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"" ,nL rtUiLt'5 K1UH13 MAINTAIN; UHAWLU BY INI-LUlUlNCfc ANU UINBKItSLU BY UAIPf.' i r i VOLUMN XII. MOCKSVDJLE, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1910. NUMBER 5. 4. i , MORE ABOUT GOOD ROADS. SOME SUGGESTIONS OFFERED. Xa Iteresting Letter From One of Our Davie 3oy Living in Georgia. We Can Secure Good Roads if the Peo ple Will Work Together. please allow me space in your val uable little paper for a short letter a few suggestions. -Having read "Subscriber's" letter sfeW weeks ago on the road work ing bee, I will say that I think it a capital idea. In that way the peo ple would make a good many im nmvements in the road, and if thev only had a few miles of good road for a short time they would then see and appreciate them, and would go to work tn earnest to get good roads ali over the county. And then an other idea, and one of my " own, is for the people of Davie county .who want good roads to get together and subscribe $75 or $100 and pnt it. . in some good man's hand to hold, and then offer a premium to the party, of road workers that have the best road, say the first of September, for about two months previous to this time the farmer has some leisure and if there was some : encourage ment he would be willing to come out and help get the road in fix. . Some will ask where that hundred dollars is to come from. I believe I can answer that question. Is there a single man that has to work the road that wouldnoi be willing to give fifty cents or a. dollar. Then he has a chance to get it back, and if he doesn't get it, he will ' get the benefit of it in using the roads. How are you going to know . who is enti tled to the premium, some will ask. - -That is simple eiibulglitiSiret pd honest men go over the roads ad decide who has the. 'best roads. kn award the money to the ones who are entitled to it. ' Now; if the men of dear old Davie county want to improve the roads, I think that the road working bee or the plan I suggested would either one meet" with approval V I prefer the latter, for that gives all a chance to help where the former would be limited to the working class of people only. Now altogether, and let us pull for some good roads and a premium next year, say September 1st, 1911. Well, as my letter is too long al- I v ready, I will close for this time, hop ing to hear from others on the same subject. A Dixie Boy. Money! Money! Money! That's What We're After; Every Last One Of Us. Yes, You and I. Reports from many sections teU of a cotton crop greatly damaged" by the continued heavy rains. State Commissioner .Hudson, ?of Georgia estimates that, there.will not be overl half a normal! crop in' that State. Whenever this is the case , Mr; All cotton Farmer is going to be hi t hard . Nearly all our reports, however, tell of good corn crops; and right here is another proof that the doctrine-of. diversification is rizht-not haphazard planting of different crops, but a "ra tional system of rotation that pro vides for a fair acreage of the stable. crops each year. No man can, fore seethe season, but anyman caln, :by httle foresight, insure himself fair returns from his if arm in almost any jcdr. ine one-croD farmer risks it a 1 on one throw, and such farming gambling rather than business. Verification of crops is the first ?ent11 of permanently successful agriculture, and;vou,.must practice ';lt vu wish to' be sure of' making uyuey every year. - ' . .r: :v" .The Progressive Farmer' and Gaz ott mi ine Southern Farm Paner. Preaches the doctrine of diversified c9Ps-preaches it, 52 times a year, in -y issue, if you wish to make oney read The Progressive Farmer ' k ti tte , paper made for you . uthern men. dealine- with Smith. conditions only. $1.00 a year and ,j '"v-jr uatK. uyouarenotpieas- ample copies sent on request. tae rrogressive Fanner and Gazette Raleigh, N. C. Funny Peopled We Americans are tunny at least ome of us are. folks, We clamor and cry for "retrench inent and reform'' and economy y ill the adaiinstration- of government affair, yet when a man is elected to Congress if he can not secure an appropriation from the Govern ment for his district, for a public building the. improvement of some stream or iome other project, he is no good aud,a failure. I We talk about extra vagence and spending top much money, buying too many luxuries etc. am! that rigid economy should be practised 1 Yet $25 boys go on buying $40 tail or made suits and $5. heads will be covered by $25 fashion hats. ' We preach and argue and vote prohibition, yet most of us keep a little of the ardent" on hand to use in emergencies, which often oc cur with soine of us. We talk and .'blow" a good deal about what should be done in many things, how towns and counties should be run, the roads worked, the schools man aged, yet we do very little person ally to put our ideas into execution. We are a contradictory lot and it is time we were getting down to common sense with ourselves and beginning to practice what we preach so much, or preach less. We people are ridiculous in many ways and in none more strikingly so. than onr inconsistances. Le noir News. Just A Question. TThe Cleverland Star says In a beading of an article; - -"Congressman Yates Webb de clares that the high protective Tar-? iff pi icy shoo In Manufactures could compete, with? out trouble in the Markets of the World." Yes, but woulden't they have to reduce wages to do so, Mr. Webb? How could congressmen get the increased salaries ther' voted for, under free trade! Are you, Mr. Webb, in favor of reducing wages, ad taxing, these pauper wage earners for the money to pay you $7,500 a year? Lin coln Times- Way to Build a Town. Edgefield Chronicle. Gentlemen, the way to build up Edgefield is for every person in it, who-jpan7 to put some money into industries that give the people em ployment and push the industries to success, industries that last all the year round are the best; but those that last part of the-year . are better than none. I The most valua able power on earth is human pow er, and when it is not employed it is not only lost, but it also con sumes part of what others earn. YVork creates wealth, work; sets mohe.y n motion; work , pays ork is the vital pow? debts:: er in prosperity, ana inac. town, that community and- that nation whose people are idle, are poor. and poor in proportion to the num ber that work and the' time : the work. Heaven's greatest ekr thly blessing to any -people is to' -giVe them honest remunerative work, Better Than Medicine. Don't live the 'soft life, ' ' or else you will get knocked out by Father Time. Take plenty of exercise and don't be a hot house plant. Get out into the f reh air, kick up you: heels and you won't be morbid and dysptic. Live the cheerful life and hiiHtlA around unless vou want to peg out before your time comes. Men and women and boys and girls should mske the most of this life by moving around instead of drying up in the rocking chair. Washing ton Star; .' . Foley Kidney Pills. : Tonic in auality and action, quick in results. For backache, headache, dizziness, nervousness, urinary irreg ularities and rheumatism. Sold- by all druggists.,, . Henry Blunt. j Charlotte News. When 'money talks" it talks cents. . The keeper of an inn is indepen dent. . A beau frequentlj is a "bore" to bis best girl.. A dying echo is N unquestionably a sound conversation. . The girl who will wait for her fellow to get able to marry, is worth her weight in gold. A railroad restaurant reminds ris ot the desert, .because we get sandwiches there : Yes, Pansy dear, the girl who sits in her lover's lap might be very properly called a Laplander. No, Pansy, liquor does not give tone and vigor to the voice, but it only maktrs the breath strong All persons, witn weak eyes, should visit the Attic regions, for there they would gain the very best ice sight. Did you ever note how Bad and meditative a person looked in church when the contribution plate was passing? An observant man declares', that a girl may not be warlike by , na ture, but she knows intuitively how to "fly to arms," and protect breastworks. When the brilliant Pansy - heard that a train had been thrown from the track she said that it must have been a threw train. We understand that the : young fellow who was arrested noon the charge of stealing apples will have his case tried in appellete court. A girl refused to sit on the ichee of her lover for the reasou she'said i an "on kneey sea- thxwigh it ' as ahe ne plus ultra" of all ' seats, f A man may style himself "the lord of creation" and may proudly boast of his superiority over- the gentle sex,vbut there are two things a woman cau do that he can't'do to save his lite, ana that is to Dite a thread in two, and hold a - dozen nair pins in his mouth and talk at' the aame time. ' . " ' An enquirer asks "if the coming J man will use one or two :arms." Weil, that 'depends upon the place and the time and the strroundings Seated in the corner of a porch and bathing in the tranquilizing j waves of mellowing moonlight one arm is sufiaicient,but in the climaliici fare- well ac two aims are 'absolutely necessary to make the sene im pressive. In this early life, swet as it Js with the storms of sin and evil, there is no permanent?; peace, no no perfect rest. ; Even the f ocean tears the truth of this assertion , for when the sootongTaHd lutiing spirit of Alcyonce has snpotbed the ranging billows into j peaceful, calm-and gestless repose. even then we can See in the ripples; of its dim pled bosom, evidence of - disturb ances and uures dbwu in its .deeps aud we see that only in the -hxirbor of eternity can: we ifind perfect peace -and unbroken repose, j far fremoved.from timers troubles i and its leered and its woes. IV; Patriotism. ' And they, arc now claiming that the Hon. Erastus B. Jones, one time Supeeior Court Judge who resigned because he saw. visions and dr am; Fed dreams .of 'greater thin have actually been trading and traflick-, ing fith the judgeship of his 'dia trict and it Is now claimed, that Uhe Honerable Erastus, will receive! 41 votes from Rockingham ,ia consid1 ration of deli vieri ne the judgeship to Rockingham's frmr year old law yer. And still they say that Demo crat don't scramble but are simply patriotic Clinton. News-Dispatch-To keep your health sound :J;o avoid the ills of advancing yearsjto' con serve your physical forces for a ripe and healthful oldf age,uardyour kidneys' by takingFoljey's' Kidney Remedy;., Sold by aty Druggists, Peter PoordevO's Prayer. Peter Poornevil went to church last Sunday. The preacher's text was, "Out ot the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." As soon as the sermon was over Peter Poordevil rose up and said: "Let us pray." When people are in church, the motion to pray is a privileged mo tion and is not subject to debate. So there was nothing to do but to listen, and Peter prayed as follows: "O Lord ,I've got to pray or bust. I know; the people here don't want to hear me pray, but I can't help it. The preachei's text has taken the muzzle off of my moute. O Lord I'm getting awful uneasy about this here earth of yours. Lord.' I ain't right certain itVyours. That's what's abothering of me. I want to know if you still own any prop erty here, and if so, where is it! 1 want to know if you ever come here on a Visit any more! They told me you was here and helped to run the protracted meetin' last winter and did sich a grand and glorious work. But, O Lord,, that work has ail gone to pieces, and I'm . afraid ",it wasn't yours. What I want to know is, do you guarantee your work not to rip, ravel or run downatthe heelfif so, i know you wasn't here last winter. Sallie Perkins has done ravelled, Bill Jones is a-running down at the heel, and a : hole lots of others is a-rippin'. O Lord, i just want to tell you this because I know they are. im-' posing on you in these here diggins. ' It, makes "me inad to see it. If there is any real, old-fashioned, blue jeans phristianity here, they never put it out; where a' fellow caurs see it:- d Lord- Cain' t tnat kind rof Christianity gittin mighty scarce, and what are you going to do about it? . ' O Lord, if these people about here have got any religion, it has got so many flounces and ruffles, ribbons and tucks and gores that you wouldn't krow it yourself if you should meet it in the road." O Lord, one things more and I'll quit. I want to know if it is Christ Uhf in mak fnn of tieonle because . a v . Jt X ; VKrTr o ro nnnr nnrJ ca,nJt drfiSS fine? - t r Lfat Christ-like to back-bite and rn n down folk3 in their absence an d try to eat 'em up when you mefJt m? You never done that when you was here on earth, did you? Wftich is right, to go with thA r-rnwH fx to be on the Lord's side? , Lord, you needn't answer this publicy'here tolaV, .ai it 'might break up the meietin'; but if you feel like answering it iu ome way I wisn ynu wouldi Amen".'--. Step-Step-Step. - v 'Suppose."" said the mental speculator, putting' down his book and lighting a fresh cigar,' "sup pose a child's father dies and its mother marries the second) time. Then the child has a stepifather, and perhaps a step grandfather. Let us suppose, further, . that - the step grandfather dies or is divorced and the step grandmother marries again. This gives the child a -step step grandfather, doesn't it! Then, f we'll say, the child's mother dies and the step father ; weds again. Now the child has a step-step mo : ther. By folio wing, this1 process of reasoLinga few feet further we can, eqtiip that' child, wiGh a 3tep- ste; grand step mother sind Step grand step -step mother,1 acsd ' a eifep-step' step father and a step-step -step grand step father and a-" - It was at this point that the lis' tener stepped, away with y a- lijgely step-fcttep-step, leaving.the mental speculator Tstill figuring out the problem of what relation the step uncle of thet child's step-step grand btep father Would be to the-1-adopted child of the step sister of the ptep-step gi rand mother. Ex- w.; i ! V Jlany- a oma'n has lived to - re gret We day- he " d iscovered her affinity ' : . 7 ' IWhatSheDid. . A maiden' left her downy couch one morn not long ago. And she put a little powder on her face. She made hertcilet slowlp, fixing every thing jnst so. Then she put a little powder on her face. She ambled down to breakfast and she dropped into her seat. She passed her plate to papa and 'she got a piece of inea. She finished up on coffee, cake and predigested wheat. Then she put a little powder on her face. She took a car to go down town to shop a little bit. Then she pnt a little powder on her face. At neon she ate a luncheon, paying 15 cents for. it. And she put a little powder on her facei. That afternoon she spent a dime for ice cream at a store, and when she'd finished eat ing it she longed for just one more. Bntr thinking of the dime 'twould cost, she started for the door. Then she put a little powder on her face. She took a car at half past three back to her home to go. And she put a little powder on her face. She ate her dinner with the f jlks, then went to call up Joe. Joe came that dight and stayed 'tiirmost 1 o'clock tis said. When he had gone she went up stairs declaring she. was 'dead.'. She. tumbled into her downy conch, and as she lay in bed why she; put a little powder . on her face. The Exhaust Pipe. The Wiseacres. You. have noticed that the best lawyer have never been admitted to the bar.. They stand around on the street cOrnsrs ana argue, me best statesman are the fellows who hve never been elected to office, and :nver will be. They also Btand I aiouaaaa me streets anu argue their,heads off about the tariff and o.theCtState questions. They know all aitm-it. tha nnttrtn . fiphfrtnlpa Thov tnnw FT! am nnnW wipe out the deficit in the postal department. Tbey know every thing. The best baseball umpires are al ways in . the grandstand. They howl about and dispute every de cision the real umpire makes. But you never hear of them being call ed upon to officiate in a real game. The greatest financiers sit about on the streets anu whittle the corners off the dry goods boxes Thty know where this man made a mistake, and where the town banker is going broke. 'But they cannot- take their wisdom to the meat market and trade it for a soup bone. The Fool Killer. Well Expressed. From the number of deadlocks in Democratic conventions this year some of the candidates think there is nothing to do but get the nomi nation and be elected. The boy are rushing to the trough like a lot of hungry pigs after swill Greens- boroBeeord. - i Had anv one been so bold as to predict a - dozen years that the Democrats anvwhere in this State would have played the tool as they ... i have he would have been bored for the hollow horn. Several conven- tVns have deadlocked, while in the delegation from Rutherford county the other day one man arew nis judge Boyd, in speaking fur gun aad a fight was narrowly ther upon tne matter; 4,I would not averted V They are acting for all put my m0ney in books for people the world like a Republican con- veiition in reconstructioii days.- ; Groenaboro ,Eep?rd- ; n v ;;mw - hasJhad one frightful; drawback- anueriiig .- - f "Z t rheWms cause chills, fever and agui biliousness, jaudice," lassitude wealbiesaand general aeniuiy. jsui Eleeiric Bitters never fail todestroy them and cure malaria troubles. ; 5Tb ree bottles completely cured m of a Vervsevere attack of ma- 'i i Mfi. T a Vana" Writes VVm. A. Fretwell, picama, N. C, , j t ana t i ve naa pood' health eversince. v,uic Garanteed by C. C J3anford. LITTLE HAPPENINGS FROM EVERYWHERE BREEZY BITS WORTH READING. General Happenings of the Week From All Over the Country as Gathered From Our Exchanges Many Things Told in a Few Words. Rimrling's circus is billed to appear at Salisbury iri October. A train fell through a burning trestle near Spartanburg, S. C, kill ing two trainmen and wounding six teen passengers. Forsyth and Yadkin counties will go almost solid for Morehead for State Chairman. . . A. H. Ellerhas again been selected as Democratic State Chairman. Hardy Stallings, of Beaufort coun ty, was killed by lightning last week. John G. Carlisle, former Secretary of the Treasury, i3 dead. Dr. O. L. Holler, of Taylorsville, was seriously injured last; week, when a small tree was blown over on his head. Ex.GovenorSwahson, of Virginia, has been appointed to succeed the late Senator Daniel. More than $1100 was taken in at the Mooresville picnic in the interest of the Barinum orphanage. ' About 18 negroes were killed in a Texas race riot recently. M. M. Angell, of Yadkin county. gathered 175 bushels of potatoes from three-eights of an acre- Rains have fallen around Louis ville, Ky., every day for about five weeks. Damage to crons and rail. road tracks gQ nU) milion3 Two of the bictrest cotton mill in the South, are at Durham, the other at Concord, have - just been com pleted iuui ueauis were causea y nai in New York City, recently E- Boyd, holding j irrsii. , - 6- ' on to dispose of the case of a youth of thirteen years. The Judge has on more thah one occasio'n civen his fullest endorsement of th$ work of reformatories. The Wilmington Star tells this about Judge Boyd: "Gentlemen, I am a great advo cate of reformatories, as you doubt less know by this time," said Judge Boyd, who then told of an incident which he said touched bis vanity. A visitor to the Cooleemee Cotton Mills, near Salisbury, was attracted to a well dressed young man, who appeared to be above the average in intelligence. The visitor asked him why he did not get better employ ment and the young man replied that be would as soon as he could; that the work in the mill was tlm only position open for him at the time and that he. decined to take the work until, something better presented itself.' The visitor then aakejf he had any edacation. Yes " reolied the vonnL' man. ! am indebted to Judge Boyd for a fairly good education. I was tried before him for illict distilling and sentenced to a reformatory for two year8. I only wish he had made th tence longer." Jndce Boyd Kid that thia wag proot positive of lne irap0rtauce of reformatories, If j naa tne money Gf Carnegi," who are able to kuy tneia; Dat X i -odd establish reformatories ia the different States for ' the juTeallo i encj 13. Th cTpIlft: ,, Why are tne sleeves ot theehirts a man buys always too lorigl what a noisy w.rld this would be if we all preachet what P 1J25' . . - V lu e; . ; ; Don't trv to love th oppressed weak nnless you hate the; strong oppressor. .y padded cell yawns for the of young man .who uses perfumed y tationary Aycock'nocklng birds are ex Democratic yoaventions. ,'! 1 - . T Mr'-; i f ! f i' tn. . " !- i I T r 1 1 . it 15 9 i i! : it ' J