observation was
in a New York paper which used
to print its shipping news on the
same page with the obituaries.
One morning a long list of re
spectable names were set forth
under the marine head, "Passed
Through Hell Gate Yesterday. ' '
Do you want to buy a beautiful
lot cheap? If so, see me at once
or attend the sale ' Saturday,
Marc 3rd. -
. I. Walser, Com'r.
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FROM OOR EXCHANGES. -
the piAKcjdB
jsupenor:
:If'iithatSbS:
save
when an infendr one cbines along.
snowed sunder fcjflierWrabid
wIHhelBgfc
tries to thumil evejrybTCin Coh-
gress who don't ae with i him
he migt get to rcprhe hbmi ! feefe
foremost at government expense.
If his procedure at Ilaleigh -the
other day laCsIeJgf
stetesmanship: idSSlSoi
Eighth districtista3te
the good Lord help those" moun
tain people. Charlotte People's
tper.- . . ymi&xP
There have been several fights
at Raleigh during the legislature.
In addition to the actual fights a
lot of bluff games have rbeen
pulled off, which were intended
to show bravery where bravery
doesn't exist If it's an hrmnr
for legislators to engage 'in
growls, bluffs, fisticuffs, 'theh weV
submit that a crowd nf Thnwoo
cats and bull dogs could beat the
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statesmen" an to pieces at that
kind of a game, and it would be
less expensive to the tax-payers
to pull off the cat and dog,fights,
without any pretention or daim
to statesmanship. Our Home ,
(Independent.) " - ;
A little boy had been told re
peatedly .that Jfemust never
for: anything infr tho". tcble 1
pvas ;servea. uneT" day-rvhiler "
dmmg -,at a neighbor's with his4
mother, the 5 little fellow was ;
overlooked. Pat ien ce finally ' ;
ceased to be a virtue, and- in an ' -audible
whisper he said: ."'Mama,
do little boys go to heaven when"
they starve to death?" Ex. 1 .
The quintessence 0f teafing -from
RepubhKt;ounties
been maurate by the Demo-
Raleh- It used to b& -h.OiCi
Rob( son arid save trm RtsrfH
stuff ballot boxes, count out Re
publicans and make false election
returns.
It is more decent thi
think, to pass an act, and tak
the offices and control away frorx 1
Republicans in Republican coun--ties.
It looks like a littleVde- 1
cency would be found inthe
dominant political jparty,nd that
they would not "completely de-"
scroy every vestige of local self
government in thisState.'-Davie
icecord. ,
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The Committeee appoinetdy
the House of Representatiye's to :
investigate the charge jnade by
R. W. Simpson, former editor of
Raleigh Times, that Josephus .
Daniels influencedfthe Committee -to
include the 60 mile limit in
rate bill so asNto punish Henry
Page, made their report to House
before adjourning. They, mad
no recommendations to the legis- ;
lature, but took the opportunity
to vent some of. their wrath '
Mr. 4 Simpson .and Rev Plato"4'
Durham,;and say the charcra
false. How the. Committee found
out the charges were false we dor.
not. Know. We attended tho -
report also, .
hut we did jiot hear anything to
disprove the cliaree fe S
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informants, .ibkm'6bka9-i
mean that they were lyinfc 'Whoif
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