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THE MONROE JOURNAL:' VOLUME XV. NO. 22 MONROE, N.C, TUESDAY JULY 7, 10OS. One Dollar a Year Our Friends: all our customers V hav ailitntod the McCaskey Account our charge account ami would be phi.l to have call and see this system. Our customer know at all times just what their account is. Po you? You should. It makes vou mad if you think you owe your merchant $7.00 and find it is ? 12.00. Under our MeCaskcy system when you think it is $7.00, $7.05 is too much. We have placed this svstem in our store to pain friends, not to lose them. "It is up to vou" whether you do your trading through this modern system or the old careless way. We use the Mciaskey. With it you know just what your ponds cost you. as there are item j v,nr fif.-.iiiiit ulih p.u h order. The system is wni nutKriiiciiui vi ....... .....v .1 I , , it ir,it.w-ij th piwtiimer as well as the merchant, it is right. Will you do us the kindness to call an.l inspect our system of handling accounts, whether you be a customer of ours or not: Give us an order for anything you may want in the way of gro ceries or country produce and be convinced that our method ot handling your account is the best- that there can be no mistake that cannot be readily detected. Thanking you for past favors and soliciting your future business, we beg to be, yours in the held. Fine Testimony U the Work ol Monroe Man. Laitt k 0i dim-ton of the Uukaat CktwtrrfieWI, I'atfi-lwid mid JfUraon held meeting! their re- Register for handling .spwtive places, tauueiiigine umr lor retrmar aeuii buuiuu iurriu.i;v plenum In the store room where made their fortune. It. n 1 loath. Ith Morrow and J. K. Klird fee Queen City Restaurant! European and American. Ike Best in the World. Fresh, airy ami pleasant. Every rnnveniemv utT,.r.i. l. The most comfortable place to ilinc. Servant to lo your l.id.lme;; wln.se pleasure u i i- - j" Every thing aa clean and pure " nectar, ih'ae the most fastidious. i delii-iou as manna, and prepared to A Real Picnic Every Meal. A high clasa Restaurant the nioi-t sty lish place to eat. The place for tin (firla and their beaux. Both Quality and Quantity is ours. The la-at people frequent our table. Eat at the Queen I'ity Kestau rant and lie happy for life. J.T.McCorkle.Proprietor The elegant fumishinga of the Queen t'ity ufactured by the Monroe Manufacturing 1 1 Hestaurant were man- ompany. Killed Neitro Preacher. ! Two negroes, Jim Harris and his wife, were put in jail at Warren tou Friday charged with minder. The homicide wiw committed i" the Vatiglian ncighlwrhood. The prisoners acknowledged the kill ing. The woman says that alio did the Huootiiiir. but her story in not believed. They went to the field where Kev. (iovin lludgiiift, a uign- ly rospw table negro, was at woi k ml called him. He, not suspeet ing their purpose, responded to the call. They waited until he got within a few feet of them and with out a word of warning shot him down. The woman says that she killed him because he committed a nine noon her. but the evidence Indicate that the killing grew out of a dilliculty about an old watch. A Revelation. It ii a revelation to people, tha severe caaea o( lung trouble that have been cured by Foley'! Houey and Tar. It not only flops the cough but heals and trengtLent the lunRt. E.M. Kuli-n, Keasnor. Iowa, write: "The doctors aid I bad consumption, and I gut no Iwlter until I took Foley Houey aud Tar. it itopped the hemorrhases anil pain in my lunfii and they are now aa aound ai a bullet." English "'8 to- Too Hot for it There .Meanman: It seems a shame, after laboring for it all these years, to think that I I can't take a blessed sovereign with me. C.rabbe: My dear, sir, what would be the use? It would only melt The Bystander. Delay in commencing tieattnent (or alight irregularity that could have teen cured quickly by Foley Kidney UeniDil mav reault in aerioui kid ney diseaae. Foley Mtfney Kemeoy buildi up the worn out tiasuea and trengthent these organa. Commence taking il today. Eoglish Drug Co. The Road to Crime. Kwrvhoill'K Mlne. Whether or not Samuel Clemens knows it. an a'iit onee called upon .Mark Twain and sought U interest him in lifo insurance. At first he miked well; then having exhausted all his arguments he merely talked. Mark Twain yawned slightly, and lutenmn reminded as follows: "Some years ago in Hartford, we all went to church one hot, swelter ing night to hear tho annual report of Mr. Haw lev, a city missionary who went around finding people who needed helii and didn't want loa.sk for it. lie told of the life in cellars, where poverty resided; he gave in stances of the heroism and devotion of tlio noor. When a man with mil lions gives, he said, wo mane a grem deal of noise. It's a noise in the urnnir nlarn. for its tho widow s mito that counts. Well, Hawloy worked mo up to a great pitch. I could hardly wait for him to get through. I had If -MX) in my pocket. wanted to give that and borrow ninrn In eive. You could see green backs in every eye. Hut instead of miwinir tho lHate then, lie Kept, on talking and talking and talking, and aa hn talked it crew hotter and hot ter and hotter, and we grew sleepier and sleepier and sleepier. My en thiisiasm went down, down, own ,i,n S (X) at ac in until Itnauy when the r ate did come around, I stole ten cents out of it. It all goes to show how a littlo thing like this can lead to cruno. All the bank iuwle allowing, each one declaring div idend of 5 ier rent, bnudes largely increasing it surplus. The Itauk of I'ageland opened for businei latA kUiber-lmt at the beginning of the panic yet its butuiiewt ha grown continuous ly, a i shown by it 5 per cent. dividend aud undivided profit. The directore have decided definite ly to erect a bauk building and last week appointed a committee to purchase a site aud secure plans unil specifications. Mr. L. L. Ear- Iter is cashier ami tins sum-tw 01 the bauk speaks well for his management. At Jefferson tne matter oi a new building was up for diminwloii also, and it seems but a quest iou of time until the bauk will have a buna in of it own. The business ol the bank has long justified the eree ion of a building, aud uow as tne railroad is to be extended iu each direction, thus making sure the permanence of the road, there is not likelv to lie any further delay, The bank has been in charge of Mr. C. T. Hlakeney as cashier since its establishment in 190-1, and perhatw nothing has contributed more to it prosperity than air. lsiakenej efficient management. The lSank of I hesterlield lias reg ularlv declared semi animal div idend of 5 per cent and now has a sumlus of over .i,tMK). 1 his insti tution was established primarily to am money for its stockholders, yet it has lieen of untold beneiit to t lie town and to the county generally Any persou in casting alxmt lor making an investment in any sort r imaineNH will studv well tne nroMtecta for the further growth and development of the town in which he may locate. 1 ne promo- tera of the uanit ol neaierm-m, representing our best business men, have shown that they have tho ut most confidence In the town as place of business. The building they have erected aud its equip ment would be a credit to any town in this section of the State. Messrs. 0. P. Manguni and V. H. loving ton. cashiers, are progressive busi ness men and have beeu with the tmntr ainee its establishment In i'.Ni:t. It is safe to aav that in no other county of the state has there been more ramd development in me huh Kvn rear than Chesterfield. The building of railroads, of course, has had much to uo in Dringing wh.ui this condition, but this is of but little ereater Importance than the ... Ik 1 KnulfBAVor l- opening oi io Him , front, the coiiniy, aim in una iaun no one has done more than Mr. W. 8. Hlakeney of Monroe. He is president of the three banks men tioned above, and as a man of broad interests and much experience in business, he has given them me moat modern methods and made them in every sense as advertised safe, sound and progressive, What U the Trouble? I lm.lfi W.-IT.M.. la lit Itt'y jl.-lj - 'To begin with," said Governor Jiilinin, '-the trouble is due to the iudiftVreiir of the American riti ien to his political duly. We could do anjtliing with the suffrage, any thing"; but we vote for a larty, nt for mea.HU res. Some men are even proud to say that they have always voted the ik-nns-ralie ( or the Ee- nuliliean) ticket, and Eve heaidl them say that their family voted for the same party U-foie them!" Mr. Eryan should have seen the exclamation iint Mr. Johnsou made with his wondering eyi-s. "Why," said this IVmocrat, the allegiance of a citi-en is due to his country, not lo a lirty. 1 o litical iiarties are controlled very often by men who are not moved by impulse to give the best jhui ailde service for the people, and such meu can la-tray the party and the state and the lieople, liecau.se the voters vote for the party, no matter whi controls it, whom it iiomi nates, or what it does. Tracing the party alemrdity up through candidates and elections into legislatures, local, state, and national, the Governor showed how the individual sank his individu ality in theorgaiiination, which lie traved him ami the state. It was plain to see that the picture was cry clear in his imagination, ami incredibly prcitosteroiis. Ilia own exnerienee iu the legislature kept his mind open sympatneucaii) i tho temptation, yes, the lorce, which cairii-s men along; and lie has therefore uo contempt for those who sold or gave themselves away. lint in a mild, though most con vlncing manner, he declared thai an individual legislator, lor exam ,le, could defy his parly and serve the js-ople with success. did it." he said, net ooiim fnllv. but rather in wonder mat more men didu t try it. -iuc com bine lei!ttii by taking me in; sur rounding me; working me jou L-,., bow. And when tlio tune came and I refused to go into cau ens with them, they punished me. Hut I didn't let that Imtlu-r me. And, by and by, they let me go my An individualist,! iovornor junu son blames individuals for our po litical troubles, and his remedy is insistent individuality. He would have the voter lie an individual and he would have the man iu of lice lie au individual; as ho him self is. Uo&al Items ol Interest. HoneM l!y and . IWutilul jXIXXi:Xi::iXZHXXXIIXIX ! . JV!! ,e.crr" a Trinity College a Wh'-n tin- Mil c:ill f r column n Mr. Mike lleds.ui. son of Mr and Mrs. W. J. Iludm of Mnr.-, si,,rr (l( .uituie was conelud wliiiwaareceiillyapiHiiiitetla b t Ulllj nWii,tillt; rouipletioii of in the Cuited Stalt-s Naval Acado jt)lt. ut,, -lir .unnii.mr, a beau my at Annapolw, Md.. u-! ,it(li i,.,i..,it i-.t ami tlfliulit cw.ifully stood the examinations, j (i ,h1 , rliairman Par ladh physical ami menial, ami n:u enlereii the academy. nly '' out of the 'J lo vim m.hI the i-xauiiiia lions were Hiiccexiful. Ir. Watt Ashcr.ift was in Kil eigh la-t week attending a meeting of the S'ate Velerinary Asxn-ia- tion, of the examining Umrd, of which he is a meinber. The ap poiiitinent of this young velerinary surgeon as an examiner is a well deserved tribute to professional ability and ntcrling worth. A giant in phjsiqiie, lr. Asheraft is ihw sesseil of a brain and heart nun iiiensurtie with his si.e. The 1,-wtoHire is now in its new I ,.,11(11 on r i. in k mi im-i, i-it-IWuiaster Hasty aud his force ait- suiroiiiuhHl with an entirely new and up to date equipment. There aie :t" lock boxes, a patent lag nick and the latest thing in mail ing and despatehing cases. The ruial free delivery carriers occupy the "L" in the rear of the ollice. where they have ten diks and mailing racks. The Federal build ing. when it conies, ran hardly of fer any improvement for the post ollice over the present line quar ters. Mr. W. K. Fiinderbiirk of Mon roe made on his farm, two tniU-j. unanimously recommended to the soiilh of Molina-, 7i bushels ot MWitioi- of chief page iu tlio next oats, lilisiieis oeing rcioeu inuu miiih aniimiiH-ed that a little lies In.j selling a t'liailolle evening paj-r had sdd a piis-r and the piuchasei gave linn a dollar. The Imy went to find the change am! com inn hack could not find Die gen ; tl.-m.iu and desiml this aniiounw nn nl made m that if he was iu the lu.tise he i-oiild gel hi ! i-ents rt turned. Immediately the audienee ; bewail to shout: -No change";! bring the Imy forward"; "an hon est ly is the noblest work of Cod," etc. The littlo fellow, a tl year old. was brought to the front of the stage, his bundle of paicrs under Ins aim, an old tattered straw hat in his hand, his eye bulged big and his face wearing an expression of wonder at what all the fustt was alamt, as delegates crowded ill fn-nt of where he stood on the stage. 'Tut your hat down" was shouted to him from a huu drcd throats. The little fellow put his hat down, and then la-gan a scramble from delegates on the Moor and on the stage to get to the hat. There was a perfect rain of dimes. quarters and nickels and several save dollar piece until the crown of the hat was filled to the brim. It counted out J 111. :!.. Oil motion of W. C. Hammer, the lioy was M Four Iiepartnietita - Colleri- M ale. liniduate, Ktieinwnng JJ JJ andl.. targe library fard- H M iHin. Vell-eUipisl laliora- M loru-a in all department of JJ JJ S r n-. I ;mnaium furnish- M M -,! ith U-1 apiaratua. Ki- M M p.nse v. ry moderate. Aid JJ JJ for worthy Ktudenta. n a a a YounI men wshinj to study h a law should investigate the su- JJ perior advantages offered by S s the department ol Law at Irin- JJ a ity Coileje. m j; H " M For Catakue ami furU-r JJ JJ Information, Addreaa H M a D. W. NEWSOM, Registrar, K H Durhax. N. C. JJ tlxixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxl Trinity Park School A First Class Preparatory School 1 litest KquipjKHl IYopara tory SihKil in the South. rVtii'V tn t wl",i im-i f - l- Nr 4.lUltlH! UUMI ltHrtl""I v-..'t- fii ciutfi"-'! irti -inm II (eh -utttr'W H'l Hi'ttfrtl H-ttM-tf .rf Itl-lrirt'tlaMI. fA(tH-Ml eelil' t-Jf fHMlnMl 1hI u'o'f .l,riis i-i. --. l.titfi BibrmW' H. M. NORTH, Headmaster, Dwhaa. N. C Baptist University FOR WOMEN. School of the Arta The Tenements of Trinity. 'harlr Kclwanl Ku.afll III inr juij IxHty a. The only sanitation for the fund Ilea dwelliuir ill this dreadful house is to be found in wooden sheds iu Woman Suffering from Bronchitis Traveling in a Ulass tiox. A Fitchburg, Mass., dispatch sent out Saturday night said: "Mrs. William Tvson. middle aged and wealthy, and sullering from bron chitis and nervous troubles, is uow mi her wav to Salisbury, X. C, en closed in a big box with a glass For a year she lias lived in A tlL'Ilt V cioseu room, i-ur that the slightest current ot air would aggravate her condition. The tax was built from tier plans. ft iu eniii fortabl v upholstered. She is making tho trip in a baggage car." . The Salisbury Post of Monday Mrs. Tvson, accompanied by her husband and an attendant, arrived here this morning on No. II. The case in which she was transported from her far Xorthein homo resembles a Dig, long ren op erator. It is sj arranged tnai tran soms mav Imj opened or closed ny . . i : . - I 41... her. She is paie loomug no- four acres of land. On the saint four acre field Mr. Kuiiileibiirk made last year Jl'Is.i'i) worth of cotton and cottou seed, at an ex penso of (s l. lid, or a net profit ol if Hili.liO. The oals just threshed, the Appier variety, are worth 7." cents per bushel or more, but at ".I cents per bushel the crop is worth f.'l.'l 7 " and was made at a cost ol f.".t.OO, making a net profit ol 1M."", to say nothing of the straw which is worth several dollars. Mr. Fumlerbiii'k has sown the four acre patch in peas. The Knlerprise says that Wax haw w ill have another "big day" this year similar to the one it bad iboiit two years ago. Ihuisday, August fith, is the date named. This decision was unanimously reached at an enthusiastic and rep reseutativo citizens' meeting held at tho Woodmen hall on Tuesday night of last week. Mayor J. L. Walkup presided over the delilier atiouaof the meeting, and Mr. T. I Davis was math' secretary. Kv erybotly present was iu dead earn est about the matter, and it was evident from tho start that noth ing short of the biggest time Wax haw ever had would satisfy those present. A day of general amuse ment and pleasure for everybody is the object aimed at. Wednesday afternoon, says the Concer, a w ind, hail and rain storm that made this half w itted boy the almost cyclonic proportions pass- marvel oi tnosu uo aim nu m-un. - - . - i.. Ii i in . Xo one knows by what devious ways or by what freak of nature the rare giit descended upon him. Thousands throughout Georgia had lieen furnished proof of this gift, and other thousands throughout over a small section of country suit eight miles west, of Vi ados- boro. The farm or Mr. J. If. Moore, one of the county's most indus trious citizens, was in the center ol the path and he informs us that his not ernn of both cotton and corn practically ruined. Many trees tho country nai ih-cii wen nun ere blown down and the ram and famed by it. Pert barber of Elton, Wis.,ay: "1 nnlv taken four dosea of your Kidney and Uladdcr Pilla and they have done for me more than any other medicine has ever done. 1 am ami taking the pilla aa 1 waut a perfect cure." Mr. liarber refers to DeWitt'f Kidney and liladder i'illa. Sold by EiikHbIi DruK Company. the back yard. It is of a nature that one might expect to see in jriijon Ht,Hd in large spots on Chinese cities, but never in the fore f B,1C iav j her case in a I.. I'l. i.oolr i - ... . most City oi America. oe i tj(, .ijng room, sue was wrap yard is a horror into which yon set , . m,avy hauPts and com your iooi wiiu ",,' rf . . . ..I ! !.. pliystcai revulsion nganiNiiur -some contamination. It has much rubbish, it la vilely unkempt, it seems to exude viltinesB. The water snnnlv in the houso cousiats of one 1--rf I ii common tap for each floor, placed . , . ti ,lt room for tho past iu the ball, formerly even uinw four llip mrtv Hft i,nieon primitive conveniences uiu noi ex- ... ,., trSi tVS()I, comes iat, and the overwrought women Houlh for Wlirni,,r diiimtn, desir that live iu these houses were . t0 , Bway from ,)C 0(,i,i t obliged to carry in pails up the ,..., f tio extreme North steen sUirs the water supply, eacn fi. mi11 ,,....; i Salisbury il for ber Uoiiseiioid. ine water ip .,....., cftn taHeciired. If so, her f..H ami in tho enclosure wnicn was neatly arranged, was a ther inoincter. clock, taioks and papers. Tim ieiiiiiernUiro is kept ut aoour i - ... mi Tiii wiin limit rsnpcmiiy ior r vt. Mrs. Tvson has lived in an HANCOCK BROS. & COS. PLUG TOBACCO is one of the bisrccst plR3 of standard grade flue rand tobacco ever Bold for lite, It goes further and lasU longer in the going than any other brand made. A man who knows of this brand never goes around with a "chiD" on his shoulder, he keeps it in his mouth. It makes friends, and makes them always glad to see you. Demand Chip, and don't stand for substitution. Manufactured by a strictly independent firm. HANCOCK BROS. & CO., Lynchburg, Va. EitabaahedlSSl Leaden 1908 on each floor was commanded by the new tenement house law, and it wan this feature of the law mat Trinity most opposed. In tha rear, reaencu oy a narrow oassaire. is another tenement house, a four story brick building, occu- ,,(eii. when I was there, uy seven .'. .. .. , i.. families. II me iroiii teiieuimii. is bad. what shall we say of the tone uient in the reati naicvcr m .iwiniinuhlA in the one is more aboniluable in the other. The gloom is worse, the veutilation is worse, th aaoect of dreary decay aud ne- airt fa worse. Home of the dwel lers in the front honse can get air and lieht: most of the dwellers in the rear honse can get ? ery little of either. When the building was aw and clean, it miirht have been . . . I l L.1L .. linnu a toieraoie piace in wuo w u horses-temporarily; say tor oay. li. never, at anv time, a loier- ahle nlace In which to house hu ..An beinwi. For fifty or sixty years It has been unfit for anything except burning. How would you tike to draw an income from the maintaining of SUch t)laCt YOU would want to have the money dis infected before it touched your would von nott Lest into your presence it bear some odor of I tne rear tenement, or aoiuo uwn I from the Interior bedrooms, or from the filthy courts. a , ! Kennedy's Laialire Cough Syrup ' acts gently upon the bowels and there by drivea the cold out ol the system sod at lbs same time it allays inflem matioa and stops irritation. Children like it. Sold by Eoltb Drat Co. room will bo kept as close as poe slbln. 'Her case has attracted so much oiinntimi in the Aortn tnai me !. ibiu aDernoon received a tele ffram fniiu the Xew York World for four hundred worus upon uei arrival here." nWil-a Witch Haiel Salve i Rooi for cuts, luirna, bniisea and acratches, It is especially Rood lor piles. Kecom mended and sold by EtiRliah DriiK Co Wood's Seed Plant Late i i Plant Late Seed Potatoes In June "or early In July, to make larse yielding erope lor late taU and winter u. Wood's Ut Soed Potatora are not to be compared to ordinary atorka. They are irroan for seed, and placed in eold atoraee early n the Hi-iron, an aa to keep them In Arat-claaa, vsroroua eoaditioa Uvt late plantinit. I'rop n-aulU to our e uatomers for several aeaaona I aat hae leen very aatmfactory, and our trade haa experienced a eon aiderablo' increase each aucceoaive year. Write for "WootfaTCroo sdmui uWwt prieea of Late Seed Pole toes. MUM. Sofhma. Crimson Clover and oilier Nuaonal 'le Seeds. Mailed free on requeaL T.W. WOOD & SONS, BMdaman. Blohmood. Va. ilesboro Messenger and Intelli letrislature. The Ihij's iiiiiuo is Cicero Alex iinder, soil of Mark Alexander of Ninth street. Charlotte, "ilentle men, 1 certainly thank you, was the brief tpecch he made, and his remark excited thunders ot ai obtuse. Mr. T. I. Manm, delegate from Cabarrus, aniioiiiiceil Unit he had riven the boy the dollar and forgot to get the change. He wanted this honest newsboy to keep the ! cents as his contribution to the ((invention fund. The Problem of "Wind Tom." The death of "Wind Tom," which occurred ill Mohokcn, X. J., a few days iigo, removes a uiiiiie char After. He was known from ocean to ocean for a remarkable musical gill. His case is one to puzzle the alienist and to engross the philoso pher. Il arouses anew speculation an lo whether genius is the Ixirdcr line of madness. "Wind Tom" had s;eiiius of a peculiar kind, yet he had not the ordinary mental equip ment of a negro of his place and surrounding. Although gifted with the ability to play the most diilicnlt musical compositions on the piano after hearing them but once, ho was not possessed of ordinary intelligence. ccniiiH and a fool, lie was one of a family of twenty three chil dren, none of the rest of whom pos sessed in any degree the ability . ..... . . ... . i .... f i?..i..;h Fivo ilistiiwt schoola. 1. "ml S k, with Spr;. and -.hunts, and including t Bngli Matbe m li -s Am-u-nt and M-lern U.. History. Silence, "''""y '. liil.lc 2 S.-hid of Music, with :i profeasora ai,d S assistants, and l"'l"dmK in L., .-4 Onrsn. Violin aiul Voic. J.Sohool i Art. with i R-"?- i- in inir (Il ramtinir. imvoithii UK (111 ramtinir. iMvorauon anu i-s". -;-,-- .!,,,, rufessorandllnstructor. .5. W!!Z"ZinlZi. nir St.n.tt-niphy. lUNikkwping ana lypevnunp. "V ; -."- tt : ,- .'., oaU ullure ... rhargi- f .!rl,T H,,dl I w-r ae ol daily iioniesiii- -rn-, ..... . - . -- - Septt-mber 2, 1'Jns. For catalogue and other mfor- R. T. VANN. Raleigh. N. C. -iiiiiirler! Next s sum. Next aeasion is'trina mat ion, address The Bank of Union, -WONKOK.N.C: Progressive juniple everywhere regard Banks as business necessities. Those who fail to patronize them incur unnecessary danger and do themselves iwsitive injustice. Itlllll.MMIIMM iimiiiiii.ih I MHNMnmi H.IHllHOMIHIOOII -, : Deposit Your Money in the Bank of Union.: M 14. m M I IMHIIMiaW ' " It was expensive, but the Bank has a Corliss safe and prospective depositors would do well to re member this. Everything possible has been done to earn the confidence of the people and make their money Raie. Call and confer on any financial mauer. iou may icam su.uci.u.i. to your ad vantage, i ou are ai ways welcome. T not TIprp l The North Carolma hail foil in sheets, beating the cot ton and corn plants into shreds. The crops of Messrs. Mint Vick md Lewis Ilorton were also badly lanuiL'cd. as were also those ol llenco (latewood and Vuisu j-n uett, lioth colored. The Triumph of the Tenement. arkrf rilward Kui-ll in tin- July kvi'ry .!)-. The crushing inlliicnreof the ten incut house! I saw its perfect prod uct in one old woman that came to tho door in answer to my knock. She was sixty five or seventy, with silver hair, and she looked respect able and decent in spite of her sur roundings; but the last vestige oi the human spirit had long lieen crushed out of her. She looked altoiit her with a vague, senseless terror, and she cringed and faw ned so pitiably at every question it would have mane you sorry aim ashamed to see her. In her vision there was nothing left but disaster; the coming ol some stranger, the asking of the simplest question, forelioiled troll ble. Hie would not ocneve umi anyone could come to her except In his Ixivhood he had lieen a slave on the plantation of (ieneral James llcthune and here ho first heard the notes of a piano. At the first opportunity he went to the In strument and repeated the compo sition as he had heard it. On Hat unlay, when playing on the piano the tune of the familiar melody, "Way Dow n on the .Siiwaneo Riv er, he was stricken. Ixt the alienist say whether he was the product of genius or the victim of madness. The philoso pher will speculate upon the gift lo a negro slave of a faculty w hich others more enlightened strive for and never reach. Tbis is wlint Hun. Jake Moore, Slate warden of Georgia, ayi of Kodol Kor rtvBiwnia: "EX. PtW ill to., tin raco. 111. Dear Sira: 1 have suffered more than jo years Irom indiKeation. Alm.it eighteen monlln ago had RroL so much worse that 1 could not diResI a crust ol corn hreail and coiuu noi retain anything on my stomach. Host i5 lbs; in fai t 1 made up my mind that I could not live but a short time, when a friend of mine recommended Kodol. I consented to try it to please him aud aa better in one day. 1 now weiRh Owins to the hard times and scarcity of money, I have decided to put meats back to the old prize, viz: Best Steak, 12iC Cheaper Steak, 10c. Stew Beet, 7c. ICE PRICE: At Ice House, ViC. lb. When delivered: 10 pounds, 10 cents. 15 pounds, 16 cents. 20 pounds, 20 cents. 25 pounds, 22 cents. 30 pounds, 23 cents. 40 Dounds, 25 cents. Larger amounts at ViC Thanking my customers for nnst favors. I still most respect fully solicit your coniinueu pat ronage. J. D. PARKER. Mechanic Arts. Practical education in Agricult- ... ... . . .i i nr.. me; in Uivn, r.iectricai, u me chanical Engineering; in Cotton Manufacturing, Dyeing and In- iltwtrial Chemistry. Tuition l a year; Hoard n a mourn, i-" Scholarships. Examinations for admissiou at County seata on July !Hh. Address TH K riiKSIDKXT, West llaleigh, N. 0. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 1789-1907. Head ot the State's Educational System DEPARTMENTS. College, (Jraduate, Medicine, Engineering, Law, Pharmacy. Stream 3 IX nri-K- II Library cnntiiins 4S.0UH volumes. New water works, electric litfhta, cen tral heating system. New dor mitories, gymnasium, Y. M. C. A. building, library. 790 Students. 92 In Faculty. .i.i. i..l..n( and vet aim hud mure than 1 ever did in my life and ... 1.1... nf M...Hnii anvtliinir. lint am in hetter health Ihan for many only of trying in some muni way to propitiate misfortune. Hhe had lived in tenement nouses an uei life, aud not iwing of the kind that finds refuge in drink, the utter dreariness of her surroundings had shriveled away the soul of human- years, hoool mu . I eep a omuc constantly, and write thin hopin that humanity may he benefitted. Voure vrrv truly, lake C. Moore, Atlanta, Aiir. to, 1904." Sold hy English Drug Company. Ho Took HisfSun.-Uec.Uir: Susie, ity in her until there was nothing I was sorry nov to mv you. .. . lelt hut this shape of perpetual fear, church this morning. Susie: I lease, I NAfiA Grand triumph of our civilization! no sir. lie went out walking in the I HUUV You should see her; she would woods. Hector: Ah, Susie, I am I fnfjg ' . : ... . . . - 1 - make you feel so conifortatue anu airam your laun i mm m-v n.. ' .... . 1 ...t, J C... finnan lia HM ..r..i anil fn nl content, one was iaiiu. dumd. v o, r.. dressed in rags, she was gaunt and henL ami in her eyea was an un- gpeakahle terror of you and of me and of all the world that has brought her downto this. Ttaera it one preparation known to day that will promptly help the stom ach. This it Kodol. Kodol digests all claaset of food, and it doet it thor oughly, to that the use, of Kodol for a time will without doubt help anyone who hat itomach disorders or atomach trouble. Takt Kodol today and con tinue it (or the short time that it nec essary to five yoo complete relief. Kodol it told by English Drog Co. . Uo took his gun with him. 1 he Nurse. Boy's Life Saved. Mv little boy, four years old, had a se vere attack of dysentery. We had two physiciaus; both of them gave him np, U'i then tave bi.n Cbamberlain't Col ic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, ahich cured him and believe that aav- P1 hn lite. Wm.H.Strolinc, Carbon Hill, AU. There it no doubt but thit remedv savea the lives of many child ren each tear. Give it with castor oil according to the plaia printed direc tions and a cure ia certain. For tale by Dr. S. J. Welsh. Decked and deliver ed anywhere in the city at the following l'KICKNi I Gallon $1.10 12 Gallon 65 I Quart 35 better ever Our always popular fountain still holds first place in oooularity with the people 0! Monroe. Service better than ever. : : : : C.N. Simpson, Jr. The Fall term bepint Sept. 7, 1W. Addrcaa Francis P. Venable, President, CHAI-El. HI1.1, N. C. J. H. Benton & Sons, The House of High Valucsjat ltctluccd Prices. We absolutely guarantee to save you money on any and every article selected from our new and complete stock of Dry Goods, Shrtea. Hat. Trunks. Telescopes, Suit Cases, Clothing, Gents' fur nishings, etc Our Bargains arc too numerous to itemize, but when you call, see and exam ine our goods and get our prices from over the counter you whi d convinced that our assertions are true. J. H. Benton & Sons.
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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July 7, 1908, edition 1
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