THE I
MONROE
JOURNAI
VOLUME XIII. NO. 46
MONROE, N. C, TUESDAY JANUARY 1, 1907.
One Dollar a Year
Cleanliness Alwaus.
'Phone 149 and we will send one of our wagons promptly to
your residence. While we make a specialty of laundering
SuiKTd, Collar and Cvfkk, we are prepared to do Clean
ISO, Pbkksiso and Dvisu of all kinds. :: :: :: :: :: ::
Wi win wish and dry your Clothes it Three cents per pound,
dry weight; er wish, dry and starch them at Four cents per pound.
Please aeud your work, together with a list of same, as early
as possible in the week, and we will always have it done on
time. If you do not send list of articles, we eanuot lie respon
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LETTERS FROM ABROAD, tutioul. At the head of the Senate' male in this part of theeonutry.
.two Senators are elected for four. Horses are osed altogether.
Tt.. f.rt. Hnm. .1 it,. aflnn 5nnf thy take the chair as It is a singular fact that uoeonn
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Monroe Steam Laundry
J. J. Lockhwt. Proprietor.
Warm,Dry Feet Blake Health,
SaveWealth andProlongLife!
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Right Now We are Feet Doctors.
We charge nothinor prescriptions
Here Is Our Medicine:
Good Shoes that will fit the feet, wear well and
last a long time; shoes that w ill keep the feet
dry and warm In wet and cold weather. We
have been doing a good deal In the shoe line for
a long time but now we are DOING MORE
THAN EVER. Every kind of shoe for men,
women and children, flore of them to select
from than we have ever had. We sell you
once; we sell you all the time. This Is shoe
time; our's Is the place.
HcRae Mercantile Company.
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More Lasting,
More Appreciated, i
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Than a Handsome Piece of Furniture.
Look over our stock.
T. P. Dillon,
Leader In Low Prices on
High Class Furniture.
5tore phone 7;
Residence Phone 84.
The Monroe Fouitru Association
Will Hold Its Second Annual Show in Monre
in the Shute Hall
January the 8, 9. 10, and II, 1907.
1 y Get your Chickens, Turkeys,
"s r.PPtn Ihir.kt. and all net
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stock ready, enter them in
this show, and WIN some of
the valuable prizes. The
Association has gone to con
siderable expense to make
this show one to be remem
bered. Our CASH premiums
run from 50 cents to iu dol
lars and our SPECIALS from
SO cents to IS dollars each.
Why Not Try to Win
Some of Them.
You can if you have the right stock, fcnd if you do not you
advertise your birds ana neip oui a gooa cause, tome auu
tirinrf ap tn(t vmir hirdt. thev will be taken food care of
from the time they reach us.qqqiq3q
T P. Mim See. R. A. MORROW. Pres. i
Are your children troubled with
croup, colds, chapped hands and lips?
Simpson's Magic Cream will positive
ly cure it or money refunded. Price
25c. Trial package can be secured at
our drug store.
J
. C. N. SIMPSON, Jr.
The National and the State Sys
tem ol Germany Somewhat
Like United States.
By A. M. STACK.
ttvpj rurhinl. I", b; K. '. K11.1 it I
No. 2.
Where I am and near here oecu
pying the spare between the rivers
W eser and Elbe several huudred
years ago there lived a tribe of peo
ple called the Ancles. Not far
southeast of herelivetl another tribe
called the Saxons. Where they
came from iuto this territory is not
known with any degree of certain
ty. There are those who believe
that they were descendants of the
lo-t tribes of Israel, and there are
reasons for so believing. They
were a hardy, adventurous people
and many of them pushed on west
ward, crossed the North Sea iuto
Driuiu, later the Atlantic iuto
America, ami today their descend
ants are found in every clime.
Whether or not they were of the
ieople to whom were committed
the oracles of (iod, may always rest
in conjecture. But, certain it is,
the Anglo-Saxon people are today
the ones who are going into all the
world and carrying with them the
light of civilization and Christian
ity. May not this great race be ol
the chosen peoplef
The people who occupy this ter
ritory now are a fusiou of Frisian
Saxon blood. They are the pure
Caucasian, with blue eyes, light
hair and rosy cheeks. Iu the crisp
air of the early morning their
cheeks are red. They are of a seri
ous turn of niind and laugh but lit
tle. Business is business with them.
They are dominated by the com
mercial idea, anil Bremen is the
second largest port in Germany,
the largest being near by on the
Elbe and built up by the same kind
of people.. The siiuiial imports at
this place amount to over 1 -'.", -(MH),(KK),
of which four-fifths is raw
cotton from the Southern States.
The city claims to stand next to
Liverpool as importers of our cot
ton. It is ulso one or t lie largest
foreign buyers of Virginia and
North Carolina leaf tobacco.
These people are our kin folks-
distant relatives, so to s)eak. On
the market square stands a monu
ment to Johann Sinidt (John
Smith). Likely he was a kinsman
of all the Smiths in America. lint
to see these folks is to be proud ol
them, for they are all good looking.
The men are haiidsome and the
women are beautiful. My wife has
several times remarked that the
girls are real beautiful. I had been
thinking the same thing but did
uot express myself.
One sees but few very aged peo
ple. Whether they have killed
themselves prematurely drinking
lieer or are kept iu by the miser
able weather I cannot say. The
sun seldom shines at this time of
year. When it does shine it is uot
two hours high above the horizon
at noon and it sets liefore four
o'clock. It rises late in the day-
hut earlier than I do.
The German way of administer
ing public affairs has a few things
similar to ours, but it would re
quire a book to point out the dif
ferences. There is little system or
uniformity. We are accustomed
to associate with the German Em
pire the idea of great strength and
power. That is true so far as we
are coucerued, or so far as other
nations are concerned. As to third
parties it is great, but inside of
Germany it is a small potato.
W hen it comes to home utlairs,
each State is all powerful and the
imperial government a mere sale
guard Bgainst foreign powers.
National interference iu State mat
ters and Federal injunctions are
iiuheard of. When the different
States and separate governments
were re-uuited after the Franco
Prussian war, the union was for
military strength and self protec
tion. The States reserved just
about all of their previous powers
as independent governments. For
instance, Bremen reserved even the
right to desiguate the imperial cus
toms officer for this port, and Ha
varia, under its reserved rights,
owns and operates its owu postal
system, its telegraph, telephone
and express business The Km
peror of Germany draws no salary
as such, but only as King of Prus
sia. Then certain States or cities
are leagued togetner aim run a
side show on their own account.
The Supreme Court of the State of
Bremen does not even sit in the
State, Bremen, Hamburg and Lu-
beck are old Hanseatic cities and
the Supreme Court of the three
holds its sessious in Hamburg.
The judges of this court are elected
from the three cities. Then, again,
the city of Bremen is bigger than
the State of liremen that is, the
citv controls the State. It is the
old city Idea or Athens and lwnie,
and later of Venice and Geuoa.
Each 8tate sends representatives
to Berlin in proportion to popnla
tion Senate as well as House,
Bremen sends one Senator and
Prussia alxnit eighteen. The Sen
ator from Bremen is elected by the
State Senate, and the member of
lower House at Berlin by popular
vote.
The State Legislature of Bremen
is composed of 16 Senators, elected
for life by the lower House and the
Senate. Under the constitution
president of the body alternately try in Continental Eurojie speaks
each year. The acting Presideuttoue languace on I v. In Cernianv
of the Senate is also Mayor of
Bremen. The House is composed
of l.'iO members, who are elected by
classes; that is, the merchants elect
a certain number, the mechanics a
certain number, and all other peo
ple a certain number. One class
eanuot vote for a candidate of
another class. The large Socialist
vote would elect all the members
were it not for this class represen
tation. This legislature makes all the
laws for the State, and it makes a
lot of them. They regulate every
thing by law. But this regulation
by law is not leveled so much ax
the individual as at those who deal
with the public in a 'business w
As oue man expressed it, referring
to bis favorite subject, "If yon buy
a glass of lieer, the seller must fill
up the glass or yon can call a police
man and make him fill it up." All
the different callings are regulated
by law, even the chimney sweeps,
street cleaners, etc A schedule of
prices is posted at the depot. Beer
'.'J cents per glass, a pretty fair
cigar for 1!J cents, but the import
ed Americau cigar is high. Nearly
all of the men smoke; all drink
beer, lieer is for sale at alwut
every other house. If ou the ground
lloor the sign will be, "Bier Halle";
if in a cellar the sign will be, "Bier
Keller," or "Bier Tunnel." Beer
is usually sold by young women. 1
did uot learn whether or not
that occupation diminished their
chances of marriage; I should thiuk
uot, owing to the popularity of the
beverage iu Germany.
All nieu engaged in the public
service must wearuuifornis. Those
in one branch wear blue, those in
another green, those in another
brown, etc. Judging from the num
ber of uuifornis worn, it looks like
a fourth of the male population is
engaged iu the public service. But
the railroads, express, telegraph
and telephone are all operated by
the government, as well as the pos
tal system. Likewise, the street
cars belong to the public service.
The court system is not so simple
as ours. The civil and criminal
courts are kept separate. Juries
decide by a majority verdict Un
der their system there is no such
thing as one man having as much
sense as his eleveu associates and
prevei.ting a decision of issues. If
a litigant is too poor to employ a
lawyer he is given one in both
civil and criminal matters.
The imperial government owns
and operates the telegraph, tele
phone and express business as a
part of the postal department of
tho empire, except in Bavaria.
The railroads are owned by certain
of the States. Tho two systems
runuing iuto Bremen are owned by
other States, one by Prussia and
the other by the Grand Duchy of
Oldenburg. The roadbeds are
simply splendid and accidents rare
ly ever occur. Their trains, how
ever, are shabby affairs. Thereare
four classes. .Often one coach Is
for three classes the third at each
end, the second next to the third,
and the first class in the middle.
The difference is mainly in the
seats. The fourth class passengers
have to stand, their cars resembling
somewhat our cattle cars. When
you have to change cars at a small
town where the connections are
poor, aud where they have not so
much as heard of the English lan
guage, the, annoyance is almost
enough to "make a preacher cuss."
The people themselves are just a
little too clever and good natured.
No matter what you ask them they
will either say or nod "yes." Too
much of that kind of information
causes confusion and errors. The
trains make good time. Wherever
the public highways cross the rail
road some one is stationed to keep
the gate. The keeper has a snug
house to stay in. I u the rural sec
tions the gates are usually kept by
an old bag who tries to see bow
unprepossessing she can look.
Every one whose income is over
225 must pay an income tax. A
part of this tax is paid over to the
imperial government, and the State
pays uo other State tax to the
national government, inis tax re
ceived from the Slates, together
with the customs, postal, telegraph
and telephone receipts, go to pay
the expenses or the army, navy and
foreign service. The taxes on real
and other property all go into the
State treasury.
They have a rather peculiar tax,
called the invalid and old age tax.
This is levied ou the laboring class
aud is a species of insurance. All
who work for others and earn less
than $500 per year must pay a tax
for the support of the aged and
sick of their class. Even the ser
vaut eirls must pay this tax month
ly, and a policeman comes around
to collect it from those who work
bv the month or the year. Those
who do jobs here and there (and
who cannot so easily be kept np
with) must bny insurance stamps,
and when they work a day lor
person they must paste a stamp in
a small book required by law to be
kept for that purpose. This applies
to washer women and those who do
odd jobs. The employer must see
to it that the laborer sticks the
stamp in the book or he is liable to
a nue. (But wouldn't such a law
jolt some of our colored people who
have no regular employment!)
there is high Dutch and low Hutch.
High Dutch is the language of Mar
tin Luther and made popular by
his writings. The low Dutch is
spoken niaiuly by the farmers.
The "low" refers to the soil they
occupy and not to their social posi
tion. A servant girl coining to the
city from the couutry sjieaks low
Dutch and must learn high Dutch.
Then, also, the language in South
ern Germany is uot exactly the
same as here. On several show
windows here are the words, "Eng
lish spoken," but it is mighty poor
English. On a cigar window war,
"English spoke." I went in for a
smoke, and incidentally to get a
few broken remarks ou other mat
ters, but be didn't "spoke" it
at all.
I took a spiu out in the couutry
a day or so since to give the farm
ers some advi'-e, but as they could
not understand my "high" English,
they missed some agricultural wis
dom. I greatly desired to advise
them to build their houses differ
ently and to stop their social rela
tions with their stock and cattle.
Most of them have just one large
house and everybody and every
thing lives uuder the one roof. The
family, the horses, cattle, hogs,
sheep, chickens, cats and dogs all
live together upon the most friend
ly terms, but iu separate apart
ments. The lower animals enter at
a large double door in one end, aud
a laige hall, if I may so term it,
leads up near the middle of the
house. Ou one side are the stalls
and pens and just across is the
kitchen, so that the odors of fried
ham and ammonia may mingle in
the most health-giving perfection.
The family live iu the other end.
Iu the villages the stable eud of
the house fronts ou (he street As
I walked along the street iu oue
villuge aud passed one of these
omnibus residences, an old cow
stuck her head out at me, wearing
a most benignant expression on her
face. Evidently she enjoyed social
equality with her owuer, aud her
pleasing counteuauce was also in
tended as a welcome to the stranger
within the gate.
Nearly all of these villagers wear
large wooden shoes made in the
shape of a steam tug. Men, women
aud children wear them. When
two meu meet they can scarcely
pass each other on the street. 1
met one fellow who had very large
feet He looked as if he had poked
them in two hollow logs. When
the village school turns out you cau
hear the children's shoes striking
on the paved streets for two huu
dred yards.
The public highways are main
tained by State taxes aud they are
kept in most excellent condition,
many of them paved with stone.
Private roads are also required to
be kept iu good condition by the
government. The splendid roads
enable the farmers to carry large
loads with one horse.
There is not freedom of speech
or of the press in Germauy. No
matter what your opinions of the
government or its officials may be,
you had better keep quiet if you
don't want to lie in prison. There
is no such thing as publicly "cuss-
ng out" the administration. No
oue complains at this, for it has
always been so with them. In
America we have the other ex
treme, where lilierty of the tongue
and of the press, iu discussing pub
lic men, has about "run to seed."
Bkkmkx, Gekmaxv.
Possesses wonderful medicinal
power over the human body, re
moving all disorders from your
system, is what Ho! lister's ltocky
Mountain Tea will do. Makes you
well, keeps you well. .'15 cents,
tea or tablets. English Drug Co.
Many a man talks as though he
considered himself chief adviser to
the Almighty.
From the Antilles,
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy benefits
a pity councilman at Kingston, Jamai
ca. Mr. W. U Keilly rogarty, wuo is
a member of the city council at Kings
ton, Jamaica, West Indies, writes as
follows: "One bottle ot Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy had good effect on a
cough that was giving me trouble and
I think I should nave been more quick
ly relieved if I had continued the rem
edy. That it was beneficial and quick
in relieving me there is no doubt sod
it is my intention to obtain another
bottle." For sale by English Drug Co.
THE LEPER HOSPITAL OF HA
VANA-
ten of them must be lawyers, three I But there are no colored people in
merchants, while the calling of Aortnern uermsny. inanacisug-
three is optional (The lawyers gesta another idea
had a hand in making that consti- mules here, either.
there are no
There is not a
Writer Describes the Place Where
are Confined the Victims Being
Eaten by the Loathesome Di
scs se-
Tbe following description of the
leper hospital in Havana, Cuba, is
taken from the Havana Post, a
daily paper published iu English,
of Den-ember 1 7th, the copy of
which is seut The Journal by Mr.
Cyrus Trull, attached to the United
States Army iu Cuba :
I was always curious. That trait
has I wen with me siuce my youth.
This has led me into many strange
experiences, aud the strangest of
all is the visit to the leper hospi
tal. which I nide yesterday.
On the way to Vedado I saw the
old gray building loom up before
me, and filled with a desire to see
the aftticted, how they were treated
and the varied stages of the disease
as depicted by the in mutes, I en
tered aud gave my card to the head
physician, telling liiui as I could
of my desire.
Courteously bidding me be seat
ed, the physician went to another
floor aud returned with a Sister of
Mercy. The sister could speak
English fluently and bade me come
with her through the varied de
partments of the hospital.
Our fiast stop was iu the wo
mau's ward, where twenty-four of
the oue hundred odd iuuutes are
confined. Banging from girls four
teen years old to an iiuls-cile blind
woman of seventy, show the rav
ages of the unconquerable disease.
Iu the case of the young girl,
the large, grayish spots ou the
face aud hands, the tlnu suit of
hair aud the vague, depressed look
ou her face showed that the disease
has claimed her as a victim. Her
case, however, is repulsive only
when oue realizes that she will be
a mass of sores iu a few short
years.
Next to lie seeu is a woman who
shows plainly the inroads of the
disease. Her face and arms are
ulcerated, her toes and fingers are
missing, aud her general appear
ance indicates that her days are
fast coming to a close. Many other
women are similarly alllicted, their
toes, fingers, and in some cases
their arms are missing, thus show
iug the repulsiveness of the disease.
I iidoubtedly the worse case to be
seeu iu the woman's ward is a wo
man, possibly 70 years old. With
oue side of her face devoid of all
shape, due to the inroads of the
disease, her nose gone, and one eye
eaten out by the virulent bacilli,
she is passing her days iu excru
ciating agony, notwithstanding the
patient is said to lie devoid of pain
the greater portiou of the time.
The mass of ulcers and the de
cayed appearance of her face and
feet little resemble the being that
a few yearn ago was oue of the
most beautiful women iu Havaua.
Her case is said to be similar to
others. She contracted the disease
in some unknown manner, aud was
forced to enter the hospital, where
she now passes her last days, a
crooning imbecile.
On our way from the women's
ward I had opportunity to ques
tion the sister.
"Oh, no," she paid, in response
to a question, "we do uot fear the
disease. I have beeu with the le
pers for the past twenty years and
have no fear of contagion. I do
not know whether the disease is or
not transmissible, but in my years
of experieuce, have never known
one of the sisterhood to become
leprous."
When asked whether she pre
ferred that the hospital should lie
removed to an island or should be
kept on the mainland, the sister,
with a sweet smile, said :
"Personally, it makes no differ
ence to us. Whatever will be liest
for our poor patients will satisfy
us. We do not care where they
plaee us, as long as the alllicted
will be comforted. 1 think, per
sonally, that an island on the north
coast, where the air is pure and
dry, and w here there are no mos
quitoes would be the lsst place for
the lepers. There they would lie
isolated, would have plenty of pure
air and good ventilation, aud
would be able to secure much ex
ercise."
During the talk the sister did
not once talk of the hardships she
and her co-workers undergo in
their voluntary work. Far from
her home, in a far away New
England State, this sister has la
bored for the past twenty years President
among the lejiers. Tirelens m her
ue vol ion. uenying tiersell all the
comforts of life that she may alle- "Teddy
A5 REPORTED IN A viZOVV
Roosevelt's Panama
Trip by Country Editor.
'.a.-.lUli.
llixisevclt IHmu his
viate the pain aud trouble of the arrival lioaided the railroad tiwh
most afflicted of creatures, this sis-1 aud "rid ai riv-s" His Imiuii (as
ter, and the rest of her sisterhood, ! uow s-ld i, and w adi-d tut nine
examples or uatures miles into the Paeihe ocean, where
noble women.
Surely in the great hereafter the
reward given by the IV-ity is in
accordance with the deeds of the
temporal life, the Sisters of Mercy,
stationed at the Saiut Lazarus hus
pital w ill enjoy their mede of joy
w here the miud is free from trouble
and the soul is at rest
Continuing the visit, the differ
eut departments, including the
labratory, the liuen room, kitcheu,
diniug room aud baths were all in
spected. All showed the devoted
care bestowed by the. Sisters of
Mercy and their assistants.
In the men's ward cases similar
to these seeu across the ball were
to be noticed. The incipient cases,
separate from the more deeply
seated, are on the first floor. They
are, judging from their satisfied
appearauce, contented and happy,
knowing they are receiving the
best of attention.
Throughout all the wards on the
men's side cases of all descriptions
were seeu. All, however, seemed
happy and spoke hopefully of the
day. when they will be discharged
as cured.
Ucturuing towards the women's
ward a nauseating odor was w afted
from a small room separated from
the liiaiu ward by a serecu door.
There lies a woman that visitors
are not allowed to see. Her limbs
are goue, her eyes are no more, and
blood-red sockets, covered by halt-
eaten eyelids, proclaim that her
days are short. Not a spot on her
body is free from ulcers, matter-
ated and swolleu. Long ago her
fingers, hands, toes and even parts
of her legs have dropped from her
body, sacrifices to the revengeful
disease.
To approach the repulsive mass,
for such is the appearance of the
dying woman's body, would sicken
any one but the most hardened.
Perhaps if all the tilth of Havana
were piled iu a heap and then
burned the odor emanating would
be comparable to that of the sick
ening mass of diseased flesh aud
bones that was once the shapely
body of a woman, and is uow but a
a pile of unrecognizable matter,
where disintegration long ago
set iu.
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Need of a Reformntory.
Mirohvtllr Hume.
If the next Legislature does noth
ing but provide a place for youth
ful criminals, it . will have done
enough to deserve a good page iu
history. If an erring grown per
son who is naturally possessed of
sufficient ambition aud energy to
succeed and liecomc a useful citi
zen is sentenced to the chaiugaug
or peuitcntiary he uever has cour
age enough to try to outlive the
odium and shame that such seu
tcuee carries with it, and he nearly
always comes out of his ptiuish
uient a dwarfed and cramped fel
low, if he is not even worse iu
principle than he was before serv
ing the sentence. There is no
chance for him to take au houora
ble position iu society, and feeling
this deeply he is humiliated aud
his eucrgy is stifled. Knowing
how true this is, judges frequently
show mercy to a young man for
his first otlense, and properly so.
If it is impossible for a developed
man to outlive me enect ol a
chaingangor peuiteutiary sentence,
can you expect it from a boy whose
character is nudevcloped who comes
off the cliaingang or penitentiary,
where the State now shamefully
places hini, during the embryo pe
riod of bis lis life, associating him
with the vilest characters iu the
State t
We believe in giving boys a chance
if they depart from their better
training aud go w rong. A father
or mother who would try to kick
their errine sons down lower in
stead of trying to redeem them,
would lie worse than the brute cre
ation. The State not only refuses
to give them a chance, but gives
them a kick down bill. The next
Legislature ought to rise boldly
and bravely to the task aud do its
duty.
The man who will measure the
value of a youthful reformatory on
a money basis aud growl about the
cost, could on the same pnuciple
refuse to buy medicine for a sick
child because it costs money. This
thing of estimating everything on a
commercial basis is sickening and
disgusting. The idea of putting
the dollar above the man is an in
human, greedy idea. Carried to
its logical end it will reduce Chris
tianity to cburchanity of formali
ties without religion. Can't afford
to save humanity because it costs
too much of the dollars we worship
and squeeze so tight I Away with
such shallow argument, such self
ish purposes.
May Live 100 Years.
The chances for living a full cen
tury are excellent in the case of
Mrs. 'Jen nie Duncan of Hay nesville,
Me., now 70 years old. She writes
"Electric Bitters cured me of chron
ic dyspepsia of 20 years standing
and made me feel as well and strong
as a ycung girl." Electric Bitters
cure stomach and liver diseases,
blood disorders, general debility
and bodily weakness. Bold on a
guarantee at English Drag Co.'s.
Price only 60c
it was knee-deep, ju4 to luw the
uiau-eeting oliaiks aud niiiu. roiH
gujK'hiieks that he was "game."
Ou turning round to foot it kirk
to shore he discovered a school of
whales in Lis pith. He squared
himself for a real good kick into
the gang, but was only partially
sucrescfiil, as his Hnigli BMer
spur, which he h;ip iied at (he
time to have ou, caught iu a three
acre bunch of seaweed and his ef
fort lauded only eleven fjll-gnwn
whales ashore, including the big
bull of the li s k.
Ou his wav buck on the traiu he
jumped off near the Culebra cut,
grabbed 11, "00 workmen by the
hand iu exactly three quarters of
a minute schedule time, with the
expiessiou, "Delighted: for
each man. Then, seizing one of
the live ton steam shovels, he spit
on his hands and Is gau to dig to
ward the Atlantic ocean. He
plunged that gigantic shovel eleven
feet into the bosom of Mother
Earth at his first motion, and the
Pan-Americau republics took it for
another earthquake wheii the vi
brations were felt. Within just
12 minutes and 17 seconds he had
dug that ''isiiius canal" one mile
and three-qni'iters.
While await iug for his train to
convey him from the cut ho held a
"levee" with the workmen, which
nuuiU'ied something overL'OO English-speaking
ersous aud some
thing over 11,000 imported shirt-tuil'iiop-consuming
uiiiiiiak l Chi
nese pigtails, the latter w. irmly
greeting him with "Hoopla, Teddy
him Mly'good Melican man."
During his brief interval, and iu
exactly 41 seconds, "Teddy" made
a six year contract with three of
the coolie pigtails to do the White
House washing up to the end of
the next presidential term.
Why Suffer from Rheumatism?
Do you know that rheumatic pains can
be relieved ? It you doubt tins just try
oue application of Cliambei Iain's I'aiu
Halm. It will make rest auu sleep
possible, and that cei taint v means a
great deal to any one attlictrd with
iheumatism, Fur bale by English
Drug Co.
Every time a large man slni.iks
from his duty a small mau rises to
the occasion.
Mothers who give their children
Keuucdy's Laxative Cough Syrup in
variably iudorse it. Childreu like it
because the taste is so pleasant. Con
tains huney and tar. It is the original
laxative rough syrup and is unrivaled
for the relief of croup. Drives the
cold out through the bowels. Conforms
to the natiou.il pure food and drug
law. Sold by Dr. S. J. Welsh and C.
N. Simpson, Jr.
Milk, Butter And Cream
of the Pinelaiid Dairy are not ex
celled in North Carolina. Those
who get it know; those who don't
should try. Pinel&nd Da.iry.
I am opening up a nice line of
Seasonable Goods
large assortment of shoes for men,
women and children, and over
worth of hats for men, women and
children, all of which w ill lie sold
at a Big Discount until Jau. 1. Uo
menilier with each !10 worth of
goods sold for cash I have your
picture enlarged free. Bring in
your pictures, ns this opportuni
ty will close Jan. 1. Now in re
gard to Holiday Goods, Santa Claus
always makes headquarters with
me and my stock is complete. Full
line of candies, apples, oranges,
nuts, raisins, llavoring extracts,
tangerines, large stock of crockery
and glassware, full line of lire
works. Just received 12 dozen
Wine of Cardui, full line of all the
leading patent medicines will be
sold at a discount for tiie next .'10
days. Wanted, couutry produce
of all kiuds, highest prices paid.
W. P. PLYLER,
Leader in Lower Prices, Ht. frospect.
insurance and
Real Estate.
1 If you wunt your Proper-
ty or Life Insured, or ft you
want to Buy or sell Keai ts
tate, or Borrow or Lend
Money we are ready to serve
you.
I We can handle your Real
Estate to an advantage, &nd
your Insurance, well, we can
give you the BEST.
We have the strongest
Agency In the South &nd can
write your Cotton Gins, Saw
Mills, and special hazards,
as well as -your Dwellings
and Mercantile Risks.
Q So lust come on to HEAD
QUARTERS and get the test.
W. M. CORDON, kit
AT THE PEOPLE'S BANK.